Scyther's only appearance was in Gettin' the Bugs Out, being used in Bugsy's Gym battle against Ash. It first battled Ash's Pikachu, which it easily defeated with a powerful combination of Slash and Fury Cutter attacks after dodging Pikachu's Thunderbolt with Double Team.
It next faces Ash's Cyndaquil and uses Double Team and Fury Cutter, which Cyndaquil dodges. Scyther uses Double Team while it uses another Fury Cutter, this time faster than the other Fury Cutter, which Cyndaquil is still able to dodge. This gets Cyndaquil fired up and Cyndaquil uses Flamethrower, which removes Scyther's Double Team. The real Scyther deflects it by using Swords Dance and hits Cyndaquil. Bugsy mentions that Scyther has a special way of deflecting Fire-type attacks by using Swords Dance. Bugsy tells Scyther to use Fury Cutter and has it use Swords Dance when Cyndaquil is going to use Flamethrower. Ash comes up with an idea and has Cyndaquil jump above Scyther and use Flamethrower while spinning, making Scyther unable to dodge and take damage. Cyndaquil is then able to finish Scyther off with a Tackle and Ash wins the match, earning himself the Hive Badge.
Little is known about Scyther due to how little it has been seen. It is known to be a powerful battler, being the powerhouse of Bugsy's team. It is quick, agile, and durable. It can use its Swords Dance attack to block powerful fire moves such as Flamethrower.
A † shows that the move was used recently, unless all moves fit this case or there are fewer than five known moves.
In the games
In the Generation II games, Bugsy uses a Scyther as his highest-leveled Pokémon. In HeartGold and SoulSilver, Bugsy uses a Scyther in his first battle against the player. In his later battles, it has evolved into Scizor. Bugsy also uses a Scyther in the Pokémon Statium games.
Scyther's only appearance was in Silly Scyther. Scyther was first used to battle Sabrina at the Pokémon League preliminary tournament. It managed to deal heavy damage to Sabrina's Mr. Mime with consecutive uses of Fury Cutter. Eventually Mr. Mime dodged a hit, which prompted Bugsy to switch to Heracross.
A † shows that the move was used recently, unless all moves fit this case or there are fewer than five known moves.
In the Pokémon Gold & Silver: The Golden Boys manga
Scyther in Pokémon Golden Boys
When Gold and Bugsy were having their Gym battle, Bugsy sent out Scyther while Gold sent out Bayleef. Despite Scyther having the type-advantage and Bayleef trying to get over being abandoned from its previous Trainer, Scyther ended up being defeated.
After the defeat of Metapod and Kakuna, Bugsy sent out Scyther in his battle against Red. Clefairy's rocky body caused Scyther's blade to crack. However, Clefairy had trouble controlling his rocky body, giving Scyther the advantage. However, the movement of the ground gave Clefairy some rolling power and defeated Scyther. Later, Bugsy sent out Scyther when Red had a rematch with him. Using Tyrogue, he was able to defeat Scyther.