No. 0015 · Generation I · Poison Bee Pokémon
スピアーSupiā · Simply 'spear' – its forelegs are lances – and perhaps Apis, the honeybee genus, read backwards
The Poison Bee Pokémon · Bug/Poison type · first seen in Pokémon Red & Green (1996)
01Overview
Meet Beedrill
Everything you need to know about the Poison Bee Pokémon — the creature behind the number.
Meet Beedrill, the Poison Bee Pokémon – Kanto's original flying menace. Picture a yellow wasp about the height of a small child, standing upright on two long, jointed legs, with big red eyes, sharply bent black antennae and two pairs of veined wings. It has only four legs rather than an insect's six, and the front pair don't bother with feet at all: they end in long, cone-shaped stingers, like a pair of jousting lances.
That makes three stingers in all, and the one on its yellow-and-black striped abdomen carries the strongest venom. Beedrill hunts by flying at violent speeds and jabbing its target again and again, then carries its victim back to the nest as food. It is the grand finale of the Weedle line, evolving from Kakuna at level 10 – one of the quickest routes to a fully evolved Pokémon in the series.
“May appear in a swarm. Flies at violent speeds, all the while stabbing with the toxic stinger on its rear.”
Pokédex · Pokémon Red (Japan), Green (Japan), FireRed & Y · 1996
Its temper is legendary. Beedrill is fiercely territorial, and disturbing just one is enough to bring the whole swarm down on you – the Pokédex flatly advises never going near a nest. Swarms make their homes in temperate forests and misty woodland, standing guard over the Weedle and Kakuna in their patch and sharing the work of finding food, defending territory and raising young. Whether a queen rules over them, as in a real colony, or whether they even live in true hives, nobody knows. There is a gentler side, though: the pollen Beedrill gather ends up with Teddiursa, which mixes it with fruit to make honey.
Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire turned the dial up even further with Mega Beedrill. It sprouts a third pair of wings, its forelegs stretch into enormous lances and fresh stingers replace its legs. The ones on its limbs inject fast-acting poison so prey can't escape, while the slow-acting venom in its tail delivers the final blow. With an Attack of 150 and a Speed of 145 it hits like a runaway train – just don't ask it to use a special move.
For many players, Beedrill was the first Pokémon that felt genuinely dangerous. It is the swarm that chases Ash through Viridian Forest in the anime's fourth episode, the buzzing Poké Ball surprise of the very first Super Smash Bros., and the stinging opposite of gentle Butterfree: float like a Butterfree, sting like a Beedrill. Thirty years on, it is still one of Kanto's most iconic bugs.
How big is Beedrill?
At 1.0 m (3′03″) Beedrill is about as tall as a four-year-old, and at 29.5 kg (65.0 lb) it weighs about the same as a Labrador – imagine that buzzing past your ear. Mega Beedrill stretches to 1.4 m (4′07″) and 40.5 kg (89.3 lb).
Evolution
02In the Pokédex's words
Beedrill's Pokédex entries
14 different entries across 38 games, from 1996 to 2025. Here is how the Pokédex has described Beedrill over the years, in the order the games came out.
Generation I
May appear in a swarm. Flies at violent speeds, all the while stabbing with the toxic stinger on its rear.
Kanto Pokédex
Flies at high speed and attacks using its large venomous stingers on its forelegs and tail.
Kanto Pokédex
It has 3 poisonous stingers on its forelegs and its tail. They are used to jab its enemy repeatedly.
Kanto Pokédex
Flies at high speeds and attacks with three stingers: one on its rear and one on each of its two forelegs. May appear in swarms.
Kanto Pokédex
Generation II
It can take down any opponent with its powerful poison stingers. It sometimes attacks in swarms.
Johto Pokédex
It has three poison barbs. The barb on its tail secretes the most powerful poison.
Johto Pokédex
It uses sharp, poisonous stings to defeat prey, then takes the victim back to its nest for food.
Johto Pokédex
Generation III
Beedrill is extremely territorial. No one should ever approach its nest—this is for their own safety. If angered, they will attack in a furious swarm.
Hoenn Pokédex
It flies at high speed and attacks using the large venomous stingers on its forelegs and tail.
FireRed & LeafGreen Pokédex
A Beedrill is extremely territorial. For safety reasons, no one should ever approach its nest. If angered, they will attack in a swarm.
Hoenn Pokédex
Generation IV
Its best attack involves flying around at high speed, striking with poison needles, then flying off.
Sinnoh Pokédex
Generation VI
It has three poisonous stingers on its forelegs and its tail. They are used to jab its enemy repeatedly.
Kalos Pokédex
Generation VII
Its legs have become poison stingers. It stabs its prey repeatedly with the stingers on its limbs, dealing the final blow with the stinger on its rear.
Let's Go Pokédex
Generation IX
They may appear in a swarm. Beedrill flies at violent speeds, all the while stabbing with the toxic stinger on its rear.
Rotom Phone (Legends: Z-A)
03Stats, moves & where to find it
Beedrill in the video games
Base stat total 395 · 24 core-series games · 27 spin-offs · every move it learns, generation by generation.
Base stats
In Generation I Beedrill had a single Special stat of 45; when Gold and Silver split Special in two, it kept 45 as its Sp. Atk and gained a much sturdier Sp. Def of 80. X & Y then sharpened its stinger, raising its Attack from 80 to 90 and its base stat total from 385 to 395. Mega Beedrill goes all in on offence: 65/150/40/15/80/145, a total of 495, trading its Sp. Atk down to 15 for colossal Attack and Speed. Base friendship was 70 in Generations II–VII and has been 50 since Generation VIII; its base experience yield was 159 in Generations I–IV, 173 in Generations V–VI and 178 since. It reaches level 100 at 1,000,000 Exp. Points.
Abilities
- Swarmsince Gen III
Powers up Beedrill's Bug-type moves by 50% once its HP drops to a third or less. - SniperHidden abilitysince Gen V
Makes Beedrill's critical hits land even harder, dealing 2.25× damage instead of the usual 1.5×.
Type matchups
How hard each attacking type hits a Bug/Poison Pokémon.
Mega Beedrill keeps the same Bug/Poison matchups. Generation I was harsher: Bug-type moves were super effective against Poison-types back then, so they hit Beedrill for double damage instead of half, while Poison-type moves – then super effective against Bug-types – landed for normal damage rather than being resisted. The Fairy resistance arrived with the Fairy type in X & Y.
Training & breeding
- Catch rate
- 45
- Base friendship
- 50
- Base experience
- 178
- Growth rate
- Medium Fast
- EV yield
- 2 Attack, 1 Sp. Def
- Egg groups
- Bug
- Egg cycles
- 15
- Colour
- Yellow
- Gender ratio
- 50% male
- Body shape
- two or more pairs of wings
Where to find Beedrill
| Game | Year | How to get it |
|---|---|---|
| Red & Green | 1996 | Evolve Kakuna |
| Blue (Japan) | 1996 | Evolve Kakuna |
| Red & Blue | 1998 | Evolve Kakuna – Beedrill is never found in the wild |
| Yellow | 1998 | Not obtainable – trade only |
| Gold & Silver | 1999 | Silver: wild on Kanto's Route 2 in the morning, in the National Park Bug-Catching Contest, and in Headbutt trees on Routes 26, 27 and 34–39, in Azalea Town, Ilex Forest and at the Lake of Rage; Gold: only in the Bug-Catching ContestThe Bug-Catching Contest runs on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays. |
| Crystal | 2000 | In the National Park Bug-Catching Contest and in Ilex Forest's Headbutt trees |
| Ruby & Sapphire | 2002 | Not found in Hoenn – trade only |
| FireRed & LeafGreen | 2004 | Evolve Kakuna |
| Emerald | 2004 | Not found in Hoenn – trade only |
| Diamond & Pearl | 2006 | Evolve KakunaOr migrate one from a Game Boy Advance game via Pal Park, where it lives in the Forest area. |
| Platinum | 2008 | Evolve Kakuna |
| HeartGold & SoulSilver | 2009 | SoulSilver: wild on Kanto's Route 2, in Viridian Forest (mornings) and on Route 47, in the Bug-Catching Contest and in Ilex Forest's Headbutt trees; HeartGold: only in the Bug-Catching Contest |
| Black & White | 2010 | Black: rustling grass on Route 12; White: trade or Poké Transfer onlyA Black exclusive – Butterfree is its White counterpart. Pokémon Dream World players could also meet it in the Dream Park. |
| Black 2 & White 2 | 2012 | Black 2: a Hidden Grotto deep inside Pinwheel Forest, near the lake; White 2: trade or Poké Transfer only |
| X & Y | 2013 | Evolve Kakuna |
| Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire | 2014 | Evolve KakunaMega Beedrill's debut: the Beedrillite is hidden in the Storage Room of Sea Mauville. |
| Sun & Moon | 2016 | Not found in Alola – trade or Pokémon Bank onlyThe Beedrillite was handed out in 2017 event distributions. |
| Ultra Sun & Ultra Moon | 2017 | Island Scan on Route 4, on ThursdaysThe Beedrillite costs 64 BP at the Battle Tree. |
| Let's Go, Pikachu! & Let's Go, Eevee! | 2018 | Let's Go, Eevee!: wild in Viridian Forest; Let's Go, Pikachu!: evolve KakunaThe Beedrillite is sold at the Indigo Plateau for ₽30,000. |
| Sword & Shield | 2019 | Unobtainable |
| Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl | 2021 | Shining Pearl: evolve Kakuna; Brilliant Diamond: trade onlyA Shining Pearl exclusive – Butterfree belongs to Brilliant Diamond. |
| Legends: Arceus | 2022 | Unobtainable |
| Scarlet & Violet | 2022 | Unobtainable |
| Legends: Z-A | 2025 | Wild in Lumiose City: Vert Sector 9, Magenta Sectors 4 and 6, Rouge Sector 2 and Wild Zone 15 in the Jaune DistrictMain Mission 16, 'A Rogue Mega Beedrill', pits you against a raging Mega Beedrill in Vert Sector 5 – beat it to win the Beedrillite. The Mega Dimension expansion adds Beedrill to Hyperspace Lumiose's 4★ Bug- and Poison-type wild zones. |
Sprites through the ages
Spin-offs & cameos
Super Smash Bros.
Beedrill has only one Super Smash Bros. credit, but it's an unforgettable one. In the original Super Smash Bros. (1999) it is a Poké Ball Pokémon: a single Beedrill zips off the screen, and moments later a swarm of sixteen comes streaming across the stage with Take Down, battering every fighter except whoever threw the ball – the first Beedrill deals 18% and each member of the swarm another 12%. The angry buzzing was taken from the Japanese version of Challenge of the Samurai, the anime episode in which a Beedrill swarm chases Ash through Viridian Forest. Super Smash Bros. Melee handed a similar swarm attack to Unown, and Beedrill hasn't returned as a Poké Ball Pokémon since.
Pokémon GO
Beedrill has been buzzing around Pokémon GO since launch day in July 2016, evolving from Kakuna for 50 Weedle Candy; as a buddy it earns a Candy every kilometre. Its family's big day came on 20 June 2020: Weedle Community Day debuted Shiny Weedle, Kakuna and Beedrill – a gleaming metallic green – and any Kakuna evolved during the event became a Beedrill knowing the exclusive Charged Attack Drill Run, a move that came back for the year-end Community Day celebrations of December 2020 and December 2021. Just two months later, on 27 August 2020, Mega Evolution arrived with Mega Beedrill as one of the first four Megas alongside Mega Venusaur, Mega Charizard and Mega Blastoise, and the launch Special Research, A Mega Discovery, handed out Beedrill Mega Energy so Trainers could try it straight away. Its first Mega Evolution costs 100 Mega Energy, with later ones far cheaper. In battle it jabs with Infestation, Poison Jab or – since June 2025 – Poison Sting, backed up by Sludge Bomb, Aerial Ace, X-Scissor and Fell Stinger, and you can also meet it as a Shadow Pokémon; purify it and it can learn Return.
Its Base Set card, Twineedle and Poison Sting included, is part of the digital collection on Game Boy.
Throw the right Poké Ball and one Beedrill zips off-screen – then a swarm of sixteen comes tearing across the stage with Take Down, hitting everyone except the player who threw it.
You can't catch one directly: evolve a Kakuna to add Beedrill to your Pokédex.
Beedrill gets its first 3D outing, with a Pokédex entry warning that it may appear in swarms.
Its Pokédex text depends on the Game Boy cartridge you plug in: Gold's swarm warning or Silver's three poison barbs.
A Shadow Beedrill waits in the Cipher Key Lair, ready to be snagged and purified.
A rare piece, found in Endless Levels 2 and 19, Forever Level 51 and Mr. Who's Den.
Evolve a Kakuna and you get a teammate who lives in Mist-Rise Forest and promises: 'Count on me for speediness!'
Browser #025 lives in Lyra Forest and 'shoots sharp needles that can shatter large rocks' – fittingly, its field move is Crush, and its Poké Assist is Poison.
Explorers of Darkness has it on floors 8–12 of Apple Woods and in Midnight Forest; in Explorers of Time you'll need to evolve a Kakuna.
Browser #058 buzzes around Vien Forest and the Chroma Highlands, attacking with its poison stingers at high speed; once befriended it can Crush obstacles in the field.
Back on floors 8–12 of Apple Woods and in Midnight Forest for the expanded adventure.
Found in Chrysalia and Viperia, jabbing away with Twineedle – and it's the only Pokémon in the game with none of its evolutionary relatives alongside it.
Buzzes into the Model Train Room's All Aboard! stage and the aptly named Variety Battle It's Drill Time!, and it's the first boss of the Chill Battle The Forest of Memories.
Shows up on Stage 3 of the Safari Jungle – but only on Sundays.
A Poison-type piece whose Block Smash skill clears an unbreakable block; with a Beedrillite it Mega Evolves and erases Pokémon and disruptions around any spot you tap.
Two Beedrill and three Combee ambush you at Nectar Meadow, convinced you're honey thieves. Raise your Expedition Rank to Silver and a Beedrill joins up: 'I'm busy today! I'll be busy tomorrow! Bee!'
Clear Stage 04 of Area 26 to unlock it; its Scatter Reveal skill uncovers squares at random, and Mega Beedrill can use it three times.
On the map since launch day, and one of the first four Pokémon able to Mega Evolve when Megas arrived in August 2020.
Azalea Gym Leader Bugsy teams up with Beedrill in one of the game's original sync pairs – a Bug-type Strike pair that can Mega Evolve and unleashes the sync move Bug Expert Twineedle.
Lives in Silent Chasm, Joyous Tower and Purity Forest in the remake.
Mega Beedrill is back in action: its Beedrillite is the reward for completing Cordy's Mega Evolution tutorial.
Moves
Back in Red and Green, Beedrill came armed with a short, spiky list: Fury Attack, Focus Energy, Twineedle, Rage, Pin Missile and Agility, without a single Poison-type attack of its own to learn. Gold and Silver slipped in Pursuit, the Ruby and Sapphire era added Endeavor, and Diamond and Pearl finally gave it some real venom with Toxic Spikes and Poison Jab.
Since then the Poison Bee has kept sharpening its stingers. X and Y brought Fell Stinger and a long-overdue boost for Pin Missile, Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire unleashed Mega Beedrill, and Let's Go threw in a wildly unexpected level-up Outrage. Legends: Z-A rewrites the list once more, dropping Twineedle in favour of X-Scissor, Bug Buzz, Lunge and a perfectly named Drill Run.
Signature moves
Beedrill's trademark double sting, which can poison as it hits. It arrived at level 20 from Red and Blue to FireRed and LeafGreen and at 16 from Diamond and Pearl to Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire; since Sun and Moon and Let's Go it comes the instant Kakuna evolves. Brilliant Diamond, Shining Pearl and Legends: Z-A leave it out.
The only attacking move on every single Beedrill level-up list, from level 30 in Red and Blue to the evolution move of Legends: Z-A. It fired 14-power needles until X and Y raised them to 25.
Beedrill had no Poison-type attack to learn by levelling up until Diamond and Pearl handed it Poison Jab at level 37. Let's Go teaches it as early as level 22, and it has been a TM since Diamond and Pearl as well.
Added at level 45 in X and Y, this finishing sting sharply raises Beedrill's Attack when it knocks out a foe, and Sun and Moon bumped its power from 30 to 50.
A move with Beedrill's name practically written on it. Black 2 and White 2 first taught it by tutor (as did Omega Ruby, Alpha Sapphire, Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon), Let's Go made it TM58, and Legends: Z-A finally crowns it the level-40 finale of Beedrill's list.
The oddest move on any Beedrill list: in Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee! the bee learns this Dragon-type rampage at level 31 (and from TM39), and it stays a TM in Legends: Z-A.
Complete learnsets
Generation I · Red, Green, Blue & Yellow7 level-up · 16 TM/HM
There are no wild Beedrill in Red, Blue or Yellow: in Red and Blue you raise one by evolving Kakuna, and Yellow has none at all, so it has to be traded in. Its short level-up list runs from Fury Attack to Twineedle at level 20, Pin Missile at 30 and Agility at 35, but there is no Poison-type attack on it; the only one it can have is the Poison Sting it learned as a Weedle. TMs add Swords Dance, Hyper Beam and Skull Bash. In the first three generations a move's category follows its type, so Bug-, Poison- and Normal-type attacks are all physical.
By level-up
| RGBY | Move | Type | Cat. | Pwr. | Acc. | PP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fury Attack | Normal | Physical | 15 | 85 | 20 |
| 12 | Fury Attack | Normal | Physical | 15 | 85 | 20 |
| 16 | Focus Energy | Normal | Status | — | — | 30 |
| 20 | Twineedle | Bug | Physical | 25 | 100 | 20 |
| 25 | Rage | Normal | Physical | 20 | 100 | 20 |
| 30 | Pin Missile | Bug | Physical | 14 | 85 | 20 |
| 35 | Agility | Psychic | Status | — | — | 30 |
By TM / HM / TR
| No. | Move | Type | Cat. | Pwr. | Acc. | PP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TM03 | Swords Dance | Normal | Status | — | — | 30 |
| TM06 | Toxic | Poison | Status | — | 85 | 10 |
| TM09 | Take Down | Normal | Physical | 90 | 85 | 20 |
| TM10 | Double-Edge | Normal | Physical | 100 | 100 | 15 |
| TM15 | Hyper Beam | Normal | Physical | 150 | 90 | 5 |
| TM20 | Rage | Normal | Physical | 20 | 100 | 20 |
| TM21 | Mega Drain | Grass | Special | 40 | 100 | 10 |
| TM31 | Mimic | Normal | Status | — | 100 | 10 |
| TM32 | Double Team | Normal | Status | — | — | 15 |
| TM33 | Reflect | Psychic | Status | — | — | 20 |
| TM34 | Bide | Normal | Physical | — | — | 10 |
| TM39 | Swift | Normal | Physical | 60 | — | 20 |
| TM40 | Skull Bash | Normal | Physical | 100 | 100 | 15 |
| TM44 | Rest | Psychic | Status | — | — | 10 |
| TM50 | Substitute | Normal | Status | — | — | 10 |
| HM01 | Cut | Normal | Physical | 50 | 95 | 30 |
From its pre-evolution
| Move | Type | Cat. | Pwr. | Acc. | PP | Learnt as |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harden | Normal | Status | — | — | 30 | Kakuna · level-up |
| Poison Sting | Poison | Physical | 15 | 100 | 35 | Weedle · level-up |
| String Shot | Bug | Status | — | 95 | 40 | Weedle · level-up |
Generation II · Gold, Silver & Crystal8 level-up · 21 TM/HM
Silver is the Beedrill version: it buzzes around Kanto's Route 2, hides in Headbutt trees in places such as Ilex Forest, Azalea Town and the Lake of Rage, and takes part in the National Park's Bug-Catching Contest. Gold has it only in the contest (Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays), and Crystal adds Headbutt trees in Ilex Forest. Fury Attack now arrives at level 10, the moment Kakuna evolves, and Pursuit, one of the brand-new Dark-type moves, joins at 30. TM36 Sludge Bomb is the first Poison-type attack Beedrill can learn itself. There are still no egg moves or tutor moves, and categories still follow the type (Curse is a ???-type move here).
By level-up
| GSC | Move | Type | Cat. | Pwr. | Acc. | PP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fury Attack | Normal | Physical | 15 | 85 | 20 |
| 10 | Fury Attack | Normal | Physical | 15 | 85 | 20 |
| 15 | Focus Energy | Normal | Status | — | — | 30 |
| 20 | Twineedle | Bug | Physical | 25 | 100 | 20 |
| 25 | Rage | Normal | Physical | 20 | 100 | 20 |
| 30 | Pursuit | Dark | Special | 40 | 100 | 20 |
| 35 | Pin Missile | Bug | Physical | 14 | 85 | 20 |
| 40 | Agility | Psychic | Status | — | — | 30 |
By TM / HM / TR
| No. | Move | Type | Cat. | Pwr. | Acc. | PP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TM03 | Curse | ??? | Status | — | — | 10 |
| TM06 | Toxic | Poison | Status | — | 85 | 10 |
| TM10 | Hidden Power | Normal | Varies | — | 100 | 15 |
| TM11 | Sunny Day | Fire | Status | — | — | 5 |
| TM12 | Sweet Scent | Normal | Status | — | 100 | 20 |
| TM13 | Snore | Normal | Physical | 40 | 100 | 15 |
| TM15 | Hyper Beam | Normal | Physical | 150 | 90 | 5 |
| TM17 | Protect | Normal | Status | — | — | 10 |
| TM19 | Giga Drain | Grass | Special | 60 | 100 | 5 |
| TM20 | Endure | Normal | Status | — | — | 10 |
| TM21 | Frustration | Normal | Physical | — | 100 | 20 |
| TM27 | Return | Normal | Physical | — | 100 | 20 |
| TM32 | Double Team | Normal | Status | — | — | 15 |
| TM34 | Swagger | Normal | Status | — | 90 | 15 |
| TM35 | Sleep Talk | Normal | Status | — | — | 10 |
| TM36 | Sludge Bomb | Poison | Physical | 90 | 100 | 10 |
| TM39 | Swift | Normal | Physical | 60 | — | 20 |
| TM44 | Rest | Psychic | Status | — | — | 10 |
| TM45 | Attract | Normal | Status | — | 100 | 15 |
| TM49 | Fury Cutter | Bug | Physical | 10 | 95 | 20 |
| HM01 | Cut | Normal | Physical | 50 | 95 | 30 |
From its pre-evolution
| Move | Type | Cat. | Pwr. | Acc. | PP | Learnt as |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harden | Normal | Status | — | — | 30 | Kakuna · level-up |
| Poison Sting | Poison | Physical | 15 | 100 | 35 | Weedle · level-up |
| String Shot | Bug | Status | — | 95 | 40 | Weedle · level-up |
By transfer
| Move | From |
|---|---|
| Bide | Gen I (TM) |
| Double-Edge | Gen I (TM) |
| Mega Drain | Gen I (TM) |
| Mimic | Gen I (TM) |
| Reflect | Gen I (TM) |
| Skull Bash | Gen I (TM) |
| Substitute | Gen I (TM) |
| Swords Dance | Gen I (TM) |
| Take Down | Gen I (TM) |
Generation III · Ruby, Sapphire, Emerald, FireRed & LeafGreen (plus Pokémon XD: Gale of Darkness)9 level-up · 20 TM/HM · 10 tutor · 1 event
FireRed and LeafGreen bring back the evolve-a-Kakuna route, but Ruby, Sapphire, Emerald and Colosseum have no Beedrill at all. Pokémon XD: Gale of Darkness hides a Shadow Beedrill in the Cipher Key Lair whose regular moves include Baton Pass, a move Beedrill cannot learn any other way. Endeavor joins the level-up list at 45, and the tutor list covers FireRed and LeafGreen, Emerald and XD, from Double-Edge to Swords Dance. Categories still follow the type.
By level-up
| RSE/FRLG | Move | Type | Cat. | Pwr. | Acc. | PP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fury Attack | Normal | Physical | 15 | 85 | 20 |
| 10 | Fury Attack | Normal | Physical | 15 | 85 | 20 |
| 15 | Focus Energy | Normal | Status | — | — | 30 |
| 20 | Twineedle | Bug | Physical | 25 | 100 | 20 |
| 25 | Rage | Normal | Physical | 20 | 100 | 20 |
| 30 | Pursuit | Dark | Special | 40 | 100 | 20 |
| 35 | Pin Missile | Bug | Physical | 14 | 85 | 20 |
| 40 | Agility | Psychic | Status | — | — | 30 |
| 45 | Endeavor | Normal | Physical | — | 100 | 5 |
By TM / HM / TR
| No. | Move | Type | Cat. | Pwr. | Acc. | PP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TM06 | Toxic | Poison | Status | — | 85 | 10 |
| TM10 | Hidden Power | Normal | Varies | — | 100 | 15 |
| TM11 | Sunny Day | Fire | Status | — | — | 5 |
| TM15 | Hyper Beam | Normal | Physical | 150 | 90 | 5 |
| TM17 | Protect | Normal | Status | — | — | 10 |
| TM19 | Giga Drain | Grass | Special | 60 | 100 | 5 |
| TM21 | Frustration | Normal | Physical | — | 100 | 20 |
| TM22 | SolarBeam | Grass | Special | 120 | 100 | 10 |
| TM27 | Return | Normal | Physical | — | 100 | 20 |
| TM31 | Brick Break | Fighting | Physical | 75 | 100 | 15 |
| TM32 | Double Team | Normal | Status | — | — | 15 |
| TM36 | Sludge Bomb | Poison | Physical | 90 | 100 | 10 |
| TM40 | Aerial Ace | Physical | 60 | — | 20 | |
| TM42 | Facade | Normal | Physical | 70 | 100 | 20 |
| TM43 | Secret Power | Normal | Physical | 70 | 100 | 20 |
| TM44 | Rest | Psychic | Status | — | — | 10 |
| TM45 | Attract | Normal | Status | — | 100 | 15 |
| TM46 | Thief | Dark | Special | 40 | 100 | 10 |
| HM01 | Cut | Normal | Physical | 50 | 95 | 30 |
| HM06 | Rock Smash | Fighting | Physical | 20 | 100 | 15 |
By move tutor
| Move | Type | Cat. | Pwr. | Acc. | PP | Games |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Double-Edge | Normal | Physical | 120 | 100 | 15 | FRLG, Emerald, XD |
| Endure | Normal | Status | — | — | 10 | Emerald |
| Fury Cutter | Bug | Physical | 10 | 95 | 20 | Emerald |
| Mimic | Normal | Status | — | — | 10 | FRLG, Emerald, XD |
| Sleep Talk | Normal | Status | — | — | 10 | Emerald |
| Snore | Normal | Physical | 40 | 100 | 15 | Emerald |
| Substitute | Normal | Status | — | — | 10 | FRLG, Emerald, XD |
| Swagger | Normal | Status | — | 90 | 15 | Emerald, XD |
| Swift | Normal | Physical | 60 | — | 20 | Emerald |
| Swords Dance | Normal | Status | — | — | 30 | FRLG, Emerald |
Event moves
| Move | Event |
|---|---|
| Baton Pass | Shadow Beedrill in Pokémon XD: Gale of Darkness (Cipher Key Lair) |
From its pre-evolution
| Move | Type | Cat. | Pwr. | Acc. | PP | Learnt as |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Poison Sting | Poison | Physical | 15 | 100 | 35 | Weedle · level-up |
| String Shot | Bug | Status | — | 95 | 40 | Weedle · level-up |
| Harden | Normal | Status | — | — | 30 | Kakuna · level-up |
Generation IV · Diamond, Pearl, Platinum, HeartGold & SoulSilver12 level-up · 37 TM/HM · 10 tutor
Diamond, Pearl and Platinum ask you to evolve a Kakuna. SoulSilver has wild Beedrill on Kanto's Route 2, in Viridian Forest and on Route 47, plus the Bug-Catching Contest and Headbutt trees in Ilex Forest, while HeartGold offers it only in the contest. The level-up list is reshuffled, with Toxic Spikes, Assurance and a level-37 Poison Jab joining in, and from here on every move has its own physical or special category. Diamond and Pearl have no tutor moves for Beedrill, while Platinum, HeartGold and SoulSilver teach Knock Off, Air Cutter, Ominous Wind and more. HM05 is Defog in Diamond, Pearl and Platinum only.
By level-up
| DPPt/HGSS | Move | Type | Cat. | Pwr. | Acc. | PP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fury Attack | Normal | Physical | 15 | 85 | 20 |
| 10 | Fury Attack | Normal | Physical | 15 | 85 | 20 |
| 13 | Focus Energy | Normal | Status | — | — | 30 |
| 16 | Twineedle | Bug | Physical | 25 | 100 | 20 |
| 19 | Rage | Normal | Physical | 20 | 100 | 20 |
| 22 | Pursuit | Dark | Physical | 40 | 100 | 20 |
| 25 | Toxic Spikes | Poison | Status | — | — | 20 |
| 28 | Pin Missile | Bug | Physical | 14 | 85 | 20 |
| 31 | Agility | Psychic | Status | — | — | 30 |
| 34 | Assurance | Dark | Physical | 50 | 100 | 10 |
| 37 | Poison Jab | Poison | Physical | 80 | 100 | 20 |
| 40 | Endeavor | Normal | Physical | — | 100 | 5 |
By TM / HM / TR
| No. | Move | Type | Cat. | Pwr. | Acc. | PP | Games |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TM06 | Toxic | Poison | Status | — | 85 | 10 | |
| TM10 | Hidden Power | Normal | Special | — | 100 | 15 | |
| TM11 | Sunny Day | Fire | Status | — | — | 5 | |
| TM15 | Hyper Beam | Normal | Special | 150 | 90 | 5 | |
| TM17 | Protect | Normal | Status | — | — | 10 | |
| TM19 | Giga Drain | Grass | Special | 60 | 100 | 10 | |
| TM21 | Frustration | Normal | Physical | — | 100 | 20 | |
| TM22 | SolarBeam | Grass | Special | 120 | 100 | 10 | |
| TM27 | Return | Normal | Physical | — | 100 | 20 | |
| TM31 | Brick Break | Fighting | Physical | 75 | 100 | 15 | |
| TM32 | Double Team | Normal | Status | — | — | 15 | |
| TM36 | Sludge Bomb | Poison | Special | 90 | 100 | 10 | |
| TM40 | Aerial Ace | Physical | 60 | — | 20 | ||
| TM42 | Facade | Normal | Physical | 70 | 100 | 20 | |
| TM43 | Secret Power | Normal | Physical | 70 | 100 | 20 | |
| TM44 | Rest | Psychic | Status | — | — | 10 | |
| TM45 | Attract | Normal | Status | — | 100 | 15 | |
| TM46 | Thief | Dark | Physical | 40 | 100 | 10 | |
| TM51 | Roost | Status | — | — | 10 | ||
| TM54 | False Swipe | Normal | Physical | 40 | 100 | 40 | |
| TM58 | Endure | Normal | Status | — | — | 10 | |
| TM62 | Silver Wind | Bug | Special | 60 | 100 | 5 | |
| TM66 | Payback | Dark | Physical | 50 | 100 | 10 | |
| TM68 | Giga Impact | Normal | Physical | 150 | 90 | 5 | |
| TM70 | Flash | Normal | Status | — | 100 | 20 | |
| TM75 | Swords Dance | Normal | Status | — | — | 30 | |
| TM78 | Captivate | Normal | Status | — | 100 | 20 | |
| TM81 | X-Scissor | Bug | Physical | 80 | 100 | 15 | |
| TM82 | Sleep Talk | Normal | Status | — | — | 10 | |
| TM83 | Natural Gift | Normal | Physical | — | 100 | 15 | |
| TM84 | Poison Jab | Poison | Physical | 80 | 100 | 20 | |
| TM87 | Swagger | Normal | Status | — | 90 | 15 | |
| TM89 | U-turn | Bug | Physical | 70 | 100 | 20 | |
| TM90 | Substitute | Normal | Status | — | — | 10 | |
| HM01 | Cut | Normal | Physical | 50 | 95 | 30 | |
| HM05 | Defog | Status | — | — | 15 | DPPt | |
| HM06 | Rock Smash | Fighting | Physical | 40 | 100 | 15 |
By move tutor
| Move | Type | Cat. | Pwr. | Acc. | PP | Games |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Air Cutter | Special | 55 | 95 | 25 | Pt, HGSS | |
| Bug Bite | Bug | Physical | 60 | 100 | 20 | HGSS |
| Endeavor | Normal | Physical | — | 100 | 5 | Pt, HGSS |
| Fury Cutter | Bug | Physical | 10 | 95 | 20 | Pt, HGSS |
| Knock Off | Dark | Physical | 20 | 100 | 20 | Pt, HGSS |
| Ominous Wind | Ghost | Special | 60 | 100 | 5 | Pt, HGSS |
| Snore | Normal | Special | 40 | 100 | 15 | Pt, HGSS |
| String Shot | Bug | Status | — | 95 | 40 | HGSS |
| Swift | Normal | Special | 60 | — | 20 | Pt, HGSS |
| Tailwind | Status | — | — | 30 | HGSS |
From its pre-evolution
| Move | Type | Cat. | Pwr. | Acc. | PP | Learnt as |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Poison Sting | Poison | Physical | 15 | 100 | 35 | Weedle · level-up |
| String Shot | Bug | Status | — | 95 | 40 | Weedle · level-up · DPPt |
| Bug Bite | Bug | Physical | 60 | 100 | 20 | Weedle · level-up · Pt |
| Harden | Normal | Status | — | — | 30 | Kakuna · level-up |
| Iron Defense | Steel | Status | — | — | 15 | Kakuna · tutor · Pt, HGSS |
By transfer
| Move | From |
|---|---|
| Baton Pass | Gen III (Shadow Beedrill in Pokémon XD) |
| Double-Edge | Gen III (tutor) |
| Mimic | Gen III (tutor) |
Generation V · Black, White, Black 2 & White 212 level-up · 32 TM/HM · 10 tutor · 2 event
Black has wild Beedrill in the rustling grass of Route 12, and Black 2 hides one in a Hidden Grotto in Pinwheel Forest, but White and White 2 have none. The level-up list is unchanged from Diamond and Pearl. New TMs include Venoshock, Struggle Bug and Acrobatics, Beedrill from the Pokémon Dream World's Dream Park could arrive knowing Air Cutter or Fury Cutter, and Black 2 and White 2's tutors teach ten moves, among them a very fitting Drill Run. Black and White have no tutor moves for it.
By level-up
| BW/B2W2 | Move | Type | Cat. | Pwr. | Acc. | PP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fury Attack | Normal | Physical | 15 | 85 | 20 |
| 10 | Fury Attack | Normal | Physical | 15 | 85 | 20 |
| 13 | Focus Energy | Normal | Status | — | — | 30 |
| 16 | Twineedle | Bug | Physical | 25 | 100 | 20 |
| 19 | Rage | Normal | Physical | 20 | 100 | 20 |
| 22 | Pursuit | Dark | Physical | 40 | 100 | 20 |
| 25 | Toxic Spikes | Poison | Status | — | — | 20 |
| 28 | Pin Missile | Bug | Physical | 14 | 85 | 20 |
| 31 | Agility | Psychic | Status | — | — | 30 |
| 34 | Assurance | Dark | Physical | 50 | 100 | 10 |
| 37 | Poison Jab | Poison | Physical | 80 | 100 | 20 |
| 40 | Endeavor | Normal | Physical | — | 100 | 5 |
By TM / HM / TR
| No. | Move | Type | Cat. | Pwr. | Acc. | PP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TM06 | Toxic | Poison | Status | — | 90 | 10 |
| TM09 | Venoshock | Poison | Special | 65 | 100 | 10 |
| TM10 | Hidden Power | Normal | Special | — | 100 | 15 |
| TM11 | Sunny Day | Fire | Status | — | — | 5 |
| TM15 | Hyper Beam | Normal | Special | 150 | 90 | 5 |
| TM17 | Protect | Normal | Status | — | — | 10 |
| TM21 | Frustration | Normal | Physical | — | 100 | 20 |
| TM22 | SolarBeam | Grass | Special | 120 | 100 | 10 |
| TM27 | Return | Normal | Physical | — | 100 | 20 |
| TM31 | Brick Break | Fighting | Physical | 75 | 100 | 15 |
| TM32 | Double Team | Normal | Status | — | — | 15 |
| TM36 | Sludge Bomb | Poison | Special | 90 | 100 | 10 |
| TM40 | Aerial Ace | Physical | 60 | — | 20 | |
| TM42 | Facade | Normal | Physical | 70 | 100 | 20 |
| TM44 | Rest | Psychic | Status | — | — | 10 |
| TM45 | Attract | Normal | Status | — | 100 | 15 |
| TM46 | Thief | Dark | Physical | 40 | 100 | 10 |
| TM48 | Round | Normal | Special | 60 | 100 | 15 |
| TM54 | False Swipe | Normal | Physical | 40 | 100 | 40 |
| TM62 | Acrobatics | Physical | 55 | 100 | 15 | |
| TM66 | Payback | Dark | Physical | 50 | 100 | 10 |
| TM68 | Giga Impact | Normal | Physical | 150 | 90 | 5 |
| TM70 | Flash | Normal | Status | — | 100 | 20 |
| TM75 | Swords Dance | Normal | Status | — | — | 30 |
| TM76 | Struggle Bug | Bug | Special | 30 | 100 | 20 |
| TM81 | X-Scissor | Bug | Physical | 80 | 100 | 15 |
| TM84 | Poison Jab | Poison | Physical | 80 | 100 | 20 |
| TM87 | Swagger | Normal | Status | — | 90 | 15 |
| TM89 | U-turn | Bug | Physical | 70 | 100 | 20 |
| TM90 | Substitute | Normal | Status | — | — | 10 |
| TM94 | Rock Smash | Fighting | Physical | 40 | 100 | 15 |
| HM01 | Cut | Normal | Physical | 50 | 95 | 30 |
By move tutor
| Move | Type | Cat. | Pwr. | Acc. | PP | Games |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bug Bite | Bug | Physical | 60 | 100 | 20 | B2W2 |
| Drill Run | Ground | Physical | 80 | 95 | 10 | B2W2 |
| Electroweb | Electric | Special | 55 | 95 | 15 | B2W2 |
| Endeavor | Normal | Physical | — | 100 | 5 | B2W2 |
| Giga Drain | Grass | Special | 75 | 100 | 10 | B2W2 |
| Knock Off | Dark | Physical | 20 | 100 | 20 | B2W2 |
| Roost | Status | — | — | 10 | B2W2 | |
| Sleep Talk | Normal | Status | — | — | 10 | B2W2 |
| Snore | Normal | Special | 40 | 100 | 15 | B2W2 |
| Tailwind | Status | — | — | 30 | B2W2 |
Event moves
| Move | Event |
|---|---|
| Air Cutter | Pokémon Dream World (Dream Park) |
| Fury Cutter | Pokémon Dream World (Dream Park) |
From its pre-evolution
| Move | Type | Cat. | Pwr. | Acc. | PP | Learnt as |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Poison Sting | Poison | Physical | 15 | 100 | 35 | Weedle · level-up |
| String Shot | Bug | Status | — | 95 | 40 | Weedle · level-up |
| Bug Bite | Bug | Physical | 60 | 100 | 20 | Weedle · level-up · BW |
| Harden | Normal | Status | — | — | 30 | Kakuna · level-up |
| Iron Defense | Steel | Status | — | — | 15 | Kakuna · tutor · B2W2 |
By transfer
| Move | From |
|---|---|
| Baton Pass | Gen III (Shadow Beedrill in Pokémon XD) |
| Captivate | Gen IV (TM) |
| Defog | Gen IV (HM) |
| Double-Edge | Gen III (tutor) |
| Endure | Gen III (tutor), Gen IV (TM) |
| Mimic | Gen III (tutor) |
| Natural Gift | Gen IV (TM) |
| Ominous Wind | Gen IV (tutor) |
| Secret Power | Gen III (TM), Gen IV (TM) |
| Silver Wind | Gen IV (TM) |
| Swift | Gen III (tutor), Gen IV (tutor) |
Generation VI · X, Y, Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire13 level-up · 38 TM/HM · 8 tutor
In X, Y, Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire you evolve a Kakuna. Fell Stinger joins the level-up list at 45, and Pin Missile finally gets sharper: 25 power and 95% accuracy, up from 14 and 85. Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire also bring Mega Beedrill, which uses exactly the same moves but whose Adaptability ability makes its Bug- and Poison-type attacks hit even harder. TM94 is Rock Smash in X and Y but Secret Power in Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire, where Rock Smash becomes HM06, and only Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire's tutors teach moves such as Drill Run, Knock Off and Electroweb.
By level-up
| XY/ORAS | Move | Type | Cat. | Pwr. | Acc. | PP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fury Attack | Normal | Physical | 15 | 85 | 20 |
| 10 | Fury Attack | Normal | Physical | 15 | 85 | 20 |
| 13 | Focus Energy | Normal | Status | — | — | 30 |
| 16 | Twineedle | Bug | Physical | 25 | 100 | 20 |
| 19 | Rage | Normal | Physical | 20 | 100 | 20 |
| 22 | Pursuit | Dark | Physical | 40 | 100 | 20 |
| 25 | Toxic Spikes | Poison | Status | — | — | 20 |
| 28 | Pin Missile | Bug | Physical | 25 | 95 | 20 |
| 31 | Agility | Psychic | Status | — | — | 30 |
| 34 | Assurance | Dark | Physical | 60 | 100 | 10 |
| 37 | Poison Jab | Poison | Physical | 80 | 100 | 20 |
| 40 | Endeavor | Normal | Physical | — | 100 | 5 |
| 45 | Fell Stinger | Bug | Physical | 30 | 100 | 25 |
By TM / HM / TR
| No. | Move | Type | Cat. | Pwr. | Acc. | PP | Games |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TM06 | Toxic | Poison | Status | — | 90 | 10 | |
| TM09 | Venoshock | Poison | Special | 65 | 100 | 10 | |
| TM10 | Hidden Power | Normal | Special | 60 | 100 | 15 | |
| TM11 | Sunny Day | Fire | Status | — | — | 5 | |
| TM15 | Hyper Beam | Normal | Special | 150 | 90 | 5 | |
| TM17 | Protect | Normal | Status | — | — | 10 | |
| TM19 | Roost | Status | — | — | 10 | ||
| TM21 | Frustration | Normal | Physical | — | 100 | 20 | |
| TM22 | Solar Beam | Grass | Special | 120 | 100 | 10 | |
| TM27 | Return | Normal | Physical | — | 100 | 20 | |
| TM31 | Brick Break | Fighting | Physical | 75 | 100 | 15 | |
| TM32 | Double Team | Normal | Status | — | — | 15 | |
| TM36 | Sludge Bomb | Poison | Special | 90 | 100 | 10 | |
| TM40 | Aerial Ace | Physical | 60 | — | 20 | ||
| TM42 | Facade | Normal | Physical | 70 | 100 | 20 | |
| TM44 | Rest | Psychic | Status | — | — | 10 | |
| TM45 | Attract | Normal | Status | — | 100 | 15 | |
| TM46 | Thief | Dark | Physical | 60 | 100 | 25 | |
| TM48 | Round | Normal | Special | 60 | 100 | 15 | |
| TM54 | False Swipe | Normal | Physical | 40 | 100 | 40 | |
| TM62 | Acrobatics | Physical | 55 | 100 | 15 | ||
| TM66 | Payback | Dark | Physical | 50 | 100 | 10 | |
| TM68 | Giga Impact | Normal | Physical | 150 | 90 | 5 | |
| TM70 | Flash | Normal | Status | — | 100 | 20 | |
| TM75 | Swords Dance | Normal | Status | — | — | 20 | |
| TM76 | Struggle Bug | Bug | Special | 50 | 100 | 20 | |
| TM81 | X-Scissor | Bug | Physical | 80 | 100 | 15 | |
| TM83 | Infestation | Bug | Special | 20 | 100 | 20 | |
| TM84 | Poison Jab | Poison | Physical | 80 | 100 | 20 | |
| TM87 | Swagger | Normal | Status | — | 90 | 15 | |
| TM88 | Sleep Talk | Normal | Status | — | — | 10 | |
| TM89 | U-turn | Bug | Physical | 70 | 100 | 20 | |
| TM90 | Substitute | Normal | Status | — | — | 10 | |
| TM94 | Rock Smash | Fighting | Physical | 40 | 100 | 15 | XY |
| TM94 | Secret Power | Normal | Physical | 70 | 100 | 20 | ORAS |
| TM100 | Confide | Normal | Status | — | — | 20 | |
| HM01 | Cut | Normal | Physical | 50 | 95 | 30 | |
| HM06 | Rock Smash | Fighting | Physical | 40 | 100 | 15 | ORAS |
By move tutor
| Move | Type | Cat. | Pwr. | Acc. | PP | Games |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bug Bite | Bug | Physical | 60 | 100 | 20 | ORAS |
| Drill Run | Ground | Physical | 80 | 95 | 10 | ORAS |
| Electroweb | Electric | Special | 55 | 95 | 15 | ORAS |
| Endeavor | Normal | Physical | — | 100 | 5 | ORAS |
| Giga Drain | Grass | Special | 75 | 100 | 10 | ORAS |
| Knock Off | Dark | Physical | 65 | 100 | 20 | ORAS |
| Snore | Normal | Special | 50 | 100 | 15 | ORAS |
| Tailwind | Status | — | — | 15 | ORAS |
From its pre-evolution
| Move | Type | Cat. | Pwr. | Acc. | PP | Learnt as |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Poison Sting | Poison | Physical | 15 | 100 | 35 | Weedle · level-up |
| String Shot | Bug | Status | — | 95 | 40 | Weedle · level-up |
| Bug Bite | Bug | Physical | 60 | 100 | 20 | Weedle · level-up · XY |
| Harden | Normal | Status | — | — | 30 | Kakuna · level-up |
| Iron Defense | Steel | Status | — | — | 15 | Kakuna · tutor · ORAS |
By transfer
| Move | From |
|---|---|
| Air Cutter | Gen IV (tutor), Gen V (Dream World) |
| Baton Pass | Gen III (Shadow Beedrill in Pokémon XD) |
| Captivate | Gen IV (TM) |
| Defog | Gen IV (HM) |
| Double-Edge | Gen III (tutor) |
| Endure | Gen III (tutor), Gen IV (TM) |
| Fury Cutter | Gen III (tutor), Gen IV (tutor), Gen V (Dream World) |
| Mimic | Gen III (tutor) |
| Natural Gift | Gen IV (TM) |
| Ominous Wind | Gen IV (tutor) |
| Silver Wind | Gen IV (TM) |
| Swift | Gen III (tutor), Gen IV (tutor) |
Generation VII · Sun, Moon, Ultra Sun & Ultra Moon15 level-up · 33 TM/HM · 11 tutor
Sun and Moon have no Beedrill of their own; in Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon one can be found with Island Scan on Route 4 on Thursdays. Twineedle is now learned at level 1 and again the moment Kakuna evolves, Venoshock joins at 23, and Fell Stinger, now 50 power, closes the list at 44. Brutal Swing is a new TM. Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon's tutors add Laser Focus, Throat Chop and Defog to the usual list; Sun and Moon have no tutor moves for it.
By level-up
| SM/USUM | Move | Type | Cat. | Pwr. | Acc. | PP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Twineedle | Bug | Physical | 25 | 100 | 20 |
| 1 | Fury Attack | Normal | Physical | 15 | 85 | 20 |
| Evo. | Twineedle | Bug | Physical | 25 | 100 | 20 |
| 11 | Fury Attack | Normal | Physical | 15 | 85 | 20 |
| 14 | Rage | Normal | Physical | 20 | 100 | 20 |
| 17 | Pursuit | Dark | Physical | 40 | 100 | 20 |
| 20 | Focus Energy | Normal | Status | — | — | 30 |
| 23 | Venoshock | Poison | Special | 65 | 100 | 10 |
| 26 | Assurance | Dark | Physical | 60 | 100 | 10 |
| 29 | Toxic Spikes | Poison | Status | — | — | 20 |
| 32 | Pin Missile | Bug | Physical | 25 | 95 | 20 |
| 35 | Poison Jab | Poison | Physical | 80 | 100 | 20 |
| 38 | Agility | Psychic | Status | — | — | 30 |
| 41 | Endeavor | Normal | Physical | — | 100 | 5 |
| 44 | Fell Stinger | Bug | Physical | 50 | 100 | 25 |
By TM / HM / TR
| No. | Move | Type | Cat. | Pwr. | Acc. | PP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TM06 | Toxic | Poison | Status | — | 90 | 10 |
| TM09 | Venoshock | Poison | Special | 65 | 100 | 10 |
| TM10 | Hidden Power | Normal | Special | 60 | 100 | 15 |
| TM11 | Sunny Day | Fire | Status | — | — | 5 |
| TM15 | Hyper Beam | Normal | Special | 150 | 90 | 5 |
| TM17 | Protect | Normal | Status | — | — | 10 |
| TM19 | Roost | Status | — | — | 10 | |
| TM21 | Frustration | Normal | Physical | — | 100 | 20 |
| TM22 | Solar Beam | Grass | Special | 120 | 100 | 10 |
| TM27 | Return | Normal | Physical | — | 100 | 20 |
| TM31 | Brick Break | Fighting | Physical | 75 | 100 | 15 |
| TM32 | Double Team | Normal | Status | — | — | 15 |
| TM36 | Sludge Bomb | Poison | Special | 90 | 100 | 10 |
| TM40 | Aerial Ace | Physical | 60 | — | 20 | |
| TM42 | Facade | Normal | Physical | 70 | 100 | 20 |
| TM44 | Rest | Psychic | Status | — | — | 10 |
| TM45 | Attract | Normal | Status | — | 100 | 15 |
| TM46 | Thief | Dark | Physical | 60 | 100 | 25 |
| TM48 | Round | Normal | Special | 60 | 100 | 15 |
| TM54 | False Swipe | Normal | Physical | 40 | 100 | 40 |
| TM59 | Brutal Swing | Dark | Physical | 60 | 100 | 20 |
| TM62 | Acrobatics | Physical | 55 | 100 | 15 | |
| TM66 | Payback | Dark | Physical | 50 | 100 | 10 |
| TM68 | Giga Impact | Normal | Physical | 150 | 90 | 5 |
| TM75 | Swords Dance | Normal | Status | — | — | 20 |
| TM81 | X-Scissor | Bug | Physical | 80 | 100 | 15 |
| TM83 | Infestation | Bug | Special | 20 | 100 | 20 |
| TM84 | Poison Jab | Poison | Physical | 80 | 100 | 20 |
| TM87 | Swagger | Normal | Status | — | 85 | 15 |
| TM88 | Sleep Talk | Normal | Status | — | — | 10 |
| TM89 | U-turn | Bug | Physical | 70 | 100 | 20 |
| TM90 | Substitute | Normal | Status | — | — | 10 |
| TM100 | Confide | Normal | Status | — | — | 20 |
By move tutor
| Move | Type | Cat. | Pwr. | Acc. | PP | Games |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bug Bite | Bug | Physical | 60 | 100 | 20 | USUM |
| Defog | Status | — | — | 15 | USUM | |
| Drill Run | Ground | Physical | 80 | 95 | 10 | USUM |
| Electroweb | Electric | Special | 55 | 95 | 15 | USUM |
| Endeavor | Normal | Physical | — | 100 | 5 | USUM |
| Giga Drain | Grass | Special | 75 | 100 | 10 | USUM |
| Knock Off | Dark | Physical | 65 | 100 | 20 | USUM |
| Laser Focus | Normal | Status | — | — | 30 | USUM |
| Snore | Normal | Special | 50 | 100 | 15 | USUM |
| Tailwind | Status | — | — | 15 | USUM | |
| Throat Chop | Dark | Physical | 80 | 100 | 15 | USUM |
From its pre-evolution
| Move | Type | Cat. | Pwr. | Acc. | PP | Learnt as |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Poison Sting | Poison | Physical | 15 | 100 | 35 | Weedle · level-up |
| String Shot | Bug | Status | — | 95 | 40 | Weedle · level-up |
| Bug Bite | Bug | Physical | 60 | 100 | 20 | Weedle · level-up · SM |
| Harden | Normal | Status | — | — | 30 | Kakuna · level-up |
| Iron Defense | Steel | Status | — | — | 15 | Kakuna · tutor · USUM |
By transfer
| Move | From |
|---|---|
| Air Cutter | Gen IV (tutor), Gen V (Dream World) |
| Baton Pass | Gen III (Shadow Beedrill in Pokémon XD) |
| Bide | Gen I (TM) |
| Captivate | Gen IV (TM) |
| Curse | Gen II (TM) |
| Cut | Gen I (HM), Gen II (HM), Gen V (HM), Gen VI (HM) |
| Double-Edge | Gen I (TM), Gen III (tutor) |
| Endure | Gen II (TM), Gen III (tutor), Gen IV (TM) |
| Flash | Gen IV (TM), Gen V (TM), Gen VI (TM) |
| Fury Cutter | Gen II (TM), Gen III (tutor), Gen IV (tutor), Gen V (Dream World) |
| Mega Drain | Gen I (TM) |
| Mimic | Gen I (TM), Gen III (tutor) |
| Natural Gift | Gen IV (TM) |
| Ominous Wind | Gen IV (tutor) |
| Reflect | Gen I (TM) |
| Rock Smash | Gen V (TM), Gen VI (TM in X/Y, HM in ORAS) |
| Secret Power | Gen III (TM), Gen IV (TM), Gen VI (TM) |
| Silver Wind | Gen IV (TM) |
| Skull Bash | Gen I (TM) |
| Struggle Bug | Gen V (TM), Gen VI (TM) |
| Sweet Scent | Gen II (TM) |
| Swift | Gen I (TM), Gen II (TM), Gen III (tutor), Gen IV (tutor) |
| Take Down | Gen I (TM) |
Pokémon: Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee! · Let's Go, Pikachu! & Let's Go, Eevee!10 level-up · 18 TM/HM
Wild Beedrill buzz around Viridian Forest in Let's Go, Eevee!, while Let's Go, Pikachu! players evolve a Kakuna. The list is short and full of surprises: Peck at level 1, Twineedle on evolution, Poison Jab as early as level 22 and a level-31 Outrage to finish. Its 18 TMs include Drill Run, U-turn and a 200-power Solar Beam, and these games have no breeding or move tutors.
By level-up
| LGPE | Move | Type | Cat. | Pwr. | Acc. | PP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Twineedle | Bug | Physical | 25 | 100 | 20 |
| 1 | Peck | Physical | 35 | 100 | 35 | |
| Evo. | Twineedle | Bug | Physical | 25 | 100 | 20 |
| 13 | Rage | Normal | Physical | 20 | 100 | 20 |
| 16 | Fury Attack | Normal | Physical | 15 | 85 | 20 |
| 19 | Focus Energy | Normal | Status | — | — | 30 |
| 22 | Poison Jab | Poison | Physical | 80 | 100 | 20 |
| 25 | Agility | Psychic | Status | — | — | 30 |
| 28 | Pin Missile | Bug | Physical | 25 | 95 | 20 |
| 31 | Outrage | Dragon | Physical | 120 | 100 | 10 |
By TM / HM / TR
| No. | Move | Type | Cat. | Pwr. | Acc. | PP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TM01 | Headbutt | Normal | Physical | 70 | 100 | 15 |
| TM05 | Rest | Psychic | Status | — | — | 10 |
| TM07 | Protect | Normal | Status | — | — | 10 |
| TM08 | Substitute | Normal | Status | — | — | 10 |
| TM09 | Reflect | Psychic | Status | — | — | 20 |
| TM12 | Facade | Normal | Physical | 70 | 100 | 20 |
| TM13 | Brick Break | Fighting | Physical | 75 | 100 | 15 |
| TM18 | U-turn | Bug | Physical | 70 | 100 | 20 |
| TM24 | X-Scissor | Bug | Physical | 80 | 100 | 15 |
| TM26 | Poison Jab | Poison | Physical | 80 | 100 | 20 |
| TM27 | Toxic | Poison | Status | — | 90 | 10 |
| TM39 | Outrage | Dragon | Physical | 120 | 100 | 10 |
| TM45 | Solar Beam | Grass | Special | 200 | 100 | 10 |
| TM48 | Hyper Beam | Normal | Special | 150 | 90 | 5 |
| TM50 | Roost | Status | — | — | 10 | |
| TM52 | Sludge Bomb | Poison | Special | 90 | 100 | 10 |
| TM53 | Mega Drain | Grass | Special | 75 | 100 | 10 |
| TM58 | Drill Run | Ground | Physical | 80 | 95 | 10 |
From its pre-evolution
| Move | Type | Cat. | Pwr. | Acc. | PP | Learnt as |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Poison Sting | Poison | Physical | 15 | 100 | 35 | Weedle · level-up |
| String Shot | Bug | Status | — | 95 | 40 | Weedle · level-up |
| Harden | Normal | Status | — | — | 30 | Kakuna · level-up |
Generation VIII · Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl18 level-up · 29 TM/HM
Beedrill is not in Sword and Shield (including the Expansion Pass) or in Legends: Arceus, so its only Generation VIII home is Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl. Shining Pearl players evolve a Kakuna, while Brilliant Diamond has no Beedrill of its own. The level-up list now starts with Fury Attack plus all of Weedle's and Kakuna's moves (Poison Sting, String Shot, Bug Bite and Harden), and Twineedle has vanished: Beedrill learns Fury Attack on evolution, then Fury Cutter, Laser Focus and a second Poison Sting at 11, 14 and 17. Its 29 TMs include Cut, Defog and Rock Smash as TM93, TM97 and TM98, and there are no egg or tutor moves.
By level-up
| BDSP | Move | Type | Cat. | Pwr. | Acc. | PP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fury Attack | Normal | Physical | 15 | 85 | 20 |
| 1 | Harden | Normal | Status | — | — | 30 |
| 1 | Poison Sting | Poison | Physical | 15 | 100 | 35 |
| 1 | String Shot | Bug | Status | — | 95 | 40 |
| 1 | Bug Bite | Bug | Physical | 60 | 100 | 20 |
| Evo. | Fury Attack | Normal | Physical | 15 | 85 | 20 |
| 11 | Fury Cutter | Bug | Physical | 40 | 95 | 20 |
| 14 | Laser Focus | Normal | Status | — | — | 30 |
| 17 | Poison Sting | Poison | Physical | 15 | 100 | 35 |
| 20 | Focus Energy | Normal | Status | — | — | 30 |
| 23 | Venoshock | Poison | Special | 65 | 100 | 10 |
| 26 | Assurance | Dark | Physical | 60 | 100 | 10 |
| 29 | Toxic Spikes | Poison | Status | — | — | 20 |
| 32 | Pin Missile | Bug | Physical | 25 | 95 | 20 |
| 35 | Poison Jab | Poison | Physical | 80 | 100 | 20 |
| 38 | Agility | Psychic | Status | — | — | 30 |
| 41 | Endeavor | Normal | Physical | — | 100 | 5 |
| 44 | Fell Stinger | Bug | Physical | 50 | 100 | 25 |
By TM / HM / TR
| No. | Move | Type | Cat. | Pwr. | Acc. | PP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TM11 | Sunny Day | Fire | Status | — | — | 5 |
| TM15 | Hyper Beam | Normal | Special | 150 | 90 | 5 |
| TM17 | Protect | Normal | Status | — | — | 10 |
| TM19 | Giga Drain | Grass | Special | 75 | 100 | 10 |
| TM22 | Solar Beam | Grass | Special | 120 | 100 | 10 |
| TM31 | Brick Break | Fighting | Physical | 75 | 100 | 15 |
| TM32 | Double Team | Normal | Status | — | — | 15 |
| TM36 | Sludge Bomb | Poison | Special | 90 | 100 | 10 |
| TM40 | Aerial Ace | Physical | 60 | — | 20 | |
| TM42 | Facade | Normal | Physical | 70 | 100 | 20 |
| TM44 | Rest | Psychic | Status | — | — | 10 |
| TM45 | Attract | Normal | Status | — | 100 | 15 |
| TM46 | Thief | Dark | Physical | 60 | 100 | 25 |
| TM51 | Roost | Status | — | — | 10 | |
| TM54 | False Swipe | Normal | Physical | 40 | 100 | 40 |
| TM58 | Endure | Normal | Status | — | — | 10 |
| TM66 | Payback | Dark | Physical | 50 | 100 | 10 |
| TM68 | Giga Impact | Normal | Physical | 150 | 90 | 5 |
| TM70 | Flash | Normal | Status | — | 100 | 20 |
| TM75 | Swords Dance | Normal | Status | — | — | 20 |
| TM81 | X-Scissor | Bug | Physical | 80 | 100 | 15 |
| TM82 | Sleep Talk | Normal | Status | — | — | 10 |
| TM84 | Poison Jab | Poison | Physical | 80 | 100 | 20 |
| TM87 | Swagger | Normal | Status | — | 85 | 15 |
| TM89 | U-turn | Bug | Physical | 70 | 100 | 20 |
| TM90 | Substitute | Normal | Status | — | — | 10 |
| TM93 | Cut | Normal | Physical | 50 | 95 | 30 |
| TM97 | Defog | Status | — | — | 15 | |
| TM98 | Rock Smash | Fighting | Physical | 40 | 100 | 15 |
Generation IX · Scarlet & Violet
Beedrill cannot be obtained in Scarlet and Violet, so it has no learnset there. Its Generation IX home is Legends: Z-A.
Pokémon Legends: Z-A · Legends: Z-A12 level-up · 26 TM/HM
Wild in several sectors of Lumiose City's Vert, Magenta and Rouge districts and in Wild Zone 15, and the Mega Dimension expansion adds it to Hyperspace Lumiose's four-star Bug- and Poison-type wild zones. Legends: Z-A lists moves with the level they are learned at, the level at which they become Plus Moves, power and cooldown, with no accuracy or PP. Pin Missile is now the move Beedrill learns on evolution, and the list builds through Brutal Swing, X-Scissor, Bug Buzz, Lunge and Poison Jab to a level-40 Drill Run. Its 26 TMs include Swords Dance, U-turn, Outrage and Dual Wingbeat. No breeding or tutors.
By level-up
| Learn | Move | Type | Cat. | Pwr. | Acc. | PP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Evo. | Pin Missile | Bug | Physical | 15 | — | — |
| 1 | Poison Sting | Poison | Physical | 30 | — | — |
| 1 | String Shot | Bug | Status | — | — | — |
| 7 | Harden | Normal | Status | — | — | — |
| 15 | Focus Energy | Normal | Status | — | — | — |
| 20 | Brutal Swing | Dark | Physical | 60 | — | — |
| 25 | X-Scissor | Bug | Physical | 80 | — | — |
| 27 | Bug Buzz | Bug | Special | 90 | — | — |
| 29 | Toxic Spikes | Poison | Status | — | — | — |
| 33 | Lunge | Bug | Physical | 80 | — | — |
| 35 | Poison Jab | Poison | Physical | 80 | — | — |
| 40 | Drill Run | Ground | Physical | 80 | — | — |
By TM / HM / TR
| No. | Move | Type | Cat. | Pwr. | Acc. | PP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TM004 | Rock Smash | Fighting | Physical | 40 | — | — |
| TM007 | Toxic | Poison | Status | — | — | — |
| TM010 | Brick Break | Fighting | Physical | 75 | — | — |
| TM017 | Protect | Normal | Status | — | — | — |
| TM022 | Aerial Ace | Physical | 60 | — | — | |
| TM030 | Swords Dance | Normal | Status | — | — | — |
| TM035 | Endure | Normal | Status | — | — | — |
| TM042 | Giga Drain | Grass | Special | 75 | — | — |
| TM044 | Hyper Beam | Normal | Special | 150 | — | — |
| TM047 | Agility | Psychic | Status | — | — | — |
| TM053 | Sludge Bomb | Poison | Special | 90 | — | — |
| TM055 | Giga Impact | Normal | Physical | 150 | — | — |
| TM064 | Solar Beam | Grass | Special | 120 | — | — |
| TM077 | Poison Jab | Poison | Physical | 80 | — | — |
| TM080 | Iron Defense | Steel | Status | — | — | — |
| TM081 | X-Scissor | Bug | Physical | 80 | — | — |
| TM082 | U-turn | Bug | Physical | 70 | — | — |
| TM085 | Substitute | Normal | Status | — | — | — |
| TM089 | Toxic Spikes | Poison | Status | — | — | — |
| TM093 | Outrage | Dragon | Physical | 120 | — | — |
| TM101 | Electroweb | Electric | Special | 55 | — | — |
| TM109 | Facade | Normal | Physical | 70 | — | — |
| TM117 | Silver Wind | Bug | Special | 60 | — | — |
| TM122 | False Swipe | Normal | Physical | 40 | — | — |
| TM132 | Double Hit | Normal | Physical | 50 | — | — |
| TM134 | Dual Wingbeat | Physical | 45 | — | — |
04On screen
Beedrill in the anime
Debut EP003Ash Catches a Pokémon · First major role EP004Challenge of the Samurai · Its appearances on screen, and 6 other trainers who raised one.
Beedrill has been the anime's favourite Bug-type hazard since the very start. One made Misty shudder at the end of Ash Catches a Pokémon, a full swarm stole Ash's Metapod in the very next episode, and in more than twenty episodes since, a Beedrill swarm has gone after Ash's friends, Team Rocket or anyone unlucky enough to kick the wrong tree or bump the wrong bush.
Ash has never kept one, although he caught a Beedrill to win the Bug-Catching Contest and handed it straight to Casey, the only Pokémon he has ever caught and given away. Goh netted the toughest Beedrill in a Vermilion Forest swarm, Jimmy raised his from a Weedle into the high-speed star of The Legend of Thunder!, and on the big screen a Mega Beedrill took on Ash's team in Volcanion and the Mechanical Marvel.
Other trainers’ Beedrill
First seen: JN006Working My Way Back to Mew!
Goh's Beedrill is as prickly as they come. It was part of the Vermilion Forest swarm that rounded on Goh after he caught a Weedle and a Kakuna, and when Pikachu's Electroweb snared the rest, Goh caught the one Beedrill that dodged it, reasoning it had to be the strongest (JN006). Its competitive streak soon found a target in Ash's Dragonite, whom it cut up mid-flight across Unova's Desert Resort, although a Twineedle flurry against a giant Golurk in the Raid Battle that followed ended with it swatted out of the sky (JN014). Once it had settled in, it helped hunt for a Cubone's lost bone (JN015), sparred with Ash's Riolu (JN030) and rallied Goh's Bug types when its food went missing at Cerise Park (JN023). It still lives at the Cerise Laboratory, and it was at the party that sent Ash and Goh off on their separate ways (JN136).
- JN014Raid Battle in the Ruins! · vs Golurk (giant Raid Battle Pokémon) Lost
- JN030Betrayed, Bothered, and Beleaguered! · vs Riolu Unknown
First seen: EP161The Bug Stops Here
Casey's Beedrill started out as Ash's prize. Chasing a Scyther through the National Park during the Bug-Catching Contest, Ash and Pikachu blundered into a small swarm, and one Thunderbolt and a Park Ball later he had the catch that won him the contest and a Sun Stone. Casey had helped him see off Team Rocket and adores anything striped yellow and black, so Ash gave her the Beedrill on the spot, and she accepted it in tears (EP161). It became one of her three main Pokémon alongside Meganium and Elekid, and in Pokémon Chronicles it was napping with them when a rampaging Charizard got it riled up, before joining in as the whole team cheered along to the Electabuzz baseball team's theme song (HS17).
First seen: The Legend of Thunder!
Jimmy, the young hero of The Legend of Thunder!, caught his Beedrill as a Weedle, and it has grown up so well that his friend Marina remembers it from those early days. It is his speedster in battle and his go-to flyer in a crisis. It beat Marina's Jigglypuff, Pink, with its wingbeats drowning out Sing before Pin Missile finished the job, then shredded the claws of Attila's capture machine so Team Rocket could not take Raikou. In the final part it caught Marina when she fell from a cliff, although a Steel Wing from Attila's Skarmory made it drop her, and it whisked Jimmy clear as Hun's Steelix charged straight over the edge into the river.
- The Legend of Thunder! (Part 1) · vs Jigglypuff (Pink) Won
- The Legend of Thunder! (Part 2) · vs capture machine Won
- The Legend of Thunder! (Part 3) · vs Steelix Won
First seen: EP077The Fourth Round Rumble
Jeanette Fisher opened her fourth-round match against Ash at the Indigo Plateau Conference with Beedrill. It came out swinging with Tackle, Twineedle and Poison Sting, but Ash's Bulbasaur dodged the lot, then let Leech Seed sap its strength before a Tackle knocked it out (EP077). Ash went on to win the match, and the bout returns in a flashback in Friends to the End (EP080).
- EP077The Fourth Round Rumble · vs Bulbasaur Lost
First seen: M09Pokémon Ranger and the Temple of the Sea
Galen, the Phantom's right-hand man, sets two Beedrill on Ash and his friends as they flee along a rocky path. The group splits up, but the Beedrill catch up with Ash, May and Max: one fires Pin Missile, Pikachu answers with Thunderbolt, and a Sludge Bomb cuts off their escape. Ash stays behind to hold the Beedrill off while May and Max run on with the Egg (M09).
- M09Pokémon Ranger and the Temple of the Sea · vs Pikachu Unknown
First seen: M19Volcanion and the Mechanical Marvel
In Volcanion and the Mechanical Marvel, Levi and Cherie keep a Beedrill that can Mega Evolve under the control of their Mega Wave. As Mega Beedrill it battles Ash's Noivern and Greninja and Clemont's Chespin, and once Alva's Mega Wave crystal is destroyed it is free again and makes its escape (M19).
- M19Volcanion and the Mechanical Marvel · vs Noivern, Greninja and Chespin Unknown
Ash & Beedrill
Ash has never kept a Beedrill, but the two go back a long way. In Viridian Forest a swarm carried off his Metapod, and only Butterfree's brand-new Sleep Powder got everyone out (EP004); his Bulbasaur later beat Jeanette Fisher's Beedrill at the Indigo Plateau (EP077). He did catch one himself, winning the Bug-Catching Contest with it, and then handed it straight to Casey (EP161).
Mega & Gigantamax Beedrill on screen
In the main anime, Mega Beedrill has turned up just twice: a cameo in the closing segment of Mega Evolution Special II and a fight against Ash's team in Volcanion and the Mechanical Marvel. Beedrill has no Gigantamax form.
- XYS02Mega Evolution Special IIA Mega Beedrill appears in the special's closing segment, its first appearance in the anime.
- M19Volcanion and the Mechanical MarvelLevi and Cherie's Mega Beedrill, kept under control by their Mega Wave, battles Ash's Noivern and Greninja and Clemont's Chespin, then escapes once Alva's Mega Wave crystal is destroyed.
Featured episodes
- EP004Challenge of the SamuraiSoon after a Weedle slips away from Ash in Viridian Forest, a Beedrill swarm carries off his Metapod, and a hive of Kakuna evolves into yet more Beedrill, chasing the group into Samurai's cabin. Metapod takes a Twineedle shielding Ash and evolves into Butterfree, whose Sleep Powder sends the next swarm, and Team Rocket, to sleep.
- EP084The Lost LaprasThree punks tormenting a lost Lapras send out Spearow, Hitmonchan and Beedrill against Pikachu. Tracey critiques the lot (the Beedrill's colouring is poor, he decides), and a single Thunder Shock sends all three scurrying.
- EP132For Crying Out LoudA crybaby Marill aims a Water Gun at a Butterfree and stirs up a Beedrill swarm instead. Misty, Pikachu and Marill are cornered at a dead end until Misty has Pikachu scare the bugs off with Thunder Shock.
- EP143Going Apricorn!Moments after finding Green Apricorns, Ash, Misty, Brock and Maizie are set upon by Beedrill, and only escape the stingers by tumbling off a ledge.
- EP152Hot Matches!Picking apples for breakfast, Ash disturbs a Beedrill and is soon fleeing a whole swarm with Cyndaquil. When Ash trips, Cyndaquil holds the bugs off with Flamethrower.
- EP170A Better Pill to SwallowTeam Rocket gulp down Old Man Shuckle's undiluted juice, which gives off pheromones that attract Pokémon for three days. The result is a swarm of eight lovestruck Beedrill, and the trio fret that the bugs will probably attack once the effect wears off.
- EP200Turning Over a New BayleefUpset and wandering off alone, Ash's Bayleef kicks a rock into some bushes and brings a swarm of six angry Beedrill down on herself.
- AG005In the Knicker of Time!A Trainer's Beedrill stings Pikachu with Twineedle before a Thunderbolt knocks it out. Its Trainer thanks it and shakes Ash's hand, which Brock and May hold up as good sportsmanship, while Max grumbles that Pikachu should have dodged with Quick Attack.
- AG014All in a Day's WurmpleJessie's tree-kicking hunt for Wurmple shakes loose a Weedle and then a Kakuna, and just as James and Meowth work out what Kakuna evolves into, a swarm of Beedrill answers the question. May ends up running for her life alongside Team Rocket until they all tumble down an embankment.
- AG137Hooked on OnixA Beedrill pounces while May's Squirtle is sniffing flowers. Ash's Phanpy drives it off with Hidden Power, but a whole swarm follows, and Phanpy flees with Squirtle on its back until Pikachu's Thunderbolt and Corphish's Bubble Beam send the Beedrill packing.
- AG169Talking a Good Game!Ash accidentally stirs up a pair of Beedrill, and one is closing in on him and Pikachu when Anabel steps in to stop it, explaining that it is only protecting its young.
- AG170Second Time's the Charm!Ash disturbs another swarm while training, and this time even Anabel can't calm Beedrill once they attack as a swarm. A Twineedle in the rear sends Tauros rampaging into Ash, Anabel and their Pokémon and knocks them all into a lake, and the pair end up laughing as they wash Tauros together.
- DP031The Grass-Type Is Always Greener!An exhausted Jessie trips over a Kakuna, and every Kakuna nearby evolves into a Beedrill and comes after Team Rocket.
- DP045Ill-Will Hunting!Gary's Umbreon dodges an Air Cutter from a Golbat belonging to Pokémon Hunter J's henchmen, the attack hits a tree, and out pours a swarm of angry Beedrill. The bugs go for the henchmen while the heroes slip away.
- DP062Tanks for the Memories!Reaching for apples, Autumn's Miltank, Ilta, knocks a Beedrill swarm out of the tree. Autumn throws herself in front of Ilta, Brock's Happiny saves the day with Secret Power, and Ilta thanks the brave new Trainer with a lick.
- BW124Danger, Sweet as Honey!On Honey Island a cluster of Kakuna drops from the trees and evolves into a Beedrill swarm that sends Ash, Iris and Cilan running, because Porter forgot to warn them the island is Beedrill territory. Team Rocket fare worse: their balloon bumps a Beedrill tree and gets punctured.
- XY003A Battle of Aerial Mobility!Clemont's Flying-type Pokémon Attractor Machine is meant to lure out a berry-stealing Fletchling but draws a swarm of angry Beedrill instead. The more he cranks it, the angrier they get, until the machine explodes and blasts Ash, Clemont and Bonnie into a ravine.
- XY016A Jolting Switcheroo!After a bag mix-up leaves little Lyn with Clemont's Dedenne, she follows it into a vineyard, where a Beedrill chases Dedenne and its mouthful of grapes, kicks Dedenne and snatches Lyn's hair bow. It comes back with a swarm, and Pikachu and Dedenne drive them off with a combined Thunderbolt and Thunder Shock.
- XY069Defending the Homeland!Beedrill fly with Florges' army of Bug and Poison types, which has seized the healing spring in the wetlands that Ash's Goodra calls home, and they join the attack on Goodra's friends. The army returns to the story in Beyond the Rainbow! (XY070).
- XY104A Windswept Encounter!Three Beedrill follow a wild Breloom who is smitten with a Floette, and after Noibat spoils Breloom's flowers they chase the young bat until it falls in fright. When Team Rocket cage Breloom and Floette, the worried Beedrill join the rescue, only to be knocked out by Psybeam from James's Inkay.
- JN137The Road Most Traveled!Swinging through the trees, Ash is distracted by a Kakuna and crashes into a trunk, knocking it loose. He catches it before it hits the ground, a moment later it evolves into Beedrill, and after a few tense seconds it flies off without stinging him.
More appearances
- EP008The Path to the Pokémon League A.J. has a Beedrill, which trains alongside his Butterfree at his Gym.
- EP015Battle Aboard the St. Anne The Viridian Forest Beedrill swarm returns in a flashback.
- EP053The Purr-fect Hero A flashback shows a Meowth saving young Timmy from a Beedrill.
- EP065Showdown at the Po-ké Corral A group of Beedrill attacks Team Rocket.
- EP080Friends to the End Jeanette Fisher's Beedrill is seen again in a flashback.
- EP097Tracey Gets Bugged On Murcott Island, a Beedrill flies straight through Team Rocket's balloon and brings it down.
- EP121Illusion Confusion! A gang of Haunter and Gengar conjures up a Beedrill illusion.
- EP207Got Miltank? Three Beedrill live at an oasis reserved for Pokémon.
- EP228Extreme Pokémon! One of the racers in the Extreme Pokémon Race has a Beedrill.
- AG006A Poached Ego! A group of Beedrill attacks Team Rocket.
- AG015Gonna Rule the School! The Pokémon Trainers' School lends a Beedrill to pupils too young to have Pokémon of their own.
- AG080That's Just Swellow A Beedrill competes in the Crossgate PokéRinger competition.
- AG089A Scare to Remember! Pikachu scares off a Beedrill with Thunderbolt.
- AG134A Real Cleffa-Hanger Three Beedrill frighten Misty, who runs off with Max and the group's Pokémon.
- DP006Different Strokes for Different Blokes Beedrill live in Bewilder Forest.
- DP099A Trainer and Child Reunion! James disturbs some Beedrill, which promptly attack Team Rocket.
- XY019A Conspiracy to Conquer! A hypnotised Beedrill is part of Madame X's Pokémon corps, freed when Malamar's power is broken.
- XY041Foggy Pokémon Orienteering! Bonnie accidentally bonks a Beedrill on the head with a big twig, and it flies off before Pikachu can attack.
- XY045Splitting Heirs! Three Beedrill try to attack Clemont and Bonnie.
- XY139Facing the Needs of the Many! Two Beedrill from Florges' army reappear, and three more turn up in Till We Compete Again! (XY140).
Anime gallery
Anime trivia
- Casey's Beedrill is the only Pokémon Ash has ever caught and then given away. It counts as his twentieth catch overall, and it was the first Pokémon from a three-stage evolutionary line that he caught fully evolved (EP161).
- Beedrill was the Japanese Who's That Pokémon? in The Fourth Round Rumble (EP077), the very episode in which Ash's Bulbasaur beats Jeanette Fisher's Beedrill. The English dub used Bellsprout instead.
- The English dub's Who's That Pokémon? in The Art of Pokémon (EP197) calls Beedrill the evolved form of Weedle while showing Kakuna as its pre-evolution.
- The first Beedrill to evolve on screen, in Challenge of the Samurai (EP004), burst out of their Kakuna shells rather than glowing, and the same episode shows a Beedrill's stinger broken, one of the anime's very few clearly broken Pokémon body parts.
- Jeanette Fisher's Beedrill opens with Tackle (EP077), a move Beedrill cannot learn in the games.
- Ash's Park Ball Beedrill is seen in an ordinary Poké Ball after the Bug-Catching Contest (EP161).
- Ash's Pokémon journey has Beedrill at both ends: a swarm stole his Metapod in only his fourth episode (EP004), and in the first episode of his final series, a Kakuna he caught as it fell evolved into a Beedrill and simply flew away (JN137).
- In the Italian dub of Panic in the Park! (JN023), Ash refers to Goh's Beedrill as female.
“Beedrill. This Pokémon is an evolved form of Weedle, following its Kakuna stage. Its sting is highly poisonous.”
Ash's Pokédex (Dexter) · EP004
05On the big screen
Beedrill in the movies
4 films, 1 Pikachu short and 3 specials featuring Beedrill.
Beedrill has never headlined a Pokémon film, but it has been stinging its way around the edges of the big screen since 1998, when one turned up at the theme park in the very first Pikachu short. Japan's extended cut of Mewtwo Strikes Back slips in three, and swarms buzz through the openings of several later films. Its two real roles are both on the villains' side: Galen's pair hound Ash, May and Max for the Manaphy Egg in Temple of the Sea, and a Mega Beedrill fights under the Mega Wave's control in Volcanion and the Mechanical Marvel. I Choose You! even rewrote the swarm out of Ash's story, letting Butterfree evolve during a scrap with Primeape instead. On TV, Jimmy's Beedrill is the star of The Legend of Thunder!, wild Beedrill send Misty paddling frantically upstream in Mewtwo Returns, and a horde chases Ash and Sunny through Distant Blue Sky!.
Pokémon: The First Movie – Mewtwo Strikes Back
M01 · 1998
Three Beedrill in the opening (extended Kanzenban cut only)
Beedrill didn't make the cinema cut of Mewtwo Strikes Back at all. Japan's extended Kanzenban version gets the swarm a foot in the door, though, slipping three Beedrill into the film's opening.
Pokémon the Movie 2000: The Power of One
M02 · 1999
A wild Beedrill
When the collector Lawrence III starts meddling with the legendary birds and the weather goes haywire, Pokémon can feel that something in nature is badly wrong, and a Beedrill is one of those that sense the disturbance. It's only a fleeting moment, but it makes this Beedrill's first feature film in its original cinema cut.
Pokémon Ranger and the Temple of the Sea
M09 · 2006
Galen's two Beedrill
Beedrill's meatiest film role is as hired muscle. Galen, right-hand man to the villainous Phantom, has just two known Pokémon, both Beedrill, and when the heroes slip away with the Manaphy Egg he sends them buzzing after the group. One catches up with Ash, May and Max, trades its Pin Missile for Pikachu's Thunderbolt and then blocks their escape route with Sludge Bomb, so Ash stays behind to hold it off while May and Max run with the Egg. In the end, a Thunderbolt from Pikachu stops the villains in their tracks and the group gets away.
Pokémon the Movie: Volcanion and the Mechanical Marvel
M19 · 2016
Levi and Cherie's Mega Beedrill
Mega Beedrill reaches the big screen on the wrong side of the fight. It belongs to Levi and Cherie, the henchmen of the scheming minister Alva, whose Mega Wave forces their Pokémon into Mega Evolution against their will. In the battle it goes for Ash's Noivern and Greninja and takes a Pin Missile from Clemont's Chespin. When Alva's Mega Wave crystal is destroyed, Beedrill is freed from their control and makes its escape.
Pikachu shorts
- PK01Pikachu's Vacation (1998) · A Beedrill at the Pokémon Theme Park
Beedrill's very first trip to the cinema came with the short that opened for Mewtwo Strikes Back. A Beedrill is among the crowd at the Pokémon-only theme park where Trainers leave their Pokémon to play for the day.
TV specials
- Pokémon: Mewtwo Returns (2000)
On a canoe trip down the river, Ash and friends drift past one wild Bug Pokémon after another, and it's the Beedrill that prove too much for Misty, who paddles frantically back upstream. Later, Team Rocket's industrial waste fouls the lake on Mount Quena and draws out hundreds of the mountain's Bug Pokémon, Beedrill among them. - The Legend of Thunder! (2001)
No special gives a Beedrill more to do than this one. Jimmy caught it as a Weedle on one of his meetings with Marina, and in their first-round battle it takes on her dancing Jigglypuff, Pink: its wings beat so fast that Pink's sound waves never reach its ears, and although the well-drilled dancer dodges its Twineedle, a Pin Missile finishes her off. Later it shreds the claws of Attila's Pokémon-catching robot with another Pin Missile, then swoops in to fly Marina out of Team Rocket's clutches, until a Steel Wing from Attila's Skarmory makes it drop her. - Distant Blue Sky! (2022)
Ash spends this Journeys special helping a boy named Sunny find a Pokémon he can touch. Every attempt flops until a horde of Beedrill sends the two of them running, and their escape lands them in an Oran Berry orchard next to So and Sue's house.
06Trading Card Game · every card
Beedrill in the Pokémon TCG
38 cards since 1999, oldest first. Tap any card to see it full size.
Beedrill has been on cards since the very first Japanese Expansion Pack in October 1996, and it reached English players in Base Set in January 1999. Most Beedrill since have been Grass-type Stage 2s at the top of the Weedle line, armed with the same toolkit as in the games: poison, paralysis and flurries of coin-flip jabs such as Twineedle and Pin Missile. Trainers have had their own swarms too: Koga's Beedrill in Gym Challenge, Bugsy's and Janine's from the Pokémon VS era, and even one belonging to Phantom the pirate in a Japanese film pack. Its proudest moment came at the end of the 2000s, when the Great Encounters card (piling on damage for every Beedrill in play) and the Rising Rivals card (fetching the rest of the swarm) drove the deck that won the 2009 World Championships Masters title.
Later generations brought bigger bees: a single Mega card, M Beedrill-EX, in a 2016 Premium Collection, then Beedrill V in Astral Radiance and Beedrill ex in Chaos Rising, taking Beedrill from 80 HP to 310. The art has travelled just as far, from Ken Sugimori's clean 1996 original (revived in 2016's Evolutions) through Hikaru Koike's e-Card Beedrill and Masakazu Fukuda's Grass-and-Metal Delta Species oddity to 5ban Graphics' CG Mega Beedrill and Beedrill ex. Recent sets have added names such as Misa Tsutsui, nisimono and Narumi Sato, whose alternate-art Beedrill V is a highlight. Pokémon TCG Pocket has joined the hive too, reviving You Iribi's Team Up art and adding a Shiny Beedrill ex.
Cards to know
- Base Set 17/102 — Where the swarm began: Ken Sugimori's Beedrill with its double-jab Twineedle. The same art came back 17 years later in Evolutions, and a few early copies misprint 'D.efending'.
- Gym Challenge 9/132 (Koga's Beedrill) — The ninja's bee. Nerve Poison can Paralyse and Poison in a single sting, and Hyper Needle bets 70 damage on one coin flip that you only get to make once.
- Great Encounters 13/106 & Rising Rivals 15/111 — Beedrill's finest hour: Band Attack plus Flutter Wings made the 'Speedrill' swarm, and the pair powered Luxdrill, the deck that won the 2009 World Championships Masters title.
- XY158 (M Beedrill-EX) — Mega Beedrill's one and only card: 200 HP and Hazard Stinger, which leaves the target Paralysed and Poisoned at four damage counters a turn. It came in its own Premium Collection with a Jumbo copy.
- Astral Radiance 161/189 (Beedrill V) — Beedrill's first Pokémon V, here as Narumi Sato's alternate-art Special Full Art.
- Chaos Rising 3/86 (Beedrill ex) — Beedrill's first Pokémon ex, at a towering 310 HP. Rumbling Bees does 110 for every Beedrill and Beedrill ex you have out, so a full hive hits like a lorry.
Every English-language card
Promo cards
Japan-exclusive cards
Pokémon TCG Pocket
Related cards
Digital card games
- Pokémon Trading Card Game (Game Boy Color): Beedrill (Base Set 17 art, Ken Sugimori), card B09, Rare, from the Evolution booster pack; one copy is in the Insect Collection deck, which the Auto Deck Machine offers once you have the Grass Medal. Sprite: TCG1 B09 Beedrill.png.
- Pokémon Card GB2 (Japan only): Beedrill (Base Set 17 art, Ken Sugimori), card A05, Rare, in the Beginning Pokémon pack; one copy is in the Insect Collection deck played by Team GR's Midori. Sprite: TCG2 A05 Beedrill.png.
- Pokémon TCG Online / Pokémon TCG Live: no digital-only Beedrill cards. The Mega Beedrill-EX Premium Collection's code card unlocked a Mega Beedrill coin (listed in TCG Live as 'Mega Beedrill: Silver Ice').
The artists behind the cards
- 5ban Graphics — 3 (M Beedrill-EX XY158, Beedrill Spirit Link XY159, Chaos Rising 98 Beedrill ex)
- Ken Sugimori — 2 (Base Set 17, reused in Base Set 2, Legendary Collection, Evolutions and both Game Boy games; Koga's Beedrill in Gym Challenge)
- Kouki Saitou — 2 (Great Encounters, Primal Clash)
- Kyoko Umemoto — 2 (Unleashed; Bugsy's Beedrill, Japan only)
- PLANETA Igarashi — 3 TCG Pocket Beedrill ex cards (Shining Revelry 003, 079, 107)
- Ayaka Yoshida — 1 (Beedrill V, regular and Full Art); Hikaru Koike — 1 (Skyridge, non-holo and holo); You Iribi — 1 (Team Up), reused in TCG Pocket's Genetic Apex
- One artwork each: Aya Kusube, Hajime Kusajima, Masakazu Fukuda, Kagemaru Himeno, Wataru Kawahara, kawayoo, Shin Nagasawa, hatachu, kirisAki, Hideki Ishikawa, KEIICHIRO ITO, Misa Tsutsui, Narumi Sato, nisimono, toriyufu, Tomokazu Komiya (Janine's Beedrill), Midori Harada (Phantom's Beedrill, Japan only)
07On the page & beyond
Beedrill in manga, books & other media
From the earliest manga to story books and songs.
On paper, Beedrill's biggest fan is a villain. In Pokémon Adventures, Team Rocket's boss Giovanni treasures a Beedrill he caught as a Weedle in Viridian Forest as a boy: it holds its stinger to Red's neck, bursts Lance's bubble in a chapter named after it, harries Deoxys in another, and finally Mega Evolves in the Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire arc. Elsewhere, Toshihiro Ono's manga lets Ash catch a Beedrill of his own, a wild one leaves Eevee covered in welts in Magical Pokémon Journey, and Goh adds one to his Bug collection in the Journeys manga. Scholastic's chapter books use Beedrill as a hazard, sending swarms into a balloon race and one through Team Rocket's balloon, while Casey's Beedrill debuts in the series' final book. It's in the Pokérap's Day 4 verse, which first played at the end of the Beedrill-swarm episode itself, it keeps a Japanese word chain going in Pokémon Shiritori, and Satoshi Tajiri's own lyrics warn about its rear stinger. Even Mega Beedrill has a media pedigree: it was designed by Mega Man manga artist Hitoshi Ariga.
Manga
Books
Other media
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08Did you know?
Beedrill trivia
Name origins, design secrets and the facts that make Beedrill such a fan favourite.
What’s in a name?
Beedrill's English name is as direct as its attack plan: 'bee' plus 'drill', after those drill-like, jabbing forelegs. Its Japanese name, スピアー Supiā, is simply the English word 'spear' – and it may hide a clever extra layer, because read backwards it echoes アピス Apisu, Apis, the scientific name of the honeybee genus. Translators elsewhere had plenty of fun: the French Dardargnan blends the swashbuckling musketeer d'Artagnan with dard (sting) and dare-dare (in a hurry), the German Bibor mixes Biene (bee) and Bohrer (drill), and in Korean it is Tokchimbung, from dokchim ('poison needle') and a buzzing bung. Even its Mega Stone joins in: the Beedrillite is Speanite in Japanese.
Design origins
Beedrill was drawn by Atsuko Nishida, who designed the whole Weedle line, Kakuna included. It looks like a blend of bee and wasp – the Japanese honey bee, the fearsome Asian giant hornet and the yellowjacket have all been suggested as models – with forelegs reshaped into the spears its Japanese name promises. Its Shiny colours swap the yellow for a metallic green that recalls real sweat bees. Pairing it with the graceful Butterfree may be a sly nod to Muhammad Ali's famous 'float like a butterfly, sting like a bee'. When Mega Evolution came to Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire, manga artist Hitoshi Ariga designed Mega Beedrill, upgrading the spears to full-blown lances and adding a third pair of wings. And back in the Red & Green beta, its English name was spelled 'Beedril', with a single L.
Names around the world
| Language | Name | Origin |
|---|---|---|
| Japanese | スピアー Supiā | From spear, and possibly Apis (the honeybee genus) spelled backwards |
| French | Dardargnan | From d'Artagnan (the musketeer), dard (sting) and dare-dare (hastily) |
| German | Bibor | From Biene (bee) and Bohrer (drill) |
| Spanish | Beedrill | Same as the English name |
| Italian | Beedrill | Same as the English name |
| Brazilian Portuguese | Beedrill | Same as the English name |
| Korean | 독침붕 Tokchimbung | From 독침 dokchim (stinger, poison needle) and 붕 bung (a buzzing sound), or possibly 봉 bong (bee) |
| Chinese (Mandarin) | 大針蜂 / 大针蜂 Dàzhēnfēng | From 大 dà (big), 蜂針 fēngzhēn (stinger) and 蜜蜂 mìfēng (bee) |
| Chinese (Cantonese) | 大針蜂 Daaihjāmfūng | From 大 daaih (big), 蜂針 fūngjām (stinger) and 蜜蜂 mahtfūng (bee) |
| Hebrew | בידריל Beedril | Transcription of the English name |
| Hindi | बीड्रिल Beedrill | Transcription of the English name |
| Hungarian | Óriásméh | Means 'giant bee'; a mistranslation used only in Mewtwo Returns |
| Lithuanian | Bitrilė | From the English name |
| Russian | Бидрилл Bidrill | Transcription of the English name |
| Thai | สเปียร์ Sapia | Transcription of the Japanese name |
Did you know?
- Mega Beedrill's base Sp. Atk of 15 is the lowest of any Mega Evolution – and Beedrill is the only Pokémon whose Sp. Atk actually drops (from 45) when it Mega Evolves.
- Mega Beedrill has the highest base Attack (150) and Speed (145) of any Poison-type Pokémon, but also the lowest Sp. Atk of the type.
- Beedrill, Butterfree, Beautifly and Dustox share a body shape, are all based on the adult stage of insects that go through complete metamorphosis, and all evolve at levels 7 and 10 – joint-earliest for a third-stage evolution by levelling up.
- Before X & Y those four all had a base stat total of 385, the joint-lowest of any third-stage Pokémon. Beedrill's Attack boost lifted it to 395 – the same total Butterfree and Beautifly now share.
- Beedrill is Butterfree's mirror image: it gives 2 Attack and 1 Sp. Def EVs where Butterfree gives 2 Sp. Atk and 1 Sp. Def, and it learns mostly physical moves while Butterfree favours special ones.
- The rivalry extends to version exclusives: Beedrill belongs to Black, Black 2 and Shining Pearl, Butterfree to White, White 2 and Brilliant Diamond.
- The English dub twice turned Muhammad Ali's famous line into 'float like a Butterfree, sting like a Beedrill', in Disaster of Disguise and Strong Strategy Steals the Show!
- In the Red & Green beta, its English name was spelled 'Beedril', with just one L.
- Twineedle, which jabs twice in one turn, was Beedrill's signature move until Generation V.
- In Pokémon Conquest, Beedrill is the only Pokémon included without any of its evolutionary relatives.
- The swarm of Beedrill in the original Super Smash Bros. buzzes with sound effects taken from the Japanese version of the anime episode Challenge of the Samurai.
- In the Hungarian dub of Mewtwo Returns, Beedrill was called Óriásméh – 'giant bee' – a mistranslation used nowhere else.
- Mega Beedrill was designed by manga artist Hitoshi Ariga, who confirmed it on Christmas Day 2014.
- In HeartGold & SoulSilver's Pokéathlon, Beedrill has a perfect five-star Jump rating from the start.
- Mega Beedrill was one of the first four Mega Evolutions in Pokémon GO, and the game's launch Special Research, A Mega Discovery, rewarded Beedrill Mega Energy.
- In Pokémon Masters EX, Bugsy and Beedrill's sync move is called Bug Expert Twineedle – a fitting tribute to Beedrill's old signature move.
- A few copies of Beedrill's original Base Set card were misprinted with a stray full stop, reading 'D.efending' in the Poison Sting text.
09Quizzes, archive & further reading
More Beedrill
Test yourself
Professor Oak's Kanto Quiz: BeginnerProfessor Oak has a few questions before you set foot in the tall grass. How well do you know the region where it all began?Take the quiz →
Who's That Pokémon? Kanto: BeginnerIt's the classic challenge! Can you name these original 151 Pokémon from their silhouettes alone?Take the quiz →
Indigo League Anime: IntermediateGrab your cap and set off on Ash's very first adventure. How much do you remember from the Indigo League days?Take the quiz →
Mewtwo Strikes Back: BeginnerThe film that brought Pokémon to cinemas everywhere! How well do you remember Pokémon: The First Movie?Take the quiz →
Pokémon TCG: IntermediateShuffle up and draw! From the very first booster packs to the digital age, how well do you know the Pokémon Trading Card Game?Take the quiz →
Pokémon General Knowledge: IntermediateReady to dig deeper? Test what you know about where Pokémon came from, the people behind it and its many spin-offs.Take the quiz →From the archive: Gengar’s Online Pokédex
Before this page, Pokémon Dungeon was home to Gengar’s Online Pokédex, the classic fan Pokédex for Red, Blue, Yellow, Gold, Silver & Crystal by Curtis Alumbaugh (Gengar) with Ian Alumbaugh (Haunter). Its Beedrill entry is preserved in full, with its original art, moves and locations.
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