Draft:Grovyle

• Comment: This subject's reception is largely sourced to WP:VALNET sources, which do not confer notability per prior consensus, and unreliable sources such as Bulbanews. Overall I would say this is not meeting notability guidelines for video game characters at present. Magneton Considerer: Pokelego999 (Talk) (Contribs) 03:32, 27 May 2026 (UTC)

• Comment: It relies mainly on Valnet sourcing, and even then it's not what I'd call WP:SIGCOV. It needs significantly stronger sourcing that establishes notability. Kung Fu Man (talk) 05:43, 22 May 2026 (UTC)

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Grovyle
Pokémon character
File:Grovyle artwork.png Grovyle artwork by Ken Sugimori
First appearance	Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire (2002)
Designed by	Ken Sugimori
In-universe information
Species	Pokémon
Type	Grass

Grovyle, known in Japan as Juptol (Japanese: ジュプトル, Hepburn: Juputoru), is a Pokémon species in Nintendo and Game Freak's Pokémon franchise. First introduced in the video games Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire, Grovyle is the evolved form of Treecko, one of the starter Pokémon in the game. Since Grovyle's debut, it has appeared in multiple games, most notably in Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time and Explorers of Darkness.

Groyvle has been received very well since its debut, with a majority of the praise going to the Pokémon Mystery Dungeon character.

Development and design

Grovyle is a species of fictional creatures called Pokémon created for the Pokémon media franchise. Developed by Game Freak and published by Nintendo, the Japanese franchise began in 1996 with the video games Pokémon Red and Green for the Game Boy, which were later released in North America as Pokémon Red and Blue in 1998. In these games and their sequels, the player assumes the role of a Trainer whose goal is to capture and use the creatures' special abilities to combat other Pokémon. Some Pokémon can transform into stronger species through a process called evolution via various means, such as exposure to specific items. Each Pokémon has one or two elemental types, which define its advantages and disadvantages when battling other Pokémon. A major goal in each game is to complete the Pokédex, a comprehensive Pokémon encyclopedia, by capturing, evolving, and trading with other Trainers to obtain individuals from all Pokémon species.

When designing the 2002 sequels Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire, Game Freak initially wanted to not include any of the Pokémon from the previous games, with lead artist Ken Sugimori using this as an opportunity push the concept of what a Pokémon could look like. To this end, he wanted to try more "humanoid" designs, but also wanted to emphasize "cooler" designs, due to feedback the team had received that Pokémon was seen as too "babyish". Additionally, while the previous Pokémon Gold and Silver were bound to simplistic designs for the sake of the related anime and toy manufacturing, Sugimori stated in an interview he said "screw it" and focused on more complex and fleshed out designs with these games. As the art team developed the Pokémon species, Sugimori would finalize their work and draw the promotional art, altering details as he felt necessary.

Pokémon Mystery Dungeon is a spin-off video game series from the main Pokémon series developed by Spike Chunsoft (formerly Chunsoft). The spin-off series began in 2005 with Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Blue Rescue Team and Red Rescue Team for the Nintendo DS and Game Boy Advance systems, respectively. The games feature Pokémon who have the ability to speak human language navigating through a randomly generated dungeon using turn-based moves, common to Mystery Dungeon games.

Grovyle is a green, reptilian Pokémon, and the second stage of Treecko, evolving at Level 16. It evolves into Sceptile at Level 36. It has a long leaf blade on top of its head, three leaves on each of its wrists, and two leaf-like tails. According to various Pokédex entries, Grovyle lives in dense jungles and leaps from branch to branch when chasing prey. Its leafy pattern also allows Grovyle to hide from predators within overgrown forests.

Appearances

Grovyle first appeared in Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire, being the evolved form of the Starter Pokémon Treecko, which is the Grass-type starter of the games' Hoenn region (alongside the Fire-type Torchic and Water-type Mudkip). It is also the pre-evolved form of Sceptile. Grovyle has appeared in multiple mainline games following it, such as Pokémon Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon. In the remakes, Pokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire, Grovyle's evolved form, Sceptile, was one of multiple Pokémon to receive a new form called Mega Evolution that changes aspects of the Pokémon. In three games, Grovyle was excluded from the Pokémon roster until their respective expansion passes: Pokémon Sword and Shield until the Crown Tundra portion in the Pokémon Sword and Shield Expansion Pass, Pokémon Scarlet and Violet until the release of The Indigo Disk in the expansion, The Hidden Treasure of Area Zero, and Pokémon Legends Z-A until the release of the Mega Dimension expansion.

Grovyle appears in multiple side games, including Pokémon Mystery Dungeon, where Treecko is available as one of multiple Starter Pokémon the player may choose to control or partner with. Additionally, a Grovyle is a major character in the second game in the series, Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time and Explorers of Darkness. In the game, Grovyle starts as a major antagonist searching for the five Time Gears. Later, the player encounters Dusknoir, a famous traveler, and work with him to bring Grovyle to justice. However, Dusknoir betrays the hero and their partner, banishing both them and Grovyle into the ruined future. From there, the heroes team up with Grovyle and a shiny Celebi to return to the present day, recollect the Time Gears, and restore Temporal Tower to avoid the planet's paralysis. In the updated rerelease, Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Sky, a special episode titled "In the Future of Darkness" is added that explores Grovyle's exploits in the future.

Outside of the Mystery Dungeon games, Grovyle also appears in other spin-offs, such as Pokémon Conquest, where it is the Perfect Link for Magoichi; Pokémon GO; and Pokémon Sleep. Furthermore, Grovyle's evolution, Sceptile, is a playable fighter in Pokken Tournament.

In the anime, Ash Ketchum owned a Grovyle, which he caught as a Treecko in Tree's a Crowd. It evolved in Exploud and Clear, and further evolved into Sceptile in Odd Pokémon Out. The Mystery Dungeon incarnation of Grovyle also appears in the two animated specials made for Explorers of Sky, playing the same role he did in the game.

Reception

The Pokémon Mystery Dungeon incarnation of Grovyle has received acclaim. Cian Maher of TheGamer noted that Explorers of Sky made him appreciate the species more compared to Ruby and Sapphire, stating that "I didn’t give a Ralts about Grovyle when I originally did a Grass run of Gen 3, but now it’s my favourite middle evolution of the bunch - aside from Wartortle, it might actually be my favourite middle evolution in the series."

The relationship between Grovyle and the hero been regarded as a high point of Explorers of Sky's story. Rae Grimes of Comic Book Resources cited Grovyle's dynamic with the player as the best video game relationship, claiming that "the bond between the fugitive Grovyle and the human-turned-Pokémon player character is revealed to be incredibly close and touching." RPG Site also held the story in high regard, writing that "the deep story of your main character, their partner, the dark future they hailed from and their struggles with Grovyle to prevent it from coming to pass all culminated in a conclusion where even one mere screencap is enough to get the tears flowing for fans[,]" and insinuated that many characters from later mainline Pokémon games - such as Pokémon Scarlet and Violet and Pokémon Legends: Arceus take after the narrative of Explorers of Sky.

The basis for Grovyle's design, as well as its evolutionary relatives, has been suggested to be the leaf-tailed gecko native to Madagascar. The line has also been compared to Ptychozoon, a sister genus capable of gliding. Xan Hutcheon of Bulbanews wrote that "Both Grovyle and Sceptile's Pokédex entries make note of its agility and ability to leap from branch to branch; Grovyle's even describes this as 'flying'.".

In 2021, a species of Anyphaena spider was named Anyphaena grovyle after the Pokémon, along with the closely related Anyphaena sceptile.

External links

• Grovyle on Pokemon.com
• Grovyle at Bulbapedia, a Pokémon wiki

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Categories:

• Pokémon introduced in generation III
• Video game characters introduced in 2002
• Grass-type Pokémon

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