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Charizard (Japanese: リザードン Lizardon) is a dual-type Fire/Flying Pokémon introduced in Generation I.

It evolves from Charmeleon starting at level 36. It is the final form of Charmander.

Charizard has three forms: Mega Charizard X, Mega Charizard Y, and Gigantamax Charizard. It can Mega Evolve into Mega Charizard X using the Charizardite X and Mega Charizard Y using the Charizardite Y, and can Gigantamax into Gigantamax Charizard if it has the Gigantamax Factor.

Charizard is the game mascot of Pokémon Red and its remake Pokémon FireRed, appearing on the boxart of both games.

Along with Pikachu, Talonflame, and Decidueye, Charizard is one of the four partner Pokémon available through the Unite Licenses in Pokémon UNITE as of version 1.12.1.2.

Biology

Charizard is a draconic, bipedal Pokémon. It is primarily orange with a cream underside from the chest to the tip of its tail. It has a long neck, small blue eyes, slightly raised nostrils, and two horn-like structures protruding from the back of its rectangular head. Two fangs are visible in its upper jaw when its mouth is closed. Two large wings with blue-green undersides sprout from its back, and a horn-like appendage juts out from the top of the third joint of each wing. A single wing finger is visible through the center of each wing membrane. Charizard's arms are short and skinny compared to its robust belly, and each limb has three white claws. It has stocky legs with cream-colored soles on each of its plantigrade feet. The tip of its long, tapering tail burns with a sizable flame, which can intensify to a blue flame if Charizard is irritated.

Charizard flies in search of powerful opponents to battle, and its fire will burn hotter as it gains experience. Its fiery breath can melt boulders and massive glaciers and has been known to cause forest fires accidentally. Though its fiery breath is hot, it never turns it on any opponent weaker than itself. Charizard typically inhabits mountains and valleys, such as the Charicific Valley in Johto. The Pokémon the Series episode Charizard's Burning Ambitions showed that only a weak Charizard would show off its power. The side story episode Those Darn Electabuzz! showed that Charizard can swim underwater, with Pokémon Origins further showing that the flame on the tip of the tail can still keep burning underwater. Charizard's wings can carry it to an altitude of 4,600 feet (1,400 meters). Charizard lives in herds with Charmander. As shown in Pokémon Sleep, Charizard is known to sleep in an incredibly relaxed position.[1] This is because Charizard is very confident in its power. Some Charizard are occasionally seen sleeping flat on their backs, which is potentially a sign that those Charizard are especially strong.

Even though Charizard originally couldn't learn the move Fly, Trainers have been shown riding Charizard in official artwork dating back to the original Carddass Trading Cards of the year 1997. Ash himself was shown riding his Charizard already in the second season of the original series of Pokémon the Series. Eventually, in Pokémon Yellow, Charizard became able to learn Fly and has since been frequently depicted as a Pokémon able to carry people on its back to fly them to distant areas. In Alola, Charizard is a Ride Pokémon called Charizard Glide, being used by the natives to fly around the region or make deliveries.

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  Charizard Glide

Forms

Charizard has three alternate forms: Mega Charizard X, Mega Charizard Y, and Gigantamax Charizard.

Both of Charizard's Mega Evolutions feature a shorter snout, white, vertical slit pupils, and a bright underside reaching the lower jaw.

As Mega Charizard X, its body and legs are more physically fit, though its arms remain thin. Its skin turns black with a sky-blue underside and soles. Two spikes with blue tips curve upward from the front and back of each shoulder, while the tips of its horns sharpen, turn blue, and curve slightly upward. Its brow and claws are larger, and its eyes are now red. It has two small, fin-like spikes under each horn and two more down its lower neck. The finger disappears from the wing membrane, and the lower edges are divided into large, rounded points. The third joint of each wing-arm is adorned with a claw-like spike. Mega Charizard X breathes blue flames out the sides of its mouth, and the flame on its tail now burns blue consistently. It is said that its new power turns it black and creates more intense flames.

As Mega Charizard Y, it becomes sleeker in appearance but retains its normal coloration. It has three pointed horns on the back of its head, the middle of which is longer. Its snout has larger fangs and a ridge on the nose. Its neck is shorter, but its torso is thinner and longer. It features longer digitigrade feet. Its hands are less developed, with extremely shortened fingers that are no longer separated from each other. Small wings develop on its wrists, while the ones on its back become larger, lose the wing finger passing through their membrane and end up with ragged edges. The back of its tail has a large spike at the base and three smaller ones near the tip, which now burns with a longer flame. Mega Charizard Y is said to have incredible flying prowess that is greater than that of a jet fighter.

As Gigantamax Charizard, it becomes larger and more physically fit. The lower part of its body glows white, with several yellow diamonds on the lower belly. There are also diamond-shaped spots located on the front legs. The claws located on its hands and feet become longer and sharper. The feet become longer and digitigrade, retaining small glowing soles under the forefeet. The sclerae of the eyes become yellow. The glow of a flame can be seen in the mouth, and the teeth grow, with the lower front teeth and three teeth in the middle now protruding when the mouth is closed. The flame on the tail extends out and has three red clouds surrounding it, like the clouds most other Gigantamax Pokémon have. Two flames sprout from its horns, and its wings are transformed into literal flame wings extending to the shoulder blade. These colossal flamed wings were created from the energy of Gigantamaxing and are hotter than magma; Gigantamax Charizard uses these flames to burn its opponents.[2] The flames within Gigantamax Charizard burn hotter than 3,600 degrees Fahrenheit (2,000 degrees Celsius), and increase in temperature when it roars.

Gigantamax Charizard is the only known Pokémon capable of using the G-Max Move G-Max Wildfire.

Evolution

Charizard evolves from Charmeleon and is the final form of Charmander.

(For specifics on this Pokémon's evolution in the games, refer to Game data→Evolution data.)

Game data

NPC appearances

Pokédex entries

Game locations

In side games

In events

Games	Event	Language/Region	Location	Level	Distribution period
GSC	Gotta Catch 'Em All Station! Charizard	English	United States	40	March 15 to 21, 2002 September 27 to October 3, 2002 February 14 to 20, 2003
RSEFRLG	Journey Across America Charizard	English	United States	70	February 25 to July 23, 2006
RSEFRLG	Top 10 Distribution Charizard	English	United Kingdom	70	June 10, 2006 October 14 to November 19, 2006
RSEFRLG	Top 10 Distribution Charizard	Italian	Italy	70	June 23 to 25, 2006
RSEFRLG	Top 10 Distribution Charizard	Spanish	Spain	70	June 27 to August 27, 2006
RSEFRLG	Party of the Decade Charizard	English	United States	70	August 8, 2006
RSEFRLG	Top 10 Distribution Charizard	German	Germany	70	September 24 to November 5, 2006
RSEFRLG	Top 10 Distribution Charizard	French	France	70	September 26, 2006
X	CoroCoro Charizardite Y Charizard	Japanese region	Online	36	March 15 to August 29, 2014
Y	CoroCoro Charizardite X Charizard	Japanese region	Online	36	March 15 to August 29, 2014
X	Olleh TV Charizardite Y Charizard	Korean region	Online	36	April 11 to May 31, 2014
Y	Olleh TV Charizardite X Charizard	Korean region	Online	36	April 11 to May 31, 2014
X	GAME 2014 Charizardite Y Charizard	PAL region	Online	36	July 11 to August 10, 2014
Y	GAME 2014 Charizardite X Charizard	PAL region	Online	36	July 11 to August 10, 2014
X	Olleh TV Charizardite Y Charizard	All	South Korea	36	July 26, 2014
Y	Olleh TV Charizardite X Charizard	All	South Korea	36	July 26, 2014
X	XY Charizardite Y Charizard	Japanese region	Online	36	July 29 to October 31, 2014
Y	XY Charizardite X Charizard	Japanese region	Online	36	July 29 to October 31, 2014
X	XY Charizardite Y Charizard	PAL region	Online	36	July 29 to October 31, 2014
Y	XY Charizardite X Charizard	PAL region	Online	36	July 29 to October 31, 2014
X	XY Charizardite Y Charizard	Taiwanese region	Online	36	July 29 to October 31, 2014
Y	XY Charizardite X Charizard	Taiwanese region	Online	36	July 29 to October 31, 2014
X	GameStop 2014 Charizardite Y Charizard	PAL region	Online	36	August 15, 2014 to January 15, 2015
Y	GameStop 2014 Charizardite X Charizard	PAL region	Online	36	August 15, 2014 to January 15, 2015
XYORAS	Pokémon Center Mega Tokyo Charizard	All	Japan	36	December 11, 2014 December 12, 2014 to January 16, 2015
XYORAS	Spring 2015 Charizard	PAL region	Online	36	March 21 to July 19, 2015
ORAS	Olleh TV Charizard	Korean region	Online	36	May 10 to June 14, 2015
ORAS	Pokémon Mega Battle Festival Charizard	All	South Korea	36	August 8 to 9, 2015
XYORAS	Pokémon EXPO Gym Charizard	Japanese region	Online	36	November 19, 2015 to May 31, 2016
ORAS	Pokémon Center Hiroshima Charizard	All	Japan	36	January 1 to 31, 2016
XYORAS	Pokémon Scrap Charizard	Japanese region	Online	100	April 28 to August 31, 2016
SM	CoroCoro Charizard	Japanese region	Online	40	March 15 to May 14, 2017
SM	Ash's Charizard	Japanese region	Online	40	August 1 to 28, 2017
SM	Ash's Charizard	All	Japan	40	August 22 to September 3, 2017
SM	Bullseye Charizard	American region	Online	50	October 1, 2017 to February 4, 2018
SMUSUM	Korean Ash's Charizard	All	South Korea	40	December 15 to 25, 2017
SwSh	Korean Movie Ash's Charizard	All	Online	50	September 30 to November 30, 2020
SwSh	Leonardo Bonanomi's Gigantamax Charizard	All	Online	100	October 31 to November 3, 2021
SV	Dark Terastal Charizard	All	Online	50	July 21 to August 31, 2023

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Held items

Pokémon caught in Generation I must be traded to a Generation II game in order for a held item to appear.

Stats

Base stats

Charizard

Mega Charizard X

Mega Charizard Y

Pokéathlon stats

Type effectiveness

Charizard and Mega Charizard Y

Mega Charizard X

Learnset

By leveling up

By TM

By breeding

By a prior evolution

Anime-only moves

Side game data

Charizard

Pokémon Super Mystery Dungeon Body size: Standard (1 tile) How to Recruit: Introduced by Whiscash Connected to: Whiscash Connection Orb Set: 3 Phrases Normal Follow me! Low HP (< 50%) Nooo… I'm not finished yet… Phrases if the hero Normal (All right! I'll give it my all!) Low HP (< 50%) (This is hard…but I need to hang in there!) Phrases if the partner Normal Let's give it our all! Low HP (< 50%) I'm OK… I can take it a little more…
Pokémon Ranger Group: Poké Assist: Field move: (Burn ×3) Loops: 11 Min. exp.: 0 Max. exp.: 0 Browser entry R-142 Charizard breathes super-hot flames that melt ice and incinerate even steel.
Pokémon Ranger: Guardian Signs Group: Poké Assist: (present) Field move: (present) (Crush ×4) Not available in the past. Browser entry R-208 It attacks by launching fireballs as it flies around quickly.
Pokémon Rumble Rush Walking Speed: 1.5 seconds Base HP: 55 Base Attack: 81 Base Defense: 56 Base Speed: 70
Pokémon Battle Trozei Attack Power: ★★★★★ Power of Five Increases the damage dealt by matching five Pokémon.
Pokémon GO Base HP: 186 Base Attack: 223 Base Defense: 173 Egg Distance: N/A Buddy Distance: 3 km Evolution Requirement: 200/40/20/10 Fast Attacks: Fire Spin*, Air Slash*, Ember†, Wing Attack†, Dragon Breath† Charged Attacks: Fire Blast, Dragon Claw, Overheat*, Blast Burn†, Flamethrower†, Return, Frustration

Mega Charizard X

Pokémon Super Mystery Dungeon Body size: Standard (1 tile) How to Recruit: Introduced by Whiscash Connected to: Whiscash Connection Orb Set: 3 Phrases Normal Follow me! Low HP (< 50%) Nooo… I'm not finished yet… Phrases if the hero Normal (All right! I'll give it my all!) Low HP (< 50%) (This is hard…but I need to hang in there!) Phrases if the partner Normal Let's give it our all! Low HP (< 50%) I'm OK… I can take it a little more…

Mega Charizard Y

Pokémon Super Mystery Dungeon Body size: Standard (1 tile) How to Recruit: Introduced by Whiscash Connected to: Whiscash Connection Orb Set: 3 Phrases Normal Follow me! Low HP (< 50%) Nooo… I'm not finished yet… Phrases if the hero Normal (All right! I'll give it my all!) Low HP (< 50%) (This is hard…but I need to hang in there!) Phrases if the partner Normal Let's give it our all! Low HP (< 50%) I'm OK… I can take it a little more…

Form data

Mega Evolution

Gigantamax

Evolution data

Sprites

Other sprites

FireRed/LeafGreen credits

In the anime

Main series

Major appearances

Ash's Charizard

Ash has a Charizard that he caught as a Charmander in Charmander – The Stray Pokémon. He evolved from Charmeleon in Attack of the Prehistoric Pokémon after saving Ash from the claws of an Aerodactyl. Unfortunately, Charizard disobeyed Ash's orders until Charizard Chills.

Charizard also appeared in I Choose You!, which is set in a different continuity from the main series. In this continuity, it previously belonged to Cross and evolved from Charmander after defeating a Jigglypuff in battle and later evolved into Charizard after battling Cross's Incineroar. Unlike its main series counterpart, Charizard never had obedience issues.

Charla

Liza of the Charicific Valley owns her own Charizard, nicknamed Charla. She apparently has a romantic relationship with Ash's Charizard after he became her bodyguard.

Team A.C.T.

A Charizard was a member of Team A.C.T., who was considered for the job of rescuing Big Brother Pikachu in Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Team Go-Getters Out of the Gate!. They were, however, occupied on another mission.

Alain's Charizard

In Pokémon the Series: XY, Alain owns a Charizard that can Mega Evolve into Mega Charizard X.

Trevor's Charizard

Trevor has a Charizard that he received as a Charmander from Professor Sycamore. It was revealed to be capable of Mega Evolving into Mega Charizard Y, as shown in A League of His Own!.

Kiawe's Charizard

Kiawe owns a Charizard that was given to him by his grandfather. He often uses it as his personal Ride Pokémon.

Leon's Charizard

In Flash of the Titans!, Leon's Charizard battled Lance's Gyarados during the World Coronation Series finals and won. It since made further appearances in Pokémon Journeys: The Series. Charizard is capable of Gigantamaxing.

Friede's Charizard

In The Pendant That Starts It All (Part One), a Charizard appeared under the ownership of Friede. In Fly! Wattrel!!, Friede Terastallized his Charizard into a Dark type during his fight against Spinel's Magneton and Beheeyem.

Other

In Mewtwo Strikes Back, a Charizard participated in the battle between the original Pokémon and the cloned Pokémon, battling Ash's Charizard and winning easily. Unlike much of its brethren, Charizard wasn't cloned from Ash's Charizard and it had the same marks that Charmandertwo had, indicating that it was likely obtained by Mewtwo through different means than the ones used to clone the Trainers' captured Pokémon. Charizard reappeared in Mewtwo Returns.

In One Trick Phony!, Jessie borrowed a Charizard from the Battle Park and was used in a battle against Ash and his Totodile as part of an elaborate plan to capture Pikachu.

A Charizard nicknamed Don appeared in Those Darn Electabuzz!, under the ownership of Corey Demario. Casey had to help them get their fighting spirit back so that Corey could start pitching for the Electabuzz baseball team.

In Shocks and Bonds, Clark used a Charizard and Quilava in a Double Battle against Ash's Grovyle and Glalie during the Ever Grande Conference. Charizard defeated Grovyle but then lost to Glalie.

In Grating Spaces!, Delibird gave Jessie and James a Charizard and an Aggron, with Jessie getting Charizard and James getting Aggron. However, they were recalled at the end of the episode as they were meant for Cassidy and Butch.

Minor appearances

In Island of the Giant Pokémon, a giant robot Charizard was at Pokémon Land.

Charizard made its physical debut in a flashback in Primeape Goes Bananas.

In The Ultimate Test, James used a Charizard during the Pokémon League Admissions Exam.

In The Breeding Center Secret, a Charizard evolved from a Charmeleon in a TV advertisement for Cassidy and Butch's breeding center.

In Carrying On!, Ash's Noctowl hypnotized an attacking Fearow into seeing it as a Charizard.

A Charizard appeared in Beauty and the Breeder, under the ownership of a Pokémon Breeder participating in a Pokémon breeding competition.

In The Screen Actor's Guilt, Vitzo's fantasy featured a Charizard.

In Disguise Da Limit, a Coordinator's Charizard competed in the Verdanturf Contest.

A Charizard appeared in the opening sequence of Destiny Deoxys.

In Lucario and the Mystery of Mew, multiple Charizard were part of the feuding armies that were eventually placated by Sir Aaron in the past.

A Charizard that can Mega Evolve appeared in the opening of Mega Evolution Special I. Unlike Alain's Charizard, this Charizard can Mega Evolve into Mega Charizard Y.

A Mega Charizard X appeared in the opening credits of Diancie and the Cocoon of Destruction, while a Mega Charizard Y appeared in the movie's ending credits.

A Charizard appeared in Volcanion and the Mechanical Marvel.

A Charizard appeared in a fantasy in Alola, Kanto!.

A Charizard appeared in a fantasy in A Talent for Imitation!.

A Trainer's Charizard appeared in a video hologram in Goodbye, Friend!.

In A Little Rocket R & R!, a Trainer's Charizard was captured by the Matori Matrix but later freed by Ash and his friends.

A Gigantamax Charizard appeared as a silhouette in a fantasy in Toughing It Out!.

A Gigantamax Charizard appeared in a fantasy in Sword and Shield: The Darkest Day!.

A Charizard appeared in Getting More Than You Battled For!.

A Trainer's Charizard appeared in This Could be the Start of Something Big!.

A Gigantamax Charizard appeared in A Squad's Worth of Passion!, during a fantasy.

Pokédex entries

Pokémon Origins

Red's Charizard

Red obtained Charizard as a Charmander from Professor Oak when he went out on his journey. It evolved into a Charizard sometime after Red defeated Koga between File 2 - Cubone and File 3 - Giovanni. During the battle against Mewtwo in File 4 - Charizard, Red's Charizard Mega Evolved into Mega Charizard X and battled Mewtwo. It was the first Mega Evolution seen in animated media.

Other

In File 1: Red, a Charizard was one of the Pokémon seen in Professor Oak's introduction.

Pokémon Generations

In The Redemption, Calem's Charizard celebrated its Trainer's crowning as Champion alongside Calem's Chesnaught.

Pokémon: Twilight Wings

Leon's Charizard

In Letter, Leon's Charizard battled and defeated Bea's Machamp in a Pokémon League tournament. Charizard reappeared in a fantasy in Training and on television in Buddy. In Sky, it was seen in its Gigantamax form. It battled Mustard's Mienshao in The Gathering of Stars.

POKÉTOON

A Charizard nicknamed Char-ly appeared in Blossom's Dream which belonged to Blossom's dad.

Pokémon Evolutions

Red's Charizard

Red's Charizard briefly appeared in The Discovery.

Leon's Charizard

Leon's Charizard appeared in The Champion. It was used in a flashback to battle Eternatus but was not strong enough to defeat it on its own. Later, it cheered Leon up before heading to his Championship Match against Victor.

GOTCHA!

Red's Charizard

Red's Charizard briefly appeared in GOTCHA!.

Leon's Charizard

Leon's Gigantamax Charizard briefly appeared in GOTCHA!, battling Victor/Gloria's Cinderace.

In the manga

Ash & Pikachu

Ash's Charizard appeared in Off To The Battle Frontier!!, facing off against Noland's Articuno.

The Electric Tale of Pikachu

Ash's Charizard first appears as a Charmander in You Gotta Have Friends and then later as a Charizard in The Indigo Finals.

Ritchie's Charizard also appears in The Indigo Finals, battling against Ash's.

Movie adaptations

Ash's Charizard has made some appearances in the manga adaptations of the movies it appeared in.

Pocket Monsters HGSS Jō's Big Adventure

A Charizard appeared in JBA5, under the ownership of Lance.

Pocket Monsters Platinum: Aim to Be Battle King!!

An unknown Trainer used a Charizard in PBK4.

Pocket Monsters XY: The Legend of the Pokémon Dragon King

Akira, the main character, owns a Charizard.

Mori also owns a Charizard.

Pokémon Adventures

One of Blue's main Pokémon, Charizard, debuted as a Charmander. With his increased capacity for battle both with augmented strength and his flight ability, he proved to be a valuable asset for Blue, both during the Silph Co. battles and in the Pokémon League, where Red's Venusaur narrowly defeated him. He had evolved from Charmeleon sometime before Kalling Kadabra. In the X & Y arc, he was revealed to have become able to Mega Evolve into Mega Charizard Y.

A Charizard was fantasied along with the other fully evolved Kanto first partner Pokémon in Chinchou in Charge, where the Pokémon Association Chairman of Kanto and Johto explained to Bill and Janine the special privilege of entering the finals unconditionally after collecting Badges.

In Charizard Transforms, X's Charmeleon, Salamè, evolved into a Charizard during a battle against Xerosic's Pokémon. He has a Charizardite X hidden in the flame on the tip of his tail, and with it, he can Mega Evolve into Mega Charizard X.

A Ride Charizard appeared in a fantasy in A Raid and Po Town.

Kiawe's Ride Charizard appeared in Finale!! The Battle Against the Other Dimension!.

Leon's Charizard first appeared in Crackle!! Practice Battle. It is capable of Gigantamaxing.

Pokémon Battle Frontier

Rald, the main character's mentor, has a Charizard.

Pokémon Gotta Catch 'Em All

A Charizard first appeared in GDZ52, under the ownership of Nagi.

Pokémon Journeys: The Series

Ash's Charizard appeared in a fantasy in Legend? Check! Friends? Check!.

Leon's Charizard appeared in Flash of the Titans!.

Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Ginji's Rescue Team

The Charizard from Team A.C.T. appears in Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Ginji's Rescue Team. He, along with his teammates, is a role model of Mudkip and tries to rescue him when he mistakenly believes that Ginji is a threat to Mudkip's safety.

Pokémon + Nobunaga's Ambition ~ Ranse's Color Picture Scroll ~

A Charizard first appeared in The Scarlet Scroll: Kunoichi's Situation, under the ownership of Yukimura.

Pokémon Pocket Monsters

Green, the main rival of Red, owns a Charizard that evolved from Charmander, his first partner Pokémon, apparently skipping the Charmeleon stage in the process. It is a mischievous Pokémon that has a rivalry with Red's Clefairy. It has reverted to the Charmander stage, although it has since evolved back into Charizard permanently.

A Charizard appeared in Pikachu's Birthday Party.

Pokémon Ruby-Sapphire

A Charizard appeared in Clefairy's Golf Debut!.

Pokémon Zensho

In Pokémon Zensho, Satoshi owns a Charizard that was originally a Charmander he received from Professor Oak.

In the TCG

Charizard's first-released TCG card, which as part of the Base Set, was widely regarded at the height of popularity of Pokémon as the best card ever. This was because of its powerful attack, Fire Spin, and useful Pokémon Power, Energy Burn, which allowed it to convert any Energy attached to it to Fire Energy. Fire Spin needed four Fire Energy and could deal 100 damage, knocking out the majority of Pokémon cards. In addition, it had the highest HP then, at 120. Individual Charizard cards were sold up to as much as $150. First edition cards of this dwarfed this price at one point breaking the $1000 US price point. This Charizard card was reprinted in Wizards of the Coast's Base Set 2 and Legendary Collection sets, and released again with updated artwork in the Stormfront expansion.

In the TFG

One Charizard figure has been released.

Other appearances

Super Smash Bros. series

Charizard appeared as a Poké Ball summon in Super Smash Bros. and Super Smash Bros. Melee before becoming playable as part of Pokémon Trainer’s team in Super Smash Bros. Brawl and Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, as well as a solo playable appearance in Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS/Wii U.

Pokkén Tournament

Charizard is a Battle Pokémon in Pokkén Tournament. Its moves include Flamethrower, Fire Punch, Flare Blitz, and Seismic Toss. Upon entering Synergy Burst, it Mega Evolves into Mega Charizard X and can use the Burst Attack Searing Blaze.

POKÉMON Detective Pikachu

A Charizard appeared in POKÉMON Detective Pikachu, under the ownership of Sebastian. It is a frequent underground battler, and as such, it fought Harry and Detective Pikachu prior to the events of the movie.

Pokémon UNITE

Charizard is playable through obtaining a Unite License. It is a melee all-rounder that starts as Charmander and evolves into Charmeleon at level 5, which evolves into Charizard at level 9.

Celestial

Charizard appeared in the music video for Celestial, carrying Ed Sheeran back home. It is later seen in an animated sequence with Ed Sheeran and his other Pokémon, helping him stop the fight between Mewtwo and Mew.

Trivia

• In English, the category "Flame Pokémon" is shared by Charmeleon, Charizard, Flareon, Kantonian Moltres, and Infernape.
  • In Japanese, Flareon has the category ほのおポケモン Honō Pokémon (Flame Pokémon), while the other four Pokémon share the category かえんポケモン Kaen Pokémon (Flame Pokémon).
• Charizard and Mewtwo share several Mega Evolution similarities. Both Pokémon are the only ones to have two Mega Evolutions instead of one. Both of their Y Mega Evolutions were introduced before their X ones. Both Pokémon change their typing in their X Mega Evolutions while they remain the same type in their Y Mega Evolutions. Both X Mega Evolutions are physically oriented while their Y Mega Evolutions are specially oriented.
• Charizard is the first of the evolved first partner Pokémon to received a Gigantamax form and the only introduced in the base game of Sword and Shield.
• Prior to Generation VI, Charizard and Rhyhorn shared the same cry. This cry was updated and reused for Mega Charizard Y.
• Charizard holds the distinction of being the first Pokémon to appear in the Japanese version of Pokémon the Series, as it is the first one to appear in the opening. However, outside of Japan, Mewtwo is the first to appear.
• Charizard is the only Pokémon in the Super Smash Bros. series that transitioned from a Poké Ball Pokémon to a playable character.
• Charizard and Johtonian Typhlosion, along with their respective evolutionary lines, have exactly the same base stats in the same distribution.
• Mega Charizard Y has the highest base Special Attack stat of all Fire-type Pokémon.
• Charizard is the only Pokémon not in the Alola Pokédex to be a Ride Pokémon in Sun and Moon (where it is unobtainable via normal gameplay) and Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon.
• Charizard is the only non-Galar first partner Pokémon to be in the Galar Pokédex in the base game of Sword and Shield.
• Charizard is the most common Pokémon found amongst Champions, being used by four of them.
• Because of its beauty and elegance, Driftveil Drawbridge is also referred to as Charizard Bridge.
• Charizard is character designer Atsuko Nishida's favorite Pokémon.[3]
• In the Pokémon of the Year poll held by The Pokémon Company in 2020, Charizard was voted the most popular Generation I Pokémon, receiving 93,968 votes. It was also the fourth-most popular Pokémon overall.
• The current design of a Shiny Charizard was first seen in an official art from 2001, between the releases of Pokémon Crystal and Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire.
• Pokémon the Series: Diamond and Pearl is the only series of either of the Pokémon TV shows to not feature a Charizard in any capacity.
• In Generation IX, Charizard is unable to learn both Metal Claw and False Swipe via TM, while its pre-evolutions can learn False Swipe and Charmander can learn Metal Claw.
• Charizard is the first Pokémon species in the Pokémon animated TV shows to use all major battle gimmicks as of Generation IX, doing so by Mega Evolving in Mega Evolution Special I, using a Z-Move in Run, Heroes, Run!, Gigantamaxing in Flash of the Titans!, and Terastallizing in Fly! Wattrel!!.

Merchandise

Cultural impact

• Charizard was the inspiration for the naming of Chilicola charizard, a species of stem-nesting bees. The discoverer, Spencer K. Monckton, was inspired to name the species after Charizard thanks to its mountainous habitat and the orange coloration found in the first specimen he observed.[4][5]

Concept and development

Charizard, its pre-evolved forms, and Mega Charizard X were designed by Atsuko Nishida.[6][7]

Origin

Charizard may be based on European dragons, which are heavily associated with the element of fire in European folklore; this draconic appearance would later be reflected in the Fire/Dragon typing of Mega Charizard X. Like its pre-evolved forms, it may also take inspiration from lizards, dinosaurs, and the mythical salamander. Its English and Japanese nomenclature may be a reference to how Western dragons are heavily inspired by lizards and other reptiles.

Name origin

Charizard may be a combination of char (to burn) and lizard.

Lizardon may be a combination of lizard and either dragon or -don (common suffix in dinosaur names derived from the Ancient Greek word for tooth).

In other languages

See also

References

External links

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