Gyara

Gyara ギャラ Gyara

Red's Gyarados

Debuts in Gyarados Splashes In! Caught at Route 4 Gender Male Ability Intimidate Nature Lonely Traded in You Know...Articuno! Original Trainer Misty Traded for Red's Krabby Current location With Red

This Pokémon is fully evolved.

Gyara (Japanese: ギャラ Gyara) is a Gyarados that Red owns in Pokémon Adventures and his sixth overall. He originally belonged to Misty and was traded to Red for his Krabby. As of Old Ultima Puts Them to the Test, he is level 84 and his Characteristic is "likes to thrash about."

History

Red, Green & Blue arc

With Misty

Gyara debuted in Gyarados Splashes In!, attacking his original Trainer, Misty. Red shows up and decides to help by sending out Saur. Saur, alongside Misty's Staryu, manage to weaken him enough to be recaptured by Red, who returns him to her. Later on it is revealed that the drastic change in his attitude was the result of a Team Rocket experiment, where Koga shamelessly remarks, "Hmm? How should we know of every Pokémon we experiment on?", earning Misty's rage.

In What a Dragonite, Gyarados is sent out by Misty to fight against a wild Dragonite that was attacking Red underwater. Gyarados manages to distract Dragonite long enough for Misty to get Red to the surface. Once the two dragons emerge the Dragonite shoots off a Hyper Beam, and Red has Gyarados counter back with his own. As the smoke clears from the clashing attacks, Dragonite falls back into the waters, defeated.

With Red

In You Know...Articuno!, Misty offers to give Red Gyarados in exchange for his Krabby since Gyarados knew how to use Surf, which Red accepts. Although Red was happy to have obtained him, his earlier ferocity got him isolated by Red's other Pokémon. When they ran into Team Rocket again, Gyara was forced to relive some painful memories of his experimentation. Red had his other Pokémon help him through that traumatic experience and after that he was broken into the group, resulting in Red's Pokémon trusting him more.

Yellow arc

In Can You Diglett?, Gyara is shown in a flashback fighting against Bruno's Onix. Gyara attacks with multiple Hydro Pumps, but Bruno's Onix dodges them all by twisting its snake-like body. Onix then gets close and uses Bind, immobilizing Gyara. Red sees that Gyara can still use his head and has him attack with Bite. Onix then Digs underground in order to avoid the next attack. After seeing this Red recalls him.

Gold, Silver & Crystal arc

Intimidate activated

In Rock, Paper...Scizor, Gyara is temporarily traded to Blue for his Charizard. In Entranced by Entei, he is used to battle against a wild Entei. Alongside Silver's Gyarados, the two fire powerful Dragon attacks, though Entei shrugs them off and flees.

FireRed & LeafGreen arc

By the start of the FireRed & LeafGreen chapter Gyara has been returned to Red. In Red and Blue Make Purple Opponents, Gyara is used alongside Snor in a double battle against Blue and his Golduck and Porygon2. Gyara starts the battle off with his Ability Intimidate, and Blue responds by having Golduck use Iron Tail and Porygon2 use Tri Attack on Red's Pokémon. Red then has Gyara counter attack with Body Slam on Porygon2, while Snor attacks Golduck with Strength. Gyara next uses Hyper Beam on Golduck, and Golduck uses Dig to hide and avoid further damage. Red counters by having Snor use Earthquake, dealing damage to Porygon2, twice the damage to Golduck due to him being underground, which causes him to faint, and Gyara being unaffected due to him being part Flying-type. As Red celebrates he notices that Gyara had been paralyzed by the effects of Tri Attack. Gyara is then attacked by Scizor's Steel Wing and defeated.

Personality and characteristics

Gyara and Red

When Red first met Gyara he displayed typical characteristics of his species. He was shown as angry and enraged, attacking every nearby person and Pokémon and not calming down for a second, although this was due to his rage at Team Rocket for experimenting on him. After Misty reclaimed him he calmed down and was shown to be a very friendly and helpful Pokémon, eager to make friends with others. Like Vee, Gyara developed a slight trauma from his experimentation, though was able to work through it thanks to his teammates.

Moves used

Using Hydro Pump Using Bite	Move First Used In Hydro Pump † Gyarados Splashes In! Hyper Beam † What a Dragonite Surf † You Know...Articuno! Bite Can You Diglett? Dragon Rage Entranced by Entei Body Slam † Red and Blue Make Purple Opponents
A † shows that the move was used recently, unless all moves fit this case or there are fewer than five known moves.

In the anime

Misty's Gyarados in the anime

Main article: Misty's Gyarados

Misty obtained a Gyarados after passing the PIA test in Cerulean Blues. Prior to the test, Misty was terrified of Gyarados, but in order to pass the test, she had to overcome her fear of it. In the end, she calmed and kept the Gyarados.

In the TCG

This listing is of cards mentioning or featuring Misty's Gyarados in the Pokémon Trading Card Game.

Related cards Cards listed with a blue background are only legal to use in the current Expanded format. Cards listed with a green background are legal to use in both the current Standard and Expanded formats.
Card	Type	English Expansion	Rarity	#	Japanese Expansion	Rarity	#
Misty's Gyarados		Gym Challenge		13/132	Leaders' Stadium

Names

Language	Name	Origin
Japanese	ギャラ Gyara	From ギャラドス Gyarados
English	Gyara	From Gyarados
French	Lévi	From Léviator (Gyarados)
German	Gara*	From Garados (Gyarados)
Korean	갸라 Gyara	From 갸라도스 Gyarados
Chinese (Mandarin)	暴鯉 / 暴鲤 Bàolǐ	From 暴鯉龍 / 暴鲤龙 Bàolǐlóng (Gyarados)
Chinese (Cantonese)	鯉魚 Léihyùh	From 鯉魚龍 Léihyùhlùhng (Gyarados)
Brazilian Portuguese	Gyara* Gyarinho*	From Gyarados
Vietnamese	Gyara	Transliteration of his Japanese name

Related articles

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

• Misty's Gyarados

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

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

Blue's Pokémon
In rotation:	Scizor	Charizard	Golduck	Machamp	Porygon2	Rhyperior
	Pumpkaboo
At the Viridian Gym:	Pidgeot	Ninetales	Exeggutor	Alakazam	Arcanine	Unknown
Traded away:	Poli	Saur	Pika	Gyara
Given away:	Lapras
Status unknown:	Venomoth
Temporary:	Golbat	Zapdos

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