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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" (70cm), similar in height to {{p|Buizel}}. In anime episodes, it appears closer to 1'04" (40cm), though this may be due to its Pokédex height being measured from head to tail.

{{p|Charizard}} are usually 5'7" (1.75m)  tall, but [[Ash's Charizard]] is taller than that, at about 7'00 (2.10m) tall. Oddly enough, it is shown in ''[[EP134|Charizard's Burning Ambition]]'' that Ash's Charizard is rather small when compared with the Charizard living in [[Charicific Valley]]. Also, in ''[[AG177|Grating Spaces]]'', a Charizard was shown to be as tall as an {{p|Aggron}}, 6'11" (2.10 m).

{{p|Dunsparce}} are normally 4'11" (1.49m) 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" (30cm). However, this may also be due to the measurement being from head to tail instead, making the mistake slightly less drastic.

{{p|Forretress}} are about 3'11" (1.20m), but in all of its appearances in the anime, it is shown to be 1'08" (50cm).

{{p|Gabite}} are normally 4'07" (1.40m) in height, but [[Ursula]]'s Gabite from ''[[DP114|Another One Gabites the Dust!]]'' was at least a couple inches taller than Ash, Dawn, and Ursula, who are all about 5'0" (1.50m) tall.

{{p|Pidgeotto}} are normally 3'07" (1.10m), although during the series it appears to be only 2'04" (70cm).

One of the more renowned changes in size is in {{p|Roselia}}, which are extremely small - only about a foot (30cm) tall. However, the {{TP|Drew|Roselia|Roserade}} 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' (90cm) tall. This caused much confusion when [[Pokémon Colosseum]] and [[Pokémon Adventures]] both featured the Pokémon at its actual smaller size.

[[Dawn's Togekiss|Togekiss]], in its [[DP171|episode debut]], was shown to be slightly taller than Dawn. In all episodes since, it has been shown to approach close to her hip.

{{p|Whismur}} are very small Pokémon at around 2'00" (60cm). In ''[[AG039|A Pokéblock Party!]]'', a Whismur was around the size of 1'00" (30cm), and was noticeably not much larger than [[Max]]'s head. A second Whismur appeared in ''[[AG188|Pinch Healing!]]'' and, while standing, came up to Max's neck.

== Related articles ==

*[[Giant Pokémon]]