Dawn's Quilava

Dawn's Cyndaquil
ヒカリのヒノアラシ Hikari's Hinoarashi

File:Dawn's Cyndaquil.png
Dawn and Cyndaquil


Egg obtained in	DP143


Hatches in	DP143


Hatched at	Unknown


Gender	Unknown


Ability	Unknown

Current location	With Dawn


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This Pokémon spent less than 1 episode in its Egg.

Voice actor	Japanese	English
As Cyndaquil	Kiyotaka Furushima	N/A

Dawn's Cyndaquil (Japanese: ヒカリのヒノアラシ Hikari's Hinoarashi) is the seventh Pokémon obtained by Dawn.

In DP143, Dawn battled Kotone in the Johto Festa and defeated her. As a prize, Dawn was given an egg, which was soon abducted by Team Rocket.

Piplup and Cyndaquil showing their rivalry

While it was in Team Rocket's possession, it showed signs of hatching. When Dawn finally got it back, it hatched right in front of her eyes, revealing it to be a Cyndaquil.

It has a tendency to flare up its back when it's happy or when it's showing affection, which Dawn usually ends up getting caught in in the process.

Dawn's Piplup appears to be jealous over the attention that Cyndaquil gets, though this may be attributed to the fact that Cyndaquil wasn't very responsive to Piplup at first. Piplup often attacks Cyndaquil and it in turn fights back, causing frequent squabbles between the two. They seem to be trying to compete for superiority over the other.

In DP144, it battled Ash's Grotle and proved to be a strong opponent even though it had just hatched.

In DP146, it showed its interest in Contests after watching Dawn practice with her Mamoswine by trying to mimic it with the flames on its back.

In DP147, it was used in Dawn's and Ash's tag battle against Kotone and Kazunari. Cyndaquil was able to defeat Chikorita with a Flame Wheel combined with Ash's Monferno's Flamethrower.

In DP155, it will be used in a double battle together with Dawn's Mamoswine.

Moves used

Using Swift

First Used In

Moves used recently are in bold unless all moves all fit this case.

Trivia

File:Cyndaquil egg.png

Cyndaquil's egg

Of all Pokémon eggs owned by main characters, Cyndaquil took the least amount of time to hatch, hatching in the same episode it was obtained in.
Dawn is the second main character to own a Cyndaquil, the first being Ash.
Like May's Bulbasaur, Cyndaquil is a starter Pokémon from the region alternate to her own in her generation that has a type disadvantage against her actual starter.
Similar to May getting her Bulbasaur, Dawn also got a starter Pokémon from the game region that was featured in the most recent game. May got Bulbasaur a few months after Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen's release, while Dawn got Cyndaquil five days after the release of Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver.

Cyndaquil showing affection

Cyndaquil is the eighth Pokémon to follow the pattern of premiering in a movie and then being captured by one of the main characters. In all cases, the premiered Pokémon is not the same character as the one caught, just the same species. Dawn's Cyndaquil comes after Arceus and the Jewel of Life. This is only a technical premiere, as Cyndaquil was featured during the original Johto series as well.
Cyndaquil is the sixth Generation II Pokémon to be part of the main cast during the Diamond & Pearl series, however, unlike its predecessors Aipom, Sudowoodo, Gligar, Yanma, and Swinub, it was introduced after HeartGold and SoulSilver were already known.
Cyndaquil is Dawn's first Generation II Pokémon which is not able to evolve into a Generation IV Pokémon.

Dawn's Pokémon
On hand:	Piplup	Buneary	Pachirisu	Mamoswine	Quilava	Togekiss

In training:	Ambipom
Traded away:	Buizel
Released:	Oshawott
Temporary:	Pikachu	Croagunk	Chimchar	Staravia	Grimer	Dodrio
Temporary:	Sharpedo

Dawn's Quilava

Moves used

Trivia

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