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==In the anime==

===History===

During the next days, Liko worked hard to strengthen her bond with Sprigatito by learning more about it and make it listen to her instructions in battle, but to little avail. When [[Amethio]] first approached Liko, Sprigatito immediately got suspicious of him and led its Trainer to the school's rooftop. It then went up against [[Zirc]]'s {{p|Rhydon}} and won after subduing it with its aroma.

In ''[[HZ003|For Sure! 'Cause Sprigatito's with Me!]]'', Sprigatito was kept in a warehouse with [[Onia]], who had taken a liking to Sprigatito and was giving it food and toys. With the help of [[Murdock]]'s {{p|Rockruff}}, Liko located Sprigatito and took it back from the Explorers, only to be confronted by Onia and her {{p|Skarmory}}. Sprigatito was able to blind Onia and Skarmory with Leafage, allowing them to escape. At the end of the day, Sprigatito and its Trainer joined the Rising Volt Tacklers as official members.

In ''[[HZ005|Found You, Fuecoco!]]'', Sprigatito battled Onia and her {{p|Golduck}}, and quickly defeated them. However, Sprigatito and Liko were almost ambushed by Amethio and his {{p|Corviknight}}. Fortunately, they were [[HZ006|saved by Liko's pendant]] once again. Sprigatito then teamed up with {{TP|Roy|Fuecoco}} in order to battle against [[Amethio's Ceruledge]]. Despite the numerical advantage, Ceruledge was clearly dominating the battle, which ultimately came to a halt when a {{Shiny|Black}} {{p|Rayquaza}} emerged from Roy's Ancient Poké Ball and started attacking, forcing the Explorers to retreat.

In [[HZ007]], Sprigatito briefly sparred against Roy's Fuecoco. However, they didn't make much progress, as both Pokémon tired themselves into a draw after consecutive uses of Leafage and {{m|Ember}}. Later, after being unable to talk to [[Dot]], Liko and Roy's determination to get stronger convinced Friede into holding a special training session for the rookies: this time, Sprigatito and Fuecoco faced off against [[Captain Pikachu]] and needed to land only a single hit on the Mouse Pokémon to win the match. While they initially struggled against his {{m|Double Team}}, Sprigatito managed to almost score a {{m|Scratch}} after its Trainer figured out Pikachu's behavior. After a lunch break, Sprigatito battled against Fuecoco once more in order to see how much the special training paid off. In the end, despite being at a [[type]] disadvantage, Sprigatito knocked Fuecoco out with its newly-learned {{m|Quick Attack}}, giving Liko the win. This battle was the first step for the new Rising Volt Tacklers to get closer to Dot, who let them know that the Black Rayquaza was in Paldea.

In [[HZ014]], Sprigatito and Liko went to [[Levincia]] after its Trainer saw an advertisement for the [[Spicy Herba Mystica]] that Murdock had wanted. However, unbeknownst to both of them, this was a trap set up by [[Spinel]] in order to steal Liko's pendant. After arriving in a dark alley, Sprigatito was put in a trance by Spinel's {{p|Beheeyem}} as he easily stole the pendant. It was later revealed in the [[HZ015|next episode]] that Sprigatito went through a memory wipe thanks to Beheeyem, but regained its memory piece by piece. After jumping off a building with Liko, Sprigatito reunited with the Rising Volt Tacklers. In [[HZ016]], Sprigatito teamed up with Roy's Pokémon and [[Dot's Quaxly]] to battle Spinel's Pokémon. Although they were able to defeat his {{p|Magneton}} and Beheeyem, they nearly lost to his {{p|Umbreon}}. However, Sprigatito was able to get Liko's pedant back from Spinel.

===Personality and characteristics===

Sprigatito has shown to be brave, headstrong, and somewhat reckless. However, unlike its {{p|Sprigatito|species}}, Sprigatito isn't the affectionate type nor an attention-seeker. Sprigatito also does not like receiving affection as it is hostile to humans. Despite its initial coldness towards those around it, Sprigatito has shown to be relaxed and enjoys sunbathing. Sprigatito at times has also shown to not be easily impressed with various things. As revealed in [[HZ007]], Sprigatito is shown to like dry-flavored food, like matcha cupcakes. Sprigatito also enjoys sweets, as seen in [[HZ019]], when it was shown to like the taste of [[Murdock's Alcremie]]'s cream. In addition, Sprigatito is easily startled by loud noises and is also easily provoked, as seen during its training against [[Captain Pikachu]], in which its {{m|Double Team}} copies easily frustrated the Grass Cat Pokémon. Despite being a {{type|Grass}} Pokémon, Sprigatito doesn't like water.

Initially, Sprigatito didn't listen to [[Liko]]'s commands as it wasn't interested in her, preferring to sit out on the roof of the [[Indigo Academy]] instead of hanging out with her. However, after witnessing its Trainer attempt to understand its habits, Sprigatito started to care about Liko and came to appreciate her affection, often sitting on her shoulder or head, or being held in its Trainer's arms. Also, upon witnessing the lengths its Trainer was willing to go in order protect it when they were falling at the Indigo Academy and rescue it from the [[Explorers]], Sprigatito became very loyal to Liko. Although its bond with Liko is pretty strong, Sprigatito at times gets upset with its Trainer, especially if she does something it doesn't like or approve of, but does understand her well-meaning intentions to help their friends.

Ever since the events of ''[[HZ002|The Pendant That Starts It All: Part Two]]'', Sprigatito mellowed out and has shown to no longer be hostile towards others, as it became friendly with both people and Pokémon. However, despite its improvement in interacting with people and Pokémon, Sprigatito still shows its hostile side at times, as it tried to scratch {{OBP|Diana|Horizons}}, even though she is Liko's grandmother, when it first met her. Sprigatito is also free-spirited as it enjoys playing and running around. Much like its Trainer, Sprigatito can be cautious of trusting others, as it quickly realized that [[Amethio]] had dark motives and growled at him, after he presented himself as a representative of Liko's grandmother. Sprigatito also can easily make friends, being able to quickly befriend [[Roy's Fuecoco]] and [[Dot's Quaxly]] after meeting them. Sprigatito has shown to get jealous of other Pokémon taking or winning Liko's affection and getting along with her, as seen with {{OBP|Alex|Horizons}}'s {{p|Fidough}} in [[HZ009]] and {{an|Terapagos}} in [[HZ026]]. However, Sprigatito quickly let go of its grudge after it befriended them.

Although, when Liko met a wild {{TP|Liko|Hatenna}} and took care of her in [[HZ021]], Sprigatito didn't show any sign of jealousy towards her, as it helped its Trainer look after the Calm Pokémon, which led them to form a close friendship and become teammates when its Trainer {{pkmn2|caught}} her, after encouraging her to stay with them. Ever since Hatenna joined the group, Sprigatito became protective of her, as it came to see her as its little sister and would get concern when she would wonder off on her own, as shown in [[HZ027]], when she ran away from [[Dot]]'s strong emotions, but was relieved that she was safe when the group found her.