Pokémon League entrance exam instructor: Difference between revisions

The first out of three Pokémon received, {{Ash}} sent out Weezing to battle against the instructor's {{p|Flareon}}. He wasn't too pleased with his choice. {{Todd}} noted that his response held the same expression as Weezing and could not help but take a few pictures, which angered Ash all the more. Flareon started with a {{m|Flamethrower}}, and as Weezing dodged the move, Ash came up with an idea, and told Weezing to use {{m|Smog}}. Flareon launched another Flamethrower at the Smog, but the attacks collided, resulting in an explosion which sent Flareon flying back. Flareon recovered from the blast and started to use Leer, which Ash countered by ordering Weezing to use {{m|Smokescreen}}. The tactic worked- Flareon's Leer couldn't penetrate the smoke. Weezing then won the battle by using {{m|Tackle}} while Flareon was still trapped in the smoke. This was the first (and only) battle won by Ash in the battle portion of the exam.

Later, when Team Rocket attacked, Ash used Weezing, along with Arbok and Meowth, to battle them. Weezing attacked James by blasting him with gas. Ash then told Weezing to use {{m|Explosion}}, which resulted in Team Rocket blasting off.

Weezing's known moves are {{m|Smog}}, {{m|Smokescreen}}, {{m|Tackle}} and {{m|Explosion}}.}}

After his Weezing had been defeated, {{Ash}} sent Arbok out to battle against the instructor's {{p|Jolteon}}. Like with Weezing, Ash wasn't thrilled with this turn of events. Jolteon started the battle with {{m|Agility}}, and after a few moments of thinking, Ash started to remember Arbok's moves, and ordered a {{m|Glare}} attack. Though this worked initially, Ash made the mistake of following this up with {{m|Wrap}}, causing Arbok to run afoul of Jolteon's spikes. As Arbok hopped in pain, Jolteon was able to shake off the Glare and defeat Arbok with {{m|Thunder}}.

Later, when Team Rocket attacked, Ash battled them using Arbok, along with Weezing and Meowth. Arbok took on Jessie, squeezing her with Wrap, before Weezing sent them blasting off.

{{Ash}} sent Meowth to battle against the instructor's {{p|Vaporeon}}, and by now, having received yet another Pokémon owned by Team Rocket seemed to amuse him.  He initially didn't remember what sort of attacks Meowth could use, but after hearing someone in the crowd calling for a {{m|Fury Swipes}} attack (that someone being Team Rocket's own {{TRM}}), he ordered Meowth to use Fury Swipes. However, Vaporeon was able to defeat Meowth almost immediately with a single {{m|Ice Beam}}.

When Team Rocket attacked, Ash used Meowth, along with Weezing and Arbok, against them. Meowth attacked its Team Rocket counterpart with Fury Swipes. When Weezing sent Team Rocket blasting off, they blasted off with the wrong Meowth. Team Rocket ended up with the instructor's Meowth while the instructor was given Team Rocket's Meowth by {{Todd}}. This temporary switch was fixed before the next episode but the instructor's Meowth was never seen again.

Pikachu was the first Pokémon used by [[James]] of [[Team Rocket]] in his battle portion of the exam, sent to battle against the instructor's {{p|Graveler}}. When he first sent it out, James was overjoyed, noting that he had been destroyed by [[Ash's Pikachu]] so many times that he knew all of Pikachu's attacks by heart. This was viewed to be a rather lame exclamation by both his team members [[Jessie]] and {{MTR}}. James ordered Pikachu to use {{m|Thunderbolt}} and was quite pleased when Pikachu responded to his command. However, Thunderbolt proved to be useless and Graveler responded with a {{m|Tackle}}, which sent Pikachu bouncing off of James's head and rendering it unable to battle. At this point, James expressed his confusion as to why the Thunderbolt had not worked. The instructor explained that {{type|Electric}} attacks did not work against a {{type|Ground}} like Graveler. This prompted to James to send out Ivysaur and Charizard and also led to him being expelled from the exam.

|desc={{p|Graveler}} is one of the Pokémon owned by the Pokémon League entrance exam instructor. It was used by the instructor to battle against James's Pikachu. Pikachu used {{m|Thunderbolt}} but because Graveler was a {{type|Ground}}, Thunderbolt proved to be useless. It then retaliated with {{m|Tackle}} and knocked Pikachu unconscious.

|desc={{p|Jolteon}} is one of the Pokémon owned by the Pokémon League entrance exam instructor. It was the first Pokémon used by the instructor in his battle against Ash, used to face Ash's Arbok. Jolteon first started the battle with {{m|Agility}} but was stopped in its tracks by Arbok's {{m|Glare}}. When Arbok used {{m|Wrap}}, however, it was punctured by Jolteon's spikes and was thus sent hopping back in pain. Jolteon then used {{m|Thunder}} to fry Arbok and thus ending the battle.

** The instructor lent Ash three Pokémon owned by [[Jessie]] and [[James]]: {{p|Meowth}}, {{p|Arbok}}, and {{p|Weezing}}, and conversely, lent James three Pokémon owned by {{Ash}}: {{p|Pikachu}} and {{p|Charizard}}, as well as {{p|Ivysaur|the evolved form}} of one of [[Ash's Bulbasaur|Ash's other Pokémon]].

* The instructor is one of the few people who has displayed surprise at Meowth's ability to talk.