Ash's Noctowl

Ash's Noctowl サトシのヨルノズク Satoshi's Yorunozuku

Ash's Noctowl

Debuts in Fowl Play Caught at Ilex Forest Gender Unknown Ability Unknown Current location At Professor Oak's Lab

This Pokémon has not evolved.

Voice actor Japanese English As Noctowl Yuji Ueda

Ash's Noctowl (Japanese: サトシのヨルノズク Satoshi's Yorunozuku) is an alternate color Pokémon that Ash encountered on the way to Goldenrod City during his travels through Johto in Fowl Play. Not only did it have a unique color, but it was also unusually small and intelligent. Its voice actor in both the Japanese and English versions was Yuji Ueda.

History

Dr. Wiseman was trying to capture the Noctowl using traps rather than Poké Balls, but each time Noctowl outwitted him and escaped the traps — usually leaving him hypnotized in the process. After Ash rescued it from Team Rocket, Ash had Pikachu battle it and he captured it, adding it to his team.

Ash used Noctowl much in the same way he did with Pidgeotto, sending it out to scout or to pop Team Rocket's balloon, but otherwise not focusing too much on it. For some reason, it was often absent from scenes featuring the rest of the group's Pokémon. Noctowl, however, was unique when compared to Pidgeotto in that it had psychic powers that made it especially useful against Ghost-type Pokémon. This contributed greatly towards Ash's victory against Morty in Ecruteak City.

Personality-wise, Noctowl was presented as intelligent, mischievous, and cunning — although these traits weren't usually emphasized or touched upon after its debut episode. Ash left Noctowl along with his other Johto Pokémon at Professor Oak's Laboratory when he set off for the Hoenn region.

Moves used

Using Confusion	Move	First used in
	Hypnosis	Fowl Play!
	Peck	Fowl Play!
	Tackle	A Ghost of a Chance
	Confusion	From Ghost to Ghost
	Foresight	Delibird's Dilemma
	Gust x	Unknown
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

• This is the first shiny Pokémon seen in the anime.
  • It is also the only shiny Pokémon caught by a main character.
• Noctowl is one of a few Pokémon that was caught by Ash when it was in its second evolutionary form. The other Pokémon that he caught in this stage are Pidgeotto, Muk, and Primeape.
• Noctowl is the only one of Ash's bird Pokémon to have been fully evolved when it was captured. Pidgeot was captured as a Pidgeotto, while Swellow and Staraptor were captured in their basic forms.
  • As such, Noctowl is also the only Flying-type Pokémon currently owned by Ash that did not evolve under his ownership.
• Noctowl is the 24th species of Pokémon Ash obtained, including evolutions and counting Raticate.

Related articles

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

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