Misty's Psyduck

Misty's Psyduck カスミのコダック Kasumi's Koduck

File:Misty psyduck.jpg Misty's Psyduck

Debuts in Hypno's Naptime Caught at HopHopHop Town Gender Male * Ability Unknown Current location Cerulean Gym

This Pokémon has not evolved.

Voice actor Japanese English As Psyduck Rikako Aikawa Michael Haigney

Misty's Psyduck (Japanese: カスミのコダック Kasumi's Koduck) was the fifth Pokémon acquired by Misty in the Kanto region. Its Japanese voice actress is Rikako Aikawa and its English voice actor is Michael Haigney.

History

In HopHopHop Town, the local Pokémon had been turned listless by the Psychic waves produced by a Hypno. When a Drowzee nullified the waves, the Pokémon were cured, with the exception of a wild Psyduck that Nurse Joy had been looking after due to a chronic headache. Brock wanted to impress her, so he promised to take care of the duck-like Pokémon.

Later, it was discovered that Psyduck had a permanent headache. Not wanting the continuously ailing Pokémon, Brock ended up passing it off to Misty because she is a Template:Type2 specialist. Misty tried to avoid the little thing, but she ended up capturing it by accident when she dropped a Poké Ball that subsequently rolled towards Psyduck. Psyduck tapped the ball's control with its bill twice and essentially captured itself.

Out of all of Misty's early Pokémon, Psyduck is arguably the one with the most personality. It was heavily featured, and appears in many episodes, although its appearances started to grow sparse during the Johto saga.

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Misty yelling at Psyduck

Psyduck seems to truly love and care for Misty. Despite its faults, it always tries to be there for her, whether she likes it or not. Psyduck does not like to stay in its Poké Ball, and will usually pop out according to its mood. This personality trait has come in handy quite a bit - when Misty or her other Pokémon are captured, it is usually Psyduck who escapes and runs to get help. However, it also tends to frustrate Misty, as it results in Psyduck sometimes emerging for a battle when Misty would prefer to use another Pokémon (although in these cases Psyduck generally manages to win thanks to its Psychic attacks).

In Bye Bye Psyduck, Misty's Psyduck seemed to have gotten separated from the group. Later on, a girl named Marina arrived with a lost Psyduck. Misty assumed it was hers and noticed that its tail was glowing bright pink, which Marina pointed out that Psyduck would evolve soon. Misty and Marina had a battle, during which Ash tossed Misty her bag. It landed in the water, and when Misty retrieved it, she found a Golduck. Thinking her Psyduck evolved, she battled with Golduck, winning the match against Marina. Even when Team Rocket barged in to steal Marina's Pokémon, Golduck easily rescued them. However, when Misty attempted to recall Golduck, her Psyduck popped out instead, revealing that the Golduck was a wild one and that her Psyduck never even left the Poké Ball.

It was also used in the Whirl Cup and during Princess Festival, where it finally defeated Ash and Jessie.

Psyduck has trouble swimming, which is unusual for its species. In deep water it will panic and flail about, like a non-swimmer afraid of drowning. It also has trouble in battle. It knows several powerful Template:Type2 techniques, but can only use them when its headache is severe. When Psyduck battled Tyra's Cloyster in The Bridge Bike Gang, Misty considered trying to boost its power by slamming a bike onto its head.

Misty constantly complains about Psyduck's faults, but many suspect that she actually deeply cares for Psyduck - she has never considered getting rid of it, though it has been suggested several times; she instantly shoots down such ideas, such as when Koga and Aya both offered a trade with her. Her antagonistic relationship with it is often compared to her relationship with Ash. It could also be compared with Jessie's relationship with her Wobbuffet.

Moves used

Using Disable	Move	First Used In
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	Tail Whip	The Ninja Poké-Showdown
	Scratch	The Ninja Poké-Showdown
	Disable	The Ninja Poké-Showdown
	Confusion	The Ninja Poké-Showdown
	Water Gun	The Battling Eevee Brothers
	Psychic	Just Add Water
An x shows that the move cannot be legitimately known by this Pokémon in the games.
Moves used recently are in bold unless all moves all fit this case.

In the games

Misty's Psyduck appears in the following games:

Pokémon Stadium

	Types: Water Unknown
Psyduck Lv.50
Disable Normal   --       Confusion Psychic   --       Fury Swipes Normal   --       Body Slam Normal   --

In the TCG

Psyduck was featured in the TCG as one of Misty's Pokémon. The following is a list of cards named Misty's Psyduck.

Name	Type	Level	Rarity	Set	Set no.
Misty's Psyduck		15		Gym Heroes	54/132
Misty's Psyduck		18		Gym Challenge	90/132

Trivia

• Psyduck was the first Pokémon that Misty owned whose National Pokédex number was lower than 100. She would later capture a Poliwag, though it eventually became a Politoed, leaving Psyduck as Misty's only Pokémon whose National Pokédex number is less than 100.

Related articles

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

External links

• Koduck's Profile on Pokeani (Japanese)

Misty's Pokémon
In rotation:	Staryu	Starmie	Psyduck	Politoed	Gyarados	Azurill
	Clauncher
At Cerulean Gym:	Goldeen	Horsea	Corsola	Caserin
Released:	Togetic	Seaking
Other:	Dewgong	Seaking	Goldeen (multiple)	Shellder (multiple)	Seel	Luverin
Borrowed:	Pikachu	Vulpix	Bulbasaur	Scyther	Marill
Befriended:	Golduck
Ride Pokémon:	Mantine	Dragonair
Adventures only:	Krabby	Chinchou	Lanturn	Omanyte	Suicune
Electric Tale only:	Shellder	Lapras
Pocket Monsters only:	Blastoise	Jigglypuff
Newspaper Strip only:	Squirtle	Butterfree

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