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James's Yamask
コジロウのデスマス Kojirō's Desumasu

James's Yamask


Debuts in	Battling For The Love of Bug-Types!


Caught at	Castelia City


Gender	Male^[1]


Ability	Unknown

Current location	With James



This Pokémon has not evolved.

Voice actor	Japanese	English
As Yamask	Mika Kanai	Tom Wayland (BW023-BW142) Unknown (JN145)

James's Yamask (Japanese: コジロウのデスマス Kojirō's Desumasu) is the first Pokémon that James caught in the Unova region, and his tenth overall.

History

Pokémon the Series: Black & White

Unova

Yamask commanding the Litwick

In the scripts released for the original BW023 and BW024, it was revealed that Yamask was intended to debut in those episodes, secretly observing Team Rocket as they obtained the Meteonite in the Relic Castle and later following them to Castelia City.

It physically appeared before Team Rocket in a warehouse in Battling For The Love of Bug-Types!. Meowth suggested that they capture him to increase their strength. Jessie agreed and called out her Woobat to battle him, but James claimed he was hungry and he proceeded to feed him. Once he was full, he happily went into James's Poké Ball, the trio welcoming their newest addition with enthusiasm.

In Scare at the Litwick Mansion!, Yamask befriended a group of Litwick in a mansion that Team Rocket was temporarily using as a base. However, he was kidnapped by the Candle Pokémon in an apparent attempt to lure James, Jessie, and Meowth into a trap. Yamask teamed up with Jessie's Woobat, Oshawott, Pikachu, and Dwebble to defeat the Litwick and their Lampent leader.

Yamask had its first battle against Ash and his friends in The Dragon Master's Path!, where it joined forces with Woobat to capture Iris's Axew and Emmy's Druddigon. The two dragons later escaped, and Yamask and Woobat follow in hot pursuit. The two managed to overpower Axew and Druddigon at first, but Yamask ended up fainting when Druddigon learned Draco Meteor.

Yamask was used in A Restoration Confrontation! Part 1 to capture a Tirtouga that Dr. Zager had just resurrected, however it escaped after blowing a hole in the helicopter with Ancient Power. In the next episode, Yamask ambushed Ferris and the group with Night Shade and battled to capture the Prototurtle Pokémon alongside Woobat. After Tirtouga evolved into Carracosta and fled the scene, Yamask used his Haze to stop Ash and his friends from following Team Rocket. Yamask later battled Pikachu and Pansage, revealing his Will-O-Wisp attack, as they tried to rescue the captured Carracosta before the time gate at Twist Mountain.

Yasmask and Woobat ambushing Ash in order to steal Meloetta

Sometime before An Epic Defense Force!, Yamask helped Team Rocket kidnap Meloetta, who was living in hiding, by distracting Meloetta's protector, Ridley, with his Haze attack. In All for the Love of Meloetta!, Yamask helped uncover Meloetta while Team Rocket were pursuing it. Later in Meloetta and the Undersea Temple! he surrounded Ash and the others with Will-O-Wisp and then revealed Meloetta from its invisible state. Yamask continued to battle Axew and Pansage while Giovanni pursued Ash who had then fled with Meloetta. Then in the next episode Yamask and Woobat used their combined attacks to launch Ash of the top of the ancient temple to prevent him from interfering with Operation Tempest. When Team Rocket were finally defeated, Yamask allowed them to retreat by concealing them all with Haze. After Operation Tempest failed, Yamask joined James in retreating to Kanto.

When James returned to Unova in New Places...Familiar Faces!, he brought Yamask with him, as revealed in The Pokémon Harbor Patrol!, where he used Will-O-Wisp against Ash's Oshawott during an attempt to steal Pikachu.

Yamask also helped to fight off Team Plasma's controlled Pokémon in What Lies Beyond Truth and Ideals!.

Decolore Islands

Yamask appeared in The Dream Continues!, where he attacked Ash, Professor Oak, and Alexa with Will-O-Wisp. Later in the episode, he was given away to Giovanni for Team Rocket's cause.

Pokémon Journeys: The Series

In Rocket Revengers!, Yamask, alongside the rest of Team Rocket's Pokémon at Team Rocket HQ, were sent to Jessie and James so they could be added back to their team. Realizing the potential of such a large group, the team hatched a scheme to isolate Ash's Pikachu and capture him. Yamask and Frillish were the second to do so, distracting Misty and her Pokémon while Ash and Pikachu ran ahead. Upon getting a distress signal from Gourgeist, the two returned to their Trainers to take on Pikachu as a group. He joined all of Team Rocket to launch a combined attack at the Mouse Pokémon. However, it was dodged, and Wobbuffet ended up sending it back with Mirror Coat. A wild Latias that had been following Ash then intervened and sent the evil group blasting off.

Personality and characteristics

Yamask and James

Yamask using his mask as a shield

Like many of James's Pokémon before him, Yamask is very friendly and is shown to have a great relationship with his Trainer. He is a very thankful Pokémon, as shown when he let James catch him after he was given some food. Unlike several of James's other Pokémon, such as Victreebel, Cacnea, and Carnivine, Yamask doesn't show any kind of special affection to James when coming out of his Poké Ball.

As seen in A Fishing Connoisseur in a Fishy Competition!, he can use his mask to deflect attacks, and can even throw it onto an opponent as a means to distract or blind them, as shown in Rocket Revengers!. He can also, like Jessie's Seviper before him, use Haze to shroud Team Rocket in a dark cloud of smoke to allow for a quick escape.

Moves used

Using Night Shade

Move	First Used In
Shadow Ball	Scare at the Litwick Mansion!

Night Shade	The Dragon Master's Path!

Haze	A Fishing Connoisseur in a Fishy Competition!

Will-O-Wisp	A Restoration Confrontation! Part 2

A † shows that the move was used recently, unless all moves fit this case or there are fewer than five known moves.

Moves improvised

Picture	First Used In	Moves Involved	Partnered With
	Rocket Revengers!	Air Slash, Shadow Ball, Energy Ball, Sludge Bomb, Psybeam, and Silver Wind	Seviper, Woobat, Yanmega, Frillish, Gourgeist, Carnivine, Amoonguss, and Inkay
	Description: A combination move used by Jessie and James's Pokémon. Woobat launches Air Slash, Frillish, Gourgeist, and Yamask launch Shadow Ball, Amoonguss and Carnivine launch Energy Ball, Yanmega launches Silver Wind, Inkay launches Psybeam, and Seviper launches Sludge Bomb. The attacks fuse together to create a single massive beam of energy. This was used against Ash, Pikachu, Infernape, and Hawlucha in Team Rocket's attempt to steal Pikachu, but once they dodged, the attack headed towards Team Rocket.

Trivia

Yamask is the first Ghost-type Pokémon to be officially owned by a main character.
Yamask was the first Pokémon James added to his party since Carnivine in Two Degrees of Separation!, 212 episodes before. However, since Carnivine was actually obtained when James was still a child, it was more accurately his first capture in 259 episodes, with the capture of Mime Jr.
Yamask is the only Pokémon caught by Team Rocket in Unova whose capture was on-screen.
Yamask is James's first Pokémon with a confirmed gender.

References

↑ Confirmed in Team Rocket's Shocking Recruit!.

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 image=[[File:James Yamask.png|250px]] |
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-gender=Male|
+gender=Male<ref>Confirmed in ''[[BW139|Team Rocket's Shocking Recruit!]]''.</ref>|
 location=[[Castelia City]]|
 epnum=BW023|
 epname=Battling For The Love of Bug-Types!|
 prevonum=562|
 current=[[Party|With James]]|
-enva1=[[Tom Wayland]]|
+enva1=[[Tom Wayland]] <small>([[BW023]]-[[BW142]])</small><br>Unknown <small>([[JN145]])</small>|
 java1=[[Mika Kanai]]|
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-'''James's Yamask''' (Japanese: '''コジロウのデスマス''' ''Kojirō's Desumasu'') is the first Pokémon that [[James]] caught in the [[Unova]] region.
+'''James's Yamask''' (Japanese: '''コジロウのデスマス''' ''Kojirō's Desumasu'') is the first Pokémon that [[James]] caught in the [[Unova]] region, and his tenth overall.
 ==History==
-[[File:James and Yamask.png|thumb|left|200px|James and Yamask]]
+===''[[Pokémon the Series: Black & White]]''===
-Yamask appeared before {{TRT}} in a warehouse in ''[[BW023|Battling For The Love of Bug-Types!]]''. {{MTR}} suggested that they capture him to increase their strength. [[Jessie]] agreed and called out her {{TP|Jessie|Woobat}} to battle him, but James claimed he was hungry and he proceeded to feed him. Once he was full, he happily went into James's [[Poké Ball]], the trio welcoming their newest addition with enthusiasm.
+====Unova====
+[[File:James Yamask commanding Litwick.png|thumb|left|250px|Yamask commanding the Litwick]]
+In the scripts released for the original {{OBP|BW023|unaired}} and {{OBP|BW024|unaired}}, it was revealed that Yamask was intended to debut in those episodes, secretly observing Team Rocket as they obtained the [[Meteonite]] in the [[Relic Castle]] and later following them to [[Castelia City]].
-In ''[[BW026|Scare at the Litwick Mansion!]]'', Yamask befriended a group of {{p|Litwick}} in a mansion that Team Rocket was temporarily using as a base. However, he was kidnapped by the Candle Pokémon in an apparent attempt to lure James, Jessie and Meowth into a trap. Yamask teamed up with Jessie's Woobat, {{AP|Oshawott}}, {{AP|Pikachu}}, and {{TP|Cilan|Dwebble}} to defeat the Litwick and their {{p|Lampent}} leader.
+It physically appeared before {{TRT}} in a warehouse in ''[[BW023|Battling For The Love of Bug-Types!]]''. {{MTR}} suggested that they capture him to increase their strength. [[Jessie]] agreed and called out her {{TP|Jessie|Woobat}} to battle him, but James claimed he was hungry and he proceeded to feed him. Once he was full, he happily went into James's {{i|Poké Ball}}, the trio welcoming their newest addition with enthusiasm.
-Yamask was used in ''[[BW075|A Restoration Confrontation! Part 1]]'' to capture a {{p|Tirtouga}} that [[Dr. Zager]] had just resurrected, however it escaped after blowing a hole in the helicopter with {{m|AncientPower}}. In [[BW076|next episode]] Yamask ambushed [[Ferris]] and the group with {{m|Night Shade}} and battled to capture the Prototurtle Pokémon alongside Woobat. After Tirtouga evolved into {{p|Carracosta}} and fled the scene, Yamask used his {{m|Haze}} to stop {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} from following {{TRT}}. Yamask later battled Pikachu and  {{TP|Cilan|Pansage}}, revealing his {{m|Will-O-Wisp}} attack, as they tied to rescue the captured Carracosta before the time gate at [[Twist Mountain]].
+In ''[[BW026|Scare at the Litwick Mansion!]]'', Yamask befriended a group of {{p|Litwick}} in a mansion that Team Rocket was temporarily using as a base. However, he was kidnapped by the Candle Pokémon in an apparent attempt to lure James, Jessie, and Meowth into a trap. Yamask teamed up with Jessie's Woobat, {{AP|Oshawott}}, {{AP|Pikachu}}, and {{TP|Cilan|Dwebble}} to defeat the Litwick and their {{p|Lampent}} leader.
-Sometime before ''[[BW082|An Epic Defense Force!]]'', Yamask helped Team Rocket kidnap {{an|Meloetta}}, who was living in hiding, by distracting Meloetta's protecter, [[Ridley]], with his Haze attack. In ''[[BW085|All for the Love of Meloetta!]]'', Yamask helped uncover Meloetta while Team Rocket were pursuing it. Later in ''[[BW096|Meloetta and the Undersea Temple!]]'' he surrounded Ash and the others with Will-O-Wisp and then revealed Meloetta from its invisible state. Yamask continued to battle {{TP|Iris|Axew}} and Pansage while {{an|Giovanni}} pursued Ash who had then fled with Meloetta. Then in the [[BW097|next episode]] Yamask and Woobat used their combined attacks to launch Ash of the top of the ancient temple to prevent him from interfering with Operation Tempest. When Team Rocket were finally defeated, Yamask allowed them to retreat by concealing them all with Haze.
+Yamask had its first battle against {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} in ''[[BW027|The Dragon Master's Path!]]'', where it joined forces with Woobat to capture [[Iris's Axew]] and [[Emmy]]'s {{p|Druddigon}}. The two dragons later escaped, and Yamask and Woobat follow in hot pursuit. The two managed to overpower Axew and Druddigon at first, but Yamask ended up fainting when Druddigon learned {{m|Draco Meteor}}.
+Yamask was used in ''[[BW075|A Restoration Confrontation! Part 1]]'' to capture a {{p|Tirtouga}} that [[Dr. Zager]] had just resurrected, however it escaped after blowing a hole in the helicopter with {{m|Ancient Power}}. In [[BW076|the next episode]], Yamask ambushed [[Ferris]] and the group with {{m|Night Shade}} and battled to capture the Prototurtle Pokémon alongside Woobat. After Tirtouga evolved into {{p|Carracosta}} and fled the scene, Yamask used his {{m|Haze}} to stop {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} from following {{TRT}}. Yamask later battled Pikachu and {{TP|Cilan|Pansage}}, revealing his {{m|Will-O-Wisp}} attack, as they tried to rescue the captured Carracosta before the time gate at [[Twist Mountain]].
+[[File:Jessie Woobat James Yamask ambush.png|250px|thumb|Yasmask and Woobat ambushing Ash in order to steal Meloetta]]
+Sometime before ''[[BW082|An Epic Defense Force!]]'', Yamask helped Team Rocket kidnap {{an|Meloetta}}, who was living in hiding, by distracting Meloetta's protector, [[Ridley]], with his Haze attack. In ''[[BW085|All for the Love of Meloetta!]]'', Yamask helped uncover Meloetta while Team Rocket were pursuing it. Later in ''[[BW096|Meloetta and the Undersea Temple!]]'' he surrounded Ash and the others with Will-O-Wisp and then revealed Meloetta from its invisible state. Yamask continued to battle {{TP|Iris|Axew}} and Pansage while {{an|Giovanni}} pursued Ash who had then fled with Meloetta. Then in the [[BW097|next episode]] Yamask and Woobat used their combined attacks to launch Ash of the top of the ancient temple to prevent him from interfering with Operation Tempest. When Team Rocket were finally defeated, Yamask allowed them to retreat by concealing them all with Haze. After Operation Tempest failed, Yamask joined James in retreating to [[Kanto]].
+When James returned to Unova in ''[[BW109|New Places...Familiar Faces!]]'', he brought Yamask with him, as revealed in ''[[BW115|The Pokémon Harbor Patrol!]]'', where he used Will-O-Wisp against Ash's Oshawott during an attempt to steal Pikachu.
 Yamask also helped to fight off [[Team Plasma]]'s controlled Pokémon in ''[[BW122|What Lies Beyond Truth and Ideals!]]''.
+===Decolore Islands===
+Yamask appeared in ''[[BW142|The Dream Continues!]]'', where he attacked Ash, {{an|Professor Oak}}, and [[Alexa]] with Will-O-Wisp. Later in the episode, he was given away to Giovanni for Team Rocket's cause.
+===''[[Pokémon Journeys: The Series]]''===
+In ''[[JN145|Rocket Revengers!]]'', Yamask, alongside the rest of Team Rocket's Pokémon at {{an|Team Rocket HQ}}, were sent to Jessie and James so they could be added back to their team. Realizing the potential of such a large group, the team hatched a scheme to isolate Ash's Pikachu and capture him. Yamask and {{TP|Jessie|Frillish}} were the second to do so, distracting {{an|Misty}} and her Pokémon while Ash and Pikachu ran ahead. Upon getting a distress signal from {{TP|Jessie|Gourgeist}}, the two returned to their Trainers to take on Pikachu as a group. He joined all of Team Rocket to launch a combined attack at the Mouse Pokémon. However, it was dodged, and {{TP|Jessie|Wobbuffet}} ended up sending it back with {{m|Mirror Coat}}. A wild {{an|Latias}} that had been following Ash then intervened and sent the evil group blasting off.
 ==Personality and characteristics==
-[[File:James Yamask shield.png|thumb|200px|James's Yamask using his mask as a shield]]
+[[File:James and Yamask.png|thumb|left|250px|Yamask and James]]
-Like many of James's Pokémon before him, Yamask is very friendly and is shown to have a great relationship with his Trainer. He is a very thankful Pokémon, as shown when he willingly entered James's Poké Ball after he was given a little food. Unlike most of James's other Pokémon, such as his {{TP|James|Victreebel}}, {{TP|James|Cacnea}} and {{TP|James|Carnivine}}, Yamask doesn't show any kind of special affection to James when coming out of his Poké Ball.
+[[File:James Yamask shield.png|thumb|250px|Yamask using his mask as a shield]]
+Like many of James's Pokémon before him, Yamask is very friendly and is shown to have a great relationship with his Trainer. He is a very thankful Pokémon, as shown when he let James catch him after he was given some food. Unlike several of James's other Pokémon, such as {{TP|James|Victreebel}}, {{TP|James|Cacnea}}, and {{TP|James|Carnivine}}, Yamask doesn't show any kind of special affection to James when coming out of his Poké Ball.
-As seen in ''[[BW037|A Fishing Connoisseur in a Fishy Competition!]]'', he can use his mask to deflect attacks, much like how [[Ash's Oshawott]] uses his scalchop. He can also, like [[Jessie's Seviper]] before him, use {{m|Haze}} to shroud Team Rocket in a dark cloud of smoke to allow for a quick escape.
+As seen in ''[[BW037|A Fishing Connoisseur in a Fishy Competition!]]'', he can use his mask to deflect attacks, and can even throw it onto an opponent as a means to distract or blind them, as shown in ''[[JN145|Rocket Revengers!]]''. He can also, like [[Jessie's Seviper]] before him, use {{m|Haze}} to shroud Team Rocket in a dark cloud of smoke to allow for a quick escape.
+{{-}}
 ==Moves used==
@@ Line 45: / Line 61: @@
 {{anmov|fire|Will-O-Wisp|BW076|A Restoration Confrontation! Part 2}}
 {{anmov/f|ghost}}
+===Moves improvised===
+{| style="margin:auto; text-align:center; background: #{{ghost color}}; border: 3px solid #{{ghost color dark}}; {{roundy}}"
+|-
+! {{color|FFF|Picture}}
+! {{color|FFF|First Used In}}
+! {{color|FFF|Moves Involved}}
+! {{color|FFF|Partnered With}}
+|- style="background:#FFF"
+| rowspan="2" | [[File:Team Rocket Combo Attack.png|150px]]
+| ''[[JN145|Rocket Revengers!]]''
+| {{m|Air Slash}}, {{m|Shadow Ball}}, {{m|Energy Ball}}, {{m|Sludge Bomb}}, {{m|Psybeam}}, and {{m|Silver Wind}}
+| {{TP|Jessie|Seviper}}, {{TP|Jessie|Woobat}}, {{TP|Jessie|Yanmega}}, {{TP|Jessie|Frillish}}, {{TP|Jessie|Gourgeist}}, {{TP|James|Carnivine}}, {{TP|James|Amoonguss}}, and {{TP|James|Inkay}}
+|- style="background:#FFF"
+| colspan="3" style="text-align:left" |'''Description:''' A combination move used by Jessie and James's Pokémon. Woobat launches Air Slash, Frillish, Gourgeist, and Yamask launch Shadow Ball, Amoonguss and Carnivine launch Energy Ball, Yanmega launches Silver Wind, Inkay launches Psybeam, and Seviper launches Sludge Bomb. The attacks fuse together to create a single massive beam of energy. This was used against {{Ash}}, {{AP|Pikachu}}, {{AP|Infernape}}, and {{AP|Hawlucha}} in Team Rocket's attempt to steal Pikachu, but once they dodged, the attack headed towards Team Rocket.
+|}
 ==Trivia==
 * Yamask is the first {{type|Ghost}} Pokémon to be officially owned by a main character.
-* This is the first Pokémon James has added to his party since {{TP|James|Carnivine}} in ''[[DP002|Two Degrees of Separation!]]'', 212 episodes before. However, since Carnivine was actually obtained when James was still a child, this is his first capture in [[AG147|259 episodes]], with the capture of {{TP|James|Mime Jr.}}
+* Yamask was the first Pokémon James added to his party since {{TP|James|Carnivine}} in ''[[DP002|Two Degrees of Separation!]]'', 212 episodes before. However, since Carnivine was actually obtained when James was still a child, it was more accurately his first capture in [[AG147|259 episodes]], with the capture of {{TP|James|Mime Jr.}}
-* He was given a [[nickname]] (''Yamazaki'', a Japanese surname) by James in the [[Pokémon in Latin America|Latin American dub]].
 * Yamask is the only Pokémon caught by {{TRT}} in Unova whose capture was on-screen.
+* Yamask is James's first Pokémon with a confirmed gender.
+==References==
+<references/>
 ==Related articles==
 {{Animespecies|Yamask}}
-{{Team Rocket's Pokémon|ghost}}
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+{{Team Rocket's Pokémon|ghost}}<br>
+{{Giovanni's Pokémon|ghost}}<br>
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+[[Category:Giovanni's Pokémon]]
+[[Category:Male characters (Pokémon)]]
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+[[de:James’ Makabaja]]
+[[es:Yamask de James]]
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+[[zh:小次郎的哭哭面具]]

Team Rocket's Pokémon
Travel with:	Meowth	Rotom Phone
	Jessie			James
On hand:	Wobbuffet	Seviper	Yanmega	Mime Jr.	Carnivine	Yamask
On hand:	Woobat	Frillish	Gourgeist	Amoonguss	Inkay	Morpeko

In training:				Cacnea
At home:				Growlie	Chimecho
Released:	Arbok	Dustox	Mimikyu	Weezing	Gyarados	Mareanie
Traded away:	Lickitung			Victreebel
Lived with (all three):	Bewear	Stufful
Worked with (all three):	Delibird	Pelipper
Temporarily owned:	Porygon Zero	Shellder	Magikarp	Second Victreebel	Hoppip
Temporarily owned:	Mawile
Befriended:	Blissey
Status unknown:	Starmie			Pidgey	Numel
For a list of other Pokémon Team Rocket has commanded, see here and here

Giovanni's Pokémon
On hand:	Persian

Status unknown:	Golem	Kingler	Kingler	Machamp	Rhydon	Cloyster
Escaped:	Mewtwo
Given away:	Koffing	Woobat	Yamask	Frillish	Amoonguss
Controlled:	Meloetta	Landorus	Tornadus	Thundurus
Origins only:	Charmander
Pocket Monsters only:	Hitmonlee	Hitmonchan
For Pokémon owned by the version of Giovanni that appears in Pokémon Adventures, see here; for a full list of Pokémon owned by the version of Giovanni that appears in the Pokémon Pocket Monsters series, see here

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