Snorlax

Snorlax
Artwork of Snorlax from Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen Versions
First appearance	Pocket Monsters Red and Green Versions (1996)
Generation	Generation I
Category	Sleeping Pokémon
Evolves from	Munchlax
Evolves into	N/A
Pronunciation	$snore-LACKS$
Type(s)	Normal
Height	6'11" (2.1 m)
Weight	1014.1 lbs. (460.0kg)
Gender ratio	87.5% male, 12.5% female
Pokédex color	Black
Egg group(s)	Monster
Abilities	Immunity or Thick Fat Gluttony (Hidden Ability)
Pokédex navigation
National Pokédex: ← Aerodactyl | Snorlax (#143) | Articuno →
Johto Pokédex: ← Aerodactyl | Snorlax | Bulbasaur →

Snorlax is a Normal-type Pokémon introduced in the Generation I games, Pocket Monsters Red and Green Versions (Pokémon Red and Blue Versions in regions outside Japan). As of Generation IV, it evolves from Munchlax when leveled up with high Friendship. Since Pokémon Sword and Shield, Snorlax has a Gigantamax form, Gigantamax Snorlax. Snorlax is described as being lazy, as it spends most of its time sleeping and eating.

Game appearances

Pokémon series

Pokémon Red and Blue Versions / Pokémon Yellow Version: Special Pikachu Edition

In Pokémon Red and Blue Versions and Pokémon Yellow Version: Special Pikachu Edition, there is a Snorlax blocking the path to Route 12 and Route 16 respectively. It is asleep and can only be awoken by playing the Poké Flute. In doing so, a Pokémon battle with the Snorlax begins. Both Snorlaxes are at a level 30 (though in Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen Versions, the one at Route 16 was made level 34 instead). Once the Snorlax is captured or has been defeated, it is no longer blocking the path. The player character must do this to at least one Snorlax in order to progress to Fuchsia City.

Pokémon Gold and Silver Versions / Pokémon Crystal Version

In Pokémon Gold and Silver Versions, just outside of Vermillion City, there is a sleeping Snorlax who is obstructing the entrance to Diglett's Cave. Like in the Generation I games, the player character can must use the Poké Flute to wake it up. However, they can alternatively use the Pokégear by setting it to the Poké Flute station. Once the Snorlax wakes up, the player character is forced into a battle against it. The Snorlax is at level 50, which is slightly higher than the two sleeping Snorlaxes in the Generation I games.

Super Smash Bros. series

Snorlax, as it appears in Super Smash Bros. Brawl

Snorlax appears as a Poké Ball Pokémon in every installment of the Super Smash Bros. series to date. When summoned, it leaps up into the air and attacks using Body Slam, falling down onto the battlefield at a larger size and smashing any opponents in its path, sending them flying. Snorlax can also attack opponents when flying up after being summoned.

In Super Smash Bros. Melee Snorlax is one of the balloons featured in the Poké Floats stage.

In Super Smash Bros. for Wii U, a Snorlax trophy can be unlocked by clearing the Fitness Junkie Event Match on Normal difficulty or higher.

Pokémon Channel

In Pokémon Channel, there is an exclusive Pokémon mini minigame starring Snorlax titled Snorlax's Lunch Time. The objective is to feed Snorlax as much as possible, although if it accidentally tries to eat a Pichu, the minigame ends. The Game Over screen shows the Pichu angry at Snorlax.

Profiles

Super Smash Bros. Melee trophy

Name	Image	Game	Description
Snorlax		Pokémon Red & Blue 09/98	Snorlax love to sleep and love to eat: these portly Pokémon get grumpy if they don't get 880 pounds of food per day. After snacking out, they always nap. They have cast-iron stomachs and can eat moldy and even rotten food with no digestion problems. They are the heaviest Pokémon on record, weighing in at over 1,000 pounds.

Super Smash Bros. Brawl trophy

Name	Image	Game	Description
Snorlax		GB Pokémon Red/Blue DS Pokémon Diamond/Pearl	A Sleeping Pokémon. It's the ultimate loafer. Sometimes children like to play on top of its big belly. Once in a slumber, not even the hardest rain or the fiercest wind will wake it. Snorlax recovers health and restores its physical state by sleeping, and it proves daunting with its damaging Snore attack. Snorlax is the king of Sleeping Pokémon.

Super Smash Bros. Brawl sticker

Name	Image	Game	Effect
Snorlax		Pokémon series	[Electric] - Attack +5

Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS / Wii U trophy

Name	3DS trophy	Wii U trophy	Category	Appears in	Trophy Box	Description
Snorlax			Poké Ball	GB Pokémon Red & Pokémon Blue (09/1998) 3DS Pokémon X & Pokémon Y (10/2013)	38: Pokémon Classics	This sleepy, Normal-type Pokémon is huge! It eats more than 900 lb. of food every day. Most of the time not spent eating is spent sleeping. That big, round body comes in handy when it's brought onto a Smash Bros. battlefield—the Body Slam attack will send anyone who gets hit flying into the air! Snorlax is often referred to as the Sleeping Pokémon, and there's a good reason for that! This giant loafer spends almost all its time snoozing, getting up for just long enough each day to scoff up a tidy 400kg of food. In this game, it soars into the air and uses its Body Slam attack, smacking into fighters like a giant wrecking ball.

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate spirit

No.	Name	Image	Series / game	Type	Class	Strength / effect(s)	How to obtain	Spirit battle
								Opponent(s)	Battle conditions	Stage	Song
461	Snorlax		Pokémon Series	Support (1)	Advanced	Strong-Wind Resist	World of Light (Light Realm); Spirit Board	Giant King K. Rool	Timed Stamina battle The enemy prefers not to move	Tortimer Island	Main Theme - Pokémon Red & Pokémon Blue (Melee)

Gallery

For this subject's image gallery, see Gallery:Snorlax.

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  Super Smash Bros. sprite

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  Super Smash Bros. Melee screenshot

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  Super Smash Bros. Brawl screenshot of Snorlax falling in the New Pork City stage

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning
Japanese	カビゴン Kabigon

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