National Pokédex #006 · Generation 1
How to recognize the Charizard silhouette
Study the exact outer contour used by this quiz, compare its data fingerprint with 1,024 other artwork silhouettes, then find Charizard among four choices.
- Introduced with
- Kanto · Generation 1
- Current type
- Fire + Flying
One-minute visual check
Can you find Charizard without color?
Which silhouette is Charizard?
All four choices use the same black-silhouette treatment. Select one outline; names appear only after the answer is locked.
Human-reviewed clues
Trace these four parts of the outline
Follow the edge once from the topmost feature to the base. Every clue below remains visible when color and interior detail are removed.
- 01Two broad triangular wings create deep curved cutouts beneath them.
- 02A long narrow neck lifts the small head above the shoulder line.
- 03Short forearms sit inside the wing span, while two thick hind legs anchor the base.
- 04A long tail sweeps to one side and ends in an irregular flame-shaped tuft.
Decisive comparison
Against Lugia, check the wing edge first: Charizard has continuous triangular wings and a jagged tail tip, not broad finger-like paddles.
Data-derived shape fingerprint
What the alpha channel measures
The figures describe this exact 475 × 475 artwork file after transparent pixels are removed. They describe the presented pose, not the Pokémon’s canonical height or body size.
- Visible width
- 91% of canvas
- Percentile 79
- Visible height
- 71% of canvas
- Percentile 21
- Filled bounding box
- 49% filled
- Percentile 45
- Left-right symmetry
- 68%
- Percentile 70
- Edge complexity
- 15.4
- Percentile 91
Percentiles rank this artwork against all 1,025 source images. Higher edge complexity means more boundary changes per unit of filled area; it does not mean the Pokémon is harder for every player.
Algorithmic comparison
Nearby shapes in the 1,025-image index
The index scales and centers each alpha silhouette, checks both left- and right-facing versions, then combines overlap with nine shape measurements.
Nidoking
70.6/100 shape score
Salamence
70.5/100 shape score
Venusaur
70.2/100 shape score
Weezing
70.1/100 shape score
These are exploratory computer matches, not a claim that players confuse the species. Pose, overlap, and thin appendages can produce surprising neighbors.
Roster context
Use current type and generation to narrow the pool
These counts come from the same 1,025-entry runtime dataset as the quiz. They are elimination clues, not features inferred from the silhouette.
- 81 of 1,025 Pokémon currently include Fire.
- 12 Pokémon introduced in Generation 1 currently include Fire.
- 109 of 1,025 Pokémon currently include Flying.
- 19 Pokémon introduced in Generation 1 currently include Flying.
- 6 Pokémon share the exact current type combination Fire + Flying.
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Continue in the full game when you are ready to identify an unknown silhouette with no name in the heading.