Orthworm (Pokémon)

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Orthworm Earthworm Pokémon ミミズズ Mimizuzu #0968 Images on the Bulbagarden Archives
Type Steel Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown
Abilities Earth Eater Cacophony Cacophony Sand Veil Hidden Ability Cacophony Hidden Ability Cacophony Cacophony
Gender ratio Unknown 50% male, 50% female	Catch rate 25 (7.7%)
Breeding Egg Group Field Hatch time 35 cycles
Height 8'02" 2.5 m Orthworm 0'0" 0 m {{{form2}}} 0'0" 0 m {{{form3}}} 0'0" 0 m {{{form4}}}	Weight 683.4 lbs. 310.0 kg Orthworm 0 lbs. 0 kg {{{form2}}} 0 lbs. 0 kg {{{form3}}} 0 lbs. 0 kg {{{form4}}}
Mega Stone [[|]] [[|]]
Base experience yield Unknown Gen. IV Unknown IV 240	Leveling rate Slow
EV yield Total: 2 Orthworm 0 HP 0 Atk 2 Def 0 Sp.Atk 0 Sp.Def 0 Speed 0 HP 0 Atk 0 Def 0 Sp.Atk 0 Sp.Def 0 Speed 0 HP 0 Atk 0 Def 0 Sp.Atk 0 Sp.Def 0 Speed 0 HP 0 Atk 0 Def 0 Sp.Atk 0 Sp.Def 0 Speed
Shape	Footprint {{{form2}}}
Pokédex color   Pink	Base friendship 50
External Links On Smogon Pokédex Artwork on Bulbagarden Archives

Orthworm (Japanese: ミミズズ Mimizuzu) is a Steel-type Pokémon introduced in Generation IX.

It is not known to evolve into or from any other Pokémon.

Biology

Orthworm is a long, worm-like Pokémon with a six-segmented metal body. Its body is red on top and light orange on the bottom, except for its second segment, which is steel-colored. The first segment is its head, which contains its small, pale blue eyes and a large, toothless mouth. There are pairs of cyan ovals lining either side of its body from its third to fifth segments, while its second segment has three of such pairs. Parapodia-like tendrils can extend from the ovals on its second segment, which resemble simple fists.

When threatened, Orthworm uses its blue fist-like parapodia to pelt its opponent with a storm of punches. It lives in dry deserts, and eats iron from the soil to maintain its body. It is sometimes seen buried in the ground, with only its head visible.

A giant Orthworm, known as the Lurking Steel Titan, is one of the Titan Pokémon found in Paldea. It mainly resides near a cavern in East Province (Area Three) where it feeds on Salty Herba Mystica inside a hidden cave.

Orthworm is the only known Pokémon that can have Earth Eater as an Ability.

Game data

NPC appearances

• Pokémon Scarlet and Violet: Orthworm, known as the Lurking Steel Titan, is a minor character and a boss encounter in the games. It became a Titan Pokémon after consuming some Herba Mystica.
  • The player and Arven eventually found it in East Province (Area Three) to find the Herba Mystica it guards and defeated it, forcing it to flee. After both took the Herba Mystica, Orthworm became a normal-sized Pokémon once again. After this, it can be rematched in its original location, and will have the Titan Mark when captured.

Pokédex entries

Orthworm in the Paldea Pokédex	Orthworm in the Kitakami Pokédex

Game locations

In side games

Held items

Stats

Base stats

Type effectiveness

Learnset

By leveling up

By TM

Generation IX Other generations: None

TM   Move   Type   Cat.   Pwr.   Acc.   PP  TM001 TM001 Take Down Normal Physical 09090 085}}85% 20 TM005 TM005 Mud-Slap Ground Special 02020 100}}100% 10 TM007 TM007 Protect Normal Status 0000— 00—}}—% 10 TM025 TM025 Facade Normal Physical 07070 100}}100% 20 TM028 TM028 Bulldoze Ground Physical 06060 100}}100% 20 TM035 TM035 Mud Shot Ground Special 05555 095}}95% 15 TM036 TM036 Rock Tomb Rock Physical 06060 095}}95% 15 TM047 TM047 Endure Normal Status 0000— 00—}}—% 10 TM051 TM051 Sandstorm Rock Status 0000— 00—}}—% 10 TM055 TM055 Dig Ground Physical 08080 100}}100% 10 TM066 TM066 Body Slam Normal Physical 08585 100}}100% 15 TM070 TM070 Sleep Talk Normal Status 0000— 00—}}—% 10 TM076 TM076 Rock Blast Rock Physical 02525 090}}90% 10 TM084 TM084 Stomping Tantrum Ground Physical 07575 100}}100% 10 TM085 TM085 Rest Psychic Status 0000— 00—}}—% 5 TM086 TM086 Rock Slide Rock Physical 07575 090}}90% 10 TM089 TM089 Body Press Fighting Physical 08080 100}}100% 10 TM090 TM090 Spikes Ground Status 0000— 00—}}—% 20 TM093 TM093 Flash Cannon Steel Special 08080 100}}100% 10 TM099 TM099 Iron Head Steel Physical 08080 100}}100% 15 TM103 TM103 Substitute Normal Status 0000— 00—}}—% 10 TM104 TM104 Iron Defense Steel Status 0000— 00—}}—% 15 TM116 TM116 Stealth Rock Rock Status 0000— 00—}}—% 20 TM121 TM121 Heavy Slam Steel Physical 0000— 100}}100% 10 TM130 TM130 Helping Hand Normal Status 0000— 00—}}—% 20 TM133 TM133 Earth Power Ground Special 09090 100}}100% 10 TM149 TM149 Earthquake Ground Physical 100100 100}}100% 10 TM152 TM152 Giga Impact Normal Physical 150150 090}}90% 5 TM163 TM163 Hyper Beam Normal Special 150150 090}}90% 5 TM170 TM170 Steel Beam Steel Special 140140 095}}95% 5 TM171 TM171 Tera Blast Normal Special 08080 100}}100% 10 TM176 TM176 Sand Tomb Ground Physical 03535 085}}85% 15 TM179 TM179 Smack Down Rock Physical 05050 100}}100% 15 TM186 TM186 High Horsepower Ground Physical 09595 095}}95% 10 TM204 TM204 Double-Edge Normal Physical 120120 100}}100% 15 TM223 TM223 Metal Sound Steel Status 0000— 085}}85% 40 TM224 TM224 Curse Ghost Status 0000— 00—}}—% 10

Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Orthworm Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an Evolution or an alternate form of Orthworm

By breeding

Generation IX Other generations: None

Parent   Move   Type   Cat.   Pwr.   Acc.   PP  Coil Poison Status — —% 20 Curse Ghost Status — —% 10 Metal Burst Steel Physical — 100% 10

Moves marked with an asterisk (*) must be chain bred onto Orthworm Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Orthworm Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an Evolution of Orthworm

Special moves

Side game data

Evolution data

Unevolved  Steel

Sprites

This Pokémon was unavailable prior to Generation IX.
Cross-Generation HOME

For other sprites and images, please see Orthworm images on the Bulbagarden Archives.

In animation

Main series

Major appearances

An Orthworm debuted in Tinkatink's Ideal Hammer, causing trouble on the Brave Olivine before being defeated by Dot with the help of Quaxly and Tinkatink.

Minor appearances

Pokédex entries

Biri-Biri

A Orthworm, namely the Lurking Steel Titan, briefly appeared as a silhouette in the music video for Biri-Biri.

In the manga

Pokémon Adventures

A Titan Orthworm debuted in PASV17. Scarlet and Arven challenged the Lurking Steel Titan in order to obtain its supply of Herba Mystica.

In the TCG

Main article: Orthworm (TCG)

Trivia

• Despite its Pokédex entry in Pokémon Scarlet stating that Orthworm can "wield the tendrils on its body like fists and pelt the opponent with a storm of punches," it cannot learn any punching moves.

Origin

Orthworm appears to be based on an earthworm, and also shares similarities to a subway train. Its tendrils may be derived from the pronounced parapodia of polychaetes, relatives of earthworms. It may also be inspired by the Iberian worm lizard, a reptile that superficially resembles an earthworm that lives deep underground and is native to Spain and Portugal (where Paldea is based on).

The Titan Orthworm may take some inspiration from giant earthworms, the Mongolian death worm, or giant sandworms, a common archetype of monster popularized through works like Dune and Beetlejuice.

Name origin

Orthworm may be a combination of ore, ortho- (prefix meaning "straight" or "upright"), orthoclase (a mineral), and earthworm.

Mimizuzu may be a combination of 蚯蚓 mimizu (earthworm) and 埋める uzumeru (to bury).

In other languages

Language Title Meaning Japanese ミミズズ Mimizuzu From 蚯蚓 mimizu and 埋める uzumeru French Ferdeter From fer and ver de terre Spanish Orthworm Same as English name German Schlurm From schleppen and Wurm Italian Orthworm Same as English name Korean 꿈트렁 Kkumteureong From 꿈틀꿈틀 kkumteul-kkumteul and 지렁이 jireong-i Mandarin Chinese 拖拖蚓 Tuōtuōyǐn From 拖 tuō and 蚯蚓 qiūyǐn Cantonese Chinese 拖拖蚓 Tōtōyáhn From 拖 tō and 蚯蚓 yāuyáhn

More languages Hindi केचुक्रॉल Kechucrawl From केंचुआ kẽchuā and crawl Thai มิมิซึซึ Mimisuesue Transcription of Japanese name

Related articles

• Titan Pokémon

External links

Titan Pokémon

See also: Titanic Pokémon (Okidogi • Munkidori • Fezandipiti)

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