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Poli ニョロ Nyoro

File:Poli.PNG Poli saving Red

Debuts in Glimpse of the Glow Caught at Unknown Evolves in Glimpse of the Glow Buzz Off, Electabuzz! Gender Unknown Ability Damp Current location With Red

→ → This Pokémon spent an unknown number of episodes as Poliwag and 10 episodes as Poliwhirl.

Voice actor Japanese English As Poliwag {{{java1}}} As Poliwhirl {{{java2}}} As Unknown {{{java3}}}

Poli (Japanese: ニョロ Nyoro) was Red's first Pokémon in the Pokémon Special manga.

History

Poli was Red's first Pokémon and was obtained before the first chapter of Pokémon Special. Along with Pika and Saur, it is one of Red's most frequently used Pokémon.

In Buzz Off, Electabuzz!, Poli evolves into Poliwrath to save Red from drowning after touching a Water Stone, one of the four stones speculated to be at the bottom of Vermilion Harbor. Red has a flashback to his little Poliwag evolving to save him from drowning before.

At the Pokémon League, Poli and Pika helped Saur defeat Green's Charizard.

During the Gold arc, Red does not carry Poli on his team with him, enabling him to use both Blue's Blastoise and Green's Charizard. This is a reference to Red's team in Pokémon Gold and Silver.

Poli's Damp ability combined with Deoxys's use of Skill Swap enabled Red to counter Carr's exploding Forretress in the FRLG arc.

Moves used

Using	Move	First Used In
	Seismic Toss	Unknown
	Water Gun	Unknown
	Ice Beam	Unknown
	DoubleSlap	Unknown
	Focus Punch	Unknown
	Mind Reader	Unknown
	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.

Trivia

• Unusually for starter Pokémon of main characters in any kind of Pokémon media, Poli was actually obtained before the beginning of the series. However, this did start a trend with main characters in Special.
• Both times Poli has evolved, it was in order to save Red from drowning.
• When Poli first evolved into Poliwrath, his evolution without the use of a Water Stone was thought to be an error, however it was later explained that there was in fact a Water Stone in the lake.

Related articles

For more information on this Pokémon's species, see Poliwag, Poliwhirl, and Poliwrath. Template:Mangastub

Red's Pokémon
On hand:	Poli	Saur	Pika	Snor	Gyara	Aero
In storage: Nidorino  Diglett  Vee  Sandshrew  Traded away: Scyther  Charizard  Golduck  Machamp  Pidgeot  Porygon  Krabby  Given away: Mewtwo  Status unknown: Bellsprout  Fearow  Nidoqueen  Nidoking (multiple)  Victreebel (multiple)  Weepinbell (multiple)  Bellsprout (multiple)  Exeggcute (multiple)  Parasect (multiple)  Butterfree  Temporary: Blasty  Articuno  Organism No. 2  Chuchu