Ash's Heracross

Ash's Heracross サトシのヘラクロス Satoshi's Heracros

File:Ash'sHeracross.jpg Ash's Heracross

Debuts in A Sappy Ending Caught at Johto Gender Unknown Ability Unknown Current location At Professor Oak's Laboratory

This Pokémon has not evolved.

Voice actor Japanese English As Heracross Katsuyuki Konishi

Ash's Heracross (Japanese: サトシのヘラクロス Satoshi's Heracros) was the first Pokémon Ash captured during his travels through Johto. Its voice actor in both Japanese and English is 小西克幸 Katsuyuki Konishi.

History

Johto

It first appeared in A Sappy Ending. In that episode, several Heracross and Pinsir were having a territorial dispute. One of the Heracross followed Ash and his friends as they tried to figure out a solution to stop the dispute. Eventually, Ash captured the Heracross.

Heracross proved to be a powerful battler. The battles between a Donphan in Roll On, Pokémon! and a Scizor in Wired for Battle! show this. It also likes to suck sap from plants or trees. As such it would always try to suck the sap from Bulbasaur's bulb whenever the two were together, annoying Bulbasaur enough to use Vine Whip to make Heracross stop.

Heracross was sent to Professor Oak's lab in Tricks of the Trade in exchange for one of Ash's Tauros. Ash sent Tauros back in the following episode, but Professor Oak informed Ash that he wanted to study Heracross's behavior and wanted it to stay with him for some more time.

In the Johto League Silver Conference, Ash used it in the league battle against Gary. Despite a type disadvantage, it was able to defeat Gary's Magmar but lost to his Blastoise. After Ash returned from Johto, he left Heracross with Professor Oak.

Kanto Battle Frontier

Ash used Heracross again in the battle against Palace Maven Spenser. It battled against Spenser's Venusaur, but lost after putting up a good battle.

Moves used

Using Megahorn	Move	First Used In
File:Ash's Heracross Megahorn.jpg
	Tackle	Unknown
	Megahorn	A Sappy Ending
	Horn Attack	Unknown
	Fury Attack	Unknown
	Endure	Unknown
	Take Down	Unknown
	Leer	Unknown
An x shows that the move cannot be legitimately known by this Pokémon in the games.
Moves used recently are in bold unless all moves all fit this case.

Trivia

• The shape of its horn would suggest that Heracross is male, although prior to Generation IV all Heracross had horns shaped like this. A similar issue surrounds Ash's Pikachu.
• Heracross is the 20th Pokémon species Ash has owned, counting Haunter and Raticate.
• Heracross is Ash's second Template:Type2 Pokémon, the first being Primeape. However, Heracross is Bug/Fighting, not pure Fighting as Primeape was. It is also his second Template:Type2 Pokémon.
• Heracross wasn't used in gym battles in the Johto region, but it was used in the Silver Conference.

Related articles

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

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