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Fantina's Drifblim
メリッサのフワライド Melissa's Fuwaride
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Drifblim in the anime
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Fantina's Drifblim (Japanese: メリッサのフワライド Melissa's Fuwaride) is one of Fantina's Pokémon in the games, anime, and manga.
In the anime
Drifblim is Fantina's main Pokémon in the anime. It was hatched from an Egg prior to the start of the series.
Drifblim first appeared as a Drifloon in Playing The Leveling Field!. It was the only Pokémon Fantina used in an unofficial battle against Ash despite it being three-on-three. Its first opponent was Buizel. Drifloon was easily able to dodge Buizel's Water Gun and countered with Ominous Wind. After getting hit by Aqua Jet, Drifloon turned the tables by putting Buizel to sleep. Drifloon then notably lifted the sleeping Buizel up in the air, despite his far greater weight, and finished him off with Psychic. Chimchar was the next opponent Drifloon battled. Chimchar started with Flamethrower which was countered by Psychic. Drifloon then used Will-O-Wisp on Chimchar which successfully made contact. Drifloon used Hypnosis which put Chimchar to sleep, causing Ash to recall it. During Drifloon's battle against Pikachu, it once again used Will-O-Wisp where it was able to make contact with Pikachu. Pikachu responded with Thunderbolt, which Drifloon shook off. Drifloon used Ominous Wind and clashed with Pikachu's Volt Tackle. Drifloon's Ominous Wind stopped Pikachu's Volt Tackle. However, Pikachu used Thunderbolt once more and easily made contact. The impact caused Drifloon to evolve into Drifblim. With its new found speed, it dodged Pikachu's Thunderbolt and put him to sleep, forcing Ash to forfeit.
It reappeared in a flashback in Losing Its Lustrous, where Ash was recalling the time that it put Pikachu to sleep.
Ash officially challenged Fantina to a Gym battle in Shield with a Twist!. She called Drifblim out as her final Pokémon where it went up against Pikachu. After Pikachu hit Drifblim with Thunderbolt, Drifblim used Psychic to control Will-O-Wisp and make it rotate rapidly around its body, improving Ash's own shielding strategy he had tried to use against her. Drifblim used the Counter Shield strategy to render Pikachu's Thunderbolt useless. It used the strategy again to prevent Pikachu from moving and used another strategy by coming in close and grabbed the opponent, then executing Hypnosis at point-blank range. Pikachu was then finished off with Ominous Wind. Buizel went up next and Drifblim used the Counter Shield strategy again to negate Buizel's Water Gun but it didn't work. Drifblim then used Will-O-Wisp while Buizel used Water Pulse, both attacks clashed which threw Buizel off guard. This gave Drifblim a chance to use the same strategy that it used on Pikachu to put Buizel to sleep. Buizel was then finished with Psychic. Ash's Chimchar was up in the final match. Drifblim used Will-O-Wisp to cancel out Chimchar's Flame Wheel. As the shield was made of Will-O-Wisp and Psychic, and Will-O-Wisp was a Fire-type move, this gave Ash an idea. He had Chimchar use Flamethrower so that Drifblim can use Counter Shield. Chimchar was able to overpower and destroy Drifblim's shield, with Drifblim getting hit by Chimchar's purple-colored Flamethrower and the power of its own Will-O-Wisp. Drifblim attacked with Ominous Wind but Chimchar evaded with Dig. Chimchar leaps up, grabs Drifblim and slams it to the ground. Chimchar then ultimately defeats Drifblim with Flamethrower, earning Ash the Relic Badge.
It reappeared in a flashback in League Unleashed!, when Ash was recalling the time he got the Relic Badge from her. Drifblim also briefly appeared alongside Fantina during the ending credits of Zoroark: Master of Illusions.
Personality and characteristics
Drifblim appears to be Fantina's favorite Pokémon as her designs are made after it. During battle, Drifblim, as a Drifloon, has the ability to easily shake off any attack regardless of type. It continued to do so after evolving.
Moves used
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| Using Psychic
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Moves improvised
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Shield with a Twist!
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Will-O-Wisp and Psychic
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None
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| Description: Counter Shield was used in Shield with a Twist!. Drifblim uses Will-O-Wisp to surround its body in fire wisps. Then it uses Psychic to move the fire in two circles. Drifblim can either shoot the flames as an attack or keep the fire around it as a defense tactic.
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In the games
Unlike in the anime, Drifblim is not Fantina's main Pokémon in her battles; she doesn't even use her (even as a Drifloon) in her official Gym battle against the player in Pokémon Platinum. However, she uses it in at least one battle in every game she has appeared in: Diamond, Pearl, and Platinum and Black 2 and White 2. Fantina also uses Drifblim in Master Rank Super Contests, in which she is nicknamed Loony (Japanese: ばるん Barun).
In the manga
In the Pokémon Adventures manga
Fantina's Drifblim is one of Fantina's main battling Pokémon. She also serves as Fantina's mean of transportation (and also Diamond's and Pearl's for a time), being used as a hot air balloon. She was first seen in Perturbed by Pachirisu, being used to leave the Contest Hall in Hearthome City when Fantina sensed a looming presence (actually Paka and Uji), and she later reappeared in Problematic Probopass and Mad Magnezone III, where Fantina managed to save Diamond and Pearl after the group was attacked by Cyrus in Celestic Town.
Drifblim was later used in Mirages of Mismagius I, battling in Platinum's Gym battle against Fantina where it was defeated by her Empoleon's Blizzard, which froze her Ominous Wind.
Moves used
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In the Pokémon Diamond and Pearl Adventure! manga
Drifblim in Pokémon Diamond and Pearl Adventure!
Drifblim first appeared in The Legendary Pokémon Appears! where it was fighting Team Galactic along with the other Gym Leaders' Pokémon.
In Bonds Connect Across Space-Time..., Drifblim fought alongside the Gym Leaders' Pokémon against Dialga and Palkia to protect Hareta. It was overpowered by the two Legendary Pokémon at first. With quick thinking on Cyrus and Hareta's part by forcing Dialga to use Roar of Time, Drifblim was given the chance for a group attack which sent both Dialga and Palkia back into their own world.
Names
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ばるん Barun
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From balloon
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| English
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Loony
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From balloon
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Drifzi
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From Drifzepeli, Drifblim
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| Italian
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Blimby
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From Drifblim
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Globor
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From globo, balloon
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Related articles
For more information on this Pokémon's species, see Drifloon and Drifblim.
