Beedrill mostly resembles a bipedal wasp; however, it only has four legs instead of six and lacks pigment pits. Beedrill's head is round with a slightly pointed mouth, large, red eyes, and antennae in the shape of the number seven. Its forelegs are tipped with long, conical stingers. It stands on its other two legs, which are long, segmented, and insectoid in shape. Beedrill has two pairs of rounded, veined wings, and another stinger on its striped abdomen.
As Mega Beedrill, its gains more features. The horns becomes more curves and sharp like two different triangle fused together each. The red changed from a round shape to a triangle-like shape. The first wings are larger but split in two with two black armor like antennas. The other two wings become smaller. The two stingers on both arms become larger, longer, changing into javelin spears. The insectoid legs are change into another set of javelin stingers but smaller attached to a yellow and black wrist armor. The abdomen stinger is now attached to a black hip with a small neck. The tail stinger is changed to the color tan yellow. The abdomen attached tot eh tails finger is larger, mixed with a part circle and part rectangular shape. Black stripes now appear on the chest, second stinger and abdomen tail. The poison that Mega Beedrill produces from its four limbs all work instantaneously, yet the poison it emits from its tail is slow-acting. It uses the former to prevent its foes from fleeing, and the latter to deal the finishing blow.[1]
Beedrill is highly territorial and normally lives in colonies. As seen in the anime, Beedrill seems to be especially concerned with the welfare of Weedle and Kakuna, and it will respond aggressively to those that disturb them. Disturbing a swarm of Beedrill will cause the whole colony to attack. It flies at high speed and attacks using the large venomous stingers on its forelegs and abdomen. The two stingers on its forelimbs allow it to use its former signature move, Twineedle. It will take the victims of its attacks back to its nest for food. Beedrill nests in forests and misty wooded areas.
Ash captured a Beedrill in the Bug-Catching Contest, but he gave it to Casey because she is a huge fan of yellow and black Pokémon. Multiple Beedrill also appeared in the same episode.
Other
Beedrill's first non-cameo appearance was in Challenge of the Samurai, where a swarm of them stole Ash's Metapod after evolving from Kakuna. The reason for this was to avenge Ash for failing to capture the Weedle (and startling it), which subsequently fled after Samurai arrived. The Beedrill reappeared in a flashback in Battle Aboard the St. Anne.
A Beedrill appeared in Foggy Pokémon Orienteering! when it was disturbed by Bonnie and Pikachu, who has been hit by a big twig on its head caused by Bonnie, but it quickly got away before Pikachu was about to attack it.
Beedrill has appeared in a lot of episodes, mostly having an antagonistic role to Ash and his friends who are usually attacked by a swarm of Beedrill and end up running away.
A swarm of Beedrill also appeared in A Better Pill to Swallow where they were attracted by the Shuckle juice that Team Rocket drank. Three Beedrill appeared in the same episode as part of Brock's fantasy.
Beedrill, the Poison Bee Pokémon. Beedrill fly quickly and attack using poison stingers on their fore legs and tail.
In the manga
Beedrill in Pokémon Ruby-Sapphire
In The Electric Tale of Pikachu manga
In the The Electric Tale of Pikachu manga, Ash caught a Beedrill in Kanto, and it was part of a swarm that he had disturbed when he caught a Mankey. He thought this Beedrill, along with Mankey, would help him to raise his Trainer level, but it couldn't.
In the Pokémon Adventures manga
In Wake Up—You’re Snorlax! a herd of angry Beedrill attacked Red because Saur accidentally hit their hive. Both the Trainer and his Pokémon were badly stung afterwards.
Later a Beedrill appeared as a silhouette when Green explains about Mew in The Jynx Jinx.
In A Flaaffy Kerfuffle a Beedrill appeared where it was one of the Pokémon in Professor Oak's fantasy when he explains that trainers should only have six Pokémon with them.
Beedrill was in the first Super Smash Bros. game. When a Poké Ball was opened, one would come out and fly away. A few seconds later a whole swarm would fly by and attack everyone on the field except the user. Its role was taken over by Unown in Super Smash Bros. Melee.
Beedrill is extremely territorial. No one should ever approach its nest - this is for their own safety. If angered, they will attack in a furious swarm.
Beedrill's English name was originally going to be spelled Beedril.
Beedrill's effort valueyield of 2 Attack and 1 Special Defense is unique.
Beedrill can be seen as a parallel to Butterfree. Both of their unevolved stages evolve into their respective first evolutionary stages at level 7, which then evolve into their respective final forms at level 10. They both also go through metamorphosis-like evolution and share a base stat total of 395. Also, while Beedrill is a version exclusive of Black and Black 2, Butterfree is exclusive to White and White 2.
In Pokémon Conquest, Beedrill is the only Pokémon that is featured without its evolutionary relatives.
Its design appears to simply be a stylized bee or wasp. However, it has a much closer resemblance to an Asian giant hornet. Its Shiny form may be based on the Agapostemon, as both are green in color.
Name origin
Beedrill is a combination of bee and drill (indicating its needle-like arms).
Spear refers to its stingers. In addition, the reverse of スピアー is アピス Apis (the genus for the honey bee).
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Poison Barb (8%)
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