Ash's Donphan

Ash's Donphan サトシのドンファン Satoshi's Donfan

File:Ash's Donphan.jpg Ash's Donphan

Egg obtained in Extreme Pokémon Hatches in Hatching a Plan! Hatched at Around Route 44 Evolves in Reversing the Charges Gender Unknown Ability Unknown Current location At Professor Oak's Lab

→ → This Pokémon spent 2 episodes in its Egg and 198 episodes as Phanpy.

Voice actor Japanese English As Phanpy Megumi Hayashibara Tara Jayne Lindsey Warner (Template:4Kids) Michele Knotz Jamie Peacock (TPCi) As Donphan Kenta Miyake

Ash's Donphan (Japanese: サトシのドンファン Satoshi's Donfan) was the sixth Pokémon caught by Ash during his travels through Johto. Its voice actor in both Japanese and English is 三宅健太 Kenta Miyake. As a Phanpy, it was voiced by 林原めぐみ Megumi Hayashibara in Japanese and by Tara Jayne (Template:4Kids dub, EP230-EP273) and Lindsey Warner (Template:4Kids dub, AG133-AG145) in English. In the TPCi dub, it has been voiced by Michele Knotz and Jamie Peacock.

Ash received a Phanpy egg in the episode Extreme Pokémon! after he won a competition hosted by a couple in the business of breeding Pokémon. Ash cared for it until it hatched in the episode Hatching a Plan! At first, the newly-hatched Pokémon was sad and felt that nobody cared about him and was overlooked but after a little time with the other Pokémon, it became one of the team.

Phanpy was the youngest Pokémon on Ash's team, though its power made up for his lack of experience. Throughout most of the Johto seasons however, Phanpy was rarely used and was known as the "baby" on the team. Its only major battle was a loss to Pryce's Dewgong in the episode Cold as Pryce!. However it did play a role in Ash's battle against Macey in the Silver Conference in the episode Love, Pokémon Style!

Soon after, Ash left Phanpy at Professor Oak's lab before travelling to Hoenn, but it returned to his party after his adventures there. After that day, it has shown signs that it had grown up beyond the young Pokémon seen in Johto. In Reversing the Charges, Phanpy battled a Team Rocket mech, and Phanpy evolved into the Donphan seen today in order to take it down. Since then, Ash has been vigorously training Donphan, and using him in many battles including one vs. Pike Queen Lucy and her Seviper; Donphan became a very strong battler, but still retained a somewhat child-like behavior when off-battles.

Donphan returned to Professor Oak's lab when Ash decided to go to Sinnoh.

Moves used

• Tackle
• Rollout
• Take Down
• Hidden Power
• Hyper Beam
• Earthquake
• Defense Curl

Trivia

• Donphan is the first Template:Type2 Pokémon that Ash actually owned. Larvitar isn't counted as it was merely befriended, not caught in a Poké Ball. The second is Gligar.

Related articles

For more information on this Pokémon's species, see Phanpy and Donphan.

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