Nidoqueen is a large, blue, reptilian mammal Pokémon. She has a thick tail and mouse-like ears. Nidoqueen has spikes running down the length of her back and has a horn on her forehead. Her lower-jaw, chest-plates and lower torso are cream-colored.
Gender differences
Nidoqueen is the female of the species. For the male equivalent, see Nidoking.
Special abilities
Nidoqueen have long spikes that ooze poison on contact with foes. Nidoqueen can also cause small tremors by slamming the ground.
Behavior
Very protective of any babies, Nidoqueen is fierce.
Navel IslandGym LeaderDanny owns a Nidoqueen. This Nidoqueen was shown competing against Ash's Lapras into freezing a super-heated geyser. Afterwards, this Nidoqueen helped Danny's Machoke and Scyther carve Danny's sled.
Nidoqueen's first appearance was in Mewtwo Strikes Back. A Nidoqueen owned by Fergus was one of the Pokémon that were captured and cloned by Mewtwo. The Nidoqueen clone was seen again in Mewtwo Returns, along with what was apparently a Nidoqueen baby despite the fact that Nidoqueen cannot breed and its unevolved form is Nidoran♀.
Nidoqueen's body is encased in extremely hard scales. It is adept at sending foes flying with harsh tackles. This Pokémon is at its strongest when it is defending its young.
Nidoqueen's body is encased in extremely hard scales. It is adept at sending foes flying with harsh tackles. This Pokémon is at its strongest when it is defending its young.
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Despite being a non-legendary, gendered species, Nidoqueen are unable to breed.
Unlike her previous evolutions, Nidoqueen's shiny form is not the same color as her male counterpart's normal color.
Indeed, Nidoqueen is the only Nidoran evolutionary family member whose alternate coloration is not matched by their counterpart's normal coloration.
Nidoqueen and her male counterpart Nidoking share the same species name with Rhydon and Rhyperior. They are all known as Drill Pokémon.
Along with Nidoking, no other Pokémon has the same typecombination as Nidoqueen.
Though the Generation II and Generation III sprites of Nidoqueen have visible teeth, no other official artwork includes them.
Origin
It shares traits of rhinoceroses, gorillas, rabbits and porcupines. It's also based on a kaiju, Baragon
Name origin
Nidoqueen's name may be based on the word needle. It may also be based on cnidocyte, a type of venomous cell responsible for the stings delivered by stinging animals, most notably, by jellyfish. Alternatively, it may be based on 二 ni, two, or 二度 nido, two times/two degrees, referring to there being two distinct evolutionary lines using the name with similar names and traits. The second part of its name is simply queen, referring to its feminine gender.
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 Nidoqueen images on Bulbagarden Archives.
