Misty's Politoed

Misty's Politoed カスミのニョロトノ Kasumi's Nyorotono

Misty's Politoed.

Debuts in The Stun Spore Detour Caught at An island between Kumquat Island and Pummelo Island Evolves in The Totodile Duel Outrageous Fortunes Gender Unknown Ability Unknown Current location Cerulean Gym

→ → This Pokémon spent 41 episodes as Poliwag and 96 episodes as Poliwhirl.

Voice actor Japanese English As Poliwag Shin'ichirō Miki Rachael Lillis As Poliwhirl Shin'ichirō Miki Eric Stuart As Politoed Shin'ichirō Miki Eric Stuart

Misty's Politoed (Japanese: カスミのニョロトノ Kasumi's Nyorotono) was the first and only Pokémon caught by Misty in the Orange Archipelago, and her seventh total. Its Japanese voice actor (as well as that of Poliwag and Poliwhirl) is Shin'ichirō Miki and its English voice actor is Eric Stuart. In English, Rachael Lillis voiced it as a Poliwag and Eric Stuart voiced it as a Poliwhirl.

History

Misty with her Poliwag.

As a Poliwhirl

In the Orange Archipelago, Ash and Tracey were paralyzed by a Vileplume's Stun Spore attack. Misty was left to fetch the cure, Salveyo weed, a special type of aquatic plant found at the bottom of lakes on which Poliwag feed. A friendly wild Poliwag helped her gather the special plant. Poliwag obviously liked Misty because it insisted on coming along with her, and Misty added it to her team.

In Johto, Ash and Misty both used Lure Balls on a wild Totodile. The balls captured the Pokémon out of sight, so Ash and Misty had a tournament to see who got the toothy Water-type. During a battle against Bulbasaur, Misty's Poliwag evolved into Poliwhirl. Although Misty still lost, she concluded that she preferred the Poliwhirl who was willing to evolve to help her to the Totodile that essentially did whatever it wanted.

Misty also used it in the Whirl Cup.

Later, on the way to Blackthorn City, Misty fought a Trainer with a Poliwrath and lost. Misty started to consider evolving her own Poliwhirl. Misty took her Poliwhirl to the local Pokémon Center to be healed. On the way, Poliwhirl picked up the King's Rock that Ash had won in a tournament. Misty did not notice this, and simply gave Poliwhirl to Nurse Joy for treatment.

Shortly afterward, in a battle against Team Rocket, Misty recovered her Poliwhirl and let it out, surprised to see it evolve into Politoed before her eyes. Misty was thrilled with her newly-evolved Pokémon.

Misty's Politoed is very cheerful, enthusiastic, and eager to please. For a while, it took up cheerleading.

Politoed was used fairly often throughout Johto.

Moves used

Using Tackle as a Poliwhirl	Move	First used in
	DoubleSlap	The Stun Spore Detour
	Mega Punch	Hook, Line and Stinker
	Bubble	Roll on, Pokémon
	Water Gun	Viva Las Lapras
	Tackle	A Corsola Caper
	Swagger	Outrageous Fortunes
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.

In the games

Misty's Politoed appears in the following games:

Pokémon Stadium 2

Round 1:

Poliwhirl Lv.50	Water
Moves
Rain Dance	Water
Earthquake	Ground
Hydro Pump	Water
Body Slam	Normal

Round 2:

Politoed Lv.50	Water
Moves
Rain Dance	Water
Surf	Water
Ice Beam	Ice
Earthquake	Ground

In the TCG

Politoed was featured in the TCG as one of Misty's Pokémon. The following is a list of cards named Misty's Poliwag, Poliwhirl, and Politoed.

Name	Type	Level	Rarity	Set	Set no.
Misty's Poliwag		15		Gym Heroes	87/132
Misty's Poliwag		16		Gym Challenge	89/132
Misty's Poliwhirl		37		Gym Heroes	53/132
Misty's Politoed		-	-	5th Movie Half Deck (no English release)	3/18

Trivia

• Poliwag was the first of Misty's Pokémon to be seen evolving in the anime.
• Politoed is the only Pokémon that Misty currently owns that is not in the Hoenn Dex.
• Poliwag was the last Generation I Pokémon that a main character captured in the original series, excluding those caught and released in the same episode (Ash's Beedrill and Seaking, Misty's Seaking, and James's second Victreebel).

Related articles

For more information on this Pokémon's species, see Poliwag, Poliwhirl, and Politoed.

This article is part of Project Anime, a Bulbapedia project that covers all aspects of the Pokémon anime.