James's Inkay

James's Inkay コジロウのマーイーカ Kojirō's Maaiika

James's Inkay

Debuts in XY003 Caught at Route 4 Gender Unknown Ability Unknown Current location With James

This Pokémon has not evolved.

Voice actor Japanese English As Inkay Kenta Miyake N/A

James's Inkay (Japanese: コジロウのマーイーカ Kojirō's Maaiika) is the first Pokémon that James captured in the Kalos region.

History

James and his Inkay

Inkay first appeared in XY003 while Team Rocket was dining at a café in Lumiose City. As Team Rocket were busy celebrating news from Giovanni, Inkay stole their food and proceeded to eat it from under their table. While Team Rocket were on their balloon, the same Inkay from before approached them when they dropped their sandwich and sprayed ink at them. After Team Rocket cleaned themselves off, James scanned the Inkay to get some details about it and the Team Rocket trio attempted to battle it with Wobbuffet. However, James offered Inkay some food instead as bait. While Inkay was distracted, James threw a Poké Ball at it and caught it, much to the surprise of Jessie and Meowth.

In XY008, Inkay battled Ash's Pikachu and Officer Jenny's Manectric after Officer Jenny told Ash and his friends about a disguised Team Rocket. Inkay was able to defeat Manectric easily and battled Pikachu next. Inkay was a tough opponent as Wobbuffet countered every attack thrown at it with Mirror Coat. Inkay then sprayed Pikachu with ink which prevented him from attacking.

Personality and characteristics

Inkay appears to be a sneaky and mischievous Pokémon as it was seen stealing food from Team Rocket and then followed them in their balloon. It seems to love food and would often go out of its way to steal it, to the point of allowing James to use this to his advantage and capture it. Inkay is also a powerful and resourceful battler, shown in XY008. It beat Officer Jenny's Manectric with ease and then prevented Pikachu from attacking it by spraying him with ink.

Moves used

Using Psybeam	Move First Used In Tackle XY004 Psybeam XY004 Foul Play XY004 Psychic XY008
A † shows that the move was used recently, unless all moves fit this case or there are fewer than five known moves.

Related articles

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

Team Rocket's Pokémon
Travel with:	Meowth	Rotom Phone
	Jessie			James
On hand:	Wobbuffet	Seviper	Yanmega	Mime Jr.	Carnivine	Yamask
	Woobat	Frillish	Gourgeist	Amoonguss	Inkay	Morpeko
In training:				Cacnea
At home:				Growlie	Chimecho
Released:	Arbok	Dustox	Mimikyu	Weezing	Gyarados	Mareanie
Traded away:	Lickitung			Victreebel
Lived with (all three):	Bewear	Stufful
Worked with (all three):	Delibird	Pelipper
Temporarily owned:	Porygon Zero	Shellder	Magikarp	Hoppip	Second Victreebel
	Mawile
Befriended:	Blissey
Status unknown:	Starmie			Pidgey	Numel
For a list of other Pokémon Team Rocket has commanded, see here and here

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