Ash's Snivy

Ash's Snivy サトシのツタージャ Satoshi's Tsutarja

Ash's Snivy

Debuts in Snivy Plays Hard to Catch! Caught at Route 3 Gender Female Ability Unknown Current location In rotation

This Pokémon has not evolved.

Voice actor Japanese English As Snivy Megumi Hayashibara Michele Knotz

Ash's Snivy (Japanese: サトシのツタージャ Satoshi's Tsutarja) is the fourth Pokémon that Ash caught in the Unova region.

History

Ash and Snivy

Appearing in Snivy Plays Hard to Catch!, Snivy was discovered by Ash and his friends after she stole some cake from them. Iris and Cilan speculated that Snivy abandoned her Trainer who she deemed unworthy, as she was clearly demonstrating a high level of competency and skill, evident in her first escape from Ash by infatuating Pikachu with Attract then escaping using Leaf Storm. She also snickered at Ash in his first attempt to capture her.

Ash was able to capture Snivy when he won her respect, and was recognized before her eyes as a Trainer of not only skill, but of qualities like his unwavering determination and overpowering spirit. Despite his countless defeats with Snivy, especially when the majority of his team (Pikachu, Oshawott, Tepig) succumbed easily to her Attract, Ash nevertheless followed her all the way throughout from the time they met to the point of her capture. During this journey, Ash showed her two notable acts of sacrifice: the first when he shielded Pikachu from her Vine Whip, and the second when he asked Pikachu to climb onto his head when they were sinking into a muddy swamp. At last, Ash had to perform a show of skill before he could capture her. Luckily for Ash, Pidove was also female and was not affected by Attract, allowing him to battle on even grounds. In the battle that ensued, Snivy put up a strong struggle against her captor but was weakened considerably. Despite seemingly being in visibly good condition, she finally let out a small, humble smile that signified the acceptance of her Trainer, before allowing Ash to capture her.

Snivy was sent out twice during Ash's 5-on-5 battle with Trip in A Rival Battle for Club Champ!. In her first match against Trip's Servine, her use of Attract predominantly paved her way to victory after her opponent successfully became infatuated with her. Later on she was called upon to battle Trip's Frillish, and Ash, who had no knowledge of his opponent's ability, Cursed Body, commanded Snivy to use physical attacks which ultimately led to their loss.

Snivy and Emolga

In Emolga and the New Volt Switch!, Snivy was called out of her Poké Ball by Iris's Emolga's Volt Switch. Since Emolga did not wish to battle anymore, Ash used Snivy in a battle against Bianca's Pignite for a short period. Later during lunch, Snivy noticed that Emolga tricked her male teammates into giving their lunch to her and ratted her out to Ash and co. Later, she noticed that Emolga had wandered away, as well as Axew and Oshawott after her, and decided to investigate. Snivy found them being attacked by an angry Simisear and stopped it with Vine Whip. Emolga did not wish to fight Simisear, but Snivy forced her to help out. When Snivy was hurt by Simisear, Emolga finally decided to assist her and the two Pokémon worked together to stop it. They also saved Simisear's life by doing a Hidden Power-Leaf Storm combo to destroy a boulder that was about to crush it. Both Snivy and Emolga later temporarily settled their differences and shared an apple to symbolize that.

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Sharing an Apple

She battled with Trip's Servine once again in Ash and Trip's Third Battle!. This time around Trip and Servine were prepared for Attract and countered it with Leaf Tornado. She was then taken out of the match with a single Cut from Servine.

In BW040, Snivy was used against Georgia's Pawniard during the second round of the Don Battle Tournament, however, she struggled against the powerful Pokémon, having Attract fail when Pawniard also turned out to be female. However, she managed to defeat Pawniard in the following episode with Leaf Storm.

In BW050, Ash used Snivy against Elesa. She went up against Elesa's Emolga. They were both female, so Attract proved to be ineffective. Emolga finally defeated Snivy with several powerful Aerial Ace attacks.

Personality and characteristics

Snivy is nothing less than a Pokémon shrouded in mystery. It is widely speculated that she had a previous Trainer whom she left because they did not meet her expectations, but she seems to have found what she had been searching for in Ash. She tends to show no emotion except for when she is battling, even then moving as gracefully as she does outside of battle. Snivy is a fierce competitor and will take each battle that she participates in seriously. She is very mature psychologically, as seen when Ash's newly hatched Scraggy attempted to attack her and she did not utilize her full strength when stopping him, or when she saw through Iris's Emolga's cute act in Emolga and the New Volt Switch!. As shown in Facing Fear with Eyes Wide Open!, she still holds animosity towards Emolga. In Movie Time! Zorua in "The Legend of the Pokemon Knight"!, Emolga and Snivy were seen fighting again. While fighting, they dumped paint on both their trainers by mistake with their tails. Although Snivy sometimes seems distant from the others, she cares for them and knows them all well, as shown in Scraggy-Hatched to Be Wild! when she swiftly saved Oshawott from one of the Galvantula they were battling whilst rescuing Scraggy, and in BW048 when she was able to recognize the Poké Balls of her friends amongst many. Snivy, like most of Ash's Pokémon, loves to battle and always looks for improvement. Overall, Snivy is calm, serene, proud, and collected.

Moves used

Using Leaf Blade	Move First Used In Attract Snivy Plays Hard to Catch! Vine Whip Snivy Plays Hard to Catch! Leaf Storm Snivy Plays Hard to Catch! Leaf Blade A Rival Battle for Club Champ!
A † shows that the move was used recently, unless all moves fit this case or there are fewer than five known moves.

Trivia

• Snivy's capture was first revealed in a short preview aired after DP190, featuring all the Unova starters.
• Snivy's capture was Ash's last capture of the three Unova starters. To contrast, in the previous four regions, each region's Grass-type starter was the first starter to be caught by Ash.

Related articles

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

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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