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|firstgame = ''{{s|bulbapedia|Pokémon Red and Green Versions}}'' (1996) {{Flag|Japan}}

|lastappearance = ''{{s|bulbapedia|Pokémon Scarlet and Violet}}'' (2022)

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'''Charizard''' ({{ja|リザードン|Rizādon}}, ''Lizardon'') is a starter 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}}).

Charizard is a dual Fire/Flying-type saurian Pokémon based on dragons,<ref name="Dragon Majesty">[https://drm.pokemontcg.com/en-us/ The Dragon Majesty expansion is loaded with Dragon-type Pokémon, plus many other Pokémon inspired by different kinds of dragons, such as Gyarados and Charizard.]</ref> and is categorized within the Pokédex at #006 as the "Flame Pokémon". It is the final evolutionary form of [[Charmander]], after having evolved from {{s|bulbapedia|Charmeleon}} at level 36 onward. Despite its design basis, Charizard is not a Dragon-type in its base form. However, it becomes a Fire/[[bulbapedia:Dragon (type)|Dragon-type]] upon [[bulbapedia:Mega Evolution|Mega Evolving]] into [[Mega Charizard X]]; additionally, ''Super Smash Bros. 4'' and ''Ultimate'' refer to it and treat it as a dragon on several occasions in spite of its standard typing.

As Charmander, it is one of the {{s|bulbapedia|Kanto}} region's three {{s|bulbapedia|starter Pokémon}}. However, unlike in [[bulbapedia:Pokémon Red and Green Versions|''Pokémon Red'', ''Green'']], and [[bulbapedia:Pokémon Blue Version (Japanese)|''Blue'']], Charmander is obtainable alongside its fellow Kanto starters {{s|bulbapedia|Bulbasaur}} and [[Squirtle]] under special conditions in ''{{s|bulbapedia|Pokémon Yellow Version}}'', and relatively early on in ''{{s|bulbapedia|Pokémon X and Y}}''. In [[bulbapedia:Pokémon Sun and Moon|''Pokémon Sun'', ''Moon'']], [[bulbapedia:Pokémon Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon|''Ultra Sun'' and ''Ultra Moon'']], Charizard appears as a [[bulbapedia:Poké Ride|Ride Pokémon]] that helps the player travel between locations, replacing the [[Fly]] {{s|bulbapedia|Hidden Machine}} from previous generations (although it is unobtainable without transferring or trading in ''Sun'' and ''Moon'').

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''.]]

! Character(s)

| {{Head|Pikachu|g=SSBB|s=16px}}{{Head|Jigglypuff|g=SSBB|s=16px}}{{Head|Pokémon Trainer|g=SSBB|s=16px}}{{Head|Lucario|g=SSBB|s=16px}}

[[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''

**While several other [[newcomer]]s have appeared in ''Melee'', ''Brawl'' and ''Smash 4'' as trophies, Charizard is the first one to have played an actual in-game role in the previous games.

*Charizard is the only character to have been an independent character in one game and then part of a shared character in the next; namely, being an independent character in ''Smash 4'' before becoming part of the Pokémon Trainer in ''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.

*Since its debut, Charizard is the only ''Brawl'' veteran to use new voice clips across every ''Smash'' installment while retaining its voice actor, Shin'ichirō Miki.