Incredibly slow and dopey. It takes 5 seconds for it to feel pain when under attack.
Blue
Yellow
Incredibly slow and sluggish. It is quite content to loll about without worrying about the time.
Gold
It lazes vacantly near water. If something bites its tail, it won't even notice for a whole day.
Silver
A sweet sap leaks from its tail's tip. Although not nutritious, the tail is pleasant to chew on.
Crystal
It is always so absent-minded that it won't react, even if its flavorful tail is bitten.
Ruby
SLOWPOKE uses its tail to catch prey by dipping it in water at the side of a river. However, this POKéMON often forgets what it's doing and often spends entire days just loafing at water's edge.
Sapphire
Emerald
It catches prey by dipping its tail in water at the side of a river. But it often forgets what it is doing and spends entire days just loafing at water's edge.
FireRed
It is always vacantly lost in thought, but no one knows what it is thinking about. It is good at fishing with its tail.
LeafGreen
Incredibly slow and dopey. It takes 5 seconds for it to feel pain when under attack.
Diamond
Although slow, it is skilled at fishing with its tail. It does not feel pain if its tail is bitten.
Pearl
Stadium 1
A dopey POKéMON that remains in a daze except when fishing with its tail. Awake or asleep, there is little difference.
Stadium 2
It lazes vacantly near water. If something bites its tail, it won't even notice for a whole day.
TCG
Slowpoke: Although it knows how to fish, no other intelligent behavior has been detected to it.