Charmander, Charmeleon, and Charizard

Character Group
Name:	Charmander, Charmeleon, and Charizard; also known as the Charmander line
Type:	Pokémon evolutionary line
Fandom:	Pokémon
Members:	Charmander Charmeleon Charizard
Other:
Related:	Generation I Starter Pokémon
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Charmander, Charmeleon, and Charizard are Pokémon species.

Bulbasaur, Charmander, and Squirtle comprise the Kanto starter Pokémon trio.

Overview

Pokémon original video game series

Mascot of Pokémon Red, one of the paired versions of the first Pokémon games; also mascot of 2004 remake Pokémon FireRed.

Charizard is the most famous starter Pokémon, and thus it is most often associated with series representative protagonist Red in official media.

Other media

• Green Lantern Jessica Cruz canonically favors Charizard, Bulbasaur, and Jigglypuff when playing Pokémon.

Reception and meta

Charmander is the fire starter from the first generation of Pokémon. Charmander was a very popular Pokémon back when the game and the anime were first launched in western countries. This was due to his design as a little cute dragon, which evolves into a bigger and more powerful looking one, with wings. Charizard, Charmander's final evolution, was featured in the box of the Pokémon Red game, contributing to the popularity of Charmander and its evolutions. Nowadays, and despite the release of more than one thousand different Pokémon, Charmander is still a very popular Pokémon. Old fans remember it with fondness while still being popular with newer generations of fans. Charmander still features in a lot of merchandising and promo material of the franchise.

Fan works

Examples Wanted: Editors are encouraged to add more examples or a wider variety of examples.

Fan comics and doujinshi

• "とうちゃん" by 真吉 (2014); translated into English here
• Mokepon
• "Doctors vs. Furries"

Fan art

• Blue-Flamed Charmander Animation, ^{Archived version} by moxie2D (2016)
• Charmander fanart pokemon, ^{Archived version} by Wasted-Art (2024)
• Second round of Gen 1 startes! Charmander! by blazing.fox.art (2024)
• Charizard fanart [OC] by dodosaurus_art (2025) --n.b. that "[OC]" in the title indicates "original content" (that is, art produced by the uploader) not original characters

Fakemon and fan evolutions:

• https://www.reddit.com/r/pokemon/comments/8tpuz9/fakemon_fan_art_charmander_line_johto_forms_by/
• https://imgur.com/gallery/charmander-evolution-line-QrvH4A7
• https://www.reddit.com/r/pokemon/comments/doioah/charmander_evolutions_in_my_style/

External links

• on Bulbapedia
• Charizard on Wikipedia
• https://pokemondb.net/pokedex/charizard on Pokémon Database
• on Serebii.net
• https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/charizard, https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/some-say-charmander-is-the-best
• Pokémon [ stories] and [ crossovers] featuring ___ on FanFiction.Net (FFN)
• charmander, charmeleon, and charizard tags on DeviantArt (DA)
• charmander, charmeleon, and [https:/www.tumblr.com/tagged/charizard charizard] tags on Tumblr
• on Archive of Our Own (AO3)
• on Pixiv
• on Safebooru
• https://old.reddit.com/r/charmander/ on Reddit