Machop
Type
Abilities
Species
Superpower Pokémon
Height and Weight
- Height
- 0.8 m / 2'07" Weight
- 19.5 kg / 43.0 lbs.
Introduced in
Evolution
Body, Footprint, Color, Egg group, and Cry
Kalos
- Central Kalos
- N/A
- Coastal Kalos
- 057
- Mountain Kalos
- N/A
Japanese
English
Machop is a bluish-gray Pokémon with large arm muscles. It has three brown ridges on its head, rib-like protrusions on its sides, has a tail, and resembles a human child.
Machop can have the abilities Guts and No Guard. Guts increases Machop's attack when it has a status effect. No Guard allows both the opponent's and Machop's attacks to hit more often. Machop is very strong and is capable of mastering many types of martial arts.
Machop usually train in large, open mountains with boulders and trees as sources, they train to master any type of martial art, this makes them strong and powerful.
- Red and Blue
Loves to build its muscles. It trains in all styles of martial arts to become even stronger.
- Yellow
Very powerful in spite of its small size. Its mastery of many types of martial arts makes it very tough.
- Gold
Always brimming with power, it passes time by lifting boulders. Doing so makes it even stronger.
- Silver
It loves to work out and build its muscles. It is never satisfied, even if it trains hard all day long.
- Crystal
It trains by lifting rocks in the mountains. It can even pick up a Graveler with ease.
- Ruby
Machop's muscles are special - they never get sore no matter how much they are used in exercise. This Pokémon has sufficient power to hurl a hundred adult humans.
- Sapphire
Machop exercises by hefting around a Graveler as if it were a barbell. There are some Machop that travel the world in a quest to master all kinds of martial arts.
- FireRed
Its whole body is composed of muscles. Even though it's the size of a human child, it can hurl 100 grown-ups.
- LeafGreen
Loves to build its muscles. It trains in all styles of martial arts to become even stronger.
- Emerald
It continually undertakes strenuous training to master all forms of martial arts. Its strength lets it easily hoist a sumo wrestler onto its shoulders.
- Diamond
It hefts a Graveler repeatedly to strengthen its entire body. It uses every type of martial arts.
- Pearl
Its muscles never cramp however much it trains. It lives in the mountains away from humans.
- Platinum
Though small in stature, it is powerful enough to easily heft and throw a number of Geodude at once.
- HeartGold
Always brimming with power, it passes time by lifting boulders. Doing so makes it even stronger.
- SoulSilver
It loves to work out and build its muscles. It is never satisfied, even if it trains hard all day long.
- Black
Though small in stature, it is powerful enough to easily heft and throw a number of Geodude at once.
- White
Though small in stature, it is powerful enough to easily heft and throw a number of Geodude at once.
- Black 2
Though small in stature, it is powerful enough to easily heft and throw a number of Geodude at once.
- White 2
Though small in stature, it is powerful enough to easily heft and throw a number of Geodude at once.
- X
It hefts a Graveler repeatedly to strengthen its entire body. It uses every type of martial arts.
- Y
Its whole body is composed of muscles. Even though it's the size of a human child, it can hurl 100 grown-ups.
- Omega Ruby
Machop's muscles are special-they never get sore no matter how much they are used in exercise. This Pokémon has sufficient power to hurl a hundred adult humans.
- Alpha Sapphire
Machop exercises by hefting around a Graveler as if it were a barbell. There are some Machop that travel the world in a quest to master all kinds of martial arts.
- Sun
It loves working out. As it gazes at its muscles, which continue to swell day by day, it becomes more and more dedicated to its training.
- Moon
With its superhuman strength, it's able to throw a hundred people all at the same time. Its strength comes from lifting Graveler every day.
- Ultra Sun
Once this Pokémon has gained enough confidence and muscle from training with its friends, it challenges Makuhita to a battle.
- Ultra Moon
It likes food that’s highly nutritious because its instincts drive it to build muscle efficiently.
- Let's Go, Pikachu!
Very powerful in spite of its small size. Its mastery of many types of martial arts makes it very tough.
- Let's Go, Eevee!
Very powerful in spite of its small size. Its mastery of many types of martial arts makes it very tough.
- Sword
Its whole body is composed of muscles. Even though it's the size of a human child, it can hurl 100 grown-ups.
- Shield
Always brimming with power, it passes time by lifting boulders. Doing so makes it even stronger.
| Breeding Generation III | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Move | Father | Power | Accuracy | PP | Type | Contest Category | Appeal | Jam |
| Counter | Hitmonchan, Hitmontop, Mr. Mime | — | 100% | 20 |  Fighting
|
|
2 ♥ | 0 ♥ |
| Light Screen | Mr. Mime, Electabuzz | — | —% | 30 |  Psychic
|
|
1 ♥ | 0 ♥ |
| Meditate | Drowzee, Hypno, Hitmonlee, Mr. Mime, Meditite, Medicham | — | —% | 40 | Psychic
|
|
1 ♥ | 0 ♥ |
| Rolling Kick | Hitmonlee, Hitmontop | 60 | 85% | 15 | Fighting
|
|
1 ♥ | 3 ♥ |
| SmellingSalt | Makuhita, Hariyama | 60 | 100% | 10 |  Normal
|
|
2 ♥ | 3 ♥ |
|
Bold indicates this Pokémon receives STAB from this move. |
| Breeding Generation II | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Move | Father | Power | Accuracy | PP | Type |
| Encore | Mr. Mime | — | 100% | 5 | Normal
|
| Light Screen | Mr. Mime, Electabuzz | — | —% | 30 | Psychic
|
| Meditate | Drowzee, Hypno, Hitmonlee, Mr. Mime | — | —% | 40 | Psychic
|
| Rolling Kick | Hitmonlee, Hitmontop | 60 | 85% | 15 | Fighting
|
|
Bold indicates this Pokémon receives STAB from this move. |
Machop seems to resemble a bodybuilder while also having reptilian attributes reminiscent of lizards. As shown by its name, its reptilian features may relate to the extinct Moschops which is possibly further evidenced by its head frills, as Moschops were theorized to partake in headbutting as a form of fighting due to their thick skulls.
Machop may come from macho (someone overly masculine), chop, and possibly Moschops.