Iris's Dragonite: Difference between revisions

====''[[Pokémon the Series: Black & White]]''====

=====Unova=====

Dragonite debuted in ''[[BW089|Iris and the Rogue Dragonite!]]'', where he was chasing down a {{p|Hydreigon}}. The Hydreigon wounded his wing, which sent him crashing down into a lake. Dragonite became airborne again, but due to his injury, he could not maintain flight properly. Eventually, he hit a terminal of a power plant, causing a blackout in [[Undella Town]]. Although this was an accident, the workers at the power plant believed it to be intentional. Wanting to escape the workers, Dragonite entered the power plant and barricaded himself in a room using {{m|Ice Beam}}. He curled up on the floor to rest in order to recuperate.

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.

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 ''[[BW097|Unova's Survival Crisis!]]'', Dragonite was sent out to battle the [[Forces of Nature]]. As usual, he took off without even waiting for Iris to say anything and ended up getting hurt in the process. When Iris tried to comfort Dragonite, he was still hesitant towards his new Trainer. However, once Iris stepped in front of Dragonite to block {{p|Thundurus}}'s attack, he started to see that Iris really did care for him. After Iris gained his trust, she commanded Dragonite to go help the other Pokémon fight the trio and was able to hold them off so that Ash could stop {{an|Giovanni}}.