Yanma (Pokémon)

Yanma ヤンヤンマ Yanyanma

Artwork from G/S/C

Types Species  Bug  Flying  Clear Wing Pokémon Abilities Exp. at 100 Speed Boost or Compoundeyes 1,000,000 Pokédex National #193 Johto #101 Hoenn #338* Sinnoh #183Pt Browser Fiore R— Almia R-118 Height Weight 3'11" 83.8 lbs. Pokédex color Body style Footprint Catch rate Red 75 Gender ratio   50% male   50% female Egg groups Egg cycles Bug 21 (5355 steps*) EV yield HP 0 Atk 0 Def 0 Sp.Atk 0 Sp.Def 0 Speed 1 Exp. 147 External links On Legendary Pokémon Pokédex: Generation III Generation IV On Pokémon Palace Network Pokédex (Gen. II-III) On Smogon Pokédex: Generation II Generation III Generation IV On Eevee's Pokédex (Gen. II-IV) On Psypoke Pokédex On Pokecharms Pokédex (Gen. III-IV) On Marriland Pokédex (Gen. IV) On Serebii's Pokédex: Generation II Generation III (Spin-Off games) Generation IV (Spin-Off games) On Pokémon Dungeon Pokédex (Gen. II) On Ultimate Pokémon Center Pokédex (Gen. I-IV) Artwork on Bulbagarden Archives

Yanma (Japanese: ヤンヤンマ Yanyanma) is a dual-type Bug/Flying Pokémon.

It evolves into Yanmega when leveled up while knowing AncientPower.

Biology

Physiology

Yanma is a large, red dragonfly Pokémon. It has a long thin abdomen and a comparatively short thorax. It has three pairs of legs and two pairs of wings with red bands on them. Its head is also mostly red, except for its very large bright green eyes that take up most of the space on its head. It has exceptional vision.

Gender differences

None.

Special abilities

It can use its compound eyes to see completely around itself, making it easier to capture prey and avoid predators. It also can flap its wings very fast to generate shock waves which can break glass. Yanma's trademark attack seems to be SonicBoom, as seen in the anime and Pokédex.

Behavior

Habitat

Forest Pokémon

In Pokémon Gold and Silver, Yanma was very rare except for the occasional swarm. It is often found in wooded and swampy areas.

Diet

Main article: Pokémon food

It is a hunter that uses its amazing eyesight and speed to pursue its prey.

In the anime

Yanma in the anime

Yanma first appeared in Wings n' Things. It was carelessly breaking glass in a town.

Yanma also made a cameo in Pikachu's PikaBoo, and another as one of the Pokémon to appear in Latios and Latias' garden in Pokémon Heroes.

A Yanma appeared in All in a Day's Wurmple, under the ownership of Forrester Franklin.

A group of Yanma also appeared in The Rise of Darkrai.

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

In The Thief That Keeps on Thieving!, a rookie Trainer named Tyler was about to capture a Yanma that his Piplup had weakened, when Team Rocket showed up, and Jessie captured it instead. They sent it to Giovanni; however, Team Rocket already had obtained a large number of Yanma and so Giovanni returned it to them. When Jessie used Yanma in battle, it used AncientPower and evolved into a Yanmega. During this time, another weakened Yanma got away. A third Yanma appeared afterwards, and Tyler finally captured that one.

In the manga

In the Pokémon Special manga

A trio of Yanma are accidentally let loose in Volume 12, causing minor chaos at Indigo Plateau.

In the TCG

Main article: Yanma (TCG)

Game data

Pokédex entries

Game locations

In side games

Base stats

Type effectiveness

Learnset

Yanma 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

Special moves

Pokémon Colosseum
Shadow moves		Level 33+	Purified moves
Shadow Rush	Shadow		Detect	Fighting
--			Supersonic	Normal
--			SonicBoom	Normal
--			Uproar	Normal

Side game data

Pokémon Trozei!
	Rarity: Common
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon Red Rescue Team and Blue Rescue Team
Body size: 1	Recruit Rate: 7.4%	Friend Area: Mist-Rise Forest
Phrases
51%-100% HP	Front, sides, and to the back--there's nothing my eyes don't see.
26%-50% HP	Urf... My health is reduced to half.
1%-25% HP	I'm crashing down... My wings are barely moving...
Level Up	There! My level's gone up!
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon Explorers of Time and Explorers of Darkness
Body size: 1	Recruit Rate: 8.2%	IQ Group: D
Pokémon Ranger: Shadows of Almia
Group:  Flying	Poké Assist: ( Flying )	Field Move: (Cut ×2)
"It flits around while launching supersonic waves and shock waves."

Evolution

	Unevolved	→ Level up knowing AncientPower	First evolution
	Yanma  Bug  Flying		Yanmega  Bug  Flying

Sprites

Gen	Game
I	Red	Blue	Yellow	Red (Ja)	Green	Back
	This Pokémon did not appear during Generation I.
II	Gold	Silver	Crystal			Back
			File:Spr 2c 193 s.gif			File:Spr b g2 193 s.png
III	Ruby	Sapphire	Emerald	FireRed	LeafGreen	Back
	File:Spr 3r 193 s.png		File:Spr 3e 193 s.gif	File:Spr 3f 193 s.png		File:Spr b g3 193 s.png
IV	Diamond	Pearl	Platinum	HeartGold	SoulSilver	Back
				NO SPRITES AVAILABLE

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

Trivia

• Yanma and its evolution, Yanmega, are the only Pokémon whose names begin with the letter Y.
• Yanma weighs exactly the same as the male player character in Pokémon Diamond and Pearl, as seen in the weight comparison feature of the Pokédex. It shares this characteristic with Sudowoodo, Skuntank, Togekiss, and Fearow.
• Prior to Generation IV, Yanma only could learn one Flying-type move: Wing Attack, and could not learn any Bug-type moves through leveling up.
  • In Pokémon Gold and Silver, though, it could not learn any Flying-type moves.
• Yanma and its evolution, Yanmega, are the only Bug/Flying-type Pokémon to learn AncientPower by level up, and also the only two non-legendary Pokémon that can learn it and have the move do 4 times the damage on them.
  • They are also the first Pokémon shown to use AncientPower in the anime.
• In Gold and Silver the spikes at the end of Yanma's tail are actually located under the tail.

Origin

It is, as its name suggested, based on an ancient dragonfly because of its size and weight.

Name origin

Yanma's name is an abbreviation of its Japanese name, which is in turn 蜻蜓 yanma, large dragonfly, partially doubled.

In other languages

• German: Yanma
• French: Yanma
• Korean: 왕자리 Wangjari

Related articles

• Jessie's Yanma

External links

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