Pokemon Facts #6 - Charizard
- Prior to Generation VI, Charizard and Rhyhorn shared nearly the same cry. This cry was updated and reused for Mega Charizard Y.
- Yellow is the only Generation I game in which Charizard can learn Fly, though it can still be traded to the older games.
- Charizard and its pre-evolution share their category name with Flareon, Moltres, and Infernape. They are all known as the Flame Pokémon.
- Charizard holds the distinction of being the first Pokémon to appear in the Japanese version of the Pokémon anime, as it is the first one to appear in the opening. However, outside of Japan, this honor belongs to Mewtwo.
- Charizard is the only Pokémon in the Super Smash Bros. series that transitioned from a Poké Ball Pokémon to a playable character.
- Charizard, Typhlosion, and their respective evolutionary lines have exactly the same base stats.
- Charizard was the focus of a Pokémon Center promotion in April 2010.
- Mega Charizard Y has the highest base Special Attack stat of all Fire-type Pokémon.
- Charizard was the inspiration for the naming of Chilicola charizard, a species of stem-nesting bees.
- Charizard is the only Pokémon not in the Alola Pokédex (and unobtainable via normal gameplay) to be a Ride Pokémon in Sun and Moon.
