Beyond the Ball 233 - Tentacruel

Hello, we're back after a brief, unplanned break and it's time to find out how many tentacles Tentacruel has! Follow along with the entries below:

Red & Blue: The tentacles are normally kept short. On hunts, they are extended to ensnare and immobilize prey.

Yellow: Its 80 tentacles can stretch and contract freely. They wrap around prey and weaken it with poison.

Gold: Its 80 tentacles absorb water and stretch almost endlessly to CONSTRICT its prey and enemies.

Silver: In battle, it extends all 80 of its tentacles to entrap its opponent inside a poisonous net.

Crystal: When its 80 feelers absorb water, it stretches to become like a net to entangle its prey.

Ruby: TENTACRUEL has large red orbs on its head. The orbs glow before lashing the vicinity with a harsh ultrasonic blast. This POKéMON’s outburst creates rough waves around it.

Sapphire: TENTACRUEL has tentacles that can be freely elongated and shortened at will. It ensnares prey with its tentacles and weakens the prey by dosing it with a harsh toxin. It can catch up to 80 prey at the same time.

FireRed: It has 80 tentacles that move about freely. They can sting, causing poisoning and sharp, stabbing pain.

Emerald: It lives in complex rock formations on the ocean floor and traps prey using its 80 tentacles. Its red orbs glow when it grows excited or agitated.

Diamond: With 80 tentacles for ensnaring victims, it prevents escape until the prey is weakened by poison.

Pearl: It alerts others to danger by stridently flashing the red orbs on its head.

Platinum: It extends its 80 tentacles to form an encircling poisonous net that is difficult to escape.

Sun: Normally, it has 80 poisonous tentacles. The longer one has been alive, the fewer tentacles it will have.

Moon: Although these Pokémon are rare, when a large outbreak of them occurs, all fish Pokémon disappear from the surrounding sea.

Ultra Sun: It fires off ultrasonic waves from its red orbs to weaken its prey, and then it wraps them up in its 80 tentacles.

Ultra Moon: It communicates with others of its kind by lighting up the red orbs on its head. When the orbs are blinking, it’s a warning sign.

Sword: When the red orbs on Tentacruel’s head glow brightly, watch out. The Pokémon is about to fire off a burst of ultrasonic waves.

Shield: Its 80 tentacles can stretch and shrink freely. Tentacruel ensnares prey in a net of spread-out tentacles, delivering venomous stings to its catch.

Legends Arceus: It has 80 tentacles, each with a venomous tip. These tentacles are also extendible, lengthening when Tentacruel attempts to catch prey. Use caution.

Photodex: Tentacruel use ultrasonic waves to investigate their surroundings and emit light from their heads to signal danger. They seemed to react to the NEO-ONE’s scans—maybe they felt familiar to them!

BTB: The ocean's ultimate gamer, it can wipe out all competition with it's vast repertoire of weakening tools. Use caution!

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