Brock's Forretress: Difference between revisions

In ''[[EP143|Going Apricorn!]]'', {{an|Brock}} caught Forretress as a {{p|Pineco}} near [[Azalea Town]]. Having earlier expressed that Pineco's violently unstable temper and tendency to explode was both cool and a true challenge for a {{tc|Pokémon Breeder}}, Brock attempted to catch one. However, he tripped on a rock and headbutted the tree, frightening the Pineco so much that they all exploded. Brock got his chance later, when {{TRT}} was attempting to steal all of the Apricorns. The giant fan ended up blowing all of the Pineco out instead, and Brock managed to catch one in his arms before it hit the ground. However, the Pineco pried itself free and attacked Team Rocket, tackling the trio off their machine. It engaged in a battle against [[Jessie's Arbok]] alone, but could not match the powerful snake and began to flee. [[Maizie]] told Brock that he could capture the Pineco in the [[Fast Ball]], which he did just as Arbok tackled, causing Arbok to crash into its Trainer. Once Pikachu drove Team Rocket away, Brock sent out Pineco and promised that they would be good friends. Pineco enthusiastically used Self-Destruct on its new friend.

In ''[[EP176|Ariados, Amigos]]'', Brock volunteered Pineco and himself as a duo to train under {{an|Aya}} at the [[Pokémon Jujitsu Academy]]. However, Pineco was so startled by Brock's enthusiasm that it exploded in Brock's arms. Brock and Pineco later stunned everyone at the Technical class with Pineco's superb Spikes attack. Both were very happy to hear that they were in such perfect sync, and Pineco promptly exploded again.

In ''[[EP193|Sick Daze]]'', Pineco and {{TP|Brock|Golbat}} watched over Brock when he fell ill. It also helped rescue all of the stolen Pokémon by attacking Arbok and {{TP|James|Weezing}}, again with Golbat.

[[File:Brock Forretress evolution.png|thumb|220px|Pineco evolving and causing an explosion]]

In ''[[EP259|Entei at Your Own Risk]]'', Pineco enjoyed a hot spring. However, it was not as quick as [[Misty's Staryu]] when [[Team Rocket trio|Team Rocket]] tried to suck up all of the [[wild Pokémon]], so it was sucked up in a typhoon of water. Brock jumped after it, and he caught his Pokémon until a wild {{p|Ursaring}} crashed into him and knocked them apart. Upset by this, Pineco evolved into Forretress to save Brock.  Its evolution induced a large explosion which nullified Team Rocket's suction and allowed Brock and all of the Pokémon to escape. In the [[EP260|next episode]], it prevented Team Rocket from stealing a [[King's Rock]] by using its newly-learned Rapid Spin to trip them up and delay them long enough for {{AP|Pikachu}} to get rid of them with {{m|Thunderbolt}}.

=====Hoenn=====

In ''[[AG004|You Never Can Taillow]]'', Forretress came to the rescue of Ash and his new friends, {{an|May}} and [[Max]], sent out by Brock to use its newly-learned Explosion to drive away a mass of attacking {{p|Taillow}}. He also revealed that Forretress was the only Pokémon he had brought with him to [[Hoenn]], having [[HS01|left]] his other Pokémon with his brother [[Forrest]].

[[File:Brock and Forretress.png|thumb|200px|Forretress and Brock]]

In ''[[AG057|Going for a Spinda]]'', Brock used Forretress's Explosion to damage [[Team Rocket's mechas|Team Rocket's mecha]] and save [[Claire]]'s {{p|Spinda}}.