Ash's Oshawott

Ash's Oshawott サトシのミジュマル Satoshi's Mijumaru

Ash's Oshawott

Debuts in In The Shadow of Zekrom! Caught in A Sandile Gusher of Change! Caught at Route 1 Gender Male Ability Unknown Current location Possibly with Ash or Juniper

This Pokémon has not evolved.

Voice actor Japanese English As Oshawott Misato Fukuen N/A

Ash's Oshawott (Japanese: サトシのミジュマル Satoshi's Mijumaru) is the second Pokémon that Ash caught in the Unova region.

History

Ash and Oshawott

Oshawott originally belonged to Professor Juniper, as one of the three starter Pokémon a new Pokémon Trainer could choose. Ash called him cute when he was sent out in In The Shadow of Zekrom!, when Trip had to decide between the three starters. He then became extremely shocked when Trip chose Snivy. Soon after, he started taking interest in Ash, observing him but staying out of sight, and to the point that he left Professor Juniper's lab to follow him.

Eventually, Oshawott expressed interest in traveling with Ash and convinced Ash to take him along on his journey in A Sandile Gusher of Change!. Ash only realized that it was Professor Juniper's Oshawott when he failed to capture it in a new Poké Ball, and had to obtain a worried Professor Juniper's approval to allow Oshawott to travel with him and to request for Oshawott's Poké Ball.

Oshawott has a sea-shell shaped appendage on its belly that can be detached and used to battle, and occasionally throwing, as it did in Enter Iris and Axew! when he popped Team Rocket's balloon, thereby saving Pikachu and Iris's Axew from captivity. Oshawott's shell is made of keratin, and being light but strong, it is capable of deflecting attacks, prominently shown when he deflected Pansage's Bullet Seed and ultimately SolarBeam in BW006. During that decisive match for the Trio Badge, he subsequently used its shell in a Razor Shell attack to defeat Cilan's Pansage, earning Ash a victory.

Oshawott was revealed to be male when it battled a wild female Snivy that would be caught by Ash in BW007. He became infatuated when hit by Snivy's Attract, and was eventually recalled.

In BW010, he was used to fight against Trip's Hatooboo. He was defeated by two consecutive hits of Aerial Ace, due to Hatooboo's Super Luck ability.

In BW015, he battled Aloe and her Watchog after her Lillipup's Roar pulled him onto the battlefield, to his surprise. Despite fighting well and making use of his shell as a shield again, he was defeated by a powerful Thunderbolt after Watchog separated him from his shell. In BW016, Oshawott and Tepig trained with Ash in the Battle Club to increase their speed. During the training, he learned Aqua Jet, but had trouble with hitting the target. He battled Watchog again in Ash's rematch with Aloe after being pulled into battle again by Roar. He still showed some difficulty in controlling Aqua Jet, but he managed to hit Watchog on his third try. Unfortunately, he also knocked himself out in the process, leaving Tepig to battle Aloe's Herdier alone.

Personality

Oshawott, like some of Ash's previous Pokémon, had constantly sought attention from Ash. In A Sandile Gusher of Change! when he wanted to travel with Ash, he jealously knocked Pikachu off Ash's shoulders and pretended that he was as close as Ash was to Pikachu. Then, when Ash was at the Pokémon Battle Club in The Battle Club and Tepig's Choice battling another trainer, he came out of its Poké Ball, even though Ash had already clearly chosen Pikachu. However, he promptly changed his mind to battle when he realized that his opponent was Futachimaru, a Pokémon of his own evolved form.

Moves used

File:Oshawott Tackle.png Using Tackle	Move First Used In Water Gun Enter Iris and Axew! Tackle BW005 Razor Shell BW006 Aqua Jet BW016
A † shows that the move was used recently, unless all moves fit this case or there are fewer than five known moves.

Trivia

• Oshawott's capture was first revealed in a short preview aired after DP190, featuring all the Unova starter Pokémon.
• Similar to Aipom and Gible, he followed Ash behind his back and debuted a few episodes earlier than his official capture.
• Oshawott is the only starter Pokémon that Ash has captured first that isn't the region's Template:Type2 starter.
  • He is also the only starter Pokémon, other than Pikachu, Ash has obtained that was previously owned by the regional professor.
• Like Ash's first Water-type starter Pokémon, Squirtle, Oshawott wanted to be caught and was not battled.
• Oshawott seems to share a common trait with both Bayleef and Aipom, as all wanted Ash's full attention, and were jealous of the bond Pikachu has with Ash.
  • Unlike the others, Oshawott is male, as revealed in BW007.

Related articles

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

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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