Ash's Totodile: Difference between revisions

Totodile first appeared in ''[[EP151|The Totodile Duel]]''. Both {{Ash}} and {{an|Misty}} wanted to catch him, and although Totodile was stunned briefly by {{AP|Pikachu}}, he managed to escape from their [[Poké Ball]]s and knock them down with a powerful Water Gun attack. Totodile then came across {{TRT}}, devoured their lunch himself, and sent them blasting off. Finally tracked down by Ash and Misty, Totodile jumped into the bushes just as they both threw their [[Lure Ball]]s at him. They then found out that one of the Lure Balls had caught him. As both of them wanted Totodile for themselves, {{an|Brock}} declared a {{pkmn|battle}} to decide who would keep him. [[Ash's Chikorita]] and {{AP|Bulbasaur}} defeated [[Misty's Staryu]] and her newly-evolved {{TP|Misty|Poliwhirl}}, respectively, winning the battle and earning Ash the new Totodile.

Totodile was shown to be fairly romantic, as he quickly fell in love with an {{p|Azumarill}} in ''[[EP153|Love, Totodile Style]]''. Totodile's advances were spurned repeatedly by Azumarill, and Brock's decision to teach Totodile to be successful in love was no more successful. But when Azumarill and Pikachu were captured by Team Rocket, Totodile ignored Ash and Brock's orders for him to come back and single-handedly chased Team Rocket down, locating them in a log cabin. Totodile got captured himself but managed to cheer Azumarill up at least. When Azumarill's Trainer, [[Trixie]], arrived with Ash and his friends, Totodile blasted Team Rocket down to help rescue Azumarill but discovered that Azumarill was in love with Trixie's {{p|Golduck}}, who had defeated {{TP|Jessie|Arbok}} and {{TP|James|Weezing}}. Brock consoled Totodile that although he can't win every time, love is worth fighting for. Totodile seemed to take this advice in stride, falling for a {{p|Quagsire}} before the end of the episode.

Totodile was used fairly often during Ash's travels in [[Johto]], but he was only used once in a Gym battle in ''[[EP158|A Goldenrod Opportunity]]''. He went up against [[Whitney's Miltank]], which proved to be far too powerful, and her {{m|Rollout}} attack, already powered up in the battle with {{AP|Cyndaquil}}, knocked out Totodile in one hit. In the [[EP159|rematch]], Totodile performed better, launching himself into the air with Water Gun and landing on top of Miltank, but he was quickly shaken off and knocked out.