Charizard: Difference between revisions

|firstgame = [[bulbapedia:Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen Versions|''Pokémon Red'' and ''Green Versions'']] (1996) {{Flag|Japan}}

|lastappearance = [[bulbapedia:Pokémon Scalet and Violet|''Pokémon Scarlet'' and ''Violet'']] (2022)

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'''Charizard''' ({{ja|リザードン|Rizādon}}, ''Lizardon'') is a Flame Pokémon from the {{uv|Pokémon}} series. It debuted in the series' [[bulbapedia:Generation I|first generation]] as {{iw|bulbapedia|Kanto}}'s final stage [[bulbapedia:Fire (type)|Fire-type]] {{iw|bulbapedia|starter Pokémon}}, and is present as a playable character in ''[[Super Smash Bros. Brawl]]'' (via {{SSBB|Pokémon Trainer}}), ''[[Super Smash Bros. 4]]'', and ''[[Super Smash Bros. Ultimate]]'' (again via {{SSBU|Pokémon Trainer}}).

Thanks to being the mascot of ''Pokémon Red Version'' and a member of its species having a major role in the ''Pokémon'' anime as one of {{s|bulbapedia|Ash Ketchum}}'s most powerful Pokémon, Charizard is one of the most popular Pokémon in the series. This was reflected in {{s|bulbapedia|Generation VI}}, where Charizard gained access to new transformations called {{s|bulbapedia|Mega Evolution}}s. Unlike most Pokémon who can also Mega Evolve (besides of [[Mewtwo]]), it has two Mega Evolved forms: it becomes Mega Charizard X while holding a Charizardite X, whereas holding a Charizardite Y results in it becoming Mega Charizard Y. In {{s|bulbapedia|Generation VIII}}, Charizard (alongside all other Pokémon) no longer has access to Mega Evolutions, but it gains a new form, that being {{s|bulbapedia|Gigantamax}} Charizard. During the transformation, it also gains access to the move {{iw|bulbapedia|G-Max Wildfire|move}}.

In other media, Charizard is frequently a signature Pokémon for the various incarnations of {{iw|bulbapedia|Red|game}}, as the mascot of ''Pokémon Red'' and one of the fully-evolved starter Pokémon of Kanto. In the mainline game series, Red consistently uses Charizard on his teams as an NPC, and ''{{s|bulbapedia|Pokémon Origins}}'' depicts Charizard as Red's signature Pokémon. This is reflected in the ''Super Smash Bros.'' series, where the male playable [[Pokémon Trainer]], himself an incarnation of Red, uses Charizard as his party's only fully-evolved Pokémon. His female counterpart, {{iw|bulbapedia|Leaf|game}}, has not used Charizard or any member of its evolutionary line in prior media, making her appearance as the female Pokémon Trainer in ''Ultimate'' the first instance of such.

Charizard makes its first appearance in the ''Super Smash Bros.'' series as one of the thirteen [[Poké Ball]] [[List of Pokémon|Pokémon]] that appear in the [[Super Smash Bros.|original game]]. When summoned, it uses [[Flamethrower]] by rotating its head to the left and right, breathing fire upon any nearby opponents of the player who summoned it, until it disappears. Any character, excluding the summoner, will take damage from the stream of flames, as well as from making contact with Charizard itself. The flames can be reflected by {{SSB|Fox}}'s [[Reflector]], and absorbed by {{SSB|Ness}}' [[PSI Magnet]]. The flames hit consecutively, inflicting approximately 3% per hit, while touching Charizard itself inflicts 18%.

Charizard reprises its role in ''Melee'' as a Poké Ball, complete with [[Flamethrower]] as its attack. Unlike in ''SSB'', Charizard now uses its 3D model from ''{{s|bulbapedia|Pokémon Stadium}}''. Additionally, making contact with Charizard's body now deals 20% and emits a [[flame]] effect.

[[File:Charizard SSBB.jpg|thumb|200px|right|Charizard as it appears in ''Super Smash Bros. Brawl''.]]

[[File:Charizard SSB4.png|thumb|right|200px|Charizard, as it appears in ''Super Smash Bros. 4''.]]

[[File:Charizard SSBU.png|thumb|right|Charizard, as it appears in ''Super Smash Bros. Ultimate''.]]

|zh={{rollover|噴火龍|Pānfólóng|?}}, ''Lizardon''

*Charizard is the only character to have been an independent character in one game and then part of a shared character in the next. It is an independent character in ''SSB4'' before rejoining Pokémon Trainer's team in ''[[Super Smash Bros. Ultimate]]''. It is also the only character to have been in more than two games that uses a different set of special moves in each one.