James's Morpeko

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James's Morpeko コジロウのモルペコ Kojirō's Morpeko

James's Morpeko in Full Belly Mode James's Morpeko in Hangry Mode

Debuts in Sobbing Sobble! Caught in JN070 Caught at Outskirts of Vermilion City Gender Unknown Ability Hunger Switch Current location With James

This Pokémon is fully evolved.

Voice actor Japanese English As Morpeko Unknown Megan Hollingshead

James's Morpeko (Japanese: コジロウのモルペコ Kojirō's Morpeko) is the first Pokémon that James caught in Pokémon Journeys: The Series, and his fourteenth overall.

History

As a wild Pokémon

Hunger Switch activated

Morpeko debuted in both of its modes in Sobbing Sobble!, where it stole Team Rocket's food and fled while they were in the Galar region. It later encountered Team Rocket again and angrily sent them blasting off with Aura Wheel once they admitted they had no more food to give it.

In Trade, Borrow, and Steal!, it was revealed to have followed Team Rocket back to their secret hideout. There, it ate the food that Team Rocket had been stockpiling for months, leaving them with nothing to eat. Later, Morpeko was seen eating some of the honey left by Kricketina Kylie while trying to capture a Pinsir.

In Pikachu Translation Check..., Morpeko showed up in Team Rocket's hideout, listening in on the conversation between Jessie, James, and Wobbuffet.

Morpeko and its rival Greedent

In Crowning the Chow Crusher!, Team Rocket entered Morpeko in the Vermilion City Pokémon Grand Eating Contest. It was forced to fast for several days in order to fuel its hunger and motivation to eat. In the finals, Morpeko faced off against Goh's Skwovet, but eventually returned to its Full Belly Mode after satisfying its hunger. Team Rocket tried forcing it to eat more food, only for Morpeko to angrily send them blasting off with Aura Wheel. Afterward, Goh's Skwovet managed to surpass Morpeko's score after evolving into a Greedent, winning the competition.

In JN067, Morpeko had once again eaten all of Team Rocket's food supplies, so they decided to try stealing electricity from houses around Vermilion City and feeding Morpeko with it instead. However, it turned out that Morpeko's appetite is caused by it creating electricity, rendering the trio's attempted solution to their problem naught.

In JN070, Team Rocket attempted to get rid of Morpeko by having Goh catch it. During its absence, James missed Morpeko, having grown fond of it, and after being reunited with Morpeko and seeing it battle, James opted to catch it.

Personality and characteristics

Morpeko and Team Rocket

Morpeko is a greedy Pokémon that has caused trouble for Team Rocket multiple times with its raids on their food supply. If it is refused the food that it craves, it changes from its Full Belly Mode to its Hangry Mode, becoming aggressive and more voracious.

In its Hangry Mode, Morpeko is quite violent, both with Team Rocket as well as with Pokémon from other Trainers. Immediately upon reverting to Full Belly Mode, Morpeko is shown to be somewhat docile, especially after having a particularly satisfying meal, and is shown to remain calm if kept fed. As shown in JN070, Morpeko has become attached to Team Rocket, though part of reason why is because they consistently provide it with food. It has become friendly enough that it, at one point, offered a Berry seed to a downcast James. However, it still has a short temper, and will lash out at anything that bothers it, as shown in Crowning the Chow Crusher!.

Morpeko is seen to have a rivarly with Goh's Greedent, when it was at the Cerise Laboratory they soon started a food dispute.

Moves used

Full Belly Mode

Using Aura Wheel	Move First Used In Aura Wheel Crowning the Chow Crusher!
A † shows that the move was used recently, unless all moves fit this case or there are fewer than five known moves.

Hangry Mode

Using Stomping Tantrum	Move First Used In Aura Wheel Sobbing Sobble! Stomping Tantrum JN070
A † shows that the move was used recently, unless all moves fit this case or there are fewer than five known moves.

Trivia

• Morpeko is the only Electric-type Pokémon owned by either Jessie or James.
• Morpeko is the first of James's Pokémon to use its Ability.
• It took 42 episodes from Morpeko's debut to its capture, the longest of any of Team Rocket's Pokémon.
• Morpeko is the first recurring wild Pokémon caught by James.
• Morpeko is James's first capture since he caught his Mareanie in The Sun, the Scare, the Secret Lair!, 204 episodes earlier.

Related articles

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

Team Rocket's Pokémon
Travel with:	Meowth	Rotom Phone
	Jessie			James
On hand:	Wobbuffet	Seviper	Yanmega	Mime Jr.	Carnivine	Yamask
	Woobat	Frillish	Gourgeist	Amoonguss	Inkay	Morpeko
In training:				Cacnea
At home:				Growlie	Chimecho
Released:	Arbok	Dustox	Mimikyu	Weezing	Gyarados	Mareanie
Traded away:	Lickitung			Victreebel
Lived with (all three):	Bewear	Stufful
Worked with (all three):	Delibird	Pelipper
Temporarily owned:	Porygon Zero	Shellder	Magikarp	Second Victreebel	Hoppip
	Mawile
Befriended:	Blissey
Status unknown:	Starmie			Pidgey	Numel
For a list of other Pokémon Team Rocket has commanded, see here and here

Recurring wild Pokémon in the animated series
Fearow	Ho-Oh	Pink Butterfree	Haunter	Jigglypuff	Clefairy
Mewtwo	Slowking (M02)	Lapras	Suicune	Pichu Posse	Articuno (OS)
Lugia (OS)	Silver	Wynaut	Larvitar	Loudred	Spoink
Kyogre and Groudon (RS)	Articuno (RS)	Deoxys	Lake guardians	Marill	Hippopotas
Zekrom	Forces of nature	Carracosta	Meloetta	Reshiram	Malamar
Super-ancient Pokémon (XY)	Wooper	Florges	Squishy	Z2	Guardian deities
Bewear	Toucannon's flock	Stoutland	Exeggutor	Oranguru	Nebby
Lunala	Necrozma	Stufful	Ultra Beasts	Grandpa Forest	Melemele Greens
Mantine	Zeraora	Meltan	Shaymin	Magearna	Celebi
Wingull	Mew	Lugia (JN)	Thievul trio	Drednaw	Slowking (JN)
Legendary heroes	Mewtwo's friends	Cresselia	Darkrai	Dialga	Palkia
Heatran	Latias	Terapagos
Recurring wild Pokémon that have been caught
Caterpie	Gyarados	Aipom	Gible	Krokorok	Dedenne
Goodra	Litten	Rockruff	Mimikyu	Mareanie	Poipole
Eevee	Greedy Rapooh	Meltan	Scorbunny	Gengar	Sobble
Eternatus	Morpeko	Fuecoco	Wattrel	Quaxly