Pryce's Piloswine

Pryce's Piloswine ヤナギのイノムー Yanagi's Inomoo

Pryce's Piloswine

Debuts in As Cold as Pryce Caught at Johto Gender Male* Ability Snow Cloak* Current location With Pryce

This Pokémon has not evolved.

Voice actor Japanese English As Piloswine Unshō Ishizuka

Pryce's Piloswine (Japanese: ヤナギのイノムー Yanagi's Inomoo) is Pryce's main Pokémon in the anime and games.

In the anime

History

Pryce had obtained Piloswine somewhere in his youth and the two were very close to each other. During a tournament Pryce entered in, Piloswine managed to defeat a Nidoking with a Take Down, a Golem with a Fury Attack, and an Ursaring with a Blizzard, freezing it in the process. Piloswine was on a roll until it went up against a Trainer with a Magmar. Pryce was confident that Piloswine was going to defeat Magmar, though. The battle began and one of Magmar's attacks burnt the Ice-type. When Magmar used Fire Blast to finish it off, Pryce jumped in the way to prevent it from getting hurt. As a result, both Pryce and Piloswine suffered burns and were taken to a cottage. Suddenly Piloswine stepped outside and left the cottage to never come back, seemingly abandoning Pryce in disgust for their defeat. This resulted in Pryce growing bitter and distant from his Pokémon.

Pryce and his Piloswine

Many years later, Ash and Pryce went into a cave where they found Piloswine trapped in ice, with some herbs by its side. It was revealed that Piloswine had stepped into the blizzard in order to get some herbs to cure Pryce from his burns, but became trapped in ice. Heartbroken, Pryce realized the big misunderstanding. Ash melted the ice surrounding Piloswine with Cyndaquil's Flamethrower and had Pikachu use Thunder Shock on it to revive it. After many attempts, Piloswine finally woke up. Pryce was then told by Piloswine that it remembered him, and the gym leader was ecstatic to reunite with his old friend. Piloswine used Rest to recover from the wounds it suffered from. Ash, Pryce and Piloswine left the cave and reunited with Sheila, Misty and Brock. Team Rocket showed up and Piloswine took on their Arbok and Weezing. Piloswine attacked them with Fury Attack first and then froze them with Blizzard, leaving Pikachu to finish them off. Having a change of heart, Pryce then accepted Ash's challenge.

In Nice Pryce, Baby!, Pryce groomed Piloswine before his upcoming Gym battle. He sent it out after his Dewgong was defeated by Cyndaquil. Piloswine began with Blizzard which took Cyndaquil out in one hit. Pikachu was then sent out. Pikachu was hit by Piloswine's barrage of Blizzard attacks. Pikachu took advantage of this after one of the Blizzards formed an ice pillar, by having him slide under Piloswine and use Thunder. This hurt Piloswine, but it used Rest to recover. After waking up, Piloswine countered Pikachu's Quick Attack with a combination of Take Down and Fury Attack. Pikachu used Thunderbolt but it had no effect this time. Piloswine once again used the earlier used combo and started to get tired. Pryce threw in the towel and went up to Piloswine, rewarding it for a job well done.

It reappeared in a flashback in Why? Wynaut!.

Personality and characteristics

Piloswine is considered to be part of Pryce's family as seen in various flashbacks during its debut episode. However, Pryce's opinion about Piloswine changed after it left and didn't come back. Years later, he was still the same until Ash and Pryce found Piloswine frozen in a cave.

Moves used

Using Fury Attack	Move First Used In Take Down As Cold as Pryce Fury Attack As Cold as Pryce Blizzard As Cold as Pryce Rest As Cold as Pryce
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

As mentioned above, Piloswine is also Pryce's main Pokémon in the games. It appears in Gold, Silver, and Crystal and its remakes, as well as in both rounds of Pokémon Stadium 2.

Pokémon Gold, Silver, and Crystal	Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver	Pokémon Stadium 2
		Round 1	Round 2
Types: Ice Ground Held item: None Piloswine♂ Lv.31 Icy Wind Ice   --       Fury Attack Normal   --       Mist Ice   --       Blizzard Ice   --	Types: Ice Ground Ability: Snow Cloak Held item: Sitrus Berry Piloswine♂ Lv.34 Blizzard Ice Special   --       Ice Fang Ice Physical   --       Mud Bomb Ground Special   --       Hail Ice Status   --	Types: Ice Ground Held item: Quick Claw Piloswine♂ Lv.50-100 Blizzard Ice   --       Take Down Normal   --       Earthquake Ground   --       Sleep Talk Normal   --	Types: Ice Ground Held item: Quick Claw Piloswine♂ Lv.50-100 Ice Beam Ice   --       Body Slam Normal   --       Earthquake Ground   --       AncientPower Rock   --

In the manga

Pryce's Piloswine in the Pokémon Pocket Monsters manga

In the Pokémon Pocket Monsters manga

Piloswine makes an appearance in Ice World. When Clefairy puts on a Piloswine costume, Pryce's Piloswine is angered and attacked it. When Piloswine returned, the battle between Clefairy and Swinub was called off and both Pryce and Swinub were able to see it again.

Related articles

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

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