No. 0045 · Generation I · Flower Pokémon
ラフレシアRafureshia · From Rafflesia, the parasitic plant with the biggest flower on Earth (officially romanised as Ruffresia)
The Flower Pokémon · Grass/Poison type · first seen in Pokémon Red & Green (1996)
01Overview
Meet Vileplume
Everything you need to know about the Flower Pokémon — the creature behind the number.
Meet Vileplume, the Flower Pokémon: a small, indigo creature that toddles about on stubby legs beneath the most extravagant headgear in the Pokédex. That headgear is a huge red bloom of five heavy, rounded petals, splashed with white spots around an orange-brown centre. Vileplume is the grand finale of the Oddish family – touch a Gloom with a Leaf Stone and this is what blossoms, while a Sun Stone sends Gloom down the sunnier path to Bellossom.
Those petals are said to be the largest in the world, and they come at a price: the flower is so heavy that Vileplume can barely hold its head up. Head and body form one single segment, finished off with small, beady red eyes, a tiny mouth and rudimentary little hands and feet. Look closely and you can even tell the sexes apart – females have fewer spots on their petals, but each one is bigger.
“Its petals are the largest in the world. It fiendishly scatters allergy-causing pollen from its petals.”
Pokédex · Pokémon Red (Japan), Green (Japan) & FireRed · 1996
Beauty, in Vileplume's case, is a trap. With every step, every flap of its petals – or when its bud bursts open with a bang – it releases clouds of yellow pollen that set off fierce allergies in people and poison other Pokémon. The bigger the petals, the stronger the toxin. Prey lured in by the gorgeous flower is dusted, paralysed and then devoured, and the flapping alone makes a startling racket.
Because it needs an Evolution stone, Vileplume is rarely met in the wild, where it lives on grassy plains and is easily mistaken for an ordinary flower. Trainers know it best as Erika's star partner: it closes out the Celadon Gym Leader's team in Red and Blue, FireRed and LeafGreen and Let's Go, takes on Red's Charmeleon in Pokémon Origins and teams up with her as a sync pair in Pokémon Masters EX.
Its name says it all: a plume that is downright vile. Modelled on Rafflesia, the giant 'corpse flower' of the rainforest, Vileplume is one of the original 151's most delightfully contradictory designs – gorgeous to look at, best admired from a safe distance. Even the symbol of the Jungle card expansion looks like its flower.
How big is Vileplume?
At 1.2 m (3′11″) Vileplume stands about as tall as a seven-year-old, yet it weighs just 18.6 kg (41.0 lb) – roughly a Border Collie's worth of Pokémon, and you suspect most of that is petal.
02In the Pokédex's words
Vileplume's Pokédex entries
12 different entries across 39 games, from 1996 to 2022. Here is how the Pokédex has described Vileplume over the years, in the order the games came out.
Generation I
Its petals are the largest in the world. It fiendishly scatters allergy-causing pollen from its petals.
Kanto Pokédex
The larger its petals, the more toxic pollen it contains. Its big head is heavy and hard to hold up.
Kanto Pokédex
Flaps its broad flower petals to scatter its poisonous pollen. The flapping sound is very loud.
Kanto Pokédex
Scatters allergy-causing pollen from its broad petals. The larger the petals, the more pollen is scattered.
Kanto Pokédex
Generation II
It has the world's largest petals. With every step, the petals shake out heavy clouds of toxic pollen.
Johto Pokédex
The bud bursts into bloom with a bang. It then starts scattering allergenic, poisonous pollen.
Johto Pokédex
By shaking its big petals, it scatters toxic pollen into the air, turning the air yellow.
Johto Pokédex
Generation III
Vileplume's toxic pollen triggers atrocious allergy attacks. That's why it is advisable never to approach any attractive flowers in a jungle, however pretty they may be.
Hoenn Pokédex
Vileplume has the world's largest petals. They are used to attract prey that are then doused with toxic spores. Once the prey are immobilized, this Pokémon catches and devours them.
Hoenn Pokédex
In seasons when it produces more pollen, the air around a Vileplume turns yellow with the powder as it walks. The pollen is highly toxic and causes paralysis.
Hoenn Pokédex
Generation IV
Its petals are the largest in the world. As it walks, it scatters extremely allergenic pollen.
Sinnoh Pokédex
Generation IX
It fiendishly scatters allergenic pollen from its petals, which are the largest in the world.
Rotom Phone (Scarlet & Violet)
03Stats, moves & where to find it
Vileplume in the video games
Base stat total 490 · 24 core-series games · 26 spin-offs · every move it learns, generation by generation.
Base stats
In Generation I Vileplume had a single Special stat of 100. When Gold and Silver split Special in two, it became Sp. Atk 100 and Sp. Def 90, giving 75/80/85/100/90/50 (a total of 480) through Generation V. Generation VI raised its Sp. Atk to 110, for today's total of 490 – special power is very much its thing, while Speed (50) is not. Base experience yield was 184 in Generations I–IV and 216 in Generations V–VI, and has been 221 since Generation VII. Base friendship was 70 in Generations II–VII and has been 50 since Generation VIII. It gives 3 Sp. Atk EVs and, on the Medium Slow curve, needs 1,059,860 Exp. Points to reach level 100. In the Pokéathlon of HeartGold and SoulSilver it is a born endurance athlete, with a maximum five stars for Stamina but just two for Speed.
Abilities
- Chlorophyllsince Gen III
Vileplume's Speed doubles in harsh sunlight. - Effect SporeHidden abilitysince Gen V
A Pokémon that touches Vileplume with a contact move may be poisoned, paralysed or put to sleep by its spores.
Type matchups
How hard each attacking type hits a Grass/Poison Pokémon.
In Generation I Bug-type moves were super effective against Poison types as well as Grass types, so they hit Vileplume four times as hard. From Gold and Silver onwards Poison resists Bug, which leaves Bug attacks merely neutral. The Fairy resistance arrived with the Fairy type in X & Y.
Training & breeding
- Catch rate
- 45
- Base friendship
- 50
- Base experience
- 221
- Growth rate
- Medium Slow
- EV yield
- 3 Sp. Atk
- Egg groups
- Grass
- Egg cycles
- 20
- Colour
- Red
- Gender ratio
- 50% male
- Body shape
- bipedal, tailless
Where to find Vileplume
| Game | Year | How to get it |
|---|---|---|
| Red & Green | 1996 | Red only: evolve Gloom (Routes 12–15) with a Leaf StoneNot available in Green – trade from Red. Erika's Celadon Gym team ends with a level 29 Vileplume. |
| Blue (Japan) | 1996 | Evolve Gloom (Routes 12–15) with a Leaf Stone |
| Red & Blue | 1998 | Red only: evolve Gloom (Routes 12–15) with a Leaf StoneBlue players have to trade. Erika's ace is a level 29 Vileplume. |
| Yellow | 1998 | Evolve Gloom (Routes 12–15, Cerulean Cave) with a Leaf StoneErika brings a Gloom instead of a Vileplume in this version. |
| Gold & Silver | 1999 | Evolve Gloom (Kanto's Route 5 at night) or Oddish (Ilex Forest at night; Kanto Routes 5, 6, 24 and 25) with a Leaf StoneErika has swapped her Vileplume for a Bellossom. |
| Crystal | 2000 | Evolve Gloom (Route 24 at night) or Oddish (Ilex Forest at night; Routes 24 and 25) with a Leaf Stone |
| Ruby & Sapphire | 2002 | Evolve Gloom (Routes 121 and 123, Safari Zone) with a Leaf Stone |
| FireRed & LeafGreen | 2004 | FireRed only: evolve Gloom (Routes 12–15; Berry Forest, Bond Bridge, Cape Brink and Water Path in the Sevii Islands) with a Leaf StoneLeafGreen players must trade. Erika's team again ends with a level 29 Vileplume. |
| Emerald | 2004 | Evolve Gloom (Routes 121 and 123, Safari Zone) with a Leaf Stone |
| Diamond & Pearl | 2006 | Evolve Gloom (Routes 224, 229 and 230) with a Leaf StoneMigrated Vileplume turn up in the Forest area of Pal Park. |
| Platinum | 2008 | Evolve Gloom (Routes 224 and 230) with a Leaf Stone |
| HeartGold & SoulSilver | 2009 | Evolve Gloom (Kanto's Route 5 at night, Routes 47 and 48, Safari Zone) with a Leaf StoneGloom also lives on the Pokéwalker's Treehouse course. Erika uses Bellossom rather than Vileplume. |
| Black & White | 2010 | White only: evolve an Oddish from the White Forest (when Lady Lynette lives there) into Gloom, then use a Leaf StoneBlack players have to trade. |
| Black 2 & White 2 | 2012 | Not found in the wild – trade onlyErika brings a Vileplume to the Pokémon World Tournament, holding a Grass Gem, Black Sludge or Power Herb depending on the event. |
| X & Y | 2013 | Evolve Oddish (Route 6; Friend Safari, Grass type) or Gloom (Friend Safari, Poison type) with a Leaf Stone |
| Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire | 2014 | Evolve Gloom (Routes 119, 120, 121 and 123, Safari Zone) with a Leaf Stone |
| Sun & Moon | 2016 | Not in Alola – transfer from Pokémon Bank |
| Ultra Sun & Ultra Moon | 2017 | Not in Alola – transfer from Pokémon Bank |
| Let's Go, Pikachu! & Let's Go, Eevee! | 2018 | Let's Go, Pikachu! only: wild on Route 21, or evolve Gloom (Routes 12–15 and 21) with a Leaf StoneLet's Go, Eevee! players must trade. Erika's Gym team ends with a level 34 Vileplume, and her rematch team with a level 57 one. |
| Sword & Shield | 2019 | Wild in the Wild Area (Dappled Grove, Giant's Mirror, Hammerlocke Hills); Max Raid Battles in Dappled Grove, East Lake Axewell, Giant's Cap, Hammerlocke Hills, Motostoke Riverbank and North Lake MilochThe Crown Tundra adds Vileplume to Dynamax Adventures in the Max Lair, and it featured in Wild Area News raids in November 2020 and March 2021. |
| Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl | 2021 | Evolve Gloom (Routes 224, 229 and 230; Grand Underground caves after obtaining the National Pokédex) with a Leaf Stone |
| Legends: Arceus | 2022 | Not available in Hisui |
| Scarlet & Violet | 2022 | Trade (Version 3.0.0 onwards); in The Indigo Disk, wild in the Terarium's Coastal Biome and in 4★ Tera Raid BattlesNot found in Paldea or Kitakami. |
| Legends: Z-A | 2025 | Not available in Lumiose City |
Sprites through the ages
Spin-offs & cameos
Super Smash Bros.
Vileplume has never set foot in a Super Smash Bros. arena – no Poké Ball appearance, trophy, sticker or spirit – but its family has not been left out. Gloom's sunnier evolution, Bellossom, has been a Poké Ball Pokémon since Melee: it dances out a cloud of Sweet Scent that sends any fighter who touches it to sleep, an open invitation for a big smash attack, and it has kept the job in Brawl, Smash 4 and Ultimate. Bellossom also earned trophies in Melee, Brawl and Smash 4 – one of them explaining that a Gloom only becomes Bellossom with a Sun Stone – plus a Brawl sticker and a Novice spirit in Ultimate.
Pokémon GO
Vileplume has bloomed in Pokémon GO since the game launched in July 2016. Oddish evolves into Gloom, and Gloom into Vileplume for 100 Oddish Candy (or into Bellossom with a Sun Stone), while a buddy from the family earns Candy every 3 km. Shiny hunters had to wait until 3 October 2019, when Shiny forms of the whole family arrived with the Safari Zone event in New Taipei City. In battle Vileplume pairs Razor Leaf or Acid with Petal Blizzard, Solar Beam, Sludge Bomb (added in July 2019) and a surprising Moonblast, and Shadow Vileplume can be rescued from Team GO Rocket. With 202 Attack, 167 Defense and 181 Stamina, it is a dependable pick whenever a battle calls for Grass-type firepower.
Vileplume's Jungle card – Heal Pokémon Power, Petal Dance and all – can be collected and played in the Game Boy version of the card game.
A Vileplume naps on the right bank halfway along the River course, wrapped in a noxious spore cloud. Play the Poké Flute and it wakes up and dances, clearing the haze to reveal a tree shaped like a Cubone.
There's no catching it outright – evolve a Gloom to add Vileplume to your Pokédex.
Erika fields a Vileplume in the Gym Leader Castle, and its Stadium Pokédex entry warns of allergy-causing pollen.
Its Pokédex text changes with the cartridge plugged in: Gold's entry for Red, Silver or Crystal, Silver's for Blue, Gold or Yellow.
Its Jungle card returns in the Japan-only sequel to the Game Boy card game.
Once again Vileplume joins the Pokédex only by evolving a Gloom.
Evolve a Gloom to get one on your team – a partner whose lines include 'Let me dose enemies with toxic pollen!' and, when things get desperate, 'My flower is about to wilt…'
Wild Vileplume live in the Sekra Range, waiting to be befriended with a Capture Styler.
Recruit one on floors 1–29 of Mystery Jungle.
Found in the Chroma Highlands; once befriended, it lends a Poison-type assist and can Cut through obstacles.
Still waiting on floors 1–29 of Mystery Jungle in the expanded Explorers adventure.
Lurks in the Canal Ruins, Forest Temple and Light Temple, and can Cut through obstacles once it joins you.
Arrived through a Pokémon Safari event; its Power of 5+ skill deals even more damage when you match five.
Lives in Everspring Valley in the White Ruins, where it can even guard the entrance as a boss.
Talk to it in Baram Town to recruit it – and brace yourself: 'Here comes my pollen like an explosion!'
Evolve a Gloom with Oddish Candy, then let it loose with Petal Blizzard, Sludge Bomb or a surprising Moonblast.
Can be found on the Charizard, Snorlax, Celebi and Bulbasaur Seas.
Erika teams up with her Vileplume as a Grass-type Tech sync pair, joining after Chapter 4 of the main story, 'From Bud to Blossom'. You can also hatch a Gloom from an Egg and evolve it.
Found on floors 1–3 of Great Canyon and 65–79 of Purity Forest.
Listed as #015 in Pokopia's Pokédex, with Gold's famous line about the world's largest petals.
Moves
Red and Green's Vileplume was a walking pollen cloud. It arrived knowing Stun Spore, Sleep Powder, Acid and Petal Dance, added PoisonPowder at 15 before repeating Stun Spore and Sleep Powder at 17 and 19, and leant on TMs such as Mega Drain, SolarBeam and Swords Dance for the rest. Gold and Silver trimmed its own list to four starting moves, so savvy trainers taught Oddish and Gloom their tricks before reaching for the Leaf Stone; Ruby and Sapphire added soothing Aromatherapy, and Diamond and Pearl finally let it learn SolarBeam by level, at 65.
Later games kept the garden growing. X and Y brought Petal Blizzard, Sun and Moon pushed Solar Beam back to 69, and Let's Go handed it a 200-power Solar Beam from the very start. Sword and Shield went further, folding the whole Oddish family's repertoire, the moonlit Moonblast and Moonlight included, into a 16-move starting list with Petal Blizzard learnt on evolving. Scarlet and Violet keep that list, minus Aromatherapy, and add TMs such as Leaf Storm and Solar Blade.
Signature moves
Vileplume's flower-power frenzy. Red and Blue hand it over from the start at 70 power; later games make it wait (level 44 in Ruby and Sapphire, 53 in Diamond and Pearl, 59 in Omega Ruby, Alpha Sapphire, Sun and Moon), and since Sword and Shield it is a starting move again, now at 120 power.
The paralysing pollen is in every Vileplume level-up list from Red and Blue to Scarlet and Violet, Let's Go aside, where it has to come from Oddish or Gloom.
Known from the start in Red and Blue (and learnt again at 19), it then had to be picked up as an Oddish or Gloom in every game from Gold and Silver to Let's Go, until Sword and Shield put it back in the starting list.
The calming scent that cures the whole party's status problems arrived in Ruby and Sapphire and was a starting move in every game up to Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl, Let's Go excepted. Scarlet and Violet leave it out.
A TM in every main game since Red and Blue (TM22 for years), it joined the level-up list in Diamond and Pearl at 65 (64 in Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire, 69 in Sun and Moon), and Let's Go teaches it from the start with a whopping 200 power.
The swirling storm of petals debuted in X and Y at level 50 (49 in Omega Ruby, Alpha Sapphire, Sun and Moon). Since Sword and Shield Vileplume learns it the moment it evolves, and Scarlet and Violet stock it as TM206.
A surprise Fairy-type finisher: in Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire an Oddish could learn it and keep it after evolving, and since Sword and Shield Vileplume knows it from the start, alongside Moonlight.
Complete learnsets
Generation I · Red, Green, Blue & Yellow7 level-up · 16 TM/HM
Vileplume never grows wild in the first games: in Red, Yellow and the Japanese Blue a Leaf Stone turns Gloom into one, while players of the international Blue have to trade for it. It arrives already knowing Stun Spore, Sleep Powder, Acid and Petal Dance, and still picks up PoisonPowder at 15, Stun Spore at 17 and Sleep Powder at 19, handy if the stone came out early. Absorb is the one move it has to learn as an Oddish or Gloom. The TM case holds 15 TMs, among them Swords Dance, Mega Drain, SolarBeam and Hyper Beam, plus HM01 Cut. In this era a move's category follows its type, so Acid counts as physical and Petal Dance as special. Flash (HM05 in Gold, Silver and Crystal), Razor Leaf (an Egg Move there) and Leech Seed (known by an event Oddish) can travel back through the Time Capsule.
By level-up
| RGBY | Move | Type | Cat. | Pwr. | Acc. | PP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Stun Spore | Grass | Status | — | 75 | 30 |
| 1 | Sleep Powder | Grass | Status | — | 75 | 15 |
| 1 | Acid | Poison | Physical | 40 | 100 | 30 |
| 1 | Petal Dance | Grass | Special | 70 | 100 | 20 |
| 15 | PoisonPowder | Poison | Status | — | 75 | 35 |
| 17 | Stun Spore | Grass | Status | — | 75 | 30 |
| 19 | Sleep Powder | Grass | Status | — | 75 | 15 |
By TM / HM / TR
| No. | Move | Type | Cat. | Pwr. | Acc. | PP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TM03 | Swords Dance | Normal | Status | — | — | 30 |
| TM06 | Toxic | Poison | Status | — | 85 | 10 |
| TM08 | Body Slam | Normal | Physical | 85 | 100 | 15 |
| 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 |
| TM22 | SolarBeam | Grass | Special | 120 | 100 | 10 |
| TM31 | Mimic | Normal | Status | — | 100 | 10 |
| TM32 | Double Team | Normal | Status | — | — | 15 |
| TM33 | Reflect | Psychic | Status | — | — | 20 |
| TM34 | Bide | Normal | Physical | — | — | 10 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Absorb | Grass | Special | 20 | 100 | 20 | Oddish, Gloom · level-up |
By transfer
| Move | From |
|---|---|
| Flash | Gen II (HM) |
| Leech Seed | Gen II (event Oddish from the New York City Pokémon Center) |
| Razor Leaf | Gen II (Egg Move) |
Generation II · Gold, Silver & Crystal4 level-up · 21 TM/HM · 5 egg
Gold, Silver and Crystal still have no wild Vileplume, so it is Gloom plus a Leaf Stone once more. Its own level-up list shrinks to four starting moves, Absorb, Sweet Scent, Stun Spore and Petal Dance, which means PoisonPowder, Sleep Powder, Acid and the brand-new Moonlight have to be learnt as an Oddish or Gloom before evolving. New TMs include Giga Drain, Sludge Bomb, Sunny Day and Curse, a ???-type move here. Breeding arrives with five Egg Moves, Synthesis and Swords Dance among them; Charm is listed only for Gold and Silver, and no father in those games can actually pass it on. An Oddish from the New York City Pokémon Center event came knowing Leech Seed. Nine moves from the Red, Blue and Yellow TM case, from Bide to Take Down, can come forward through the Time Capsule. Categories still follow type, and Hidden Power's depends on the type it rolls.
By level-up
| GSC | Move | Type | Cat. | Pwr. | Acc. | PP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Absorb | Grass | Special | 20 | 100 | 20 |
| 1 | Sweet Scent | Normal | Status | — | 100 | 20 |
| 1 | Stun Spore | Grass | Status | — | 75 | 30 |
| 1 | Petal Dance | Grass | Special | 70 | 100 | 20 |
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 |
| TM22 | SolarBeam | Grass | Special | 120 | 100 | 10 |
| 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 |
| TM44 | Rest | Psychic | Status | — | — | 10 |
| TM45 | Attract | Normal | Status | — | 100 | 15 |
| HM01 | Cut | Normal | Physical | 50 | 95 | 30 |
| HM05 | Flash | Normal | Status | — | 70 | 20 |
By breeding (egg moves)
| Move | Type | Cat. | Pwr. | Acc. | PP | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charm | Normal | Status | — | 100 | 20 | No legitimate father can pass it down |
| Flail | Normal | Physical | — | 100 | 15 | Chikorita, Bayleef, Meganium (chain breeding needed) |
| Razor Leaf | Grass | Special | 55 | 95 | 25 | Bulbasaur, Ivysaur, Venusaur, Bellsprout, Weepinbell, Victreebel, Chikorita, Bayleef and 2 more |
| Swords Dance | Normal | Status | — | — | 30 | Bulbasaur, Ivysaur, Venusaur, Oddish, Gloom, Vileplume, Paras, Parasect and 4 more (the parent must have learnt it in an earlier generation) |
| Synthesis | Grass | Status | — | — | 5 | Bulbasaur, Ivysaur, Venusaur, Chikorita, Bayleef, Meganium, Hoppip, Skiploom and 2 more |
From its pre-evolution
| Move | Type | Cat. | Pwr. | Acc. | PP | Learnt as |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PoisonPowder | Poison | Status | — | 75 | 35 | Oddish, Gloom · level-up |
| Sleep Powder | Grass | Status | — | 75 | 15 | Oddish, Gloom · level-up |
| Acid | Poison | Physical | 40 | 100 | 30 | Oddish, Gloom · level-up |
| Moonlight | Normal | Status | — | — | 5 | Oddish, Gloom · level-up |
| Leech Seed | Grass | Status | — | 90 | 10 | Oddish · event |
By transfer
| Move | From |
|---|---|
| Bide | Gen I (TM) |
| Body Slam | Gen I (TM) |
| Double-Edge | Gen I (TM) |
| Mega Drain | Gen I (TM) |
| Mimic | Gen I (TM) |
| Rage | Gen I (TM) |
| Reflect | Gen I (TM) |
| Substitute | Gen I (TM) |
| Take Down | Gen I (TM) |
Generation III · Ruby, Sapphire, Emerald, FireRed & LeafGreen (tutor data also covers XD)5 level-up · 18 TM/HM · 6 egg · 9 tutor
Ruby, Sapphire, Emerald and FireRed all rely on the Leaf Stone; LeafGreen players have to trade for a Vileplume, and Colosseum and XD have none. The soothing Aromatherapy joins Absorb, Mega Drain and Stun Spore at the start, and Petal Dance is no longer known from the beginning: it now blooms at level 44. Bullet Seed, Facade and Secret Power join the TMs, Ingrain becomes an Egg Move and Charm can now be chain-bred from Shroomish. Move tutors finally have something for Vileplume: five moves in FireRed and LeafGreen (Swords Dance among them), all nine in Emerald and five in Pokémon XD. Sweet Scent, PoisonPowder, Sleep Powder, Acid and Moonlight still have to come from Oddish or Gloom, and an Oddish from Japan's Egg Pokémon Present event knew Leech Seed. Categories still follow type, so Sludge Bomb is physical and Bullet Seed special.
By level-up
| RSE/FRLG | Move | Type | Cat. | Pwr. | Acc. | PP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Aromatherapy | Grass | Status | — | — | 5 |
| 1 | Absorb | Grass | Special | 20 | 100 | 20 |
| 1 | Mega Drain | Grass | Special | 40 | 100 | 10 |
| 1 | Stun Spore | Grass | Status | — | 75 | 30 |
| 44 | Petal Dance | Grass | Special | 70 | 100 | 20 |
By TM / HM / TR
| No. | Move | Type | Cat. | Pwr. | Acc. | PP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TM06 | Toxic | Poison | Status | — | 85 | 10 |
| TM09 | Bullet Seed | Grass | Special | 10 | 100 | 30 |
| 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 |
| TM32 | Double Team | Normal | Status | — | — | 15 |
| TM36 | Sludge Bomb | Poison | Physical | 90 | 100 | 10 |
| 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 |
| HM01 | Cut | Normal | Physical | 50 | 95 | 30 |
| HM05 | Flash | Normal | Status | — | 70 | 20 |
By breeding (egg moves)
| Move | Type | Cat. | Pwr. | Acc. | PP | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charm | Normal | Status | — | 100 | 20 | Shroomish, Breloom (chain breeding needed) |
| Flail | Normal | Physical | — | 100 | 15 | Chikorita, Bayleef, Meganium (chain breeding needed) |
| Ingrain | Grass | Status | — | — | 20 | Tangela, Sunkern, Sunflora, Roselia, Cacnea, Cacturne |
| Razor Leaf | Grass | Special | 55 | 95 | 25 | Bulbasaur, Ivysaur, Venusaur, Bellsprout, Weepinbell, Victreebel, Chikorita, Bayleef and 3 more |
| Swords Dance | Normal | Status | — | — | 30 | Bulbasaur, Ivysaur, Venusaur, Oddish, Gloom, Vileplume, Bellossom, Paras and 25 more |
| Synthesis | Grass | Status | — | — | 5 | Bulbasaur, Ivysaur, Venusaur, Chikorita, Bayleef, Meganium, Hoppip, Skiploom and 4 more |
By move tutor
| Move | Type | Cat. | Pwr. | Acc. | PP | Games |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Body Slam | Normal | Physical | 85 | 100 | 15 | FRLG, Emerald, XD |
| Double-Edge | Normal | Physical | 120 | 100 | 15 | FRLG, Emerald, XD |
| Endure | Normal | Status | — | — | 10 | 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 |
| Swords Dance | Normal | Status | — | — | 30 | FRLG, Emerald |
From its pre-evolution
| Move | Type | Cat. | Pwr. | Acc. | PP | Learnt as |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sweet Scent | Normal | Status | — | 100 | 20 | Oddish, Gloom · level-up |
| PoisonPowder | Poison | Status | — | 75 | 35 | Oddish, Gloom · level-up |
| Sleep Powder | Grass | Status | — | 75 | 15 | Oddish, Gloom · level-up |
| Acid | Poison | Physical | 40 | 100 | 30 | Oddish, Gloom · level-up |
| Moonlight | Normal | Status | — | — | 5 | Oddish, Gloom · level-up |
| Leech Seed | Grass | Status | — | 90 | 10 | Oddish · event |
Generation IV · Diamond, Pearl, Platinum, HeartGold & SoulSilver6 level-up · 30 TM/HM · 8 egg · 5 tutor
Diamond, Pearl, Platinum, HeartGold and SoulSilver stick with the Leaf Stone, and a Vileplume from the Game Boy Advance games can be brought over through Pal Park's Forest area. Every move now has its own physical or special category, so Sludge Bomb turns special and Bullet Seed physical. The start is Aromatherapy, Mega Drain, PoisonPowder and Stun Spore; Petal Dance (now 90 power) moves to level 53, and SolarBeam finally joins the level-up list at 65. The TM case grows to 29 TMs plus HM01 Cut, with Energy Ball, Grass Knot, Drain Punch, Giga Impact and Swords Dance among the arrivals. Tickle becomes an Egg Move, and HeartGold and SoulSilver add Teeter Dance through chain breeding. Platinum's tutors teach Gastro Acid, Seed Bomb, Snore and Synthesis, and HeartGold and SoulSilver add Worry Seed. Lucky Chant is a new move to pick up as an Oddish or Gloom.
By level-up
| DPPt/HGSS | Move | Type | Cat. | Pwr. | Acc. | PP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Aromatherapy | Grass | Status | — | — | 5 |
| 1 | Mega Drain | Grass | Special | 40 | 100 | 15 |
| 1 | PoisonPowder | Poison | Status | — | 75 | 35 |
| 1 | Stun Spore | Grass | Status | — | 75 | 30 |
| 53 | Petal Dance | Grass | Special | 90 | 100 | 20 |
| 65 | SolarBeam | Grass | Special | 120 | 100 | 10 |
By TM / HM / TR
| No. | Move | Type | Cat. | Pwr. | Acc. | PP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TM06 | Toxic | Poison | Status | — | 85 | 10 |
| TM09 | Bullet Seed | Grass | Physical | 10 | 100 | 30 |
| 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 |
| TM32 | Double Team | Normal | Status | — | — | 15 |
| TM36 | Sludge Bomb | Poison | Special | 90 | 100 | 10 |
| 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 |
| TM53 | Energy Ball | Grass | Special | 80 | 100 | 10 |
| TM56 | Fling | Dark | Physical | — | 100 | 10 |
| TM58 | Endure | Normal | Status | — | — | 10 |
| TM60 | Drain Punch | Fighting | Physical | 60 | 100 | 5 |
| 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 |
| TM82 | Sleep Talk | Normal | Status | — | — | 10 |
| TM83 | Natural Gift | Normal | Physical | — | 100 | 15 |
| TM86 | Grass Knot | Grass | Special | — | 100 | 20 |
| TM87 | Swagger | Normal | Status | — | 90 | 15 |
| TM90 | Substitute | Normal | Status | — | — | 10 |
| HM01 | Cut | Normal | Physical | 50 | 95 | 30 |
By breeding (egg moves)
| Move | Type | Cat. | Pwr. | Acc. | PP | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charm | Normal | Status | — | 100 | 20 | Shroomish (chain breeding needed) |
| Flail | Normal | Physical | — | 100 | 15 | Chikorita (chain breeding needed) |
| Ingrain | Grass | Status | — | — | 20 | Tangela, Sunkern, Sunflora, Roselia, Cacnea, Cacturne, Carnivine, Snover and 2 more |
| Razor Leaf | Grass | Physical | 55 | 95 | 25 | Bulbasaur, Ivysaur, Venusaur, Bellsprout, Weepinbell, Victreebel, Chikorita, Bayleef and 8 more |
| Swords Dance | Normal | Status | — | — | 30 | Bulbasaur, Ivysaur, Venusaur, Oddish, Gloom, Vileplume, Paras, Parasect and 36 more |
| Synthesis | Grass | Status | — | — | 5 | Bulbasaur, Ivysaur, Venusaur, Chikorita, Bayleef, Meganium, Hoppip, Skiploom and 9 more |
| Teeter Dance | Normal | Status | — | 100 | 20 | Cacnea (chain breeding needed) |
| Tickle | Normal | Status | — | 100 | 20 | Tangela, Tangrowth |
By move tutor
| Move | Type | Cat. | Pwr. | Acc. | PP | Games |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gastro Acid | Poison | Status | — | 100 | 10 | Pt, HGSS |
| Seed Bomb | Grass | Physical | 80 | 100 | 15 | Pt, HGSS |
| Snore | Normal | Special | 40 | 100 | 15 | Pt, HGSS |
| Synthesis | Grass | Status | — | — | 5 | Pt, HGSS |
| Worry Seed | Grass | Status | — | 100 | 10 | HGSS |
From its pre-evolution
| Move | Type | Cat. | Pwr. | Acc. | PP | Learnt as |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Absorb | Grass | Special | 20 | 100 | 25 | Oddish, Gloom · level-up |
| Sweet Scent | Normal | Status | — | 100 | 20 | Oddish, Gloom · level-up |
| Acid | Poison | Special | 40 | 100 | 30 | Oddish, Gloom · level-up |
| Sleep Powder | Grass | Status | — | 75 | 15 | Oddish, Gloom · level-up |
| Lucky Chant | Normal | Status | — | — | 30 | Oddish, Gloom · level-up |
| Moonlight | Normal | Status | — | — | 5 | Oddish, Gloom · level-up |
By transfer
| Move | From |
|---|---|
| Body Slam | Gen III (tutor) |
| Double-Edge | Gen III (tutor) |
| Leech Seed | Gen III (event Oddish from Japan's Egg Pokémon Present) |
| Mimic | Gen III (tutor) |
Generation V · Black, White, Black 2 & White 26 level-up · 24 TM/HM · 10 egg · 9 tutor
Of the four Unova games, only White offers Vileplume, by evolving a Gloom with a Leaf Stone; in Black, Black 2 and White 2 it has to be traded in. Its level-up list is unchanged, but Petal Dance now hits for 120. Venoshock and Round arrive in the TM case, while Giga Drain, Bullet Seed, Drain Punch, Endure, Captivate, Secret Power, Sleep Talk and Natural Gift leave it (23 TMs plus Cut). After You, Nature Power and Secret Power become Egg Moves, Secret Power only from a parent that learnt it in an earlier generation, and Swords Dance is no longer one. Black 2 and White 2 bring nine tutor moves, Giga Drain and Drain Punch included; in Black and White, Giga Drain has to be learnt as an Oddish or Gloom. Natural Gift joins the moves to learn before evolving.
By level-up
| BW/B2W2 | Move | Type | Cat. | Pwr. | Acc. | PP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mega Drain | Grass | Special | 40 | 100 | 15 |
| 1 | Aromatherapy | Grass | Status | — | — | 5 |
| 1 | Stun Spore | Grass | Status | — | 75 | 30 |
| 1 | PoisonPowder | Poison | Status | — | 75 | 35 |
| 53 | Petal Dance | Grass | Special | 120 | 100 | 10 |
| 65 | SolarBeam | Grass | Special | 120 | 100 | 10 |
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 |
| TM32 | Double Team | Normal | Status | — | — | 15 |
| TM36 | Sludge Bomb | Poison | Special | 90 | 100 | 10 |
| TM42 | Facade | Normal | Physical | 70 | 100 | 20 |
| TM44 | Rest | Psychic | Status | — | — | 10 |
| TM45 | Attract | Normal | Status | — | 100 | 15 |
| TM48 | Round | Normal | Special | 60 | 100 | 15 |
| TM53 | Energy Ball | Grass | Special | 80 | 100 | 10 |
| TM56 | Fling | Dark | Physical | — | 100 | 10 |
| TM68 | Giga Impact | Normal | Physical | 150 | 90 | 5 |
| TM70 | Flash | Normal | Status | — | 100 | 20 |
| TM75 | Swords Dance | Normal | Status | — | — | 30 |
| TM86 | Grass Knot | Grass | Special | — | 100 | 20 |
| TM87 | Swagger | Normal | Status | — | 90 | 15 |
| TM90 | Substitute | Normal | Status | — | — | 10 |
| HM01 | Cut | Normal | Physical | 50 | 95 | 30 |
By breeding (egg moves)
| Move | Type | Cat. | Pwr. | Acc. | PP | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| After You | Normal | Status | — | — | 15 | Maractus |
| Charm | Normal | Status | — | 100 | 20 | Cottonee |
| Flail | Normal | Physical | — | 100 | 15 | Paras, Chikorita (chain breeding needed) |
| Ingrain | Grass | Status | — | — | 20 | Tangela, Tangrowth, Sunkern, Sunflora, Roselia, Cacnea, Cacturne, Carnivine and 7 more |
| Nature Power | Normal | Status | — | — | 20 | Lotad, Lombre, Ludicolo, Seedot, Nuzleaf |
| Razor Leaf | Grass | Physical | 55 | 95 | 25 | Bulbasaur, Ivysaur, Venusaur, Bellsprout, Weepinbell, Victreebel, Chikorita, Bayleef and 12 more |
| Secret Power | Normal | Physical | 70 | 100 | 20 | Bulbasaur, Ivysaur, Venusaur, Oddish, Gloom, Vileplume, Bellossom, Paras and 37 more (the parent must have learnt it in an earlier generation) |
| Synthesis | Grass | Status | — | — | 5 | Bulbasaur, Ivysaur, Venusaur, Chikorita, Bayleef, Meganium, Hoppip, Skiploom and 11 more |
| Teeter Dance | Normal | Status | — | 100 | 20 | Cacnea (chain breeding needed) |
| Tickle | Normal | Status | — | 100 | 20 | Tangela, Tangrowth |
By move tutor
| Move | Type | Cat. | Pwr. | Acc. | PP | Games |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| After You | Normal | Status | — | — | 15 | B2W2 |
| Drain Punch | Fighting | Physical | 75 | 100 | 10 | B2W2 |
| Gastro Acid | Poison | Status | — | 100 | 10 | B2W2 |
| Giga Drain | Grass | Special | 75 | 100 | 10 | B2W2 |
| Seed Bomb | Grass | Physical | 80 | 100 | 15 | B2W2 |
| Sleep Talk | Normal | Status | — | — | 10 | B2W2 |
| Snore | Normal | Special | 40 | 100 | 15 | B2W2 |
| Synthesis | Grass | Status | — | — | 5 | B2W2 |
| Worry Seed | Grass | Status | — | 100 | 10 | B2W2 |
From its pre-evolution
| Move | Type | Cat. | Pwr. | Acc. | PP | Learnt as |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Absorb | Grass | Special | 20 | 100 | 25 | Oddish, Gloom · level-up |
| Sweet Scent | Normal | Status | — | 100 | 20 | Oddish, Gloom · level-up |
| Acid | Poison | Special | 40 | 100 | 30 | Oddish, Gloom · level-up |
| Sleep Powder | Grass | Status | — | 75 | 15 | Oddish, Gloom · level-up |
| Lucky Chant | Normal | Status | — | — | 30 | Oddish, Gloom · level-up |
| Natural Gift | Normal | Physical | — | 100 | 15 | Oddish, Gloom · level-up |
| Moonlight | Normal | Status | — | — | 5 | Oddish, Gloom · level-up |
| Giga Drain | Grass | Special | 75 | 100 | 10 | Oddish, Gloom · level-up · BW |
By transfer
| Move | From |
|---|---|
| Body Slam | Gen III (tutor) |
| Bullet Seed | Gen III–IV (TM) |
| Captivate | Gen IV (TM) |
| Double-Edge | Gen III (tutor) |
| Endure | Gen III (tutor), Gen IV (TM) |
| Leech Seed | Gen III (event Oddish from Japan's Egg Pokémon Present) |
| Mimic | Gen III (tutor) |
Generation VI · X, Y, Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire7 level-up · 31 TM/HM · 10 egg · 8 tutor
X, Y, Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire all rely on the Leaf Stone. The new Petal Blizzard blows in at level 50 in X and Y; Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire teach it at 49 and move Petal Dance to 59 and Solar Beam to 64 (53 and 65 in X and Y). The squashed old names are gone (Poison Powder, Solar Beam), Charm and Moonlight turn Fairy-type, and Safeguard, Infestation, Sleep Talk, Nature Power, Dazzling Gleam and Confide join the TMs, with Secret Power (TM94) in Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire only. Those two games also bring back the tutor moves of Black 2 and White 2, minus Sleep Talk. Grassy Terrain becomes a move to learn as an Oddish or Gloom, and in Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire an Oddish can learn Moonblast and keep it after evolving.
By level-up
| XY | ORAS | Move | Type | Cat. | Pwr. | Acc. | PP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Mega Drain | Grass | Special | 40 | 100 | 15 |
| 1 | 1 | Aromatherapy | Grass | Status | — | — | 5 |
| 1 | 1 | Poison Powder | Poison | Status | — | 75 | 35 |
| 1 | 1 | Stun Spore | Grass | Status | — | 75 | 30 |
| 50 | 49 | Petal Blizzard | Grass | Physical | 90 | 100 | 15 |
| 53 | 59 | Petal Dance | Grass | Special | 120 | 100 | 10 |
| 65 | 64 | Solar Beam | Grass | Special | 120 | 100 | 10 |
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 | |
| TM20 | Safeguard | Normal | Status | — | — | 25 | |
| TM21 | Frustration | Normal | Physical | — | 100 | 20 | |
| TM22 | Solar Beam | Grass | Special | 120 | 100 | 10 | |
| TM27 | Return | Normal | Physical | — | 100 | 20 | |
| TM32 | Double Team | Normal | Status | — | — | 15 | |
| TM36 | Sludge Bomb | Poison | Special | 90 | 100 | 10 | |
| TM42 | Facade | Normal | Physical | 70 | 100 | 20 | |
| TM44 | Rest | Psychic | Status | — | — | 10 | |
| TM45 | Attract | Normal | Status | — | 100 | 15 | |
| TM48 | Round | Normal | Special | 60 | 100 | 15 | |
| TM53 | Energy Ball | Grass | Special | 90 | 100 | 10 | |
| TM56 | Fling | Dark | Physical | — | 100 | 10 | |
| TM68 | Giga Impact | Normal | Physical | 150 | 90 | 5 | |
| TM70 | Flash | Normal | Status | — | 100 | 20 | |
| TM75 | Swords Dance | Normal | Status | — | — | 20 | |
| TM83 | Infestation | Bug | Special | 20 | 100 | 20 | |
| TM86 | Grass Knot | Grass | Special | — | 100 | 20 | |
| TM87 | Swagger | Normal | Status | — | 90 | 15 | |
| TM88 | Sleep Talk | Normal | Status | — | — | 10 | |
| TM90 | Substitute | Normal | Status | — | — | 10 | |
| TM94 | Secret Power | Normal | Physical | 70 | 100 | 20 | ORAS |
| TM96 | Nature Power | Normal | Status | — | — | 20 | |
| TM99 | Dazzling Gleam | Fairy | Special | 80 | 100 | 10 | |
| TM100 | Confide | Normal | Status | — | — | 20 | |
| HM01 | Cut | Normal | Physical | 50 | 95 | 30 |
By breeding (egg moves)
| Move | Type | Cat. | Pwr. | Acc. | PP | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| After You | Normal | Status | — | — | 15 | Maractus |
| Charm | Fairy | Status | — | 100 | 20 | Cottonee |
| Flail | Normal | Physical | — | 100 | 15 | Paras, Chikorita (chain breeding needed) |
| Ingrain | Grass | Status | — | — | 20 | Tangela, Tangrowth, Sunkern, Sunflora, Roselia, Cacnea, Cacturne, Carnivine and 9 more |
| Nature Power | Normal | Status | — | — | 20 | Lotad, Lombre, Ludicolo, Seedot, Nuzleaf |
| Razor Leaf | Grass | Physical | 55 | 95 | 25 | Bulbasaur, Ivysaur, Venusaur, Bellsprout, Weepinbell, Victreebel, Chikorita, Bayleef and 12 more |
| Secret Power | Normal | Physical | 70 | 100 | 20 | Bulbasaur, Ivysaur, Venusaur, Oddish, Gloom, Vileplume, Bellossom, Paras and 37 more (the parent must have learnt it in an earlier generation) |
| Synthesis | Grass | Status | — | — | 5 | Bulbasaur, Ivysaur, Venusaur, Chikorita, Bayleef, Meganium, Hoppip, Skiploom and 11 more |
| Teeter Dance | Normal | Status | — | 100 | 20 | Cacnea (chain breeding needed) |
| Tickle | Normal | Status | — | 100 | 20 | Tangela, Tangrowth |
By move tutor
| Move | Type | Cat. | Pwr. | Acc. | PP | Games |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| After You | Normal | Status | — | — | 15 | ORAS |
| Drain Punch | Fighting | Physical | 75 | 100 | 10 | ORAS |
| Gastro Acid | Poison | Status | — | 100 | 10 | ORAS |
| Giga Drain | Grass | Special | 75 | 100 | 10 | ORAS |
| Seed Bomb | Grass | Physical | 80 | 100 | 15 | ORAS |
| Snore | Normal | Special | 50 | 100 | 15 | ORAS |
| Synthesis | Grass | Status | — | — | 5 | ORAS |
| Worry Seed | Grass | Status | — | 100 | 10 | ORAS |
From its pre-evolution
| Move | Type | Cat. | Pwr. | Acc. | PP | Learnt as |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Moonblast | Fairy | Special | 95 | 100 | 15 | Oddish · level-up · ORAS |
| Absorb | Grass | Special | 20 | 100 | 25 | Oddish, Gloom · level-up |
| Sweet Scent | Normal | Status | — | 100 | 20 | Oddish, Gloom · level-up |
| Acid | Poison | Special | 40 | 100 | 30 | Oddish, Gloom · level-up |
| Sleep Powder | Grass | Status | — | 75 | 15 | Oddish, Gloom · level-up |
| Lucky Chant | Normal | Status | — | — | 30 | Oddish, Gloom · level-up |
| Natural Gift | Normal | Physical | — | 100 | 15 | Oddish, Gloom · level-up |
| Moonlight | Fairy | Status | — | — | 5 | Oddish, Gloom · level-up |
| Giga Drain | Grass | Special | 75 | 100 | 10 | Oddish, Gloom · level-up · XY |
| Grassy Terrain | Grass | Status | — | — | 10 | Oddish, Gloom · level-up |
By transfer
| Move | From |
|---|---|
| Body Slam | Gen III (tutor) |
| Bullet Seed | Gen III–IV (TM) |
| Captivate | Gen IV (TM) |
| Double-Edge | Gen III (tutor) |
| Endure | Gen III (tutor), Gen IV (TM) |
| Leech Seed | Gen III (event Oddish from Japan's Egg Pokémon Present) |
| Mimic | Gen III (tutor) |
Generation VII · Sun, Moon, Ultra Sun & Ultra Moon7 level-up · 28 TM/HM · 11 egg · 8 tutor
Vileplume is not found in Alola: in Sun, Moon, Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon it can only be brought in from older games through Pokémon Bank. One level-up list covers all four games, with Petal Blizzard at 49, Petal Dance at 59 and Solar Beam pushed back to 69. HMs are gone, so Cut and Flash drop out, leaving 28 TMs. Strength Sap, from Morelull and Shiinotic, is a new Egg Move in Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon, whose tutors teach the same eight moves as Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire. Growth joins the moves to learn as an Oddish or Gloom, and Moonblast can come from Oddish in all four games. The transfer list now stretches back to Red and Blue, with 14 moves from Bide to Take Down.
By level-up
| SM/USUM | Move | Type | Cat. | Pwr. | Acc. | PP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mega Drain | Grass | Special | 40 | 100 | 15 |
| 1 | Aromatherapy | Grass | Status | — | — | 5 |
| 1 | Poison Powder | Poison | Status | — | 75 | 35 |
| 1 | Stun Spore | Grass | Status | — | 75 | 30 |
| 49 | Petal Blizzard | Grass | Physical | 90 | 100 | 15 |
| 59 | Petal Dance | Grass | Special | 120 | 100 | 10 |
| 69 | Solar Beam | Grass | Special | 120 | 100 | 10 |
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 |
| TM20 | Safeguard | Normal | Status | — | — | 25 |
| TM21 | Frustration | Normal | Physical | — | 100 | 20 |
| TM22 | Solar Beam | Grass | Special | 120 | 100 | 10 |
| TM27 | Return | Normal | Physical | — | 100 | 20 |
| TM32 | Double Team | Normal | Status | — | — | 15 |
| TM36 | Sludge Bomb | Poison | Special | 90 | 100 | 10 |
| TM42 | Facade | Normal | Physical | 70 | 100 | 20 |
| TM44 | Rest | Psychic | Status | — | — | 10 |
| TM45 | Attract | Normal | Status | — | 100 | 15 |
| TM48 | Round | Normal | Special | 60 | 100 | 15 |
| TM53 | Energy Ball | Grass | Special | 90 | 100 | 10 |
| TM56 | Fling | Dark | Physical | — | 100 | 10 |
| TM68 | Giga Impact | Normal | Physical | 150 | 90 | 5 |
| TM75 | Swords Dance | Normal | Status | — | — | 20 |
| TM83 | Infestation | Bug | Special | 20 | 100 | 20 |
| TM86 | Grass Knot | Grass | Special | — | 100 | 20 |
| TM87 | Swagger | Normal | Status | — | 85 | 15 |
| TM88 | Sleep Talk | Normal | Status | — | — | 10 |
| TM90 | Substitute | Normal | Status | — | — | 10 |
| TM96 | Nature Power | Normal | Status | — | — | 20 |
| TM99 | Dazzling Gleam | Fairy | Special | 80 | 100 | 10 |
| TM100 | Confide | Normal | Status | — | — | 20 |
By breeding (egg moves)
| Move | Type | Cat. | Pwr. | Acc. | PP | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| After You | Normal | Status | — | — | 15 | Maractus |
| Charm | Fairy | Status | — | 100 | 20 | Cottonee |
| Flail | Normal | Physical | — | 100 | 15 | Paras, Chikorita, Lotad (chain breeding needed) |
| Ingrain | Grass | Status | — | — | 20 | Tangela, Tangrowth, Sunkern, Sunflora, Roselia, Cacnea, Cacturne, Carnivine and 13 more |
| Nature Power | Normal | Status | — | — | 20 | Lotad, Lombre, Ludicolo, Seedot, Nuzleaf |
| Razor Leaf | Grass | Physical | 55 | 95 | 25 | Bulbasaur, Ivysaur, Venusaur, Bellsprout, Weepinbell, Victreebel, Chikorita, Bayleef and 14 more |
| Secret Power | Normal | Physical | 70 | 100 | 20 | Bulbasaur, Ivysaur, Venusaur, Oddish, Gloom, Vileplume, Bellossom, Paras and 49 more (the parent must have learnt it in an earlier generation) |
| Strength Sap | Grass | Status | — | 100 | 10 | Morelull, Shiinotic |
| Synthesis | Grass | Status | — | — | 5 | Bulbasaur, Ivysaur, Venusaur, Chikorita, Bayleef, Meganium, Hoppip, Skiploom and 14 more |
| Teeter Dance | Normal | Status | — | 100 | 20 | Cacnea (chain breeding needed) |
| Tickle | Normal | Status | — | 100 | 20 | Tangela, Tangrowth |
By move tutor
| Move | Type | Cat. | Pwr. | Acc. | PP | Games |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| After You | Normal | Status | — | — | 15 | USUM |
| Drain Punch | Fighting | Physical | 75 | 100 | 10 | USUM |
| Gastro Acid | Poison | Status | — | 100 | 10 | USUM |
| Giga Drain | Grass | Special | 75 | 100 | 10 | USUM |
| Seed Bomb | Grass | Physical | 80 | 100 | 15 | USUM |
| Snore | Normal | Special | 50 | 100 | 15 | USUM |
| Synthesis | Grass | Status | — | — | 5 | USUM |
| Worry Seed | Grass | Status | — | 100 | 10 | USUM |
From its pre-evolution
| Move | Type | Cat. | Pwr. | Acc. | PP | Learnt as |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Moonblast | Fairy | Special | 95 | 100 | 15 | Oddish · level-up |
| Absorb | Grass | Special | 20 | 100 | 25 | Oddish, Gloom · level-up |
| Growth | Normal | Status | — | — | 20 | Oddish, Gloom · level-up |
| Sweet Scent | Normal | Status | — | 100 | 20 | Oddish, Gloom · level-up |
| Acid | Poison | Special | 40 | 100 | 30 | Oddish, Gloom · level-up |
| Sleep Powder | Grass | Status | — | 75 | 15 | Oddish, Gloom · level-up |
| Lucky Chant | Normal | Status | — | — | 30 | Oddish, Gloom · level-up |
| Moonlight | Fairy | Status | — | — | 5 | Oddish, Gloom · level-up |
| Giga Drain | Grass | Special | 75 | 100 | 10 | Oddish, Gloom · level-up · SM |
| Natural Gift | Normal | Physical | — | 100 | 15 | Oddish, Gloom · level-up |
| Grassy Terrain | Grass | Status | — | — | 10 | Oddish, Gloom · level-up |
By transfer
| Move | From |
|---|---|
| Bide | Gen I (TM) |
| Body Slam | Gen I (TM), Gen III (tutor) |
| Bullet Seed | Gen III–IV (TM) |
| Captivate | Gen IV (TM) |
| Curse | Gen II (TM) |
| Cut | Gen I–II, V–VI (HM) |
| Double-Edge | Gen I (TM), Gen III (tutor) |
| Endure | Gen II (TM), Gen III (tutor), Gen IV (TM) |
| Flash | Gen II (HM), Gen IV–VI (TM) |
| Leech Seed | Gen III (event Oddish from Japan's Egg Pokémon Present) |
| Mimic | Gen I (TM), Gen III (tutor) |
| Rage | Gen I (TM) |
| Reflect | Gen I (TM) |
| Take Down | Gen I (TM) |
Pokémon: Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee!6 level-up · 12 TM/HM
Let's Go, Pikachu! has Vileplume growing wild on Route 21, while Let's Go, Eevee! players have to trade for one. Its moves are rebuilt for these games: Solar Beam, at a mighty 200 power, is known from the start alongside Absorb, Growth, Acid and Poison Powder, and Petal Dance follows at 54. Stun Spore, Sleep Powder, Razor Leaf and Moonblast have to be learnt as an Oddish or Gloom. There is no breeding and no move tutor; the 12 TMs include Dazzling Gleam, Sludge Bomb, Reflect and Headbutt, and Absorb and Mega Drain hit harder here, at 40 and 75 power.
By level-up
| LGPE | Move | Type | Cat. | Pwr. | Acc. | PP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Solar Beam | Grass | Special | 200 | 100 | 10 |
| 1 | Absorb | Grass | Special | 40 | 100 | 15 |
| 1 | Growth | Normal | Status | — | — | 20 |
| 1 | Acid | Poison | Special | 40 | 100 | 30 |
| 1 | Poison Powder | Poison | Status | — | 75 | 35 |
| 54 | Petal Dance | Grass | Special | 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 |
| TM27 | Toxic | Poison | Status | — | 90 | 10 |
| TM32 | Dazzling Gleam | Fairy | Special | 80 | 100 | 10 |
| TM45 | Solar Beam | Grass | Special | 200 | 100 | 10 |
| TM48 | Hyper Beam | Normal | Special | 150 | 90 | 5 |
| TM52 | Sludge Bomb | Poison | Special | 90 | 100 | 10 |
| TM53 | Mega Drain | Grass | Special | 75 | 100 | 10 |
From its pre-evolution
| Move | Type | Cat. | Pwr. | Acc. | PP | Learnt as |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stun Spore | Grass | Status | — | 75 | 30 | Oddish, Gloom · level-up |
| Sleep Powder | Grass | Status | — | 75 | 15 | Oddish, Gloom · level-up |
| Razor Leaf | Grass | Physical | 55 | 95 | 25 | Oddish, Gloom · level-up |
| Moonblast | Fairy | Special | 95 | 100 | 15 | Oddish, Gloom · level-up |
Generation VIII · Sword & Shield (incl. Expansion Pass), Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl17 level-up · 56 TM/HM · 21 egg · 2 tutor
Sword and Shield have Vileplume from the start: it wanders the Wild Area at Dappled Grove, Giant's Mirror and Hammerlocke Hills and appears in Max Raid Battles there and at East Lake Axewell, Giant's Cap, Motostoke Riverbank and North Lake Miloch, while The Crown Tundra adds it to Dynamax Adventures in the Max Lair. Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl bring back the Leaf Stone. Both pairs share one level-up list: 16 moves at level 1, covering all of Oddish's and Gloom's level-up moves, plus Petal Blizzard on evolving, so nothing has to be taught before evolving any more; Solar Beam drops out of it, though TM11 still teaches it. Sword and Shield offer 18 TMs and 12 TRs, Charm, Sludge Wave and Pollen Puff among them; Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl have 26 TMs. Leech Seed is finally a regular Egg Move, the Expansion Pass move tutor teaches Corrosive Gas and Grassy Glide, and 10 of the 23 moves an older Vileplume can bring along cannot be used in Sword and Shield. Vileplume does not appear in Legends: Arceus.
By level-up
| SwSh/BDSP | Move | Type | Cat. | Pwr. | Acc. | PP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Petal Blizzard | Grass | Physical | 90 | 100 | 15 |
| 1 | Aromatherapy | Grass | Status | — | — | 5 |
| 1 | Mega Drain | Grass | Special | 40 | 100 | 15 |
| 1 | Poison Powder | Poison | Status | — | 75 | 35 |
| 1 | Stun Spore | Grass | Status | — | 75 | 30 |
| 1 | Sleep Powder | Grass | Status | — | 75 | 15 |
| 1 | Giga Drain | Grass | Special | 75 | 100 | 10 |
| 1 | Toxic | Poison | Status | — | 90 | 10 |
| 1 | Moonblast | Fairy | Special | 95 | 100 | 15 |
| 1 | Grassy Terrain | Grass | Status | — | — | 10 |
| 1 | Moonlight | Fairy | Status | — | — | 5 |
| 1 | Petal Dance | Grass | Special | 120 | 100 | 10 |
| 1 | Absorb | Grass | Special | 20 | 100 | 25 |
| 1 | Growth | Normal | Status | — | — | 20 |
| 1 | Acid | Poison | Special | 40 | 100 | 30 |
| 1 | Sweet Scent | Normal | Status | — | 100 | 20 |
| Evo. | Petal Blizzard | Grass | Physical | 90 | 100 | 15 |
By TM / HM / TR
| No. | Move | Type | Cat. | Pwr. | Acc. | PP | Games |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TM08 | Hyper Beam | Normal | Special | 150 | 90 | 5 | SwSh |
| TM09 | Giga Impact | Normal | Physical | 150 | 90 | 5 | SwSh |
| TM11 | Solar Beam | Grass | Special | 120 | 100 | 10 | SwSh |
| TM19 | Safeguard | Normal | Status | — | — | 25 | SwSh |
| TM21 | Rest | Psychic | Status | — | — | 10 | SwSh |
| TM24 | Snore | Normal | Special | 50 | 100 | 15 | SwSh |
| TM25 | Protect | Normal | Status | — | — | 10 | SwSh |
| TM28 | Giga Drain | Grass | Special | 75 | 100 | 10 | SwSh |
| TM29 | Charm | Fairy | Status | — | 100 | 20 | SwSh |
| TM31 | Attract | Normal | Status | — | 100 | 15 | SwSh |
| TM34 | Sunny Day | Fire | Status | — | — | 5 | SwSh |
| TM39 | Facade | Normal | Physical | 70 | 100 | 20 | SwSh |
| TM50 | Bullet Seed | Grass | Physical | 25 | 100 | 30 | SwSh |
| TM59 | Fling | Dark | Physical | — | 100 | 10 | SwSh |
| TM63 | Drain Punch | Fighting | Physical | 75 | 100 | 10 | SwSh |
| TM74 | Venoshock | Poison | Special | 65 | 100 | 10 | SwSh |
| TM76 | Round | Normal | Special | 60 | 100 | 15 | SwSh |
| TM88 | Grassy Terrain | Grass | Status | — | — | 10 | SwSh |
| TR00 | Swords Dance | Normal | Status | — | — | 20 | SwSh |
| TR01 | Body Slam | Normal | Physical | 85 | 100 | 15 | SwSh |
| TR20 | Substitute | Normal | Status | — | — | 10 | SwSh |
| TR22 | Sludge Bomb | Poison | Special | 90 | 100 | 10 | SwSh |
| TR26 | Endure | Normal | Status | — | — | 10 | SwSh |
| TR27 | Sleep Talk | Normal | Status | — | — | 10 | SwSh |
| TR59 | Seed Bomb | Grass | Physical | 80 | 100 | 15 | SwSh |
| TR65 | Energy Ball | Grass | Special | 90 | 100 | 10 | SwSh |
| TR77 | Grass Knot | Grass | Special | — | 100 | 20 | SwSh |
| TR78 | Sludge Wave | Poison | Special | 95 | 100 | 10 | SwSh |
| TR92 | Dazzling Gleam | Fairy | Special | 80 | 100 | 10 | SwSh |
| TR96 | Pollen Puff | Bug | Special | 90 | 100 | 15 | SwSh |
| TM06 | Toxic | Poison | Status | — | 90 | 10 | BDSP |
| TM09 | Bullet Seed | Grass | Physical | 25 | 100 | 30 | BDSP |
| TM11 | Sunny Day | Fire | Status | — | — | 5 | BDSP |
| TM15 | Hyper Beam | Normal | Special | 150 | 90 | 5 | BDSP |
| TM17 | Protect | Normal | Status | — | — | 10 | BDSP |
| TM19 | Giga Drain | Grass | Special | 75 | 100 | 10 | BDSP |
| TM20 | Safeguard | Normal | Status | — | — | 25 | BDSP |
| TM21 | Dazzling Gleam | Fairy | Special | 80 | 100 | 10 | BDSP |
| TM22 | Solar Beam | Grass | Special | 120 | 100 | 10 | BDSP |
| TM32 | Double Team | Normal | Status | — | — | 15 | BDSP |
| TM36 | Sludge Bomb | Poison | Special | 90 | 100 | 10 | BDSP |
| TM42 | Facade | Normal | Physical | 70 | 100 | 20 | BDSP |
| TM44 | Rest | Psychic | Status | — | — | 10 | BDSP |
| TM45 | Attract | Normal | Status | — | 100 | 15 | BDSP |
| TM53 | Energy Ball | Grass | Special | 90 | 100 | 10 | BDSP |
| TM56 | Fling | Dark | Physical | — | 100 | 10 | BDSP |
| TM58 | Endure | Normal | Status | — | — | 10 | BDSP |
| TM60 | Drain Punch | Fighting | Physical | 75 | 100 | 10 | BDSP |
| TM68 | Giga Impact | Normal | Physical | 150 | 90 | 5 | BDSP |
| TM70 | Flash | Normal | Status | — | 100 | 20 | BDSP |
| TM75 | Swords Dance | Normal | Status | — | — | 20 | BDSP |
| TM82 | Sleep Talk | Normal | Status | — | — | 10 | BDSP |
| TM86 | Grass Knot | Grass | Special | — | 100 | 20 | BDSP |
| TM87 | Swagger | Normal | Status | — | 85 | 15 | BDSP |
| TM90 | Substitute | Normal | Status | — | — | 10 | BDSP |
| TM93 | Cut | Normal | Physical | 50 | 95 | 30 | BDSP |
By breeding (egg moves)
| Move | Type | Cat. | Pwr. | Acc. | PP | Games | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| After You | Normal | Status | — | — | 15 | SwSh | Maractus |
| Flail | Normal | Physical | — | 100 | 15 | SwSh | Lotad, Lombre, Ludicolo |
| Ingrain | Grass | Status | — | — | 20 | SwSh | Tangela, Tangrowth, Roselia, Roserade, Snover, Abomasnow, Maractus, Foongus and 9 more |
| Leech Seed | Grass | Status | — | 90 | 10 | SwSh | Bulbasaur, Ivysaur, Venusaur, Exeggcute, Exeggutor, Alolan Exeggutor, Roselia, Roserade and 10 more |
| Nature Power | Normal | Status | — | — | 20 | SwSh | Lotad, Lombre, Ludicolo, Seedot, Nuzleaf, Shiftry |
| Razor Leaf | Grass | Physical | 55 | 95 | 25 | SwSh | Bulbasaur, Ivysaur, Venusaur, Nuzleaf, Shiftry, Snover, Abomasnow, Cottonee and 8 more |
| Strength Sap | Grass | Status | — | 100 | 10 | SwSh | Morelull, Shiinotic |
| Synthesis | Grass | Status | — | — | 5 | SwSh | Bulbasaur, Ivysaur, Venusaur, Exeggcute, Exeggutor, Alolan Exeggutor, Seedot, Nuzleaf and 11 more |
| Teeter Dance | Normal | Status | — | 100 | 20 | SwSh | Lombre, Ludicolo |
| Tickle | Normal | Status | — | 100 | 20 | SwSh | Tangela, Tangrowth |
| After You | Normal | Status | — | — | 15 | BDSP | Oddish, Gloom, Vileplume, Bellossom (a parent found in the Grand Underground already knowing it) |
| Charm | Fairy | Status | — | 100 | 20 | BDSP | Shroomish, Breloom (chain breeding needed) |
| Flail | Normal | Physical | — | 100 | 15 | BDSP | Lotad, Lombre, Ludicolo |
| Ingrain | Grass | Status | — | — | 20 | BDSP | Tangela, Tangrowth, Sunkern, Sunflora, Roselia, Roserade, Cacnea, Cacturne and 3 more |
| Leech Seed | Grass | Status | — | 90 | 10 | BDSP | Bulbasaur, Ivysaur, Venusaur, Exeggcute, Exeggutor, Hoppip, Skiploom, Jumpluff and 13 more |
| Nature Power | Normal | Status | — | — | 20 | BDSP | Chikorita, Bayleef, Meganium, Lotad, Lombre, Ludicolo, Seedot, Nuzleaf and 1 more |
| Razor Leaf | Grass | Physical | 55 | 95 | 25 | BDSP | Bulbasaur, Ivysaur, Venusaur, Bellsprout, Weepinbell, Victreebel, Chikorita, Bayleef and 11 more |
| Strength Sap | Grass | Status | — | 100 | 10 | BDSP | Oddish, Gloom, Vileplume, Bellossom (a parent found in the Grand Underground already knowing it) |
| Synthesis | Grass | Status | — | — | 5 | BDSP | Bulbasaur, Ivysaur, Venusaur, Exeggcute, Exeggutor, Chikorita, Bayleef, Meganium and 14 more |
| Teeter Dance | Normal | Status | — | 100 | 20 | BDSP | Lombre, Ludicolo |
| Tickle | Normal | Status | — | 100 | 20 | BDSP | Tangela, Tangrowth |
By move tutor
| Move | Type | Cat. | Pwr. | Acc. | PP | Games |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Corrosive Gas | Poison | Status | — | 100 | 40 | Expansion Pass |
| Grassy Glide | Grass | Physical | 70 | 100 | 20 | Expansion Pass |
By transfer
| Move | From |
|---|---|
| Bide | Gen I (TM) |
| Captivate | Gen IV (TM) |
| Confide | Gen VI–VII (TM) |
| Curse | Gen II (TM) |
| Double-Edge | Gen I (TM), Gen III (tutor) |
| Frustration | Gen II–VII (TM) |
| Gastro Acid | Gen IV–VII (tutor) |
| Headbutt | Gen VII (Let's Go TM) |
| Hidden Power | Gen II–VII (TM) |
| Infestation | Gen VI–VII (TM) |
| Lucky Chant | Gen IV–VII (learnt as Oddish or Gloom) |
| Mimic | Gen I (TM), Gen III (tutor) |
| Natural Gift | Gen IV (TM), Gen V–VII (learnt as Oddish or Gloom) |
| Rage | Gen I (TM) |
| Reflect | Gen I (TM), Gen VII (Let's Go TM) |
| Return | Gen II–VII (TM) |
| Secret Power | Gen III–IV (TM), Gen V (Egg Move), Gen VI (TM or Egg Move), Gen VII (Egg Move) |
| Take Down | Gen I (TM) |
| Worry Seed | Gen IV–VII (tutor) |
Generation IX · Scarlet & Violet (Version 3.0.0+ and The Hidden Treasure of Area Zero)15 level-up · 36 TM/HM · 9 egg
Vileplume reached Scarlet and Violet with Version 3.0.0, the update released alongside The Indigo Disk: it can be traded in, and in Blueberry Academy's Terarium it grows in the Coastal Biome and turns up in 4★ Tera Raid Battles. The level-up list carries over from Sword and Shield minus Aromatherapy, with Petal Blizzard still learnt on evolving. Its 36 TMs add Leaf Storm, Solar Blade, Trailblaze, Magical Leaf, Acid Spray, Weather Ball, Helping Hand and Tera Blast, and Petal Blizzard itself is TM206. Flail, Ingrain, Leech Seed, Razor Leaf, Synthesis and Teeter Dance come from parents, while After You, Strength Sap and Tickle can only be copied with a Mirror Herb. Values are as in these games, so Rest has just 5 PP. Vileplume does not appear in Legends: Z-A.
By level-up
| SV | Move | Type | Cat. | Pwr. | Acc. | PP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mega Drain | Grass | Special | 40 | 100 | 15 |
| 1 | Poison Powder | Poison | Status | — | 75 | 35 |
| 1 | Stun Spore | Grass | Status | — | 75 | 30 |
| 1 | Sleep Powder | Grass | Status | — | 75 | 15 |
| 1 | Giga Drain | Grass | Special | 75 | 100 | 10 |
| 1 | Toxic | Poison | Status | — | 90 | 10 |
| 1 | Moonblast | Fairy | Special | 95 | 100 | 15 |
| 1 | Grassy Terrain | Grass | Status | — | — | 10 |
| 1 | Moonlight | Fairy | Status | — | — | 5 |
| 1 | Petal Dance | Grass | Special | 120 | 100 | 10 |
| 1 | Absorb | Grass | Special | 20 | 100 | 25 |
| 1 | Growth | Normal | Status | — | — | 20 |
| 1 | Acid | Poison | Special | 40 | 100 | 30 |
| 1 | Sweet Scent | Normal | Status | — | 100 | 20 |
| Evo. | Petal Blizzard | Grass | Physical | 90 | 100 | 15 |
By TM / HM / TR
| No. | Move | Type | Cat. | Pwr. | Acc. | PP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TM002 | Charm | Fairy | Status | — | 100 | 20 |
| TM007 | Protect | Normal | Status | — | — | 10 |
| TM013 | Acid Spray | Poison | Special | 40 | 100 | 20 |
| TM020 | Trailblaze | Grass | Physical | 50 | 100 | 20 |
| TM025 | Facade | Normal | Physical | 70 | 100 | 20 |
| TM033 | Magical Leaf | Grass | Special | 60 | — | 20 |
| TM043 | Fling | Dark | Physical | — | 100 | 10 |
| TM045 | Venoshock | Poison | Special | 65 | 100 | 10 |
| TM047 | Endure | Normal | Status | — | — | 10 |
| TM049 | Sunny Day | Fire | Status | — | — | 5 |
| TM056 | Bullet Seed | Grass | Physical | 25 | 100 | 30 |
| TM066 | Body Slam | Normal | Physical | 85 | 100 | 15 |
| TM070 | Sleep Talk | Normal | Status | — | — | 10 |
| TM071 | Seed Bomb | Grass | Physical | 80 | 100 | 15 |
| TM079 | Dazzling Gleam | Fairy | Special | 80 | 100 | 10 |
| TM081 | Grass Knot | Grass | Special | — | 100 | 20 |
| TM085 | Rest | Psychic | Status | — | — | 5 |
| TM088 | Swords Dance | Normal | Status | — | — | 20 |
| TM103 | Substitute | Normal | Status | — | — | 10 |
| TM111 | Giga Drain | Grass | Special | 75 | 100 | 10 |
| TM119 | Energy Ball | Grass | Special | 90 | 100 | 10 |
| TM130 | Helping Hand | Normal | Status | — | — | 20 |
| TM131 | Pollen Puff | Bug | Special | 90 | 100 | 15 |
| TM137 | Grassy Terrain | Grass | Status | — | — | 10 |
| TM148 | Sludge Bomb | Poison | Special | 90 | 100 | 10 |
| TM152 | Giga Impact | Normal | Physical | 150 | 90 | 5 |
| TM159 | Leaf Storm | Grass | Special | 130 | 90 | 5 |
| TM163 | Hyper Beam | Normal | Special | 150 | 90 | 5 |
| TM168 | Solar Beam | Grass | Special | 120 | 100 | 10 |
| TM171 | Tera Blast | Normal | Special | 80 | 100 | 10 |
| TM175 | Toxic | Poison | Status | — | 90 | 10 |
| TM190 | Solar Blade | Grass | Physical | 125 | 100 | 10 |
| TM193 | Weather Ball | Normal | Special | 50 | 100 | 10 |
| TM194 | Grassy Glide | Grass | Physical | 55 | 100 | 20 |
| TM206 | Petal Blizzard | Grass | Physical | 90 | 100 | 15 |
| TM214 | Sludge Wave | Poison | Special | 95 | 100 | 10 |
By breeding (egg moves)
| Move | Type | Cat. | Pwr. | Acc. | PP | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| After You | Normal | Status | — | — | 15 | No parent passes it down: hold a Mirror Herb to copy it from another Pokémon |
| Flail | Normal | Physical | — | 100 | 15 | Lotad, Lombre, Ludicolo, Smoliv, Dolliv, Arboliva |
| Ingrain | Grass | Status | — | — | 20 | Sunflora, Cacnea, Cacturne, Snover, Abomasnow, Foongus, Amoonguss, Phantump and 3 more |
| Leech Seed | Grass | Status | — | 90 | 10 | Bulbasaur, Ivysaur, Venusaur, Exeggcute, Exeggutor, Alolan Exeggutor, Chikorita, Bayleef and 27 more |
| Razor Leaf | Grass | Physical | 55 | 95 | 25 | Bulbasaur, Ivysaur, Venusaur, Bellsprout, Weepinbell, Victreebel, Chikorita, Bayleef and 23 more |
| Strength Sap | Grass | Status | — | 100 | 10 | No parent passes it down: hold a Mirror Herb to copy it from another Pokémon |
| Synthesis | Grass | Status | — | — | 5 | Bulbasaur, Ivysaur, Venusaur, Exeggcute, Exeggutor, Alolan Exeggutor, Chikorita, Bayleef and 17 more |
| Teeter Dance | Normal | Status | — | 100 | 20 | Lombre, Ludicolo |
| Tickle | Normal | Status | — | 100 | 20 | No parent passes it down: hold a Mirror Herb to copy it from another Pokémon |
04On screen
Vileplume in the anime
Debut EP026Pokémon Scent-sation! · First major role EP048Holy Matrimony! · Its appearances on screen, and 6 other trainers who raised one.
Vileplume first bloomed on screen at Erika's Celadon Gym (EP026), but its first real role went to a far less gentle owner. Jessebelle – the formidable fiancée James ran away from to join Team Rocket – used her Vileplume's Stun Spore to paralyse half the cast in Holy Matrimony! (EP048) – the same episode in which it took the Who's That Pokémon? spotlight. That set the tone for the Flower Pokémon's whole career: wherever those giant petals appear, somebody is about to be paralysed, poisoned or sent to sleep.
Wild Vileplume have kept Ash and his friends on their toes ever since. Ash and Tracey fell straight into one's flower in The Stun Spore Detour (EP110), a meadow full of them waged a wind-driven turf war with the Bellossom (EP239), guardian Vileplume defended a treasure in Sinnoh (DP181), and a Laquium-poisoned Vileplume tested Liko and Roy in Pokémon Horizons (HZ094). Trainers have found plenty of uses for it too: Nicolette's Vileplume tested May's Munchlax, Sheridan's secretly kept Team Rocket's Pokémon on their feet, Neesha's was copied by Mewtwo, James borrowed one from the Rocket Prize Master – and Erika's has followed her from the Celadon Gym to Pokémon Origins.
Other trainers’ Vileplume
First seen: EP048Holy Matrimony!
Vileplume is the only Pokémon Jessebelle has ever been seen with. She has raised it since it was an Oddish, and it blossomed through Gloom into Vileplume after James fled their arranged engagement. When James's past caught up with him in Holy Matrimony!, she used its Stun Spore to stop him running again – paralysing Ash, Misty and Brock along the way. James escaped on the back of his old friend Growlie, and when Jessebelle and Vileplume burst through a wall for round two, Growlie's Flamethrower and Pikachu's Thunder Shock sent them running (EP048). Jessebelle tracked James down again in Sinnoh, where Vileplume's Solar Beam smashed down a tunnel door so she could reach him (DP153).
- EP048Holy Matrimony! · vs Growlie and Pikachu Lost
First seen: EP026Pokémon Scent-sation!
The very first Vileplume in the anime lived at the Celadon Gym, where Erika let it roam as it pleased. It took no part in her Gym battle with Ash – she used Tangela, Weepinbell and Gloom, and the match ended unfinished when Team Rocket's bomb set the Gym ablaze – and once the fire broke out, a caretaker recalled it safely into its Poké Ball (EP026). Vileplume has stayed at Erika's side in other animation too: in Pokémon Origins it was her pick against Red, only to fall to his Charmeleon as he claimed the Rainbow Badge (PO03), and it also turns up with her in the Pokémon Masters Animated Trailer.
- PO03File 3: Giovanni (Pokémon Origins) · vs Charmeleon Lost
First seen: XY057Thawing an Icy Panic!
Kalos's Grass-type Gym Leader keeps several Vileplume on his ranch alongside a group of Oddish, as seen in Thawing an Icy Panic! (XY057). They sat out Ash's Coumarine Gym battle in the very next episode, which Ramos fought – and lost – with Jumpluff, Weepinbell and Gogoat (XY058).
First seen: AG150May's Egg-Cellent Adventure
Nicolette's parents raise Pokémon Eggs at a Kanto breeding centre, and she dreamed of becoming a Coordinator but doubted she could leave home. Meeting May, she challenged her to a battle, and Vileplume started strongly – Petal Dance left Munchlax confused and Stun Spore paralysed it – until Munchlax pulled out a brand-new Focus Punch and a Solar Beam that clipped Vileplume and knocked it out. When Team Rocket tried to steal the Eggs, Vileplume's Stun Spore and Petal Dance sent their balloon reeling, its Bullet Seed tore the arms off their mecha, and it joined Munchlax in a double Solar Beam before Pikachu's first Volt Tackle finished the job. Inspired by May, Nicolette set out on a journey of her own (AG150).
- AG150May's Egg-Cellent Adventure · vs Munchlax Lost
- AG150May's Egg-Cellent Adventure · vs Meowth balloon and mecha Won
First seen: AG052Cheer Pressure
Sheridan ran a cheering school that claimed rousing support could heal Pokémon – but it was a money-making fraud, and Team Rocket, in disguise, paid him to cheer them on in their bid to steal Pikachu. Whispering orders into a microphone hidden in his mask, Sheridan had Pokémon concealed inside the squad's drums do the real work: his Vileplume and Roselia secretly healed James's Cacnea and Jessie's Seviper, with Vileplume using Aromatherapy. Once Max knocked the drums over and exposed the trick, Sheridan fled – leaving Vileplume and the rest of his hidden helpers behind (AG052).
First seen: JN076All Out, All of the Time!
During an island Pokémon Catch Adventure Race in Alola, Team Rocket called down the Rocket Prize Master – the machine that supplies them with Pokémon in Pokémon Journeys – and it delivered a Tropius and a Vileplume. With Pikachu, Goh's Grookey and a Passimian caught in their net, James had Vileplume scatter Sleep Powder over the captives. Grookey, being a Grass type, shrugged it off, so Jessie distracted it with one of Tropius's fruits – but the trio were still blasted off before the race was over (JN076).
Ash & Vileplume
Ash has never owned a Vileplume, but he knows its Stun Spore far too well. Jessebelle's Vileplume paralysed him along with Misty, Brock and James in Holy Matrimony! (EP048), and in the Orange Islands he and Tracey tumbled straight into a wild Vileplume's flower and took a point-blank dose, leaving Misty to hunt down a Salveyo weed cure (EP110). Since then his Bayleef has broken up a Vileplume–Bellossom turf war (EP239), and his Infernape's Flamethrower has seen off the guardian Vileplume of Dandelion Island (DP181).
Featured episodes
- EP083Poké Ball PerilOn Valencia Island, a Vileplume steps out of the bushes and Ash's Pokédex shows that its petals are a different colour from usual – it is one of the island's local variants. Later, Professor Ivy and her assistants watch a group of Vileplume marking out the area with their pollen.
- EP110The Stun Spore DetourAsh trips and tumbles, with Tracey, straight into a wild Vileplume's flower, and a point-blank Stun Spore leaves them both paralysed – Jessie suffers the same fate after diving into a field of flowers. The Pokédex reveals the cure, boiled Salveyo weed from clear lake bottoms, and after drawing a blank at several lakes Misty finds plenty with a Poliwag's help, even leaving some for Jessie.
- EP239Whichever Way the Wind BlowsOn a windswept meadow, gusts carrying traces of evolution stones decide whether a Gloom becomes a Vileplume or a Bellossom, and the two sides are locked in a turf war – made worse by an old tree whose shade drives each group into the other's patch. Ash's Bayleef keeps breaking up the fights, the rivals team up against Team Rocket, and at last they make peace and dance together in great circles.
- DP014Leave It to Brocko!A sleeping Nuzleaf, kicked off its branch by a Seedot, lands on a Vileplume, which bolts into the forest and keeps running all night. Next morning its pollen makes Nuzleaf sneeze, Vileplume runs even faster and throws its passenger off – setting up the lost-Nuzleaf adventure in which Brock's Bonsly evolves into Sudowoodo.
- DP181Bucking the Treasure Trend!The treasure map Buck is following turns out to warn of guardian Pokémon, Vileplume among them. A Vileplume's Stun Spore leaves Dawn's Piplup paralysed on the rocks, and the guardian Gloom and Vileplume are driven off only by Ash's Infernape and its Flamethrower; Team Rocket's Seviper later carves its own way past them with Poison Tail.
- SM042Alola, Kanto!On Ash's class trip to Kanto, Mallow and her Steenee are welcomed at Professor Oak's Laboratory by two Gloom and a Vileplume – whose idea of hello is a puff of Poison Powder, so Brock and Misty hurry her away. Nearby, Ash's Bulbasaur is trying to calm a squabble between the Oddish and Bellsprout families.
- HZ094The Pokémon Center LadyIn Mochew City, Pokémon Center worker Mollie is baffled when a normally friendly Vileplume starts poisoning other Pokémon, and Roy recognises the tell-tale signs of Laquium. Its poison pollen and Effect Spore make it a fearsome foe until Liko's Terastallized Hattrem knocks it down with Confusion, then learns Healing Wish to calm it while Pagogo clears away the Laquium. Restored to health, Vileplume goes home to Woody Park and makes peace with its friends.
More appearances
- EP040The Battling Eevee Brothers A Trainer's Vileplume is among the guests at Stone Town's evolution party.
- EP088In the Pink Pink Vileplume, coloured by a diet of Pinkan Berries, live on Pinkan Island.
- EP092The Joy of Pokémon A Nurse Joy treats a Trainer's Vileplume.
- EP115A Tent Situation Two Vileplume are at Professor Oak's Laboratory.
- EP137Foul Weather Friends Spotting a group of Vileplume, Misty warns everyone to watch out for their Stun Spore – she hasn't forgotten The Stun Spore Detour.
- EP178The Grass Route A Trainer's Vileplume competes in the Grass Tournament.
- EP225Bulbasaur… the Ambassador! Several Vileplume are caught up in the Grass-type feud at Professor Oak's Laboratory.
- EP228Extreme Pokémon! A competitor's Vileplume takes part in the Extreme Pokémon Race.
- EP250The Ice Cave! (shown only in Japan) A Vileplume lives in the forest outside the Ice Path.
- EP272Johto Photo Finish Tracey feeds a Vileplume at Professor Oak's Laboratory.
- AG073Grass Hysteria! Vileplume are among the residents of the Forbidden Forest, where May meets her Bulbasaur.
- AG144A Hurdle for Squirtle A Coordinator's Vileplume enters the Saffron City Pokémon Contest.
- AG151Weekend Warrior In the Silver Town Contest, a Coordinator's Vileplume battles Jeremy and his Venusaur.
- XY059Under the Pledging Tree! A Trainer's Vileplume is at the Coumarine City festival.
- XY060A Showcase Debut! A Performer's Vileplume takes part in the Coumarine City Pokémon Showcase.
- JN133The Mew from Here! A Vileplume is seen on Faraway Island.
Beyond the main series
Anime gallery
Anime trivia
- Vileplume has been the answer to Who's That Pokémon? just once – in Holy Matrimony! (EP048), the episode that gave it its first real role, in both the Japanese and English versions.
- Jessebelle's Vileplume is voiced in Japanese by Megumi Hayashibara, who also voices Jessebelle herself – and Jessie, the Team Rocket member Jessebelle is a dead ringer for.
- Whichever Way the Wind Blows (EP239) puts Vileplume in its Japanese title: 'Kireihana VS Ruffresia! Peace in the Meadow!', using the Japanese names for Bellossom and Vileplume. In the same episode, Ash slips up by saying more Vileplume will evolve – even though Vileplume is a final form.
- James's Vileplume gave the anime its first demonstration that Grass types are immune to powder and spore moves: its Sleep Powder had no effect at all on Goh's Grookey (JN076).
- The Laquium-poisoned Vileplume of The Pokémon Center Lady (HZ094) gave the Effect Spore Ability its anime debut, paralysing Lucario after it struck with Metal Claw.
- Petal Dance is meant to leave its user confused once it ends – but when Nicolette's Vileplume used it in May's Egg-Cellent Adventure (AG150), it was May's Munchlax that ended up dizzy.
“Vileplume, the Flower Pokémon. Using the largest flower petals in the world, it spreads large clouds of pollen that cause allergic reactions.”
Ash's Pokédex (Dexter) · EP048
05On the big screen
Vileplume in the movies
4 films and 1 special featuring Vileplume.
Vileplume was there on the very first day of Pokémon cinema. In Mewtwo Strikes Back the Trainer Neesha brings one to New Island, where Mewtwo captures it and copies it for its clone army. The clone turns up again in the TV special Mewtwo Returns, and Neesha's Vileplume itself comes back in the 2019 CG remake, Mewtwo Strikes Back—Evolution. Its other named role is in The Power of Us, on the team of the shy scientist Toren, and an Aroma Lady keeps one in her flower field at the start of Arceus and the Jewel of Life.
Pokémon: The First Movie – Mewtwo Strikes Back
M01 · 1998
Neesha's Vileplume; Mewtwo's clone Vileplume; another Trainer's Vileplume
Vileplume's film career starts on New Island. It belongs to Neesha, one of the Trainers who brave Mewtwo's storm to get there on the back of her Dewgong, and it shares her team with Wigglytuff, Ninetales, Rapidash and her Blastoise, Shellshocker. When Mewtwo's Poké Balls start swallowing everyone's Pokémon, Neesha tries in vain to protect hers: Vileplume is snatched and copied, so a clone Vileplume joins Mewtwo's army. Once the battle is over, Mewtwo wipes the Trainers' memories and sends them and their Pokémon back to Old Shore Wharf. A second Trainer's Vileplume also appears in the film.
Pokémon: Arceus and the Jewel of Life
M12 · 2009
A Vileplume in an Aroma Lady's flower field (opening sequence)
In the opening sequence, a Vileplume can be spotted in an Aroma Lady's flower field, which is just the place for the Flower Pokémon, before Arceus's story gets under way.
Pokémon the Movie: The Power of Us
M21 · 2018
Toren's Vileplume
Toren, the timid scientist from Fula City's Pokémon Research Pavilion, has a male Vileplume on his team, alongside Chansey, Staryu, Lurantis and Smeargle. The Wind Festival really tests Toren's nerve, especially when the Effect Spore solution Team Rocket stole from him billows over the city as a purple cloud, but his Vileplume stays a quiet member of the team and never shows off a move. Lisa Ortiz voices it in English.
Pokémon: Mewtwo Strikes Back—Evolution
M22 · 2019
Neesha's Vileplume; Mewtwo's clone Vileplume
The CG remake retells the New Island story, and Neesha plays the same part, Vileplume and all. When Mewtwo summons more Poké Balls, Neesha and the other Trainers try to block them and win their Pokémon back, but most of her team is captured anyway, and a clone Vileplume is again among Mewtwo's copies.
TV specials
- Pokémon: Mewtwo Returns (2000)
The clone Vileplume from the first film is back. It's one of the cloned Pokémon living out of sight with Mewtwo on Mount Quena, a steep, almost unclimbable mountain with a crater lake, which Mewtwo chose as a safe hiding place for them.
06Trading Card Game · every card
Vileplume in the Pokémon TCG
28 cards since 1999, oldest first. Tap any card to see it full size.
Vileplume first bloomed on cardboard in Japan's Jungle expansion in March 1997, and English players met it in June 1999. It suited the set so well that Jungle's expansion symbol looks like its flower. Since then it has turned up in every era of the game, with detours as Dark Vileplume, Erika's Vileplume, a Psychic and Metal Vileplume δ, Vileplume ex, Vileplume-GX and, in 2026, Erika's Vileplume ex. Its real speciality is pollen, and the misery it causes. Dark Vileplume's Hay Fever blocked Trainer cards back in the Team Rocket days, and the idea kept coming back: Vileplume ex's Block Dust, Undaunted's Allergy Flower and Ancient Origins' Irritating Pollen all lock players out of Trainers or Items. That made Vileplume a feared partner in lock decks, from VileGar to Ross Cawthon's 2011 World Championships finalist 'The Truth'. Gentler cards show its healing side instead, from the Jungle card's Heal to the soothing gardens of Vileplume-GX and Erika's Vileplume ex.
The art has blossomed too. Keiji Kinebuchi's Jungle card and Ken Sugimori's Erika's Vileplume set the tone, and Southern Islands made Vileplume one third of a jungle panorama with Lickitung and Primeape. Kagemaru Himeno has drawn it three times, including the Vileplume-GX cards where Erika stands with her partner, and Mitsuhiro Arita twice, tucking a Leaf Stone into his Undaunted picture. The modern era brought Sekio's 151 card, 0313's Shiny Vileplume in Paldean Fates and 5ban Graphics' CG Erika's Vileplume ex, whose mighty 310 HP dwarfs Dark Vileplume's 60. TCG Pocket even brought Kyoko Umemoto's 2003 Aquapolis art back for Genetic Apex.
Cards to know
- Jungle 15/64 — Vileplume's first card, from the set whose very symbol looks like its bloom. Early Unlimited holos were even printed without that symbol.
- Team Rocket 13/82 (Dark Vileplume) — Hay Fever shuts Trainer cards out of the game, and the non-holo print slipped out with the wrong Weakness: Fighting instead of Fire.
- Undaunted 24/90 — Allergy Flower bans Trainers for both players. It was the lock behind VileGar decks and two copies helped 'The Truth' reach the 2011 World Championships Masters final.
- Ancient Origins 3/98 — Irritating Pollen bans Items for everyone, and with Forest of Giant Plants the lock could start on turn one.
- Cosmic Eclipse 4/236 (Vileplume-GX) — Erika herself appears in the art, and her partner heals 30 damage from every one of your Pokémon each turn.
- Ascended Heroes 003/217 (Erika's Vileplume ex) — Erika's name is back on a Vileplume card for the first time since Gym Heroes, on a female Vileplume with a towering 310 HP.
Every English-language card
Pokémon TCG Pocket
Digital card games
- Pokémon Trading Card Game (Game Boy Color): Vileplume (Jungle 15 art, Keiji Kinebuchi), card C06, in the Mystery booster pack.
- Pokémon Card GB2 (Japan only): Vileplume (Jungle 15 art, Keiji Kinebuchi), card C08, in the Island of Fossil pack.
- Pokémon Card GB2 (Japan only): Dark Vileplume (Team Rocket 13 art, Kagemaru Himeno), card H08, in the Team Rocket's Ambition pack.
- In the Game Boy games, Grass Club duellists Kristin and Heather and Club Master Nikki each run two Jungle Vileplume, and Dark Vileplume turns up in the decks of Toshiron, Ichikawa and Morino.
- Pokémon TCG Online / Pokémon TCG Live: no digital-exclusive Vileplume cards.
The artists behind the cards
- Kagemaru Himeno — 3 artworks (Dark Vileplume in Team Rocket, Legends Awakened 45, Vileplume-GX in Cosmic Eclipse, plus its Full Art and Rainbow Rare prints)
- Mitsuhiro Arita — 2 (Vileplume δ in EX Holon Phantoms, Undaunted 24)
- Kyoko Umemoto — 1 (Aquapolis 43 and H31), reused for TCG Pocket's Genetic Apex 013
- Ken Sugimori — 1 (Erika's Vileplume, Gym Heroes 5)
- One artwork each: Keiji Kinebuchi (Jungle), Naoyo Kimura (Southern Islands), Miki Tanaka (Expedition), Ryo Ueda (Vileplume ex), Shin Nagasawa (Boundaries Crossed), Midori Harada (Ancient Origins), chibi (Burning Shadows), Suwama Chiaki (Unbroken Bonds), Jiro Sasumo (Lost Origin), Sekio (151), 0313 (Paldean Fates), Shibuzoh. (Phantasmal Flames), 5ban Graphics (Erika's Vileplume ex); TCG Pocket original by Souichirou Gunjima (Crimson Blaze)
07On the page & beyond
Vileplume in manga, books & other media
From the earliest manga to story books and songs.
On paper, Vileplume belongs to Erika. Celadon's Gym Leader has one in almost every manga that retells the Kanto games: in Pokémon Adventures it unmasks a spy with Petal Dance and wraps Red's Pika up in its petals, in Pocket Monsters it evolves from Oddish all the way up during a stage act that leaves the judges cold, in Pokémon Zensho it is her only Pokémon, and in How I Became a Pokémon Card it is the final straw for her flower-allergic old friend Kaede. Other Trainers get a turn too, from Brock offering one to the Sensational Sisters as a bouquet in The Electric Tale of Pikachu to the Battle Dome chapters called 'Verily Vanquishing Vileplume'. Magical Pokémon Journey makes one a sunflower-growing mum. Off the page, it's in the English Pokérap and Japan's Pokémon Ieru Kana?, it fights Scottie's team in the Pokémon Masters trailer, and in 1999 it was a Burger King key chain.
Manga
Other media
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08Did you know?
Vileplume trivia
Name origins, design secrets and the facts that make Vileplume such a fan favourite.
What’s in a name?
Vileplume says exactly what it is: something 'vile' – repulsive enough to turn your stomach – topped with a 'plume', a word for a feathery crest and also for a cloud of something drifting through the air, just like its pollen. There may be a little 'bloom' in there too. Its Japanese name, ラフレシア (Rafureshia, officially Ruffresia), comes straight from Rafflesia, the giant parasitic flower also known as the stinking corpse lily – and France simply calls it Rafflesia. Germany's Giflor blends Gift (poison) and Flor (bloom), while its Chinese name, 霸王花 ('overlord flower'), is itself another name for the Rafflesia plant.
Design origins
Vileplume was designed by Atsuko Nishida, and its look is rooted in two famously strange plants. The flower is Rafflesia – above all Rafflesia arnoldii, which produces the largest single flower on Earth, a fleshy, spotted, foul-smelling bloom that grows as a parasite on rainforest vines. Female Vileplume, with their fewer but larger spots, look more like Rafflesia hasseltii. The little walking body beneath recalls the mandrake, whose roots were said to look like tiny human figures. Its habit of luring prey with its petals, immobilising it and eating it borrows from carnivorous plants – and there is a neat irony in its Chlorophyll Ability, since the real Rafflesia contains no chlorophyll at all.
Names around the world
| Language | Name | Origin |
|---|---|---|
| Japanese | ラフレシア Rafureshia (Ruffresia) | From Rafflesia |
| French | Rafflesia | From Rafflesia |
| German | Giflor | From Gift (poison) and Flor (bloom) |
| Spanish | Vileplume | Same as the English name |
| Italian | Vileplume | Same as the English name |
| Brazilian Portuguese | Vileplume | Same as the English name |
| Korean | 라플레시아 Raplresia | From Rafflesia |
| Chinese (Mandarin) | 霸王花 Bàwánghuā | An alternative name for Rafflesia, from 霸王 (overlord) and 花 (flower) |
| Chinese (Cantonese) | 霸王花 Bawòhngfā | An alternative name for Rafflesia, from 霸王 (overlord) and 花 (flower) |
| Thai | รัฟเฟรเซีย Rapfresia | Transcription of the Japanese name |
| Hindi | वाइलप्लूम Vileplume | Transcription of the English name |
| Russian | Вайлплюм Vaylplyum | Transcription of the English name |
| Lithuanian | Vilaplamas | From the English name |
| Icelandic (subtitles of Pikachu's Rescue Adventure) | Grimmdarfjöður | From words meaning fierceness and spring |
Did you know?
- Vileplume shares its 'Flower Pokémon' category with Bellsprout and with its own sibling evolution, Bellossom.
- The set symbol of the Jungle card expansion resembles Vileplume's flower – and Vileplume itself is one of the set's holo cards.
- Some early Unlimited prints of the holo Jungle Vileplume are missing the set symbol, an error corrected later in the print run.
- In Generation I, Oddish, Gloom and Vileplume were the only Pokémon that could learn Petal Dance – the very attack on Vileplume's first card.
- Vileplume has often been a version exclusive: Red, FireRed, White and Let's Go, Pikachu! players can raise one, while Blue, LeafGreen, Black and Let's Go, Eevee! players must trade.
- Erika uses a Vileplume in Red and Blue, FireRed and LeafGreen and Let's Go, but swaps it for a Gloom in Yellow and a Bellossom in Gold, Silver, Crystal, HeartGold and SoulSilver.
- In Black 2 and White 2's Pokémon World Tournament, Erika's Vileplume holds a different item in each event: a Grass Gem, Black Sludge or a Power Herb.
- Erika's partner in her Pokémon Masters EX sync pair is a female Vileplume.
- In Pokémon Snap, a sleeping Vileplume's spore cloud hides a tree shaped like a Cubone – wake it with the Poké Flute and it dances.
- On the anime's Pinkan Island, in 'In the Pink', even the local Vileplume are pink.
- Sapphire and Alpha Sapphire reveal a carnivorous streak: its petals attract prey, which is doused with toxic spores, immobilised and devoured.
- In Generation I, Bug-type moves hit Vileplume four times as hard, because Bug was super effective against Poison types too.
- Its Chinese name, 霸王花 ('overlord flower'), is actually an alternative name for the Rafflesia plant itself.
09Quizzes, archive & further reading
More Vileplume
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 →
Pokémon Horizons Anime: BeginnerAll aboard for a brand-new adventure! See how well you know Liko, Roy and the crew of Pokémon Horizons: The Series.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 →
Professor Elm's Johto Quiz: IntermediateThink you know Johto inside out? Professor Elm has some tougher questions on badges, Legendary hideouts, Team Rocket and the mountain at the end of it all.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 Vileplume entry is preserved in full, with its original art, moves and locations.
Further reading
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