Revavroom (Pokémon)

Revavroom installed onto a Starmobile

Revavroom is an inorganic Pokémon resembling a car engine. Its metallic body has an atypical arrangement, with a singular yellow eye at the front and center. The front of Revavroom's body also has a few spikes to the left and right, along with a small hole resembling a frown located just below its eye, although this hole does not function as its mouth. On Revavroom's sides are eight cylinders, each one tipped with a purple stain. The two longest cylinders reach out towards the back and flare out at the ends; these cylinders function as the Pokémon's exhaust. The remaining six cylinders sit on top of the two long cylinders, with three on each one.

Revavroom's large, cylindrical mouth is located on top of its body and resembles air filters found on muscle car engines. This mouth has jagged serrations resembling teeth and contains a long tongue, which Revavroom uses to unleash toxic fluids. The top and bottom halves of the mouth do not connect with each other.

Revavroom typically attaches itself to rocks that resemble the wheels and the body of a wagon, which it uses as a means of locomotion. It can create gas by combining the minerals in the rocks with its poison. The gas is then detonated in its cylinders to generate energy for itself. This aggressive Pokémon uses the sounds of its exhaust to threaten foes. Revavroom typically levitates and flies around in the air instead of moving on the ground. Revavroom are capable of running machines when attached to them; this is evidenced by the Starmobiles, which are vehicles Ortega created for Revavroom to run as an engine alongside Varoom. The Revavroom running the Starmobiles are larger than others of their species.

Revavroom and its pre-evolved form, Varoom, are the only known Pokémon capable of learning the move Spin Out. In Generation IX, Revavroom is the only known Pokémon that can have Filter as an Ability.

Forms

Revavroom has six forms in total, consisting of its normal form and five Starmobile forms, one for each of the Team Star bosses.

Each Starmobile has a signature move that no other Pokémon is capable of using: The Segin Starmobile can use Wicked Torque, the Schedar Starmobile can use Blazing Torque, the Navi Starmobile can use Noxious Torque, the Ruchbah Starmobile can use Magical Torque, and the Caph Starmobile can use Combat Torque.

Segin Starmobile

Schedar Starmobile

Navi Starmobile

Ruchbah Starmobile

Caph Starmobile

Evolution

Revavroom evolves from Varoom.

(For specifics on this Pokémon's Evolution in the games, refer to Game data→Evolution data.)

Unevolved Varoom  Steel  Poison

→

First Evolution Revavroom  Steel  Poison

NPC appearances

Main article: Starmobile

• Pokémon Scarlet and Violet: The Starmobiles are special forms of Revavroom used by Team Star squad bosses in battle.

Pokédex entries

Revavroom in the Paldea Pokédex

Game locations

In side games

In events

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 TM006 TM006 Scary Face Normal Status 0000— 100}}100% 10 TM007 TM007 Protect Normal Status 0000— 00—}}—% 10 TM013 TM013 Acid Spray Poison Special 04040 100}}100% 20 TM018 TM018 Thief Dark Physical 06060 100}}100% 25 TM025 TM025 Facade Normal Physical 07070 100}}100% 20 TM028 TM028 Bulldoze Ground Physical 06060 100}}100% 20 TM045 TM045 Venoshock Poison Special 06565 100}}100% 10 TM047 TM047 Endure Normal Status 0000— 00—}}—% 10 TM049 TM049 Sunny Day Fire Status 0000— 00—}}—% 5 TM050 TM050 Rain Dance Water Status 0000— 00—}}—% 5 TM051 TM051 Sandstorm Rock Status 0000— 00—}}—% 10 TM059 TM059 Zen Headbutt Psychic Physical 08080 090}}90% 15 TM066 TM066 Body Slam Normal Physical 08585 100}}100% 15 TM070 TM070 Sleep Talk Normal Status 0000— 00—}}—% 10 TM083 TM083 Poison Jab Poison Physical 08080 100}}100% 20 TM085 TM085 Rest Psychic Status 0000— 00—}}—% 5 TM087 TM087 Taunt Dark Status 0000— 100}}100% 20 TM091 TM091 Toxic Spikes Poison Status 0000— 00—}}—% 20 TM093 TM093 Flash Cannon Steel Special 08080 100}}100% 10 TM099 TM099 Iron Head Steel Physical 08080 100}}100% 15 TM102 TM102 Gunk Shot Poison Physical 120120 080}}80% 5 TM103 TM103 Substitute Normal Status 0000— 00—}}—% 10 TM104 TM104 Iron Defense Steel Status 0000— 00—}}—% 15 TM121 TM121 Heavy Slam Steel Physical 0000— 100}}100% 10 TM148 TM148 Sludge Bomb Poison Special 09090 100}}100% 10 TM152 TM152 Giga Impact Normal Physical 150150 090}}90% 5 TM157 TM157 Overheat Fire Special 130130 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 TM174 TM174 Haze Ice Status 0000— 00—}}—% 30 TM175 TM175 Toxic Poison Status 0000— 090}}90% 10 TM180 TM180 Gyro Ball Steel Physical 0000— 100}}100% 5 TM186 TM186 High Horsepower Ground Physical 09595 095}}95% 10 TM191 TM191 Uproar Normal Special 09090 100}}100% 10 TM199 TM199 Lash Out Dark Physical 07575 100}}100% 5 TM204 TM204 Double-Edge Normal Physical 120120 100}}100% 15 TM205 TM205 Endeavor Normal Physical 0000— 100}}100% 5 TM207 TM207 Temper Flare Fire Physical 07575 100}}100% 10 TM214 TM214 Sludge Wave Poison Special 09595 100}}100% 10 TM223 TM223 Metal Sound Steel Status 0000— 085}}85% 40 TM224 TM224 Curse Ghost Status 0000— 00—}}—% 10 TM225 TM225 Hard Press Steel Physical 0000— 100}}100% 10

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

By breeding

Generation IX Other generations: None

Parent   Move   Type   Cat.   Pwr.   Acc.   PP  * Haze Ice Status — —% 30 * Parting Shot Dark Status — 100% 20 Self-Destruct Normal Physical 200 100% 5 Torment Dark Status — 100% 15 * Toxic Poison Status — 90% 10

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

Special moves

By a prior Evolution

Side game data

Pokémon GO Base HP: 190 Base Attack: 229 Base Defense: 168 Egg Distance: N/A Buddy Distance: 3 km Evolution Requirement: N/A Fast Attacks: Lick, Poison Jab Charged Attacks: Acid Spray, Gunk Shot, Gyro Ball, Overheat

Form data

Revavroom has six forms in total, consisting of its normal form and five Starmobile forms, one for each of the Team Star bosses. These forms are non-interchangeable.

In its normal form, Revavroom is Steel/Poison-type and can have Overcoat or Filter as its Ability (the latter only as its Hidden Ability).

Revavroom  Steel  Poison  Overcoat Filter

The Starmobile forms were created by Ortega and are only seen in battles against the bosses of Team Star in Pokémon Scarlet and Violet, being unobtainable by the player. They each have different types and Abilities and their own signature moves.

• The Segin Starmobile, used by Giacomo, is Dark-type, has the Ability Intimidate, and has the signature move Wicked Torque.
• The Schedar Starmobile, used by Mela, is Fire-type, has the Ability Speed Boost, and has the signature move Blazing Torque.
• The Navi Starmobile, used by Atticus, is Poison-type, has the Ability Toxic Debris, and has the signature move Noxious Torque.
• The Ruchbah Starmobile, used by Ortega, is Fairy-type, has the Ability Misty Surge, and has the signature move Magical Torque.
• The Caph Starmobile, used by Eri, is Fighting-type, has the Ability Stamina, and has the signature move Combat Torque.

In battle, the Starmobiles have some unique properties. They are immune to all negative status conditions (volatile or otherwise) and cannot have their types changed by moves such as Soak. Additionally, they are able to use all of their moves an indefinite number of times without being limited by PP. Transform fails if used on a Starmobile, and Imposter does not activate. They are the only Pokémon able to use each of their signature moves, as Mimic and Copycat fail to copy them and Metronome cannot call them.

In the games' code, Starmobiles are not considered proper forms of Revavroom,^[1] with them instead being generated in the battles against the Team Star bosses by overwriting the previous Pokémon's data, with them having pre-set stats, Natures, 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.

Revavroom Segin Starmobile  Dark  Intimidate Serious Nature HP Atk Def SpA SpD Spe 160 36 47 35 38 129

Revavroom Schedar Starmobile  Fire  Speed Boost Serious Nature HP Atk Def SpA SpD Spe 204 49 60 29 51 128

Revavroom Navi Starmobile  Poison  Toxic Debris Serious Nature HP Atk Def SpA SpD Spe 252 60 80 50 70 130

Revavroom Ruchbah Starmobile  Fairy  Misty Surge Serious Nature HP Atk Def SpA SpD Spe 380 90 120 70 90 132

Revavroom Caph Starmobile  Fighting  Stamina Serious Nature HP Atk Def SpA SpD Spe 408 95 120 80 85 131

The stats shown above are the exact stats, not base stats. The values are pre-set rather than being derived from base stats, level, Nature, IVs, and EVs.

Evolution data

Unevolved Varoom  Steel  Poison

Level 40 →

First Evolution Revavroom  Steel  Poison

Sprites

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

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

Revavroom in Pokémon: Paldean Winds

Main series

Major appearances

Minor appearances

Pokémon: Paldean Winds

Revavroom debuted in Take a Breath at Caph Squad's Base, as part of the Caph Starmobile.

Main article: Revavroom (TCG)

• No other Pokémon has the same type combination as Revavroom and its pre-evolved form.
  • Due to them being part Steel-type, Revavroom and its pre-evolution Varoom are also the only Poison-type Pokémon to be immune to their own type.
• Revavroom and its pre-evolution are the only Steel-type Pokémon consisting of a head and legs.
• Revavroom and its pre-evolution were shown in multiple trailers and gameplay showcases for Pokémon Scarlet and Violet, but remained unnamed until the release of the games.
• Revavroom and its Pokédex entries are similar to a concept brought up by Ken Sugimori in an interview featured in Pokémon Ultra Sun & Pokémon Ultra Moon Edition: The Official National Pokédex. While discussing the Pokémon design process, Sugimori stated:

"If we were going to make a Pokémon based on the motif of a car, for example, what would it eat? Would you make it able to suck up gasoline? How would it use the energy it got from that—how would it use that source of power? Even if the design is based on a car, a Pokémon is a living creature, so we would work over and over how to express its "car-ness" and what its source of energy should be."^[2]

• Revavroom and its pre-evolution were designed by Yusuke Kozaki.^[3]

Origin

Revavroom seems to be based on a multi-cylinder internal combustion engine, and the rocks attached to its body make Revavroom resemble an automobile. The grill and spikes on its fascia combine to form a skull, which is a common icon for toxic substances. Its nature as an engine possessed by a Pokémon and its nature as a living automobile may be inspired by tsukumogami and the Oboroguruma.

Revavroom may also draw inspiration from the flying car trope found throughout fantasy and science fiction. Revavroom's Starmobile forms seem to be based on dekotora, a Japanese style of modifying trucks with elaborate stainless steel parts, murals, and LED lights. Revavroom's access to moves such as Parting Shot, Torment, and Taunt may reference the phenomenon of road rage.

Name origin

Revavroom may be a combination of rev (to increase the running speed of an engine by pressing on the accelerator) and vroom (onomatopoetic sound of engine revving up).

Burororoom may be a combination of ぶろろろ burororo (onomatopoeia for engine sounds) and vroom. It may also involve roam.

• Artificial Pokémon
• Starmobile
• Team Star