Harrison's Blaziken

Harrison's Blaziken ハヅキのバシャーモ Hazuki's Bursyamo

Harrison's Blaziken

Debuts in Pop Goes The Sneasel Caught at Littleroot Town Evolves in Prior to Pop Goes The Sneasel Prior to Pop Goes The Sneasel Gender Unknown Ability Unknown Current location With Harrison

→ → This Pokémon spent an unknown amount of episodes as Torchic and an unknown number of episodes as Combusken.

Voice actor Japanese English As Torchic N/A As Combusken N/A As Blaziken Katsuyuki Konishi Darren Dunstan

Harrison's Blaziken (Japanese: ハヅキのバシャーモ Hazuki's Bursyamo) is Harrison's starter Pokémon.

History

Blaziken and Harrison

Blaziken is Harrison's starter Pokémon. He revealed to Ash that Professor Birch gave it to him as a Torchic when he first started out as a Pokémon Trainer.

It first appeared in Pop Goes The Sneasel. Harrison used it to battle a Sneasel that was blocking the Sacred Flame of Ho-Oh. At that time, Ash's Pokédex had no information on Blaziken, because it did not come from Kanto or Johto. Blaziken used a lightning fast Quick Attack, followed by a Flamethrower to damage Sneasel. Sneasel's attempt to hit with Shadow Ball failed and Blaziken knocked Sneasel out with Fire Punch, allowing Harrison to capture it.

It reappeared in Harrison's battle against Ash in Playing with Fire!, as Harrison's last Pokémon. Despite Ash's Bayleef managing to defeat Harrison's Houndoom, she was unable to overcome another type disadvantage. After seeing Blaziken's raw power by kicking down a Razor Leaf with its natural kicking abilities, Ash realized he needed to attack Blaziken from a distance to avoid damage to his Bayleef. However using Vine Whip backfired, as Blaziken seized the vines and reeled Bayleef in, before defeating her with a powerful Fire Punch.

Blaziken then faced Ash's Charizard in a battle that carried over to the next episode, showing remarkable power and ability to maneuver in mid-air, negating the aerial advantage that Charizard had. It hit hard with a Fire Punch, but was blasted back by Charizard's Flamethrower. Blaziken's Quick Attack was intercepted by Charizard who landed a devastating Seismic Toss. Blaziken kept fighting and landed a Blaze Kick to Charizard's neck. Blaziken's Flamethrower countered Charizard's Dragon Rage and the two were left dazed. Though both Pokemon were able to get back up, Charizard's attempt to use Flamethrower again caused it to go down and ultimately faint, giving Harrison the win and eliminating Ash from the tournament.

Despite the victory, however, Blaziken was very badly injured after its battle with Charizard, so Harrison decided to rest it during the following round, which unfortunately led to his loss in his battle with Jon Dickson, who would ultimately go on to win the Silver Conference.

After the tournament, Harrison used Blaziken to destroy one of Team Rocket's mechas.

It also reappeared in flashbacks in There's no Place Like Hoenn and Gathering the Gang of Four!.

Personality and Characteristics

Since Blaziken was Harrison's first Pokémon, Blaziken had a strong bond with him. During the Silver Conference, it helped Harrison get past many of the battles. However, following Harrison's battle with Ash, Blaziken could not battle in the following round since the battle with Charizard injured it badly. Its absence ultimately led to Harrison's loss and elimination from the tournament.

Moves used

Using Quick Attack	Move First Used In Quick Attack Pop Goes The Sneasel Flamethrower Pop Goes The Sneasel Fire Punch Pop Goes The Sneasel Blaze Kick Johto Photo Finish
A † shows that the move was used recently, unless all moves fit this case or there are fewer than five known moves.

Related articles

For more information on this Pokémon's species, see Torchic, Combusken, and Blaziken.

Harrison's Pokémon
In rotation:	Houndoom	Blaziken	Sneasel	Miltank	Kecleon	Hypno
	Steelix
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Professor Birch's Pokémon
On hand:	Unknown
Given away:	Torchic	Torchic	Treecko
At lab:	Zigzagoon	Lotad	Seedot	Shroomish	Wailmer	Sharpedo
Adventures only:	Aron	Torchic	Wailord	Tropius	Mudkip	Treecko
Ruby-Sapphire manga only:	Magikarp

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