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Starting in Generation IV, Pokémon in the video games sometimes had minor visual differences depending on their gender, or gender differences. Some differences were easily visible, while some are hard to see without looking closely. An example is Magikarp, as male Magikarp have yellow whiskers while female Magikarp have white whiskers. When it evolves into Gyarados, the males' whiskers become blue like its body while the females' whiskers stay white.

Generation I

Number Pokémon Male Female Differences
0003 Venusaur Female Venusaur have a yellow gynoecium on the top of the flower, while male Venusaur do not.
0012 Butterfree Female Butterfree’s bottom inner section of their wings are black, but male wings are the same color all around.
0019 Rattata Male Rattata’s whiskers are longer than the females.
0020 Raticate Male Raticate’s whiskers are longer than the females.
0025 Pikachu Female Pikachu have a heart shape at the end of their tails, while males have a flat end.
0026 Raichu Female Raichu tails do not have a point at the end, while male tails do.
0032 & 0029 Nidoran Male Nidoran are purple, while female Nidoran are pink. They also have seperate evolutionary lines.
0041 Zubat Male Zubat’s fangs are larger and thicker than female Zubat’s fangs.
0042 Golbat Male Golbat’s teeth are larger and thicker than the female Golbat’s fangs.
0044 Gloom Females have one large white spot on the buds, while males have multiple smaller spots.
0045 Vileplume Female Vileplume have larger, and less pots on the petals, while males have smaller and more spots.
0064 Kadabra Female Kadabra have smaller whiskers than male Kadabra.
0065 Alakazam Female Alakazam have smaller whiskers than male Alakazam.
0084 Doduo Male Doduo have black necks, while female Doduo have beige necks.
0085 Dodrio Male Dodrio have black necks, while female Dodrio have beige necks.
0097 Hypno Female Hypno have longer fur on their necks and shoulders.
0111 Rhyhorn Female Rhyhorn has a shorter horn than male Rhyhorn.
0112 Rhydon Female Rhydon has a shorter horn than male Rhydon.
0118 Goldeen Female Goldeen has a shorter horn than male Goldeen.
0119 Seaking Female Seaking has a shorter horn than male Seaking.
0123 Scyther Female Scyther have longer and larger abdomen than male Scyther.
0129 Magikarp Male Magikarp have yellow whiskers, while female Magikarp have white whiskers.
0130 Gyarados Male Gyarados have blue whiskers, while female Gyarados have white whiskers.
0133 Eevee The tan fur on the end of a female Eevee’s tail in heart shaped at the base, while male Eevee has spiky fur at the base.

Generation II

Number Pokémon Male Female Differences
0154 Meganium Male Meganium’s antenna are longer and wavier than female Meganium’s antenna.
0165 Ledyba Female Ledyba have shorter antenna than male Ledyba.
0166 Ledian Female Ledian have shorter antenna than male Ledian.
0178 Xatu Male Xatu have three yellow striped on their lower body, while female Xatu only have two.
0185 Sudowoodo Female Sudowoodo’s Antenna are shorter than male Sudowoodo’s antenna.
0186 Politoed Male Politoed’s cheeks are larger than female Politoed’s cheeks.
0190 Aipom Male Aipom have shorter hair on the top of their heads than female Aipom.
0194 Wooper Female Wooper have two branches coming out of their gills, while male Woopee have four branches.
0195 Quagsire Female Quagsire have shorter dorsal fins male Quagsire do.
0198 Murkrow The feathers on top of male Murkrow’s head is longer than on female Murkrow’s head.
0202 Wobbuffet Female Wobbuffet have red lipstick-like markings on their mouths, while male Wobbuffet do not.
0203 Girafarig Male Girafarig have a smaller yellow section than female Girafarig.
0207 Gligar The stinger on the tail of a female Gligar is smaller than on that of a male Gligar.
0208 Steelix Male Steelix have three outer teeth while female Steelix do not.
0212 Scizor Female Scizor have longer abdomen than male Scizor.
0214 Heracross Female Heracross have a heart shaped horn at the end, while male Heracross have a shark tail shape.
0215 Sneasel Male Sneasel have a longer and bigger left ear, while female Sneasel do not.
0217 Ursaring The fur on a male Ursaring’s shoulder is shorter than on that of a female.
0221 Piloswine Male Piloswine have longer tusks than female Piloswine.
0224 Octillery The suction cups on the bottom of female Octillery’s tentacles are smaller than that of a male Octillery's.
0229 Houndoom The horns of a male Houndoom are longer than that of a female Houndoom.
0232 Donphan Female Donphan have shorter tusks than that of a male Donphan's.

Generation III

Number Pokémon Male Female Differences
0255 Torchic Male Torchic has a small black speck on its rear, while female Torchic do not.
0256 Combusken Male Combusken have longer head feathers than female Combusken.
0257 Blaziken Male Blaziken have longer head crest feathers than female Blaziken.
0267 Beautifly Male Beautifly have longer red markings on its upper wings than female Beautifly.
0269 Dustox Male Dustox have longer antennae than female Dustox.
0272 Ludicolo Male Ludicolo have thicker stripes than female Ludicolo.
0274 Nuzleaf Male Nuzleaf have a longer leaf on its head than female Nuzleaf.
0275 Shiftry Male Shiftry have larger leaves on its hands than female Shiftry.
0307 Meditite Male Meditite's ears is positioned higher than female Meditite's ears.
0308 Medicham The bulb on male Medicham's head is larger than the bulb on female Medicham's head.
0315 Roselia Female Roselia have a longer leaf in front of their body than male Roselia.
0316 Gulpin Male Gulpin have a longer feather on its head than female Gulpin.
0317 Swalot Male Swalot have longer whiskers than female Swalot.
0322 Numel Female Numel has a larger hump than male Numel.
0323 Camerupt Female Camerupt have larger humps than male Camerupt.
0332 Cacturne Female Cacturne has one large diamond in front of its body, while male Cacturne has two regular-sized diamonds.
0350 Milotic Female Milotic has longer hair-like find than male Milotic.
0369 Relicanth Male Relicanth has larger jaw guards than female Relicanth.

Generation IV

Number Pokémon Male Female Differences
0396 Starly The Male's spot above their head is bigger than the female.
0397 Staravia The Grey spot above the male's head is bigger than the female.
0398 Staraptor The White Spot under the male's top feathers is bigger then the female.
0399 Bidoof Male have 5 tufts of fur on their tails while female have only 3 tufts of fur on their tails.
0400 Bibarel Male have bigger face stamps than female.
0401 Kricketot Male Kricketot has a smaller collar than female Kricketot.
0402 Kricketune Male Kricketune has a larger mustache than female Kricketune.
0403 Shinx Male Shinx has blue hind feet and a larger tuft of hair on its head, female Shinx has black hind feet and a smaller tuft of hair.
0404 Luxio Male Luxio has black fur on its ankles and a larger mane of hair, female Luxio has blue ankles and a shorter mane.
0405 Luxray Male Luxray has a larger mane than female Luxray.
0407 Roserade Female Roselia has a longer cape than male Roselia.
0415 Combee Female Combee have a red mark on the lower head while the males don't.
0417 Pachirisu The blue line on the male's head is larger then the female.
0418 Buizel The male Buizel has two white spots on his back, while female Buizel only has one spot.
0419 Floatzel The male Floatzel has two white spots on his back, while female Floatzel only has one spot.
0424 Ambipom Female Ambipom has longer hair on her head than the male.
0443 Gible Male Gible has an extra groove in his fin, female Gible does not.
0444 Gabite Male Gabite has an extra groove in his fin, femalen Gabite does not.
0445 Garchomp Male Garchomp has an extra groove in his fin, female Garchomp does not.
0449 Hippopotas Male and female Hippopotas's color patterns are inverted.
0450 Hippowdon Male Hippowdon's body is yellow, while the female's is dark grey.
0453 Croagunk Female Croagunk's bandages are placed higher on her torso than the male's.
0454 Toxicroak Female Toxicroak has a smaller throat sac than male Toxicroak.
0456 Finneon Female Finneon has larger tail fins than male Finneon.
0457 Lumineon Female Lumineon's lower wings are larger than the male's.
0459 Snover Female Snover's chest stripe is white while male Snover's is brown.
0460 Abomasnow Female Abomasnow has longer fur on her chest than male Abomasnow.
0461 Weavile Female Weavile's ear feathers are shorter than the male's.
0464 Rhyperior Female Rhyperior has a smaller upper horn on top of her head than the male's.
0465 Tangrowth Female Tangrowth's pink fingers are longer than male Tangrowth's.
0473 Mamoswine Female Mamoswine has smaller tusks than male Mamoswine.

Generation V

Number Pokémon Male Female Differences
0521 Unfezant Male Unfezants have red feathers in front of their eyes and are green while females have more neutral colors and non fancy feathers.
0592 Frillish Male Frillish are blue, have more leaf like hands and straight up crowns while females are pink have feather like hands and their hair is more crown like.
0593 Jellicent Male Jellicent are blue, have wavy tentacles, and a mustache while females are pink have fluffy tentales, and a fluffy crest.

Generation VI

Number Pokémon Male Female Differences
0668 Pyroar Male Pyroar is generally more bulky and muscular and he has a great, fiery red and yellow mane encircling his head while female is more slender and sleek and she has a long flare-like tuft of flaming fur of the same color atop her head.
0678 Meowstic Male Meowstic have green eyes and short, spiky dark blue fur with white accents while female have yellow eyes and long, curled white fur with dark blue accents.

Generation VIII

Number Pokémon Male Female Differences
0876 Indeedee Male Indeedee has blue marks between its eyes, horns pointing upwards and his torso is tapered, more slender, and purple while female has red marks above its eyes, horns pointing downwards and her torso is rounded, plumper, and white. Additionally, their feet are white and have three toes, but the male has more white than the female.

Generation IX

Number Pokémon Male Female Differences
0916 Oinkologne Male Oinkolonge have a black upper body and light black lower body (also applying on the ears), a larger left ear, pink eyelids, feet, nose, a bulb-like tail tip and thin yellow lower eyelids while female have a light brown upper body and dark brown lower body, a larger right ear, brown eyelids, feet, nose, a broom-like tail tip and thick yellow lower eyelids.

Trivia

  • Generation IV introduced the most Pokémon with gender differences, having 31 different Pokémon.
  • Generation VII is currently the only generation that did not introduce a new Pokémon with a gender difference. However, it gave Eevee, a previously introduced Pokémon, a new gender difference.
    • This also makes Eevee the only pre-existing Pokémon to gain a gender difference after their introduction in Generation IV.
  • The Flying type currently has the most Pokémon with gender differences, having 18 different Pokémon species.
    • In contrast to this, the Ghost and Steel type tie for the least amount of Pokémon with gender differences, each having only 2.
    • The Fairy type is currently the only type to not have any Pokémon with a gender difference.