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==In the games==

===Pokémon Red, Blue and Yellow===

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===Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen===

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===Pokémon Platinum===

===Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver===

===Pokémon X and Y===

===Pokémon Mystery Dungeon===

==In the anime==

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Lawrence III succeeds in capturing Moltres first, using strange, electrified rings to contain it, rather than a [[Poké Ball]]. He then subsequently kept it on his ship as he hunted out Zapdos, who used Moltres's absence from Fire Island as a signal that it would be able to expand its territory. Shortly after Ash and friends discover this to be the case however, Lawrence III captures Zapdos as well, drawing the group in as well, due to their boat's similar size to the birds. The group escapes, and, using their Pokémon, manage to free Zapdos and Moltres. The Legendary birds are angry however, and begin fighting, destroying Lawrence III's airship just as he attempts to capture Articuno. The three continue their fight outside, and finally, Lugia reveals itself.

The three birds team up to take down the beast of the sea, however, Lugia recovers and returns to the surface. As Articuno, Zapdos, and Moltres continue to fight, {{Ash}} must bring the treasures from their respective islands to Shamouti Island's shrine in order to help Lugia to quell the fighting and prevent the destruction of the world. Though he almost doesn't make it, Ash manages to do so, and the birds make peace, returning to their islands.

==In the manga==

===In the Pokémon Adventures manga===

The first of the Legendary birds to appear in [[Pokémon Adventures]] is Articuno, seen when a group of {{tc|Team Rocket Grunt}}s invade its abode in the middle of the [[Seafoam Islands]]. It first showed its reluctance to fight by encasing itself in a sheath of ice, which the grunts try to exploit by using a {{p|Muk}} to envelop and carry it whole. {{adv|Red}} sends out [[Gyara]] to attack Muk; however, it is terribly troubled by its past experiences of being experimented on by the same [[Team Rocket|villainous team]], and is unable to fight back when the Muk rams itself hard against Gyara's body, accidentally breaking Articuno's ice in the process. With its power, Articuno then freezes the Muk, ignoring Red's disturbing its peaceful tenure. In the process though, it ended up spending much of its strength and was revealed to have been captured.

There, Red found himself fighting an old foe when [[Lt. Surge]] revealed himself as part of the Rocket Triad and attacked him at full power with all of his {{p|Electrode}} and {{p|Voltorb}}, as well as his {{p|Electabuzz}} and {{p|Raichu}}, dealing grave damage to the boy and [[Pika]], while, due to his insulating underwear, he felt none of the voltage. Gloating about how seemingly limitless his power was with the Rocket equipment, he revealed the source of the ridiculous energy as Zapdos, a Pokémon that they captured in the abandoned Power Plant as the legends foretold. When even Red's [[Saur|Ivysaur]], a {{type|Grass}}, was badly hurt by a simple {{m|Thunder Shock}}, Red exploited how Surge's electric power device was supplying energy through a set of cords and cut them with {{m|Razor Leaf}}, a move Surge thought was futile with his insulating underwear, though little did he know, Red cut the pompous man's clothes as well as the cords, defeating him with his own power (and taking the rubber gloves that would come in handy later).

After three years of not being heard from, Green revealed she had caught the three birds both to overcome her {{wp|ornithophobia}} and use them in the upcoming battle against the [[Masked Man]], where the other two besides Moltres, Articuno and Zapdos, were lent to Red and Blue, respectively, and together they managed to hold their own against {{p|Ho-Oh}} and {{p|Lugia}}, and shortly thereafter the two titanic birds were freed from the evil mastermind's control, so Red and Blue returned the borrowed birds as Red also gave [[Blasty]] and Charizard back to his fellow Trainers. They have not been heard from since, so it has been speculated they may have been released or simply deposited in the Box.

==Trivia==

* Although legends are said to be incapable of breeding, [[Pokémon Snap]] shows all three birds being born from eggs, which means they were bred in some way.

* The last part of each of the members' names is a number in the {{wp|Spanish language}}—one (Artic'''''uno'''''), two (Zap'''''dos'''''), and three (Mol'''''tres''''')—and it reflects their [[National Pokédex]] order.

* Starting with Platinum, they are the only Legendary trio to be both fully stationary and {{pkmn2|roaming}} as wild Pokémon in the various games they appear in. In comparison, the [[lake guardians]] have one of their trio who roams, while {{p|Suicune}} of the [[Legendary beasts]] roams in {{game|Gold and Silver|s}}, but is stationary in {{game|Crystal}}, as well in {{game|HeartGold and SoulSilver|s}}.

* All of the Legendary birds are capable of learning {{m|Agility}} naturally; however, they are able to learn this move at different levels.

* The Legendary birds can be caught in more games than any other Legendary Pokémon, as they can be caught in twelve [[core series]] games in Japan (eleven internationally, five in Korea).

* Zapdos is the only one of the trio not to have a double weakness to {{t|Rock}} (or, for that matter, a double weakness to anything).

==In other languages==

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