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Weedle ビードル Beedle
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Type	Bug / Poison
Species	Hairy Bug Pokémon
Height	1′00″ (0.3m)
Weight	7.1 lbs. (3.2kg)
Ability	Shield Dust
Egg group	Bug
Time to hatch	3,840 steps
Effort yield	1 Spd
Exp. yield	52 base exp.
Lv100 at	1,000,000 exp.
Gender	50% ♀ / 50% ♂
Pokédex color	Brown
Catch rate	255
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Weedle (Japanese: ビードル Beedle) is a Bug/Poison-type Pokémon.

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 3.1 Pokémon Special 4 In the TCG 5 In the TFG 6 Game data 6.1 Pokédex entries 6.2 Alternate Games 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 TCG-only Moves 6.7 Side game data 6.8 Evolution 6.9 Sprites 7 Trivia 7.1 Origin 7.1.1 Name origin 8 In other languages 9 External links

Biology

Physiology

Weedle is a small, yellow caterpillar Pokémon with a segmented body. Weedle has little pink feet and a pink, round nose. Weedle has a stinger on both its tail and head.

Gender differences

None.

Special abilities

Weedle isn't very powerful, but it can spit a sticky thread to entangle its foes with String Shot. It can also use one of its stingers to poison a foe with Poison Sting.

Behavior

Habitat

Weedle can be found in forests and misty wooded areas.

Diet

Weedle primarily eat leaves. They appear to prefer some leaves over others, and they can distinguish between them by smelling them with their big red proboscis, or nose.

Main article: Pokémon food

In the anime

In Challenge of the Samurai, Ash was very close to catching a Weedle. He used his newly caught Pidgeotto to battle, Weedle was knocked unconscious and when Ash was about to throw his Poké Ball, Samurai came up and asked Ash if he was a trainer from Pallet Town. This distracted Ash from catching the Weedle, so it got away.

Weedle appeared a few other times while Ash was in the Viridian Forest, such as when a number of them ate Team Rocket's cardboard tank.

Casey captured a Weedle during the Bug-Catching Contest in The Bug Stops Here. She released it in accordance with Contest rules.

An injured Weedle appeared in One Big Happiny Family!. It was healed by Nurse Joy.

In the manga

Shuu befriended and caught a Weedle in Pokémon Get da ze!.

Pokémon Special

Weedle's first appearance is a cameo in Bulbasaur, Come Home! as one of the Pokémon that escapes from Professor Oak's Laboratory. Also, Blue caught a Weedle to try to use to trick people into trading better Pokémon for it at the Pokémon League tournament in Pokémon Special.

In the TCG

Main article: Weedle (TCG)

In the TFG

One Weedle figure has been released.

• Next Quest: Weedle

Game data

Pokédex entries

Gen	Game	Pokédex entry
I	Red	Often found in forests, eating leaves. It has a sharp, venomous stinger on its head.
	Blue
	Yellow	Beware of the sharp stinger on its head. It hides in grass and bushes where it eats leaves.
	Stadium	A common sight in forests and grassy areas. Has a poison stinger on its head that may be used if you step on it.
II	Gold	Its poison stinger is very powerful. Its bright-colored is intended to warn off its enemies.
	Silver	It attacks using a two-inch poison barb on its head. It can usually be found under the leaves it eats.
	Crystal	The barb on top of its head secretes a strong poison. It uses this toxic barb to protect itself.
	Stadium 2	Its poison stinger is very powerful. Its bright-colored is intended to warn off its enemies.
III	Ruby	Weedle has an extremely acute sense of smell. It is capable of distinguishing its favorite kinds of leaves from those it dislikes just by sniffing with its big red proboscis nose.
	Sapphire	Weedle has an extremely acute sense of smell. It is capable of distinguishing its favorite kinds of leaves from those it dislikes just by sniffing with its big red proboscis nose.
	Emerald	A Weedle has an extremely acute sense of smell. It distinguishes its favorite kinds of leaves from those it dislikes by sniffing with its big red proboscis (nose).
	FireRed	Often found in forests and grasslands. It has a sharp, toxic barb of around two inches on top of its head.
	LeafGreen	Often found in forests, eating leaves. It has a sharp stinger on its head that injects poison.
IV	Diamond	It eats its weight in leaves every day. It fends off attackers with the needle on its head.
	Pearl	It eats its weight in leaves every day. It fends off attackers with the needle on its head

Alternate Games

Pokémon Pinball, Pokémon Trading Card Game (Base Set, Base Set 2, Legendary Collection)

Often found in forests, eating leaves. It has a sharp, venomous stinger on its head.

Pokémon Trading Card Game (Neo Discovery)

Its poison stinger is very powerful. Its bright-colored is intended to warn off its enemies.

Game locations

Gen	Game	Rarity	Location
I	Pokémon Red and Blue	Red: Common Blue: Uncommon	Red: Routes 2, 24, and 25, Viridian Forest Blue: Route 25, Viridian Forest
	Pokémon Yellow	None	Trade
II	Pokémon Gold and Silver	Gold: Uncommon Silver: Common	Gold: National Park during the Bug-Catching Contest Silver: Routes 2, 30, and 31, Ilex Forest, National Park and Headbutt trees
	Pokémon Crystal	Uncommon	Routes 2, 30, and 31, Ilex Forest, National Park
III	Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire	None	Trade
	Pokémon Emerald	None	Trade
	Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen	Common	Route 25, Viridian Forest, Pattern Bush
	Pokémon Colosseum	None	Trade
	Pokémon XD: Gale of Darkness	None	Trade
IV	Pokémon Diamond and Pearl	Uncommon	Route 204 (dongle method: LeafGreen)
	Pokémon Platinum		Unknown
	Pal Park		Forest

In side games

Game	Location
Pokémon Trozei	Secret Storage 9 Secret Storage 17 Endless Level 15 Mr. Who's Den
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon	Silent Chasm (1F-6F) Mt. Thunder (1F-4F) Joyous Tower (28F-34F) Oddity Cave (B1-B4)
Pokémon Ranger Batonnage	Vien Forest

Base stats

HP:	40
Attack:	35
Defense:	30
Special:	20
SpAtk:	20
SpDef:	20
Speed:	50

The Special stat was used only in Generation I; it was later split into Special Attack and Special Defense.

Type effectiveness

Weakness	Resistance
Flying: 2× Rock: 2× Fire: 2× Psychic: 2×	Fighting: ¼× Poison: ½× Bug: ½× Grass: ¼×	Normal: 1× Ground: 1× Ghost: 1× Steel: 1× Water: 1× Electric: 1× Ice: 1× Dragon: 1× Dark: 1×

In Generation I, the effectiveness of Bug-type moves is 200, and of Poison-type is 100.

Learnset

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

By leveling up

Generation I Level Move Type Start Poison Sting String Shot

Generation II Level Move Type Start Poison Sting String Shot

Generation III Level Move Type Start Poison Sting String Shot

Generation IV Level Move Type Cat. Start Poison Sting String Shot

By TM/HM

None

By breeding

None

TCG-only Moves

• Fury Attack
• Peck

Side game data

Pokémon Pinball
	Acquisition: Catch
Pokémon Trozei!
	Rarity: Common
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon
Body size: 1	Recruit Rate: 11.4%	Friend Area: Mist-Rise Forest
Phrases
51%-100% HP	My horn's poisonous.
26%-50% HP	My HP is down by half...
1%-25% HP	I'm ready to collapse...
Level Up	I leveled! Yay!
Pokémon Ranger Batonnage
Group:	Poké Assist:	Field Move: Tackle

Evolution

Basic Weedle

Level 7 Kakuna

Level 10 Beedrill

Sprites

Gen	Game
I	Red	Blue	Yellow	Red (Ja)	Green	Back
II	Gold	Silver	Crystal			Back
			Image:Spr 2c 013.gif
			Image:Spr 2c 013 s.gif
III	Ruby	Sapphire	Emerald	FireRed	LeafGreen	Back
	Image:Spr 3r 013.png
	Image:Spr 3r 013 s.png		Image:Spr 3e 013 s.gif	Image:Spr 3f 013 s.png		Image:Spr b g3 013 s.png
IV	Diamond	Pearl	Platinum			Back
	Image:Spr 4d 013.png		Image:Spr 4p 013.png
			Image:Spr 4p 013 s.png			Image:Spr b g4 013 s.png

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

Trivia

• Weedle's Yellow sprite is the first sprite to clearly show that Weedle has feet.
• Weedle is the only Pokémon that cannot learn any Normal-type moves.
• Weedle resembles a Wiggler from Super Mario World.

Origin

Name origin

Weedle's name appears to be a misspelling of weevil, but this is not likely, considering the difference between the two. Its name is more likely a combination of worm and needle, which refers to the stingers on its body. Beedle is similar, but refers to bees instead.

In other languages

• German: Hornliu - Refers to the stringer on Weedle's head.
• French: Aspicot - An asticot is a sort of caterpillar, picot means dot (referring to the circles on its body) and pic means point.
• Korean: 뿔충이 Ppulchungi - "Horned Insect' in an affectionate manner ('i' at the end).
• Chinese (Taiwan): 獨角蟲 Dú Jîau Chóng - "Single-horned bug".
• Chinese (Hong Kong): 獨角蟲 Dú Jîa Chóng - "Single-horned bug".

External links

• Article on Wikipedia

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