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==History== | ==History== | ||
[[File:SS002.png|left|thumb|200px|Misty and Gyarados]] | [[File:SS002.png|left|thumb|200px|Misty and Gyarados]] | ||
Taking over the [[Cerulean Gym]] wasn't easy for Misty. Not only were there rumors of [[Pokémon Inspection Agency|PIA]] inspectors arriving, an angry {{p|Gyarados}} that recently evolved from one of the [[Cerulean Gym]]'s {{p|Magikarp}} was causing chaos. Misty tried many attempts to stop it but had to resort to locking it in a cage for a while. However, when the [[Invincible Pokémon Brothers]] got their {{p|Tentacruel}} to attack it with {{m|Poison Sting}}, Misty took the attack for Gyarados and earned its trust. Calmed, it finally allowed her to return it to its [[Poké Ball]]. | Taking over the [[Cerulean Gym]] wasn't easy for Misty. Not only were there rumors of [[Pokémon Inspection Agency|PIA]] inspectors arriving, but an angry {{p|Gyarados}} that recently evolved from one of the [[Cerulean Gym]]'s {{p|Magikarp}} was causing chaos. Misty tried many attempts to stop it but had to resort to locking it in a cage for a while. However, when the [[Invincible Pokémon Brothers]] got their {{p|Tentacruel}} to attack it with {{m|Poison Sting}}, Misty took the attack for Gyarados and earned its trust. Calmed, it finally allowed her to return it to its [[Poké Ball]]. | ||
The use of Gyarados is significant as Misty had been afraid of the species up until this point. This came from a traumatic event in her childhood when she had crawled into the mouth of a sleeping Gyarados and was almost swallowed. Getting it to earn her trust also led to her passing the inspection and earning [[Gym Leader]] status again. | The use of Gyarados is significant as Misty had been afraid of the species up until this point. This came from a traumatic event in her childhood when she had crawled into the mouth of a sleeping Gyarados and was almost swallowed. Getting it to earn her trust also led to her passing the inspection and earning [[Gym Leader]] status again. | ||
Gyarados was officially a Gym Pokémon, but after Misty earned its | Gyarados was officially a Gym Pokémon, but after Misty earned its trust Gyarados obeyed her without question. She often takes it with her when leaving gym, such as ''[[AG045|A Togepi Mirage!]]'', when Misty visited {{Ash}} in [[Hoenn]], she used Gyarados to defeat [[Colonel Hansen]]'s {{p|Shedinja}} with {{m|Flamethrower}}. It also appeared briefly in ''[[The Mastermind of Mirage Pokémon]]'', where Misty used it to battle against [[Dr. Yung]]'s {{pkmn2|Mirage}} {{p|Mewtwo}}, which, however, was way too strong for the Atrocious Pokémon. | ||
==Moves used== | ==Moves used== | ||