Iris's Dragonite: Difference between revisions

Hearing about the story of Dragonite from [[Officer Jenny]], {{an|Iris}} refused to believe that he caused the blackout purposefully. Later, she, {{Ash}}, and {{an|Dawn}} infiltrated the power plant and found Dragonite, who struck out at them. {{TP|Dawn|Piplup}} and {{AP|Oshawott}} were used to keep him at bay until {{an|Meloetta}} came in and soothed him with its voice. Afterward, he collapsed again because of his injuries. While Ash and Dawn went to inform Officer Jenny, Iris was able to read his heart and saw that the injury caused by Hydreigon caused his flying to be hindered, thus accidentally crashing into the terminal. Despite this, Officer Jenny rallied a group of {{pkmn|Trainer}}s to take down Dragonite. Iris threw herself in front of Dragonite in order to protect him from them just long enough for Ash and {{ashfr}} to return with surveillance footage to prove Dragonite's innocence. At the end of the day, just before Dragonite was about to leave, he looked back at Iris. {{an|Cilan}} suggested that perhaps Dragonite wished to be Iris's Pokémon and allowed himself to be captured by her.

In ''[[BW090|Jostling for the Junior Cup!]]'', Iris used him in the first round of the [[Pokémon World Tournament Junior Cup]] against [[Georgia]]'s {{TP|Georgia|Beartic}}. Despite being ordered by Iris to dodge Beartic's {{m|Hidden Power}}, Dragonite stood in place and knocked it back swiftly. He ignored Iris again and chose to shield himself from Beartic's {{m|Focus Blast}} head-on with his hands. Surprisingly, he even stood there and took an Ice Beam attack and refused to defend against a second with Flamethrower. In reaction to Iris's calls, Dragonite broke out of the ice he had been encased in and began charging toward Beartic. Though he ran straight into his opponent's {{m|Blizzard}}, Dragonite hit Beartic with {{m|Thunder Punch}}. The single hit won the match, though neither Iris nor Georgia were happy with it.

In the [[BW091|next episode]], Iris attempted to scold Dragonite for his disobedience, but to no avail. {{an|Cynthia}} then came to talk to him, becoming very interested in his relationship with Iris. Dragonite was then used against [[Dawn's Mamoswine]] in the second round. Dragonite began the match by listening to Iris and dodging Hidden Power but began standing and taking Mamoswine's {{m|Ice Shard}} attacks against her wishes. Dragonite also began charging toward Mamoswine and meeting its {{m|Take Down}}, and although Dragonite was able to throw his opponent overhead the first time, Mamoswine's second Take Down knocked Dragonite back. Dragonite finally grabbed Mamoswine's frozen tusks as it was using {{m|Ice Fang}}. His arms began to freeze before Dragonite broke free and flew into the air and sun's heat. Dragonite then swooped down and defeated Mamoswine with {{m|Dragon Rush}}. However, Iris was still displeased with the win and yelled at Dragonite. Furthermore, Georgia stated that Dawn lost to Dragonite, rather than Iris.   

Dragonite was next used in ''[[BW092|Ash, Iris, and Trip: Then There Were Three!]]'' to battle Ash's {{AP|Krokorok}} in the semi-final match. He began the match by following Iris's commands, dodging {{m|Crunch}} and {{m|Stone Edge}} and then attacking with Flamethrower. Dragonite then launched an Ice Beam attack, though it was dodged with {{m|Dig}}; Dragonite avoided Krokorok's attack with ease. He eventually hit Krokorok with another Flamethrower before Krokorok burrowed underground once more and emerged behind him, clamping down on his tail with Crunch. Dragonite was able to shake his opponent off but was still unable to land an Ice Beam. Dragonite finally managed to hit his opponent with back-to-back Flamethrower and Ice Beam attacks but was astonished to watch Krokorok evolve into {{p|Krookodile}}, who ran towards him and struck with {{m|Dragon Claw}}. Faced with the powerful opponent, Dragonite began launching his moves in all directions, and in the midst of his tantrum, was hit by Crunch. Dragonite then recklessly tried a Dragon Rush that was easily avoided by Dig. When Krookodile emerged from the ground, Dragonite was hit and defeated by Stone Edge. After the match, Georgia and [[Burgundy]] poked fun at Iris and Dragonite before Cynthia revealed Dragonite did not have complete confidence in Iris.   

In ''[[BW100|A Village Homecoming!]]'', Iris sent Dragonite out to meet the {{OBP|elder|Village of Dragons}} at the [[Village of Dragons]]. Straight away, Dragonite picked a fight with a wild {{p|Haxorus}} that was resting nearby. In the midst of their close combat, the elder came between them. After she had calmed Haxorus, she did the same to Dragonite by massaging his stomach. Later, when [[Shannon]]'s newly evolved Hydreigon lost control of himself, Dragonite teamed up with {{TP|Iris|Emolga}} to chase the Brutal Pokémon across the lake and corner him onshore.

In ''[[BW101|Drayden Versus Iris: Past, Present, and Future!]]'', Iris used Dragonite during her battle against [[Drayden]] and his {{p|Druddigon}}. Dragonite's starting move, Thunder Punch, was easily blocked by the Cave Pokémon, which then hit back with a fierce Dragon Claw. Despite this, he was still strong enough to counter Druddigon's following {{m|Flash Cannon}} attack with {{m|Flamethrower}}. When he attempted to use Thunder Punch again, Druddigon used {{m|Double Team}} to avoid the hit. However, with Iris's support, the Dragon Pokémon was able to identify the real Druddigon in the middle of the copies and land a successful hit with Thunder Punch. Iris followed that up with an Ice Beam attack, which made a direct hit, but, much to everyone's surprise, Druddigon merely repelled the ice from its body. Iris then told Dragonite to attack with Dragon Rush, but Druddigon was easily able to intercept the attack, throw Dragonite away, and then serve the finishing blow with a strong {{m|Dragon Tail}}, causing Iris to lose the match.

In ''[[BW113|The Light Of Floccesy Ranch]]'', Iris asked Dragonite to teach [[Ellie]]'s {{p|Ampharos}} how to use Thunder Punch, so it could properly guard a flock of {{p|Mareep}}. Despite feeling very reluctant about the whole idea, he still took up the mantle of Ampharos's coach for the day, and was very displeased when Ellie and [[Travon]] discussed [[trade|trading]] Ampharos away because it was too timid. When Team Rocket threatened the herd, Dragonite teamed up with [[Ash's Snivy]] to defend them. He also gave Ampharos the confidence boost it needed to pull off its first successful Thunder Punch and save everyone. Afterward, Iris and her friends joked among themselves that they got to see a softer side of Dragonite's personality that day, much to his chagrin.