Super Rod
The Super Rod (Japanese: すごいつりざお Amazing Fishing Rod) is a Key Item introduced in Generation I. It allows the player to fish from bodies of water.
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In the core series games
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Effect
The Super Rod allows the player to fish for Pokémon in bodies of water. It allows the player to encounter wild Pokémon that are at a higher level than those found using the Old Rod or Good Rod.
Description
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Acquisition
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Appearance
Obtain sprite from Generation V |
Model from Generation VI |
Obtain sprite from Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl |
In the anime
Main series
In Climbing the Tower of Success!, a Super Rod appeared as an item Iris had to find during the Wishing Bell Festival scavenger hunt.
Pokémon Origins
Red obtained a Super Rod from the Silence Bridge Fishing Guru in File 3: Giovanni. Soon after obtaining it, he was seen using it to capture himself a Psyduck.
Red was also seen fishing with the Super Rod in File 4: Charizard, although he did so merely to get some time to think about the mysterious Pokémon in Cerulean Cave.
In the manga
Pokémon Pocket Monsters
The Super Rod has appeared in Pokémon Pocket Monsters.
In the TCG
- Main article: Super Rod (Neo Genesis 103)
The Super Rod was introduced as a Trainer card in the Pokémon Trading Card Game during the English Neo Series (the Japanese Neo Era). It was first released in the Gold, Silver, to a New World... before debuting in English in the Neo Genesis expansion, with an illustration by Keiji Kinebuchi. Super Rod lets a player flip a coin. If heads, the player can put an Evolution card from their discard pile into their hand. If tails, the player can put a Basic Pokémon instead into their hand. It was later reclassified as an Item card during the Black & White Series (the Japanese BW Era). It was included in the Red Collection and then released in the English Noble Victories expansion with new artwork by 5ban Graphics. It was further reprinted in the Dragon Vault (artwork by 5ban Graphics) and BREAKthrough (artwork by Toyste Beach expansions, first released in the Japanese Dragon Selection subset and Noivern BREAK Evolution Pack respectively. It allows a player to shuffle 3 Pokémon or basic Energy cards from their discard pile into their hand.
Trivia
- The Super Rod is the only fishing rod that is obtainable in Generation V. The Old and Good Rods, while still existent in the game's programming, cannot be obtained without hacking and cannot be used; if hacked in, they can be held by a Pokémon unlike legitimate Key Items.
In other languages
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See also
- List of Key Items (Generation I)
- List of Key Items (Generation II)
- List of Key Items (Generation III)
- List of Key Items (Generation IV)
- List of Key Items (Generation V)
- List of Key Items (Generation VI)
- List of Key Items (Generation VIII)
This item article is part of Project ItemDex, a Bulbapedia project that aims to write comprehensive articles on all items. |