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Chikorita (チコリータ Chikoriita in Japanese, Endivie in German and Germignon in French) is a fictional character in the Pokémon franchise.

The name "Chikorita" is probably an alternative way of writing of the herb "chicory", with the suffix "-ita" denoting its small size.

Biology

Chikorita, by nature, are docile Pokémon that love to soak up the sun's rays. This can be attributed to the benefits of the photosynthesis process that occurs when the rays of the sun impact the Pokémon's leaf, and its body, for that matter. The leaf serves multiple purposes; In its natural environment, its leaf detects the density of humidity and temperature in the atmosphere to help it seek warm places. The pleasant aroma that wafts from the leaf can be used by Chikorita in battle by waving it around to becalm the foe and keep it at bay.

In the video games

Chikorita is one of the three starter Pokémon available in Pokémon Gold, Silver, and Crystal. (The other two are Cyndaquil and Totodile.) Picking this Pokémon as a starter is categorized as choosing a "Hard" difficulty level for the game due to the fact that both the first and second gym leaders use Pokémon whose types are strong against Chikorita's Grass-type attacks, and the Normal, Ghost, and Fighting-type Pokémon in the third, fourth, and fifth gyms are not weak against grass, either.

In Pokémon Emerald, Professor Birch allows you to choose between Cyndaquil, Totodile, and Chikorita after completing the Hoenn Pokedex. In Pokémon XD: Gale of Darkness, completing Mt. Battle in Story mode allows the player to obtain a Chikorita with Frenzy Plant, an extremely powerful Grass-type attack that is othewise exclusive to Venusaur.

In 'Super Smash Bros. Melee

In the GameCube game Super Smash Bros. Melee, Chikorita often appears from a Poke Ball. It fires a row of horizontal leaves at the direction of the nearest enemy. It is also available as a trophy.

In the anime

In the Pokémon anime, Ash Ketchum catches a Chikorita early on his adventure through Johto, after saving it from a sudden snowstorm. Chikorita's gender is not stated explicitly, although the series implies that Chikorita is female as it has a crush on Ash. Chikorita is very affectionate, and often sees Pikachu as a rival for his affections. It is perhaps, because of this affection, that Chikorita evolves into a Bayleef when Ash was almost in mortal peril. Though most Chikoritas cannot use Vine Whip, it is the signature attack of Ash's Chikorita.

Casey (Nanako) and Jackson/Vincent (Jun'ichi) are also trainers that have (or had) Chikorita, in both cases as their first Pokémon. For Jackson, he has mentioned that he once had a Chikorita, but it has since evolved into a Meganium. Casey's Chikorita, like Casey herself, is very fond of the Electabuzz baseball team. It was the healing of a rift in the relationship between Casey and Chikorita (in which Casey was effectively running Chikorita to the point of exhaustion in a bug-catching contest) in which Chikorita evolved to Bayleef. It would later evolve into a Meganium in Casey's last appearance in Pocket Monsters.

Ash's Chikorita is voiced by Mika Kanai, while Casey's Chikorita is voiced by Satomi Koorogi. In the English adaptation, some (but not all) of both Chikoritas' dialogue is voiced over by Lisa Ortiz.

In other properties

In the manga

In Pokémon Special, when Crystal is sent to catch Pokémon for Professor Oak, Professor Elm's Chikorita escapes from the lab and follows her, wanting desperately to go on a journey. Crystal refused to allow it to be a part of her party unless it could stand up to her own Pokémon in a battle. It managed to survive the Mega Punch attack of Crystal's high-level Hitmonchan, and so she gave Chikorita the nickname Megapyon.

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