#0084 · Kanto · Generation 1

Doduo

Twin Bird Pokémon · Normal/Flying-type

Doduo is a Normal/Flying-type Pokémon, the Twin Bird Pokémon, number 84 (#0084) in the National Pokédex. It was introduced in Generation 1 and comes from the Kanto region. It is 1.4 m tall and weighs 39.2 kg.

Doduo is the Twin Bird Pokémon, a two-headed runner whose heads take turns sleeping so that one is always on watch. Its wings are nearly useless, but its legs can carry it across grassland at over 100 km/h (60 mph).

How to pronounce Doduo

Doduo is pronounced doh-DOO-oh. The capital letters show the stressed syllable.

Listen to Doduo said out loud:

In Japanese it is ドードー (Dodo).

Hear every other name on the Pokémon pronunciation guide.

Lore

Biology

Doduo is a bipedal bird with a long neck and a sharp-beaked head on each side, bristly brown feathers and tiny wings. Males have black necks and females brown ones. It stands 1.4 m tall and weighs 39.2 kg. The Pokédex says both heads share the same genes and, normally, identical brains, though rare Doduo may have different ones, and the heads seem to swap feelings by telepathy. FireRed's entry says the second head came from a sudden mutation.

Behaviour

Doduo's heads work as a team and battle in perfect sync; even while it eats, one head stays alert for danger. When trouble comes it runs rather than flies, raising and lowering its heads to keep its balance, and its strides leave footprints up to 10 cm (4 inches) deep.

Habitat

The Pokédex habitat list puts Doduo in grasslands, and Bulbapedia describes wide open plains and savannahs. In Scarlet and Violet it is not found wild in Paldea or Kitakami, but The Indigo Disk's Savanna Biome has it.

Powers

Its Abilities are Run Away and Early Bird, with Tangled Feet hidden. Doduo pecks with Peck, Pluck and Drill Peck, jabs with Fury Attack, speeds up with Agility and builds power with Swords Dance. With 85 base Attack but only 35 base HP it hits harder than its size suggests and breaks easily.

Name origin

Doduo may combine 'dodo', the extinct flightless bird, with 'duo', a pair. The Japanese name is Dodo (ドードー), which is simply the word for the dodo.

Design inspiration

Despite its name, Bulbapedia says Doduo looks more like an ostrich than a dodo, with hints of the moa, emu and kiwi, all flightless birds. These are fan readings.

Evolution notes

Doduo evolves into Dodrio at level 31, and neither has a regional form or a branching path.

In the games

Doduo first appeared in Red and Green (Red and Blue outside Japan), where it is wild on Routes 16 to 18, and in Pokémon Stadium it is shown running through the air. It is not available in Legends: Z-A.

In the anime

Gary's Doduo debuted in 'Showdown at the Po-ké Corral' and was later shown to have become a Dodrio in 'Putting the Air Back in Aerodactyl!'. In 'Bad To The Bone', Otoshi's Doduo is no help in battle because its two heads start attacking each other.

Fun facts

• The Spaceworld '97 demo seems to show an unused pre-evolution of Doduo, a small three-headed chick named Hināzu (ヒナーズ).
• In the Red and Green beta, its English name was Dodo, which is also its Japanese name.
• Bulbapedia says a Japanese Pokémon encyclopedia claims Doduo was discovered only three years before Red and Green came out.

Sources: Bulbapedia: Doduo (Pokémon) · Serebii: Doduo (Scarlet/Violet Pokédex)

Base stats

• HP: 35
• Attack: 85
• Defense: 45
• Sp. Atk: 35
• Sp. Def: 35
• Speed: 75

Doduo’s base stat total is 310. Its highest stat is Attack.

Type matchups

What is Doduo weak to?

Doduo takes extra damage from Electric (2×), Ice (2×), Rock (2×) moves.

It resists Grass (½×), Bug (½×).

It is immune to Ground, Ghost moves.

Evolution

How does Doduo evolve?

Doduo evolves into Dodrio at level 31.

The whole family: Doduo, Dodrio.

Abilities

• Run Away: Ensures success fleeing from wild battles.
• Early Bird: Makes sleep pass twice as quickly.
• Tangled Feet (hidden ability): Doubles evasion when confused.

Moves

Moves Doduo learns by level up in Scarlet / Violet

TM moves (30)

Doduo can learn 30 moves from TMs in Scarlet / Violet: Take Down, Agility, Mud-Slap, Protect, Low Kick, Acrobatics, Thief, Facade, Aerial Ace, Swift, Endure, Sunny Day, Rain Dance, Body Slam, Sleep Talk, Rest, Swords Dance, Substitute, Tailwind, Helping Hand, Baton Pass, Brave Bird, Tera Blast, Knock Off, Lunge, Uproar, Double-Edge, Endeavor, Feather Dance, Throat Chop.

Egg moves (4):Assurance, Flail, Sky Attack, Whirlwind.

Breeding & training

• Gender: 50% male, 50% female.
• Egg groups: Flying.
• Egg cycles: 20 (steps to hatch, Scarlet/Violet: 2,560).
• Catch rate: 190 out of 255.
• Base friendship (Gen 8 onward): 50.
• Growth rate: Medium (1,000,000 experience points to reach level 100).
• Defeating it gives 1 Attack effort value.
• Base experience yield: 62.

Pokédex entries

Its short wings make flying difficult. Instead, this Pokémon runs at high speed on developed legs. (Yellow, Let’s Go, Pikachu!, Let’s Go, Eevee!)

Doduo's two heads contain completely identical brains. A scientific study reported that on rare occasions, there will be examples of this Pokémon possessing different sets of brains. (Sapphire, Alpha Sapphire)

Doduo's two heads never sleep at the same time. Its two heads take turns sleeping, so one head can always keep watch for enemies while the other one sleeps. (Ruby, Omega Ruby)

The brains in its two heads appear to communicate emotions to each other with a telepathic power. (Diamond, Pearl, Platinum, Black, White, Black 2, White 2, Y)

A two-headed Pokémon that was discovered as a sudden mutation. It runs at a pace of over 60 miles per hour. (FireRed, X)

It races through grassy plains with powerful strides, leaving footprints up to four inches deep. (Silver, SoulSilver)

Names around the world

Trivia

• Taller than 68% of all Pokémon (1.4 m).
• Heavier than 60% of all Pokémon (39.2 kg).
• Base stat total 310, ranked #804 of 1,025.
• One of 27 Pokémon that are both Normal and Flying.
• One of 147 brown Pokémon.
• Number 84 of 151 Pokémon introduced in Generation 1 (Kanto).
• Part of an evolution family of 2 Pokémon.
• Can learn 43 different moves in Scarlet / Violet.
• Catch rate 190: about 24.8% per Poké Ball at full health.
• Appears in 10 distinct Pokédex entries.

Sources and fact-checking

• Stats, types, abilities, moves, evolutions, forms and Pokédex entries: PokéAPI open game data.
• Lore: written by pokee.si in our own words, researched from Bulbapedia: Doduo (Pokémon), Serebii: Doduo (Scarlet/Violet Pokédex).
• Pronunciation (doh-DOO-oh): it follows how the English anime, games or official videos say it.

Last checked: 19 October 2026. Every sentence of the lore was checked against Bulbapedia, Serebii and the game data.

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