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Venipede Centipede Pokémon フシデ Fushide #0543 Images on the Bulbagarden Archives
Type Bug Poison Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown
Abilities Poison Point or Swarm Cacophony Cacophony Speed Boost Gen VI+ Hidden Ability Cacophony Hidden Ability Cacophony Cacophony Quick Feet Gen V* Hidden Ability
Gender ratio Unknown 50% male, 50% female	Catch rate 255 (43.9%)
Breeding Egg Group Bug Hatch time 15 cycles
Height 1'04" 0.4 m Venipede 0'0" 0 m {{{form2}}} 0'0" 0 m {{{form3}}} 0'0" 0 m {{{form4}}}	Weight 11.7 lbs. 5.3 kg Venipede 0 lbs. 0 kg {{{form2}}} 0 lbs. 0 kg {{{form3}}} 0 lbs. 0 kg {{{form4}}}
Mega Stone [[|]] [[|]]
Base experience yield Unknown Gen. IV Unknown IV 52	Leveling rate Medium Slow
EV yield Total: 1 Venipede 0 HP 0 Atk 1 Def 0 Sp.Atk 0 Sp.Def 0 Speed 0 HP 0 Atk 0 Def 0 Sp.Atk 0 Sp.Def 0 Speed 0 HP 0 Atk 0 Def 0 Sp.Atk 0 Sp.Def 0 Speed 0 HP 0 Atk 0 Def 0 Sp.Atk 0 Sp.Def 0 Speed
Shape	Footprint {{{form2}}}
Pokédex color   Red	Base friendship 70
External Links On Smogon Pokédex: Generation V Generation VI Generation VII Generation VIII Generation IX Artwork on Bulbagarden Archives

Venipede (Japanese: フシデ Fushide) is a Bug/Poison Pokémon introduced in Generation V.

It evolves into Whirlipede starting at level 22, which evolves into Scolipede starting at level 30.

Biology

Venipede is an insectoid Pokémon with a pronounced hump on the upper portion of its body. Its thorax and head are mainly magenta with black markings that consist of rings on its shoulders, a band around each antenna, and an upside-down 'Y' on its neck. A prominent ridge leading down to a pointed tip splits the top half of its head, and its lower jaw is black. It has round, heavy-lidded eyes that bulge away from the head slightly. Venipede's dark green abdomen is segmented, and it has four pairs of stubby black legs. Two short feelers banded with black extend from its hindquarters, which it uses in addition to its antennae to explore its surroundings and detect prey by sensing air vibrations.

Venipede is brutally aggressive, and its bite injects a poison strong enough to paralyze large bird Pokémon. Its fangs are known to be highly venomous. It often gets into fights with Sizzlipede, a related species. Venipede tends to prey on any Pokémon it thinks it can eat without considering its actions thoroughly.

Evolution

Venipede evolves into Whirlipede, which evolves into Scolipede.

(For specifics on this Pokémon's evolution in the games, refer to Game data→Evolution data.)

Unevolved Venipede  Bug  Poison

→

First evolution Whirlipede  Bug  Poison

→

Second evolution Scolipede  Bug  Poison

In the anime

Venipede in the anime

Major appearances

Multiple Venipede debuted in A Venipede Stampede!, where they swarmed Castelia City and attacked it. Professor Juniper found out that they were disturbed from their nest by a mysterious force in Desert Resort and ended up in Castelia City. The Mayor of Castelia City was dealing with them the wrong way, so Burgh stepped in. With the help of Ash, his friends, Nurse Joy, and Trip, they were able to round all of the Venipede up. One reappeared in a flashback in Explorers of the Hero's Ruin!.

Minor appearances

Two Venipede appeared in Gotta Catch A Roggenrola!.

A Trainer's Venipede appeared in Climbing the Tower of Success!.

In Kyurem VS. The Sword of Justice, the Swords of Justice legend featured a Venipede.

A Venipede appeared in A Pokémon of a Different Color!.

In Celebrating the Hero's Comet!, multiple Venipede were living at an unnamed island in the Decolore Islands.

Two Venipede appeared in A Shockingly Cheeky Friendship!.

A Venipede appeared in a flashback in Splitting Heirs!.

In Must Be Our Heroes and the Witch!, a Venipede appeared in a fantasy.

Multiple Venipede appeared in The Same Moon, Now and Forever!.

Pokédex entries

In the manga

Venipede in Pokémon Adventures

Pokémon Adventures

Burgh owns a Venipede that usually sits on his shoulder, as seen in The Mystery of the Missing Fossil.

Klara owns a Venipede, which fist appeared in PASS31.

Pokédex entries

Pokémon + Nobunaga's Ambition ~ Ranse's Color Picture Scroll ~

A Venipede appeared in The Yellow Scroll: Hanbei vs Kanbei.

A Venipede appeared in The Black Scroll: Nobunaga's Ambition.

In the TCG

Main article: Venipede (TCG)

Game data

Pokédex entries

Game locations

In side games

Held items

Game		Held Item(s)
Black	White	Pecha Berry (50%)	Poison Barb (5%)
Black 2	White 2	Poison Barb (5%)
X	Y	Poison Barb (5%)
Sun	Moon	Poison Barb (5%)

Stats

Base stats

Type effectiveness

Learnset

Side game data

Pokémon Rumble Blast Attack ● Defense ●● Speed ●●●
Pokémon Rumble Rush Walking Speed: 3.33 seconds Base HP: 41 Base Attack: 65 Base Defense: 48 Base Speed: 60
PokéPark 2: Wonders Beyond Strong: Weak: PokéPark Pad entry: He thought he didn't need friends, but he is still a bit excited to have become friends with you.
Pokémon Conquest HP: ★ Move: Poison Sting Attack: ★ Ability 1: Poison Point Ability 2: Jagged Edge Ability 3: Herbivore Defense: ★★ Speed: ★★ Evolves into Whirlipede when its Defense is 50 or higher Range: 3 Perfect Links: Hideaki and Yasunaga
Pokémon Battle Trozei Bug Attack Power: ★★★★★			Pokémon Shuffle Bug Attack Power: 30 - 85 5 #598 Counterattack Deals even more damage the more disruptions there are.
Pokémon GO Base HP: 102 Base Attack: 83 Base Defense: 99 Egg Distance: N/A Buddy Distance: 1 km Evolution Requirement: 25 Fast Attacks: Bug Bite, Poison Sting Charged Attacks: Signal Beam, Sludge Bomb, Gyro Ball

Evolution data

Unevolved Venipede  Bug  Poison

Level 22 →

First evolution Whirlipede  Bug  Poison

Level 30 →

Second evolution Scolipede  Bug  Poison

Sprites

This Pokémon was unavailable prior to Generation V.
Generation V Black White Black 2 White 2 Front Back Front Back
Generation VI X Y Omega Ruby Alpha Sapphire Front Back Front Back
Generation VII Sun Moon Ultra Sun Ultra Moon Front Back Front Back
Generation VIII Sword Shield File:Spr 8s 543.png File:Spr 8s 543 s.png
This Pokémon is unavailable in Generation IX.
Cross-Generation HOME

For other sprites and images, please see Venipede images on the Bulbagarden Archives.

Trivia

• Venipede is tied with Gastly for the lowest base HP stat of all Poison-type Pokémon.
• Despite the Scolipede and Centiskorch evolutionary families living in different parts of the Galar region, both Venipede and Scolipede's Pokédex entries speak of their hostile relationship with the latter family.
• Venipede's Black, Y, Alpha Sapphire, and Shield Pokédex entries mention Venipede's venomous fangs. Despite this, Venipede cannot learn Poison Fang.
• Venipede and its evolutions were designed by Tomohiro Kitakaze.^[1]

Origin

Bulbanews has an article related to this subject:

On the Origin of Species: Venipede, Whirlipede and Scolipede

Venipede's category suggests it is based on a centipede. However, it is more similar in appearance to other arthropods, such as a woodlouse, pill bug, or pill millipede. More specifically, it is most likely based on a green Glomeris marginata.

Name origin

Venipede may be a combination of venom and centipede or millipede.

Fushide may be a combination of 節 fushi (joint/segment) and 百足 mukade (centipede).

In other languages

Language Title Meaning Japanese フシデ Fushide From 節 fushi and 百足 mukade French Venipatte From venin and mille-pattes Spanish Venipede Same as English name German Toxiped From Toxin and pedes Italian Venipede Same as English name Korean 마디네 Madine From 마디 madi and 지네 jine Mandarin Chinese 百足蜈蚣 Bǎizúwúgōng From 百足 bǎizú and 蜈蚣 wúgōng Cantonese Chinese 百足蜈蚣 Baakjūknghgūng From 百足 baakjūk and 蜈蚣 ngh-gūng

More languages Russian Венипид Venipid Transcription of English name Thai ฟูชิเดะ Fuchide Transcription of Japanese name

References

External links

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