42 Facts About Charizard

Charizard, known in Japan as Lizardon, is a Pokemon in Nintendo and Game Freak's Pokemon franchise.

An orange, draconic Pokemon, Charizard is the evolved form of Charmeleon and the final evolution of Charmander.

Charizard is featured in the Pokemon anime series with the most recurring being from the main character Ash Ketchum.

Charizard appears in Pokemon Origins with main character Red as its trainer.

Charizard has received positive reception from the media, with GamesRadar describing it as "hands-down one of the coolest Pokemon out there".

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Charizard is the version mascot of Pokemon Red and FireRed versions, and makes an appearance on the boxarts of Pokemon Stadium, Pokemon Ranger, Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Red Rescue Team, Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Sky, and Pokemon Super Mystery Dungeon.

Charizard was designed by Atsuko Nishida for the first generation of Pocket Monsters games Red and Green, which were localized outside Japan as Pokemon Red and Blue.

Charizard was designed before Charmander, the latter being actually based on the former.

Whereas its pre-evolutions Charmander and Charmeleon are ground-bound lizard like creatures, Charizard's design is inspired by dragons, more specifically European dragons.

Charizard has two teal wings, with a mostly orange body and back.

Charizard can be easily marked as a Fire-Flying-Dragon type Pokemon, a very rare tri-variant combination, making it one of the most powerful Pokemon in the collection.

In Pokemon Go, Charizard exists in two forms, its original form with orange body and a cream-coloured patch on its belly, and its shiny form, which is a gray body with the same cream-coloured patch on its belly.

In Generation VIII, Charizard is capable of Gigantamaxing, a special type of Dynamaxing wherein it completely changes Charizard's form.

When Gigantamaxed, Charizard's belly is all lit up, its wings are cloaked in fire, and its tail flame has grown as well.

Gigantamax Charizard is best seen during battles with Galarian Champion Leon.

The player can get a Gigantamax Charizard by obtaining a Charmander in a Poke Ball in Leon's house and evolving it into Charizard.

Charizard made its video game debut in 1996 with the Japanese release of Pokemon Red and Blue.

In Pokemon Ranger, Charizard is a boss Pokemon who becomes attached to the player's character and assists him or her throughout the game.

Charizard has appeared many times throughout the Super Smash Bros.

Charizard first appears as a non-playable character in Super Smash Bros.

Brawl, Charizard is playable while under the command of the Pokemon Trainer.

Charizard is playable as a standalone character in Super Smash Bros.

Charizard appears as a playable fighter in Pokken Tournament and Pokemon Unite.

Charizard still disobeyed Ash, preferring to sleep, and only battled Pokemon that would pose a challenge, but Charizard helped Ash reach his goals, particularly against Gym Leader Blaine.

Charizard became loyal during the Orange Islands arc after Ash battled a trainer with a Poliwrath and Charizard was frozen solid.

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Charizard remained on Ash's team and contributed to his wins in the Orange League and parts of Johto.

Charizard eventually stayed behind in the Charizific Valley, a reserve where wild Charizard battle and train to become stronger.

Charizard has saved Ash's life on more than one occasion, as seen in the film Spell of the Unown, where he battled against Entei after arriving in the nick of time to prevent Ash and Pikachu from falling to their deaths, having flown over from the Charizific Valley after originally seeing a live broadcast of Ash running after Entei who had kidnapped Ash's mother, Delia Ketchum.

Charizard returned during the Johto Pokemon League and defeated Gary's Blastoise, who had a type advantage over Charizard.

Charizard returned for Ash's first Battle Frontier battle, where he took on Articuno at the Battle Factory and won thanks to an unorthodox strategy.

Charizard developed a fierce rivalry with Iris's Dragonite so much so that both Ash and Iris agreed to have a battle.

Charizard stayed with all of Ash's Pokemon sans Pikachu at Professor Oak's laboratory when Ash leaves Kanto once more for the faraway Kalos region.

In Generation VIII, Charizard is capable of Gigantamaxing, a special type of Dynamaxing wherein it completely changes Charizard's form.

When Gigantamaxed, Charizard's belly is all lit up, its wings are cloaked in fire, and its tail flame has grown as well.

Gigantamax Charizard is best seen during battles with Galarian Champion Leon.

Charizard then uses it to battle Dragonite in the final showdown with the Orange Crew Supreme gym leader Drake.

Blue's Charizard re-appeared during the final match of the ninth Pokemon League, against his longtime rival Red.

Charizard has been featured in lines of soft toys and action figures in the Pokemon franchise, made by Hasbro, and Tomy.

Charizard appears often in the Pokemon Trading Card Game, most notably in the series' initial release.

Ben Skipper of the International Business Times praised the designs of Charizard, and calling it a great design, but not good as Blastoise.

Charizard was ranked 19th in Complexs "The 50 Best Pokemon Up to Pokemon Crystal", with Elijah Watson saying that Charizard is one of the best out there.

Charizard has always been a popular character amongst Pokemon card collectors.