Attack
Vacuum Up
40Fighting • 2 Colorless
The Defending Pokémon can't retreat during your opponent's next turn.
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Diamond & Pearl · 1 May 2007 · 29/130
Hippowdon
カバルドン
Heavyweight Pokémon
Fighting
Rare
Stage 1
110HP
≈S$2est. to buy
1 / 16 Hippowdon cards owned
0 / 2 in Diamond & Pearl
Hippowdon collection
1 / 16 collected
6%
complete
Owned1
Missing15
TrackedS$0.09
Missing est.≈S$105
Gameplay profile
Unlimited: Legal
Attack
Sand Eject
602 Fighting • 2 Colorless
During your next turn, if an attack does damage to the Defending Pokémon (after applying Weakness and Resistance), that attack does 40 more damage.
Evolution line
Versions & finishes
missing
missing
Artwork is identical across finishes; the holo or reverse shimmer is indicative.
Story & meaning
Hippowdon is the Ground-type Heavyweight Pokémon, the evolved form of Hippopotas, modeled after a hippopotamus. Despite its bulky, lumbering appearance, it is short-tempered and aggressive, expelling sand stored within its body to create…
“It blasts internally stored sand from ports on its body to create a towering twister for attack.”
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History
Hippowdon is the Ground-type Heavyweight Pokémon, the evolved form of Hippopotas, modeled after a hippopotamus. Despite its bulky, lumbering appearance, it is short-tempered and aggressive, expelling sand stored within its body to create swirling sandstorms that overwhelm and demoralize opponents before it charges in. Its hide is built to retain sand, and males and females differ in coloration, making it a notably gender-dimorphic species introduced in the Sinnoh region.
Name & meaning
The Japanese name カバルドン (Kabarudon) combines カバ (kaba), meaning 'hippopotamus,' with what is likely a play on サンドン/sand-related sounds or simply an evocative '-rudon' ending that mimics hippo-like heaviness and a guttural roar. The English name 'Hippowdon' fuses 'hippopotamus' with 'powder' (referencing the sand it carries) and a 'don' suffix often used for large, beastly Pokémon, evoking massiveness much like dinosaur names ending in '-don.'
Your Hippowdon cards
1 ownedThe Hippowdon cards already in your collection.
All Hippowdon cards across sets
16 shownEvery Hippowdon print in the catalogue, including promos and cards from other series.
