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Ash's Tranquill サトシのハトーボー Satoshi's Hatoboh

Ash's Tranquill

Debuts in Enter Iris and Axew! Caught at Route 1 Evolves in BW022 Gender Female Ability Super Luck* Current location With Ash

→ This Pokémon spent 20 episodes as Pidove.

Voice actor Japanese English As Pidove Chinami Nishimura Erica Schroeder As Tranquill Chinami Nishimura N/A

Ash's Tranquill (Japanese: サトシのハトーボー Satoshi's Hatoboh) is the first Pokémon that Ash Ketchum caught in the Unova region.

History

As a Pidove

As he has done in every other region he has traveled, Ash usually catches a Template:Type2 Pokémon early in his journey. Pidove was caught soon after Ash's arrival in Unova. In Enter Iris and Axew!, shortly after a flock of Pidove had escaped when Ash had failed to capture one of them, he noticed her pecking at the ground, and engaged her in a battle. She managed to put up a good fight against Ash's Pikachu, until the Electric Mouse Pokémon finally used Thunderbolt, and caused her to faint. Ash threw a Poké Ball and successfully caught her.

Later on, for the first time, Pidove was sent out in an effort to save Pikachu and Iris's Axew from Team Rocket's capture. However, as she was still weak from her last battle, she was quickly defeated by Jessie's Woobat. She was later healed at the Pokémon Center.

Pidove was occasionally used by Ash to find and track certain Pokémon. She helped Ash find two Darumaka in BW008 and a wild Snivy in Snivy Plays Hard to Catch!, playing a dominant role in the Grass Pokémon's capture. At that time, Pidove had followed Snivy throughout from the time she escaped using Leaf Storm. As she witnessed all of Ash's other Pokémon (Oshawott and Tepig) fall to the Grass Snake Pokémon's Attract, she volunteers to battle Snivy. When Snivy attempted to use Attract on Pidove, Pidove was unaffected as she was female (a fact of which Ash had been completely unaware of, despite Iris and Cilan's assumptions that it was his strategy). After a hard-fought battle, Pidove weakened Snivy just enough for her to be captured by Ash.

In BW010 she was used by Ash in a 5-on-5 battle against Trip's Frillish. She tried her best but was taken by surprise by his Water Pulse, and got knocked out in the process.

In BW018, Ash sent Pidove to Professor Juniper, so that he could add his newly caught Sewaddle to his team but later brought her back in BW021.

In BW022, Ash used her to help clear out the Venipede that took over Castelia City. Although things started well, she was almost hit by a Sludge Bomb and was only just saved by an Air Cutter from Trip's Tranquill. She then helped remove a few more and then suddenly evolved into Tranquill. As a result of her new stronger form, Tranquill was able to clear out the last Venipede with a powerful Gust alongside help from Trip's Tranquill.

Moves used

File:Pidove Quick Attack.png Using Quick Attack as Pidove	Move First Used In Gust † Enter Iris and Axew! Quick Attack Enter Iris and Axew! Air Cutter † Enter Iris and Axew!
A † shows that the move was used recently, unless all moves fit this case or there are fewer than five known moves.

In the games

Main article: Mystery Eggs

A Japanese event randomly distributed an egg that contained an in-game representation of Ash's Pidove, Iris's Axew, or Cilan's Pansage via Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection. Like the anime counterpart, the Pidove is always female, and knows Gust, Quick Attack, and Air Cutter. This event started on December 17th, 2010, and ended on January 11, 2011.

Pokémon Info				Trainer Memo	Battle Moves		Ribbons
マメパト	♀	Dex No.	0519	Hardy nature.	Flying	Gust	no Ribbon
Lv. 1		Type		Dec. 17, 2010	Normal	Quick Attack
		Normal	Flying	Pokémon Event	Flying	Air Cutter
		OT	(Hatcher's)	Egg received.	--	--
		ID No.	(Hatcher's)	Dec. 17, 2010	This Pokémon was available in Japan from December 17, 2010 to January 11, 2011.
Item		Ability		(Place hatched)
None		Super Luck		Egg hatched.
The date this Pokémon was received is determined by the date on the DS when it was hatched by its original Trainer. This may differ for every Pokémon.
This Pokémon is English in origin.
Can be obtained with: D P Pt HG SS
Obtained from: PBR Ranch Ra SoA GS Distribution

In the TCG

Pidove was featured in the TCG. The following is a list of cards featuring Ash's Pidove.

Name	Type	Set	Set no.
Pidove		BW-P Promotional cards	002/BW-P
			005/BW-P

Trivia

• Tranquill's capture as a Pidove was first revealed in a preview for the Best Wishes series.
• This is Ash's first Pokémon to be sent to a Pokémon laboratory other than Professor Oak's, in this case, Professor Juniper's lab.
• Tranquill has been shown to use a variation of Air Cutter such as in Snivy Plays Hard to Catch!.
• Tranquill stayed as a Pidove for 21 episodes, coincidentily, 21 is the level Pidove evolves at in the games.
• Ash's Tranquill is similar to his Staraptor in a few ways:
  • Both were captured in the second episode of their respective series.
  • Both were first used straight after their capture to try and help Ash retrieve Pikachu after Team Rocket separated them.
  • Both lost their first battle under Ash's ownership (each of which was against a fellow Template:Type2).
  • Neither of them learned any new attacks upon their first evolution.

Related articles

For more information on this Pokémon's species, see Pidove and Tranquill.

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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