Yanma

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Yanma
Image:Yanma.png
National Pokédex
Sunflora - Yanma (#193) - Wooper
Johto Pokédex
Nidoking - Yanma (#101) - Sunkern
Japanese name Yanyanma
Evolves from None
Evolves into Megayanma (from Pokémon Diamond and Pearl onwards)
Generation Second
Species Clear Wing Pokémon
Type Bug / Flying
Height 3 ft 11 in (1.20 m)
Weight 84.0 lb (38.0 kg)
Ability Compoundeyes / Speed Boost

Yanma (ヤンヤンマ Yan'yanma?, Yanyanma in original Japanese language versions) is one of the 493 fictional species of Pokémon from the Pokémon Franchise – a series of video games, anime, manga, books, trading cards and other media created by Satoshi Tajiri.

The purpose of Yanma in the games, anime, and manga, as with all other Pokémon, is to battle both wild Pokémon—untamed creatures encountered while the player passes through various environments—and tamed Pokémon owned by Pokémon trainers.[1]

Yanma's name is an abbreviation of its Japanese name, Yanyanma, which is in turn dragonfly (蜻蜓 yanma?) partially doubled.

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[edit] Appearance/Biology

Yanma physically resembles a dragonfly. It has a large green head on a long red thorax, six legs and two pairs of wings. Its head has a pair of segmented eyes and two red spikes on top.

Yanma has extremely well-developed wing muscles; in fact, they can generate enough force to break glass by means of the resulting shockwave. Although normally not inclined nor capable of moving much faster than a real world dragonfly, frightened Yanma have been recorded as breaking the sound barrier.

Its diet consists of non-Pokémon insects (such as mosquitos and moths); in this respect, a Yanma performs much the same role as an actual bat. Yanma is aided when hunting by its prodigious flying ability; it navigates so perfectly that it can abruptly change direction in mid-flight without slowing down.

Yanma's segmented eyes have a 360-degree field of vision. As a result, it is difficult to surprise, or escape from, a Yanma in the wild.

[edit] In the video games

Yanma is a relatively rare Pokémon. In Pokémon Gold, Silver, and Crystal, it is found in Route 35 but when it is swarming, the trainer there will phone the player and it is easy to catch. In Pokémon Colosseum, it is a Shadow Pokémon and can be Snagged in Pyrite Town's Battle Square. In Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen, it is found in Ruin Valley.

In "Pokémon Channel" it can be found in the players back yard under certain time and weather conditions.

Yanma is very fast and has decent Special Attack (which given its types, does not help it much), but the rest of its stats are not particularly impressive. However, Yanma learns a handful of useful disrupting moves, such as Double Team, Supersonic and Detect. This can buy it time to lower the opponent's defense with Screech and attack with moves like Wing Attack and (from breeding) Signal Beam or Silver Wind.

Yanma is also notable for having two good traits: Speed Boost increases Yanma's speed after every turn (which, then again, isn't very useful because Yanma is already speedy to begin with, but good when battling against other speedsters), while Compoundeyes increases the accuracy of Yanma's attacks by 30%. Compoundeyes allows Yanma to use inaccurate moves such as Supersonic and Hypnosis better than most Pokémon.

[edit] In the anime

Yanma was featured in episode #179 (Wings and Things), where a boy called Zachary owned one which was constantly shattering windows around the city. In episode #290 (All in a day's Wurmple), a trainer named Forrester used a Yanma in Ash's first Double Battle (second counting the Orange Islands Season).

[edit] In the trading card game

Yanma in the Pokémon Trading Card Game
Yanma in the Pokémon Trading Card Game

Yanma has made four appearance in the Pokémon Trading Card Game. It is a Basic Grass-type Pokémon in every case:

  • Neo Discovery
  • Skyridge
  • EX Team Rocket Returns
  • EX Unseen Forces

[edit] References

Books
  • 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
  • Nintendo Power. Official Nintendo Pokémon Emerald Player’s Guide. Nintendo of America Inc., April 2005. ISBN 1-930206-58-5
Footnotes

[edit] External links

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