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Ash's Buizel サトシのブイゼル Satoshi's Buoysel

File:Satoshi's Buoysel.jpg Ash and Buizel

Debuts in Buizel Your Way Out of This Caught at Route 205 Gender Male Ability Unknown Traded in Throwing the Track Switch Original Trainer Dawn Traded for Ash's {{{tradedfor}}} Current location With Ash

This Pokémon has not evolved.

Voice actor Japanese English As Buizel Kiyotaka Furushima

Ash's Buizel (Japanese: サトシのブイゼル Satoshi's Buoysel) is the fourth Pokémon captured by Dawn in Buizel Your Way Out of This. His voice actor in both Japanese and English is 古島清孝 Kiyotaka Furushima.

History

With Dawn

Buizel has a vastly different type of personality than Dawn's other Pokémon. He purposely looks for battles with Trainers' Pokémon and loves to show off his amazing strength. He first took out Dawn's Piplup, then Zoey's Glameow, and finally Ash's Pikachu by using his incredible speed and moves like Aqua Jet. He showed bitterness towards humans, but gained respect for Dawn after she saved him from a nasty fall. Afterwards, Buizel found her worthy enough for a second battle, where she was able to capture him.

Since then, though, he still gets along poorly with most other Pokémon. In particular, he seems to have a rivalry developing with one of the other strength-oriented Pokémon on the cast, Brock's Croagunk. However, they may have started to get along with each other as they are with each other in DP065 while the others play.
Buizel caused a degree of controversy in the Pokémon community, as many had hoped that he would belong to Ash instead of Dawn. One of the more common reasonings for this was that Ash had not yet captured a Template:Type2 Pokémon in the Sinnoh region, and Dawn had her Piplup already. But then...

With Ash

In Throwing the Track Switch, Dawn began the Contest training for the Solaceon Town Contest; however, Buizel seemed to be more interested in Ash's battle training and thus couldn't set its mind on Dawn's training. Meanwhile Ash's Aipom appeared to have a similar problem in Ash's training because it tended to be more interested in Dawn's Contest training. Then Zoey proposed that Ash and Dawn trade them. After some soul-searching, the trainers agreed, and the trade took place.

In The Keystone Pops!, during a battle between Ash and Dawn, Buizel's SonicBoom was deflected by Aipom, hitting a stone tower and freeing a Spiritomb.

In DP068, he fought Maylene's Lucario in a Gym Battle, resulting in a Double KO and a tied match. During the battle, Buizel learned Water Pulse.

In a DP077 and DP078, Buizel participated in his first contest-style competition, as Ash's entry for the Wallace Cup. Buizel succeeded in the appeal rounds due to a dazzling combination of Aqua Jet, Water Gun, and the utilization of his inflatable tube around its neck, but lost in the second round of battles. He perfected an Ice Beam and Aqua Jet combination that Dawn had tried to teach him in an earlier episode.

In DP083 Buizel was training for Ash's Gym Battle and was accidentally shocked by Pikachu. Buizel angrily jumped at Pikachu but was restrained by Turtwig. Buizel continued to hold a grudge against Pikachu during the battle. Buizel defeated Crasher Wake's Quagsire using its "Ice Jet" combination and stayed on to battle Floatzel. Floatzel managed to use most of Buizel's attacks against him and eventually confused him with his own Water Pulse. Buizel was recalled and Pikachu was sent out. Buizel eventually shook off the confusion to see Pikachu valiantly fighting a losing battle against Floatzel. Floatzel eventually partially froze Pikachu's back and Buizel wanted to get back in the fight. As Pikachu and Buizel tagged out, they exchanged a high five and Buizel broke the ice on Pikachu's back with a Water Gun. Buizel went on to defeat Floatzel by using a Water Pulse at close range, fainting Floatzel and earning Ash his Fen Badge.

Moves used

• Water Gun
• Aqua Jet
• SonicBoom
• Water Pulse

Trivia

• Buizel is the sixth Pokémon to follow the pattern of premiering in a movie and then being captured by one of the main characters. In all cases, the premiered Pokémon is not the same character as the one caught, just the same species. In some cases, this may be a result of the writers deciding a Pokémon works well with the group after they are shown together. Ash's Buizel comes after Pokémon Ranger and the Temple of the Sea. Others include (in movie order):
  • Ash's Donphan coming after Mewtwo Strikes Back
  • Ash's Aipom after Spell of the Unown (the Mew in Lucario and the Mystery of Mew also takes an Aipom form while playing with Pikachu and the other Pokémon)
  • May's Munchlax after Destiny Deoxys
  • James's Mime Jr. and Brock's Bonsly after Lucario and the Mystery of Mew.
  • Although not one of the main character's Pokémon, Paul's Murkrow evolved into Honchkrow after The Rise of Darkrai.

• In his entire time as one of Dawn's Pokémon, Buizel never actually participated in a contest.
  • Ironically, while under the care of Ash he finally participated in his first contest in DP077.
• While Buizel may have a rivalry with Brock's Croagunk, Brock's Sudowoodo seems to admire Buizel and even follows him around and tries to mimic what he does.
• Buizel is one of the few main characters' Pokémon to be traded, along with Ash's Butterfree, Aipom and Jessie's Lickitung.
• Buizel is Ash's second Pokémon received in a trade (the first is Raticate) and the first not to be traded back in the same episode.
• Buizel along with Aipom are the first two Pokémon to be traded between main characters. Coincidentally, both are in the Ground Egg Group and of opposite genders, and both use their Japanese voice actors in the English dub whilst in their unevolved forms. Whether this will be true for Ambipom or if Buizel evolves is unknown.
• Buizel is Ash's first mammalian Template:Type2 Pokémon.
• A constant animation quirk that occurs with Buizel is that his eyes briefly turn the same colour as his Water Gun. This is almost always seen when Buizel uses Water Gun up close. It is uncertain whether this is an error or a style touch.

Related articles

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

Dawn's Pokémon
On hand:	Piplup	Buneary	Pachirisu	Mamoswine	Quilava	Togekiss
In training:	Ambipom
Traded away:	Buizel
Released:	Oshawott
Temporary:	Pikachu	Croagunk	Chimchar	Staravia	Grimer	Dodrio
	Sharpedo

Ash's Pokémon
On hand:	Pikachu
Traveling with:	Rotom Phone
At Oak's/In rotation:	Pidgeot	Bulbasaur	Charizard	Kingler	Muk	Tauros (×30)
	Snorlax	Heracross	Bayleef	Quilava	Totodile	Noctowl
	Donphan	Swellow	Sceptile	Corphish	Torkoal	Glalie
	Staraptor	Torterra	Infernape	Buizel	Gliscor	Gible
	Unfezant	Oshawott	Pignite	Snivy	Scraggy	Leavanny
	Palpitoad	Boldore	Krookodile	Talonflame	Hawlucha	Noivern
	Dragonite	Gengar	Lucario	Sirfetch'd	Dracovish
With Kukui/In rotation:	Rowlet	Lycanroc	Incineroar	Melmetal
At home:	Mr. Mime
In training:	Squirtle	Primeape
Released:	Butterfree	Lapras	Larvitar	Greninja	Goodra	Nebby
	Naganadel
Temporarily owned:	Seaking	Buzzwole	Stakataka	Pheromosa	Rowlet
Traded away:	Raticate	Aipom
Given away:	Beedrill
Traveled with:	Haunter	Meloetta	Rotom Pokédex
The Power of Us only:	Ekans	Sentret
EToP only:	Fearow	Oddish	Mankey	Slowpoke
Newspaper Strip only:	Starmie	Clefairy
For a list of Pokémon Ash has temporarily owned, used, or commanded, see here