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Super Rod すごいつりざお Amazing Fishing Rod

Artwork from Pokémon Red and Green

Introduced in Generation I Pocket Generation I Key items Generation II Key items Generation III Key items Generation IV Key items Generation V Key items Generation VI Key items Generation VII Key items Generation VIII Key items(BDSP)

The Super Rod (Japanese: すごいつりざお Amazing Fishing Rod) is a Key Item introduced in Generation I. It allows the player to fish from bodies of water.

The Old Rod and Good Rod are weaker versions of this item.

In the core series games

Price

Effect

The Super Rod allows the player to fish for Pokémon in bodies of water. It allows the player to encounter wild Pokémon that are at a higher level than those found using the Old Rod or Good Rod.

Description

Acquisition

Appearance

Obtain sprite from Generation V	Model from Generation VI	Obtain sprite from Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl

In the anime

Main series

In Climbing the Tower of Success!, a Super Rod appeared as an item Iris had to find during the Wishing Bell Festival scavenger hunt.

Pokémon Origins

Red obtained a Super Rod from the Silence Bridge Fishing Guru in File 3: Giovanni. Soon after obtaining it, he was seen using it to capture himself a Psyduck.

Red was also seen fishing with the Super Rod in File 4: Charizard, although he did so merely to get some time to think about the mysterious Pokémon in Cerulean Cave.

In the manga

Pokémon Pocket Monsters

The Super Rod has appeared in Pokémon Pocket Monsters.

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In the TCG

Main article: Super Rod (Neo Genesis 103)

The Super Rod was introduced as a Trainer card in the Pokémon Trading Card Game during the English Neo Series (the Japanese Neo Era). It was first released in the Japanese Gold, Silver, to a New World... expansion and the English Neo Genesis expansion, with artwork by Keiji Kinebuchi. It let a player flip a coin. If heads, the player could put an Evolution card from their discard pile into their hand. If tails, the player could put a Basic Pokémon into their hand instead. Super Rod was later reclassified as an Item card during the English Black & White Series (the Japanese Black & White Era) with a completely different effect. Now, it let players shuffle 3 in any combination of Pokémon and Basic Energy cards from their discard pile back into their deck. During the Scarlet & Violet Series (the Japanese Scarlet & Violet Era) the card received a slight text change to include the phrase up to, in order to give players the option to take fewer than the maximum number of cards.

Trivia

• The Super Rod is the only fishing rod that is obtainable in Generation V. The Old and Good Rods, while still existent in the game's programming, cannot be obtained without hacking and cannot be used; if hacked in, they can be held by a Pokémon unlike legitimate Key Items.

In other languages

Language		Title
Chinese	Cantonese	厲害釣竿 Laihhoih Diugōn * 超強釣竿 Chīukèuhng Diugōn * 特級釣餌 Dahkkāp Diuneih *
	Mandarin	厲害釣竿 / 厉害钓竿 Lìhài Diàogān * 超強釣竿 Chāoqiáng Diàogān * 超級釣竿 Chāojí Diàogān * 上等釣竿 Shàngděng Diàogān *
Finnish		Supervapa
French		Méga Canne
German		Superangel
Indonesian		Kail Hiper
Italian		Super Amo
Korean		대단한낚싯대 Daedanhan Naksitdae
Polish		Superwędka
Brazilian Portuguese		Supervara* Super Bastão *
Russian		Супер-Удочка Super-Udochka
Spanish		Supercaña Súper Caña*

See also

• List of Key Items (Generation I)
• List of Key Items (Generation II)
• List of Key Items (Generation III)
• List of Key Items (Generation IV)
• List of Key Items (Generation V)
• List of Key Items (Generation VI)
• List of Key Items (Generation VIII)

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