Pidgey
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Template:Pokeinfobox Pidgey (ポッポ Poppo in Japanese, Taubsi in Germany and Roucool in France) is one of the Template:Pokenum fictional species of Pokémon in the Pokémon franchise (a series of video games, anime, manga, trading cards and other media created by Satoshi Tajiri).
The name Pidgey is apparently derived from Pigeon, though could also be a combination of pigeon and pudgy. Its name in the English beta version of Red/Blue was “Pidge”.
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Characteristics
Pidgey resembles a number of small birds, and is perhaps based on the thrush or the sparrow.
It is quite docile and non-confrontational. Often found hiding in tall grass and foraging for small insects to eat, it does its best to avoid battle. It will either blow small or weak foes away with its Whirlwind, or use kick up dust in a Sand Attack to blind its enemy. It dwells in forests and grassy areas, and is able to return to its nest from anywhere thanks to an astoundingly sharp sense of direction.
Pidgey's are common throughout large cities and they often make their home on the ledges of tall buildings or tall structures.
In the Pokémon video games
Pidgey are found in abundance throughout the Kanto and Johto regions, and are usually among the first Pokémon players encounter.
Pidgey is vulnerable to Electric, Ice and Rock attacks, but invulnerable to the Ghost- and Ground-types, and strong against Grass, Fighting, and Bug.
Pidgey also appears in the Nintendo 64 game Pokémon Snap, and the Nintendo GameCube game Pokémon Channel.
In the Pokémon anime
Pidgey is introduced in the very first episode of the Pokémon anime, but Ash fails to catch it. It is a common Pokémon, and many junior trainers have one. Pidgey are sometimes used as mail carriers, and in “Fly Me to the Moon” a Pidgey named Orville, who dreams of flying higher than any Pokémon, manages to reach the upper atmosphere.
In other media
Image:Pidgey tcg.jpg In the Pokémon Adventures manga, a robotic Pidgey serves as Red’s guide to the Safari Zone.
Pidgey is a common Colorless Pokémon in the Pokémon Trading Card Game, appearing in the Base Set (also in Base Set 2 and the Legendary Collection), Gym Challenge (twice, both as Koga’s Pidgey), Expedition, and EX FireRed & LeafGreen.
References
- Pokémon Red, Green, and Blue, Pokémon Yellow, Pokémon Stadium and Pokémon Stadium 2, Pokémon Gold, Silver, and Crystal, Pokémon Ruby, Sapphire, and Emerald, Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen, Pokémon Colosseum, Pokémon XD: Gale of Darkness
- Books
- Barbo, Maria. The Official Pokémon Handbook. Scholastic Publishing, 1999. ISBN 0439154049.
- Loe, Casey, ed. Pokémon Special Pikachu Edition Official Perfect Guide. Sunnydale, CA: Empire 21 Publishing, 1999. ISBN 130206151.
External links
- Official Pokémon website
- Bulbapedia (a Pokémon-centric Wiki)’s article about Pidgey as a species.
- Serebii.net’s 3rd Gen Pokédex entry for Pidgey
- Pokémon Dungeon Pokédex entry, full of statistics analysis
- PsyPoke Pokédex entry
- Smogon Pokédex entrypl:Pidgey