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Ash's Tranquill
サトシのハトーボー Satoshi's Hatoboh
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Ash's Tranquill (Japanese: サトシのハトーボー Satoshi's Hatoboh) is the first Pokémon that Ash Ketchum caught in the Unova region.
History
As he has done in every other region he has traveled, Ash usually catches a Template:Type2 Pokémon early in his journey. Pidove was caught soon after Ash's arrival in Unova. In Enter Iris and Axew!, shortly after a flock of Pidove had escaped when Ash had failed to capture one of them, he noticed her pecking at the ground, and engaged her in a battle. She managed to put up a good fight against Ash's Pikachu, until the Electric Mouse Pokémon finally used Thunderbolt, and caused her to faint. Ash threw a Poké Ball and successfully caught her.
Later on, for the first time, Pidove was sent out in an effort to save Pikachu and Iris's Axew from Team Rocket's capture. However, as she was still weak from her last battle, she was quickly defeated by Jessie's Woobat. She was later healed at the Pokémon Center.
Pidove was occasionally used by Ash to find and track certain Pokémon. She helped Ash find two Darumaka in BW008 and a wild Snivy in Snivy Plays Hard to Catch!, playing a dominant role in the Grass Pokémon's capture. At that time, Pidove had followed Snivy throughout from the time she escaped using Leaf Storm. As she witnessed all of Ash's other Pokémon (Oshawott and Tepig) fall to the Grass Snake Pokémon's Attract, she volunteers to battle Snivy. When Snivy attempted to use Attract on Pidove, Pidove was unaffected as she was female (a fact of which Ash had been completely unaware of, despite Iris and Cilan's assumptions that it was his strategy). After a hard-fought battle, Pidove weakened Snivy just enough for her to be captured by Ash.
In BW010 she was used by Ash in a 5-on-5 battle against Trip's Frillish. She tried her best but was taken by surprise by his Water Pulse, and got knocked out in the process.
In BW018, Ash sent Pidove to Professor Juniper, so that he could add his newly caught Sewaddle to his team but later brought her back in BW021.
In BW022, Ash used her to help clear out the Venipede that took over Castelia City. Although things started well, she was almost hit by a Sludge Bomb and was only just saved by an Air Cutter from Trip's Tranquill. She then helped remove a few more and then suddenly evolved into Tranquill. As a result of her new stronger form, Tranquill was able to clear out the last Venipede with a powerful Gust alongside help from Trip's Tranquill.
Moves used
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In the games
Bulbanews has an article related to this subject:
- Main article: Mystery Eggs
A Japanese event randomly distributed an egg that contained an in-game representation of Ash's Pidove, Iris's Axew, or Cilan's Pansage via Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection. Like the anime counterpart, the Pidove is always female, and knows Gust, Quick Attack, and Air Cutter. This event started on December 17th, 2010, and ended on January 11, 2011.
In the TCG
Pidove was featured in the TCG. The following is a list of cards featuring Ash's Pidove.
Trivia
- Tranquill's capture as a Pidove was first revealed in a preview for the Best Wishes series.
- This is Ash's first Pokémon to be sent to a Pokémon laboratory other than Professor Oak's, in this case, Professor Juniper's lab.
- Tranquill has been shown to use a variation of Air Cutter such as in Snivy Plays Hard to Catch!.
- Tranquill stayed as a Pidove for 21 episodes, coincidentily, 21 is the level Pidove evolves at in the games.
- Ash's Tranquill is similar to his Staraptor in a few ways:
- Both were captured in the second episode of their respective series.
- Both were first used straight after their capture to try and help Ash retrieve Pikachu after Team Rocket separated them.
- Both lost their first battle under Ash's ownership (each of which was against a fellow Template:Type2).
- Neither of them learned any new attacks upon their first evolution.
- Tranquill's ability was confirmed through a Nintendo Event. Her ability is Super Luck.
- Coincidentally, Trip's Tranquill also has the Super Luck ability.
Related articles
For more information on this Pokémon's species, see Pidove and Tranquill.
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