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Height
3'03" Imperial
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1.0 m Metric
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3'03"/1.0 m Red-Striped
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0'0"/0.0 m Blue-Striped
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0'0"/0.0 m
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Weight
65.0 lbs. Imperial
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29.5 kg Metric
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65.0 lbs./29.5 kg Red-Striped
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0.0 lbs./0.0 kg Blue-Striped
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0.0 lbs./0.0 kg
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EV yield
HP 0
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Atk 2
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Def 0
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Sp.Atk 0
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Sp.Def 1
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Speed 0
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Base Exp.: 173
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Battle Exp.: 1731*
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Beedrill (Japanese: スピアー Spear) is a dual-type Bug/Poison Pokémon.
It evolves from Kakuna starting at level 10. It is the final form of Weedle.
Biology
Physiology
Beedrill mostly resembles a bipedal wasp; however, it only has four legs instead of six and lacks pigment pits. Beedrill's head is round with a slightly pointed mouth, with large, shiny red eyes and antennae in the shape of the number 7. Its legs are connected to its body by its thorax, and the first two are tipped with long, conical stingers. It stands on its other two legs, which are long, segmented and insect-like in shape. Beedrill has two pairs of rounded, veined wings, and another stinger on its striped abdomen.
Gender differences
None.
Special abilities
They have incredibly painful stings and move extremely fast. It is able to fire its stinger as a projectile and regenerate it. They chase after intruders relentlessly in a swarm. Prior to Pokémon Black and White, it was the only known Pokémon to learn Twineedle by level up.
Behavior
They are highly territorial and normally live in colonies. Disturbing a swarm of Beedrill will cause the whole colony to attack. Beedrill is depicted as being very quick, so it's extremely difficult to avoid its attack after approaching its nest. They seem to be especially concerned with the welfare of Weedle and Kakuna, as shown by their tendency to respond aggressively towards those that disturb them.
Habitat
Most Beedrill nest in forests and misty wooded areas. They can be encountered in Kanto and Johto, with some rare appearances in Unova.
Diet
- Main article: Pokémon food
Like bees, it might be possible that it collects nectar. However, it is also described to use sharp, poisonous stings to defeat prey, and then take the victim back to its nest for food.
In the anime
Major appearances
Ash captured a Beedrill in the Bug-Catching Contest, but he gave it to Casey because she is a huge fan of yellow and black Pokémon. Multiple of them also appeared in the same episode.
Other
Beedrill's first non-cameo appearance was in Challenge of the Samurai, where a swarm of them stole Ash's Metapod after evolving from Kakuna. The reason for this was to avenge Ash for failing to capture the Weedle (and startling it), which subsequently fled after Samurai arrived. The Beedrill reappeared in a flashback in Battle Aboard the St. Anne.
In The Fourth Round Rumble a Trainer named Jeanette Fisher used a Beedrill against Ash's Bulbasaur. It reappeared in a flashback in Friends to the End.
During Pokémon Ranger and the Temple of the Sea, The Phantom used two of these Poison Bee Pokémon to chase Ash and friends.
Jimmy of New Bark Town owns a Beedrill which was seen in The Legend of Thunder!
Minor appearances
Beedrill has appeared in a lot of episodes, mostly having an antagonistic role to Ash and his friends who are usually attacked by a swarm of Beedrill and end up running away.
A Beedrill appeared in The Path to the Pokémon League under the ownership of A.J..
In a flashback of The Purr-fect Hero, Timmy was saved from a Beedrill by a Meowth.
Multiple Beedrill appeared in Showdown at the Po-ké Corral, where they attacked Team Rocket.
In The Lost Lapras, an obnoxious Trainer who was attacking a Lapras had a Beedrill.
A Beedrill, under the ownership of an unnamed Trainer, appeared in a flashback in A Shipful of Shivers.
A Beedrill appeared in Tracey Gets Bugged, where it blew Team Rocket's balloon.
A Beedrill was seen in a fantasy in The Rivalry Revival.
A Beedrill appeared in Illusion Confusion! as an illusion created by Haunter and Gengar.
Multiple Beedrill attacked Ash and his friends in Going Apricorn! while they were looking for Apricorns.
Multiple Beedrill appeared in For Crying Out Loud and Hot Matches! where they attacked Ash and his friends.
Multiple Beedrill appeared in Mewtwo Returns, Celebi: Voice of the Forest, Pokémon Heroes and Destiny Deoxys.
A swarm of Beedrill also appeared in A Better Pill to Swallow where they were attracted by the Shuckle juice that Team Rocket drank. Three Beedrill appeared in the same episode as part of Brock's fantasy.
Multiple Beedrill attacked Ash's Bayleef in Turning Over A New Bayleef after she kicked a rock in the bush they were residing.
Three Beedrill were among the inhabitants of an oasis just for Pokémon in Got Miltank?.
In Extreme Pokémon!, a Beedrill appeared with its Trainer, participating in the Extreme Pokémon Race.
Multiple Beedrill appeared in A Poached Ego! where they attacked Team Rocket.
A Beedrill was used by one of the students of the Pokémon Trainer's School in Gonna Rule The School!.
A Beedrill is used in the PokéRinger Contest in That's Just Swellow.
Pokédex entries
In the manga
In The Electric Tale of Pikachu manga
In the The Electric Tale of Pikachu manga, Ash caught a Beedrill in Kanto, and it was part of a swarm that he had disturbed when he caught a Mankey. He thought this Beedrill, along with Mankey, would help him to raise his Trainer level, but it couldn't.
In the Pokémon Adventures manga
A herd of angry Beedrill attacked Red because Saur accidentally hit their hive. Both the Trainer and his Pokémon were badly stung afterwards.
Later, Giovanni uses a Beedrill twice, first against Red at Viridian Gym, then against Lance on Cerise Island. Giovanni has stated that one of his most treasured and strongest team members is a Beedrill he caught in his childhood from Viridian Forest, which eventually helped Yellow who was also facing Lance. It is also one of the few members of his team that isn't a Ground-type.
In the TCG
- Main article: Beedrill (TCG)
In the TFG
One Beedrill figure has been released.
Other appearances
Super Smash Bros.
Beedrill was in the first Super Smash Bros. game. When a Poké Ball was opened, one would come out and fly away. A few seconds later a whole swarm would fly by and attack everyone on the field except the user. Its role was taken over by Unown in Super Smash Bros. Melee.
Game data
Pokédex entries
This Pokémon was unavailable prior to Generation I.
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Generation I
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Red
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Flies at high speed and attacks using its large venomous stingers on its forelegs and tail.
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Blue
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Yellow
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It has 3 poisonous stingers on its forelegs and its tail. They are used to jab its enemy repeatedly.
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Stadium
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Flies at high speeds and attacks with three stingers: one on its rear and one on each of its two forelegs. May appear in swarms.
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Generation II
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Gold
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It can take down any opponent with its powerful poison stingers. It sometimes attacks in swarms.
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Silver
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It has three poison barbs. The barb on its tail secretes the most powerful poison.
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Crystal
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It uses sharp, poisonous stings to defeat prey, then takes the victim back to its nest for food.
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Stadium 2
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It can take down any opponent with its powerful poison stingers. It sometimes attacks in swarms.
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Generation III
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Ruby
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Beedrill is extremely territorial. No one should ever approach its nest - this is for their own safety. If angered, they will attack in a furious swarm.
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Sapphire
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Emerald
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A Beedrill is extremely territorial. For safety reasons, no one should ever approach its nest. If angered, they will attack in a swarm.
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FireRed
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May appear in a swarm. Flies at violent speeds, all the while stabbing with the toxic stinger on its rear.
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LeafGreen
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It flies at high speed and attacks using the large venomous stingers on its forelegs and tail.
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Generation IV
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Diamond
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Its best attack involves flying around at high speed, striking with poison needles, then flying off.
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Pearl
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Platinum
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HeartGold
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It can take down any opponent with its powerful poison stingers. It sometimes attacks in swarms.
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SoulSilver
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It has three poison barbs. The barb on its tail secretes the most powerful poison.
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Generation V
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Black
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Its best attack involves flying around at high speed, striking with poison needles, then flying off.
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White
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Black 2
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Its best attack involves flying around at high speed, striking with poison needles, then flying off.
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White 2
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Game locations
This Pokémon was unavailable prior to Generation I.
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In side games
Held items
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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65
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125 - 172
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240 - 334
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80
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76 - 145
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148 - 284
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40
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40 - 101
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76 - 196
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45
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45 - 106
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85 - 207
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80
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76 - 145
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148 - 284
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75
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72 - 139
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139 - 273
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Total: 385
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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.
- This Pokémon's Special base stat in Generation I was 45.
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Pokéathlon stats
Type effectiveness
Under normal battle conditions in Generation V, this Pokémon is:
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Learnset
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- Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Beedrill
- Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an Evolution of Beedrill
- Click on the generation numbers at the top to see level-up moves from other generations
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This Pokémon learns no moves by breeding.
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- Moves marked with an asterisk (*) must be chain bred onto Beedrill in Generation V
- 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 Beedrill in that game.
- Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Beedrill
- Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an Evolution of Beedrill
- Click on the generation numbers at the top to see Egg moves from other generations
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Side game data
Evolution
Sprites
Trivia
- Beedrill's English name was originally going to be spelled with only one "L" instead of two.
- Beedrill is the first Pokémon in National Pokédex order that can learn a signature move, in its case Twineedle. However, in Generation V, Beedrill lost this status, due to Escavalier also being able to learn it via level-up. This status now belongs to Meowth (with Pay Day)
- In Generation II, its signature move Twineedle was the only way to poison Steel-type Pokémon. However, this was only possible because it was not a Poison-type attack. This bug was fixed in later generations.
- Although Beedrill clearly flies, it is not part Flying-type nor does it have the Ability Levitate. It shares this trait with Venomoth, Heracross, Dustox, Volbeat, Illumise and Volcarona.
- While Beedrill cannot learn Iron Defense itself, it can be taught as a Kakuna before evolving it. This trait is shared with Butterfree, Dustox, Beautifly, Huntail, Gorebyss, and Salamence.
- In The Legend of Thunder!, when Marina's Jigglypuff uses Sing, it has no effect on Beedrill. Jimmy states that its wings beat so fast that they block all sound waves before they reach its ears. Despite this statement, Beedrill cannot have the Ability Soundproof.
- As of Generation V, Beedrill's EV Yield (2 Attack, 1 Sp. Def) is unique.
- Beedrill can be seen as a parallel to Butterfree. Both of their unevolved stages evolve into their respective first evolutionary stages at level 7, which then evolve into their respective final forms at level 10. They both also go through metamorphosis-like evolution and have same amount base stat total of 385.
Origin
Its design appears to simply be a stylized bee or wasp. However, it has a much closer resemblance to an Asian giant hornet. Its Shiny form may be based on the Agapostemon, as both are green in color.
Name origin
Beedrill is a combination of bee and drill (indicating its needle-like arms).
Spear refers to its stingers. In addition, the reverse of スピアー is アピス Apis (the genus for the honey bee), though it is unknown if this was intentional.
In other languages
Related articles
External links
Notes
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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.
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