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Pokémon
Charizard
Charizard is the most popular Pokémon that is not the mascot, and has topped official popularity polls repeatedly across three decades. The design is a deliberate bait-and-switch: it looks like a dragon, breathes fire, and is classified Fire and Flying rather than Fire and Dragon, which is one of the most persistent misconceptions in the franchise and the reason a great many players have lost battles they expected to win.
- First appearance
- Pokémon Red and Green (1996), Nintendo / Game Freak
- Created by
- Atsuko Nishida, Ken Sugimori
- Also known as
- Lizardon
- Universe
- Pokémon
- Appears in
- games, animation, film, television
Who is Charizard?
Charizard is the most popular Pokémon that is not the mascot, and has topped official popularity polls repeatedly across three decades. The design is a deliberate bait-and-switch: it looks like a dragon, breathes fire, and is classified Fire and Flying rather than Fire and Dragon, which is one of the most persistent misconceptions in the franchise and the reason a great many players have lost battles they expected to win. Its commercial standing is disproportionate even within Pokémon. The trading card game has repeatedly used Charizard as its chase card, and the 1999 first-edition holographic printing became the single most recognisable collectible in the hobby, driving a speculative market that reached genuinely absurd figures. Within the animated series it is written as a deliberate problem — a starter that outgrows its trainer and spends a long stretch refusing to obey him at all.
Charizard: the details
- First appearance
- Pokémon Red and Green, 1996, as national Pokédex number 006
- Designed by
- Atsuko Nishida, with Ken Sugimori as art director
- Not a Dragon type
- Classified Fire and Flying — among the most persistent misconceptions in the franchise
- Popularity
- Has repeatedly topped official global Pokémon popularity polls, ahead of everything except the mascot
- The chase card
- The 1999 first-edition holographic card became the defining collectible of the hobby and drove a speculative market
- Two Mega forms
- One of very few Pokémon given two distinct Mega Evolutions, X and Y, in the 2013 games
- Written to disobey
- In the animated series it outgrows its trainer and refuses his commands for an extended run
Why Charizard endures
The most popular non-mascot Pokémon and the centre of the trading card game's collectible market. Its first-edition holographic card is arguably the most recognised collectible card in the world.
What Charizard looks like on a shirt
Signature motif: An orange bipedal dragon with blue underwings and a flame-tipped tail
Orange with blue wing membranes is an unusual and very legible pairing, and the flame-tipped tail gives designs a natural focal point. The silhouette reads as dragon at any size, which makes minimal single-colour treatments work as well as full illustration.
Orange with blue wing membranes is distinctive and legible; the flame tail supplies a focal point. Works as full illustration or reduced silhouette. Retro first-edition card art is a strong and very popular adult treatment.
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Sizes: kids to adult
Charizard shirts are produced across the full US size range. These links run a live Amazon search filtered to each band, so they show what is genuinely in stock rather than a cached list.
| Band | Ages | US sizes | Search |
|---|---|---|---|
| Toddler | 2–4 years | 2T, 3T, 4T | Search toddler sizes |
| Kids | 4–7 years | XS (4/5), S (6/7) | Search kids sizes |
| Youth | 8–14 years | M (8), L (10/12), XL (14/16) | Search youth sizes |
| Adult | 15+ | S–3XL | Search adult sizes |
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Who has played Charizard
| Performer | Production | Year | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shin-ichiro Miki | Pokémon | 1997 | Voice |
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Who created Charizard?
Charizard was created by Atsuko Nishida and Ken Sugimori, first appearing in Pokémon Red and Green in 1996 (Nintendo / Game Freak).
What does a Charizard T-shirt usually look like?
An orange bipedal dragon with blue underwings and a flame-tipped tail. Orange with blue wing membranes is distinctive and legible; the flame tail supplies a focal point. Works as full illustration or reduced silhouette. Retro first-edition card art is a strong and very popular adult treatment.
Are Charizard T-shirts made for children?
Yes — Charizard appears on our kids pages, and shirts are commonly made from US toddler 2T up through youth XL.
Who has played Charizard?
Charizard has been voiced by Shin-ichiro Miki (Pokémon, 1997).
How much does a Charizard T-shirt cost?
Charizard shirts we currently track start from around $17.16 on amazon.com. Every price on this page is dated, because they move.
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