Omanyte is a dual type Rock and Water Fossil Pokemon introduced in Generation I. It is resurrected from a Helix Fossil and evolves into Omastar starting at level 40. Take a look below for 23 fun and fascinating facts about Omanyte.

1. Two Omanyte debuted in Attack of the Prehistoric Pokemon, where Ash encountered them along with all of the other Generation I Fossil Pokemon.

2. A dynamite blast woke up the Fossil Pokémon living deep beneath Grampa Canyon.

3. They chased Ash and Team Rocket around until an Aerodactyl showed up and scared them off.

4. Multiple Omanyte and their evolved form, Omastar, appeared in Fossil Fools.

5. They were discovered to be living in the Ruins of Alph and moved to a museum.

6. An Omanyte appeared in Dealing With Defensive Types! in the Canalave Gym.

7. It caught Team Rocket trying to steal food from the Gym kitchen whilst Ash was having his Gym battle with Byron, and attacked them with Water Gun, sending them blasting off.

8. In the Pokémon Red and Blue beta, Omanyte was originally known as “Ess”. This is derived from the beginning of the word “escargot”, which is French for snail.

9. Omanyte is based on the ammonite.

10. Omanyte is a phonetic anagram of ammonite, the creature on which it is based.

11. Two Omanyte debuted in Attack of the Prehistoric Pokémon, where Ash encountered them along with all of the other Generation I Fossil Pokémon. A dynamite blast woke up the Fossil Pokémon living deep beneath Grampa Canyon. They chased Ash and Team Rocket around until an Aerodactyl showed up and scared them off.

12. Multiple Omanyte and their evolved form, Omastar, appeared in Fossil Fools. They were discovered to be living in the Ruins of Alph and moved to a museum.

13. An Omanyte appeared in Dealing With Defensive Types! in the Canalave Gym. It caught Team Rocket trying to steal food from the Gym kitchen whilst Ash was having his Gym battle with Byron, and attacked them with Water Gun, sending them blasting off.

14. An Omanyte appeared as an image in the dubbed version of The Ultimate Test.

15. An Omanyte appeared in the Japanese credits of Pikachu’s Rescue Adventure.

16. An Omanyte appeared in a fantasy in A Ruin with a View.

17. An Omanyte appeared in A Gruff Act to Follow!, where it was revived from a Fossil. It reappeared in the next episode, where it was seen along with several other Pokémon within the habitat created for the revived Fossil Pokémon.

18. Three Omanyte appeared in Lucario and the Mystery of Mew as some of the Pokémon living in the Tree of Beginning. One also appeared in the opening sequence of the movie.

19. A Mirage Omanyte appeared in a flashback in The Mastermind of Mirage Pokémon.

20. An Omanyte appeared in SS002, underwater outside Vermilion City.

21. Misty had an Omanyte, which she gave to Yellow in As Gastly as Before. He is then nicknamed Omny. He evolves into Omastar in The Might of…Metapod?!.

22. An Omanyte caught by Crystal and lent to Emerald for his Battle Pike challenge appeared in Moving Past Milotic.

23. Green’s Omanyte debuted in The Big Battle In The Viridian Forest!!.