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Ash's Donphan サトシのドンファン Satoshi's Donfan

Ash's Donphan

Egg obtained in Extreme Pokémon Hatches in Hatching a Plan! Hatched at Around Route 42 Evolves in Reversing the Charges Gender Unknown Ability Unknown Current location At Professor Oak's Laboratory

→ → This Pokémon spent 2 episodes in its Egg and 198 episodes as Phanpy.

Voice actor Japanese English As Phanpy Megumi Hayashibara Tara Jayne Lindsey Warner (4Kids) Michele Knotz Jamie Peacock (TPCi) As Donphan Kenta Miyake

Ash's Donphan (Japanese: サトシのドンファン Satoshi's Donfan) was the sixth Pokémon caught by Ash during his travels through Johto.

History

Johto

Ash received a Phanpy egg as a prize in the episode Extreme Pokémon! after he and Bayleef won a race hosted by an old couple who were breeders.

It hatched in the episode Hatching a Plan!. It was shown to be a very playful and energetic Pokémon, refusing to be returned to its Poké Ball, only to be snatched by Team Rocket. Pikachu rescued Phanpy, but the electricity scared the baby Pokémon away. It ran into the clutches of Team Rocket again, who used Meowth to deceive Phanpy and hatch a plot to capture Pikachu. After this plan succeeds, Team Rocket double crossed Phanpy and stuck it in a cage, only for Pikachu to hatch an escape plan and Ash to come to the rescue, selflessly diving into the river to rescue Phanpy. It was then used Rollout to knock back Team Rocket's Pokémon for Pikachu to send them blasting off. It was unable to replicate this success in the next episode, where Team Rocket used Delibird's Blizzard to knock out Phanpy in a single blow.

As a Phanpy

In As Cold as Pryce, Phanpy battled Pryce's Dewgong and lost easily, but it did slightly better in battle with Nelson's Misdreavus in Entei At Your Own Risk, managing to use Defense Curl to block a Swift, but was hit and confused by Psybeam. Team Rocket interrupted the battle and left it without conclusion.

In Pop Goes the Sneasel, Phanpy joined Harrison's Houndoom in taking down a rogue Machop with Rollout whilst recovering the stolen Sacred Fire for the Johto League opening ceremony.It also helped him get through the screening phases of the Silver Conference.

Phanpy played a role in Ash's battle against Macy in the Silver Conference in the episode Love, Pokémon Style!. It was used in counter to her Electabuzz, but ended up battling against and defeating her Slugma. It was defeated by her Quilava, leaving Ash's Squirtle and Totodile to face Electabuzz.

Kanto Battle Frontier

Ash left Phanpy at Professor Oak's lab before traveling to Hoenn, but it returned to his party when Ash took on the Battle Frontier challenge. It had shown signs that it had grown up beyond the young Pokémon seen in Johto.

In Reversing the Charges, Phanpy battled a Team Rocket mecha and evolved into a Donphan in order to take it down. Ash also used Donphan in the match against Pike Queen Lucy and her Seviper. Donphan had become a very strong battler, but still retained its child-like behavior it had when it was a Phanpy.

Donphan returned to Professor Oak's lab when Ash left for Sinnoh.

Sinnoh

Donphan appeared in An Old Family Blend!, alongside Ash's other Pokémon. It was shown training with Ash. In Working on a Right Move!, Ash used Donphan in his battle against Conway in the Lily of the Valley Conference. Donphan was initially called out to battle Conway's Shuckle, and it put up a good fight, utilizing its Rollout attack, before being recalled by Ash. Later in the battle, it was called out to battle Conway's Dusknoir, but ultimately fell to its powerful Shadow Punch.

Moves used

Using Rollout	Move First Used In Tackle Hatching a Plan Rollout † Hatching a Plan Take Down Hatching a Plan Earthquake Love, Pokémon Style! Defense Curl Love, Pokémon Style! Hidden Power Hooked on Onix Hyper Beam Reversing the Charges
A † shows that the move was used recently, unless all moves fit this case or there are fewer than five known moves.

Trivia

• Donphan is the first Template:Type2 Pokémon to be owned by Ash.
• It is the only Pokémon that Ash owns that had been in his team once before, left at Professor Oak's Laboratory, and then again returned to his main team for more than a few episodes at a later time. Any other Pokémon Ash has called from Oak's have been used only during the course of one or two episodes, then returned.
• During its time as a Phanpy, it had the largest rotation of English voice actors of all of Ash's Pokémon, with four.

Related articles

• For more information on this Pokémon's species, see Phanpy and Donphan.
• Ash's Phanpy (8th Movie Half Deck 4)

Ash's Pokémon
On hand:	Pikachu
Traveling with:	Rotom Phone
At Oak's/In rotation:	Pidgeot	Bulbasaur	Charizard	Kingler	Muk	Tauros (×30)
	Snorlax	Heracross	Bayleef	Quilava	Totodile	Noctowl
	Donphan	Swellow	Sceptile	Corphish	Torkoal	Glalie
	Staraptor	Torterra	Infernape	Buizel	Gliscor	Gible
	Unfezant	Oshawott	Pignite	Snivy	Scraggy	Leavanny
	Palpitoad	Boldore	Krookodile	Talonflame	Hawlucha	Noivern
	Dragonite	Gengar	Lucario	Sirfetch'd	Dracovish
With Kukui/In rotation:	Rowlet	Lycanroc	Incineroar	Melmetal
At home:	Mr. Mime
In training:	Squirtle	Primeape
Released:	Butterfree	Lapras	Larvitar	Greninja	Goodra	Nebby
	Naganadel
Temporarily owned:	Seaking	Buzzwole	Stakataka	Pheromosa	Rowlet
Traded away:	Raticate	Aipom
Given away:	Beedrill
Traveled with:	Haunter	Meloetta	Rotom Pokédex
The Power of Us only:	Ekans	Sentret
EToP only:	Fearow	Oddish	Mankey	Slowpoke
Newspaper Strip only:	Starmie	Clefairy
For a list of Pokémon Ash has temporarily owned, used, or commanded, see here

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