Medicham

Medicham
File:Medicham.png National Pokédex Meditite - Medicham (#308) - Electrike Hoenn Pokédex Meditite - Medicham (#077) - Electrike Sinnoh Pokédex Meditite - Medicham (#087) - Bronzor
Japanese name	Charem
Evolves from	Meditite
Evolves into	None
Generation	Third
Species	Meditate Pokémon
Type	Fighting / Psychic
Height	4 ft 3 in (1.3 m)
Weight	69.0 pounds (31.3 kg)
Ability	Pure Power

Medicham (チャーレム, Chāremu, Charem in original Japanese language versions) are one of the Template:Pokenum fictional species of Pokémon creatures from the multi-billion-dollar Pokémon media franchise—a collection of video games, anime, manga, books, trading cards, and other media created by Satoshi Tajiri. The purpose of Medicham in the games, anime, and manga, as with all other Pokémon, is to battle both wild Pokémon—untamed creatures that characters encounter while embarking on various adventures— and tamed Pokémon creatures owned by Pokémon trainers.

Medicham gets the first part of its name from "meditate" and the second from "champ (champion)".

Biological characteristics

Medicham is very agile, and can avoid attacks by moving as if in a dance. Then, it strikes with heavy kicks and punches. Through the power of meditation, Medicham gained a sixth sense, and can use psychokinetic powers. Mainly, these powers are used to heighten the energy inside its body, and to camouflage itself against fields and mountains. It has been known to meditate for a whole month without eating.

Medicham is bipedal, and wears a peculiar kind of headcrest with three dots on the front. Its legs are bulbous or possibly muscular, similar to those of Hariyama; have yellow dots at the knees; and end in tiny feet. The legs seem to represent and resemble a type of pants worn in Thailand, seen on the character of Aladdin and others in the Disney film of the same name. Its shiny form is similar, but its clothing is blue.

In the Pokemon Diamond and Pokemon Pearl games, the appendage on top of Medicham's head is larger on males.

In the video games

Medicham first appeared in Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire, and evolves from Meditite upon reaching level 37.

Medicham appears alongside Gengar and Ekans in Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Blue Rescue Team and Red Rescue Team as a members of a group called "Team Meanies", who act as main antagonists in the game and conspire against the player and his or her rescue team.

Medicham can be caught wild in "Pokemon Diamond and Pearl", and gets many new moves to run off its Pure Power-boosted Attack stat, such as Fire Punch, Ice Punch, ThunderPunch and Psycho Cut.

In the anime

Medicham is featured in an episode as the Contest Pokémon owned by a young woman with rather spontaneous giggling fits. However, Medicham proves to be a tough opponent for May and her Beautifly, but she defeats Medicham and gains another ribbon. Ash himself has also fought a Medicham with his powerful Snorlax.

A Medicham is part of "Team Meanies" in the half-hour animated special "Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Team Go-Getters Out Of The Gate!". This Medicham is quite rude and uncaring of others also, from the sound of its voice it is possible that it is female.

Another Medicham also appears as one of the Pokemon used by the Marina group. It is used for the psychic part of the show along with its pre-evolution, Meditite. Unlike Meditite, Medicham was only seen during the show.

In the Pokémon trading card game

Medicham has made five stage-1 Fighting/Ground-type appearances thus far:

• EX Hidden Legends
• EX Hidden Legends
• EX Emerald (as Medicham EX)
• EX Crystal Guardians
• EX Power Keepers

Medicham is odd among Pokémon in the sense that despite being a Fighting/Psychic type Pokémon in the video games, it has appeared only on Fighting-type cards, with an ironic weakness to its own sub-type, Psychic.

Medicham EX was a popular and successful card in the 2004-2005 season of Pokémon Organized Play; decks containing the card not only won players numerous free trips to the season's World Championship, but also titles, including Curran Hill’s US National Championship victory in the 10-and-under age group. Curran Hill's World Champion-caliber deck is now being printed and sold to the public in a special collector's series, meant to pay homage to all top placers at the World Championships of the Pokémon Trading Card Game.

References

• The following games and their instruction manuals: Pokémon Red, Green, and Blue; Pokémon Yellow; Pokémon Stadium and Pokémon Stadium 2; Pokémon Gold, Silver, and Crystal; Pokémon Ruby, Sapphire, and Emerald; Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen; Pokémon Colosseum and Pokémon XD: Gale of Darkness

Publications

• Barbo, Maria. The Official Pokémon Handbook. Scholastic Publishing, 1999. ISBN 0-439-15404-9.
• Loe, Casey, ed. Pokémon Special Pikachu Edition Official Perfect Guide. Sunnydale, CA: Empire 21 Publishing, 1999. ISBN 1-930206-15-1.
• Nintendo Power. Official Nintendo Pokémon FireRed & Pokémon LeafGreen Player’s Guide. Nintendo of America Inc., August 2004. ISBN 1-930206-50-X
• Mylonas, Eric. Pokémon Pokédex Collector’s Edition: Prima’s Official Pokémon Guide. Prima Games, September 21 2004. ISBN 0-7615-4761-4
• Nintendo Power. Official Nintendo Pokémon Emerald Version Player’s Guide. Nintendo of America Inc., April 2005. ISBN 1-930206-58-5

External links

• Official Pokémon website
• Bulbapedia (a Pokémon-centric Wiki) ’s article about Medicham as a species
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• Pokémon Dungeon Pokédex entry, full of statistics analysis
• PsyPoke - Medicham Pokédex entry and Usage Overview
• Smogon.com - Medicham Tactical Data