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Ash's Infernape

2009-09-26T19:04:25Z

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{{AnimePokémonInfobox|
type1=Fire|
type2=Fighting|
trainername=Ash|
pokemonname=Infernape|
jtrainername=サトシ|
jpokemonname=モウカザル|
tmtrainername=Satoshi|
tmpokemonname=Moukazaru|
image=[[Image:Infernape.png|245px]] |
caption=Ash's Infernape |
ability={{a|Blaze}} |
location=[[Hearthome City]] |
evolution=1|
numeps1=129|
prevonum=390|
evo1num=391|
evo2num=392|
epnum=DP003|
epname=When Pokémon Worlds Collide|
evolution=1|
firstevoep=DP132 |
firstevoname=DP132|
firststagename=Chimchar|
secondstagename=Monferno|
thirdstagename=Infernape|
current=[[Party|With Ash]]|
enva1=[[Bill Rogers]]|
java1=[[Megumi Hayashibara]]|
enva2=N/A|
java2=[[Megumi Hayashibara]]|
}}
'''Ash's Infernape''' (Japanese: '''サトシのモウカザル''' ''Satoshi's Moukazaru'') is a Pokémon owned by {{Ash}}. Monferno is voiced by 林原めぐみ ''[[Megumi Hayashibara]]'' in Japanese and [[Bill Rogers]] in English as a Chimchar. It was initially owned by [[Paul]] but joined Ash's team after being released in ''[[DP051|Glory Blaze!]]''.

==History==
===With Paul===
[[Image:PaulChimchar.png|thumb|left|220px|As a {{p|Chimchar}}, while under Paul's command]]
When Paul first saw Chimchar, it was being chased by a group of {{p|Zangoose}}. The situation looked bad for Chimchar but in its stress it pulled off an extremely powerful {{m|Flame Wheel}}. This impressed Paul enough to add Chimchar to his regular team. However, this first impression did not match up to Chimchar's normal abilities and so Paul regularly criticized it for being weak. After this incident, Chimchar had a morbid fear of all {{p|Zangoose}}.

Chimchar's first episode was ''[[DP003|When Pokémon Worlds Collide]]'' where Paul used it to battle {{TP|Dawn|Ash's Aipom|Ambipom}}. It fought well but lost in the end. Chimchar reappeared in ''[[DP006|Different Strokes for Different Blokes]]'' and where it won against [[Ash's Turtwig]] and ''[[DP015|Shapes of Things to Come!]]'' where it beat [[Roark]]'s {{p|Onix}} but lost to Roark's {{TP|Roark|Cranidos|Rampardos}}.

After losing to [[Cynthia]]'s {{TP|Cynthia|Garchomp}} in ''[[DP040|Top-Down Training]]'', Paul realized that Chimchar was not fulfilling his expectations. This culminated in the tag battle tournament arc that spanned through ''[[DP050|Tag, We're It!]]'', ''[[DP051|Glory Blaze!]]'' and ''[[DP052|Smells Like Team Spirit!]]'' where he was forced to battle alongside Ash. That night, Ash discovered Paul's training regime, which involved his Pokémon attacking Chimchar in the hopes of creating the power he had seen before. Ash intervened and took Chimchar to the Pokémon Center where Nurse Joy told Paul it would be unable to battle. However, Paul ignored this warning.

During the next battle against a Zangoose and a {{p|Metagross}}, Chimchar was too scared to make any attack when caught in Zangoose's claws and had to be saved by Turtwig, who was then seriously hurt through Chimchar following Paul's orders. Chimchar made up for this by protecting Turtwig from a {{m|Fire Blast}} attack. Furious at it, Paul refused to give any orders and he simply turned away. Shocked by this, Ash gave Chimchar commands to get them out of the situation before finishing the battle with Turtwig. After the battle, Paul released Chimchar in front of Ash, who then invited it to join him.

===With Ash===
[[Image:AshAdoptChimchar.png|left|thumb|220px|Ash adopting Chimchar]]
In ''[[DP053|Tears For Fears!]]'', Ash and his friends had a picnic party. Chimchar watched the Pokémon having fun and it kept having flashbacks of when it was still in Paul's possession reflecting on how its former trainer treated it as opposed to how Ash does, after which it cried tears of joy as it was finally treated with patience and kindness by Ash and {{Ashfr|his friends}}, something Paul failed to do as its trainer. In the same episode, Chimchar overcame its morbid fear of Zangoose stated above.

In ''[[DP068|A Triple Fighting Chance!]]'' Ash used Chimchar in his Gym Battle against the [[Veilstone City]] [[Gym Leader]], [[Maylene]]. Chimchar battled {{p|Meditite}}, but was recalled after Meditite confused it. It was then sent out against {{TP|Maylene|Lucario}} where it fought bravely and caused some damage before being defeated.

In ''[[DP081|Chim - Charred!]]'', Ash and co. came across Paul. Ash and Paul had an enormous argument at which point an enraged Ash challenged Paul to a battle. Chimchar volunteered to go up against Paul and faced [[Paul's Ursaring]]. Ursaring and Paul used brutal tactics and Chimchar was pushed to the point of using {{a|Blaze}}. Chimchar easily defeated Ursaring, but went on an uncontrollable rampage. Ash ran up to Chimchar and grabbed it, begging it to stop. Chimchar continued to struggle, biting Ash at one point. Eventually it was embraced by Ash and Chimchar calmed down.

Later in ''[[DP097|Double Team Turnover!]]'', when battling [[Team Galactic]], Chimchar protected Pikachu from a {{m|Poison Jab}} launched by [[Saturn's Toxicroak]]. Chimchar was incapacitated for the rest of the fight and was later thanked by Ash (after receiving medical treatment). [[Cynthia]] then comforted Chimchar about its past with Paul.

Ash later used Chimchar to battle against [[Barry]] in ''[[DP101|Barry's Busting Out All Over!]]''. Chimchar easily defeated Barry's {{p|Staraptor}} using its superior agility. But, despite a type advantage, Chimchar lost to Barry's {{p|Roserade}}.

In ''[[DP102|Shield with a Twist!]]'', using Ash's counter-shield strategy, Chimchar defeated [[Fantina]]'s {{p|Mismagius}} and {{p|Drifblim}}, earning Ash his {{Badge|Relic}}.

In ''[[DP108|Dealing With Defensive Types!]]'', it was used in the battle against [[Byron's Bastiodon]], {{p|Bronzor}} and {{p|Steelix}}. It defeated Bronzor and Steelix, but eventually fell to Bastiodon. This mirrors {{AP|Staravia}}'s previous participation in the [[DP068|third gym]], with it defeating the gym leader's first two Pokémon and losing to their third.

In ''[[DP127|Sliding Into Seventh!]]'', it was used in the Snowpoint Gym battle. Chimchar battled [[Candice]]'s {{p|Snover}} and {{TP|Candice|Abomasnow}} and it defeated both of them, earning Ash his {{Badge|Icicle}}.

In [[DP132]], Chimchar was used in the full battle Ash had against Paul. It defeated [[Paul's Ursaring]], which had previously taken down three of Ash's Pokémon, and evolved soon after into {{p|Monferno}} and immediately learned {{m|Mach Punch}}. During the following battle against [[Paul's Electabuzz]], it put up a close fight but was defeated and badly injured, resulting in a loss for Ash.

In [[DP133]], Monferno, along with the rest of Ash's Pokémon, was badly injured. It needed a {{b|Cheri}} to help treat it but the [[Pokémon Center]] didn't have one. After [[Brock]] got one by [[Lake Acuity]], it became better. It eventually attacked [[Team Rocket]] in combination with Ash's other Pokémon.

In [[DP147]], it will be used in a [[tag battle]] with Dawn against {{an|Kotone}} and [[Kazunari]] and it evolved during the battle.

==Moves used==
{{anmu/h|fire|fighting|row=8|align=center|move=Mach Punch|pic=Monferno mach punch.png}}
{{anmu|fire|Flame Wheel|DP003|When Pokémon Worlds Collide!|rec=yes}}
{{anmu|ground|Dig|DP006|Different Strokes for Different Blokes|rec=yes}}
{{anmu|fire|Flamethrower|DP050|Tag! We're It...!|rec=yes}}
{{anmu|normal|Scratch|DP003|When Pokémon Worlds Collide!|rec=no}}
{{anmu|fire|Fire Spin|DP040|Top-Down Training!}}
{{anmu|fire|Ember|DP003|When Pokémon Worlds Collide!}}
{{anmu|fighting|Mach Punch|DP132|rec=yes}}
{{anmu/f|fighting|yes}}

===Moves improvised===
[[File:Monferno counter shield.png|thumb|Monferno using [[Counter Shield]]]]
* '''[[Counter Shield]]''' was used in ''[[DP102|Shield With a Twist!]]'' and [[DP132]]. Monferno uses {{m|Flamethrower}} after using {{m|Flame Wheel}}, releasing fire whips everywhere.

==Trivia==
* This is Ash's third primate-based [[Pokémon]], the others being {{AP|Primeape}} and {{TP|Dawn|Aipom|Ambipom}}. Unlike the other two, however, Monferno has not stolen [[Ash's hat]], and actually evolved under his care.
** Monferno is also the only one of the three who is currently on a main character's team.
* Because of his capture of Chimchar, Ash now has owned each Fire-type starter whose English name begins with a C and whose Japanese name begins with a ヒ ''hi'': Charmander, {{AP|Cyndaquil}}, and Chimchar. Incidentally, Charmander and Chimchar were either abused or abandoned by their former Trainers, while Cyndaquil narrowly avoided being captured by [[Koji|a potentially abusive Trainer]].
** It is also Ash's only Fire-type starter whose English name does not begin with a C.
* Fans initially assumed Chimchar to be Paul's [[starter Pokémon]] until it was revealed in ''[[DP040|Top-Down Training!]]'' that Paul's starter Pokémon was actually [[Paul's Torterra|a Turtwig]], possibly in parallel to Ash's.
* For [[DP067]], [[Professor Oak's lecture]] is about Ash's Chimchar.
* Monferno is Ash's fourth Pokémon voiced by [[Megumi Hayashibara]] in Japanese. The other three are {{AP|Pidgeot}}, {{AP|Bulbasaur}} and {{AP|Phanpy}}.
* Chimchar is also Ash's third Pokémon voiced by [[Bill Rogers]] in the English dub. The other two are {{AP|Corphish}} and {{AP|Sceptile}}.
** It is also one of Paul's Pokémon to be voiced by the same voice actor. The other two are [[Paul#Pokémon|Weavile]] and {{TP|Paul|Honchkrow}}.
* Monferno is the only Pokémon on Ash's [[Sinnoh]] team to not have met any of its evolved forms.
* Monferno took the most amount of episodes so far to reach a certain stage in the {{series|Diamond & Pearl}}.
* When Monferno evolved, it became the first time Ash had two evolved forms of starter Pokémon from the same region in the same stage of evolution on hand. In fact, it also became the first time he ever had two starters from the same region evolve, as every other time only one starter evolved to a higher level than its base form.
* Monferno is Ash's third Pokémon to [[evolution|evolve]] while battling against [[Paul]], the others being {{AP|Grotle}} and {{AP|Staraptor}}.

==Related articles==
{{Animespeciesevo1|Chimchar|Monferno}}
{{-}}
{{Ash's Pokémon}} 
{{Paul's Pokémon}} 
{{Project Anime notice|no}}

[[Category:Paul's Pokémon|Chimchar]]
[[Category:Ash's Pokémon|Chimchar]]

[[de:Ashs Panpyro]]
[[pl:Monferno Asha]]
[[fr:Chimpenfeu de Sacha]]
[[ja:サトシのモウカザル]]
[[pt:Monferno de Ash]]

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2009-09-26T19:01:27Z

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Ash's Infernape

2009-09-26T18:55:44Z

Elemention123:

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pokemonname=Monferno|
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tmtrainername=Satoshi|
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image=[[Image:Ash Monferno.png|245px]] |
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'''Ash's Monferno''' (Japanese: '''サトシのモウカザル''' ''Satoshi's Moukazaru'') is a Pokémon owned by {{Ash}}. Monferno is voiced by 林原めぐみ ''[[Megumi Hayashibara]]'' in Japanese and [[Bill Rogers]] in English as a Chimchar. It was initially owned by [[Paul]] but joined Ash's team after being released in ''[[DP051|Glory Blaze!]]''.

==History==
===With Paul===
[[Image:PaulChimchar.png|thumb|left|220px|As a {{p|Chimchar}}, while under Paul's command]]
When Paul first saw Chimchar, it was being chased by a group of {{p|Zangoose}}. The situation looked bad for Chimchar but in its stress it pulled off an extremely powerful {{m|Flame Wheel}}. This impressed Paul enough to add Chimchar to his regular team. However, this first impression did not match up to Chimchar's normal abilities and so Paul regularly criticized it for being weak. After this incident, Chimchar had a morbid fear of all {{p|Zangoose}}.

Chimchar's first episode was ''[[DP003|When Pokémon Worlds Collide]]'' where Paul used it to battle {{TP|Dawn|Ash's Aipom|Ambipom}}. It fought well but lost in the end. Chimchar reappeared in ''[[DP006|Different Strokes for Different Blokes]]'' and where it won against [[Ash's Turtwig]] and ''[[DP015|Shapes of Things to Come!]]'' where it beat [[Roark]]'s {{p|Onix}} but lost to Roark's {{TP|Roark|Cranidos|Rampardos}}.

After losing to [[Cynthia]]'s {{TP|Cynthia|Garchomp}} in ''[[DP040|Top-Down Training]]'', Paul realized that Chimchar was not fulfilling his expectations. This culminated in the tag battle tournament arc that spanned through ''[[DP050|Tag, We're It!]]'', ''[[DP051|Glory Blaze!]]'' and ''[[DP052|Smells Like Team Spirit!]]'' where he was forced to battle alongside Ash. That night, Ash discovered Paul's training regime, which involved his Pokémon attacking Chimchar in the hopes of creating the power he had seen before. Ash intervened and took Chimchar to the Pokémon Center where Nurse Joy told Paul it would be unable to battle. However, Paul ignored this warning.

During the next battle against a Zangoose and a {{p|Metagross}}, Chimchar was too scared to make any attack when caught in Zangoose's claws and had to be saved by Turtwig, who was then seriously hurt through Chimchar following Paul's orders. Chimchar made up for this by protecting Turtwig from a {{m|Fire Blast}} attack. Furious at it, Paul refused to give any orders and he simply turned away. Shocked by this, Ash gave Chimchar commands to get them out of the situation before finishing the battle with Turtwig. After the battle, Paul released Chimchar in front of Ash, who then invited it to join him.

===With Ash===
[[Image:AshAdoptChimchar.png|left|thumb|220px|Ash adopting Chimchar]]
In ''[[DP053|Tears For Fears!]]'', Ash and his friends had a picnic party. Chimchar watched the Pokémon having fun and it kept having flashbacks of when it was still in Paul's possession reflecting on how its former trainer treated it as opposed to how Ash does, after which it cried tears of joy as it was finally treated with patience and kindness by Ash and {{Ashfr|his friends}}, something Paul failed to do as its trainer. In the same episode, Chimchar overcame its morbid fear of Zangoose stated above.

In ''[[DP068|A Triple Fighting Chance!]]'' Ash used Chimchar in his Gym Battle against the [[Veilstone City]] [[Gym Leader]], [[Maylene]]. Chimchar battled {{p|Meditite}}, but was recalled after Meditite confused it. It was then sent out against {{TP|Maylene|Lucario}} where it fought bravely and caused some damage before being defeated.

In ''[[DP081|Chim - Charred!]]'', Ash and co. came across Paul. Ash and Paul had an enormous argument at which point an enraged Ash challenged Paul to a battle. Chimchar volunteered to go up against Paul and faced [[Paul's Ursaring]]. Ursaring and Paul used brutal tactics and Chimchar was pushed to the point of using {{a|Blaze}}. Chimchar easily defeated Ursaring, but went on an uncontrollable rampage. Ash ran up to Chimchar and grabbed it, begging it to stop. Chimchar continued to struggle, biting Ash at one point. Eventually it was embraced by Ash and Chimchar calmed down.

Later in ''[[DP097|Double Team Turnover!]]'', when battling [[Team Galactic]], Chimchar protected Pikachu from a {{m|Poison Jab}} launched by [[Saturn's Toxicroak]]. Chimchar was incapacitated for the rest of the fight and was later thanked by Ash (after receiving medical treatment). [[Cynthia]] then comforted Chimchar about its past with Paul.

Ash later used Chimchar to battle against [[Barry]] in ''[[DP101|Barry's Busting Out All Over!]]''. Chimchar easily defeated Barry's {{p|Staraptor}} using its superior agility. But, despite a type advantage, Chimchar lost to Barry's {{p|Roserade}}.

In ''[[DP102|Shield with a Twist!]]'', using Ash's counter-shield strategy, Chimchar defeated [[Fantina]]'s {{p|Mismagius}} and {{p|Drifblim}}, earning Ash his {{Badge|Relic}}.

In ''[[DP108|Dealing With Defensive Types!]]'', it was used in the battle against [[Byron's Bastiodon]], {{p|Bronzor}} and {{p|Steelix}}. It defeated Bronzor and Steelix, but eventually fell to Bastiodon. This mirrors {{AP|Staravia}}'s previous participation in the [[DP068|third gym]], with it defeating the gym leader's first two Pokémon and losing to their third.

In ''[[DP127|Sliding Into Seventh!]]'', it was used in the Snowpoint Gym battle. Chimchar battled [[Candice]]'s {{p|Snover}} and {{TP|Candice|Abomasnow}} and it defeated both of them, earning Ash his {{Badge|Icicle}}.

In [[DP132]], Chimchar was used in the full battle Ash had against Paul. It defeated [[Paul's Ursaring]], which had previously taken down three of Ash's Pokémon, and evolved soon after into {{p|Monferno}} and immediately learned {{m|Mach Punch}}. During the following battle against [[Paul's Electabuzz]], it put up a close fight but was defeated and badly injured, resulting in a loss for Ash.

In [[DP133]], Monferno, along with the rest of Ash's Pokémon, was badly injured. It needed a {{b|Cheri}} to help treat it but the [[Pokémon Center]] didn't have one. After [[Brock]] got one by [[Lake Acuity]], it became better. It eventually attacked [[Team Rocket]] in combination with Ash's other Pokémon.

In [[DP147]], it will be used in a [[tag battle]] with Dawn against {{an|Kotone}} and [[Kazunari]].

==Moves used==
{{anmu/h|fire|fighting|row=8|align=center|move=Mach Punch|pic=Monferno mach punch.png}}
{{anmu|fire|Flame Wheel|DP003|When Pokémon Worlds Collide!|rec=yes}}
{{anmu|ground|Dig|DP006|Different Strokes for Different Blokes|rec=yes}}
{{anmu|fire|Flamethrower|DP050|Tag! We're It...!|rec=yes}}
{{anmu|normal|Scratch|DP003|When Pokémon Worlds Collide!|rec=no}}
{{anmu|fire|Fire Spin|DP040|Top-Down Training!}}
{{anmu|fire|Ember|DP003|When Pokémon Worlds Collide!}}
{{anmu|fighting|Mach Punch|DP132|rec=yes}}
{{anmu/f|fighting|yes}}

===Moves improvised===
[[File:Monferno counter shield.png|thumb|Monferno using [[Counter Shield]]]]
* '''[[Counter Shield]]''' was used in ''[[DP102|Shield With a Twist!]]'' and [[DP132]]. Monferno uses {{m|Flamethrower}} after using {{m|Flame Wheel}}, releasing fire whips everywhere.

==Trivia==
* This is Ash's third primate-based [[Pokémon]], the others being {{AP|Primeape}} and {{TP|Dawn|Aipom|Ambipom}}. Unlike the other two, however, Monferno has not stolen [[Ash's hat]], and actually evolved under his care.
** Monferno is also the only one of the three who is currently on a main character's team.
* Because of his capture of Chimchar, Ash now has owned each Fire-type starter whose English name begins with a C and whose Japanese name begins with a ヒ ''hi'': Charmander, {{AP|Cyndaquil}}, and Chimchar. Incidentally, Charmander and Chimchar were either abused or abandoned by their former Trainers, while Cyndaquil narrowly avoided being captured by [[Koji|a potentially abusive Trainer]].
** It is also Ash's only Fire-type starter whose English name does not begin with a C.
* Fans initially assumed Chimchar to be Paul's [[starter Pokémon]] until it was revealed in ''[[DP040|Top-Down Training!]]'' that Paul's starter Pokémon was actually [[Paul's Torterra|a Turtwig]], possibly in parallel to Ash's.
* For [[DP067]], [[Professor Oak's lecture]] is about Ash's Chimchar.
* Monferno is Ash's fourth Pokémon voiced by [[Megumi Hayashibara]] in Japanese. The other three are {{AP|Pidgeot}}, {{AP|Bulbasaur}} and {{AP|Phanpy}}.
* Chimchar is also Ash's third Pokémon voiced by [[Bill Rogers]] in the English dub. The other two are {{AP|Corphish}} and {{AP|Sceptile}}.
** It is also one of Paul's Pokémon to be voiced by the same voice actor. The other two are [[Paul#Pokémon|Weavile]] and {{TP|Paul|Honchkrow}}.
* Monferno is the only Pokémon on Ash's [[Sinnoh]] team to not have met any of its evolved forms.
* Monferno took the most amount of episodes so far to reach a certain stage in the {{series|Diamond & Pearl}}.
* When Monferno evolved, it became the first time Ash had two evolved forms of starter Pokémon from the same region in the same stage of evolution on hand. In fact, it also became the first time he ever had two starters from the same region evolve, as every other time only one starter evolved to a higher level than its base form.
* Monferno is Ash's third Pokémon to [[evolution|evolve]] while battling against [[Paul]], the others being {{AP|Grotle}} and {{AP|Staraptor}}.

==Related articles==
{{Animespeciesevo1|Chimchar|Monferno}}
{{-}}
{{Ash's Pokémon}} 
{{Paul's Pokémon}} 
{{Project Anime notice|no}}

[[Category:Paul's Pokémon|Chimchar]]
[[Category:Ash's Pokémon|Chimchar]]

[[de:Ashs Panpyro]]
[[pl:Monferno Asha]]
[[fr:Chimpenfeu de Sacha]]
[[ja:サトシのモウカザル]]
[[pt:Monferno de Ash]]

Ash's Infernape

2009-09-26T18:52:21Z

Elemention123:

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type1=Fire|
type2=Fighting|
trainername=Ash|
pokemonname=Infernape|
jtrainername=サトシ|
jpokemonname=モウカザル|
tmtrainername=Satoshi|
tmpokemonname=Moukazaru|
image=[[Image:Ash Infernape.png|245px]] |
caption=Ash's Infernape |
ability={{a|Blaze}} |
location=[[Hearthome City]] |
evolution=1|
numeps1=129|
prevonum=390|
evo1num=391|
evo2num=392|
epnum=DP003|
epname=When Pokémon Worlds Collide|
evolution=1|
firstevoep=DP132 |
firstevoname=DP132|
firststagename=Chimchar|
secondstagename=Monferno|
thirdstagename=Infernape|
current=[[Party|With Ash]]|
enva1=[[Bill Rogers]]|
java1=[[Megumi Hayashibara]]|
enva2=N/A|
java2=[[Megumi Hayashibara]]|
}}
'''Ash's Infernape''' (Japanese: '''サトシのモウカザル''' ''Satoshi's Moukazaru'') is a Pokémon owned by {{Ash}}. Monferno is voiced by 林原めぐみ ''[[Megumi Hayashibara]]'' in Japanese and [[Bill Rogers]] in English as a Chimchar. It was initially owned by [[Paul]] but joined Ash's team after being released in ''[[DP051|Glory Blaze!]]''.

==History==
===With Paul===
[[Image:PaulChimchar.png|thumb|left|220px|As a {{p|Chimchar}}, while under Paul's command]]
When Paul first saw Chimchar, it was being chased by a group of {{p|Zangoose}}. The situation looked bad for Chimchar but in its stress it pulled off an extremely powerful {{m|Flame Wheel}}. This impressed Paul enough to add Chimchar to his regular team. However, this first impression did not match up to Chimchar's normal abilities and so Paul regularly criticized it for being weak. After this incident, Chimchar had a morbid fear of all {{p|Zangoose}}.

Chimchar's first episode was ''[[DP003|When Pokémon Worlds Collide]]'' where Paul used it to battle {{TP|Dawn|Ash's Aipom|Ambipom}}. It fought well but lost in the end. Chimchar reappeared in ''[[DP006|Different Strokes for Different Blokes]]'' and where it won against [[Ash's Turtwig]] and ''[[DP015|Shapes of Things to Come!]]'' where it beat [[Roark]]'s {{p|Onix}} but lost to Roark's {{TP|Roark|Cranidos|Rampardos}}.

After losing to [[Cynthia]]'s {{TP|Cynthia|Garchomp}} in ''[[DP040|Top-Down Training]]'', Paul realized that Chimchar was not fulfilling his expectations. This culminated in the tag battle tournament arc that spanned through ''[[DP050|Tag, We're It!]]'', ''[[DP051|Glory Blaze!]]'' and ''[[DP052|Smells Like Team Spirit!]]'' where he was forced to battle alongside Ash. That night, Ash discovered Paul's training regime, which involved his Pokémon attacking Chimchar in the hopes of creating the power he had seen before. Ash intervened and took Chimchar to the Pokémon Center where Nurse Joy told Paul it would be unable to battle. However, Paul ignored this warning.

During the next battle against a Zangoose and a {{p|Metagross}}, Chimchar was too scared to make any attack when caught in Zangoose's claws and had to be saved by Turtwig, who was then seriously hurt through Chimchar following Paul's orders. Chimchar made up for this by protecting Turtwig from a {{m|Fire Blast}} attack. Furious at it, Paul refused to give any orders and he simply turned away. Shocked by this, Ash gave Chimchar commands to get them out of the situation before finishing the battle with Turtwig. After the battle, Paul released Chimchar in front of Ash, who then invited it to join him.

===With Ash===
[[Image:AshAdoptChimchar.png|left|thumb|220px|Ash adopting Chimchar]]
In ''[[DP053|Tears For Fears!]]'', Ash and his friends had a picnic party. Chimchar watched the Pokémon having fun and it kept having flashbacks of when it was still in Paul's possession reflecting on how its former trainer treated it as opposed to how Ash does, after which it cried tears of joy as it was finally treated with patience and kindness by Ash and {{Ashfr|his friends}}, something Paul failed to do as its trainer. In the same episode, Chimchar overcame its morbid fear of Zangoose stated above.

In ''[[DP068|A Triple Fighting Chance!]]'' Ash used Chimchar in his Gym Battle against the [[Veilstone City]] [[Gym Leader]], [[Maylene]]. Chimchar battled {{p|Meditite}}, but was recalled after Meditite confused it. It was then sent out against {{TP|Maylene|Lucario}} where it fought bravely and caused some damage before being defeated.

In ''[[DP081|Chim - Charred!]]'', Ash and co. came across Paul. Ash and Paul had an enormous argument at which point an enraged Ash challenged Paul to a battle. Chimchar volunteered to go up against Paul and faced [[Paul's Ursaring]]. Ursaring and Paul used brutal tactics and Chimchar was pushed to the point of using {{a|Blaze}}. Chimchar easily defeated Ursaring, but went on an uncontrollable rampage. Ash ran up to Chimchar and grabbed it, begging it to stop. Chimchar continued to struggle, biting Ash at one point. Eventually it was embraced by Ash and Chimchar calmed down.

Later in ''[[DP097|Double Team Turnover!]]'', when battling [[Team Galactic]], Chimchar protected Pikachu from a {{m|Poison Jab}} launched by [[Saturn's Toxicroak]]. Chimchar was incapacitated for the rest of the fight and was later thanked by Ash (after receiving medical treatment). [[Cynthia]] then comforted Chimchar about its past with Paul.

Ash later used Chimchar to battle against [[Barry]] in ''[[DP101|Barry's Busting Out All Over!]]''. Chimchar easily defeated Barry's {{p|Staraptor}} using its superior agility. But, despite a type advantage, Chimchar lost to Barry's {{p|Roserade}}.

In ''[[DP102|Shield with a Twist!]]'', using Ash's counter-shield strategy, Chimchar defeated [[Fantina]]'s {{p|Mismagius}} and {{p|Drifblim}}, earning Ash his {{Badge|Relic}}.

In ''[[DP108|Dealing With Defensive Types!]]'', it was used in the battle against [[Byron's Bastiodon]], {{p|Bronzor}} and {{p|Steelix}}. It defeated Bronzor and Steelix, but eventually fell to Bastiodon. This mirrors {{AP|Staravia}}'s previous participation in the [[DP068|third gym]], with it defeating the gym leader's first two Pokémon and losing to their third.

In ''[[DP127|Sliding Into Seventh!]]'', it was used in the Snowpoint Gym battle. Chimchar battled [[Candice]]'s {{p|Snover}} and {{TP|Candice|Abomasnow}} and it defeated both of them, earning Ash his {{Badge|Icicle}}.

In [[DP132]], Chimchar was used in the full battle Ash had against Paul. It defeated [[Paul's Ursaring]], which had previously taken down three of Ash's Pokémon, and evolved soon after into {{p|Monferno}} and immediately learned {{m|Mach Punch}}. During the following battle against [[Paul's Electabuzz]], it put up a close fight but was defeated and badly injured, resulting in a loss for Ash.

In [[DP133]], Monferno, along with the rest of Ash's Pokémon, was badly injured. It needed a {{b|Cheri}} to help treat it but the [[Pokémon Center]] didn't have one. After [[Brock]] got one by [[Lake Acuity]], it became better. It eventually attacked [[Team Rocket]] in combination with Ash's other Pokémon.

In [[DP147]], it will be used in a [[tag battle]] with Dawn against {{an|Kotone}} and [[Kazunari]]and evolves into Infernape.

==Moves used==
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{{anmu|fire|Flame Wheel|DP003|When Pokémon Worlds Collide!|rec=yes}}
{{anmu|ground|Dig|DP006|Different Strokes for Different Blokes|rec=yes}}
{{anmu|fire|Flamethrower|DP050|Tag! We're It...!|rec=yes}}
{{anmu|normal|Scratch|DP003|When Pokémon Worlds Collide!|rec=no}}
{{anmu|fire|Fire Spin|DP040|Top-Down Training!}}
{{anmu|fire|Ember|DP003|When Pokémon Worlds Collide!}}
{{anmu|fighting|Mach Punch|DP132|rec=yes}}
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===Moves improvised===
[[File:Monferno counter shield.png|thumb|Monferno using [[Counter Shield]]]]
* '''[[Counter Shield]]''' was used in ''[[DP102|Shield With a Twist!]]'' and [[DP132]]. Monferno uses {{m|Flamethrower}} after using {{m|Flame Wheel}}, releasing fire whips everywhere.

==Trivia==
* This is Ash's third primate-based [[Pokémon]], the others being {{AP|Primeape}} and {{TP|Dawn|Aipom|Ambipom}}. Unlike the other two, however, Monferno has not stolen [[Ash's hat]], and actually evolved under his care.
** Monferno is also the only one of the three who is currently on a main character's team.
* Because of his capture of Chimchar, Ash now has owned each Fire-type starter whose English name begins with a C and whose Japanese name begins with a ヒ ''hi'': Charmander, {{AP|Cyndaquil}}, and Chimchar. Incidentally, Charmander and Chimchar were either abused or abandoned by their former Trainers, while Cyndaquil narrowly avoided being captured by [[Koji|a potentially abusive Trainer]].
** It is also Ash's only Fire-type starter whose English name does not begin with a C.
* Fans initially assumed Chimchar to be Paul's [[starter Pokémon]] until it was revealed in ''[[DP040|Top-Down Training!]]'' that Paul's starter Pokémon was actually [[Paul's Torterra|a Turtwig]], possibly in parallel to Ash's.
* For [[DP067]], [[Professor Oak's lecture]] is about Ash's Chimchar.
* Monferno is Ash's fourth Pokémon voiced by [[Megumi Hayashibara]] in Japanese. The other three are {{AP|Pidgeot}}, {{AP|Bulbasaur}} and {{AP|Phanpy}}.
* Chimchar is also Ash's third Pokémon voiced by [[Bill Rogers]] in the English dub. The other two are {{AP|Corphish}} and {{AP|Sceptile}}.
** It is also one of Paul's Pokémon to be voiced by the same voice actor. The other two are [[Paul#Pokémon|Weavile]] and {{TP|Paul|Honchkrow}}.
* Monferno is the only Pokémon on Ash's [[Sinnoh]] team to not have met any of its evolved forms.
* Monferno took the most amount of episodes so far to reach a certain stage in the {{series|Diamond & Pearl}}.
* When Monferno evolved, it became the first time Ash had two evolved forms of starter Pokémon from the same region in the same stage of evolution on hand. In fact, it also became the first time he ever had two starters from the same region evolve, as every other time only one starter evolved to a higher level than its base form.
* Monferno is Ash's third Pokémon to [[evolution|evolve]] while battling against [[Paul]], the others being {{AP|Grotle}} and {{AP|Staraptor}}.

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DP147

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(Japanese: '''サトシとヒカリ!タッグバトル！！''' ''{{tt|Satoshi|Ash}} and {{tt|Hikari|Dawn}}! Tag Battle!!'') is the 147th episode of the {{series|Diamond & Pearl}}, and the 613th episode of the [[Pokémon anime]]. It is scheduled to air in Japan on October 15, 2009.
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==Synopsis==


==Major events==

*{{Ash}} and {{an|Dawn}} have their third [[tag battle]] together, against {{an|Kotone}} and [[Kazunari]].
===Debuts===
====Pokémon debuts====


==Characters==
===Humans===
* {{Ash}}
* {{an|Dawn}}
* [[Brock]]
* [[Jessie]]
* [[James]]
* {{an|Kotone}}
* [[Kazunari]]

===Pokémon===
* {{p|Pikachu}} ({{OP|Ash|Pikachu}})
* {{p|Meowth}} ({{TRM}})




* {{p|Infernape}} ({{OP|Ash|Infernape}})


* {{p|Piplup}} ({{OP|Dawn|Piplup}})



* {{p|Cyndaquil}} ({{OP|Dawn|Cyndaquil}})

















* {{p|Chikorita}} ({{an|Kotone}}'s)

* {{p|Totodile}} ([[Kazunari]]'s)


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