Games - Weedle

	Games - Weedle

Weedle (ビードル (Bīdoru) Beedle in Japanese, Hornliu in German, Aspicot in French and 뿔충이 Ppulchungi in Korean) is one of the fictional species of Pokémon in the Pokémon
media franchise (a collection of video games, anime, manga, trading cards and other media created by Satoshi Tajiri).

The name Weedle is probably a portmanteau of “worm” and “needle”, or of “weevil” and “needle”. Its Japanese name, ビードル (Beedle), is a combination of the English words “bee” and “needle” (despite the phonetic resemblance to the English word “beetle”).

Characteristics

Weedle is a dual Bug/Poison-type Pokémon resembling a golden-brown caterpillar (from Crystal onward, for no apparent reason, Weedle’s brown-yellow coloration was darkened in the games and artwork, and its shiny color was lightened to bright yellow in the 3rd generation).

Commonly spotted in the forests and grasslands, eating leaves, it is well-protected from predators by a sharp two-inch barb on its head which secretes a strong poison, and another stinger on its rear. Sniffing with its big red proboscis, Weedle uses its extremely acute sense of smell to find the types of leaves it likes, avoiding those it dislikes.

In the Pokémon video games

Weedle can be caught in Kanto and Johto, and is often one of the first Pokémon a trainer encounters in the wild in various games which take place there, such as the originals, Pokémon Red and Blue, and their enhanced remakes. Before the protagonist can enter Viridian Forest, an elderly man demonstrates Pokémon catching technique (albeit without properly weakening the Pokémon first) by capturing is a Weedle.

Weedle are often caught by trainers beginning their Pokémon journey. Although Weedle are quite weak and only know 2 moves, they quickly evolve into Kakuna and then into Beedrill, which are fast, powerful physical attackers. Still, Weedle and its evolutionary family are less versatile than (and often overshadowed by) Caterpie and its advanced forms, which can be found in all the same locations.

Interestingly, Bug-types like Caterpie were originally susceptible to Poison attacks, until this weakness of the Bug type was removed in the second generation of games. This gave Weedle the upper hand against Caterpie, and, combined with Beedrill’s speed, gave Beedrill a slight advantage in a confrontation with Butterfree. However, since Butterfree can learn Psychic and Flying-type attacks, it now has a distinct edge when facing Poison- and/or Bug-types.

In the Pokémon anime

Weedle first appeared in the Pokémon anime when Ash was travelling through the Viridian Forest. He battled a Weedle and weakened it in preparation for capture. Before he could throw a Pokéball, however, he was distracted by a pushy trainer named Samurai, giving Weedle time to recover and get away - which led to it bringing its family, a Beedrill swarm, down on the unsuspecting trainers.

It appeared again during the Bug-catching Contest at the National Park in Johto. Ash spotted a Weedle but before Pikachu could attack, Casey, a minor recurring character best known for her love of the infamously awful Electabuzz baseball team and yellow-and-black Pokémon, used her Chikorita to capture it. Casey apparently released Weedle after the competition.

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