Aibo

Aibo エーたろう Ētarō

Debuts in Murkrow Row Caught at New Bark Town Evolves in VS Parasect Gender Male Ability Technician (Pickup as an Aipom) Nature Naive Current location With Gold

→ This Pokémon spent 357 chapters as Aipom.

Aibo (Japanese: エーたろう Ētarō), known as Ataro in Chuang Yi's translations, is an Ambipom owned by Gold in the Pokémon Adventures manga.

History

Aibo as an Aipom

Aibo is one of the family Pokémon at Gold's home in New Bark Town that Gold grew up with. Aibo has also been known to help around in Gold's house. Like Gold, he is mischievous. Aibo's tail allows him to hold items and use many different tricks and tactics in battles. He is capable of swimming as seen in Number One Donphan In battle, he is mostly used for distraction, not being very powerful, though he proved to be a critical asset in narrowing down the evil Masked Man's identity by scraping off a Badge remnant from his clothes with his Scratch attack. He is also used to build up stats to Baton Pass to Sudobo using Agility.

In the Emerald arc, Aibo uses Gold's billiard cue to power up Exbo's attack on Guile Hideout.

In the HeartGold & SoulSilver arc, Aibo evolved into an Ambipom after learning how to use Double Hit. Even in his evolved state, he was almost subdued from a single Hyper Voice attack from Arceus with the rest of Gold's Pokémon.

Moves used

Using Scratch as an Aipom	Move First Used In Swagger Who Gives a Hoothoot? Scratch Sneasel Sneak Attack Double Team Number One Donphan Agility The Last Battle VI Baton Pass The Last Battle VI Double Hit † VS Parasect
A † shows that the move was used recently, unless all moves fit this case or there are fewer than five known moves.

Trivia

•  The English name Aibo is very similar to the Japanese word Aibō – partner. Incidentally, "partners" is how Gold describes his Pokémon when asked by Professor Oak.
•  Aibo is the only Generation II Pokémon that Gold originally had in his house, though one of the Generation I Pokémon he had at his house went on to become the Generation II Politoed during his journey.
• In Gligar Glide, Aibo stared at Gold's Pokédex to view information about Gligar, implying that he knows how to read.

Related articles

For more information on this Pokémon's species, see Aipom and Ambipom.

Gold's Pokémon
In rotation:	Aibo	Polibo	Exbo	Sunbo	Sudobo	Togebo
	Pibu
In box:	Tibo	Remoraid
Given away:	Teddiursa
Traded:	Kingdra
Released:	Chinchou
Status unknown:	Murkrow
Temporary:	Raikou	Dragonite
At home:	Lickitung	Sandshrew	Oddish	Drowzee	Krabby	Chansey
	Weedle	Exeggcute	Kakuna

This article is part of Project Manga, a Bulbapedia project that aims to write comprehensive articles on each series of Pokémon manga.