Vespiquen (Pokémon)
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Vespiquen (Japanese: ビークイン Beequeen) is a dual-type Bug/Flying Pokémon.
Biology
Physiology
Vespiquen are bee-like Pokémon with yellow and black striped abdomen resembling an elegant ballroom gown. On the underside of the expansive abdomen are honeycomb-like cells that serve as a nest for baby Combee. It does appear, however, that they have a slender, more insect-like abdomen in the centermost cell, which is inconspicuous as the ‘skirt’ usually obstructs the view of it. Vespiquen have black, skinny arms with two orange claws and fly with a pair of relatively small wings on her orange shoulders. Their yellow upper bodies are a nearly perfect sphere and their waists are black and slender. Vespiquen's orange faces have intimidating, red eyes, oversized, yellow, protruding mandibles, and a red gem on her forehead that has grown significantly since being a Combee. The top portion of the head is similar to a headpiece of sorts with yellow and black horn-like projections, resembling a hairstyle favored by early English queens.
Gender differences
Vespiquen is a female-only species.
Special abilities
Vespiquen have three separate signature moves that involve summoning a swarm of baby Combee, which are stores in the honeycomb-like lower abdomen. One is for attacking, the second is for defending and the third is for recovering.
Behavior
Vespiquen are queens of hives of Combee, controlling it and protecting it, as well as giving birth to young Combee. A Vespiquen is far more powerful than her followers, and will only take action if her Combee are unable to protect the hive. If outsiders prove themselves to the Vespiquen by defending her hive, she may repay their acts of kindness with a reward.
Habitat
Vespiquen live in huge hives in the forests with their Combee followers.
Diet
- Main article: Pokémon food
In the anime
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Vespiquen made its first appearance in An Angry Combeenation as the ruler of a huge colony of Combee.
Vespiquen appeared again in A Trainer and Child Reunion! under Aaron's ownership.
Pokédex entries
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In the TCG
- Main article: Vespiquen (TCG)
Game data
Pokédex entries
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Game locations
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In side games
Stats
Base stats
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At Lv. 50 | At Lv. 100 | ||
HP: 70
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130 - 177 | 250 - 344 | |
80
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76 - 145 | 148 - 284 | |
102
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96 - 169 | 188 - 333 | |
80
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76 - 145 | 148 - 284 | |
102
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96 - 169 | 188 - 333 | |
40
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40 - 101 | 76 - 196 | |
Total: 474
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Pokéathlon stats
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Type effectiveness
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Learnset
By leveling up
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By TM/HM
By breeding
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Father | Move | Type | Cat. | Pwr. | Acc. | PP | |||||
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This Pokémon learns no moves by tutoring. | |||||||||||
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By tutoring
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Game | Move | Type | Cat. | Pwr. | Acc. | PP | S. Contest | Appeal | ||||||||
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D | P | Pt | HG | SS | Air Cutter | Flying | Special | 55 | 95% | 25 | Cool | 3 ♥♥♥ | ||||
D | P | Pt | HG | SS | Bug Bite | Bug | Physical | 60 | 100% | 20 | Tough | 0 | ||||
D | P | Pt | HG | SS | Endeavor | Normal | Physical | — | 100% | 5 | Tough | 2 ♥♥ | ||||
D | P | Pt | HG | SS | Fury Cutter | Bug | Physical | 10 | 90% | 20 | Cool | 2 ♥♥ | ||||
D | P | Pt | HG | SS | Mud-Slap | Ground | Special | 20 | 100% | 10 | Cute | 3 ♥♥♥ | ||||
D | P | Pt | HG | SS | Ominous Wind | Ghost | Special | 60 | 100% | 5 | Smart | 0 | ||||
D | P | Pt | HG | SS | Signal Beam | Bug | Special | 70 | 100% | 15 | Beauty | 2 ♥♥ | ||||
D | P | Pt | HG | SS | Snore | Normal | Special | 40 | 100% | 15 | Cute | 3 ♥♥♥ | ||||
D | P | Pt | HG | SS | String Shot | Bug | Status | — | 95% | 40 | Smart | 2 ♥♥ | ||||
D | P | Pt | HG | SS | Swift | Normal | Special | 60 | —% | 20 | Cool | 2 ♥♥ | ||||
D | P | Pt | HG | SS | Tailwind | Flying | Status | — | —% | 30 | Smart | 2 ♥♥ | ||||
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Side game data
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon Explorers of Time, Explorers of Darkness, and Explorers of Sky
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Pokémon Ranger: Shadows of Almia
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Pokémon Ranger: Guardian Signs
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Evolution
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Level 21 (Female) → |
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Sprites
Gen | Game | ||||||
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I | Red | Blue | Yellow | Red (Ja) | Green | Back | |
This Pokémon did not appear during Generation I. | |||||||
II | Gold | Silver | Crystal | Back | |||
This Pokémon did not appear during Generation II. | |||||||
III | Ruby | Sapphire | Emerald | FireRed | LeafGreen | Back | |
This Pokémon did not appear during Generation III. | |||||||
IV | Diamond | Pearl | Platinum | HeartGold | SoulSilver | Back | |
V | Black | White | Black 2 | White 2 | Back | ||
Trivia
- Vespiquen is the only non-Template:Type2 Pokémon that can learn Toxic by leveling up.
- Vespiquen has three signature moves, the highest number out of all Pokémon, equaled only by Hitmonlee*, the Porygon family, and the Cubone family*.
- Vespiquen is the only Template:Type2 Pokémon that has Pressure as its ability.
- Vespiquen is the slowest fully-evolved Template:Type2 Pokémon.
- Vespiquen's Speed stat is lower than that of its pre-evolution.
- Vespiquen is the only Pokémon introduced in Generation IV whose name starts with the letter "V".
- Vespiquen's name, despite being based on the word "queen", only has one "e" in its second half, even though another "e" could have fit in perfectly without exceeding the 10-letter Pokémon name limit. The reasons for the single "e" are unknown.
Origin
Vespiquen is based on queen bees and beehives, along with a combination of real queens.
Name origin
Its name is derived from the words vespa, both a genus name and Latin for wasp, and queen. The name Beequeen is derived from the word bee and queen, referring to the fact that only female bees can become the leader of a colony of bees.
In other languages
- German: Honweisel - From Honig (honey) and Weisel (queen bee).
- French: Apireine - From apis (Latin for bee) and reine (queen).
- Korean: 비퀸 Beequeen
- Chinese (Taiwan): 蜂后 Fēng Hòu - Literally "Bee queen".
- Chinese (Hong Kong): 蜂女皇
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