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Zapdos サンダー Thunder #145
Artwork from FR/LG
Type Electric Flying Unknown Unknown Blue-Striped Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown	Category Electric Pokémon
Ability Pressure Blue-Striped -----	Exp. at Lv. 100 1,250,000
Regional Pokédex numbers Kanto #145 Johto #236 Hoenn #300 Sinnoh Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character "?". Unova Not in any regional Pokédex
Regional Browser numbers Fiore R— Almia R— Oblivia
Height 5'3" Imperial 1.6 m Metric 5'3"/1.6 m Red-Striped 0'0"/0.0 m Blue-Striped 0'0"/0.0 m
Weight 116 lbs. Imperial 52.6 kg Metric 116 lbs./52.6 kg Red-Striped 0.0 lbs./0.0 kg Blue-Striped 0.0 lbs./0.0 kg
Dex color Yellow	Catch rate 3 (0.4%)
Body style Blue-Striped	Footprint      Blue-Striped
Gender ratio Gender unknown Unknown Gender unknown
Breeding No Eggs group 1 cycles (255 minimum steps)
EV yield HP 0 Atk 0 Def 0 Sp.Atk 0 Sp.Def 0 Speed 0 Base Exp.: 216 Battle Exp.: 2161*
External links {{Links/{{{generation}}}|pokefordex=zapdos|ndex=145|name=Zapdos }}

Zapdos (Japanese: サンダー Thunder) is an Electric/Flying-type Pokémon. It's found in the Kanto Region at abandoned power plant. Zapdos appeared in the movie The Power of One.

Pokédex entries

Pokémon Red and Blue / Pokémon LeafGreen

A legendary bird Pokémon that is said to appear from clouds while dropping enormous lightning bolts

Pokémon Yellow

This legendary bird Pokémon is said to appear when the sky turns dark and lightning showers down.

Pokémon FireRed

One of the legendary bird Pokémon. While it is flying, it makes crackling and snapping sounds.

Pokémon Stadium

A legendary bird Pokémon that appears with a gigantic thunderstorm. It flies with the buzz and crack of electricity.

Pokémon Gold

This legendary bird Pokémon cause savage thunderstorms by flapping it glittering wings.

Pokémon Silver

This legendary bird Pokémon is said to appear only when a thundercloud parts into two halves.

Pokémon Crystal

Legendary bird Pokémon. They say lightning caused by the flapping of its wings causes summer storms.

Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire

Zapdos is a legendary bird Pokémon that has the ability to control electricity. It usually lives in thunderclouds. The Pokémon gains power if it is stricken by lightning bolts.

Pokémon Emerald

Zapdos is a legendary bird Pokémon that has the ability to control electricity. It usually lives in thunderclouds. It gains power if it is stricken by lightning bolts.

Name origin

Zapdos's name is a combination of the word zap and the Spanish word for two, dos, indicating that it is the second in the series of Kanto legendary birds. Its Japanese name is simply Thunder. The French name is a combination of electric and Thor, the Norse God of thunder.

Zapdos is based on the Native American legend of the thunderbird. The thunderbird was known for being the spirit of thunder, lightning, and rain in the form of a giant bird. The beating of the wings was said to create thunder.

Base stats

Type effectiveness

RBY

Later versions

Learnset

Special Moves

In Pokémon XD: Gale of Darkness, Zapdos knows Shadow Bolt, Shadow Rush, Shadow Shed and Shadow Sky as a Shadow Pokémon, and learns Baton Pass, Metal Sound and Extrasensory after being purified.

In the anime

Zapdos made it's first true appearance in The Power of One. Jirarudan wanted to capture the three Kanto Legendary Birds as well as Lugia.

The Thunderbird Pokémon made another appearance in As Clear As Crystal. When Team Rocket made an attempt to steal a crystal that gave a lake the ability to heal Electric-type Pokémon, they were side-tracked when Zapdos showed up and changed their objective to capture Zapdos instead.

Evolution

Other appearances

Super Smash Brothers Melee

When released from a Pokéball, Zapdos uses a powerful Thundershock that hits opponents several times to produce a substantial amount of damage.

External links

• Article on Wikipedia

In other languages

• German: Zapdos
• French: Electhor
• Korean: 썬더 Sseonda

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