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'''James's Gyarados''' (Japanese: '''コジロウのギャラドス''' ''Kojirō's Gyarados'') is the second Pokémon that was shown to be owned by [[James]]. | '''James's Gyarados''' (Japanese: '''コジロウのギャラドス''' ''Kojirō's Gyarados'') is the second Pokémon that was shown to be owned by [[James]]. It was sold to him as a {{p|Magikarp}} by the [[Magikarp salesman]] on the [[S.S. Anne|St. Anne]]. | ||
==History== | ==History== | ||
[[File:James Magikarp.png|left|thumb|As a Magikarp]] | [[File:James Magikarp.png|left|thumb|As a Magikarp]] | ||
James purchased his Gyarados as a {{p|Magikarp}} on the [[S.S. Anne|St. Anne]]. While on the ocean liner, the [[Magikarp salesman]] tricked him into buying | James purchased his {{p|Gyarados}} as a {{p|Magikarp}} on the [[S.S. Anne|St. Anne]] in ''[[EP015|Battle Aboard the St. Anne]]''. While on the ocean liner, the [[Magikarp salesman]] tricked him into buying, Magikarp, claiming that he could {{pkmn|breeding|breed}} it to sell more and more Magikarp. Blinded by the chance to become filthy rich, James gladly accepted the deal. When he later told about his purchase to [[Jessie]] and {{MTR}}, however, they revealed him that he had been tricked: Magikarp was a completely useless Pokémon, and even its {{DL|Poké Ball|In the anime|"gold" Poké Ball}} was just gold-plated. When James revealed that he had spent the advances on both his and Jessie's salaries to by Magikarp, Jessie got furious, angrily telling him to return it immediately. However, before he could find the salesman again, [[Team Rocket]]'s assault on the ship started, and James was forced to abandon his search to join the other {{tc|Team Rocket Grunt}}s. After the operation had been ruined by the passengers' rebellion, the rocking of the ship caused James to drop Magikarp's Poké Ball, and the trio kept chasing it through the ship, causing them to get trapped inside when the ship sunk soon after. | ||
In ''[[EP016|Pokémon Shipwreck]]'', when Team Rocket temporarily joined forces with {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} in order to escape the sunken ship, they appeared to lack a {{t|Water}} Pokémon to swim to the surface, at which point James revealed his Magikarp, believing that it could help them escape. Unfortunately, they soon found out that Magikarp wasn't able to swim at all, just {{m|splash}}ing on its place. By sheer luck, the trio was carried to the surface when the ship flooded, along with Magikarp. | |||
The next day, when the group was starving with hunger, they started staring at Magikarp, thinking of {{DL|Pokémon food|Eating other Pokémon|eating it}}. However, when Meowth tried to take a {{m|bite}} out of it, their dreams of a Magikarp lunch were ruined, as, likely {{an|Misty}} then mentioned, Magikarp is all skin and bones, making it completely inedible. At this point, James got extremely enraged at Magikarp, declaring that it was completely useless and he didn't want to be its {{pkmn|Trainer|master}} anymore, and kicking it off the raft. This proved to be a big mistake, as it caused Magikarp to [[evolution|evolve]] into a Gyarados. Furious for James's behavior, Gyarados completely ignored his attempt to claim its loyality again, and gave a chase for the group. After a while of chasing, it suddenly stopped, roaring into the sky. Instead of giving up, however, as the group was hoping for, this proved to be something much worse, as multiple other Gyarados then appeared, and they unleshed a devastating {{m|Dragon Rage}} on the group, sending them flying in a watery tornado. James's Gyarados haven't appeared since, having returned to living in the {{pkmn2|wild}}. | |||
Gyarados was shown again as a Magikarp in a flashback in ''[[EP261|Here's Lookin' at You, Elekid]]''. | |||
==Personality and characteristics== | ==Personality and characteristics== | ||
As a Magikarp, Gyarados showed typical traits of its species. It often disappointed its Trainer with how useless it was and seemed oblivious to anything going on around it. After evolving Gyarados showed a lot of rage, angry at its Trainer for deeming it worthless. | As a Magikarp, Gyarados showed typical traits of its species, merely splashing on its place. It often disappointed its Trainer with how useless it was and seemed oblivious to anything going on around it. After evolving Gyarados, it showed a lot of rage, angry at its Trainer for deeming it worthless. It was also shown to become a very powerful swimmer after evolving, keeping up with all of {{cat|Misty's Pokémon}}. | ||
==Moves used== | |||
{{anmov/h|water||James Magikarp.png|Using Splash as a Magikarp}} | {{anmov/h|water||James Magikarp.png|Using Splash as a Magikarp}} | ||
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==Trivia== | ==Trivia== | ||
*Gyarados is the first Pokémon Team Rocket obtains from the [[Magikarp salesman]]. | * Gyarados is the first Pokémon Team Rocket obtains from the [[Magikarp salesman]]. | ||
* As a Magikarp, Gyarados was one of the very few Pokémon considered {{DL|Pokémon food|Eating other Pokémon|to be eaten}} in the anime. | |||
==Related articles== | ==Related articles== | ||