Games - Snorlax

	Games - Snorlax

Snorlax (カビゴン Kabigon in Japanese, Relaxo in German and Ronflex in French) is listed as Pokémon #143 in the Pokédex. Snorlax was also the heaviest Pokémon before the release of Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire.

Snorlax's name is a portmanteau of snore and lax (not firm or tense.) The -lax may also be from relax due to snorlax's excessive sleeping

Characteristics

Snorlax resembles a giant stuffed animal vaguely in the shape of a bear whose eyes always seem to be closed. All Snorlax will do all day is eat and sleep, only being awake to eat. Snorlax will eat about anything, even moldy and rotten food. The digestive juices in Snorlax's stomach can dissolve any kind of poison. It is such a docile Pokémon that children use its large, expansive belly as a place to play. Snorlax did not have an evolutionary family until the release of Diamond and Pearl, (To be announced 2006 in Japan.) It's pre-evolution is Munchlax, but how Munchlax evolves into Snorlax is as yet unknown.

Sometimes, instead of blocking routes, they become a problem because of all they eat as happened with a Snorlax Ash found in the Orange Islands that was eating several farmers' harvests. Also, in one episode, a Snorlax was found blocking a river. Ash used the Pokéflute to awaken him.

It also has minor cameos in the Super Smash Bros. series, first in Super Smash Bros. as one of several Pokémon which may emerge from thrown Pokéballs, crushing opponents with its massive Body Slam, then reprising that role in Super Smash Bros. Melee while also appearing as a trophy.

In the video games

Snorlax is found blocking Routes 12 and 16 in Pokémon Red, Blue, FireRed, LeafGreen, and Pokémon Yellow. In Pokémon Gold, Silver, and Crystal it is found in Vermillion City blocking the entrance to Diglett's Cave, which is the only way to access Pewter City, Viridian City, and Pallet Town. Snorlax is not available in Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire, but it can be traded from Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen. You can also snag it from Cipher Admin Ardos in Pokemon XD.

Snorlax is excellent in battle for several reasons: Its high HP, good Attack, and powerful Normal type attacks. Its defense and special were low in the original Red, Green and Blue games, however with the division of special into special attack and special defense, Snorlax received a huge special defense boost and has become one of the best tanks in the game. Snorlax still has low physical defense, but its mammoth HP more than make up for these shortcomings especially when coupled with defence boosting skills such as Curse. Strong Normal moves such as Return, Frustration and Body Slam are horrendously powerful when used by Snorlax. This is due to his notable Attack score, coupled the Same Type Attack Bonus. Snorlax can sweep an entire enemy team if it is unprepared. Even ghost types are unsafe since Snorlax learns Shadow Ball. In Pokemon slang, a Snorlax is usually referred to as a Curselax if it is a sweeper/tank that abuses Curse in the manner described.

In the anime

Probably Snorlax's most dangerous action is rolling over. Because of its great size, and tendency to oversleep, anybody can end up being squashed underneath it for several days; such as Houndour in Pikachu and Pichu and Pichu
Bros. in Party Panic Or a Pokémon Anime episode where Ken and Mary (two members of the "Pokémon Mystery Club") discover some crop circles caused by a Snorlax, who then turns around and squashes them. At the end of one episode, even Team Rocket ended up being squashed by a Snorlax.

Ash caught a Snorlax of his own in the Orange Islands episode "Snack Attack", where the crew had to stop a Snorlax from eating all the Grapefruit from the Grapefruit Islands. Paired up with Jigglypuff's Sing attack to make him go to sleep, this catch was easier than most. Ash sent him to the lab in Pallet Town later when he found it wouldn't wake up in time for his Orange League Championship battle, opting to instead use Tauros. He left it at the lab after that, as he couldn't afford to keep feeding him. Ash later used Snorlax in a Sumo contest in the Johto Region, where Snorlax defeated a Feraligatr to win the contest, and then ate one half of the prize - a year's supply of Pokémon food. (The other half was a King's Rock.) Snorlax was part of Ash's team in the Johto finals, defeating Gary's Arcanine and Nidoqueen, and then Harrison's Hypno and Steelix. In both matches, Snorlax is ultimately defeated, losing to Gary's Scizor and Harrison's Houndoom. Snorlax later meets and gets to be friends with May's younger Munchlax. He next appears for Ash's match against Greta, Arena Captain of the Battle Arena.

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Games - Snorlax

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