For Pokémon GO information on this species, see the game's section. |
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Raticate
Mouse Pokémon |
ラッタ
Ratta |
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Raticate |
Alolan Raticate |
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Abilities
Run Away or Guts
Raticate |
Gluttony or Hustle
Alolan Raticate |
Hustle
Raticate Hidden Ability |
Thick Fat
Alolan Raticate Hidden Ability |
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Gender ratio
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Catch rate
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Breeding
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Height
2'04" |
0.7 m |
Raticate |
2'04" |
0.7 m |
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Weight
40.8 lbs. |
18.5 kg |
Raticate |
56.2 lbs. |
25.5 kg |
Alolan Raticate |
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Base experience yield
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Leveling rate
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EV yield
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Shape
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Pokédex color
Brown
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Base friendship
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External Links
- On Smogon Pokédex:
- Generation I
- Generation II
- Generation III
- Generation IV
- Generation V
- Generation VI
- Generation VII
- Artwork on Bulbagarden Archives
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Raticate (Japanese: ラッタ Ratta) is a Normal-type Pokémon introduced in Generation I.
It evolves from Rattata starting at level 20.
In Alola, Raticate has a dual-type Dark/Normal regional form. In Pokémon Sun, Moon, Ultra Sun, and Ultra Moon, it evolves from Alolan Rattata when leveled up at night starting at level 20. In Pokémon: Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee!, it evolves from Alolan Rattata starting at level 20.
Biology
Raticate is a large, rodent-like Pokémon. Although it is often depicted on its hind legs, it is a quadruped. It is primarily tawny-colored with a cream underside. It has narrow black eyes, ears with ragged edges and dark insides, and large incisors that grow constantly. There are three whiskers on each side of its face, which it uses to maintain balance. It has short arms with three-fingered hands and webbed feet with three toes. The webbing on its feet allows it to swim. Its tail is long and scaly. A female will have shorter whiskers and lighter fur.
If attacked, Raticate stands up on its hind legs, bares its fangs and shrieks in an intimidating manner at its enemy. It is willing to take on larger foes if provoked enough. Its teeth are strong enough to gnaw through steel and their constant growth means it often needs to gnaw on something, like rocks and logs. It may even chew on the walls of houses, and is capable of chewing through cinderblocks and toppling concrete buildings. Its large incisors are also used for its former signature moves Hyper Fang and Super Fang. This Pokémon typically lives in plains and savannas.
In Alola, Raticate has become heavier and darker due to its urban environment and higher calorie diet.[1] Its fur is mostly black with a brown, leaf-shaped patch on its belly and brown inside its ears. Its hands, feet, cheeks, and tail are a whitish-cream color, and its hands are much smaller. It has large, puffy cheeks with four whiskers under its chin and two sprouting sideways from the top of each cheek. Its large incisors are still visible, but its eyes are now red. This variant uses its nest as a food stockpile, and generally prefers to have the Alolan Rattata it commands to go out and forage for food while it remains in its nest and eats. It is selective in what it eats, however, only eating fresh, high-quality foods, such as fruits. Rumor has it that a certain high-class restaurant even exploits this selectivity, bringing Raticate along to buy ingredients and letting it taste test new dishes.
In the anime
Main series
Alolan Raticate in the anime
Major appearances
Ash's Raticate
In Battle Aboard the St. Anne, on the St. Anne, Ash traded his Butterfree for a Gentleman's Raticate, having become impressed by its strength. However, he traded it back in the same episode as the boat was still sinking.
Other
In The Breeding Center Secret, Cassidy's Raticate briefly served in her and Butch's motto, fulfilling the same role that Meowth serves in Jessie and James's motto. It reappeared in The Fortune Hunters and The Ole' Berate and Switch.
In What I Did for Love, Mollie used a Raticate during the Appeals Round of the Gardenia Town Pokémon Contest, and its performance allowed her to move on to the next round.
Multiple Alolan Raticate debuted in To Top a Totem!, where they played a major role.
In A Team-on-Team Tussle!, multiple Alolan Ally Raticate a Totem Raticate protect a Darkinium Z from Team Rocket, Tupp, Zipp, and Rapp.
In Turning Heads and Training Hard!, a Team Skull Grunt's Raticate was quickly defeated by Ilima and his Eevee. In League Offenders and Defenders!, Raticate was defeated by Gladion's Lycanroc; and in Battle Royal 151!, it competed in the Manalo Conference, only to be defeated by Ilima's Eevee again.
In Not Caving Under Pressure!, an Alolan Raticate ran away from a Tyranitar at Mount Lanakila.
Minor appearances
In Sparks Fly for Magnemite, a Raticate was in Gringey City's Pokémon Center.
In The Flame Pokémon-athon!, multiple Raticate were at the Laramie Ranch. One was later seen among the Pokémon participating in the Big P Pokémon Race.
In Showdown at Dark City, a Trainer's Raticate was at Kas Gym.
In A Chansey Operation, an injured Raticate was brought to the clinic.
In Princess vs. Princess, a Raticate competed in the Queen of the Princess Festival.
In Showdown at the Po-ké Corral, a Raticate was living at Professor Oak's Laboratory.
In Mewtwo Strikes Back, a Trainer's Raticate was defeated by Mewtwo while it was serving for Giovanni.
In Pikachu's Vacation, a Raticate was at the Pokémon Theme Park.
In Lights, Camera, Quack-tion, a Raticate was part of the cast for the movie "Pokémon in Love".
In Round One - Begin!, a Trainer's Raticate competed in the Indigo Plateau Conference.
In Friends to the End, a Trainer's Raticate was at the closing ceremonies of the Indigo Plateau Conference.
A Valencia Island variant of Raticate appeared in Poké Ball Peril.
Two Raticate appeared in a flashback in Wherefore Art Thou, Pokémon?, one each under the ownership of Ralph and Emily.
In The Power of One, a Raticate sensed the disturbance caused by Lawrence III.
A wild Raticate appeared in Pikachu's Rescue Adventure.
In Chikorita's Big Upset, a Schoolboy's Raticate battled Ash's Chikorita.
In Tricks of the Trade, two Raticate were at the Pokémon Swap Meet in Palmpona.
A Raticate appeared in a flashback in The Light Fantastic.
In The Heartbreak of Brock, a Raticate was living at Temacu's father's lab.
A Raticate appeared in Celebi: The Voice of the Forest.
A Raticate appeared in Extreme Pokémon!, under the ownership of a participant in the Extreme Pokémon Race.
A Raticate appeared in The Legend of Thunder!.
Multiple Raticate appeared in the opening sequence of Destiny Deoxys.
In Lucario and the Mystery of Mew, a Raticate was living in the Tree of Beginning.
A Raticate appeared in Not on MY Watch Ya Don't!.
A Raticate appeared in The Keystone Pops!.
A Raticate appeared in the opening sequence of Zoroark: Master of Illusions.
In Racing to a Big Event!, an Alolan Raticate participated in the Pokémon Pancake Race.
In Rocking Clawmark Hill!, two Alolan Raticate were training up on Clawmark Hill.
A Trainer's Alolan Raticate appeared in Balloons, Brionne, and Belligerence!.
Two Alolan Raticate appeared in A Timeless Encounter!.
A Trainer's Alolan Raticate appeared in Battling Besties!.
In Mewtwo Strikes Back—Evolution, a Trainer's Raticate attempted to battle a Kingler at Old Shore Wharf, but its Trainer told it to calm down.
An Alolan Raticate appeared in Thank You, Alola! The Journey Continues!, under the ownership of a Team Skull Grunt.
In Dreams Are Made of These!, a Raticate and a trio of Rattata were attacked by a Persian and a trio of Meowth.
A Trainer's Raticate appeared in Trade, Borrow, and Steal!.
A Trainer's Raticate appeared in To Train, or Not to Train!.
A Trainer's Raticate got stuck in Gulpin's giant ball in JN058.
Goh caught a Raticate in JN070.
Pokédex entries
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SM009 |
Rattata and Raticate |
Rotom Pokédex |
Rattata and its evolved form, Raticate. The Mouse Pokémon. A Dark and Normal type. When they band together, they steal food from people's homes. Long ago, they came here to the Alolan islands aboard cargo ships, and eventually grew into the Pokémon we see today. The numbers of Rattata and Raticate eventually grew so large that Yungoos and Gumshoos were brought in from a different region to chase them off. |
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JN020 |
Raticate |
Ash's Rotom Phone |
Raticate, the Mouse Pokémon, and the evolved form of Rattata. Raticate can gnaw through anything with its ever-growing teeth. |
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Pokémon Origins
Raticate in
Pokémon Origins
In File 1: Red, a Raticate was one of the Pokémon seen in Professor Oak's introduction.
A Raticate appeared in a flashback in File 2: Cubone.
Pokémon Generations
Raticate in
Pokémon Generations
A Raticate appeared in The Lake of Rage, under the ownership of a Team Rocket Grunt. Along with Grimer, Magnemite, Golbat, and Houndoom, it was defeated by Lance's Dragonite during Lance and Ethan's infiltration of the Team Rocket HQ.
In the manga
Raticate in
Pokémon Adventures
Alolan Raticate in
Pokémon Adventures
Movie adaptations
Two Alolan Raticate appeared in ICYR2.
Pocket Monsters HGSS Jō's Big Adventure
Two Raticate appeared in JBA4, with one under the ownership of Petrel and the other under the ownership of a Team Rocket Grunt.
Pokémon Adventures
Yellow chapter
- Main article: Ratty
Ratty (Yellow's Rattata) was Yellow's first Pokémon. It evolved into a Raticate in Can't Catch Caterpie!.
Gold, Silver & Crystal chapter
A Raticate appeared in The Last Battle XIII as one of the Pokémon sent to participate in the fight in Ilex Forest.
Black 2 & White 2 chapter
A Team Plasma Grunt's Raticate was seen in PS547.
Sun, Moon, Ultra Sun & Ultra Moon chapter
An Alolan Raticate appeared in A Photoshoot and the Abandoned Thrifty Megamart, under the ownership of Team Skull Grunts.
An Alolan Raticate belonging to an Aether Foundation Employee first appeared in Battle in Vast Poni Canyon.
Pokémon Gotta Catch 'Em All
A Raticate appeared in GDZ23.
Pokémon Zensho
A Raticate appeared in a fantasy in PZ01.
In the TCG
- Main article: Raticate (TCG)
In the TFG
One Raticate figure has been released.
Game data
Pokédex entries
Generation I |
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Kanto
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Red |
It uses its whiskers to maintain its balance. It apparently slows down if they are cut off. |
Blue |
Yellow |
Its hind feet are webbed. They act as flippers, so it can swim in rivers and hunt for prey. |
Stadium |
If attacked, it stands up on its hind legs, bares its fangs and shrieks in an intimidating manner at its enemy. |
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Generation II |
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Johto
#018 |
Gold |
Gnaws on anything with its tough fangs. It can even topple concrete buildings by gnawing on them. |
Silver |
Its whiskers help it to maintain balance. Its fangs never stop growing, so it gnaws to pare them down. |
Crystal |
The webs on its hind legs enable it to cross rivers. It searches wide areas for food. |
Stadium 2 |
Gnaws on anything with its tough fangs. It can even topple concrete buildings by gnawing on them. |
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Generation III |
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Hoenn
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Kanto
#020 |
Ruby |
Raticate's sturdy fangs grow steadily. To keep them ground down, it gnaws on rocks and logs. It may even chew on the walls of houses. |
Sapphire |
Emerald |
A Raticate's sturdy fangs grow steadily. To keep them ground down, it gnaws on rocks and logs. It may even chew on the walls of houses. |
FireRed |
Its rear feet have three toes each. They are webbed, enabling it to swim across rivers. |
LeafGreen |
It uses its whiskers to maintain its balance. It apparently slows down if they are cut off. |
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Generation IV |
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Sinnoh
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Johto
#018 |
Diamond |
It whittles its constantly growing fangs by gnawing on hard things. It can chew apart cinder walls. |
Pearl |
Platinum |
HeartGold |
Gnaws on anything with its tough fangs. It can even topple concrete buildings by gnawing on them. |
SoulSilver |
Its whiskers help it to maintain balance. Its fangs never stop growing, so it gnaws to pare them down. |
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Unova
B2W2: #060 |
Black |
It whittles its constantly growing fangs by gnawing on hard things. It can chew apart cinder walls. |
White |
Black 2 |
With its long fangs, this surprisingly violent Pokémon can gnaw away even thick concrete with ease. |
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Generation VI |
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Kalos
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Hoenn
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X |
It whittles its constantly growing fangs by gnawing on hard things. It can chew apart cinder walls. |
Y |
The webs on its hind legs enable it to cross rivers. It searches wide areas for food. |
Omega Ruby |
Raticate's sturdy fangs grow steadily. To keep them ground down, it gnaws on rocks and logs. It may even chew on the walls of houses. |
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Alola
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Kanto
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Sun |
Its hind feet are webbed, so it's a strong swimmer. It can cross rivers and sometimes even oceans. |
Moon |
Its disposition is far more violent than its looks would suggest. Don't let your hand get too close to its face, as it could bite your hand clean off. |
Ultra Sun |
People say that it fled from its enemies by using its small webbed hind feet to swim from island to island in Alola. |
Ultra Moon |
Its whiskers are essential for maintaining its balance. No matter how friendly you are, it will get angry and bite you if you touch its whiskers. |
Let's Go Pikachu |
Its hind feet are webbed. They act as flippers, so it can swim in rivers and hunt for prey. |
Let's Go Eevee |
Alolan Raticate |
Sun |
It forms a group of Rattata, which it assumes command of. Each group has its own territory, and disputes over food happen often. |
Moon |
This gourmet Pokémon is particular about the taste and freshness of its food. Restaurants where Raticate live have a good reputation. |
Ultra Sun |
It has an incredibly greedy personality. Its nest is filled with so much food gathered by Rattata at its direction, it can't possibly eat it all. |
Ultra Moon |
It commands a nest of Rattata. Different nests don't get along, whipping up severe fights over feeding grounds. |
Let's Go Pikachu |
It makes its Rattata underlings gather food for it, dining solely on the most nutritious and delicious fare. |
Let's Go Eevee |
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This Pokémon has no Pokédex entries in Generation VIII. |
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Game locations
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Blue |
Routes 16, 17, 18, and 21 |
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Blue (Japan) |
Routes 16, 17, 18, and 21, Cerulean Cave |
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Yellow |
Routes 9, 10, 11, 16, 18, and 21, Pokémon Mansion |
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Silver |
Routes 9, 10, 26, 27, 38, and 39, Mt. Mortar, Union Cave, Tohjo Falls, Burned Tower |
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Routes 3, 4, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11, 21, 26, 27, 38, 39, 42, and 43, Mt. Mortar, Union Cave, Tohjo Falls, Burned Tower
Route 1Night
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Sapphire |
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FireRed |
LeafGreen |
Routes 16, 17, and 18, Pokémon Mansion |
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Pearl |
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Platinum |
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HeartGold |
SoulSilver |
Routes 7, 9, 10, 26, 27, 38, 39, and 47, Mt. Mortar, Union Cave, Burned Tower, Tohjo Falls, Safari Zone |
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Dreamyard, Strange House, Relic Passage |
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Omega Ruby |
Alpha Sapphire |
Route 118 (hidden Pokémon*) |
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Moon |
Routes 10, 11, 15, 16, 17, Akala Outskirts, Ancient Poni Path, Malie City, Poni Gauntlet, Poni Grove, Poni Plains, Poni Wilds, Tapu VillageNight |
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Routes 10, 15, 16, 17, Akala Outskirts, Tapu Village, Mount Lanakila, Poni PlainsNight
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Ultra Moon |
Routes 10, 15, 16, 17, Akala Outskirts, Tapu Village, Mount Lanakila, Poni PlainsNight
Route 8Night (SOS Battle)
Received from Samson Oak at Heahea Beach* (Totem-sized) |
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Let's Go Pikachu |
Let's Go Eevee |
Routes 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 16, 17, 18 and 21, Pokémon Mansion Kantonian Form
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Generation III |
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Trozei! |
Endless Level 16, Endless Level 42, Forever Level 1, Mr. Who's Den |
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MD Time |
MD Darkness |
Mystifying Forest (1F-13F), Mystery Jungle (1F-29F), Midnight Forest (B1F-B21F) |
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MD Sky |
Mystifying Forest (1F-13F), Sky Peak (1st Station Pass 1F - 6th Station Pass 3F), Mystery Jungle (1F-29F), Midnight Forest (B1F-B21F) |
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Rumble |
Windy Prairie (Normal Mode C & A) |
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Rumble Blast |
Meadow: Trailhead Field (post-ending), Everspring Valley |
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Rumble U |
Jungle Area: In Trouble? Tap Away!, Chill Battle: The Forest of Memories |
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Shuffle |
Roseus Center: Stage 281
Event: Pokémon Safari (17th release; Alola Form) |
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Rumble World |
Diamond Crater: Rock Chasm (All Areas) |
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Rumble Rush |
Charizard Sea2019, Snorlax Sea, Gengar Sea, Aegislash Sea, Bulbasaur Sea, Charizard SeaFinal Kantonian Form
Rowlet Sea, Buzzwole Sea, Rowlet SeaFinal, Buzzwole SeaFinal Alolan Form |
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Held items
Raticate
Game |
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Blue* |
Berry (100%) |
Yellow* |
FireRed |
LeafGreen |
Oran Berry (50%) |
Sitrus Berry (5%) |
Diamond |
Pearl |
Chilan Berry (5%) |
Platinum |
HeartGold |
SoulSilver |
Chilan Berry (5%) |
Black |
White |
Chilan Berry (5%) |
Alolan Raticate
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Held Item(s) |
Sun |
Moon |
Pecha Berry (5%) |
Ultra Sun |
Ultra Moon |
Pecha Berry (5%) |
Stats
Base stats
Raticate
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At Lv. 100 |
HP:
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115 - 162 |
220 - 314 |
Attack:
81
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77 - 146 |
150 - 287 |
Defense:
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58 - 123 |
112 - 240 |
Sp. Atk:
50
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49 - 112 |
94 - 218 |
Sp. Def:
70
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67 - 134 |
130 - 262 |
Speed:
97
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91 - 163 |
179 - 322 |
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413
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Other Pokémon with this total |
- Minimum stats are calculated with 0 EVs, IVs of 0, and (if applicable) a hindering nature.
- Maximum stats are calculated with 252 EVs, IVs of 31, and (if applicable) a helpful nature.
- This Pokémon's Special base stat in Generation I was 50.
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Alolan Raticate
Stat |
Range |
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At Lv. 100 |
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75
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135 - 182 |
260 - 354 |
Attack:
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68 - 135 |
132 - 265 |
Defense:
70
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67 - 134 |
130 - 262 |
Sp. Atk:
40
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40 - 101 |
76 - 196 |
Sp. Def:
80
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76 - 145 |
148 - 284 |
Speed:
77
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73 - 141 |
143 - 278 |
Total:
413
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Other Pokémon with this total |
- Minimum stats are calculated with 0 EVs, IVs of 0, and (if applicable) a hindering nature.
- Maximum stats are calculated with 252 EVs, IVs of 31, and (if applicable) a helpful nature.
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Pokéathlon stats
Type effectiveness
Raticate
Under normal battle conditions in Generation VIII, this Pokémon is: |
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Alolan Raticate
Under normal battle conditions in Generation VIII, this Pokémon is: |
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- If Miracle Eye is used by an opponent or this Pokémon is given a Ring Target, the effectiveness of Psychic-type moves is 1×.
- If this Pokémon is given a Ring Target, the effectiveness of Ghost-type moves is ½×.
- If this Pokémon has Thick Fat, the effectiveness of Fire-type moves is ½× and the effectiveness of Ice-type moves is ½×.
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This Pokémon is unavailable within Generation VIII.
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Anime-only moves
Move |
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Episode |
Jump Kick |
Fighting |
Battle Aboard the St.Anne |
TCG-only moves
Move |
Card |
Scratch |
Raticate (Skyridge 89) |
Side game data
Raticate
Alolan Raticate
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Pokémon Rumble Rush
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Walking Speed: 1.25 seconds |
Base HP: 54 |
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Base Attack: 74 |
Base Defense: 54 |
Base Speed: 60 |
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Pokémon GO
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Base Stamina: 181 |
Base Attack: 135 |
Base Defense: 154 |
Egg Distance: N/A |
Buddy Distance: 1 km |
Evolution Requirement: N/A |
Fast Attacks: Bite, Quick Attack |
Charged Attacks: Crunch, Hyper Fang, Hyper Beam |
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Evolution
Raticate
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Level 20
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Alolan Raticate
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Level 20
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Sprites
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For other sprites and images, please see
Raticate images on the Bulbagarden Archives.
Trivia
- Raticate's catch rate was 90 in Generations I and II. This was changed to 127 in Generation III.
- Raticate is the only Pokémon that shares its National Pokédex number with the level at which it evolves from its pre-evolved form.
- Raticate and its pre-evolved form both share their category with Pikachu, Raichu, Sandshrew, and Sandslash. They are all known as the Mouse Pokémon.
- They all also have at least one family member with a regional form in Alola.
- Of all the Totem Pokémon that can be battled in Alola, Totem Raticate is one of the only two Totem Pokémon that is battled in only one game out of the two versions; in this case, Moon and Ultra Moon. The other is Totem Gumshoos.
Origin
Raticate appears to be based on a brown rat as well as a semi-aquatic rodent such as a muskrat or a coypu due to its large body and webbed feet. Its scruffy ears are similar to a guinea pig.
Alolan Raticate appears to be based on the black rat and the Polynesian rat, an invasive species in Hawaii. Their regular attacks on sugar cane fields caused the locals to import the Javan mongoose into Hawaii as a form of pest control, explaining the relationship between Yungoos/Gumshoos and Rattata/Raticate. It is also reminiscent of a stereotypical crime boss due to its gluttonous behavior, ability to command groups of Rattata to steal, and hostile relationship with the detective-inspired Gumshoos.
Name origin
Raticate may be a combination of rat and eradicate (to destroy or exterminate) or masticate (to chew).
Ratta may be a corruption of ラット ratto (rat).
In other languages
Language |
Title |
Meaning |
Japanese |
ラッタ Ratta |
From ラット ratto |
French |
Rattatac |
From rat and attaque |
Spanish |
Raticate |
Same as English name |
German |
Rattikarl |
From Ratte and radikal |
Italian |
Raticate |
Same as English name |
Korean |
레트라 Retra |
From rat and ultra. |
Cantonese Chinese |
拉達 Lāaidaaht
哥達 Gōdaaht * |
Transliteration of its Japanese name |
Mandarin Chinese |
拉達 / 拉达 Lādá |
Transliteration of its Japanese name |
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Hebrew |
רטיקייט Raticate |
Transcription of English name |
Hindi |
रेतीकेट Raticate |
Transcription of English name |
Lithuanian |
Ratikeitas |
From English name |
Russian |
Ратикейт Ratikeyt |
Transcription of English name |
Thai |
รัตตา Ratta |
Transcription of Japanese name |
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Related articles
- Ash's Raticate
- Ratty
- Totem Pokémon
- Regional form
Notes
- ↑ Pokémon Sun and Moon site | Alolan Raticate
External links
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