Thick Fat (Ability)
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Thick Fat (Japanese:あついしぼうThick Fat) is anAbility introduced inGeneration III.
Effect
In battle
If a Pokémon with Thick Fat is attacked by anIce- orFire-type move, the opponent'sAttack orSpecial Attack is reduced by 50% during damage calculation, effectively halving the damage the Pokémon takes.
Outside of battle
Thick Fat has no effect outside of battle.
Pokémon with Thick Fat
In other games
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon series
InRed Rescue Team and Blue Rescue Team,Explorers of Time, Darkness andSky, and theMystery Dungeon (WiiWare) games, Thick Fat reduces the damage taken fromFire- andIce-type moves by 50%.
InGates to Infinity andSuper Mystery Dungeon, Thick Fat reduces the damage from Fire- and Ice-type moves by 30%.
Pokémon UNITE
InPokémon UNITE, Thick Fat isMamoswine's Ability. When the user deals damage, its Defense and Special Defense are increased for a short time, up to three times. When this Pokémon usesIce Shard,Icicle Crash orIce Fang, its next basic attack becomes a boosted attack. In addition, if any of these moves creates a freezing area of effect inside an ally goal zone, it decreases the goal-scoring speed of opposing Pokémon inside that goal zone.
Description
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In animation
Pokémon animated series
 Hariyama  Mega Venusaur | |||
| The Pokémon doesn't get as hurt by Fire- and Ice-type attacks as much as it normally would. | |||
| Pokémon | Method | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| User | First Used In | Notes | |
 | Hariyama barely gets hurt when hit with Fire-type attacks. | ||
| Tyson's Hariyama | At the End of the Fray | Debut | |
 | Mega Venusaur barely gets hurt when hit with Fire-type attacks. | ||
| A Trainer's Venusaur | Mega Evolution Special IV | None | |
In the manga
Pokémon Adventures
 Munchlax  Makuhita  Walrein | |||
| The Pokémon doesn't get hurt as much as it normally would from Fire- and Ice-type attacks. | |||
| Pokémon | Method | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| User | First Chapter Used In | Notes | |
 | Makuhita doesn't get hurt much from Fire- or Ice-type attacks. | ||
| Brawly's Makuhita | Mashing Makuhita | Debut | |
 | Walrein doesn't seem to get hurt from Fire- or Ice-type attacks. | ||
| Archie's Walrein | Walrein and Camerupt | None | |
 | Munchlax doesn't seem to get hurt from Fire- or Ice-type attacks. | ||
| Professor Kukui's Munchlax | The Announcement and the Prize | None | |
- Involume 40,Diamond'sMamoswine, Moo, was revealed to have Thick Fat as his Ability.
- Emerald'sSnorlax is revealed to have Thick Fat as her Ability in thePokéSPedia data-book.
In the TCG
Thick Fat debuted as anAbility in thePokémon Trading Card Game withHariyama from theFurious Fists expansion. The Pokémon with this Ability takes 30 less damage from attacks from the opponent'sFire-type orWater-type Pokémon (after applying Weakness and Resistance).
The following is a list of Pokémon cards with the Thick Fat Ability.
| Pokémon cards with Thick Fat Cards listed with ablue background are only legal to use in the currentExpanded format. Cards listed with agreen background are legal to use in both the currentStandard andExpanded formats. | ||||||||||
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| Card | Type | Mark | English Expansion | Rarity | # | Japanese Expansion | Rarity | # | ||
| Hariyama |  | Furious Fists |  |  | 52/111 | Rising Fist |  |  | 050/096 | |
| Mamoswine | | BREAKthrough |  |  | 82/162 | Red Flash |  |  | 039/059 | |
| Azumarill |  |  | Burning Shadows |  | | 35/147 | To Have Seen the Battle Rainbow |  | | 020/051 |
In other languages
| Language | Title | |
|---|---|---|
| Chinese | Cantonese | 厚脂肪Háuh Jīfōng 肥脂Fèihjī* |
| Mandarin | 厚脂肪Hòu Zhīfáng* 肥脂Féizhī* | |
| Czech | Tuková vrstva | |
| Dutch | Speklaag | |
| Finnish | Paksu rasva | |
| French | Isograisse | |
| German | Speckschicht | |
| Italian | Grassospesso | |
| Korean | 두꺼운 지방Dukkeoun Jibang | |
| Portuguese | Brazil | Gordura Espessa (UNITE, TCG, manga, Mega Evolution website) Camada de Gordura (animated series) |
| Portugal | Camada de Gordura | |
| Russian | Толстый ЖирTolstyy Zhir | |
| Spanish | Sebo | |
| Vietnamese | Mỡ dày | |
 | This article is part ofProject Moves and Abilities, aBulbapedia project that aims to write comprehensive articles on two related aspects of the Pokémon games. |
