Ekans (アーボ Abo?), is known as the Rattlesnake Pokémon. The name Ekans is the word snake backwards. Ekans' Japanese name, Arbo, is a reversal by morae of the word boa. This reptilian Pokémon has a rattle at the tip of its tail, and is mostly purple while its underbelly, eyes, rattle, and the "bands" on it are yellow.
They swallow whole the eggs of small bird Pokémon, such as Pidgey or Spearow. Ekans are able to detach their jaws to swallow large prey whole, although this makes their bodies heavy. Its highly poisonous fangs make it a hazard in the wild as they slither through the grass and unexpectedly strike. Ekans also shares other characteristics as snakes, such as using its tongue to test the air for the presence of prey, and shedding its skin.
In the anime, the most notable Ekans was owned by Jessie, who had received it for her birthday. For most of the original series, it was her only Pokémon. It was extremely loyal to her and eventually evolved into an Arbok just to make her happy. In Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Team Go-Getters Out Of The Gate!, Ekans serves as a male character and one of the members of the Team Meanies, in which it was commanded by Gengar to eat all the berries Team Go-Getters collected.
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11:20 AM on 03.12.2010
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You could've posted about that weird "girl-transforming-into-several-Pokemon" pic and explained where you got it, who drew it, and what the hell's going on in the pic....
But instead......Ekans.................................Why?
Ekans is snake backwards!
XD
"Ekanssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss. Ekanssssssssss Ekansssssssssss Ekansssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss."
Bam. Ekans. Buy it.
In Germany this Pokemon is called Rettan. Thats backwards for Natter. Which is German for colubrid. Thats a name for certain kind of familiy of snakes.
I am a journalist too!
Flawless victory indeed.
Pokemon names were much more 'clever' and 'planned out' than now.
I mean, Artic-uno, Zap-dos and Mol-tres are just so clever names.
Arbok has the cooler voice though. CHARBOKKA!
Also, everybody is a GDC, so Jim just does whatever the hell he wants with the front page I see. :P
"Ekans Ekans Ekans Ekans Ekans Ekans Ekans Ekans Ekans Ekans Ekans Ekans Ekans Ekans Ekans Ekans Ekans Ekans Ekans Ekans Ekans Ekans Ekans"
I can imagine Mrs. Sterling cautiously walking into the computer room, baseball bat in hand, turning on the monitor and pouring through thousands of "Ekans" to her own horror. Then Jim appears out of seemingly nowhere to ask, "How do you like it?"
All work and no play makes Jim a dull boy.