Yanmega (Pokémon)


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Yanmega (Japanese: メガヤンマ Megayanma) is a dual-type  introduced in Generation IV.

It evolves from when leveled up while knowing.

Biology
Yanmega is a large, dark green dragonfly Pokémon. Its large eyes are red with black lines that make a sideways "T" shape in each one. It has two large, white fangs or mandibles next to its small mouth. Its immense jaw power allows it to bite apart foes while flying by at high speed. Each of Yanmega's segments have a red spot on them, while the last tail segment has a black triangular plate. It has two similar plates on the back of its thorax and a third on its head. It has four white, oval wings with red tips, and there are two smaller white wings on the end of its tail. Yanmega can create shock waves by beating its wings. These shock waves are so powerful, they may inflict critical injuries on the foe. These wings are powerful enough to carry an adult human. Yanmega also has six thin, black legs.

Jessie's Yanmega
Jessie has a female Yanmega that debuted in The Thief That Keeps on Thieving!, which also served as the species' main series debut. After her as a, Jessie used her in a  against  and , where she evolved into Yanmega in the same episode. Yanmega was then used in several Pokémon Contests before Jessie left her at the when she headed to Unova, so she would not attract attention by using a Pokémon foreign to the region.

Other
Multiple Yanmega appeared in flashbacks in A Slippery Encounter!, One for the Goomy!, and An Oasis of Hope!. They later physically appeared in Defending the Homeland! and Beyond the Rainbow!. They are the minions of a, who had ordered them to attack Ash's Goodra's homeland in a flashback. They were then used again to attack Goodra itself. Two reappeared in Facing the Needs of the Many! and the following episode.

Minor appearances
Yanmega debuted in The Rise of Darkrai.

A Yanmega appeared in Arceus and The Jewel of Life.

A Yanmega appeared in Diancie and the Cocoon of Destruction, under the ownership of Merilyn. It was mostly used as her means of transportation.

In the movie adaptations
A Yanmega under Merilyn's ownership appeared in .

In the Pokémon Adventures manga
Mars owns a Yanmega. In Yikes, Yanmega! II, it was ordered through a floating speaker-camera device to summon a swarm of Yanmega to infiltrate Professor Rowan's lab. The swarm dispersed after had Tru destroy the device with its improvised. In the, Mars' Yanmega faced Cheryl's.

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Trivia

 * Despite having significantly higher Special Attack than Attack, Yanmega gives out 2 Attack effort values when defeated.
 * Two generations after Yanmega's debut, Mega Pokémon were introduced. These Pokémon have the word "mega" in front of their names, similar to Yanmega's name in Japan.

Origin
It is, as its name suggests, based on the , a particularly large, prehistoric species of. Its species name suggests it's based on a.

Name origin
Yanmega and Megayanma are a combination of 蜻蜓 yanma (large dragonfly) and  (a genus of gigantic prehistoric dragonflies). Megayanma may also literally be "mega yanma".

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 * Jessie's Yanmega