Ash's Noctowl

Ash's Noctowl サトシのヨルノズク Satoshi's Yorunozuku

Ash's Noctowl

Debuts in Fowl Play Caught at Ilex Forest Gender Unknown Ability Unknown Current location At Professor Oak's Laboratory

This Pokémon has not evolved.

Voice actor Japanese English As Noctowl Yuji Ueda

Ash's Noctowl (Japanese: サトシのヨルノズク Satoshi's Yorunozuku) is an alternate color Pokémon that Ash encountered on the way to Goldenrod City during his travels through Johto in Fowl Play. Not only did it have a unique color, but it was also unusually small and intelligent. Its voice actor in both the Japanese and English versions is Yuji Ueda.

History

Johto

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Noctowl in its debut appearance

Dr. Wiseman was trying to capture the Noctowl using traps rather than Poké Balls, but each time Noctowl outwitted him and escaped the traps — usually leaving him hypnotized in the process. After Ash rescued it from Team Rocket, Ash had Pikachu battle it and he captured it, adding it to his team.

Ash used Noctowl much in the same way he did with Pidgeotto, sending it out to scout or to pop Team Rocket's balloon, but otherwise not focusing too much on it. For some reason, it was often absent from scenes featuring the rest of the group's Pokémon. Noctowl, however, was unique when compared to Pidgeotto in that it had Psychic powers that made it especially useful against Template:Type2 Pokémon. This contributed greatly towards Ash's victory against Morty in Ecruteak City.

Personality-wise, Noctowl was presented as intelligent, mischievous, and cunning — although these traits weren't usually emphasized or touched upon after its debut episode. Ash left Noctowl along with his other Johto Pokémon at Professor Oak's Laboratory when he set off for the Hoenn region.

Sinnoh

Noctowl reappeared in DP182, alongside Ash's other Pokémon. In DP185, Ash used Noctowl in his battle with Conway in the Suzuran Conference. It put up a strong fight against Conway's Shuckle, Lickilicky and Dusknoir, showing that it had learned three powerful new moves during its time away from Ash at Oak's Lab. The three new moves that it utilized during the battle were Extrasensory, Air Slash and Sky Attack. Ultimately, however, after putting up a great battle against Conway's Shuckle and defeating his Lickilicky, it fell to Conway's Dusknoir and its powerful ThunderPunch.

Moves used

File:Noctowl Confusion.png Using Confusion	Move First Used In Peck Fowl Play! Hypnosis Fowl Play! Gust × Carrying On! Foresight Delibird's Dilemma Tackle A Ghost of a Chance Confusion From Ghost to Ghost Sky Attack † DP185 Air Slash † DP185 Extrasensory † DP185
An × shows that the move cannot be legitimately known by this Pokémon in the games.
A † shows that the move was used recently, unless all moves fit this case or there are fewer than five known moves.

Trivia

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Noctowl sparkling when coming out of its Poké Ball

• Noctowl is the first Shiny Pokémon seen in the anime, though it is not the first alternately colored Pokémon to appear in the series.
  • It is also the only shiny Pokémon caught by a main character.
• Noctowl is one of a few Pokémon that was obtained by Ash when it was in its second evolutionary form. The other Pokémon that he caught in this stage are Pidgeotto, Muk, and Primeape.
  • Pikachu and Snorlax would also count for this, however, when they were obtained, their pre-evolved forms had not yet been revealed.
• Noctowl is the only one of Ash's bird Pokémon to have been fully evolved when it was captured. Pidgeot was captured as a Pidgeotto, while Swellow and Staraptor were captured in their basic forms.
  • As such, Noctowl is also the only Template:Type2 Pokémon currently owned by Ash that did not evolve under his ownership.
• Noctowl is the 24th species of Pokémon Ash obtained, including evolutions and counting Raticate.
• Noctowl is Ash's only Pokémon able to use damaging Template:Type2 moves.

Related articles

For more information on this Pokémon's species, see Noctowl.

Ash's Pokémon
On hand:	Pikachu
Traveling with:	Rotom Phone
At Oak's/In rotation:	Pidgeot	Bulbasaur	Charizard	Kingler	Muk	Tauros (×30)
	Snorlax	Heracross	Bayleef	Quilava	Totodile	Noctowl
	Donphan	Swellow	Sceptile	Corphish	Torkoal	Glalie
	Staraptor	Torterra	Infernape	Buizel	Gliscor	Gible
	Unfezant	Oshawott	Pignite	Snivy	Scraggy	Leavanny
	Palpitoad	Boldore	Krookodile	Talonflame	Hawlucha	Noivern
	Dragonite	Gengar	Lucario	Sirfetch'd	Dracovish
With Kukui/In rotation:	Rowlet	Lycanroc	Incineroar	Melmetal
At home:	Mr. Mime
In training:	Squirtle	Primeape
Released:	Butterfree	Lapras	Larvitar	Greninja	Goodra	Nebby
	Naganadel
Temporarily owned:	Seaking	Buzzwole	Stakataka	Pheromosa	Rowlet
Traded away:	Raticate	Aipom
Given away:	Beedrill
Traveled with:	Haunter	Azelf	Meowth	Meloetta	Rotom Pokédex	Latias
The Power of Us only:	Ekans	Sentret
EToP only:	Fearow	Oddish	Mankey	Slowpoke
Newspaper Strip only:	Starmie	Clefairy
For a list of Pokémon Ash has temporarily owned, used, or commanded, see here

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