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Venusaur (Japanese: フシギバナ Fushigibana) is a dual-type Grass/Poison Pokémon introduced in Generation I.

It evolves from Ivysaur starting at level 32. It is the final form of Bulbasaur.

Venusaur has two other forms.

It can Mega Evolve into Mega Venusaur using the Venusaurite.

using the Venusaurite. It has a Gigantamax form that was introduced in The Isle of Armor.

Venusaur is the game mascot of both Pokémon Green and LeafGreen, appearing on the boxart of both.

Biology

Venusaur with its bulb closed

Venusaur is a squat, quadruped Pokémon with bumpy, blue-green skin. It has small, circular red eyes, a short, blunt snout, and a wide mouth with two pointed teeth in the upper jaw and four in the lower jaw. On top of its head are small, pointed ears with reddish pink insides. It has three clawed toes on each foot. The bud on its back has bloomed into a large pink, white-spotted flower. The flower is supported by a thick, brown trunk surrounded by green fronds. A female Venusaur will have a seed in the center of its flower.

As Mega Venusaur, the flower on its back grows larger and two smaller pink flowers bloom, one on its forehead and one on its rear. The weight of the flower causes its legs and back to become sturdier in order to support it. Additional leaves with woody stems, which are supported by vines, are grown around the flower. Mega Venusaur also develops dark markings on its forehead below the new flower.

Venusaur uses its flower to catch the sun's rays to convert them into energy, which causes the flower to become more vibrant. The flower releases a soothing scent that attracts Pokémon and calms emotions. This scent becomes stronger after a rainy day. In the anime, Venusaur has demonstrated the ability to manipulate nature, release several vines from its back, and lead evolution ceremonies for Bulbasaur and Ivysaur. This Pokémon is rarely found in the wild, but it has been known to inhabit grasslands.

As Gigantamax Venusaur, it becomes larger with its flower blooming even further to the point of covering its body. The eyes change to an orange with light green sclera. It gains several more green leaves along with more petals. The top of the bud becomes longer with three red clouds surrounding it while the trunk shortens. It has several light green markings located at its belly.

Its petals have become thick and springy to the point of defecting halfhearted attacks. It uses the petals as a shield while attacking with its thick vines. Gigantamax Venusaur's vines are powerful enough to topple down a 10-story building Gigantamax, while Venusaur's flower can spread enough pollen similar to a volcano eruption. Breathing in this pollen can cause uncontrollable sneezing and inhaling large amounts can even cause fainting. However, this pollen also promotes plant growth in areas where it lands.[1].

Frenzy Plant was its signature move in the past. Gigantamax Venusaur is the only known Pokémon capable of using the exclusive G-Max Move G-Max Vine Lash.



In the anime

In the main series

Male Venusaur in the anime

Mega Venusaur in the anime

Female Venusaur in the anime

Major appearances

In Pruning a Passel of Pals!, May's Bulbasaur was revealed to have evolved all the way into a Venusaur during her absence from the anime. She was briefly seen facing off against a Coordinator's Marill in the Battle Stage of the Wallace Cup.

Other

In Bulbasaur's Mysterious Garden, a Venusaur was the leader of an evolution ceremony for Bulbasaur. It appeared again in Alola, Kanto!, during a flashback.

A Venusaur nicknamed Bruteroot appeared in Mewtwo Strikes Back and its remake Mewtwo Strikes Back—Evolution, under the ownership of Corey. It was taken away from her by one of Mewtwo's special Poké Balls but was liberated by Ash along with the other confiscated Pokémon. Along with Ash's Charizard and Neesha's Blastoise, they were the only confiscated Pokémon not to be cloned and they had the same marks that Bulbasaurtwo had, indicating that it was likely obtained by Mewtwo through different means than the ones used to clone. Its clone reappeared in Mewtwo Returns. Corey's Venusaur also appeared in an alternate timeline of the main series that was introduced in I Choose You!, where it was seen battling Neesha's Blastoise; it is unknown if it holds the same nickname in that timeline.

In Enter The Dragonite, Drake's Venusaur was used in a battle against Ash's Tauros, and it lost to Tauros' Take Down attack.

In The Light Fantastic, a Venusaur was the longtime friend of Gan Gogh. He used it to battle Team Rocket.

When Team Rocket was working at the Battle Park in One Trick Phony!, James used a Venusaur during a battle against Ash's Cyndaquil as part of an elaborate plan to capture Pikachu.

In Grass Hysteria!, a Venusaur was the leader of a group of Grass-type Pokémon living in the Forbidden Forest.

In Weekend Warrior, Jeremy's Venusaur was used during the second half of the Silver Town Pokémon Contest. Jeremy's Venusaur, which knew Frenzy Plant, came very close to defeating May's Combusken, but the Young Fowl Pokémon came through and pulled off a come-from-behind victory.

Spenser has a Venusaur that first appeared in Cutting the Ties that Bind. Spenser had Venusaur use Sweet Scent to drive away the furious Beedrill. Venusaur was the second Pokémon that the Palace Maven used in his battle with Ash at the Battle Palace in Ka Boom with a View!. The Seed Pokémon won against Heracross, but lost to his Swellow. It reappeared in a flashback in King and Queen for a Day!.

In A Rush of Ninja Wisdom!, Nihei's male Venusaur appeared in a fantasy. He made his physical debut in The Legend of the Ninja Hero!. Nihei used Venusaur in a battle against Sanpei and his Greninja and won. In A Festival of Decisions!, Venusaur was used to battle the ninja army's Pokémon and was able to defeat a Gengar.

In Mega Evolution Special IV, a Trainer's Venusaur was one of the ten Mega Evolved Pokémon that Alain and his Charizard had to defeat. It was Alain's first opponent, putting up a tough match, but it was eventually defeated.

In A Full Battle Bounty!, Professor Kukui's male Venusaur was the third Pokémon he used in his Full Battle against Ash. He went up against Rowlet, defeating it before losing to Torracat.

In Ivysaur's Mysterious Tower!, multiple Venusaur evolved from Ivysaur after they traveled to a new Gym, which was under construction in Vermilion City, so they could absorb the sunlight needed for the evolution process.

Minor appearances

In Island of the Giant Pokémon, a giant robot Venusaur was at Pokémon Land.

In The Ghost of Maiden's Peak, a Gastly created an illusory Venusaur to frighten Ash's Bulbasaur. Gastly subsequently combined this Venusaur with an illusory Blastoise to create a Venustoise, which terrified both Squirtle and Bulbasaur to the point where they did not want to battle anymore.

Venusaur made its physical debut in March of the Exeggutor Squad.

In The Power of One, a Venusaur sensed the disturbance caused by Lawrence III.

In Pokémon Double Trouble, a Venusaur was working out in Kumquat Gym. However, this scene was removed from the dub due to the appearance of Jynx.

In Houndoom's Special Delivery, a Venusaur was seen in a field of flowers. It tried to use Sleep Powder on Misty's Togepi, but a Houndoom blocked the attack, causing itself to fall asleep.

In Moving Pictures, a Venusaur was seen in a Pokémon Center.

Two Venusaur appeared in the opening sequence of Destiny Deoxys.

In Numero Uno Articuno, a Venusaur was one of the Pokémon Noland offered for challengers to battle at the Battle Factory. However, Ash instead chose to battle Articuno.

A Coordinator's Venusaur appeared in May, We Harley Drew'd Ya!.

A Venusaur appeared in the opening sequence of Zoroark: Master of Illusions.

A Venusaur that can Mega Evolve into Mega Venusaur appeared in the opening of Mega Evolution Special I.

A Mega Venusaur appeared in the opening credits of Diancie and the Cocoon of Destruction.

Pokédex entries

Episode Pokémon Source Entry EP051 Venusaur Ash's Pokédex Venusaur, the final form of the Bulbasaur evolution. This Seed Pokémon soaks up the sun's rays as a source of energy.

Episode Pokémon Source Entry EP248 Venusaur Ash's Pokédex Venusaur, the Seed Pokémon. Venusaur uses its large petals to capture sunlight and transform it into energy.

Episode Pokémon Source Entry XY099 Venusaur Serena's Pokédex Venusaur, the Seed Pokémon. When Venusaur sprouts out its large flower petals and absorbs the rays of the sun, it becomes energized.

Episode Pokémon Source Entry SM142 Venusaur Rotom Pokédex Venusaur, the Seed Pokémon. A Grass and Poison type. The giant flower on its back collects large amounts of sunlight, which it can turn into energy.

Episode Pokémon Source Entry JN003 Venusaur Ash's Rotom Phone Venusaur, the Seed Pokémon. A Grass and Poison type. It's believed that a nutritious diet and lots of sunlight make Venusaur's flower bloom in more vibrant colors. The flower's scent can calm and heal the human heart.

In Pokémon Origins

In File 1: Red, a Venusaur was one of the Pokémon seen in Professor Oak's introduction.

In the manga

In The Electric Tale of Pikachu manga

In I'm Your Venusaur, a local legend states that a 300-year-old tree, the Venusaur Tree, was grown out of a Venusaur who protected the town from invaders many years ago. The Venusaur and its tree are considered the guardians of the town.

Gary has a Venusaur, which was sent out with his other Pokémon to battle the giant Slowpoke in Ash vs. Gary.

In the movie adaptations

Corey's Venusaur, nicknamed Bruteroot, appears in Mewtwo Strikes Back!. Mewtwo's Venusaur clone, named Venasaurtwo, also appears.

In the Pocket Monsters manga

A Venusaur appeared in a fantasy in JNM01.

In the Pokémon Adventures manga

Main article: Saur

Red has a Venusaur nicknamed Saur, which he received as a Bulbasaur from Professor Oak in Bulbasaur, Come Home! after witnessing the bond shared between the two while battling a wild Machoke, learning Solar Beam in the process. Bulbasaur evolved into Ivysaur in Wartortle Wars after defeating a wild Primeape, and into Venusaur in The Winged Legends while fighting against the merged version of Zapdos, Moltres, and Articuno along with Blue's Charizard and Blasty, defeating it with his augmented Solar Beam while the others used Flamethrower and Hydro Pump, respectively. In the Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire chapter, he has obtained a Venusaurite, with it he can Mega Evolve into Mega Venusaur.

A Venusaur appeared in a fantasy along with the other fully evolved Kanto starters in Chinchou in Charge, where the Pokémon Association Chairman of Kanto and Johto explains to Bill and Janine the special privilege of entering the finals unconditionally after collecting the badges.

A Venusaur appeared alongside a Poliwrath in PSs1, kidnapping Pibu.

In the Pokémon Gotta Catch 'Em All manga

Shu encountered and battled a Venusaur in A Powerful Opponent, Venusaur! in an attempt to catch it, but failed in the end.

A Venusaur appeared in The Challenge at Celadon University!.

In the Pokémon Pocket Monsters manga

Erika has a Venusaur that debuted in Big Struggle with the Powerful Opponent Venusaur!!.

Giovanni has a Venusaur, as seen in Bring Down the Strongest Pokémon!!.

Red is revealed to have a Venusaur in Red VS Green?!.

Professor Oak owns a Venusaur, which debuted in Save the Pokémon Zoo!!.

A Venusaur appeared in Clefairy, a Doctor!?.

A Venusaur appeared in The Ancient Pokémon Discovery!.

A Venusaur appeared in Where is Chikorita?!.

In the Pokémon Zensho manga

Professor Oak owns a Venusaur in the Pokémon Zensho manga series. It evolved from the Bulbasaur that neither Satoshi nor Shigeru chose as their starter.

In the TCG

In the TFG

One Venusaur figure has been released.

Other appearances

Venusaur is one of the Pokémon that can appear from the gate on the rooftop of Silph Co. in the Saffron City stage. Venusaur will occasionally fire Razor Leaves at any character in front of it.

When Venusaur is released from a Poké Ball, it uses the move Earthquake, which acts similarly to Donkey Kong's Down + B attack. Any player caught in this will be sent flying.

Venusaur is also a Pokéfloat. The front half will push itself onto the screen first and play will then begin to move to the right after Snorlax leaves the screen.

Trophy information

Evolving from Ivysaur, this deceptively toxic Pokémon has a huge flower on its back that emits a cloying fragrance: the scent lulls its enemies into a state of calmness. Venusaur's flower synthesizes sunshine into pure energy for its SolarBeam move. Think of Grass-type Pokémon, and Venusaur comes first.

Venusaur is briefly mentioned in Ivysaur's trophy description.

Mega Venusaur appears as a trophy in both versions of the game.

Trophy information

With a special type of Mega Stone called Venusaurite, Venusaur can Mega Evolve into Mega Venusaur in the middle of a battle. Not only does Venusaur get a large defense boost when it Mega Evolves, but the plants on its back grow so much, it looks like you're being attacked by a walking jungle. Now, that's got to be intimidating!

Venusaur reprises its role as a stage element in the returning Saffron City stage. It is also a Spirit.

Two Venusaur appeared in Detective Pikachu.

Game data

Pokédex entries

Game locations

In side games

In events

Held items

Stats

Base stats

Venusaur

Mega Venusaur

Pokéathlon stats

Type effectiveness

Venusaur

Mega Venusaur

Under normal battle conditions in Generation VIII, this Pokémon is: Damaged

normally by: Normal 1× Fighting ½× Flying 2× Poison 1× Ground 1× Rock 1× Bug 1× Ghost 1× Steel 1× Fire 1× Water ½× Grass ¼× Electric ½× Psychic 2× Ice 1× Dragon 1× Dark 1× Fairy ½× None Weak to: Normal 1× Fighting ½× Flying 2× Poison 1× Ground 1× Rock 1× Bug 1× Ghost 1× Steel 1× Fire 1× Water ½× Grass ¼× Electric ½× Psychic 2× Ice 1× Dragon 1× Dark 1× Fairy ½× None Immune to: Normal 1× Fighting ½× Flying 2× Poison 1× Ground 1× Rock 1× Bug 1× Ghost 1× Steel 1× Fire 1× Water ½× Grass ¼× Electric ½× Psychic 2× Ice 1× Dragon 1× Dark 1× Fairy ½× None Resistant to: Normal 1× Fighting ½× Flying 2× Poison 1× Ground 1× Rock 1× Bug 1× Ghost 1× Steel 1× Fire 1× Water ½× Grass ¼× Electric ½× Psychic 2× Ice 1× Dragon 1× Dark 1× Fairy ½× None

Learnset

By a prior evolution

Generation VIII Other generations: I - II - III - IV - V - VI - VII Stage Move Type Cat. Pwr. Acc. PP This Pokémon has no moves exclusive to prior evolutions. Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Venusaur

indicates a move that gets when used by Venusaur Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution of Venusaur

indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution of Venusaur Click on the generation numbers at the top to see moves from other generations

Side game data

Mega Venusaur





Event forms in Pokémon GO Clone

Evolution

Forms

Mega Evolution

Default Venusaur Venusaur

Grass Poison

Venusaurite





↔ Held Venusaurite Mega Venusaur Venusaur

Grass Poison

Gigantamax

Sprites

Other sprites

FireRed/LeafGreen credits

Trivia

Origin

According to Ken Sugimori in a Japanese interview that was discussing the Pokémon franchise in general, Venusaur was inspired by frogs. When asked to describe the basis of the design behind the Bulbasaur evolutionary line, Sugimori had stated that it was "a creature that is something like a frog." In another interview, Sugimori described the origin and the basic themes of the original starter Pokémon: "[T]he experience of keeping small animals such as frogs (Bulbasaur), lizards (Charmander), and baby turtles (Squirtle) as pets gives the game a sense of reality and makes it easier to get into the game. I realized it might be difficult to make an emotional connection if the first partner Pokémon is a tough-looking character."

Venusaur's large, rounded snout; wide mouth; wide-set eyes; bumpy, wart-like skin; and quadruped-like movements are vaguely similar to those of certain amphibians, such as the common toad or the Colorado River toad, both of which are toads that exude toxins from their parotoid glands. Unlike Bulbasaur, Venusaur's "ears" have hollows, indicating that they are in fact ears and not glands, as seen in many species of frogs and toads. In particular, its build and ears resemble the Beelzebufo, a large prehistoric frog.

The flower on its back resembles the Rafflesia arnoldii.

Name origin

Venusaur is a combination of the words Venus (referring to the Venus flytrap plant) or venom and the Greek saur (lizard).

Fushigibana is a pun on 不思議な花 "fushigi na hana" (strange flower).

In other languages

Language Title Meaning Japanese フシギバナ Fushigibana From 不思議 fushigi and 花 hana French Florizarre From flore and bizarre Spanish Venusaur Same as English name German Bisaflor From Bi , Saurier and Flora or flor Italian Venusaur Same as English name Korean 이상해꽃 Isanghekkot From 이상하다 isanghada and 꽃 kkot Cantonese Chinese 妙蛙花 Miuhwāfā

奇異花 Kèihyihfā * From 奇妙 kèihmiuh , 蛙 wā , and 花 fā

From 奇異 kèihyih and 花 fā Mandarin Chinese 妙蛙花 Miàowāhuā From 奇妙 qímiào , 蛙 wā , and 花 huā More languages Bulgarian Винъзор Vinŭzor Transcription of English name Hebrew ווינאזור Vinasaur Transcription of English name Hindi वेणुसौर Venusaur Transcription of English name Lithuanian Venuzauras From English name Brazilian Portuguese Venossauro From Venus and dinossauro Russian Венузавр Venuzavr Transcription of English name Thai ฟุชิกิบานะ Fushigibana Transcription of Japanese name





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