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* Venusaur is the first fully evolved Pokémon | * In its sprites in the Japanese [[Pokémon Red and Green Versions|Pokémon Red and Green]] and the [[Generation II]] and {{gen|III}} games, Venusaur's flower has five petals, like the real Rafflesia. However, it has six petals in all other appearances. | ||
* Venusaur is | * Venusaur is the first fully evolved Pokémon in National Pokédex order. | ||
* Venusaur is | * Venusaur is the first Pokémon by National Dex order to feature a gender difference. | ||
** It is the only [[Kanto]] starter Pokémon to feature one, if one does not count {{p|Pikachu}}. | |||
* Venusaur's number in the [[National Pokédex]] and the [[List of Pokémon by Fiore Browser number|Fiore Browser]] | * Venusaur is the exact same size as another {{type|Grass}} Pokémon, {{p|Tropius}}. Both have a height of 6'7'' (2.0m) and a weight of 220.5 pounds (100.0kg). | ||
* Venusaur's number in the [[National Pokédex]] and the [[List of Pokémon by Fiore Browser number|Fiore Browser]] are the same: 003. | |||
* Venusaur is one of two | * Venusaur is one of two Pokémon that shares no types with other main series version mascots. The other is {{p|Groudon}}. | ||
* Due to [[List of censored words in Pokémon Black and White Versions|the censor]] that prevents Pokémon with offensive [[nickname]]s being traded on the [[GTS]], an English language Venusaur cannot be traded on the GTS without a nickname in {{game|Black and White|s}}. | * Due to [[List of censored words in Pokémon Black and White Versions|the censor]] that prevents Pokémon with offensive [[nickname]]s being traded on the [[GTS]], an English language Venusaur cannot be traded on the GTS without a nickname in {{game|Black and White|s}}. | ||
===Origin=== | ===Origin=== | ||
Venusaur appears to be based primarily on the {{wp| | Venusaur appears to be based primarily on some form of {{wp|reptile}}, specifically the {{wp|tuatara}} or any of the mammal-like reptiles known as ''{{wp|Dicynodonts}}'' from the {{wp|Permian}} period or the {{wp|Kannemeyeria}}'' from the {{wp|Triassic}} period. | ||
Other than a lack of a tail, and with visible ears and no genuine metamorphosis stage (evolution aside), Venusaur does not have much in common with {{wp|amphibians}} like {{wp|frogs}} and {{wp|toads}} (which metamorphose from one definite creature into another as they mature as opposed to just growing into a larger adult version of itself the way that Venusaur does); instead, it more closely resembles reptiles like lizards and tuataras. | |||
The flower on its back resembles the {{wp|rafflesia arnoldii}}. | |||
====Name origin==== | ====Name origin==== |
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Venusaur (Japanese: フシギバナ Fushigibana) is a dual-type Grass/Poison Pokémon.
It evolves from Ivysaur starting at level 32. It is the final form of Bulbasaur.
Venusaur is the version mascot of both Pokémon Green and LeafGreen, appearing on the boxart of both.
Biology
Physiology
Venusaur is considerably larger and heavier than both of its pre-evolutions are, and as such, it moves slower than the two when it is not in battle, though it retains its quadruped form. The bud on its back has since bloomed into a large red flower with six expansive, white-spotted petals, supported on a brown trunk somewhat like that of a palm tree. Instead of patches on its skin, Venusaur appears to have frog-like warts. Additionally, the insides of Venusaur's ears now appear to be red in coloration.
Gender differences
The female has a "seed" protruding from its flower; possibly representing a fertile Venusaur.
Special abilities
Venusaur are able to manipulate nature, as seen in Bulbasaur's Mysterious Garden by making the flowers on a tree bloom, controlling roots and branches to attack Team Rocket or form a defensive wall around the garden. In addition, they are able to make Bulbasaur evolve by making their bulbs grow.
As with its pre-evolutions, most of Venusaur's attacks involve the plant on its back, but the attacks are clearly stronger than those from Bulbasaur and Ivysaur are. The flower on its back has a pleasant aroma that may attract other Pokémon. The aroma can also sooth people's emotions and calm Pokémon engaged in battle. The fragrance is stronger after a rainy day. The flower also absorbs sunlight to convert it into energy, thus making it far stronger during summertime.
It is also able to charge at its enemies to gain speed, then perform moves such as Skull Bash and Body Slam with a force more powerful than a speeding armored truck. Additionally, it is capable of making incredible leaps for such a heavy Pokémon, and it is able to dodge attacks and jump across close rock formations. Its only downside is that its weight causes a small quake as it lands (of which appears to be the means that Venusaur uses the move Earthquake) which can break the platform it’s trying to land on, or cause it to get buried in mud or sand. Since Venusaur is a fully evolved Pokémon (and the final evolution of a Grass-type starter Pokémon for that matter), it can use Hyper Beam, Giga Impact, and Frenzy Plant.
Behavior
Rarely in the wild, Venusaur usually lead the evolution rituals of Bulbasaur and Ivysaur every year, away from human eyes. A Trainer must be well experienced when around Venusaur because it is so powerful.
They still have a loyalty streak, though this isn't seen much, since most Venusaur act as the Trainer's bodyguard and are rarely abandoned, if ever. For some unknown reason, possibly from age, Venusaur are very calm and collected Pokémon, even after being caught, similar to Torterra.
Habitat
Venusaur's natural habitat seems to consist of plains with access to large amounts of sunshine and fresh water; they can be found in forests and jungles. As with the rest of its evolutionary family, it is mainly found in Kanto.
Diet
- Main article: Pokémon food
Venusaur gets most, if not all, of its energy from the flower on its back. The flower engages in photosynthesis, which provides energy for Venusaur. During this time, it remains completely still. Due to this, it prefers sunny areas and is more powerful in the summertime. It is unknown if Venusaur have to eat at all.
In the anime
Major appearances
May's Venusaur
May's Bulbasaur had evolved during her absence from the series and showed up in Pruning a Passel of Pals! as a Venusaur.
Spenser's Venusaur
Spenser's Venusaur debuted in Cutting the Ties that Bind. Spenser had Venusaur use Sweet Scent to drive away the furious Beedrill. Venusaur was the second Pokémon that the Palace Maven used in his battle with Ash in Ka Boom with a View!. The Seed Pokémon won against Ash's Heracross, but lost to his Swellow. It made another appearance in a flashback in King and Queen for a Day!.
Other
A Venusaur leading an evolution ceremony for Bulbasaur appeared in Bulbasaur's Mysterious Garden.
A Venusaur nicknamed "Bruteroot" (Japanese: バーナード Bernard) was under the ownership of a Trainer named Corey in Mewtwo Strikes Back. Like Corey's other Pokémon, it was cloned by Mewtwo. Its clone made another appearance in Mewtwo Returns.
Drake of the Orange Islands used a Venusaur in his battle against Ash and his Tauros in Enter The Dragonite.
In Grass Hysteria!, May got lost in the Forbidden Forest, which was ruled by a Venusaur.
Jeremy used a Venusaur that knew Frenzy Plant in the second half of the Silver Town Pokémon Contest in Weekend Warrior. Jeremy's Venusaur came very close to defeating May's Combusken, but the Young Fowl Pokémon came through and pulled off a come-from-behind victory.
Minor appearances
A giant robot Venusaur was at the amusement park in Island of the Giant Pokémon.
In The Ghost of Maiden's Peak, a Gastly created an illusion of Venusaur in order to frighten Ash's Bulbasaur. Gastly subsequently combined this Venusaur with an illusionary Blastoise to create a Venustoise, which terrified both Squirtle and Bulbasaur out of battling.
The first time a real Venusaur made an appearance was a cameo in March of the Exeggutor Squad.
Venusaur also appeared in The Power of One.
A Venusaur was seen in a Gym on Kumquat Island in Pokémon Double Trouble. However, this scene was removed from the dub due to the appearance of Jynx.
A Venusaur was one of the Pokémon seen in a field of flowers in Houndoom's Special Delivery. It tried to use Sleep Powder on Misty's Togepi, but Houndoom blocked the attack, causing itself to fall asleep.
An artist has a Venusaur as a long-time friend, which he used to battle Team Rocket to blast off in The Light Fantastic.
A Venusaur was seen in a Pokémon Center in Moving Pictures.
When Team Rocket was working at the Battle Park in One Trick Phony!, James used a Venusaur in a battle against Ash's Cyndaquil as part of an elaborate plan to capture Ash's Pikachu.
Two Venusaur appeared in the intro of Destiny Deoxys.
As seen in Numero Uno Articuno, one of the Pokémon Noland offers for challengers to battle is a Venusaur. However, Ash instead chose to battle Articuno.
A Venusaur appeared in May, We Harley Drew'd Ya!.
A Venusaur appeared in the opening scenes of Zoroark: Master of Illusions.
Pokédex entries
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In the manga
In The Electric Tale of Pikachu manga
In I'm Your Venusaur, a local legend states that a 300-year-old tree, the Venusaur Tree, was grown out of a Venusaur who protected the town from invaders many years ago. The Venusaur and its tree are considered the guardians of the town.
Gary has a Venusaur which was sent out with his other Pokémon to battle the giant Slowpoke in Ash vs. Gary.
In the Pokémon Adventures manga
- Main article: Saur
Red has a Venusaur nicknamed Saur which he received it as a Bulbasaur from Professor Oak in Bulbasaur, Come Home! after witnessing the bond shared between the two while battling a wild Machoke, learning SolarBeam in the process. Bulbasaur evolved into Ivysaur in Wartortle Wars after defeating a wild Primeape, and into Venusaur in The Winged Legends while fighting against the merged version of Zapdos, Moltres, and Articuno along Blue's Charizard and Blasty, defeating it with its augmented SolarBeam while the others used Flamethrower and Hydro Pump, respectively. With the unusual help of Poli and Pika he was able to defeat Blue's Charizard at the Pokémon League, winning the battle and the tournament. At Boon Island, Saur learned Frenzy Plant from Kimberly, and was able to destroy Mewtwo's restrictive M2 Bind, again with the help of the other two starters. During this incident, it was temporarily traded to Blue, but was given back to its owner soon afterward.
In the Pokémon Get da ze! manga
Shū encounters a Venusaur in the chapter Fierce Foe - Venusaur!. Shū battles the Venusaur and attempts to capture it, but fails in the end.
In the Pokémon Pocket Monsters manga
Erika has a Venusaur that debuted in Big Struggle with the Powerful Opponent Venusaur!!.
Giovanni has a Venusaur in Bring Down the Strongest Pokémon!!.
Red is shown to have one in PM042.
Professor Oak is shown to have one in PM038.
In the Pokémon Zensho manga
Shigeru owns a Venusaur in the Pokémon Zensho manga series.
In the TCG
- Main article: Venusaur (TCG)
Other appearances
Super Smash Bros.
Venusaur is one of the Pokémon that can appear from the gate on the rooftop of Silph Co. in the Saffron City stage. Venusaur will occasionally fire Razor Leaves at any character in front of it.
Super Smash Bros. Melee
When Venusaur is released from a Poké Ball, it uses the move Frustration to cause an earthquake, similar to Donkey Kong's Down + B attack. Any player caught in this will be sent flying.
Venusaur is also a Pokéfloat. The front half will push itself onto the screen first and play will then begin to move to the right after Snorlax leaves the screen.
Trophy information
Evolving from Ivysaur, this deceptively toxic Pokémon has a huge flower on its back that emits a cloying fragrance: the scent lulls its enemies into a state of calmness. Venusaur's flower synthesizes sunshine into pure energy for its SolarBeam move. Think of Grass-type Pokémon, and Venusaur comes first.
Game data
Pokédex entries
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Game locations
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In side games
In events
Games | Event | Language | Location | Level | Distribution period |
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List of Nintendo event Pokémon in 2002#Venusaur | Gotta Catch 'Em All Station! | United States | 2002 | 40 | Never |
List of Nintendo event Pokémon in Generation II#Venusaur | Gotta Catch 'Em All Station! | United States | 2003 | 40 | Never |
Stats
Base stats
Stat | Range | ||
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At Lv. 50 | At Lv. 100 | ||
HP: 80
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140 - 187 | 270 - 364 | |
82
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78 - 147 | 152 - 289 | |
83
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79 - 148 | 153 - 291 | |
100
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94 - 167 | 184 - 328 | |
100
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94 - 167 | 184 - 328 | |
80
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76 - 145 | 148 - 284 | |
Total: 525
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Pokéathlon stats
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Type effectiveness
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Learnset
By leveling up
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By TM/HM
By breeding
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Father | Move | Type | Cat. | Pwr. | Acc. | PP | ||||
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Amnesia | Psychic | Status | — | —% | 20 | |||||
Charm | Normal | Status | — | 100% | 20 | |||||
Curse | Ghost | Status | — | —% | 10 | |||||
Endure | Normal | Status | — | —% | 10 | |||||
Giga Drain | Grass | Special | 75 | 100% | 10 | |||||
GrassWhistle | Grass | Status | — | 55% | 15 | |||||
Ingrain | Grass | Status | — | —% | 20 | |||||
Leaf Storm | Grass | Special | 140 | 90% | 5 | |||||
Magical Leaf | Grass | Special | 60 | —% | 20 | |||||
Nature Power | Normal | Status | — | —% | 20 | |||||
Petal Dance | Grass | Special | 120 | 100% | 10 | |||||
Power Whip | Grass | Physical | 120 | 85% | 10 | |||||
Skull Bash | Normal | Physical | 100 | 100% | 15 | |||||
Sludge* | Poison | Special | 65 | 100% | 20 | |||||
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By tutoring
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Game | Move | Type | Cat. | Pwr. | Acc. | PP | |||||||
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B | W | B2 | W2 | Bind | Normal | Physical | 15 | 85% | 20 | ||||
B | W | B2 | W2 | Block | Normal | Status | — | —% | 5 | ||||
B | W | B2 | W2 | Frenzy Plant | Grass | Special | 150 | 90% | 5 | ||||
B | W | B2 | W2 | Grass Pledge | Grass | Special | 50 | 100% | 10 | ||||
B | W | B2 | W2 | Giga Drain | Grass | Special | 75 | 100% | 10 | ||||
B | W | B2 | W2 | Knock Off | Dark | Physical | 20 | 100% | 20 | ||||
B | W | B2 | W2 | Outrage | Dragon | Physical | 120 | 100% | 10 | ||||
B | W | B2 | W2 | Seed Bomb | Grass | Physical | 80 | 100% | 15 | ||||
B | W | B2 | W2 | Sleep Talk | Normal | Status | — | —% | 10 | ||||
B | W | B2 | W2 | Snore | Normal | Special | 40 | 100% | 15 | ||||
B | W | B2 | W2 | Synthesis | Grass | Status | — | —% | 5 | ||||
B | W | B2 | W2 | Worry Seed | Grass | Status | — | 100% | 10 | ||||
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Seed BombBW | Grass | Physical | 80 | 100% | 15 | |||||
† | False Swipe | Normal | Physical | 40 | 100% | 40 | ||||
† | Weather Ball | Normal | Special | 50 | 100% | 10 | ||||
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Side game data
Pokémon Pinball
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Pokémon Mystery Dungeon Explorers of Time, Explorers of Darkness, and Explorers of Sky
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PokéPark Wii: Pikachu's Adventure
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Evolution
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Level 32 → |
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Sprites
Gen | Game | ||||||
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I | Red | Blue | Yellow | Red (Ja) | Green | Back | |
II | Gold | Silver | Crystal | Back | |||
III | Ruby | Sapphire | Emerald | FireRed | LeafGreen | Back | |
IV | Diamond | Pearl | Platinum | HeartGold | SoulSilver | Back | |
V | Black | White | Black 2 | White 2 | Back | ||
Other sprites
FireRed/LeafGreen back and credits' sprites | HeartGold/SoulSilver back sprites |
Trivia
- In its sprites in the Japanese Pokémon Red and Green and the Generation II and III games, Venusaur's flower has five petals, like the real Rafflesia. However, it has six petals in all other appearances.
- Venusaur is the first fully evolved Pokémon in National Pokédex order.
- Venusaur is the first Pokémon by National Dex order to feature a gender difference.
- Venusaur is the exact same size as another Grass-type Pokémon, Tropius. Both have a height of 6'7 (2.0m) and a weight of 220.5 pounds (100.0kg).
- Venusaur's number in the National Pokédex and the Fiore Browser are the same: 003.
- Venusaur is one of two Pokémon that shares no types with other main series version mascots. The other is Groudon.
- Due to the censor that prevents Pokémon with offensive nicknames being traded on the GTS, an English language Venusaur cannot be traded on the GTS without a nickname in Pokémon Black and White.
Origin
Venusaur appears to be based primarily on some form of reptile, specifically the tuatara or any of the mammal-like reptiles known as Dicynodonts from the Permian period or the Kannemeyeria from the Triassic period.
Other than a lack of a tail, and with visible ears and no genuine metamorphosis stage (evolution aside), Venusaur does not have much in common with amphibians like frogs and toads (which metamorphose from one definite creature into another as they mature as opposed to just growing into a larger adult version of itself the way that Venusaur does); instead, it more closely resembles reptiles like lizards and tuataras.
The flower on its back resembles the rafflesia arnoldii.
Name origin
Venusaur is a combination of the words Venus (referring to the Venus Flytrap plant) and the Greek saur (lizard).
Fushigibana is a pun on 不思議な花 "fushigi na hana" (strange flower).
In other languages
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