Gulpin

Gulpin
Gulpin's official artwork from Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire.
Universe	Pokémon
Debut	Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire Versions (2002)
Games	Brawl
Move	Swallow
Rarity	30/586
Most recent non-Smash appearance	Pokémon Pokopia (2026)
Console/platform of origin	Game Boy Advance
English voice actor	James Carter Cathcart
Japanese voice actor	Rikako Aikawa
Article on Bulbapedia	Gulpin (Pokémon)

“	It swallows up opponents to incapacitate them. It can also deal damage to the engulfed enemy.	”
—Pokémon Encyclopedia, Smash Bros. DOJO!!

Gulpin (ゴクリン, Gokulin) is a Poison-type Pokémon from the Pokémon series.

Origin

Gulpin is a Poison-type Pokémon introduced in Generation III, and is categorized within the Pokédex at #316 as the "Stomach Pokémon". It evolves into Swalot starting at level 26.

Swallow is a move introduced in Generation III which Gulpin can learn in every game. It makes the user recover an amount of HP proportional to the number of times Stockpile is used before it.

In Super Smash Bros. Brawl

As a Poké Ball Pokémon

Gulpin spitting out Toon Link.

Gulpin appears as a Poké Ball summon only in Brawl. When summoned, Gulpin remains stationary, and when an opponent gets close enough Gulpin opens its mouth wide and swallows them. While trapped by Gulpin, a fighter receives continuous damage, and their opponents can also damage them by hitting Gulpin. The trapped character is abruptly spat out after a few seconds, but can escape earlier by button mashing. If one of the Ice Climbers is swallowed, the player's control will move over to the free one until the trapped one is released.

Gulpin's search range and furthest grabbox on each side.

Gulpin will disappear if left alone for 900 frames. It will not disappear while attempting to swallow or has swallowed someone and will wait until after they are spat out. Its swallow lasts for 320 frames and button mashing will reduce the duration by four frames each. It deals 1% damage every 15 frames and 1% when spitting out.

Gulpin has a spawn chance of 30/586.

Glitch

If a character is swallowed by Gulpin while Captain Falcon uses his Final Smash, Blue Falcon, on any not-trapped character, Gulpin disappears and the trapped character enters their T-pose during the duration of the Final Smash.

Trophy

Gulpin's trophy in Brawl

Gulpin

A Stomach Pokémon. While it's a carefree Pokémon with a loveable face, it can swallow something the size of itself in one gulp. Its stomach is filled with gastric juices strong enough to dissolve whatever it eats. As it matures, it can learn Wring Out, which is as strong as the remaining strength of the opponent Pokémon. It evolves into Swalot.

: Pokémon Ruby/Sapphire

: Pokémon Diamond/Pearl

Sticker

Name	Game	Effect	Character(s)
Gulpin	Pokémon series	Attack +16	Pikachu Pokémon Trainer Lucario Jigglypuff

Gulpin (Pokémon series)

Trivia

• When spitting out a fighter, Gulpin uses the same throw function used by some enemies in The Subspace Emissary, which includes values for how it scales with difficulty. These are values effectively unused as Gulpin doesn't normally appear in battles that set difficulty scaling.