Weedle (Pokémon)

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Weedle (Japanese: ビードル Beedle) is a dual-type introduced in Generation I.
It evolves into starting at level 7, which evolves into starting at level 10.
==Biology==
Weedle is a larval with a segmented body ranging in color from yellow to reddish-brown. Each segment of its body is a sphere. It has a bulbous red nose, two small, black eyes on its face, and two spherical feet on each body segment. The combination of red and yellow in its color scheme creates a bright warning to predators that it is poisonous. Weedle has a conical, two-inch (five-centimeter) venomous stinger on its head and a barbed one on its tail. Weedle can retaliate against attackers and those who step on it with its strong toxin. It can distinguish its favorite kinds of leaves using its acute sense of smell. As a young Pokémon, its daily appetite for leaves matches its weight. Weedle can be found in and usually hide in grass, bushes, and under the leaves they eat.
===Evolution===
Weedles evolves into , which evolves into .
(For specifics on this Pokémon's Evolution in the games, refer to Game data→Evolution data.)
==Game data==
===Pokédex entries===
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===Game locations===
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===Held items===
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====
====Pokéathlon stats====
===Type effectiveness===
===Learnset===
Weedle is available in .
====By leveling up====
====By TM====
====By ====
====By tutoring====
====-only moves====
Move	Card
 	Weedle (Skyridge 114)
 	Weedle (Vending S1)
===Side game data===
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In , Weedle can be obtained by completing 1/4 of the Special Research, A Mega Discovery.
===Evolution data===
===Sprites===
==In animation==
===Main series===
====Major appearances====
Multiple Weedle debuted in Challenge of the Samurai, where was very close to one. He used his newly caught to battle it, which resulted in Weedle being knocked unconscious. However, when Ash was about to throw his , Samurai came up and asked Ash if he was a from Pallet Town. This distracted Ash from catching Weedle, allowing it to escape. This same Weedle later warned its kind, and together, they tried to avenge its attempted capture by attacking .
In The Bug Stops Here, caught a Weedle during the Bug-Catching Contest, and later it in accordance with the Contest rules.
====Minor appearances====
A Weedle appeared in The Kangaskhan Kid.
In The Ultimate Test, a Trainer allowed to photograph his Weedle. Due to a coloring error, this Weedle was colored green like a . Generation II revealed that Weedle are green as well.
A Trainer's Weedle appeared in Mewtwo Strikes Back and Mewtwo Strikes Back—Evolution.
In In the Pink, multiple Weedle were residents of Pinkan Island.
In Tracey Gets Bugged, a Weedle was one of the Pokémon on Murcott Island.
A Weedle appeared in Pikachu's Rescue Adventure.
In Illusion Confusion!, a Weedle was one of the illusions created by a group of and .
In For Crying Out Loud, multiple Weedle were accidentally soaked by Wilhomena's .
In Gettin' The Bugs Out, multiple Weedle were residents of Azalea Gym. They assisted in tying up with silk.
Multiple Weedle appeared in Celebi: The Voice of the Forest.
In Got Miltank?, a Weedle was an inhabitant of a Pokémon-exclusive oasis.
In For Ho-Oh the Bells Toll!, multiple Weedle protected the Tin Tower after Team Rocket stole the Crystal Bells on the top floor.
In Talkin' 'Bout an Evolution, a Weedle fell sick due to Team Rocket's experiments.
In the banned episode EP250, a Weedle was in a forest outside the Ice Cave.
A Weedle appeared in All in a Day's Wurmple.
In Gonna Rule The School!, the Pokémon Trainers' School lent a Weedle to the school's underage students for use in lessons.
A Weedle appeared in Destiny Deoxys.
In The Saffron Con, a 's Weedle was stolen by Team Rocket. After being returned, it competed in the Saffron City Pokémon Contest in the next episode.
A Weedle appeared in The Green Guardian.
Two Weedle appeared in Three Jynx and a Baby!.
Two Weedle appeared in Talking a Good Game!.
In Once More With Reeling!, a Coordinator's Weedle participated in the .
A Weedle appeared in Following A Maiden's Voyage!.
In One Big Happiny Family!, a Weedle was healed by Nurse Joy after being injured.
A Weedle appeared in Kalos, Where Dreams and Adventures Begin!.
A Weedle living in 's lab appeared in Lumiose City Pursuit!, Mega-Mega Meowth Madness!, Day Three Blockbusters!, and Battling With a Clean Slate!; as well as in a flashback in Garchomp's Mega Bond!.
A Weedle appeared in An Appetite for Battle!.
A Weedle appeared in a flashback in A Watershed Moment!.
A Weedle appeared in a flashback in Seeing the Forest for the Trees!.
Two Weedle appeared in I Choose You!.
A Weedle appeared in a flashback in Enter Pikachu!.
In Working My Way Back to Mew!, Goh caught a . It has since made further appearances in .
A Trainer's Weedle appeared in Caring for a Mystery!.
Two Weedle appeared in Trade, Borrow, and Steal!, with one under the ownership of a Trainer and the other being wild.
A Trainer's Weedle appeared in Crowning the Chow Crusher!.
A Weedle appeared in This Could be the Start of Something Big!.
A Weedle appeared in The Rainbow and the Pokémon Master!.
Two Weedle appeared in The Treasure After the Storm!. They reappeared in Found You, Fuecoco!, where they helped repair the damage to the Brave Olivine. One of them reappeared during a flashback in A New Song for Fuecoco.
A Weedle appeared in The Terapagos I Don't Know, under the ownership of a student.
====Pokédex entries====
===Pokémon Origins===
In File 1: Red, a Weedle was one of the Pokémon seen in Professor Oak's introduction.
In File 3: Giovanni, a Weedle was at Silph Co.
===POKÉTOON===
A Weedle appeared in Wait for Me, Magikarp!.
A Weedle appeared in PT12.
==In the manga==
===Pokémon Adventures===
====Minor appearances====
Weedle debuted in Bulbasaur, Come Home! as one of the Pokémon that escaped from Professor Oak's Laboratory.
In Buzz Off, Electabuzz!, a Weedle reunited with its .
In Just a Spearow Carrier, a Weedle to try to trick people into trading better Pokémon for it at the Pokémon League tournament.
A Weedle appeared in Murkrow Row as one of the residents of 's house.
A Weedle appeared in Absolutely Azumarill, where failed to catch it.
A Weedle appeared in The Last Battle XIII as one of the Pokémon sent to participate in the fight in Ilex Forest.
===Pokémon Pocket Monsters===
A Weedle appeared in Big Battle in the Viridian Forest!!.
A Weedle appeared in Pikachu's Birthday Party.
A Weedle appeared in The Hardest Bug Pokémon Wins?!.
A Weedle appeared in The Exam Showdown!!.
===Pocket Monsters DP===
A Weedle appeared in PMDP16.
===Magical Pokémon Journey===
A Weedle appeared in How Do You Do, Pikachu?.
===Pokémon: Yeah! I Got Pokémon!===
A Weedle appeared in GDZ15.
Shu befriended and caught a Weedle in GDZ19.
A Weedle appeared in GDZ21.
A Weedle appeared in GDZ23.
A Weedle appeared in GDZ48.
===Pokémon Gold & Silver: The Golden Boys===
A Trainer's Weedle appeared in Let's Fight For The Future!!.
===Pokémon Journeys===
Goh caught a Weedle in Battle Frontier Challenge: The Flute Cup!, just like he does in the animated series.
==In the TCG==
==In the TFG==
One Weedle figure has been released.
* : 
==Trivia==
* Weedle has the lowest base stat total of all Pokémon.
** Weedle is tied with for the lowest base of all Poison-type Pokémon.
** Weedle is also tied with , , , , , and for the lowest base stat of all Pokémon.
* Until , Weedle was completely incapable of dealing damage to Pokémon—outside of —because it could only learn , to which Steel types are immune. From Platinum onward, Weedle can learn .
* Prior to Generation VI, Weedle's shape was .
* Weedle is the only Pokémon that cannot legitimately know any moves.
===Cultural impact===
* Weedle was the inspiration for the naming of Stentorceps weedlei, a species of wasps. Both Weedle and Stentorceps weedlei exhibit the distinctive feature of having a spine in the middle of the organism's head.Stentorceps weedlei Nielsen & Buffington
===Concept and development===
Weedle and its evolutions were designed by Atsuko Nishida.Interview with Atsuko Nishida on Game Freak's website
An of Weedle's sprite was shown on Game Freak's official Japanese website.
===Origin===
Weedle appears to be based on a or and needles or stings. As suggested by its Japanese Pokémon , it may also be based on .
====Name origin====
Weedle may be a combination of and needle.
Beedle may be a combination of bee and needle.
==In other languages==
==Related articles==
* Giovanni's Weedle
==References==
==External links==
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