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Oddish ナゾノクサ Nazonokusa #043
Artwork from FR/LG
Type Grass Poison Unknown Unknown Blue-Striped Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown	Category Weed Pokémon
Ability Chlorophyll Blue-Striped -----	Exp. at Lv. 100 1,059,860
Regional Pokédex numbers Kanto #043 Johto #083 Hoenn #088 Sinnoh Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character "?". Unova Not in any regional Pokédex
Regional Browser numbers Fiore R— Almia R— Oblivia
Height 1'8" Imperial 0.5 m Metric 1'8"/0.5 m Red-Striped 0'0"/0.0 m Blue-Striped 0'0"/0.0 m
Weight 11.9 lbs. Imperial 5.4 kg Metric 11.9 lbs./5.4 kg Red-Striped 0.0 lbs./0.0 kg Blue-Striped 0.0 lbs./0.0 kg
Dex color Blue	Catch rate 255 (33.3%)
Body style Blue-Striped	Footprint      Blue-Striped
Gender ratio Gender unknown Unknown Gender unknown
Breeding Plant group 1 cycles (255 minimum steps)
EV yield HP 0 Atk 0 Def 0 Sp.Atk 0 Sp.Def 0 Speed 0 Base Exp.: 78 Battle Exp.: 781*
External links On Smogon Pokédex: Generation I Generation II Generation III Generation IV Generation V Generation VI Generation VII Generation VIII Generation IX Artwork on Bulbagarden Archives

Oddish (Japanese: ナゾノクサ Nazonokusa) is a Grass/Poison-type Pokémon.

Biology

Physiology

Gender differences

None.

Special abilities

Behavior

Habitat

Diet

Main article: Pokémon food

Pokédex entries

Pokémon Red and Blue

During the day, it keeps its face buried in the ground. At night, it wanders around sowing its seeds.

Pokémon Yellow

It may be mistaken for a clump of weeds. If you try to yank it out of the ground, it shrieks horribly.

Pokémon Gold

Awakened by moonlight, it roams actively at night. In the day it stays quietly underground.

Pokémon Silver

If exposed to moonlight, it starts to move. It roams far and wide at night to scatter its seeds.

Pokémon Crystal

During the day, it stays in the cold underground to avoid the sun. It grows by bathing in moonlight.

Pokémon Ruby

During the daytime, Oddish buries itself in soil to absorb nutrients from the ground using its entire body. The more fertile the soil, the glossier its leaves become.

Pokémon Emerald

This Pokémon grows by absorbing moonlight. During the daytime, it buries itself in the ground, leaving only its leaves exposed to avoid detection by its enemies.

Pokémon FireRed

Its scientific name is "Oddium Wanderus." At night, it is said to walk nearly 1,000 feet on its two roots.

Game locations

In side games

Base stats

Type effectiveness

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Learnset

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By leveling up

By TM/HM

By breeding

• Charm
• Flail
• Ingrain
• Razor Leaf
• Swords Dance
• Synthesis

Evolution

Trivia

Origin

Oddish is most likely based on a mandrake.

Name origin

Oddish's name is a combination of the words odd and the vegetable known as radish, although oddish is a word in itself, meaning somewhat odd. Nazonokusa may be taken to mean 謎の草, enigmatic grass.

In other languages

• German: Myrapla
• French: Mystherbe - Could be taken to mean "mystic herb".
• Korean: 뚜벅쵸 Ttubakchyo

External links

• Article on Wikipedia

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