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Yanma ヤンヤンマ Yanyanma #193
Artwork from G/S/C
Type Bug Flying Unknown Unknown Blue-Striped Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown	Category Clear Wing Pokémon
Abilities Speed Boost or Compoundeyes Compoundeyes Blue-Striped -----	Exp. at Lv. 100 1,000,000
Regional Pokédex numbers Kanto #— Johto #101 Hoenn #338 Sinnoh — Unova Not in any regional Pokédex
Regional Browser numbers Fiore R— Almia R— Oblivia
Height 3′11″ Imperial 1.2 m Metric 3′11″/1.2 m Red-Striped 0'0"/0.0 m Blue-Striped 0'0"/0.0 m
Weight 83.8 lbs. Imperial 38.0 kg Metric 83.8 lbs./38.0 kg Red-Striped 0.0 lbs./0.0 kg Blue-Striped 0.0 lbs./0.0 kg
Dex color Red	Catch rate 75 (9.8%)
Body style Blue-Striped	Footprint      Blue-Striped
Gender ratio Gender unknown Unknown Gender unknown
Breeding Bug group 1 cycles (255 minimum steps)
EV yield HP 0 Atk 0 Def 0 Sp.Atk 0 Sp.Def 0 Speed 0 Base Exp.: 147 Battle Exp.: 1471*
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

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

Biology

Physiology

Yanma are large red dragonfly Pokémon. They have 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 mostly red as well save for its very large bright green eyes. These eyes take up most of the space of its head. It has exceptional vision.

Gender differences

None.

Special abilities

It can use its Template:A2 to see completely around it, and uses this to capture prey and avoid predators. It also can flap its wings very fast to generate shockwaves, which can break glass. Yanma's trademark attack seems to be SonicBoom, as seen in the anime and Pokédex.

Behavior

Habitat

In Pokémon Gold and Silver, Yanma were very rare except when there would be a occasional swarm of them.

Diet

Main article: Pokémon food

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.

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

In DP080, a trainer 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, he deemed it too weak and returned it to them. When Jessie used Yanma in battle, it used Ancientpower and evolved into a Yanmega. Another Yanma appeared afterwards, and the trainer captured that one.

In the manga

In the Pokémon Special manga

A trio of Yanma are accidentally let loose in Template:PSV, 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

By leveling up

Template:Learnset intro

Generation II (Gold/Silver) Level Move Type Start Tackle Foresight 6 Quick Attack 13 Double Team 19 SonicBoom 25 Detect 31 Supersonic 37 Swift 43 Screech

Generation II (Crystal) Level Move Type Start Tackle Foresight 6 Quick Attack 13 Double Team 19 SonicBoom 25 Detect 31 Supersonic 37 Wing Attack 43 Screech

Generation III (RSE) Level Move Type Start Tackle Foresight 6 Quick Attack 13 Double Team 19 SonicBoom 25 Detect 37 Uproar 43 Wing Attack 49 Screech

Generation III (FRLG) Level Move Type Start Tackle Foresight 7 Quick Attack 12 Double Team 17 SonicBoom 23 Hypnosis 28 Detect 34 Uproar 39 Wing Attack 45 Supersonic 50 Screech

Generation IV Level Move Type Cat. Start Tackle Foresight 6 Quick Attack 11 Double Team 14 SonicBoom 17 Detect 22 Supersonic 27 Uproar 30 Pursuit 33 AncientPower 38 Hypnosis 43 Wing Attack 46 Screech 49 U-turn 54 Air Slash 57 Bug Buzz

By TM/HM

By breeding

By tutoring

Special moves

Side game data

Template:Side game

Evolution

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 Yanma images on Bulbagarden Archives.

Trivia

• Yanma weighs exactly the same as the male player character in Diamond and Pearl, as seen in the weight comparison feature of the Pokédex.
• Even though Yanma is said to generate shock waves from its wings, it cannot learn Shock Wave. This is probably because the attack Shock Wave is an electrical shock, while the shock waves that Yanma generates are similar to SonicBoom.
• Yanma has a head similar to the head of Caterpie.
• Yanma is the first Pokémon to learn moves later than its evolved form.

Origin

It is, as its name suggested, based on an ancient dragonfly because of its size and weight. It also seems to have an airplane-like tail.

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

• Article on Wikipedia

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