Weedle (Pokémon)


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Weedle (Japanese: ビードル Beedle) is a dual-type  introduced in Generation I.

It evolves into starting at level 7, which evolves into  starting at level 10.

Biology
Weedle is a small larva Pokémon with a segmented body ranging in color from yellow to reddish-brown. Combined with its red nose and feet, Weedle's bright coloration wards off its enemies. Weedle has a conical, two-inch (five centimeter) venomous stinger on its head and a barbed one on its tail, but its other body parts are spherical.

Weedle can retaliate against attackers and those who step on it with its strong toxin. It can distinguish its favorite kinds of leaves using its acute sense of smell. As a young Bug Pokémon, its daily appetite for leaves matches its weight. Weedle can be found in and usually hides in grass, bushes, and under the leaves it eats.

Major appearances
Multiple Weedle debuted in Challenge of the Samurai, where was very close to  one. He used his newly caught to, Weedle was knocked unconscious and when Ash was about to throw his Poké Ball, Samurai came up and asked Ash if he was a  from Pallet Town. This distracted Ash from catching the Weedle, so it got away. This same Weedle later warned its kind, and together, they tried to avenge its attempted capture by attacking.

caught a Weedle during the Bug-Catching Contest in The Bug Stops Here. She released it in accordance with Contest rules.

Minor appearances
A Weedle appeared in The Kangaskhan Kid.

Weedle appeared a few other times while was in Viridian Forest, such as when a number of them ate 's cardboard tank.

A Weedle appeared in The Ultimate Test, under the ownership of a Trainer who allowed to photograph it. Due to a coloring error, this Weedle was colored green like a. Generation II revealed that Weedle are green as well.

A Weedle appeared in Mewtwo Strikes Back.

Multiple Weedle appeared in In the Pink as residents of Pinkan Island.

A Weedle made a brief cameo appearance in Tracey Gets Bugged as one of the Bug-type Pokémon on Murcott Island.

A Weedle appeared in Pikachu's Rescue Adventure.

A Weedle appeared in Illusion Confusion! as one of the illusions created by a group of and.

Multiple Weedle appeared in For Crying Out Loud and were accidentally wet by Wilhomena's.

Multiple Weedle appeared in Gettin' The Bugs Out, where they were residents of Azalea Gym. They assisted in tying up with silk.

Multiple Weedle appeared in Celebi: The Voice of the Forest.

A Weedle appeared in Got Miltank? as an inhabitant of a Pokémon-exclusive oasis.

Multiple Weedle appeared in For Ho-Oh the Bells Toll!, where they protected the Tin Tower after stole the Crystal Bells on the top floor.

A Weedle appeared in Talkin' 'Bout an Evolution, where it fell sick due to Team Rocket's experiments.

A Weedle was seen in a forest outside the Ice Path in the banned episode EP250.

A Weedle appeared in All in a Day's Wurmple.

A Weedle was used by one of the students of the Pokémon Trainers' School in Gonna Rule The School!.

A Weedle appeared in Destiny Deoxys.

A 's Weedle appeared in The Saffron Con, where it was one of the Pokémon taken by Team Rocket. It reappeared in the next episode, where it participated in the Saffron City Pokémon Contest.

A Weedle appeared in The Green Guardian.

Two Weedle appeared in Three Jynx and a Baby!.

Two Weedle appeared in Talking a Good Game!.

A Coordinator's Weedle appeared in Once More With Reeling!, where it was seen participating in the.

A Weedle appeared in Following A Maiden's Voyage!.

A Weedle appeared in One Big Happiny Family!, where it was healed by Nurse Joy after being injured.

A Weedle appeared in Kalos, Where Dreams and Adventures Begin!.

A Weedle appeared in Lumiose City Pursuit!, Mega-Mega Meowth Madness!, Day Three Blockbusters!, and Battling With a Clean Slate! at Professor Sycamore's lab.

A Weedle made a brief appearance at the end in An Appetite for Battle!.

A Weedle appeared in a flashback in Garchomp's Mega Bond! at Professor Sycamore's lab.

A Weedle appeared in a flashback in A Watershed Moment!.

A Weedle appeared in a flashback in Seeing the Forest for the Trees!.

A Weedle appeared in Loading the Dex! as a silhouette that brought up.

Two Weedle appeared in I Choose You!.

In Pokémon Origins
A Weedle appeared at the Silph Co. in File 3: Giovanni.

In the Pokémon Adventures manga
Weedle debuts in Bulbasaur, Come Home! as one of the Pokémon that escapes from Professor Oak's Laboratory.

A Weedle appeared in Buzz Off, Electabuzz!, where it reunited with its.

a Weedle to try to trick people into trading better Pokémon for it at the Pokémon League tournament in Just a Spearow Carrier.

owns a Weedle, which he keeps at his house in Murkrow Row.

A Weedle appeared in Absolutely Azumarill, where failed to catch it.

A Weedle appeared in The Last Battle XIII as one of the Pokémon sent to participate in the fight in Ilex Forest.

In the Pokémon Gotta Catch 'Em All manga
Shu befriended and caught a Weedle in Pokémon Gotta Catch 'Em All.

A Weedle appeared in GDZ21.

A Weedle appeared in GDZ23.

A Weedle appeared in GDZ48.

In the Pokémon Pocket Monsters manga
A Weedle appeared in Big Battle in the Viridian Forest!!.

A Weedle appeared in Pikachu's Birthday Party.

A Weedle appeared in The Hardest Bug Pokémon Wins?!.

A Weedle appeared in The Exam Showdown!!.

A Weedle appeared in PMDP16.

In the TFG
One Weedle figure has been released.



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Alternate games

 * Pokémon Pinball, Pokémon Trading Card Game (TCG Base Set)
 * Often found in forests, eating leaves. It has a sharp, venomous stinger on its head.


 * Pokémon Trading Card Game (TCG Neo Discovery)
 * Its is very powerful. Its bright-colored is intended to warn off its enemies.

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Trivia

 * Weedle has the lowest base stat total of all Pokémon.
 * Weedle is tied with, , , , and  for having the lowest Special Defense stat of all Pokémon.
 * Weedle is tied with for having the lowest base  of all Poison-type Pokémon, as well as being tied with  for having the lowest base Defense of all Bug-type Pokémon.
 * Until, Weedle was completely incapable of dealing damage to Pokémon—outside of —because it could only learn , to which Steel types are immune. From Platinum onward, Weedle can learn.
 * An of Weedle's sprite was shown on Game Freak's official Japanese website.
 * Prior to Generation VI, Weedle's body style was [[File:Body02.png]].
 * Weedle was the inspiration for the naming of Stentorceps weedlei, a species of wasps. Both Weedle and Stentorceps weedlei exhibit the distinctive feature of having a spine in the middle of the organism's head.
 * Weedle is the only Pokémon that cannot legitimately know any moves.

Origin
Weedle appears to be based on the of a  or. Weedle's red nose and legs resemble spots that appear on the larvae of some species of wasp or hornet.

Name origin
Weedle may be a combination of  and needle, referring to the stingers on its body. It may also be a corruption of , another sort of bug.

Beedle is a combination of  and needle.

Related articles

 * Giovanni's Weedle