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Blacephalon (Japanese: ズガドーン Zugadoon) is a dual-type Fire/Ghost Ultra Beast introduced during Generation VII, in Pokémon Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon.

It is not known to evolve into or from any other Pokémon.

It is code named UB Burst (Japanese: ＵＢ：ＢＵＲＳＴ UB: Burst).

Biology

Blacephalon is a colorful, humanoid Ultra Beast. Its slender torso and wide hips are yellow with alternating blue and pink stripes. There is a white sphere in the middle of its body and another on its back in place of a tail. It has thin arms with white frills on its wrists and teardrop-shaped hands. The right arm is pink, while the left is blue. Each arm has a spherical bulge near the shoulder. Its legs are shaped like white high-heeled boots with curled toes. Each foot has a sphere on it: blue on the left and pink on the right. Around its neck is a white frill with a hole in the center.

Blacephalon's head is a white ball with a multitude of pink and blue dots, which are a collection of tiny sparks. On either side of the ball are stars that are blue on the outside, pink on the inside, and have yellow dot-like eyes on the center. The head is not attached to the body and can be removed for use as a weapon. As seen in Pokémon Refresh, the color of the sparks and the color and shape of the stars change with Blacephalon's mood. It is known to trick its targets through the silly way it walks before blowing its head up without warning, shocking them in the process; it then steals their vitality to use as energy.[1] Like all Ultra Beasts, Stakataka stores the same energy possessed by Totem Pokémon within its body, which takes the form of a red, flaring aura[2]. This energy is called Z-Power. As seen in Twirling with a Bang!, this Ultra Beast can freely move its head around easily and regenerate it after blowing it up. As depicted in the same episode, Blacephalon and Xurkitree have a rivalry with each other, often completing in contests to see who can shine the brightest.

Like Stakataka, Blacephalon's homeworld is one of the only worlds which is not seen and cannot be visited riding Solgaleo or Lunala through Ultra Warp Ride.

Blacephalon is the only known Pokémon capable of learning the move Mind Blown.

Game data

Pokédex entries

Game locations

In side games

Stats

Base stats

Type effectiveness

Learnset

Blacephalon is available in Sword and Shield Version 1.3.0+.

By leveling up

By TM/TR

By breeding

By tutoring

By transfer from another generation

Side game data

Pokémon Rumble Rush Walking Speed: 1.42 seconds Base HP: 49 Base Attack: 83 Base Defense: 52 Base Speed: 70

Evolution data

Sprites

In the anime

Main series

Major appearances

Blacephalon (anime)

Blacephalon debuted in Twirling with a Bang!. Ash and his classmates first encountered it performing during a fireworks show. The next day, they learned that it was an Ultra Beast and set out as the Ultra Guardians to capture it. However, they also ran into a Xurkitree while trying to find it, and soon, the two Ultra Beasts ended up in a performance showdown, each trying to outperform the other with their moves. Thanks to a distraction from the Ultra Guardians, they were able to distract, weaken, and subsequently capture the two Ultra Beasts at the same time, allowing them to be returned home wherever they come from. It reappeared in a flashback in Securing the Future!.

Minor appearances

Pokédex entries

GOTCHA!

A Blacephalon briefly appeared as a silhouette in GOTCHA!.

In the manga

Pokémon Adventures

Blacephalon debuted in An Urgent Task and the Capture of an Ultra Beast. It emerged through one of the Ultra Wormholes opened by Guzma at Po Town. Sun and Anabel attempted to catch it, but regular Poké Balls didn't work on it, and they were narrowly saved by Tapu Bulu, who proceeded to blow Blacephalon away. It reappeared in Thieving and Boss Crabominable.

Multiple Blacephalon appeared in Summon the Emissaries of the Moon and the Sun.

In the TCG

Trivia

Origin

Based on its appearance and its movements in the anime, Blacephalon may be based on clowns or circus performers. Based on its behavior of startling people in order to drain them of their vitality, it may specifically take inspiration from the evil clown trope found in fiction. Its head being made of sparks and able to explode may be inspired by various things, such as fireworks, sparklers, balloons, dandelions, and the Clown Face Nebula. Its ability to remove its head is similar to the yōkai Nukekubi, as well as the Dullahan of Celtic mythology.

Name origin

Blacephalon may be a combination of blast and encephalon (meaning "the brain"). The name recalls the adjective "acephalous", meaning "having no head".

Zugadoon can be taken literally as 頭がドーン zu ga dōn ("head goes boom").

In other languages

More languages Hindi ललाबूम Lalaaboom From ललाट lalāṭ and boom Indonesian Blacephalon* Blasefalon* Same as English name From English name Thai ซุกะโด้ง Sukadong Transcription of Japanese name

UB Burst

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