Seel (Japanese: パウワウ Pawou) is a Water-type Pokémon introduced in Generation I.
It evolves into Dewgong starting at level 34.
Biology
Seel is a pinniped Pokémon with a thick hide covered in bluish-white fur. It has a pale tan maw with a large red tongue and a pair of tusks on its lower jaw. It has circular eyes and a black nose that is capable of closing when it swims. There is a small horn on its forehead, which it uses in combination with its tusks to bore through ice floes. It has two flippers on its chest, and two more on the end of its tail. When the tail is raised, it resembles a waterspout.
Seel lives on icebergs in frigid ocean waters. Its warm fur and thick hide allow it to swim in waters as cold as -40° Fahrenheit (-40° Celsius). It thrives in these cold environments, becoming more active as the temperature drops and tires easily in warm waters. Preferring to sleep during the day, it hunts for prey under sheets of ice in the late day and evening hours. While it is a graceful swimmer, it is awkward and struggles to move on dry land.
Evolution
Seel evolves into Dewgong.
(For specifics on this Pokémon's evolution in the games, refer to Game data→Evolution data.)
Game data
NPC appearances
- Pokémon Pinball: A Seel appears in a bonus stage accessible from the Blue Table. The goal is to hit the Seel that will poke its head out of the water.
Pokédex entries
| Generation I | | | Kanto
#086 | | Red(JPN) | (This entry was originally untranslated in English until it was reused in Pokémon FireRed.) | | Green | | Red(ENG) | The protruding horn on its head is very hard. It is used for bashing through thick ice. | | Blue | | Yellow | Loves freezing cold conditions. Relishes swimming in a frigid climate of around 14F degrees. | | Stadium | It boasts a thick hide covered with light blue fur. It plows through ice floes even in water 40 degrees below 0. | | |
| Generation II | | | Johto
#176 | | Gold | Although it can't walk well on land, it is a graceful swimmer. It especially loves being in frigid seas. | | Silver | In daytime, it is often found asleep on the seabed in shallow waters. Its nostrils close while it swims. | | Crystal | The light blue fur that covers it keeps it protected against the cold. It loves iceberg-filled oceans. | | Stadium 2 | Although it can't walk well on land, it is a graceful swimmer. It especially loves being in frigid seas. | | |
| Generation III | | Hoenn
#— | | Kanto
#086 | | Ruby | Seel hunts for prey in the frigid sea underneath sheets of ice. When it needs to breathe, it punches a hole through the ice with the sharply protruding section of its head. | | Sapphire | | Emerald | Seel hunt for prey in frigid, ice-covered seas. When it needs to breathe, it punches a hole through the ice with the sharply protruding section of its head. | | FireRed | Covered with light blue fur, its hide is thick and tough. It is active in bitter cold of minus 40 degrees Fahrenheit. | | LeafGreen | The protruding horn on its head is very hard. It is used for bashing through thick icebergs. | | |
| Generation IV | | Sinnoh
#— | | Johto
#178 | | Diamond | A Pokémon that lives on icebergs. It swims in the sea using the point on its head to break up ice. | | Pearl | | Platinum | | HeartGold | Although it can't walk well on land, it is a graceful swimmer. It especially loves being in frigid seas. | | SoulSilver | In daytime, it is often found asleep on the seabed in shallow waters. Its nostrils close while it swims. | | |
| Generation V | | | Unova
B2 W2 : #265 | | Black | A Pokémon that lives on icebergs. It swims in the sea using the point on its head to break up ice. | | White | | Black 2 | The colder it gets, the better it feels. It joyfully swims around oceans so cold that they are filled with floating ice. | | White 2 | | |
| Generation VI | | Kalos
#— | | Hoenn
#— | | X | A Pokémon that lives on icebergs. It swims in the sea using the point on its head to break up ice. | | Y | Covered with light blue fur, its hide is thick and tough. It is active in bitter cold of -40 degrees Fahrenheit. | | Omega Ruby | Seel hunts for prey in the frigid sea underneath sheets of ice. When it needs to breathe, it punches a hole through the ice with the sharply protruding section of its head. | | Alpha Sapphire | | |
| Generation VII | | Alola
US UM : #115 | | Kanto
#086 | | This Pokémon has no Pokédex entries in Sun & Moon. | | Ultra Sun | It has always been supposed that Seel live only in cold seas. Their having shown up in Alola is a mystery. | | Ultra Moon | Thanks to its thick fat, cold seas don't bother it at all, but it gets tired pretty easily in warm waters. | | Let's Go Pikachu | Loves freezing-cold conditions. Relishes swimming in a frigid climate of around 14 degrees Fahrenheit. | | Let's Go Eevee | | |
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| Generation IX | | Paldea
#— | | Kitakami
#— | | Blueberry
#143 | | Scarlet | The protrusion on its head is very hard. It is used for bashing through thick ice. | | Violet | The colder it gets, the better it feels. It joyfully swims around oceans so cold that they are filled with floating ice. | | |
Game locations
In side games
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In events
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
Pokéathlon stats
Type effectiveness
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Learnset
Seel is available in Scarlet and Violet Version 3.0.0+.
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- Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Seel
- Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution of Seel
- Click on the generation numbers at the top to see level-up moves from other generations
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- Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Seel
- Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution or an alternate form of Seel
- Click on the generation numbers at the top to see TM moves from other generations
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- Moves marked with an asterisk (*) must be chain bred onto Seel
- Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Seel
- Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution of Seel
- Click on the generation numbers at the top to see Egg moves from other generations
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TCG-only moves
Side game data
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Pokémon Rumble Rush  | Walking Speed: 2.22 seconds | Base HP: 52 | | | Base Attack: 69 | Base Defense: 51 | Base Speed: 60 | | |
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Evolution data
Sprites
In the anime
Major appearances
In The Water Flowers of Cerulean City, multiple Seel are kept by Misty and her sisters at the Cerulean Gym. One evolved into a Dewgong in The Misty Mermaid.
Other
In Misty Meets Her Match, a Seel was caught in a whirlpool alongside its Trainer, named Mahri, but were rescued by Misty and her Staryu.
Minor appearances
In Pikachu's Vacation, a Seel was at the Pokémon Theme Park.
In Slowking's Day, a Seel lived in the ocean surrounding Shamouti Island.
Multiple Seel live at Professor Oak's Laboratory, as seen in Showdown at the Po-ké Corral, The Rivalry Revival, Bulbasaur... the Ambassador!, and Alola, Kanto!
In Bye Bye Psyduck, Misty's fantasy featured a Seel.
In The Joy of Pokémon, multiple baby Seel lived on the unnamed island.
In The Power of One, multiple Seel sensed the disturbance caused by Lawrence III.
A wild Seel appeared in Pikachu's Rescue Adventure.
A Seel appeared in a fantasy in The Totodile Duel.
A Seel appeared in Snorlax Snowman.
In The Joy of Water Pokémon, a Seel lived in Lake Lucid.
In Around the Whirlpool, a Seel was stolen from the Pokémon Center of Blue Point Isle.
In Octillery The Outcast, a Trainer's Seel competed in the Whirl Cup. Ash and Totodile went up against it in a qualifying match and won.
In The Legend of Thunder!, a Seel was at a Pokémon Center.
In Nice Pryce Baby, Pryce owns multiple Seel. They were seen at the Mahogany Gym.
Multiple Seel appeared in the opening intro of Celebi: The Voice of the Forest, which was reused for Pokémon Heroes: Latios & Latias.
Multiple Seel appeared in Destiny Deoxys.
In Pokémon Ranger and the Temple of the Sea, The Marina Group uses multiple Seel for their Marina Underwater Pokémon Show.
In Once More With Reeling!, a Coordinator's Seel competed in the Terracotta Contest. It created an ice sculpture of a Glalie using Ice Beam.
In Up Close and Personable!, a Seel lived in the lake near the Pokémon Summer Academy.
In Historical Mystery Tour!, a Seel stood on a ball with one fin as part of an act with its Trainer, a Clown working in Xatu's Forest.
A Seel appeared in I Choose You!.
In Battle Royal 151!, a Trainer's Seel competed in the Battle Royal preliminary round of the Manalo Conference, but it ended up losing.
A Seel appeared in The Pendant That Starts It All (Part One).
In the manga
Pokémon Adventures
Seel is the first Pokémon Lorelei owned, which debuted in Can You Diglett?. As a child, Lorelei saw her Seel become poisoned due to the effects of nearby industrialization. Agatha, who was passing by, healed Seel using her Gastly. This encounter with the negative effects that humanity had on Pokémon would be the motivation Lorelei had to join the Elite Four in a plot to destroy all of humanity years later.
Pryce owns two Seel that assist him in sculpting ice. They first appeared in Irked Igglybuff and Curmudgeonly Cleffa.
A Seel appeared in The Last Battle XIII as one of the Pokémon sent to participate in the fight in Ilex Forest.
A Seel liberated by Team Plasma appeared in The Final Battle: Crushed Ambition as one of the Pokémon stuck in N's Castle.
Pokémon Gold & Silver: The Golden Boys
A Trainer's Seel appeared in Let's Fight For The Future!!.
Pokémon Pocket Monsters
A Seel appeared in Rampage at the Ruins of Alph!!.
Pokémon Zensho
Satoshi received a Seel from Misty in PZ03. He released it upon his arrival in the Seafoam Islands in PZ08.
In the TCG
- Main article: Seel (TCG)
Other appearances
Super Smash Bros. Melee
Seel is a Pokéfloat. After the second half of Venusaur is revealed, the screen moves continually to the right without stopping and so fighting does not stay on Seel for very long.
Trivia
- Seel shares its category with Dewgong and Popplio. They are all known as the Sea Lion Pokémon.
- Seel is the only non-Ice-type Pokémon that can have Ice Body as its Ability. Consequently, Seel is the only Pokémon with Ice Body to benefit from its hail immunity, since all other Pokémon with the Ability are naturally immune to hail damage due to their typing.
Origin
Seel may be based on an earless seal, particularly a harp seal pup due to its white fur and icy habitat. It also shares characteristics with other aquatic mammals that live in the Arctic Ocean. Its long, white body is similar to a beluga whale, its horn may be inspired by a narwhal, and its tusks may be inspired by a walrus. The shape of its tail resembles a stylized waterspout or geyser.
Name origin
Seel is derived from seal.
Pawou may be derived from an onomatopoeia of a seal's bark.
In other languages
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| More languages |  Hindi | सीसील Seaseal | From sea and seal or Seel |  Russian | Сил Sil | Transcription of English name |  Thai | เพาเวา Phaowao | Transcription of Japanese name | |
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