James's Weezing

James's Weezing コジロウのマタドガス Kojiro's Matadogas

File:JamesWeezing.png James's Weezing

Debuts in Pokémon Emergency! Caught at Unknown Evolves in Dig Those Diglett! Gender Male (confirmed in dub only) Ability Unknown Released in A Poached Ego Current location Unknown

→ This Pokémon spent 29 episodes as Koffing.

Voice actor Japanese English As Koffing Unshō Ishizuka Michael Haigney As Weezing Unshō Ishizuka Eric Stuart

James's Weezing (Japanese: コジロウのマタドガス Kojiro's Matadogas) was the first Pokémon James appeared with in Kanto; he received it as a Christmas gift.

History

File:James's Koffing.png

As a Koffing

Weezing first appeared in Pokémon Emergency! as a Koffing. It was used constantly by James and eventually evolved into a Weezing in the episode Dig Those Diglett! along with Jessie's Ekans after James and Jessie were desperate for their Pokémon to evolve.

James used Weezing as his main battling Pokémon throughout much of the Kanto episodes, but during the Johto episodes, he tended to use Victreebel more for actual combat; during this time, Weezing was used to create smoke to cover escapes and entrances.

Jessie also used it during the Princess Festival.

As Koffing, it was always happy and light-hearted, if not a bit dopey. But after it evolved, it constantly looked depressed and forlorn. This may not be indicative of its character, however, because all Weezing have this appearance. Weezing and Arbok seem to be both very emotional. This was first shown in Island of the Giant Pokémon, where they got very sad for being separated from James and Jessie, crying desperately, with Pikachu cheering them. In the end of the episode, when every lost Pokémon got reunited with their partners, Koffing and James, along with Ekans and Jessie, were happily crying. In Lights, Camera, Quacktion both Weezing and Arbok got depressed for being rejected as the main characters in the movie. It was only with James's and Jessie's help that they got over it.

In the first movie, Nurse Joy and Miranda said more than once that only the stronger Pokémon with the most exceptional trainers could face the storm. Yet, it was Weezing who brought Team Rocket to New Island (after the failed Viking scheme).

In A Poached Ego, Team Rocket found a poacher holding a herd of Ekans and Koffing captive in Hoenn. After freeing them James and Jessie reluctantly ordered Weezing and Arbok to stay in the wild and guard their fellow Pokémon. Arbok and Weezing had to when the poacher used his Tyranitar to attack Jessie, James, and Meowth, even though it was clear that they wanted to stay and defend them. The two Pokémon have not been seen since. On their last appearance, in A Poached Ego, they were reluctant in leaving James and Jessie, and when they did, they strongly cried. Also in this same episode James said that "Weezing and I are like brothers." thus, again, indicating a great bond between the two.

Moves used

File:EP003 031.jpg Using Sludge as a Koffing	Move First Used In Smog Pokémon Emergency! SmokeScreen † Pokémon Emergency! Sludge † Ash Catches a Pokémon Counter × Clefairy and the Moon Stone Poison Gas The Ghost of Maiden's Peak Tackle Dig Those Diglett! Haze The Evolution Solution
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

• At the time of its release in Hoenn, Weezing was in the Hoenn Pokédex. This marks the first time that a Pokémon not in the current generation was released from the main character's care despite being in the current regional Pokédex. It would later be followed up by Jessie's Dustox.
• In The Misty Mermaid, James's Weezing was shown as less dense than water, causing it to float.
  • This proved useful in Mewtwo Strikes Back when Weezing was used as a flotation device to reach New Island.
• Though Team Rocket began chasing Pikachu mainly because it was powerful enough to blow up the Pokémon Center, it should be noted that James's Koffing was part of the cause — its gas reacted with the electricity to create the explosion.
• In both of its appearances in Yellow, Weezing is underleveled.

Related articles

For more information on this Pokémon's species, see Koffing and Weezing.

Team Rocket's Pokémon
Travel with:	Meowth	Rotom Phone
	Jessie			James
On hand:	Wobbuffet	Seviper	Yanmega	Mime Jr.	Carnivine	Yamask
	Woobat	Frillish	Gourgeist	Amoonguss	Inkay	Morpeko
In training:				Cacnea
At home:				Growlie	Chimecho
Released:	Arbok	Dustox	Mimikyu	Weezing	Gyarados	Mareanie
Traded away:	Lickitung			Victreebel
Lived with (all three):	Bewear	Stufful
Worked with (all three):	Delibird	Pelipper
Temporarily owned:	Porygon Zero	Shellder	Magikarp	Second Victreebel	Hoppip
	Mawile
Befriended:	Blissey
Status unknown:	Starmie			Pidgey	Numel
For a list of other Pokémon Team Rocket has commanded, see here and here

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