Dawn's Mamoswine: Difference between revisions

[[File:Dawn Swinub lazy.png|thumb|left|220px|Swinub showing its lazy nature]]

Mamoswine debuted in ''[[DP084|Hungry for the Good Life!]]'' as a stray and hungry Swinub. It appeared at [[Mr. Backlot]]'s mansion from a nearby forest and always came over for something to eat. It caused trouble by devouring all of Dawn's [[Poffin]]s showing a liking to them, but caused much displeasure to Dawn's other {{DL|Dawn (anime)|Pokémon}}. However, after helping take down {{TRT}} and rescue the other Pokémon, Dawn decided she wanted Swinub to go with her. It had a cheerful, happy personality and would often jump up and down excitedly.

Its personality drastically changed in ''[[DP106|A Breed Stampede!]]''. Just two episodes after evolving, Piloswine started to develop an indifference towards Dawn and became prone to [[Obedience|disobedience]]. Knowing numerous powerful attacks, Piloswine felt much stronger and more confident than it did as a Swinub. It felt that it wasn't weak and was very powerful. On numerous occasions, it tried to attack Dawn or her Pokémon. It attacked {{TP|Dawn|Piplup}} for touching its fur presumptuously and tried to attack Dawn with {{m|Ice Shard}}, instead freezing half the body of {{AP|Grotle}} who tried to stop it from rampaging. Dawn agreed to have a battle with her Piloswine and Grotle. However, it ignored Dawn's commands and used {{m|Ancient Power}} instead. It later evolved again into {{p|Mamoswine}} after being attacked by Team Rocket. Unfortunately, it kept its bad behavior from when it was a Piloswine. Despite this, Dawn was still eager to train Mamoswine well.

In ''[[DP119|Trials and Adulations!]]'', Mamoswine was injured during a battle against a {{pkmn2|wild}} {{p|Aggron}}. Dawn and her Pokémon used the first aid skills taught to her by Brock in ''[[DP094|Doc Brock!]]'' to help Mamoswine recover and later attempted to protect Mamoswine against Team Rocket. As a result, Mamoswine gained respect for Dawn, and under her instructions, it defeated Aggron. From then on, Mamoswine retained a tiny bit of a rebellious attitude, but when Dawn was in danger, it would not hesitate to help her.

In ''[[DP134|Promoting Healthy Tangrowth!]]'', Dawn decided to train the Twin Tusk Pokémon for her upcoming Contest. It was going well until Mamoswine stumbled and disrupted the practice flow. After being made fun of by Piplup and Pikachu, it ran off into the forest, angry and embarrassed, causing Dawn to go after it. A wild {{p|Tangrowth}} then appeared and attacked Mamoswine, defeating it with {{m|Absorb}}. Team Rocket later appeared to cause havoc, but Mamoswine successfully learned {{m|Hidden Power}} in the process of warding the trio off.

In ''[[DP146|Dressed for Jess Success!]]'', Dawn used Mamoswine in its first Contest during the [[Contest Battle|Battle Round]] of the {{to|Lilypad}} Contest. Earlier in the episode, Dawn taught it a trick that utilizes swallowing {{m|Ice Shard}} to create ice spikes on its back, inspired by [[Ash's Grotle]] swallowing its own {{m|Energy Ball}}. Unfortunately, during their battle against {{TP|James|Carnivine}}, it lost its temper and began rampaging out of control, resulting in a loss. However, despite Mamoswine being saddened by the loss, it was eager to begin {{pkmn|training}} again.

In ''[[DP155|Double-Time Battle Training!]]'', Mamoswine was training to find its Contest partner. It failed to sync with both {{TP|Dawn|Piplup}} and {{TP|Dawn|Pachirisu}}. It finally found its partner after it worked well with {{TP|Dawn|Cyndaquil|Quilava}} after a successful Flame-Ice. However, the new partners were defeated during their practice battle against [[Zoey]] after Zoey's {{p|Kirlia}} used {{m|Psychic}} to control her {{p|Leafeon}}'s {{m|Magical Leaf}}.

In ''[[DP162|Playing the Performance Encore!]]'', Mamoswine and Cyndaquil were used for the battle round of the {{to|Daybreak}} {{pkmn|Contest}}. The Flame-Ice [[Contest combination|combination]] was used by Dawn in the battle against her first foe's {{p|Houndoom}} and {{p|Mightyena}}, but it failed due to the ice melting. In the battle with [[Ursula]], Dawn started using both Mamoswine and Cyndaquil's capabilities. Mamoswine swallowed Ice Shard, which made the fur on Mamoswine's back and head freeze into large spears of ice which cause extra damage when {{m|Take Down}} is used. It was also used in the [[Double Battle|two-on-two]] [[Contest Battle]] against Ursula's Minun and Plusle when Cyndaquil used {{m|Swift}} to surround Mamoswine. Cyndaquil then turned the flame on its back on as the two charged for Ursula's {{p|Plusle}} and {{p|Minun}}. Despite Ursula losing some points, the move failed to hit the two Pokémon. After working together to both attack and defend against Ursula's Pokémon's attacks and mastering the Flame-Ice combo, Dawn managed to win the battle, earning her fifth [[Ribbon]].

In ''[[BW091|Battling Authority Once Again!]]'', Dawn used Mamoswine during the second round of [[Pokémon World Tournament Junior Cup]]. Mamoswine went up against [[Iris's Dragonite]] and hit its opponent with numerous Ice Shard attacks while Dragonite refused to dodge as he was disobeying his {{pkmn|Trainer}}. Mamoswine attempted a Take Down on its opponent but was thrown across the battlefield by its tusks. Mamoswine got straight back up and landed a direct hit on Dragonite with a second Take Down. It was then revealed Mamoswine had learned {{m|Ice Fang}} when Dawn called for it as a finishing move. Dragonite began to freeze as he held Mamoswine's frozen tusks back. However, he escaped upwards and launched a {{m|Dragon Rush}} attack. The massive hit defeated Mamoswine.

[[File:DP106.png|thumb|220px|Piloswine ignoring Dawn's orders]]

However, some episodes later, after [[Evolution|evolving]] into Piloswine, it began to change due to its new power and newfound confidence, similar to the fate of [[Ash's Charizard]]. This became a problem, as it decided to [[Obedience|ignore]] all of Dawn's commands. The situation worsened after evolving again into Mamoswine, as it had now inherited an exceptionally violent and rude personality, attacking Dawn and her other Pokémon several times.

Even after it began to obey Dawn, it sometimes proved to be an out-of-control Pokémon, as seen in its Contest debut, where it suffered a catastrophic loss due to its short fuse. After Dawn began training for [[Double Performance]]s, it froze several of Dawn's Pokémon in trying to partner up for an appeal, albeit all were unintentional, until it found its perfect partner: Cyndaquil. After that, Mamoswine returned to its friendly personality, thus becoming a more serious Pokémon.

In battle, Mamoswine has shown to be incredibly powerful thanks to its large and powerful physique. It was shown to take Piplup's {{m|Bubble Beam}}, {{m|Whirlpool}}, and {{m|Peck}} in quick succession with no resistance at all, as well as knocking him out for the third time in ''[[DP106|A Breed Stampede!]]''.

Mamoswine wasn't interested in watching Dawn compete in Pokémon Contests initially; instead, it just slept with a pompom on its head. Later on, however, during Dawn's battle with [[Ursula]] in ''[[DP114|Another One Gabites the Dust!]]'', Mamoswine sparked an interest after seeing Dawn and {{TP|Dawn|Pachirisu}} use Pachirisu's {{m|Super Fang|new move}} to the fullest.