Fearow

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Fearow
Image:Fearow.png
National
Spearow - Fearow (#22) - Ekans
Johto
Spearow - Fearow (#14) - Hoothoot
Japanese name Onidrill
Stage Stage 1
Evolves from Spearow
Evolves to None
Generation First
Species Beak Pokémon
Type Normal / Flying
Height 3 ft 11 in (1.2 m)
Weight 83.8 lb (38.0 kg)
Ability Keen Eye

Fearow (オニドリル Onidoriru?, Onidrill) is one of the 493 fictional species of Pokémon in the Pokémon franchise. In the manga, anime and video games, Fearow is often found in the possession of Team Rocket Grunts.

The name "Fearow" originates from the words fear, the feeling Fearow is supposed to inspire, and sparrow, a type of bird. Also, it bears a similarity to "Spearow", its pre-evolution. The name "Onidoriru" comes from the words oni, meaning demon or devil, and doriru, the word for drill.

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[edit] Biology

Fearow has a distinctly avian appearance. It has large wings colored in shades of brown, an Orange crest on its head and a very long and narrow beak. Fearow is instantly recognisable from its large wingspan, elongated neck and thin, long beak, all characteristics being a radical departure from its short-winged, stubby-beaked pre-evolved form, Spearow.

Thanks to its great wings, Fearow can fly much easier than it ever did as a Spearow. It can even use them to catch air currents and effortlessly glide over large distances for as long as a day without having to land or rest, an ability shared to an extent by real birds such as the albatross. If it senses danger, Fearow will immediately rise high to the sky. It tends to fly around incredibly high altitudes, even the edge of outer space.

Fearow's beak gives it a surprisingly long range of attack, making it rather dangerous in battle. It is adept at using its beak to pluck prey from under the soil or water. Fearow mainly feeds on small insects and fish in this way. It can also attack by rising high up in the air, then swooping down to divebomb its target.

[edit] In the video games

Besides being evolved from Spearow, Fearow can also been caught in the wild. In various Pokémon video games, Fearow can be found in few Routes, and is not found in the Ruby and Sapphire versions.

Fearow has high attack and speed, but the rest of its stats are pretty low, making it very weak defensively. Furthermore, while it learns a handful of good physical attacks, its movepool is not varied enough to make it stand out. Usually its signature move Drill Peck is used, as well as Return, Hidden Power (fighting or ground), and some form of filler. Sky Attack is also a great move to teach Fearow in Red/Blue/Yellow (this is done by using a TM), however since Pokemon FireRed and LeafGreen, Fearow can only learn Sky Attack as an egg move. Aerial Ace is another get move to teach Fearow (using the TM40 or by raising it to level 25).

In Pokémon XD it can be captured in Spearow form, from one of Administer Snattle's Henchmen.

[edit] In the anime

In the Pokémon anime, Fearow has often been used as a fierce enemy of a character Ash Ketchum befriends, but sometimes it's in the possession of a Pokémon Trainer.

There is one Fearow that personally attacks Ash mercilessly when he returns to Pallet Town after the Pokémon League (Episode #83-Pallet Party Panic) which is the Spearow that he tried to capture in the first episode, having evolved after all that time.

[edit] In other media

Fearow in the Pokémon Trading Card Game.
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Fearow in the Pokémon Trading Card Game.

Fearow's appearances as stage 1 colorless cards in the Pokémon Trading Card Game are in the Jungle, Gym Heroes (as Lt.Surge's Fearow), Pokémon *VS (as Falkner's Fearow, a basic Pokémon), Expedition, EX Sandstorm and EX Firered/Leafgreen expansions. Also Fearow is an electric-type delta species in EX Crystal Guardians.

[edit] References

Publications
  • Barbo, Maria. The Official Pokémon Handbook. Scholastic Publishing, 1999. ISBN 0-439-15404-9.
  • Loe, Casey, ed. Pokémon Special Pikachu Edition Official Perfect Guide. Sunnydale, CA: Empire 21 Publishing, 1999. ISBN 1-930206-15-1.
  • Nintendo Power. Official Nintendo Pokémon FireRed Version & Pokémon LeafGreen Version Player’s Guide. Nintendo of America Inc., August 2004. ISBN 1-930206-50-X
  • Mylonas, Eric. Pokémon Pokédex Collector’s Edition: Prima’s Official Pokémon Guide. Prima Games, September 21 2004. ISBN 0-7615-4761-4
  • Nintendo Power. Official Nintendo Pokémon Emerald Version Player’s Guide. Nintendo of America Inc., April 2005. ISBN 1-930206-58-5

[edit] External links

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