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Dondozo Big Catfish Pokémon ヘイラッシャ Heyrusher #0977 Images on the Bulbagarden Archives
Type Water Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown
Abilities Unaware orOblivious Cacophony Cacophony Water Veil Hidden Ability Cacophony Hidden Ability Cacophony Cacophony
Gender ratio Unknown 50% male,50% female	Catch rate 25(7.7%)
Breeding Egg Group Water 2 Hatch time 40 cycles
Height 39'04" 12.0 m Dondozo 0'0" 0 m {{{form2}}} 0'0" 0 m {{{form3}}} 0'0" 0 m {{{form4}}} 0'0" 0 m {{{form5}}} 0'0" 0 m {{{form6}}} 0'0" 0 m {{{form7}}}	Weight 485.0 lbs. 220.0 kg Dondozo 0 lbs. 0 kg {{{form2}}} 0 lbs. 0 kg {{{form3}}} 0 lbs. 0 kg {{{form4}}} 0 lbs. 0 kg {{{form5}}} 0 lbs. 0 kg {{{form6}}} 0 lbs. 0 kg {{{form7}}}
Mega Stone [[|]] [[|]]
Base experience yield Unknown Gen. IV Unknown IV 265	Leveling rate Slow
EV yield Total: 3 Dondozo 3 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 0 HP 0 Atk 0 Def 0 Sp.Atk 0 Sp.Def 0 Speed
Shape	Footprint {{{form2}}}
Pokédex color   Blue	Base friendship 50
External Links On Smogon Pokédex Artwork on Bulbagarden Archives

Dondozo (Japanese:ヘイラッシャHeyrusher) is aWater-typePokémon introduced inGeneration IX.

It is not known toevolve into or from any other Pokémon.

Dondozo interacts withTatsugiri inDouble Battles via itssignature move,Order Up, and Tatsugiri'ssignature Ability,Commander.

Biology

Dondozo is a giant piscine Pokémon. Its body has three colors: light blue at the top; dark blue in the middle; and white on its belly, upper lip, and fins. It has a pair of pectoral fins and its rear half is flanked on either side by elongated anal fins, ending at a large, fan-like tail fin. On top of its head is a ring of six frills arranged in a circle: the two rightmost frills are much longer and end in flat tips, resembling ahachimaki, while the other four are shorter and rounded. It has three gills on either side of its body. Its face has a short protrusion resembling a nose, along with dark blue lips, a blue tongue, a pair of longbarbels above its upper lip, and five barbels on its lower jaw, with one of them being longer and curled, located just below its lower lip. Dondozo's tongue is long and rectangular with two blocky protrusions below it, altogether resembling asushi geta (wooden serving tray for sushi).

Dondozo isone of the biggest Pokémon ever discovered, and is a heavy eater. Dondozo boasts fantastic strength to the point that its huge body can create great waves of water when it thrashes. Although powerful, Dondozo is dull and not very good at hunting, so it teams up withTatsugiri to catch prey. The Tatsugiri baits their prey by playing dead and then commands Dondozo to attack. Dondozo is loyal to Tatsugiri and acts as its subordinate, protecting it inside its mouth from enemies.Basculin is among the species Dondozo preys upon.

Agiant Dondozo and a giant Tatsugiri that live atPaldea'sCasseroya Lake, feeding onSpicy Herba Mystica, are known as theFalse Dragon Titan.

Dondozo is theonly known Pokémon capable of learning the moveOrder Up.

Game data

NPC appearances

• Pokémon Scarlet and Violet: Dondozo, known as the "False Dragon Titan", is a minor character and a boss encounter in the games. It is the fake Titan Pokémon that follows the command of the true one,Tatsugiri.
  • Theplayer andArven eventually found Tatsugiri inCasseroya Lake to find theHerba Mystica it guards however, it was swallowed and rescued by Dondozo, that fought them instead. Once defeated, Tatsugiri reappeared to fight them.

Pokédex entries

Dondozo in thePaldea Pokédex

Game locations

In events

Poké Portal News

In side games

This Pokémon was unavailable prior to Generation IX.
Cross-Generation Masters EX Seasonalsync pair scout: Lana (New Year's 2026) & Dondozo

Held items

Stats

Base stats

Type effectiveness

Learnset

Dondozo is available inScarlet and Violet andLegends Z-A Version 2.0.0+.

Byleveling up

SV

ZA

ByTM

SV

Generation IX Other generations: None

TM   Move   Type   Cat.   Pwr.   Acc.   PP  TM001 TM001 Take Down Normal Physical 09090 085}}85% 20 TM006 TM006 Scary Face Normal Status 0000— 100}}100% 10 TM007 TM007 Protect Normal Status 0000— 00—}}—% 10 TM010 TM010 Ice Fang Ice Physical 06565 095}}95% 15 TM011 TM011 Water Pulse Water Special 06060 100}}100% 20 TM022 TM022 Chilling Water Water Special 05050 100}}100% 20 TM025 TM025 Facade Normal Physical 07070 100}}100% 20 TM028 TM028 Bulldoze Ground Physical 06060 100}}100% 20 TM046 TM046 Avalanche Ice Physical 06060 100}}100% 10 TM047 TM047 Endure Normal Status 0000— 00—}}—% 10 TM050 TM050 Rain Dance Water Status 0000— 00—}}—% 5 TM059 TM059 Zen Headbutt Psychic Physical 08080 090}}90% 15 TM066 TM066 Body Slam Normal Physical 08585 100}}100% 15 TM070 TM070 Sleep Talk Normal Status 0000— 00—}}—% 10 TM077 TM077 Waterfall Water Physical 08080 100}}100% 15 TM084 TM084 Stomping Tantrum Ground Physical 07575 100}}100% 10 TM085 TM085 Rest Psychic Status 0000— 00—}}—% 5 TM086 TM086 Rock Slide Rock Physical 07575 090}}90% 10 TM089 TM089 Body Press Fighting Physical 08080 100}}100% 10 TM103 TM103 Substitute Normal Status 0000— 00—}}—% 10 TM108 TM108 Crunch Dark Physical 08080 100}}100% 15 TM110 TM110 Liquidation Water Physical 08585 100}}100% 10 TM121 TM121 Heavy Slam Steel Physical 0000— 100}}100% 10 TM123 TM123 Surf Water Special 09090 100}}100% 15 TM142 TM142 Hydro Pump Water Special 110110 080}}80% 5 TM149 TM149 Earthquake Ground Physical 100100 100}}100% 10 TM152 TM152 Giga Impact Normal Physical 150150 090}}90% 5 TM156 TM156 Outrage Dragon Physical 120120 100}}100% 10 TM163 TM163 Hyper Beam Normal Special 150150 090}}90% 5 TM171 TM171 Tera Blast Normal Special 08080 100}}100% 10 TM204 TM204 Double-Edge Normal Physical 120120 100}}100% 15 TM224 TM224 Curse Ghost Status 0000— 00—}}—% 10

Bold indicates a move that getsSTAB when used by Dondozo Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an Evolution or an alternate form of Dondozo

ZA

Generation IX Other generations: None

TM   Move   Type   Cat.   Pwr.   CD  TM012 TM012 Rock Slide Rock Physical 07575 7 TM015 TM015 Ice Fang Ice Physical 06565 6 TM017 TM017 Protect Normal Status 0000— 15 TM025 TM025 Crunch Dark Physical 08080 8 TM033 TM033 Body Slam Normal Physical 08585 8 TM035 TM035 Endure Normal Status 0000— 12 TM041 TM041 Water Pulse Water Special 06060 6 TM044 TM044 Hyper Beam Normal Special 150150 20 TM046 TM046 Mud Shot Ground Special 05555 6 TM055 TM055 Giga Impact Normal Physical 150150 20 TM056 TM056 Double-Edge Normal Physical 120120 10 TM059 TM059 Zen Headbutt Psychic Physical 08080 8 TM069 TM069 Earthquake Ground Physical 100100 10 TM070 TM070 Whirlpool Water Special 02020 7 TM073 TM073 Surf Water Special 09090 8 TM076 TM076 Liquidation Water Physical 08585 8 TM078 TM078 Bulldoze Ground Physical 06060 6 TM085 TM085 Substitute Normal Status 0000— 10 TM087 TM087 Iron Tail Steel Physical 100100 10 TM091 TM091 Curse Ghost Status 0000— 15 TM093 TM093 Outrage Dragon Physical 120120 15 TM096 TM096 Hydro Pump Water Special 110110 12 TM098 TM098 Waterfall Water Physical 08080 8 TM109 TM109 Facade Normal Physical 07070 7 TM110 TM110 Chilling Water Water Special 05050 7 TM140 TM140 Muddy Water Water Special 09090 8 TM154 TM154 Fissure Ground Physical 250250 20

Bold indicates a move that getsSTAB when used by Dondozo Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an Evolution or an alternate form of Dondozo

Bybreeding

Generation IX Other generations: None

Parent   Move   Type   Cat.   Pwr.   Acc.   PP  * Curse Ghost Status — —% 10 Fissure Ground Physical — 30% 5 Thrash Normal Physical 120 100% 10 * Yawn Normal Status — —% 10

Moves marked with an asterisk (*) must bechain bred onto Dondozo Bold indicates a move that getsSTAB when used by Dondozo Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an Evolution of Dondozo

Side game data

Pokémon GO Base HP: 312 Base Attack: 176 Base Defense: 178 Egg Distance: N/A Buddy Distance: 5 km Evolution Requirement: N/A Fast Attacks:Waterfall,Water Gun Charged Attacks:Outrage,Surf,Hydro Pump,Liquidation

Evolution data

Unevolved Dondozo  Water

Sprites

This Pokémon was unavailable prior to Generation IX.
Cross-Generation HOME

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

In animation

Main series

Major appearances

Minor appearances

POKÉTOON

Dondozo appeared in the ending credits inPT16.

Challenge the World!

Dondozo appeared inChallenge the World!, entering a Video Game Championships match inPokémon Scarlet and Violet together with anIron Bundle.

Biri-Biri

A Dondozo, namely theFalse Dragon Titan, briefly appeared as a silhouette in the music video forBiri-Biri.

In the manga

In the TCG

Main article:Dondozo (TCG)

Trivia

• Dondozo is thetallest Pokémon introduced inGeneration IX.
• Dondozo and itsShiny coloration were designed byJames Turner.^[2][3]

Origin

Dondozo seems to be based on thewels catfish, a large species ofcatfish that is native to Europe and was introduced to Spain. ItsShiny coloration resembles analbino wels catfish. The presence of bird Pokémon in Dondozo's diet may be inspired by the wels catfish's hunting behavior, as some individuals have been known to successfully hunt terrestrial birds by beaching themselves. Dondozo may also be based on asushi chef, considering its relationship withTatsugiri, the frills on its head which resemble a bandana or headband commonly worn as part of a sushi chef's uniform, and its tongue which resembles asushi geta. Its face also somewhat resembles that of asmooth-head blobfish.

Dondozo keeping Tatsugiri inside its mouth may be a reference tomouthbrooding, a parenting style performed by many species of fish–including some catfish species–where the parent fish will keep their offspring safe by holding them inside their mouth. Dondozo's low smarts and larger size compared to Tatsugiri, combined with their synergy together, seem to reference the common"Brains and Brawn" team-up trope in media. Tatsugiri acting as the boss supports this, as the "Brains" is most often the leader in these team-ups.

Name origin

Dondozo may be a combination ofdon (Spanish for lord) and どうぞdōzo (Japanese for "please (help yourself)"; typically said when offering something).Don also refers to a crime boss, which may allude to Dondozo's relationship with Tatsugiri, who acts as itsconsigliere. It may also derive frombozo, in reference to Dondozo's dimwitted nature.

Heyrusher may be a combination of へいらっしゃいheirasshai ("Hey, come on in"; typically said by sushi restaurant chefs when greeting customers) and the agentive suffix ～者-sha or-er. It may also refer toRusher Itamae, a Japanese comedian. 板前Itamae is a Japanese word referring to a chef of traditional Japanese cuisine, and can refer to a sushi chef.

In other languages

Language Title Meaning Japanese ヘイラッシャHeyrusher Fromへいらっしゃいheirasshai, the agentive suffix ～者-sha or-er, and possiblyRusher Itamae French Oyacata From親方oyakata andpoissons-chat Spanish Dondozo Same as English name German Heerashai FromHerr orHeer and its Japanese name Italian Dondozo Same as English name Korean 어써러셔Eosseoreosyeo From어서 오세요eoseo oseyo and 러셔rosyeo, a transcription ofrusher from its Japanese name Mandarin Chinese 吃吼霸Chīhǒubà From吃chī,吼hǒu,霸bà, and食予飽tsia̍h-hōo-pá Cantonese Chinese 吃吼霸Hekháuba From吃hek,吼háu,霸ba, and食予飽tsia̍h-hōo-pá

More languages Hindi डॉनक्कमDonkkam Fromdon andभक्कमbhakkam Thai เฮรัชเชอร์Heratchachoe Transcription of Japanese name

Related articles

• Tatsugiri
• Titan Pokémon

References

External links

Titan Pokémon

See also:Titanic Pokémon (Okidogi •Munkidori •Fezandipiti)

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