Weedle (Pokémon)
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Weedle (Japanese: ビードル Beedle) is a dual-type Bug/Poison Pokémon.
It evolves into Kakuna starting at level 7, who evolves into Beedrill starting at level 10.
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Biology
Physiology
Weedle is a small, yellow Larva 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
Major appearances
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. This same Weedle later warns its kind and together, they try to avenge its near capture by attacking Ash and company.
Casey captured a Weedle during the Bug-Catching Contest in The Bug Stops Here. She released it in accordance with Contest rules.
Minor appearances
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.
A Weedle was used by one of the students of the Pokémon Trainer's School in Gonna Rule The School!.
An injured Weedle appeared in One Big Happiny Family!. It was healed by Nurse Joy.
Pokédex Entries
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In the manga
Shū 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.
Game data
Pokédex entries
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| I | Red | Often found in forests, eating leaves. It has a sharp, venomous stinger on its head. |
| Blue | Often found in forests, eating leaves. It has a sharp, venomous stinger on its head. | |
| 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. | |
| Platinum | 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)
- 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 | Area | |
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| I | Red | Blue | Red: Common Blue: Uncommon | Red: Routes 2, 24, and 25, Viridian Forest Blue: Route 25, Viridian Forest |
| Yellow | None | Trade | ||
| II | Gold | 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 |
| Crystal | Uncommon | Routes 2, 30, and 31, Ilex Forest, National Park | ||
| III | Ruby | Sapphire | None | Trade |
| Emerald | None | Trade | ||
| FireRed | LeafGreen | Common | Routes 2, 25, Viridian Forest, Pattern Bush | |
| Colosseum | None | Trade | ||
| XD | None | Trade | ||
| IV | Diamond | Pearl | Dongle | Route 204 (LeafGreen) |
| Platinum | Dongle | Route 204, Eterna Forest (LeafGreen) | ||
| Pal Park | Forest | |||
In side games
| Game | Location |
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| Pokémon Trozei! | Secret Storage 9 Secret Storage 17 Endless Level 15 Mr. Who's Den |
| Pokémon Mystery Dungeon Red/Blue Rescue Team | Silent Chasm (1F-6F) Mt. Thunder (1F-4F) Joyous Tower (28F-34F) Oddity Cave (B1-B4) |
| Pokémon Mystery Dungeon Explorers of Time/Darkness | Apple Woods (4F-9F) |
| Pokémon Ranger: Shadows of Almia | Vien Forest |
| Melee! Pokémon Scramble | Quiet Forest |
Held items
| Game | Items |
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| Gold, Silver, and Crystal | Berry (trade from Generation I) |
Base stats
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Type effectiveness
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Learnset
Weedle is capable of learning the following moves in Generation IV.
- Moves in bold are damaging moves to which STAB applies.
By leveling up
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By TM/HM
None
By breeding
None
By tutoring
None
TCG-only Moves
Side game data
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| Acquisition: Catch | 
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| Rarity: Common |
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| Pokémon Mystery Dungeon Red Rescue Team and Blue Rescue Team | ||
| 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 Mystery Dungeon Explorers of Time and Explorers of Darkness | ||
 Body size: 1
| Recruit Rate: 8.2% | IQ Group: A |
| Pokémon Ranger: Shadows of Almia | ||
| Group: Bug | Poké Assist:  ( Bug )
| Field Move:  (Tackle ×1)
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Evolution
| Unevolved | → Level 7 | First evolution | → Level 10 | Second evolution | ||
 Weedle Bug Poison |  Kakuna Bug Poison |  Beedrill Bug Poison | ||||
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| III | Ruby | Sapphire | Emerald | FireRed | LeafGreen | Back |
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For other sprites and images, please see Weedle images on Bulbagarden Archives.Trivia
- Weedle is the only Pokémon incapable of learning Normal moves, if Hidden Power's inability to be a Normal move in practice is not considered.
- Despite being classified as the Hairy Bug Pokémon, no artwork of it depicts it having any hair at all.
- Up until Platinum, Weedle was completely incapable of dealing damage to Steel-type Pokémon. This was because Weedle could only learn Poison Sting, which Steel-types are immune to. In Platinum, Weedle can learn Bug Bite. However, Steel-types still resist moves of its type.
- Weedle, along with Caterpie and Wurmple, evolves at level 7, the lowest set level in the games (though Pokémon that evolve by level up with another method can evolve as low as level 2).
Origin
Weedle appears to be based on a larva, the baby form of a bee.
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 - From horn, referring to the stinger on Weedle's head.
- French: Aspicot - From asticot (maggot), and picot (dot, referring to the circles on its body) or pic (point, referring to the horn on its head).
- 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
Notes
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