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This article is about the species. For a specific instance of this species, seeGholdengo (disambiguation).

Gholdengo Coin Entity Pokémon サーフゴー Surfugo #1000 Images on the Bulbagarden Archives
Type Steel Ghost Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown	Ability Good as Gold Cacophony Cacophony Hidden Ability Cacophony Hidden Ability Cacophony Cacophony
Gender ratio Gender unknown	Catch rate 45(11.9%)
Breeding Egg Group No Eggs Discovered Hatch time 50 cycles Egg not obtainable
Height 3'11" 1.2 m Gholdengo 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 66.1 lbs. 30.0 kg Gholdengo 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 275	Leveling rate Slow
EV yield Total: 2 Gholdengo 0 HP 0 Atk 0 Def 2 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   Yellow	Base friendship 50
External Links On Smogon Pokédex Artwork on Bulbagarden Archives

Gholdengo (Japanese:サーフゴーSurfugo) is a dual-typeSteel/GhostPokémon introduced inGeneration IX.

Itevolves fromGimmighoul whenleveled up while the player has 999Gimmighoul Coins, consuming them in the process.

Biology

Gholdengo is a bipedal humanoidPokémon whose body is composed of 1,000Gimmighoul Coins stacked together, giving it a golden, cylindrical appearance. Its face has oval eyes and a mouth displaying a crooked smile. Its body has skinny arms with large hands and short, stumpy legs with no toes. It has three fingers on each hand and four tufts of dreadlock-like "hair", all made out of coins. It wears the strap from aGimmighoul's chest as a belt, using it to fasten the chest to its side. The belt buckle has a stylized number 1,000 on it.

Gholdengo is a sociable Pokémon; it is quick to befriend anybody and prefers lively places such as cities. In battle, it overwhelms opponents by firing coins at them in quick succession. The coins that form its body are tightly packed, making it able to withstand damage. When attacked by enemies, it can let loose some of the coins on the areas of its body that are hit, in order to absorb the impact.^[1]

Gholdengo is capable of creating a golden surfboard out of coins as a means of movement. As depicted inHZ120, Gholdengo's surfboard can fly, enabling it to move freely and carry up to two humans.

Gholdengo is theonly known Pokémon capable of learning the moveMake It Rain. It is also theonly known Pokémon that can haveGood as Gold as anAbility.

Evolution

Gholdengo evolves from either Chest Form or Roaming FormGimmighoul.

(For specifics on this Pokémon's Evolution in the games, refer toGame data→Evolution data.)

Unevolved Gimmighoul Chest Form  Ghost	→	First Evolution Gholdengo  Steel  Ghost
Unevolved Gimmighoul Roaming Form  Ghost

Game data

Pokédex entries

Gholdengo in thePaldea Pokédex

Game locations

In side games

Held items

Stats

Base stats

Type effectiveness

Learnset

Gholdengo 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 TM007 TM007 Protect Normal Status 0000— 00—}}—% 10 TM012 TM012 Low Kick Fighting Physical 0000— 100}}100% 20 TM017 TM017 Confuse Ray Ghost Status 0000— 100}}100% 10 TM018 TM018 Thief Dark Physical 06060 100}}100% 25 TM023 TM023 Charge Beam Electric Special 05050 090}}90% 10 TM029 TM029 Hex Ghost Special 06565 100}}100% 10 TM039 TM039 Low Sweep Fighting Physical 06565 100}}100% 20 TM042 TM042 Night Shade Ghost Special 0000— 100}}100% 15 TM043 TM043 Fling Dark Physical 0000— 100}}100% 10 TM047 TM047 Endure Normal Status 0000— 00—}}—% 10 TM051 TM051 Sandstorm Rock Status 0000— 00—}}—% 10 TM054 TM054 Psyshock Psychic Special 08080 100}}100% 10 TM068 TM068 Thunder Punch Electric Physical 07575 100}}100% 15 TM070 TM070 Sleep Talk Normal Status 0000— 00—}}—% 10 TM072 TM072 Electro Ball Electric Special 0000— 100}}100% 10 TM074 TM074 Reflect Psychic Status 0000— 00—}}—% 20 TM075 TM075 Light Screen Psychic Status 0000— 00—}}—% 30 TM079 TM079 Dazzling Gleam Fairy Special 08080 100}}100% 10 TM082 TM082 Thunder Wave Electric Status 0000— 090}}90% 20 TM085 TM085 Rest Psychic Status 0000— 00—}}—% 5 TM093 TM093 Flash Cannon Steel Special 08080 100}}100% 10 TM099 TM099 Iron Head Steel Physical 08080 100}}100% 15 TM101 TM101 Power Gem Rock Special 08080 100}}100% 20 TM103 TM103 Substitute Normal Status 0000— 00—}}—% 10 TM109 TM109 Trick Psychic Status 0000— 100}}100% 10 TM114 TM114 Shadow Ball Ghost Special 08080 100}}100% 15 TM120 TM120 Psychic Psychic Special 09090 100}}100% 10 TM121 TM121 Heavy Slam Steel Physical 0000— 100}}100% 10 TM126 TM126 Thunderbolt Electric Special 09090 100}}100% 15 TM140 TM140 Nasty Plot Dark Status 0000— 00—}}—% 20 TM152 TM152 Giga Impact Normal Physical 150150 090}}90% 5 TM158 TM158 Focus Blast Fighting Special 120120 070}}70% 5 TM163 TM163 Hyper Beam Normal Special 150150 090}}90% 5 TM166 TM166 Thunder Electric Special 110110 070}}70% 10 TM170 TM170 Steel Beam Steel Special 140140 095}}95% 5 TM171 TM171 Tera Blast Normal Special 08080 100}}100% 10 TM192 TM192 Focus Punch Fighting Physical 150150 100}}100% 20 TM198 TM198 Poltergeist Ghost Physical 110110 090}}90% 5 TM223 TM223 Metal Sound Steel Status 0000— 085}}85% 40

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

ZA

Generation IX Other generations: None

TM   Move   Type   Cat.   Pwr.   CD  TM003 TM003 Psyshock Psychic Special 08080 8 TM008 TM008 Thunder Wave Electric Status 0000— 10 TM016 TM016 Light Screen Psychic Status 0000— 12 TM017 TM017 Protect Normal Status 0000— 15 TM019 TM019 Power Gem Rock Special 08080 8 TM023 TM023 Thunder Punch Electric Physical 07575 7 TM031 TM031 Reflect Psychic Status 0000— 12 TM035 TM035 Endure Normal Status 0000— 12 TM044 TM044 Hyper Beam Normal Special 150150 20 TM055 TM055 Giga Impact Normal Physical 150150 20 TM058 TM058 Iron Head Steel Physical 08080 8 TM063 TM063 Psychic Psychic Special 09090 8 TM067 TM067 Thunderbolt Electric Special 09090 8 TM073 TM073 Surf Water Special 09090 8 TM074 TM074 Shadow Ball Ghost Special 08080 8 TM083 TM083 Nasty Plot Dark Status 0000— 15 TM084 TM084 Flash Cannon Steel Special 08080 8 TM085 TM085 Substitute Normal Status 0000— 10 TM092 TM092 Dazzling Gleam Fairy Special 08080 8 TM099 TM099 Metronome Normal Status 0000— 4 TM102 TM102 Focus Blast Fighting Special 120120 12 TM106 TM106 Thunder Electric Special 110110 10 TM108 TM108 Comet Punch Normal Physical 03030 6 TM109 TM109 Facade Normal Physical 07070 7 TM113 TM113 Low Sweep Fighting Physical 06565 6 TM118 TM118 Shadow Punch Ghost Physical 06060 6 TM119 TM119 Ominous Wind Ghost Special 06060 6 TM126 TM126 Magnet Bomb Steel Physical 09595 8 TM130 TM130 Charge Beam Electric Special 05050 6 TM157 TM157 Steel Beam Steel Special 140140 20

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

Bybreeding

By a priorEvolution

Side game data

Pokémon GO Base HP: 202 Base Attack: 252 Base Defense: 190 Egg Distance: N/A km Buddy Distance: 5 km Evolution Requirement: N/A Fast Attacks:Astonish,Hex Charged Attacks:Dazzling Gleam,Focus Blast,Shadow Ball,Power Gem*

Evolution data

Unevolved Gimmighoul Chest Form  Ghost	+ Level up with 999Gimmighoul Coins in theBag →	First Evolution Gholdengo  Steel  Ghost
Unevolved Gimmighoul Roaming Form  Ghost

Sprites

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

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

In animation

Main series

Major appearances

Dot's Gholdengo

Dot'sGimmighoul evolved into Gholdengo inHZ120, during a battle againstChalce.

Minor appearances

Gholdengo debuted inRiding the Waves, where one was seen surfing on the waves when theRising Volt Tacklers visited to the beach.

Challenge the World!

Gholdengo appeared inChallenge the World!, battling in aPokémon GO match under the ownership of a Trainer.

POKÉTOON

A Gholdengo appeared during a video inPT16, under the ownership of aStudent.

In the manga

In the TCG

Main article:Gholdengo (TCG)

Trivia

• Despite its Japanese name and ability to create a surfboard out of coins, Gholdengo was incapable of learning the moveSurf inPokémon Scarlet and Violet. It would later gain access to it viaTM inPokémon Legends: Z-A.
• Gholdengo is heavily associated with the number 1,000.
  • ItsNational Pokédex number is #1000.
    • The videoPokémon 1008 ENCOUNTERS was made to commemorate the number of Pokémon surpassing 1,000. It features a counter that increases as Pokémon appear, eventually turning gold when it reaches 1,000 with Gholdengo. In most English markets, it was titled “One Thousand Pokémon!”
  • Its belt buckle has a stylized depiction of the number 1,000 on it. As Gholdengo's belt is fashioned from Chest Form Gimmighoul's chest, this symbol is also present on Chest Form Gimmighoul, albeit oriented sideways.
  • Its body is made of 1,000Gimmighoul Coins.

Origin

Gholdengo's golden humanoid appearance, together with its position as the 1,000th Pokémon in the National Pokédex, may allude to award statuettes, which are often made with gold and given to honor achievements or milestones. Gholdengo also seems to take inspiration fromsurfers, given the golden surfboard it rides on as well as its dreadlock-like appendages and friendly nature, befitting of the archetypal "surfer dude". The recurring cylindrical shape on its body is similar tocoin wrappers. Its surfboard is similar tokoban andōban.

Its belt, fashioned from a Chest Form Gimmighoul's chest, may be based on acoin dispenser belt, a device formerly used by bus drivers, train conductors, arcade employees, or other people who worked at jobs where exact change was necessary in case potential customers only had large bills on hand.

Gholdengo is also likely based on gold ortumbaga artifacts crafted by some pre-Columbian cultures of Central and South America, mainly from the modern-dayColombia. Some of the most notable examples areQuimbaya artifacts andtunjos. These artifacts were commonly utilized as offerings in religious or funerary rituals, which may have inspired Gholdengo'sGhost type.

Additionally, Gholdengo may draw inspiration fromEl Dorado, a legend described by Spanishconquistadors about a lost city of gold, originally a king whose body was covered in gold. The legend is believed to have stemmed from a ceremony done by theMuisca people, in which their ruler was initiated by having him covered in gold dust and floated into a lake on araft to make offerings — the raft is likely referenced by Gholdengo's surfboard-like platform.

The association of a ghost with coins may draw inspiration fromCharon's obol, where the deceased are buried with coins as a preparation for the afterlife. The coins were frequently placed in the mouth or on the eyes.

Name origin

Gholdengo may be a combination ofghoul orghost,golden, and possiblygo (as inPokémon GO, the game its pre-EvolutionGimmighoul first debuted in; Gholdengo's model itself was in the game's files before it was officially revealed). It may also come fromtengo (Spanish for "I have") orденьгиden'gi (Russian for money, itself fromdenga, a historical unit worth 1/200th of aRussian ruble).

Surfugo may be a combination ofsurf,富豪fugō (wealthy person),gold, and possiblygo (as in Pokémon GO).

In other languages

Language Title Meaning Japanese サーフゴーSurfugo Fromsurf,富豪fugō,gold, andPokémon GO French Gromago Fromgros,magot, andPokémon GO Spanish Gholdengo Same as English name German Monetigo FromMoneten,amigo, andPokémon GO Italian Gholdengo Same as English name Korean 타부자고Tabujago From타보자고Tabojago,부자 (富者)buja, andPokémon GO Mandarin Chinese 賽富豪 / 赛富豪Sàifùháo From賽 / 赛sài,曬富 / 晒富shàifù, and富豪fùháo Cantonese Chinese 賽富豪Choifuhòuh From賽choi and富豪fuhòuh

More languages Hindi अमीरगोAmeergo Fromअमीरamīr andPokémon GO Thai ซาร์ฟโกSapko Transcription of Japanese name

Related articles

• Gimmighoul Coin
• Dot's Gholdengo

References

External links

• Article on Wikipedia

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