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Charmeleon

Charmander (#4) - Charmeleon - Charizard (#6)
General
Name (Japanese), Number	Charmeleon (Rizaado), 5
Stage	Stage 1
Evolves from	Charmander
Evolves to	Charizard
Battle¹
Hit points	58
Attack	64
Defense	58
Speed	80
Special attack²	80
Special defense²	65
Special³	65
Biological
Species	Flame Pokémon
Types	Fire
Height	3'7" (1.09 m)
Weight	42 lb (18.9 kg)
Shiny color	The part of its body that's normally a vermilion-like color, turns golden
Ability	Blaze
Signature Attack	Fire Spin
Gender distribution	87.5% male, 12.5% female
¹ Stats for trading card versions may vary. ² Pokémon Gold/Silver/Crystal ³ Pokémon Red/Blue/Yellow

Charmeleon (Rizaado in Romaji Japanese) is a Stage 1 fire-type Pokémon that evolves from Charmander at level 16 and further evolves into Charizard at level 36. Like Charmander, Charmeleon has a flame burning at the end of his tail; however, unlike its peaceful basic form, Charmeleon is constantly looking for battles, calming down only when it wins. Charmeleon can attack both with his claws as well as his fiery tail, and is also able to spout flames when excited.

In the Anime

When Ash's Charmander evolves into Charmeleon, its personality changes completely. It becomes a very disobedient Pokémon and only fights when it feels like doing so. The very first way it showed its disapproval of Ash's instructions was when Ash was congratulating it on its evolution. At that time, it breathed fire onto Ash's face.

Name origin

Charmeleon's name is a combination of "Char" and "Chameleon." His Japanese name is probably a pronunciation of the word "Lizard."

Availability

In Pokémon Red/Blue, Yellow and Pokémon Gold/Silver/Crystal, Charmeleon can be obtained by evolving Charmander. In Pokémon Sapphire/Ruby, Charmeleon is not available at all.

Strengths / weaknesses

Charmeleon is vulnerable to Water, Ground and Rock, and strong against Fire, Bug, Grass, Steel and (in Pokémon Gold/Silver/Pokemon FireRed/Pokemon LeafGreen/Crystal) Ice.