Talk:Dawn's Mamoswine

2009-05-11T17:36:39Z

Riolufan09:

Spin tile

2009-05-11T17:28:27Z

Riolufan09:

[[Image:Spinner_demo.gif|thumb|right||250px|Red stepping on spinners.]]
A '''spinner''' is a phrase used to describe a certain tile featured in [[Pokémon Red and Blue Versions|Pokémon Red and Blue]], [[Pokémon Yellow Version|Pokémon Yellow]], [[Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire Versions|Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire]], [[Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen Versions|Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen]], [[Pokémon Diamond and Pearl Versions|Pokémon Diamond and Pearl]], and [[Pokémon Platinum Version|Pokémon Platinum]]. The official name for this tile, if there is one, is unknown. This tile, when stepped upon, will whisk the player in the direction of the arrows depicted on it. The player will continue to travel in that direction until they hit a wall, land on another spinner (which may send them in a different direction) or land on a Stopper, a tile only used for that purpose. The name 'spinner' comes from the fact that the player is spun around while traveling.

[[Spinner]]s are generally associated with that of [[Team Rocket]], and are first found in the [[Rocket Hideout (Celadon City)|Rocket Hideout]], where they form a complex maze that the player must work out to continue to the other levels. Other places include [[Viridian Gym]], and the [[Rocket Warehouse]] in [[FireRed/LeafGreen]].

They also appear in [[Mossdeep Gym]] in [[Ruby/Sapphire]] and the [[Trick House]] in [[Hoenn]], as well as [[Fuego Ironworks]] in [[Sinnoh]], although these locations have no association with Team Rocket.

===Spinner & Stopper Tile Images===
{| border=1 width=450px style="background: #fff; border:1px solid #999; border-collapse:collapse;"
|- style="background: #{{RouteInfo/landdark}};"
! width=10% | Generation
! width=20% | Image
! width=40% | Description
|-
| align=center | I
| align=center | [[Image:Spinner_gen1.png]]
| align=left | The original spinner tile from Generation I. The arrows point in the direction of itravel.
|-
| align=center | I
| align=center | [[Image:Stopper_gen1.png]]
| align=left | A stopper tile from Generation I. These stop the player from travelling.
|-
| align=center | III
| align=center | [[Image:Spinner_gen3.png]]
| align=left | A spinner tile from FireRed/LeafGreen. It is now green with rounded edges.
|-
| align=center | III
| align=center | [[Image:Stopper_gen3.png]]
| align=left | A stopper tile from FireRed/LeafGreen. It is now colored yellow.
|}

==Trivia==
* In [[Pokémon Yellow]], when the player is spun on the tiles, the {{p|Pikachu}} spins with them.
* In [[Generation I]], while the player is spinning, the arrows on the tiles move.
{{Special tiles}}

Dawn's Mamoswine

2009-05-11T17:25:32Z

Riolufan09:

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trainername=Dawn|
pokemonname=Mamoswine|
jtrainername=ヒカリ|
jpokemonname=マンムー|
tmtrainername=Hikari|
tmpokemonname=Mammoo|
image=[[Image:Mamoswine.png|240px]] |
caption=Dawn's Mamoswine|
location=[[Mr. Backlot]]'s [[Trophy Garden]] |
evolution=2|
numeps1=20|
numeps2=2|
prevonum=220|
evo1num=221|
evo2num=473|
epnum=DP084|
epname=Hungry for the Good Life!|
evolution=1|
firstevoep=DP104 |
firstevoname=Sleepless in Pre-Battle! |
firststagename=Swinub |
evolution=2 |
secondevoep=DP106 |
secondevoname=A Breed Stampede! |
secondstagename=Piloswine |
current=[[Party|With Dawn]]|
java1=[[Inuko Inuyama]]|
enva1=[[Kayzie Rogers]]|
java2=[[Inuko Inuyama]]|
enva2=Unknown|
java3=[[Unshō Ishizuka]]|
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}}

'''Dawn's Mamoswine''' (Japanese: '''ヒカリのマンムー''' ''Hikari's Mammoo'') was the fifth [[Pokémon]] {{pkmn2|captured}} by {{an|Dawn}} in the {{pkmn|anime}}, and her sixth Pokémon in all. Its Japanese voice actor is ''[[Unshō Ishizuka]]''. In Japanese, it was voiced by ''[[Inuko Inuyama]]'' as a {{p|Swinub}} and {{p|Piloswine}}. In English, it was voiced by [[Kayzie Rogers]] as a Swinub.

==History==
[[Image:DP084.png|As a {{p|Swinub}}|thumb|left]]
Mamoswine's debut was in ''[[DP084|Hungry for the Good Life!]]'' as a Swinub. It appeared at [[Mr. Backlot]]'s mansion from a nearby forest. It caused trouble by devouring all of Dawn's [[Poffin]]s, much to the displeasure of Dawn's other {{DL|Dawn (anime)|Pokémon}}. This revealed its gluttonous [[nature]]. However, after helping take down [[Team Rocket]] and rescue the other Pokémon, Dawn decided she wanted Swinub to go with her.

In ''[[DP095|Battling the Generation Gap!]]'', Swinub watched its first {{pkmn|Contest}} when it saw Dawn, {{TP|Dawn|Buneary}} and {{TP|Dawn|Ambipom}} work together to win the [[Celestic Town]] {{pkmn|Contest}}.

While still a Swinub, it was not used very much due to its relative lack of battling experience. It had a very cheerful personality and would often jump up and down in excitement.
Swinub evolved into Piloswine in ''[[DP104|Sleepless in Pre-Battle!]]'' in a {{pkmn|battle}} against Team Rocket. After evolving, though Piloswine was still very affectionate towards Dawn, its personality drastically changed, as seen in ''[[DP105|Get Your Rotom Running!]]'' where it tackled her to the ground out of affection.

In ''[[DP106|A Breed Stampede!]]'', just two episodes after evolving, Piloswine started to disobey Dawn. Knowing numerous powerful attacks, Piloswine felt much stronger and more confident than it did as a Swinub. It then attacked {{TP|Dawn|Piplup}} for touching its fur presumptuously. It started to develop an indifference towards Dawn and rushed towards her only after she threw its favorite food, [[Poffin]]s, around, forcing it to run around to eat the Poffins. It even tried to attack Dawn with {{m|Ice Shard}}. It used Ice Shard and froze half the body of {{AP|Grotle}}, who tried to stop it from rampaging. Immediately after that, it rushed all the way towards Dawn and the others, nearly crushing everyone, only to be stopped by [[Brock]]'s muscular {{TP|Brock|Happiny}}. Dawn agreed to have a battle with her Piloswine and [[Ash's Grotle]]. However, it ignored Dawn's commands and used {{m|AncientPower}} instead.

It later evolved again into {{p|Mamoswine}} after being attacked by Team Rocket. Unfortunately, it has kept its bad behavior from when it was a Piloswine, and even charged at the gang in a rage, only to be stopped by Brock, who told Dawn to return it to its [[Poké Ball]]. Despite this, Dawn is still eager to train Mamoswine well.
[[Image:Piloswine.png|As a {{p|Piloswine}}|thumb|left]]
In battle, {{P|Mamoswine}} has shown to be incredibly powerful thanks to its large and powerful physique. It was shown to take {{TP|Dawn|Piplup}}'s {{m|BubbleBeam}}, {{m|Whirlpool}} ''and'' {{m|Peck}} in quick succession with no resistance at all as well as knocking it out for the third time in ''[[DP106|A Breed Stampede!]]''.

In [[DP109]], Dawn tried to call for its help removing a broken manhole cover, but it turned its back to Dawn and refused. Dawn then bribed it with [[Poffin]]s in order to follow. Although it did help, it then happily threw Dawn and Piplup into the air, eating the Poffins while it was left to {{TP|Brock|Happiny}} to catch them.

In [[DP114]], Mamoswine wasn't really excited to watch Dawn in the contest. Instead, it just slept with a pompom on its head. Later on, during Dawn's battle with [[Urara]], Mamoswine seemed to watch with interest, seeing Dawn and {{TP|Dawn|Pachirisu}} use Pachirisu's {{m|Super Fang|new move}} to the fullest.
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In [[DP119]], Mamoswine was injured during a battle against a {{pkmn2|wild}} {{p|Aggron}}. Dawn and her Pokémon used the first aid skills taught to her by Brock in ''[[DP094|Doc Brock!]]'' to help Mamoswine recover, and later attempted to protect Mamoswine against Team Rocket. As a result, Mamoswine started obeying Dawn and under her instructions, it was able to defeat Aggron.

In [[DP123]], it showed interest in Contests again.

==Moves used==
[[Image:MamoswineIceShard.jpg|Mamoswine using {{m|Ice Shard}}|thumb]]
* {{m|Take Down}}
* {{m|Ice Shard}}
* {{m|Dig}}
* {{m|AncientPower}}

==Trivia==
* {{P|Mamoswine}}, alongside [[Ash's Gliscor]], are the only Pokémon in the parties of {{Ash}} and {{ashfr|his friends}} to be absent from the original [[List of Pokémon by Sinnoh Dex number|Sinnoh Dex]] (though [[Jessie]] of [[Team Rocket]] has {{TP|Jessie|Yanmega}}, {{TP|Jessie|Seviper}}, and {{TP|Jessie|Wobbuffet}}, and [[Paul]] owns {{TP|Paul|Electabuzz}}, {{TP|Paul|Ursaring}}, and {{TP|Paul|Gliscor}}).
* Mamoswine, as a Swinub, is the first capture Dawn has made since {{TP|Dawn|Buizel}}, exactly [[DP034|50 episodes before]]. It is also her only capture in which she didn't {{pkmn|battle}} the Pokémon twice, or even at all.
* Mamoswine, as a Swinub, is the fifth, and most recent, Pokémon introduced in [[Generation II]] that is in the party of a member of the main cast during the {{series|Diamond & Pearl}}.
* Mamoswine, as a Swinub, is also the second Pokémon that Dawn owns that was introduced in a generation other than the one she was introduced in, the first being Aipom. Like Aipom, Piloswine has a Generation IV evolved form.
* Mamoswine is the fourth Pokémon in the [[Pokémon anime]] to evolve by knowing a certain move, following Brock's {{TP|Brock|Sudowoodo}}, Dawn's {{TP|Dawn|Ambipom}} and Jessie's {{TP|Jessie|Yanmega}}, and is the second Pokémon of Dawn's to evolve by this method.
** Mamoswine is also the second Pokémon to evolve by learning the move {{m|AncientPower}}, the first being Jessie's Yanmega, which also evolved rather quickly after being captured.
* Mamoswine, as a Swinub, has some similarities with [[May's Munchlax]]: Mamoswine loves to eat mass quantities of [[Poffin]]; likewise, May's Munchlax enjoys mass quantities of [[Pokéblock]] (the [[Generation III]] counterpart of the Poffin).
* So far, Mamoswine is Dawn's only {{cat|dual-type Pokémon}}.
* Mamoswine is Dawn's second evolved Pokémon, the first being {{TP|Dawn|Ambipom}}. Both are final forms of a [[Generation II]] evolution family. Coincidentally, both need to know a specific move to evolve.
* ''[[DP104|Sleepless in Pre-Battle]]'', the episode in which {{p|Swinub}} evolves into {{p|Piloswine}}, first aired in Japan in the same week that ''[[DP084|Hungry For the Good Life!]]'', the episode in which Swinub is captured, first aired in the United States. The same thing happened to [[Ash's Gliscor]].
* Mamoswine is the first Pokémon in the current saga to appear evolved in an opening prior to its actual evolution being shown. Furthermore, it was as a {{p|Mamoswine}}.
** It was changed back to a Piloswine in the opening of ''[[DP106|A Breed Stampede!]]'', despite it evolving in that episode. The inclusion as a Mamoswine in the opening of ''[[DP104|Sleepless in Pre-Battle]]'' was an error.
* Mamoswine is similar to [[Ash's Charizard]] in many aspects.
** Both were caught in their base forms without having to be fought.
** Both are the fifth Pokémon captured by their {{pkmn|Trainer}}s (Mamoswine is the sixth Dawn actually obtained, but {{TP|Dawn|Ambipom}} was obtained in a trade, and not truly captured).
** Both of them disobeyed their Trainers when they evolved, but were both quite loyal to their Trainers in their base forms. They also have three evolutionary stages, and started to disobey at their second.
** Both evolved to their final forms within a short span of episodes and retained their disobedience.
** Both were the second Pokémon on their respective teams to evolve to their final forms (the first being {{AP|Butterfree}} for Ash and {{TP|Dawn|Ambipom}} for Dawn).
** Both resolved their disobedience issues after getting injured in a battle and then being nursed back to health by their Trainers. They then battle and win against the same Pokémon that injured them.
**Both are opposite types [[Fire (type)|Fire]]/[[Flying (type)|Flying]] and [[Ice (type)|Ice]]/[[Groung (type)|Ground]]
* Like many other main characters' Pokémon, Mamoswine was obtained after the Pokémon's species' debut in a [[Giratina and the Sky Warrior|movie]].
* Mamoswine is Dawn's only Pokémon that has not yet been used in a {{pkmn|Contest}}.
* Both of Mamoswine's evolutions happened during a battle with [[Team Rocket]].

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