Let's Talk Pokemon: Nidoran Female The Let's Talk Pokemon series is a source for more in depth information about the Nidos that you can find in the games. Why do I call it "Let's Talk Pokemon"? Because it's pretty much the only place on this site, ironically, where I actually talk about Pokemon in relation to the games themselves. I apologize if this isn't very original, but consider that about 90% of the rest of the site is. Fast Facts Overview Nidoran Female is a lagomorphic and/or rodent like Pokemon, with distinctively large ears, whiskers, incisor teeth, and spots. Nidoran also has two claws on both her hands and feet. The horn on the female's head secretes a poison when jabbed into a foe. While the female's horn is smaller than the male's, it is no less potent, as even a drop of poison can be fatal. The barbs that cover the female's body are also said to be very poisonous. Despite the lethal weapon the creature packs, it has a docile temperment and prefers not to fight. If driven to defend itself, however, it prefers to attack using its claws and teeth. Nidoran ♀ Original Name: ニドラン♀(Nidoran ♀)   Generation I National Dex # 029 Species Poison Pin Type Poison Height 1'04" / 0.4m Weight 15.4 lbs / 7.0kg Pokedex Color Blue Gender Ratio 100% Female Abilities Poison Point Rivalry Hidden Ability Hustle Evolves From N/A Evolves Into Nidorina Egg Group Monster/ Ground Effort Value 1 HP Nidoran Base Stats Base Maximum Range (at lv. 100) HP:  55 220 - 314 Attack:  47 89 - 212 Defense:  52 98 - 223 Sp.Atk:  40 76 - 196 Sp. Def:  40 76 - 196 Speed:  41 78 - 199 Total:  275 637 - 1340   Nidoran Moveset (fifth Generation)  Level   Move   Type   PP  --- Growl Normal 40 --- Scratch Normal 35 7 Tail Whip Normal 30 9 Double Kick Fighting 30 13 Poison Sting Poison 35 19 Fury Swipes Normal 15 21 Bite Dark 25 25 Helping Hand Normal 20 31 Toxic Spikes Poison 20 33 Flatter Dark 15 37 Crunch Dark 15 43 Captivate Normal 20 45 Poison Fang Poison 15   Nidoran Evolution                 → Level 16 → via Moonstone     Nidoran ♀ Nidorina Nidoqueen     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 Green (Blue in Pokemon Special) had a female Nidoran named Nidory (Nido-chan (ニドちゃん) in Pokemon Special) who would eventually fully evolve into a Nidoqueen. Yamashita 4 Koma Manga Many of Nidoran's appearances tend to put her in the role as the youngest daughter of Nidoking or Nidoqueen's family. Compared to Nidoran Male or Nidorina, she takes a backseat to other characters and doesn't say much.   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 ). As an interesting bit of trivia, the simplified Chinese name Ní Duō Lán (尼多蘭) uses the character 蘭 (Ran) to identify the Pokemon as female. Typically speaking, this is because Ran is a character used in female names as opposed to male, as it literally means orchid, a type of flower. Because of this, Nidoran Male's name actually differs in simplified Chinese.   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) 尼多蘭 Chinese (Hong Kong) 尼美蘭 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