Beedrill (Pokémon)
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Beedrill (Japanese: スピアー Spear) is a dual-type Bug/Poison Pokémon.
It evolves from Kakuna starting at level 10. It is the final form of Weedle.
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Biology
Physiology
Beedrill resembles an wasp, but only has four legs. The first two are tipped with long stingers. It has veined wings, and another stinger on its abdomen.
Gender differences
None.
Special abilities
They have incredibly painful stings, and fly extremely fast. They chase after intruders relentlessly in a swarm.
Beedrill is the only known Pokémon that learns Twineedle.
Behavior
It is highly territorial. The way it behaves makes it often appear in the anime and quite a few fanfictions, making for tense runaway scenes: Beedrill is quick, so it's extremely hard to avoid its beatings after approaching its nest.
Habitat
Most Beedrill nest in forests and misty wooded areas.
Diet
- Main article: Pokémon food
In the anime
Major appearances
Beedrill's first non-cameo appearance was in Challenge of the Samurai, where a swarm of them stole Ash's Metapod after evolving from Kakuna. The reason for this was to avenge Ash for failing to capture the Weedle (and startling it), which subsequently fled after Samurai arrived.
Casey's Beedrill
Ash captured a Beedrill in the Bug-Catching Contest, but he gave it to Casey because she is a huge fan of yellow and black Pokémon.
Jimmy's Beedrill
Jimmy of New Bark Town owns a Beedrill which was seen in The Legend of Thunder!
Other
In The Fourth Round Rumble a trainer named Jeanette Fisher used a Beedrill against Ash's Bulbasaur.
During Pokémon Ranger and the Temple of the Sea, The Phantom used two of these Poison Bee Pokémon to chase Ash and friends.
Minor appearances
Beedrill has appeared in a lot of episodes, mostly having an antagonistic role to Ash and co. who are usually attacked by a swarm of Beedrill and end up running away.
In The Lost Lapras, an obnoxious trainer who was attacking a Lapras had a Beedrill.
A Beedrill was used by one of the students of the Pokémon Trainer's School in Gonna Rule The School!.
A Beedrill is used in the PokéRinger Contest in That's Just Swellow.
Pokédex entries
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In the manga
In Pokémon Special one of Giovanni's most treasured and strongest team members is a Beedrill he caught in his childhood from Viridian Forest. It is also one of the few members of his team that isn't a Ground-type.
In Electric Tale of Pikachu manga, Ash caught a Beedrill in Kanto, and it was part of a swarm that he had disturbed when he caught a Mankey. He thought this Beedrill, along with Mankey, would help him to raise his Trainer level, but it couldn't.
In the TCG
- Main article: Beedrill (TCG)
In the TFG
One Beedrill figure has been released.
Other appearances
Super Smash Bros.
Beedrill was in the first Super Smash Bros. game. When a Poké Ball was opened, one would come out and fly away. A few seconds later a whole swarm would fly by and attack everyone on the field except the user. It did not appear again in Super Smash Bros. Melee and its role was taken over by Unown.
Game data
Pokédex entries
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| I | Red | Flies at high speed and attacks using its large venomous stingers on its forelegs and tail. |
| Blue | Flies at high speed and attacks using its large venomous stingers on its forelegs and tail. | |
| Yellow | It has 3 poisonous stingers on its forelegs and its tail. They are used to jab its enemy repeatedly. | |
| Stadium | Flies at high speeds and attacks with three stingers: one on its rear and one on each of its two forelegs. May appear in swarms. | |
| II | Gold | It can take down any opponent with its powerful poison stingers. It sometimes attacks in swarms. |
| Silver | It has three poison barbs. The barb on its tail secretes the most powerful poison. | |
| Crystal | It uses sharp, poisonous stings to defeat prey, then takes the victim back to its nest for food. | |
| Stadium 2 | It can take down any opponent with its powerful poison stingers. It sometimes attacks in swarms. | |
| III | Ruby | Beedrill is extremely territorial. No one should ever approach its nest - this is for their own safety. If angered, they will attack in a furious swarm. |
| Sapphire | Beedrill is extremely territorial. No one should ever approach its nest - this is for their own safety. If angered, they will attack in a furious swarm. | |
| Emerald | A Beedrill is extremely territorial. For safety reasons, no one should ever approach its nest. If angered, they will attack in a swarm. | |
| FireRed | May appear in a swarm. Flies at violent speeds, all the while stabbing with the toxic stinger on its rear. | |
| LeafGreen | It flies at high speed and attacks using the large venomous stingers on its forelegs and tail. | |
| IV | Diamond | Its best attack involves flying around at high speed, striking with poison needles, then flying off. |
| Pearl | Its best attack involves flying around at high speed, striking with poison needles, then flying off. | |
| Platinum | Its best attack involves flying around at high speed, striking with poison needles, then flying off. |
Game locations
| Gen | Game | Rarity | Area | |
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| I | Red | Blue | None | Evolve Kakuna |
| Yellow | None | Trade | ||
| II | Gold | Silver | Rare (Gold) Uncommon (Silver) | Bug-Catching Contest (Gold) Bug-Catching Contest, Route 2, Headbutted trees (Silver) |
| Crystal | Uncommon | Bug-Catching Contest, Headbutted trees | ||
| III | Ruby | Sapphire | None | Trade |
| Emerald | None | Trade | ||
| FireRed | LeafGreen | None | Evolve Kakuna | |
| Colosseum | None | Trade | ||
| XD | One | Cipher Key Lair (Shadow) | ||
| IV | Diamond | Pearl | None | Evolve Kakuna |
| Platinum | None | Evolve Kakuna | ||
| Pal Park | Forest | |||
In side games
| Game | Location |
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| Pokémon Channel | Viridian Forest |
| Pokémon Trozei! | Endless Level 2 Endless Level 19 Forever Level 51 Mr. Who's Den |
| Pokémon Mystery Dungeon Red/Blue Rescue Team | Evolve from Kakuna |
| Pokémon Mystery Dungeon Explorers of Time/Darkness | Apple Woods (8F) (Darkness) Midnight Forest (B1-B21) (Darkness) Evolve from Kakuna |
| Pokémon Ranger | Lyra Forest |
| Pokémon Ranger: Shadows of Almia | Vien Forest Chroma Highlands |
| Melee! Pokémon Scramble | Quiet Forest |
Held items
| Game | Items |
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| Gold, Silver, and Crystal | Poison Barb (8%) |
| Ruby, Sapphire, and Emerald | Poison Barb (5%) |
| FireRed and LeafGreen | Poison Barb (5%) |
| Diamond, Pearl, and Platinum | Poison Barb (5%) |
Base stats
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Type effectiveness
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Learnset
Beedrill is capable of learning the following moves (from its evolution onwards):
NOTE: Moves in bold are damage moves to which STAB apply.
By leveling up
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By TM/HM
By breeding
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By tutoring
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Special moves
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| Shadow moves | Level 30+ | Purified moves | ||
| Shadow Blitz | Shadow | 
| Baton Pass | Normal |
| Shadow Hold | Shadow | Sludge Bomb | Poison | |
| -- | Twineedle | Bug | ||
| -- | Swords Dance | Normal | ||
Side game data
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| Acquisition: Evolve |
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| Rarity: Rare |
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| Body size: 1 | Recruit Rate: Evolve | Friend Area: Mist-Rise Forest |
| Phrases | ||
| 51%-100% HP | Count on me for speediness! | |
| 26%-50% HP | My health dropped to half... | |
| 1%-25% HP | I'm about done. My Poison Sting might fail... | |
| Level Up | Hah! Leveled up! My Poison Sting's gotten sharper! | |
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| Group: Bug | Loops: 3 | Minimum Experience: 32 |
Poké Assist:  ( Poison )
| Field Move:  (Crush ×1)
| Maximum Experience: 46 |
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| Pokémon Mystery Dungeon Explorers of Time and Explorers of Darkness | ||
 Body size: 1
| Recruit Rate: 5% | IQ Group: A |
| Pokémon Ranger: Shadows of Almia | ||
| Group: Bug | Poké Assist:  ( Bug )
| Field Move:  (Crush ×2)
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Evolution
| Unevolved | → Level 7 | First evolution | → Level 10 | Second evolution | ||
 Weedle Bug Poison |  Kakuna Bug Poison | Beedrill Bug Poison | ||||
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| III | Ruby | Sapphire | Emerald | FireRed | LeafGreen | Back |
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For other sprites and images, please see Beedrill images on Bulbagarden Archives.Trivia
- Beedrill's English name was originally going to be spelled with only one "l" instead of two.
- Beedrill's Red and Blue sprite appears to show its body being all yellow.
- Although Beedrill clearly flies, it is not part Flying-type nor does it have the ability Levitate. It shares this trait with Venomoth and Dustox. All three are also dual-type Bug/Poison Pokémon.
- Out of those three, Beedrill is the only one not based on a moth.
- In the Generation III back sprites, the part where the "drills" connect to the wrist is black, even behind the "drill".
- While Beedrill cannot learn Iron Defense itself, it can be taught it as a Kakuna before evolving. It shares this trait with Butterfree, Dustox, Beautifly, Huntail, Gorebyss, and Salamence.
Origin
Its design appears to simply be a stylized bee or wasp. However, it has a much closer resemblance to an Asian giant hornet. Its shiny variation is similar to blue hornets. Its shiny form may be based on the Agapostemon, as both are green in color.
Name origin
Beedrill's name is a combination of bee and drill, indicating the needle-like arms it wields. Spear also refers to its stingers. In addition, its Japanese name could contain a reversal of Apis, the name for the honey bee genus.
In other languages
- German: Bibor - From Biene (bee) and Bohrer (drill).
- French: Dardargnan - From D'Artagnan and dard (sting).
- Korean: 독침붕 Dokchimbung
- Chinese (Hong Kong): 大針蜂 Dá Zhen Feng - "Giant stinger hornet".
Related articles
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