Ash's Bulbasaur

Ash's Bulbasaur サトシのフシギダネ Satoshi's Fushigidane

File:Ash's Bulbasaur.jpg Bulbasaur using Vine Whip.

Debuts in Bulbasaur and the Hidden Village Caught at Hidden Village Gender Unknown Ability Unknown Current location At Professor Oak's lab

This Pokémon has not evolved.

Voice actor Japanese English As Bulbasaur Megumi Hayashibara Tara Jayne (4Kids) Michele Knotz (PUSA)

Ash's Bulbasaur (Japanese: サトシのフシギダネ Satoshi's Fushigidane) was the fourth Pokémon caught by Ash during his travels through Kanto, and the first of the original starter Pokémon that Ash acquired. It is voiced by 林原めぐみ Megumi Hayashibara in the Japanese version. Its English voice actresses are Tara Jayne (4Kids dub; up until Advanced Challenge), Lindsey Warner (AG133 only) and Michele Knotz (Pokémon USA/TAJ Productions dub).

It was raised in the Hidden Village by Melanie, who cared for sick, injured, and abandoned Pokémon. Bulbasaur acted as the village's bodyguard, but after Ash helps defend the Hidden Village from an attack by Team Rocket, Melanie encourages it to join Ash, explaining that its growth is being stunted by staying too long in the village. Although Bulbasaur intially appeared to distrust Ash- in "Island of Giant Pokémon", it alone assumed that Ash had abandoned it and the others, its views on trainers presumably colored by all the abandoned Pokémon in the Hidden Village-, over time he grew to trust its new trainer.

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Bulbasaur protecting an Oddish.

Bulbasaur is extremely stubborn, surly, and eager to battle. It had the opportunity to evolve, but refused to do so despite facing a mass of Ivysaur as well as a Venusaur who were angry at it for ruining the Bulbasaur evolutionary festival. This allowed him to learn the powerful SolarBeam technique earlier than if it had evolved. It has the heart of a fighter and it never gives up in a battle. It has the determination to keep fighting even if the odds are against it, defeating such varied opponents as an Exeggutor, a Venonat, and a Scyther despite the type disadvantages. During a visit to a garden full of exotic plants run by Florinda Showers, Bulbasaur developed a certain affection for her Gloom, but nothing apparently came of it.

Bulbasaur is the only member of Ash's original team, save for Pikachu, to remain in his care. He stayed with him until midway in the Johto adventures, when he was sent back to Professor Oak's to keep the Pokémon there from quarreling with each other. Bulbasaur later returned during the Advanced Generation saga to meet May's Bulbasaur. Along with Charizard and Squirtle, it later returned to battle Brandon at the Battle Pyramid, where it defeated Brandon's Dusclops and Solrock (Although, admittedly, the Dusclops had already been weakened by Charizard and the Solrock took Bulbasaur down with it).

Moves used

• Tackle
• Leech Seed
• Vine Whip
• Sleep Powder
• Razor Leaf
• Solarbeam
• Take Down
• Dig
• Whirlwind

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Ash commanding Bulbasaur to use Whirlwind.

• Tickle

Trivia

• Ash's Bulbasaur has used moves that Bulbasaur are unable to learn in the games:
  • Bulbasaur used Whirlwind in The Ninja Poké-Showdown, and has not used it since.
  • Bulbasaur has also used Dig in Bulbasaur...the Ambassador!
  • Bulbasaur used Tickle in Who Gets to Keep Togepi? several seasons before it became an official game move.
  • Ash's Bulbasaur is one of only two Pokémon in the anime to use more than one move that it cannot learn, the other being Misty's Golduck.
• Bulbasaur is Ash's only Pokémon who refused to evolve after the process began.
• Bulbasaur was Ash's first Template:Type2 Pokémon, and the only one if ones he gave away after having temporarily (Haunter and Beedrill) aren't counted.

Related articles

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

External links

• Fushigidane's Profile on Pokeani (Japanese)

Ash's Pokémon
On hand:	Pikachu
Traveling with:	Rotom Phone
At Oak's/In rotation:	Pidgeot	Bulbasaur	Charizard	Kingler	Muk	Tauros (×30)
	Snorlax	Heracross	Bayleef	Quilava	Totodile	Noctowl
	Donphan	Swellow	Sceptile	Corphish	Torkoal	Glalie
	Staraptor	Torterra	Infernape	Buizel	Gliscor	Gible
	Unfezant	Oshawott	Pignite	Snivy	Scraggy	Leavanny
	Palpitoad	Boldore	Krookodile	Talonflame	Hawlucha	Noivern
	Dragonite	Gengar	Lucario	Sirfetch'd	Dracovish
With Kukui/In rotation:	Rowlet	Lycanroc	Incineroar	Melmetal
At home:	Mr. Mime
In training:	Squirtle	Primeape
Released:	Butterfree	Lapras	Larvitar	Greninja	Goodra	Nebby
	Naganadel
Temporarily owned:	Seaking	Buzzwole	Stakataka	Pheromosa	Rowlet
Traded away:	Raticate	Aipom
Given away:	Beedrill
Traveled with:	Haunter	Azelf	Meowth	Meloetta	Rotom Pokédex	Latias
The Power of Us only:	Ekans	Sentret
EToP only:	Fearow	Oddish	Mankey	Slowpoke
Newspaper Strip only:	Starmie	Clefairy
For a list of Pokémon Ash has temporarily owned, used, or commanded, see here