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Meganium メガニウム Meganium #154
Art by Ken Sugimori from HeartGold and SoulSilver
Type Grass ' Unknown Unknown Blue-Striped Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown	Category Herb Pokémon
Abilities Overgrow ----- Blue-Striped ----- Leaf Guard Hidden Ability
Exp. at Lv. 100 1,059,860
Regional Pokédex numbers Kanto #— Johto #003 Hoenn #309 Sinnoh — Unova Not in any regional Pokédex
Regional Browser numbers Fiore R-009 Almia R— Oblivia R-172 N-018
Height 5'11" Imperial 1.8 m Metric 5'11"/1.8 m Red-Striped 0'0"/0.0 m Blue-Striped 0'0"/0.0 m
Weight 221.6 lbs. Imperial 100.5 kg Metric 221.6 lbs./100.5 kg Red-Striped 0.0 lbs./0.0 kg Blue-Striped 0.0 lbs./0.0 kg
Dex color Green	Catch rate 45 (5.9%)
Body style Blue-Striped	Footprint      Blue-Striped
Gender ratio Gender unknown Unknown 87.5% male, 12.5% female
Breeding Monster and Grass groups 21 cycles (5355 minimum steps)
EV yield HP 0 Atk 0 Def 1 Sp.Atk 0 Sp.Def 2 Speed 0 Base Exp.: 208 Battle Exp.: 2081*
External links On Smogon Pokédex: Generation II Generation III Generation IV Generation V Generation VI Generation VII Generation VIII Generation IX Artwork on Bulbagarden Archives

Meganium (Japanese: メガニウム Meganium) is a Grass-type Pokémon.

It evolves from Bayleef starting at level 32. It is the final form of Chikorita.

Biology

Physiology

Meganium is a sauropod-like Pokémon. Instead of having a leaf coming out of its head, like its two previous forms, Chikorita and Bayleef, it has two stamen-like protrusions sprouting from the top of its nose, each tipped with its own anther. Also unlike its previous evolutions, its irises are yellow instead of red, and its four feet have three toes instead of a single one. The leaves around its neck seem to have sprouted into a large pink flower, with a yellow central pattern and white tips. Meganium has also reverted to the color it was as a Chikorita, whilst Bayleef's main body color had become a beige-yellow coloration.

Gender differences

A female Meganium has shorter antennae.

Special abilities

The aroma emanating from Meganium's petals soothes anyone that comes in contact with it. It calms aggressive feelings. In battle, Meganium uses this scent to calm its opponent and remove any desire for it to fight, giving it the upper hand. Meganium's breath has the power to revive dead grass and plants.

Since Meganium is a fully evolved Pokémon and the final evolution of a Grass-type starter Pokémon, it can use Hyper Beam, Giga Impact and Frenzy Plant.

Behavior

Meganium appear to be a very benevolent and docile species. In Odd Pokémon Out, Nurse Joy's Meganium was a peacemaker and tried to stop the battle between Ash's Grovyle and a Tropius. It was also shown that Meganium could heal Grovyle prior to the battle, however this may be isolated to Grass-types as Meganium is able to heal hurt or dead plants.

Habitat

Meganium are very rare Pokémon mostly found in large open plains or small forests with other Chikorita, Bayleef, and Meganium.

Diet

Main article: Pokémon food

In the anime

Meganium in the anime

Major appearances

Casey's Meganium

Casey's Bayleef evolved into Meganium sometime before Here's Lookin' at You, Elekid!.

Vincent's Meganium

Ash's Bulbasaur had a heated battle with Vincent's Meganium in Tie One On!. Vincent also used his Meganium to help save Raikou in The Legend of Thunder!.

Other

A Nurse Joy in Odd Pokémon Out had a Meganium, which became the object of affection for both Ash's Grovyle and a wild Tropius.

Minor appearances

A Meganium under the ownership of an unknown Trainer battled in a qualifying match for the Silver Conference in A Claim to Flame!.

An Officer Jenny from Gulpin it Down! had Meganium on her squad.

In Beg, Burrow and Steal, Elisa used her Meganium to stop a Donphan from chasing Hal and to help stop Team Rocket from stealing the Vibrava.

A Meganium appeared in Dressed for Jess Success!.

A Meganium appeared in the opening scenes of Zoroark: Master of Illusions.

Pokédex entries

In the manga

In the Pokémon Adventures manga

Main article: Megaree

In the Pokémon Adventures manga, Crystal's Bayleef evolved into Meganium to protect Gold, Silver, and herself from Lugia. In this new stage, it was able to help the other two starter Pokémon (who had also evolved) defend their Trainers from this imminent threat and carried Crystal on its back with its increased speed and size, and then participated in the conclusive battle against the Masked Man, revealed to be Pryce, trying to take down the evil mastermind but being subdued by his nimble ice puppets and doing little good in the battle.

Much later, it is revealed to have learned the Grass-type ultimate attack, Frenzy Plant, between the FireRed & LeafGreen arc and Emerald arcs, and helped destroy Guile Hideout's humongous, fake Kyogre.

Kimberly also has a Meganium that she uses to demonstrate Overgrow with.

In the TCG

Main article: Meganium (TCG)

Game data

Pokédex entries

Game locations

In side games

In events

Stats

Base stats

Pokéathlon stats

Type effectiveness

Learnset

By leveling up

By TM/HM

Generation V Other generations: II - III - IV - VI - VII - VIII - IX
TM		Move	Type	Cat.	Pwr.	Acc.	PP
	TM06	Toxic	Poison	Status	0000—	090}}90%	10
	TM10	Hidden Power	Normal	Special	0000—	100}}100%	15
	TM11	Sunny Day	Fire	Status	0000—	—}}—%	5
	TM15	Hyper Beam	Normal	Special	150150	090}}90%	5
	TM16	Light Screen	Psychic	Status	0000—	—}}—%	30
	TM17	Protect	Normal	Status	0000—	—}}—%	10
	TM20	Safeguard	Normal	Status	0000—	—}}—%	25
	TM21	Frustration	Normal	Physical	0000—	100}}100%	20
	TM22	SolarBeam	Grass	Special	120120	100}}100%	10
	TM26	Earthquake	Ground	Physical	100100	100}}100%	10
	TM27	Return	Normal	Physical	0000—	100}}100%	20
	TM32	Double Team	Normal	Status	0000—	—}}—%	15
	TM33	Reflect	Psychic	Status	0000—	—}}—%	20
	TM42	Facade	Normal	Physical	07070	100}}100%	20
	TM44	Rest	Psychic	Status	0000—	—}}—%	10
	TM45	Attract	Normal	Status	0000—	100}}100%	15
	TM48	Round	Normal	Special	06060	100}}100%	15
	TM49	Echoed Voice	Normal	Special	04040	100}}100%	15
	TM53	Energy Ball	Grass	Special	08080	100}}100%	10
	TM68	Giga Impact	Normal	Physical	150150	090}}90%	5
	TM70	Flash	Normal	Status	0000—	100}}100%	20
	TM75	Swords Dance	Normal	Status	0000—	—}}—%	30
	TM78	Bulldoze	Ground	Physical	06060	100}}100%	20
	TM82	Dragon Tail	Dragon	Physical	06060	090}}90%	10
	TM86	Grass Knot	Grass	Special	0000—	100}}100%	20
	TM87	Swagger	Normal	Status	0000—	090}}90%	15
	TM90	Substitute	Normal	Status	0000—	—}}—%	10
	TM94	Rock Smash	Fighting	Physical	04040	100}}100%	15
	HM01	Cut	Normal	Physical	05050	095}}95%	30
	HM04	Strength	Normal	Physical	08080	100}}100%	15
Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Meganium Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution of Meganium Click on the generation numbers at the top to see TM moves from other generations

By breeding

Generation V Other generations: II - III - IV - VI - VII - VIII - IX
Father	Move	Type	Cat.	Pwr.	Acc.	PP
	AncientPower	Rock	Special	60	100%	5
	Aromatherapy	Grass	Status	—	—%	5
	Body Slam	Normal	Physical	85	100%	15
	Counter	Fighting	Physical	—	100%	20
	Flail	Normal	Physical	—	100%	15
	GrassWhistle	Grass	Status	—	55%	15
	Heal Pulse	Psychic	Status	—	—%	10
	Ingrain	Grass	Status	—	—%	20
	Leaf Storm	Grass	Special	140	90%	5
	Leech Seed	Grass	Status	—	90%	10
	Nature Power	Normal	Status	—	—%	20
	Refresh	Normal	Status	—	—%	20
	Vine Whip	Grass	Physical	35	100%	15
	Wring Out	Normal	Special	—	100%	5
Moves marked with an asterisk (*) must be chain bred onto Meganium 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 Meganium in that game. Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Meganium Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution of Meganium Click on the generation numbers at the top to see Egg moves from other generations

By tutoring

By a prior evolution

TCG-only moves

Side game data

Pokémon Pinball  N/A  Not available		Pokémon Pinball RS  N/A  Not available		Pokémon Trozei!    Rarity: Rare
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon Red Rescue Team and Blue Rescue Team File:MDP RT 154.png Body size: 1 Recruit rate: Evolve Friend Area: Beau Plains Phrases 51%-100% HP My breath revives wilted flowers and plants! 26%-50% HP Uh-oh! My HP is about half gone! 1%-25% HP I'm hurting... It's tough to even lift my head. Level up Yeah! Leveled up! Let there be more power of plants! Partner phrases 51%-100% HP <name>, my HP is between 51% and 100%. 26%-50% HP <name>, my HP is between 26% and 50%. 1%-25% HP <name>, my HP is between 1% and 25%. Level up Yeah! Leveled up! Let there be more power of plants!
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon Explorers of Time, Explorers of Darkness, and Explorers of Sky Body size: 1 Recruit rate: -12% IQ group: H
Pokémon Ranger Group:  Grass  Poké Assist: ( Grass ) Field move: (Crush ×3) Loops: 25 Min. exp.: 120 Max. exp.: 180 Browser entry   The beam Meganium forcefully fires from its mouth has huge destructive power.
Pokémon Ranger: Shadows of Almia Group:  Normal  Poké Assist: None Field move: None Browser entry   This Pokémon does not have a browser entry.
Pokémon Ranger: Guardian Signs Group: Poké Assist: Field move:  Grass  ( Grass ) Past ( Normal ) (Cut ×1) Past (Electrify ×1) Browser entry   It makes vines appear from the ground and launches a beam attack.
Pokémon Rumble N/A Not Available Defense Speed N/A Not Available Defense Speed			Pokémon Rumble Blast Attack ●●● Defense ●●●● Speed ●●● Attack Not Available Defense Speed Attack Not Available Defense Speed Attack Not Available Defense Speed
PokéPark Wii: Pikachu's Adventure PokéPark Pad entry: This Pokémon has no PokéPark Pad entry.
PokéPark 2: Wonders Beyond Strong: {{{Park2strong}}} Weak: {{{Park2weak}}} PokéPark Pad entry: This Pokémon has no PokéPark Pad entry.
Pokémon Conquest HP: Move: {{{ConquestMove}}} Attack: Ability 1: {{{ConquestAbility1}}} Defense: Ability 2: {{{ConquestAbility2}}} Speed: Ability 3: {{{ConquestAbility3}}} Does not evolve. Range: 0 Perfect Links: {{{ConquestLink}}}

Evolution

Unevolved Chikorita  Grass

Level 16 →

First evolution Bayleef  Grass

Level 32 →

Second evolution Meganium  Grass

Sprites

Gen	Game
I	Red	Blue	Yellow		Red (Ja)	Green	Back
	This Pokémon did not appear during Generation I.
II	Gold	Silver	Crystal				Back
III	Ruby	Sapphire	Emerald		FireRed	LeafGreen	Back
IV	Diamond	Pearl	Platinum		HeartGold	SoulSilver	Back
V	Black	White	Black 2	White 2			Back

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

Trivia

• Meganium shares the same base stats with Venusaur, just in a different order.
• Meganium had its sprite changed in Crystal from Gold and Silver, making it one of few Pokémon to have three different sprites in Generation II.

Origin

This Pokémon has the appearance of a sauropod, particularly resembling an apatosaurus, and its flowering counterpart to be a Geranium Hibiscus or a Titan arum.

Name origin

Meganium is a combination of mega and geranium.

In other languages

Language Title Meaning Japanese メガニウム Meganium From mega and geranium French Meganium Same as English/Japanese name Spanish Meganium Same as English/Japanese name German Meganie From Mega and possibly Geranie Italian Meganium Same as English/Japanese name Korean 메가니움 Meganium Transliteration of Japanese name Mandarin Chinese 大菊花 Dàjúhuā Literally "Big chrysanthemum" Cantonese Chinese 大菊花 Daaihgūkfā Literally "Big chrysanthemum"

More languages

Related articles

• Casey's Meganium
• Vincent's Meganium
• Megaree

External links

• Article on Wikipedia

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