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Charizard
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About
Charizard is a popular Pokémon from the original 151 Pokémon in Generation 1. It is the final evolution of Charmander, the fire starter of the Red, Blue, and Green games. It has had a significant presence across the series, featuring prominently in the Pokémon games, anime, trading card game, and Detective Pikachu. The omnipresence of the Pokémon has led some fans of the series to complain that it is overrepresented and overshadowing strong Pokémon from the latter generations of games.
Origin
Charizard was present in the first set of Pokémon games, released February 27th, 1996,[1] and served as the mascot for Pokémon Red. It is a Fire/Flying type Pokémon.
![Charizard Art](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/608/767/9d7.png)
History
The Pokémon also played a prominent role in the original anime series, evolving from Ash Ketchum's Charmander and becoming belligerent and disobedient for several episodes. Charizard appeared on the cover of Pokémon Stadium (shown below, left). A holographic Charizard became one of the most valuable Pokémon trading cards, and regularly sells for thousands of dollars in 2019.[2] It is also an available fighter in the Super Smash Brothers series.
![Pokemon Stadium NINTENDO64 TM OnlyFor STADIUM N64 TRANSFER PAK INCLUDED! Designed For N64 Transfer Pak 1-4 Player/Simultaneous EVERYONE BATTLE YOUR POKÉMON ON THE NG4! CONTENT RATED AY ESRB](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/608/785/085.jpg)
![Holographic Charizard Evolves from Charmeleon Put Charizard on the Stage card STAGE 2 Charizard 120 HP Flame Pokémon. Length: 5' 7", Weight: 200 lbs. Pokémon Power: Energy Burn As often as you like during your turn (before your attack), you may turn all Energy attached to Charizard into Energy for the rest of the turn. This power can't be used if Charizard is Asleep, Confused, or Paralyzed. Fire Spin Discard 2 Energy cards attached to Charizard in order to use this attack. 100 weakness resistance retreat cost -30 Spits fire that is hot enough to melt boulders. Known to unintentionally cause forest fires. LV. 76 # 6 ilus. Mitsuhiro Arita O1995, 96 98 Nintendo, Creatures, GAMEFREAK CI99 Wisards 4/102](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/608/828/4bd.jpg)
Charizard has appeared in every main game of the Pokémon series thus far. It is one of the few Pokémon to have two "Mega Evolutions" (a mechanic introduced in generation 6) and is confirmed to have a Gigamax form in the upcoming Pokémon Sword and Shield.
Fandom
Due to its popularity in the series, Charizard has been the subject of much online content surrounding Pokémon, including memes, fan art and webcomics (examples shown below).
![tumblr_lrwadvbFMZ1qhx6wko1_500.png DRAW ME LIKE ONE OF YOUR FRENCH GIRLS](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/000/180/912/tumblr_lrwadvbFMZ1qhx6wko1_500.png)
![8bc.jpg](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/000/779/476/8bc.jpg)
![8d7.jpg 6 6 DO YOu HAVE PROTECTION? NO ONE WILL BE BUGGIN US BABE WRITTEN BY @DONG PARTY DRAWN BY @VECTORBELLY](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/000/526/940/8d7.jpg)
It was also one of the Pokémon featured in the Charizard and Dragonite Dance Remixes (example shown below, left). It was portrayed as a mean father in the Poképarents advice animals series.
![charizard-dinner.jpg YOU REMIND ME SO MUCH OF YOUR MOTHER DEAD TO ME! DEAD! NOW GO ASK WHEN DINNER IS memegenerator.net](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/000/105/369/charizard-dinner.jpg)
Overrepresentation Complaints
While the Pokémon has remained popular throughout the series' run, some fans of the series have been critical of Charizard being representative of what they see of the series' continued push of the first generation of Pokémon. This was particularly evident after Charizard appeared in the Gigamax trailer for Pokémon Sword and Shield, as many photoshops in /r/pokemon focused on the ubiquity of the Pokémon. For example, user Lurinzoo[3] posted a meme joking all the Galar starters would evolve into different-colored Charizards, gaining over 19,000 points (shown below, left). User @chriscftb97[4] posted a Breaking News Parody about the announcement, gaining over 38,000 points (shown below, right).
![Charizards Pekenay PokéMay SWhRD SHIELD GALAR STARTER EVOLUTIONS Sobblezard Grookizard Scorizard Type Water Type Fire Type Grass A somewhat timid A Charizard A mischievous Charizard Charizard Pokémon Pokémon that is full that is always running about bursting with energy that shoots out of boundless attacks as it hides curiosity. itself in the water.](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/608/842/114.png)
![Breaking News LIVE BREAKING NEWS GAMEFREAK ANNOUNCES CHARIZARD 4 22:30 Typhlosion found dead after being forgotten in a hot car](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/608/847/020.jpg)
Various Examples
![Always you three Why is it when Pokémon does anything it is always you three?](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/608/848/e54.jpg)
![New Kanto Evolution PokeMey PokeNay CHARI ZARD GAME F REAK Ivyzard Bulbazard Venuzard Zardizard Zardmander Zardmeleon Squirizard Wartorzard Blastozard Pikazard Raizard Mewzardtwo Mewzard](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/608/849/e2e.png)
![Sprites](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/608/851/2ce.png)
![Better than me "You guys always act like you're better than me" Global Globar](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/608/858/b52.jpg)
![Seventh week in a row le tration tamyaast phoe This is Charizard nickelodeonkids.tumbir.com HEALTMY DIET er this is the 7th week in a row youve shown Charizard in class Gamefreako](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/608/859/cdb.png)
![Wringing Charizard Dry 0](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/608/863/479.jpg)
Search Interest
External References
[2] Ebay – Holographic Charizard
[3] Reddit – You can never have too many Charizard.
[4] Reddit – Breaking News
Top Comments
Nedhitis
Oct 17, 2019 at 12:25PM EDT
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