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Height
2'00" Imperial
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0.6 m Metric
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2'00"/0.6 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
17.9 lbs. Imperial
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8.1 kg Metric
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17.9 lbs./8.1 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 0
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Def 0
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Sp.Atk 0
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Sp.Def 0
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Speed 1
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Base Exp.: 28
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Battle Exp.: 281*
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Snivy (Japanese: ツタージャ Tsutarja) is a Template:Type2 Pokémon.
It evolves into Servine starting at level 17, which evolves into Serperior starting at level 36.
Along with Tepig and Oshawott, Snivy is one of the starter Pokémon of the Unova region, able to be chosen at the beginning of Pokémon Black and White.
Biology
Physiology
Snivy is a reptilian Grass-type Pokémon. Most of its body is green in coloration, while it has a cream-colored underside. A yellow stripe runs down the length of its back and tail, and it also has yellow markings around its large eyes. Yellow, curved structures protrude from its shoulders and bend backwards. These structures resemble leaves or small wings, as well as a fleur-de-lis when viewed from the back, and give Snivy the appearance of wearing a collar. In spite of being snake-like in appearance, it has fully-developed limbs. Its slender arms are the same green color as the rest of its body and have three fingers, while its tiny feet match its underside in coloration and have no digits whatsoever. It has a large, palmate leaf with three prongs on the end of its tail.
Gender differences
None
Special abilities
It absorbs energy in the sunlight to grow more powerful, which also sharpens its movements and agility.
Behavior
It is a smart Pokémon with a cool demeanor. It usually basks in the sun and undergoes photosynthesis with its tail, which droops when it loses energy.
Habitat
Mostly they live in tall grass in forests, or in trees.
Diet
- Main article: Pokémon food
In the anime
Major appearances
Trip's Snivy
- Main article: Trip's Servine
In In The Shadow of Zekrom!, Professor Juniper gave Trip a Snivy as his starter Pokémon. He was able to defeat Ash's Pikachu with Leaf Tornado.
Ash's Snivy
- Main article: Ash's Snivy
Ash's Snivy first appeared in Snivy Plays Hard to Catch!. She knows Attract, much to the dismay of Ash, who tried to catch her with most of his team being male. She was defeated by Pidove due to both of them having the same gender and Ash successfully captured her.
Minor appearances
Pokédex entries
Episode
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Pokémon
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Source
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Entry
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BW001
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Snivy
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Trip's Pokédex
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Snivy, the Grass Snake Pokémon. Cool, calm, and collected, Snivy uses photosynthesis to collect energy with the leaf on its tail.
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In the manga
In the Pokémon Adventures manga
Snivy is also featured along with the other starter Pokémon in the Pokémon Adventures manga as one of the starters in Professor Juniper's lab. While talking on the phone to Fennel, Tepig spilled some Berry Juice on Snivy, causing it to fight with Tepig. Eventually Oshawott joined in on the commotion until the three starter Pokémon had managed to make a mess of her office, after which Juniper returned them to their Poké Balls, commenting that she was worried that the three might be too much for their future Trainers.
In the Pokémon Master Black & White manga
Snivy is Monta's starter Pokémon in the Pokémon Master Black & White manga, a "walkthrough comic" based on the Black and White games.
In the TCG
- Main article: Snivy (TCG)
Game data
Pokédex entries
This Pokémon was unavailable prior to Generation V.
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Generation V
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Black
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It is very intelligent and calm. Being exposed to lots of sunlight makes its movements swifter.
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White
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They photosynthesize by bathing their tails in sunlight. When they are not feeling well, their tails droop.
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Black 2
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{{{black2dex}}}
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White 2
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{{{white2dex}}}
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Game locations
This Pokémon was unavailable prior to Generation V.
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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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45
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105 - 152
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200 - 294
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45
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45 - 106
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85 - 207
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55
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54 - 117
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103 - 229
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45
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45 - 106
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85 - 207
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55
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54 - 117
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103 - 229
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63
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61 - 126
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117 - 247
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Total: 308
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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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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 Snivy
- Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an Evolution of Snivy
- Click on the generation numbers at the top to see level-up moves from other generations
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PP
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B
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W
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B2
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W2
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Grass Pledge
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Grass
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Special
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50
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100%
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10
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- A black abbreviation in a colored box indicates that Snivy can be tutored the move in that game
- A colored abbreviation in a white box indicates that Snivy cannot be tutored the move in that game
- Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Snivy
- Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an Evolution of Snivy
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Special moves
TCG-only moves
Side game data
Evolution
Sprites
Trivia
- Snivy and its fellow Black and White starters were first revealed as silhouettes on the May 9, 2010 episode of Pokémon Sunday. They were later revealed in full in the June 2010 issue of CoroCoro.
- Shortly after its release, much like many other Generation V Pokémon newly introduced, Snivy received the fan-made moniker, "Smugleaf". This name was picked up on and published in an article on video gaming-focused blog Kotaku and later in an issue of Official Nintendo Magazine Australia and New Zealand, as well as its United Kingdom counterpart.
- Ken Sugimori has said that Snivy's personality was meant to be similar to that of European (particularly French) royalty, specifically mentioning The Rose of Versailles anime as inspiration. The Rose of Versailles was also the inspiration for two characters of the day in the anime.
- Snivy is the first Template:Type2 starter Pokémon that is not listed as the first Pokémon in its regional Pokédex, although it is still #001. It is also the only Grass-type starter Pokémon that is not the first Pokémon of its generation in National Pokédex order.
- Snivy has the lowest base stats of all Grass-type starter Pokémon.
- Snivy is the only Grass-type starter Pokémon not in the Monster Egg Group and the first to be classified in the Ground Egg Group.
- Despite what its Pokédex entry for Black says, it cannot have the ability Chlorophyll.
Origin
Snivy may be based on the Green Vine Snake (Oxybelis fulgidus), a slender snake with a pointed head that inhabits Central America and South America. This would correlate geographically with the South American Tapir and Marine Otter that Tepig Oshawott may be based on respectively. Its color scheme resembles Opheodrys aestivus (Rough Green Snake), the North American grass snake that is likely the namesake of Snivy's species designation. The Pokémon's combination of snake- and lizard-like features is also similar to that of the skink, more specifically the Neoseps. Neoseps heavily resemble snakes but have small, stubby legs. Its head and general body shape, as well as its protrusions on its shoulders, may be based on the birds of paradise flowers or false birds of paradise.
Name origin
Snivy is likely a combination of snake and ivy. It may also possibly invoke snide, sly, snark, a snide remark, or snicker, a sly or snide laugh.
Tsutarja is possibly derived from ツタ tsuta, Japanese ivy, and 蛇 ja, snake.
In other languages
Language
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Name
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Name Origin
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French
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Vipélierre
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From vipère and lierre
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German
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Serpifeu
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From the suborder Serpentes and Efeu
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Korean
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주리비얀 Juribiyan
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Chinese
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藤藤蛇 Téng Téng Shé
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From 藤 and 蛇
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