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Let's Talk Pokemon: Nidoran Male

The Let's Talk Pokemon series is a source for more in depth information about the Nidos that you can find in the games.

Fast Facts

Overview

Nidoran Male
Nidoran Male is a lagomorphic or rodent like Pokemon, with distinctively large ears, incisor teeth, spots, and is noticably a lot thornier than any other Nido, as seen on along the back and the ears. Nidoran also has two claws on
both his hands and feet. The horn on the male's head secretes a poison when jabbed into a foe, and is primarily used for its own protection. It is said that Nidoran with larger horns tend to be more toxic. Nidoran's large ears are capable of pivoting to any direction, which allows him to check his surroundings, as well as detect a potential threat.

Nidoran ♂
Original Name: ニドラン♂(Nidoran ♂)

 


Generation
I
National Dex #
032
Species
Poison Pin
Type
Poison
Height
1'08" / 0.5m
Weight
19.8 lbs / 9.0kg
Pokedex Color
Purple
Gender Ratio
100% Male
Abilities
Poison Point
Rivalry
Hidden Ability
Hustle
Evolves From
N/A
Evolves Into
Egg Group
Monster/
Ground
Effort Value
1 Atk

Nidoran Base Stats

Base
Maximum Range
(at lv. 100)
HP:  46
202 - 296
Attack: 57
107 - 234
Defense:  40
76 - 196
Sp.Atk:  40
76 - 196
Sp. Def:  40
76 - 196
Speed:  50
94 - 218
Total:  273
631 - 1336

 

Nidoran Moveset (fifth Generation)

 Level   Move   Type   PP 
---
Leer
Normal
30
---
Peck
Flying
35
7
Focus Energy
Normal
30
9
Double Kick
Fighting
30
13
Poison Sting
Poison
35
19
Fury Attack
Normal
20
21
Horn Attack
Normal
25
25
Helping Hand
Normal
20
31
Toxic Spikes
Poison
20
33
Flatter
Dark
15
37
Poison Jab
Poison
20
43
Captivate
Normal
20
45
Horn Drill
Normal
5

 

Nidoran Evolution

             
  Nidoran evolution

Level 16
Nidorino evolution

via Moonstone
Nidoking evolution  
 
Nidoran ♂
Nidorino
Nidoking
 

 


In Other Media:

The Pokemon Anime

Emily's Nidoran ♀, Maria, along with Ralph's Nidoran ♂, Tony, have both had a major role in the episode "Wherefore Art Thou, Pokemon?". The episode itself is reminiscent of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, with the names of the Nidoran being a reference to Arthur Laurents's West Side Story. At the end of the episode, Tony and Maria kiss, which causes them to evolve into Nidorino and Nidorina, respectively. Throughout the episode, both the male and female Nidoran, as well as their evolutions, lack model consistancy, with artistic errors appearing here and there. Sometimes this is as often as the next scene right after the last.

The only other appearance of note for both Nidorans Female and Male is in the episode "In The Pink", which also happens to be in the same season as "Wherefore...". Team Rocket uses Lickitung to chase the rather timid Nidoran into a cave. However, the tables are turned on Team Rocket when Nidoking comes out with a vengence.

Pokemon Adventures (Pokemon Special) Manga

For the most part, the male Nidoran have only made appearances as a background Pokemon. There is, however, a trained Nidoran that belongs to Wilton, a fisherman who may be remembered by the con the Green tried to pull on him.

Yamashita 4 Koma Manga

Nidoran in most, if not all of his appearances make him out to be young and rambunctious. He's shown to have angry eyes most of the time, and even some of his takes can be as outrageous as Nidoqueen's.

 

Name Origin

Information comes from the Japanese Wikipedia:

Nido, written in katakana as ニド, comes from the english word needle (in Japanese, ニードル ).

In simplified Chinese, the name Ní Duō Láng (尼多郎) opts out of the usage of the character 蘭 (Ran), particularly because it has a feminine identity. Lang (郎), however, has a masculine identity.

 

Nidoran in Different Languages

English
Nidoran ♂
Japanese
ニドラン♂
Spanish
Nidoran ♂
French
Nidoran ♂
German
Nidoran ♂
Italian
Nidoran ♂
Greek
Nidoran ♂
Finnish
Nidoran ♂
Russian
Nidoran ♂
Hebrew
Nidoran ♂
Thai
Nidoran ♂
or ニドラン♂
Chinese (Traditional)
尼多朗
Chinese (Hong Kong)
尼多郎
Korean
니드런♂

 

Miscellany

For more biological information, trivia, speculations, clarification on what Nidoran isn't, and other things no one could possibly ever need to know, please check out the links to other related articles for the Pokemon, Nidoran:

Nido Family Pokedex - for biological details, among other unnoted extras.
Nidoran Classification - an article using real world animals to help classify the kind of animal Nidoran may be.
Design Through Time - shows the evolution of Nidoran's design from 1996 to present.
Quick Facts and Speculations - little known things about Nidoran, factual and possible.

Sources Used


Pokemon.com
Wikipedia Japan
The Pokemon Wiki
Bulbapedia

 

 

 

 
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