Scizor has a similar appearance to its evolutionary predecessor Scyther, except with a thick, metallic exoskeleton, which comes at the expense of much of the speed Scyther had. Scizor also has crab-like claws with eye-like patterns on them that bear a faint resemblance to a Trapinch's head. Scizor has two-toed feet with one toe in front and the other in the back. Scizor has two-lobed wings like a butterfly.
Gender differences
The female Scizor has a bigger abdomen than the male.
Special abilities
Scizor may not be as fast as Scyther, but it's basically stronger than Scyther in many other aspects.
Behavior
Scizor are known to upraise their claws and wave them around to scare others, as their claws look like two heads. A Scizor's wings are not meant for flying but rather used to cool down body temperature, however Scizor have been seen flying with wings in the Pokémon anime.
was first seen under the ownership of a trainer named Shingo who thought he could always predict the outcome of a match by the database on his computer in Wired For Battle.
In Curbing the Crimson Tide, a girl named Luna had a Scizor disguise itself as "Red Lightning". Red Lightning went around a city, battling other people's Pokémon. Red Lightning would then scribble on the defeated Pokémon's face. The disguised Scizor's reign of terror ended when Ash's Pikachu blasted its costume off and when Ash's Sceptile defeated it in battle.
Scizor is first seen in Template:PSV under the control of Green, having evolved from his Scyther prior to the events of the volume. He brings it on his journey to the Sevii Islands.
Scizor is a more dangerous version of Marill. Not only does it do more damage but it will fly around the screen targeting an opponent.
Trophy information
This evolved form of Scyther has arms ending in large pincers with distinctive eye-spot markings. It's unable to fly very far with its wings, but it can affect its body temperature by flapping them at high speeds. Its sleek look has made Scizor quite popular among collectors.
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon 2: Scizor is a famous explorer who is captured by Froslass in ice for several decades. The player defeats Froslass and frees Scizor, who bestows the Secret Rank upon the player's team in gratitude.
Pokédex entries
This Pokémon was unavailable prior to Generation II.
Scizor has a body with the hardness of steel. It is not easily fazed by ordinary sorts of attacks. This Pokémon flaps its wings to regulate its body temperature.
Scizor has a body with the hardness of steel. It is not easily fazed by ordinary sorts of attacks. This Pokémon flaps its wings to regulate its body temperature.
A Scizor has a body with the hardness of steel. It is not easily fazed by ordinary sorts of attacks. It flaps its wings to regulate its body temperature.
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In all of its backsprites, its wings do not appear.
Although Scizor cannot learn the move Fly and its Pokédex entries and in Pokémon Mystery Dungeon say that Scizor doesn't use its wings to fly, Scizor can fly in the anime. However, in the anime episode Curbing the Crimson Tide, Brock notes that the gusts of wind blowing around the tall buildings on which they were stood were helping Luna's Scizor to 'fly' around them, so technically it was gliding on the wind. Ash then used this and told his Sceptile to follow suit, and this was how Scizor was eventually bested.
Scizor shares the same species name with Kingler. They are both known as Pincer Pokémon, though Scizor has also been called the Scissors Pokémon.
Despite having different base stats, Scizor and its pre-evolution, Scyther, have the same base stat total: 500.
Scizor's cry seems to be a modified version of that of Heracross. This usually happens only with Pokémon related by evolution.
Origin
Scizor appears to share characteristics with flying red ants.
Name origin
Scizor's name is a corruption of scissor. Its Japanese name is a corruption of 剪む hasamu, to clip or snip.
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.
For other sprites and images, please see Scizor images on Bulbagarden Archives.
