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{{AnimePokémonInfobox|
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trainername=James|
pokemonname=Weezing|
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jpokemonname=マタドガス|
tmtrainername=Kojirō|
tmpokemonname=Matadogas|
image=[[File:James Weezing.png|200px]] |
caption=James's Weezing |
gender=Unknown{{tt|*|confirmed male in dub only}}|
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epnum=EP002|
epname=Pokémon Emergency!|
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firstevoname=Dig Those Diglett!|
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evo1num=110|
released=yes|
releaseep=AG006|
releasename=A Poached Ego!|
current=[[Hoenn]]|
enva1=[[Michael Haigney]]|
enva2=[[Eric Stuart]]|
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'''James's Weezing''' (Japanese: '''コジロウのマタドガス''' ''Kojirō's Matadogas'') was the first {{OBP|Pokémon|species}} [[James]] was known to have, and his third overall. He received it as a [[Christmas]] gift (a {{jwp|歳暮|year-end gift}} in the original Japanese version).

==History==
===[[Original series]]===
====Kanto====
[[File:James Koffing.png|left|thumb|200px|As a {{p|Koffing}}]]
It was mentioned in ''[[EP017|Island of the Giant Pokémon]]'' that James received Koffing, who had already been captured at this point, as a gift last Christmas ({{jwp|歳暮|oseibo}} in the original Japanese version), before he met {{Ash}}. It is unknown who gave it to him.

Weezing first appeared in ''[[EP002|Pokémon Emergency!]]'' as a {{p|Koffing}}. James used it alongside [[Jessie]]'s {{TP|Jessie|Ekans}} to quickly overtake the defenseless {{ci|Viridian}} [[Pokémon Center]]. Koffing's job was to create a {{m|Smokescreen}} while Ekans destroyed the computers. Chasing everyone into the back room, Koffing and Ekans accompanied their Trainers in intimidating Ash, {{an|Misty}} and [[Nurse Joy]], which caused Misty to decide to battle {{TRT}}. This was a failed effort, however, as both of them managed to catch up to Ash in no time at all. However, Nurse Joy's {{p|Pikachu}} came out and healed [[Ash's Pikachu]] with a {{m|Thunder Shock}} attack, while at the same time attacking the Team Rocket trio. Giving Ash's Pikachu enough power to stand up, Ash charged up Pikachu using Misty's charred bike, and he let him use his own Thunder Shock. As the group were electrocuted, Koffing used {{m|Smog}}, and the electricity climbed up the toxic gas, causing the entire Pokémon Center to explode, and sending Team Rocket blasting off for the first time.
[[File:James and Weezing.png|thumb|200px|Weezing and James]]
It was used constantly by James as his main battling Pokémon throughout [[Kanto]] and eventually [[evolution|evolved]] into a Weezing in ''[[EP031|Dig Those Diglett!]]'', along with Ekans, after James and [[Jessie]] were desperate for them to evolve.

In ''[[EP052|Princess vs. Princess]]'', Jessie used Weezing during the {{DL|Princess Festival|Queen of the Princess Festival contest}}. Weezing helped Jessie make it to the finals, but ultimately failed against Pikachu's Thunder Shock.

In ''[[EP066|The Evolution Solution]]'', James used Weezing to capture a {{DL|List of Pokémon temporarily owned by the Team Rocket trio|Shellder}} he dug up. Weezing was easily able to defeat it with its Haze attack after dodging its {{m|Ice Beam}}. Just as James was about to catch it, Jessie jumped in and got it herself.

====Johto====
Throughout the [[Johto]] region, James tended to use {{TP|James|Victreebel}} more for combat than Weezing. During this time, Weezing was mainly used to create smoke to cover escapes and entrances.

==={{series|Advanced Generation}}===
[[File:Jessie Arbok James Weezing.png|thumb|left|200px|Weezing fighting alongside Arbok]]
In ''[[AG002|A Ruin With A View]]'', James sent out Weezing alongside Arbok to battle {{tc|Team Magma Grunt}}s who approached them. Not long after being sent out, [[Team Magma]]'s {{p|Houndoom}} used {{m|Roar}} to send Weezing and Arbok back into their Poké Balls.

In ''[[AG006|A Poached Ego!]]'', {{TRT}} found [[Rico|a poacher]] holding a herd of {{p|Ekans}} and Koffing captive in [[Hoenn]]. After freeing them, James and Jessie reluctantly ordered Weezing and {{TP|Jessie|Arbok}} to stay in the wild and guard their fellow Pokémon. Arbok and Weezing had to when the poacher used his {{p|Tyranitar}} to attack Jessie, James, and {{MTR}}, even though it was clear that they wanted to stay and defend them. The two Pokémon have not been seen since then. In this episode, James said that "Weezing and I are like brothers," indicating a great bond between the two.
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==Personality and characteristics==
Weezing was shown to be extremely loyal to James, caring about him a great deal and only taking orders from him. In ''[[EP017|Island of the Giant Pokémon]]'', as a Koffing, it refused to attack Ash's Pokémon on {{MTR}}'s orders, simply because he was not James. Both Koffing and Ekans were very sad about being separated from their Trainers, and were happily crying upon being reunited with them. Also, in that episode, when Meowth orders Koffing and Ekans to attack Ash's Pokémon, they refuse, and they revealed that "Pokémon not bad guys! Pokémon do bad things because masters bad!" This shows that while Weezing and Arbok have strong bonds with their trainers, they never see themselves or any other Pokémon as bad guys; they only carry out evil deeds out of obedience to their Trainers. In ''[[EP031|Dig Those Diglett!]]'', Koffing's evolution into Weezing was triggered simply by James's emotional tears. The only time Weezing refused to obey its Trainer was in ''[[EP047|A Chansey Operation]]'', where it refused to attack a {{p|Chansey}} because of how it cared for it during its operation from an injury that was caused from Team Rocket's scheme of stealing a group of Pokémon from a Pokémon Center going wrong. This also shows that Weezing will show a great deal of gratitude to anyone who helps it from any form of circumstance. As seen in ''[[EP033|The Flame Pokémon-athon!]]'', even though Weezing will only obey James, its loyalty does extend to the team as a whole, and it will readily protect anyone it considers an ally. It demonstrated this by stepping in when Arbok was surprised by {{p|Ponyta}}'s flames and retaliating with {{m|Smog}}, even though this proved to be a bad idea when the flames ignited the Smog. 

Weezing is also shown to be very emotional, especially in situations when it was either seperated or forced to be seperated from James. In ''[[EP017|Island of the Giant Pokémon]]'', when it was a Koffing and seperated from James, it became visibly upset (even changing its natural happy facial expression to worrisome) when [[Ash's Bulbasaur]] told them that their trainers abandoned them, and it and Ekans cried desperately with [[Ash's Pikachu]] trying to cheer them up. In ''[[EP069|Lights, Camera, Quacktion]]'' both Weezing and Arbok got depressed for being rejected as the main characters in the movie. It was only with James's and Jessie's help that they got over it.  On their last appearance, in ''[[AG006|A Poached Ego!]]'', they were reluctant in leaving Jessie and James, and when they did, they were in tears about it. 

Weezing could be seen as extremely powerful in the [[M01|first movie]], as [[Nurse Joy]] and {{OBP|Miranda|M01}} said more than once that only the stronger Pokémon with the most exceptional Trainers could face the storm. Yet, it was Weezing who brought Team Rocket to [[New Island]].

==Moves used==
{{anmov/h|poison||James {{#switch: {{#expr: {{#time: U}} mod 10}}|0=Weezing SmokeScreen|1=Weezing Sludge|2=Weezing Poison Gas|3=Weezing Smog|4=Victreebel Weezing Jessie Lickitung Tackle|5=Koffing Smokescreen|6=Koffing Sludge|7=Koffing Poison Gas|8=Koffing Smog|9=Koffing Tackle}}.png|Using {{#switch: {{#expr: {{#time: U}} mod 10}}|0=Smokescreen|1=Sludge|2=Poison Gas|3=Smog|4=Tackle|5=Smokescreen as a Koffing|6=Sludge as a Koffing|7=Poison Gas as a Koffing|8=Smog as a Koffing|9=Tackle as a Koffing}}}}
{{anmov|poison|Smog|EP002|Pokémon Emergency!}}
{{anmov|normal|Smokescreen|EP002|Pokémon Emergency!|rec=yes}}
{{anmov|poison|Sludge|EP003|Ash Catches a Pokémon|rec=yes}}
{{anmov|normal|Tackle|EP006|Clefairy and the Moon Stone}}
{{anmov|poison|Poison Gas|EP020|The Ghost of Maiden's Peak}}
{{anmov/f|poison}}

* In the [[dub]]bed version of ''[[EP066|The Evolution Solution]]'', James told Weezing to use {{m|Haze}}. In the original Japanese version, he simply told Weezing to counterattack.

==In the games==
Weezing appears in {{game|Yellow}} and [[Pokémon: Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee!]] as part of [[Jessie]] and [[James]]'s team each time they appear, alongside {{MTR}}/{{TP|Jessie|Ekans}} and its pre-evolved form.

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! First and second battle<br>([[Mt. Moon]]/[[Team Rocket Hideout|Rocket Hideout]])
! Third and fourth battle<br>([[Pokémon Tower]]/[[Silph Co.]])
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|level={{tt|14|Mt. Moon battle}}/{{tt|25|Rocket Hideout battle}}|type1=Poison
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|move2=Smog|move2type=Poison}}
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|level={{tt|27|Pokémon Tower battle}}/{{tt|31|Silph Co. battle}}|type1=Poison
|move1=Tackle|move1type=Normal
|move2=Smog|move2type=Poison
|move3=Sludge|move3type=Poison}}
|-
!colspan="4" | [[Pokémon: Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee!]]
|-
! First battle<br>([[Mt. Moon]])
! Second battle<br>([[Team Rocket Hideout]])
! Third battle<br>([[Pokémon Tower]])
! Fourth and fifth battle<br>([[Silph Co.]]/{{rt|17|Kanto}})
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|- style="vertical-align:top"  
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|level=12
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|move1=Poison Gas|move1type=Poison|move1cat=Status
|move2=Tackle|move2type=Normal|move2cat=Physical}}
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|move4=Thunderbolt|move4type=Electric|move4cat=Special}}
|}

[[File:Zany Cards EN back boxart.png|thumb|150px|Pokémon Zany Cards back boxart]]

===Pokémon Zany Cards===
Weezing is depicted on a photograph on the box art for [[Pokémon Zany Cards]], along with {{TP|Jessie|Arbok}} and {{TP|Jessie|Wobbuffet}}. However, it does not make an appearance in the game.
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==In the manga==
===In The Electric Tale of Pikachu manga===
[[File:James Weezing EToP.png|thumb|200px|Weezing in The Electric Tale of Pikachu]]
[[File:James Koffing EToP.png|thumb|left|200px|As a Koffing]]
James's Weezing makes an appearance in the {{pkmn|manga}} series [[The Electric Tale of Pikachu]]. He first appears as a {{p|Koffing}} in ''[[ET07|Pikachu's Excellent Adventure]]''. All subsequent appearances, beginning in ''[[ET08|You Gotta Have Friends]]'', are as a Weezing. Like in the anime, Weezing is James's primary Pokémon used in battle.

====Moves used====
{{anmov/h|Poison||James Weezing Smog EToP.png|Using Smog}}
{{anmov|Poison|Smog|ET08|You Gotta Have Friends}}
{{anmov/f|Poison}}

==Trivia==
* In ''[[EP061|The Misty Mermaid]]'', James's Weezing was shown as less dense than water, causing it to float.
* Though Team Rocket began chasing {{AP|Pikachu}} mainly because it was powerful enough to blow up the Pokémon Center, it should be noted that James's Koffing was part of the cause — its gas reacted with the electricity to create the explosion.
* Koffing and Weezing used {{m|Poison Gas}} in [[S01|season 1]], even though they couldn't learn the move in the games until [[Generation II]].

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