[[James's Weezing]] makes an appearance in the manga [[Electric Tale of Pikachu|The Electric Tale of Pikachu]]. It first appears as a {{p|Koffing}} in ''[[ET07|Pikachu's Excellent Adventure]]''. All of its subsequent appearances, beginning in ''[[ET08|You Gotta Have Friends]]'', are as a Weezing.
===In the Pokémon Adventures manga===
Both [[Koga]] and his daughter, [[Janine]], have Weezing as a part of their [[party|arsenals]].
Both [[Koga]] and his daughter, [[Janine]], have Weezing as a part of their [[party|arsenals]].
Weezing mostly look like two Koffing stuck together, with one bigger than the other. The smaller head only has a circle on it, instead of the skull-and-crossbones. It also has a third chamber and two appendages connecting the three segments. The larger head has prominent eyebrows, pointed teeth protruding from its lower jaw, and flatter teeth on its upper jaw.
Gender differences
None.
Special abilities
Each head had a different toxin in it. When one of the heads is inflated, the other deflates, mixing the gases. By doing this multiple times, it becomes more toxic and noxious. Unusually enough, high-grade perfumes could be made from Weezing. It's also prone to exploding.
Behavior
Weezing will find a dirty, unkept house and make it its home. At night, when the people in the house are asleep, it will go through the trash.
When released from a Poké Ball, Weezing will emit Poison Gas that juggles any opponent who comes near it.
Weezing is also a float in the Poké Float stage. It appears as Chikorita leaves. Once Slowpoke appears, it will slowly deflate and move to the top of the screen.
Trophy information
The evolved form of Koffing, Weezing is basically a pair of Koffing fused together. They tend to float in the air and emit gas or noxious smoke from the outgrowths that cover their bodies. As strange as it may seem, diluting Weezing emissions as much as possible creates one of the most exquisite perfumes known to man.
Game data
Pokédex entries
This Pokémon was unavailable prior to Generation I.
Weezing loves the gases given off by rotted kitchen garbage. This Pokémon will find a dirty, unkept house and make it its home. At night, when the people in the house are asleep, it will go through the trash.
Weezing alternately shrinks and inflates its twin bodies to mix together toxic gases inside. The more the gases are mixed, the more powerful the toxins become. The Pokémon also becomes more putrid.
By diluting its toxic gases with a special process, the highest grade of perfume can be extracted. To Weezing, gases emanating from garbage are the ultimate feast.
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In the English version of the game, Weezing was originally going to have the name La, the abbreviation of Los Angeles, possibly representing its polluted air.
This would have made it the Pokémon with the shortest English name. As of Generation IV, that honour is held by Muk and Mew, both of which were also introduced in Generation I.
Weezing has the highest Defense out of all Poison-type Pokémon.
In certain instances in the games, such as Pokémon Contests, a Pokémon's sprite will be flipped, unless its body is asymmetrical. For some reason, Weezing's sprite will get flipped in all instances despite its asymmetrical body.
Origin
Considering its looks, its ability to float, and its tendency to explode, it may have been based upon a floating naval mine.
Name origin
Weezing's name is a corruption of the word wheezing. Its Japanese name may come from 又 mata, again, and 獰 dō, meaning bad, or 毒 doku, meaning poisonous, and gas. Essentially, it is a doubling of Koffing's Japanese name, and thus a doubling of Koffing – which is exactly what Weezing is.
In other languages
German: Smogmog - Doubling of Koffing's German name.
French: Smogogo - Doubling of Koffing's French name.
This Pokémon article is part of Project Pokédex, a Bulbapedia project that aims to write comprehensive articles on each Pokémon species, as well as Pokémon groups and forms.
Smoke Ball (5%)
For other sprites and images, please see Weezing images on Bulbagarden Archives.
