Editing Cyndaquil

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|specie=Fire Mouse
|type=Fire
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|evolve=[[Quilava]]
|color=Yellow
|height=0.5 m (1'08")
|weight=7.9 kg (17.4 lbs.)
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|2.5p=Meganium
|2.5n=Quilava
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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 and Silver Versions|Pokémon Gold, Silver]]'', ''[[Pokémon: Crystal Version|Crystal]]'', ''[[Pokémon: HeartGold and SoulSilver Versions|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 appears in ''[[Super Smash Bros. Melee]]'' as one of the Pokémon that can randomly appear from tossed Pokéballs. It attacks with a flamethrower attack from its back. A trophy of Cyndaquil also appears in the game.

==Other Media==

*In the Pokémon anime, [[Red#Other Media|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).
*Cyndaquil also appears as a trophy in ''[[Super Smash Bros. Brawl]]''.