James's Cacnea
James's Cacnea (Japanese: コジロウのサボネア Kojiro's Sabonea) was the first Pokémon caught by James of Team Rocket during his travels through Hoenn, immediately after releasing his Weezing. Its voice actor in Japanese is Katsuyuki Konishi, and its English voice actors are Lindsey Warner (Seasons 6-8) and Michelle Knotz (Season 9+).
Cacnea was caught by James in the episode A Poached Ego. In the episode, Team Rocket found a group of Ekans and Koffing being hunted by a Pokémon poacher; Jessie and James permanently released their Arbok and Weezing to protect the Ekans and Koffing. Before releasing Arbok and Weezing, Team Rocket had been chased by some Beedrill because they had landed in the Beedrill's nesting place. Cacnea had been walking by. When it saw that they were in need of help, it used Pin Missle to drive the Beedrill away. In gratitude, James gave it a bag of cookies. However, the bag was closed. Later, after being defeated by the poacher, Team Rocket encountered Cacnea on a road. It gave James the bag, and James opened the bag and gave Cacnea a cookie. James then asked Cacnea if it would like to join him, and it agreed, jumping into his arms and hurting him with its spikes.
Cacnea was James's fighting Pokémon in Hoenn. To James's frustration, each time it is called out to battle, Cacnea turns around and affectionately hugs James, causing him to remind it that it is supposed to be fighting. According to Maxxed Out!, it cannot swim. However, this should be no surprise because it is a native to the desert. When it does battle, it is fairly formidable, but as Team Rocket is the major antagonistic force of the series, it usually loses to Ash or one of his friends.
In Sinnoh, it has been replaced as James's main battler by Carnivine. However, he still has it and it has been used alongside Seviper, Dustox, and Carnivine in several all out battles against Ash and co. and to guard the Flying-type Pokémon that Team Rocket stole. It has not been seen battling without Carnivine in Sinnoh so far.
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Trivia
- For DP025, Professor Oak's lecture is about James's Cacnea. He writes this Pokémon senryū about it: サボネアは ふれるとチクチク トゲトゲよ
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For more information on this Pokémon's species, see Cacnea.
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