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Masquerain (アメモース Amemoth in Japan, Maskeregen in Germany and Maskadra in France) is a fictional character from the Pokémon franchise. It is a Bug/Flying dual-type Pokémon and is #284 in the National Pokédex.

Its name derives from "masquerade", meaning a disguise, which most likely refers to its technique of using its two giant antennae and face to deceive opponents by appearing as something else entirely; and "rain", which refers to an old legend stated in the Pokédex that it has the power to detect rainstorms. It is worth noting that Arbok, Scizor and Stantler also use the same "fake-eye" trick as Masquerain. In its Japanese name, アメ(ame) is the Japanese word for rain, and モース(mosu) is the Japanese pronuciation for the English word, moth. Therefore, its name literally means "Rain Moth."

Biology

On a first impression, Masquerain appears to be a very scary-looking Pokémon. Masquerain deceives and intimidates enemies by appearing to have a large, scary face. The "eyes" of this face are actually Masquerain's antennae. And the "mouth" and "teeth" of the face are actually Masquerain's face and eyes respectively.

It might appear to the casual observer that Masquerain's antennae are its wings. The 4 parallelogram-shaped appendages at the lower end of its body are actually its wings. These wings are very small, beating very fast. This gives Masquerain the ability to hover and fly in any direction like a helicopter, sideways and even backwards. This further helps Masquerain to intimidate enemies by hovering towards its enemies and "gazing" into them with its "eyes".

While its antenna-patterns may look like angry eyes, sometimes the antennae will droop, making them appear as sad eyes. This is said to be a sign of heavy rainfall going to occur soon. This would also help alert Masquerain that it must find shelter, as Masquerain can't fly in rain, so it therefore shelters itself under large trees and leaves.

In the video games

Masquerain can only be obtained by evolving Surskit at level 22. Surskit is available in Pokémon Ruby & Sapphire, but is not obtainable in Emerald, as well as the Oasis Pokespot in Pokemon XD: Gale of Darkness.

True to its character design, Masquerain's ability is Intimidate, which lowers the attack of the opposing Pokemon as soon as it appears. Aside from that, Masquerain is not an astonishingly powerful Pokémon; all of its stats are average or lower. The 2 stats that are average are Special Attack and Special Defense. It can learn several special-attacks, such as Water Pulse, Ice Beam and Giga Drain. It can also learn Whirlwind, allowing it to switch foes. Unfortunately, there are many Pokémon that can use these attacks better relative to their stats, so Masquerain is rarely used.

In the animé

Masquerain is owned by May's rival Drew. He used it in a Pokémon contest. Masquerain defeated a Lairon and won the competition.

In other properties

In the card game

Masquerain has made only two appearances thus far, and both are stage-1 Grass-types:

EX Hidden Legends
EX Deoxys

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