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'''James's Chimecho''' (Japanese: '''コジロウのチリーン''' ''Kojiro's Chirean'') was the second {{OBP|Pokémon|species}} caught by [[James]] of [[Team Rocket]] during his travels through [[Hoenn]], after [[James's Cacnea|Cacnea]].

Chimecho was caught by James in the episode ''[[AG084|Who's Flying Now?]]''. In the episode, Team Rocket followed {{Ash}} and his friends to the Fortree City Feather Carnival. James remarked that he did not care for carnivals, and when asked why, he told a story of how when he was younger, he would ride past carnivals in [[James's parents|his parents']] limo, unable to attend. One day as he rode by, he saw a Chimecho for sale at a carnival; he instantly wanted it. Later that night, he ran to the carnival to buy it, but he was too late; the carnival was already packing up. He was very disappointed, missing his chance at getting what he called his "first love."

Later in the festival, James came across the [[Magikarp salesman]] selling strange-looking Chimecho. He was narrowly tricked into buying one, but it later turned out to be a {{p|Hoppip}} disguised as a Chimecho, and it flew away. Depressed by losing his chance again, James was instantly cheered up when a real Chimecho flew up to him, [[Jessie]], and [[Meowth (Team Rocket)|Meowth]], using its Heal Bell technique on them. James asked Chimecho if it wanted to be his Pokémon, and it agreed, wrapping itself around his head in excitement.

James absolutely adores his Chimecho, and it is often seen out of its [[Poké Ball]] either near James or being held in his arms similar to the way that {{an|Misty}} held her [[Misty's Togetic|Togepi]]. It has a place in the Team Rocket motto after [[Jessie's Wobbuffet|Wobbuffet]]. James refuses to put Chimecho in any sort of danger; thus, it does not battle. In ''[[AG091|Lessons in Lilycove!]]'', Jessie borrowed Chimecho to use in a [[Pokémon Contests|Pokémon Contest]], where she subsequently abused it by grabbing it by the tail and pitting it against [[May's Blaziken|May's Combusken]], ultimately using Double Edge, causing Chimecho to faint from recoil. Throughout the contest, James was extremely worried about Chimecho and expressed much discontent over its suffering. Another time, James whispered to Chimecho that it should have flown away when Team Rocket was about to stage an attack.

Chimecho's personality is quite cheerful and upbeat, and it is apparent that it cares about James very much. It is sometimes overly affectionate, like [[James's Carnivine|Carnivine]] and [[James's Cacnea|Cacnea]]. In those cases, it wraps its tail around James, making him unable to see. Since it does not battle, it rarely interacts with any of Team Rocket's other Pokémon, except during the motto when it says its line after Meowth and Wobbuffet.

In ''[[AG147|Sweet Baby James]]'', James left Chimecho with elderly caretakers at his old vacation home near [[Saffron City]] after it came down with a bad fever. He plans to return for it when it heals.

It appeared in a fantasy in ''[[DP070|The Bells are Singing]]'', after James saw [[Francesca]]'s {{p|Chingling}}.

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==Trivia==

* Chimecho is similar to [[James's Mime Jr.]] in many ways. First, they are the only {{type2|Psychic}} Pokémon that James has been shown to have. Second, they were both borrowed by [[Jessie]] for a contest in which both of them made it pass the performance round but lost in the battle to [[May's Blaziken|May's Combusken]] after putting up a decent fight. Third, they are both Pokémon that James considers to be his "babies" and doesn't let battle very often because of his close relationship with them.