Tag: charizard

i’ve recently had a charmander enter into my family- my charizard had kids!! while a great pokemon, he has trouble controlling his flame. do you have any advice on how to help him? i got charizard fully evolved, i’ve never dealt with this before. send help before either me or venusaur catches on fire. signed, Not Fireproof

Given the number of people intending on raising fire-types from birth, fireproof furniture coverings are actually a lot less expensive than you might think.

On a serious note, with all fire-type hatchlings, it’s imperative that you rely on their fire-type parent or other experienced fire user to help you. The problem is that while we can train our pokémon to understand and use their element as best as we can, we’re still only human with (presumably) no actual, inherent ability to control flame. It would be like if a slowpoke tried to teach another slowpoke how to talk; we just don’t have that nearly instinctive understanding of the elements or how to control them.

However, pokémon do. While it’s true (and quite obvious, as you’ve noticed) that not all of them are born with complete control over their elements, they eventually gain that understanding as they grow and unlock their full abilities and powers. Thus, a pokémon who’s managed to reach their final evolution (or who is at least several years older than a hatchling) would logically understand their element better than any human ever can. Or in other words, you and your charmander might not know how to control fire, but your charizard certainly does.

Explain the situation to your charizard (yes, it will understand) and set up a specific time to have it train your charmander every day. Given the immediacy of the situation and the danger fire presents, I would actually recommend setting up a training session that goes for as long as your charmander can handle—that is, at least and absolutely not less than one hour a day. As your charmander gains better mastery over fire, you can reduce this training time down to the standard hour-per-day most pokémon train for, if either your charmander or your charizard wish. Also, ensure these sessions happen in an open area with very little brush or other plant life that could catch on fire. Empty parking lots might be a good idea if you can’t reserve a battlefield at your local pokémon center. Bring with you fireproof targets (cinderblocks, bricks, or rocks will do, and keep in mind you can request such targets if you’re working at a pokémon center), and once the training grounds are set up, step back and let your charizard take it from there.

Best of luck, and congratulations on the new addition to your family!

Hey Bill, I found a huge charizard with fur and paws instead of scales and claws the other day. I didn’t catch them since I wanted such a wonderful beast to stay wild. But they let me pet them and they even hugged me! Anyway I was wondering how this would’ve come about, like what kind of genetic tomfoolery could’ve made such a wonderful dragon?

You know, my colleague in Sinnoh told me that there was a term for this.

She called it a “fursuiter.”

(Alternatively, I think you found a typhlosion…)

How come charizard look like dragons but are not dragon type?

For the same reason gligar and gliscor look like poison-types but are ground/flying, why the chansey line and audino’s base form aren’t fairies despite being pink and cute but the snubbull line is, why no member of the porygon line is electric despite being digital in nature, why azurill is normal/fairy instead of water/fairy like its evolutions, why trapinch and vibrava aren’t bug-types, why altaria is a dragon-type, why stunfisk is partially a ground-type and not a water-type despite being a fish, and so on and so forth.

It’s because typing is dependent on what element a pokémon aligns with, not on what it looks like.

Kanto Starters II: Charmander

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Charmander
The Lizard Pokémon
Type: Fire
Official Registration #: 4
Entry: One of three pokémon traditionally offered to new trainers at the beginning of their journeys in Kanto. Many people believe that out of the three, charmander are the hardest to raise. This is a fairly understandable statement. Charmander are naturally energetic, and their fire element means they don’t do well against Pewter or Cerulean’s gyms. More importantly, however, charmander are considered a challenge to raise because of the flame at the tip of their tails. A physical representation of charmander’s health and emotions, this flame must be meticulously kept, not only because allowing it to become extinguished would kill the host charmander but also because it is an actual flame that will react to Kanto’s abundance of fields full of dry, tall grass just about as well as you think it would.

Charmeleon
The Flame Pokémon
Type: Fire
Official Registration #: 5
Entry: The evolved form of charmander, by battle experience. Charmeleon are thought to be merciless, bloodthirsty pokémon that will attack foes with their sharp claws and intense flames. This is not necessarily true. While some charmeleon are indeed that aggressive, the vast majority of them are actually simply outgoing. It just so happens that the flame on a charmeleon’s tail grows hotter and taller whenever its host is excited, and charmeleon itself is a very excitable pokémon. As for the note concerning its claws, evidently, a charmeleon’s first instinct upon accidentally setting its new friends on fire with its tail is to smack the flames in an attempt to smother them with their hands. It’s just that charmeleon also unfortunately forget that they have claws, so their attempts to help are often not particularly helpful.

Charizard
The Flame Pokémon
Type: Fire/Flying
Official Registration #: 6
Entry: The evolved form of charmeleon, by battle experience. Stories throughout Europe tell of ancient charizard flying on giant wings and using its flame breath to burn the countryside, the peasants, and the people in their thatched-roof cottages. Only heroes brave enough and with water-types strong enough were able to vanquish this threat and bring peace to the land. Of course, the validity of these claims are debatable. While charizard’s preferred fighting style is indeed a combination of flying over its opponents and breathing flames that reach temperatures in excess of 1000 degrees, historical evidence seems to point to the notion that the stories concerning giant charizard terrorizing the countryside were made up by bored young men who would have liked to think they were braver, funnier, and more attractive than they actually were.

Mega Charizard X
The Flame Pokémon
Type: Fire/Dragon
Official Registration #: 6+
Entry: The advanced form of charizard, via charizardite X. Upon mega evolution using charizardite X, the fire that burns within this pokémon gains mystical properties that in turn imbues it with an affinity for the dragon element, rather than flying. This same process leaves charizard with the appearance of something fresh from a heavy metal album cover; thus, the answer to the age-old question about base charizard’s flying-type is, in the words of the author’s Sinnohan counterpart, because “charizard isn’t normally rad enough.”

Mega Charizard Y
The Flame Pokémon
Type: Fire/Flying
Official Registration #: 6+
Entry: The advanced form of charizard, via charizardite Y. In contrast to charizardite X, charizardite Y keeps charizard’s affinity for the flying type intact but heavily boosts its affinity for fire instead. It does this by granting charizard a number of unique traits, including extra wings to fan its flames, healthier flame sacs, and most importantly, Drought, the very ability that Groudon used to dry up the seas and create continents. So if for trainers who have ever wanted to wield the literal power of a god in the body of a dragon bred to be as loyal and intelligent as a pet dog … charizardite Y can be found in a number of specialty jewelry shops in Kalos and Hoenn.

Hi Bill! I’ve been having trouble with my Charizard and Feraligatr for a while now. They were both my starters of sorts, the former having hatched from an egg and the latter a gift for the start of my journey but they’ve always been incredibly competitive. First it was because charmander evolved first which caused a fight and then when croconaw evolved to Feraligatr first they went at it again. I’d love to use them for double battles but they constantly attack or trip each other up. Any advice?

Encouraging your pokémon to work out their differences peacefully is, at the risk of offering fantastically unhelpful advice, perhaps the best policy here. Start by trying to mediate their conversations and offering compromises to their differences. Point out ways that their abilities complement each other (Charizard’s flying abilities versus Feraligatr’s swiftness in the water) and offer fair solutions for whatever it is that triggered their competition in the first place. (If they were competing with one another to determine who gets to sleep in a certain spot, for example, suggest that they take turns sleeping in that particular spot.)

Additionally, encouraging them to compete tasks together off the field could potentially strengthen the bonds between them. Have them perform day-to-day tasks such as chores or certain exercises together. Always train them together, and be firm and consistent if you see hints of competitive behaviors. Give them clear goals that they can only complete when working together, rather than ones that develop their strengths separately.

In other words, cooperation can very much be a trained behavior, but you’ll need to be very consistent and firm about teaching them how to interact with one another. That and it may take quite a bit of patience and a lot of sternness on your part to keep them from simply going at it every time you try to teach them cooperation.

Best of luck!

Two questions that don’t realy go together my charizard has gained a fasination with water. I was thinking of buying him a kiddy pool to play in but was wondering if that mite kill him. Or would just jerry rigging it to be a small hot tub workout. I’m thinking of evolving my eevee into a glacion. Will his body temperature change, whant to know for snuggle resones.

1. It won’t exactly kill him, but it’s highly recommended that you avoid submerging the tip of his tail, as doing so would be a risk to his life. While there isn’t exactly a product out there specifically designed to do this, you might be able to fashion a floatation device that can be placed around his tail close to the flame on its tip to keep it upright and out of the water. Alternatively, the kiddie pool idea would work, but always be sure your charizard’s tail remains outside of it.

2. The bad news is yes, an eevee’s body temperature does indeed drop upon evolution into a glaceon. The good news is it doesn’t drop to a point where a glaceon can’t safely be cuddled. Just be wary of any signs that he’s getting overheated, and he should be fine.

Hi Bill, I’m in a bit of a tricky situation. I’m moving away from the suburbs back to my family home, which is on the edge of a thick forest that has been at risk of forest fires for years now. My Charizard is coming with me, but he’s been really anxious lately because he’s afraid of accidentally starting a brush fire. But he’s older and has great control of his flames. We’ve lived in a residential area for years now without an issue. Is there any way to help his anxiety about the move?

If you don’t have a water-type, catch one and introduce it to your charizard as his new partner. Alternatively, if you have a water-type, have the two of them meet and arrange an agreement with the both of them that they’ll stick close together from here on out. The security your water-type will provide should help alleviate some of your charizard’s anxiety. That and companionship is often great for helping pokémon to transition from one place to another by allowing them to take their minds off the move itself and focus it on their partners. So in general, obtaining a pokémon who can help your charizard ground himself (and perhaps who can help control his flames, should a fire happen anyway) is really the best method of reducing your charizard’s stress in this case.

Otherwise, be sure to establish clear boundaries for your charizard. Tell him that battling is not to occur anywhere near your home, but reassure him that you will still take him out to train in a safe area as much as possible. Yes, it will be a little more inconvenient, but the removal of risk can also provide reassurance. In the process, you can establish the fact that the yard is still his home and that he’s welcome to do as he pleases in it as well; it’s just that you trust him to know when he should and shouldn’t use his fire abilities.

Likewise, before the move, allow your charizard to help you pack. By allowing him to handle packing material (such as dry cardboard, packing styrofoam, and so forth—all of which is, of course, highly flammable), you can show him that he’s fully capable of controlling himself, which in turn may instill a sense of confidence in him.

Good luck with both this and your move, anonymous.

Kanto Starters II: Charmander

Charmander
The Lizard Pokémon
Type: Fire
Official Registration #: 4
Entry: One of three pokémon traditionally offered to new trainers at the beginning of their journeys in Kanto. Many people believe that out of the three, charmander are the hardest to raise. This is a fairly understandable statement. Charmander are naturally energetic, and their fire element means they don’t do well against Pewter or Cerulean’s gyms. More importantly, however, charmander are considered a challenge to raise because of the flame at the tip of their tails. A physical representation of charmander’s health and emotions, this flame must be meticulously kept, not only because allowing it to become extinguished would kill the host charmander but also because it is an actual flame that will react to Kanto’s abundance of fields full of dry, tall grass just about as well as you think it would.

Charmeleon
The Flame Pokémon
Type: Fire
Official Registration #: 5
Entry: The evolved form of charmander, by battle experience. Charmeleon are thought to be merciless, bloodthirsty pokémon that will attack foes with their sharp claws and intense flames. This is not necessarily true. While some charmeleon are indeed that aggressive, the vast majority of them are actually simply outgoing. It just so happens that the flame on a charmeleon’s tail grows hotter and taller whenever its host is excited, and charmeleon itself is a very excitable pokémon. As for the note concerning its claws, evidently, a charmeleon’s first instinct upon accidentally setting its new friends on fire with its tail is to smack the flames in an attempt to smother them with their hands. It’s just that charmeleon also unfortunately forget that they have claws, so their attempts to help are often not particularly helpful.

Charizard
The Flame Pokémon
Type: Fire/Flying
Official Registration #: 6
Entry: The evolved form of charmeleon, by battle experience. Stories throughout Europe tell of ancient charizard flying on giant wings and using its flame breath to burn the countryside, the peasants, and the people in their thatched-roof cottages. Only heroes brave enough and with water-types strong enough were able to vanquish this threat and bring peace to the land. Of course, the validity of these claims are debatable. While charizard’s preferred fighting style is indeed a combination of flying over its opponents and breathing flames that reach temperatures in excess of 1000 degrees, historical evidence seems to point to the notion that the stories concerning giant charizard terrorizing the countryside were made up by bored young men who would have liked to think they were braver, funnier, and more attractive than they actually were.