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Butterfree
バタフリー Butterfree
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Artwork from FR/LG
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Height
0'0"
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0.0 m
Metric
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0'0"/0.0 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
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Red-Striped
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Blue-Striped
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EV yield
HP
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Atk
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Def
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Sp.Atk
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Sp.Def
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Speed
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| Base Exp.: 160
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Battle Exp.: 1601*
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| External links
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Butterfree (Japanese: バタフリー Butterfree, German: Smettbo, French: Papilusion) is a Bug/Flying-type Pokémon.
Pokédex entries
- Pokémon Red and Blue
- In battle, it flaps its wings at high speed, releasing highly toxic dust into the air.
- Pokémon Yellow
- Its wings, covered with poisonous powders, repel water. This allows it to fly in the rain.
- Pokémon Stadium
- Its wings are covered with poisonous dust. If you see one flapping its wings, be careful not to inhale any of the dust.
- Pokémon Gold / Pokémon Stadium 2
- It collects honey every day. It rubs honey onto the hairs on its legs to carry it back to its nest.
- Pokémon Silver
- Water-repellent powder on its wings enables it to collect honey, even in the heaviest of rains.
- Pokémon Crystal
- It flits from flower to flower, collecting honey. It can even identify distant flowers in bloom.
- Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire
- Butterfree has a superior ability to search for delicious honey from flowers. It can even search out, extract, and carry honey from flowers that are blooming over six miles from its nest.
- Pokémon Emerald
- It has a superior ability to search for delicious honey from flowers. It can seek, extract, and carry honey from flowers blooming over six miles away.
- Pokémon FireRed
- The wings are protected by a rain-repellent dust. As a result, this pokémon can fly about even in rain.
- Pokémon LeafGreen
- In battle, it flaps its wings at great speed to release highly toxic dust into the air.
Name origin
Butterfree's name is a combination of butterfly and free, possibly referring to its ability to fly after being grounded for two evolutionary stages.
Its design appears to be based upon a common butterfly.
Base stats
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Range
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| At Lv. 50
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At Lv. 100
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60
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120 - 167
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230 - 324
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45
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45 - 106
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85 - 207
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50
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49 - 112
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94 - 218
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80
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76 - 145
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148 - 284
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80
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76 - 145
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148 - 284
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70
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67 - 134
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130 - 262
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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 80.
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Type effectiveness
RBY
| Under normal battle conditions in Generation I, this Pokémon is:
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Later versions
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In the anime
Ash Ketchum had a Butterfree that he had caught as a Caterpie, which was the first Pokemon he ever caught.
Taking into account Caterpies quick evolution according to it's levels. Ash's Caterpie evolved into Metapod at the end of Episode 3 after defeating Team Rocket with it's String Shot attack. It then evolved in episode 4 into Butterfree.
In "Battle aboard the St.Anne!" Ash trades Butterfree to another trainer. Though reverses the process when he decides that Butterfree is too important to him to trade. Later on Butterfree leaves to mate with a pink Butterfree. In the Japanese version it is said when Butterfree mate, they die, so this is why Butterfree is never seen again. Ash's Butterfree has however turned up in Japanese intro sequence Spurt! along with Ash's other caught Pokemon.
Learnset
Butterfree is capable of learning the following moves (from its evolution onwards):
NOTE: Moves in bold are damage moves to which STAB apply.
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