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Marowak (Japanese: ガラガラ Garagara) is a Ground-type Pokémon introduced in Generation I.

It evolves from Cubone starting at level 28.

In Alola, Marowak has a dual-type Fire/Ghost regional form. It evolves from Cubone when leveled up at night starting at level 28. All Cubone in Alola evolve into this form regardless of their origin.

Biology

Marowak is a bipedal Pokémon with light brown skin and a cream-colored underside. Two small claws, one on each hand, serve as its thumbs, and one large nail on each foot makes up its toes. It has a short tail with a small spike near the tip. Marowak's head is composed of the skull it once wore as a mask. It can no longer remove the skull, which has become part of its body. The skull has two pointed spikes on the back similar to ears and tiny nostrils on the tip of the snout. Marowak's triangular, brown eyes are also located in the skull. Marowak is well known for its ferocity with its bone club, which it is said to collect from a hidden graveyard. Despite its small size, Marowak's body is as sturdy as armor.

Upon evolution, Marowak has overcome the grief of its mother's passing. Now ferocious and violent, Marowak is an adept combatant that uses the bone it carries as a weapon and a boomerang. Having evolved, it seeks vengeance on its natural enemy Mandibuzz, which prey on Cubone because of its naturally weak and timid demeanor. Marowak has also been recorded pounding on boulders with the bone club it carries to tap out messages to others. It lives in mountains to test its skills. As mentioned in Pokémon Sleep, Marowak is known to sleep while using its bone similar to a pillow, possibly being at peace.[1] On occasion, it is seen affectionately holding onto the bone while sleeping.

Marowak and its pre-evolved form, Cubone, are the only known Pokémon capable of learning the moves Bone Club and Bonemerang. Marowak and Cubone are also the only known Pokémon capable of using the Thick Club item. In Generations II and III, Bone Rush was another one of their signature moves.

Forms

Marowak has a regional form: Alolan Marowak.

In the Alola region, Marowak was faced with an abundance of its natural enemies, Grass-type Pokémon. This harsh environment led it to bond closely with its friends, which is said to have created a sort of sixth sense and caused it to take a new form. Alolan Marowak's body is black and it has pale gray eyes. There is a dark, flamelike mark on its skull between the eyes. Compared to regular Marowak's squatter, thicker body, Alolan Marowak is relatively thin. White markings resembling shoulder blades, vertebrae, and hip bones are visible on its back. The bone Alolan Marowak uses is longer than the one regular Marowak uses. It customarily mourns its companions by burying them and dancing in mourning.

Alolan Marowak rubs the bone it wields against its forehead to light the ends in a green flame and then twirls the flaming bone. It specializes in an attack where it releases a weak ball of flame from its bone that will relentlessly pursue its foe. Alolans would fear it for a conjurer, due to its rarity and the fearful sight of it dancing with its bone.[2] The dance is also used as a way of mourning for its lost allies. Once its flames have spread onto an opponent, they are impossible to put out with water. The flames are known to cause both mental and physical pain.

A special Alolan Marowak in Alola serves as the Totem Pokémon for the Wela Volcano Park's Island challenge. This Marowak possesses an energy that originates from Ultra Wormholes, which takes the form of a golden, flaring aura. This energy is called Z-Power.

Alolan Marowak is the only known Pokémon capable of learning the move Shadow Bone.

Evolution

Marowak evolves from Cubone.

In Alola, Marowak has a regional form that evolves from Cubone.

(For specifics on this Pokémon's evolution in the games, refer to Game data→Evolution data.)

Game data

NPC appearances

• Pokémon Red, Blue, Yellow, FireRed, and LeafGreen: Marowak was killed by agents of Team Rocket, leaving a Cubone as an orphan. With the Silph Scope, her ghost could be seen in Pokémon Tower. Marowak cannot be caught in this battle, dodging all Poké Balls, even when incapacitated by status conditions like Sleep and Freeze. After fainting in a battle, a message will pop up saying that the Marowak's soul has finally moved on to the afterlife.
• Pokémon: Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee!: Marowak's ghost appears in the same capacity it did in previous iterations of the Generation I games, however, it is not battled. Instead, it is calmed by the presence of its son, Cubone.
• Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time and Explorers of Darkness: Marowak runs a training dojo the same way Makuhita had one in the first series.
• Pokémon Super Mystery Dungeon: Marowak reappears in Super Mystery Dungeon, his dojo having crumbled and subsequently being put out of business. He is recruited once the player connects with Makuhita.

Pokédex entries

Game locations

In side games

Held items

Pokémon caught in Generation I must be traded to a Generation II game in order for a held item to appear.

Stats

Base stats

Marowak

Alolan Marowak

Alolan Marowak has the same base stats as Kantonian Marowak.

Pokéathlon stats

Type effectiveness

Marowak

Alolan Marowak

Learnset

Marowak is available in Sword and Shield Version 1.2.0+ and Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl.

By leveling up

Marowak

Alolan Marowak

By TM/TR

Marowak

SwSh

BDSP

Alolan Marowak

By breeding

SwSh

BDSP

By tutoring

Marowak

Alolan Marowak

By a prior evolution

Marowak

Alolan Marowak

By transfer from another generation

Marowak

Alolan Marowak

By transfer, only via prior evolution

Side game data

Marowak

Pokémon Rumble Rush Walking Speed: 1.58 seconds Base HP: 51 Base Attack: 75 Base Defense: 58 Base Speed: 60

Alolan Marowak

Pokémon Rumble Rush Walking Speed: 1.58 seconds Base HP: 51 Base Attack: 75 Base Defense: 58 Base Speed: 60

Evolution data

Sprites

In the anime

Main series

Major appearances

Kiawe's Marowak

Kiawe owns an Alolan Marowak that he caught in A Crowning Moment of Truth!. It was often seen outside of its Poké Ball.

Other

In Bad to the Bone, a Marowak belonged to Otoshi, whose Gym Badges had recently been stolen by Team Rocket. Marowak left Otoshi because it felt that if he lost his Badges, he lost the respect Marowak had for him. By the end of the episode, Marowak came back to help by battling Team Rocket to get his Badges back.

In Pokémon Double Trouble, Luana used a Marowak alongside an Alakazam in a Double Battle against Ash. They battled Pikachu and Charizard, and Marowak was defeated by Alakazam's redirected Hyper Beam.

In From Brags to Riches, Gavin used a Marowak alongside a Machamp during the first round of the Ever Grande Conference. They went up against Morrison's Gligar and Growlithe, and Marowak was eventually defeated by Gligar.

In The Ole' Berate and Switch!, Oriba and his Marowak entered a fake tournament created by Cassidy and Butch. Oriba later used Marowak in his battle against Ash, where it went up against Corphish; it was defeated.

In Gymbaliar!, Jeffrey used a Marowak in his battle against Jessie. It faced off against her Dustox, and it was able to defeat her with just a few hits with its bone.

Minor appearances

A Trainer's Marowak appeared in The Mandarin Island Miss Match.

A wild Marowak appeared in Pikachu's Rescue Adventure.

In Beauty and the Breeder, a Pokémon Breeder's Marowak participated in a Pokémon breeding competition.

A Marowak appeared in the opening sequence of Destiny Deoxys.

In Showdown at Linoone, a fantasy that explained the function of a Thick Club featured a Marowak.

A Marowak appeared in the opening sequence of Lucario and the Mystery of Mew.

A Coordinator's Marowak appeared in What I Did for Love!.

In Dawn's Early Night!, a Coordinator's Marowak was used along with a Cubone for the Double Performance required during the Hearthome Contest.

In To Thine Own Pokémon Be True!, Halverson's Marowak competed in the Pokémon Ping Pong Tournament.

In a flashback in Dealing With a Fierce Double Ditto Drama!, a Trainer's Marowak was going to battle Narissa alongside a Cubone, but they retreated when her Ditto transformed into Zapdos.

A Marowak made a cameo appearance in Arceus and the Jewel of Life.

A Marowak appeared in BWS02.

A Marowak appeared in I Choose You!.

In Alola, Kanto!, Brock tried to compare a Trainer's Marowak with Kiawe's Alolan Marowak, only for the two Marowak to get into a fight with each other.

In A Little Rocket R & R!, a Trainer's Marowak was captured by the Matori Matrix but later freed by Ash and his friends.

A Trainer's Marowak appeared in When a House is Not a Home!.

A Trainer's Marowak appeared in It's... Champion Time!.

A Marowak appeared in This Could be the Start of Something Big!.

Pokédex entries

Pokémon Origins

In a flashback in File 2: Cubone, a Marowak was protecting her child Cubone from a group of Team Rocket Grunts, but was killed while doing so. Her spirit later haunted the Pokémon Tower, until she was reunited with her child and calmed down, thus allowing her to pass on to the afterlife.

GOTCHA!

Kiawe's Marowak

An Alolan Marowak briefly appeared in GOTCHA!, under the ownership of Kiawe.

Pokémon Evolutions

In The Show, a Marowak briefly appeared under the ownership of a Trainer watching the Kimono Girls' performance in Ecruteak City.

In the manga

Pokémon Adventures

Marowak debuted in A Tale of Ninetales, where it attacked two of Blue's fangirls.

Super Nerd Miles used a Marowak in Whacked by Marowak! in Pokémon Adventures to attack Yellow using its Bonemerang.

A Marowak briefly appeared in A Vicious Cycle of Possibilities, under the ownership of a Kanto Pokémon Federation member.

A Marowak appeared in a fantasy in Pinsir Me, I Must Be Dreaming.

In Innocent Scientist, a Marowak appeared in a flashback as one of the Pokémon trained by the International Police.

Three Alolan Marowak debuted in The Decision and the Tournament of Six, where they were dancing on a stage at a festival held in Iki Town.

Kiawe has an Alolan Marowak that debuted in Going Ashore and Neighboring Akala Island, where it battled Sun's Alolan Meowth, nicknamed Cent.

Pokémon Zensho

The ghost of Marowak appeared in PZ05.

In the TCG

Music

This is a list of music associated with Marowak in the Pokémon games.

Trivia

• In the Pokémon Red and Blue beta, Marowak was originally known as "Guardia". This is the Spanish word for guardian.
• According to some of Marowak's Generation II and IV Pokédex entries, somewhere exists a legendary Marowak graveyard. This is a reference to the elephants' graveyard of modern myth.
• Alolan Marowak is the only dual-type Pokémon that shares no types with its pre-evolution.
• Alolan Marowak is the only Ghost-type Pokémon in the Monster Egg Group.
• Though Alolan Marowak shares the Ability Rock Head with Cubone, a Cubone with Rock Head cannot evolve into an Alolan Marowak with the same Ability, as Rock Head is Cubone's first Ability and Alolan Marowak's Hidden Ability.
• In the second episode of Pokémon Origins, a mother Marowak is shown protecting her child Cubone from Team Rocket. Even though the Marowak is alive, the Cubone is still wearing a skull.

Origin

Marowak is reptilian in nature and may be loosely based on bipedal dinosaurs. It also could be based on primitive cultures that wore bones for decoration and used them for weapons. The use of its bone as a boomerang and as a weapon at the same time seems to be a reference to the boomerang's original use for hunting in Indigenous Australians cultures.

Alolan Marowak's design may draw inspiration from a fire dancer holding a fire staff or a fire knife, a Samoan traditional dance implement. It may have also drawn inspiration from the Polynesian concept of mana, a spiritual essence that exists in all objects and people. It also allows people to imbue their "spirit" into other people and objects for protection or vengeance. In addition, Alolan Marowak may have been inspired by Nightmarchers, ghosts from Hawaiian mythology that march at night, are feared by the living, and traditionally are known for carrying torches as they march.

Name origin

Marowak may be a combination of marrow and whack.

Garagara may be derived from ガラガラ garagara (onomatopoeia for heavy clattering), contrasting with the カラカラ karakara (onomatopoeia for light clattering) in Cubone's Japanese name.

In other languages

More languages Hindi मैरोवैक Marowak Transcription of English name Russian Маровак Marovak Transcription of English name Thai การะการะ Karakara Transcription of Japanese name

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