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Height
1′00″
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0.3 m
Metric
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1′00″/0.3 m
Red-Striped
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0'0"/0.0 m
Blue-Striped
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0'0"/0.0 m
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Weight
7.1 lbs.
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3.2 kg
Metric
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7.1 lbs./3.2 kg
Red-Striped
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0.0 lbs./0.0 kg
Blue-Striped
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0.0 lbs./0.0 kg
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EV yield
HP
0
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Atk
0
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Def
0
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Sp.Atk
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Sp.Def
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Speed
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| Base Exp.: 52
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Battle Exp.: 521*
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Weedle (Japanese: ビードル Beedle) is a dual-type Bug/Poison Pokémon.
It evolves into Kakuna starting at level 7, whom evolves into Beedrill starting at level 10.
Biology
Physiology
Weedle is a small, yellow Larva Pokémon with a segmented body. Weedle has little pink feet and a pink, round nose. Weedle has a stinger on both its tail and head.
Gender differences
None.
Special abilities
Weedle isn't very powerful, but it can spit a sticky thread to entangle its foes with String Shot. It can also use one of its stingers to poison a foe with Poison Sting.
Behavior
Habitat
Weedle can be found in forests and misty wooded areas.
Diet
Weedle primarily eat leaves. They appear to prefer some leaves over others, and they can distinguish between them by smelling them with their big red proboscis, or nose.
- Main article: Pokémon food
In the anime
In Challenge of the Samurai, Ash was very close to catching a Weedle. He used his newly caught Pidgeotto to battle, Weedle was knocked unconscious and when Ash was about to throw his Poké Ball, Samurai came up and asked Ash if he was a trainer from Pallet Town. This distracted Ash from catching the Weedle, so it got away.
Weedle appeared a few other times while Ash was in the Viridian Forest, such as when a number of them ate Team Rocket's cardboard tank.
Casey captured a Weedle during the Bug-Catching Contest in The Bug Stops Here. She released it in accordance with Contest rules.
An injured Weedle appeared in One Big Happiny Family!. It was healed by Nurse Joy.
In the manga
Shuu befriended and caught a Weedle in Pokémon Get da ze!.
Pokémon Special
Weedle's first appearance is a cameo in Bulbasaur, Come Home! as one of the Pokémon that escapes from Professor Oak's Laboratory. Also, Blue caught a Weedle to try to use to trick people into trading better Pokémon for it at the Pokémon League tournament in Pokémon Special.
In the TCG
- Main article: Weedle (TCG)
In the TFG
One Weedle figure has been released.
Game data
Pokédex entries
| This Pokémon was unavailable prior to Generation I.
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| Generation I
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| Red
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Often found in forests, eating leaves. It has a sharp, venomous stinger on its head.
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| Blue
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| Yellow
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Beware of the sharp stinger on its head. It hides in grass and bushes where it eats leaves.
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| Stadium
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A common sight in forests and grassy areas. Has a poison stinger on its head that may be used if you step on it.
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| Gold
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Its Template:M2 is very powerful. Its bright-colored is intended to warn off its enemies.
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| Silver
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It attacks using a two-inch poison barb on its head. It can usually be found under the leaves it eats.
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| Crystal
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The barb on top of its head secretes a strong poison. It uses this toxic barb to protect itself.
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| Stadium 2
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Its Template:M2 is very powerful. Its bright-colored is intended to warn off its enemies.
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| Generation III
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| Ruby
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Weedle has an extremely acute sense of smell. It is capable of distinguishing its favorite kinds of leaves from those it dislikes just by sniffing with its big red proboscis nose.
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| Sapphire
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Weedle has an extremely acute sense of smell. It is capable of distinguishing its favorite kinds of leaves from those it dislikes just by sniffing with its big red proboscis nose.
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| Emerald
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A Weedle has an extremely acute sense of smell. It distinguishes its favorite kinds of leaves from those it dislikes by sniffing with its big red proboscis (nose).
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| FireRed
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Often found in forests and grasslands. It has a sharp, toxic barb of around two inches on top of its head.
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| LeafGreen
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Often found in forests, eating leaves. It has a sharp stinger on its head that injects poison.
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| Diamond
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It eats its weight in leaves every day. It fends off attackers with the needle on its head.
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| Pearl
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It eats its weight in leaves every day. It fends off attackers with the needle on its head
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| Platinum
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{{{platinumdex}}}
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| HeartGold
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{{{heartgolddex}}}
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| SoulSilver
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{{{soulsilverdex}}}
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Alternate games
- Pokémon Pinball, Pokémon Trading Card Game (Base Set)
- Often found in forests, eating leaves. It has a sharp, venomous stinger on its head.
- Pokémon Trading Card Game (Neo Discovery)
- Its Template:M2 is very powerful. Its bright-colored is intended to warn off its enemies.
Game locations
| This Pokémon was unavailable prior to Generation I.
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In side games
Base stats
| Stat
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Range
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At Lv. 100
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40
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100 - 147
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190 - 284
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35
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36 - 95
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67 - 185
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30
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31 - 90
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58 - 174
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20
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22 - 79
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40 - 152
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20
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22 - 79
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40 - 152
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50
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49 - 112
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94 - 218
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Total: 195
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Other Pokémon with this total
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- Minimum stats are calculated with 0 EVs, IVs of 0, and (if applicable) a hindering nature.
- Maximum stats are calculated with 252 EVs, IVs of 31, and (if applicable) a helpful nature.
- This Pokémon's Special base stat in Generation I was 20.
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Type effectiveness
Template:DP type effectiveness
Learnset
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None
None
By tutoring
None
TCG-only Moves
Side game data
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Evolution
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Sprites
Trivia
- Weedle's Yellow sprite is the first sprite to clearly show that Weedle has feet, however a close look at Weedle's Red, Blue, and Green sprites show tiny stubs of feet.
- Weedle resembles a Wiggler from Super Mario World.
- Up until Pokémon Platinum, Weedle was completely unable to damage Template:Type2 Pokémon because the only damaging move it could learn was Poison Sting, and Steel-types are immune to Template:Type2. In Platinum, Weedle is given Bug Bite via level-up, allowing it to do damage, however, it won't be very effective.
- Weedle is the only Pokémon incapable of learning Template:T2 moves (Technically, as Hidden Power is displayed as Normal, but can be any type EXCEPT Normal, Unown would share this trait).
- Despite being classified as the Hairy Bug Pokémon, it doesn't even have a single strand of hair on its body, not even its evolutions have hair.
Origin
Weedle appears to be based on a larva, the baby form of a bee.
Name origin
Weedle's name appears to be a misspelling of weevil, but this is not likely, considering the difference between the two. Its name is more likely a combination of worm and needle, which refers to the stingers on its body. Beedle is similar, but refers to bees instead.
In other languages
- German: Hornliu - Refers to the stinger on Weedle's head.
- French: Aspicot - From asticot (maggot), and picot (dot, referring to the circles on its body) or pic (point).
- Korean: 뿔충이 Ppulchungi - "Horned Insect' in an affectionate manner ('i' at the end).
- Chinese (Taiwan): 獨角蟲 Dú Jîau Chóng - "Single-horned bug".
- Chinese (Hong Kong): 獨角蟲 Dú Jîa Chóng - "Single-horned bug".
External links
Notes
For other sprites and images, please see Weedle images on Bulbagarden Archives.
