Gary's Blastoise

Gary's Blastoise シゲルのカメックス Shigeru's Kamex

Gary and Blastoise

Debuts in Challenge of the Samurai Caught at Pallet Town Evolves in Prior to The Ties That Bind Prior to The Ties That Bind Gender Unknown Ability Unknown Current location With Gary

→ → This Pokémon spent an unknown number of episodes as Squirtle and an unknown number of episodes as Wartortle.

Voice actor Japanese English As Squirtle Not heard As Wartortle Not shown As Blastoise Unshō Ishizuka Eric Stuart (4Kids) Bill Rogers (PUSA)

Gary's Blastoise (Japanese: シゲルのカメックス Shigeru's Kamex) was the first Pokémon obtained by Gary Oak on his journey as a Pokémon Trainer.

As a Squirtle, in a flashback

Blastoise first appeared in a flashback as a Squirtle in Challenge of the Samurai, though the episode did not reveal which of the three Trainers who left before Ash owned it. Finally, in The Ties That Bind, the fully-evolved Blastoise was revealed to Ash when Gary sent it out to battle Heracross.

Blastoise is Gary's strongest Pokémon. It took out Ash's Heracross and Bayleef, and it nearly defeated his Muk. It also put up a good fight against his Charizard, but in the end, Ash defeated his rival by having Charizard heat up the field around Blastoise when it was firing Hydro Pumps at it; when Blastoise attempted to cool the field down, Charizard took advantage of the resulting steam to get in close to Blastoise, subsequently defeating Blastoise with its trademark Seismic Toss attack.

Gary and Blastoise later appeared in Ill-Will Hunting! where they helped Ash, Brock and Dawn in protecting the Shieldon from the notorious Pokémon Hunter J and her evil minions.

Moves used

Using Water Gun	Move	First used in
	Hydro Pump	The Ties That Bind
	Skull Bash	Can't Beat the Heat!
	Rapid Spin	Can't Beat the Heat!
	Withdraw	Can't Beat the Heat!
	Bite	Can't Beat the Heat!
	Hydro Cannon	Ill-Will Hunting!
	Water Gun	Ill-Will Hunting!
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

• It is interesting to note that Ash originally wanted Squirtle as his starter Pokémon, while Gary was the one who took it.
• Unlike in the games, instead of the rival (Gary) having the starter Pokémon with the type advantage, Ash's Pikachu has the type advantage.
  • However the fact that Gary's Blastoise mirrors Ash's Charizard and that they ultimately fought each other could be a reference to the rivalry between the characters Red and Blue in the Pokémon games. Ash also did not use his Pikachu at all during his battle with Gary in the Silver Conference.
• Ironically, Gary was shown with a Blastoise in Talent Showdown along with a Charizard and a Venusaur. This could be because Gary's starter hadn't been revealed at the time of the book's release.

Related articles

For more information on this Pokémon's species, see Squirtle, Wartortle, and Blastoise.

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