Ash's Tauros: Difference between revisions

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* The Tauros are the first Pokémon in the anime to have been caught in a {{i|Poké Ball}} variant. However, despite the Tauros all being captured in green [[Safari Ball]]s, they all have regular Poké Balls when Ash calls them into {{pkmn|battle}}.
* The Tauros are the first Pokémon in the anime to have been caught in a {{i|Poké Ball}} variant. However, despite the Tauros all being captured in green [[Safari Ball]]s, they all have regular Poké Balls when Ash calls them into {{pkmn|battle}}.
* {{an|Brock}} caught a Tauros at the same time that Ash caught his first Tauros. Because of this, some believe that Brock actually owned a Tauros, and the writers simply forgot about him in subsequent episodes. However, the Tauros was caught by Brock in one of Ash's Safari Balls, therefore making him one of the thirty owned by Ash.
* {{an|Brock}} caught a Tauros at the same time that Ash caught his first Tauros. Because of this, some believe that Brock actually owned a Tauros, and the writers simply forgot about him in subsequent episodes. However, the Tauros was caught by Brock in one of Ash's Safari Balls, therefore making him one of the thirty owned by Ash.
* In ''[[EP146|Tricks of the Trade]]'', Ash was offered a {{p|Rhyhorn}} in exchange for his Tauros after winning the {{DL|Pokémon Swap Meet|Rock and Tumble One-on-One Tauros Competition}}. Despite having tried to catch a Rhyhorn in the Safari Zone, only to end up catching another Tauros, Ash chooses to keep his Tauros.
* In ''[[EP146|Tricks of the Trade]]'', Ash was offered a {{p|Rhyhorn}} in exchange for his Tauros after winning the {{DL|Pokémon Swap Meet|Rock and Tumble One-on-One Tauros Competition}}. Despite having tried to catch a Rhyhorn in the Safari Zone, only to end up catching another Tauros (along with having multiple Tauros), Ash chooses to keep his Tauros.
* Starting in ''[[JN114|Friends, Rivals, Lend Me Your Spirit!]]'', the Tauros appear to be darker in color, resembling their model in {{g|HOME}}.
* Starting in ''[[JN114|Friends, Rivals, Lend Me Your Spirit!]]'', the Tauros appear to be darker in color, resembling their model in {{g|HOME}}.
* In {{game|Red and Blue|s|Pokémon Red, Blue}}, {{game|FireRed and LeafGreen|s|FireRed, and LeafGreen}}, Tauros's encounter rate is 1% or 4%, depending on the area, whereas in {{game|Yellow}}, which was influenced by the anime, the encounter rate at the Safari Zone was raised to 10%, possibly as a reference to Ash's Tauros.
* In {{game|Red and Blue|s|Pokémon Red, Blue}}, {{game|FireRed and LeafGreen|s|FireRed, and LeafGreen}}, Tauros's encounter rate is 1% or 4%, depending on the area, whereas in {{game|Yellow}}, which was influenced by the anime, the encounter rate at the Safari Zone was raised to 10%, possibly as a reference to Ash's Tauros.