Ash's Kingler

Ash's Kingler サトシのキングラー Satoshi's Kingler
Ash's Kingler
Debuts in	Mystery at the Lighthouse
Caught at	Route 25
Gender	Unknown
Ability	Unknown
Evolves in	Round One---Begin!
→ This Pokémon spent 62 episodes as Krabby
Current location	At Professor Oak's Laboratory
Voice actors
As Krabby	Japanese VA Rikako Aikawa	English VA Rikako Aikawa
As Kingler	Japanese VA Unshō Ishizuka	English VA Unshō Ishizuka

Ash's Kingler (Japanese: サトシのキングラー Satoshi's Kingler) was the seventh Pokémon acquired by Ash Ketchum in the Kanto region, and the first of Ash's Pokémon to primarily reside at Professor Oak's laboratory in Pallet Town. Its voice actor in both Japanese and English is Unshō Ishizuka. As a Krabby, Rikako Aikawa voiced it in both languages.

History

As a Krabby

Ash originally obtained it as a Krabby in Mystery at the Lighthouse, where he caught it to prove to Misty that it was not a fluke that he captured all his other Pokémon. Having six Pokémon already in his party at the time, the newly caught Krabby's Poké Ball was teleported away, much to Ash's surprise and concern. He soon learned that Krabby was sent to Professor Oak.

Krabby's battling debut came in Round One - Begin!, when Ash used it during the first round of the Pokémon League against Mandi. Krabby was able to defeat Mandi's Exeggutor and it then evolved into a Kingler. It was able to finish the rest of the match by defeating Mandi's two remaining Pokémon, Seadra and Golbat.

Kingler spent most of the time at Oak's lab as Ash and his friends traveled the Orange Islands and the Johto region. Ash used it in Johto during the Whirl Cup tournament in The Perfect Match. It was used in the match against Misty and her Poliwhirl and Psyduck.

Ash was planning to use Kingler in the Johto League Silver Conference, but it was injured while rescuing a group of runaway Voltorb making it unable to participate in the rest of the tournament.

Kingler currently resides at Professor Oak's Lab.

Moves used

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Using Hyper Beam	Move	First used in
	Harden	Round One-Begin!
	Leer	Round One-Begin!
	Bubble	Round One-Begin!
	ViceGrip	Mystery at the Lighthouse
	Stomp	Round One-Begin!
	Crabhammer	Round One-Begin!
	Hyper Beam	Round One-Begin!
	Water Gun	Round One-Begin!
Moves used recently are in bold and have been italicized unless all moves all fit this case.
An x shows that the move cannot be legitimately learned by this Pokémon in the games.

Trivia

• Kingler is the only Water-type that Ash has owned that ever evolved.
• Kingler is Ash's first crustacean-based Pokémon. The second is Corphish.
• Kingler is the first and only one of Ash's Pokémon that evolved after its first battle. It is also Ash's only Pokémon to win in a Pokémon League match single handedly.
• Kingler is the first of Ash's Pokémon to be transferred directly to Professor Oak.
• Because of Kingler being injured by multiple Voltorb, it is the only one of Ash's Pokémon at the time not to participate in the Silver Conference.

Related articles

For more information on this Pokémon's species, see Krabby and Kingler.