Games - Pidgey

	Games - Pidgey

Pidgey (ポッポ Poppo in Japanese, Taubsi in Germany and Roucool in France) is one of the fictional species of Pokémon in the Pokémon franchise (a series of video games, anime, manga, trading cards and other media created by Satoshi Tajiri).

The name Pidgey is apparently derived from Pigeon, though could also be a combination of pigeon and pudgy. Its name in the English beta version of Red/Blue was “Pidge”.

Characteristics

Pidgey resembles a number of small birds, and is perhaps based on the thrush or the sparrow.
It is quite docile and non-confrontational. Often found hiding in tall grass and foraging for small insects to eat, it does its best to avoid battle. It will either blow small or weak foes away with its Whirlwind, or use kick up dust in a Sand Attack to blind its enemy. It dwells in forests and grassy areas, and is able to return to its nest from anywhere thanks to an astoundingly sharp sense of direction.

In the Pokémon video games

Pidgey are found in abundance throughout the Kanto and Johto regions, and are usually among the first Pokémon players encounter.

Pidgey is vulnerable to Electric, Ice and Rock attacks, but invulnerable to the Ghost- and Ground-types, and strong against Grass, Fighting, and Bug.

Pidgey also appears in the Nintendo 64 game Pokémon Snap, and the Nintendo GameCube game Pokémon Channel.

In the Pokémon anime

Pidgey is introduced in the very first episode of the Pokémon anime, but Ash fails to catch it. It is a common Pokémon, and many junior trainers have one. Pidgey are sometimes used as mail carriers, and in “Fly Me to the Moon” a Pidgey named Orville, who dreams of flying higher than any Pokémon, manages to reach the upper atmosphere.

In other media

In the Pokémon Adventures
manga, a robotic Pidgey serves as Red’s guide to the Safari Zone.

Pidgey is a common Colorless Pokémon in the Pokémon Trading Card Game, appearing in the Base Set (also in Base Set 2 and the Legendary Collection), Gym Challenge (twice, both as Koga’s Pidgey), Expedition, and EX FireRed & LeafGreen.

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