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Aside from [[giant Pokémon]], many {{OBP|Pokémon|species}} in the [[Pokémon anime]] suffer from large '''size discrepancies''' between the information given in the [[Pokémon games]]' [[Pokédex]] and their actual animated presentation. These Pokémon are apparently "normal sized" as far as the anime's universe is concerned. Many of [[Ash Ketchum]]'s Pokémon are often subject to size discrepancies, often appearing smaller than other Pokémon of the same species.

{{p|Bulbasaur}} are about 2'04" (0.7 m), similar in height to {{p|Buizel}}. In anime episodes, it appears closer to 1'04" (0.4 m).

{{p|Drapion}} are generally 4'03" (1.3 m) in height, but in the anime, they are about twice that height.

{{p|Dunsparce}} are normally 4'11" (1.5 m) in height, approximately the height of {{Ash}}. In ''[[DP001|Following a Maiden's Voyage!]]'', they appear to be shorter than a {{p|Pidgey}}, which is 1'00" (0.3 m). However, this may also be due to the measurement being from head to tail instead, making the mistake slightly less drastic.

While normally {{p|Grovyle}} and {{p|Combusken}} are about 2'11" (0.9 m), [[Ash's Grovyle]] and [[May's Combusken]] appear to be much larger, being almost as tall as Ash and May. Assuming that {{Ash}} is about 5'00" (1.5 m), that estimates Grovyle and Combusken to be around 4'00" (1.2 m). The other Grovyle that have appeared were around this size as well.

{{p|Lombre}} are shown to be 3'11" (1.2 m). [[Brock's Lombre]] appears to be shorter than that height, and looking to be more around 2'07 (0.8 m).

{{p|Magmortar}} are normally 5'03" (1.6 m), but in the anime they are closer to 7'00" (2.1 m).

{{p|Noctowl}} are about 5'03" (1.6 m), approaching average human height. [[Ash's Noctowl]], however, is extremely small for that size, looking to be more around 2'00" (0.6 m). Although it's been mentioned that Ash's Noctowl is unusually small, the other two Noctowl that have appeared in the anime don't seem to be more than 4'00" (1.2 m) tall.

{{p|Nosepass}} are normally 3'03" (1.0 m) in height. However, in [[AG016|the episode Nosepass debuted in]], Nosepass is far bigger than it is supposed to be, at about 5'06" (1.7 m) compared to the normal Nosepass.

One of the more renowned changes in size is in {{p|Roselia}}, which are extremely small—only about 1'00" (0.3 m) tall. However, the {{TP|Drew|Roselia}} in the anime come up to a [[Drew|10-year old's]] waist. An estimate would put the anime incarnation of them at about 3'00" (0.9 m) tall. This caused much confusion when [[Pokémon Colosseum]] and [[Pokémon Adventures]] both featured the Pokémon at its actual smaller size.

{{p|Wailmer}} are generally 6'07" (2.0 m) in height, although the one in ''[[DP109|Leading a Stray!]]'' was shown to be more than twice the size of Ash, who is approximately 5'00" (1.5 m) tall, therefore making it more than 10'00" (3.0 m) tall.

{{p|Whismur}} are small Pokémon at around 2'00" (0.6 m). In ''[[AG039|A Pokéblock Party!]]'', a Whismur was around the size of 1'00" (0.3 m), and was notably not much larger than [[Max]]'s head. A second Whismur appeared in ''[[AG188|Pinch Healing!]]'' and, while standing, came up to Max's neck.