Ash's Leavanny

Ash's Swadloon サトシのクルマユ Satoshi's Kurumayu

Ash's Swadloon

Debuts in BW018 Caught at Pinwheel Forest Evolves in BW025 Gender Male Ability Swarm* Current location With Ash

→ This Pokémon spent 7 episodes as Sewaddle.

Voice actor Japanese English As Sewaddle Inuko Inuyama N/A As Swadloon Inuko Inuyama N/A

Ash's Swadloon (Japanese: サトシのクルマユ Satoshi's Kurumayu) is the sixth Pokémon that Ash obtained in the Unova region.

History

As a Sewaddle

Swadloon first appeared as a Sewaddle while Ash and friends were in Pinwheel Forest. After attacking Pikachu, Ash tried to catch him but was not successful since Sewaddle ran away. He later reappeared and knocked Ash to the ground when the trio met Burgh, the Gym Leader of the Castelia Gym, who revealed that he was accompanying Sewaddle through the forest even though he was not his Pokémon.

Despite showing antipathy to Ash early on, Sewaddle started to change his mind about Ash when he jumped in front of Sewaddle and took an Air Slash attack from two Woobat to protect him. Sewaddle and Pikachu then used a combo of Razor Leaf and Thunderbolt to scare the two Woobat away. Afterwards Sewaddle got stuck on a Deerling and got thrown over a cliff into a river with Ash diving in to save him. Burgh then used his Leavanny to save both Sewaddle and Ash from going over a waterfall. Sewaddle was very thankful to Ash and happily allowed him to capture him. But once he was captured, his Poké Ball became sealed as Ash had seven Pokémon on him at the time. This meant Ash had to send over one of his Pokémon to Professor Juniper in order to retain Sewaddle in his party, to which he chose his Pidove.

Sewaddle sleeping

In BW019, Ash wanted to have Sewaddle examined by a Pokémon Connoisseur so he would know how compatible he was with him. He showed him to a C-class Connoisseur by the name of Cabernet. She confirmed that his ability is Swarm which she thought was a bad thing as she thought Ash would be better off with a Sewaddle with Chlorophyll. When she said he had to replace Sewaddle, he fired a String Shot at her in anger.

In BW021, Ash took back Pidove from storage in exchange for Sewaddle.

In BW025, he was taken out of storage for use against Burgh, where he fought against and defeated Burgh's Dwebble. Later, while battling his Whirlipede, Sewaddle evolved into Swadloon, while learning Energy Ball in the process. However, he lost to Burgh's Leavanny after being hit by a Leaf Storm and a Hyper Beam.

Moves used

Using String Shot	Move First Used In String Shot BW018 Razor Leaf BW018 Bug Bite BW018 Tackle BW025 Energy Ball BW025
A † shows that the move was used recently, unless all moves fit this case or there are fewer than five known moves.

Trivia

• Swadloon is Ash's first Grass-type Pokémon that is not a starter Pokémon.
• Swadloon is the first of Ash's Pokémon since his Krabby which he caught when he already had a full party of six Pokémon.
  • Like Krabby, Sewaddle evolved during an official Pokémon battle.
  • It also marks the first time Ash has rotated his seventh Pokémon into his main team.
• Swadloon is the first of Ash's Unova Pokémon to have its ability confirmed through the anime.

Related articles

For more information on this Pokémon's species, see Sewaddle and Swadloon.

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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