Abra's name comes from the well-known term used in magic, "Abracadabra." Its Japanese name, Kēshī, is a reference to mentalist and "sleeping prophet" Edgar Cayce.
Abra can be caught in the wild in all Pokémon versions - but due to its only attack being Teleport, which ends the battle, it is harder to catch than most other wild pokémon and must be put to sleep, frozen or paralyzed in order to prevent it from using Teleport.
AbraKadabra quickly remembered who he was and repaired his body and then took out several of the guards, entertaining other captive rogues such as the Top and Tar Pit with his muses.
Using their incredible speed, AbraKadabra brought himself back to the 64th century where he repaired the rest of his technology and claimed one of the 4th dimension spheres which was capable of stealing people's life force or imprisoning them.
AbraKadabra was then returned within the sphere to his jail cell in Iron Heights, where he remained waiting and trying to find a way to escape which he was given the chance when his jail cell has been ripped open by Gorilla Grodd.
Kadabra must have decided winning was a whole lot more fun than losing, for he did not get beat again for the rest of the year.
Kadabra arrived in Jimmy Takter's barn in February, and the trotting shoes he had to fill in that stable were substantial.
Kadabra, however, picked an unfortunate time to prove he was mortal after all, as he lost the first heat by a nose to Like A Prayer in 1:52.2, and was fourth in the final behind Andover Hall in another 1:52.2 effort.
Abra has the distinction of being the first Pokémon you'll find in any alphabetized Pokédex in addition to being the first step in the widely-respected Alakazam evolutionary chain.
Talk about versatility...the Abra family can go from all-out offense (such as the moveset seen here) to virtually all defense (considering their ability to learn moves like Reflect, Counter, Thunderwave and Recover), or anywhere in between.
Taking into account Abra's monstrous Special Attack and the 50% extra power STAB affords it, there aren't many Pokémon in the game who won't be severely limping after absorbing a Psychic from Abra.
Magic: AbraKadabra is a powerful sorcerer and can achieve virtually any feet with his spells.
Later, Kadabra’s powers were augmented to include real sorcery when he struck a deal with Neron.
AbraKadabra hails from the 64th Century, an era in which science is sufficiently advanced to be indistinguishable from magic, and the art of stage magic is dead.
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AbraKadabra, the super-villain from the 64th Century whose science is so advanced it looks like magic, hypnotizes the governor into giving him a full pardon.
Kadabra wants fame and fortune, so he decides to stay just within the law by staging a puppet show.
Seeking revenge, Kadabra gimmicks one of his own posters to change the Flash into a puppet as he passes by on patrol, which he then substitutes for the wooden one on stage.
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Miss Karp, suspecting that Abra's explanations for her "Historian" parents' repeated absences are just a child's way of masking parental neglect, threatens to call Granite Falls' social worker and have Abra placed in a foster home if Abra's parents do not come to the school's Olden Days Fair.
While Abra knows her parents are most willing to attend the fair, she also recognizes that no one, other than herself, would be able to see the 165-year-olds, as they are ghosts who become invisible when they leave their home via the front door.
Abra convincingly explains that the interior of the Kadabra home, unchanged since it was constructed in 1862, plus the senior Kadabras' pioneer ways, are really an alternate Olden Days Fair and evidence of her parents' loving and caring.
Abra, Kadabra, Butterfree, Venonat, Exeggcute, Staryu, Starmie, Jynx, Psyduck, Poliwhirl, and another Jynx lined up and prepared their most powerful attacks.
Combining the knowledge and strength of it's Fighting abilities with it's newly aquired Psychic skills, Abra reared back and sent a beam flying from it's hands that was powerful enough to cause the other Psychic Pokémon behind it to flinch.
Abra began pounding Gengar with it's PSY Beam attack.
Abra can get knocked out easily at 30 hit points, but you can paralyze your opponent's active Pokémon with its attack, offering some time to get the deck up and running should you need it.
Alakazam's use in the deck is focused around its special power of Damage Swap, redirecting damage that the active Pokémon has taken on to a benched Pokémon that won't be seeing any action soon.
Switch gets around some of the steeper retreat costs you will have, though always remember that Abra can retreat for free; if one of your Pokémon gets knocked out and you don't know who to send out, send Abra out-you can always retreat it for free later.
When this effects the box office of AbraKadabra’s act, he vows to bring Flash’s crusade to a sudden stop.
Kadabra then uses the helpless hero in his stage show, which once again becomes a big hit, as the “puppetized” Flash becomes humiliated s the target of “Captain Creampuff.” Fortunately, he comes up with a brilliant (if rather far-fetched) scheme to regain control of himself.
He uses the futuristic magician’s wand to reverse the effects and soon, he’s back to norm and sending AbraKadabra back to jail.
Obsessed with a need for applause, and championing the cause of the individual in an era of mechanical precision, he traveled back in time to torment the second Flash.
After arranging for that Flash to remain in the future, Kadabra disappeared until shortly after the alien invasion, at which time he appeared to battle the new Flash, unaware that he was powerless at the time (Flash #23, 1989).
After a brief return to his home era (Flash #67–68, 1992) during which the Flash stole him from his greatest audience, Kadabra is now obsessed with revenge against Wally.
Pepys' Diary: Friday 21 March 1661/62(Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
One hypothesis about the source of the word is Aramaic: Avrah KaDabra which means I will create as I speak.
Some have argued that the term may come from the ArabicAbraKadabra, meaning ‘let the things be destroyed’ or from the Aramaic abhadda kedhabhra, meaning ‘disappear like this word’.
Rather than being used as a curse, the Aramaic phrase is believed to have been used as a means of treating illness.