Officer Jenny's Growlithe (Japanese: ジュンサーのガーディJunsar's Gardie) is a Pokémon owned by many Officer Jenny in the Pokémon anime prior to the Best Wishes series.
History
Officer Jenny's Growlithe in their first appearance in the anime
Growlithe first appeared in The Case of the K-9 Caper!. In that episode, Ash and his friends met up with an Officer Jenny who trained Growlithe to act as police dogs. In this episode, the many Growlithe helped fend off Team Rocket. A Growlithe owned by an Officer Jenny was also seen in The Fourth Round Rumble using a Flamethrower attack to shoot down Team Rocket's Meowth Balloon. In fact, most of Officer Jenny's Growlithe have been used in crime solving and serve as police dogs throughout much of the Pokémon world.
Although Growlithe remains the "signature Pokémon" of most Officer Jennys of the Japan-centric regions, they will sometimes use different Pokémon. The Officer Jenny in Mutiny in the Bounty! used Growlithe's evolved form, Arcanine. In some parts of the Pokémon world, police forces will have special Pokémon teams, such as Spinarak in Spinarak Attack.
The Officer Jennys of Unova do not use Growlithe, as they are not generally found in that region. Its counterpart in that region appears to be Herdier, another dog-like Pokémon.
