Charizard

Template:Charizard Charizard (Japanese: リザードン Rizaadon) is the Fire-type Starter Pokémon of the Kanto region, evolved from Charmeleon and the final evolution of Charmander. Charizard is the mascot of Pokémon Red and its remake, Pokémon FireRed.

Biology

Physiology

Charizard's Red & Blue Artwork

Charizard is a large dragon-like Pokémon that differs greatly from its pre-evolved form. The red skin color of Charmeleon is no longer apparent, as Charizard appears to have reverted to the orange/yellow color of Charmander. The single horn that was on the back of its head is now two, one on either side. The most notable difference between Charizard and its pre-evolved forms are the large wings that have developed on its back, which gives Charizard the capability of flying.

Charizard's Mega Evolution using Charizardite X is different from Charizard, as it now has a gray body color and blue flames from its mouth and on its tail, while using Charizardite Y, Mega Charizard has a big horn on the top of its head and larger wings.

Behavior

Charizard is noble and will not turn the full power of its flame on opponents significantly weaker than they are.

Special abilities

The fire on Charizard's tail will change to a bluish-white color if it is furious. Given its dragon-like appearance, it is logical that Charizard is capable of learning many Dragon moves, such as Dragon Breath, Dragon Pulse etc. However, it becomes a true Dragon-type as Mega Charizard X.

Evolution

Charizard evolves from Charmeleon as of level 36. Charizard is the final evolved form of Charmander. Charizard can further evolve into either Mega Charizard X with Charizardite X or Mega Charizard with Charizardite Y.

Game info

Game locations

Locations
Version(s)	Area(s)	Rarity
Red and Blue	Evolve Charmeleon	None
Yellow	Evolve Charmeleon	None
Gold and Silver	Trade	None
Crystal	Trade	None
Ruby and Sapphire	Trade	None
FireRed and LeafGreen	Evolve Charmeleon	None
Emerald	Trade	None
Diamond and Pearl	Pal Park	None
Platinum	Pal Park	None
HeartGold and SoulSilver	Evolve Charmeleon	None
Black and White	Poké Transfer, Dream World	None
X and Y	Evolve Charmeleon	None

Pokédex entries

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Learnset

Leveling

• Generation V
• Generation IV
• Generation III
• Generation II
• Generation I

LevelingGeneration IX
Level	Move	Power	Accuracy	PP	Type	Cat.	Contest Cat.	Appeal	Jam
1	Dragon Claw	80	100%	15	Dragon	Physical
1	Shadow Claw	70	100%	15	Ghost	Physical
1	Air Slash	75	95%	20	Flying	Special
1	Scratch	40	100%	35	Normal	Physical
1	Growl	—	100%	40	Normal	Status
1	Ember	40	100%	25	Fire	Special
1	Smokescreen	—	100%	20	Normal	Status
7	Ember	40	100%	25	Fire	Special
10	Smokescreen	—	100%	20	Normal	Status
17	Dragon Rage	—	100%	10	Dragon	Special
21	Scary Face	—	100%	10	Normal	Status
28	Fire Fang	65	95%	15	Fire	Physical
32	Flame Burst	70	100%	15	Fire	Special
36	Wing Attack	60	100%	35	Flying	Physical
41	Slash	70	100%	20	Normal	Physical
40	Flamethrower	95	100%	15	Fire	Special
44	Fire Spin	35	85%	15	Fire	Physical
48	Inferno	100	50%	5	Fire	Special
48	Heat Wave	100	90%	10	Fire	Special
48	Flare Blitz	120	100%	15	Fire	Physical
Bold indicates this Pokémon receives STAB from this move. Italic indicates an evolved or alternate form of this Pokémon receives STAB from this move.

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LevelingGeneration II
Level	Move	Power	Accuracy	PP	Type
36	Wing Attack	60	100%	35	Flying
44	Slash	70	100%	20	Normal
54	Dragon Rage	—	100%	10	Dragon
64	Fire Spin	15	70%	15	Fire
Bold indicates this Pokémon receives STAB from this move. Italic indicates an evolved or alternate form of this Pokémon receives STAB from this move.

LevelingGeneration I
Level	Move	Power	Accuracy	PP	Type
36	Slash	70	100%	20	Normal
46	Flamethrower	95	100%	15	Fire
55	Fire Spin	15	70%	15	Fire
Bold indicates this Pokémon receives STAB from this move. Italic indicates an evolved or alternate form of this Pokémon receives STAB from this move.

TM/HM

• Generation IV
• Generation III
• Generation II
• Generation I

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Tutoring

• Generation IV
• Generation III
• Generation II

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Sprites

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Mega Evolution Sprites

Mega Charizard X - Front	Mega Charizard X - Back	Mega Charizard X - Front (Shiny)	Mega Charizard X - Back (Shiny)
Mega Charizard Y - Front	Mega Charizard Y - Back	Mega Charizard Y - Front (Shiny)	Mega Charizard Y - Back (Shiny)

Appearances

Anime

Ash's Charizard

Jessie was given a Charizard by the Team Rocket Delibird in the episode Grating Spaces. This however, was a mistake as it was meant to be given to Cassidy and was taken back.

Liza of Charicific Valley owns a Female Charizard named Charla, who is seen in Charizard's Burning Ambition, Great Bowls of Fire!, and Better Eight Than Never. Her Charizard is also seen in the Pokémon movie, The Spell of the Unown.

Ash's Charizard

Main articles: Ash's Charizard, Red's Charizard, and Charla

Ash Ketchum owns a Charizard, who used to train in Charicific Valley but is now at Professor Oak's lab. At one time, Ash's Charizard was disobedient, ignored his commands, and cost him several battles. After a battle with a Poliwrath, in which he was frozen by an Ice Beam, he was defrosted by Ash, and decided to help pay his loyalty back. Charizard is currently Ash's strongest Pokémon, albeit still training to become stronger. He has defeated legendaries, such as Articuno and Entei, and has much more potential.

• Alain's Charizard
• Don
• Cassidy's Charizard
• Clark's Charizard
• Pokémon League entrance exam instructor's Charizard
• Battle Park owner's Charizard
• Charizardtwo

Trivia

• From Generation I to V, Charizard's cry was the same as Rhyhorn's.
• Charizard is the only form of any starter to be part Flying-type.
  • Oddly, in Red and Blue, Charizard can't learn Fly, despite it being part Flying.
• Its shiny form is black, rather than yellow, unlike its previous forms.
• Charizard's Shiny form has changed quite a few times. Originally, it was purple with blue-green eyes and had green inner-wings. Then, it was blue-ish black with red eyes and red inner wings and it's stomach color was a greener hue. Generations IV and V changed the blue-ish black for a lighter grayish black. Generation VI changed this back to a darker black, but gave the old grayish shade to Mega Charizard Y's shiny form.
• Charizard's stats are identical to Typhlosion's.
• Mega Charizard X resembles Charizard's shiny form in Generation VI, while Mega Charizard Y's shiny form resembles Charizard's shiny form in Generations IV and V.
• In its Mega Evolved forms, Charizard is one of the most powerful non-legendary Pokémon, with the competitive website Smogon ranking it as an "S-tier" threat as of early 2014.
• Mega Charizard X and Mega Sceptile are the only Mega Starter's Final Evolution to have Dragon-type in the series.
• Mega Charizard X share the same Fire/Dragon-type with Reshiram.
• Charizard and Mewtwo are the only Pokémon that have two different version exclusive Mega Evolutions in existence.
• Although Charizard has occasionally referred as one of the most overpowering and ruthless Pokémon, in some Pokedex entries, it says that it will never hurt an opponent weaker than itself.

Names in other languages

• English: Charizard's name is a combination of the words char (to burn) and lizard.
• Japanese: The Japanese name, Lizardon (リザードン Rizādon in Rōmaji), is probably a combination of a pronunciation of the word "Lizard" and "Dragon". Also, -don is a suffix in a few dinosaur names, meaning "tooth". "Don" as the last part of its name would probably cause people to imagine it as a dinosaur-like Pokémon.
• French:"Dracaufeu" is a combination of the words "dragon" or Latin "draco" and "feu" (fire).
• German: "Glurak" is a combination of "glut" (ember), present in the line's theme naming, and "drache" (dragon) or "rakete" (rocket)
• Korean: "Rijamong" (리자몽) is a combination of the English words "lizard" and "monster" and the Korean word "ryong" (룡(龍), dragon), or possibly a corruption of the Japanese name.

Gallery

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MCharizard X&Y artwork.jpg

First promotional artwork of Mega Charizard X & Y

MCharizard X&Y artwork 2.jpg

Second promotional artwork of Mega Charizard X & Y

Charizard's arwork from Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS / Wii U.

See also

• Pokémon.com Pokédex
• Legendary Pokémon data
• The Pokémon Database
• Pokémon Dream Pokédex data
• Psypokes Psydex data

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