Tympole

The Tadpole Pokémon
#535 - Tympole
Evolve	Palpitoad
Debut	Pokémon: Black Version Pokémon: White Version
Species Info
Type	+
Height	0.5 m (1'08")
Weight	4.5 kg (9.9 lbs.)
Color	Blue
Gender Ratio	1♂ : 1♀
Ability	Swift Swim / Hydration
Hidden Ability	Water Absorb
Egg Group	Water 1
Icon		Sprite
File:I535.gif		File:535sprite.png
Footprint
30px
Base Statistics
Hit Points	50	Speed	64
Attack	50	Sp. Attack	50
Defense	40	Sp. Defense	40
Training Info
Catch Rate	255	Hatch Steps	5,120
Base Exp.	059	Effort Points	Spe
Happiness	70
To Lv.100	Slow

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Tympole is a tadpole-like Pokémon that was introduced in the fifth generation games. It is the first in a three-stage evolutionary line, with its evolved forms being Palpitoad and Seismitoad.

Information

Tympole is a small Pokémon that resembles a tadpole, although it seems perfectly capable of living on land. They vibrate their cheeks in order to create sound waves that are imperceptible to humans, and this is how they communicate. Tympole produce high-pitched sounds through their cheeks in order to warn each other of danger.

A Tympole will evolve into Palpitoad at Level 25.

Appearances

Mainstream Games

In Pokémon: Black and White Versions, they are commonly found outside Pinwheel Forest.

Other Games

In Pokémon Rumble Blast, they were found in lakes at Sun-Dappled Bank and Shimmering Lake. In PokéPark 2: Wonders Beyond, Tympole appeared at Windmill Way in the Arbor Area and was befriended by showing it a picture of Seismitoad.

Other Appearances

Other Media

• In the Pokémon anime, a school of Tympole served as antagonists in one episode of the Unova seres, where they battled Ash's Oshawott under the command of a wild Paliptoad.
• In the Pokémon Adventures manga, N used a Tympole during his first battle with Black in the Black/White arc.

Trivia

• Its name is a combination of "tympani" (which refers to drum-like sounds) and "tadpole".