Meganium (Pokémon)

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This article is about the species. For a specific instance of this species, see Meganium (disambiguation).

Meganium Herb Pokémon メガニウム Meganium #0154 Images on the Bulbagarden Archives
Type Grass Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown
Abilities Overgrow Cacophony Cacophony Leaf Guard Hidden Ability Cacophony Hidden Ability Cacophony Cacophony
Gender ratio Unknown 87.5% male, 12.5% female	Catch rate 45 (11.9%)
Breeding Egg Groups Monster and Grass Hatch time 20 cycles
Height 5'11" 1.8 m Meganium 0'0" 0 m {{{form2}}} 0'0" 0 m {{{form3}}} 0'0" 0 m {{{form4}}}	Weight 221.6 lbs. 100.5 kg Meganium 0 lbs. 0 kg {{{form2}}} 0 lbs. 0 kg {{{form3}}} 0 lbs. 0 kg {{{form4}}}
Mega Stone [[|]] [[|]]
Base experience yield 208 Gen. II-IV Unknown IV 236 V+	Leveling rate Medium Slow
EV yield Total: 3 Meganium 0 HP 0 Atk 1 Def 0 Sp.Atk 2 Sp.Def 0 Speed 0 HP 0 Atk 0 Def 0 Sp.Atk 0 Sp.Def 0 Speed 0 HP 0 Atk 0 Def 0 Sp.Atk 0 Sp.Def 0 Speed 0 HP 0 Atk 0 Def 0 Sp.Atk 0 Sp.Def 0 Speed
Shape	Footprint {{{form2}}}
Pokédex color   Green	Base friendship 70
External Links On Smogon Pokédex: Generation II Generation III Generation IV Generation V Generation VI Generation VII Generation VIII Generation IX Artwork on Bulbagarden Archives

Meganium (Japanese: メガニウム Meganium) is a Grass-type Pokémon introduced in Generation II.

It evolves from Bayleef starting at level 32. It is the final form of Chikorita.

Biology

Meganium is a quadrupedal, pale-green reptilian Pokémon that resembles a sauropod dinosaur. It has a long neck; yellow eyes; a short, blunt snout; and two stamen-like antennae on top of its snout. The antennae are shorter on a female than on a male. Encircling Meganium's neck are large, pink flower petals with a yellow central pattern and white edges. It has three claws on each foot and a stubby tail.

Meganium's petals release an aroma that calms aggressive feelings and its breath has the power to revive dead grass and plants. Its soothing, regenerative powers can even affect those who stand nearby. Meganium tends to be very docile and has been portrayed as a peacemaker in the anime. It can rarely be found living in grasslands. As mentioned in Pokémon Sleep, many Pokémon tend to sleep peacefully side-by-side with Meganium.^[1] The reason is fragrance given off by Meganium's flower sooths and calms emotions of any Pokémon fighting near it.

A special Meganium is worshiped in Lental for being one of the seven guardian Illumina Pokémon. It resides in the Florio Island Illumina Spot.

Evolution

Meganium evolves from Bayleef and is the final form of Chikorita.

(For specifics on this Pokémon's evolution in the games, refer to Game data→Evolution data.)

Unevolved Chikorita  Grass

→

First evolution Bayleef  Grass

→

Second evolution Meganium  Grass

Game data

NPC appearances

• Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Red Rescue Team and Blue Rescue Team: Meganium leads an unnamed rescue team that gathers at Pokémon Square just before the player and partner are able to access Magma Cavern.

Pokédex entries

Meganium in the Blueberry Pokédex

Game locations

In side games

In events

Games	Event	Language	Location	Level	Distribution period
GSC	Gotta Catch 'Em All Station! Meganium	English	United States	40	December 6 to 12, 2002

In-game events

Poké Portal News

Stats

Base stats

Pokéathlon stats

Type effectiveness

Learnset

Meganium is available in Scarlet and Violet Version 3.0.0+.

By leveling up

By TM

Generation IX Other generations: II - III - IV - V - VI - VII - VIII

TM   Move   Type   Cat.   Pwr.   Acc.   PP  TM001 TM001 Take Down Normal Physical 09090 085}}85% 20 TM002 TM002 Charm Fairy Status 0000— 100}}100% 20 TM003 TM003 Fake Tears Dark Status 0000— 100}}100% 20 TM005 TM005 Mud-Slap Ground Special 02020 100}}100% 10 TM007 TM007 Protect Normal Status 0000— 00—}}—% 10 TM020 TM020 Trailblaze Grass Physical 05050 100}}100% 20 TM025 TM025 Facade Normal Physical 07070 100}}100% 20 TM028 TM028 Bulldoze Ground Physical 06060 100}}100% 20 TM033 TM033 Magical Leaf Grass Special 06060 00—}}—% 20 TM044 TM044 Dragon Tail Dragon Physical 06060 090}}90% 10 TM047 TM047 Endure Normal Status 0000— 00—}}—% 10 TM049 TM049 Sunny Day Fire Status 0000— 00—}}—% 5 TM056 TM056 Bullet Seed Grass Physical 02525 100}}100% 30 TM059 TM059 Zen Headbutt Psychic Physical 08080 090}}90% 15 TM066 TM066 Body Slam Normal Physical 08585 100}}100% 15 TM070 TM070 Sleep Talk Normal Status 0000— 00—}}—% 10 TM071 TM071 Seed Bomb Grass Physical 08080 100}}100% 15 TM074 TM074 Reflect Psychic Status 0000— 00—}}—% 20 TM075 TM075 Light Screen Psychic Status 0000— 00—}}—% 30 TM081 TM081 Grass Knot Grass Special 0000— 100}}100% 20 TM084 TM084 Stomping Tantrum Ground Physical 07575 100}}100% 10 TM085 TM085 Rest Psychic Status 0000— 00—}}—% 5 TM088 TM088 Swords Dance Normal Status 0000— 00—}}—% 20 TM089 TM089 Body Press Fighting Physical 08080 100}}100% 10 TM103 TM103 Substitute Normal Status 0000— 00—}}—% 10 TM111 TM111 Giga Drain Grass Special 07575 100}}100% 10 TM119 TM119 Energy Ball Grass Special 09090 100}}100% 10 TM122 TM122 Encore Normal Status 0000— 100}}100% 5 TM130 TM130 Helping Hand Normal Status 0000— 00—}}—% 20 TM137 TM137 Grassy Terrain Grass Status 0000— 00—}}—% 10 TM146 TM146 Grass Pledge Grass Special 08080 100}}100% 10 TM149 TM149 Earthquake Ground Physical 100100 100}}100% 10 TM152 TM152 Giga Impact Normal Physical 150150 090}}90% 5 TM155 TM155 Frenzy Plant Grass Special 150150 090}}90% 5 TM156 TM156 Outrage Dragon Physical 120120 100}}100% 10 TM159 TM159 Leaf Storm Grass Special 130130 090}}90% 5 TM163 TM163 Hyper Beam Normal Special 150150 090}}90% 5 TM168 TM168 Solar Beam Grass Special 120120 100}}100% 10 TM171 TM171 Tera Blast Normal Special 08080 100}}100% 10 TM181 TM181 Knock Off Dark Physical 06565 100}}100% 20 TM190 TM190 Solar Blade Grass Physical 125125 100}}100% 10 TM193 TM193 Weather Ball Normal Special 05050 100}}100% 10 TM194 TM194 Grassy Glide Grass Physical 05555 100}}100% 20 TM204 TM204 Double-Edge Normal Physical 120120 100}}100% 15 TM205 TM205 Endeavor Normal Physical 0000— 100}}100% 5 TM206 TM206 Petal Blizzard Grass Physical 09090 100}}100% 15 TM224 TM224 Curse Ghost Status 0000— 00—}}—% 10

Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Meganium Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution or an alternate form of Meganium Click on the generation numbers at the top to see TM moves from other generations

By breeding

Generation IX Other generations: II - III - IV - V - VI - VII - VIII

Parent   Move   Type   Cat.   Pwr.   Acc.   PP  Ancient Power Rock Special 60 100% 5 Counter Fighting Physical — 100% 20 Flail Normal Physical — 100% 15 Heal Pulse Psychic Status — —% 10 Ingrain Grass Status — —% 20 Vine Whip Grass Physical 45 100% 25

Moves marked with an asterisk (*) must be chain bred onto Meganium Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Meganium Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution of Meganium Click on the generation numbers at the top to see Egg moves from other generations

By a prior evolution

TCG-only moves

Side game data

Pokémon Trozei! Rarity: Rare
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon Red Rescue Team and Blue Rescue Team Body size: 1 Recruit rate: Evolve Friend Area: Beau Plains Phrases 51%-100% HP My breath revives wilted flowers and plants! 26%-50% HP Uh-oh! My HP is about half gone! 1%-25% HP I'm hurting... It's tough to even lift my head. Level up Yeah! Leveled up! Let there be more power of plants!
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon Explorers of Time, Explorers of Darkness, and Explorers of Sky Body size: 1 Recruit rate: 12% IQ group: H
Pokémon Super Mystery Dungeon Body size: Standard (1 tile) How to Recruit: Talk to in Baram Town Connected to: Meganium (♀), Typhlosion, Croconaw Connection Orb Set: 1 (♂) Phrases Normal Smell my flowers and keep your cool! Low HP (< 50%) It's a bit too much… Phrases if the hero Normal (All right! I'll give it my all!) Low HP (< 50%) (This is hard…but I need to hang in there!) Phrases if the partner Normal Let's give it our all! Low HP (< 50%) I'm OK… I can take it a little more…
Pokémon Super Mystery Dungeon Body size: Standard (1 tile) How to Recruit: Talk to in Baram Town Connected to: Meganium (♂), Croconaw Connection Orb Set: 1 (♀) Phrases Normal Be calm and relax. Low HP (< 50%) I'm tired, but…but I can still go on… Phrases if the hero Normal (All right! I'll give it my all!) Low HP (< 50%) (This is hard…but I need to hang in there!) Phrases if the partner Normal Let's give it our all! Low HP (< 50%) I'm OK… I can take it a little more…
Pokémon Ranger Group: Grass Poké Assist: Grass Field move: (Crush ×3) Loops: 25 Min. exp.: 120 Max. exp.: 180 Browser entry R-009 The beam Meganium forcefully fires from its mouth has huge destructive power.
Pokémon Ranger: Guardian Signs Group: Grass Poké Assist: (present) Grass Field move: (present) (Cut ×1) Poké Assist: (past) Grass Field move: (past) (Cut ×1) Browser entry R-172/N-018 It makes vines appear from the ground and launches a beam attack.
Pokémon Rumble Blast Attack ●●● Defense ●●●● Speed ●●●
Pokémon Rumble Rush Walking Speed: 1.19 seconds Base HP: 55 Base Attack: 79 Base Defense: 59 Base Speed: 60
Pokémon Battle Trozei Grass Attack Power: ★★★★★ True Strength Increases damage dealt when energy levels are half or less.			Pokémon Shuffle Grass Attack Power: 70 - 140 20 #581 Stabilize+ Sometimes erases two of the foe's disruptions on the board. Swappable Skill(s): Block Shot
Pokémon GO Base HP: 190 Base Attack: 168 Base Defense: 202 Egg Distance: N/A Buddy Distance: 3 km Evolution Requirement: N/A Fast Attacks: Razor Leaf, Vine Whip, Magical Leaf* Charged Attacks: Petal Blizzard, Solar Beam, Earthquake, Frenzy Plant†, Frustration, Return
New Pokémon Snap Photodex entry #028 Illumina Pokémon hadn’t been seen on Florio Island for almost a century until you encountered this one and took its photo! Meganium seems so happy living with the other Pokémon on that flowery hill.

Evolution data

Unevolved Chikorita  Grass

Level 16 →

First evolution Bayleef  Grass

Level 32 →

Second evolution Meganium  Grass

Sprites

This article is incomplete. Please feel free to edit this article to add missing information and complete it. Reason: Generation IX missing

This Pokémon was unavailable prior to Generation II.
Generation II Gold Silver Crystal Front Back Front Back Front Back
Generation III Ruby Sapphire Emerald FireRed LeafGreen Front Back Front Back Front Back
Generation IV Diamond Pearl Platinum HeartGold SoulSilver Front Back Front Back Front Back
Generation V Black White Black 2 White 2 Front Back Front Back
Generation VI X Y Omega Ruby Alpha Sapphire Front Back Front Back
Generation VII Sun Moon Ultra Sun Ultra Moon Front Back Front Back
Cross-Generation HOME

For other sprites and images, please see Meganium images on the Bulbagarden Archives.

In the anime

Main series

Meganium in the anime

Major appearances

Casey's Meganium

Meganium made its main series debut in Here's Lookin' at You, Elekid, where Casey's Bayleef was revealed to have evolved into a Meganium sometime before the episode. It shares its Trainer's fighting spirit and love of baseball.

Vincent's Meganium

Meganium made its debut appearance in The Legend of Thunder!, where Vincent used it to help save Raikou from Team Rocket. It reappeared in Tie One On!, where it battled against and tied with Ash's Bulbasaur in the Silver Conference.

Other

In Gulpin it Down, an Officer Jenny used a Meganium in addition to a Parasect and Tangela as part of an effort to stop the massive army of Gulpin encroaching the town.

In Beg, Burrow and Steal, Elisa used a Meganium to stop a Donphan from chasing Hal and prevent Team Rocket from stealing the Vibrava.

In Odd Pokémon Out, the Nurse Joy of Camomile Island owns a Meganium that became the object of affection for both Ash's Grovyle and a wild Tropius, though it only reciprocated the Tropius's feelings.

In Dreams Are Made of These!, Oliver has a Meganium nicknamed Stanium. He battled Ash and Pikachu, but despite initially having the upper hand, he eventually lost.

Minor appearances

In A Claim to Flame!, a Trainer's Meganium battled in a qualifying match for the Silver Conference.

In Dressed for Jess Success!, a Coordinator's Meganium competed in the Battle Stage of the Lilypad Contest. It went up against a Tyrogue and ultimately lost.

A Meganium appeared in the opening sequence of Zoroark: Master of Illusions.

Pokédex entries

GOTCHA!

A Meganium briefly appeared in GOTCHA!, under the ownership of Silver.

In the manga

Meganium in Pokémon Adventures

Pocket Monsters HGSS Jō's Big Adventure

Tsubaki owns a Meganium, which first appeared in JBA4. It evolved from his Bayleef. Meganium reappeared in a flashback in JBA5.

Pokémon Adventures

Main article: Megaree

Meganium made its Pokémon Adventures debut in Lively Lugia (Part 3), where Crystal's Bayleef, Megaree, evolved into one during a battle against Lugia.

Ultima also owns a Meganium, which first appeared in Old Ultima Puts Them to the Test.

In the TCG

Main article: Meganium (TCG)

Trivia

• Meganium's evolutionary line are the only first partner Pokémon evolutionary line to keep their Japanese voices in the English dub of the anime. This is due to them having nearly identical names in English and Japanese (with Meganium even being spelled identically to its official Japanese romanization).

Origin

Meganium has the appearance of a sauropod, particularly an Apatosaurus. Its flower seems to be based on a type of hybrid daylily with ruffled edges and its long neck makes it similar to the titan arum. It may also draw inspiration from geraniums, as suggested by its name. Meganium's design may have also been influenced by Aachenosaurus, an ancient plant whose fossils were once believed to belong to a dinosaur.

Name origin

Meganium may be a combination of mega and geranium.

In other languages

Language Title Meaning Japanese メガニウム Meganium From mega and geranium French Méganium Same as English/Japanese name Spanish Meganium Same as English/Japanese name German Meganie From mega and Geranie Italian Meganium Same as English/Japanese name Korean 메가니움 Meganium Transliteration of Japanese name Mandarin Chinese 大竺葵 Dàzhúkuí* 大菊花 Dàjúhuā* From 大 dà and 天竺葵 tiānzhúkuí From 大 dà and 菊花 júhuā Cantonese Chinese 大竺葵 Daaihjūkkwàih* 大菊花 Daaihgūkfā* From 大 daai and 天竺葵 tīnjūkkwàih From 大 daai and 菊花 gūkfā

More languages Hindi मैगेनियम Meganium Transcription of English name Russian Меганиум Meganium Transcription of English name Thai เมกาเนียม Mekaniam Transcription of Japanese name

References

See also

• Casey's Meganium
• Vincent's Meganium
• Megaree
• First partner Pokémon
• Illumina phenomenon

External links

Illumina Pokémon

Florio

Belusylva

Maricopia

Voluca

Durice

Aurus

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