Bellsprout (Japanese: マダツボミ Madatsubomi) is a dual-type Grass/Poison Pokémon.
It evolves into Weepinbell starting at level 21, which evolves into Victreebel when exposed to a Leaf Stone.
Biology
Bellsprout is a plant-based Pokémon with a stem-like brown body. This stem is long, thin and very flexible, making it capable of swerving rapidly to avoid many attacks or moving with blinding speed to capture prey. Its roots resemble feet, and it uses them as such. It will plant these feet in the ground to replenish water, but it is unable to flee while it is rooted. It has one green leaf on each side of its body. Its yellow head is bell-shaped and has what appear to be pink lips at the end. Bellsprout prefers hot and humid places, living in forests as well as tropical jungles.
In the anime
Major appearances
Bellsprout's first major appearance was in The Fourth Round Rumble, as Jeanette Fisher's Pokémon. This Bellsprout was unusually strong and managed to defeat Ash's Bulbasaur and Pikachu, but lost to Ash's Muk. It reappeared in a flashback in the following episode and in Bulbasaur... the Ambassador!.
Another major appearance was in A Bout With Sprout. A boy called Zackie from Earl Dervish's Pokémon academy wanted to have Ash's Pikachu very badly. In his efforts to catch it, he captured a Bellsprout instead. This Bellsprout later saved the day when Team Rocket was causing trouble at the Sprout Tower.
A Bellsprout named "Spoopy" appeared in A Better Pill to Swallow as Old Man Shuckle's Pokémon. It was able to run very fast and it could lift boulders.
A very old Bellsprout appeared in PK13. It is the elder of the Summer Festival, and was the one who tells Pikachu and the others about an Aggron living on a deserted island, where Skarmory took Azumarill.
A Bellsprout appeared in Who, What, When, Where, Wynaut? under the ownership of Roderick.
Minor appearances
A Bellsprout
Egg in the anime
Bellsprout first appeared in Primeape Goes Bananas.
A Bellsprout also appeared in Pokémon Fashion Flash.
A Bellsprout was seen in a Pokémon Center in Sparks Fly for Magnemite.
Bellsprout also appeared in The Kangaskhan Kid and The March of the Exeggutor Squad, The Breeding Center Secret and Pallet Party Panic.
A Bellsprout appeared in Mewtwo Strikes Back.
Multiple pink Bellsprout resided on the Pinkan Island in In the Pink.
Bellsprout also appeared in The Power of One.
A Bellsprout was part of an exhibition in Flower Power.
A Bellsprout belonging to the Nursing School, appeared in a flashback in Ignorance is Blissey.
Multiple Bellsprout appeared in Foul Weather Friends.
A Bellsprout was one of the Pokémon seen at the Pokémon Swap Meet in Tricks of the Trade.
A Bellsprout was one of the sick Pokémon in a Pokémon Center in Carrying On!.
A Bellsprout appeared in Beauty and the Breeder where it participated in a Pokémon beauty contest.
A Bellsprout appeared on a poster in Imitation Confrontation.
Two Bellsprout appeared in the wild in The Grass Route while two appeared in the same episode belonging to two different unnamed competitors participating in the Grass-type tournament.
A Bellsprout also appeared in Celebi: Voice of the Forest.
A Bellsprout was one of the inhabitants of an oasis just for Pokémon in Got Miltank?.
Two Bellsprout were among the Pokémon seen at Wings Alexander's barn in Throwing in the Noctowl.
A Bellsprout was seen in the wild in The Legend of Thunder!.
A Bellsprout was one of the inhabitants of the Dragon Holy Land in Fangs for Nothin'.
A Bellsprout was seen being fed by Tracey at Professor Oak's Laboratory in Johto Photo Finish.
A Bellsprout was used by one of the students of the Pokémon Trainer's School in Gonna Rule The School!.
A Bellsprout appeared in The Ribbon Cup Caper at the ship’s Pokémon Center.
A Bellsprout appeared in the opening of Lucario and the Mystery of Mew.
A Bellsprout appeared in The Saffron Con as a Pokémon owned by a Coordinator that was taken by Team Rocket.
Another Bellsprout appeared in Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Team Go-Getters Out of the Gate!.
Bellsprout made a small appearance in The Rise of Darkrai as one of the Pokémon Darkrai hit with a Dark Void.
It also appeared in Pokémon Ranger and the Kidnapped Riolu! Part One.
A Bellsprout made a cameo in Arceus and the Jewel of Life.
Another Bellsprout appeared in Promoting Healthy Tangrowth!.
Bellsprout appeared in Zoroark: Master of Illusions as a few of the many local Pokémon who lives in Crown City. A Bellsprout worked with several other Pokémon in surrounding Zorua at the park to attack him, angry at Zorua for what Zoroark did to the city. Before a fight broke out, Bellsprout, along with the other Pokémon, were calmed by Celebi.
In the manga
In the Pokémon Adventures manga
Bellsprout makes a cameo in the Red, Green & Blue arc in ...But Fearow Itself! when Red remembers capturing one.
Bellsprout appeared as a silhouette when Green explains about Mew in The Jynx Jinx.
Later, in Meanwhile...Vileplume! Erika of the Celadon Gym is seen in possession of a Bellsprout, who, despite its small size, was able to daze the fully-evolved Poli by mimicking its DoubleSlap. Later, during the Yellow arc, it was revealed to have fully evolved.
In A Hollow Victreebel a hidden colony of Bellsprout line members in the Safari Zone captured Red for their evolution ritual. With the help of Pidgebot 1 that was assigned to him, and a few good items he carried around, the Bellsprout that were about to eat him for their evolution were distracted, and he was able to flee. By morning Red had captured multiple Safari Zone Pokémon including several Bellsprout.
A sextet of Bellsprout is seen in Bellsprout Rout during Gold's visit to Sprout Tower. Gold is attacked by the monks and their Bellsprout in an attempt to convince him to join their group. The excellent teamwork of the Bellsprout manages to make short work of Gold's Aipom, only to lose to Gold's Cyndaquil when it incinerates them from below. A picture and two statues of Bellsprout appeared by the side of the Sprout Tower in Bellsprout Rout.
In The Last Battle XIII a Bellsprout was one of the Pokémon sent to help the fight in Ilex Forest.
In the Pokémon Gotta Catch 'Em All manga
Shū has two Bellsprout in the Pokémon Gotta Catch 'Em All manga. He captured the first in a Pokémon capturing competition in Pokémon Get Match!!. He captured the second one in Plague on the Bellsprout.
In the TCG
- Main article: Bellsprout (TCG)
Game data
NPC appearances
Pokédex entries
Generation I
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Red(ENG)
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A carnivorous Pokémon that traps and eats bugs. It uses its root feet to soak up needed moisture.
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Blue
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Yellow
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Prefers hot and humid places. It ensnares tiny insects with its vines and devours them.
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Stadium
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A kind of bug-eating plant that hunts small insects. It uses its roots as feet for walking.
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Generation II
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Gold
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Even though its body is extremely skinny, it is blindingly fast when catching its prey.
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Silver
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It plants its feet deep underground to replenish water. It can't escape its enemy while it's rooted.
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Crystal
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If it notices anything that moves, it immediately flings its vine at the object.
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Stadium 2
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Even though its body is extremely skinny, it is blindingly fast when catching its prey.
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Generation II
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Ruby
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A Bellsprout's thin and flexible body lets it bend and sway to avoid any attack, however strong it may be. From its mouth, it leaks a fluid that melts even iron.
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Sapphire
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Emerald
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FireRed
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Its bud looks like a human face. Because of the bud, it is rumored to be a type of legendary mandrake plant.
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LeafGreen
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A carnivorous Pokémon that traps and eats bugs. It appears to use its root feet to replenish moisture.
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Generation IV
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Diamond
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It prefers hot and humid environments. It is quick at capturing prey with its vines.
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Pearl
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Platinum
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HeartGold
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Even though its body is extremely skinny, it is blindingly fast when catching its prey.
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SoulSilver
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It plants its feet deep underground to replenish water. It can't escape its enemy while it's rooted.
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Generation V
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Black
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It prefers hot and humid environments. It is quick at capturing prey with its vines.
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White
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Black 2
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It prefers hot and humid environments. It is quick at capturing prey with its vines.
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White 2
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Generation VI
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X
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Even though its body is extremely skinny, it is blindingly fast when catching its prey.
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Y
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Its bud looks like a human face. Because of the bud, it is rumored to be a type of legendary mandrake plant.
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Game locations
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Generation III
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Ruby
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Sapphire
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Emerald
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FireRed
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LeafGreen
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Routes 5, 6, 7, 12, 13, 14, 15, 24, and 25, Berry Forest, Bond Bridge, Cape Brink, Water Path
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Colosseum
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XD
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In side games
In events
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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50
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110 - 157
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210 - 304
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75
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72 - 139
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139 - 273
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35
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36 - 95
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67 - 185
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70
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67 - 134
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130 - 262
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30
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31 - 90
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58 - 174
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40
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40 - 101
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76 - 196
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Total: 300
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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 70.
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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 Bellsprout
- Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an Evolution of Bellsprout
- 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 Bellsprout
- Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an Evolution of Bellsprout
- 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 Bellsprout 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 Bellsprout in that game.
- Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Bellsprout
- Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an Evolution of Bellsprout
- 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 Bellsprout can be tutored the move in that game
- A colored abbreviation in a white box indicates that Bellsprout cannot be tutored the move in that game
- Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Bellsprout
- Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an Evolution of Bellsprout
- Click on the generation numbers at the top to see Move Tutor moves from other generations
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Side game data
Evolution
Sprites
Trivia
Origin
Bellsprout and its evolutions may be based upon carnivorous pitcher plants, particularly the Nepenthes genus.
Name origin
Bellsprout is a combination of bell (referring to its bell-like head) and sprout (referring to it being relatively young in its evolutionary line).
Madatsubomi can be taken to mean まだ蕾 (still [a] flower bud).
In other languages
Language
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Title
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Meaning
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Japanese
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マダツボミ Madatsubomi
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Can be read as まだ蕾
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French
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Chétiflor
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From chétif and flora
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Spanish
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Bellsprout
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Same as English name
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German
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Knofensa
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From Knospe, Fenchel and Samen
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Italian
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Bellsprout
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Same as English name
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Korean
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모다피 Modapi
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From 못다 modda and 피다 pida
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Mandarin Chinese
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喇叭芽 Lǎbāyá
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Literally "Trumpet sprout"
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Cantonese Chinese
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喇叭芽 Lābāngàh
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Literally "Trumpet sprout"
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Notes
External links
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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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