Charmander

← Venusaur | **Charmander** |  Charmeleon →

**Charmander** (pronunciation: *CHAHR-man-der*) is a **Fire**-type Starter Pokémon of the Kanto region.
It evolves into Charmeleon at level 16, then into Charizard at level 32.

## Appearance

Charmander is a small, bipedal, dinosaur-like Pokémon. Most of its body is colored orange, while its underbelly is a light yellow color. Charmander, along with all of its evolved forms, has a flame that is constantly burning on the end of their tails.

## Special abilities

Charmander has the ability Blaze, which allows their **Fire**-type attacks to cause 150% more damage if their health drops below 30%.

As a natural ability, Charmander can produce flames inside of itself and project them from its mouth, meaning that it can breathe fire. The power of its flame attacks can be gauged by the size of the flame on its tail.

## Evolution

**Charmander** evolves into Charmeleon once it reaches level 16. Charmander's final evolution is Charizard which it evolves into at Level 36.

## In the anime

*Main article: Ash's Charizard*
Ash Ketchum obtained a Charmander in the episode *Charmander - The Stray Pokémon*. This Charmander was first seen waiting on a rock when it was abandoned by its original trainer, Damian. Ash became angry for seeing this Pokémon so neglected. Even with the risk of dying, this Charmander waited in harsh weather conditions for its trainer, though the trainer never came. Ash helped in its recovery by taking it to a Pokémon Center, where it would later leave, only to find Ash and become his Pokémon. Ash had Charmander for thirty-two episodes. After beating a herd of Exeggutor in *The March of the Exeggutor Squad*, it evolved into Charmeleon.
Ritchie owned a Charmander, first seen in the episode "*A Friend in Deed"*. He nicknamed this Charmander "Zippo". It is also seen in *Friend and Foe Alike* and "*Friends in the End"*. He is later seen as an evolved Charmeleon.

A Charmander appears as one of the main characters in the special *Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Team Go-Getters out of the Gate!*.

Since Professor Oak gives out Charmander as a starter Pokémon, he is seen with one in *Journey to the Starting Line*, *A Six Pack Attack!* and *The Right Place at the Right Mime*.

Charmander also appears in the opening for the Indigo League season, otherwise known as the first season, of the anime.

## Game info

### Learnsets

#### Generation I

*Main article: Charmander/Learnset Generation I*
#### Generation II

*Main article: Charmander/Learnset Generation II*
#### Generation III

*Main article: Charmander/Learnset Generation III*
#### Generation IV

*Main article: Charmander/Learnset Generation IV*

#### Generation VI

*Main article: Charmander/Learnset Generation VI*

## Gallery

* Charmander in the Anime Mystery Dungeon episode.
* Promotional Artwork of Charmander

## Origins

### Name Origins

* **Japanese:** ヒトカゲ (Hitokage in Romaji) from the Japanese words *Hi* (火) which means fire and *Tokage* (蜥蜴) which means lizard, when joined it is *Hitokage* (火蜥蜴) which means a fire lizard or salamander.
* **English:** Charmander's English name comes from combining the words "Char" from charcoal and the latter half of "Salamander".
* **French:** "Salamèche" is a combination of the words *"salamandre"* (salamander) and *"mèche"*(wick).
* **German:** Glumanda

## References

* Pokémon.com Pokédex
* Azurilland Pokédex

← Venusaur | **Charmander** |  Charmeleon →