Roserade

Roserade (ロズレイド Roserade) is a Grass/Poison-type Pokémon, and is the final form of Budew. Roselia evolves into Roserade by the use of a Shiny Stone.

Appearance
Roserade is a small plant/human-like Pokémon with a similar appearance to its pre-evolved form, Roselia. Like Roselia, Roserade have fully bloomed flowers at the ends of their arms, though they have three on each arm, appearing like bouquets, as opposed to Roselia's one rose on each arm. Instead of the dress-like leaf in the front, Roserade has a long cape-like leaf on their backs. Around their necks are a yellow "collar", and on their head are white rose petals which appear as hair. Covering the top part of its face is a leaf, making it appear that it is wearing a mask.

The shiny version of Roserade have, in general, a more pale color. The red bouquet is changed to purple, and the blue is changed to gray. Female Roserade have a longer "cape" than a male Roserade.

Special Abilities
Roserade have the abilities Natural Cure and Poison Point. Natural Cure will cure any Status Ailments upon switching out of battle, and Poison Point will cause a 30% chance that the opponent Pokémon will become poisoned if physical contact is made.

In Anime
Roserade made its debut appearance in the Pokémon anime episode Oh Do You Know the Poffin Plan. This Roserade was owned by a woman named Forsythia near Floaroma Town, it was known for being quite shy. When Team Rocket attacked Forsythia's garden however, it fashioned a scarf on itself much like a ninja hood, and received a large boost of confidence, defending the garden.

Another Roserade appeared under Gardenia's control in A Grass Menagerie where it battled Ash's Turtwig and Ash's Aipom. It defeated Turtwig with a fiery Weather Ball, but fell to Ash's Aipom with a combination of Aipom's Focus Punchs and Swift.

Another Roserade appeared under Barry's control in Barry's Busting Out All Over!. He used Roserade to battle against Ash's Chimchar and Gliscor. Roserade managed to beat Chimchar with several Poison Jabs and eventually tied with Gliscor and fainted along with Gliscor. His Roserade later appeared in Steeling Peace of Mind!.

Drew was revealed to have evolved his Roselia into Roserade sometime during his journey through Johto. His Roserade was shown via flashback by May's brief visit for the Wallace Cup.

A Roserade appeared in The Rise of Darkrai in a flashback where it was shown as a Pokémon being put to sleep by Darkrai's Dark Void attack.

Game Info
Roserade first appeared in the Generation IV games, Pokémon Diamond and Pearl. They evolve from a Roselia by the use of a Shiny Stone.

Pokédex Entries
Diamond=It attracts prey with a sweet aroma, then downs it with thorny whips hidden in its arms.

Pearl=With the movements of a dancer, it strikes with whips that are densely lined with poison thorns.

Platinum=Its hands contain a cocktail of poisons. Any sort of stab will leave you close to death.

HeartGold=Its sweet aroma attracts prey. Then it spews poison. The more toxic it is, the sweeter its aroma.

SoulSilver=Its sweet aroma attracts prey. Then it spews poison. The more toxic it is, the sweeter its aroma.

Origin
Roserade appears to be based on a combination of a bouquet of roses, and a mysterious patron of a masquerade ball, in which masks would be worn to hide the identity of the participants. Its mask, cape and the mention of its 'movements of a dancer' in its Pokédex entry seem to confirm this.

Name origin
Roserade's name is probably a combination of rose and masquerade, due to the appearance of wearing a mask. Its name is also an anagram of 'a red rose' - however, this is probably a coincidence, as Roserade has a red and a blue rose for hands.

Roserade's name possibly comes from a combination of the words "Rose" and "Masquerade".