Barry's Empoleon: Difference between revisions

Empoleon first appeared in ''[[DP101|Barry's Busting Out All Over!]]'' when Barry sent it out to battle {{TRT}} after they were responsible for setting up a fake [[Pokémon Storage System|Storage System]] where they can steal Trainers's Pokémon. It managed to send {{TP|Jessie|Seviper}} flying. Barry then mentions that the same exact {{m|Hydro Cannon|move}} was the cause for his victory over [[James's Cacnea|Gardenia's Cacnea]] after a long hard fought battle despite Cacnea having the type-advantage. During that time, Cacnea managed to master {{m|Drain Punch}}, much to James's amusement. However, this was cut short as the trio was sent flying from Empoleon's {{m|Hyper Beam}} with the combined effort of {{AP|Pikachu}}'s and {{TP|Dawn|Piplup}}'s attacks.

In ''[[DP102|A Shield with a Twist]]'', it was revealed that Empoleon had trained with Barry in [[Iron Island]] before they defeated [[Byron]]. It also appeared in ''[[DP103|Jumping Rocket Ship]]'' where Barry sent it out to get its picture taken along with the group as Barry did not want any of his other Pokémon to have their picture taken, only for it to fall into Team Rocket's pitfall traps as the photographers turned out to be the villains themselves. During the battle after its Hydro Pump and {{AP|Chimchar}}'s {{m|Flamethrower}} collide with Carnivine's and Seviper's {{m|Bullet Seed}} and {{m|Haze}} which sends them flying, Empoleon gets separated with [[Brock's Happiny]], Dawn's Piplup and [[Ash's Grotle]]. It along with the other Pokémon get reunited with their Trainers.

Empoleon was seen training with Barry and {{p|Heracross}} on [[Iron Island]] in ''[[DP110|Steeling Peace of Mind!]]''. Their training was cut short when [[Team Galactic]]'s machine caused it to go reckless, due to it being part {{type|Steel}}. It later appeared in ''[[DP111|Saving the World From Ruins!]]'' with its {{pkmn|Trainer}} where it was freed from Team Galactic's control. Empoleon and Barry bidding Ash and {{ashfr}} a farewell not before Empoleon shook with Pikachu and Ash shook hands with Barry.

Empoleon appeared in ''[[DP122|Stopped in the Name of Love!]]'' where it along with [[Kenny's Prinplup]] were showing Dawn's Piplup's evolved forms. In ''[[DP124|To Thine Own Pokémon Be True!]]'', it competed in the [[Pokémon Ping Pong Tournament]] with Barry. Both of them managed to get past the tournament until they went up against [[O]] and his {{p|Shiftry}}, in which they lost.

In ''[[DP141|Challenging a Towering Figure!]]'', Empoleon was used in the [[Twinleaf Festival]] in the Battle Tournament where the winner would battle Barry's father, [[Tower Tycoon Palmer|Palmer]]. However, it lost to Ash's Pikachu once again even though it did better against the other competitors.

After Ash caught a {{TP|Ash|Gible}} in ''[[DP157|Gotta Get a Gible!]]'', Empoleon challenged it where it won as Empoleon had the severe advantage against Gible. This gave Barry his first victory over Ash. It appeared again in ''[[DP163|Fighting Ire with Fire!]]'', where it battled an unnamed Trainer's {{p|Mothim}}. Afterwards, Empoleon started a battle with Ash's Monferno after [[Paul]] told him to battle Ash. Both sides managed to stay in sync despite Monferno's type-disadvantage. However, Empoleon's Hydro Cannon sent it flying which resulted in the activating of {{a|Blaze}}. As a result, the battle had no conclusion.

Empoleon's next appearance came in ''[[DP183|League Unleashed!]]'', where it got Barry through the preliminaries of the [[Lily of the Valley Conference]] after defeating another Trainer's {{p|Nosepass}}. In ''[[DP184|Casting a Paul on Barry!]]'', it was Barry's final Pokémon used in his battle against Paul. It battled against [[Paul's Magmortar]] where it managed to serve some damage to Magmortar only for Magmortar to survive the attack. Both sides recalled their Pokémon. It was used again to fight against [[Paul's Ursaring]], where it was able hit a {{m|Focus Blast}} back to Ursaring before Paul recalled Ursaring for his newly evolved {{TP|Paul|Electivire}}. Empoleon eventually activated {{a|Torrent}} after a long battle and then used {{m|Hydro Cannon}}. However, Electivire used {{m|Protect}} and was soon defeated by a powerful {{m|Thunder}}, making Barry lose the battle. It fainted standing up.