Buzzwole (Pokmon) - Bulbapedia, the community-driven Pokmon encyclopedia

From Bulbapedia, the community-driven Pokémon encyclopedia.

Buzzwole (Japanese: マッシブーン Massivoon) is a dual-type Bug/Fighting Ultra Beast introduced in Generation VII.

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

It is code named UB-02 Absorption (Japanese: ＵＢ０２Ｅｘｐａｎｓｉｏｎ).

Biology

Buzzwole is an Ultra Beast that resembles a large, anthropomorphic mosquito. Its head is small and flat with a black ridge up the center. It has two red compound eyes with two black, spherical basal joints for its red and black antennae between them. Protruding from under these joints is a long, silver proboscis. It has many bulging muscles that appear to be sacs full of a red fluid with small white bubbles inside. There are three sacs on each arm, two on each leg, two on its chest, and several on its shoulders and down its back. Around its waist are three rings of smaller sacs. The muscles on its chest and some on its arms and waist have thin, grayish lines resembling tendons running across them. It has large, five-fingered hands with red knuckles and four pointed legs. There are several black spikes on its body: a small one on each side of its head, two on each shoulder, one on each elbow, and one on each leg. The portions of its body between its muscles are dark red or black. On its back are two pairs of pale orange wings with slightly darker veins.

Buzzwole live in another world named Ultra Jungle. Its proboscis is said to be harder than a diamond[1]. Buzzole is powerful enough destroy to a dump truck with a single punch. According to Wicke from the Aether Foundation, Buzzwole's most distinctive feature is its skill to strengthen itself. Buzzwole is able to absorb energy and then achieve a chemical reaction between the energy it has absorbed and its own body fluids. As a result, Buzzwole's body swells to an almost explosive extent. Its muscles bulge and are so thick and dense that they are stronger even than steel. Both its Attack and Defense experience a clear leap in power. It also displays a habit of striking a pose each time that it takes any sort of action, it is thought this might serve as a method of communication, but it is not well understood.

Wicke also claims that like all Ultra Beasts, Buzzwole 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.

Game data

Pokédex entries

The same Pokédex entry is shared by Buzzwole, Xurkitree, and Guzzlord in Pokémon Ultra Sun, and by Pheromosa, Celesteela, and Kartana in Pokémon Ultra Moon.

Game locations

In side games

Held items

Stats

Base stats

Type effectiveness

Learnset

Buzzwole 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: 1.5 seconds Base HP: 60 Base Attack: 83 Base Defense: 58 Base Speed: 60

Evolution data

Sprites

In the anime

Main series

Major appearances

Buzzwole (anime)

Buzzwole debuted in A Mission of Ultra Urgency!, where it appeared through an Ultra Wormhole at Melemele Meadow. It was the first Ultra Beast that Ash and his classmates were tasked to capture and return to its homeworld as the Ultra Guardians. Ash eventually succeeded in catching Buzzwole with a Beast Ball, allowing it to be returned home through another Ultra Wormhole soon after. It reappeared in a flashback in Love at First Twirl!.

Minor appearances

Pokédex entries

GOTCHA!

A Buzzwole briefly appeared as a silhouette in GOTCHA!.

In the manga

Pokémon Adventures

Buzzwole debuted as a silhouette in The Final Match and a Surprising Finale!.

Buzzwole physically debuted in a flashback in Homecoming and the Brilliant Professional Golfer, where it was seen attacking Kahili at Melemele Meadow. It reappeared in additional flashbacks in Flash and Cosmog's Secret and Confusion and Monsters from Another World. It later physically appeared in Thieving and Boss Crabominable, where it attacked Hala, Olivia, and Nanu at Iki Town.

A silhouetted Buzzwole appeared in a fantasy in Truth and the Mastermind Behind Team Skull.

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

In the TCG

Other appearances

Pokémon UNITE

Buzzwole is playable through obtaining a Unite License. It is a melee all-rounder.

Trivia

Origin

Buzzwole is based on a mosquito, given a strong muscular physique to contrast its real-world size and frailness.[4] The specific kind of mosquito may be the Aedes albopictus, which is an invasive species worldwide.

Buzzwole's physique may be inspired by bodybuilders, or common depictions of superheroes in comic books. The black portions of its body resemble the shading in comic book illustrations used to draw attention to a character's musculature.

Name origin

Buzzwole may be a combination of buzz; the slang word swole, meaning muscular; and bustle, meaning both: to abound or swarm something, and to move or act with a great show of energy.

Massivoon may be a combination of massive and 蚊 bun (mosquito) or ブーン būn (buzz).

In other languages

More languages Hindi Masalbaz Musclebuzz From muscle and buzz or -बाज़ -bāz Russian Баззвол Bazzvol Transcription of English name Thai มัสชิบูน Matchibun Transcription of Japanese name

UB-02 Absorption

Related articles

References

External links

ncG1vNJzZmiapaGvorzEnaCaZpKquaOtxpqpnZ2eY7umwI6woKShX3fCu8bWqKOel1iFvKxxomxcenGdpLtq