#058 Growlithe
Growlithe
Male: 75%   Female: 25%
Types
Fire -
Name Number Japanese Name
Growlithe 058 Gardie
Pronunciation Species
GROWL-ITH Puppy Pokémon
Name Meaning
Comes from GROWL and LITHE. The -LITHE ending means "to listen or to listen to". "dog who growls and listens carefully"
Height Weight
2' 4" 0.71 m 42.0 lb 18.90 kg
Evolutions
Growlithe Fire Stone⇨ Arcanine
Pokedex Entries
Red Blue Very protective of its territory. It will bark and bite to repel intruders from its space.
Yellow A POKEMON with a friendly nature. However, it will bark fiercely at anything invading its territory.
Stadium Friendly and loyal, but also jealously protective of its territory. Carelessly approaching it may result in a bite.
Gold Stadium 2 It has a brave and trustworthy nature. It fearlessly stands up to bigger and stronger foes.
Silver Extremely loyal, it will fearlessly bark at any opponent to protect its own trainer from harm.
Crystal It controls a big territory. If it detects an unknown smell, it roars loudly to force out the intruder.
Locations Found Time Rarity
Blue Must trade from Red, Yellow, Gold, or Crystal NA None
Red Pokémon Mansion (Cinnabar Is.), Routes 7 & 8 NA Many
Yellow Pokémon Mansion (Cinnabar Is.) NA Few
Gold Routes 7, 8, 35, 36, 37 Any Many
Silver Must trade from Red, Yellow, Gold, or Crystal Never None
Crystal Routes 8, 36, 37 Morn. or Day Few
How to Catch
Ground Surf Fishing Forest Tree Mountain Tree Rock Smash Breed Evolve Event BugCatch Game Corner
R/B R: X            
Yellow X          
G/S G: X           X      
Crystal X           X      
Weaknesses (Defense)
Normal = x1 Fire = x0.5 Water = x2 Electric = x1 Grass = x0.5 Ice =
GSC: x0.5
RBY: x 1
Fighting = x1 Poison = x1 Ground = x2 Flying = x1 Psychic = x1 Bug = x0.5
Rock = x2 Ghost = x1 Dragon = x1 Dark = x1 Steel = x0.5
G S C
Total Weaknesses= 3/17
Total Resistances= 5/17
Defense Ratio= 3 : 5 ⇨ 60%
R B Y
Total Weaknesses= 3/15
Total Resistances= 3/15
Defense Ratio= 1 : 1 ⇨ 100%
GSC vs RBY: This pokémon has more resistances in GSC than RBY, thus has a better defense ratio in GSC.
Advantages (Offense)
Normal = Normal Fire = Bad Water = Bad Electric = Normal Grass = Good Ice = Good
Fighting = Normal Poison = Normal Ground = Normal Flying = Normal Psychic = Normal Bug = Good
Rock = Bad Ghost = Normal Dragon = Bad Dark = Normal Steel = Good
Total Advantages (GSC)= 4/17
Total Disadvantages (GSC)= 4/17
Offensive Ratio (GSC)= 1:1 (Adv : Dis) ⇨ 100%
Total Advantages (RBY)= 3/15
Total Disadvantages (RBY)= 4/15
Offensive Ratio (RBY)= 3:4 (Adv : Dis) ⇨ 75%
Natural Learned Attacks
Note: Attacks in white are physical attacks, Attacks in blue are special attacks, and Attacks in yellow are techniques with no direct damage. To view what an attack/ability is Click Here for Red/Blue/Yellow or Click Here for Gold/Silver/Crystal. (Opens in new window)
Y R B G S C Attacks Type
- Bite DRK (GSC) / NRM (RBY)
- Roar NRM
- 18 9 Ember FIR
- 23 18 Leer NRM
30 26 Take Down NRM
  34 Flame Wheel FIR
39 42 Agility PSY
50 Flamethrower FIR
Moves Learned from Move Tutor (Crystal)
Flamethrower
TM/HM Capibilities - Gold/Silver/Crystal         (Move cursor over TM/HMs and hold it to find out what it is)
TM 01 TM 02 TM 03 TM 04 TM 05 TM 06 TM 07 TM 08 TM 09 TM 10
TM 11 TM 12 TM 13 TM 14 TM 15 TM 16 TM 17 TM 18 TM 19 TM 20
TM 21 TM 22 TM 23 TM 24 TM 25 TM 26 TM 27 TM 28 TM 29 TM 30
TM 31 TM 32 TM 33 TM 34 TM 35 TM 36 TM 37 TM 38 TM 39 TM 40
TM 41 TM 42 TM 43 TM 44 TM 45 TM 46 TM 47 TM 48 TM 49 TM 50
HM 01 HM 02 HM 03 HM 04 HM 05 HM 06 HM 07  
TM/HM Capibilities - Red/Blue/Yellow
TM 01 TM 02 TM 03 TM 04 TM 05 TM 06 TM 07 TM 08 TM 09 TM 10
TM 11 TM 12 TM 13 TM 14 TM 15 TM 16 TM 17 TM 18 TM 19 TM 20
TM 21 TM 22 TM 23 TM 24 TM 25 TM 26 TM 27 TM 28 TM 29 TM 30
TM 31 TM 32 TM 33 TM 34 TM 35 TM 36 TM 37 TM 38 TM 39 TM 40
TM 41 TM 42 TM 43 TM 44 TM 45 TM 46 TM 47 TM 48 TM 49 TM 50
HM 01 HM 02 HM 03 HM 04 HM 05  
Breeding Information (GSC Feature Only)
Note: When ever a pokémon "Family" is mentioned, it means all of the pokémon that are related by evolution. The lowest level adult pokémon of a Family are always used in front of the word "Family". (for example: the Chikorita Family refers to Chikorita, Bayleef, and Meganium)
Breeding Groups: Group 7 - Ground Pokémon -
Pokémon Compatibility:
Egg Moves: Body Slam Breed a male Poliwag/Poliwhirl or Lapras with a female Wooper/Quagsire or breed a male from Chikorita Family, Lapras, or Snorlax with a female from Mareep Family. Then mate the male offspring with the move to a female from Growlithe Family.
Crunch Mate with a male Girafarig or Houndour/Houndoom.
Fire Spin Mate with a male Flareon, Ponyta/Rapidash, or Vulpix/Ninetales.
Safeguard Mate with a male Seel/Dewgong or Vulpix/Ninetales.
Thrash Mate with a male Mankey/Primeape, Nidoking, Tauros, or Teddiursa/Ursaring.
Stats Base Min-Max (L100) GSC
%ile
GSC
Rank
RBY
%ile
RBY
Rank
Hit Points: 55
283-313 34.46% 30/45 36.34% 27/42
Attack: 70
208-238 48.01% 22/49 46.02% 22/45
Defense: 45
158-188 21.19% 40/55 18.41% 35/44
Speed: 60
188-218 40.14% 29/47 36.34% 27/42
Special Attack (G S C): 70
208-238 55.96% 22/46  
Special Defense (G S C): 50
168-198 24.20% 32/41
Special (R B Y): 50
168-198   24.20% 21/29
Total: G S C: 350 R B Y: 280 G S C:
1213-1393
R B Y:
1005-1155
29.14% 48/87 21.19% 44/65

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