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Machop(JP) is a species of Pokémon in the series of the same name. It is a Fighting-type Pokémon that made its first appearance in the first generation games Red and Blue. Machop evolves into Machoke starting at level 28.
Physiology and Behavior[]
Machop is a bluish-gray Pokémon with large arm muscles resembles a human child. It has three brown ridges on its head, rib-like protrusions on its sides, has a tail.
Machop's entire body is covered with muscles that will never tire or cramp. With these muscles, it can lift many times its own body weight; it is even capable of hurling up to 100 adults. It spends its time and energy working out and practicing all different forms of martial arts, striving to improve its abilities. One of its daily training routines involves lifting boulders and Graveler repeatedly as if they were barbells. It becomes more dedicated the more its muscles grow. Once it feels confident, it challenges Makuhita to a battle. Machop lives in the mountains, and its diet includes highly nutritious food that allows it to efficiently build up its muscles.
Appearances[]
Main Pokémon games[]
Other Pokémon games[]
In the anime[]
Origin and inspiration[]
Machop appears to be based on a bodybuilder. It also possesses some reptilian features such as its face, three plate-like crests on its head, a tail, and blue-gray coloration.
In-game information[]
Pokédex entries[]
| Title | Entry |
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| First Pokémon generation | |
| Pokémon Red and Blue | Loves to build its muscles. It trains in all styles of martial arts to become even stronger. |
| Pokémon Yellow | Very powerful in spite of its small size. Its mastery of many types of martial arts makes it very tough. |
| Pokémon Stadium | Its whole body is covered with muscles, so it can raise bulges anywhere. It can throw a hundred adults. |
| Second Pokémon generation | |
| Pokémon Gold | Always brimming with power, it passes time by lifting boulders. Doing so makes it even stronger. |
| Pokémon Silver | It loves to work out and build its muscles. It is never satisfied, even if it trains hard all day long. |
| Pokémon Crystal | It trains by lifting rocks in the mountains. It can even pick up a Graveler with ease. |
| Third Pokémon generation | |
| Pokémon Ruby | Machop's muscles are special - they never get sore no matter how much they are used in exercise. This Pokémon has sufficient power to hurl a hundred adult humans. |
| Pokémon Sapphire | Machop exercises by hefting around a Graveler as if it were a barbell. There are some Machop that travel the world in a quest to master all kinds of martial arts. |
| Pokémon Emerald | It continually undertakes strenuous training to master all forms of martial arts. Its strength lets it easily hoist a sumo wrestler onto its shoulders. |
| Pokémon FireRed | Its whole body is composed of muscles. Even though it's the size of a human child, it can hurl 100 grown-ups. |
| Pokémon LeafGreen | Loves to build its muscles. It trains in all styles of martial arts to become even stronger. |
| Fourth Pokémon generation | |
| Pokémon Diamond | It hefts a Graveler repeatedly to strengthen its entire body. It uses every type of martial arts. |
| Pokémon Pearl | Its muscles never cramp however much it trains. It lives in the mountains away from humans. |
| Pokémon Platinum | Though small in stature, it is powerful enough to easily heft and throw a number of Geodude at once. |
| Pokémon HeartGold | Always brimming with power, it passes time by lifting boulders. Doing so makes it even stronger. |
| Pokémon SoulSilver | It loves to work out and build its muscles. It is never satisfied, even if it trains hard all day long. |
| Fifth Pokémon generation | |
| Pokémon Black | Though small in stature, it is powerful enough to easily heft and throw a number of Geodude at once. |
| Pokémon White | Though small in stature, it is powerful enough to easily heft and throw a number of Geodude at once. |
| Pokémon Black 2 | Though small in stature, it is powerful enough to easily heft and throw a number of Geodude at once. |
| Pokémon White 2 | Though small in stature, it is powerful enough to easily heft and throw a number of Geodude at once. |
| Sixth Pokémon generation | |
| Pokémon X | It hefts a Graveler repeatedly to strengthen its entire body. It uses every type of martial arts. |
| Pokémon Y | Its whole body is composed of muscles. Even though it's the size of a human child, it can hurl 100 grown-ups. |
| Pokémon Omega Ruby | Machop's muscles are special—they never get sore no matter how much they are used in exercise. This Pokémon has sufficient power to hurl a hundred adult humans. |
| Pokémon Alpha Sapphire | Machop exercises by hefting around a Graveler as if it were a barbell. There are some Machop that travel the world in a quest to master all kinds of martial arts. |
| Seventh Pokémon generation | |
| Pokémon Sun | It loves working out. As it gazes at its muscles, which continue to swell day by day, it becomes more and more dedicated to its training. |
| Pokémon Moon | With its superhuman strength, it's able to throw a hundred people all at the same time. Its strength comes from lifting Graveler every day. |
| Pokémon Ultra Sun | Once this Pokémon has gained enough confidence and muscle from training with its friends, it challenges Makuhita to a battle. |
| Pokémon Ultra Moon | It likes food that's highly nutritious because its instincts drive it to build muscle efficiently. |
Game locations[]
Evolution[]
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Base Stats[]
| HP | 70 |
| Attack | 80 |
| Defense | 50 |
| Sp. Attack | 35 |
| Sp. Defense | 35 |
| Speed | 35 |
| Total | 305 |
Moveset[]
Gallery[]
Sprites[]
Trivia[]
- Before the release of the English versions of Pokémon Red and Blue, Machop was known as "Kara-Tee". This name is a corruption of karate, a fighting style.