Gary's Arcanine

Gary's Arcanine シゲルのウインディ Shigeru's Windie

Gary's Arcanine

Debuts in The Battle of the Badge Caught at Kanto Gender Unknown Ability Unknown Current location Professor Oak's Laboratory

This Pokémon is fully evolved.

Voice actor Japanese English As Arcanine Shin'ichirō Miki

Gary's Arcanine (Japanese: シゲルのウインディ Shigeru's Windie) was a Pokémon obtained by Gary during his journey in the Kanto region.

In the anime

History

Arcanine and Gary

Arcanine in Mewtwo Strikes Back—Evolution

Kanto

Arcanine debuted in The Battle of the Badge. Gary sent it out to battle Giovanni's Kingler at the Viridian City Gym. Despite having a type disadvantage, Arcanine came out on top and defeated the Water-type. However, both his Arcanine and Nidoking were then defeated by Mewtwo, leaving Gary confused as to both why he lost and what kind of Pokémon he had just battled.

This battle was seen again briefly from Mewtwo's perspective in Mewtwo Strikes Back and its remake Mewtwo Strikes Back—Evolution.

Johto

In Extreme Pokémon!, Gary used Arcanine to compete in the Extreme Pokémon Race. Ash initially thought Gary was mistreating the Pokémon, but after learning that it wasn't hurt, he competed as well. Ash decided to compete with his Bayleef, which proved to be a good choice. During the competition, Team Rocket tried to catch Arcanine. They failed however, thanks to Ash's intervention and after defeating the trio with the help of Gary, both decided to continue the competition where Ash ultimately defeated Gary with great effort in his first victory over his great rival.

In Can't Beat the Heat!, Gary used Arcanine during his Silver Conference battle against Ash. It was pitted against Ash's Snorlax. Gary used it during the beginning of the second half of the battle after having used Blastoise in the previous round of battles. Although it dodged Snorlax's Body Slam, despite Gary's efforts, Arcanine's Take Down and Fire Spin had minimal effect on Snorlax, who then knocked it out with Hyper Beam and attempting to stand up.

After he decided to become a Pokémon Researcher, Gary left Arcanine, along with most of his other Pokémon, with his grandfather.

Personality and characteristics

Arcanine is one of the strongest Pokémon in Gary's team. In its first appearance, it was strong enough to beat an opponent with a type advantage in only three blows. Arcanine was fast enough to put Gary in a comfortable position in the Extreme Pokémon Race even with the many unforeseen events that occurred during the race's duration. Gary appears to have enough confidence in Arcanine that he even kissed his Poké Ball before sending it into battle. In addition, in the Japanese version of its debut episode, Gary refers to Arcanine as being "My honey" (ぼくのハニー), strongly suggesting that it was one of his favorite Pokémon.

Moves used

Using Take Down	Move First Used In Take Down The Battle of the Badge Fire Spin The Battle of the Badge* Fire Blast The Battle of the Badge Flame Wheel Extreme Pokémon!
A † shows that the move was used recently, unless all moves fit this case or there are fewer than five known moves.

In the manga

Arcanine in the Ash & Pikachu manga

Arcanine in Mewtwo Strikes Back—Evolution

Arcanine in The Electric Tale of Pikachu manga

In the Ash & Pikachu manga

Arcanine only appeared on the scoreboard in One Half Of A Poké Ball.

In the movie adaptations

Arcanine appeared in Mewtwo Strikes Back—Evolution. Gary used it in his Gym battle against Giovanni alongside Nidoking, where it was overwhelmed by Mewtwo's Psychic powers.

In The Electric Tale of Pikachu manga

Gary owns Arcanine in The Electric Tale of Pikachu. It appears to be his main Pokémon.

He is first shown in Ash vs. Gary where Gary uses it to try to capture a giant Slowpoke. When the Slowpoke was taken away by some mysterious people, he sends it out to search for the people responsible for stealing the Slowpoke. It was able to find them at the same time Ash did. It was stopped by Team Rocket's transforming machines when Meowth sprayed water. Despite his efforts Arcanine has had little success in battle. Arcanine continued the search for Team Rocket afterwards. Unlike the last time, Arcanine was able to get to Team Rocket before Ash arrived. Pikachu was able to find the giant Slowpoke and they find out that this Slowpoke can hypnotize people. Gary has Arcanine battle it to prevent it from hypnotizing people but it had very little success in doing so as Arcanine was stopped by a Disable and was frozen by Ice Beam. Afterwards, it becomes hypnotized along with Gary's other Pokémon.

Arcanine also appears in Epilogue: Wild Type alongside to Ash's Pikachu.

In the games

In the side series

Pokémon Puzzle League

Arcanine is one of Gary's three Pokémon in Pokémon Puzzle League, being used in the game's final challenge.

Trivia

Growlithe and Gary

• In the opening The Rivals and its English equivalent Pokémon World, Gary is shown with a Growlithe. Gary's counterpart in Pokémon Puzzle League also appears to use the same Pokémon, which evolves in the progress of the game, but it is unknown if it is the same case in the anime.
• During its debut episode, Arcanine was seen using Fire Spin. However, Arcanine was unable to learn Fire Spin at the time, only becoming able to learn it from Generation II onward.

Related articles

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

Gary's Pokémon
In rotation:	Blastoise	Arcanine	Umbreon	Electivire	Tyranitar	Hatterene
	Regidrago
Traveling with:	Rotom Phone
In storage:	Krabby	Nidoking	Dodrio	Nidoqueen	Magmar	Scizor
	Golem	Pinsir	Houndoom	Fearow	Alakazam	Skarmory
	Kingdra
Temporary:	Hoothoot	Aerodactyl	Shieldon	Bulbasaur	Charmander	Squirtle
Electric Tale only:	Rhydon	Gyarados	Venusaur	Pidgeot	Slowbro
Newspaper Strip only:	Rapidash	Beedrill	Charizard

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