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Ash's Scraggy
サトシのズルッグ Satoshi's Zuruggu
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Ash's Scraggy (Japanese: サトシのズルッグ Satoshi's Zuruggu) is the fifth Pokémon that Ash Ketchum obtained in the Unova region.
History
Ash received Scraggy's egg in Here Comes the Trubbish Squad! as a parting gift from Kikuyo for helping her settle a conflict between her granddaughter Yuri and her students, who had befriended a Trubbish.
In BW017, when the egg started hatching, Axew accidentally knocked it, causing it to roll down a hill towards some sharp rocks, but Pikachu used Quick Attack to catch it in midair.
Scraggy hatched from his egg shortly after and he wasted no time showing off his headstrong nature. When Pikachu tried to greet him, he used Leer on him and then Headbutted him. He later tried to pick fights with Ash's other Pokémon. Since he was newly hatched, he was easily subdued by weak attacks. Ash attempted to catch him with his Poké Ball but Scraggy refused, wanting to explore the outside world a little longer.
Later, Scraggy wandered off and started headbutting a tree which was the home of a group of Galvantula. He became paralyzed by Galvantula's hairs and needed to be healed. With no Pokémon Centers around, Iris quickly made up a potion for him to cure his paralysis. He felt better the next morning and left to confront the Galvantula that attacked him. Again he was outmatched as the entire colony appeared to battle him and was saved by Ash and the rest of his Pokémon. Seeing what they were willing to do for him, Scraggy began to trust his new teammates and his new Trainer.
Shortly after, Cilan suggested that Scraggy battle Iris's Axew. The battle ended in a draw when both Pokémon knocked each other out. After the battle, Scraggy happily agreed to go inside his Poké Ball. The two had another battle in BW020, however it was stopped after Axew attempted, again, to use Dragon Rage.
He and Iris's Axew battled again in BW030 but the result was the same as the previous battle.
Personality
From the moment he hatched, Scraggy has been shown to be a headstrong Pokémon who views new Pokémon as an opponent. He will leer at his potential opponents to show his toughness before trying to headbutt them. His overconfidence often gets him into trouble as he believes he is much stronger than he actually is. A stubborn Pokémon, Scraggy will not give up on trying to defeat an opponent even if he is injured. Despite disliking to do so, he knows when to accept help from his friends and Trainer.
Moves used
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In the games
A Japanese event distributed a game counterpart of Ash's Scraggy via Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection. Interestingly, it always has Moxie as its ability, and knows Low Kick and Hi Jump Kick in addition to Leer and Headbutt, since its anime counterpart currently only knows the latter two moves. This event started on January 28th, 2011 and ended on February 10, 2011.
Trivia
- Scraggy is the first Dark-type Pokémon owned by any main character in the anime.
- Scraggy's egg was the first egg owned by a main character, that appeared onscreen, not to be taken from its owner by another person or a Pokémon.
- Scraggy is the second Pokémon Ash officially obtained from an egg, the first being Donphan when it was a Phanpy.
- Ash also received an egg that he was supposed to deliver to Professor Elm. It hatched into a Larvitar that, though not officially obtained by Ash, was befriended and cared for by him until it was returned to its mother.
Related articles
For more information on this Pokémon's species, see Scraggy.
ズルッグ
Muscle Band
