Ash's Totodile: Difference between revisions

Totodile was shown to be fairly romantic, as he quickly fell in love with an {{p|Azumarill}} in ''[[EP153|Love, Totodile Style]]''. His advances were spurned repeatedly by Azumarill, and {{an|Brock}}'s decision to teach Totodile to be successful in love was no more successful. But when Azumarill and Pikachu are captured by Team Rocket, Totodile ignored Ash and Brock's orders for it to come back and single-handedly chased Team Rocket down, locating them in a log cabin. He was captured himself, but managed to cheer Azumarill up at least. When [[Trixie|Azumarill's Trainer]] arrived with Ash and his friends, Totodile blasted Team Rocket down to help rescue Azumarill, but discovered that Azumarill was in love with Trixie's {{p|Golduck}}, who had defeated {{TP|Jessie|Arbok}} and {{TP|James|Weezing}}. Brock consoled Totodile that although he can't win every time, love is worth fighting for. Totodile seemed to take this advice in its stride, falling for a female {{p|Quagsire}} before the end of the episode.

In ''[[M03|Spell of the Unown]]'', Totodile was featured in a battle with {{mov|Lisa}}'s {{p|Granbull}}, who it knocked out with a single Water Gun after dancing out of the way. It also helped Ash and his friends break into the palace. However, it was completely outclassed by {{OBP|Entei|M03}}, and was defeated in one attack.

Totodile was used fairly often during Ash's travels in [[Johto]], but he wasn't used in many Gym battles, only once in ''[[EP158|A Goldenrod Opportunity]]'' against [[Whitney]]. However, [[Whitney's Miltank]] proved far too powerful, and its {{m|Rollout}}, already powered up in the battle with {{AP|Cyndaquil}}, knocked out Totodile in one hit. In the [[EP159|rematch]], it performed better, launching itself into the air with Water Gun and landing on top of Miltank, but it was quickly shaken off and knocked out. {{AP|Pikachu}} managed to win the battle. In ''[[EP208|Fight for the Light!]]'', he was initially used against [[Janina]], who he believed to be [[Jasmine]], the Olivine City Gym Leader. Against her {{p|Onix}}, which had been coated in waterproof polish, Totodile was defeated by one {{m|Tackle}}.

As one of Ash's only {{type|Water}} Pokémon, he was the first choice for Ash's team in the [[Whirl Cup]], along with {{AP|Kingler}}. In the battle with {{jo|Christopher}} and his {{p|Kingdra}}, Totodile showed his skill by escaping a {{m|Twister}} and defeating Kingdra by using {{m|Bite}} on its snout while Kingdra uses {{m|Hydro Pump}}, and the result of having too much water in its snout, it was sent off flying, and thus was defeated. In the head-to-head battle with {{an|Misty}} in ''[[EP217|The Perfect Match!]]'', Totodile put up a good fight against her Poliwhirl by {{m|Headbutt}}ing it into a pillar, but was knocked out by a high speed dive and {{m|DoubleSlap}}.

It joined {{AP|Squirtle}} and {{AP|Phanpy}} in Ash's battle against [[Macy]] in ''[[EP267|Love, Pokémon Style]]''. It squared off against her {{p|Slugma}}, who was quickly swapped with her surprise entrant, {{p|Electabuzz}}. Later in the battle, the two matched up again, and the type disadvantage was evident - Totodile's water was blocked by {{m|Light Screen}}, and an attempt to {{m|Headbutt}} through resulted in a {{m|ThunderPunch}} knockout.

Totodile redeemed itself in a battle against {{Jo|Harrison}} in ''[[EP271|Playing with Fire!]]'', settling the score with {{TP|Harrison|Sneasel}}. Totodile bit down on Sneasel's arm to prevent a {{m|Metal Claw}}, and knocked it out with his tail. His victory dance was very popular with the audience. Its {{m|Scary Face}} attack had no effect against Harrison's {{p|Hypno}} and Totodile was taken control of with a {{m|Hypnosis}} attack. A {{m|Psychic}} took it out of the match.

In a special episode, he was seen squirting [[Cassidy]] and [[Butch]] with a Water Gun attack but was fired back again. He had his revenge later by squirting them with a Water Gun again and it hit. Later, it was seen blasting Cassidy and Butch off and destroying their helicopter. It also appeared in the Christmas special, where it was hanging out with {{Ash}}'s, {{an|Brock}}'s and {{an|Misty}}'s Pokémon. It managed to retrieve one present for {{p|Delibird}}. It was also seen creating the {{p|Snorlax}} Snowman.

Totodile is a highly energetic Pokémon. He is always happy and shows it by dancing, a theme that is focused on when he is released from his Lure Ball, even when being called into a battle. He also unabashedly introduced himself to {{AP|Larvitar}} first in ''[[EP259|Entei at Your Own Risk]]'', energetically swinging Larvitar around in a circle.

He also acts as a comic relief character, as his tendency to dance is shown in many important matches, frustrating Ash, and confusing his opponents. Its most significant battle, defeating Harrison's Sneasel, depicted him biting Sneasel's hand and dancing around whilst thrashing Sneasel into the ground. His {{m|Scary Face}} attack has also been used as a joke a couple of times, one being in a battle with [[Duplica]]'s {{p|Ditto|Mini-Dit}}, where Totodile laughed at its {{m|Transform|imitation}} of the move before continuing the battle.

* Ash told Totodile to use {{m|Skull Bash}} in ''[[EP216|Dueling Heroes]]'', a move which Totodile cannot legally learn. This was a dubbing error. In the original version, it was commanded to use {{m|Headbutt}}.

* Ash told Totodile to use {{m|Leer}} in ''[[EP271|Playing with Fire!]]''. This was a dubbing error. In the original, it was commanded to use {{m|Scary Face}}.