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Sophocles's Charjabug マーマネのデンヂムシ Māmane's Denjimushi

Sophocles's Charjabug

Debuts in SM026 Caught at Hau'oli City Gender Unknown Ability Unknown Current location With Sophocles

This Pokémon has not evolved.

Voice actor Japanese English As Charjabug Unknown N/A

Sophocles's Charjabug (Japanese: マーマネのデンヂムシ Māmane's Denjimushi) is Sophocles's first caught Pokémon, and his second overall.

History

Sophocles and Togedemaru cheer on Charjabug

In SM026, Ash was looking for a farewell present for Sophocles due to the latter soon moving away, and decided to go look for a Charjabug at the Rotom Pokédex's suggestion. With the help of Pikachu, Rockruff, and Litten, he was able to track one down. Litten and Rockruff dug it up from its place underground. Charjabug shocked Ash as he impetuously reached to grab it from its burrow. After recuperating from his zapping, Ash and his Pokémon managed to capture it in a cage. He brought it along with him to Sophocles's farewell party, where he let it out of the cage and showed it off to Sophocles.

Sophocles was surprised by Ash's kindness and sent out Togedemaru to battle Charjabug. Charjabug was able to deflect one Zing Zap and fight back with Discharge. Togedemaru managed to weaken Charjabug enough for Sophocles to feel comfortable enough throwing a Poké Ball at it. Sophocles expressed so much excitement at the prospect of catching Charjabug that he nearly fell over while throwing the Ball, and expressed even more excitement at its capture.

After holding out from his friends the truth about his family's move for the whole day and being showered with farewell gifts, Ash's delivery of Charjabug to him inspired Sophocles to overcome his fears of angering his friends. He finally revealed to them that he was only moving down the street and that the whole situation was a big misunderstanding. Later, Sophocles and Togedemaru decided to give Charjabug a test run on Togedemaru's wheel.

Personality and characteristics

Ash found out the hard way that Charjabug is a defensive creature

Upon its introduction, Charjabug was burrowed underground, presumably hiding. Charjabug shocked Ash when he impulsively grabbed it, showing its defensive nature. However, it was also shown to be a weak battler. When it battled against Sophocles's Togedemaru, it was quickly defeated despite its attempt at defending itself. In addition to being weak in battle and relying on hiding as a defensive technique whilst living in the wild, it seems to be a bit unsure about itself and its abilities, as evidenced by its reluctance to run on Togedemaru's wheel until further encouraged by its trainer.

Moves used

Using Discharge	Move First Used In Discharge SM026
A † shows that the move was used recently, unless all moves fit this case or there are fewer than five known moves.

Related articles

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

Sophocles's Pokémon
On hand:	Togedemaru	Vikavolt
Ride Pokémon:	Tauros	Wailmer	Stoutland	Metang	Mantine
Temporary:	Steenee	Ampharos

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