James's Carnivine
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James's Carnivine (Japanese: コジロウのマスキッパ Kojiro's Muskippa) was the first Pokémon that James obtained in the Sinnoh region. Its Japanese voice actor is 阪口大助 Daisuke Sakaguchi, and its English voice actor is Billy Beach.
History
James originally caught Carnivine in the Great Marsh as a boy, as mentioned in a flashback in Cream of the Croagunk Crop!. It makes its debut in Two Degrees of Separation. In this episode, Team Rocket went to James's parents' vacation home in Sinnoh and James found Carnivine's Poké Ball among a collection of bottlecaps. He then decided to bring Carnivine with him.
Carnivine continues the series' running gag of James's Template:Type2 Pokémon showing affection for him by hurting him whenever they are released from their balls. This affection is probably due to the fact that James and Carnivine shared a close bond when James was a child.
Since James found it, Carnivine has taken Cacnea's place as his main battling Pokémon.
In Jessalina's Sinnoh Contest debut, Carnivine was used in both Appeal and Battle rounds. In the Appeal Round Carnivine used Bullet Seed on a lollypop that Jessie threw, and amazed the crowd by biting Jessie's head. In the Battle round, it is seen defeating a Rhydon for Jessie, showing that it is a strong battler, and thanks to it, Jessie reached the final stage. However, it lost against Zoey's Glameow.
Moves used
Trivia
- For Settling a Not-So-Old Score, Professor Oak's lecture is about James's Carnivine. He writes this Pokémon senryū about it: マスキッパ きょうもはらぺこ すきっぱら Muskippa is also starving today: empty stomach.
- Carnivine is the third Pokémon that James has owned that shows its affection for him at the same time hurting him in the process. The first one was Victreebel, followed by Cacnea. All of them also happen to be Template:Type2s.
- Carnivine is the first of Jessie and James's Pokémon to learn a new move while under their ownership. James's Cacnea learned a new move, Drain Punch, while training under Gardenia.
Related articles
For more information on this Pokémon's species, see Carnivine.
External links
- Muskippa's Profile on Pokeani (Japanese)
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