| Pokedex Entries: |
| Red | Lives in the shadows of tall trees where it eats insects. It is attracted by light at night. |
| Blue |
| Yellow | Its large eyes act as radars. In a bright place, you can see that they are clusters of many tiny eyes. |
| Gold | Its eyes also function as radar units. It catches and eats small bugs that hide in darkness. |
| Silver | Poison oozes from all over its body. It catches and eats small bugs at night that are attracted by light. |
| Crystal | The small bugs it eats appear only at night, so it sleeps in a hole in a tree until night falls. |
| Ruby | VENONAT is said to have evolved with a coat of thin, stiff hair that covers its entire body for protection. It possesses large eyes that never fail to spot even miniscule prey. |
| Sapphire |
| Emerald | Its coat of thin, stiff hair that covers its entire body is said to have evolved for protection. Its large eyes never fail to spot even miniscule prey. |
| FireRed | Its eyes act as radar, enabling it to be active in darkness. The eyes can also shoot powerful beams. |
| LeafGreen | Lives in the shadows of tall trees where it eats insects. It is attracted by light at night. |
| Diamond | Its big eyes are actually clusters of tiny eyes. At night, its kind is drawn by light. |
| Pearl |
| Platinum | Its big eyes are actually clusters of tiny eyes. At night, its kind is drawn by light. |
| Stadium 1 | Uses its large, radar-like eyes to move around in darkness. It is instinctively attracted to light. |
| Stadium 2 | Its eyes also function as radar units. It catches and eats small bugs that hide in darkness. |
| TCG | Venonat: It posses a type of radar, which it can use to find the insects it eats for food, even in pitch darkness. |
