Torchic (Pokémon)

Torchic アチャモ Achamo

Artwork from Emerald

Type Species  Fire  Chick Pokémon Ability Exp. at 100 Blaze 1,059,860 Pokédex National #255 Johto #— Hoenn #004 Sinnoh #— Browser Fiore R-015 Almia R— Height Weight 1'04" 5.5 lbs. Pokédex color Footprint Body style Catch rate Red 45 Gender ratio   87.5% male   12.5% female Egg groups Egg cycles Ground 21 (5355 steps*) EV yield HP 0 Atk 0 Def 0 Sp.Atk 1 Sp.Def 0 Speed 0 Exp. 65 External links On Legendary Pokémon Pokédex: Generation III Generation IV On Smogon Pokédex: Generation III Generation IV On Eevee's Pokédex (Gen. III-IV) On Psypoke Pokédex On Pokecharms Pokédex (Gen. III-IV) On Marriland Pokédex (Gen. IV) Artwork on Bulbagarden Archives

Torchic (Japanese: アチャモ Achamo) is a Fire-type Pokémon.

It evolves into Combusken starting at level 16, who evolves into Blaziken starting at level 36.

Along with Treecko and Mudkip, it is one of three starter Pokémon players can choose from at the beginning of Pokémon Ruby, Sapphire, and Emerald.

Biology

Physiology

Torchic are small baby birds that are covered in orange and yellow downy feathers. Their wings are underdeveloped and are almost useless aside keeping the Pokémon warm. Their legs and feet however are well developed for running and scratching. They also have a crest on their heads which vaguely resembles a flame. They also possess a flame sac much like other fire Pokémon like Vulpix and Flareon.

Gender differences

Male Torchic have a very small black speck on their rears. Females do not have this mark.

Special abilities

Like many Fire-types, Torchic is able to breath fire from its beak.

Behavior

Being a young Pokémon, Torchic are naturally curious and are very inquisitive about things. Thus, they need someone to guide them and to train them. They will follow their trainer with unsteady steps. Individual personalities range from meek to headstrong. Torchic apparently don't like the dark because they can't see what's in front of them.

Habitat

Grassland Pokémon

Diet

Main article: Pokémon food

In the anime

Harrison started off with a Torchic that he received from Professor Birch. It is now a Blaziken.

Torchic in the anime

May has a Blaziken that she obtained as a Torchic in Get the Show on the Road!. It evolved into Combusken in A Shroomish Skirmish, and then into Blaziken in Once More with Reeling.

Ash, Max and Brock were given the task of watching over a trio of Hoenn starter Pokémon for Nurse Joy while May was practicing with her Beautifly in Having a Wailord of a Time. The Torchic of that three managed to evolve and had to be hidden.

A Torchic made a brief cameo in Setting the World on its Buneary.

In the manga

Like her anime counterpart, Sapphire also received a Torchic (nicknamed Toro) from her father Professor Birch, but, unlike May's, it isn't a crybaby, and loves battles like its Trainer. Toro evolved in Dewford Town during a battle that Sapphire was having against Brawly.

In the TCG

Main article: Torchic (TCG)

In the TFG

One Torchic figure has been released.

• Next Quest: Torchic

Other appearances

Torchic in Super Smash Bros. Brawl

Super Smash Bros. Brawl

After being released from a Poké Ball, Torchic is engulfed in flames and burns nearby battlers.

Game data

NPC appearances

• Pokémon Pinball: Ruby & Sapphire: Torchic has a large decorative role, appearing in the introduction, options menu and Travel Mode banner.

Pokédex entries

Game locations

In side games

Stats

Base stats

Pokéthlon stats

Type effectiveness

Learnset

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

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

Moves in Italics aren't STAB for Torchic, but are for some/all evolutions.

By leveling up

By TM/HM

By breeding

By tutoring

Side game data

Pokémon Pinball: Ruby & Sapphire
	Acquisition: Catch
Pokémon Trozei!
	Rarity: Common
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon Red Rescue Team and Blue Rescue Team
Body size: 1	Recruit Rate: 11.9%	Friend Area: Scorched Plains
Phrases
51%-100% HP	The fire sac in my belly feels very warm.
26%-50% HP	Uh-oh! I think my HP is down halfway.
1%-25% HP	I'm sorry... I feel faint... Help...
Level Up	Yes! Leveled up! It makes me feel chirpy!
Partner Phrases
51%-100% HP	We're going to do this together, <name>!
26%-50% HP	Exhaustion's setting in...
1%-25% HP	I'm in deep trouble... <name>, I need help...
Level Up	Yes! Leveled up!
Pokémon Ranger
Group:  Fire	Loops: 3	Minimum Experience: 12
Poké Assist: ( Fire )	Field Move: (Burn ×1)	Maximum Experience: 22
"Torchic spouts flames from its tiny beak. It can easily incinerate Bundled Hay."
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon Explorers of Time and Explorers of Darkness
Body size: 1	Recruit Rate: 8.2%	IQ Group: C

Evolution

Unevolved Torchic  Fire

Level 16 →

First evolution Combusken  Fire  Fighting

Level 36 →

Second evolution Blaziken  Fire  Fighting

Sprites

Gen	Game
I	Red	Blue	Yellow	Red (Ja)	Green	Back
	This Pokémon did not appear during Generation I.
II	Gold	Silver	Crystal			Back
	This Pokémon did not appear during Generation II.
III	Ruby	Sapphire	Emerald	FireRed	LeafGreen	Back
			File:Spr 3e 255 s.gif
IV	Diamond	Pearl	Platinum	HeartGold	SoulSilver	Back

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

Trivia

• Torchic and its evolution Combusken are the only Fire-type starter Pokémon without an actual flame on them anywhere. In addition, it is also the only Fire starter Pokémon whose English name didn't start with a C and whose Japanese name didn't start with ヒ hi.
• Torchic has the lightest weight of all the basic forms of the starters.
• Torchic is the only Fire-type starter that Ash has never owned.
• Torchic is the first starter Pokémon based on a bird.
• Even though Torchic has no arms, it is able to learn Mega Punch by tutoring in Pokémon Emerald.
• Torchic is the only first form of a starter Pokémon that has a gender difference (though its own is very easily missed).
  • It also is in the only starter Pokémon evolutionary line in which all members have gender differences.
• As of Generation IV, Torchic and Combusken are the only non-flying type Pokémon to learn Mirror Move by leveling up. This trait was shared with their second stage evolution, Blaziken in Generation III.
• All of Torchic's Pokédex entries talk about it feeling warm when hugged, excluding the Ruby and Emerald entries.

Origin

It appears to have been based on a chicken hatchling. Torchic may also be based on the basan, a fire-breathing chicken.

Name origin

Torchic's name may be a combination of torch and chick. Its Japanese name is a combination of 赤子 akago, baby, and 軍鶏 shamo, a breed of Japanese chicken once raised for fighting.

In other languages

• German: Flemmli
• French: Poussifeu - From Poussin (chick) and feu (fire).
• Korean: 아차모 Achamo - Derived directly from the Japanese name.

Related articles

• May's Torchic
• Harrison's Torchic
• Torchic (CCP)

External links

• Fire Ball, the fanlisting for Torchic

Notes

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