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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.
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==History==
==History==
[[File:James and Yamask.png|thumb|left|200px|James and Yamask]]
[[File:James and Yamask.png|thumb|left|200px|James and Yamask]]
Yamask appeared before {{TRT}} in a warehouse in ''[[BW023|Battling For The Love of Bug-Types!]]''. {{MTR}} suggested that they capture it to increase their strength. [[Jessie]] agreed and called out her {{TP|Jessie|Woobat}} to battle it, but James claimed it was hungry and he proceeded to feed it. Once it was full, it happily went into James's [[Poké Ball]], the trio welcoming their newest addition with enthusiasm.
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.


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, it 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|Crustle}} to defeat the Litwick and their {{p|Lampent}} leader.
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.


Yamask has since worked together with Jessie's Woobat to ambush Ash and co. or try to keep them from advancing after Team Rocket has stolen Pokémon, or use {{m|Haze}} or {{m|Night Shade}} to give Team Rocket a chance to escape.
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|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]].
 
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.
 
Yamask also helped to fight off [[Team Plasma]]'s controlled Pokémon in ''[[BW122|What Lies Beyond Truth and Ideals!]]''.
 
Yamask made his final appearance 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.


==Personality and characteristics==
==Personality and characteristics==
[[File:James Yamask shield.png|thumb|right|200px|James's Yamask using its mask as a shield]]
[[File:James Yamask shield.png|thumb|200px|James's Yamask using his mask as a shield]]
Like many of James's Pokémon before it, Yamask is very friendly and is shown to already have a great relationship with its Trainer. It is a very thankful Pokémon as shown when it willingly entered James's Poké Ball after it was given a little food. Also, 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 him when coming out of its Poké Ball.
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!]]'', it can use its mask to deflect attacks similar to how [[Ash's Oshawott]] uses his scalchop. It can also, like [[Jessie's Seviper]] before it, 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, 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.
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==Moves used==
==Moves used==
{{anmov/h|ghost||James Yamask {{#switch: {{#expr: {{#time: U}} mod 4}}|0|1=Shadow Ball|2=Night Shade|3=Haze}}.png|Using {{#switch: {{#expr: {{#time: U}} mod 4}}|0|1=Shadow Ball|2=Night Shade|3=Haze}}}}
{{anmov/h|ghost||James Yamask {{#switch: {{#expr: {{#time: U}} mod 5}}|0|1=Shadow Ball|2=Night Shade|3=Haze|4=Will-O-Wisp}}.png|Using {{#switch: {{#expr: {{#time: U}} mod 5}}|0|1=Shadow Ball|2=Night Shade|3=Haze|4=Will-O-Wisp}}}}
{{anmov|ghost|Shadow Ball|BW026|Scare at the Litwick Mansion!}}
{{anmov|ghost|Shadow Ball|BW026|Scare at the Litwick Mansion!}}
{{anmov|ghost|Night Shade|BW027|The Dragon Master's Path!}}
{{anmov|ghost|Night Shade|BW027|The Dragon Master's Path!}}
{{anmov|ice|Haze|BW037|A Fishing Connoisseur in a Fishy Competition!}}
{{anmov|ice|Haze|BW037|A Fishing Connoisseur in a Fishy Competition!}}
{{anmov|fire|Will-O-Wisp|BW076}}
{{anmov|fire|Will-O-Wisp|BW076|A Restoration Confrontation! Part 2}}
{{anmov/f|ghost}}
{{anmov/f|ghost}}


==Trivia==
==Trivia==
*Yamask is the first {{type|Ghost}} Pokémon to be officially owned by a main character.
* 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.}}
* 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 is the only Pokémon caught by {{TRT}} in Unova whose capture was on-screen.
* Yamask is James's first Pokémon whose gender is confirmed.
* He was given a [[nickname]] (''Yamazaki'', a Japanese surname) by James in the [[Pokémon in Latin America|Latin American dub]]. This nickname had to be dropped starting with ''[[BW115|The Pokémon Harbor Patrol!]]'', after the dubbing client, {{wp|SDI Media Group|SDI Media}}, forbid the translators and actors to add jokes for {{TRT}}'s dialogue.


==Related articles==
==Related articles==
{{Animespecies|Yamask}}
{{Animespecies|Yamask}}


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{{Giovanni's Pokémon|ghost}}<br>
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[[fr:Tutafeh de James]]
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[[ja:コジロウのデスマス]]
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Revision as of 16:35, 27 June 2016

James's Yamask
コジロウのデスマス Kojirō's Desumasu
Bag Poké Ball SV Sprite.png
James Yamask.png
James's Yamask
Debuts in Battling For The Love of Bug-Types!
Caught at Castelia City
Gender Male
Ability Unknown
Current location At Team Rocket HQ
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This Pokémon has not evolved.
Voice actor Japanese English
As Yamask Mika Kanai Tom Wayland

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.

History

James and Yamask

Yamask 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 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 AncientPower. 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.

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.

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

Yamask made his final appearance 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.

Personality and characteristics

James's 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, much like how Ash's Oshawott uses his scalchop. 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

James Yamask Night Shade.png
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.

Trivia

  • Yamask is the first Ghost-type Pokémon to be officially owned by a main character.
  • This is the first Pokémon James has 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, this is 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 whose gender is confirmed.
  • He was given a nickname (Yamazaki, a Japanese surname) by James in the Latin American dub. This nickname had to be dropped starting with The Pokémon Harbor Patrol!, after the dubbing client, SDI Media, forbid the translators and actors to add jokes for Team Rocket's dialogue.

Related articles

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




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