Major appearances
A Poliwrath appeared in Charizard Chills, under the ownership of Tad. It was in Tad's battle against Ash, where it was able to defeat both Pikachu and Charizard easily. Later, Charizard managed to defeat Poliwrath in a rematch. It reappeared in The Fires of a Red-Hot Reunion! during a flashback.
A Poliwrath appeared in Hook, Line, and Stinker, under the ownership of Andreas. It participated in a Seaking Catching contest. It later battled Misty's Poliwhirl to decide who would win the contest and was defeated.
A Poliwrath appeared in Machoke, Machoke Man, under the ownership of Chuck. It was used during his Gym battle against Ash, where it quickly defeated Pikachu with Double Slap, but then lost to Bayleef's Body Slam.
A Poliwrath appeared in Outrageous Fortunes, under the ownership of Delaney. It upheld an excelling winning streak, prompting an impressed Team Rocket to target it.
A Poliwrath appeared in A Young Royal Flame Ignites!, under the ownership of the Revengers. It helped Viren during his Battle Royal by distracting Incineroar.
Minor appearances
Poliwrath debuted in The Punchy Pokémon, where it competed in the P1 Grand Prix.
A Poliwrath appeared in The Battling Eevee Brothers!, where it evolved from a Poliwhirl during the evolution party in Stone Town.
A Poliwrath appeared as an image in the dubbed version of The Ultimate Test.
A Poliwrath appeared in The Breeding Center Secret.
A Poliwrath appeared in Pikachu's Vacation as one of the Pokémon seen at the Pokémon Theme Park.
A Poliwrath appeared in Lights, Camera, Quack-tion, as part of the cast for the movie "Pokémon in Love".
A Poliwrath appeared in Marina's fantasy in Bye Bye Psyduck.
Multiple Poliwrath appeared in The Power of One.
A Poliwrath appeared in Wired for Battle! as one of the Pokémon seen in Muramasa's dojo.
A Poliwrath appeared in Ring Masters as one of the Pokémon competing in Rikishii Town's Sumo Conference.
A Poliwrath appeared in Got Miltank? as an inhabitant of a Pokémon-exclusive oasis.
A Poliwrath appeared in Extreme Pokémon!, under the ownership of a participant in the Extreme Pokémon Race.
A Trainer's Poliwrath appeared in Pop Goes The Sneasel. It was knocked out off-screen after training near the place where the Sacred Fire of Ho-Oh was kept.
A Poliwrath appeared in Pokémon Heroes: Latios & Latias, under the ownership of a competitor in the Tour de Alto Mare.
A Poliwrath appeared in Journey to the Starting Line! as one of the Pokémon seen at Professor Oak's Laboratory.
Multiple Poliwrath appeared in A Six Pack Attack!.
A Poliwrath appeared in One Team, Two Team, Red Team, Blue Team!, under the ownership of the Pokémon Summer Academy. It was used by one of the students in the second leg of the Pokémon Triathlon.
A Poliwrath appeared in a flashback or a fantasy in The Forest Champion!.
A Trainer's Poliwrath appeared in Battle Royal 151, where it competed in the Battle Royal preliminary round of the Manalo Conference but was defeated by Ash's Pikachu.
Pokédex entries
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EP105
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Poliwrath
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Ash's Pokédex
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Poliwrath, the Tadpole Pokémon. Poliwrath is an excellent swimmer and its powerful muscles make its attacks extremely effective.
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In the Pokémon Adventures manga
- Main article: Poli
Poliwrath debuts in Buzz Off, Electabuzz! when Red's Poli evolves into one to save his Trainer from drowning. His evolution wasn't explained until the Yellow arc, where it was revealed there were four evolutionary stones that could be used without any limit.
A Poliwrath appeared in Gold's fantasy after seeing Polibo evolved into Politoed in Ampharos Amore.
Chuck, Blue's own master, owns a Poliwrath, as seen in Scrappy Skarmory. It was first seen training with him and his Primeape. Together with Primeape, it used Dynamic Punch to reveal Suicune's presence in the ocean off the Cianwood coast, but the Gym Leader was defeated in the end, even after being joined by a friend.
A Poliwrath appeared alongside a Venusaur in PSs1, kidnapping Pibu.
Magnus's Poliwrath first appeared in Attaway, Aipom!.
A Trainer's Poliwrath appeared in Weavile Wobbles But It Won't Fall Down as one of the Pokémon seen at the Safari Zone.
A Trainer's Poliwrath appeared in PASM19.
In the Pokémon Pocket Monsters manga
Green's Poliwrath debuted in The Big Battle In The Viridian Forest!!.
One of Giovanni's Poliwhirl appeared in The Thrill of a Perfect Score, Big Rampage at the Amusement Park! where it evolved into a Poliwrath in order to get rid of Red, Clefairy, and Pikachu when they went to the Amusement Park that he built.
A Poliwrath appeared in PMDP16.