The Starmobiles (Japanese: スターモービルStarmobile) are vehicles used in battle by the squad bosses of Team Star. These vehicles are encountered in the ★ Starfall Street ★ storyline of Pokémon Scarlet and Violet.
Description
Each Starmobile is powered by Pokémon: a Revavroom sits in the hood and controls the vehicle, while two Varoom are located on the back, acting as rear wheels. Additionally, according to Mela, the Starmobiles are fueled by evolved forms of Charcadet: Armarouge and Ceruledge. Ortega was the one who created the Starmobiles during "Operation Star".
In battle, the Starmobiles are named "<Squad Name> Starmobile" (e.g. "Segin Starmobile"), as seen in their health bar; however, the battle texts refer to them simply as "Revavroom" (e.g. "The opposing Revavroom used Wicked Torque!"). The Starmobiles are immune to all negative status conditions, volatile or otherwise. Their types cannot be changed by moves such as Soak. All of their moves can be used without PP limitations. Transform fails if used on a Starmobile, and Imposter does not activate.
Starmobiles are not technically proper forms of Revavroom,[1] as the game essentially overwrites the last opponent that was knocked out, and directly modifies their stats, Nature, types, Abilities, and moves. As a result, the Starmobiles have no IVs or EVs, and have stats that are out-of-bounds for a typical Revavroom of similar level. Instead, they have the following custom properties:
The Segin Starmobile appeared during Violet's raid of Segin Squad's Base in Challenge! DJ Giacomo!!. Its appearance made Violet initially assume that he was to race Giacomo, until the Team Star Boss clarified that their confrontation was to be a Pokémon battle. After defeating Giacomo's Pawniard, Violet was surprised to see the Starmobile entering the battle as a member of his opponent's team. Thanks to the Tera Orb he had received from Clive shortly beforehand, Violet was able to Terastallize his Nymble, allowing its powered-up Bug Bite to defeat the Starmobile.
The Schedar Starmobile was first seen in PASV14 alongside Mela as the latter talked to Scarlet. It was later used to battle Violet when he raided the Schedar Squad's Base. It managed to take out Violet's Clodsire before being taken out by his Crocalor's super-effective Stomping Tantrum.
The Navi Starmobile was first used during Atticus's battle with Scarlet.
The Starmobiles are the first ever instance of non-player obtainable Pokémon having signature moves.
Starmobiles are most likely based on dekotora, a Japanese style of modifying trucks with elaborate stainless-steel parts, murals, and LED lights.
They may also be based on the similar chiva/escalera, older multi-level busses given a vibrant decorative paintjob common in Colombia and Ecuador, as well as taptaps, cheerfully painted Haitian public transport vehicles known for being loud and dangerous, given the Paldea region's Hispanic origin.
The Starmobiles share a naming scheme with that of the Team Star squads, in that both are named after the stars of the constellation Cassiopeia.
The Navi Starmobile is the only Starmobile that shares a type with Revavroom's normal form, namely Poison.
In addition, Atticus is the only Team Star boss that also uses a regular Revavroom, in addition to the Navi Starmobile.