May's Venusaur

May's Venusaur ハルカのフシギバナ Haruka's Fushigibana
May and Venusaur in the Wallace Cup
Debuts in	Grass Hysteria
Caught at	Forbidden Forest
Gender	Female
Ability	Overgrow
Evolves in	Prior to Pruning a Passel of Pals!
	Prior to Pruning a Passel of Pals!
→ → This Pokémon spent an unknown number of episodes as Bulbasaur and an unknown number of episodes as Ivysaur
Current location	With May
Voice actors
As Bulbasaur	Japanese VA Miyako Itō	English VA Tara Jayne
As Ivysaur	Japanese VA Not shown	English VA Not shown
As Venusaur	Japanese VA Unknown	English VA Unknown

May's Venusaur (Japanese: ハルカのフシギバナ Haruka's Fushigibana) was the fourth Pokémon caught by May during her travels through Hoenn. She was captured as a Bulbasaur along the way to Fortree City in a place known as the Forbidden Forest. As a Bulbasaur, she is voiced by 伊東みやこ Miyako Itō in the Japanese version, and by Tara Jayne in English.

Bulbasaur was captured in Grass Hysteria, although she had been featured in the series opening, Challenger!!, for a short while before that. May was kidnapped by a hungry Skarmory and ended up lost in a place called the Forbidden Forest, a preserve for Grass-type Pokémon. There, she met a clumsy Bulbasaur trying to pick flowers. Bulbasaur warmed up to May after she saved the little Grass-type from a fall. The other Grass-type Pokémon acted very hostile, though, and repeatedly tried to attack May. However, Bulbasaur explained to Venusaur, the ruler of the Forbidden Forest, that May was a friend. Before May had to leave, Bulbasaur decided to stay with her.

As a Bulbasaur

As a Bulbasaur, she was distinctive from Ash's Bulbasaur in two ways. One, she had a gentler personality and a pair of heart-shaped spots on her forehead. Her second main distinction from Ash's was her knowledge of the move Petal Dance as opposed to Ash's Bulbasaur's use of the technique SolarBeam.

She is also very fond of flowers. She became friends with Ash's Bulbasaur when Ash brought it to Hoenn temporarily in Hokey Poké Balls!, and further bonded with it in The Right Place at the Right Mime, when May decided to leave her at Professor Oak's ranch. Eventually, after journeying to Johto, May got Bulbasaur back from Oak, and during her time away from Ash, it evolved twice into Ivysaur and Venusaur.

She debuted as a Venusaur in Pruning a Passel of Pals, where she defeated a Marill for May in the second battle round of the Wallace Cup. Not much is known about Venusaur since she only had a small cameo appearance.

Moves used

Using Petal Dance as a Bulbasaur	Move	First used in
	Tackle	Grass Hysteria
	Vine Whip	Grass Hysteria
	Razor Leaf	Grass Hysteria
	Petal Dance	Where's Armaldo?
Moves used recently are in bold and have been italicized unless all moves all fit this case.
An x shows that the move cannot be legitimately learned by this Pokémon in the games.

Trivia

• May capturing her Bulbasaur in a preserved location for Grass-type Pokémon may be a reference to Ash's Bulbasaur who was captured in the Hidden Village in Kanto.
• Like Ash from Kanto has Sceptile, a fully-evolved Grass-type starter Pokémon from Hoenn, May from Hoenn has Venusaur, the fully-evolved Grass starter from Kanto.
• Like Vincent's Meganium is to The Legend of Thunder! main cast, May's Venusaur is the only starter Pokémon owned by a member of the main cast that is seen in its final form and unevolved form, but never in its middle form.
• The entire set of fully evolved Kanto starter Pokémon is now owned by main characters: May owns Venusaur, Ash owns Charizard, and Gary owns Blastoise.

Related articles

For more information on this Pokémon's species, see Bulbasaur, Ivysaur, and Venusaur.