Ivysaur (Pokémon)


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Ivysaur (Japanese: フシギソウ Fushigisou) is a dual-type  introduced in Generation I.

It evolves from starting at level 16 and evolves into  starting at level 32.

Biology
Ivysaur is a quadruped Pokémon similar to a dinosaur. It has blue-green skin with darker patches. On top of its head are pointed ears with black insides, and it has narrow red eyes. It has a short, rounded snout with a wide mouth. Two pointed teeth protrude from its upper jaw. Each of its feet has three claws on them. The bulb on its back has bloomed into a large pink bud. A short brown trunk surrounded by leafy green fronds supports the bud. The weight of the plant prevents Ivysaur from standing on its hind legs and forces its legs to grow sturdy. When its flower is ready to bloom, it gives off a distinct, strong sweet-smelling aroma and starts swelling. Ivysaur will also start spending more time in sunlight in preparation for its upcoming evolution. Exposure to sunlight adds to the strength of both Ivysaur and its plant. Ivysaur's natural habitat is.

May's Ivysaur
's Bulbasaur evolved into an Ivysaur sometime after The Right Place and the Right Mime. It further evolved into a Venusaur prior to Pruning a Passel of Pals!.

Shauna's Ivysaur
's Bulbasaur was revealed to have evolved into an Ivysaur in Tag Team Battle Inspiration!.

Other
Multiple Bulbasaur appeared in Bulbasaur's Mysterious Garden. They were seen evolving into Ivysaur, during which Ash's Bulbasaur decided that it was too early for it to evolve.

A Ivysaur appeared in Friends to the End, under the ownership of Assunta. She used it to battle and defeat Ritchie in the Indigo Plateau Conference.

An Ivysaur appeared in Putting the Air Back in Aerodactyl!, under the ownership of. It was used to attack Butch, Cassidy, and their Pokémon as they were trying to steal an on Sayda Island.

An Ivysaur appeared in Judgment Day!, under the ownership of. It was targeted by in one of their schemes, but it was rescued by Jimmy's newly-evolved.

Minor appearances
Ivysaur debuted in A Chansey Operation, where it was one of the injured Pokémon brought to the clinic.

An Ivysaur appeared in The Ultimate Test, where it was one of the Pokémon owned by the Pokémon League entrance exam instructor.

Ivysaur was among the numerous Pokémon who moved closer to the sea as it sensed the disturbance caused by Lawrence III in The Power of One.

Multiple Ivysaur appeared in the opening sequence of Destiny Deoxys.

's Ivysaur appeared in a flashback in Weekend Warrior.

A 's Ivysaur appeared in Playing the Performance Encore!. It was participating in the Battle Stage of the  along with a.

An Ivysaur appeared in Loading the Dex! as a silhouette that brought up.

A 's Ivysaur appeared in I Choose You!. It was seen at a Pokémon Center during 's call to his mother where Pikachu proceeded to make faces at it.

An Ivysaur appeared in A Dream Encounter!, in a video advertising Aether Paradise. It reappeared in Deceiving Appearances! and SM096.

In The Electric Tale of Pikachu manga
In I'm Your Venusaur, Ash's Bulbasaur and befriend a wild Ivysaur who tells them the legend of a 300-year-old Venusaur, who is the local guardian. Together they search for the Venusaur and defeat, who attempted to steal it.

In the Pokémon Adventures manga
had an Ivysaur nicknamed Saur that evolved from his Bulbasaur upon his arrival at Celadon City in Wartortle Wars. He evolved into during a battle with  at Silph Co. in The Winged Legends.

rented an Ivysaur during his challenge in Pinsir Me, I Must Be Dreaming.

The Battle Factory rented an Ivysaur, which was stolen by Guile Hideout in Skirting Around Surskit I.

An Ivysaur appeared in Facing Gulpin Is Hard to Swallow as a rental Pokémon for the Battle Factory.

In Interrupting Ivysaur, an Ivysaur under the ownership of a named Leonardo appeared during 's challenge at the Battle Arcade.

In the Pokémon Gotta Catch 'Em All manga
Ivysaur appeared in Catch the Poliwag!.

Super Smash Bros. Brawl


is a playable Pokémon used by the. It can use the moves as a rapid aerial striking move and  as a recovery move where the vine is shot out to latch onto the edges of a stage and pulled back up again. It also uses the projectile attack. Ivysaur is a Middleweight and uses mostly physical attacks. It uses in the Pokémon Trainer's Final Smash,.

Trophy Information
"A Seed Pokémon that is the evolved form of Bulbasaur. It has a flower bulb on its back, the weight of which has made it develop strong legs and hips. If the blossom gets too big, it can't stand on two legs alone. At a certain level, it evolves into Venusaur. When this happens, the bulb absorbs nutrients and blossoms into a large-petaled flower."

Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS/Wii U
Ivysaur appears as a trophy in both versions of the game.

Trophy information
NA: ''Watching your starter Pokémon evolve is an unforgettable experience. For many trainers, that first happened when Bulbasaur became Ivysaur. It might be difficult to say good-bye to cute little Bulbasaur, but before they know it, they'll be saying bye to Ivysaur, too, as it turns into a fully grown Venusaur!''

PAL: ''Watching your starter Pokémon evolve is an unforgettable experience. For many trainers, that first happens when watching Bulbasaur become Ivysaur. It might be difficult for them to say goodbye to cute little Bulbasaur, but before they know it, they'll be saying bye to Ivysaur, too, when it turns into a fully-grown Venusaur!''

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
Ivysaur appears once again as a playable Pokemon fighter used by the Pokemon Trainer.

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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 s 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).

Related articles

 * May's Ivysaur
 * Shauna's Ivysaur
 * Saur
 * Pokémon Trainer (Super Smash Bros.)