Great Tusk (Japanese: イダイナキバ Idainakiba) is a dual-type Ground/Fighting Paradox Pokémon introduced in Generation IX.
While it is not known to evolve into or from any other Pokémon, it appears to be an ancient relative of Donphan.
Biology[]
Great Tusk is a large gray proboscid Pokémon. Its trunk, topside, and tail are covered in dark purple plates, with three rows of pinkish red spikes on top. Similar pinkish red accents form around its slanted yellow eyes, as well as on its body as spots. It also has tufts of pinkish red fur around its legs. Its face has a jagged mouth and two large tusks that curl inward. Its dark purple ears are long, thin, and serrated, with red on the inside.
Great Tusk has a savage nature. The Scarlet Book, which named the creature, describes how it attacked an expedition team with its large body and tusks, fatally injuring one of the explorers in the process. It has apparently lived since ancient times.
A giant Great Tusk, known as the Quaking Earth Titan, is one of the Titan Pokémon found in the Paldea region.
Trivia[]
- No other Pokémon has the same type combination as Great Tusk.
- Great Tusk may be based on mammoths or mastodons, extinct relatives of elephants. Its spikes and tail are reminiscent of dinosaurs.