Weedle, Kakuna, and Beedrill, known as Beedle, Cocoon, and Spear respectively in Japan, are three Pokémon species in Nintendo and Game Freak's Pokémon franchise. They were originally conceived by Game Freak's character development team and finalized by Ken Sugimori. Their names were changed from their Japanese titles to their current English titles during the English localization of the series in order to give them "clever and descriptive names." Weedle's English name is a combination of "weed" and "needle,"; Kakuna's is derived from "cocoon", and Beedrill's is a combination of "bee" and "drill".