Is Gyarados a sea serpent?

Gyarados is likely based on a sea dragon or sea serpent. The fact that it evolves from Magikarp may also imply that it could be based on the Chinese legend of the dragon gate. In this legend, carps that jump over the dragon gate will become dragons. The dragon gate is said to be a waterfall located somewhere in China.
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Is Gyarados a serpent?

The concept of Magikarp evolving into Gyarados is based on the ancient Chinese tradition that the carp would evolve into a dragon after swimming upstream. Its snakelike body is largely blue, but its underbelly is pale yellow.
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Is Gyarados a sea monster?

Gyarados is a vicious ocean-dwelling Pokémon. This mighty sea serpent is a Water/Flying-type Pokémon and is prized among many Pokémon Trainers for its raw power in battle.
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What type of dragon is Gyarados?

Gyarados isn't actually a Dragon-Type Pokemon, nor does it become Dragon-Type when it Mega Evolves. Despite all of this, the leviathan maintains a dragon-like aesthetic and learns Dragon-Type moves. There is no denying how similar Gyarados is to a dragon.
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Is Gyarados an eel?

Gyarados is a FISH, not a reptile. He's more akin to an eel than a snake. But then I remembered that Gyarados is based on the legend of a carp who jumped over a waterfall and became a dragon so now I'm lost again.
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Why is there a Flying Gyarados?

Believe it or not, Gyarados flying wasn't a random idea, and the Pokedex has stated for quite some time that ancient Gyarados could easily move around on land, meaning that they could fly in the period that Arceus takes place.
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Is Magikarp a real fish?

Well, it's Magikarp. Or, to put it more precisely, it's the Asian carp, the real life creature upon which Magikarp is based. The term "Asian carp" is used to refer to various related species of freshwater fish native to China and surrounding areas.
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Does Ash have a Gyarados?

This Pokémon is fully evolved. Ash's Gyarados was the fourth Pokémon that Ash caught in time travel journey through Hisui, and his sixty-seventh overall.
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Can Gyarados fly arceus?

Once it evolves into Gyarados, its stats are massively improved and it becomes one of the strongest Water-types in the game. While Gyarados spends most of its time in the water, in Pokémon Legends: Arceus, it can appear soaring through the air.
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Is Magikarp a koi fish?

The Japanese name for Magikarp is コイキング, or Koikingu, and koi are simply domesticated carp that have been bred generation after generation via artificial selection to produce an ornamental subspecies, affectionately known as living jewels and swimming flowers.
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Are Chinese dragons sea serpents?

The sea serpent is not a heavenly creature, and may be regarded as a common monster. It lives in lakes and rivers, and has to obey the rule of the dragon kings. Unlike the dragon, the sea serpent is unable to fly and resembles more a snake rather than a dragon.
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Why is Gyarados not a dragon?

What didn't make sense was that Gyarados did not get a Dragon-typing when it got a Mega Evolution. Instead, it became a Water/Dark-type. While the Dark-typing is fitting, it was still a headscratcher.
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Who would win Charizard or Gyarados?

Which one would win in a battle? Gyarados would most likely win the battle due to it's over whelming type and stat advantage it has over Charizard. Charizard could have an ace up it's sleeve like a Will-o-Wisp, or HP Electric, but overall Gyarados will usually stand as the victor.
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When did misty get Gyarados?

Misty also has a Gyarados in the manga counterpart to the anime, but, unlike in the anime, it was the first Pokémon she ever caught. She trained it carefully until it evolved and, due to this, it's extremely loyal to its Trainer. Gyarados appeared in Play Misty For Me when Ash challenged the Cerulean Gym.
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Is Charizard a dragon?

Charizard can be easily marked as a Fire-Flying-Dragon type Pokemon, a very rare tri-variant combination, making it one of the most powerful Pokemon in the collection.
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Who wins Mewtwo or Arceus?

With the capability to switch his type on the go, Arceus would be able to land the bug, dark, and ghost-type attacks that Mewtwo is weak against. Mewtwo might be able to get one or two hits in, but Arceus' type changes would also mean that Mewtwo's attacks would always hit at low or zero damage.
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How do you evolve Honeycomb?

In Pokémon Go, Combee can evolve into Vespiquen, but it has the same requirements as it does in the mainline games: Combee has to be female. Evolving Combee into Vespiquen requires 50 Combee Candy. It will only be able to evolve if it's female. If you're not seeing the evolution prompt, then your Combee is male.
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How do you evolve Magikarp Arceus?

Magikarp is generally easy to evolve, as you won't be able to catch one until you are fighting higher level Pokémon. Once you scoop one up out of the water, you simply need to train it until it reaches level 20 to get it to evolve into Gyarados.
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Does Ash ever use mega evolution?

Ash had left Charizard at the Charific Valley, until it later rejoined Ash's Unovan party, and Ash left it at Professor Oak's Laboratory, although he had never Mega Evolved it into Mega Charizard X or Y in the XY anime series.
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Did Ash own a Magikarp?

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Gyarados was mentioned to be caught as a Magikarp at in Kanto by Ash when he returned from Kalos. Ash saved Magikarp from the Magikarp Salesman after he attempted to sell him to Ash. Ash then reported him to the authorities and was arrested for Pokémon Marketing. Ash then took Magikarp into his family.
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What happened to Brock's Onix?

The dubious task of polishing Brock's Onix fell to Ash, who attempted to shorten his chore through use of his Totodile's Water Gun, which caused Onix to panic and earned Ash a reprimand from Misty. It was captured by Team Rocket, but was rescued by the arrival of Brock, Golbat and Pineco.
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Why does my Magikarp have white whiskers?

The way to tell a male and female Magikarp apart is that a male Magikarp has gold whiskers while a female has white whiskers. In Pokémon GO and its Water Event, the whiskers of the female Magikarp appears to be white silver or platinum.
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Is Gyarados based on a sturgeon?

Her evolution into Gyarados is famously based on a bit of Chinese folklore that claims that if a carp (originally a sturgeon before a Japanese mis-translation) can surmount the Dragon Gate waterfall of the Yellow River, it will transform into a dragon.
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Is there a koi Pokémon?

Magikarp (Japanese: コイキング Koiking) is a Water-type Pokémon introduced in Generation I. It evolves into Gyarados starting at level 20.
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