Ash's Charizard: Difference between revisions

While confronting {{OBP|Mewtwo|M01}}'s original clones of the three Kanto starters in their final evolutions during ''[[M01|Mewtwo Strikes Back]]'', Ash summoned Charizard to fight alongside [[Corey]]'s {{p|Venusaur|Bruteroot}} and [[Neesha]]'s {{p|Blastoise|Shellshocker}} against the clones, although not before Charizard, to Ash's surprise, attempted to attack Mewtwo preemptively. After Bruteroot and Shellshocker were quickly overpowered by their clones, Ash attempted to turn the tables by having Charizard focus on speed and evasion over raw power in his confrontation with the clone Charizard, but this strategy failed. Once Ash released the captured originals to confront the clones, Charizard battled the cloned Charizard once again but ended the battle to cry for Ash after his sacrifice to try and stop the battle between {{OBP|Mew|M01}} and Mewtwo. After Mewtwo departed with Mew and the clones upon witnessing Ash's resurrection, it erased these actions from the memories of all people and Pokémon present, returning Charizard to his familiar disobedience. In the movie's remake, ''[[M22|Mewtwo Strikes Back—Evolution]]'', he had the same role as in the original, although his disobedience to Ash was largely downplayed.

In ''[[BW116|The Fires of a Red-Hot Reunion!]]'', Ash and {{ashfr}} attended a [[Kanto Fair]], where one of the presentations featured the local [[starter Pokémon]], involving a live-action show with a Charmander. This made Ash remember his own Charmander, prompting him to tell {{an|Iris}}, {{an|Cilan}}, and {{an|N}} about his Charizard. Filled with a desire to see his old friend again, Ash called Professor Oak, who, in exchange for [[Ash's Unfezant]], sent Charizard over to him. While being introduced to everyone, Charizard immediately started a fiery rivalry with [[Iris's Dragonite]], which encouraged Ash and Iris to have a battle with their two stubborn Pokémon. During the battle, Charizard was shown to have learned Wing Attack, Slash, and Dragon Tail. He quickly gained the upper hand as not even Dragonite's Dragon Rush was able to hurt him, while Dragonite was taking serious damage from Charizard's Dragon Tail. Before it could be settled, the battle was called off by N. Ash then corrected Iris's misconception that Charizard was a {{type|Dragon}}, upsetting her since she'd wanted to train one as well.

Despite being one of Ash's most often used Pokémon, Charmander's evolution saw Charmeleon grow distant from Ash, scorning all of his former friends and seeking power alone. Charmeleon had become like Damian, obsessed with power and reputation while ignoring the value of friendship, loyalty, and kindness. Charmeleon's battle with {{p|Aerodactyl}} in ''[[EP046|Attack of the Prehistoric Pokémon]]'' was purely based on a bruised ego, just as Charizard's later battles with {{TP|Blaine|Magmar}} and [[Zippo]] were, and in the case of the post-league celebration, the destruction of the food. Nevertheless, he did retain some degree of loyalty to his master and his fellow Pokémon, as the aforementioned incident with Aerodactyl had Charizard barely swooping in to save Ash before completely falling asleep while being affected by Jigglypuff's singing and also saving Pikachu after Team Rocket blasted off before resuming his rampage, with ''[[M01|Mewtwo Strikes Back]]'' even having Charizard crying for Ash when he ended up petrified.

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Unlike his main anime counterpart, Charizard has always been loyal to Ash, as well as his former Trainer Cross so that even after being assaulted by him, Charmander wanted to return to travel alongside him.

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| [[File:Ash Charmander M20.png|200px|As a Charmander]]

| [[File:Ash Charmeleon M20.png|200px|As a Charmeleon]]

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| [[File:Ash Charmeleon M20 manga.png|180px|As a Charmeleon]]

** Non-[[gender]]-specific Pokémon to have his gender confirmed.

** [[Starter Pokémon]] to [[Evolution|evolve]], as well as the first one to fully evolve.

** Starter Pokémon to have its [[gender]] confirmed.

* Out of all of Ash's starter Pokémon, Charizard took the shortest amount of episodes to reach its final form, at 35.

* Out of Ash's every fully evolved Pokémon, Charizard is the one that's been under his ownership for the longest.

* Charizard has used the most regular moves out of any individual Pokémon featured in the anime, with a total of 18. The record of most moves used overall, however, is held by [[Leon's Charizard]], at 20, followed closely by [[Ash's Pikachu]], at 19.

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