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Height
3′03″
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1.0 m
Metric
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3′03″/1.0 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
65.0 lbs.
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29.5 kg
Metric
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65.0 lbs./29.5 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
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Sp.Def
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Speed
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| Base Exp.: 159
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Battle Exp.: 1591*
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Beedrill (Japanese: スピアー Spear) is a Bug/Poison-type Pokémon.
Biology
Physiology
Beedrill resembles an wasp, but only has four legs. The first two are tipped with long stingers. It has veined wings, and another stinger on its abdomen.
Gender differences
None.
Special abilities
They have incredibly painful stings, and fly extremely fast. They chase after intruders relentlessly in a swarm.
Beedrill is the only known Pokémon that learns Twineedle.
Behavior
It is highly territorial. The way it behaves makes it often appear in the anime and quite a few fanfictions, making for tense runaway scenes: Beedrill is quick, so it's extremely hard to avoid its beatings after approaching its nest.
Habitat
Most Beedrill nest in forests and misty wooded areas.
Diet
- Main article: Pokémon food
In the anime
Beedrill's first non-cameo appearance was in Challenge of the Samurai, where a swarm of them stole Ash's Metapod.
In The Fourth Round Rumble a trainer named Jeanette Fisher used a Beedrill against Ash's Bulbasaur.
In The Lost Lapras, an obnoxious trainer who was attacking a Lapras had a Beedrill.
Ash captured a Beedrill in the Bug-Catching Contest, but he gave it to Casey.
Jimmy of New Bark Town owns a Beedrill.
During Pokémon Ranger and the Temple of the Sea, The Phantom used two of these Poison Bee Pokémon to chase our heroes.
A Beedrill is used in the PokéRinger Contest in That's Just Swellow.
Beedrill also has many other roles in the anime and has appeared in a lot of episodes, mostly portraying an antagonist to Ash and crew. They are usually attacked by a swarm and end up running for their lives.
In the manga
In Pokémon Special one of Giovanni's most treasured and strongest team members is a Beedrill he caught in his childhood from Viridian Forest. It is also one of the few members of his team that isn't a Template:Type2.
In the TCG
- Main article: Beedrill (TCG)
In the TFG
One Beedrill figure has been released.
Other appearances
Super Smash Bros.
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. It did not appear again in Super Smash Bros. Melee and its role was taken over by Unown.
Game data
Pokédex entries
| This Pokémon was unavailable prior to Generation I.
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| Generation I
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| Red
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Flies at high speed and attacks using its large venomous stingers on its forelegs and tail.
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| Blue
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| Yellow
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It has 3 poisonous stingers on its forelegs and its tail. They are used to jab its enemy repeatedly.
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| Stadium
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Flies at high speeds and attacks with three stingers: one on its rear and one on each of its two forelegs. May appear in swarms.
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| Gold
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It can take down any opponent with its powerful poison stingers. It sometimes attacks in swarms.
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| Silver
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It has three poison barbs. The barb on its tail secretes the most powerful poison.
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| Crystal
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It uses sharp, poisonous stings to defeat prey, then takes the victim back to its nest for food.
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| Stadium 2
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It can take down any opponent with its powerful poison stingers. It sometimes attacks in swarms.
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| Generation III
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| Ruby
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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.
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| Sapphire
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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.
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| Emerald
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A Beedrill is extremely territorial. For safety reasons, no one should ever approach its nest. If angered, they will attack in a swarm.
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| FireRed
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May appear in a swarm. Flies at violent speeds, all the while stabbing with the toxic stinger on its rear.
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| LeafGreen
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It flies at high speed and attacks using the large venomous stingers on its forelegs and tail.
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| Diamond
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Its best attack involves flying around at high speed, striking with poison needles, then flying off.
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| Pearl
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Its best attack involves flying around at high speed, striking with poison needles, then flying off.
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| Platinum
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| HeartGold
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| SoulSilver
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Game locations
| This Pokémon was unavailable prior to Generation I.
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In side games
Base stats
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Range
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At Lv. 100
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65
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125 - 172
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240 - 334
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80
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76 - 145
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148 - 284
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40
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40 - 101
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76 - 196
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45
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45 - 106
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85 - 207
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80
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76 - 145
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148 - 284
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75
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72 - 139
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139 - 273
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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 45.
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Of the first generation Bug Pokémon, Beedrill ties with Butterfree, Parasect and Scyther for highest base SpDef.
Type effectiveness
Template:DP type effectiveness
In Generation I, the effectiveness of Bug and Poison-type moves are 2×.
Learnset
Template:Evolved learnset intro
None
Special moves
In Pokémon XD: Gale of Darkness, Beedrill knows Shadow Blitz and Shadow Hold as a Shadow Pokémon, and learns Baton Pass after being purified.
Side game data
Template:Side game
Evolution
Sprites
Trivia
- Beedrill's English name was originally going to be spelled with only one "l" instead of two.
- Beedrill shares the same Pokédex number and types as the glitch Z4.
- Although Beedrill clearly flies, it is not part Template:Type2 nor does it have the ability Levitate. It shares this trait with Venomoth and Dustox.
- Beedrill's Red and Blue sprite shows its body all being yellow, with no stripes.
- Beedrill, in the anime, is show as wild in every region; in the games it can only be caught as a bedrill in generation 2
Origin
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 variation is similar to blue hornets.
Name origin
Beedrill's name is a combination of bee and drill, indicating the needle-like arms it wields. Spear also refers to its stingers. In addition, its Japanese name could contain a reversal of Apis, the name for the honey bee genus.
In other languages
- German: Bibor - "Biene" means bee, "Bohrer" means drill.
- French: Dardargnan - From D'Artagnan and dard, french for sting.
- Korean: 독침붕 Dokchimbung
- Chinese (Hong Kong): 大針蜂 Dá Zhen Feng ("giant stinger hornet")
Related articles
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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For other sprites and images, please see Beedrill images on Bulbagarden Archives.
