Oddish (Japanese: ナゾノクサ Nazonokusa) is a dual-type Grass/Poison Pokémon introduced in Generation I.
It evolves into Gloom starting at level 21, which evolves into either Vileplume when exposed to a Leaf Stone or Bellossom when exposed to a Sun Stone.
(Specifics may differ in past games. Refer to Game data→Evolution data for these details.)
Biology
An Oddish with its body buried in the groundOddish is a Pokémon that resembles a blue plant bulb or a root vegetable. It has a round body, beady red eyes, a small mouth, and ovoid feet. Five large, green leaves sprout from its head. As demonstrated in the anime, these leaves are prehensile and can be used to scale vertical surfaces and catch light objects. Known by the scientific name Oddium Wanderus, Oddish lives in grasslands.
A nocturnal Pokémon, Oddish buries its sensitive body in the ground during the day to avoid the sun and fool predators. If its leaves are pulled in this state, it will respond by shrieking horribly. It starts to move when its leaves begin absorbing moonlight, which it uses to grow. Oddish will wander up to 1,000 feet (300 meters) during the night to scatter its seeds and find a nutrient-rich patch of soil in which to plant itself. The more fertile the earth, the glossier its leaves will be. It is thought that its feet become like tree roots while planted. In Generation I, Petal Dance was its signature move.
Evolution
Oddish evolves into Gloom, which evolves into either Vileplume or Bellossom.
(For specifics on this Pokémon's evolution in the games, refer to Game data→Evolution data.)
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In events
Wild Area News
Held items
Pokémon caught in Generation I must be traded to a Generation II game in order for a held item to appear.
Stats
Base stats
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Learnset
Oddish is available in Scarlet and Violet Version 3.0.0+.
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TCG-only moves
Side game data
In Pokémon GO, Oddish could be obtained by completing the Special Research, Distracted by Something Shiny.
Evolution data
Oddish evolves into Gloom starting at level 21, which evolves into Vileplume when exposed to a Leaf Stone or Bellossom when exposed to a Sun Stone. Gloom cannot evolve into Bellossom in Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen before the player obtains the National Pokédex, as its evolution will be interrupted. Gloom also cannot evolve into Bellossom in Pokémon: Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee!, as Bellossom is not present in those games.
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In the anime
Main series
Major appearances
Oddish debuted in Bulbasaur and the Hidden Village as one of the Pokémon under Melanie's care in the Hidden Village. Misty attempted to catch it with Starmie because she thought it was cute, but Bulbasaur attacked her, and Misty later apologized. It reappeared in a flashback in Bulbasaur... the Ambassador!.
In Foul Weather Friends, Mariah's Oddish wanted to fly with its Hoppip friends, even trying to color itself pink like a Hoppip. Though it never flies, it still proved itself to be powerful enough to defeat Team Rocket on its own.
In Whichever Way the Wind Blows, Steven uses three Oddish to study the evolution of Grass Pokémon in the area. Multiple other Oddish also appeared in the same episode.
In Dreams Are Made of These!, Goh caught an Oddish during a Pokémon Orienteering competition. It has since made further appearances in Pokémon Journeys: The Series.
Minor appearances
A Trainer's Oddish appeared in Electric Shock Showdown.
An Oddish appeared in Battle Aboard the St. Anne.
In Pokémon Scent-sation!, an Oddish was in Celadon Gym.
In Hypno's Naptime, an Oddish was in HopHopHop Town's Pokémon Center.
In Pokémon Fashion Flash, two Oddish were on Scissor Street.
In Sparks Fly for Magnemite, an Oddish was in Gringey City's Pokémon Center.
An Oddish appeared in a fantasy in Dig Those Diglett!.
An Oddish appeared in The Kangaskhan Kid.
An Oddish appeared in The March of the Exeggutor Squad.
An Oddish appeared in A Chansey Operation.
An Oddish appeared in a flashback in Holy Matrimony!, under the ownership of Jessebelle. It is now a Vileplume.
A Trainer's Oddish appeared in The Ultimate Test.
An Oddish appeared in The Breeding Center Secret.
A Trainer's Oddish appeared in Mewtwo Strikes Back and Mewtwo Strikes Back—Evolution.
In Pikachu's Vacation, an Oddish was at the Pokémon Theme Park.
In Showdown at the Po-ké Corral, multiple Oddish were living at Professor Oak's Laboratory. They reappeared in Showdown at the Oak Corral.
In Friends to the End, two Trainers' Oddish were at the closing ceremonies of the Indigo League.
In Pallet Party Panic, an Oddish was at a party in Pallet Town.
Multiple pink Oddish appeared in Team Rocket's fantasy in In the Pink.
Two Oddish appeared in a flashback in Wherefore Art Thou, Pokémon?, one each under the ownership of Ralph and Emily.
In The Power of One, multiple Oddish sensed the disturbance caused by Lawrence III.
A wild Oddish appeared in Pikachu's Rescue Adventure.
In Flower Power, an Oddish was a part of Florando's annual Pokémon Exhibition.
An Oddish appeared in a flashback in Ignorance is Blissey, under the ownership of the Pokémon Nurse School.
In Tricks of the Trade, an Oddish was at the Pokémon Swap Meet in Palmpona.
In Pikachu & Pichu, an Oddish living at Big Town.
In The Fortune Hunters, an Oddish was stolen by Butch and Cassidy.
In Beauty and the Breeder, an Oddish was owned by a Trainer, and the other two were owned by different Pokémon Breeders participating in a Pokémon breeding competition.
Three Oddish appeared in The Grass Route, with two being wild and one being under the ownership of a Trainer competing in the Grass Tournament.
In The Poké Spokesman, a talking Oddish appeared in Simon's purported flashback.
Multiple Oddish appeared in Celebi: The Voice of the Forest and Pokémon Heroes: Latios & Latias.
An Oddish appeared in Pikachu's PikaBoo.
In Bulbasaur... the Ambassador!, multiple Oddish were at Professor Oak's Laboratory.
An Oddish appeared in The Legend of Thunder!.
In Talkin' 'Bout an Evolution, an Oddish fell sick due to Team Rocket's experiments.
In Fangs for Nothin', multiple Oddish were inhabitants of the Dragon Holy Land.
In Johto Photo Finish, an Oddish was fed by Tracey at Professor Oak's Laboratory.
In Hoenn Alone!, three Oddish were having trouble with the Haunter from the area they lived in. Pikachu and Meowth managed to drive the Haunter away.
In Gonna Rule The School!, the Pokémon Trainers' School lent an Oddish to the school's underage students for use in lessons.
Multiple Oddish appeared in Jump for Joy!.
Four Oddish appeared in I Feel Skitty!, one of which was owned by Eliza.
An Oddish appeared in Take the Lombre Home.
In Grass Hysteria!, multiple Oddish were living at the Forbidden Forest.
In Hokey Poké Balls!, an Oddish was at Professor Oak's Laboratory.
An Oddish appeared in PK13.
Two Oddish appeared in Less is Morrison.
In The Ribbon Cup Caper, an Oddish was at the S.S. St. Flower's Pokémon Center.
A Coordinator's Oddish appeared in Hi Ho Silver Wind!.
In Lucario and the Mystery of Mew, multiple Oddish were living in the Tree of Beginning.
An Oddish appeared in The Saffron Con, under the ownership of a Coordinator. It reappeared in the next episode, where it participated in the Saffron City Pokémon Contest.
In Sweet Baby James, two Oddish were being looked after by Nanny and Pop-Pop. Jessie attempted to steal one of them, but James managed to stop her.
An Oddish appeared in The Green Guardian.
In Off the Unbeaten Path, an Oddish was owned by a Nurse Joy and another was owned by a Trainer participating in the Pokémon Orienteering competition.
A Coordinator's Oddish appeared in What I Did for Love!.
In Once More With Reeling!, a Coordinator's Oddish was participating in the Terracotta Contest.
An Oddish appeared in Gettin' Twiggy With It!.
In Not on MY Watch Ya Don't!, an Oddish was hypnotized and kidnapped by Team Rocket.
An Oddish appeared in Pokémon Ranger and the Kidnapped Riolu! (Part 1). Fourteen additional Oddish appeared in the follow-up episode.
An Oddish appeared in Camping It Up!.
In Beating the Bustle and Hustle!, a Trainer's Oddish participated in the fake Sinnoh Pokémon Hustle that Team Rocket had set up.
Multiple Oddish appeared in Arceus and the Jewel of Life. One of them appeared in the opening sequence, where it was seen in an Aroma Lady's field of flowers.
In Coming Full-Festival Circle!, an Oddish was listening to Nando as he played his music.
An Oddish appeared in League Unleashed!, under the ownership of a boy.
Multiple Oddish appeared in Zoroark: Master of Illusions as some of the local Pokémon living in Crown City. Three Oddish worked together with several other Pokémon to confront Zorua in the park with the intention of attacking him in retribution for what Zoroark did to the city. Before a fight broke out, the Oddish, along with the other Pokémon, were calmed down by Celebi.
An Oddish appeared in Mewtwo — Prologue to Awakening.
An Oddish appeared in Mewtwo's flashback in Genesect and the Legend Awakened.
An Oddish appeared in Kalos, Where Dreams and Adventures Begin!.
An Oddish appeared in A Blustery Santalune Gym Battle!.
An Oddish appeared in Grooming Furfrou!.
An Oddish appeared in Clemont's Got a Secret!.
Two Oddish appeared in A Jolting Switcheroo!.
An Oddish appeared in A Battle by Any Other Name!.
An Oddish appeared in The Bonds of Evolution!.
An Oddish appeared in Heroes - Friends and Faux Alike!.
In Diancie and the Cocoon of Destruction, multiple Oddish were living at Allearth Forest.
An Oddish appeared in a flashback in Diancie — Princess of the Diamond Domain.
An Oddish appeared in a flashback or a fantasy in The Forest Champion!.
Multiple Oddish appeared in Thawing an Icy Panic!, with one under the ownership of a Trainer and the others being residents of Ramos's ranch. In Under the Pledging Tree!, the Trainer's Oddish attended the Coumarine City Festival.
An Oddish appeared in A Fashionable Battle!.
In Pikachu and the Pokémon Music Squad, an Oddish was living in a forest.
An Oddish appeared in A Frolicking Find in the Flowers!.
Two Oddish appeared in a flashback in A Watershed Moment!.
A Trainer's Oddish appeared in Unlocking Some Respect!.
Multiple Oddish appeared in Seeing the Forest for the Trees!, with one being seen in a flashback. One of them, along with a Scatterbug, Budew, Sentret, and Zigzagoon, were brought into a cave to join Ash in the Winding Woods.
A Trainer's Oddish appeared in A League of His Own!.
Two Oddish appeared in Volcanion and the Mechanical Marvel.
A Trainer's Oddish appeared in The First Day of the Rest of Your Life!.
Three Oddish appeared in Till We Compete Again!, with two of them under the ownership of a Trainer and the other one being wild.
A Trainer's Oddish appeared in Alola to New Adventure!, during a flashback.
In I Choose You!, an Oddish was at Professor Oak's Laboratory, being watered alongside a Bellsprout by Professor Oak, who was using a Squirt Bottle. Another was seen under the ownership of a Trainer.
In Alola, Kanto!, multiple Oddish were at Professor Oak's Laboratory.
Two Oddish appeared in The Power of Us, with one being seen as a shadowy figure.
In Securing the Future!, a Trainer's Oddish joined the rest of Alola in showering Necrozma with light so it could return to its normal form.
Multiple Oddish appeared in a flashback in Enter Pikachu!.
Three Oddish appeared in Legend? Go! Friends? Go!.
A Trainer's Oddish appeared in Caring for a Mystery!.
A Trainer's Oddish appeared in A Little Rocket R & R!.
An Oddish appeared in Sobbing Sobble!.
Three Trainers' Oddish appeared in Trade, Borrow, and Steal!.
An Oddish appeared in Secrets of the Jungle.
Two Oddish appeared in How Are You Gonna Keep 'Em Off of the Farm?.
A Trainer's three Oddish appeared in Memories of a Warming Kindness!.
A Trainer's Oddish appeared in Beyond Chivalry… Aiming to be a Leek Master!.
A Trainer's Oddish appeared in Take My Thief! Please!.
In Heroes Unite!, multiple Oddish appeared during a flashback.
An Oddish appeared in This Could be the Start of Something Big!.
An Oddish appeared in Bearing Down Easy!. It reappeared in a flashback in Ash and Latios.
An Oddish appeared in The Same Moon, Now and Forever!.
An Oddish appeared in The Rainbow and the Pokémon Master!.
Two Oddish appeared in The Treasure After the Storm!.
Pokédex entries
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Pokémon Origins
In File 2: Cubone, an Oddish was at the Pokémon House in Lavender Town.
Two Oddish appeared in File 3: Giovanni.
Discover Pokémon Together
A wild Oddish is the featured Pokémon of An Oddish Tale.
In the manga
Ash & Pikachu
Similar to her anime counterpart, Mariah owns an Oddish. It appeared in Hoppip, the Wind Calls!.
An Oddish appeared in Do Your Best Bulbasaur!!, where it was seen at Professor Oak's Laboratory.
The Electric Tale of Pikachu
Ash owns an Oddish in The Electric Tale of Pikachu. It is one of the few Pokémon that Ash owns in the manga but not in the anime. It first appeared in You Gotta Have Friends. Its capture was not shown, and it instead appeared with several of Ash's other Pokémon with a note explaining that "Ash has been very busy since the last comic".
Movie adaptations
An Oddish appeared in the manga adaptation of Diancie and the Cocoon of Destruction as a resident of Allearth Forest.
Pocket Monsters HGSS
An Oddish appeared in PMHGSS11.
An Oddish appeared in PMHGSS18.
Pokémon Adventures
Oddish debuted as a silhouette when Green talks about Mew in The Jynx Jinx.
In Extricated from Exeggutor, multiple Oddish were seen during the mass migration of Pokémon at the Seafoam Islands. They appeared again in a flashback in Really Remoraid, where a Remoraid migration was being described as remarkably similar to their own.
Gold owns an Oddish, which he kept at his house in Murkrow Row.
In Three Cheers for Chikorita, Crystal caught an Oddish on her way to Professor Elm's Laboratory.
A Trainer's Oddish appeared in Plugging Past Electrike I.
An Oddish appeared in Deprogramming Porygon-Z, under the ownership of an Aroma Lady.
In Out-Odding Oddish, Jet, a competitor in the Pokéathlon's Speed Course, used an Oddish to compete with Gold. Another Trainer also used one the same chapter.
Pokémon Battle Frontier
An Oddish appeared in Introducing the Frontier Brains!.
Pokémon Gold & Silver: The Golden Boys
A Trainer's Oddish appeared in Let's Fight For The Future!!.
Pokémon Gotta Catch 'Em All
An Oddish appeared in A Powerful Opponent, Venusaur!.
An Oddish appeared in The Raining Crystal Ball.
An Oddish appeared in The Challenge at Celadon University!.
An Oddish appeared in a background collage in Catch the Poliwag!.
An Oddish appeared in GDZ21.
An Oddish appeared in GDZ23.
An Oddish appeared in GDZ25, under the ownership of a male Trainer. However, the Trainer traded it to Shu after being defeated in battle by him.
An Oddish appeared in GDZ36.
Pokémon Pocket Monsters
Green's Oddish debuted in The Big Battle In The Viridian Forest!!.
An Oddish appeared in Big Struggle with the Powerful Opponent Venusaur!!.
An Oddish appeared in Regain the Deserted Power Plant!.
An Oddish appeared in Aim to be the No. 1 Pokémon!, under the ownership of Erika. It evolved into a Gloom and then into a Vileplume as part of an act.
An Oddish appeared in Good Luck at the Big Pokémon Athletic Meet!.
An Oddish appeared in Fierce Competition at the Pokémon Baseball Tournament!, where it was one of the Pokémon that took part in a baseball match.
An Oddish appeared in Curry Showdown! Which is the Most Delicious? as one of the participants of a curry cooking competition.
An Oddish appeared in The Thrill of a Perfect Score, Big Rampage at the Amusement Park!.
An Oddish appeared in The Legendary Moltres Appears!!.
An Oddish appeared in Pikachu's Birthday Party.
An Oddish appeared in Where is Chikorita?!.
An Oddish appeared in Clefairy, the Battle Instructor.
An Oddish appeared in Demanding Tests at the Pokémon School!.
An Oddish appeared in The Exam Showdown!!.
Pokémon Ruby-Sapphire
An Oddish appeared in I Won't Let You Lead!!.
An Oddish appeared in Let's Try To Be Idols!!.
An Oddish appeared in Pokémon New Year.
An Oddish appeared in Clefairy's Golf Debut!.
In the TCG
Main article: Oddish (TCG)Trivia
- In Generation II, Bill's grandfather asks the player to bring him a "round, green" Pokémon with leaves growing on its head, referring to Oddish. However, in those games and subsequent generations, Oddish's body (unless it is Shiny) is blue. The mistake might have been a translation error caused by the ambiguity of the Japanese word 青い aoi, which can mean both blue and green. This is fixed in Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver.
- Oddish has a scientific name: Oddium Wanderus, given in its FireRed and Y Pokédex entries. The only other Pokémon with a known scientific name is Kabutops, with Kabutops Maximus.
- In the Japanese versions of FireRed and Y, as well as Red and Green, Oddish's Pokédex entries instead state that it has the alias name アルキメンデス Arukimendesu. This can either be seen as a corruption of Archimedes, the Greek mathematician; or as a direct reference to a popular Japanese instant noodles brand Archimendes, which literally means 歩き麺です aruki men desu (instant noodles on the go). The latter may reference Oddish's appearance when walking.
- Oddish can be seen as a parallel to Bellsprout. Both are Grass/Poison-type Generation I Pokémon, part of a three-stage evolutionary line, can evolve starting at level 21, and whose second evolutionary event utilizes a Leaf Stone. Oddish is exclusive to Pokémon Red, FireRed, and Let's Go, Pikachu! while Bellsprout is exclusive to Blue, LeafGreen, and Let's Go, Eevee!, with both Pokémon found in the same locations in their respective versions. Additionally, both can be found at White Forest in White, and both Pokémon have had their Egg designs revealed.
- In Pokémon Gold and Silver, Oddish is programmed to be able to learn Charm through breeding, but no other Pokémon in the Grass Group can legitimately learn it to pass down as an Egg Move in those games. In Generation III and IV, Oddish can inherit the move from Shroomish by chain breeding. In Generation V onwards, Oddish can inherit the move directly from Cottonee.
- Oddish is the only Poison-type whose body consists only of a head and legs.
- There is a recurring gag in the anime where when Ash hears rustling in a bush, he looks in it and finds an Oddish.
- Oddish was featured in the third episode of Beyond the Pokédex series.
Origin
Bulbanews has an article related to this subject:Oddish seems to be based on mandrake, plants from the Mandragora genus whose roots sometimes resemble human figures. Its habit of screaming when yanked out of the ground may be a reference to the myth that mandrakes will emit a deadly cry when uprooted. Its round body is also similar to various bulbous plant such as onions as well as root vegetables such as radishes and turnips. Its leaves are similar in shape to those of the snake plant.
Name origin
Oddish may be derived from oddish (somewhat odd) or a combination of odd (strange) and radish.
Nazonokusa may be a play on 謎の草 nazo no kusa (enigmatic herb).
In other languages
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