Ash's Sceptile (Japanese: サトシのジュカインSatoshi's Jukain) was the second Pokémon caught by Ash Ketchum in the Hoenn region. His voice actor in Japanese is 上田祐司 Yūji Ueda and his English voice actor is Bill Rogers. As a Treecko, he was voiced by Dan Green in English. As a Grovyle, he was voiced by Darren Dunstan (Template:4Kids dub) and by Bill Rogers (TPCi dub) in English.
Treecko was caught in the episode Tree's a Crowd! after Ash helped him in trying to save his old tree home; this event was followed by a battle with Ash's Pikachu, and Ash caught him as a result of that battle. Ash has used Treecko in a number of battles since its capture including the gym battles against Roxanne and Brawly.
Sceptile has since become one of Ash's most powerful Pokémon, even strong enough to hold its own in battle against certain legendary Pokémon. It is exceptionally fast and a good jumper. Sceptile also has a habit of keeping a twig in his mouth. He is also a bit of a loner, and can often be seen sitting alone on the branch of a tree, resting or looking at the sky. Both of these habits were carried over from when Sceptile was a Treecko. Despite this, Sceptile is a competitive battler, almost never turning down a fight. Sceptile was one of the five Pokémon that Ash took with him on his journey to the Battle Frontier.
In Once More With Reeling it fought in the Terakata contest final against May's Blaziken. The battle resulted in a tie where both May and Ash won the medal. This is the most recent battle Sceptile has fought under Ash's command.
Treecko was Ash's first Pokémon to know only moves not of its type when it was captured. In fact, it would be on Ash's team for 34 episodes before it finally learned a Grass-Type move (that being Bullet Seed).
Treecko was the first of Ash's Pokémon to evolve in Hoenn.
Sceptile is the third of Ash's Pokémon to show interest in a Pokémon of a different species (a Meganium) The first was Totodile who has shown interest in an Azumarill and a Quagsire, and the second was Corphish who has shown interest in a Mawile.
Ash's Charizard and Ash's Sceptile are the only starter Pokémon that Ash owns that have evolved to its final stage.
Sceptile is Ash's second lizard-based Pokémon after Charizard.
In the Latin-American dub, its Leaf Blade attack is incorrectly called Hojas Navaja, but just by Ash.
May's Venusaur can be seen as a parallel to Sceptile, as both are the final form Grass-type starter Pokémon from the region that co-starred in Generation III with their owner's home region.
Sceptile was the second of Ash's Pokémon to learn SolarBeam, the first being Bulbasaur.
Sceptile is the only one of Ash's Pokémon to be featured on two separate TCG cards, once as a Treecko, and once as a Grovyle.
Sceptile learned a new Template:Type2 move in each of its evolutions: Bullet Seed as Treecko, Leaf Blade as Grovyle, and SolarBeam as Sceptile.
In Odd Pokémon Out Ash referred to Sceptile as being male. He said, "...he won, and he lost..." It should be noted, however, that this was said in the dub only.
Sceptile keeping a twig in his mouth is much like a 番長 banchō, a juvenile gang leader, a character type that was common in manga and anime in the sixties and early seventies.
It took 59 episodes for Treecko to evolve into a Grovyle. Incidentally, the amount of episodes to evolve again was the reversed digits; 95.
