Ash's Sceptile: Difference between revisions

====''[[Pokémon the Series: Ruby and Sapphire]]''====

=====Hoenn=====

Treecko was caught in ''[[AG007|Tree's a Crowd]]'' after Ash helped it in trying to save its old tree home. Soon afterward, it had a battle with [[Ash's Pikachu]] and Ash caught it as a result. In the [[AG008|next episode]], Treecko struggled to make friends with the other Pokémon until it rescued [[May's Torchic]] from a {{pkmn2|wild}} {{p|Seviper}}, though it was badly hurt in the process. Later in the episode, Treecko went off to do some special training on its own; when it had perfected a new variation of Pound in which it spun in the air before hitting the target. It then battled the {{TP|Jessie|Seviper}} again and won.  

[[File:AG056.png|thumb|220px|Battling Flannery's Slugma]]

In ''[[AG056|Going, Going, Yawn]]'', Ash used Treecko as his second Pokémon in his [[Lavaridge Gym]] battle. It went up against [[Flannery]]'s {{p|Slugma}} despite being at a {{DL|Type|Type effectiveness|type disadvantage}}. After using its speed to dodge Slugma's {{m|Flamethrower}} attack, Treecko used Quick Attack, but the damage was halved thanks to {{p|Magcargo}}'s {{m|Reflect}}ive wall that was set up earlier in the Gym Battle. After dodging another Flamethrower attack, Treecko used Pound, which was also weakened by Reflect. Slugma then used {{m|Smog}}, hiding itself. Treecko used multiple Bullet Seed attacks but they all ended up missing. Treecko was then hit by Slugma's {{m|Body Slam}}. It used Bullet Seed to escape but was [[Burn (status condition)|burned]] by Flamethrower while escaping. Ash then recalled Treecko. Ash later sent out Treecko to battle Flannery's final Pokémon, {{p|Torkoal}}, despite still being injured from the burn. Torkoal ended up defeating it with a powerful {{m|Overheat}} attack.

In ''[[AG066|Exploud and Clear!]]'', while the other Pokémon ate food, Treecko didn't eat and acted distant, hiding up a tree and ignoring attempts by Ash and {{p|Corphish}} to be friendly. This worried [[Max]] but Ash assumed that it was just in a bad mood. All of a sudden a {{p|Loudred}} started rampaging through the area, which caught Treecko's interest. The Loudred's rampage was stopped by its Trainer {{OBP|Guy|AG066}}. Guy mentioned his Loudred had been acting weird lately, which Ash compared to his Treecko. Ash decided to battle Guy and his Loudred as he thought exercise could solve its problems and Treecko volunteered itself to battle. After battling hard both Pokémon [[Evolution|evolved]] at the same time, Loudred into {{p|Exploud}} and Treecko into Grovyle. Grovyle demonstrated its new Leaf Blade attack, putting a twig in its mouth. Ash and Guy decided to continue the battle, but Exploud [[Obedience|ignored]] its Trainer's commands, rampaging off. The two then followed Exploud. While looking for Exploud, Grovyle refused to return to its {{i|Poké Ball}} and went to higher ground, which caused {{an|May}} to comment that Grovyle was more stubborn after evolving. After {{TRT}} angered Exploud, Grovyle heard Exploud and followed it to a waterfall, battling it again. Ash and the others eventually caught up with Grovyle and Exploud with Ash and Guy deciding to pick up the battle, with Exploud ignoring Guy's commands again. Team Rocket then tried to capture Exploud again, but Guy was able to protect it, earning its respect. With Exploud obeying Guy again, Ash decided to finish the battle using Grovyle again. The outcome of the battle was unknown.

Undoubtedly the powerhouse of Ash's [[Hoenn]] team, Sceptile proved itself time and again as an extremely durable and powerful Pokémon, being capable of not only defeating opponents much larger than itself, but also overcome type disadvantages, seen during its battle against [[Clark]]'s {{p|Quilava}} and {{p|Charizard}}, where Sceptile, as a Grovyle, was able to knock out Quilava. It also managed to secure Ash's victory over [[Katie (Hoenn)|Katie]] at the [[Ever Grande Conference]], knocking out Katie's {{p|Walrein}}.  

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