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Charmander

(ヒトカゲ Hitokage)

File:Charmander.png

General
National Dex: #004
Evolves From: None
Evolves Into: Charmeleon
Generation: Generation I
Pronunciation:
Base Stats
HP: 39
Attack: 52
Defense: 43
Special Atk: 60
Special Def: 50
Speed: 65
Biological Details
Species: Lizard Pokémon
Type(s): Fire
Height: 2'00" (0.6 m)
Weight: 18.7 lbs. (8.5kg)
Abilities: Blaze
Pokédex Color: Red
Gender: 12.5% ♀/ 87.5% ♂

Charmander (ヒトカゲ Hitokage) is a Fire-type Pokémon and a starter Pokémon in the original Pokémon games, and their remakes. Starting at level 16, Charmander can evolve into a Charmeleon.

Appearance

Charmander is a small, bipedal, dinosaur-like Pokémon. The majority of its body is coloured orange, while its underbelly is a lighter colour. Charmander, along with all of its evolved forms, have a flame that burns on the end of its tail.

Special Abilities

All charmander have the ability Blaze, which allows their Fire-type attacks to cause 150% damage if their HP drops below 30%.

As a natural ability, Charmander can produce flames inside of itself and project them from its mouth, which in short means it can breathe fire. The power of its flame attacks can be gauged by the size of the flame on its tail.

In Anime

Ash Ketchum obtained a Charmander early on in his travels when it was abandoned by its original trainer. Even with the risk of dying, this charmander waited in harsh weather conditions for its trainer, though he never came. Ash helped in its recovery by taking it to a Pokémon Center, where it would later leave, only to find Ash and become his Pokémon.

Ritchie owned a charmander, first seen in the episode A Friend in Deed. He nicknamed this charmander "Zippo".

In Game

A Charmander is a starter option in Pokémon Red and Blue, Pocket Monsters Green, and, more recently, Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen.

A Charmander can also be received as a gift in Pokémon Yellow.

You can obtain a Charmander in Pokémon Gold, Silver and Crystal by trading it from Red, Blue, Green or Yellow, or in Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire via trading it from Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen.

Naturally Learned Attacks

These are attacks which are learned naturally by Charmander; that is, they are automatically learned once they reach a certain level.

The rows entitled with acronyms are used to identify at what level the Pokémon learns that attack in that game. For example, if the number "7" was in a row entitled RGB beside an attack named "Foobar", than that Pokémon would learn the attack "Foobar" at level seven in Pokémon Red, Blue, and Green.

Any attacks which are learned at "Catch" means that they already know that attack when they are caught, or learn it before evolving into this form. N/A means that that attack is not learnable in that game. Any attacks which are learned a "Evolve" are learned when they evolve.

RGB stands for Red/Green/Blue, Y stands for Yellow, GSC stands for Gold, Silver, Crystal, RS stands for Ruby/Sapphire, FRLG stands for FireRed/LeafGreen, and GSC/FRLG stands for Gold/Silver/Crystal/FireRed/LeafGreen.

RGB Y GSC RS FRLG Attack learnt: type
Catch Catch Catch Catch Catch Scratch Normal
Catch Catch Catch Catch Catch Growl Normal
9 9 7 7 7 Ember Fire
N/A N/A N/A 13 13 Metal Claw Steel
N/A N/A 13 13 19 Smokescreen Normal
15 15 N/A N/A N/A Leer Normal
22 22 19 19 N/A Rage Normal
N/A N/A 25 25 25 Scary Face Normal
38 38 31 31 31 Flamethrower Fire
30 30 37 37 37 Slash Normal
N/A N/A 43 43 43 Dragon Rage Dragon
46 46 49 49 49 Fire Spin Fire

Learnable Machine Moves

The following moves can be taught to Charmander via the use of TMs or HM:

HMs

Number Template:Game name/Template:Game name Template:Game name Template:Game name/Template:Game name/Template:Game name Template:Game name/Template:Game name Template:Game name/Template:Game name
1 Cut Cut Cut Cut Cut
4 Strength Strength Strength Strength Strength
6       Rock Smash Rock Smash

TMs

Number Template:Game name/Template:Game name Template:Game name Template:Game name/Template:Game name/Template:Game name Template:Game name/Template:Game name Template:Game name/Template:Game name
1 Mega Punch Mega Punch Dynamicpunch Focus Punch Focus Punch
2     Headbutt Dragon Claw Dragon Claw
3 Swords Dance Swords Dance Curse    
5 Mega Kick Mega Kick      
6 Toxic Toxic Toxic Toxic Toxic
8 Body Slam Body Slam Rock Smash    
9 Take Down Take Town      
10 Double Edge Double Edge Hidden Power Hidden Power Hidden Power
11     Sunny Day Sunny Day Sunny Day
13     Snore    
17 Submission Submission Protect Protect Protect
18 Counter Counter      
19 Seismic Toss Seismic Toss      
20 Rage Rage Endure    
21     Frustration Frustration Frustration
23 Dragon Rage Dragon Rage Iron Tail Iron Tail Iron Tail
24     Dragonbreath    
27     Return Return Return
28 Dig Dig Dig Dig Dig
31 Mimic Mimic Mud Slap Brick Break Brick Break
32 Double Team Double Team Double Team Double Team Double Team
33 Reflect Reflect      
34 Bide Bide Swagger    
35     Sleep Talk Flamethrower Flamethrower
38 Fire Blast Fire Blast Fire Blast Fire Blast Fire Blast
39 Swift Swift Swift    
40 Skull Bash Skull Bash Defense Curl Aerial Ace Aerial Ace
42       Facade Facade
43       Secret Power Secret Power
44 Rest Rest Rest Rest Rest
45     Attract Attract Attract
48     Fire Punch    
49     Fury Cutter    
50 Substitute Substitute   Overheat Overheat

Strategy

Since Charmander's Special Attack is about 15% higher than its physical Attack, it is best by far using fire moves than anything else. Defensively, it's Special Defense is about 16% higher than it's Physical, it is better on Pokémon using Special attack types than physical. It is weak to Water, Ground and Rock, and resistant to Bug, Fire, Grass, Ice (Not in Template:Game name, Template:Game name and Template:Game name) and Steel.

If you need to fight a Charmander, the use the following chart (the number in the parenthesies - the actual damage/physical damage without weakness/resistance ratio: multiply the number by the base damage of the move and the attack/special attack of the attacking Pokémon - and the bigger the result, the more damage the move will do):

  1. Ground, Rock - (2)
  2. Water - (1.72)
  3. Fighting, Flying, Ghost, Normal, Poison - (1)
  4. Dark, Dragon, Electric, Ice (Only in Template:Game name, Template:Game name and Template:Game name), Psychic - (0.86)
  5. Bug, Steel - (0.5)
  6. Fire, Grass, Ice (Not in Template:Game name, Template:Game name and Template:Game name) - (0.43)

Miscellaneous Information

  • Type: Fire
  • Species: Lizard Pokémon
  • Color: Red
  • Ability: Blaze
  • Gender distribution: 87.5% male, 12.5% female

Pokédex Numbers

  • National Pokédex: 004
  • Johto: 229
  • Hoenn: 206

Origins

Charmander's English name comes from combining the words char (burn) and the later half of Salamander.


See also

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