Venusaur

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Regular Mega #003 Venusaur Venusaur's artwork for Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen. Category Seed Pokémon Original Region Kanto National Dex Nr. #003 Kanto Dex Nr. #003 Johto #233 Hoenn #205 Kalos #082 (Central) Generation 1 Pokémon Color Green First Appearance Pokémon Red and Blue Latest Appearance Pokémon Omega Ruby And Alpha Sapphire Type(s) Grass/Posion Ability/ies Overgrow (Hidden: Chlorophyll) Average Height 6'07" Average Weight 220.5 lbs. Evolves From Ivysaur Evolves Into N/A #003 Mega Venusaur Mega Venusaur's artwork for Pokémon X and Y. Category Seed Original Region Kanto National Dex Nr. #003 Kanto Dex Nr. #003 Type(s) Grass/Poison Ability/ies Thick Fat Mega Stone Venusaurite Discovered In Kalos

Venusaur (Japanese: フシギバナ Fushigibana) is a dual-type Grass/Poison Pokémon.

It evolves from Ivysaur starting at level 32. It is the final form of Bulbasaur. It can Mega Evolve into Mega Venusaur using the Venusaurite.

Venusaur is the version mascot of both Green and LeafGreen, appearing on the boxart of both.

Biology

Venusaur is a squat, quadruped Pokémon with bumpy, bluish green skin. It has small, circular red eyes, two pointed teeth on its upper jaw, and four pointed teeth on its lower jaw. It has three clawed toes on each foot. The bud on its back has bloomed in a large pink, white-spotted flower. The flower is supported by a thick, brown trunk surrounded by green fronds. A female Venusaur will have a seed in the center of its flower.

As Mega Venusaur, the flower on its back grows larger and two new pink flowers bloom, one on its forehead and one on its rear. Additional leaves with woody stems are grown around the flower that are supported by vines that grow from the base of the flower. Mega Venusaur also develops darker patches of color on its forehead below the new bloom. Its legs and frame also become more sturdy to support the weight of the flower.

Venusaur uses its flower to catch the sun's rays to convert them into energy, which causes the flower to take on colors that are more vibrant. The flower releases a soothing scent that attracts Pokémon. This scent becomes stronger after a rainy day. In the anime, Venusaur has demonstrated the ability to manipulate nature and lead evolution ceremonies for Bulbasaur and Ivysaur. This Pokémon is rarely found in the wild, but has been known to inhabit grasslands.

Trivia

• Venusaur is exactly the same size as another Grass-type Pokémon, Tropius. Both have a height of 6'7 and a weight of 220.5 pounds.
• Venusaur's number in the National Pokédex and the Fiore Browser are the same: 003.
• Due to the censor that prevents Pokémon with offensive nicknames being traded on the GTS, an English language Venusaur cannot be traded on the GTS without a nickname in Generation V.
• Venusaur shares its species name with Bulbasaur, Ivysaur, and Sunkern. They are all known as the Seed Pokémon.
• Mega Venusaur has the highest base stat total of all Grass-type and Poison-type Pokémon.

Origin

Venusaur appears to be based primarily on some form of reptile, specifically the tuatara or any of the mammal-like reptiles known as Dicynodonts from the Permian period or the Kannemeyeria from the Triassic period.

Other than a lack of a tail, and with visible ears and no genuine metamorphosis stage (evolution aside), Venusaur does not have much in common with amphibians like frogs and toads (which metamorphose from one definite creature into another as they mature as opposed to just growing into a larger adult version of itself the way that Venusaur does); instead, it more closely resembles reptiles like lizards and tuataras. Alternatively, Venusaur's large rounded snout, wide mouth, wide-set eyes, bumpy wart-like skin, and quadraped-like movements are vaguely similar to those of certain amphibians, such as the common toad. Unlike Bulbasaur, Venusaur's "ears" do have hollows indicating that they are in fact ears and not glands, as seen in many species of frogs and toads.

The flower on its back resembles the Rafflesia arnoldii.

Name origin

Venusaur is a combination of the words Venus (referring to the Venus flytrap plant) or venom and the Greek saur (lizard).

Fushigibana is a pun on 不思議な花 "fushigi na hana" (strange flower).

Stats

• Regular
• Mega

Base Stats
HP		80
Attack		82
Defense		83
Sp. Attack		100
Sp. Defense		100
Speed		80
Total		525

Base Stats
HP		80
Attack		100
Defense		123
Sp. Attack		122
Sp. Defense		120
Speed		80
Total		625

National Pokédex
← #002: Ivysaur	#003: Venusaur	#004: Charmander →