Corsola is a small, pink, roundishPokémon with branch-like growths on its back, which are similar to coral. There is a smaller, blunt horn on its forehead, and it has oval-shaped black eyes and a smiling mouth. It has a light blue underside, which speckles towards the sides. Its four legs and two arms are blunt and stubby.
Smaller Pokémon likeHorsea andLuvdisc are sometimes sheltered by Corsola's branches and even offer it protection from foes. Corsola's horn is a prized material, commonly used for jewelry and carving, as seen in thePokémon the Series episodeA Corsola Caper!. Some people keep Corsola branches as charms to promote safe childbirth. Corsola's branches glitter very beautifully in seven colors when they catch sunlight. If any branch breaks off, this Pokémon grows it back in just one night.
Found in thewarm shallow waters of southern seas, Corsola requires clean water to live. If its habitat is dirty, the growths on its back become discolored and degenerate. However, when it is healthy, its growths regularly shed and grow back; it is able to regrow them over the course of a single night. It forms large social groups. Occasionally, these groups get so large that people may live atop them, as is the case inPacifidlog Town.
In theAlolaregion,Mareanie andToxapex are natural predators of Corsola, preying on its branches. If pursued by them, Corsola will sometimes snap its own branches off as a diversion. Conversely, Mareanie and Toxapex do not prey on Corsola in theGalar region, having not developed a taste for its branches.
Galarian Corsola were wiped out by sudden changes in the climate and ocean temperature, turning them intoGhost-types. Its body is a bleached white with half-closed pink eyes and a perpetual frown, and its arms, horn, and branches are wavy and translucent. These branches are incorporeal and can disappear at will, revealing the holes in Galarian Corsola's shell. They cannot cause injuries or pain, but they can be used to take root inside and drain the life force of others, and will immobilize the victim until Galarian Corsola lets them go.[1]
Galarian Corsola are commonly found in the remains of prehistoric seas, and while they can be mistaken for ordinary rocks, they will curse anybody who kicks them by accident. Galarian Corsola consumes spirit energy from the life force its absorbs. This diet eventually causes Corsola's shell to break, its body to become incorporeal, and its spirit energy to pour out, thus completing its Evolution intoCursola.[2]
It continuously sheds and grows. The tip of its head is prized as a treasure for its beauty.(Pokémon Red, Silver, or Crystal inserted) In a south sea nation, the people live in communities that are built on groups of thesePokémon.(Pokémon Blue, Gold, or Yellow inserted)
Corsola's branches glitter very beautifully in seven colors when they catch sunlight. If any branch breaks off, thisPokémon grows it back in just one night.
Clusters ofCorsola congregate in warm seas where they serve as ideal hiding places for smallerPokémon. When the water temperature falls, thisPokémon migrates to the southern seas.
Corsola's branches glitter very beautifully in seven colors when they catch sunlight. If any branch breaks off, this Pokémon grows it back in just one night.
Clusters of Corsola congregate in warm seas where they serve as ideal hiding places for smaller Pokémon. When the water temperature falls, this Pokémon migrates to the southern seas.
Corsola grow so beautifully by absorbing nutrients from clean ocean waters through the branches on their heads. Sometimes their branches glow in rainbow colors if the sunlight hits them just right.
Misty has a Corsola that shecaught in theWhirl Islands inA Corsola Caper!. It wandered into a group of Corsola raised byAndrea and her family living inYellow Rock Isle. It caused trouble for them as it was very energetic and tackled all the Corsola, scaring them away. Things were solved when Misty battled and caught the Coral Pokémon in aLure Ball.
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Corsola made its animated series debut inAround the Whirlpool, under the ownership ofProfessor Elm. It has a fondness for pools. The sight of Corsola inspired Misty to catch her own.
Multiple Corsola appeared inA Corsola Caper! alongside Misty's; they were all under the ownership ofAndrea and her family. They were scared off by Misty's Corsola andthe group spent the episode trying to recover all of them. They each had a uniquenickname: Annie, Danny, Connie, Bonnie, Johnny, Donnie, Ronnie, and Lonnie.
Three Corsola appeared inYo, Ho, Ho! Go, Popplio!, with two being wild and the third appearing in a fantasy. One of the wild Corsola was walking along an island whereAsh,his classmates, and Professor Kukui were taking a break fromfishing.
Corsola,Galarian form. The Coral Pokémon. AGhost type. This ancient form of Corsola disappeared as a result of sudden climate change. If someone kicks it, mistaking it for a stone, it will attack.
A herd of Corsola appeared inOff Course with Corsola, where they weighed downLt. Surge's miniature submarine. However,Crystal, who had been accidentally kidnapped into the submarine, used her capturing skills to free the submarine from the Corsola.
In a south-sea nation, the people live in communities that are built on groups of these Pokémon.(VIZ)In the southern seas, there are countries that exist on top of Corsola herds.(Chuang Yi)
Corsola appears to be based oncoral, specificallystony coral, whose mineral based skeletons may have inspired its Rock typing. It may also be based onprecious coral, which is used as a precious stone.
Galarian Corsola appears to be based onbleached coral, a phenomenon in which coral expels the zooxanthellae that give it color, primarily because of rising water temperatures as a result of climate change. ItsGhost type may reference the high mortality rate of bleached coral. The way it immobilizes its prey may be inspired by the venomous stingers corals use to capture prey, which sometimes cause paralysis. These stingers are used more frequently by the naturally white deep-water corals.
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