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The '''Rotom Pokédex''' (Japanese: '''ロトム{{tt|図鑑|ずかん}}''' ''Rotom illustrated encyclopedia''), commonly referred to simply as '''Rotom Dex''' (Japanese: '''ロトム''' ''Rotom''), is a main {{OBP|Pokémon|species}} character in the {{pkmn|anime}} and {{Ash}}'s [[Pokédex]] in the {{series|Sun & Moon}}.

==History==

[[File:Ash Alola Pokédex.png‎|thumb|left|250px|An empty Rotom Pokédex]]

Rotom made its first appearance in ''[[SM003|Loading the Dex!]]'', in which it entered Ash's empty Pokédex he had received [[SM002|earlier]] from {{an|Professor Kukui}}, turning itself into the '''Pokédex Rotom version''' (Japanese: '''ロトムポケデックスフォルム''' ''Rotom Pokédex Forme''). After introducing itself to Ash, it followed him to the [[Pokémon School]], where it met {{ashcl}} and [[Samson Oak]]. Later, it accompanied Ash and his friends during their fieldwork in a forest.

In ''[[SM017|Crystal-Clear Sleuthing!]]'', Rotom was shown to be a big fan of the detective show Alolan Detective Laki and impersonated [[Laki]] throughout the episode. Upon finding out that Ash had lost his [[Electrium Z]], Rotom decided solve the case. After learning about a camera crew that had been filming at the Pokémon School, it went to the Alola TV station, where it copied the video from one of the cameras and updated itself with a video camera function. Using its new function, Rotom concluded that {{an|Kiawe}} was the culprit, but was proven wrong by {{an|Lillie}}. It was then revealed that the Z-Crystal had been stuck inside Rotom's wig the whole time. At the end of the episode, Rotom offered to help Ash and Kiawe with their {{pkmn|training}} by recording it.

In ''[[SM061|A Mission of Ultra Urgency!]]'', Rotom updated itself again with data about the [[Ultra Beast]]s. It was further updated to hold info about {{AP|Poipole}} in ''[[SM067|Love at First Twirl!]]''.

In [[SM098]], Rotom interrupted the filming of Alolan Detective Laki having discovered an error in the plot. Rotom impresses the producer [[George Charanpino]] with its knowledge and was offered a role on the program. In the end, Rotom went back to Ash.

==Personality and characteristics==

[[File:Rotom Pokédex detective wig.png|thumb|250px|Rotom Pokédex's detective cosplay]]

Rotom claims to be a self-learning Pokédex (similar to an {{wp|Artificial intelligence|A.I.}}) and has the ability to talk human language. It has a bad habit of getting up close and personal to the Pokémon in order to see if the information about it is true, only to annoy and get attacked by said Pokémon. It also updates itself whenever it meets a new Pokémon by [[Photography|taking pictures]] of it or when it finds something new about a Pokémon. As shown in ''[[SM037|Rising from the Ruins!]]'', once Rotom Dex updates its photographic database and finds a way to describe the new Pokémon, the updated information then becomes available to download on various other Pokédexes. Rotom gets along with Ash and all {{ashfr}}, but has shown an aversion to {{an|Sophocles}}'s attempts to "study" it.

 

In ''[[SM057|The Dex Can't Help It!]]'', it is revealed that if Rotom takes too much of a shock, it will be forced out of the electronic it is inhabiting. As mentioned in the episode's [[Poké Problem]], Rotom has spent so much time in its Pokédex form that it feels uncomfortable outside of it.

==Forms==

! style="background:#{{water color light}}; {{roundytl|5px}}" | As a Wash Rotom

! style="background:#{{flying color light}}" | As a Fan Rotom

! style="background:#{{ice color light}}; {{roundytr|5px}}" | As a Frost Rotom

==Moves used==

===Frost Rotom===

===Wash Rotom===

==Voice actors==

{{vatable|color={{electric color}}|bordercolor={{ghost color}}

|en=[[List of English voice actors|Roger Callagy]]

|tr=Gökhan Şimşek}}

==Related articles==

{{Ash's Pokémon|electric|ghost}}<br>  

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