List of Pokemon - Generation Two

Dogasu's Backpack | List of Pokémon | Generation Two

Let's take a look at the 100 Pokémon who debuted in the second generation of Pocket Monsters games, Pocket Monsters Gold & Silver.

The name list is broken down as follows:

#: The number of each Pokémon as seen in the Pokémon Bestiary.
Image: The official artwork for the Pokémon. If multiple forms exist then the artwork for the most commonly seen form is used to represent the Pokémon.
Japanese name: The Japanese name, written in both the English alphabet as well as the Japanese original. A small number of the names below differ from what the official romanizations for a variety of reasons; in those cases, the official romanization is also provided in parenthesis for comparison's sake.
Name Origin: A breakdown of the Pokémon's name. Since the overwhelming majority of the Pokémon's names have not had their origins officially revealed then these breakdowns are based on educated guesses and common sense.
English Name: The official English name as used by Nintendo of America in all official English language media and merchandise.

To see the Pokémon who debuted in other generations, click on one of the links below.

Generation One (Red, Green, Blue, & Pikachu)

Generation Two (Gold, Silver, & Crystal)
Generation Three (Ruby, Sapphire, & Emerald)
Generation Four (Diamond, Pearl, & Platinum)
Generation Five (Black, White, Black 2, & White 2)
Generation Six (X & Y)
Generation Seven (Sun & Moon)

#	Image	Japanese Name	Name Origin	English Name
0152		Chicorita チコリータ	chikorii (チコリー), "chicory" ita (イタ), a Spanish suffix meaning "small" or "feminine"	Chikorita
0153		Bayleaf ベイリーフ	Literally the herb "bay leaf"	Bayleef
0154		Meganium メガニウム	mega (メガ), "mega" zeraniumu (ゼラニウム), "geranium"	Meganium
0155		Hinoarashi ヒノアラシ	hi (火), "fire" yama-arashi (ヤマアラシ), "porcupine"	Cyndaquil
0156		Magmarashi マグマラシ	maguma (マグマ), "magma" yama-arashi (ヤマアラシ), "porcupine"	Quilava
0157		Bakuphoon (Bakphoon) バクフーン	bakufuu (爆風), "a blast (of wind)" taifuu (台風), "typhoon"	Typhlosion
0158		Waninoko ワニノコ	wani (ワニ), "crocodile / alligator" wani no ko (ワニの子), "a crocodile's child"	Totodile
0159		Alligates アリゲイツ	arigeetaa (アリゲーター), "alligator"	Croconaw
0160		Ordile オーダイル	ou (王), "king" oo (オー), "eau" (French for "water") kurokodairu (クロコダイル), "crocodile"	Feraligatr
0161		Otachi オタチ	o (尾), "tail" tatsu (立つ), "to stand" itachi (イタチ), "weasel"	Sentret
0162		Ootachi オオタチ	oo (大), "big" o (尾), "tail" tatsu (立つ), "to stand" itachi (イタチ), "weasel"	Furret
0163		Hoho ホーホー	hoh-hoh (ホーホ―), the sound an owl makes (in English this would be "hoot hoot")	Hoothoot
0164		Yorunozuku ヨルノズク	yoru (夜), "night" konohazuku (コノハズク), "Eurasian scops owl" mimizuku (ミミズク), "horned owl"	Noctowl
0165		Rediba レディバ	reddo (レッド), "red" redibagu (レディバグ), "ladybug"	Ledyba
0166		Redian レディアン	reddo (レッド), "red" gaadian (ガーディアン), "guardian"	Ledian
0167		Itomaru イトマル	ito (糸), "thread" maru (丸), "ball" maki agaru (巻き上がる), "to roll up"	Spinarak
0168		Ariados アリアドス	Ariadne (アリアドネ), a princess in Greek mythology who gave a ball of thread to Theseus to help him find his way out of the Minotaur's labyrinth.	Ariados
0169		Crobat クロバット	akurobatto (アクロバット), "acrobat" kurosu (クロス), "cross" batto (バット), "bat" Also similar to kuro batto (黒バット), the precursor to the Golden Bat character that Golbat is possibly named after	Crobat
0170		Chonchie チョンチー	A rearrangement of the letters in chouchin (提灯), "lantern" (チョウチンアンコウ), "Atlantic footballfish"	Chinchou
0171		Lanturn (Lantern) ランターン	A corruption of the word rantaan (ランタン), "lantern"	Lanturn
0172		Pichu ピチュー	A shortened version of the name Pikachu pika (ピカ), "light up" chuu (チュウ), the sound a mouse makes in Japanese. The English equivalent would be "squeak."	Pichu
0173		Py ピィ	A shortened version of the name Pippi (ピッピ) pikushi (ピクシー), pixie	Cleffa
0174		Pupurin ププリン	From the name Purin puchi (プチ), "petit" or "small"	Igglybuff
0175		Togepy トゲピー	toge (トゲ), "spikes" piyo-piyo (ピヨピヨ), the sound of a bird chirping in Japanese happii (ハッピー), "happy" Dokkaebi (トッケビ), a type of goblin in Korean folklore	Togepi
0176		Togechick トゲチック	toge (トゲ), "spikes" chiku-chiku (チクチク), the onomatopoeia for something being pricked chikku (チック), "chick"	Togetic
0177		Naty ネイティ	Native American (ネイティブアメリカン)	Natu
0178		Natio ネイティオ	Native American (ネイティブアメリカン) Indio (インディオ), the Spanish word for "Indian" used to refer to Native Americans	Xatu
0179		Mareep (Merriep) メリープ	Merino (メリノ種), a common type of sheep メー (mee), the sound a sheep makes in Japanese. merii (メリー), "merry" shiipu (シープ), "sheep" "Mary Had a Little Lamb" (メリーさんの羊) It could also come from taking the letters in the word ampere (アンペア) and rearranging them	Mareep
0180		Mokoko モココ	moko-moko (モコモコ), "fluffy" youmou (羊毛), "sheep wool"	Flaafy
0181		Denryu デンリュウ	denryuu (電流), "electric current" denki (電気), "electricity" ryuu (竜), "Chinese dragon"	Ampharos
0182		Kireihana キレイハナ	kirei (綺麗), "beautiful" rei (鈴), "bell" hana (花), "flower"	Bellossom
0183		Maril マリル	marin buruu (マリンブルー), "marine (navy) blue" mari (鞠), "ball (used for sports)" marui (丸い), "round" rill (リル), a small river or brook ruri-iro (瑠璃色), "azure"	Marill
0184		Marilli マリルリ	marin buruu (マリンブルー), "marine (navy) blue" mari (鞠), "ball (used for sports)" marui (丸い), "round" rill (リル), a small river or brook ruri-iro (瑠璃色), "azure"	Azumarill
0185		Usokkie ウソッキー	uso tsuki (嘘つき), "liar" ki (木), "tree" torikkii (トリッキー), "tricky"	Sudowoodo
0186		Nyorotono ニョロトノ	nyoro-nyoro (ニョロニョロ), a word used to describe tadpoles swimming tono-sama (殿様), "feudal lord." tonosamagaeru (トノサマガエル), "dark-spotted frog"	Politoed
0187		Hanecco ハネッコ	ha (葉), "leaf" nekko (根っこ), "root" haneru (跳ねる), "to hop"	Hoppip
0188		Popocco ポポッコ	tanpopo (タンポポ), "dandelion" nekko (根っこ), "root"	Skiploom
0189		Watacco ワタッコ	watage (綿毛), "fluffy and wool-like" nekko (根っこ), "root"	Jumpluff
0190		Eipam エイパム	eipu (エイプ), "ape" paamu (パーム), "palm (of your hand)" pantomaimu (パントマイム), "pantomime"	Aipom
0191		Himanuts ヒマナッツ	himawari no tane (ヒマワリの種), "sunflower seeds." Sunflower seeds are also sometimes referred to as "sunflower nuts" nattsu (ナッツ), "nuts" natsu (夏), "summer"	Sunkern
0192		Kimawari キマワリ	ki (黄), "yellow" himawari (ヒマワリ), "sunflower"	Sunflora
0193		Yanyanma ヤンヤンマ	yancha (やんちゃ), mischievous yanma (ヤンマ), a large type of dragonfly	Yanma
0194		Upah ウパー	uupaa ruupaa (ウーパールーパー), "wooper-looper" or "axolotl"	Wooper
0195		Nuoh ヌオー	nume-nume (ヌメヌメ), "slimy" or "slippery" eau (オー), the French word for "water" uo (魚), another way to say "fish" ou (王), "king"	Quagsire
0196		Eifie エーフィ	esupaa (エスパー), "psychic" fiiru (フィール), "feel" The letter "F" (エフ), as in the shape of its tail "Eifie" can be read the same way forwards and backwards	Espeon
0197		Blacky ブラッキー	burakku (ブラック), "black" tsuki (月), "moon" rakkii (ラッキー), "lucky"	Umbreon
0198		Yamikarasu ヤミカラス	yami (闇), "darkness" karasu (カラス), "crow" Yatagarasu (ヤタガラス), the name of a mythical raven who helped Emperor Jimmu on his eastern expedition Yamiyo no Karasu (闇夜のカラス), or "Crows of the Dark Night," is the title of the first game Satoshi Tajiri thought up of for Game Freak	Murkrow
0199		Yadoking ヤドキング	yadokari (ヤドカリ), "hermit crab" kingu (キング), "king" shukushu (宿主), "host"	Slowking
0200		Muma ムウマ	muma (夢魔), a demon who appears in your sleep	Misdreavus
0201		Unknown アンノーン	Literally the word "unknown" (アンノーン) arufabetto (アルファベット), "alphabet"	Unown
0202		Sonansu (Sonans) ソーナンス	sou nansu (そうなんす), "that's right" rezonansu (レゾナンス), "resonance"	Wobbuffet
0203		Kirinriki キリンリキ	kirin (キリン), "giraffe" nenriki (念力), "psychokinesis" If you take ki-ri-n and tack on the reversed version of the word, n-ri-ki, you get kirinnriki	Girafarig
0204		Kunugidama クヌギダマ	kunugi (クヌギ), "sawtooth oak" tama (玉), "ball" or "bundle"	Pineco
0205		Foretos フォレトス	foresuto (フォレスト), "forest." Additionally, if you take fo-re-su-to and reverse the final two syllables you get foretosu, this Pokémon's name. footoresu (フォートレス), "fortress"	Forretress
0206		Nokocchi ノコッチ	Tsuchinoko (ツチノコ), a snake-like demon in Japanese folklore. Nokocchi's name is an anagram of Tsuchinoko.	Dunsparce
0207		Gligar (Gliger) グライガー	guraidaa (グライダー), "glider" gaa (ガーッ), an onomatopoeia used for movement gaagoiru (ガーゴイル), "gargoyle"	Gligar
0208		Haganeil ハガネール	hagane (鋼), "steel" suneeku (スネーク), "snake" suchiiru (スチール), "steel" teeru (テール), "tail"	Steelix
0209		Bulu ブルー	burudoggu (ブルドッグ), "bulldog" buruuto (ブルート), "brute"	Snubbull
0210		Granbulu グランブル	gurando (グランド), "grand" burudoggu (ブルドッグ), "bulldog" guranburu (グランブル), "grumble and complain"	Granbull
0211		Harysen ハリーセン	harisenbon (ハリセンボン), "porcupinefish" fuusen (風船), "balloon"	Qwilfish
0212		Hassam ハッサム	hasami (ハサミ), "scissors" hasamu (はすむ), "to nip at something"	Scizor
0213		Tsubotsubo ツボツボ	tsubo (ツボ), "jar" or "urn" fujitsubo (フジツボ), "barnacle"	Shuckle
0214		Heracros ヘラクロス	Herakuresu ookabuto (ヘラクレスオオカブト), "Hercules beetle" kurosu (クロス), "cross"	Heracross
0215		Nyula ニューラ	manyuubaa (マニューバー), "maneuver" sen'nyuu (潜入), "to sneak in" nyuu (ニュー), "new" nora (野良), "stray (dog, cat, etc.)" The kanji for "weasel," 鼬, is usually pronounced itachi but a nyu reading is also possible in certain contexts.	Sneasel
0216		Himeguma ヒメグマ	mikazuki (朏), "crescent (moon)." This kanji can also be read as hi. hime (姫), "princess" kuma (クマ), "bear" higuma (ヒグマ), "brown bear"	Teddiursa
0217		Ringuma リングマ	tsukinowaguma (ツキノワグマ), "Asian black bear" If you take away the tsukino part of the name, replace the wa with the English word "ring," and remove one of the gu you get Ringuma. ringu (輪), "ring" kuma (クマ), "bear"	Ursaring
0218		Magmag マグマッグ	maguma (マグマ), "magma" suraggu (スラッグ), "slug"	Slugma
0219		Magcargot マグカルゴ	maguma (マグマ), "magma" escargot (エスカルゴ), French for "snail"	Magcargo
0220		Urimoo ウリムー	uribou (うりぼう), "wild boar piglet" mŏo bpàa (ムーパー), the Thai word for "wild boar"	Swinub
0221		Inomoo イノムー	inoshishi (イノシシ), "wild boar" mŏo bpàa (ムーパー), the Thai word for "wild boar"	Piloswine
0222		Sunnygo サニーゴ	sanii (サニー), "sunny" sango (サンゴ), "coral"	Corsola
0223		Teppouo テッポウオ	teppou'uo (テッポウウオ), "archerfish" teppou (鉄砲), "gun" uo (魚), "fish"	Remoraid
0224		Octank (Okutank) オクタン	okutopasu (オクトパス), "octopus" tanku (タンク), "tank"	Octillery
0225		Delibird デリバード	deribaa (デリバー), "deliver" baado (バード), "bird"	Delibird
0226		Mantain マンタイン	manta (マンタ), "manta" tain (タイン), "tine," a slender pointed projecting part	Mantine
0227		Airmd エアームド	eaa (エアー), "air" aamudo (アームド)、"armed"	Skarmory
0228		Delvil デルビル	debiru (デビル), "devil" iibiru (イービル), "evil"	Houndour
0229		Hellgar ヘルガー	heru (ヘル), "Hell" gaadodoggu (ガードドッグ), "guard dog" reonberugaa (レオンベルガー), "Leonberger" dog breed	Houndoom
0230		Kingdra キングドラ	kingu (キング), "king" doragon (ドラゴン), "dragon" shiidoragon (シードラゴン), "sea dragon" hyudora (ヒュドラ), "the Hydra"	Kingdra
0231		Gomazou ゴマゾウ	tousaigoma (当歳駒), "yearling" gomasuri (ごますり), "to suck up to someone" zou (ゾウ), "elephant"	Phanpy
0232		Donphan (Donfan) ドンファン	masutodon (マストドン), "Mastadon" odṓn (オドーン), Greek for "teeth" Don (ドン), the Spanish and Portugese word for "boss" erefanto (エレファント), "elephant"	Donphan
0233		Porygon2 ポリゴン2	A corruption of the English word "polygon"	Porygon2
0234		Odoshishi オドシシ	odorokasu (驚かす), "to surprise" or "to startle" shishi-odoshi (鹿威し), the general name for a device used to scare away agriculture damaging wild animals.	Stantler
0235		Doble ドーブル	doobu (ドーブ), "daub," to carelessly smear paint (etc.) on something daburu (ダブル), "double" or "dabble" doodoru (ドードル), "doodle" puudoru (プードル), "poodle"	Smeargle
0236		Balkie バルキー	barukii (バルキー), "bulky" barikii (馬力), "horsepower" ruukii (ルーキー), "rookie" yaruki (やる気), "motivation"	Tyrogue
0237		Kapoerer カポエラー	A corruption of Capoeira (カポエイラ), a type of Afro-Brazilian martial art eraa (エラー) , "error"	Hitmontop
0238		Muchul ムチュール	muchuu (夢中), "to be crazy about someone / something" chuu (チュー), "to give someone a smooch" aventure (アバンチュール), the French word for "adventure" that also takes of the meaning of "amorous adventure" in Japanese	Smoochum
0239		Elekid エレキッド	erekiteru (エレキテル), "electricity" kiddo (キッド), "kid"	Elekid
0240		Buby ブビィ	buusuto (ブースト), "boost" bebii (ベビー), "baby" buubii (ブービー), "booby" (a type of sea bird)	Magby
0241		Miltank ミルタンク	miruku (ミルク), "milk" tanku (タンク), "tank"	Miltank
0242		Happinas ハピナス	hapinesu (ハピネス), "happiness" naasu (ナース), "nurse" biinasu (ビーナス), "Venus, the goddess of love and beauty"	Blissey
0243		Raikou ライコウ	rai (雷), "thunder & lightning" raijuu (雷獣), the name of a thunder beast in Japanese mythology raikou (雷光), "lightning" raikou (雷公), "bolt of lightning" koutei (皇帝), "emperor" "Raikou" is also the Japanese reading of 雷公, or Leigong	Raikou
0244		Entei エンテイ	en (炎), "flames" tei'ou (帝王), "emperor" enten (炎天), "burning sun" "Entei" is also the Japanese reading of 炎帝, or Yán Dì.	Entei
0245		Suicune スイクン	sui (水), "water" suishou (水晶), "crystal" kunshu (君主), "monarch"	Suicune
0246		Yogiras ヨーギラス	youchuu (幼虫), "larva" yousei (幼生), "larva" girari (ギラリ), "staring" ankirosaurusu (アンキロサウルス), "Ankylosaurus" Angiras (アンギラス), a monster in the Godzilla franchise	Larvitar
0247		Sanagiras サナギラス	sanagi (サナギ), "chrysalis" or "pupa" girari (ギラリ), "staring" ankirosaurusu (アンキロサウルス), "Ankylosaurus" Angiras (アンギラス), a monster in the Godzilla franchise	Pupitar
0248		Bangiras バンギラス	bansei (晩成), "late development" ban'nen (晩年), "later life" yaban (野蛮), "savage" girari (ギラリ), "staring" ankirosaurusu (アンキロサウルス), "Ankylosaurus" Angiras (アンギラス), a monster in the Godzilla franchise	Tyranitar
0249		Lugia ルギア	αργυρός (アルギュロス), Greek for "silver" agiru (アギル), "agile." If you take a-gi-ru and reverse the letters you get ru-gi-a lukia (ルキア), Latin for "light" Luna (ルナ), the god of the Moon in Roman mythology jaianto (ジャイアント), "giant"	Lugia
0250		Houou ホウオウ	Houou (鳳凰), the Japanese reading of Fenghuang, a mythical bird typically known as "the Chinese phoenix" ou (王), "king"	Ho-Oh
0251		Celebi セレビィ	serebu (セレブ), "celeb," which in Japanese means "someone who's blessed by God" serebureito (セレブレイト), "celebrate" seirei (精霊), "soul" or "spirit" serapii (セラピー), "therapy" seresutiaru (セレスティアル), "celestial" bi'iingu (ビーイング), "being" aibii (アイビー), "ivy" bebii (ベビー), "baby" Serekuto Bii (セレクト・ビー), or "Select + B," a code that takes advantage of a bug in the Japanese versions of Red & Green that allows you to get the mythical Pokémon Mew.	Celebi