Joltpon (eigimon)

|}Jolteon (Japanese: サンダース Thunders) is an  introduced in Generation I.

It evolves from Luxye when exposed to a Thunder Stone. It is one of Luxye's final forms, the others being, , , , , , and.

Biology
Jolteon is a quadruped, mammalian Pokémon. It is covered in yellow fur with a spiky fringe around its tail and a white ruff around its neck. Its ears are large and pointed with black interiors, and its eyes and small nose are black. It has slender legs and small paws, each with three toes and a pink paw-pad.

Jolteon's prickly fur is made of electrically charged needles and generates negatively charged ions, which create a sparking noise as it moves. It also has an electricity-generating organ in its lungs. The static electricity in its fur amplifies the low-level electricity generated by its cells and allow it to discharge 10,000-volt lightning bolts. This Pokémon is most often found in under the ownership of s. However, its high-strung nature and tendency toward mood swings can make it difficult to train.

Major appearances
In The Battling Eevee Brothers, 's Jolteon was targeted in one of 's schemes.

In Get Along, Little Pokémon, uses a Jolteon as a "sheep dog" of sorts. Whenever any of Ethan's tried to escape, Jolteon would use  to lure them back.

In Trouble's Brewing and Espeon, Not Included, Satsuki, one of the Kimono Sisters, owns a Jolteon. It battled and ultimately lost after being hit with Pikachu's.

In The Eighth Wonder of the Sinnoh World!, Volkner used a Jolteon during his Gym battle with Ash. It was defeated by.

Virgil's male Jolteon debuted in Team Eevee and the Pokémon Rescue Squad!, along with an Eevee and her other evolutions at the time. He handled several and powered up a generator. He reappeared in a flashback in the next episode.

In Eevee & Friends, an affectionate Jolteon was with an and its other evolutions, including the newly introduced. It tends to shock those it hugs.

In Mystery on a Deserted Island!, one of three Eevee evolved into a Jolteon with a Thunder Stone found on the.

In Turning Heads and Training Hard!, a Jolteon was summoned to help Ilima's Eevee perform. In the Poké Problem segment of the next episode, it saw Ilima and Eevee off.

Minor appearances
In The Ultimate Test, battled a Jolteon during the Pokémon League entrance exam.

In Pikachu Re-Volts, a Jolteon was controlled by Cassidy and Butch via their at Mandarin Island North.

A Jolteon appeared in the Japanese credits of Pikachu's Rescue Adventure.

In As Clear As Crystal, a Jolteon was affected by a crystal that gave a lake the ability to heal Pokémon.

In Johto Photo Finish, Gary's demonstration featured a Jolteon evolving from an Eevee.

In A Bite to Remember, Brock's demonstration featured a Jolteon evolving from an Eevee.

Multiple Jolteon appeared in the opening sequence of Destiny Deoxys.

In the opening sequence of Giratina and the Sky Warrior, a Jolteon was together with an Eevee and the other six Eeveelutions at the time.

A 's Jolteon appeared in a flashback in Flint Sparks the Fire!.

A Jolteon appeared in A Campus Reunion!.

In Tag Team Battle Inspiration!, 's fantasy featured a Vaporeon as she imagined what her could evolve into.

In a flashback in Volcanion and the Mechanical Marvel, Nikola owned a Jolteon.

A Trainer's Jolteon appeared in I Choose You!.

In The Power of Us, a Jolteon could be caught during the Pokémon Catch Race.

In Legend? Go! Friends? Go!, a Trainer's Jolteon participated in a Raid Battle against a.

In Pokémon Origins
In File 2: Cubone, 's Jolteon was first sent out to battle a 's. It eventually defeated the Poison Gas Pokémon with a, forcing the Grunts to retreat. In File 3: Giovanni, Jolteon battled Giovanni's during Red's Gym. In File 4: Charizard, Jolteon was used at the Indigo Plateau.

In The Electric Tale of Pikachu manga
A Jolteon belonging to Sparky appeared in To Evolve or Not to Evolve, That Is the Question!, where it was used to battle Mikey's Eevee in order to see if Mikey was worthy of joining the Knights of the E Stone. Thanks to using a TM to teach Eevee, it was able to defeat Jolteon by using its own  against it, winning the battle for Mikey.

In the Pokémon Adventures manga
In Blame it on Eevee, a mutated Eevee could switch between his evolved forms, one of which is a Jolteon. him, added him to his team, and nicknamed him Vee. Later, it used the Fire, Water, and Thunder Stones of Vermilion Harbor, which were given to him by, to evolve and devolve him freely and faster. Eventually, he lost the ability to devolve after permanently becoming an, but Red felt more content now that he'd been freed from the pain that Team Rocket's experiments had dealt.

A Jolteon appeared in The Kindest Tentacruel as one of the Pokémon in 's fantasy about evolution via Evolution stone.

A Jolteon appeared in Pleased as Punch With Parasect, under the ownership of a Kimono Girl.

A Jolteon appeared in a fantasy in PS553.

In the Pokémon Pocket Monsters manga
A Jolteon appeared in Regain the Deserted Power Plant!.

A Jolteon appeared in Clefairy Evolves... At Last?!.

A Jolteon appeared in Curry Showdown! Which is the Most Delicious? as one of the participants of a curry cooking competition.

sent out a Jolteon when he was about to destroy Pallet Town with a missile in Squirtle, the Crybaby Pokémon. It reappeared in Good-Bye, Pikachu?!.

In the Pokémon Zensho manga
A Jolteon appeared in a fantasy in PZ04.

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Trivia

 * Jolteon shares its name with . They are both known as the Lightning Pokémon.
 * Jolteon and 's Japanese names are almost exactly the same as each other's, with a final s being the only difference.
 * Jolteon was designed by Motofumi Fujiwara.
 * Jolteon has the highest base stat of all Eeveelutions.

Origin
Jolteon's physical anatomy seems to be primarily based on a or possibly a, with several traits of s. It is also feline-like; its extremely high speed resembles that of a 's. Additionally, it may have been inspired by the , a beast from  whose body is made of lightning, and may take the form of a.

Name origin
Jolteon is a combination of jolt and eon (an immeasurably long period of time, possibly referring to how long evolution takes naturally). Eon is a suffix all evolutions share and was Eevee's English prototype name.

Thunders is literally thunders (present tense of the verb to thunder).

Related articles

 * Vee
 * Eeveelution