Bulbasaur

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General
Missingno. (#000) – Bulbasaur – Ivysaur (#2)
Name (Japanese), Number	Bulbasaur (Fushigidane), 1
Stage	Basic
Evolves to	Ivysaur
Video game base stats¹
Hit points	45
Attack	49
Defense	49
Speed	45
Special attack²	65
Special defense²	65
Special³	65
Biological
Species	Seed Pok�mon
Types	Grass, Poison
Height	2'4" (0.71 m)
Weight	15.0 lb (6.75 kg)
Abilities	Overgrow
Signature Attack	Vine Whip
Shiny color	The part of Bulbasaur's body that's usually Blueish, turns green and the bulb on its back darkens
Gender distribution	87.5% male, 12.5% female
¹ Stats for trading card versions may vary. ² Pok�mon Gold/Silver/Crystal ³ Pok�mon Red/Blue/Yellow

Bulbasaur (Fushigidane in Romaji Japanese) is a fictional character: a basic grass-type Pok�mon that evolves into Ivysaur at level 16 and Venusaur at level 32. Bulbasaur is a lizard-like creature with a large bulb on its back; the bulb grows with the Pok�mon and contains energy that the Pok�mon can use up when necessary, similar to a camel storing water in its hump.

Table of contents

1 Name origin

2 Availability

3 Strengths and weaknesses

4 In the Pok�mon anime

5 External links

Name origin

Its name is a combination of "bulb" and the greek sauros, meaning lizard (as in the word "dinosaur"). Its Japanese name, フシギダネ (Fushigidane), is a contraction of the words ふしぎ (fushigi, mystery) and たね (tane, seed).

Availability

In Pok�mon Red/Blue and Pok�mon FireRed/LeafGreen, Bulbasaur is one of the starter Pok�mon, together with Charmander and Squirtle. In Pok�mon Yellow, Bulbasaur is not a starter; rather, it's obtained in Cerulean City. In Pok�mon Gold/Silver/Crystal, Bulbasaur must be obtained through trading with another cartridge. In Pok�mon Sapphire/Ruby, Bulbasaur is not available at all. However, Bulbasaur can be traded from Pok�mon FireRed and LeafGreen.

Bulbasaur also appears in the Nintendo 64 game Pok�mon Snap.

Strengths and weaknesses

Bulbasaur is vulnerable to Ice, Bug, Fire, Psychic and Flying, and strong against Water, Electric, Grass, and Fighting.

In the Pok�mon anime

Ash Ketchum has a Bulbasaur that used to take care of abandoned pok�mon together with a girl named Melanie, until it decided to go with Ash, but Ash had to battle Bulbasaur first before being able to have it travel with him.

Ash uses Bulbasaur's long vines to help him out of many tight spots. They are particularly useful when there's no ropes handy.

Bulbasaur is very wise for being a pok�mon. Using its wisdom, it has decided not to evolve into Ivysaur.

Bulbasaur left Ash to keep order in Professor Oak's lab when the Pok�mon there started fighting amongst themselves.

May befriended one, which now travels with her.

External links

Bulbasaur Pok�dex Entry (http://www.pokemondungeon.com/pokedex/bulbasaur.shtml)
Azureheights.com Entry (http://www.math.miami.edu/~jam/azure/pokedex/species/001.htm)

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