Paul's Magmortar

Paul's Magmortar シンジのブーバーン Shinji's Booburn

Paul's Magmortar

Debuts in Lost Leader Strategy! Caught at Sinnoh Evolves in Prior to Pedal to the Mettle! Gender Unknown Ability Flame Body Current location In storage

→ This Pokémon spent between 62 and 64 episodes as Magmar.

Voice actor Japanese English As Magmar Yūji Ueda Tom Wayland As Magmortar Yūji Ueda Tom Wayland

Paul's Magmortar (Japanese: シンジのブーバーン Shinji's Booburn) is a Pokémon owned by Paul.

History

As a Magmar

Magmortar first debuted in Lost Leader Strategy! as a Magmar where it appeared in a flashback. Reggie explained to Ash that it easily defeated Maylene's Steel-type Lucario with its Fire Spin and Fire Punch attacks, thus earning him the Cobble Badge.

It made its physical debut in Aiding the Enemy!, resting with Paul's other Pokémon.

Magmar was finally shown battling in Paul's match against Pyramid King Brandon in A Pyramiding Rage!. It was the first Pokémon chosen by Paul to battle him. He quickly recalled it after he saw Brandon chose Regirock to battle it. He sent it out again to battle Registeel. Registeel was able to shrug off Flamethrower with little difficulty and struck with Iron Head, not causing much damage but Magmar flinched and couldn't use Will-O-Wisp. Paul recalled Magmar but after all of Paul's other Pokémon were defeated, Paul sent out Magmar to battle Regirock again, who absorbed Flamethrower and took Magmar out with Shock Wave.

Before activating Flame Body

Flame Body's activation

Magmar's evolution was revealed three episodes later in Pedal to the Mettle! when Paul chose Magmortar as his fifth Pokemon to battle Ash's Pikachu. They begun the battle in Evolving Strategies!, where Pikachu got badly burned because of Magmortar's Flame Body. Magmortar's powerful Flamethrower blocked Pikachu's Thunderbolt and it then cleverly used Rock Tomb to damage Pikachu during his Volt Tackle. Magmortar used Smog in an attempt to choke Pikachu but this was blocked by Counter Shield. However, Pikachu's attempt to follow up with Iron Tail did not cause nearly enough damage to Magmortar, and Ash recalled him for Buizel.

Despite the type disadvantage, Magmortar was able to hold its own, managing to carry on after a direct hit from Aqua Jet. It then used a wall of Rock Tombs to block Water Pulse, which turned out to be a distraction; while Buizel blasted through easily, Magmortar had vanished. It was revealed to have jumped into the air, landing a hit with Smog and poisoning Buizel. While Buizel choked, Paul recalled Magmortar. It wasn't used for the rest of the battle, but the burn it inflicted on Pikachu continued to affect him during a later battle against Ursaring.

In Casting a Paul on Barry!, Magmortar was used in the battle against Barry's Skarmory and it won with a single Flamethrower. Then, Magmortar fought against Barry's Empoleon, where it was shown to be strong enough to withstand Empoleon's Hydro Cannon. It was then recalled by Paul, much to Barry's disappointment.

Personality and characteristics

Magmortar is considered to be one of Paul's trusted Pokémon in terms of strategies for his battles. Beginning in Evolving Strategies!, it had the ability to take in any attacks that was delivered including the ones that would have been super effective against Magmortar.

Magmortar and Paul

Moves used

Using Rock Tomb Using Fire Punch as a Magmar	Move First Used In Fire Spin Lost Leader Strategy! Fire Punch Lost Leader Strategy! Flamethrower † A Pyramiding Rage! Will-O-Wisp A Pyramiding Rage!* Rock Tomb † Evolving Strategies! Smog † Evolving Strategies!
A † shows that the move was used recently, unless all moves fit this case or there are fewer than five known moves.

Trivia

• Magmortar is the only Pokémon that Paul used against Ash that did not win, lose, or tie against any of Ash's Pokémon.

Related articles

For more information on this Pokémon's species, see Magmar and Magmortar.

Paul's Pokémon
On hand:	Electivire	Gyarados	Garchomp	Metagross
At home:	Ursaring	Weavile	Honchkrow	Torterra	Ninjask	Gliscor
	Magmortar	Hariyama	Nidoking	Aggron	Gastrodon	Drapion
	Froslass
Released:	Starly (×3)	Stantler	Chimchar
Given away:	Azumarill

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