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Rillaboom (Japanese: ゴリランダー Gorirander) is a Grass-type Pokémon introduced in Generation VIII.

It evolves from Thwackey starting at level 35. It is the final form of Grookey.

Rillaboom can Gigantamax into Gigantamax Rillaboom if it has the Gigantamax Factor. Gigantamax Rillaboom was introduced in The Isle of Armor.

Biology

Rillaboom is a bipedal Pokémon resembling a gorilla. Its body consists mostly of shades of brown: light, tan brown on its forehead, chest, abs, and extremities; dark brown on its nose and triangular ears, as well as under its eyes; and medium, mud-like brown across the rest of its body, including its thick arms and legs. Its mouth, the tip of its nose, and its irises are orange, and its sclerae are white. Each of its upper arms have tan marks resembling bow-ties or butterflies, and it has two, diamond-shaped, tan marks running down its spine. The first, and larger, of the two marks begins around its shoulder blades, and the second, and smaller, mark begins below its rib cage. Rillaboom has a thick bush of green, leaf-like hair on its head, which cascades down its back; on its forehead, a single, vine-like hair, which closely resembles a music note, falls between its eyes and curls at the end, which sits to its nose's left side. On its hips on either side, it has green, belt-like adornments resembling four leaves in a row. Similar adornments with two leaf-like parts sit on its each of its shoulders near the clavicles; these adornments appear to be part of its hair when not attacking. On each of its wrists, Rillaboom has cuffs that resemble leafy crowns, with the peaks of the crown facing its hands.

Rillaboom always carries its signature drum with it on its back, and pulls it out when engaged in battle. This bass drum is crafted from a tree stump, with several thick branch stumps protruding from it, which form both the legs of the bass drum as well as mid and high toms. Rillaboom also carries two drumsticks in its cuffs and takes them out to beat its drum.

By drumming, Rillaboom can tap into the power of its special tree stump. The roots of the stump follow the direction of its drumming in battle. In a troop of Rillaboom, the one with the best drumming technique is the leader. This is how Rillaboom who challenged each other for leadership usually settles it through a drum battle. Rillaboom has a kind and calm disposition, valuing harmony within its group. It is very sensitive towards discord that could threaten the group's harmony, so it keeps a strict watch for such actions. Any offenders who drum up discord will be strictly disciplined by Rillaboom until they have learned their lesson. Due to its strong sense of unity, it will ferociously defend its allies from trouble.[1]

Rillaboom is the only known Pokémon capable of learning the move Drum Beating. Additionally, in Generation IX, Rillaboom and its pre-evolved forms are the only known Pokémon that can have Grassy Surge as an Ability.

Forms

Rillaboom has a Gigantamax form.

As Gigantamax Rillaboom, its upper body fuses with its enlarged tree-stump drum. The stump changes to resemble a full drum kit. The leaves expand to become four arms, each holding a drum stick while its single vine-like hair stands up and curls at the tip. As with all Gigantamax Pokémon, three red clouds circle above it. The power building up inside Gigantamax Rillaboom compels it to perform transcendental drumming techniques, controlling its drumsticks as if they were its own limbs. The sounds it makes can reach across oceans and other regions, and it is said that the beat can cause whoever hears it to start dancing uncontrollably.[2]

Gigantamax Rillaboom is the only known Pokémon capable of using the G-Max Move G-Max Drum Solo.

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  Rillaboom's drum seen on its back

Evolution

Rillaboom evolves from Thwackey and is the final form of Grookey.

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

Game data

Pokédex entries

Game locations

In side games

In events

Poké Portal News

Stats

Base stats

Type effectiveness

Learnset

By leveling up

By TM

By breeding

By a prior evolution

Side game data

Form data

Gigantamax

Evolution data

Sprites

In the anime

Main series

Major appearances

Rillaboom made its physical main series debut in Battling Turned Up to Eleven! as a member of the Maximizers band.

In Curtain Up! Fight the Fights!, Leon used a Rillaboom as his first Pokémon in his Masters Eight Tournament match against Alain, where it was also shown to be capable of Gigantamaxing. He also later used it in his tournament battles against Diantha and Ash.

Minor appearances

Rillaboom debuted in Secrets of the Jungle.

Two Rillaboom made their main series debut in Goh's dream in When a House is Not a Home!.

A Rillaboom appeared in A One-Stick Wonder! as the leader of a group of Thwackey.

Pokédex entries

GOTCHA!

A Rillaboom briefly appeared in GOTCHA!, under the ownership of Hop.

Pokémon: Twilight Wings

A Rillaboom appeared in The Gathering of Stars.

POKÉTOON

A Rillaboom appeared in Wait for Me, Magikarp!.

Pokémon Evolutions

A Rillaboom appeared in The Champion.

In the manga

Pokémon Adventures

In PASS34, Henry Sword's Thwackey evolved into Rillaboom.

In the TCG

Trivia

Origin

Rillaboom appears be based on a gorilla with elements from drummers, most notably Taiko drummers. Its behavior may reference the fact that gorillas make drumming sounds by beating their chests to show social dominance. This combined with Rillaboom's Grass typing may take inspiration from the belief that music stimulates plant growth. Rillaboom's size and ape-like appearance may also be partially influenced by the extinct Gigantopithecus, a prehistoric genus of apes.

Rillaboom's Gigantamax form appears to draw inspiration from modern rock drummers.

Name origin

Rillaboom may be a combination of gorilla and boom.

Gorirander may be a combination of gorilla and 乱打 randa (battering). It may be derived from Coriander, a type of herb or plant from the family Apiaceae.

In other languages

More languages Hindi रिलाबूम Rillaboom Transcription of English name Thai กอริลลันดา Korinlanda Transcription of Japanese name

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