Venonat (Pokémon)

Venonat is an insect Pokémon with a spherical body covered in purple fur. The fur releases a toxic liquid and it spreads when shaken violently off their bodies. A pink pincer-like mouth with two teeth, stubby forepaws, and a pair of two-toed feet are visible through its fur. Its limbs are light tan. There is also a pair of white antennae sprouting from the top of its head. However, the most prominent feature on its face are its large, red compound eyes. Venonat's highly developed eyes act as radar units and can shoot powerful beams.

Venonat can be found in dense temperate forests, where it will sleep in the hole of a tree until nightfall. It sleeps throughout the day because the small insects it feeds on appear only at night. Both Venonat and its prey are attracted to bright lights.

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  Venonat using its "Radar Eye" to find Team Rocket's truck

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  Venonat shooting an energy beam from its eyes

Evolution

Venonat evolves into Venomoth.

(For specifics on this Pokémon's Evolution in the games, refer to Game data→Evolution data.)

Unevolved Venonat  Bug  Poison

→

First Evolution Venomoth  Bug  Poison

Pokédex entries

Venonat in the Paldea Pokédex	Venonat in the Blueberry Pokédex

Game locations

In side games

Held items

Pokémon caught in Generation I must be traded to a Generation II game in order for a held item to appear.

Games		Held items
Red	Blue	Berry (100%)
Yellow

Stats

Base stats

Pokéathlon stats

Type effectiveness

Learnset

By leveling up

By TM

Generation IX Other generations: I - II - III - IV - V - VI - VII - VIII

TM   Move   Type   Cat.   Pwr.   Acc.   PP  TM001 TM001 Take Down Normal Physical 09090 085}}85% 20 TM004 TM004 Agility Psychic Status 0000— 00—}}—% 30 TM007 TM007 Protect Normal Status 0000— 00—}}—% 10 TM013 TM013 Acid Spray Poison Special 04040 100}}100% 20 TM015 TM015 Struggle Bug Bug Special 05050 100}}100% 20 TM016 TM016 Psybeam Psychic Special 06565 100}}100% 20 TM017 TM017 Confuse Ray Ghost Status 0000— 100}}100% 10 TM018 TM018 Thief Dark Physical 06060 100}}100% 25 TM021 TM021 Pounce Bug Physical 05050 100}}100% 20 TM025 TM025 Facade Normal Physical 07070 100}}100% 20 TM032 TM032 Swift Normal Special 06060 00—}}—% 20 TM042 TM042 Night Shade Ghost Special 0000— 100}}100% 15 TM045 TM045 Venoshock Poison Special 06565 100}}100% 10 TM047 TM047 Endure Normal Status 0000— 00—}}—% 10 TM049 TM049 Sunny Day Fire Status 0000— 00—}}—% 5 TM059 TM059 Zen Headbutt Psychic Physical 08080 090}}90% 15 TM070 TM070 Sleep Talk Normal Status 0000— 00—}}—% 10 TM085 TM085 Rest Psychic Status 0000— 00—}}—% 5 TM091 TM091 Toxic Spikes Poison Status 0000— 00—}}—% 20 TM095 TM095 Leech Life Bug Physical 08080 100}}100% 10 TM098 TM098 Skill Swap Psychic Status 0000— 00—}}—% 10 TM103 TM103 Substitute Normal Status 0000— 00—}}—% 10 TM111 TM111 Giga Drain Grass Special 07575 100}}100% 10 TM119 TM119 Energy Ball Grass Special 09090 100}}100% 10 TM120 TM120 Psychic Psychic Special 09090 100}}100% 10 TM132 TM132 Baton Pass Normal Status 0000— 00—}}—% 40 TM148 TM148 Sludge Bomb Poison Special 09090 100}}100% 10 TM162 TM162 Bug Buzz Bug Special 09090 100}}100% 10 TM168 TM168 Solar Beam Grass Special 120120 100}}100% 10 TM171 TM171 Tera Blast Normal Special 08080 100}}100% 10 TM175 TM175 Toxic Poison Status 0000— 090}}90% 10 TM182 TM182 Bug Bite Bug Physical 06060 100}}100% 20 TM185 TM185 Lunge Bug Physical 08080 100}}100% 15 TM205 TM205 Endeavor Normal Physical 0000— 100}}100% 5 TM219 TM219 Skitter Smack Bug Physical 07070 090}}90% 10 TM228 TM228 Psychic Noise Psychic Special 07575 100}}100% 10

Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Venonat Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an Evolution or an alternate form of Venonat Click on the generation numbers at the top to see TM moves from other generations

By breeding

Generation IX Other generations: II - III - IV - V - VI - VII - VIII

Parent   Move   Type   Cat.   Pwr.   Acc.   PP  Agility Psychic Status — —% 30 Baton Pass Normal Status — —% 40 * Bug Bite Bug Physical 60 100% 20 * Morning Sun Normal Status — —% 5 Rage Powder Bug Status — —% 20 Screech Normal Status — 85% 40 Toxic Spikes Poison Status — —% 20 * Venoshock Poison Special 65 100% 10

Moves marked with an asterisk (*) must be chain bred onto Venonat Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Venonat Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an Evolution of Venonat Click on the generation numbers at the top to see Egg moves from other generations

Animated series-only moves

TCG-only moves

Side game data

Pokémon Pinball   Acquisition: Catch			Pokémon Trozei! Rarity: Common
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon Red Rescue Team and Blue Rescue Team Body size: 1 Recruit rate: 11.4% Friend Area: Secretive Forest Phrases 51%-100% HP The beams from my eyes make it safe in darkness! 26%-50% HP I'm getting down to half HP now. 1%-25% HP I'm almost done... I can't even use my beams anymore... Level up All right! I leveled! I'll go for it!
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon Explorers of Time, Explorers of Darkness, and Explorers of Sky Body size: 1 Recruit rate: 8.2% IQ group: A
Pokémon Super Mystery Dungeon Body size: Standard (1 tile) How to Recruit: Talk to in Baram Town Connected to: None Connection Orb Set: None Phrases Normal I can shoot beams from my eyes! Cool, huh? Low HP (< 50%) I can see stars... Is that bad?
Pokémon Ranger Group: Bug Poké Assist: Poison Field move: None Loops: 3 Min. exp.: 35 Max. exp.: 70 Browser entry R-153 Venonat hops about while scattering puffs of poison mist.
Pokémon Rumble Attack ● Defense ●● Speed ●●●			Pokémon Rumble Blast Attack ● Defense ●● Speed ●●●
Pokémon Rumble Rush Walking Speed: 1.67 seconds Base HP: 51 Base Attack: 68 Base Defense: 49 Base Speed: 60
Pokémon Battle Trozei Bug Attack Power: ★★★★★			Pokémon Shuffle Bug Attack Power: 50 - 100 5 #750 Nap Time Leaves the foe asleep.
Pokémon GO Base HP: 155 Base Attack: 100 Base Defense: 100 Egg Distance: N/A Buddy Distance: 3 km Evolution Requirement: 50 Fast Attacks: Bug Bite, Confusion Charged Attacks: Poison Fang, Psybeam, Signal Beam, Frustration, Return

Evolution data

Unevolved Venonat  Bug  Poison

Level 31 →

First Evolution Venomoth  Bug  Poison

Sprites

Generation I Red Green Red Blue Yellow Front Back Front Back Front Back

Generation II Gold Silver Crystal Front Back Front Back Front Back

Generation III Ruby Sapphire Emerald FireRed LeafGreen Front Back Front Back Front Back

Generation IV Diamond Pearl Platinum HeartGold SoulSilver Front Back Front Back Front Back

Generation V Black White Black 2 White 2 Front Back Front Back

Generation VI X Y Omega Ruby Alpha Sapphire Front Back Front Back

Generation VII Sun Moon Ultra Sun Ultra Moon Front Back Front Back Let's Go, Pikachu! Let's Go, Eevee!

Cross-Generation HOME

For other sprites and images, please see Venonat images on the Bulbagarden Archives.

Venonat in Pokémon Journeys: The Series

Major appearances

Tracey's Venonat

Tracey has a Venonat, which he commonly uses to see things at night. It debuted in The Lost Lapras as the first Pokémon used by Tracey, though it was only one of two owned by him before he met Ash. By the time of The Rainbow and the Pokémon Master!, Venonat had evolved into Venomoth.

Other

Two Venonat appeared in The Ninja Poké-Showdown, with one under the ownership of Koga and the other under the ownership of his sister, Aya. Koga's evolved into a Venomoth in the same episode. Aya's Venonat reappeared in Ariados, Amigos!.

In Camping It Up!, Conway trained a Venonat during the Pokémon Summer Academy. He then used it in a battle against a Grimer that Dawn was temporarily using. After Grimer used Poison Gas as a Counter Shield, the battle ended in a draw.

In Leading a Stray!, multiple Venonat assisted a Luxio in its efforts to help a Wailmer trapped in the sewers.

Minor appearances

Venonat debuted in Pokémon Fashion Flash as one of the Pokémon seen on Scissor Street.

A Venonat appeared in The Kangaskhan Kid.

A Venonat appeared in A Chansey Operation.

In Pikachu's Vacation, a Venonat was at the Pokémon Theme Park.

A Trainer's Venonat appeared in Mewtwo Strikes Back.

In Friends to the End, a Trainer's Venonat was at the closing ceremonies of the Indigo Plateau Conference.

In In the Pink, multiple pink Venonat were living Pinkan Island.

In Tricks of the Trade, a Venonat was at the Pokémon Swap Meet in Palmpona.

In Beauty and the Breeder, a Pokémon Breeder's Venonat participated in the Pokémon Beauty Contest.

In The Heartbreak of Brock, a Venonat was living at Temacu's father's lab.

A Venonat appeared in Celebi: The Voice of the Forest.

In Fangs for Nothin', a Venonat lived on the Dragon Holy Land.

In Training Daze, a Venonat was partnered with two Team Rocket trainees.

In Gonna Rule The School!, the Pokémon Trainers' School lent a Venonat to the school's underage students for use in lessons.

In Saved by the Beldum, a Trainer's Venonat was seen during the Ever Grande Conference.

A Venonat appeared in the opening sequence of Lucario and the Mystery of Mew.

In The Saffron Con, a Coordinator's Venonat was taken by Team Rocket. In the next episode, it competed in the Saffron City Pokémon Contest.

A Venonat appeared in The Green Guardian.

A Coordinator's Venonat appeared in What I Did for Love!.

In Once More With Reeling!, a Coordinator's two Venonat competed in the Terracotta Contest.

In A Trainer and Child Reunion!, a Venonat lives in the forest where Aaron's training center was located at.

A Venonat appeared in To Thine Own Pokémon Be True!.

In Coming Full-Festival Circle!, a Venonat listened as Nando played his music.

A Trainer's Venonat appeared in I Choose You!.

Two Venonat appeared in The Power of Us, with one appearing as a shadowy figure.

In Working My Way Back to Mew!, Goh caught a Venonat. It has since made further appearances in Pokémon Journeys: The Series.

In a flashback in There's a New Kid in Town!, three Venonat approached a young Chloe in a playground and caused her to cry. They were then chased off by Yamper.

Five Venonat appeared in Trade, Borrow, and Steal!, with one under the ownership of a Trainer and the rest being wild.

A Trainer's Venonat appeared in Take My Thief! Please!.

A Trainer's Venonat appeared in Curtain Up! Fight the Fights!. It reappeared in Battling as Hard as Stone! and Whittle While You Work!.

Multiple Venonat belonging to Trainers appeared in It's... Champion Time!.

A Venonat appeared in This Could be the Start of Something Big!.

A Trainer's Venonat appeared in A Squad's Worth of Passion!. It got trapped by a fire before being rescued by the Squirtle Squad.

A Venonat appeared in The Pendant That Starts It All (Part One), under the ownership of a student of Indigo Academy.

Pokédex entries

Venonat (left) in The Electric Tale of Pikachu

The Electric Tale of Pikachu

Melanie took care of a Venonat in Pikachu's Excellent Adventure.

Pokémon Adventures

Venonat debuted in Wake Up—You're Snorlax! as a wild Pokémon, while Red partook in a bike race that started in Route 11.

A Venonat appeared in The Last Battle XIII as one of the Pokémon sent to participate in the fight in Ilex Forest.

A Venonat appeared in the Trick Master's flashback in The Final Battle V, where it was one of the Pokémon calmed down by the homeland soil.

A Venonat appeared in Clobbering Claydol, under the ownership of a Camper.

A Venonat appeared in Out-Odding Oddish, under the ownership of a Pokéathlon participant.

Pokémon: Yeah! I Got Pokémon!

A Venonat appeared in A Match For Pokémon.

A Venonat appeared in The Trial for Moltres.

A Venonat appeared in GDZ21.

A Venonat appeared in GDZ23.

A Venonat appeared in GDZ34.

A Venonat appeared in GDZ36.

Pokémon Zensho

A Venonat appeared in Cinnabar Island where Blaine yelled at it for sitting on his head.

Main article: Venonat (TCG)

• Venonat and its evolved form are the Pokémon that went the longest without appearing in a regional Pokédex, excluding their appearances in remakes: prior to the release of Pokémon Scarlet and Violet, their last appearance in a regional Pokédex was in Crystal, almost 22 years earlier.

Origin

Venonat seems to draw inspiration from multiple insects, which may include fleas, mites, flies, owlflies, flightless moths, and/or venomous caterpillars. Its large compound eyes function like radar and resemble parabolic antennas.

Name origin

Venonat may be combination of venom and gnat (a small insect).

Kongpang may be derived from compound eye (visual organ found in insects) or 昆虫 konchū (insect).

• Tracey's Venonat