Dragonite is a light orange dragon with a pair of small wings that are teal on the inside. A short horn sits on its head while two thin antennae can be seen on either side. It's round in apearence, likely to help it keep warm while flying over the ocean and through storms. Its small wings are incredibly powerful, being able to carry Dragonite around the globe in only 16 hours, which is faster than the speed of sound! This pokemon is thought to be just as smart as humans are. Dragonite are also incredibly hard to find in the wild.
Dragonite are known to help those lost at sea, guiding ships to land and saving people who are drowing, earning it the nicknames "sea guardian" and "Sea Incarnate". Ships are sometimes made with a Dragonite figurehead at the front because of this.
They can be extremely destructive if angered, usually only calming down once whatever caused its rage is destroyed. Typiclly, a wild Dragonite is only angered by threats to its home. They're sometimes seen fighting in huge battles against the Water/Dragon type pokemon, Kingdra, in the wild.
Dragonite first appeared in the Pokemon Trading Card Game as cards 4/62 (the holo card) and 19/62 (the non holo card) in the Fossil set (known as Mystery of the Fossils in Japan). You can see the card to the right, which features a rainbow colored background as the dragon type sits in a cute pose in the middle.
Dragonite has 34 different cards to its name, including two dark cards, two delta cards, one owned by Lance, one owned by Clair, a Frontier Brain card, and one light card.