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{{Infobox character
| color = {{Pokémon color}}
| name               = Vulpix and Ninetales
| image              = VulpixAndNinetales.png
| caption            = '''[[List of Pokémon|National Pokédex]]'''<br/>[[Clefable]] - '''Vulpix''' (#037) - '''Ninetales (#038)''' - [[Jigglypuff]]
| series             = [[Pokémon (video game series)|''Pokémon'' series]]
(contracted; show full) Gold and Silver demo|cut from the game before release]]. In a 1997 prototype version of ''Pokémon Gold'' and ''Silver'', Trifox is a water-type Pokémon, unlike its fire-type evolutions Vulpix and Ninetales.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.themarysue.com/pokemon-gold-silver-beta-pokemon/|work=[[The Mary Sue]]|title=What Are the Weird, Never-Before-Seen Pokémon the Internet Is in Love With?|last=Van Winkle|first=Dan|date=2018-06-04}}</ref>

===Ninetales===

[[File:Prince Hanzoku terrorised by a nine- tailed fox.jpg|left|thumb|175px|A print by Utagawa Kuniyoshi depicting the nine-tailed fox (above) which inspired Ninetales.]]⏎
Ninetales, is a golden-white nine-tailed fox, based on the [[kitsune]], a [[Japan]]ese fox spirit.<ref name=IGNorigin/> The {{nihongo|Kyūbi|九尾}}, which held similar powers such as [[Kitsune#Shapeshifting|shapeshifting]], were the main inspiration for the Pokémon. Ninetales' name was derived from the number of its tails, nine, and the fact that the idea for it came primarily from ancient Japanese tales <ref name=IGNorigin/>. [[File:Prince Hanzoku terrorised by a nine- tailed fox.jpg|left|thumb|175px|A print by Utagawa Kuniyoshi depicting the nine-tailed fox (above) which inspired Ninetales.]]This fox-like Pokémon is covered with a thick, luxurious golden-white fur, with a fluffy crest atop its head and a similar ruff around its neck. Ninetales have gleaming red eyes that are said to give them the power of mind control.<ref>{{pokédex|ruby|Ninetales casts a sinister light from its bright red eyes to gain total control over its foe's mind. This Pokémon is said to live for a thousand years.}}</ref> Its nine different tails hold strange, cosmic powers <ref>{{cite book|last=Sil(contracted; show full)[[Category:Fictional foxes]]
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[[fi:Luettelo Pokémon-lajeista (21–40)#Ninetales]]