Arcanine

The Legendary Pokémon
#059 - Arcanine
Pre-Evolve	Growlithe
Debut	Pokémon: Red Version Pokémon: Green Version
Species Info
Type	+
Height	1.9 m (6'03")
Weight	155.0 kg (341.7 lbs.)
Color	Brown
Gender Ratio	3♂ : 1♀
Ability	Intimidate / Flash Fire
Hidden Ability	Justified
Egg Group	Ground
Icon		Sprite
		File:059sprite.png
Footprint
30px
Base Statistics
Hit Points	90	Speed	95
Attack	110	Sp. Attack	100
Defense	80	Sp. Defense	80
Training Info
Catch Rate	075	Hatch Steps	5,120
Base Exp.	213	Effort Points	Att
Happiness	70		Att
To Lv.100	Slow

Kanto #	Johto #	Hoenn #	Sinnoh #
< 059 >	< 128 >
Unova #	Johto (IV) #
	< 130 >

Arcanine is a large dog-like Pokémon that evolves from Growlithe and was introduced in the first generation Pokémon games.

Information

Arcanine evolves from Growlithe when exposed to a Fire Stone. It is said to hail from China, where it is considered a legendary Pokémon and has been admired for its beauty. Arcanine are known for their agility, to the point where they appear to be running on wings. Arcanine can run up to 6,200 miles in a single day and night. It even has a magnificent bark which is authoritative enough to make most other Pokémon grovel before it.

Its power source is a fire which blazes throughout its body. Arcanine have been admired for ages, even in ancient picture scrolls.

Appearances

Mainstream Games

Arcanine has not appeared in the wild in any color versions and can only be obtained through evolution.

Other Games

Arcanine could only be obtained through evolution in Pokémon Pinball. In Pokémon Snap, Arcanine could be photographed at the Volcano area. Two Arcanine appear within Pokémon Puzzle League, one in Gary's roster in the rematch against him and one in Blaine's roster. In Pokémon Trozei!, Arcanine was found at Endless Levels 74, Forever Level 24, Pair Trozei and Mr. Who's Den. In Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Red and Blue Rescue Teams, Arcanine could only be recruited through an evolved Growlithe.

Arcanine was found at Jungle Relic in Pokémon Ranger. In Explorers of Time and Darkness, Arcanine was found at the first nine floors of Giant Volcano, the seventh through fifteenth floors of Dark Crater, the first fourteen basement floors of Dark Crater Pit and the first seventeen floors of Shimmer Hill. It appeared in Pokémon Ranger: Shadows of Almia at Altru Tower and Oil Field Hideout. In Pokémon Rumble, Arcanine appeared at Fiery Furnace. Arcanine also appeared in PokéPark Wii: Pikachu's Adventure at Granite Zone.

Other Appearances

Video Games

• In Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, Arcanine was featured as an Advanced-rank Support Spirit that allowed a player fighter to start a battle with the effect of the Superspicy Curry item (which is fire breath). When fought against in a Spirit battle, Arcanine's Spirit would possess a giant Duck Hunt with enhanced strength in a battle where the floor is lava.

Other Media

• Within the Pokémon anime series, Arcanine have sometimes been shown as police dogs along with Growlithe. Gary also was shown to have an Arcanine as one of his main Pokémon. He entered it in an Extreme Pokémon Race in one Johto-era episode and during the Silver Conference it was defeated by Ash's Snorlax. Another Johto series episode featured a pair of trainers who owned three Arcanine between them. During the Hoenn series, one episode focused on May and Drew's attempts to capture an Arcanine, only to quit when they saw that it was taking care of a litter of young Growlithe.
• In the Pokémon Adventures manga, Blaine is shown to have an Arcanine but only uses it once briefly. During the Gold/Silver/Crystal arc, Arcanine is introduced as one of Crystal's main Pokémon that she rescued from Mt. Mortar after its eye was injured by a prankster Larvitar. She frequently had it used Extremespeed on enemies. Within the same saga, Blue was shown to have his own Arcanine that he trained to act as part of his gym team, which battled trainers at his gym for him when he was away.

Trivia

• Its name is a combination of "arcane" (meaning mysterious) with "canine".