Bellsprout (Pokmon) - Bulbapedia, the community-driven Pokmon encyclopedia
Bellsprout (Japanese: マダツボミ Madatsubomi) is a dual-type Grass/Poison Pokémon introduced in Generation I.
It evolves into Weepinbell starting at level 21, which evolves into Victreebel when exposed to a Leaf Stone.
Biology
Bellsprout is a plant-based Pokémon with a stem-like brown body. There is a single green leaf on each side of its body. It has a yellow bell-shaped head with what appear to be pink lips at the end and beady black eyes. It is capable of spitting corrosive acid from its mouth. Its stem is long, thin and very flexible, making it capable of swerving rapidly to avoid many attacks or moving with blinding speed to capture prey. Its roots resemble feet, and it uses them as such.
It will plant its roots in the ground to replenish water, but it is unable to flee while it is rooted. Bellsprout prefers hot and humid places, thus it lives in temperate forests and jungles. As mentioned in Pokémon Sleep, Bellsprout is known to sleep while planting its roots deep in the ground.[1]Because Bellsprout feels so safe while sleeping, it tends to forget that it may need to run from danger.
Evolution
Bellsprout evolves into Weepinbell, which evolves into Victreebel.
(For specifics on this Pokémon's evolution in the games, refer to Game data→Evolution data.)
Game data
NPC appearances
Pokédex entries
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Held items
Pokémon caught in Generation I must be traded to a Generation II game in order for a held item to appear.
Stats
Base stats
Pokéathlon stats
Type effectiveness
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Learnset
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Side game data
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Evolution data
Sprites
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In the anime
Main series
Major appearances
In The Fourth Round Rumble, Jeanette Fisher used a Bellsprout in her Indigo Plateau Conference battle against Ash, where it proved to be unusually strong. Bellsprout managed to defeat Bulbasaur and Pikachu before losing to Muk. It reappeared in a flashback in Bulbasaur... the Ambassador!.
In A Bout With Sprout, Zackie wanted to have Ash's Pikachu very badly, but in his efforts to catch it, he caught a Bellsprout instead. It later saved the day when Team Rocket was causing trouble at the Sprout Tower.
In A Better Pill to Swallow, Old Man Shuckle owns a Bellsprout nicknamed Spoopy. It was able to run very fast and it could lift boulders. It is used for its ability to check the scent of Shuckle in order to see if the juice inside them is ready for making Berry Juice.
In PK13, a very old Bellsprout is the elder of the Summer Festival. It was the one who told Pikachu and the others about an Aggron living on a deserted island where a Skarmory took Azumarill.
In Promoting Healthy Tangrowth!, a Bellsprout accompanied a Tangrowth and other Pokémon during several attempts to restore a damaged 1,000-year-old tree back to its original form.
In Defending the Homeland!, Keanan owns a Bellsprout. It reappeared in Master Class is in Session!, Performing a Pathway to the Future!, A Diamond in the Rough!, Valuable Experience for All!, and Facing the Needs of the Many!. Keanan's Bellsprout is a good friend of Ash's Goodra, which was shown when it instantly identified it despite it having evolved from Goomy.
In Flash of the Titans!, Jessie pulled a Bellsprout from the Rocket Prize Master. It battled a Drednaw, only for Bellsprout to flee in fear when Drednaw unexpectedly Gigantamaxed.
In Beyond Chivalry… Aiming to be a Leek Master!, Ash and Goh came across an injured Bellsprout. After Grookey helped it to heal, Grookey encouraged Goh to catch it, which he happily agreed to. It has since made further appearances in Pokémon Journeys: The Series.
Minor appearances
Bellsprout debuted in Primeape Goes Bananas.
In Pokémon Scent-sation!, a Bellsprout was in the Celadon Gym.
In Pokémon Fashion Flash, a Bellsprout was on Scissor Street.
In Sparks Fly for Magnemite, a Bellsprout was in Gringey City's Pokémon Center.
A Bellsprout appeared in The Kangaskhan Kid.
A Bellsprout appeared in The March of the Exeggutor Squad.
A Bellsprout appeared in The Breeding Center Secret.
A Trainer's Bellsprout appeared in Mewtwo Strikes Back and Mewtwo Strikes Back—Evolution.
In Pikachu's Vacation, a Bellsprout was at the Pokémon Theme Park.
In Pallet Party Panic, a Bellsprout was a party in Pallet Town.
In In the Pink, multiple pink Bellsprout lived at Pinkan Island.
In The Power of One, a Bellsprout sensed the disturbance caused by Lawrence III.
A wild Bellsprout appeared in Pikachu's Rescue Adventure.
In Flower Power, a Bellsprout was a part of Florando's annual Pokémon Exhibition.
A Bellsprout appeared in a flashback in Ignorance is Blissey, under the ownership of the Pokémon Nurse School.
Multiple Bellsprout appeared in Foul Weather Friends.
In Tricks of the Trade, a Bellsprout was at the Pokémon Swap Meet in Palmpona.
In Pikachu & Pichu, a Bellsprout lived at Big Town.
In The Fortune Hunters, a Bellsprout was featured in a fantasy in the Fortune Teller book.
In Carrying On!, a sick Bellsprout was in Way Away Island's Pokémon Center.
In Beauty and the Breeder, a Pokémon Breeder's Bellsprout participated in a Pokémon breeding competition.
Four Bellsprout appeared in The Grass Route, with two being wild and the other two under the ownership of different Trainers competing in the Grass Tournament.
A Bellsprout appeared in Celebi: The Voice of the Forest.
In Got Miltank?, a Bellsprout lived at a Pokémon-exclusive oasis.
In Throwing in the Noctowl, two Bellsprout lived at Wings Alexander's barn.
A Bellsprout appeared in The Legend of Thunder!.
In Fangs for Nothin', a Bellsprout lived at the Dragon Holy Land.
In Johto Photo Finish, a Bellsprout was fed by Tracey at Professor Oak's Laboratory.
In You Said a Mouthful!, a Bellsprout was inside Anthony's Azumarill's mouth.
In Gonna Rule The School!, the Pokémon Trainers' School lent a Bellsprout to the school's underage students for use in lessons.
A Bellsprout appeared in PK13.
In Who, What, When, Where, Wynaut?, Roderick used a Bellsprout in an unsuccessful attempt to save May and Drew from falling off a cliff.
In The Ribbon Cup Caper, a Bellsprout was at the S.S. St. Flower's Pokémon Center.
A Bellsprout appeared in the opening sequence of Lucario and the Mystery of Mew.
In The Saffron Con, a Coordinator's Bellsprout was taken by Team Rocket. In the next episode, it competed in the Saffron City Pokémon Contest.
A Bellsprout appeared in Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Team Go-Getters Out of the Gate!.
A Bellsprout appeared in From Cradle to Save, under the ownership of a student at the Pokémon Ninja School.
In Off the Unbeaten Path, a Trainer's Bellsprout participated in the Pokémon Orienteering competition.
A Coordinator's Bellsprout appeared in Harley Rides Again.
A Coordinator's Bellsprout appeared in What I Did for Love!.
In New Plot, Odd Lot!, a Coordinator's Bellsprout competed in the Mulberry Contest.
In The Unbeatable Lightness of Seeing!, a Bellsprout lived at Fennel Valley.
In Drifloon On the Wind!, Marnie fed a Bellsprout.
In Buizel Your Way Out Of This!, a young man carried his Bellsprout past Ash and his friends after it was knocked out by a Buizel.
In The Rise of Darkrai, Darkrai hit a Bellsprout with Dark Void.
Two Bellsprout appeared in Pokémon Ranger and the Kidnapped Riolu! (Part 1). Four additional Bellsprout appeared in the follow-up episode.
In the opening sequence of Arceus and the Jewel of Life, a Bellsprout was in an Aroma Lady's field of flowers.
In Zoroark: Master of Illusions, a Bellsprout was living in Crown City. It worked together with several other Pokémon in surrounding Zorua at the park to attack him, angry for what Zoroark did to the city. Before a fight could break out, Celebi calmed everyone down.
A Trainer's Bellsprout appeared in Thawing an Icy Panic! and Under the Pledging Tree!. In the latter episode, it was among the Pokémon present during the Coumarine City Festival.
In Pikachu and the Pokémon Music Squad, a Bellsprout lived in a forest.
In I Choose You!, a Bellsprout was watered by Professor Oak using a Squirt Bottle at his lab.
Multiple wild Bellsprout appeared in Alola, Kanto!.
Three Trainers' Bellsprout appeared in The Power of Us.
In From Z to Shining Z!, a Trainer's Bellsprout watched the battle between Ash's Pikachu and Tapu Koko. It reappeared in a flashback in Helping the Hometown Hero!.
A wild Bellsprout, as well as one belonging to a Trainer, appeared in Enter Pikachu!.
Three Bellsprout appeared in Legend? Go! Friends? Go!.
In A Snow Day for Searching!, Goh's Beedrill encountered a Bellsprout while it was out looking for Cubone's bone.
A Trainer's Bellsprout appeared in Trade, Borrow, and Steal!.
A Trainer's Bellsprout appeared in A Crackling Raid Battle!.
A Trainer's Bellsprout appeared in Crowning the Chow Crusher!.
A Trainer's Bellsprout appeared in Take My Thief! Please!.
In Heroes Unite!, a Bellsprout appeared during a flashback.
A Bellsprout appeared in This Could be the Start of Something Big!.
Multiple Bellsprout appeared in Distant Blue Sky!.
A Bellsprout appeared in The Road Most Traveled!.
A Bellsprout appeared in Bearing Down Easy!. It reappeared in a flashback in Ash and Latios.
A Bellsprout appeared in The Rainbow and the Pokémon Master!.
Two Bellsprout appeared in The Treasure After the Storm!.
Pokédex entries
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Pokémon Evolutions
A Bellsprout appeared in The Show, under the ownership of a Sage that was watching the Kimono Girls' performance of the destruction of the Brass Tower.
POKÉTOON
Two Bellsprout appeared in Blossom's Dream.
In the manga
The Electric Tale of Pikachu
In Welcome to the Big Leagues, Jeanette Fisher used a Bellsprout again Ash at the Pokémon League. Using its Aikido techniques, it defeated Bulbasaur and Pikachu, but lost against Muk.
Movie adaptations
A Bellsprout appeared in the manga adaptation of Diancie and the Cocoon of Destruction as a resident of Allearth Forest.
Pocket Monsters DP
A Bellsprout appeared in PMDP16.
Pocket Monsters HGSS Jō's Big Adventure
A Bellsprout appeared in JBA1.
Pokémon Adventures
In ...But Fearow Itself!, Red remembered catching a Bellsprout.
A Bellsprout appeared as a silhouette when Green talks about Mew in The Jynx Jinx.
In Meanwhile...Vileplume!, Erika of the Celadon Gym was seen in possession of a Bellsprout, who, despite its small size, was able to daze the fully evolved Poli by mimicking its Double Slap. Later, during the Yellow arc, it was revealed to have fully evolved.
In A Hollow Victreebel, a hidden colony of Bellsprout evolution line members in the Safari Zone captured Red for their evolution ritual. With the help of the Pidgebot that was assigned to him, and a few good items he carried around, the Bellsprout that were about to eat him for their evolution were distracted, and he was able to flee. By morning, Red had caught multiple Safari Zone Pokémon, including several Bellsprout.
A sextet of Bellsprout was seen in Bellsprout Rout, during Gold's visit to Sprout Tower. Gold was attacked by the monks and their Bellsprout in an attempt to convince him to join their group. The excellent teamwork of the Bellsprout managed to make short work of Gold's Aipom, only to lose to Gold's Cyndaquil when it incinerated them from below.
A Bellsprout appeared in The Last Battle XIII as one of the Pokémon sent to participate in the fight in Ilex Forest.
A Bellsprout appeared in Out-Odding Oddish, under the ownership of a Pokéathlon participant.
Pokémon Gold & Silver: The Golden Boys
A Bellsprout appeared in Falkner The Bird Keeper's Challenge!!.
A Bellsprout appeared in Let's Aim For The Goal!.
Pokémon Gotta Catch 'Em All
A Bellsprout appeared in A Powerful Opponent, Venusaur!.
Shu has two Bellsprout. He caught the first in a Pokémon-catching competition in Pokémon Get Match!!. He then caught the second one in GDZ17.
A Bellsprout appeared in The Raining Crystal Ball.
A Bellsprout appeared in GDZ21.
A Bellsprout appeared in GDZ23.
Pokémon HeartGold SoulSilver: Pokédex Completion Comic
A Bellsprout appeared in Pokémon HeartGold SoulSilver: Pokédex Completion Comic.
Pokémon Journeys: The Series
Two Bellsprout appeared in Legend? Check! Friends? Check!.
In Flash of the Titans!, a Bellsprout was used by Team Rocket through the Rocket Prize Master, like in the anime.
Pokémon Pocket Monsters
A Bellsprout appeared in Big Struggle with the Powerful Opponent Venusaur!!.
A Bellsprout appeared in Clefairy, the Battle Instructor.
A Bellsprout appeared in Demanding Tests at the Pokémon School!.
A Bellsprout appeared in The Gym Challenges Begin!!.
A Bellsprout appeared in Rampage at the Ruins of Alph!!.
Pokémon Ruby-Sapphire
A Bellsprout appeared in Let's Try To Be Idols!!.
A Bellsprout appeared in Dieting In A Pot!! and Welcome To 100-Yen Paradise!.
A Bellsprout appeared in Clefairy's Golf Debut!.
In the TCG
Main article: Bellsprout (TCG)Trivia
- Bellsprout shares its category name with Vileplume and Bellossom. They are all known as the Flower Pokémon.
- Bellsprout can be seen as a parallel to Oddish. Both of them are Grass/Poison type Generation I Pokémon, part of a three-stage evolutionary line, can evolve starting at level 21, and whose second evolutionary event utilizes a Leaf Stone. Bellsprout is exclusive to Pokémon Blue, LeafGreen, and Let's Go, Eevee! while Oddish is exclusive to Pokémon Red, FireRed, and Let's Go, Pikachu!, with both Pokémon found in the same locations in their respective versions. Additionally, both can be found at White Forest in Pokémon White, and both Pokémon have had their Egg designs revealed.
- Despite learning Leech Life through breeding, Bellsprout and its evolved forms cannot learn it through TM in Pokémon Sun and Moon and Pokémon Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon.
- Bellsprout is tied with Sunkern and Seedot for the lowest base Special Defense stat of all Grass-type Pokémon.
Origin
Bellsprout may be based on carnivorous pitcher plants, particularly those of the Nepenthes genus. Its Pokémon Red and Green Pokédex entry suggests it's based on legendary mandrake plant.
Name origin
Bellsprout may be a combination of bell and sprout.
Madatsubomi may be derived from まだ蕾 mada tsubomi (still in bud).
In other languages
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