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Goh's Pinsir ゴウのカイロス Go's Kailios

Goh's Pinsir

Debuts in Working My Way Back to Mew! Caught at Vermilion Forest Gender Unknown Ability Unknown Current location Cerise Laboratory

This Pokémon is fully evolved.

Voice actor Japanese English As Pinsir Unknown

Goh's Pinsir (Japanese: ゴウのカイロス Go's Kailios) is the seventh Pokémon that Goh caught in the Kanto region, and his eighth overall.

In the anime

History

Pinsir and Heracross

In Working My Way Back to Mew!, Goh encountered Pinsir whilst he was preparing to catch himself a Butterfree. Pinsir startled Ash and Pikachu and began to attack. Scared, Goh started throwing things at Pinsir, eventually throwing a Poké Ball at it, causing it to be captured by Goh. It was later seen with Goh's other Bug-type Pokémon when Professor Cerise offered it a place in the Cerise Laboratory.

In Panic in the Park!, Pinsir tries to calm down some of Goh's other Pokémon while they started to argue. When Golurk loses control, Pinsir joins the other Pokémon to help Goh's three Cascoon evolve safely.

In JN033, Goh met a girl named Koromi, who wanted to trade Pinsir for one of her Pokémon, something that Goh was reluctant to do. Goh offered to help Koromi find a Pinsir of her own which they agreed to do. When Goh later caught another Pinsir, he traded it for Koromi's Heracross as his Pinsir had fallen in love with it.

Personality and characteristics

Pinsir and Goh

Pinsir is a timid Pokémon who doesn't like to fight, as seen in Serving Up the Flute Cup! when Goh was considering which of his team to use in the Battle Frontier Flute Cup, Pinsir avoided being chosen. This was seen again in JN033 when Goh was left to battle Team Rocket, Pinsir hid behind a tree, not wishing to battle. It has often been seen with Goh's smaller Bug-type Pokémon, such as Caterpie. When it is startled or uncomfortable it will often cower behind Goh or an object like a tree. Goh is generally accommodating to Pinsir's personality, and while he sometimes asks if Pinsir is up for a battle, he never pressures it into battling against its will.

Pinsir doesn't seem to like conflict as it was trying to prevent Goh's Grimer for getting aggressive over the food shortage in Panic in the Park! as it was trying to help other Pokémon being blamed to be stealing from Grimer. It loves picking flowers and can be playful with others of the lab.

In JN033, Pinsir developed a crush on Heracross, which motivated Goh to trade his second Pinsir for Heracross so that they may be together.

Moves used

Using Rock Tomb	Move First Used In Rock Tomb Working My Way Back to Mew!
A † shows that the move was used recently, unless all moves fit this case or there are fewer than five known moves.

Artwork

Official artwork of Working My Way Back to Mew!

In the games

Pokémon Go

In an event based on Pokémon Journeys: The Series from November 6, 2020 to November 12 in Pokémon Go, several Pokémon based on Goh's catches appeared in the wild, including Pinsir.[1]

In the manga

In the Pocket Monsters manga

Pinsir debuted in JNM03.

Related articles

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

Goh's Pokémon
On hand:	Cinderace	Inteleon	Grookey
Traveling with:	Rotom Phone
With Professor Cerise:	Caterpie	Venomoth	Butterfree	Pinsir	Beedrill	Scizor
	Taillow	Mantyke	Misdreavus	Dewgong	Greedent	Darmanitan
	Golurk	Cubone	Grimer	Farfetch'd	Magikarp (giant)	Heracross
	Raichu	Trapinch	Flygon	Pyukumuku	Aerodactyl	Boldore
	Absol	Panpour	Frogadier
Roaming the world:	Suicune
Released:	Floette	Ninetales	Cyndaquil
Traded away:	Second Pinsir
Given away:	Eternatus	Dugtrio
Status unknown:	Kingdra
Temporary:	Pikachu	Sunflora
For a detailed list of Pokémon currently owned by Goh, see here

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