Frillish (Pokémon)

Total: 1
Frillish
0 HP	0 Atk	0 Def	0 Sp.Atk	1 Sp.Def	0 Speed

0 HP	0 Atk	0 Def	0 Sp.Atk	0 Sp.Def	0 Speed

0 HP	0 Atk	0 Def	0 Sp.Atk	0 Sp.Def	0 Speed

0 HP	0 Atk	0 Def	0 Sp.Atk	0 Sp.Def	0 Speed

Shape

Footprint

Pokédex color

White

Base friendship

70

External Links

On Smogon Pokédex:
Artwork on Bulbagarden Archives

It evolves into Jellicent starting at level 40.

Biology

Frillish is a jellyfish-like Pokémon resembling young royalty. Regardless of gender, it has a round head with a crown-like tuft, and five tentacle-like appendages: two serving as arms and three as the lower half of its body. It has oval eyes with white pupils, and a collar around its neck. It has invisible poison spikes on its appendages. As a male Frillish, it is blue, with smooth appendages and a triangular crown. It has red eyes with blue sclerae and a straight eyelash on each eye, its collar is wavy, and it appears to be frowning, but in the anime it is shown to smile rarely. As a female Frillish, it is pink, with wavy appendages and a round crown. It has blue eyes with red sclerae and a curled eyelash on each eye, its collar is frilled, and it appears to be smiling. Female Frillish have slightly longer stingers, while male Frillish have bigger collars.

Frillish is a hadopelagic Pokémon which lives in dens about 5 miles (8 kilometers) under the sea surface. Because of this, it can cope with extremely dark and highly pressurized sea conditions. It is carnivorous; it gently floats around in waves until it can strike its prey. It makes its victim numb with the use of its poison spikes and takes it to its deep den. Its arms are filled with tens of thousands of poisonous stingers. There is a legend where Frillish are said to have been created from transformed residents of a sunken ancient city. Frillish preys on Magikarp and Lanturn.

In the anime

A male Frillish in the anime

A female Frillish in the anime

Jessie's Frillish

Jessie owns a female Frillish, which debuted in New Places... Familiar Faces!. She eventually had to give Frillish to Giovanni as a sign that they accomplished something in Unova.

Other

A male Frillish debuted in A Rival Battle for Club Champ!, under the ownership of Trip. He used Frillish in his match against Ash, and he was able to defeat both Pidove and Snivy, despite having a disadvantage against the latter in both type and gender.

A female Frillish debuted in A Fishing Connoisseur in a Fishy Competition!. She took a liking to Ash after he fell into the canal. She was later hooked by Bianca during a fishing competition, and when she saw Team Rocket attempting to kidnap the prize Pokémon, she released them all back into the wild.

In The Pokémon Harbor Patrol!, Halsey used both male and female Frillish to help rescue people from fires, and then to help put out the fires alongside Dewott.

Minor appearances

Both male and female Frillish appeared in the opening sequences of White—Victini and Zekrom and Black—Victini and Reshiram; the female Frillish was exclusive to the former movie and the male Frillish was exclusive to the latter.

Multiple male and female Frillish appeared in Climbing the Tower of Success!.

Both male and female Frillish appeared in A Surface to Air Tag Battle Team!.

In Clash of the Connoisseurs!, a female Frillish was living in Stonesthrow Town.

A male Frillish appeared in Piplup, Pansage, and a Meeting of the Times!.

In Fighting Back the Tears!, James attempted to catch a female Frillish, but he failed when Mareanie, seeing it as a rival for James' affections, scared it off with Spike Cannon.

In Mind-Boggling Dynamax!, a female Frillish was among the Pokémon seen in the Wild Area.

In A Pinch of This, a Pinch of That!, a female Frillish was in the Wild Area.

Pokédex entries

Episode	Pokémon	Source	Entry
BW010	Frillish	Ash's Pokédex	Frillish, the Floating Pokémon. Frillish can constrict its foes using its veil-like tentacles and numb them with poison. It is said to live in dens some five miles below sea level.
BW037	Frillish	Bianca's Pokédex	Frillish, the Floating Pokémon. Frillish numbs its opponents with its poison as it binds its victim with its thin, veil-like tentacles.

In the manga

Male Frillish in Pokémon Adventures

Female Frillish in Pokémon Adventures

Pocket Monsters BW: The Heroes of Fire and Thunder

Both male and female Frillish appeared in Clash! White Hero vs Black Hero.

Pokémon Adventures

Both male and female Frillish debuted in A New Perspective

Both male and female Frillish appeared in Pink Slip.

Marlon owned a male Frillish, which went on to evolve into a Jellicent. He appeared in a flashback in The Tournament Continues.

A Team Plasma Grunt used a female Frillish in a flashback in Unforgettable Memories. She fought against Hugh's Purrloin and Trapinch after Hugh refused to listen to them when they convinced him that he was causing pain to his Pokémon. Frillish was able to weaken Purrloin, forcing Hugh's sister recall it to its Poké Ball, which was then taken by two Grunts afterwards.

A female Frillish appeared in a flashback in Epilogue: Graduation Ceremony.

Pokémon RéBURST

A Frillish appeared in RB41.

In the TCG

Main article: Frillish (TCG)

Game data

Pokédex entries

This Pokémon was unavailable prior to Generation V.

Generation V

Unova
BW: #098

Unova
B2W2: #180

White 2
Black	With its thin, veil-like arms wrapped around the body of its opponent, it sinks to the ocean floor.
White	They paralyze prey with poison, then drag them down to their lairs, five miles below the surface.
Black 2	If its veil-like arms stun and wrap a foe, that foe will be dragged miles below the surface, never to return.

Generation VI

Kalos
#—

Hoenn
#—

X	They paralyze prey with poison, then drag them down to their lairs, five miles below the surface.
Y	If its veil-like arms stun and wrap a foe, that foe will be dragged miles below the surface, never to return.
Omega Ruby	They paralyze prey with poison, then drag them down to their lairs, five miles below the surface.
Alpha Sapphire	If its veil-like arms stun and wrap a foe, that foe will be dragged miles below the surface, never to return.

Generation VII

Alola
USUM: #318

Kanto
#—

This Pokémon has no Pokédex entries in Sun, Moon, Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee!‎.
Ultra Sun	It wraps its veillike arms and legs around prey swimming by and drags them down to the depths of the ocean.
Ultra Moon	Using the invisible poison spikes on its veillike arms and legs, it paralyzes its enemies and causes them to drown.

Generation VIII

Galar
#305

Galar
Isle of Armor #192

Sinnoh
#—

Hisui
#—

This Pokémon has no Pokédex entries in Brilliant Diamond, Shining Pearl, and Legends: Arceus.
Male
Sword	It envelops its prey in its veillike arms and draws it down to the deeps, five miles below the ocean's surface.
Shield	Legend has it that the residents of a sunken ancient city changed into these Pokémon.
Female
Sword	It envelops its prey in its veillike arms and draws it down to the deeps, five miles below the ocean's surface.
Shield	Its thin, veillike arms have tens of thousands of poisonous stingers. Females have slightly longer stingers.

Game locations

This Pokémon was unavailable prior to Generation V.

Generation V

Black

White

Routes 4, 17, and 18, Driftveil City, P2 Laboratory (Surfing)

Black 2

White 2

Routes 4, 13, 17, 18, and 21, Virbank City, Virbank Complex, Undella Town, Undella Bay, Seaside Cave, Humilau City, P2 Laboratory (Surfing)

Generation VI

Routes 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 122, 124, 125, 126, 127, 128, 129, 130, 131, 132, 133 and 134 (hidden Pokémon*)

Generation VII

Route 14 (Surfing)
Route 14 (One)

Let's Go Pikachu

Let's Go Eevee

Unobtainable

Generation VIII

Sword

Shield

East Lake Axewell, Bridge Field, West Lake Axewell, North Lake Miloch, Dusty Bowl, Giant's Mirror
Watchtower Ruins, Stony Wilderness (Max Raid Battle)

Unobtainable

Unobtainable

In side games

This Pokémon was unavailable prior to Generation V.

Generation V

Beach: Rugged Flats

Chill Battle: Unidentified Flying Objects

Generation VI

Battle Trozei

Infinite Ruins: Stage 1 (Male)
Infinite Ruins: Stage 2 (Female)

Shuffle

Blau Salon: Stage 421 (Male)
Zaffiro Coast: Stage 643 (Male)
Event: Pokémon Safari (Ninth release; Female)
Event: A Great Chance a Day! (Female)

Rumble World

White Ruins: Seabreeze Trail (All Areas), Starlight Islands: Upside-Down Island (All Areas)

Generation VII

Rumble Rush

Pinsir Sea, Mewtwo Sea^Final

Generation VIII

New Snap

Lental Seafloor^{Level 2+}

Base stats

Stat		Range
Stat		At Lv. 50	At Lv. 100
HP: 55		115 - 162	220 - 314
Attack: 40		40 - 101	76 - 196
Defense: 50		49 - 112	94 - 218
Sp. Atk: 65		63 - 128	121 - 251
Sp. Def: 85		81 - 150	157 - 295
Speed: 40		40 - 101	76 - 196
Total: 335	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.

Type effectiveness

Under normal battle conditions in Generation VIII, this Pokémon is:

Damaged
normally by:

Flying

1×

Ground

1×

Rock

1×

Psychic

1×

Dragon

1×

Fairy

1×

Weak to:

Ghost

2×

Grass

2×

Electric

2×

Dark

2×

Immune to:

Normal

0×

Fighting

0×

Resistant to:

Poison

½×

Bug

½×

Steel

½×

Fire

½×

Water

½×

Ice

½×

Notes:

If Foresight or Odor Sleuth is used by an opponent, the opponent has Scrappy, or this Pokémon is given a Ring Target, the effectiveness of Normal-type moves is 1× and the effectiveness of Fighting-type moves is 1×.
If this Pokémon has Water Absorb, the effectiveness of Water-type moves is 0×.

Learnset

Frillish is available in Sword and Shield.

By leveling up

Generation VIII

Other generations:
V - VI - VII

Level	Move	Type	Cat.	Pwr.	Acc.	PP
011	Absorb	Grass	Special	02020	100100%	25
011	Water Gun	Water	Special	04040	100100%	25
044	Poison Sting	Poison	Physical	01515	100100%	35
088	Night Shade	Ghost	Special	0000—	100100%	15
1212	Water Pulse	Water	Special	06060	100100%	20
1616	Rain Dance	Water	Status	0000—	00——%	5
2020	Hex	Ghost	Special	06565	100100%	10
2424	Brine	Water	Special	06565	100100%	10
2828	Recover	Normal	Status	0000—	00——%	10
3232	Shadow Ball	Ghost	Special	08080	100100%	15
3636	Whirlpool	Water	Special	03535	08585%	15
4141	Hydro Pump	Water	Special	110110	08080%	5
4444	Destiny Bond	Ghost	Status	0000—	00——%	5
4848	Water Spout	Water	Special	150150	100100%	5

Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Frillish
Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution of Frillish
Click on the generation numbers at the top to see level-up moves from other generations

By TM/TR

Generation VIII

Other generations:
V - VI - VII

	TM	Move	Type	Cat.	Pwr.	Acc.	PP
TM19	TM19	Safeguard	Normal	Status	0000—	00—}}—%	25
TM21	TM21	Rest	Psychic	Status	0000—	00—}}—%	10
TM24	TM24	Snore	Normal	Special	05050	100}}100%	15
TM25	TM25	Protect	Normal	Status	0000—	00—}}—%	10
TM27	TM27	Icy Wind	Ice	Special	05555	095}}95%	15
TM28	TM28	Giga Drain	Grass	Special	07575	100}}100%	10
TM31	TM31	Attract	Normal	Status	0000—	100}}100%	15
TM33	TM33	Rain Dance	Water	Status	0000—	00—}}—%	5
TM35	TM35	Hail	Ice	Status	0000—	00—}}—%	10
TM36	TM36	Whirlpool	Water	Special	03535	085}}85%	15
TM38	TM38	Will-O-Wisp	Fire	Status	0000—	085}}85%	15
TM39	TM39	Facade	Normal	Physical	07070	100}}100%	20
TM44	TM44	Imprison	Psychic	Status	0000—	00—}}—%	10
TM45	TM45	Dive	Water	Physical	08080	100}}100%	10
TM55	TM55	Brine	Water	Special	06565	100}}100%	10
TM70	TM70	Trick Room	Psychic	Status	0000—	00—}}—%	5
TM76	TM76	Round	Normal	Special	06060	100}}100%	15
TM77	TM77	Hex	Ghost	Special	06565	100}}100%	10
TR03	TR03	Hydro Pump	Water	Special	110110	080}}80%	5
TR04	TR04	Surf	Water	Special	09090	100}}100%	15
TR05	TR05	Ice Beam	Ice	Special	09090	100}}100%	10
TR06	TR06	Blizzard	Ice	Special	110110	070}}70%	5
TR11	TR11	Psychic	Psychic	Special	09090	100}}100%	10
TR16	TR16	Waterfall	Water	Physical	08080	100}}100%	15
TR20	TR20	Substitute	Normal	Status	0000—	00—}}—%	10
TR22	TR22	Sludge Bomb	Poison	Special	09090	100}}100%	10
TR26	TR26	Endure	Normal	Status	0000—	00—}}—%	10
TR27	TR27	Sleep Talk	Normal	Status	0000—	00—}}—%	10
TR33	TR33	Shadow Ball	Ghost	Special	08080	100}}100%	15
TR37	TR37	Taunt	Dark	Status	0000—	100}}100%	20
TR38	TR38	Trick	Psychic	Status	0000—	100}}100%	10
TR58	TR58	Dark Pulse	Dark	Special	08080	100}}100%	15
TR65	TR65	Energy Ball	Grass	Special	09090	100}}100%	10
TR78	TR78	Sludge Wave	Poison	Special	09595	100}}100%	10
TR84	TR84	Scald	Water	Special	08080	100}}100%	15
TR92	TR92	Dazzling Gleam	Fairy	Special	08080	100}}100%	10

Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Frillish
Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution of Frillish
Click on the generation numbers at the top to see TM moves from other generations

By breeding

Generation VIII

Other generations:
V - VI - VII

Move	Type	Cat.	Pwr.	Acc.	PP
Acid Armor	Poison	Status	—	—%	20
Bubble Beam	Water	Special	65	100%	20
Confuse Ray	Ghost	Status	—	100%	10
Mist*	Ice	Status	—	—%	30
Pain Split	Normal	Status	—	—%	20
Strength Sap	Grass	Status	—	100%	10

Moves marked with an asterisk (*) must be chain bred onto Frillish in Generation VIII
Moves marked with a double dagger (‡) can only be bred from a Pokémon who learned the move in an earlier generation.
Moves marked with a superscript game abbreviation can only be bred onto Frillish in that game.
Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Frillish
Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution of Frillish
Click on the generation numbers at the top to see Egg moves from other generations

By tutoring

Generation VIII

Other generations:
V - VI - VII

Game					Move	Type	Cat.	Pwr.	Acc.	PP
Sw	Sh	EP	BD	SP	Poltergeist	Ghost	Physical	110	90%	5

Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Frillish
Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution of Frillish
Click on the generation numbers at the top to see Move Tutor moves from other generations

By transfer from another generation

Generation VIII

Other generations:
VI - VII

Gen.			Move	Type	Cat.	Pwr.	Acc.	PP
V	VI	VII	Bind	Normal	Physical	01515	085}}85%	20
V	VI	VII	Bubble ×	Water	Special	04040	100}}100%	30
V	VI	VII	Confide	Normal	Status	0000—	00—}}—%	20
V	VI	VII	Constrict ×	Normal	Physical	01010	100}}100%	35
V	VI	VII	Double Team	Normal	Status	0000—	00—}}—%	15
V	VI	VII	Dream Eater	Psychic	Special	100100	100}}100%	15
V	VI	VII	Flash ×	Normal	Status	0000—	100}}100%	20
V	VI	VII	Frustration ×	Normal	Physical	0000—	100}}100%	20
V	VI	VII	Hidden Power ×	Normal	Special	06060	100}}100%	15
V	VI	VII	Magic Coat	Psychic	Status	0000—	00—}}—%	15
V	VI	VII	Ominous Wind ×	Ghost	Special	06060	100}}100%	5
V	VI	VII	Psych Up	Normal	Status	0000—	00—}}—%	10
V	VI	VII	Return ×	Normal	Physical	0000—	100}}100%	20
V	VI	VII	Secret Power ×	Normal	Physical	07070	100}}100%	20
V	VI	VII	Shock Wave	Electric	Special	06060	00—}}—%	20
V	VI	VII	Spite	Ghost	Status	0000—	100}}100%	10
V	VI	VII	Swagger	Normal	Status	0000—	085}}85%	15
V	VI	VII	Toxic	Poison	Status	0000—	090}}90%	10
V	VI	VII	Water Sport ×	Water	Status	0000—	00—}}—%	15
V	VI	VII	Wring Out ×	Normal	Special	0000—	100}}100%	5

A striped background indicates a generation in which the move can only be obtained via event or as a special move
Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Frillish
Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution of Frillish
× indicates a move that cannot be used in Generation VIII
Click on the generation numbers at the top to see transfer-only moves for other generations

Male Frillish

Pokémon Rumble Blast

Attack	●●
Defense	●●●
Speed	●●●

Pokémon Rumble Rush

	Walking Speed: 1.67 seconds	Base HP: 49
	Base Attack: 70	Base Defense: 52	Base Speed: 60

PokéPark 2: Wonders Beyond


	PokéPark Pad entry:
	The Frillish on the beach are good friends. They speak politely to each other, but they want to enjoy honest conversation, too.

Pokémon Battle Trozei

Water

Attack Power:

★★★★★

Pokémon Shuffle

Ghost

Attack Power: 50 - 100

5

#568

Barrier Bash

Removes one barrier-type disruption without fail.

Pokémon GO

Base Stamina: 146	Base Attack: 115	Base Defense: 134
Egg Distance: N/A	Buddy Distance: 3 km	Evolution Requirement: 50
Fast Attacks: Bubble, Hex
Charged Attacks: Night Shade, Ice Beam, Ominous Wind

New Pokémon Snap


	Photodex entry #119
	The Frillish drifting in the blue hole are on the lookout for food. Sometimes the males and females will work together to drag other Pokémon down to the depths of the sea.

Female Frillish

Pokémon Rumble Blast

Attack	●●
Defense	●●●
Speed	●●●

Pokémon Rumble Rush

	Walking Speed: 1.67 seconds	Base HP: 49
	Base Attack: 70	Base Defense: 52	Base Speed: 60

PokéPark 2: Wonders Beyond


	PokéPark Pad entry:
	The Frillish on the beach are good friends. They speak politely to each other, but they want to enjoy honest conversation, too.

Pokémon Battle Trozei

Water

Attack Power:

★★★★★

Pokémon Shuffle

Ghost

Attack Power: 50 - 100

5

#568

Vitality Drain

Damage varies depending on the opponent's remaining HP.

Pokémon GO

Base Stamina: 146	Base Attack: 115	Base Defense: 134
Egg Distance: N/A	Buddy Distance: 3 km	Evolution Requirement: 50
Fast Attacks: Bubble, Hex
Charged Attacks: Night Shade, Ice Beam, Ominous Wind

New Pokémon Snap


	Photodex entry #119
	The Frillish drifting in the blue hole are on the lookout for food. Sometimes the males and females will work together to drag other Pokémon down to the depths of the sea.

Male

Unevolved

Frillish
Water Ghost

Level 40
→

First evolution

Jellicent
Water Ghost

Female

Unevolved

Frillish
Water Ghost

Level 40
→

First evolution

Jellicent
Water Ghost

Sprites

This Pokémon was unavailable prior to Generation V.

Generation V

Black	White	Black 2	White 2




Front	Back	Front	Back

Generation VI

X	Y	Omega Ruby	Alpha Sapphire




Front	Back	Front	Back

Generation VII

Sun	Moon	Ultra Sun	Ultra Moon




Front	Back	Front	Back

Generation VIII

Sword	Shield



HOME

For other sprites and images, please see Frillish images on the Bulbagarden Archives.

Trivia

The Japanese prototype name for Frillish was プルンス Purunsu.[1]

Dream World artwork of female Frillish

Although female Dream World artwork exists, any Frillish or Jellicent uploaded to the Global Link will use the male artwork, regardless of their gender.
Frillish and its evolution were designed by Mana Ibe.

Origin

Frillish and its evolved form were most likely inspired by the Nurarihyon, a jellyfish yōkai that is either shown as a demonized jellyfish or as a jellyfish-like man who wears refined, sometimes regal, clothing. It is also possible that they was inspired by the Kurage no Hinotama, a type of jellyfish-like will-o'-the-wisp. Frillish and its evolved from may also be inspired by the Stygiomedusa, also known as the Phantom Jelly, a very rarely seen deep sea jellyfish with fabric-like arms. The two larger arms Frillish possesses are more similar to those of squids than the tentacles of real jellyfish, however.

Frillish's design is inspired by the jellyfish and Victorian-style monarch attire: the male form's appearance based on a prince's while the female's is based on a princess'. The moon jellyfish appears to be what inspired Frillish's Ghost type. Frillish and its evolved form also have traits in common with sea monsters like the Kraken, most notably their rumored penchant for destroying ships and feeding on the crew.

Name origin

Frillish may be a combination of frill and jellyfish.

Pururill may be a combination of プルプル purupuru (soft) and rill or frill.

In other languages

Language	Title	Meaning
Japanese	プルリル Pururill	From プルプル purupuru, and フリル furiru
French	Viskuse	From visqueux and méduse
Spanish	Frillish	Same as English name
German	Quabbel	From Qualle and schwabbeln
Italian	Frillish	Same as English name
Korean	탱그릴 Taenggril	From 탱글탱글 taengeultaengeul and frill
Cantonese Chinese
Mandarin Chinese	輕飄飄 / 轻飘飘 Qīngpiāopiāo	Means "Lightly floating"

More languages
Russian	Фриллиш Frillish	Transcription of English name
Thai	พูรูริล Phururin	Transcription of Japanese name

Notes

http://imgur.com/lCiPM87

External links

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[1] ttp://imgur.com/lCiPM87

Frillish (Pokémon)

Biology

In the anime

Jessie's Frillish

Other

Minor appearances

Pokédex entries

In the manga

Pocket Monsters BW: The Heroes of Fire and Thunder

Pokémon Adventures

Pokémon RéBURST

In the TCG

Game data

Pokédex entries

Game locations

In side games

Base stats

Type effectiveness

Learnset

By leveling up

By TM/TR

By breeding

By tutoring

By transfer from another generation

Male Frillish

Female Frillish

Male

Female

Sprites

Trivia

Origin

Name origin

In other languages

Related articles

Notes

External links