Ash's Kingler: Difference between revisions

Kingler spent most of the time at Oak's lab as Ash and his {{ashfr|friends}} traveled the [[Orange Archipelago|Orange Islands]]. Muk and Kingler offered to fight for Ash in the Orange Island Championship battle against {{oi|Drake}} in ''[[EP111|Hello, Pummelo!]]'', but Ash chose {{AP|Tauros}} instead.

Ash used Kingler in Johto during the [[Whirl Cup]] tournament in ''[[EP217|The Perfect Match]]'', when Ash realized that he only had a single {{type|Water}} Pokémon, {{AP|Totodile}}. He sent {{AP|Bayleef}} to Oak's lab and Kingler joined his team. In the second round, after Totodile's loss to {{TP|Misty|Poliwhirl}}, Kingler knocked out Poliwhirl with a powerful one-two punch Crabhammer. However, when Ash ordered it to use {{m|ViceGrip}} on {{TP|Misty|Psyduck}}, the pain gave Psyduck the ability to tap into its psychic powers and defeat Kingler with a {{m|Confusion}} attack. Kingler was sent back to Oak's lab afterwards.