Oddish (Pokémon)

Oddish ナゾノクサ Nazonokusa

Artwork from FR/LG

Types Species  Grass  Poison  Weed Pokémon Ability Exp. at 100 Chlorophyll 1,059,860 Pokédex Kanto #043 Johto #083 Hoenn #088 Sinnoh #— Browser Fiore R-126 Almia R-114 Height Weight 1'08" 11.9 lbs. Pokédex color Body style Footprint Catch rate Blue 255 Gender ratio   50% male   50% female Egg groups Egg cycles Plant 21 (5355 steps*) EV yield HP 0 Atk 0 Def 0 Sp.Atk 1 Sp.Def 0 Speed 0 Exp. 78 External links On Legendary Pokémon Pokédex: Generation III Generation IV On Pokémon Palace Network Pokédex (Gen. I-III) On Smogon Pokédex: Generation I Generation II Generation III Generation IV On Eevee's Pokédex (Gen. I-IV) On Psypoke Pokédex On Pokecharms Pokédex (Gen. III-IV) On Marriland Pokédex (Gen. IV) On Serebii's Pokédex: Generation I/II Generation III (Spin-Off games) Generation IV (Spin-Off games) On Azure Heights Pokédex (Gen. I) On Pokémon Dungeon Pokédex (Gen. I-II) On Ultimate Pokémon Center Pokédex (Gen. I-IV) Artwork on Bulbagarden Archives

Oddish (Japanese: ナゾノクサ Nazonokusa) is a dual-type Grass/Poison Pokémon.

It evolves into Gloom starting at level 21, who evolves into Vileplume via Leaf Stone, or into Bellossom via Sun Stone.

Biology

Physiology

Oddish looks like a blue plant bulb with feet, eyes, and five small leaves sprouting from its head.

Gender differences

None.

Special abilities

They scatter poisonous spores as they walk.

Behavior

They stay underground during the day, only to come out at night.

Habitat

Grassland Pokémon

Oddish live in grassy plains, and can also be found in tropical areas such as jungles and swamps, where the ground is rich in nutrients. They are very common.

Diet

Main article: Pokémon food

Oddish most likely absorb some nutrients from the ground when they are buried.

In the anime

Two Oddish in the anime

Major appearances

Misty attempts to catch an Oddish in Bulbasaur and the Hidden Village despite not being a Water-type because she thought it was cute. She is prevented from doing so by a Bulbasaur. Misty later apologized to it for trying to catch it while in the Hidden Village.

James's fiancée, Jessiebelle, had an Oddish when she was a little girl, before it evolved into a Gloom and soon after, into a Vileplume.

An Oddish owned by Mariah wanted to fly with its Hoppip friends in Foul Weather Friends, even trying to color itself pink like a Hoppip. While it never flies, it still proves powerful enough to defeat Team Rocket on its own.

Minor appearances

Oddish are commonly found in the anime. Most of the time they play the victim and are usually being chased or attacked.

Oddish is one of Pokémon in the Pichu Brothers' Possé.

An Oddish was used by one of the students of the Pokémon Trainer's School in Gonna Rule The School!.

Oddish also appeared in Pokémon Ranger and the Kidnapped Riolu! Part One.

An Oddish appeared in Camping It Up!.

Pokédex entries

In the manga

Oddish was one of the Pokémon seen in Pokémon Special during the mass migration of Pokémon at the Seafoam Islands. One was also caught by Ash.

In the TCG

Main article: Oddish (TCG)

Game data

Pokédex entries

Game locations

In side games

Held items

Base stats

Type effectiveness

Learnset

Oddish is capable of learning the following moves in Generation IV.

• Moves in bold are damaging moves to which STAB applies.

By leveling up

By TM/HM

By breeding

By tutoring

TCG

• Tackle

Side game data

Pokémon Pinball
	Acquisition: Catch
Pokémon Pinball: Ruby & Sapphire
	Acquisition: Hatch
Pokémon Trozei!
	Rarity: Common
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon Red Rescue Team and Blue Rescue Team
Body size: 1	Recruit Rate: 12%	Friend Area: Jungle
Phrases
51%-100% HP	I'm a Grass type: poisonous and decidedly odd!
26%-50% HP	We're in deep trouble. My health is gone by half.
1%-25% HP	I'm close to flopping...
Level Up	Oh! Leveled up! Makes me smile!
Pokémon Ranger
Group:  Grass	Loops: 5	Minimum Experience: 20
Poké Assist: ( Grass )	Field Move: (Cut ×1)	Maximum Experience: 30
"The leaves on Oddish's head are sharp enough to cut down trees."
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon Explorers of Time and Explorers of Darkness
Body size: 1	Recruit Rate: 8.2%	IQ Group: B
Pokémon Ranger: Shadows of Almia
Group:  Grass	Poké Assist: ( Grass )	Field Move: (Cut ×1)
"It attacks by shooting its leaves and letting loose poisonous pollen."

Evolution

	Unevolved → Level 21 First evolution Oddish  Grass  Poison  Gloom  Grass  Poison	→ Leaf Stone	Second evolution
			Vileplume  Grass  Poison
		→ Sun Stone	Second evolution
			Bellossom  Grass

Sprites

Gen	Game
I	Red	Blue	Yellow	Red (Ja)	Green	Back
II	Gold	Silver	Crystal			Back
III	Ruby	Sapphire	Emerald	FireRed	LeafGreen	Back
			File:Spr 3e 043 s.gif
IV	Diamond	Pearl	Platinum	HeartGold	SoulSilver	Back
				NO SPRITES AVAILABLE
			File:Spr 4p 043 s.png

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

Trivia

• In Generation II, Bill's grandfather asks the player to bring him a round, green Pokémon that has leaves growing on its head, which is obviously Oddish. However, in those games, and in subsequent generations, Oddish's body (unless it is shiny) is blue.
• Oddish's shiny sprite dramatically changed from Generation II to Generation III. Before the leaves were bright yellow but now they are a light green.
• Oddish is the only Pokémon so far to be revealed to have a scientific name: Oddium Wanderus.
• In Pokémon Platinum, Oddish is the one of the few Pokémon not in the Sinnoh Dex, and not introduced in Generation IV, to have a new sprite. Muk, Meowth, Hitmonlee, Ninetales, Primeape, and Registeel are the others, although Registeel's sprite isn't completely new, as it is the same as its European Diamond and Pearl sprite.

Origin

Oddish is most likely based on a mandrake.

Name origin

Oddish's name is a combination of the words odd and the vegetable known as radish, although oddish is a word in itself, meaning somewhat odd. Nazonokusa may be taken to mean 謎の草, enigmatic grass.

In other languages

• German: Myrapla
• French: Mystherbe - From mystère (mystery) and herbe (herb). The whole word sounds very similar to just mystère.
• Korean: 뚜벅쵸 Ttubakchyo
• Chinese (Taiwan): 走路草 (Zou Lu Cao) - "Walking grass".
• Chinese (Hong Kong): 行路草 (Xing Lu Cao) - "Walking grass" in Cantonese.

External links

• Moonlight, the fanlisting for Oddish

Notes

This Pokémon article is part of Project Pokédex, a Bulbapedia project that aims to write comprehensive articles on each Pokémon as a species.