Dawn's Ambipom: Difference between revisions

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In ''[[DP037|The Grass Menagerie!]]'', Aipom was Ash's third and final Pokémon in his [[Eterna Gym]] Battle against [[Gardenia]], she went up against Gardenia's {{p|Roserade}} after performing a contest like introduction. She used Double Team and began to get close to Roserade but Roserade used {{m|Grass Knot}} intending to trip Aipom up like Turtwig, although it destroyed the Double Team clones, Aipom herself was able to jump and avoid Grass Knot. Aipom then hit Roserade with {{m|Focus Punch}}, Roserade then used {{m|Magical Leaf}} but Aipom dodged by climbing on the trees. Using its vines, Roserade was able to grab Aipom using its vines. Roserade then used {{m|Flash}} blinding Aipom, making her unable to hit with her Focus Punch. Roserade then hit Aipom with Magical Leaf, initially panicking, Ash was able to calm down Aipom and got her to listen with her ears instead as she was still blind. Roserade used {{m|Weather Ball}}, which was {{type|Fire}} due to the {{weather|harsh sunlight}}, Aipom was able to listen for the Weather Ball and she then hit the Weather Ball with Focus Punch, punching it back to Roserade, dealing super-effective damage. Roserade then used Magical Leaf but Aipom countered with Swift, opening her eyes as the effects of Flash had finished, the Swift then circled Roserade, then Aipom used Focus Punch on one of the Swift stars, knocking it into the Swift stars, causing them all to hit Roserade dealing major damage, Aipom then used the Focus Punch hitting Roserade, defeating the Bouquet Pokémon, winning Ash the {{badge|Forest}}.

In ''[[DP055|Throwing the Track Switch]]'', Ash began the {{pkmn|training}} for his next [[Gym]] {{pkmn|battle}} in [[Veilstone City]]. However, {{AP|Dawn's Buizel|Buizel}} seemed to be more interested in Ash's battle training and thus couldn't set his mind on Dawn's training; meanwhile Ash's Aipom also had a problem in Ash's training because her style tended to be more {{pkmn|Contest}} oriented. Then Zoey proposed that Ash and Dawn trade them. After some soul-searching, the {{pkmn|Trainer}}s agreed, and the trade took place.

[[File:Dawn and Aipom.png|thumb|right|220px|Dawn and Aipom]]

In ''[[DP060|Journey to the Unown!]]'', Aipom managed to learn Double Hit. {{an|Brock}} told Dawn that Aipom would evolve soon. Later in the episode, when Dawn and Aipom were being attacked by a group of {{p|Unown}}, Aipom jumped in and evolved into {{p|Ambipom}}.

In ''[[DP061|Team Shocker!]]'', Dawn used Ambipom in the [[Appeal|Appeals Round]] of the {{to|Solaceon}} {{pkmn|Contest}}, but failed to advance to the [[Contest Battle]]s. [[Zoey]] explained to Dawn that she failed due to an overuse of Swift, blocking {{p|Ambipom}} from view.

In ''[[DP077|Staging a Heroes Welcome]]'', Dawn once again used Ambipom for the Appeal Round in the [[Wallace Cup]]. She managed to pass the round by dazzling the judges with Swift, Focus Punch, and Double Hit.

In ''[[DP095|Battling the Generation Gap!]]'' Dawn used her in the Battle Round of the {{to|Celestic}} Contest. Ambipom was able to easily defeat her first two opponents and then went up against [[Lila]]'s {{p|Delcatty}}. Ambipom won the Contest by using combinations of its attacks instead of using only one attack at a time.

In ''[[DP123|Old Rivals, New Tricks]]'', Ambipom was used in a Contest in [[Sandalstraw Town]] and was defeated by [[Kenny's Prinplup]] in the final round. During the Contest, she discovered a love and talent for {{wp|table tennis|ping pong}}. She used this talent to compete in the [[Pokémon Ping Pong Tournament]] with Dawn in ''[[DP124|To Thine Own Pokémon Be True]]''. Due to her obvious natural ability, fellow competitor [[O]] offered her a place at his Ping Pong Training Center in [[Vermilion City]]. Dawn left the decision to Ambipom. After deciding to pursue Ping Pong over her love of Contests and Battles, Ambipom bid farewell to Dawn and Ash and left the group in order to follow her new ambition.