Dot's Quaxly

Dot's Quaxly ドットのクワッス Dot's Kuwassu

Dot's Quaxly

Debuts in The Pendant That Starts It All (Part One) Caught in Quaxly, We Can Do It Caught at Levincia Gender Male[1] Ability Unknown Current location With Dot

This Pokémon has not evolved.

Voice actor Japanese English As Quaxly Daisuke Namikawa Daman Mills

Dot's Quaxly (Japanese: ドットのクワッス Dot's Kuwassu), or Nidothing's Quaxly (Japanese: ぐるみんのクワッス Gurumin's Kuwassu), is one of Dot's Pokémon, and was her first Pokémon. Quaxly takes part in her videos to teach young viewers on basic knowledge on how to become a Pokémon Trainer. He is usually outside his Poké Ball.

In the anime

History

Pre-series

Prior to the series, Quaxly was a wild Pokémon living in the Brave Olivine alongside of the Rising Volt Tacklers. Eventually, he formed a close bond with Ludlow and Dot. He usually kept Ludlow company when he was fishing or participated in Nidothing's videos.

Pokémon Horizons: The Series

As a wild Pokémon

Quaxly and Ludlow

Quaxly first debuted in The Pendant That Starts It All (Part One) accompanied by Nidothing, assisting with her videos about how to be a Pokémon Trainer. In the following episode, Quaxly could be seen again panicking as the Rising Volt Tacklers were traveling through a thunderstorm, heading in Dot's room for safety.

In The Ancient Poké Ball, after the encounter of the Black Rayquaza, Quaxly found the tracker that the Explorers had previously placed on the bottom of the Brave Olivine and gave it to Ludlow, revealing how they had found the group's location before destroying it.

In Special Training with Cap!, Liko and Roy tried to introduce themselves to Dot. As they were waiting for a response on the other side of the door, coming out from the flap of the door was Quaxly, surprising Liko. Quaxly gave Liko and Roy a Dot's message as they were asking her for help in knowing how to get better at Pokémon battles. Later, Quaxly again came out from the flap, this time surprising Roy. Quaxly gave both of them a clue to where the Black Rayquaza was hinted to be last seen.

Quaxly and his friends

In An Unexpected Picnic!, with the help of Murdock, Liko gave Ludlow and Dot the opportunity to have a chance of experiencing a picnic, though Dot was hesitant to give a chance, Quaxly gave her a sincere smile and encouraged Dot to come out of her room to make her own sandwich. Quaxly as usual, attended the event with Ludlow and Dot.

In Someone We Can't See! Whosawhatsit?, when Liko disappeared, Dot personally volunteered to help search for her. When asked by Friede if she has a Pokémon in mind that would be ready to enter a Pokémon battle, Quaxly volunteered to battle alongside Dot as her partner.

With Dot

Quaxly being picked to be Dot's first Pokémon

In Quaxly, We Can Do It, Quaxly was officially caught as Dot's first Pokémon. He participated in his first battle against Spinel's Pokémon with the aid of Liko, Roy, and their respective partners, with Quaxly assisting Sprigatito in defeating Magneton. Afterwards, he encouraged Dot to reveal her true identity as Nidothing to Liko, one of her fans, after several previous failures.

In As Long as I'm with My Friends, Quaxly accompanied Dot and other members of the Team to collect ingredients for a curry cook off between Liko and Roy. He used Water Gun to scare off a group of Skwovet and Greedent that attacked Roy and Fuecoco. Afterwards, he happily ate curry alongside his Trainer and the other Rising Volt Tacklers after the curry cook off had been counted as a draw.

In HZ039, Quaxly worked with Dot to help a wild Tinkatink get her hammer back from a Orthworm, as Dot had him use Water Gun around the area in order to corner it. Dot's planned work and Quaxly was able to help Tinkatink get her hammer back, and the Metalsmith Pokémon was able to defeat it.

In HZ041, Dot used Quaxly in a battle against her mother, Blanca, and her Midnight Form Lycanroc. Quaxly was initially at a disadvantage due to Lycanroc's use of Counter, but while following Dot's order to aim for Lycanroc's legs, the Duckling Pokémon ended up learning Low Kick and defeating Lycanroc.

In HZ044, Quaxly and Tinkatink were used to battle Chalce's Medicham, keeping them distracted long enough for Dot to install a kill program into the generator the Explorers were using to lure out the Black Rayquaza. In the following episode, Quaxly helped take on the Black Rayquaza. With assistance from Captain Pikachu's Rising Volt Tackle, Quaxly and Sprigatito were sent flying high enough to launch attacks at Rayquaza. Despite this, Quaxly was eventually taken out by a stray Draco Meteor.

Personality and characteristics

Quaxly and Dot

As their species are known for, Quaxly loves to be clean and dislikes being dirty, as seen in Special Training with Cap!, when Roy attempted to touch the Duckling Pokémon, but unexpectedly got his hand slapped by him. Despite this, Quaxly has shown to be friendly, as he befriended Liko's Sprigatito and Roy's Fuecoco right away. Quaxly also has a habit of making poses for various reasons and seems to be a good dancer. Quaxly has been shown to be outgoing as he often accompanies Ludlow and watches the rest of the members of the Rising Volt Tacklers.

In addition to Ludlow, Quaxly seems to be loyal to Dot, not needing to be called by her when needed in her room. Quaxly is also a voice of reason for Dot, encouraging her to participate in social interactions and other situations she usually avoids. Quaxly even chose Dot to be his Trainer, as seen in Quaxly, We Can Do It. His closeness to Dot has been seen when it would sit on her shoulders. In addition, Quaxly would show his support in having new friends join Dot's team, as shown in HZ039, when he gave his Trainer a Poké Ball in order to catch a Tinkatink they befriended.

Quaxly and Tinkatink

Behind the scene of their livestream in The Door That Never Opens, Quaxly can be seen being skeptical when Dot fumbles or gives generic advice. Quaxly acts like a director, keeping Dot focused on the streams, avoiding a potential break in character live or when making videos. Quaxly also would help with Dot's fans as Nidothing, as shown in HZ036, when he accompanied Liko and Roy to meet a fan that asked his Trainer for help. In addition, Quaxly would make sure that no one knows about Dot's identity as Nidothing, as shown in HZ039, when he blocked the camera so his Trainer wasn't exposed, after Tinkatink tried to take the zipper from Dot's costume. He also became close friends with Tinkatink, going out of his way to help Tinkatink retrieve her hammer from a wild Orthworm. After Quaxly defeated Blanca's Lycanroc in a battle, Quaxly and Tinkatink shared a happy hug to celebrate his win.

Quaxly is shown to be aware of his surroundings. In Quaxly, We Can Do It, before Arboliva's Ancient Poké Ball shined, Quaxly sensed something strange when the van that Spinel was operating went past Liko, Roy, and Dot. He also sneakily hid next to the kitchen door after Friede thought the coast was clear in The Door That Never Opens.

Moves used

Using Low Kick	Move First Used In Pound Quaxly, We Can Do It Water Gun Quaxly, We Can Do It Low Kick HZ041
A † shows that the move was used recently, unless all moves fit this case or there are fewer than five known moves.

Gallery

Artwork

Official artwork from Pokémon Horizons: The Series[2]	Official artwork from Pokémon Horizons: The Series	First poster from Pokémon Horizons: The Series	Second poster from Pokémon Horizons: The Series
Reveal artwork from Pokémon Horizons: The Series	Reveal artwork from Pokémon Horizons: The Series	Third poster from Pokémon Horizons: The Series	Fith poster from Pokémon Horizons: The Series

Eyecatch

In the manga

Quaxly in Pocket Monsters ~The Detouring Volt Tacklers!!~

Quaxly in Pocket Monsters

Pocket Monsters ~The Detouring Volt Tacklers!!~

Quaxly appeared in the Pocket Monsters ~The Detouring Volt Tacklers!!~ manga. In DVT04, he and Dot helped Liko fix her hair.

Pocket Monsters

Quaxly appeared in a cameo in the Pocket Monsters manga alongside Nidothing.

Trivia

• Quaxly is the first concurrent Water-type first partner Pokémon to not be owned by a main character.
• Quaxly is the only Paldea first partner Pokémon to have been obtained in its main region. Ironically, Quaxly's Scarlet Pokédex entry says the species is originally foreign from Paldea.

References

See also

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

Dot's Pokémon
On hand:	Quaxly	Tinkatink
Traveling with:	Rotom Phone
Temporary:	Captain Pikachu

Recurring wild Pokémon characters in the anime
Fearow	Ho-Oh	Pink Butterfree	Haunter	Jigglypuff	Clefairy
Mewtwo	Slowking (M02)	Lapras	Suicune	Pichu Posse	Articuno (OS)
Lugia (OS)	Silver	Wynaut	Larvitar	Loudred	Spoink
Kyogre and Groudon (RS)	Articuno (RS)	Deoxys	Lake guardians	Marill	Hippopotas
Zekrom	Forces of Nature	Carracosta	Meloetta	Reshiram	Malamar
Super-ancient Pokémon (XY)	Wooper	Florges	Squishy	Z2	Guardian deities
Bewear	Toucannon's flock	Stoutland	Exeggutor	Oranguru	Lunala
Necrozma	Stufful	Ultra Beasts	Grandpa Forest	Melemele Greens	Mantine
Zeraora	Meltan	Shaymin	Magearna	Celebi	Wingull
Mew	Lugia (JN)	Thievul trio	Drednaw	Slowking (JN)	Legendary heroes
Mewtwo's friends	Cresselia	Darkrai	Dialga	Palkia	Heatran
Latias	Terapagos
Recurring wild Pokémon that have been caught
Caterpie	Gyarados	Aipom	Gible	Krokorok	Dedenne
Goodra	Litten	Rockruff	Mimikyu	Mareanie	Poipole
Eevee	Greedy Rapooh	Meltan	Scorbunny	Gengar	Sobble
Eternatus	Morpeko	Fuecoco	Wattrel	Quaxly

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