Weedle

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Template:Pokeinfobox Weedle (known as ビードル Bīdoru in Japanese) is one of the Template:Pokenum fictional species of Pokémon creatures from the multi-billion-dollar<ref>“Pokemon Franchise Approaches 150 Million Games Sold" PR Newswire. URL accessed on March 27, 2006.</ref> Pokémon media franchise – a collection of video games, anime, manga, books, trading cards and other media created by Satoshi Tajiri. Weedle is best known for being one of the first Pokémon that players could catch in Pokémon Red or Blue, and later in Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen, while travelling through Viridian Forest. Its main purpose in the games, as with all other Pokémon, is to battle both "wild" Pokémon, untamed creatures that are encountered while players pass through various natural environments in the game, and to fight against "tamed" Pokémon owned by Pokémon trainers.

Commonly spotted in the forests and grasslands, eating leaves, it is well-protected from predators by a sharp two-inch barb on its head which secretes a strong poison, and another stinger on its rear. Sniffing with its big red proboscis, Weedle uses its extremely acute sense of smell to find the types of leaves it likes, avoiding those it dislikes.<ref>In-game Pokédexes of the games (A copy at Pokémon Dungeon).</ref>

Weedle is a dual Bug/Poison-type Pokémon resembling a golden-brown caterpillar. Unusually, from Pokémon Crystal onward, Weedle’s brownish-yellow body became darker in the games and artwork. In all versions, Weedle has a large stinger on the top of it's head, as well as a pinkish nose. The Advanced Generation drawing and sprite design of Weedle was created by Ken Sugimori's team for Pokémon FireRed's 2003 release on the Nintendo Game Boy Advance.<ref>Pokémon FireRed information Amazon.com. URL accessed on March 27, 2006.</ref>

Contents 1 In the Pokémon video games 2 In the Pokémon anime 3 In other media 4 Trivia 5 References 6 External links

In the Pokémon video games

Weedle can be caught in Kanto and Johto, and is often one of the first Pokémon a trainer encounters in the wild in various games which take place there, such as the originals, Pokémon Red and Blue, and their enhanced remakes. Before the protagonist can enter Viridian Forest, an elderly man demonstrates Pokémon catching technique (albeit without properly weakening the Pokémon first) by capturing is a Weedle.

Weedle are often caught by trainers beginning their Pokémon journey. Although Weedle are quite weak and only know 2 moves, they quickly evolve into Kakuna and then into Beedrill, which are fast, powerful physical attackers. Still, Weedle and its evolutionary family are less versatile than (and often overshadowed by) Caterpie and its advanced forms, which can be found in all the same locations.

Interestingly, Bug-types like Caterpie were originally susceptible to Poison attacks, until this weakness of the Bug type was removed in the second generation of games. This gave Weedle the upper hand against Caterpie, and, combined with Beedrill’s speed, gave Beedrill a slight advantage in a confrontation with Butterfree. However, since Butterfree can learn Psychic and Flying-type attacks, it now has a distinct edge when facing Poison- and/or Bug-types.

In the Pokémon anime

The Pokémon anime series and films are a set of adventures separate from most other versions of Pokémon, featuring Ash Ketchum as the main character, and following his quest to become a Pokémon Master – though what constitutes a Master is somewhat ambiguous.

Weedle first appeared in the Pokémon anime in "Episode 04. Challenge of the Samurai",<ref>Episode 04. Battle of the Samurai Serebii.net. URL accessed on April 13, 2006.</ref> when Ash was travelling through the Viridian Forest. He battled a Weedle and weakened it in preparation for capture but before he could throw a Pokéball, he was distracted by a Pokémon Trainer named Samurai, allowing Weedle to recover and get away, eventually leading its family, a Beedrill swarm, down on the unsuspecting trainers.

It appeared again in "Episode 163. The Bug Stops Here",<ref>Episode 163. The Bug Stops Here Serebii.net. URL accessed on April 13, 2006.</ref> during the Bug-catching Contest at the National Park in Johto. Ash spotted a Weedle but before Pikachu could attack, Casey, a minor recurring character best known for her love of the infamously awful Electabuzz baseball team as well as yellow-and-black striped Pokémon, used her Chikorita to capture it. Although Ash won the contest with the Beedrill he caught, it is not known whether Casey released her Weedle back into the wild, according to the rules in the Pokémon video games.

Weedle are often around when hordes of Beedrill are causing problems for the characters due to their evolutionary link. An example of this, is when Ash arrived at the Battle Tower, Anabel realised that the reason a Beedrill was chasing him was because it was protecting its young.

In other media

Image:Weedle tcg.jpg Weedle appeared in "Ch.39 VS. Spearow"<ref>Synopsis of Pokémon Adventures Manga; Chapter 183 VS. Spearow Serebii.net. URL accessed on March 21 2006.</ref> of Pokémon Adventures, the Pokémon manga based on the Japanese versions of the video games, owned by the female Pallet Town trainer, Green. While at the Pokémon League, Red (the first main character based on the protagonist of Pokémon Red and Blue) saw Green attempting to trade her Weedle for a Butterfree, belong to a minor recurring character Fisherman Wilton. However Red stopped the trade, informing Wilton that the trade was unfair, much to Green's annoyance.

Weedle first appeared in the Pokémon Trading Card Game in the very first set of cards, the Base Set (included in Base Set 2 and the Legendary Collection). It has also appeared on cards from Gym Challenge (as Koga’s Weedle), Neo Discovery, Skyridge (twice), EX FireRed & LeafGreen, and EX Delta Species.

Trivia

• The name Weedle is a portmanteau of the words worm, an elongated, soft-bodied invertebrate animal, and needle, a long, slender, object with a pointed tip used to inject venom by poisonous insects. Another possibility of Weedle's name is a portmanteau of weevil, a variety of destructive beetle, and needle.
• ビードル (Bīdoru), is the Japanese name for Weedle.
• The German name for Weedle is Hornliu.
• The French name for Weedle is Aspicot.
• The Korean name for Weedle is Ppulchungi or 뿔충이.

References

External links

• Official Pokémon website
• Bulbapedia Entry on Weedle Species
• Serebii - Weedle Pokédex Entry
• Pokémon Dungeon - Weedle Game Boy Coverage
• PsyPoke - Weedle Pokédex and Usage Overview
  • Weedle sprite and artwork by Ken Sugimori
• Smogon - Weedle Tactical Dataca:Weedle

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