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| ==Biology== | | ==Biology== |
| | Bulbasaur is a compact, {{DL|List of Pokémon by body style|Pokémon with a quadruped body|quadruped}} Pokémon with patchy blue-green skin. There are three sharp claws on each foot. Its eyes have bright red irises, while the sclera and pupils are white. It has a pair of small, sharp teeth visible when its mouth is open. Bulbasaur has a bulb on its back, grown from a seed planted there at birth. The bulb provides Bulbasaur with energy through photosynthesis as well as from the nutrient-rich seeds contained within. Aside from seeds, the bulb also contains powders, scents, sap, and petals that can be used for protection or assistance. Vines and leaves can come from the base of the bulb for similar reasons. |
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| ===Physiology===
| | As mentioned in [[AG025|the anime]], starter Pokémon are raised by {{tc|Pokémon Breeder|breeder}}s to be distributed to new {{pkmn|Trainer}}s. Due to being domesticated from birth, Bulbasaur is regarded as both a rare and well-behaved Pokémon. It has been shown to be extremely loyal even after long-term abandonment as seen in ''[[EP102|The Mystery Menace]]''. Bulbasaur has also been shown to be good at caring for young Pokémon, even having a special technique called the ‘’Bulba-by’’ where it picks up the young Pokémon with its vines, rocking the baby slowly in the air to calm it down as seen in ''[[PK01|Pikachu’s Vacation]]''. |
| Bulbasaur is a {{DL|List of Pokémon by body style|Pokémon with a quadruped body|quadruped}}, reptilian creature that somewhat resembles a toad or a young dinosaur with a spotted blue-green hide. It has three white toes or claws growing out from each of its four legs, its irises are bright red, while the rest of its eyes are white. It has small teeth visible when the mouth is open.
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| The most notable feature of this Pokémon is the onion-like bulb on its back, which grows from a seed planted on its back by its mother at birth. Bulbasaur's bulb shares a symbiotic relationship that is beneficial for both. This allows Bulbasaur to get an enhanced boost of energy from the sun during the day (synthesis) and the bulb to remain growing and strong at night. The bulb also contains many seeds from which it draws nutrients.
| | Bulbasaur can be found in {{DL|List of Pokémon by habitat|Grassland Pokémon|grasslands}} or forests throughout the Kanto region. However, due to its status as a starter Pokémon, a wild Bulbasaur is hard to come by and it is generally found under the ownership of Trainers. In ''[[EP051|Bulbasaur's Mysterious Garden]]'' it is shown that a Bulbasaur’s bulb will glow blue when it is ready to evolve, and gets very lethargic when it tries to resist this urge. The same episode shows that, in Kanto, large groups of Bulbasaur gather every year in a hidden garden to become Ivysaur. |
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| Though they usually walk on four legs, a Bulbasaur can rise up on its hind legs. When it evolves into Ivysaur, the bulb becomes a larger flower bud, making it nearly impossible for one to rise on its hind legs.
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| ====Gender differences====
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| None.
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| ===Special abilities===
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| Bulbasaur have a variety of Grass-type abilities granted to it by the bulb growing on its back. Powders, scents, petals, and seeds can come from the very tip of the bulb, and vines and leaves can come from the base (or the bulb in [[Pokemon Adventures]]). By manipulating these into moves like {{m|Leech Seed}}, {{m|Vine Whip}}, {{m|Razor Leaf}}, {{m|Petal Dance}}, {{m|Leaf Storm}}, {{m|Power Whip}}, {{m|Bullet Seed}}, {{m|Seed Bomb}}, {{m|Sweet Scent}}, {{m|PoisonPowder}}, and {{m|Sleep Powder}}, Bulbasaur have quite an arsenal at their disposal.
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| The bulb can absorb sunlight, allowing Bulbasaur to restore health with {{m|Synthesis}} or fire a powerful {{m|SolarBeam}}.
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| ===Behavior===
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| Most Bulbasaur are domesticated Pokémon, raised by {{tc|Pokémon Breeder|breeder}}s to be distributed as starter Pokémon in the Kanto region. Due to this, they are regarded as mostly well-behaved Pokémon. They are the easiest Pokémon to start with, due to the fact that they have a type advantage over the first two [[Gym Leader]]s in Kanto.
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| Bulbasaur tend to have a strong loyalty to their friends and {{pkmn|Trainer}}s. In ''[[EP102|The Mystery Menace]]'', for example, a Bulbasaur was abandoned by its Trainer in the sewers of [[Trovitopolis]] and remained there for decades yet was still happy to see him when finally brought out from the sewer by {{Ash}} and his friends. | |
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| It is shown in ''[[EP051|Bulbasaur's Mysterious Garden]]'' that in Kanto, large groups of Bulbasaur gather once every year in a hidden garden to become {{p|Ivysaur}}. It is unknown whether or not this is the case in other regions.
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| Bulbasaur can sometimes be found lying in the sun during the day to photosynthesize energy when food is scarce.
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| When a baby Pokémon, such as {{p|Togepi}} or a newly hatched Bulbasaur, is crying and all other methods of calming down the baby fail, Bulbasaur may use its vines in the bulb on it back to perform its Bulba-by, where it rocks the baby back and forth in the air and sings to it. This has only been recorded once by humans, making it seem that some people do not even believe that this behavior is real.
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| ===Habitat===
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| [[File:Grassland Habitat.png|thumb|{{DL|List of Pokémon by habitat|Grassland Pokémon}}]]
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| Like all starters, Bulbasaur are scarce in the wild. Sometimes they can be found in secret places such as gardens, plains near large sources of fresh water, or hiding in the forest in hollow logs, but overall, they are found far more often in the ownership of Trainers. It is native to [[Kanto]].
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| ===Diet===
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| {{main|Pokémon food}}
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| Much like most Pokémon, Bulbasaur appears to be an {{wp|omnivore}}. However, in times of scarcity, it does not need to eat much food, since the bulb on its back can store energy from the sun.
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| ==In the anime== | | ==In the anime== |