Bulbasaur (Pokémon)

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Bulbasaur (Japanese: フシギダネ Fushigidane) is a dual-type introduced in Generation I.
It evolves into starting at level 16, which evolves into starting at level 32.
Along with and , Bulbasaur is one of the three first partner Pokémon of Kanto available at the beginning of Pokémon Red, Green, Blue, FireRed, and LeafGreen.
==Biology==
Bulbasaur is a small, quadrupedal that has blue-green skin with darker patches. It has red eyes with white pupils, pointed, ear-like structures on top of its head, and a short, blunt snout with a wide mouth. Small, pointed teeth are visible in the upper jaw when its mouth is open. Each of its thick legs ends with three sharp claws. On Bulbasaur's back is a green plant bulb that conceals two slender, tentacle-like vines, which is grown from a seed planted there at birth. The bulb also provides it with energy through photosynthesis and from the nutrient-rich seeds contained within.
First partner Pokémon are raised by s to be distributed to new s.A Mudkip Mission Having been raised by humans from birth, Bulbasaur is regarded as both a rare and well-behaved Pokémon. It is known to be extremely loyal, even after long-term abandonment.The Mystery Menace Bulbasaur have demonstrated a nurturing instinct towards younger, weaker Pokémon, one individual even using its vines to pick up a crying Pokémon, gently rocking it back and forth through the air while singing a "Bulba-by".Pikachu's Vacation Its vines are long and strong enough to allow Bulbasaur to grab the branches of trees and pull itself up to reach berries.Bulbasaur (SWSH Promo 303) Bulbasaur can survive for days without eating. As mentioned in Sleep Style Dex, Bulbasaur is known to sleep in sunny spots. Bulbasaur has four different sleep styles it sleeps in: Sunbathing Sleep, Sturdy Sleep, Vines-Out Sleep, and Atop-Belly Sleep.
It is found in and forests throughout the Kanto region. However, due to Bulbasaur's status as first partner Pokémon, it is hard to come by in the wild and generally found under the ownership of a Trainer. It has been recently seen living in the Terarium of Blueberry Academy. A Bulbasaur's bulb will flash blue when it is ready to evolve. If it does not want to evolve, it struggles to resist the transformation.Bulbasaur's Mysterious Garden Many Bulbasaur gather every year in a hidden garden in Kanto to evolve into Ivysaur in a ceremony led by a Venusaur.
===Evolution===
Bulbasaur 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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===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===
Bulbasaur is available in Version 3.0.0+.
====By leveling up====
====By TM====
====By ====
====-only moves====
Move	Card
 	Bulbasaur (McDonald Pack 1)
 	Bulbasaur (POP Series 2 12)
 	Bulbasaur (McDonald Pack 1)
 	Bulbasaur (DPt-P Promo 30)
====Animated series-only moves====
Move	Type	Episode
 	 	Bulbasaur... the Ambassador!
 	 	The Ninja Poké-Showdown (Dub-only)
===Side game data===
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===Evolution data===
===Sprites===
==In animation==
===Main series===
====Major appearances====
=====Ash's Bulbasaur=====
's Bulbasaur debuted in Bulbasaur and the Hidden Village as one of the Pokémon in the Hidden Village, thus also marking the species' physical debut. Though initially wary of Ash, the two eventually warmed up to one another, and Bulbasaur challenged him to a . Using , Ash won the battle, and Bulbasaur was . Unlike and , which were caught in the two episodes following that of Bulbasaur, Bulbasaur remained in Ash's party for most of his through Johto until Bulbasaur... the Ambassador!, when Ash sent him to 's lab to work as an ambassador between otherwise argumentative groups of Pokémon.
=====May's Bulbasaur=====
Much later on, while Ash was traveling in the Hoenn region, caught her own Bulbasaur after being separated from the group in Grass Hysteria!. She remained with her throughout the rest of her journey in Hoenn, helping her to win the and place Top 8 in the regional Grand Festival. When she traveled to Kanto to continue her journey with Ash in The Right Place and the Right Mime, May, too, left her Bulbasaur at Professor Oak's Laboratory to learn from Ash's while she, Ash, Max, and traveled throughout the Kanto region. May retrieved her during her travels in Johto, where she evolved all the way into a .
=====Shauna's Bulbasaur=====
's first partner Pokémon is a Bulbasaur she received from . It first appeared in Summer of Discovery!, and it was revealed to have evolved into Ivysaur by Tag Team Battle Inspiration!
=====Other=====
In Mewtwo Strikes Back, a Bulbasaur was cloned from Ash's own Bulbasaur. The cloned Bulbasaur participated in the battle between the original Pokémon and the cloned Pokémon. Bulbasaur reappeared in Mewtwo Returns.
In The Mystery Menace, a Bulbasaur was abandoned by the Mayor of Trovitopolis during his childhood when it wouldn't evolve into Ivysaur. Since then, it grew to a very large size in the sewers. Aided by and , Ash found the abandoned Bulbasaur while searching for his own, which had been taken by the giant Bulbasaur. After defeating the arrogant mayor and his personal SWAT team, Ash and his friends left the Bulbasaur with Nurse Joy.
In Journey to the Starting Line!, was supposed to start his journey as a Pokémon Trainer with one of the three Kanto first partner Pokémon, but they were scared off by Ash's Tauros, forcing Gilbert to set out to find them with , , and . Bulbasaur was the last one to be found, having been stuck in a tree that was surrounded by a group of . In the end, Bulbasaur was chosen by Gilbert as his first partner Pokémon.
In A Six Pack Attack!, a Bulbasaur went with Professor Oak on his trip to Hoenn along with a and .
	
A Bulbasaur appeared in The Right Place and the Right Mime, where it was one of the first partner Pokémon seen at Professor Oak's Laboratory.
In Ivysaur's Mysterious Tower!, multiple Bulbasaur and Ivysaur traveled to a that was under construction in Vermilion City. Ash and Goh, who were investigating the outbreak, followed them to the Gym and realized the horde had gone there so the Bulbasaur could absorb the sunlight necessary to evolve into new Ivysaur. They reappeared in a flashback in Getting More Than You Battled For!.
====Minor appearances====
Bulbasaur debuted in Pokémon - I Choose You!, where Ash dreamed about one as his prospective first partner Pokémon.
In a flashback in Challenge of the Samurai, a Trainer's Bulbasaur was shown battling and defeating Samurai's .
In Battle Aboard the St. Anne, multiple Bulbasaur were aboard the St. Anne.
In Pokémon Fashion Flash, a Bulbasaur was on Scissor Street.
A Bulbasaur appeared in The Breeding Center Secret.
In Friends to the End, a 's Bulbasaur appeared during the closing ceremonies of the Indigo Plateau Conference.
A first partner Bulbasaur appeared in a flashback in Don't Touch That 'dile.
In Gonna Rule The School!, the Pokémon Trainers' School lent a Bulbasaur to the school's underage students for use in lessons.
A Bulbasaur appeared in the opening sequence of Jirachi: Wish Maker.
A 's Bulbasaur appeared in What I Did for Love!.
In An Old Family Blend!, a Trainer's Bulbasaur competed in the Lily of the Valley Conference.
In Meloetta's Moonlight Serenade, a Bulbasaur watched 's concert.
In The Fires of a Red-Hot Reunion!, a Bulbasaur was part of Professor Oak's demonstration of the Kanto first partner Pokémon at the Kanto Fair.
A Trainer's Bulbasaur appeared in Crystal-Clear Sleuthing!.
A Trainer's Bulbasaur appeared in I Choose You!. Another was revealed to have been chosen by as her first partner Pokémon in a flashback.
A Trainer's Bulbasaur appeared in Balloons, Brionne, and Belligerence!.
Two Trainers' Bulbasaur appeared in The Power of Us.
In Securing the Future!, a Trainer's Bulbasaur joined the rest of Alola in showering with light so it could return to its .
A Trainer's Bulbasaur appeared in The Road to The Semifinals!.
Multiple Bulbasaur appeared in Enter Pikachu!, with one under the ownership of a Trainer and the rest being wild.
In Legend? Go! Friends? Go!, Professor Cerise offered a Bulbasaur to Goh to be his first partner Pokémon, but it was rejected.
A Trainer's Bulbasaur appeared in A Chilling Curse!.
A Bulbasaur appeared in a fantasy alongside the other first partner Pokémon in Getting More Than You Battled For!.
A Trainer's Bulbasaur appeared in To Train, or Not to Train!. It reappeared in Breaking the Ice!.
A Bulbasaur appeared in This Could be the Start of Something Big!.
A Trainer's Bulbasaur appeared in The Pendant That Starts It All (Part One). Another two appeared under the ownership of students of Indigo Academy.
A Bulbasaur appeared in The Terapagos I Don't Know, under the ownership of a student.
A Student's Bulbasaur appeared in Infiltrating the System! Naranja Academy in Danger!.
====Pokédex entries====
===Pokémon Origins===
In File 1: Red, a Bulbasaur was seen in Professor Oak's introduction, while another was one of the Pokémon that Oak was giving away.
===Pokémon Generations===
In The Adventure, 's Bulbasaur was sent out to battle a wild , which Red successfully caught.
===Pokémon: Twilight Wings===
A Bulbasaur appeared in The Gathering of Stars, under the ownership of .
===GOTCHA!===
A Bulbasaur briefly appeared in GOTCHA!.
===POKÉTOON===
Two Bulbasaur appeared in Blossom's Dream.
A Bulbasaur appeared in Wait for Me, Magikarp!.
===Pokémon Evolutions===
A Bulbasaur briefly appeared in The Discovery, inside Professor Oak's Laboratory. It was seen playing with its fellow first partner Pokémon.
==In the manga==
===Pokémon Adventures===
====Major appearances====
=====Saur=====
In Bulbasaur, Come Home!, received a Bulbasaur from after helping capture all of the Pokémon he accidentally set free. Bulbasaur, now nicknamed Saur, has since evolved into , and then into . It has the ability to suck in large amounts of air through his bulb, as seen in That Awful Arbok!, where he sucked up the mist in Pokémon Tower, as well as the that made it.
====Minor appearances====
A Bulbasaur appeared as a silhouette when talks about in The Jynx Jinx.
Professor Sycamore owns a Bulbasaur, as seen in They Have a Flare for a Li'l Kanga-Napping.
===Pokémon Pocket Monsters===
A Bulbasaur appeared in Introducing the Pokémon Clefairy!! as one of the first partner Pokémon and had to choose from.
===The Electric Tale of Pikachu===
Ash's Bulbasaur debuts in You Gotta Have Friends. Bulbasaur's capture is not shown; it is simply stated when it first appears from its that " has been busy since the last comic".
In I'm Your Venusaur, Ash and Misty travel to a town inhabited by many Bulbasaur, and . There is a local legend that a giant Venusaur saved the townsfolk in battle.
===Magical Pokémon Journey===
In Magical Pokémon Journey, Pistachio's has a crush on him and is extremely jealous whenever she sees him talking to other females.
===Pokémon Zensho===
Bulbasaur appeared as one of the first partner Pokémon Professor Oak was giving away in PZ01.
===Movie adaptations===
Ash's Bulbasaur appeared in , , and .
A Bulbasaur appeared in a flashback in ICYR1, under the ownership of .
===Pokémon: Yeah! I Got Pokémon!===
A Bulbasaur appeared in GDZ34.
===Pokémon Gold & Silver: The Golden Boys===
A Trainer's Bulbasaur appeared in Let's Fight For The Future!!.
===Ash & Pikachu===
's Bulbasaur appeared in Do Your Best Bulbasaur!!.
==In the TCG==
==In the TFG==
One Bulbasaur figure has been released.
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==Other appearances==
===Super Smash Bros. Melee and Brawl===
Bulbasaur appears as a random trophy.
====Melee trophy information====
"Bulbasaur is a cute Pokémon born with a large seed firmly affixed to its back; the seed grows in size as the Pokémon does. Along with Squirtle and Charmander, Bulbasaur is one of the three Pokémon available at the beginning of Pokémon Red and Blue. It evolves into Ivysaur."
====Brawl trophy information====
"A Seed Pokémon. From birth, Bulbasaur carries a large plant seed on its back. It uses the nutrients from the seed to grow bigger and bigger. Extended exposure to the sun will cause its body and seed to grow in size. Some say that once, when the seed was much lighter, Bulbasaur was able to get around on two legs. Bulbasaur evolves into Ivysaur."
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Multiple Bulbasaur appeared in . After was injured in the garden of , they and a group of escorted Tim, Lucy, and Pikachu to , who healed it.
===Celestial===
Multiple Bulbasaur appeared in the music video for Celestial.
==Trivia==
* In the Japanese , the international , and the Japanese , Professor Oak classifies Bulbasaur as the "plant Pokémon" (Japanese: しょくぶつポケモン) when the player is about to choose it as their first partner Pokémon, using the term while referring to its . In the English versions of , he calls it the "grass Pokémon".
** This also occurs in the first episode of Pokémon Origins.
* Bulbasaur's evolutionary line is the only first partner Pokémon family to have the .
** Bulbasaur's evolutionary line is also the only first partner line to have each member appear at least once in the Super Smash Bros. series.
* Bulbasaur shares its with its evolved forms and . They are all known as the Seed Pokémon.
* Bulbasaur's number in the National Pokédex and the Fiore Browser are the same: 001.
* Due to the censor that prevents Pokémon with offensive nicknames being traded on the GTS, a Bulbasaur with an English name couldn't be traded on the GTS without a nickname in .
* In , Bulbasaur is programmed to be able to learn through , but no other Pokémon in the or s can legitimately learn it to pass down as an Egg Move in those games. In Generation III and , Bulbasaur can inherit the move from by chain breeding. In Generation V onwards, Bulbasaur can inherit the move directly from .
* In , Bulbasaur could learn Vine Whip at level 7 instead of Leech Seed. This oversight was later fixed in .
* According to the Trainer Race quiz minigame from PokéROM, the word "strong" is a good adjective to describe Bulbasaur.
===Cultural impact===
* released a one-dollar coin featuring Bulbasaur as part of a commemorative promotion for the Pokémon franchise, with Bulbasaur on one side and the nation's coat of arms on the other.
* While Bulbasaur is not considered to be part of the inspiration for the naming of , a genus of s, it has been noted that the similarities "may not be entirely coincidental".Sloat, Sarah. (February 1, 2017). "Scientists Who Discovered Bulbasaurus Didn’t Name It After a Pokémon." Inverse.
===Origin===
Bulbasaur is based on a .Interview with Jun'ichi Masuda and Ken Sugimori about Pokémon Black and White Versions (archived - Japanese text)Creator Profile: The Creators of Pikachu - Pokémon.com (archived) In particular, its short legs, stout appearance, and ear-like protrusions on its head make it resemble . According to Ken Sugimori and Atsuko Nishida, the latter designed Bulbasaur working backward from Venusaur, meaning Bulbasaur was the last of its evolutionary line to have been designed and was also directly based on Venusaur. The bulb on its back resembles a or .
====Name origin====
Bulbasaur is a combination of GAME FREAK | POCKEMON JOURNAL (archive)(February 27, 2016). "ポケモンが現実世界と仮想世界を繋いでいく、20年目の挑戦・・・株式会社ポケモン代表取締役社長・石原恒和氏インタビュー" inside-games.jp.(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 (a rounded underground storage organ present in some plants) and or -saurus (common suffix used in the names of extinct reptilian creatures, derived from the Ancient Greek word for ). The name also sounds similar to the word bulbous.
Fushigidane may be a combination of 不思議 fushigi (strange; mysterious) and 種 tane (seed), as well as a pun of the phrase 不思議だね Fushigi da ne? ("Isn't it strange?").
==In other languages==
==See also==
* Ash's Bulbasaur
* May's Bulbasaur
* Saur
* Shauna's Bulbasaur
* Pistachio's Bulbasaur
* Venusaur (UNITE)
* First partner Pokémon
* Partner Pokémon (Mystery Dungeon)
==References==
==External links==
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