Ash's Leavanny

Ash's Leavanny サトシのハハコモリ Satoshi's Hahakomori

Ash's Leavanny

Debuts in Sewaddle and Burgh in Pinwheel Forest! Caught at Pinwheel Forest Evolves in Battling For The Love of Bug-Types! BW074 Gender Male Ability Swarm* Current location In rotation

→ → This Pokémon spent 5 episodes as Sewaddle and 51 episodes as Swadloon.

Voice actor Japanese English As Sewaddle Inuko Inuyama Kayzie Rogers As Swadloon Inuko Inuyama Erica Schroeder As Leavanny Inuko Inuyama N/A

Ash's Leavanny (Japanese: サトシのハハコモリ Satoshi's Hahakomori) is the sixth Pokémon that Ash obtained in the Unova region.

History

As a Sewaddle

Leavanny first appeared as a Sewaddle while Ash and his friends were in Pinwheel Forest. He randomly attacked Ash's Pikachu, and Ash tried to catch him, but was not successful, since Sewaddle ran away. He later reappeared and knocked Ash to the ground when the trio met Burgh, the Gym Leader of the Castelia Gym, who revealed that he was accompanying Sewaddle through the forest, even though he was not his Pokémon. When Ash and his friends tried to say hello to Sewaddle by using the two sensory knobs on the top of his head, he Tackled Ash, while he kindly said hello to Iris, Pikachu, Axew and Burgh. Ash, Iris and Burgh then followed Sewaddle throughout the forest, watching him eating, as well as watching his sleeping habits.

Sewaddle sleeping

When Sewaddle started eating some fruit, two Woobat started to attack him. Ash protected Sewaddle from an Air Slash attack. Pikachu and Sewaddle then scared off the Woobat. Sewaddle then offered Ash some fruit, showing that he was slowly beginning to like him. Later that night, Sewaddle even went into Ash's sleeping bag with him. The next day, a Patrat kidnapped Sewaddle in order to heal its sick friend, as a leaf from a Sewaddle has healing properties. However, Sewaddle got away, just to get stuck on a Deerling's neck, and to get thrown over a cliff into a river, with Ash diving in to save him. Burgh then used his Leavanny to save both Sewaddle and Ash from going over a waterfall. Sewaddle was very thankful, but his "clothes" got messed up during the fall. However, Burgh's Leavanny made him new clothes. Ash asked Sewaddle if he wanted to join him, and Sewaddle happily allowed Ash to capture him. But once he was captured, his Poké Ball became sealed, as Ash had seven Pokémon on him at the time. This meant Ash had to send over one of his Pokémon to Professor Juniper in order to retain Sewaddle in his party, to which he chose his Pidove.

As a Swadloon

In A Connoisseur's Revenge!, Ash wanted to have Sewaddle examined by a Pokémon Connoisseur so he would know how compatible he was with him. He showed him to a C-class Connaisseuse by the name of Burgundy. She confirmed that his Ability is Swarm, which she thought was a bad thing, as she thought Ash would be better off with a Sewaddle with Chlorophyll, with no reason to back it up. When she said he should replace Sewaddle, he fired a String Shot at her in anger.

In Battling For The Love of Bug-Types!, Sewaddle was used against Burgh, where he fought against and defeated Burgh's Dwebble, who had previously defeated Ash's Tepig. Later, while battling his Whirlipede, Sewaddle evolved into Swadloon, while learning Energy Ball in the process. However, he lost to Burgh's Leavanny after being hit by a Leaf Storm and a Hyper Beam.

In BW074, Swadloon battled against Iris's Emolga in a training battle. After being hit hard by a Discharge attack that Emolga sent down the thread of Swadloon's String Shot, he perked up and evolved into Leavanny. His innate caring nature came to force right away and Leavanny made leaf hoods for the young Axew and Scraggy, who were very pleased with them. Leavanny then noticed three wild Sewaddle who all had whithered hoods. Not giving it a second thorught, Leavanny provided new hoods for the trio of Sewing Pokémon. After making more hoods for Pikachu, Oshawott, Tepig, Snivy and Emolga, the gang sat down for a nap. While sleeping a group of wild Durant came across the gang and took the leaf hoods for food as well as Axew, who was still wearing his outfit, because of their poor eyesight leading them to believe he was a pile of leaves. When the gang awoke, Levanny helped search for the missing Pokémon. After Emolga led the gang to the entrance of the Durant's maze, Leavanny cleverly lined the cave with thread behind the group to mark the way out of the maze. Once they found the Durant's nest, Leavanny created leafy cocoons for Ash and Scraggy so they could retrieve the still sleeping Axew. Leavanny joined the others in fighting the Durant after Ash revealed himself, however the team's moves were all blocked by Protect. After Pikachu, Scraggy and Emolga managed to defeat the swarm, Leavanny led the gang back through the maze and to safety.

Personality and characteristics

Swadloon sewing

As a Sewaddle, Leavanny was childish, often doing things without warning when Ash first met him, such as attacking Pikachu for no reason other than to battle. He was stubborn, and wouldn't admit to his feelings for Ash right away, but after he had been saved a few times, he became more comfortable with Ash, and snuggled up to him. Since then, he had been very caring towards his Trainer, even to go so far as to wrap Burgundy's head in a String Shot web when she suggested Ash get rid of him.

As a Swadloon, Leavanny had also been competitive since his debut, and has a strong passion for battling. He always tried his hardest, even when he was at a strong disadvantage during his battle against Burgh's Whirlipede, where he still refused to give up, and eventually evolved. Since he has evolved, Swadloon is a bit more mature, although he still got a bit childish when he believed Oshawott, Tepig and Scraggy took his food in Emolga and the New Volt Switch!. However, he still has a passion for battling. Swadloon also has some sewing skills, as seen in Movie Time! Zorua in "The Legend of the Pokémon Knight"!, where he helped make costumes for Luke's movie with his Leavanny.

After evolving into Leavanny, he adopted a more caring nature and acts like a parent to the other Pokémon. He also became very independent, prancing off on his own to find leaves to use for clothes, taking a lot of pride in his work. He is also able to make good use of his newly acquired skills, cleverly lining the Durant's maze with thread to mark the way out without being commanded to by his trainer.

Moves used

Using Tackle as a Swadloon Using Bug Bite as a Sewaddle	Move First Used In String Shot Sewaddle and Burgh in Pinwheel Forest! Razor Leaf † Sewaddle and Burgh in Pinwheel Forest! Tackle Sewaddle and Burgh in Pinwheel Forest! Bug Bite Sewaddle and Burgh in Pinwheel Forest! Energy Ball † Battling For The Love of Bug-Types!
A † shows that the move was used recently, unless all moves fit this case or there are fewer than five known moves.

Trivia

• Leavanny is Ash's first Grass-type Pokémon that is not a starter Pokémon.
• Leavanny is the first of Ash's Pokémon since his Krabby which he caught when he already had a full party of six Pokémon.
  • It also marks the first time Ash has rotated his seventh Pokémon into his main team.
• As a Sewaddle, Leavanny was the first Pokémon in the anime to have its Ability confirmed without using it.
• Leavanny, upon evolving from Sewaddle to Swadloon, is the first of Ash's Pokémon to evolve during a Gym battle.
• Swadloon's evolution into Leavanny was first revealed in the Japanese ending Seven-colored Arch.
• Leavanny is Ash's first non-starter Pokémon to have evolved twice that isn't a Flying-type.

Related articles

For more information on this Pokémon's species, see Sewaddle, Swadloon, and Leavanny.

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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