{"id":654,"date":"2012-03-23T18:00:00","date_gmt":"2012-03-23T18:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.factstoryhub.com\/2012\/03\/pokemon-18-zapdos-facts.html"},"modified":"2025-02-16T22:19:28","modified_gmt":"2025-02-16T22:19:28","slug":"pokemon-18-zapdos-facts","status":"publish","type":[],"link":"https:\/\/www.factstoryhub.com\/pokemon-18-zapdos-facts\/","title":{"rendered":"18 Shocking Facts About Zapdos | Pok\u00e9mon"},"content":{"rendered":"

Let’s talk Pok\u00e9mon! Zapdos has always been my favorite electric Pok\u00e9mon and always will be. I mean, it literally looks like a bolt of lightning mixed with awesome.\n

If you love this legendary bird, you’ll love these 18 electrifying facts about Zapdos!\n

Zapdos is a dual-type Electric\/Flying Legendary Pok\u00e9mon.\n

It does not evolve from or to any other Pok\u00e9mon.\n

Zapdos is one of the three legendary birds of Kanto, the other two being Articuno and Moltres.\n

Zapdos is genderless.\n

When Zapdos is sighted, which is a rare occasion, it’s often during electrical storms.\n

Zapdos is immune to Ground-type attacks.\n

It is weak against Rock and Ice attacks.\n

In Generation I, Zapdos was the only dual-type Electric Pok\u00e9mon, as Magnemite and Magneton did not gain a secondary type until Steel was introduced in Generation II.\n

Zapdos shares the same species name with Elekid and Electabuzz. They are all known as Electric Pok\u00e9mon.\n

Since Pok\u00e9mon Yellow, Zapdos was given an extra toe pointing forward on each foot, giving it three.\n

Zapdos is based on the native American legend of the thunder bird.\n

The name ‘Zapdos’ is a combination of Zap and Dos, Spanish for two. The two meaning the second legendary bird.\n

In French, Zapdos is called ‘Electhor’.\n

Zapdos and Jolteon have very similar names in Japanese: Zapdos is \u30b5\u30f3\u30c0\u30fc (Thunder), while Jolteon is \u30b5\u30f3\u30c0\u30fc\u30b9 (Thunders).\n

Zapdos’s National Pok\u00e9dex number is #145.\n

The height of a Zapdos is 1.6m (5’03”).\n

The weight of a Zapdos is 52.6kg (116lbs).\n

Zapdos appeared in the second feature-length Pok\u00e9mon movie, The Power of One.\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Did you know that in Japanese “Zapdos” means “thunder”? This spiky-winged legendary bird Pok\u00e9mon certainly is my favorite as he has some totally awesome qualities. Let’s find out what they are with these 18 cool facts.\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2584,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"0","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"509,205812,8823,244889","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","footnotes":""},"category":[7,9],"tags":[35,94,70,473],"topics":[230],"class_list":["post-654","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-film-television","category-games-toys","tag-animation-cartoons","tag-lists","tag-pokemon","tag-television","topics-pokemon","infinite-scroll-item","generate-columns","tablet-grid-50","mobile-grid-100","grid-parent","grid-33","resize-featured-image"],"acf":{"tfs_sources":[{"url":"https:\/\/bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net\/wiki\/Zapdos_%28Pok%C3%A9mon%29","title":"Bulbapedia","no_follow":false}],"tfs_previous_post_link":false,"tfs_next_post_link":false},"yoast_head":"

18 Shocking Facts About Zapdos | Pok\u00e9mon - FactstoryHub\n<meta name='\"description\"' content="\"Let's" talk pok zapdos has always been my favourite electric and will be. so here are a few for you to enjoy>\n<meta name='\"robots\"' content='\"index,' follow max-snippet:-1 max-image-preview:large max-video-preview:-1>\n<link rel='\"canonical\"' href="%5C%22https:%5C/%5C/www.factstoryhub.com%5C/pokemon-18-zapdos-facts%5C/%5C%22">\n<meta property='\"og:locale\"' content='\"en_US\"'>\n<meta property='\"og:type\"' content='\"article\"'>\n<meta property='\"og:title\"' content='\"18' shocking facts about zapdos pok factstoryhub>\n<meta property='\"og:description\"' content="\"Let's" talk pok zapdos has always been my favourite electric and will be. so here are a few for you to enjoy>\n<meta property='\"og:url\"' content='\"https:\/\/www.factstoryhub.com\/pokemon-18-zapdos-facts\/\"'>\n<meta property='\"og:site_name\"' content='\"FactstoryHub\"'>\n<meta property='\"article:publisher\"' content='\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/TheFactSite\"'>\n<meta property='\"article:author\"' content='\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/coldricepuddin\"'>\n<meta property='\"article:published_time\"' content='\"2012-03-23T18:00:00+00:00\"'>\n<meta property='\"article:modified_time\"' content='\"2025-02-16T22:19:28+00:00\"'>\n<meta property='\"og:image\"' content='\"https:\/\/www.factstoryhub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/zapdos-facts.jpg\"'>\n\t<meta property='\"og:image:width\"' content='\"642\"'>\n\t<meta property='\"og:image:height\"' content='\"350\"'>\n\t<meta property='\"og:image:type\"' content='\"image\/jpeg\"'>\n<meta name='\"author\"' content='\"Luke' ward>\n<meta name='\"twitter:card\"' content='\"summary_large_image\"'>\n<meta name='\"twitter:creator\"' content='\"@coldricepudding\"'>\n<meta name='\"twitter:site\"' content='\"@TheFactSite\"'>\n<meta name='\"twitter:label1\"' content='\"Written' by>\n\t<meta name='\"twitter:data1\"' content='\"Luke' ward>\n\t<meta name='\"twitter:label2\"' content='\"Est.' reading time>\n\t<meta name='\"twitter:data2\"' content='\"2' minutes>\n<script type='\"application\/ld+json\"' class='\"yoast-schema-graph\"'>{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.factstoryhub.com\/pokemon-18-zapdos-facts\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.factstoryhub.com\/pokemon-18-zapdos-facts\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Luke Ward\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.factstoryhub.com\/#\/schema\/person\/126fb06167405845db4985e291d5eaf9\"},\"headline\":\"18 Shocking Facts About Zapdos | Pok\u00e9mon\",\"datePublished\":\"2012-03-23T18:00:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-02-16T22:19:28+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.factstoryhub.com\/pokemon-18-zapdos-facts\/\"},\"wordCount\":273,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.factstoryhub.com\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.factstoryhub.com\/pokemon-18-zapdos-facts\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.factstoryhub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/zapdos-facts.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Animation & Cartoons\",\"Fact Lists\",\"Pok\u00e9mon\",\"Television\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Film & TV\",\"Games & Toys\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.factstoryhub.com\/pokemon-18-zapdos-facts\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.factstoryhub.com\/pokemon-18-zapdos-facts\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.factstoryhub.com\/pokemon-18-zapdos-facts\/\",\"name\":\"18 Shocking Facts About Zapdos | Pok\u00e9mon - FactstoryHub\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.factstoryhub.com\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.factstoryhub.com\/pokemon-18-zapdos-facts\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.factstoryhub.com\/pokemon-18-zapdos-facts\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.factstoryhub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/zapdos-facts.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2012-03-23T18:00:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-02-16T22:19:28+00:00\",\"description\":\"Let's talk Pok\u00e9mon! Zapdos has always been my favourite electric Pok\u00e9mon and always will be. So here are a few Pok\u00e9facts for you to enjoy!\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.factstoryhub.com\/pokemon-18-zapdos-facts\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.factstoryhub.com\/pokemon-18-zapdos-facts\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.factstoryhub.com\/pokemon-18-zapdos-facts\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.factstoryhub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/zapdos-facts.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.factstoryhub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/zapdos-facts.jpg\",\"width\":642,\"height\":350,\"caption\":\"Zapdos Facts\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.factstoryhub.com\/pokemon-18-zapdos-facts\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Arts & Entertainment\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.factstoryhub.com\/entertainment\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Games & Toys\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.factstoryhub.com\/games-toys\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"18 Shocking Facts About Zapdos | Pok\u00e9mon\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.factstoryhub.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.factstoryhub.com\/\",\"name\":\"FactstoryHub\",\"description\":\"FactstoryHub is the number one source for the most interesting & random facts about animals, celebrities, food, films, games & so much more. You will learn something about everything!\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.factstoryhub.com\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.factstoryhub.com\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.factstoryhub.com\/#organization\",\"name\":\"FactstoryHub\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.factstoryhub.com\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.factstoryhub.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.factstoryhub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/appicon-512.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.factstoryhub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/appicon-512.png\",\"width\":512,\"height\":512,\"caption\":\"FactstoryHub\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.factstoryhub.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/TheFactSite\",\"https:\/\/x.com\/TheFactSite\",\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/TheFactStagram\",\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/thefactnetwork\/\",\"https:\/\/pinterest.com\/TheFactSite\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.factstoryhub.com\/#\/schema\/person\/126fb06167405845db4985e291d5eaf9\",\"name\":\"Luke Ward\",\"description\":\"Luke Ward is the owner of FactstoryHub. He has over 14 years of experience in researching, informative writing, fact-checking, SEO & web design. In his spare time, he loves to explore the world, drink coffee & attend trivia nights.\",\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/coldricepuddin\",\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/coldricepudding\/\",\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/coldricepudding\",\"https:\/\/x.com\/coldricepudding\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.factstoryhub.com\/author\/luke\/\"}]}<\/script>","yoast_head_json":{"title":"18 Shocking Facts About Zapdos | Pok\u00e9mon - FactstoryHub","description":"Let's talk Pok\u00e9mon! Zapdos has always been my favourite electric Pok\u00e9mon and always will be. So here are a few Pok\u00e9facts for you to enjoy!","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.factstoryhub.com\/pokemon-18-zapdos-facts\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"18 Shocking Facts About Zapdos | Pok\u00e9mon - FactstoryHub","og_description":"Let's talk Pok\u00e9mon! Zapdos has always been my favourite electric Pok\u00e9mon and always will be. So here are a few Pok\u00e9facts for you to enjoy!","og_url":"https:\/\/www.factstoryhub.com\/pokemon-18-zapdos-facts\/","og_site_name":"FactstoryHub","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/TheFactSite","article_author":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/coldricepuddin","article_published_time":"2012-03-23T18:00:00+00:00","article_modified_time":"2025-02-16T22:19:28+00:00","og_image":[{"width":642,"height":350,"url":"https:\/\/www.factstoryhub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/zapdos-facts.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Luke Ward","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@coldricepudding","twitter_site":"@TheFactSite","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Luke Ward","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.factstoryhub.com\/pokemon-18-zapdos-facts\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.factstoryhub.com\/pokemon-18-zapdos-facts\/"},"author":{"name":"Luke Ward","@id":"https:\/\/www.factstoryhub.com\/#\/schema\/person\/126fb06167405845db4985e291d5eaf9"},"headline":"18 Shocking Facts About Zapdos | Pok\u00e9mon","datePublished":"2012-03-23T18:00:00+00:00","dateModified":"2025-02-16T22:19:28+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.factstoryhub.com\/pokemon-18-zapdos-facts\/"},"wordCount":273,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.factstoryhub.com\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.factstoryhub.com\/pokemon-18-zapdos-facts\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.factstoryhub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/zapdos-facts.jpg","keywords":["Animation & Cartoons","Fact Lists","Pok\u00e9mon","Television"],"articleSection":["Film & TV","Games & Toys"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.factstoryhub.com\/pokemon-18-zapdos-facts\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.factstoryhub.com\/pokemon-18-zapdos-facts\/","url":"https:\/\/www.factstoryhub.com\/pokemon-18-zapdos-facts\/","name":"18 Shocking Facts About Zapdos | Pok\u00e9mon - FactstoryHub","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.factstoryhub.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.factstoryhub.com\/pokemon-18-zapdos-facts\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.factstoryhub.com\/pokemon-18-zapdos-facts\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.factstoryhub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/zapdos-facts.jpg","datePublished":"2012-03-23T18:00:00+00:00","dateModified":"2025-02-16T22:19:28+00:00","description":"Let's talk Pok\u00e9mon! Zapdos has always been my favourite electric Pok\u00e9mon and always will be. So here are a few Pok\u00e9facts for you to enjoy!","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.factstoryhub.com\/pokemon-18-zapdos-facts\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.factstoryhub.com\/pokemon-18-zapdos-facts\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.factstoryhub.com\/pokemon-18-zapdos-facts\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.factstoryhub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/zapdos-facts.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.factstoryhub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/zapdos-facts.jpg","width":642,"height":350,"caption":"Zapdos Facts"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.factstoryhub.com\/pokemon-18-zapdos-facts\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Arts & Entertainment","item":"https:\/\/www.factstoryhub.com\/entertainment\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Games & Toys","item":"https:\/\/www.factstoryhub.com\/games-toys\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"18 Shocking Facts About Zapdos | Pok\u00e9mon"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.factstoryhub.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.factstoryhub.com\/","name":"FactstoryHub","description":"FactstoryHub is the number one source for the most interesting & random facts about animals, celebrities, food, films, games & so much more. You will learn something about everything!","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.factstoryhub.com\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.factstoryhub.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.factstoryhub.com\/#organization","name":"FactstoryHub","url":"https:\/\/www.factstoryhub.com\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.factstoryhub.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.factstoryhub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/appicon-512.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.factstoryhub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/appicon-512.png","width":512,"height":512,"caption":"FactstoryHub"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.factstoryhub.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/TheFactSite","https:\/\/x.com\/TheFactSite","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/TheFactStagram","https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/thefactnetwork\/","https:\/\/pinterest.com\/TheFactSite"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.factstoryhub.com\/#\/schema\/person\/126fb06167405845db4985e291d5eaf9","name":"Luke Ward","description":"Luke Ward is the owner of FactstoryHub. He has over 14 years of experience in researching, informative writing, fact-checking, SEO & web design. In his spare time, he loves to explore the world, drink coffee & attend trivia nights.","sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/coldricepuddin","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/coldricepudding\/","https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/coldricepudding","https:\/\/x.com\/coldricepudding"],"url":"https:\/\/www.factstoryhub.com\/author\/luke\/"}]}},"_yoast_wpseo_primary_category":9,"_yoast_wpseo_metadesc":"Let's talk Pok\u00e9mon! Zapdos has always been my favourite electric Pok\u00e9mon and always will be. So here are a few Pok\u00e9facts for you to enjoy!","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.factstoryhub.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/654"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.factstoryhub.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.factstoryhub.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.factstoryhub.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.factstoryhub.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=654"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.factstoryhub.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/654\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":258407,"href":"https:\/\/www.factstoryhub.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/654\/revisions\/258407"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.factstoryhub.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2584"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.factstoryhub.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=654"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.factstoryhub.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/category?post=654"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.factstoryhub.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=654"},{"taxonomy":"topics","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.factstoryhub.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics?post=654"},{"taxonomy":"type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.factstoryhub.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/type?post=654"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}</body></html></script>