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'''Brock's Vulpix''' (Japanese: '''タケシのロコン''' ''Takeshi's Rokon'') was the second {{OBP|Pokémon|species}} acquired by {{an|Brock}} in the group's travels through [[Kanto]] in the {{pkmn|anime}}, and his fourth overall. It originally belonged to [[Suzie]] before being given to Brock, and was later returned to her.

Like many of Brock's Pokémon, Vulpix received very little screentime compared to the Pokémon of other main characters. When it was featured, Brock was often seen {{pkmn|groomer|grooming and pampering}} it. This led to events in ''[[EP032|The Ninja Poké-Showdown]]'', where Misty offered to trade her {{TP|Misty|Psyduck}} for Vulpix, being sick of her Psyduck's headache and annoyed at Brock's compliments of Vulpix. Later the group met the [[Eevee brothers]] in ''[[EP040|The Battling Eevee Brothers]]'' who were throwing an evolution party for their younger brother [[Mikey]] to evolve his {{p|Eevee}}. Pyro of the Eevee Brothers offered Brock a [[Fire Stone]] to evolve Vulpix, to which Brock declined, stating that he didn't want to force Vulpix to evolve if it didn't want to.

Brock lent it to {{an|Misty}} when she was competing in the [[Princess Festival|Queen of the Princess Festival contest]] in ''[[EP052|Princess vs. Princess]]'' and wanted a more balanced team (Ash also let her borrow Pikachu and {{AP|Bulbasaur}} for the contest). It was seen defeating a {{p|Tangela}} with Flamethrower en route to the final. However, it was defeated easily by [[Jessie's Lickitung]]'s tongue attack.

Vulpix auditioned for the lead role in ''Pokémon in Love'', [[Cleavon Schpielbunk]]'s film, in ''[[EP069|Lights, Camera, Quacktion!]]''. However, it abandoned the stage once it became apparent that the lead {{p|Wigglytuff}} was impossibly picky.

Vulpix battled [[Miki]]'s {{p|Skarmory}} in ''[[EP152|Hot Matches!]]''. Its Flamethrower was dodged by Skarmory via {{m|Agility}}. Vulpix attempted to outrun Skarmory with its own speed, but Skarmory used {{m|Steel Wing}} on Vulpix, causing massive damage to Vulpix and knocking it out.

Brock later met up with Suzie again in [[Johto]] and returned Vulpix to her in ''[[EP169|Beauty and the Breeder]]'', saying at the time that he had always felt that Vulpix wasn't really his and he was just looking after it for a time. Brock and Suzie later entered the [[Pokémon Beauty Contest]] as partners with Vulpix being their Pokémon of choice for the event.

As with Brock's other Pokémon he received in [[Kanto]], Vulpix had shown very little personality. It is very temperamental and untrusting to new people, as seen when it used Flamethrower on {{an|Misty}} in ''[[EP028|Pokémon Fashion Flash]]''. Suzie explained that Vulpix doesn't like being touched by strangers.

It was also shown to be quite snobbish in its debut episode by not taking a liking to most people, and in ''[[EP069|Lights, Camera, Quacktion!]]'', when it left the stage because a {{p|Wigglytuff}} was not to its liking. However, it was very trusting of Brock, and in later episodes Brock was seen grooming it while all of the groups Pokémon were out. Brock once said that Vulpix was like the supermodel of the [[Pokémon world]].

* Brock told Vulpix to use {{m|Agility}} in ''[[EP072|The Ancient Puzzle of Pokémopolis]]''. This was a [[Anime move errors#Dub only|dubbing error]]. In the original, it was commanded to use {{m|Quick Attack}}.

Brock uses a Vulpix in Round 1 of the original Pokémon Stadium, and a {{p|Ninetales}} in Round 2. This is the only time Brock has possessed a Vulpix in his game incarnations.