Roark's Rampardos (Japanese: ヒョウタのラムパルドHyouta's Rampard) is Roark's main Pokémon in the games, anime, and the Pokémon Adventuresmanga. It appears as a Cranidos in all of these, as well as in the Pokémon Diamond and Pearl Adventure! manga, making Cranidos or Rampardos Roark's main Pokémon in all media he appears in. It also appears as a card in the TCG.
It again appeared in A Gruff Act to Follow!. This time Roark used it against Ash. It defeated Ash's Aipom and lost to Turtwig, but not before weakening both it and Pikachu enough so that Roark's Onix could finish them off, thus defeating Ash Ketchum.
In Wild in the Streets!, it was revealed by Roark that he found Cranidos's Fossil when he was still a kid, and it was the first Pokémon the scientists in Oreburgh had restored from a Fossil. Later on, Cranidos evolved into Rampardos during a fight with Team Rocket. Ash then challenged Roark for a rematch in O'er the Rampardos we Watched!. Rampardos managed to easily defeat Ash's Aipom again along with Pikachu and almost defeated Turtwig, but Turtwig managed to emerge victorious once again due to quick thinking on Ash's part, earning Ash the Coal Badge.
It appeared again in Ancient Family Matters!, where it battled against Byron's Bastiodon. However, the match was interrupted due to Team Rocket. It then teamed up with Bastiodon to send them blasting off.
A † shows that the move was used recently, unless all moves fit this case or there are fewer than five known moves.
In the games
Cranidos—and, in rematches in Platinum and Pokémon World Tournament, Rampardos—is Roark's main Pokémon in all the games he appears in; that is, in Diamond, Pearl, and Platinum and Black 2 and White 2. He is also his highest-leveled Pokémon, as a Cranidos, in the Gym battle against him, though this place is taken by Roark's Tyranitar in rematches at the Battleground.
Roark's Cranidos was used to rescue Hareta after he was tied up by Wurmple's String Shot. Then, he used it in Hareta's Gym battle and lost to his Piplup with the help of an Oran Berry Roark gave earlier.
Roark's Rampardos Cards listed with a blue background are only legal to use in the current Expanded format. Cards listed with a green background are legal to use in both the current Standard and Expanded formats.