Ash's Sceptile
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Ash's Sceptile (Japanese: サトシのジュカイン Satoshi's Jukain) was the second Pokémon caught by Ash Ketchum in the Hoenn region.
History
Advanced Generation series
Hoenn
Treecko was caught in the episode Tree's a Crowd after Ash helped it in trying to save its old tree home; this event was followed by a battle with Ash's Pikachu, and Ash caught him as a result of that battle. In the next episode, Treecko struggled to make friends with the other Pokémon until it rescued May's Torchic from a wild Seviper, though it was badly hurt in the process. Later in the episode Treecko went off to do some special training on its own; when it had perfected a new variation of Pound in which it spun in the air before hitting the target, it battled the Seviper again, this time while under the ownership of Jessie, and won.
In The Winner by a Nosepass, Ash choose Treecko to battle Roxanne's Geodude where it quickly lost. Brock pointed out that even though Grass-types are strong against Rock-types, Treecko did not have an advantage due to it not knowing any Grass-type moves. In Brave the Wave it was used against Brawly, and while it managed to defeat Machop, it was still beaten by Brawly's Hariyama, which meant Ash lost the match. In Turning Over a Nuzleaf, when it and the other Pokémon were separated from their Trainers, Treecko would frequently taunt Corphish, though they later made amends in order to beat Team Rocket. Treecko battled Hariyama again in Just One of the Geysers and won, earning Ash the Knuckle Badge.
Treecko battled a Shiftry in Jump for Joy! to rescue Nurse Joy. Ash revealed in What You Seed is What You Get that the Shiftry had inspired him to try to teach Treecko how to use Bullet Seed. This became a reality when they met Natasha and her Grovyle, who helped Treecko learn the move using watermelon seeds.
In Going, Going, Yawn, Treecko was used in Ash's battle against Flannery. It was chosen to battle Slugma but was recalled after it was burned. It was sent out again to battle Flannery's Torkoal but eventually lost. In Gulpin it Down it ended up temporarily becoming giant alongside a wild Gulpin that had been terrorizing a large city.
In Exploud and Clear!, whilst the other Pokémon ate food, Treecko didn't eat and acted distant keeping itself up a tree, ignoring attempts by Ash and Corphish to be friendly, which worried Max but Ash assumed that it was just in a bad mood, then a Loudred started rampaging through the area, which caught Treecko's interest, the Loudred's rampage was stopped by its trainer Guy, Guy mentioned his Loudred had been acting weird lately, which Ash compared to his Treecko. Ash decided to battle Guy and his Loudred as he thought exercise could solve its problems and Treecko volunteered itself to battle. After battling hard both Pokémon evolved at the same time, Loudred into Exploud and Treecko into Grovyle. Grovyle demonstrated its new Leaf Blade attack, putting a twig in its mouth. Ash and Guy decided to continue the battle, but Exploud ignored its trainers commands, rampaging off. They then followed Exploud. Whilst looking for Exploud. Grovyle refused to return to its Poké Ball and went to higher ground, which May, commented that Grovyle was more stubborn now. After Team Rocket angered Exploud, Grovyle heard Exploud and followed it to a waterfall, battling it again. Ash and the others eventually caught up with Grovyle and Exploud with Ash and Guy deciding to pick up the battle, with Exploud ignoring Guy's commands again. Team Rocket then tried to capture Exploud again but Guy was able to protect it, earning its respect. With Exploud obeying Guy again, Ash decided to finish the battle using Grovyle again but the outcome of the battle was unknown.
In Go Go Ludicolo!, Grovyle was sent out with the others, when Ash was deciding his three Pokémon for his next Gym Battle, Corphish was immediately jealous of it, noticing that it was recently evolved. It was used a lot by Ash, such as getting oranges from a tree, freeing Ash's Pokémon from a net and defeating Team Rocket, getting lots of praise in the process from the others, all of which made Corphish more jealous and angry. Ash was tempted to use Grovyle to battle Poncho and his Ludicolo but used Corphish instead, after it got angry again and wanted to battle as well.
In Balance of Power!, Ash used Grovyle as his third and final Pokémon in his Petalburg Gym Battle against Norman, it went up against Norman's final Pokémon, his Slaking, both Pokémon stared off against each other initially with May mentioning that both Pokémon were big and scary, Grovyle used Bullet Seed which Slaking blocked with its hands, dealing it no damage. Norman mentioned that since Slaking was the Lazy Pokémon, weak attacks won't arouse interest. Grovyle launched a Leaf Blade attack, which Slaking caught and then it threw Grovyle. Slaking used Focus Punch, which Grovyle responded to with Bullet Seed, causing the Focus Punch to end as Slaking lost its focus. However this just made Slaking angry. Slaking launched a powerful Earthquake, which had the indirect effect of causing Team Rocket to be attacked by Dugtrio. Ash had Grovyle jump and use Pound but it got caught again by Slaking who sent Grovyle flying, causing it to hit the roof. Grovyle used Bullet Seed, but Slaking launched a Hyper Beam overwhelming Bullet Seed, dealing major damage. Grovyle got up but looked weak, Norman suggested Ash forfeit for Grovyle's safety but Grovyle convinced Ash to continue. Grovyle's Overgrow ability immediately activated, since it was weak the power of its Grass-type moves increased significantly. Norman commented that the real battle was beginning. Slaking used Earthquake but Grovyle jumped and then jumped off Slaking when it tried to catch Grovyle, then Slaking used Hyper Beam but Grovyle jumped off a wall to dodge. It then hit Slaking with a powerful Pound, but Slaking didn't look hurt at all. Slaking launched a full power Focus Punch, with Grovyle launching a full power Leaf Blade, although it struggled to remain up, only Grovyle remained standing, defeating Slaking and earning Ash the Balance Badge.
In Sky High Gym Battle!, Grovyle battled Winona's Altaria and won, despite the type disadvantage, and was later used against Winona's Swellow, though he lost. In Vanity Affair it once again battles an Altaria, this time belonging to the Hoenn Elite Four's Drake—with its incredible jumping ability, Grovyle was able to attack Altaria while it was in the sky, but was unable to defeat it.
In The Great Eight Fate!, Ash used Grovyle as his first Pokémon in the second round of his Sootopolis Gym battle, it went up against Juan's Luvdisc. Grovyle used Bullet Seed which was dodged by Luvdisc, showing its quick speed, Luvdisc countered with Water Pulse, which Grovyle was able to dodge by using his jumping abilities, it went for a Leaf Blade but Luvdisc dodged it and countered with Sweet Kiss. In the next episode, it was revealed that the Sweet Kiss confused Grovyle, causing it to be initially unresponsive and then Grovyle bashed its head against a wall, although Brock told Ash to recall Grovyle, Juan took the initiative and had Luvdisc use Water Gun, knocking Grovyle out.
Grovyle was used many times in the Ever Grande Conference. Its first battle was in Shocks and Bonds where it teamed up with Glalie to battle Quilava and Charizard, and though it was able to defeat Quilava, it lost to Charizard, leaving Glalie to battle on its own. In A Judgment Brawl, it battled Katie's Walrein and won the match for Ash, and in Ash's next battle against Morrison in Choose It or Lose It!, it beats Morrison's seemingly unstoppable Steelix only to be beaten by Morrison's speedy Gligar. In Ash's battle against Tyson in At the End of the Fray, it battled Metagross, and even after the damage Swellow had caused, Grovyle was unable to beat Metagross.
Kanto Battle Frontier
Grovyle battled Greta and her Hariyama in Wheel of Frontier, but was defeated.
In Odd Pokémon Out!, it had a crush on a Meganium owned by a Nurse Joy, and evolved into a Sceptile to rescue it when it had fallen into Team Rocket's hands. However, the Meganium was attracted to a Tropius, leaving Sceptile heartbroken and unable to use any moves. It regained its ability to use attacks in Cutting The Ties That Bind! to save Ash from Team Rocket with the use of Leaf Blade. It then used Quick Attack to save him and Bullet Seed to soften the fall. It was used in Ash's battle against Spenser in the following episode, Ka Boom with A View!, where it won Ash the Spirit Symbol after learning a new move, Solar Beam.
In Pokémon Ranger - Deoxys' Crisis!, Sceptile helped battle a wild Deoxys. It later battled another legendary Pokémon in Battling the Enemy Within!, Brandon's Regirock, when Ash was possessed by the evil spirit of the King of Pokélantis.
In Once More With Reeling! it fought in the Terracotta Contest final against May's Blaziken. The battle resulted in a tie where both May and Ash won the Ribbon.
Ash left Sceptile at Professor Oak's lab before setting off to Sinnoh.
Diamond & Pearl series
In The Semi-Final Frontier!, Ash's Sceptile had its third battle against a legendary Pokémon when it was sent out against Tobias's Darkrai in the semi-finals of the Lily of the Valley Conference. It used its newly-learned attack, Leaf Storm, to attack Darkrai, but was hit by its Ice Beam first. Soon, Sceptile was hit by a Dark Void and was put to sleep, but was able to wake up almost instantly, shocking Tobias, and defeated Darkrai with a powerful Leaf Blade. Sceptile was the only Pokémon in the Sinnoh League (or the region for that matter) to defeat Darkrai. However, after all the damage it had taken it was unable to defeat Tobias's next Pokémon, Latios, whose Giga Impact had overpowered Leaf Blade, knocking Sceptile out.
Best Wishes series
Sceptile was reunited with Ash in The Dream Continues!, where it and the rest of Ash's Pokémon posed in a group photo with him.
Personality and characteristics
Ever since its debut, Sceptile has been known to act cool, calm and collected; holding a twig in the side of its mouth almost always. Sceptile has an overpowering pride, similar to Buizel's, that it will defend at all costs from anyone or anything that damages it, most notably after being defeated by Seviper, Hariyama and when a Tropius flirted with a Meganium it had taken a liking to. Before evolving into Sceptile, it was shown to tease the other Pokémon, especially Corphish, although it would always defend and protect them.
Moves used
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In the manga
In the Ash and Pikachu manga
Ash's Sceptile first appeared as a Treecko in The Keeper Of The Tree, Treecko!!. In the next chapter, it was the first Pokémon sent out during Ash's Gym battle against Roxanne where it lost to her Geodude as it didn't know any Grass-type moves at the time.
Sometime before I'll Win With My Own Battle Style!!, Treecko was shown to have evolved into Grovyle. During the Gym battle against Norman, it was the last Pokémon sent out and it went up against Norman's Slaking. After a long battle, Grovyle emerged victorious. In Start Of The Pokémon League!!, Grovyle fought Morrison's Steelix and Gligar where it lost to the latter.
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In the TCG
Ash's Sceptile was featured in the Pokémon Trading Card Game as both a Treecko and a Grovyle. The following is a list of related cards.
| Ash's Sceptile Cards listed with a blue background are only legal to use in the current Expanded format. Cards listed with a green background are legal to use in both the current Standard and Expanded formats. | |||||||
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ADV-P Promotional cards | 036/ADV-P | ||||
| Ash's Grovyle |
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Movie Commemoration VS Pack: Aura's Lucario | 001/020 | ||||
Trivia
- Sceptile keeping a twig in its mouth is much like a 番長 banchō, a juvenile gang leader, a character type that was common in manga and anime in the sixties and early seventies.
- Sceptile has been referred to as a male in episodes such as Tree's a Crowd and Odd Pokémon Out, but only in the English dub.
- It took 59 episodes for Treecko to evolve into a Grovyle. Incidentally, the amount of episodes to evolve again was the reversed digits; 95.
- Sceptile is Ash's first fully evolved Grass-type starter.
- Sceptile is the third of Ash's Pokémon to defeat a legendary Pokémon, defeating Tobias's Darkrai in The Semi-Final Frontier. The others are Charizard and Pikachu.
- It could also be considered the fourth Pokemon belonging to a main series character that has defeated a legendary Pokémon if Dawn's Buneary's victory over a wild Phione in an earlier episode is counted due to the dispute of Phione's legendary status.
- Sceptile has faced more legendary Pokémon in official battles than any other of Ash's Pokémon, a total of three; Regirock, Darkrai, and Latios.
- Aside from Pikachu, Sceptile has been used in the most Gym battles by Ash, with six.
- Sceptile is the only Grass-type owned by Ash to not know any Grass-type moves upon being caught.
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