Gligar is a purple,chiropteranPokémon withscorpion features. Its head and body are round and roughly equal in size. It has long, triangular ears and triangular eyes with small pupils. Two large pointed teeth protrude from its upper jaw, and a pink tongue is often seen lolling from its mouth. Its arms are segmented at the wrists and end in large pincers. Spread between its arms are two blue wing membranes, each tipped with a purple claw. Its legs are thin and likewise segmented at the ankles, with its round feet having one claw each. Gligar has a long tail split into spherical sections, ending in a large, round stinger. The female Gligar will have a smaller stinger than the male.
As shown in thePokémon the Series episodeRiding the Winds of Change!, Gligar feed onBerries and can emit sound waves to detect obstacles and fly around them. It glides smoothly and silently through the air with its limbs extended, and startles its prey and enemies by flying straight toward them. It attacks by clamping onto its enemy's face with its clawed hind legs and pincers, then jabbing it with its poisonous stinger. Gligar itself isresistant to opponents' venom. Gligar lives inmountainous, boreal regions, making its nest along cliff sides. When it is done gliding, it hops along the ground back to its nest.
It flies straight at its target's face then clamps down on the startled victim to inject poison.(Pokémon Red, Silver, or Crystal inserted) It usually clings to cliffs. When it spots its prey, it spreads its wings and glides down to attack.(Pokémon Blue, Gold, or Yellow inserted)
Gligar glides through the air without a sound as if it were sliding. ThisPokémon hangs on to the face of its foe using its clawed hind legs and the large pincers on its forelegs, then injects the prey with its poison barb.
Gligar glides through the air without a sound as if it were sliding. This Pokémon hangs on to the face of its foe using its clawed hind legs and the large pincers on its forelegs, then injects the prey with its poison barb.
Its tail is tipped by a thick, horrible stinger. To bring down prey, it will first obscure their vision by covering their faces with its body, and then it will use the stinger to inject them with venom.
Gligar debuted inThe Superhero Secret, where a superhero namedGligarman had one as a sidekick. At the end of the episode, he passed it down tohis daughter when he retired from crime-fighting.
Prior toPokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver, Gligar was sometimes depicted with white claws on its wings and hindlimbs instead of purple.
Origin
Gligar shares physical traits with bothbats andscorpions. Due to its chimeric bat-like appearance andGround typing, it may also be based on agargoyle. It may also be a literal interpretation of thescorpionfly, which are not actually scorpions in real life.
Gligar's aggressive face-hugging behavior, along with its scorpion features, may be inspired byface-hugging creatures in sci-fi media, commonly depicted with arachnid traits. Gligar may also be based on Japanese flying squirrels such as themomonga and themusasabi, gliding creatures depicted as face-hugging. The latter is also related to theyōkainobusuma, often described as having bat features or appearing as a monstrous bat.
Name origin
Gligar and Gliger may be a combination ofglide andgargoyle. It may also incorporate the surnameGiger, as inH. R. Giger, the creator of thexenomorph alien, whose larvalfacehugger stage Gligar appears to draw some inspiration from.
This Pokémon article is part ofProject Pokédex, aBulbapedia project that aims to write comprehensive articles on each Pokémon species, as well as Pokémon groups and forms.
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For other sprites and images, please seeGligar images on the Bulbagarden Archives.
