Terrabite is Emile/Blair's Krookodile in Pokémon White. He was the third Pokémon to join his White team.
Why Emile Chose Krookodile[]
Sandile's evolutionary line had two possible Abilities, Intimidate and Moxie, both good to the point that Emile could not choose between them; excellent Attack and Speed along with decent defenses when fully evolved; a type combination that granted two immunities and excellent offensive capabilities; and an excellent move set, including learning Crunch and Earthquake naturally. The only negative he brought up was that wild Sandile at Level 16 or higher naturally learned Assurance in place of Bite, so catching it any higher than Level 15 would make it an unpleasant challenge until getting Crunch because Assurance has 10 PP and 50 Base Power compared to Bite's 25 PP and 60 Base Power.
Stats[]
Terrabite has a Relaxed Nature, increasing his Defense and decreasing his Speed, and the Characteristic "Proud of its power", meaning his highest IV is in Attack. Fans later calculated that Terrabite's Attack IV is 30, almost perfect, while all of his other IVs are at least 20 except for HP, which is somewhere between 14 and 18.
Moves[]
Current Moves[]
- Crunch (Episode 21—Present)
- Earthquake (Episode 59—Present)
- Brick Break (Episode 40—Present)
- Rock Slide (Episode 36—Episode 38, Episode 80—Present)
Former Moves[]
- Sand-Attack (Pre-Episode 12—Episode 12)
- Sand Tomb (Pre-Episode 12—Episode 17)
- Assurance (Pre-Episode 12–Episode 18)
- Bite (Pre-Episode 12—Episode 21)
- Swagger (Episode 17—Episode 22)
- Dig (Episode 17—Episode 29)
- Torment (Pre-Episode 12—Episode 17, Episode 22—Episode 35)
- Rock Tomb (Episode 18—Episode 36)
- Low Sweep (Episode 35—Episode 38)
- Foul Play (Episode 38—Episode 43)
- Strength (Episode 38—Pre-Episode 39)
- Bulldoze (Episode 29—Episode 59)
- Aerial Ace (Episode 43—Episode 80)
Nickname Origin[]
Terra is Latin for earth or ground, and as crocodiles, the Sandile family bites a lot. It is also a play on terabyte, a large measuring unit of digital memory.
According to Emile, only three users suggested this name within the time limit: Ramil Bulatao, Jay Kalsi, and @TheLazyReaper.
Honorable Mentions[]
- Boots/Handbag: Simply for humor's sake due to crocodile skin being a high-class leather. Some justified the morbid humor with the fact that Sandile is a Dark-Type. Among others, @MacotoNaegi suggested these names.
- Gucci: Emile's favorite among those sorts of nicknames, a reference to luxury brand of the same name best known for its leather but also selling accessories like sunglasses. Among others, @Pachirisumirekt suggested this name. Jeremy Dooley would later use this particular nickname for a Pokemon in his Emerald streams (where expensive stuff was the nickname theme).
- Suna/Baroque: References to Crocodile from the anime/manga series One Piece. The main antagonist of the second saga, he led a criminal organization called Baroque Works and had the powers of the Sand-Sand Fruit (Suna Suna no Mi in Japanese), which allowed him to generate, manipulate, and even transform into sand. Among others, @Simmick93 suggested these names.
- Glugluglug: Reference to the NPC in the prefab house on Route 4 whose Krokorok made this sound when Emile spoke to it, and Emile said himself that he couldn't wait for his Sandile to become it.[1] Among others, @Jyger85 suggested this name.
- Steve: Despite Emile's personal distaste for the name, he acknowledged that, for once, it was appropriate as a reference to the late Steve Irwin, better known as the Crocodile Hunter. Among others, @the_dborden suggested this name.
Trivia[]
- Terrabite is the first member of Emile's White team that is male, has two types, and has a unique type combination
- Terrabite is Emile's 5th Ground-Type team member, the others being Darmani, Marshall, Jinzou, and Bodhi.
- Terrabite is Emile's 2nd Dark-Type team member, the only other being Pandora.
- While Pandora has Swords Dance in its moveset to increase its Attack stat, Terrabite's method of increasing its Attack stat is to defeat its first Pokemon in-battle in order to start snowballing the opposing team very easily.
- Terrabite is Emile's 39th overall team member.
- Terrabite is the sixth of Emile's team members to evolve in the same episode as another one, the first five being Bulbapedia, RK9, Vui, Roary, and Haywire (who evolved earlier in the same episode as Terrabite).
Volvlogia's prediction
- On May 14, 2016, long before the Black & White LP, Chuggaaconroy Wiki Admin and Bureaucrat Volvlogia correctly predicted Sandile's inclusion on Emile's team.[2]
- Terrabite's good luck with Sand Tomb marks the second time Emile has gained a new respect for a move he thought little of due to a team member in an LP, the first being Khold's Fury Attack.
- Emile equipping Terrabite with the BlackGlasses item is a reference to the Pokemon anime, as a recurring Sandile (who evolved wild and was much later caught by Ash) is shown to sport sunglasses.
- In addition, both Terrabite and Ash's Krookodile were taught Aerial Ace shortly after reaching their final evolutionary forms.
- Krookodile isn't Ash's only Pokemon known to wear sunglasses, as his Squirtle did as well. Squirtle's were due to being from the Squirtle Squad, a quintet of abandoned Squirtle who went from pranksters to firefighters thanks to an assist from Ash protecting his eventual Squirtle (the Squad's leader) from a flurry of Team Rocket's bombs.
