Rotom Pokédex (anime): Difference between revisions

Rotom made its first appearance in ''[[SM003|Loading the Dex!]]'', in which it entered Ash's empty Pokédex he had received [[SM002|earlier]] from {{an|Professor Kukui}}, turning itself into the '''Pokédex Rotom version''' (Japanese: '''ロトムポケデックスフォルム''' ''Rotom Pokédex Forme''). After introducing itself to Ash, it followed him to the [[Pokémon School]], where it met {{ashcl}} and [[Samson Oak]]. Later, it accompanied Ash and his friends during their fieldwork in a forest.

In [[SM098]], Rotom interrupted the filming of Alolan Detective Laki having discovered an error in the plot. Rotom impresses the producer [[George Charanpino]] with its knowledge and was offered a role on the program. In the end, Rotom went back to Ash.

Rotom claims to be a self-learning Pokédex (similar to an {{wp|Artificial intelligence|A.I.}}) and has the ability to talk human language. It has a bad habit of getting up close and personal to the Pokémon in order to see if the information about it is true, only to annoy and get attacked by said Pokémon. It also updates itself whenever it meets a new Pokémon by [[Photography|taking pictures]] of it or when it finds something new about a Pokémon. As shown in ''[[SM037|Rising from the Ruins!]]'', once Rotom Dex updates its photographic database and finds a way to describe the new Pokémon, the updated information then becomes available to download on various other Pokédexes. Rotom gets along with Ash and all {{ashfr}}, but has shown an aversion to {{an|Sophocles}}'s attempts to "study" it.

Rotom also is a huge fan of the show Alolan Detective Laki. It likes to cosplay as the titular character [[Laki]], wearing a wig modeled after his hairstyle of [[Laki]], which {{an|Professor Kukui}} bought for it, to achieve this. It also looks up to Laki and even used his thought process in order to figure out how to deal with the fact that it had become {{status|freeze|frozen}}. However, Rotom tends to jump to conclusions with its deductions, such as in ''Crystal-Clear Sleuthing!'', when it believed that {{an|Kiawe}} stole {{Ash}}'s [[Electrium Z]]. This was also shown in ''[[SM029|Lulled to La-La Land!]]'', when it accused {{an|Lillie}} of putting Ash and the rest of {{ashfr|the group}} to sleep and draining their energy, causing {{an|Mallow}} to jump to her defense. In addition, it is known to state the obvious through its calculations. Rotom is prideful in expressing the information it helps to deliver. So much so that in [[SM098]], it was revealed to have realised its goal of becoming the universe's greatest Pokédex.

In ''[[SM057|The Dex Can't Help It!]]'', it is revealed that if Rotom takes too much of a shock, it will be forced out of the electronic it is inhabiting. As mentioned in the episode's [[Poké Problem]], Rotom has spent so much time in its Pokédex form that it feels uncomfortable outside of it.

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