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* In ''[[PK01|Pikachu's Vacation]]'', Bulbasaur sings a song called "Bulbasaur's Bulbabye" in order to keep Togepi happy. [[Pokédex|Dexter]] reports this as the first recording of the song. | * In ''[[PK01|Pikachu's Vacation]]'', Bulbasaur sings a song called "Bulbasaur's Bulbabye" in order to keep Togepi happy. [[Pokédex|Dexter]] reports this as the first recording of the song. | ||
* Bulbasaur, after {{AP|Pikachu}}, is the Pokémon Ash has owned for the longest time period. | * Bulbasaur, after {{AP|Pikachu}}, is the Pokémon Ash has owned for the longest time period. | ||
* Bulbasaur is the only member of Ash's original team of six to currently reside at Professor Oak's lab. However, the other three Pokemon that he caught in Kanto ({{AP|Kingler}}, {{AP|Muk}} and {{AP|Tauros}}) also live there. | |||
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Ash's Bulbasaur (Japanese: サトシのフシギダネ Satoshi's Fushigidane) was the fourth Pokémon caught by Ash during his travels through Kanto, and the first of the original starter Pokémon that Ash acquired.
History
Bulbasaur was raised in the Hidden Village by Melanie, who cared for sick, injured, and abandoned Pokémon. It acted as the village's bodyguard, but after Ash helped defend the Hidden Village from an attack by Team Rocket, Melanie encouraged it to join Ash, explaining that its growth was being stunted by staying too long in the village. Although Bulbasaur initially appeared to distrust Ash, it agreed to join him. In Island of Giant Pokémon, it alone assumed that Ash had abandoned him and the others. Its views on Trainers were presumably colored by all the abandoned Pokémon in the Hidden Village. Over time, Bulbasaur grew to trust its new Trainer.
Bulbasaur is extremely stubborn, surly, and eager to battle. It had the opportunity to evolve after battling a powerful Rhyhorn with a very strong Take Down attack in Bulbasaur's Mysterious Garden, but refused to do so despite facing a mass of Ivysaur as well as a Venusaur who were angry at him for ruining the Bulbasaur evolutionary festival. This allowed it to learn the powerful SolarBeam technique earlier than if it had evolved. It has the heart of a fighter and it never gives up in a battle. It has the determination to keep fighting even if the odds are against him, defeating such varied opponents as an Exeggutor, a Venonat, a Beedrill and a Scyther despite the type disadvantages. On one occasion Bulbasaur, along with Pikachu, was briefly lent to Misty to allow her to compete in the Princess Day Festival with a more balanced team, Bulbasaur single-handedly winning her first match by defeating a Kingler, Pinsir, Cubone and Raticate on his own. During a visit to a garden full of exotic plants run by Florinda Showers, Bulbasaur developed a certain affection for her Gloom, but nothing apparently came of it.
In Kanga Games, Bulbasaur was seen chasing after Squirtle around the room as it had stolen its biscuit and was also seen using Squirtle as a sled. Bulbasaur was seen again in Showdown at the Oak Corral, and was one of the first Pokémon to realize there was something wrong. It later defeated Butch's Hitmontop and used a SolarBeam on the whole group.
Bulbasaur is the only member of Ash's original team, save for Pikachu, to remain in his care. It stayed with him until midway in the Johto adventures, when it was sent back to Professor Oak's to keep the Pokémon there from quarreling with each other. Bulbasaur later returned in Hokey Poké Balls! to meet May's Bulbasaur, and again in Gathering the Gang of Four! alongside Charizard and Squirtle to battle Brandon at the Battle Pyramid, where it defeated Brandon's Dusclops and Solrock in the next episode (defeating Dusclops after its impressive defeat of Charizard, and taking Solrock down with it after a dual SolarBeam).
Bulbasaur is frequently viewed as the responsible leader of Ash's Pokémon, especially due to its actions at Professor Oak's lab. It is also a Pokémon Ash values more than most of his other Pokémon, possibly because it always wanted to catch one, as explained in Bulbasaur and the Hidden Village. It also formed a bond with Pikachu and Squirtle while they fought together while part of Ash's team.
It reappears in An Old Family Blend! at Professor Oak's Laboratory, where Heracross is sucking sap from his bulb, much to Bulbasaur's annoyance. It used Vine Whip to shove Heracross away.
Moves used
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In the Electric Tale of Pikachu manga
Ash's Bulbasaur makes an appearance in the manga series The Electric Tale of Pikachu. It first appears in the eighth chapter, You Gotta Have Friends. Bulbasaur's capture is not depicted in the manga, it is simply stated when Bulbasaur appears out of its Poké Ball that "Ash has been busy since the last comic".
When on a walk with Pikachu in I'm Your Venusaur, Bulbasaur meets many other Bulbasaur, Ivysaur, and Venusaur. It learns of a local legend stating that a tree in the town was made from the guardian spirit of a 300-year-old Venusaur. Disbelieving the legend, Bulbasaur, Pikachu and a wild Ivysaur climb the tree and search for it.
In I'm Your Venusaur, when the Pokémon dialogue is translated for readers, Bulbasaur states that Ash "uses me in battle all the time".
Trivia
- Its gender was hinted at in the Japanese version of Island of the Giant Pokémon. In the subtitles, it refers to itself as おれ ore, which is a pronoun normally used by males, which is also used by characters such as Ash, Brock and James in the Japanese version.
- In the dub of Bulbasaur and the Hidden Village, it was implied by Ash that Bulbasaur is male. When Melanie asked Ash if Bulbasaur would make a good addition to his team, Ash said "Would he ever," implying that it is male. However, this was not merely accurate.
- Bulbasaur is Ash's only Pokémon who refused to evolve after the process began.
- In Pikachu's Vacation, Bulbasaur sings a song called "Bulbasaur's Bulbabye" in order to keep Togepi happy. Dexter reports this as the first recording of the song.
- Bulbasaur, after Pikachu, is the Pokémon Ash has owned for the longest time period.
- Bulbasaur is the only member of Ash's original team of six to currently reside at Professor Oak's lab. However, the other three Pokemon that he caught in Kanto (Kingler, Muk and Tauros) also live there.
- Ash's Bulbasaur has used moves that it cannot learn in the games.
- Bulbasaur used Whirlwind in his debut to battle Butterfree and later in The Ninja Poké-Showdown, and has not used it since. This may have been a dubbing error as Whirlwind's Japanese name is ふきとばし Blow Away. Ash may have just told Bulbasaur to simply "blow it away" rather than commanding the actual move.
- Bulbasaur has also used Dig in Bulbasaur...the Ambassador!.
Related articles
- For more information on this Pokémon's species, see Bulbasaur.
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