| Name | Type(s) | Evolves from | Evolves into | Notes |
| BulbasaurFushigidane (フシギダネ)(0001) | | Grass / Poison | — | Ivysaur (#0002) | It is one of Kanto's starter Pokémon. It has a bulb on its back, which stores nutrients. Since the bulb can photosynthesize, Bulbasaur can go days without eating. As with the rest of its evolutionary line, its bulb has vines the Pokémon uses as tentacles. |
| IvysaurFushigisō (フシギソウ)(0002) | | Grass / Poison | Bulbasaur (#0001) | Venusaur (#0003) | It is a playable character in Super Smash Bros. Brawl and Super Smash Bros. Ultimate as a part of the "Pokémon Trainer" fighter. Its bulb has grown into a bud, which it uses to convert sunlight into power. The bud is heavy, to the point of rendering Ivysaur unable to move properly if it has stored enough nutrients, so its hind legs have grown stronger to counter the weight. |
| VenusaurFushigibana (フシギバナ)(0003) | | Grass / Poison | Ivysaur (#0002) | Mega EvolutionGigantamax | It is the mascot of Pokémon Green and LeafGreen. The bud on its back has bloomed into a flower. It has a soothing aroma, and converts sunlight into energy. For this reason, Venusaur is more powerful during the summer. It gained a Mega Evolution in generation VI, and a Gigantamax form in generation VIII. |
| CharmanderHitokage (ヒトカゲ)(0004) | | Fire | — | Charmeleon (#0005) | It is one of Kanto's starter Pokémon. From the moment it hatches, there is a flame at the tip of its tail. Still unfamiliar with fire, a Charmander might accidentally burn itself. If its flame goes out, it dies. |
| CharmeleonRizādo (リザード)(0005) | | Fire | Charmander (#0004) | Charizard (#0006) | A feisty Pokémon, it seeks out potential opponents and torments them in battle. It attacks by spewing fire from its mouth, swinging its tail around, or clawing away. Its fire turns bluish-white when it is excited. |
| CharizardRizādon (リザードン)(0006) | | Fire / Flying | Charmeleon (#0005) | Two Mega EvolutionsGigantamax | It is a playable character as a part of the "Pokémon Trainer" fighter in Super Smash Bros. Brawl and Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, a standalone fighter in Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS and Wii U, and the mascot of Pokémon Red and FireRed. Its fire is hot enough to melt boulders and glaciers, and it is known to start forest fires by accident, though it will not use it against weaker foes. The flame on its tail can burn underwater, and turns bluish-white if Charizard is angry. It gained two Mega Evolutions in generation VI, one Fire/Flying-type and one Fire/Dragon-type, and a Gigantamax form in generation VIII. |
| SquirtleZenigame (ゼニガメ)(0007) | | Water | — | Wartortle (#0008) | It is a playable character in Super Smash Bros. Brawl and Super Smash Bros. Ultimate as a part of the "Pokémon Trainer" fighter, and one of Kanto's starter Pokémon. After it hatches, its back gradually swells and hardens into a shell. It withdraws into its shell for protection or to sleep, and its grooved, rounded shape reduce its water resistance, allowing it to swim faster. To attack, it sprays foamy water from its mouth. |
| WartortleKamēru (カメール)(0008) | | Water | Squirtle (#0007) | Blastoise (#0009) | Because it is bigger and heavier than Squirtle, it has trouble walking, and has to use its furry ears and tail as rudders and balancing rods to swim. It withdraws into its shell to attack, defend itself, and sleep, though it cannot fully withdraw its tail. It is said to be able to live for up to 10,000 years. Older Wartortle have darker tail fur, and may have scars and algae on their shells. |
| BlastoiseKamekkusu (カメックス)(0009) | | Water | Wartortle (#0008) | Mega EvolutionGigantamax | It is the mascot of Pokémon Blue. The two cannons on its shell shoot out pressurized jets of water strong enough to shatter thick steel walls, and accurate enough to hit empty cans from over 160 feet away. Blastoise itself can tackle at high speeds. A cruel Pokémon, it deliberately makes itself heavier to withstand its cannons' recoil and crush its opponents. It gained a Mega Evolution in generation VI and a Gigantamax form in generation VIII. A Blastoise trading card, which was originally made as a test print before the commercial English cards, was sold for $360,000 in 2021. |
| CaterpieKyatapī (キャタピー)(0010) | | Bug | — | Metapod (#0011) | Its feet have suction pads that allow it to climb slopes, walls, and trees. To protect itself, it releases a stench from its antennae. It camouflages itself in piles of leaves, or tries to scare predators with the eye patterns on its body. Across its life, it eats hundreds of leaves, some bigger than itself. When nearing evolution, it sheds its skin, covers itself with silk, and becomes a cocoon. |
| MetapodToranseru (トランセル)(0011) | | Bug | Caterpie (#0010) | Butterfree (#0012) | Though hard, Metapod's shell is said to be easy to break open, so it hardens it further when threatened to avoid spilling its thick, liquid innards. It waits for evolution while its cells restructure. Ume Aoki, a Japanese cartoonist who is famous for her work on the manga Hidamari Sketch and the anime Puella Magi Madoka Magica, utilizes a likeness of herself cosplaying as a Metapod in her drawn works. |
| ButterfreeBatafurī (バタフリー)(0012) | | Bug / Flying | Metapod (#0011) | Gigantamax | Its wings are covered in poisonous, water-repelling powder, which it uses to defend itself and fly in the rain. It goes from flower to flower to collect nectar, and rubs honey onto the hairs of its legs to carry back to its nest. It spreads its scales around to defend nearby Caterpie from predators. It competes with Cutiefly for territory. It gained a Gigantamax form in generation VIII. |
| WeedleBīdoru (ビードル)(0013) | | Bug / Poison | — | Kakuna (#0014) | A common sight in forests and grassy areas, it has a two-inch poisonous stinger on its head, which it uses to defend itself. It has an acute sense of smell, being able to distinguish leaves it likes from those it dislikes with its big nose. It eats its weight in leaves every day. |
| KakunaKokūn (コクーン)(0014) | | Bug / Poison | Weedle (#0013) | Beedrill (#0015) | Kakuna remains immobile, but can stick out its stinger in self-defense. The process of its cells' rearrangement raises its body temperature to the point of making it hot to the touch. |
| BeedrillSupiā (スピアー)(0015) | | Bug / Poison | Kakuna (#0014) | Mega Evolution | Swarms of Beedrill set their nest in forests, and attack anything that goes near. It uses its three poisonous stingers to defeat its prey and carry them home. It gained a Mega Evolution in generation VI. |
| PidgeyPoppo (ポッポ)(0016) | | Normal / Flying | — | Pidgeotto (#0017) | A common and docile Pokémon, it prefers using flapping up sand in opponents' eyes over fighting. Its sense of direction allows it to return home from however far it may be. |
| PidgeottoPijon (ピジョン)(0017) | | Normal / Flying | Pidgey (#0016) | Pidgeot (#0018) | A territorial species, it will peck and claw at its opponents. It uses its claws to carry prey like Exeggcute for over 60 miles. It flies in circles, keeping a lookout for prey. |
| PidgeotPijotto (ピジョット)(0018) | | Normal / Flying | Pidgeotto (#0017) | Mega Evolution | Its wings are strong enough to fly at Mach 2 speed, whip up windstorms strong enough to bend trees, and fly up to 3,300 feet over the air. It skims over the water to hunt for unsuspecting fish Pokémon like Magikarp. Its glossy feathers make it a popular pick among trainers. It gained a Mega Evolution in generation VI. |
| RattataKoratta (コラッタ)(0019) | | Normal | — | Raticate (#0020) | It will procreate and form nests anywhere that has enough food; each nest contains at least 40 Rattata. The colony spends entire days scavenging for food. A cautious species, it constantly listens around by moving its ears. Its incisor teeth do not stop growing, so it gnaws on hard objects, like table legs and door frames, to keep them ground down. Due to their commonness and habits of stealing food and gnawing on structures, it and Raticate are considered invasive species. Rattata has a Dark/Normal-type Alolan form. |
| RaticateRatta (ラッタ)(0020) | | Normal | Rattata (#0019) | — | It uses its whiskers to maintain balance, and slows down if they are cut off. Its webbed hind feet act as flippers, allowing it to swim in rivers to hunt or escape from opponents. To keep its teeth ground down, it chews on anything, from machinery to concrete. Like Rattata, Raticate has a Dark/Normal-type Alolan form. |
| SpearowOnisuzume (オニスズメ)(0021) | | Normal / Flying | — | Fearow (#0022) | It can fly quickly, but is not adept at it. Its cries can be heard from a mile away, and it uses them to communicate with other Spearow. It flies around warmer climates, looking for bug Pokémon to eat. |
| FearowOnidoriru (オニドリル)(0022) | | Normal / Flying | Spearow (#0021) | — | Drawings resembling Fearow can be seen ancient murals, implying that it has not evolved since ancient days. Its stamina lets it fly for an entire day, and its long neck and beak are convenient for plucking bug and fish Pokémon. |
| EkansĀbo (アーボ)(0023) | | Poison | — | Arbok (#0024) | It uses its tongue to detect its surroundings and look for the scent for its prey. It wraps itself around trees to rest at night. If no trees are available, it coils to be able to respond from any given direction. It preys on bird Pokémon and their eggs and can stretch its jaw to swallow them whole, but eating something too big can leave it too heavy to move. |
| ArbokĀbokku (アーボック)(0024) | | Poison | Ekans (#0023) | — | The pattern under its head is similar to a face, and differs by region. Research has shown over 20 different patterns. Its coiling is strong enough to flatten oil drums, and its fangs are used to inject poison into its prey. It can use its pattern or hiss to intimidate opponents. If any part of its body besides its head is cut off, the rest of its body can grow back in weeks. It preys on smaller Pokémon like Wooper, or eggs of bird Pokémon like Pidgey and Spearow. |
| PikachuPikachū (ピカチュウ)(0025) | | Electric | Pichu (#0172) | Raichu (#0026)Gigantamax | Pikachu is the primary mascot of the Pokémon franchise, as well as Pokémon Yellow and Let's Go, Pikachu!. It is also playable in every Super Smash Bros. game. It raises its tail to check its surroundings, but may be struck by a lightning bolt in this position. It gathers electricity from the atmosphere, and uses it to roast berries, communicate with other Electric-type Pokémon, and attack its opponents. Groups of Pikachu having their tails raised can inadvertedly cause lightning storms. Cramorant often swallow Pikachu by accident. |
| RaichuRaichū (ライチュウ)(0026) | | Electric | Pikachu (#0025) | Two Mega Evolutions | Its tail can be used as a lightning rod to gather electricity, or as a ground to protect itself. It can store and eject up to 100,000 volts, enough to knock out a Copperajah. To avoid physically straining itself, it will discharge excess electricity into the ground, leaving its surroundings burned. Because it evolves via a stone and Pikachu is more popular, Raichu are rarely seen. It has an Electric/Psychic-type Alolan form. Both forms of Raichu were created by Atsuko Nishida. |
| SandshrewSando (サンド)(0027) | | Ground | — | Sandslash (#0028) | Based on the Chinese pangolin, Sandshrew is known to curl into a ball to defend itself. It burrows nests into the ground, and only digs back up to look for berries and hunt for bug Pokémon. Sandshrew has an Ice/Steel-type Alolan form. |
| SandslashSandopan (サンドパン)(0028) | | Ground | Sandshrew (#0027) | — | It can curl into a spiky ball to roll around, attack opponents, and protect itself from heatstroke or attacks. In addition to the spikes on its back, it can use its claws to attack and slash berries for its young. Like Sandshrew, it has an Ice/Steel-type Alolan form. |
| Nidoran♀Nidoran♀ (ニドラン♀)(0029) | | Poison | — | Nidorina (#0030) | Eggs from both Nidoran lines can contain Nidoran of either gender. It is docile and unwilling to fight, but when encouraged, its horn and barbs can secrete poison. It uses its whiskers to check the wind for predators, and its incisors for chewing through berries. |
| NidorinaNidorīna (ニドリーナ)(0030) | | Poison | Nidoran♀ (#0029) | Nidoqueen (#0031) | Its horn grows slowly and it does not like fighting, but when forced to do so, it tends to resort to clawing and biting opponents. It lives in groups with others of its evolutionary line, and chews food for its young. |
| NidoqueenNidokuin (ニドクイン)(0031) | | Poison / Ground | Nidorina (#0030) | — | It is more defensively focused than its male counterpart, Nidoking. It can poison prey with its spikes, cause tremors, or knock opponents flying with tackles. It is protective of its children, carrying them in the gaps between its spines, and sealing its burrow. While around its young, its spikes do not secrete poison. Despite Pokédex and anime descriptions, it and Nidorina cannot breed, though Nidoran♀ can. |
| Nidoran♂Nidoran♂ (ニドラン♂)(0032) | | Poison | — | Nidorino (#0033) | It flaps its ears around to detect potential opponents' footsteps. It injects poison into its prey with its horn. It lives with its female equivalent, and may risk its life to protect its female counterpart. |
| NidorinoNidorīno (ニドリーノ)(0033) | | Poison | Nidoran♂ (#0032) | Nidoking (#0034) | Its horn and the spikes around its body are laced with poison, and its horn is harder than diamond. It uses its horn to break rocks to find Moon Stones, which it uses to evolve. |
| NidokingNidokingu (ニドキング)(0034) | | Poison / Ground | Nidorino (#0033) | — | It is more offensively-focused than its female counterpart, Nidoqueen. Its tail can topple transmission towers and crush its opponents' bones, its horn can crush diamonds, and its hide is as hard as steel. If it begins to rampage, only a Nidoqueen it has lived with for a long time can calm it down. |
| ClefairyPippi (ピッピ)(0035) | | Fairy | Cleffa (#0173) | Clefable (#0036) | Timid creatures, they rarely come out, only appearing in groups to dance under a full moon. While dancing, the nearby area is enveloped in a magnetic field. |
| ClefablePikushī (ピクシー)(0036) | | Fairy | Clefairy (#0035) | Mega Evolution | It and Clefairy are said to have come from the moon, and spend full moon nights staring at it. Its hearing is acute, being able to hear pin drops from up to 1,100 yards away, so it lives in quiet mountainous areas. Its steps are light and floaty enough to allow it to walk on water. |
| VulpixRokon (ロコン)(0037) | | Fire | — | Ninetales (#0038) | When it is born, it has one white tail that sprouts into 6 curled ones at the tip as it gets older. It can freely control fire, creating will-o-wisps that are commonly mistaken for ghosts. Before it evolves, its tails glow hotter than usual. If not properly groomed, its tails will tangle up. If raised young, it will follow its trainer like a puppy. It has an Ice-type Alolan form. It has been selected as an "ambassador" for Hokkaido, and it and its Alolan form have been featured in the livery of an Air Do Boeing 767 aircraft. |
| NinetalesKyūkon (キュウコン)(0038) | | Fire | Vulpix (#0037) | — | Its design is inspired by the nine-tailed fox of East Asian myth. It can understand human speech, use its psychic power to control minds, and curse anyone who mistreats it. According to legends, nine saints reincarnated as Ninetales, and each of its tails has a different ability. It has an Ice/Fairy-type Alolan form. |
| JigglypuffPurin (プリン)(0039) | | Normal / Fairy | Igglybuff (#0174) | Wigglytuff (#0040) | It is a playable character in every Super Smash Bros. game. It can inflate itself like a balloon to float around and it can sing. Its voice's wavelength can match the brain waves of sleeping people and Pokémon, lulling them to sleep. If the foe does not fall asleep, it can risk its life by singing until it runs out of air. It also keeps singing if the foe does fall asleep. |
| WigglytuffPukurin (プクリン)(0040) | | Normal / Fairy | Jigglypuff (#0039) | — | By inhaling air, it can inflate itself to up to 20 times its size, and float around. It does so to scare opponents away or compete with other Wigglytuff. |
| ZubatZubatto (ズバット)(0041) | | Poison / Flying | — | Golbat (#0042) | Zubat has evolved to not have eyes or nostrils, so it uses echolocation to find its way. It hides in dark places while the sun is out, as its skin is sensitive to bright lights. Groups of Zubat will gather around in the cold to heat each other's bodies. |
| GolbatGorubatto (ゴルバット)(0042) | | Poison / Flying | Zubat (#0041) | Crobat (#0169) | Its fangs are hollow like straws. It uses them to stab through the hide of its prey, but may break them when trying to bite a Steel-type Pokémon. It may sometimes suck so much blood that its blood type changes to that of its prey, and its weight leaves it unable to fly, making it easy prey. |
| OddishNazonokusa (ナゾノクサ)(0043) | | Grass / Poison | — | Gloom (#0044) | It buries itself in the soil to absorb the nutrients and to sleep during the day. If pulled out, it starts screaming. A nocturnal Pokémon, it wanders around to scatter seeds and absorb moonlight. It is one of the few species with a scientific name; "Oddium Wanderus". |
| GloomKusaihana (クサイハナ)(0044) | | Grass / Poison | Oddish (#0043) | Vileplume (#0045)Bellossom (#0182) | Its leaves and the drool-like nectar on its mouth smell rancid enough to cause fainting in a mile-wide radius, though some people enjoy the smell, and some use it to produce perfume. It amplifies the odor when in danger, and stops emitting it when safe. |
| VileplumeRafureshia (ラフレシア)(0045) | | Grass / Poison | Gloom (#0044) | — | Vileplume's large petals can be shaken or forcibly bloomed to release clouds of pollen that poison and paralyze anything near it, which it uses to weaken its prey before eating it. Walking around causes it to spread pollen around, turning the air around it yellow. |
| ParasParasu (パラス)(0046) | | Bug / Grass | — | Parasect (#0047) | Paras has tochukaso mushrooms growing on its back. They drain nutrients from the host and control it into draining nutrients from trees. Their spores can be used to make medicine. In Alola, those spores do not grow properly. |
| ParasectParasekuto (パラセクト)(0047) | | Bug / Grass | Paras (#0046) | — | The tochukaso mushrooms have completely drained the Paras's body of its nutrients and taken it over. Groups of Parasect will gather around a tree, suck the nutrients out of it, and move to the next tree when it dies. Its spores can be made into medicine. Parasect in Alola are known to compete with Shiinotic, and have lower-quality spores. The bug is mostly dead, so removing the mushroom causes it to stop moving entirely. |
| VenonatKonpan (コンパン)(0048) | | Bug / Poison | — | Venomoth (#0049) | It uses its compounded eyes as a radar to locate prey in the dark, and can shoot light beams from them. It hunts for small bug Pokémon at night. |
| VenomothMorufon (モルフォン)(0049) | | Bug / Poison | Venonat (#0048) | — | Its wings have scales that leak venom when in contact with its opponent's skin. Lighter scales can cause paralysis, and darker ones are poisonous. A nocturnal Pokémon, it goes out at night to hunt for prey. It is attracted to bright lights. |
