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Height
3'03"
Imperial
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1.0 m
Metric
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3'03"/1.0 m
Red-Striped
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0'0"/0.0 m
Blue-Striped
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0'0"/0.0 m
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Weight
65.0 lbs.
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29.5 kg
Metric
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65.0 lbs./29.5 kg
Red-Striped
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0.0 lbs./0.0 kg
Blue-Striped
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0.0 lbs./0.0 kg
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EV yield
HP
0
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Atk
2
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Def
0
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Sp.Atk
0
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Sp.Def
1
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Speed
0
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| Base Exp.: 173
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Battle Exp.: 1731*
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Beedrill (Japanese: スピアー Spear) is a dual-type Bug/Poison Pokémon.
It evolves from Kakuna starting at level 10. It is the final form of Weedle.
Biology
Physiology
Beedrill mostly resembles a bipedal wasp, however it only has four legs instead of six. Beedrill's head is round with a slightly pointed mouth, with large, shiny red eyes and antennae in the shape of the number 7. Its legs are connected to its body by its thorax, and the first two are tipped with long, conical stingers. It stands on its other two legs, which are long, segmented and insectoid in shape. Beedrill has rounded, veined wings, and another stinger on its striped abdomen.
Gender differences
None.
Special abilities
They have incredibly painful stings, and move extremely fast. They chase after intruders relentlessly in a swarm.
Behavior
They are highly territorial and normally live in colonies. Disturbing a swarm of Beedrill will cause the whole colony to attack. Beedrill is depicted as being very quick, so it's extremely difficult to avoid its attack after approaching its nest.
Habitat
Most Beedrill nest in forests and misty wooded areas. They can be encountered in Kanto and Johto.
Diet
- Main article: Pokémon food
Like bees, it might be possible that it collects nectar, but it is also described to use sharp, poisonous stings to defeat prey, then taking the victim back to its nest for food.
In the anime
Major appearances
Ash captured a Beedrill in the Bug-Catching Contest, but he gave it to Casey because she is a huge fan of yellow and black Pokémon.
Jimmy of New Bark Town owns a Beedrill which was seen in The Legend of Thunder!
Other
Beedrill's first non-cameo appearance was in Challenge of the Samurai, where a swarm of them stole Ash's Metapod after evolving from Kakuna. The reason for this was to avenge Ash for failing to capture the Weedle (and startling it), which subsequently fled after Samurai arrived.
In The Fourth Round Rumble a trainer named Jeanette Fisher used a Beedrill against Ash's Bulbasaur.
During Pokémon Ranger and the Temple of the Sea, The Phantom used two of these Poison Bee Pokémon to chase Ash and friends.
Minor appearances
Beedrill has appeared in a lot of episodes, mostly having an antagonistic role to Ash and friends who are usually attacked by a swarm of Beedrill and end up running away.
In The Lost Lapras, an obnoxious trainer who was attacking a Lapras had a Beedrill.
A Beedrill was used by one of the students of the Pokémon Trainer's School in Gonna Rule The School!.
A Beedrill is used in the PokéRinger Contest in That's Just Swellow.
Pokédex entries
In the manga
In the Electric Tale of Pikachu manga
In the Electric Tale of Pikachu manga, Ash caught a Beedrill in Kanto, and it was part of a swarm that he had disturbed when he caught a Mankey. He thought this Beedrill, along with Mankey, would help him to raise his Trainer level, but it couldn't.
In the Pokémon Adventures manga
A herd of angry Beedrill attacked Red because Saur accidentally hit their hive. Both the trainer and his Pokémon were badly stung afterwards.
Later, Giovanni shows that one of his most treasured and strongest team members is a Beedrill he caught in his childhood from Viridian Forest. It is also one of the few members of his team that isn't a Template:Type2.
In the TCG
- Main article: Beedrill (TCG)
In the TFG
One Beedrill figure has been released.
Other appearances
Super Smash Bros.
Beedrill was in the first Super Smash Bros. game. When a Poké Ball was opened, one would come out and fly away. A few seconds later a whole swarm would fly by and attack everyone on the field except the user. It's role was taken over by Unown in Super Smash Bros. Melee.
Game data
Pokédex entries
| This Pokémon was unavailable prior to Generation I.
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| Generation I
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Flies at high speed and attacks using its large venomous stingers on its forelegs and tail.
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| Blue
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| Yellow
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It has 3 poisonous stingers on its forelegs and its tail. They are used to jab its enemy repeatedly.
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| Stadium
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Flies at high speeds and attacks with three stingers: one on its rear and one on each of its two forelegs. May appear in swarms.
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It can take down any opponent with its powerful poison stingers. It sometimes attacks in swarms.
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| Silver
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It has three poison barbs. The barb on its tail secretes the most powerful poison.
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| Crystal
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It uses sharp, poisonous stings to defeat prey, then takes the victim back to its nest for food.
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It can take down any opponent with its powerful poison stingers. It sometimes attacks in swarms.
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| Ruby
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Beedrill is extremely territorial. No one should ever approach its nest - this is for their own safety. If angered, they will attack in a furious swarm.
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| Sapphire
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{{{sapphiredex}}}
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| Emerald
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A Beedrill is extremely territorial. For safety reasons, no one should ever approach its nest. If angered, they will attack in a swarm.
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| FireRed
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May appear in a swarm. Flies at violent speeds, all the while stabbing with the toxic stinger on its rear.
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| LeafGreen
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It flies at high speed and attacks using the large venomous stingers on its forelegs and tail.
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| Diamond
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Its best attack involves flying around at high speed, striking with poison needles, then flying off.
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| Pearl
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| Platinum
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| HeartGold
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It can take down any opponent with its powerful poison stingers. It sometimes attacks in swarms.
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| SoulSilver
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It has three poison barbs. The barb on its tail secretes the most powerful poison.
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Its best attack involves flying around at high speed, striking with poison needles, then flying off.
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Game locations
| This Pokémon was unavailable prior to Generation I.
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In side games
Held items
Stats
Base stats
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Range
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At Lv. 100
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65
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125 - 172
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240 - 334
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80
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76 - 145
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148 - 284
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40
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40 - 101
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76 - 196
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45
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45 - 106
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85 - 207
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80
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76 - 145
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148 - 284
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75
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72 - 139
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139 - 273
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Total: 385
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Other Pokémon with this total
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- Minimum stats are calculated with 0 EVs, IVs of 0, and (if applicable) a hindering nature.
- Maximum stats are calculated with 252 EVs, IVs of 31, and (if applicable) a helpful nature.
- This Pokémon's Special base stat in Generation I was 45.
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Pokéathlon stats
Type effectiveness
| Under normal battle conditions in Generation V, this Pokémon is:
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Learnset
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- Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Beedrill
- Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an Evolution of Beedrill
- Click on the generation numbers at the top to see level-up moves from other generations
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| This Pokémon learns no moves by breeding.
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- Moves marked with an asterisk (*) must be chain bred onto Beedrill in Generation V
- Moves marked with a double dagger (‡) can only be bred from a Pokémon who learned the move in an earlier generation.
- Moves marked with a superscript game abbreviation can only be bred onto Beedrill in that game.
- Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Beedrill
- Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an Evolution of Beedrill
- Click on the generation numbers at the top to see Egg moves from other generations
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- A black abbreviation in a colored box indicates that Beedrill can be tutored the move in that game
- A colored abbreviation in a white box indicates that Beedrill cannot be tutored the move in that game
- Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Beedrill
- Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an Evolution of Beedrill
- Click on the generation numbers at the top to see Move Tutor moves from other generations
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Side game data
Evolution
Sprites
Trivia
- Beedrill's English name was originally going to be spelled with only one "L" instead of two.
- Beedrill is the first Pokémon in National Pokédex order that can learn a signature move, in its case Twineedle. However, in Gen V Beedrill lost this status, due to Escavalier also being able to learn it via level-up. This status now belongs to Meowth (with Pay Day)
- Although Beedrill clearly flies, it is not part Template:Type2 nor does it have the ability Levitate. It shares this trait with Venomoth, Heracross, Dustox, Volbeat, Illumise and Volcarona.
- While Beedrill cannot learn Iron Defense itself, it can be taught as a Kakuna before evolving it. This trait is shared with Butterfree, Dustox, Beautifly, Huntail, Gorebyss, and Salamence.
- In The Legend of Thunder!, when Marina's Jigglypuff uses Sing, it has no affect on Beedrill. Jimmy states that its wings beat so fast that they blocks all sound waves before they reach its ears. Despite this statement, Beedrill cannot have the ability Soundproof.
- As of Generation V, Beedrill's EV Yield (2 Attack, 1 Sp. Def) is unique.
- Beedrill can be seen as a parallel to Butterfree. Both of their unevolved stages evolve into their respective first evolutionary stages at level 7, which then evolve into their respective final forms at level 10. They both also go through metamorphosis-like evolution and have same amount base stat total of 385.
Origin
Its design appears to simply be a stylized bee or wasp. However, it has a much closer resemblance to an Asian giant hornet. Its Shiny form may be based on the Agapostemon, as both are green in color.
Name origin
Beedrill's name is a combination of bee and drill, indicating the needle-like arms it wields. Spear also refers to its stingers. In addition, its Japanese name could contain a reversal of Apis, the name for the honey bee genus.
In other languages
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| German
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Bibor
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From Biene and Bohrer.
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| French
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Dardargnan
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From d'Artagnan (the fictional character that the Pokémon Keldeo would later be based on) and dard.
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| Korean
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독침붕 Dokchimbung
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From dokchim and bung.
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| Chinese (Taiwan and Hong Kong)
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鐵殼昆 Tiě Ké Kūn
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"Iron shell insect". 殼昆 Ké Kūn also sounds like cocoon.
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Óriásméh
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"Giant bee". Only in Mewtwo Returns, where it was mistakenly translated.
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Related articles
External links
Notes
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This Pokémon article is part of Project Pokédex, a Bulbapedia project that aims to write comprehensive articles on each Pokémon species, as well as Pokémon groups and forms.
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Poison Barb (100%)
For other sprites and images, please see Beedrill images on Bulbagarden Archives.
