Nidorino (Pokémon)

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Nidorino (Japanese: ニドリーノ Nidorino) is a introduced in Generation I.
It evolves from starting at level 16 and evolves into when exposed to a Moon Stone.
It is related to the line, serving as 's male counterpart. Starting in Generation V, it can produce s that contain either Nidoran♂ or Nidoran♀ when bred with .
==Biology==
Nidorino is a light-purple, quadrupedal . It has several darker purple patches across its body. It has large, spiny ears with teal insides, narrow black eyes, and a long snout with two pointed teeth protruding from the upper jaw. Nidorino has a ridge of toxic spines on its back and a long, pointed horn on its forehead. The horn is harder than a diamond and can secrete poison on impact. The more adrenaline Nidorino has in its body, the more potent the poison is. Its short legs have three claws on each foot. Nidorino is a male-only species.
Nidorino is independent, nervous, and fierce, often described as violent and easily angered. It uses its ears to check its surroundings. If it senses a hostile presence, all the barbs on its back bristle up at once, and it challenges the foe with all its might. Nidorino's harder-than-diamond horn can destroy diamonds, and it uses that horn to destroy boulders in its search for Moon Stones. Nidorino live in hot .
===Evolution===
Nidorino evolves from and 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===
Nidorino is available in Version 1.3.0+ and .
====By leveling up====
====By TM/TR====
====By ====
====By tutoring====
====By a prior Evolution====
====By transfer from another generation====
====-only moves====
Move	Card
 	Nidorino (Triumphant 46)
===Side game data===
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===Evolution data===
===Sprites===
==In animation==
===Main series===
====Major appearances====
In Pokémon - I Choose You!, a Nidorino was going up against a in a that was watching on TV. Thus, Nidorino and Gengar were the very first Pokémon to be seen in Pokémon the Series, excluding the opening.
In Fire and Ice, Ash battled and defeated a Nidorino during the Indigo Plateau Conference. He reappeared in a flashback in Friends to the End.
In Wherefore Art Thou, Pokémon?, 's Nidorino, nicknamed Tony, evolved from Nidoran♂ after battling and kissing 's , nicknamed Maria.
In The Heartbreak of Brock, Temacu's Nidorino was taking a stroll with her Nidorina.
In Restore and Renew!, Jessie pulled a from the Rocket Prize Master and used him in an unsuccessful attempt to capture a recently-revived .
====Minor appearances====
In The Flame Pokémon-athon!, multiple Nidorino were at the Laramie Ranch.
Two Nidorino appeared in the banned episode EP035, with one appearing in a flashback.
In A Chansey Operation, an injured Nidorino was brought to the clinic.
A Nidorino appeared in The Breeding Center Secret.
A Trainer's Nidorino appeared in Mewtwo Strikes Back and Mewtwo Strikes Back—Evolution.
In The Power of One, a Nidorino sensed the disturbance caused by Lawrence III.
In A Tent Situation, a Nidorino was at Professor Oak's Laboratory.
In Tricks of the Trade, a Nidorino was at the Pokémon Swap Meet in Palmpona.
Two Nidorino appeared in The Legend of Thunder!.
Multiple Nidorino appeared in the opening sequence of Destiny Deoxys.
A Nidorino appeared in Pokémon Ranger and the Kidnapped Riolu! Part 1 and Part 2.
A Nidorino appeared in Arceus and the Jewel of Life.
A Nidorino appeared in the opening sequence of Zoroark: Master of Illusions.
A Nidorino appeared in 's flashback in Genesect and the Legend Awakened.
A Nidorino appeared in This Could be the Start of Something Big!.
====Pokédex entries====
===Pokémon Origins===
In File 1: Red, a Nidorino was seen in Professor Oak's introduction, while another was seen battling a .
===Pokémon Generations===
In the game intro-like opening sequence for The Adventure, a Nidorino was battling a .
===POKÉTOON===
's Nidorino appeared at the very end of Blossom's Dream, battling against a .
A Nidorino living at the Safari Zone appeared in PT14.
==In the manga==
===Pokémon Adventures===
Nidorino debuted in A Glimpse of the Glow, where caught him to show to the Pallet Town children how to catch a Pokémon. As well as another one appeared in Red's explanation fantasy about Pokémon to them.
Much later, at the beginning of Return to Pallet Town, another Nidorino appears in the wild, against whom Red urges a child to take the on his belt and fight him to weaken him. This again references the opening sequence of the Generation I remakes .
===Pokémon Pocket Monsters===
 owns a Nidorino, which debuted in Save the Pokémon Zoo!!.
==In the TCG==
==Trivia==
* Nidorino is one of the first two Pokémon to appear in a Pokémon battle both in Pokémon the Series and in the , the other being . This is due to their appearance in the opening animation of (as well as their remakes, ), on which the beginning of the first Pokémon the Series episode was based on.
** It is also the first Pokémon to be both seen and captured in Pokémon Adventures, in much the same way.
* Nidorino, along with Gengar (and possibly other Pokémon), originate from the Capsule Monsters game design pitch, which would eventually become the Pokémon series.
* The Nidorino that appears in Professor Oak's introduction in has the cry of a .
* Nidorino's coloration is the same as 's normal coloration. Likewise, Nidorina's Shiny coloration matches Nidorino's normal coloration.
* Nidorino shares its with , , , , and . They are all known as the Poison Pin Pokémon.
===Origin===
Nidorino appears to be based on s, and s. It may also reference the mythical due to its rabbit like appearance and the fact that it reaches its final evolved form using a Moon Stone.
====Name origin====
Nidorino may be a combination of needle, , and -ino (masculine diminutive suffix in Spanish and Italian). It may also involve 二度 nido (twice).
==In other languages==
==External links==
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