Weezing (Pokémon)

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Weezing (Japanese: マタドガス Matadogas) is a introduced in Generation I.
It evolves from starting at level 35.
In Galar, Weezing has a dual-type regional form. It evolves from Koffing starting at level 35. All Koffing in Galar evolve into this form regardless of their origin.
==Biology==
Weezing is a purple consisting of two spherical heads connected by a thin tube with another sphere in the center. The heads have different sizes and features. The left head is larger and has prominent eyebrows, pointed teeth protruding from its lower jaw, and two flat teeth in its upper jaw. The smaller, right head simply has two pointed teeth, one at each corner of its mouth. The larger head has a cream-colored skull-and-crossbones marking below its face, while the smaller head has a ring marking instead. It is covered with many geyser-like protrusions, which usually expel mustard-colored gases. Weezing is said to form when poisonous gases pool and two fuse over many years. Very rarely, two Koffing can become a Weezing in a short time span because of a sudden mutation. Triplet Weezing have been discovered, although they are extremely rare.
Each of Weezing's heads contains a different toxin. It mixes its gases by inflating one head and deflating the other. When its gases mix, Weezing becomes more toxic and putrid. Weezing can hover in midair, presumably due to gases lighter than air, as is the case for Koffing. Despite their stench and poison, Weezing's gases can be used to make top-grade perfume by diluting them to the highest level.
Weezing lives in . It seeks a dirty, unkempt house and nests there. At night, when the people in the house are asleep, it will go through the trash. Weezing feeds on the dust, microorganisms, and especially gases emitted by garbage and toxic waste. Weezing's body expands and smells worse upon inhaling poisonous gases. The Kantonian Weezing used to be common in Galar and created more potent toxins than their Galarian relatives.
Weezing and its pre-evolved form are the only known Pokémon that can have as an Ability. 
===Forms===
Weezing has a regional form: Weezing.
In the Galar region, its appearance has changed due to absorbing polluted air from factories. It has a gray body with the skull, crossbones, and ring patterns changed to the color yellow. Both heads have a hat-like tube located on top of them that constantly releases purified air. Five puffs of green poison gas clouds can be seen floating around it. The gas clouds also partly cover its faces: the larger head has a mustache-like cloud on its upper lip, while the smaller head has clouds on its face in the shape of eyebrows and a beard.
Galarian Weezing consumes particles from polluted air and expels clean air instead of droppings. The toxins within Galarian Weezing's body are accumulated into poison gas clouds that leak and drift around it. The gas is its best weapon in battle, being potent enough to stun and immobilize an opponent with just a whiff.Galarian Weezing | Official Website | Pokémon Sword and Pokémon Shield Galarian Weezing preys on for the fumes it produces.
Galarian Weezing is also the only known Pokémon capable of learning the move . Additionally, in Generation IX, Galarian Weezing is the only known Pokémon that can have as an Ability.
===Evolution===
Weezing evolves from .
In Galar, Weezing has a regional form that evolves from Koffing.
(For specifics on this Pokémon's Evolution in the games, refer to Game data→Evolution data.)
==Game data==
===Pokédex entries===
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====In events====
=====Galarian Weezing=====
======Wild Area News======
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===Held items===
====Weezing====
Pokémon caught in Generation I must be traded to a Generation II game in order for a held item to appear.
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===Stats===
====Base stats====
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=====Galarian Weezing=====
Galarian Weezing has the same base stats as Kantonian Weezing.
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===Learnset===
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====By ====
====By a prior Evolution====
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===Side game data===
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===Evolution data===
===Sprites===
==In animation==
===Main series===
====Major appearances====
=====James's Weezing=====
Weezing debuted in Dig Those Diglett!, where James's Koffing evolved into one. In A Poached Ego!, it was along with Jessie's Arbok so they could protect a group of Koffing and that were rescued from Rico's clutches.
=====Other=====
In The Ultimate Test, used a Weezing during the Pokémon League Admissions Exam. It defeated the instructor's with its , , and attacks. Later on, Ash commanded it to use against , causing them to blast off.
In Healing the Healer!, a group of used a Weezing to poison a lake in an attempt to draw the attention of . Once Goh Suicune, it was used to battle Ash and Goh before eventually being defeated.
In Orla and the Poké Ball Smith, Roy was attacked by a group of Galarian Weezing after he accidentally hit one with an experimental Poké Ball. They were ultimately calmed down by Friede by having them feast on dirty smoke.
====Minor appearances====
A Weezing appeared in the opening intro of Celebi: The Voice of the Forest, which was reused for Pokémon Heroes: Latios & Latias.
In Lights! Camera! Pika!, a Weezing provided white smoke effects for Frank on the sets of his films.
In I Choose You!, a Weezing fell under the control of .
A Weezing debuted in the intro segment of Getting More Than You Battled For!, where it was at the altar of the Slumbering Weald.
A Weezing appeared in This Could be the Start of Something Big!.
A Galarian Weezing appeared in The Bittersweet Truth.
====Pokédex entries====
===Pokémon Origins===
Koga's Weezing briefly appeared in File 3: Giovanni.
===Pokémon Generations===
In The Lake of Rage, Petrel's Weezing attempted to stop Lance during his and 's infiltration of the Team Rocket HQ. However, it was easily defeated by 's .
===Pokémon Evolutions===
In The Show, a Weezing was used to provide special effects for the Kimono Girls' performance.
===POKÉTOON===
A Weezing appeared in PT10, where it seen being defeated by the 's .
==In the manga==
===The Electric Tale of Pikachu===
James's Weezing appeared in You Gotta Have Friends.
===Pokémon Adventures===
Weezing debuted in Drat That Dratini!, where a horde of them tried to attack and , but they escaped using Red's Aerodactyl.
A Weezing appeared in Long Live the Nidoqueen!? when the people of Viridian City were trying to calm some forest Pokémon down.
In Sea Sea Seadra, a Weezing and a appeared behind Bill, still showing the ecology in Viridian Forest hasn't changed back to normal in two years.
Harry of the Team Rocket Elite Trio has a Weezing, which first appeared in The Coming of Slowpoke (Eventually).
Koga's Weezing first appeared in Weezing Winks Out, where it was used on Cerise Island to battle Agatha, mostly to bide time until Arbok regenerated.
Janine's Weezing first appeared in Crossing Crobat, where it used its smoke to reveal the lasers in the Goldenrod Museum.
The rented a Weezing, which was stolen by Guile Hideout in The Final Battle VII. It reappeared in a flashback in The Final Battle VIII.
A Trainer's Weezing appeared in Deprogramming Porygon-Z.
A Weezing first appeared in Rising!! Opal of Ballonlea, under the ownership of Opal.
===Pokémon Pocket Monsters===
A Weezing appeared in Get The Flying Machine!!, under the ownership of a . It was sent out to battle Red's Clefairy but lost.
===Pokémon Zensho===
Koga's only known Pokémon is Weezing. It battled 's Ditto in PZ06 and lost.
==In the TCG==
==In the TFG==
One Weezing figure has been released.
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==Other appearances==
===Super Smash Bros. Melee===
When released from a , Weezing will hover in place and emit that juggles any opponent who comes near it, essentially serving the function of its pre-Evolution, , from Super Smash Bros.
Weezing also makes an appearance as a float in the Poké Floats stage. It appears as and leave. Once appears, it will slowly deflate and move to the top of the screen.
====Trophy information====
"The evolved form of Koffing, Weezing is basically a pair of Koffing fused together. They tend to float in the air and emit gas or noxious smoke from the outgrowths that cover their bodies. As strange as it may seem, diluting Weezing emissions as much as possible creates one of the most exquisite perfumes known to man."
===Super Smash Bros. Ultimate===
Weezing appears as a .
==Trivia==
* In the Pokémon Red and Blue beta, Weezing was originally known as "La", representing ' polluted air.
* Weezing is the only Pokémon that .
** Galarian Weezing is the only Pokémon that consists of multiple bodies.
* In certain instances in the , such as summary pages and Pokémon Contests, a Pokémon's sprite is horizontally flipped, unless its body is asymmetrical. However, Weezing's sprite is flipped in all instances despite its asymmetrical body.
* The Pokédex entries for Weezing claim triplet forms have been discovered, but this variant has not been shown in any Pokémon media.
* Weezing shares similar traits to and . All three Pokémon are pure Pokémon with a single pre-evolved form, roughly the same base stat totals and evolution levels, and appear to be based on a different kind of pollution; Weezing being air pollution.
* Galarian Weezing is tied with as the tallest Pokémon.
* Although Weezing and Galarian Weezing do not appear in , the smoke tower on the rooftop of the Galaxy Hall resembles a Galarian Weezing.
* Kantonian Weezing and its pre-evolved form are the only Pokémon whose changed in Generation VIII. In previous generations, their only Ability was .
* Galarian Weezing can learn more moves that cause it to faint than any other Pokémon (, , , and ).
* Galarian Weezing was the first Galarian form to be officially revealed.
* Galarian Weezing has the shortest duration of time out of all Pokémon between being made available in a mainline game and being made available in . It was made available in Pokémon GO in Raid Battles on November 16, 2019, just one day after the release of .
===Origin===
Considering its looks, its ability to float, and its tendency to explode, Weezing may have been based upon a floating or living meteorite. It is also based on smog and other forms of air pollution. It may also be based on the imagined fear that heavy pollution, caused by the leakage and/or improper disposal of toxic and/or radioactive waste, may result in the creation of new and undesirable life forms. Much like Koffing, the symbol under Weezing's larger face resembles the , a hazard symbol for poison. The three orbs connected by stems that constitute its body resemble a . Weezing's fused heads may also be based on and the effects of pollution-induced birth defects.
Galarian Weezing takes inspiration from s.(November 15, 2019). "「ポケットモンスター ソード・シールド」インタビュー。「最強」をテーマに，子供たちが楽しめるものを目指して." 4Gamer.net. Its appearance in particular seems to be based on a stereotypical British gentleman wearing a , combined with actual s. Both its smog-based "facial hair" and its Pokédex entry, which describes Weezing taking the form as a result of heavy air pollution, likely draw reference from that afflicted London during the Victorian era. Its ability to clean the air of pollutants may be based on air scrubbers, referring to the fact that they expel clean air as referenced in its Pokédex entry. The way Galarian Weezing feeds, absorbing polluted air and then releasing it through the chimney-like tubes on top of their heads as purified air, may have been based on the feeding method of , which are animals that feed through filtration. Water enters the sponge's body bringing food particles (such as microorganisms) and, after being filtered by the animal, is eliminated through the , a hole in the free end of the animal. Its design may also draw inspiration from nuclear cooling towers, referring to the clouds that they make being steam and not smoke as evidenced by its signature move . Additionally, its type and appearance may be a reference to s. Galarian Weezing's form may be based on photography.
Galarian Weezing's resemblance to Victorian era British noblemen, along with its Ability , may be a play on es, which are gaseous elements known for being highly unreactive and are typically used to prevent unwanted reactions from occuring.
====Name origin====
Weezing may be a corruption of wheezing (producing a whistling sound while breathing with difficulty).
Matadogas may come from 又 mata (again) and 毒ガス doku-gasu (poison gas). It may also be derived from マスタードガス masutādogasu ().
==In other languages==
==Related articles==
* James's Weezing
* Regional form
* Pokémon fusion
* Weaponry in the Pokémon world
==References==
==External links==
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