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Ho-Oh ホウオウ Houou

Ho-Oh as shown in I Choose You!

Debuts in Pokémon - I Choose You! Gender Unknown Ability Unknown Current location Unknown

This Pokémon is fully evolved.

Voice actor Japanese English As Ho-Oh N/A

Ho-Oh (Japanese: ホウオウ Houou) is a Legendary Pokémon that Ash has sighted at a few significant moments in his journey.

Legends say that Ho-Oh lived in the Tin Tower in ancient times. However, war broke out, and when the Brass Tower was burned, Ho-Oh created Raikou, Entei, and Suicune and then left. A new Tin Tower was created, but Ho-Oh never returned.

In the anime

In the main series

History

Original series

Kanto

Ho-Oh completely colored and outlined in gold in its debut

Ash first saw Ho-Oh in Pokémon - I Choose You!. It appeared in a forest on his way to Viridian City during his first day as a Trainer. He was lying on the ground with his injured Pikachu and saw it fly over the rainbow that appeared in the sky after a storm. His Pokédex could not identify it and explained that many Pokémon were still unknown.

In Pokémon Emergency!, Ash tried to explain to Professor Oak what he had seen, though the image he used to point it out appeared to be of an Articuno rather than Ho-Oh. Either way, Professor Oak did not believe him and brushed it off as Ash being mistaken. This gold-colored version of Ho-Oh was an early concept of Ho-Oh as a Pokémon, as it, like all other Generation II Pokémon at that time, had not been fully developed yet.

Johto

The topic was brought up again in A Ghost of a Chance. While Ash was in Johto, he explained his encounter of Ho-Oh to Eusine, who also did not believe that Ash had seen this Legendary Pokémon. In For Ho-Oh the Bells Toll!, they heard the bells in the Tin Tower ringing, which would signal Ho-Oh's approach. At this point, Eusine was so upset by Ash's claim that he challenged him to a battle. In Pop Goes The Sneasel, it was seen using Sacred Fire in a flashback.

Ash saw Ho-Oh a second time in Gotta Catch Ya Later! after he parted ways with Brock and Misty.

Advanced Generation series

The third time Ash saw Ho-Oh was in Battling the Enemy Within!. May first saw it flying in the sky and pointed it out to the rest of the group. This was after Ash lost an informal challenge against Pyramid King Brandon and was released from possession by the King of Pokélantis' spirit.

Diamond & Pearl series

Ho-Oh appeared in a flashback in Dawn Of A New Era!. After making amends with Dawn, Ash recalled seeing it on the day his journey began.

Personality and characteristics

Ho-Oh's personality is unknown as all of its appearances involve it flying around but it appeared to have chosen Ash as one of the people for its visits as evidenced in A Ghost of a Chance.

Ho-Oh's appearance is that it is a very large Pokémon, and there is one shot in A Ghost of a Chance in the Tin Tower that shows three humans on their knees while Ho-Oh is perched up on a stand. Ho-Oh appears to be significantly larger than the humans.

In I Choose You!

Ho-Oh reappeared in I Choose You!, which is based in a continuity different from the main series.

Like in the main series, Ash and Pikachu witnessed Ho-Oh flying in the sky shortly after setting off on their journey. Unlike the main series, however, it dropped a Rainbow Wing as it passed by, with Ash picking it up. Keeping the wing with him, Ash set out to eventually meet and battle Ho-Oh. He eventually did, and it had a battle with Pikachu, the outcome of which was unknown.

Moves used

In the manga

Ho-Oh in I Choose You!

Ho-Oh in Pocket Monsters the Movie: I Choose You! Remix

In the movie adaptations

In the I Choose You! manga

In I Choose You!, it was seen flying over Ash and Pikachu after they dealt with a flock of Spearow and their leader. It dropped a Rainbow Wing in the process. Ho-Oh was then referenced to throughout Ash's journey to Mount Tensei where Ho-Oh will reside.

After Ash managed to place the Rainbow Wing on top of the rock, Ho-Oh appeared and Ash, his friends, Cross, Bonji, and the Pokémon in the area got to see Ho-Oh. Ash and Pikachu then battle Ho-Oh, but the battle was not shown.

In the Pocket Monsters the Movie: I Choose You! Remix manga

Ho-Oh appeared towards the end of ICYR1, where it flies over Ash and Pikachu, dropping a Rainbow Wing in the process.

Ho-Oh reappeared in ICYR3 where it was responsible for the creation of Raikou, Entei, and Suicune.

Moves used

Using Sacred Fire	Move First Used In Sacred Fire ICYR3
A † shows that the move was used recently, unless all moves fit this case or there are fewer than five known moves.

In the games

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Ho-Oh code available in this month's CoroCoro Comic

This Ho-Oh was distributed to players who inserted a serial code that was found in the August 2017 issue of CoroCoro Comic, which was sold starting on July 15, 2017. The serial codes could be used to obtain Ho-Oh from July 15 to September 14, 2017. It was distributed to promote the 20th Pokémon movie.

#0250 Ho-Oh Level 100 Type: Ability: Pressure Held item: Sacred Ash	ID: 170715 OT: テンセイざん Met: 2017 Pokémon Movie (fateful encounter) Nature: Random Ribbon: Wishing Ribbon
Sacred Fire Fire Physical Brave Bird Flying Physical Recover Normal Status Safeguard Normal Status
Games Method Region Location Duration SM serial code Japanese online July 15 to September 14, 2017
Moves in bold can be taught again at the Move Reminder as a special move if forgotten.
Date received is the date on the system when the gift is picked up from the deliveryman.
This Pokémon is set to the same language as the game that received it.

Trivia

• Ho-Oh was the first Generation II Pokémon to appear in any Pokémon media, making it the first sign that the franchise would ever expand beyond the original 151 Pokémon.

Related articles

For more information on this Pokémon's species, see Ho-Oh.

Recurring wild Pokémon characters in the anime
Fearow	Ho-Oh	Pink Butterfree	Haunter	Jigglypuff	Clefairy
Mewtwo	Slowking (M02)	Lapras	Suicune	Pichu Posse	Articuno (OS)
Lugia (OS)	Silver	Wynaut	Larvitar	Loudred	Spoink
Kyogre and Groudon (RS)	Articuno (RS)	Deoxys	Lake guardians	Marill	Hippopotas
Zekrom	Forces of Nature	Carracosta	Meloetta	Reshiram	Malamar
Super-ancient Pokémon (XY)	Wooper	Florges	Squishy	Z2	Guardian deities
Bewear	Toucannon's flock	Stoutland	Exeggutor	Oranguru	Lunala
Necrozma	Stufful	Ultra Beasts	Grandpa Forest	Melemele Greens	Mantine
Zeraora	Meltan	Shaymin	Magearna	Celebi	Wingull
Mew	Lugia (JN)	Thievul trio	Drednaw	Slowking (JN)	Legendary heroes
Mewtwo's friends	Cresselia	Darkrai	Dialga	Palkia	Heatran
Latias	Terapagos
Recurring wild Pokémon that have been caught
Caterpie	Gyarados	Aipom	Gible	Krokorok	Dedenne
Goodra	Litten	Rockruff	Mimikyu	Mareanie	Poipole
Eevee	Greedy Rapooh	Meltan	Scorbunny	Gengar	Sobble
Eternatus	Morpeko	Fuecoco	Wattrel	Quaxly

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