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'''James's Inkay''' (Japanese: '''コジロウのマーイーカ''' ''Kojirō's Maaiika'') is the first Pokémon that [[James]] captured in the [[Kalos]] region.
'''James's Inkay''' (Japanese: '''コジロウのマーイーカ''' ''Kojirō's Maaiika'') is the first Pokémon that [[James]] caught in the [[Kalos]] region.


==History==
==History==
[[File:James and Inkay.png|thumb|left|250px|James and his Inkay]]
[[File:James and Inkay.png|thumb|left|250px|James and his Inkay]]
Inkay first appeared in ''[[XY003|A Battle of Aerial Mobility!]]'' while {{TRT}} was dining at a café in [[Lumiose City]]. As Team Rocket were busy celebrating news from {{an|Giovanni}}, Inkay stole their food and proceeded to eat it from under their table. While Team Rocket were on their balloon, the same Inkay from before approached them when they dropped their sandwich and sprayed ink at them. After Team Rocket cleaned themselves off, James scanned the Inkay to get some details about it and the Team Rocket trio attempted to battle it with {{TP|Jessie|Wobbuffet}}. However, James offered Inkay some food instead as bait. While Inkay was distracted, James threw a Poké Ball at it and caught it, much to the surprise of [[Jessie]] and {{MTR}}.
Inkay first appeared in ''[[XY003|A Battle of Aerial Mobility!]]'' while {{TRT}} was dining at a café in [[Lumiose City]]. As Team Rocket were busy celebrating news from {{an|Giovanni}}, Inkay stole their food and proceeded to eat it from under their table. While Team Rocket were on their balloon, the same Inkay from before approached them when they dropped their sandwich and sprayed ink at them. After Team Rocket cleaned themselves off, James scanned the Inkay to get some details about him and the Team Rocket trio attempted to battle him with {{TP|Jessie|Wobbuffet}}. However, James offered Inkay some food instead as bait. While Inkay was distracted, James threw a Poké Ball at him and caught him, much to the surprise of [[Jessie]] and {{MTR}}.


In ''[[XY004|A Shockingly Cheeky Friendship!]]'', it was sent out for the first time to help capture {{AP|Pikachu}} and a {{TP|Clemont|Dedenne}}, but the two managed to evade them. When the two were rescued by {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}}, Team Rocket arrived and James sent Inkay out again to battle Dedenne, who was under {{an|Clemont}}'s command. The two proved to be evenly matched until Dedenne used {{m|Nuzzle}} on Inkay, {{status|paralysis|paralyzing}} it and allowing Dedenne and {{AP|Pikachu}} to defeat it by combining their respective {{m|Thunder Shock}} and {{m|Thunderbolt}}.
In ''[[XY004|A Shockingly Cheeky Friendship!]]'', he was sent out for the first time to help capture {{AP|Pikachu}} and a {{TP|Clemont|Dedenne}}, but the two managed to evade them. When the two were rescued by {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}}, Team Rocket arrived and James sent Inkay out again to battle Dedenne, who was under {{an|Clemont}}'s command. The two proved to be evenly matched until Dedenne used {{m|Nuzzle}} on Inkay, {{status|paralysis|paralyzing}} him and allowing Dedenne and {{AP|Pikachu}} to defeat him by combining their respective {{m|Thunder Shock}} and {{m|Thunderbolt}}.


In ''[[XY029|Heroes - Friends and Faux Alike!]]'', Inkay was part of Team Rocket's plan to impersonate Ash and his friends. Inkay disguised itself as Pikachu alongside its trainer, who masqueraded as Ash. James meets a boy {{kal|Myron}} and his {{p|Pancham}} and asks for a battle, to which Myron declines. James has Inkay attack Pancham with its Psybeam and Tackle anyway, which causes Myron to call for [[Officer Jenny]]. Inkay is later seen helping Team Rocket eat a bunch of food and running off without paying.
In ''[[XY029|Heroes - Friends and Faux Alike!]]'', Inkay was part of Team Rocket's plan to impersonate Ash and his friends. Inkay disguised itself as Pikachu alongside his Trainer, who masqueraded as Ash. James met a boy called {{OBP|Myron|XY029}} and his {{p|Pancham}} and asked for a battle, to which Myron declined. James had Inkay attack Pancham with his {{m|Psybeam}} and {{m|Tackle}} anyway, which caused Myron to call for [[Officer Jenny]]. Inkay was later seen helping Team Rocket eat a bunch of food and running off without paying.


In [[XY054]], Inkay was enjoying lunch with its Trainer until they noticed a group of {{p|Malamar}} and Inkay in the forest. As they were watching the Pokémon, three trucks drove by, each containing a Malamar, one of which was the one that had [[XY019|previously hypnotized it]]. Inkay immediately chased after the trucks and followed them up a mountainside. Team Rocket watched the Malamar for a while until Inkay got upset and started a commotion, getting the attention of the Malamar. Team Rocket fled and ran into Ash and his friends before being stopped by Officer Jenny, who filled them in on Malamar's plans. Two of the Malamar arrive and attempt to kidnap everyone with their {{m|Psychic}}, but Inkay attacks with its Ink Spray, allowing a few of them to escape. Inkay plans on going straight back to confront the Malamar, but Clemont, Meowth, and James convince it to talk to the group of Inkay and Malamar they saw before to get them to help out. Inkay starts to tell them of the evil Malamar's plan, but gets stopped by that Malamar showing up and attacking them. The Malamar and Inkay chase it off with their {{m|Psycho Cut}} and {{m|Flamethrower}}, then head to the mountainside to stop its plans. Once they arrive, the evil Malamar grabs Inkay and uses its {{m|Hypnosis}} to brainwash Inkay into attacking the others. However, James manages to break Inkay out of it because of the strong bond they share, allowing Inkay to attack Malamar. They manage to stop the Malamar's evil plan, but they escape during the fight. Afterwards, Team Rocket is resting back in the forest and Inkay is offered to join the Malamar and Inkay they saved. James allows Inkay to stay with them, but Inkay instead decided to stick with its Trainer, much to his delight.
In ''[[XY054|Facing the Grand Design!]]'', Inkay was enjoying lunch with his Trainer until they noticed Ash and his friends walk by, and Team Rocket started coming up with a plan to catch {{AP|Pikachu}}. Later, Team Rocket found a group of {{p|Malamar}} and Inkay in the forest. As they were watching the Pokémon, three trucks drove by, each containing a Malamar, one of which was the one that had [[XY019|previously hypnotized it]]. Inkay immediately chased after the trucks and followed them up a mountainside. Team Rocket watched the Malamar for a while until Inkay got upset and started a commotion, getting the attention of the Malamar. Team Rocket fled and ran into Ash and his friends before being stopped by Officer Jenny, who filled them in on Malamar's plans. Two of the Malamar arrived and attempted to kidnap everyone with their {{m|Psychic}}, but Inkay attacked with his Ink Spray, allowing a few of them to escape. Inkay planned on going straight back to confront the Malamar, but Clemont, Meowth, and James convinced him to talk to the group of Inkay and Malamar they saw before to get them to help out.  
 
Inkay started to tell them of the evil Malamar's plan, but was stopped by that Malamar showing up and attacking them. The Malamar and Inkay chased it off with their {{m|Psycho Cut}} and {{m|Flamethrower}}, then headed to the mountainside to stop its plans. Once they arrived, the evil Malamar grabbed Inkay and used his {{m|Hypnosis}} to brainwash Inkay into attacking the others. However, James managed to break Inkay out of it because of the strong bond they share, allowing Inkay to attack Malamar. They managed to stop the Malamar's evil plan, but it escaped during the fight. Afterwards, Team Rocket was back to resting in the forest and Inkay was offered to join the Malamar and Inkay they saved. James allowed Inkay to stay with them, but Inkay instead decided to stick with his Trainer, much to his delight.
 
In ''[[XY105|Party Dancecapades!]]'', Inkay partnered up with [[Jessie's Gourgeist]] in a dance party hosted by [[Monsieur Pierre]]. Later, Inkay was used in a [[Multi Battle|Tag Battle]] along with [[Miette]]'s {{p|Slurpuff}}, where he faced Ash's Pikachu and [[Serena's Eevee]]. Inkay tried hitting Pikachu with Psybeam, but Pikachu dodged it and Inkay ended up getting hit by an {{m|Iron Tail}} from him. Inkay then used Psybeam on Pikachu and Eevee, which they dodged. This, however, allowed Slurpuff to trap them with {{m|Cotton Spore}}, giving Inkay the opportunity to hit them with another Psybeam. Inkay then headed towards Eevee using Tackle, but Pikachu stepped in and took the attack. After a collision between Eevee and Slurpuff's attacks, Inkay struck Eevee again with a Psybeam. After Eevee's [[Evolution|evolution]] into Sylveon, Sylveon easily dodged Inkay's Tackles and then defeated him and Slurpuff with {{m|Fairy Wind}}.
 
In ''[[XY107|An Explosive Operation!]]'', Inkay was used to protect [[Z2]] from [[Team Flare]]. Inkay used Psybeam to stop Team Flare's weapon from firing. Later, he fought Team Flare again along with Wobbuffet and Gourgeist. He managed to hit [[Mable]]'s {{p|Weavile}} with Psybeam, but was then struck by [[Aliana]]'s {{p|Druddigon}}'s {{m|Slash}}. He and Gourgeist were then defeated by the {{tc|Team Flare Grunt}}s' Pokémon's combined attacks.
 
When Team Rocket, Serena, [[Mairin]], and [[Professor Sycamore]] infiltrated [[Lysandre Labs]] in [[XY134]], Inkay was sent out, alongside Gourgeist, to battle [[Celosia]]'s {{p|Drapion}}. Inkay was sent out in [[XY136]] to fight the Megalith {{p|Zygarde}}, fending off its roots to clear the way for Ash and [[Alain]]. One of the roots, however, blasted Inkay and his Team members out of the helicopter, but they were saved by [[Diantha's Gardevoir]].


==Personality and characteristics==
==Personality and characteristics==
Inkay appears to be a sneaky and mischievous Pokémon as it was seen stealing food from Team Rocket and then followed them in their balloon. It seems to love food and would often go out of its way to steal it, to the point of allowing James to use this to his advantage and capture it. This was shown again in ''[[XY049|Bonnie for the Defense!]]'' where it went out of its Poké Ball on its own just to eat Team Rocket's food. Inkay is also a powerful and resourceful battler, shown in ''[[XY008|Grooming Furfrou!]]'' and ''[[XY033|Calling from Beyond the Aura!]]''. It was able to beat [[Officer Jenny]]'s {{p|Manectric}} with ease and then prevented {{AP|Pikachu}} from attacking it by spraying him with ink in the former and easily knocked out {{TP|Clemont|Bunnelby}} with Tackle in the latter. It had no problem listening to its Trainer after it was caught. In [[XY054]], it was shown to have a strong bond with its Trainer, to the point where James was able to break it free of Malamar's {{m|Hypnosis}}.
Inkay appears to be a sneaky and mischievous Pokémon as he was seen stealing food from Team Rocket and then followed them in their balloon. He seems to love food and would often go out of his way to steal it, to the point of allowing James to use this to his advantage and capture it. This was shown again in ''[[XY049|Bonnie for the Defense!]]'' where he went out of his Poké Ball on his own just to eat Team Rocket's food. he is also shown to be thankful for the other Inkay and Malamar by helping them to stop the evil Malamar by being like a hero to them.
 
Inkay is also a powerful and resourceful battler, shown in ''[[XY008|Grooming Furfrou!]]'' and ''[[XY033|Calling from Beyond the Aura!]]''. He was able to beat [[Officer Jenny]]'s {{p|Manectric}} with ease and then prevented {{AP|Pikachu}} from attacking him by spraying him with ink in the former and easily knocked out {{TP|Clemont|Bunnelby}} with Tackle in the latter. He had no problem listening to his Trainer after he was caught.  
 
In ''[[XY054|Facing the Grand Design!]]'', he was shown to have a strong bond with his Trainer similar to that of {{Ash}} and his Pikachu. In fact, it was so strong that James was able to break him free of Malamar's {{m|Hypnosis}}. He was also shown to have a great relationship with Team Rocket, wanting to protect them from the evil Malamar and avenge them for being controlled by them previously. Ever since his previous encounter with the evil Malamar, Inkay has formed a deep grudge against it and sworn to get his revenge and stop it from fulfilling its dark plans of destroying the world.


==Moves used==
==Moves used==
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{{anmov|dark|Foul Play|XY004|A Shockingly Cheeky Friendship!}}
{{anmov|dark|Foul Play|XY004|A Shockingly Cheeky Friendship!}}
{{anmov/f|psychic}}
{{anmov/f|psychic}}
[[File:James Inkay Ink Spray.png|thumb|250px|Ink Spray]]
 
===Moves improvised===
===Moves improvised===
*'''Ink Spray''': Inkay shoots ink from its mouth to blind and distract the opponent.
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==In the manga==
[[File:James Inkay Jessie Pumpkaboo M18 manga.png|thumb|200px|Inkay in ''{{ma|Hoopa and the Clash of Ages}}'']]
===In the movie adaptations===
Inkay appeared in ''{{ma|Hoopa and the Clash of Ages}}''.
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==Trivia==
==Trivia==

Revision as of 16:43, 21 October 2016

James's Inkay
コジロウのマーイーカ Kojirō's Maaiika
Bag Poké Ball SV Sprite.png
James Inkay.png
James's Inkay
Debuts in A Battle of Aerial Mobility!
Caught at Route 4
Gender Male
Ability Unknown
Current location With James
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This Pokémon has not evolved.
Voice actor Japanese English
As Inkay Kenta Miyake Michael Liscio Jr.

James's Inkay (Japanese: コジロウのマーイーカ Kojirō's Maaiika) is the first Pokémon that James caught in the Kalos region.

History

James and his Inkay

Inkay first appeared in A Battle of Aerial Mobility! while Team Rocket was dining at a café in Lumiose City. As Team Rocket were busy celebrating news from Giovanni, Inkay stole their food and proceeded to eat it from under their table. While Team Rocket were on their balloon, the same Inkay from before approached them when they dropped their sandwich and sprayed ink at them. After Team Rocket cleaned themselves off, James scanned the Inkay to get some details about him and the Team Rocket trio attempted to battle him with Wobbuffet. However, James offered Inkay some food instead as bait. While Inkay was distracted, James threw a Poké Ball at him and caught him, much to the surprise of Jessie and Meowth.

In A Shockingly Cheeky Friendship!, he was sent out for the first time to help capture Pikachu and a Dedenne, but the two managed to evade them. When the two were rescued by Ash and his friends, Team Rocket arrived and James sent Inkay out again to battle Dedenne, who was under Clemont's command. The two proved to be evenly matched until Dedenne used Nuzzle on Inkay, paralyzing him and allowing Dedenne and Pikachu to defeat him by combining their respective Thunder Shock and Thunderbolt.

In Heroes - Friends and Faux Alike!, Inkay was part of Team Rocket's plan to impersonate Ash and his friends. Inkay disguised itself as Pikachu alongside his Trainer, who masqueraded as Ash. James met a boy called Myron and his Pancham and asked for a battle, to which Myron declined. James had Inkay attack Pancham with his Psybeam and Tackle anyway, which caused Myron to call for Officer Jenny. Inkay was later seen helping Team Rocket eat a bunch of food and running off without paying.

In Facing the Grand Design!, Inkay was enjoying lunch with his Trainer until they noticed Ash and his friends walk by, and Team Rocket started coming up with a plan to catch Pikachu. Later, Team Rocket found a group of Malamar and Inkay in the forest. As they were watching the Pokémon, three trucks drove by, each containing a Malamar, one of which was the one that had previously hypnotized it. Inkay immediately chased after the trucks and followed them up a mountainside. Team Rocket watched the Malamar for a while until Inkay got upset and started a commotion, getting the attention of the Malamar. Team Rocket fled and ran into Ash and his friends before being stopped by Officer Jenny, who filled them in on Malamar's plans. Two of the Malamar arrived and attempted to kidnap everyone with their Psychic, but Inkay attacked with his Ink Spray, allowing a few of them to escape. Inkay planned on going straight back to confront the Malamar, but Clemont, Meowth, and James convinced him to talk to the group of Inkay and Malamar they saw before to get them to help out.

Inkay started to tell them of the evil Malamar's plan, but was stopped by that Malamar showing up and attacking them. The Malamar and Inkay chased it off with their Psycho Cut and Flamethrower, then headed to the mountainside to stop its plans. Once they arrived, the evil Malamar grabbed Inkay and used his Hypnosis to brainwash Inkay into attacking the others. However, James managed to break Inkay out of it because of the strong bond they share, allowing Inkay to attack Malamar. They managed to stop the Malamar's evil plan, but it escaped during the fight. Afterwards, Team Rocket was back to resting in the forest and Inkay was offered to join the Malamar and Inkay they saved. James allowed Inkay to stay with them, but Inkay instead decided to stick with his Trainer, much to his delight.

In Party Dancecapades!, Inkay partnered up with Jessie's Gourgeist in a dance party hosted by Monsieur Pierre. Later, Inkay was used in a Tag Battle along with Miette's Slurpuff, where he faced Ash's Pikachu and Serena's Eevee. Inkay tried hitting Pikachu with Psybeam, but Pikachu dodged it and Inkay ended up getting hit by an Iron Tail from him. Inkay then used Psybeam on Pikachu and Eevee, which they dodged. This, however, allowed Slurpuff to trap them with Cotton Spore, giving Inkay the opportunity to hit them with another Psybeam. Inkay then headed towards Eevee using Tackle, but Pikachu stepped in and took the attack. After a collision between Eevee and Slurpuff's attacks, Inkay struck Eevee again with a Psybeam. After Eevee's evolution into Sylveon, Sylveon easily dodged Inkay's Tackles and then defeated him and Slurpuff with Fairy Wind.

In An Explosive Operation!, Inkay was used to protect Z2 from Team Flare. Inkay used Psybeam to stop Team Flare's weapon from firing. Later, he fought Team Flare again along with Wobbuffet and Gourgeist. He managed to hit Mable's Weavile with Psybeam, but was then struck by Aliana's Druddigon's Slash. He and Gourgeist were then defeated by the Team Flare Grunts' Pokémon's combined attacks.

When Team Rocket, Serena, Mairin, and Professor Sycamore infiltrated Lysandre Labs in XY134, Inkay was sent out, alongside Gourgeist, to battle Celosia's Drapion. Inkay was sent out in XY136 to fight the Megalith Zygarde, fending off its roots to clear the way for Ash and Alain. One of the roots, however, blasted Inkay and his Team members out of the helicopter, but they were saved by Diantha's Gardevoir.

Personality and characteristics

Inkay appears to be a sneaky and mischievous Pokémon as he was seen stealing food from Team Rocket and then followed them in their balloon. He seems to love food and would often go out of his way to steal it, to the point of allowing James to use this to his advantage and capture it. This was shown again in Bonnie for the Defense! where he went out of his Poké Ball on his own just to eat Team Rocket's food. he is also shown to be thankful for the other Inkay and Malamar by helping them to stop the evil Malamar by being like a hero to them.

Inkay is also a powerful and resourceful battler, shown in Grooming Furfrou! and Calling from Beyond the Aura!. He was able to beat Officer Jenny's Manectric with ease and then prevented Pikachu from attacking him by spraying him with ink in the former and easily knocked out Bunnelby with Tackle in the latter. He had no problem listening to his Trainer after he was caught.

In Facing the Grand Design!, he was shown to have a strong bond with his Trainer similar to that of Ash and his Pikachu. In fact, it was so strong that James was able to break him free of Malamar's Hypnosis. He was also shown to have a great relationship with Team Rocket, wanting to protect them from the evil Malamar and avenge them for being controlled by them previously. Ever since his previous encounter with the evil Malamar, Inkay has formed a deep grudge against it and sworn to get his revenge and stop it from fulfilling its dark plans of destroying the world.

Moves used

James Inkay Psybeam.png
Using Psybeam
Move First Used In
Tackle A Shockingly Cheeky Friendship!
Psybeam A Shockingly Cheeky Friendship!
Foul Play A Shockingly Cheeky Friendship!
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
James Inkay Ink Spray.png A Battle of Aerial Mobility! None None
Description: Inkay shoots ink from his mouth to blind and distract the opponent.

In the manga

In the movie adaptations

Inkay appeared in Hoopa and the Clash of Ages.


Trivia

  • Inkay is the first Dark-type Pokémon to be owned by a main antagonist in the anime.

Related articles

For more information on this Pokémon's species, see Inkay.


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