Ash's Staraptor

Ash's Staraptor サトシのムクホーク Satoshi's Mukuhawk

File:Ash's Staraptor.jpg Ash's Staraptor

Debuts in Two Degrees of Separation! Caught at Route 202 Evolves in A Staravia is Born! DP118 Gender Male* Ability Unknown Current location With Ash

→ → This Pokémon spent 11 episodes as Starly and 105 episodes as Staravia.

Voice actor Japanese English As Starly Kiyotaka Furushima Sarah Natochenny As Staravia Kiyotaka Furushima Sarah Natochenny As Staraptor Katsuyuki Konishi Has not yet appeared

Ash's Staraptor (Japanese: サトシのムクホーク Satoshi's Mukuhawk) is the first Pokémon that Ash Ketchum caught in the Sinnoh region. In Japanese, it is voiced by 古島清孝 Kiyotaka Furushima as a Starly and Staravia, and by 小西克幸 Katsuyuki Konishi as a Staraptor. In English, it is voiced by Sarah Natochenny.

History

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As a Starly

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As a Staravia

Ash caught it as a Starly in Two Degrees of Separation while searching for Pikachu, who was missing due to the antics of Team Rocket. Aipom was swinging through the trees and accidentally bumped into Starly, so the two Pokémon battled. Weakened by Aipom, Starly was captured and immediately used in the search for Pikachu.

In When Pokémon Worlds Collide, Starly battled another Starly belonging to Paul and lost.

In A Staravia is Born, Starly evolved into a Staravia during a battle with Team Rocket. Evolving has allowed it to grow much stronger and become very useful in searches.

Staravia was the only of Ash's Pokémon who didn't participate in Ash's first Sinnoh Gym battle against Roark; however, Staravia helped out in Ash's second Sinnoh Gym battle, defeating Gardenia's Cherubi. After seeing Reggie's Staraptor use the powerful Brave Bird attack, Ash was inspired to teach it to Staravia. In the third Sinnoh Gym battle, Staravia defeated Maylene's Machoke and Meditite, as well as successfully mastering Brave Bird.

Unlike Pidgeot or Noctowl, Staravia is closer in use to Swellow in that, while Pidgeot and Noctowl were mainly used for scouting purposes, Staravia is occasionally used in battles and is one of Ash's most reliable team members.

In DP118, a PokéRinger competition was held in Wind Town. Ash entered and won with Staravia, who evolved into a Staraptor in the process and earned Ash his first victory over Paul.

Moves used

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Staraptor using Close Combat on Paul's Honchkrow

• Wing Attack
• Quick Attack
• Aerial Ace
• Whirlwind/Gust
• Brave Bird
• Close Combat

Trivia

• Despite the fact Ash's Staraptor and other members of his evolution family know Gust, it is impossible for Starly, Staravia, or Staraptor to learn it in the games. This error was also present in the Japanese version. The dub changed it to Whirlwind in Starly's initial appearance, but left it as Gust until One Big Happiny Family, when it was dubbed as Whirlwind again, and has been since.
• As seen in Fighting Fear with Fear!, Staravia is Ash's first Pokémon to wear his bag.
• For Shapes of Things to Come, Professor Oak's lecture is about Ash's Staravia. He writes this Pokémon senryū about it: ムックルが　ムクムクしんか　ムクバード Mukkuru mukumuku-evolved; Mukubird
• Judging by the pattern on Staraptor's head, it can be assumed that this Pokémon is male. However, the pattern does change shape occasionally in some scenes, therefore it cannot be properly determined.
  • However, in DP103, it falls in love with a Staravia doll that was designed to appear female, showing that Staraptor is male. It is noteworthy that Staravia's "dot" is noticeably larger than that of the doll's.
  • In the Czech dub, Staraptor is constantly referred as a female Pokémon.
  • In the Latin American dub, Staraptor is referred to as a male Pokémon.
• Staraptor was the 40th Pokémon species Ash has owned, counting Larvitar, Haunter, and Raticate.
• Staraptor is the only Pokémon Ash has on hand that he caught in a valid location in the games; Chimchar and Turtwig are unavailable in normal gameplay unless chosen as a starter, Ash himself didn't capture Buizel, and Gligar doesn't appear on the route Ash captured it unless the dongle method is used.
• Staraptor is Ash's only Pokémon who shares an English voice actress with him.
• Staraptor's method of evolving to its final stage is similar to Ash's Swellow, through a PokéRinger competition.
  • The evolution is also similar to that of Ash's Grotle, having evolved against Paul's Honchkrow.
• Upon it's final evolution, Staraptor became the 50th Pokémon that Ash has obtained, including evolutions and counting Seaking, Beedrill, Haunter and Raticate, even though Haunter was not officially his, Beedrill was given away nearly immediately, and Seaking was released as part of contest rules.

Related articles

For more information on this Pokémon's species, see Starly, Staravia, and Staraptor.

External links

• Mukuhawk'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