James's Victreebel: Difference between revisions

James caught Victreebel as a {{p|Weepinbell}} sometime between ''[[EP049|So Near, Yet So Farfetch'd]]'' and ''[[EP057|The Breeding Center Secret]]''. Prior to the latter episode, he left Weepinbell at the breeding center [[Cassidy]] and [[Butch]] were operating, unaware that the center was run by Team Rocket. In the episode itself, he, [[Jessie]], and {{MTR}} broke into the center and learned that it was under Team Rocket's control. He did not immediately follow Jessie and Meowth in escaping the breeding center, instead he looking around for his Weepinbell upon remembering it was the same breeding center where he'd left it. After some searching, James located his Pokémon and discovered that it had evolved into a Victreebel, and the two had a joyous reunion. Victreebel was only used once by James during Kanto, being used in ''[[EP074|All Fired Up!]]'' to help extinguish {{MTR}}, who was on fire. However, instead of extinguishing the flames, Victreebel itself caught fire, and Ash needed to intervene with {{AP|Squirtle}} to put out the fire.

In the [[Orange Archipelago|Orange Islands]], James started to use Victreebel in battle, occasionally using it in place of {{TP|James|Weezing}} alongside [[Jessie's Arbok]] or {{TP|Jessie|Lickitung}}. In addition to battling, Victreebel started to play a larger role in the team's plans. In ''[[EP098|A Way Off Day Off]]'', James used Victreebel's {{m|Sleep Powder}} to put Ash, {{ashfr}}, and all of their Pokémon to sleep in order to be able to steal their Pokémon and get away unopposed. This failed, however, due to {{AP|Snorlax}} being too heavy for them to steal.