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Brock's Croagunk
タケシのグレッグル Takeshi's Gureggru
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Brock's Croagunk
Debuts in Gymbaliar!
Caught at Route 202
Gender Male
Ability Anticipation
Current location With Brock
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This Pokémon has not evolved.
Voice actor Japanese English
As Croagunk Katsuyuki Konishi Bill Rogers

Brock's Croagunk (Japanese: タケシのグレッグル Takeshi's Gureggru) was the first Pokémon Brock captured in the Sinnoh region, and the ninth overall. His Japanese voice actor is 小西克幸 Katsuyuki Konishi and his English voice actor is Bill Rogers.

In the anime

Croagunk pulling Brock away after jabbing him

Croagunk was first seen resting outside a supermarket in Gymbaliar!. When Meowth emerged from it, Croagunk followed him to where Team Rocket was using a fake gym to steal unsuspecting Trainers' Pokémon. Their plan was going badly as it required Jessie to win, but her Dustox kept losing, so she decided to use Croagunk and soon won many battles.

After Ash and his friends entered the gym, Croagunk lost against Ash's Aipom. Team Rocket resorted to grabbing Ash's Pikachu and running off, leaving Croagunk behind in the process. Brock was the first to notice Croagunk, and, feeling a connection, Croagunk later willingly went into Brock's Poké Ball.

Like Brock's Bonsly, Croagunk has attacked Brock in order to continue the series' running gag of keeping Brock away from the girls who are the objects of his affection, to the point that even Croagunk's presence can be sensed by Brock, which may make Brock suddenly halt his romantic advances. When forcefully dragging Brock away from girls, he usually uses Poison Jab, which usually makes Brock suddenly collapse so Croagunk can easily drag Brock away. However, when Brock pledged to save Oralie's Magikarp and Haley's Feebas in Ya See We Want an Evolution, Croagunk jabbed Brock, which caused Dawn to remark that Croagunk may have gone too far. Many fans think Croagunk could be jealous or possessive. Croagunk generally chuckles or laughs after attacking Brock, so it is possible that he actually enjoys attacking Brock. However, Croagunk has also protected Brock from harm, such as falling off a bridge in Bibarel Gnaws Best! and from Saturn's Toxicroak's Dark Pulse attack in Enter Galactic!.

Croagunk's impression of a Politoed

He has some unique characterization, as he acted alone many times. His actions were sometimes part of an episode plot. He has a unique fighting style, as shown in Leave It To Brocko, by defeating Seviper by repeatedly using Brick Break while Seviper was using Bind on him, eventually ending in a draw.

Croagunk has been shown to have his own pace for things like eating, attacking, or following Brock. Similar to Ash's Treecko, he is also a bit of a loner, preferring to sit alone when eating or just resting. Although he is seen mostly angry or without any emotion, he was seen happy in Doc Brock!. In An Angry Combeenation, he didn't like the sweet taste of honey, which may imply his nature is brave, quiet, or relaxed.

He is a very powerful Pokémon, as demonstrated in his debut episode where he beat many trainers while he was under Jessie's command. He has since become Brock's main battling Pokémon and has proved his power again and again, even stopping a Draco Meteor attack in The Rise of Darkrai. He seems to have a rivalry developing with one of the other strength-oriented Pokémon on the cast, Ash's Buizel. He also has an extreme rivalry with Saturn's Toxicroak, to the point of actually ignoring Brock's advances on women.

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Croagunk vs. Toxicroak

He has good hearing, as he could hear Buneary in the bush in Setting the World on its Buneary and Team Rocket sneaking into Oreburgh Gym in O'er the Rampardos we Watched. He is sometimes aware of many strange or some unusual situations; in Malice in Wonderland!, he saves the day when he jabs Brock and saves him from Mismagius's illusions. He later was able to sense the oncoming Team Galactic attack in Losing its Lustrous — in particular, the approach of Saturn's Toxicroak.

He also can do a remarkable impression of a Politoed, as seen in All Dressed Up With Somewhere To Go!, where his convincing cosplay and acting won a Pokémon Cosplay Competition and the Pokémon Egg prize.

Croagunk has a fascination at looking at his reflection. This can be seen in several episodes, such as Doc Brock! and Hold the Phione!.

In A Faux Oak Finish!, Croagunk guided the gang through a marsh-like area, he then encountered a wild Politoed and battled it.

In The Battle Finale of Legend!, Croagunk's rivalry with Saturn's Toxicroak was settled when he defeated Toxicroak with a Brick Break to the head.

Moves used

Using Poison Jab Move First Used In
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Poison Jab Gymbaliar!
Poison Sting Gymbaliar!
Brick Break Gymbaliar!
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.


In the TCG

Brock's Croagunk is featured in the TCG as a Pokémon Pokémon M. The following is a list of cards named Croagunk Pokémon M.

Name Type Level Rarity Set Set no.
Croagunk M Psychic 38 - Movie Commemoration Random Pack (no English release) 013/022

Trivia

  • According to the Pokétch in Not on MY Watch Ya Don't, Croagunk is very close to Brock. In fact, Croagunk is about as close to Brock as Pikachu is to Ash, despite at the time having only been with him for two episodes, as opposed to Pikachu, which has been with Ash since Pokémon - I Choose You! .
  • Croagunk is the first Template:Type2 Pokémon owned by Brock.
  • It should be noted that when Croagunk uses Poison Jab on his opponents, his "fingers" fully glow with poison. However when he uses it on Brock, only the tips of his fingers glow possibly meaning that he doesn't use nearly as much poison on Brock as he would an adversary.
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The Pokémon staring at Croagunk oddly
  • In Croagunk's anime debut, during the time under control of Jessie, he was told to use Poison Sting, yet he used Brick Break instead, probably because Croagunk was not captured by her.
  • Croagunk is the second Pokémon Brock owns that is a Template:Type2, his first being Crobat. Coincidentally, both Pokémon are confirmed to be male and have names that start with "Cro".
  • He is Brock's first Pokémon in the Humanshape egg group.
  • In Hungry for the Good Life!, it is seen that some Pokémon find Croagunk odd. In Croagunk's debut, many humans also found it to be disturbing, including Brock himself.
  • Croagunk's Japanese voice can be sometimes heard in many of the English dubbed episodes.
  • Croagunk is Brock's only Pokémon with both its gender and ability confirmed.
  • Croagunk hasn't learned any new moves since Brock captured it, just like Dawn's Buneary.

Related articles

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

External links




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