Brock's Croagunk: Difference between revisions

[[File:Brock Croagunk Drag.png|thumb|left|250px|Croagunk pulling Brock away after {{m|Poison Jab|jabbing}} him]]

He is a very powerful Pokémon, as demonstrated in [[DP008|his debut episode]] where he beat many Trainers while he was under Jessie's command. He has since become Brock's main battling Pokémon and has proved his power again and again, even stopping a {{m|Draco Meteor}} attack in ''[[M10|The Rise of Darkrai]]''. He has developed a rivalry with one of the other strength-oriented Pokémon on the cast, [[Ash's Buizel]]. He also has an extreme rivalry with [[Saturn's Toxicroak]], to the point of actually ignoring Brock's advances on women.

Croagunk often attacks Brock to keep him away from the girls who are the objects of his affection (similar to how [[Misty (anime)|Misty]] or [[Max (anime)|Max]] would pull him away by the ear), to the point that even Croagunk's presence can be sensed by Brock, which may make Brock suddenly halt his romantic advances. When forcefully dragging Brock away from girls, he usually uses {{m|Poison Jab}}, which makes Brock suddenly collapse so Croagunk can easily drag Brock away. However, when Brock pledged to save [[Oralie]]'s {{p|Magikarp}} and [[Haley]]'s {{p|Feebas}} in ''[[DP021|Ya See We Want An Evolution!]]'', Croagunk still jabbed Brock, which caused {{an|Dawn}} to remark that Croagunk may have gone too far. Croagunk generally chuckles or laughs after attacking Brock, so it is possible that he actually enjoys it. However, Croagunk has also protected Brock from harm, such as falling off a bridge in ''[[DP057|Bibarel Gnaws Best!]]'' and from Saturn's Toxicroak's {{m|Dark Pulse}} attack in ''[[DP069|Enter Galactic!]]''. According to the [[Pokétch]] in ''[[DP010|Not on MY Watch Ya Don't!]]'', Croagunk is [[friendship|very close]] to Brock. In fact, Croagunk is about as close to Brock as {{AP|Pikachu}} is to {{Ash}}, despite at the time having only been with him for two episodes, as opposed to Pikachu, which has been with Ash since [[EP001|the very first episode]].