Gary's Umbreon

Gary's Umbreon シゲルのブラッキー Shigeru's Blacky

Gary's Umbreon

Debuts in The Rivalry Revival Caught at Kanto Evolves in Prior to Power Play! Gender Unknown Ability Unknown Current location With Gary

→ This Pokémon spent between 1 and 55 episodes as Eevee.

Voice actor Japanese English As Eevee Mika Kanai As Umbreon Mika Kanai (EP171) Satomi Kōrogi Kayzie Rogers

Gary's Umbreon (Japanese: シゲルのブラッキー Shigeru's Blacky) is one of the Pokémon which is in Gary's Party in Sinnoh, obtained prior to Ash's return to Kanto from the Orange Archipelago.

History

Original series

Kanto

As an Eevee

Umbreon first appeared as an Eevee in The Rivalry Revival, where it was used in a battle against Ash and his Pikachu. Brock commented that, by the looks of its shiny coat and bright eyes, that Gary trained it very well. In battle it backed up this observation with a Reflect the likes of which Tracey had never seen before. The Reflect absorbed Pikachu's Quick Attack and although Eevee was sent flying, it landed on its feet having sustained little to no damage. Eevee dodged Pikachu's Thunderbolt attack with Double Team, although its own Take Down was blocked by Pikachu using Agility. It finished the battle by hitting Pikachu with Skull Bash just as Pikachu attempted Thunder. Pikachu's attack shocked itself and, combined with the damage from Skull Bash, knocked it out of the battle having not landed any damage on Eevee.

Johto

Gary took Eevee with him when he left for the Johto region. It evolved sometime prior to the episode Power Play!, where it was shown to be battling Alex Davis's Alakazam. Gary noted that Alex Davis was the first new opponent it had had in a while. It proved itself to be a very agile battler, dodging Zap Cannon, Headbutt, and Dynamic Punch. When Alakazam used Double Team Umbreon sensed the real Alakazam and slammed it onto the ground. Alakazam used Teleport to avoid Umbreon's Quick Attack, but Gary and Umbreon detected the charging Hyper Beam and dodged it, then knocked Alakazam out with Hidden Power, winning the battle without having taken a single blow.

Umbreon dodging Alakazam's Dynamic Punch

Ash enthusiastically challenged Gary, but Gary declined as Umbreon had defeated Pikachu before, along with that his remaining team did not impress him. Later, Gary and Umbreon helped Ash foil one of Team Rocket's plans as Umbreon severed a cable to their mecha with Tackle. It later illuminated a room with Flash so that Ash could find the lever to the dam mechanism. It then added its own strength to the effort to turn the lever, which ultimately succeeded.

It was not used in Gary's battle with Ash at the Silver Conference, although it did appear on his profile. Gary left Umbreon at Professor Oak's lab when he left on adventures with just his Blastoise.

Advanced Generation series

In Putting the Air Back in Aerodactyl!, it was shown that he had recalled Umbreon to his team. It was seen with its Trainer when they were trying to convince Aerodactyl that they were its friends.

Diamond & Pearl series

Umbreon and Gary

It appeared again along with its Trainer in Ill-Will Hunting! where it repelled a Golbat from one of J's henchmen with Sand Attack. Gary's knowledge of the area combined with Umbreon's agility resulted in the Golbat accidentally disturbing a hive of Beedrill, which distracted the henchmen long enough for Gary, Ash, Brock and Dawn to escape with the Shieldon that J was hunting. It was called on again to sabotage J's ship, using Shadow Ball to cause explosions and then tackling J's henchmen with Electivire to allow Ash to retrieve Shieldon.

Gary used Umbreon to battle Ash's Gligar in a practice match in Fighting Fear with Fear!. Gligar fled from Umbreon's Shadow Ball, showing that it was unable to battle because of its phobia. Gary called off the battle and gave Ash a Razor Fang to evolve it.

Umbreon was used again in The Needs of the Three!. It was outside of its Poké Ball and spotted J's ship, before being called in to battle against Saturn's Toxicroak. It attempted to use Psychic, but was badly hurt early in combat by Toxicroak's X-Scissor before it could attack. Gary was helpless to do anything, as Toxicroak was too fast for his Pokémon. J was able to capture the Lake trio.

Personality and Characteristics

As an Eevee, it was pointed out by Tracey that it was well trained due to its bright eyes and glossy coat. Like its Trainer, it was shown to be confident and smart. Umbreon was also a very adept battler, not being hit by an attack on screen until its last appearance.

Moves used

Using Tackle Using Double Team as an Eevee	Move First Used In Reflect The Rivalry Revival Double Team The Rivalry Revival Take Down The Rivalry Revival Skull Bash The Rivalry Revival Tackle Power Play! Quick Attack Power Play! Hidden Power Power Play! Flash Power Play! Sand Attack Ill-Will Hunting! Shadow Ball Ill-Will Hunting! Psychic † The Needs of the Three!
A † shows that the move was used recently, unless all moves fit this case or there are fewer than five known moves.

In the games

Blue's starter Pokémon in Pokémon Yellow (which is highly based on the anime) is an Eevee.

Pokémon Yellow

First battle (Professor Oak's Laboratory)	Second and third battle (Route 22/Cerulean City)	Fourth battle (S.S. Anne)
Type: Normal Unknown Eevee Lv.5 Tackle Normal   --       Tail Whip Normal   --       Struggle Normal   --       Struggle Normal   --	Type: Normal Unknown Eevee Lv.8/17 Tackle Normal   --       Tail Whip Normal   --       Sand-Attack Normal   --       Struggle Normal   --	Type: Normal Unknown Eevee Lv.20 Tackle Normal   --       Tail Whip Normal   --       Sand-Attack Normal   --       Growl Normal   --

Trivia

• Prior to the first physical appearance of Gary's Blastoise, it was a common misconception among fans that Eevee was Gary's starter Pokémon, due to an Eevee being the rival's starter Pokémon in Pokémon Yellow. However, the flashbacks of the Trainers shown Challenge of the Samurai contradict this, as Gary had challange Samurai yet the flashback does not show him battling an Eevee. As the Trainers themselves were not shown, this mistake is understandable.
• Of all Pokémon used by rivals, Umbreon has used the most moves; it has been shown using a total of eleven moves.
• Despite debuting at the end of the Orange Archipelago saga, Umbreon was not shown to be damaged by an attack until the battle with Saturn's Toxicroak, its final appearance to date.

Related articles

For more information on this Pokémon's species, see Eevee and Umbreon.

Gary's Pokémon
In rotation:	Blastoise	Arcanine	Umbreon	Electivire	Tyranitar	Hatterene
	Regidrago
Traveling with:	Rotom Phone
In storage:	Krabby	Nidoking	Dodrio	Nidoqueen	Magmar	Scizor
	Golem	Pinsir	Houndoom	Fearow	Alakazam	Skarmory
	Kingdra
Temporary:	Hoothoot	Aerodactyl	Shieldon	Bulbasaur	Charmander	Squirtle
Electric Tale only:	Rhydon	Gyarados	Venusaur	Pidgeot	Slowbro
Newspaper Strip only:	Rapidash	Beedrill	Charizard

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