Dawn's Pachirisu

Dawn's Pachirisu ヒカリのパチリス Hikari's Pachirisu

Dawn's Pachirisu

Debuts in Twice Smitten, Once Shy Caught at Route 203 Gender Unknown Ability Unknown Current location With Dawn

This Pokémon is fully evolved.

Voice actor Japanese English As Pachirisu Chinami Nishimura

Dawn's Pachirisu (Japanese: ヒカリのパチリス Hikari's Pachirisu) was the second Pokémon captured by Dawn, and her third Pokémon overall.

History

Diamond & Pearl series

Dawn captured Pachirisu in Twice Smitten, Once Shy!, where it was shown to have a very hyperactive and mischievous personality. She had much trouble catching it, having to accept help from Ash and his Pokémon. She was looking forward to using it in Contests, but due to its behavior and her inability to control it, she felt she had failed Pachirisu as a Trainer and released it. However, she soon realized her mistake and went back to get it, only to find that Jessie also wanted it. Team Rocket grabbed Pachirisu and took it away, but Pachirisu managed to defeat Team Rocket with a powerful Discharge attack and Dawn recaptured it, willing to give it another chance.

Pachirisu practicing for a Contest

In Borrowing on Bad Faith!, Dawn learned that an unofficial Pokémon Contest would be held in a small village as part of an annual festival and decided to compete using her Pachirisu, since it had never been in a Contest before and was in need of gaining experience. In the Appeals Round, Pachirisu suffered from stage fright and was unable to obey Dawn's command. However, after hearing some words of encouragement from its Trainer, it managed to perform its Sweet Kiss, charming the crowd. It used Spark to create beautiful flower shapes and finished the performance with Discharge, which hit everyone in the audience. In the Battle Round, Pachirisu was put against Jessie's borrowed Aipom. Its attacks were dodged one after the other and it was knocked out by a Focus Punch, losing the Contest.

At the beginning of Getting the Pre-Contest Titters!, Pachirisu was seen practicing electricity storage with Ash's Pikachu. It gathered static electricity on its cheeks before releasing it to create a beautiful sparkling show. It then asked Dawn for a reward and she gave it a Poffin, but it was not satisfied and begged for some more. When Dawn refused, Pachirisu used Discharge to give her a bad hair day.

Pachirisu was Dawn's choice for the Appeals Round of the Floaroma Contest. Although it appeared in a graceful manner, it slipped on its tail and went rolling across the stage, crashing onto the judging panel. It panicked and started running around wildly, but Dawn managed to calm it down by tossing a Poffin in the air, the scent getting its attention. It jumped high with an electrified Spark to catch its favorite food and regained its composure. After that, Pachirisu used Discharge to brighten the stadium and Sweet Kiss to create a shower of small hearts, saving the performance and allowing Dawn to advance to the next round.

In A Stand-Up Sit-Down!, Dawn learned from Zoey that the Hearthome Contest was going to be held under the Double Performance rule. She paired up Pachirisu and Piplup in order to train for this kind of performance and develop some new Contest combinations. She told Pachirisu to use Sweet Kiss and Piplup to use Whirlpool, but things didn't go quite as planned as the large whirlpool covered all the hearts from the Sweet Kiss. She also tried to combine Discharge and Whirlpool, but Pachirisu's Discharge was too powerful and it evaporated Piplup's Whirlpool.

With Dawn at the Wallace Cup

In The Electrike Company!, Pachirisu was called out to demonstrate how to use Electric-type attacks properly and help an Electrike that was having trouble controlling its electricity. Dawn asked it to store electricity before using Discharge, but it overcharged and the attack hit Ash instead of the target. Dawn then gave it a Poffin in order to motivate it and this time Pachirisu succeeded, completely destroying the target.

Pachirisu was used in the Appeals Round of the Hearthome City Pokémon Contest along with Piplup in Dawn's Early Night!. The hearts of its Sweet Kiss were encased by Piplup's BubbleBeam and it used Discharge to dissipate Piplup's Whirlpool in a flash of sparkles. Their performance received positive reviews from the judges but it wasn't impressive enough to advance Dawn to the Contest Battles.

In Glory Blaze!, Pachirisu was briefly seen battling a Tauros and a Granbull alongside Conway's Aggron in the second round of the Hearthome City Tag Battle Competition. Together they managed to defeat their opponents and advance their Trainers to the semifinal round.

Pachirisu was also used in the Wallace Cup. It appeared briefly in Pruning a Passel of Pals!, where it was seen battling a Pelipper in the quarterfinals of the competition. It won the match by points and granted Dawn a place in the semifinals.

Similar to Pikachu in Get the Show on the Road, Pachirisu became ill from storing too much electricity in Doc Brock!. It soon recovered, though, thanks to Brock's aid and knowledge as well as the help of Dawn, Ash and the rest of their team of Pokémon.

In Another One Gabites the Dust!, Pachirisu was seen practicing for the upcoming Chocovine Town Pokémon Contest. When it got tired, Dawn decided to give it and her other Pokémon some Poffins. However, Mamoswine tackled her and sent her flying into the air along with all the snacks. While Pachirisu and the others were trying to cushion Dawn's fall, Mamoswine ate the falling Poffins. The loss of food saddened Pachirisu, but it luckily found one Poffin Mamoswine didn't eat. It rushed over to grab it, but a Gabite appeared and stepped on the Poffin. This infuriated Pachirisu, causing it to learn Super Fang and start a rivalry with Ursula's Gabite.

Deflecting Gabite's Stone Edge

Pachirisu was used in the Battle Round of the Chocovine Contest. It quickly made its way to the finals, where it faced Ursula's Gabite. It was hit several times by Gabite's Dragon Claw because its spinning dodge technique wasn't working against the speedy Cave Pokémon. It tried to attack using Super Fang, but Gabite managed to get past its defense by using Aerial Ace. It then used Sweet Kiss, only to Gabite go through the hearts with another Aerial Ace. With two minutes left on the clock, however, Pachirisu was able to make a comeback. It used Discharge from the tip of its tail to completely destroy the Stone Edge shards and went up against a Dragon Rage with a Spark attack, breaking the move. It countered a Dragon Claw with its tail—which was filled with Discharge's electricity—and defended itself from Stone Edge by putting its tail up and creating an electric shield. It went rolling towards Gabite while using Super Fang and cut through Dragon Rage, reaching Gabite and hitting her with its fang. Gabite covered herself with her fins to prevent major damage and the time ran out. Pachirisu won the match by points, giving Dawn her fourth Contest Ribbon.

In Strategy Begins at Home!, Pachirisu was used alongside Piplup in a Double Battle against Johanna's Glameow and Umbreon. They started the battle by using a combination of Whirlpool and Discharge. However, the combination didn't last long as Johanna's Pokémon were able to gracefully dodge it with a double Quick Attack and destroy it with a double Shadow Ball. After that, Dawn had Piplup using BubbleBeam, but Glameow and Umbreon dodged once again. This was part of Dawn's plan, though, as BubbleBeam was meant to build a barrier of bubbles and hide Pachirisu. When Pachirisu came out from behind the barrier, it caught Glameow and Umbreon by surprise and attacked them with a spinning Super Fang. Johanna's Pokémon quickly fought back with a double Attract, infatuating both Pachirisu and Piplup before attacking them with a double Swift and knocking them out.

Pachirisu was temporarily paired up with Mamoswine in Double-Time Battle Training! in order to make a Double Performance using its Discharge and Mamoswine's Ice Shard. However, it was unsuccessful and their combination failed.

At the Grand Festival with Mamoswine

In Regaining the Home Advantage!, Dawn used Pachirisu to lead a Metagross and a Magnezone that were fighting away from the town that was feeling the wrath of their battle.

In Teaching the Student Teacher!, Dawn perfected a new Contest combination called "Ice Chandelier" with the help of her Pachirisu and Buneary. Pachirisu used Discharge while running inside an ice globe created by Buneary's Ice Beam, making the ice shine in a beautiful blue hue.

Pachirisu was used twice in the battling stage of the Sinnoh Grand Festival. Its first battle in the event took place in Opposites Interact!, where it went up against Ursula's Gabite and Flareon alongside Mamoswine. Despite a good start, Pachirisu and Mamoswine soon found themselves struggling to handle their opponents' powerful combinations and were very nearly defeated. However, they managed to pull off Dawn's newest improvised move, Ice Chandelier, and knock Gabite and Flareon out, giving Dawn the win. In Coming Full-Festival Circle!, it was revealed that Pachirisu, together with Piplup, had helped Dawn defeat her opponent in the quarterfinal round, thus allowing her to advance further in the competition.

Best Wishes series

In Piplup, Pansage, and a Meeting of the Times!, Pachirisu was introduced to Ash, Iris and Cilan's Pokémon. It excitedly approached the group and kicked Ash's Oshawott's scalchop away due to its curiosity.

Personality and characteristics

Ruining Dawn's hair

Pachirisu is very hyperactive and mischievous as seen in its debut episode. It will try to act cute in order to get things done its way. However, it has settled down with Dawn over time but still has its hyperactive personality.

At the beginning, Pachirisu had difficulty in controlling its Electric-type moves and often used Discharge to give Dawn a bad hair day. However, after some training with Dawn, it was gradually able to use them effectively and has stopped ruining Dawn's hair.

Pachirisu loves Poffins and once started a rivalry with Ursula's Gabite because the Dragon-type Pokémon had stepped on its Poffin. It avenged its Poffin's memory by defeating Gabite in the final round of the Chocovine Town Contest with its newly learned Super Fang.

Moves used

Using Spark	Move First Used In Spark Twice Smitten, Once Shy! Sweet Kiss Twice Smitten, Once Shy! Discharge Twice Smitten, Once Shy! Super Fang Another One Gabites the Dust!
A † shows that the move was used recently, unless all moves fit this case or there are fewer than five known moves.

Moves improvised

Ice Chandelier

• Discharged Whirlpool has two variations. One consists of Piplup using Whirlpool above Pachirisu, and Pachirisu using Discharge. The other is when Piplup uses Whirlpool and Pachirisu jumps on top of it and uses Discharge causing the moves to join and fuse with water and electrical energy.
• Sweet Kiss-Bubble Beam was used in Dawn's Early Night! First Pachirisu uses Sweet Kiss, and then Piplup uses BubbleBeam and the two moves combine making the hearts go inside the bubbles.
• Spin used in Another One Gabites the Dust! Pachirisu spins around the opponent.
• Plan A used in Strategy Begins at Home! Piplup uses BubbleBeam towards the ground, the bubbles build into a wall of bubbles and Pachirisu jumps up from the top and uses Super Fang.
• Electrified Take Down used in Opposites Interact! Pachirisu uses Discharge in front so it can also hit Mamoswine. Mamoswine then uses Take Down, causing anything it hits to be hit with the power of the Discharge as well the power of Take Down.
• Ice Chandelier is a combination that was created by Buneary and Pachirisu when they were training with Dawn in Teaching The Student Teacher!. It involves Buneary using Ice Beam around Pachirisu, trapping it in a ball of ice. The move also works with Mamoswine's Ice Shard, as first seen in the same episode; however, this was only successfully pulled off the first time in Opposites Interact!. Pachirisu then runs around in the ball while using Discharge. The end result is a chandelier of ice that glows in a beautiful blue hue. Pachirisu can run inside the chandelier to hit foes. Using AncientPower on it allows it to float while still under Pachirisu's control while Hidden Power adds power to the combination. This combination may have been based on the failed combination tried by Dawn in Double-Time Battle Training!, the one that eventually lead to the Flame Ice combo.

In the manga

In the Pocket Monsters Diamond & Pearl manga

Dawn's Pachirisu in Pocket Monsters Diamond & Pearl

Pachirisu is shown traveling with Dawn in the Pocket Monsters Diamond & Pearl manga, which is based on the Diamond & Pearl series of the anime. It made two small appearances in Friendship Power and Covered in Sludge and Stin~ky. Later, Dawn tries to use it in battle against a Sharpedo in Saving Sharpedo!, commanding it to use Discharge; however, Dawn and Pachirisu were swept away before it was able to use the move.

Dawn and Pachirisu in the manga

In the movie adaptations

Dawn's Pachirisu appears in the following manga adaptations of Pokémon movies, The Rise of Darkrai and Arceus and the Jewel of Life.

The Rise of Darkrai

Pachirisu is shown when Dawn sends her Pokémon out to play with several other Pokémon.

Later on, Pachirisu also helps Pikachu charge up the the machine to the Space-Time Tower by using Discharge.

Arceus and the Jewel of Life

Dawn uses it briefly to demonstrate the technology of the Poké Balls to Damos.

Trivia

Dawn and Pachirisu

• Dawn's capture of Pachirisu marks the first time since Pikachu that a main character has ever owned an Electric-type Pokémon.
• For DP021, Professor Oak's lecture is about Dawn's Pachirisu. He writes this Pokémon senryū about it: パチリスが　おめめさめたよ　パッチリス Pachirisu ga, omeme sameta yo, pacchiri su "Pachirisu woke up, eyes shining bright."
• In the dub of Steamboat Willies!, it is revealed that Pachirisu is the youngest of Dawn's Pokémon. This remained true until the hatching of Cyndaquil in An Egg Scramble!.
• Pachirisu is the only Pokémon belonging to a main character that has been caught, released, and then recaught.

Related articles

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

Dawn's Pokémon
On hand:	Piplup	Buneary	Pachirisu	Mamoswine	Quilava	Togekiss
In training:	Ambipom
Traded away:	Buizel
Released:	Oshawott
Temporary:	Pikachu	Croagunk	Chimchar	Staravia	Grimer	Dodrio
	Sharpedo
Befriended:	Mesprit

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