Yanma (Pokémon)

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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 #183 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 dual-type Bug/Flying Pokémon.

It evolves into Yanmega by level-up while knowing AncientPower.

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 Versions, 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 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, he deemed it too weak and 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 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

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By leveling up

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By breeding

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By tutoring

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Special moves

Side game data

Template:Side game

Evolution

Template:Evobox/1

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 Pokémon Diamond and Pearl, as seen in the weight comparison feature of the Pokédex. It shares this characteristic with three other Pokémon: Sudowoodo, Skuntank, and Togekiss.
• 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.
• Yanma's entry on the Pokémon.com Pokédex shows it as not having any evolution. Yanmega's entry shows that it evolves from Yanma, but Yanma's picture is not there. The same thing happens with Nosepass and Probopass.
• Prior to Generation IV, Yanma only could know one Template:Type2 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/Template:Type2 Pokémon to learn AncientPower by level up.
  • They are also the first Pokémon to actually use AncientPower in the anime.

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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