Victreebel (Pokémon)

Victreebel ウツボット Utsubot

Artwork from FR/LG

Types Species  Grass  Poison  Flycatcher Pokémon Ability Exp. at 100 Chlorophyll 1,059,860 Pokédex Kanto #071 Johto #066 Hoenn #252* Sinnoh #— Browser Fiore R-006 Almia R-242 Height Weight 5'07" 34.2 lbs. Pokédex color Footprint Body style Catch rate Green 45 Gender ratio   50% male   50% female Egg groups Egg cycles Plant 21 (5355 steps*) EV yield HP 0 Atk 3 Def 0 Sp.Atk 0 Sp.Def 0 Speed 0 Exp. 191 External links On Legendary Pokémon Pokédex: Generation III Generation IV 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) Artwork on Bulbagarden Archives

Victreebel (Japanese: ウツボット Utsubot) is a dual-type Grass/Poison Pokémon.

It evolves from Weepinbell via Leaf Stone. It is the final form of Bellsprout.

Biology

Physiology

Victreebel has the same shape as Weepinbell, only upside-down. There are four sharp teeth in Victreebel's mouth. Victreebel has a leaf covering its mouth that has a long, brown vine with a yellow tip growing out of it.

Gender differences

None.

Special abilities

Victreebel lures prey into its mouth with sweet-smelling scents, then clamps down, trapping it.

Behavior

They can be found in small groups and are highly territorial. At the depths of the most dangerous jungles Victreebel live in huge colonies, and few Pokémon enter their territory and live to tell the tale. Victreebel horde food, usually small birds and rodents, and collect Leaf Stones to perform evolution rituals at night to help Weepinbell become more Victreebel.

Habitat

Forest Pokémon

Victreebel live in forests, as well as tropical jungles and swamps where the ground is rich in nutrients. They can also occasionally be found in caves, near sources of underground water.

Diet

Main article: Pokémon food

It uses an incredibly sweet-smelling honey to attract bugs, and sometimes larger prey, ranging from small rodents to creatures almost as large as themselves. The prey is then swallowed whole and is slowly digested by powerful acids strong enough to melt steel.

In the anime

James and his Victreebel

Major Appearances

James's Victreebel

James had two separate Victreebel (traded for each other in Here's Lookin' at You, Elekid), both of which evolved from Weepinbell while in his possession. His second Victreebel was expelled from the group by Jessie after it attacked her. It landed near his first Victreebel, both Pokémon fell in instantly in love, and they hopped off together into the forest. They have not been seen since.

Minor Appearances

In the manga

In round 22 of the Pokémon Adventures, Red was kidnapped by a Victreebel into a hidden Victreebel colony in the Safari Zone, where Victreebel wanted to use Red as food for its youngsters. Red managed to escape and caught Victreebel.

Crystal from Pokémon Adventures manages to catch a Victreebel in her quest to fill the Pokédex. During the fight, Elm's Chikorita comes looking for Crystal, prompting Victreebel to sneakily use Chikorita as a living shield to defend itself from Arcanine's Fire-type attacks.

In the TCG

Main article: Victreebel (TCG)

Game data

Pokédex entries

Game locations

In side games

Stats

Base stats

Pokéthlon stats

Type effectiveness

Learnset

Victreebel 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

By TM/HM

By breeding

By tutoring

Side game data

Pokémon Pinball
	Acquisition: Evolve
Pokémon Trozei!
	Rarity: Rare
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon Red Rescue Team and Blue Rescue Team
Body size: 1	Recruit Rate: Evolve	Friend Area: Jungle
Phrases
51%-100% HP	Nothing gets out of my mouth alive!
26%-50% HP	Listen, my HP's half gone.
1%-25% HP	I'm wilting... My own acid is consuming me...
Level Up	Yes, yes, I've leveled up!
Pokémon Ranger
Group:  Grass	Loops: 7	Minimum Experience: 62
Poké Assist: ( Poison )	Field Move: None	Maximum Experience: 96
"Victreebel sloshes poison from its big mouth. Beware of the puddled poison!"
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon Explorers of Time and Explorers of Darkness
Body size: 1	Recruit Rate: -12%	IQ Group: G
Pokémon Ranger: Shadows of Almia
Group:  Grass	Poké Assist: ( Grass )	Field Move: (Cut ×2)
"It shoots leaves and slops poison around to attack."

Evolution

Unevolved Bellsprout  Grass  Poison

Level 21 →

First evolution Weepinbell  Grass  Poison

Leaf Stone →

Second evolution Victreebel  Grass  Poison

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 071 s.gif
IV	Diamond	Pearl	Platinum	HeartGold	SoulSilver	Back

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

Trivia

• Because the game only allows for ten characters to make up a Pokémon's name, Victreebel's name only has one L. This problem also affects Feraligatr.

Origin

Victreebel and its pre-evolutions may be based upon carnivorous pitcher plants.

Name origin

Victreebel's name seems to be be a combination of bell, referring to its bell-like shape, and victory. The two E's in its name could also come from the word tree. Its Japanese name is based on 靫葛 utsubokazura, or "pitcher plant". It may also contain the Japanese 壷 tsubo, meaning jar, or ポット, pot, referring to its shape.

In other languages

• German: Sarzenia - Inspired by Sarracenia, a major genus of North American pitcher plants. Interestingly, Victreebel much more closely resembles a South-East-Asian Nepenthes pitcher plant, making this name somewhat of a misnomer.
• French: Empiflor - May come from Empereur (emperor), but it is much more like the verb empifrer (to eat with excess) and flora.
• Korean: 우츠보트 Ucheuboteu
• Chinese (Taiwan and Hong Kong): 大食花 - Literally "big appetite flower".

Related articles

• James's Victreebel
• James's second Victreebel

External links

Notes

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