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Cyndaquil ヒノアラシ Hinoarashi
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Type	Fire
Species	Fire Mouse Pokémon
Height	1′08″ (0.5m)
Weight	17.4 lbs. (7.9kg)
Ability	Blaze
Egg group	Ground
Time to hatch	5,120 steps
Effort yield	1 Spd
Exp. yield	65 base exp.
Lv100 at	1,059,860 exp.
Gender	12.5% ♀ / 87.5% ♂
Pokédex color	Yellow
Catch rate	45
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Cyndaquil (Japanese: ヒノアラシ Hinoarashi) is a Fire-type Pokémon. Along with Chikorita and Totodile, it is one of the three starter Pokémon available at the beginning of the Generation II games. It is also available in Pokémon Emerald as an award for catching the first 200 Pokémon in the Hoenn Pokédex.

Cyndaquil comes with the ability Blaze, which increases the power of Fire-type attacks by 50% once the Pokémon has less than one-third of its maximum HP.

Cyndaquil evolves into Quilava starting at Level 14, then into Typhlosion starting at Level 36.

Contents 1 Biology 1.1 Physiology 1.1.1 Gender differences 1.1.2 Special abilities 1.2 Behavior 1.3 Habitat 1.4 Diet 2 In the anime 3 In the manga 4 In the TCG 5 Other appearances 5.1 Super Smash Bros. Melee 5.1.1 Trophy information 6 Game data 6.1 NPC appearances 6.2 Pokédex entries 6.3 Game locations 6.3.1 In side games 6.4 Base stats 6.5 Type effectiveness 6.6 Learnset 6.6.1 By leveling up 6.6.2 By TM/HM 6.6.3 By breeding 6.6.4 By tutoring 6.6.5 Special moves 6.6.6 TCG-only Moves 6.7 Side game data 7 Evolution 8 Sprites 9 Trivia 9.1 Origin 9.1.1 Name origin 10 In other languages 11 Related articles 12 External links

Biology

Cyndaquil is a shy and timid Pokémon. It lives in groups and tends to hide in dangerous situations. Most Cyndaquil, like Ash's, are inexperienced at start and don't know their strengths and weaknesses.

Physiology

Its fur is bluish on top of its body, but a milky color on the underside. Its eyes are often closed, as it is still young. It has four spots from which its flames erupt. It lacks claws on its forelimbs, but has a single claw on each hind foot.

Gender differences

None.

Special abilities

Cyndaquil is capable of defending itself by using the fire on its back. The fire grows more powerful as the Cyndaquil gets angrier or more defensive.

Behavior

Cyndaquil are usually timid, but its actual behavior depends on its personality.

Habitat

Cyndaquil can adapt to many habitats, however, most are found in the care of Trainers, having been their starter Pokémon. Being a Fire-type Pokémon, they prefer hotter areas.

Diet

Main article: Pokémon food

In the anime

Cyndaquil first appeared in the anime in Don't Touch That 'Dile as one of the three starters Professor Elm had to give out at his lab.

Ash Ketchum captured a Cyndaquil in Good 'Quil Hunting. During its early days on Ash's team, Cyndaquil was lazy and easily tired-out (e.g. waiting a while for the flames on its back to ignite so it could use Fire-type attacks). Eventually, Cyndaquil got over its shortcomings. Ash left his Cyndaquil, along with the rest of his Johto team, (save for Pikachu) at Professor Oak's lab when he set out for Hoenn.

Jimmy chose Cyndaquil as his starter Pokémon. By The Legend of Thunder!, it had become a Typhlosion.

Pike Queen Lucy has a pet Cyndaquil.

In the manga

In Pokémon Adventures (aka Pokémon Special) Gold took the Cyndaquil from Professor Elm's lab to try to catch the thief Silver. He named the Cyndaquil "Explotaro" for the explosive fire from its back.

In the TCG

Main article: Cyndaquil (TCG)

Other appearances

Super Smash Bros. Melee

When released from a Poké Ball, Cyndaquil will aim a Flamethrower diagonally towards the ground in one direction. It is one of the easiest Pokémon to avoid, however. It can also be knocked off the screen.

Trophy information

Cyndaquil frighten easily, so they're often found curled up in balls. When threatened, they flare the flames on their backs to drive off enemies. Cyndaquil was one of the three Pokémon that trainers could choose from at the beginning of Pokémon Silver, Gold, and Crystal. No one knows if their eyes are open.

Game data

NPC appearances

• Pokémon Pinball: Ruby & Sapphire: Hitting Cyndaquil will knock it back. After a few hits, Cyndaquil will knocked into the Egg stand and the flame on its back will start heating the egg. Hitting Cyndaquil one more time will cause the egg to hatch and the player will have a chance to catch the newly hatched Pokémon.

Pokédex entries

Gen	Game	Pokédex entry
II	Gold	It is timid, and always curls itself up in a ball. If attacked, it flares up its back for protection.
	Silver	It usually stays hunched over. If it is angry or surprised, it shoots flames out of its back.
	Crystal	The fire that spouts from its back burns hottest when it is angry. The flaring flames intimidate foes.
	Stadium 2	It is timid, and always curls itself up in a ball. If attacked, it flares up its back for protection.
III	Ruby	Cyndaquil protects itself by flaring up the flames on its back. The flames are vigorous if the Pokémon is angry. However, if it is tired, the flames sputter fitfully with incomplete combustion.
	Sapphire	Cyndaquil protects itself by flaring up the flames on its back. The flames are vigorous if the Pokémon is angry. However, if it is tired, the flames sputter fitfully with incomplete combustion.
	Emerald	It flares flames from its back to protect itself. The fire burns vigorously if the Pokémon is angry. When it is tired, it sputters with incomplete combustion.
	FireRed	It usually stays hunched over. If it is angry or surprised, it shoots flames out of its back.
	LeafGreen	It is timid, and always curls itself up in a ball. If attacked, it flares up its back for protection.
IV	Diamond	It has a timid nature. If it is startled, the flames on its back burn more vigorously.
	Pearl	It has a timid nature. If it is startled, the flames on its back burn more vigorously.

Game locations

Gen	Game	Rarity	Location
II	Pokémon Gold and Silver	One	Starter Pokémon from Professor Elm in New Bark Town
	Pokémon Crystal	One	Starter Pokémon from Professor Elm in New Bark Town
III	Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire	None	Trade
	Pokémon Emerald	One	Reward from Professor Birch for completing the Hoenn Pokédex
	Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen	None	Trade
	Pokémon Colosseum	None	Trade
	Pokémon XD: Gale of Darkness	One	Reward for defeating 100 trainers in Mt. Battle
IV	Pokémon Diamond and Pearl	None	Pal Park
	Pal Park		Field

In side games

Game	Location
Pokémon Channel	Bus Stop
Pokémon Pinball: Ruby & Sapphire	Randomly on the Ruby Field
Pokémon Trozei!	Secret Storage 20 Endless Level 34 Trozei Battle Mr. Who's Den
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon	Starter Pokémon Joyous Tower (13F-17F)
Pokémon Ranger	Lyra Forest

In Pokémon Pinball: Ruby & Sapphire, Cyndaquil can not evolve.

Base stats

HP:	39
Attack:	52
Defense:	43
SpAtk:	60
SpDef:	50
Speed:	65

Type effectiveness

Weakness	Resistance
Ground: 2× Rock: 2× Water: 2×	Bug: ½× Steel: ½× Grass: ½× Fire: ½× Ice: ½×	Normal: 1× Fighting: 1× Flying: 1× Poison: 1× Ghost: 1× Electric: 1× Psychic: 1× Dragon: 1× Dark: 1×

Learnset

Cyndaquil is capable of learning the following moves.
Moves in bold are damage moves to which STAB apply.

By leveling up

Generation II Level Move Type Start Tackle Leer 6 Smokescreen 12 Ember 19 Quick Attack 27 Flame Wheel 36 Swift 46 Flamethrower

Generation III Level Move Type Start Tackle Leer 6 Smokescreen 12 Ember 19 Quick Attack 27 Flame Wheel 36 Swift 46 Flamethrower

Generation IV Level Move Type Cat. Start Tackle Leer 4 Smokescreen 10 Ember 13 Quick Attack 19 Flame Wheel 22 Defense Curl 28 Swift 31 Lava Plume 37 Flamethrower 40 Rollout 46 Double Edge 49 Eruption

By TM/HM

Generation II # Move Type TM02 Headbutt TM03 Curse TM04 Rollout TM06 Toxic TM10 Hidden Power TM11 Sunny Day TM13 Snore TM17 Protect TM20 Endure TM21 Frustration TM23 Iron Tail TM27 Return TM28 Dig TM31 Mud Slap TM32 Double Team TM34 Swagger TM35 Sleep Talk TM38 Fire Blast TM39 Swift TM40 Defense Curl TM43 Detect TM44 Rest TM45 Attract HM01 Cut

Generation III # Move Type TM06 Toxic TM10 Hidden Power TM11 Sunny Day TM17 Protect TM21 Frustration TM27 Return TM28 Dig TM32 Double Team TM33 Reflect TM35 Flamethrower TM38 Fire Blast TM40 Aerial Ace TM42 Facade TM43 Secret Power TM44 Rest TM45 Attract TM50 Overheat HM01 Cut

Generation IV # Move Type Cat. TM06 Toxic TM10 Hidden Power TM11 Sunny Day TM17 Protect TM21 Frustration TM27 Return TM28 Dig TM32 Double Team TM33 Reflect TM35 Flamethrower TM38 Fire Blast TM40 Aerial Ace TM42 Facade TM43 Secret Power TM44 Rest TM45 Attract TM50 Overheat TM58 Endure TM61 Will-O-Wisp TM78 Captivate TM82 Sleep Talk TM83 Natural Gift TM87 Swagger TM90 Substitute HM01 Cut

By breeding

Move	Type	Cat.	Father
Covet			Mankey Teddiursa, Ursaring Zigzagoon, Linoone Slakoth, Slaking Skitty
Crush Claw			Sandslash Zangoose
Double Kick			Nidoran♂, Nidorino, Nidoking Jolteon Combusken, Blaziken
Flare Blitz			Growlithe Ponyta, Rapidash Combusken, Blaziken Monferno, Infernape
Foresight			Sentret, Furret Buneary, Lopunny Lucario
Fury Swipes			Sandshrew, Sandslash Meowth, Persian Psyduck, Golduck Mankey, Primeape Sentret, Furret Aipom, Ambipom Sneasel, Weavile Teddiursa, Ursaring Linoone Vigoroth Kecleon Chimchar, Monferno, Infernape Glameow, Purugly Stunky, Skuntank
Howl			Houndour, Houndoom Poochyena, Mightyena Whismur, Loudred, Exploud Electrike, Manectric
Reversal			Growlithe Vigoroth Lucario
Thrash			Nidoking Mankey, Primeape Cubone, Marowak Tauros Teddiursa, Ursaring Spinda
*Indicates moves only available through chain breeding.

By tutoring

Special moves

Blast Burn, if obtained at Mt. Battle in Pokémon XD: Gale of Darkness.

TCG-only Moves

• Rage

Side game data

Pokémon Pinball: Ruby & Sapphire
	Acquisition: Catch
Pokémon Trozei!
	Rarity: Common
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon
Body size: 1	Recruit Rate: 11.2%	Friend Area: Scorched Plains
Phrases
51%-100% HP	Make me angry and I'll burn you!
26%-50% HP	My health is down to half...
1%-25% HP	It's no good... Even the fire on my back is weakened...
Level Up	Yippee! There's my level! Awesome!
Partner Phrases
51%-100% HP	I'm going for it, <name>!
26%-50% HP	This is getting tougher...
1%-25% HP	The fire on my back is almost out... <name>, help me...
Level Up	That's it! I leveled!
Pokémon Ranger
Group:	Loops: 3	Minimum Experience: 22
Poké Assist:	Field Move: Burn	Maximum Experience: 36
Cyndaquil can make the flames on its back flare to burn Bundled Hay and so on.

Evolution

Basic Cyndaquil

Level 14 Quilava

Level 36 Typhlosion

Sprites

Gen	Game
I	Red	Blue	Yellow	Red (Ja)	Green	Back
	This Pokémon did not appear during Generation I.
II	Gold	Silver	Crystal			Back
III	Ruby	Sapphire	Emerald	FireRed	LeafGreen	Back
	Image:Spr 3r 155.png			Image:Spr 3f 155.png
	Image:Spr 3r 155 s.png		Image:Spr 3e 155 s.gif	Image:Spr 3f 155 s.png		Image:Spr b g3 155 s.png
IV	Diamond	Pearl				Back
	Image:Spr 4d 155.png
						Image:Spr b g4 155 s.png

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

Trivia

• Cyndaquil is the only Pokémon that was not introduced in Generation I that can legally have Submission. Despite this, it can only learn it by breeding during Generation II.
• Cyndaquil's shiny form varies from Generation II to the other Generations.
• Cyndaquil is so far the only Fire-type starter Pokémon that is not primarily red or orange. This holds true for its evolutions.

Origin

Its appearance is based on the echidna.

Name origin

Cyndaquil's name is a combination of the words cinder, meaning ashes, and quill, referring to needlelike hairs. Hinoarashi could be taken to mean 火の嵐, storm of fire, but it is likely to also be based on 山荒 yama-arashi, porcupine. Its German name, Feurigel, comes from Feuer and Igel. Its French name, Hericendre, comes from hérisson and cendre.

In other languages

• German: Feurigel
• French: Hericendre
• Korean: 브케인 Bukein

Related articles

• Ash's Cyndaquil
• Jimmy's Cyndaquil

External links

• Article on Wikipedia
• Cyndaquil Fanlisting, the fanlisting for Cyndaquil at The Anime Fanlistings Network

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Johto (Prof. Elm)	Chikorita - Bayleef - Meganium	Cyndaquil - Quilava - Typhlosion	Totodile - Croconaw - Feraligatr
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