Blue's Charizard

Blue's Charizard グリーンのリザードン Green's Lizardon

Blue's Charizard

Debuts in A Glimpse of the Glow Caught at Pallet Town Evolves in Prior to Onix Is On! Prior to Kalling Kadabra Gender Male Ability Blaze Nature Bold Current location With Blue

→ → This Pokémon spent from 1 to 4 chapters as Charmander and from 9 to 17 chapters as Charmeleon.

Blue's Charizard (Japanese: グリーンのリザードン Green's Lizardon) is the Pokémon given to Blue by his grandfather, Professor Oak, in the Pokémon Adventures manga.

History

As a Charmander

Blue received Charizard as a Charmander in A Glimpse of the Glow. Although he was given as a starter Pokémon, Charmander was not Blue's first Pokémon, as he already owned a Scyther. Blue tried using him against Mew but failed and withdrew his Pokémon partly due to Red accidentally catching his attention, which resulted in Poli's embarrassing defeat.

At some point before Onix Is On!, Charmander evolved into Charmeleon, and was used against Brock in the Pewter Gym, which he apparently won, as Red states that he and Blue were the only ones to win the Boulder Badge. Charmeleon made another appearance in Sigh for Psyduck, trying to take down Koga of Team Rocket and his Arbok. Quite a while afterwards, during which his only appearance is in Oak's mention of his evolution soon after Saur's own into Ivysaur, he was accidentally traded to Red with the rest of Blue's Pokémon, and though he grew little in power during this time, he picked up on Red's happy-go-lucky attitude (while Red's Pokémon became sharp and hostile), much to Blue's surprise.

Blue and his Charizard

As a Charmeleon

The next time he was seen, he had evolved once again, some time before Kalling Kadabra, and served a vital role in the final battle against Team Rocket Executives Koga and Sabrina, melting the former's ice-cold Blizzard room by setting the whole building on fire, and managing to defeat the latter's "Thu-Fi-Zer" with Red's Saur and Green's Blasty. In the Pokémon League, he was used against Red's Venusaur, Saur, where he lost due to Red's Lightning Rod strategy.

In the Gold, Silver & Crystal arc, Blue lent Red his Charizard so he could make it across the ragged mountains. Red returned Charizard right before the battle with the Masked Man in the Ilex Forest along with Blasty (which Green lent him). He was seen in Blue's possession again at the start of FireRed & LeafGreen arc. During said chapter, Blue took him to Kimberly where she taught him the ultimate fire attack Blast Burn through much hardship on both him and his rival's part. Then, because Red's Aerodactyl had its wings ripped by Deoxys, meaning he had no means to fly, he was traded to Red again for his Venusaur. For a short while the theme FireRed and LeafGreen is fulfilled (in the Japanese version). He was returned to his owner again shortly after the incident, but Blue was petrified soon afterwards. Once freed over two months later, he helped defeat Guile Hideout's giant, fake Kyogre with the 8 other starters' ultimate attacks.

Personality and characteristics

Blue's Charizard can be easily identified as the classical brute with smarts, often showing great aggressiveness and brutality in its fighting style. As any classic berserk, his streak of rampage sometimes takes things to a tragic end with demonstrations of excessive brutal attacks driven by blinding rage. The best example of this characteristic happens when he is Charmeleon, he cuts off the head of Koga's Arbok, even though it was clear that a mere blow to the skull would have an equally effective result. Thanks to Blue's harsh army-like training methods, Charizard doesn't even demonstrate any regret or sadness towards Koga's Arbok. This type of training develops Charizard in to a soldier trained to blindly follow Blue's orders, despite the outcome. There is an exception though; when Blue retrieves him from Red's care he seems to show a bit more of a comprehensive and gentle side, as he looks much more relaxed, happy and at ease. Some consider that this might be his true personality, when he is given the chance to shy away from Blue's strict training.

• The above can be seen through body language and implications throughout the series.

Moves used

Using Fire Punch Using Reflect as a Charmeleon	Move First Used In Flamethrower Glimpse of the Glow Ember The Secret of Kangaskhan Fire Spin That Awful Arbok! Reflect That Awful Arbok! Cut That Awful Arbok! Fly Kalling Kadabra Fire Punch A Charizard... and a Champion Blast Burn † Launch of the Ultimate Skills
A † shows that the move was used recently, unless all moves fit this case or there are fewer than five known moves.

In the games

In Kanto-based games (excluding Pokémon Yellow), if player's starter Pokémon is Bulbasaur, Blue's game counterpart will receive a Charmander which later evolves twice, ultimately culminating in facing it in the Indigo League with Blue as the Champion. Charizard also makes an appearance in both rounds of Pokémon Stadium, in case a game where Blue has a Charizard is inserted.

Pokémon Red, Blue, and Green
Professor Oak's Laboratory	Route 22	Cerulean City	S.S. Anne
Type: Fire Unknown Charmander Lv.5 Scratch Normal   --       Growl Normal   --       Struggle Normal   --       Struggle Normal   --	Type: Fire Unknown Charmander Lv.8 Scratch Normal   --       Growl Normal   --       Struggle Normal   --       Struggle Normal   --	Type: Fire Unknown Charmander Lv.17 Scratch Normal   --       Growl Normal   --       Ember Fire   --       Leer Normal   --	Type: Fire Unknown Charmeleon Lv.20 Scratch Normal   --       Growl Normal   --       Ember Fire   --       Leer Normal   --
Pokémon Tower	Silph Co.	Route 22	Indigo Plateau
Type: Fire Unknown Charmeleon Lv.25 Growl Normal   --       Ember Fire   --       Leer Normal   --       Rage Normal   --	Types: Fire Flying Charizard Lv.40 Slash Normal   --       Ember Fire   --       Leer Normal   --       Rage Normal   --	Types: Fire Flying Charizard Lv.53 Flamethrower Fire   --       Slash Normal   --       Rage Normal   --       Leer Normal   --	Types: Fire Flying Charizard Lv.65 Fire Blast Fire   --       Rage Normal   --       Slash Normal   --       Fire Spin Fire   --

Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen
Professor Oak's Laboratory	Route 22	Cerulean City	S.S. Anne/Pokémon Tower
Type: Fire Unknown Ability: Blaze Held item: None Charmander♂ Lv.5 Scratch Normal   --       Growl Normal   --       Struggle Normal   --       Struggle Normal   --	Type: Fire Unknown Ability: Blaze Held item: None Charmander♂ Lv.9 Scratch Normal   --       Growl Normal   --       Ember Fire   --       Struggle Normal   --	Type: Fire Unknown Ability: Blaze Held item: None Charmander♂ Lv.18 Scratch Normal   --       Growl Normal   --       Ember Fire   --       Metal Claw Steel   --	Type: Fire Unknown Ability: Blaze Held item: None Charmeleon♂ Lv.20/25 SmokeScreen Normal   --       Growl Normal   --       Ember Fire   --       Metal Claw Steel   --
Silph Co.	Route 22	Indigo Plateau (initial battle)	Indigo Plateau (rematch)
Types: Fire Flying Ability: Blaze Held item: None Charizard♂ Lv.40 Scary Face Normal   --       Flamethrower Fire   --       SmokeScreen Normal   --       Wing Attack Flying   --	Types: Fire Flying Ability: Blaze Held item: None Charizard♂ Lv.53 Flamethrower Fire   --       Wing Attack Flying   --       Slash Normal   --       Scary Face Normal   --	Types: Fire Flying Ability: Blaze Held item: Sitrus Berry Charizard♂ Lv.63 Fire Blast Fire   --       Aerial Ace Flying   --       Slash Normal   --       Fire Spin Fire   --	Types: Fire Flying Ability: Blaze Held item: Sitrus Berry Charizard♂ Lv.75 Fire Blast Fire   --       Aerial Ace Flying   --       Dragon Claw Dragon   --       Earthquake Ground   --

Pokémon Stadium Rounds 1 and 2
Types: Fire Flying Charizard Lv.50-100 Slash Normal   --       Flamethrower Fire   --       Fire Spin Fire   --       Toxic Poison   --

Trivia

• As a Charmander, it is shown to have spines on its back. This is the same as on Generation I sprites, but is absent in those of future generations.
• Blue's Charizard is the only Fire-type starter in the Pokémon Adventures manga who is not nicknamed.

Related articles

For more information on this Pokémon's species, see Charmander, Charmeleon, and Charizard.

Blue's Pokémon
In rotation:	Scizor	Charizard	Golduck	Machamp	Porygon2	Rhyperior
	Pumpkaboo
At the Viridian Gym:	Pidgeot	Ninetales	Exeggutor	Alakazam	Arcanine	Unknown
Traded away:	Poli	Saur	Pika	Gyara
Given away:	Lapras
Status unknown:	Venomoth
Temporary:	Golbat	Zapdos

Red's Pokémon
On hand:	Poli	Saur	Pika	Snor	Gyara	Aero
In storage: Nidorino  Diglett  Vee  Sandshrew  Traded away: Scyther  Charizard  Golduck  Machamp  Pidgeot  Porygon  Krabby  Given away: Mewtwo  Status unknown: Bellsprout  Fearow  Nidoqueen  Nidoking (multiple)  Victreebel (multiple)  Weepinbell (multiple)  Bellsprout (multiple)  Exeggcute (multiple)  Parasect (multiple)  Butterfree  Temporary: Blasty  Articuno  Organism No. 2  Chuchu

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