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Revision as of 01:21, 8 August 2016
Natu (Japanese: ネイティ Naty) is a dual-type Psychic/Flying Pokémon.
It evolves into Xatu starting at level 25.
Biology
Natu is a tiny, mostly green bird Pokémon with a nearly spherical body, and accents of red, yellow and black. It possesses brightly colored, yellow-and-red wings with thick black stripes. The wings are small and not fully-grown, thus making it unable to fly. However, it can hop and climb tree trunks. Natu has a red crest on the top of its head, and its three-toed feet and three tail feathers are red as well. Natu also has almond-shaped eyes and a yellow beak.
Natu is believed to be native to South America, although it can be found near ruins and in forests in other areas of the world. Natu usually forages for food on the ground. However, on rare occasions, it will hop onto branches to peck at the tree's new shoots. It also picks food from cactus plants, easily avoiding the buds and spines. Due to its prophetic abilities, Natu is a very cautious Pokémon that is easily spooked. It has the quirky behavior of staring at something until the thing moves.
In the anime
Major appearances
Natu's debut appearance was in Doin' What Comes Natu-rally!.
A Natu, along with its evolved form, appeared in Historical Mystery Tour!.
Minor appearances
A baby Natu appeared at Mr. Shellby's house in Extreme Pokémon!.
A Natu was also seen starring in an outer-space version of the movie Titanic in Lights, Camerupt, Action!.
Three Natu, along with a Xatu, were used to signal the start of a Water Pokémon race in the movie Pokémon Heroes: Latios & Latias.
A Natu appeared in the opening of Lucario and the Mystery of Mew.
A colony of Natu appeared in A Staravia is Born!.
A Natu made a very brief appearance in League Unleashed!.
Pokédex entries
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Entry
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EP201
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Natu
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Ash's Pokédex
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Natu, the Tiny Bird Pokémon. The Natu moves around by hopping and always seems to be staring at something.
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Pokémon
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Source
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Entry
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DP140
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Natu
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Dawn's Pokédex
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Natu, the Little Bird Pokémon. Natu evolves into Xatu and skillfully picks food from cactus plants, avoiding bugs and spines. It appears to skip about to move.
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In the manga
In the Pokémon Adventures manga
Crystal owns a Natu which she first appeared in Slugging It Out With Slugma, whose Psychic attacks allow her to hold her own despite her size. Crystal also uses Natu to provide flight transport over short distances. In Lively Larvitar, the origin of Crystal's Natu is revealed: she, along with Crystal's Parasect, Hitmonchan, and Cubone, were wild Pokémon living in Mt. Mortar and had fought with a local Arcanine that had gone berserk from a severe eye injury. after the ordeal, Natu used her telepathy to detect if enemies were in the area. Sometime between the Gold, Silver & Crystal arc and Emerald arc arcs, she evolved into a Xatu, and with her came increased speed and flight stamina, though she isn't seen battling much.
In Volume 22, Will is seen to have a Natu during Silver's flashback of his escape from the Masked Man, probably a pre-evolution of the Xatu he used many volumes earlier.
In the Pokémon Pocket Monsters manga
A Natu appeared in The Gym Challenges Begin!! where Falkner used it to battle Clefairy.
In the TCG
- Main article: Natu (TCG)
Game data
Pokédex entries
This Pokémon was unavailable prior to Generation II.
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Generation II
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Gold
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Because its wings aren't yet fully grown, it has to hop to get around. It is always staring at something.
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Silver
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It usually forages for food on the ground but may, on rare occasions, hop onto branches to peck at shoots.
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Crystal
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It is extremely good at climbing tree trunks and likes to eat the new sprouts on the trees.
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Stadium 2
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Because its wings aren't yet fully grown, it has to hop to get around. It is always staring at something.
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Generation III
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Ruby
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Natu cannot fly because its wings are not yet fully grown. If your eyes meet with this Pokémon's eyes, it will stare back intently at you. But if you move even slightly, it will hop away to safety.
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Sapphire
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Natu has a highly developed jumping ability. The Pokémon flaps and leaps onto tree branches that are taller than grown-up people to pick at the tree's new shoots.
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Emerald
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It runs up short trees that grow on the savanna to peck at new shoots. A Natu's eyes look as if they are always observing something.
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FireRed
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It usually forages for food on the ground but may, on rare occasions, hop onto branches to peck at shoots.
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LeafGreen
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Because its wings aren't yet fully grown, it has to hop to get around. It is always staring at something.
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Generation IV
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Diamond
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It picks food from cactus plants, deftly avoiding buds and spines. It seems to skip about to move.
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Pearl
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Platinum
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HeartGold
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Because its wings aren't yet fully grown, it has to hop to get around. It is always staring at something.
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SoulSilver
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It usually forages for food on the ground but may, on rare occasions, hop onto branches to peck at shoots.
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Generation V
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Black
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It picks food from cactus plants, deftly avoiding buds and spines. It seems to skip about to move.
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White
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Black 2
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It picks food from cactus plants, deftly avoiding buds and spines. It seems to skip about to move.
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White 2
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Generation VI
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X
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Because its wings aren't yet fully grown, it has to hop to get around. It is always staring at something.
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Y
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It usually forages for food on the ground but may, on rare occasions, hop onto branches to peck at shoots.
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Omega Ruby
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Natu cannot fly because its wings are not yet fully grown. If your eyes meet with this Pokémon's eyes, it will stare back intently at you. But if you move even slightly, it will hop away to safety.
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Alpha Sapphire
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Natu has a highly developed jumping ability. The Pokémon flaps and leaps onto tree branches that are taller than grown-up people to pick at the tree's new shoots.
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Game locations
This Pokémon was unavailable prior to Generation II.
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In side games
This Pokémon was unavailable prior to Generation II.
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Generation II
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This Pokémon is unavailable in Generation II side games.
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In events
Stats
Base stats
Stat
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Range
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At Lv. 50
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At Lv. 100
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40
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100 - 147
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190 - 284
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50
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49 - 112
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94 - 218
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45
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45 - 106
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85 - 207
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70
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67 - 134
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130 - 262
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45
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45 - 106
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85 - 207
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70
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67 - 134
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130 - 262
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Total: 320
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Other Pokémon with this total
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- Minimum stats are calculated with 0 EVs, IVs of 0, and (if applicable) a hindering nature.
- Maximum stats are calculated with 252 EVs, IVs of 31, and (if applicable) a helpful nature.
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Pokéathlon stats
Type effectiveness
Under normal battle conditions in Generation IX, this Pokémon is:
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Learnset
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- Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Natu
- Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an Evolution of Natu
- Click on the generation numbers at the top to see level-up moves from other generations
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- Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Natu
- Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an Evolution of Natu
- Click on the generation numbers at the top to see TM moves from other generations
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- Moves marked with an asterisk (*) must be chain bred onto Natu in Generation VI
- Moves marked with a double dagger (‡) can only be bred from a Pokémon who learned the move in an earlier generation.
- Moves marked with a superscript game abbreviation can only be bred onto Natu in that game.
- Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Natu
- Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an Evolution of Natu
- Click on the generation numbers at the top to see Egg moves from other generations
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- A black or white abbreviation in a colored box indicates that Natu can be tutored the move in that game
- A colored abbreviation in a white box indicates that Natu cannot be tutored the move in that game
- Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Natu
- Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an Evolution of Natu
- Click on the generation numbers at the top to see Move Tutor moves from other generations
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TCG-only moves
Side game data
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Pokémon Ranger: Guardian Signs
Group:
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Poké Assist: (present)
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Field move: (present)
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(Psy Power ×1)
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Poké Assist: (past)
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Field move: (past)
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(Psy Power ×1)
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Browser entry [[List of Pokémon by Oblivia Browser number|]]
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It lets loose psychic orbs that make Pokémon Paused.
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Evolution
Sprites
This Pokémon was unavailable prior to Generation II.
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Trivia
- Natu shares its category with Pidgey and Spearow. They are all known as the Tiny Bird Pokémon (though Natu was known as the Little Bird Pokémon in Generation II).
- Natu is the shortest Flying-type Pokémon, and is tied with Chingling as the shortest Psychic-type Pokémon.
Origin
Natu appears to be based on a parrot. It also resembles a quail.
Name origin
As revealed in a Penny Arcade Staff Podcast by Jeff Kalles, who assisted in the naming of many Generation II Pokémon, the word Natu is short for nature. At the time, Nintendo's English translators were looking to have a Pokémon for every letter of the alphabet, so they could create a letters book for the younger audience. They did not have a creature for the letter X, as there had been no English-language Pokémon with X as the first letter of their name. Kalles read that the word Xatu is a kind of totem pole, and assigned that name to the evolved form of this Pokémon, while assigning this pre-evolved form the abbreviated form of the word Nature.
In other languages
Language
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Title
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Meaning
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Japanese
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ネイティ Naty
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Possibly a shortening of native
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French
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Natu
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Same as English name
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Spanish
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Natu
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Same as English name
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German
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Natu
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Same as English name
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Italian
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Natu
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Same as English name
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Korean
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네이티 Neiti
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Transliteration of its Japanese name
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Mandarin Chinese
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天然雀 Tiānránquè
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Literally "Natural sparrow".
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Cantonese Chinese
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More languages
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Hindi
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नातू Natu
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Transcription of English name
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Russian
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Нату Natu
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Transcription of English name
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External links
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