Dawn's Ambipom: Difference between revisions

Ambipom was first seen as an Aipom in ''[[AG179|Slaking Kong!]]'', worshiping a giant {{p|Slaking}} with several other mountain-dwelling Pokémon. She also stole [[Ash's hat]] with a group of Aipom getting food to offer the Slaking. Later, Aipom joined the other Aipom, as well as several {{p|Mankey}}, {{p|Vigoroth}}, and {{p|Slaking}}, to attack the giant Slaking, which turned out to be a [[Team Rocket's mechas|mechanical robot]] made by {{TRT}}. She then helped in returning the stolen berries to {{OBP|Taylor|AG179}}. Later, after Ash and his friends left Taylor's home, the group saw Ash's hat on a rock. After wondering who placed it there, they found out that it was Aipom, due to an apple and a flower she left with the hat. The group then continues their journey as Ash said Aipom is a cool Pokémon after all. Unknown to them, the happy Aipom was watching them from a nearby tree.

In ''[[AG183|Aipom and Circumstance!]]'', Aipom became jealous of Pikachu's closeness to Ash. Aipom also seemed to have a certain penchant for headgear; aside from taking Ash's and other people's hats, Aipom wore a daisy chain on her head and put on a ceremonial crown that the locals had trouble getting off. The members of a crowd who wanted the crown, as well as Ash and his friends, attempted to remove the crown from her head so she would not become their king for a year. With the help of a [[Belue Berry]]'s sourness, the crown was finally taken off. Ash then hugged Aipom and told her not to get into trouble all the time. As Ash laughed a bit when he told her this, Aipom blushed.

In ''[[DP037|The Grass Menagerie!]]'', Aipom was Ash's third and final Pokémon in his [[Eterna Gym]] Battle against [[Gardenia]]; she went up against Gardenia's {{p|Roserade}} after performing a contest like introduction. Aipom initially struggled against the Bouquet Pokémon's use of {{m|Grass Knot}} to create ensnaring vines and {{m|Flash}} to blind her, but was able to turn it around by listening for Roserade's attacks. Through this, she was able to send back a super-effective {{m|Weather Ball}} before creating a circle of Swift stars to deal major damage. Aipom then used Focus Punch to finish the battle and win Ash the {{badge|Forest}}.

In ''[[DP095|Battling the Generation Gap!]]'', Dawn used Ambipom in the Battle Stage of the {{to|Celestic}} Contest. Ambipom was shown defeating a {{p|Delibird}} and a {{p|Nosepass}} to advance to the finals, where she went up against [[Lila]]'s {{p|Delcatty}}. The battle started with Ambipom using Swift, which seemed to hit Delcatty. However, it was actually a decoy created through the use of {{m|Substitute}} while the real Delcatty sneaked behind Ambipom and wrapped himself up in her tails before using {{m|Shock Wave}}, landing a clean hit and costing Dawn some points. After that, Ambipom used Double Team and then Focus Punch, hitting Delcatty but unknowingly activating his {{a|Cute Charm}} [[Ability]]. This left Ambipom {{status|infatuation|infatuated}} and allowed Delcatty to use {{m|Sing}} to put Ambipom to {{status|sleep}}. Delcatty proceeded to hit Ambipom with {{m|Iron Tail}}, sending Ambipom flying in the air and posing in an elegant manner while she was falling. The {{pkmn|category|Prim Pokémon}} then used Shock Wave and the attack woke Ambipom up. Ambipom used Swift, but Delcatty once again avoided the attack with Substitute. This time, however, Ambipom surprised Delcatty and attacked him with Double Hit, becoming infatuated in the process.

Despite the infatuation, Ambipom was able to use Double Team. Delcatty then used Sing, but Ambipom used Double Hit to defend herself from Sing and attacked Delcatty at the same time—something which inspired Ash to come up with the [[Counter Shield]]. When the infatuation wore off, Ambipom used Swift while spinning around to make the golden stars swirl. Delcatty tried and failed to avoid the attack with Substitute and then used Shock Wave. When the {{type|Electric}} [[move]] came into contact with the Swift stars, it formed a flat, rotating disk containing stars and dust at the center of the stage. Ambipom kept on using Swift on one side of the stage while Delcatty used Shock Wave on the other. A few seconds before time ran out, Swift broke through the disc and a massive amount of stars hit Delcatty. When the smoke cleared, Dawn was shown to have more points on the scoreboard, winning the battle and earning the Celestic Ribbon, her third Contest Ribbon overall.

In ''[[DP123|Old Rivals, New Tricks!]]'', Ambipom was used in the [[Sandalstraw Town]] Pokémon Contest. In the Performance Stage, Dawn sent her out of her {{i|Poké Ball}} with a [[Seal|Song Seal]] and asked her to use Double Team followed by Focus Punch. Ambipom created multiple copies of herself and then punched all the {{wp|musical note}}s with her long tails, taking advantage of the Seal's effect to begin her performance. Ambipom proceeded to use Swift as if she was serving a ping pong ball. She then spun around rapidly, causing the golden stars to move in a spiraling pattern before destroying them with Double Hit, which resulted in sparkles pouring down on both Ambipom and Dawn as they posed together to mark the end of the performance. The presentation was well received by the judges and allowed Dawn to move on to the second round.

In the Battle Stage, Ambipom squared off against Jessilina's {{TP|Jessie|Seviper}} in the semifinals and managed to win the battle. She proceeded to the finals, where she found herself up against [[Kenny's Prinplup]]. The battle started with Prinplup using {{m|Drill Peck}}, which Ambipom blocked with Swift before using Double Team. After that, Prinplup used {{m|Bubble Beam}} to destroy the illusory copies Ambipom had created. However, before the attack could hit the real Ambipom, Dawn had the idea to implement ping pong moves into the battle and asked Ambipom to use Focus Punch, sending the bubbles back to Prinplup. Seeing that, Kenny asked Prinplup to repel the bubbles with {{m|Metal Claw}}. The bubbles went back and forth for a while until Prinplup used Bubble Beam again. This time, instead of repelling the bubbles, Ambipom used Double Hit to destroy them. The bubbles were keeping Ambipom busy and Prinplup took the opportunity to try to attack her with Drill Peck, but Ambipom saw Prinplup coming and countered with Focus Punch. The two clashed in midair, but Prinplup quickly recovered, jumping high and then using Drill Peck while nosediving and spinning. Ambipom proceeded to use Double Hit, but the move was unable to stop Prinplup. Ambipom was taken aback by this and Prinplup attacked her with another Drill Peck, knocking her out. As a result, she lost the battle.

| colspan="3" style="text-align:left" |'''Description:''' Ambipom balances herself with her hand and starts spinning. Her tails then glow and the stars shoot out of it. Ambipom then spins on her back (break-dances), and the stars collide, making spurts of rainbows.