Ash's Snorlax

Ash's Snorlax サトシのカビゴン Satoshi's Kabigon

Ash's Snorlax

Debuts in Snack Attack Caught at Grapefruit Islands Gender Male (confirmed in dub only) Ability Unknown Current location At Professor Oak's Laboratory

This Pokémon has not evolved.

Voice actor Japanese English As Snorlax Katsuyuki Konishi Michael Haigney (4Kids and TPCi) Eric Stuart (AG088, SS004, AG133)

Ash's Snorlax (Japanese: サトシのカビゴン Satoshi's Kabigon) was the second Pokémon caught by Ash Ketchum in the Orange Islands. Its Japanese voice actor is Katsuyuki Konishi. Its English voice actors are Michael Haigney (4Kids and TPCi with stock footage), and Eric Stuart (The Garden of Eatin', Showndown in the Oak Corral and The Right Place and the Right Mime).

History

Orange Archipelago

During his travels in the Orange Islands in Snack Attack, Ash discovered a grapefruit orchard that was under attack by a Snorlax that was eating everything in sight, and was consuming many of the nearby islands vegetation within days. Ash, Misty, Tracey, Pikachu and Jigglypuff eventually managed to stop the Snorlax. This gave Ash the perfect opportunity to catch it.

Ash kept the Snorlax on his team for the remainder of his time in the Orange Islands, but could not use it in the finals due to the fact that it would not wake up and needed to be switched with one of Ash's thirty Tauros. After the tournament was won, Ash then decided to keep his Snorlax at Professor Oak's permanently because he could no longer feed it and only called upon its power in major battles.

Johto

Since then, Snorlax has become one of the senior members of Ash's team, along with Charizard and Pikachu and has provided much needed comic relief in many situations. Ash called upon it for the Sumo Conference in Ring Masters, winning the subsequent fight as a result, and later used it to defeat Clair's Kingdra in their rematch. He also used Snorlax during the Johto League competition, first against Gary Oak where it quickly defeated Gary's Nidoqueen and Arcanine, but lost to Scizor. Snorlax then fought during Ash's following match against Harrison, defeating his Steelix and Hypno, though in the end it fell to his Houndoom.

Kanto Battle Frontier

When Ash returned from Hoenn, with May and Max, Snorlax befriended May's Munchlax. Most recently, Snorlax helped Ash earn the Guts Symbol from Greta in Wheel of Frontier by defeating her Hariyama with an Ice Punch and literally flattening her Medicham with Body Slam.

Moves used

Using Ice Punch	Move	First Used In
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	Body Slam	Snack Attack
	Headbutt	Snack Attack
	Mega Kick	Snack Attack
	Mega Punch	Bound For Trouble
	Hyper Beam	Pokémon Food Fight!
	Ice Punch	Better Eight Than Never
	Tackle	The Right Place and the Right Mime
	Protect	Wheel of Frontier
	Rest	Wheel of Frontier
An x shows that the move cannot be legitimately known by this Pokémon in the games.
Moves used recently are in bold unless all moves all fit this case.

Trivia

• In the Electric Tale of Pikachu, while Ash was trying to stop Snorlax from eating the grapefruits, he was nearly eaten by it.
• Snorlax is the second of Ash's Pokémon to have a baby form introduced at a later generation, the first being Pikachu.
• Some fans speculate that Snorlax knows Harden rather than Protect. When Ash commanded Snorlax to use Protect in Wheel of Frontier, Snorlax braced itself and glistened in a white light, similar to other Pokémon who have used the move. Also, Greta's Hariyama was able to hit Snorlax with Focus Punch and knock it over, which it couldn't have done if it was using Protect.
  • However, there is disagreement on this issue as it is possible it was simply a variation of move appearance as happens in the anime fairly often.
• In Pokémon Food Fight, Misty says, "That is if you can ever get him to wake up," but only in the dub. This could confirm it to be a male.

Related articles

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

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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