Grovyle has more dinosaur-like appearance than its previous form, Treecko. Grovyle's feet are more bird-like and its two tails now have a leafy appearance. Grovyle has three long leaves on its wrists and a large leaf on top of its head.
Gender differences
None.
Special abilities
Grovyle has the same abilities as Treecko, but it can now be able to use the rarely known Leaf Blade attack. Grovyle is an expert tree-climber and is practically unmatched at a chase through the trees.
Grovyle also appeared in the anime adaption of Pokémon Mystery Dungeon 2. Despite having a large role in the games, he only appeared briefly in the beginning of the episode, stealing one of the Time Gears.
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Pokémon Mystery Dungeon 2: Grovyle is an important character in the game's story. He was the partner of the player before the player turned into a Pokémon, and came from the future to steal the Time Gears. Though initially the game's antagonist, it is revealed that Grovyle had to steal the Time Gears to put them in Temporal Tower to prevent the tower's collapse, and thus the paralysis of the planet.
Pokédex entries
This Pokémon was unavailable prior to Generation III.
The leaves growing out of Grovyle's body are convenient for camouflaging it from enemies in the forest. This Pokémon is a master at climbing trees in jungles.
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Grovyle's evolutionary line is one of two Grass-type lines that are not in the Plant egg group. The other is the Lileep line.
As seen in its Generation IV backsprite, Grovyle's head has been punctured, compared to its debut, where its head's surface was even.
Grovyle is similar to the Lizalfos enemies in the Legend of Zelda series.
Grovyle's cry seems to be saying Totodile, rather than it's Japanese name.
Origin
Appearance-wise, it resembles the dinosaur known as the Dromaeosaurus. It is believed that the dinosaur had feathers much like how Grovyle has leaves on its body.
Name origin
Grovyle's name is a combination of the words grove, meaning a group of trees, and possibly vile. Of course, -yle could also refer to "reptile". Its Japanese name is based on jungle or 樹 ju, tree, and reptile or raptor.
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