Cyndaquil

The Fire Mouse Pokémon
#155 - Cyndaquil
Evolve	Quilava
Debut	Pokémon: Gold Version Pokémon: Silver Version
Species Info
Type	+
Height	0.5 m (1'08")
Weight	7.9 kg (17.4 lbs.)
Color	Yellow
Gender Ratio	7♂ : 1♀
Ability	Blaze
Hidden Ability	Flash Fire
Egg Group	Ground
Icon		Sprite
		File:155sprite.png
Footprint
30px
Base Statistics
Hit Points	39	Speed	65
Attack	52	Sp. Attack	60
Defense	43	Sp. Defense	50
Training Info
Catch Rate	045	Hatch Steps	5,120
Base Exp.	065	Effort Points	Spe
Happiness	70
To Lv.100	Slow

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Cyndaquil is a mouse-like Pokémon that was introduced in the second generation games as the fire-type starter Pokémon. It is the first in a three-step evolutionary line, with its evolved forms being Quilava and Typhlosion.

Information

Cyndaquil is a mouse-like Pokémon that generates flames from its back. It is a somewhat timid Pokémon and spends most of its time hunched over or curled in a ball. The strength of its flame seems to be dependent on Cyndaquil's emotions. When a Cyndaquil is angry or surprised, it will shoot flames from its backs in protection. The flames are most intense when Cyndaquil is angered, and otherwise the flames will sputter without full combustion.

Cyndaquil evolves into Quilava at Level 14.

Appearances

Mainstream Games

Cyndaquil is one of the three starter Pokémon that Professor Elm allows Gold to choose at his own at the beginning of Pokémon Gold, Silver, Crystal, HeartGold and SoulSilver versions.

Additionally in Pokémon: Emerald Version, Professor Birch allows Brendan/May to choose one of the same three Pokémon after the player completes the Hoenn Pokédex.

Other Games

Cyndaquil appears in Pokémon Stadium 2 and Pokémon Puzzle Challenge. In Pokémon XD: Gale of Darkness, a Cyndaquil can be won as a prize for completing the first ten areas of Mt. Battle without quitting or switching Pokémon between rounds. In Pokémon Colosseum, it is also possible to catch a Quilava that can then be bred to produce a Cyndaquil. A Cyndaquil acquired in either game can than be traded over to the third generation Pokémon games. In Pokémon Pinball: Ruby & Sapphire, it can be randomly found on the Ruby Field and used to heat and hatch Pokémon eggs. In Pokémon Channel, Cyndaquil can be found in the front yard on cloudy mornings, clear days, clear evenings and cloudy nights. Cyndaquil can be acquired in Pokémon Trozei! at Secret Storage 20, Endless Level 34, Trozei Battle or Mr. Who's Den.

Cyndaquil is also a potential starter Pokémon (the Pokémon the player is turned into at the beginning of the game) for Pokémon Mystery Dungeon and Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time and Darkness. In the former games it can also be found and recruited on the thirteenth through seventeenth floors of the Joyous Forest, while in the latter games it can be found in the first ten floors of the Giant Volcano as well as the first ten basement levels of the Dark Crater. In Pokémon Ranger, Cyndaquil can be acquired in Lyra Forest. In Pokémon Ranger: Guardian Signs, it appeared at Mitonga Road and Fire Temple. Cyndaquil also appeared in PokéPark Wii: Pikachu's Adventure at the Flower Zone. In Pokémon Rumble Blast, it was found at Firebreathing Mountain.

Other Appearances

Video Games

• Cyndaquil appeared in Super Smash Bros. Melee as one of the Pokémon that could appear at random when tossing the Poké Ball. It attacks with a flamethrower attack from its back. Cyndaquil has also appeared as a trophy in both Melee and Brawl.

Other Media

• In the Pokémon anime, Ash Ketchum eventually captures a wild Cyndaquil in the episodes set in Johto. Ash's Cyndaquil is shown to be easily exhausted, but it is eventually able to become better at battles. After the Johto episodes, Ash leaves his Cyndaquil at Professor Oak's lab. Jimmy, the anime counterpart of Gold, is also shown to have chosen a Cyndaquil as his starter Pokémon, one that had evolved into Typhlosion by the time it appeared. During the Sinnoh episodes, Dawn won an egg in a Pokémon contest which soon hatched into a Cyndaquil. Ash also brought back his Cyndaquil to fight in the Lily of the Valley conference, and it wound up evolving into Quilava while fighting Team Rocket's mech prior to the competition. Dawn's Cyndaquil also evolved in a post-Sinnoh series special which featuring her.
• Cyndaquil appears in the Pokémon Adventures manga as Gold's starter Pokémon, although unlike the games it is not willingly entrusted to Gold. Gold initially grabs Cyndaquil in order to stop Silver when he steals Elm's Totodile. Elm eventually allows Gold to keep the Cyndaquil when Gold and the Cyndaquil decide to operate as "partners" in order to both thwart Silver and retrieve Cyndaquil's friend, the Totodile. Cyndaquil eventually evolves into Quilava when Gold trains under the daycare couple.

Trivia

• Its name is a combination of "cinder" (referring to ashes) and "quill" (due to its quill-like hairs).