Ivysaur (Pokémon)/Trivia


 * In Super Smash Bros., Ivysaur is the only Pokémon that Pokémon Trainer uses that does not use an HM move. uses, while  uses  and.
 * Ivysaur's numbers in the National Pokédex and the Fiore Browser are the same: 002.
 * Ivysaur is the only second stage Pokémon that does not require an evolutionary stone to reach its final form.
 * Ivysaur is the only second stage form of Generation I starter Pokémon that evolves at level 32. and  evolve at level 36.
 * Due to the censor that prevents Pokémon with offensive nicknames being traded on the GTS, an Ivysaur with an English name couldn't be traded on the GTS without a nickname in prior to the Wi-Fi shutdown.
 * Ivysaur shares its with, , and . They are all known as the Seed Pokémon.

Origin
Ivysaur was confirmed to be based on by Ken Sugimori in a Japanese interview, where he described the Bulbasaur line to be "a creature that is something like a frog."

Additionally, Ivysaur's large, rounded snout; wide mouth; wide-set eyes, blotch-patterned skin; and quadruped-like movements are vaguely similar to those of certain amphibians, such as the. Unlike Bulbasaur, Ivysaur's "ears" do have hollows indicating that they are in fact ears and not glands, as seen in many species of frogs and toads.

The bulb on its back now resembles the bud of a genus of parasitic flowering plants known as .

Name origin
Ivysaur is a combination of  (woody climbing or trailing plant genus) and σαῦρος saur (Ancient for lizard).

Fushigisou can be taken to mean "it seems strange" or 不思議 草 fushigi sou (strange grass).