Gulpin is a round, green, amorphous Pokémon. It has a black diamond marking on its back and a yellow feather-like adornment on its head. A female has a shorter feather than a male. Its face consists of puckered lips and slanted eyes that are usually closed. It has two stubby appendages that are the same shape as its lips. It swallows anything of its own size whole since its stomach comprises most of its body. Its heart and brain are very small in comparison to its stomach.
The unique stomach acid it has allows it to digest almost anything. When it is digesting, vile, overpowering gases are expelled. It lives in grasslands and savannas. As mentioned in the Sleep Style Dex, Gulpin is known to move its mouth while sleeping.[1]When Gulpin's mouth is closed, that means its digesting its food. If Gulpin's mouth is open, that means its stomach is empty.
Evolution
Gulpin evolves into Swalot.
(For specifics on this Pokémon's Evolution in the games, refer to Game data→Evolution data.)
Major appearances
Multiple Gulpin debuted in Gulpin it Down, where they were eating all of the food in the harbor city Ash and his friends were in. Because of this, Professor Jacuzzi made several efforts to stop them, but one such effort wound up enlarging one of the Gulpin, as well as Ash's Treecko. While Treecko was restored to normal size, the Gulpin remained giant even after being caught.
In Defending the Homeland! and Beyond the Rainbow!, multiple Gulpin were living in the wetlands that Ash's Goodra was from. In Master Class is in Session! and Performing a Pathway to the Future!, they watched Serena's performance along with the rest of the wetland Pokémon. In A Diamond in the Rough!, they were seen when Ash and his friends returned to the wetlands.
In Volcanion and the Mechanical Marvel, a Gulpin was living at the Nebel Plateau. It was particularly close to the Volcanion guarding Nebel Plateau. Sometime ago, it had been abandoned by a Trainer whose last act before departure was to hug it. As a result, Gulpin came to associate hugging with abandonment, which nearly strained its newly-formed relationship with Ash when he also hugged it. Later, it helped Clemont to break the bonds holding Ash and Volcanion together by using Gastro Acid.
In A Rollicking Roll…, Team Rocket's Pelipper accidentally sent out multiple Gulpin from the Rocket Prize Master. They caused Goh, Ash, and a variety of Pokémon to get stuck together in a large ball, causing trouble across Vermilion City.
Minor appearances
In Lights, Camerupt, Action!, a Gulpin was an actor in one of Elijah's movies.
In a flashback in Curbing the Crimson Tide!, a disguised Scizor known as "Red Lightning" defeated a Trainer's Gulpin.
A Gulpin appeared in A Blustery Santalune Gym Battle!.
A Gulpin appeared in Clemont's Got a Secret!.
A Gulpin appeared in A Jolting Switcheroo!.
A Gulpin appeared in A PokéVision of Things to Come!.
A Gulpin appeared in A Battle by Any Other Name!.
A Gulpin appeared in The Bonds of Evolution!.
A Gulpin appeared in Heroes - Friends and Faux Alike!.
A Trainer's Gulpin appeared in Dreaming a Performer's Dream!.
Multiple Gulpin appeared in a flashback in A Slippery Encounter! and An Oasis of Hope!.
Two Gulpin appeared in a flashback in One for the Goomy!.
Four Gulpin appeared in a flashback in Good Friends, Great Training!.
A Trainer's Gulpin appeared in A Performance Pop Quiz!.
In I Choose Paradise!, a Trainer's Gulpin was at the Pokémon Paradise Resort.
In Securing the Future!, a Trainer's Gulpin joined the rest of Alola in showering Necrozma with light so it could return to its normal form.
A Trainer's Gulpin appeared in It's Champion Time!.
Two Trainer's Gulpin appeared in Getting to the Heart of it All!.
A Trainer's Gulpin appeared in HZ049.
Pokédex entries
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Gulpin
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Ash's Pokédex
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Gulpin, the Stomach Pokémon. Gulpin is able to swallow items of its own size whole, as its stomach comprises most of its body. Its unique stomach acid allows it to digest almost anything.
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Gulpin in Super Smash Bros. Brawl
After being released from its Poké Ball, Gulpin will wait until an opponent passes by, then will use Swallow to trap and constantly damage them. The opponent may also be beat on while in Gulpin's mouth for extra damage.
Trophy information
"A Stomach Pokémon. While it's a carefree Pokémon with a lovable face, it can swallow something the size of itself in one gulp. Its stomach is filled with gastric juices strong enough to dissolve anything it eats. As it matures, it learns Wring Out, a move which is as strong as the remaining strength of the Pokémon. It evolves into Swalot."
Origin
Gulpin, given its category, may be based on a stomach, given its round amorphous shape and the digestive gases it produces.
Gulpin may also be based on a single, giant poison gland or even a gallbladder, the green sac-like organ that stores gastric acid. It also shares similarities with some snake species known to swallow their prey whole, though its general shape resembles a slug, or also a sculpin, particularly the grunt sculpin.
Other possibilities include physarum polycephalum, sometimes referred to as the predatory slime mold, single-celled amoeba, or a reference to the sci-film The Blob.
Name origin
Gulpin may be derived from gulping, sculpin or gulp in. It may also involve toxin.
Gokulin may be derived from ゴクリ gokuri (in one gulp). It may also involve toxin.
Big Pearl (5%)
Oran Berry (5%)
Sitrus Berry (5%)
For other sprites and images, please see Gulpin images on the Bulbagarden Archives.
