[[File:Rocket Prize Master Natu.png|thumb|250px|Natu in the {{pkmn|anime}}]]
[[File:Rocket Prize Master Natu.png|thumb|250px|Natu in ''[[Pokémon Journeys: The Series]]'']]
===Major appearances===
===Major appearances===
Two Natu debuted in ''[[EP201|Doin' What Comes Natu-rally!]]'', one each under the ownership of [[McKenzie]] and [[McKenzie's father|his father]]. Both Natu told people's fortunes using {{m|Future Sight}}, but McKenzie's Natu, [[nickname]]d "Naughty", was not as successful because McKenzie suffered from stage fright.
Two Natu debuted in ''[[EP201|Doin' What Comes Natu-rally!]]'', one each under the ownership of [[McKenzie]] and [[McKenzie's father|his father]]. Both Natu told people's fortunes using {{m|Future Sight}}, but McKenzie's Natu, [[nickname]]d "Naughty", was not as successful because McKenzie suffered from stage fright.
Natu is a tiny, mostly green avianPokémon with a nearly spherical body colored in 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 can be found near ruins and in temperate and tropical forests. 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.
Because its wings aren't yet fully grown, it has to hop to get around. It is always staring at something. (Pokémon Red, Silver, or Crystal inserted) It usually forages for food on the ground but may, on rare occasions, hop onto branches to peck at shoots. (Pokémon Blue, Gold, or Yellow inserted)
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.
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.
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.
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.
Two Natu debuted in Doin' What Comes Natu-rally!, one each under the ownership of McKenzie and his father. Both Natu told people's fortunes using Future Sight, but McKenzie's Natu, nicknamed "Naughty", was not as successful because McKenzie suffered from stage fright.
Natu, the Little Bird Pokémon. Natu evolves into Xatu and skillfully picks food from cactus plants, avoiding buds and spines. It appears to skip about to move.
Crystal owns a female Natu, which first appeared in Slugging It Out With Slugma. Her 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 that came increased speed and flight stamina, though she isn't seen battling much.
In The Escape, Will is seen to have a Natu during Silver's flashback of his escape from the Masked Man. It is probably a pre-evolution of the Xatu he used many volumes earlier.
Natu shares its category with Pidgey, Spearow, and Rookidee. They are all known as the Tiny Bird Pokémon, though Natu was known as the Little Bird Pokémon in Generation II.
Natu appears to be based on a quetzal, a bird family native to North America. It could also be based on other colorful birds like parrot, possibly the kakapo. 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.[citation needed]
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