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Ash's Bulbasaur

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Ash's Bulbasaur
サトシのフシギダネ Satoshi's Fushigidane
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File:Ash's Bulbasaur solar beam.jpg
Ash's Bulbasaur
Debuts in Bulbasaur and the Hidden Village
Caught at Hidden Village
Gender Unknown
Ability Unknown
Current location At Professor Oak's Laboratory
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This Pokémon has not evolved.
Voice actor Japanese English
As Bulbasaur Megumi Hayashibara Tara Jayne (4Kids)
Michele Knotz (TPCi)

Ash's Bulbasaur (Japanese: サトシのフシギダネ Satoshi's Fushigidane) was the fourth Pokémon caught by Ash during his travels through Kanto, and the first of the original starter Pokémon that Ash acquired. It is voiced by 林原めぐみ Megumi Hayashibara in the Japanese version. Its English voice actresses are Tara Jayne (4Kids dub; up until Advanced Challenge), Lindsey Warner (AG133 only) and Michele Knotz (TPCi dub).

History

It was raised in the Hidden Village by Melanie, who cared for sick, injured, and abandoned Pokémon. Bulbasaur acted as the village's bodyguard, but after Ash helped defend the Hidden Village from an attack by Team Rocket, Melanie encouraged it to join Ash, explaining that its growth was being stunted by staying too long in the village. Although Bulbasaur initially appeared to distrust Ash, it agreed to join Ash. In Island of Giant Pokémon, it alone assumed that Ash had abandoned it and the others. Its views on trainers were presumably colored by all the abandoned Pokémon in the Hidden Village. Over time Bulbasaur grew to trust its new trainer.

Bulbasaur is extremely stubborn, surly, and eager to battle. It had the opportunity to evolve, but refused to do so despite facing a mass of Ivysaur as well as a Venusaur who were angry at it for ruining the Bulbasaur evolutionary festival. This allowed it to learn the powerful SolarBeam technique earlier than if it had evolved. It has the heart of a fighter and it never gives up in a battle. It has the determination to keep fighting even if the odds are against it, defeating such varied opponents as an Exeggutor, a Venonat, a Beedrill and a Scyther despite the type disadvantages. On one occasion Bulbasaur- along with Pikachu- was briefly leant to Misty to allow her to compete in the Princess Day Festival with a more balanced team, Bulbasaur single-handedly winning her first match by defeating a Kingler, Pinsir, Cubone and Raticate on its own. During a visit to a garden full of exotic plants run by Florinda Showers, Bulbasaur developed a certain affection for her Gloom, but nothing apparently came of it.

Bulbasaur is the only member of Ash's original team, save for Pikachu, to remain in his care. It stayed with him until midway in the Johto adventures, when it was sent back to Professor Oak's to keep the Pokémon there from quarreling with each other. Bulbasaur later returned in Hokey Poké Balls! to meet May's Bulbasaur, and again alongside Charizard and Squirtle to battle Brandon at the Battle Pyramid, where it defeated Brandon's Dusclops and Solrock (defeating Dusclops after its impressive defeat of Charizard, and taking Solrock down with it after a dual SolarBeam).

Bulbasaur is frequently viewed as the responsible leader of Ash's Pokémon, especially due to his actions at Professor Oak's lab.

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    Bulbasaur protecting an Oddish in its debut episode.

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    Bulbasaur using Vine Whip.

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    Ash commanding Bulbasaur to use Whirlwind.

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    Bulbasaur giving May's Bulbasaur a high-vine.

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    Ash's Bulbasaur using Razor Leaf

Moves used

Moves that have been recently used have been italicized

Trivia

  • Ash's Bulbasaur is one of his three Pokémon to use a move that it cannot learn (five if Raticate and Larvitar are counted). The other two are Charizard and Staravia, who used Tackle and Gust respectively. However, Caterpie tried (and failed) to use Counter.
    • Furthermore, Ash's Bulbasaur is one of only two Pokémon in the anime to use more than one move that it cannot learn, the other being a Golduck in EP091:
      • Bulbasaur used Whirlwind in his debut to battle Butterfree and later in The Ninja Poké-Showdown, and has not used it since. This may have been a dubbing error as Whirlwind's Japanese name is ふきとばし Blow Away. Ash may have just told Bulbasaur to simply "blow it away" rather than commanding the actual move.
      • Bulbasaur has also used Dig in Bulbasaur...the Ambassador!.
      • In Who Gets to Keep Togepi?, Misty gets stuck with Psyduck in her battle with Ash. Ash doesn't battle seriously and has Bulbasaur simply lick Psyduck's head and tickle it with its vines. This is not to be confused with the actual moves Lick and Tickle, the latter of which was later introduced in Generation III. Bulbasaur still cannot learn Lick or Tickle.
      • In Ditto's Mysterious Mansion, Duplica tells her Ditto to use Constrict on Ash's Bulbasaur, after transforming into said Bulbasaur. Bulbasaur cannot learn Constrict, yet Ditto obeyed, implying that Bulbasaur may know Constrict.
  • Bulbasaur is Ash's only Pokémon who refused to evolve after the process began.
  • Bulbasaur was Ash's first Template:Type2 Pokémon. It was also his first Template:Type2 Pokémon.
  • Ash's Bulbasaur has learned SolarBeam, a move that is only possibly learned via level-up in Generations I to III.
  • In Pikachu's Vacation, Bulbasaur sings a song called "Bulbasaur's Bulbabye" in order to keep Togepi happy. Dexter reports this as the first recording of the song.
  • Bulbasaur, after Pikachu, is the Pokémon Ash has owned for the longest time period.
  • Bulbasaur is the only Template:Type2 starter that Ash owns that has not evolved, as his Chikorita evolved in Current Events, his Treecko evolved in Exploud and Clear and later in Odd Pokémon Out and his Turtwig evolved in DP100.
  • Bulbasaur is the only one of Ash's Pokémon from Kanto and Johto (except Pikachu) to be in Hoenn, being there in one episode. Snorlax was seen on a screen with Oak. Bayleef, Phanpy and Noctowl were mentioned. But only Bulbasaur was there.

Related articles

For more information on this Pokémon's species, see Bulbasaur.

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