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Zippo, as a Charmander, was willing to battle any opponent including ones that have evolved as shown when it was battling {{AP|Charizard}}. | Zippo, as a Charmander, was willing to battle any opponent, including ones that have evolved as shown when it was battling {{AP|Charizard}}. | ||
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Zippo (Japanese: ジッポ Zippo) was the first Pokémon introduced on Ritchie's team. It is unclear whether Zippo or Sparky was Ritchie's first Pokémon. It first appeared in A Friend in Deed.
History
Original series
Kanto

Zippo was introduced as a Charmander during the Indigo Plateau Conference, breaking open a wall in a van Team Rocket trapped Ritchie and Ash in with Slash when Ash's Bulbasaur couldn't do it on its own. Later, during Ritchie's battle with Ash, Zippo was sent out against Ash's Pikachu when Ritchie's Butterfree, Happy, was defeated. Even though Pikachu dodged multiple Flamethrowers, he wasn't able to keep up and lost to Zippo's Tackle. Zippo's next opponent was Charizard. Zippo ran away from Charizard's far stronger Flamethrower after using Flamethrower itself. This caused Ritchie to recall it. In Friends to the End, it was briefly shown battling Assunta's Rhydon. It was revealed to have been knocked out later when Ritchie's last Pokémon was shown to be Sparky. In that same episode, it saved Ash's Pikachu along with Sparky when they were captured by Team Rocket.
Johto
Zippo reappeared in A Parent Trapped! during the Whirl Islands, now as a Charmeleon. It was sent out along with Ash's Cyndaquil to take on Butch's Hitmontop and Cassidy's Houndour. It wasn't able to match up with the opposing Pokémon as the headgear they were wearing made them more powerful.
Advanced Generation series
In the special, Oaknapped!, Zippo was sent out to take on Butch's Mightyena. It used Flamethrower on Mightyena but some of the flames landed in Professor Oak's hair. Zippo then used Fire Spin on it, also hitting Cassidy's Sableye. The opposing Pokémon landed on their Trainers, leaving Sparky a chance to blast them off with Thunder.
Personality and characteristics

Zippo, as a Charmander, was willing to battle any opponent, including ones that have evolved as shown when it was battling Charizard.
Moves used
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In the manga
In The Electric Tale of Pikachu manga

In the manga series The Electric Tale of Pikachu, Zippo competes against Ash's Charizard in the Indigo Plateau Conference in the chapter The Indigo Finals and is defeated and heavily wounded during the battle. Unlike in the anime, however, Zippo has already evolved into a Charizard by this point.

In the original Japanese version, it retains its nickname of Zippo, however, in the VIZ Media English translation, it is renamed to Charley.
Moves used
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Trivia
- Zippo shares its name with a lighter.
Related articles
For more information on this Pokémon's species, see Charmander and Charmeleon.
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