Ash's Totodile: Difference between revisions

|gender=Male<ref>Confirmed in the Japanese version of ''[[EP153|Love, Totodile Style]]''.</ref>

|current=[[Party|In rotation]]

[[File:EP151.png|thumb|left|220px|Ash and Misty fighting over who gets to keep Totodile]]

Totodile first appeared in ''[[EP151|The Totodile Duel]]''. Both {{Ash}} and {{an|Misty}} wanted to catch him, and although Totodile was stunned briefly by {{AP|Pikachu}}, he managed to escape from their [[Poké Ball]]s and knock them down with a powerful Water Gun attack. Totodile then came across {{TRT}}, devoured their lunch, and sent them blasting off. Finally tracked down by Ash and Misty, Totodile jumped into the bushes just as they threw their [[Lure Ball]]s at him. They then found out that one of the Lure Balls had caught him. As both of them wanted Totodile for themselves, {{an|Brock}} declared a {{pkmn|battle}} to decide who would keep him. [[Ash's Chikorita]] and {{AP|Bulbasaur}} defeated [[Misty's Staryu]] and her newly-evolved {{TP|Misty|Poliwhirl}}, respectively, winning the battle and earning Ash the new Totodile.

Totodile was shown to be fairly romantic, as he quickly fell in love with an {{p|Azumarill}} in ''[[EP153|Love, Totodile Style]]''. Totodile's advances were spurned repeatedly by Azumarill, and Brock's decision to teach Totodile to be successful in love was no more successful. But when Azumarill and Pikachu were captured by Team Rocket, Totodile ignored Ash and Brock's orders for him to come back and single-handedly chased Team Rocket down, locating them in a log cabin. Totodile got captured himself but managed to cheer Azumarill up at least. When Azumarill's Trainer, [[Trixie]], arrived with Ash and his friends, Totodile blasted Team Rocket down to help rescue Azumarill but discovered that Azumarill was in love with Trixie's {{p|Golduck}}, who had defeated {{TP|Jessie|Arbok}} and {{TP|James|Weezing}}. Brock consoled Totodile that love is worth fighting for even though he can't win every time. Totodile seemed to take this advice in stride, falling for a {{p|Quagsire}} before the end of the episode.

Totodile was used fairly often during Ash's travels in [[Johto]], but he was only used once in a Gym battle in ''[[EP158|A Goldenrod Opportunity]]''. He went up against [[Whitney's Miltank]], which proved to be far too powerful, and her {{m|Rollout}} attack, already powered up in the battle with {{AP|Cyndaquil}}, knocked out Totodile in one hit. In the [[EP159|rematch]], Totodile performed better, launching himself into the air with Water Gun and landing on top of Miltank, but he was quickly shaken off and knocked out.

 

Totodile, along with the rest of Ash's Pokémon at the lab, reunited with Ash in ''[[JN114|Friends, Rivals, Lend Me Your Spirit!]]''. During the visit, he was seen relaxing with {{AP|Snorlax}} and {{AP|Krookodile}} and later watched the battle between Ash and [[Paul]]. Before Ash left, he posed with the rest of Ash's Pokémon in a group photo with him.

 

From ''[[JN118|Battling as Hard as Stone!]]'' onwards, Totodile watched Ash's [[Masters Eight Tournament]] matches against {{an|Steven Stone|Steven}}, {{an|Cynthia}}, and {{an|Leon}}. In ''[[JN132|Partners in Time!]]'', Totodile appeared as a vision to Pikachu during his battle against [[Leon's Charizard]]. After Ash won the battle, Totodile joined the rest of Ash's Pokémon at the lab in celebrating their Trainer's victory.

In ''[[JN135|Heroes Unite!]]'', Totodile, along with the rest of the Pokémon at the lab, welcomed Ash back to Pallet Town after his victory over Leon.

In ''[[JN138|A Fated Face-Off!]]'', Totodile was shown to have rejoined Ash's team. During the episode, he reunited with {{an|Misty}} and later watched as she and Ash battled over a wild {{TP|Misty|Clauncher}}. Totodile and Pikachu were also seen greeting {{TP|Misty|Politoed}} when Misty chose it for battle.

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Totodile appeared in ''[[SP10|The Grand Rhydon Plan]]''.

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Totodile appeared in ''[[JNM20|Advice to Goh!]]'' at [[Professor Oak's Laboratory]].

* ''[[Pokémon the Series: XY]]'' is the only completed [[series]] where Ash is a protagonist in which Totodile has not appeared in any capacity.

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