Misty's Politoed

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Misty's Politoed
カスミのニョロトノ Kasumi's Nyorotono
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Misty's Politoed
Debuts in The Stun Spore Detour
Caught at An island between Kumquat Island and Pummelo Island
Evolves in The Totodile Duel
Outrageous Fortunes
Gender Unknown
Ability Unknown
Current location Cerulean Gym
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This Pokémon spent 41 episodes as Poliwag and 96 episodes as Poliwhirl.
Voice actor Japanese English
As Poliwag Shin'ichirō Miki Rachael Lillis
As Poliwhirl Shin'ichirō Miki Eric Stuart
As Politoed Shin'ichirō Miki Eric Stuart

Misty's Politoed (Japanese: カスミのニョロトノ Kasumi's Nyorotono) was the first and only Pokémon caught by Misty in the Orange Archipelago, and her seventh total.

In the anime

 
As a Poliwag
 
As a Poliwhirl

Orange Islands

In the Orange Archipelago, Ash and Tracey were paralyzed by a Vileplume's Stun Spore attack. Misty was left to fetch the cure, Salveyo weed, a special type of aquatic plant found at the bottom of lakes on which Poliwag feed. A friendly wild Poliwag helped her gather the special plant. Poliwag obviously liked Misty because it insisted on coming along with her, and Misty added it to her team. As a Poliwag, it was rarely used because of how clumsy it was on land.

Johto

In Johto, Ash and Misty both used Lure Balls on a wild Totodile. The Balls captured the Pokémon out of sight, so Ash and Misty had a tournament to see who got the toothy Water-type. During a battle against Bulbasaur, Misty's Poliwag evolved into Poliwhirl. Although Misty still lost, she concluded that she preferred the Poliwhirl who was willing to evolve to help her rather than the Totodile that essentially did whatever it wanted.

Misty also used it in the Whirl Cup.

Later, on the way to Blackthorn City, Misty fought a Trainer with a Poliwrath and lost. Misty started to consider evolving her own Poliwhirl. Misty took her Poliwhirl to the local Pokémon Center to be healed. On the way, Poliwhirl picked up the King's Rock that Ash had won in a tournament. Misty did not notice this, and simply gave Poliwhirl to Nurse Joy for treatment.

Shortly afterward, in a battle against Team Rocket, Misty recovered her Poliwhirl and let it out, surprised to see it evolve into Politoed before her eyes. Misty was thrilled with her newly-evolved Pokémon.

Misty's Politoed is very cheerful, enthusiastic, and eager to please. For a while, in I Politoed Ya So! it took up cheerleading.

Moves used

 
Using Mega Punch
as a Poliwhirl
 
Using Headbutt
Move First Used In
Water Gun  The Stun Spore Detour
DoubleSlap  The Stun Spore Detour
Bubble Roll On, Pokémon!
Body Slam The Totodile Duel
Mega Punch Hook, Line, and Stinker
Headbutt  The Kecleon Caper
Tackle × A Corsola Caper
Swagger  Outrageous Fortunes
An × shows that the move cannot be legitimately known by this Pokémon in the games.
A shows that the move was used recently, unless all moves fit this case or there are fewer than five known moves.

In the games

Pokémon Stadium 2

Round 1

 
Types:
Water Unknown
Poliwhirl Lv.50
Rain Dance
Water
Earthquake
Ground
Hydro Pump
Water
Body Slam
Normal

Round 2

 
Types:
Water Unknown
Politoed Lv.50
Rain Dance
Water
Surf
Water
Ice Beam
Ice
Earthquake
Ground

In the manga

In The Electric Tale of Pikachu manga

 
As a Poliwag
 
Misty's Poliwhirl in The Electric Tale of Pikachu

Misty is first shown with a Poliwag in Clefairy Tale. Later, in the chapter To Evolve or Not to Evolve, That is the Question!, Misty is shown expressing interest in evolving her Poliwhirl into a Poliwrath. However, she is unable to, because evolutionary stones are too expensive.

In the TCG

Politoed was featured in the TCG as one of Misty's Pokémon. The following is a list of cards named Misty's Poliwag, Poliwhirl, and Politoed.

Name Type Level Rarity Set Set no.
Misty's Poliwag   15   Gym Heroes 87/132
Misty's Poliwag   16   Gym Challenge 89/132
Misty's Poliwhirl   37   Gym Heroes 53/132
Misty's Politoed   - - Theater Limited VS Pack (no English release) 003/018

Trivia

Related articles

For more information on this Pokémon's species, see Poliwag, Poliwhirl, and Politoed.


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