Yanma
| Yanma | |
|---|---|
| File:Yanma.png National Pokédex Sunflora - Yanma (#193) - Wooper Johto Pokédex Nidoking - Yanma (#101) - Sunkern | |
| Japanese name | ヤンヤンマ (Yanyanma) |
| Evolves from | None |
| Evolves into | None |
| Generation | Second |
| Species | Clear Wing Pokémon |
| Type | Bug / Flying |
| Height | 3 ft 11 in (1.20 m) |
| Weight | 84.0 pounds (38.1 kg) |
| Ability | Compoundeyes / Speed Boost |
Yanma (ヤンヤンマ Yanyanma in Japanese, also called Yanma in German and French) is a fictional character of the Pokémon franchise.
Yanma's name is an abbreviation of its Japanese name, "Yanyanma", which is in turn 蜻蜓 yanma, large dragonfly, partially doubled.
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.
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.
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.
In the animé
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.
In the 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
References
- Pokémon Red, Green, and Blue, Pokémon Yellow, Pokémon Stadium and Pokémon Stadium 2, Pokémon Gold, Silver, and Crystal, Pokémon Ruby, Sapphire, and Emerald, Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen, Pokémon Colosseum, Pokémon XD: Gale of Darkness
- Books
- Barbo, Maria. The Official Pokémon Handbook. Scholastic Publishing, 1999. ISBN 0439154049.
- Loe, Casey, ed. Pokémon Special Pikachu Edition Official Perfect Guide. Sunnydale, CA: Empire 21 Publishing, 1999. ISBN 130206151.
- Nintendo Power. Official Nintendo Pokémon FireRed Version & Pokémon LeafGreen Version Player’s Guide. Nintendo of America Inc., August 2004. ISBN 193020650X
- Nintendo Power. Official Nintendo Pokémon Emerald Player’s Guide. Nintendo of America Inc., April 2005. ISBN 1930206585
External links
- Official Pokémon website
- Bulbapedia (a Pokémon-centric Wiki)’s article about Yanma as a species.
- Serebii.net’s 3rd Gen Pokédex entry for Yanma
- Pokémon Dungeon Pokédex entry, full of statistics analysis
- PsyPoke Pokédex entry
- Smogon Pokédex entry
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