Tangela

Tangela (モンジャラ Monjara) is a -type Pokémon.

Appearance
Tangela is a Vine Pokémon. Its body is covered with blue vines. Two big eyes are all people see inside the vines. It also wears two red shoes.

Special Abilities
Tangela can have the ability Chlorophyll or the ability Leaf Guard. Chlorophyll causes Tangela's Speed to rise when it is sunny. Leaf Guard grants Tangela immunity to status effects when it is sunny. It is shrouded in blue vines. No one has seen the face hidden behind this growth of vines.

Evolution
Tangela evolves into Tangrowth when it learns the move AncientPower at level 33. Or when taught the move AncientPower and then leveled up.

Trivia

 * Despite having vines, it couldn't learn Vine Whip in Red and Blue though it was fixed in Pokémon Yellow.
 * Tangela was the only pure type Pokémon in Generation I.
 * Tangela's original name was Meduza which was inspired by the Greek monster, Medusa. Medusa was a woman with numerous vine-like snakes as hair with the ability to turn anyone that made eye contact with her to stone.
 * Tangela is the first pure type Pokémon in the National Pokédex.
 * Tangela is the only non-generation II Pokémon that evolves only when knowing AncientPower.
 * It is also the only one that isn't captured by a main character in the Sinnoh Series.