Ephraim

Ephraim

Ephraim (Japanese: ミノル Minoru) was the character of the day for The Grass Route.

He is a farmboy from Johto who specializes in raising Template:Type2 Pokémon. His parents use a large collection of Grass-type Pokémon to maintain their farm. He convinces Ash to enter his Chikorita and Bulbasaur in the Grass Tournament.

Ash faced Ephraim in the finals, with Ephraim using Skiploom and Ash using Bulbasaur. Skiploom almost lost, but learned SolarBeam at the last moment, defeated Bulbasaur, and won the tournament. His prize was a collection of Leaf Stones, which he planned on using to evolve his parents' Pokémon.

Pokémon

Skippy

Debut	The Grass Route

Ephraim has a Skiploom called Skippy and it is his only known Pokémon. It first appeared when Ash and his friends spotted it skipping around before being introduced to Ephraim . Ephraim finds out that Ash has a Bulbasaur and a Chikorita and challenges him to a battle. Ash sends out Chikorita, Skippy is able to uses good moves like Tackle and Double Team but Chikorita is too strong and faints from a powerful Tackle attack. Chikorita was so powerful that Skippy had injured itself so they decided to go to Ephraim's home.

Every year the town hold a Grass Tournament and this is the year Ephraim wants to enter, before the day of the tournament Skippy trains hard perfecting its moves. Thet day of the tournament commences and Ephraim's first opponent is a disguised James and his Victreebel. Skippy is hurt badly by Victreebel's Vine Whip but is able to faint it with some impressive moves. Skippy is able to take down a Paras and Tangela before facing the last opponent Ash and his Bulbasaur.

Bulbasaur's Razor Leaf is no match for Skippy's speed but is hurt badly by numerous Vine Whips, they are about to forfeit the match when Skippy suddenly learns SolarBeam hitting Bulbasaur and fainting it and winning the tournament.

Skiploom's known moves are Tackle, Double Team, Leech Seed and SolarBeam.

Voice actors

Language Voice actor Japanese 小林由美子 Yumiko Kobayashi English Tara Jayne Brazilian Portuguese Gabriel Noya European Spanish Isacha Mengíbar

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