They dumped most of the Voltorb on the thief, prompting Keith to quit his crime spree, but a single Voltorb sent them blasting off. When Team Rocket found out they were not, the Voltorb started to explode in their balloon. Team Rocket received them, thinking they were Poké Balls with rare Pokémon hidden inside them, as well as their Arbok, Lickitung, and Weezing. In So Near, Yet So Farfetch'd, Keith used multiple Voltorb for a scheme. They were later targeted in one of Team Rocket's schemes. In The Ninja Poké-Showdown, Koga keeps multiple Voltorb in his Gym as booby traps for intruders. Shiny Voltorb in the anime Major appearances There are stories of people temporarily plugging the holes of Hisuian Voltorb before removing them from their settlements. Unlike Kantonian Voltorb, they have friendly and excitable temperaments, which leads them to cluster around people, causing them to be a nuisance when they discharge. Hisuian Voltorb has a distinctive red, wooden eyebrow.
On the inside, they contain numerous seeds, but it has been impossible to examine their interior due it being pitch-black. Hisuian Voltorb, like their modern counterparts, resemble the Poké Balls of the time period, having the same wood grain pattern and a hole, from which it discharges all of its stored electricity while lacking the latch. It has a volatile temperament and will explode if agitated or bumped by the slightest contact. It was first discovered in the plant where modern Poké Balls were invented. Voltorb is generally found in power plants and other areas with electric fields where it feeds. This is supported by the fact that its components do not occur naturally. Because of its resemblance to Poké Balls, it is thought that it was created when one was exposed to an energy pulse. The top half is red, while the bottom half is white. Voltorb is a spherical Pokémon that resembles a Poké Ball with eyes and minus the button. 3.4 Pokémon Gold & Silver: The Golden Boys.In Hisui, Voltorb has a dual-type Electric/ Grass regional form. It evolves into Electrode starting at level 30. Voltorb ( Japanese: ビリリダマ Biriridama) is an Electric-type Pokémon introduced in Generation I.