Jessie's Dustox

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Jessie's Dustox ムサシのドクケイル Musashi's Dokucale

Jessie's Dustox

Debuts in All in a Day's Wurmple Caught at Petalburg Woods Evolves in A Corphish Out of Water Seeing is Believing! Gender Female Ability Unknown Released in Crossing Paths Current location Dustox Flower Field

→ → This Pokémon spent 10 episodes as Wurmple and 4 episodes as Cascoon.

Voice actor Japanese English As Wurmple Chinami Nishimura Tara Jayne As Cascoon Chinami Nishimura Amy Birnbaum As Dustox Chinami Nishimura Rikako Aikawa Amy Birnbaum (AG028-AG142) Michele Knotz (AG163-DP073)

Jessie's Dustox (Japanese: ムサシのドクケイル Musashi's Dokucale) was the second Pokémon caught by Jessie of Team Rocket during her travels through Hoenn. Dustox evolved from Cascoon and before that, Wurmple.

History

Advanced Generation series

As a Wurmple

As a Cascoon

Jessie caught Wurmple in the episode All in a Day's Wurmple, as did May. Several episodes later, in Which Wurmple's Which?, both Wurmple were temporarily switched, but were returned to their proper Trainers by the episode's end. In the episode A Corphish Out of Water, Jessie's Wurmple evolved into Cascoon while May's evolved into Silcoon; Jessie believed hers was a Silcoon as well. Four episodes later, in Seeing is Believing!, Jessie's Cascoon evolved into Dustox, soon after May's Silcoon evolved into Beautifly. While Jessie was at first disappointed that she did not have a Beautifly, she almost immediately came to adore her new Dustox (in the Japanese version, she called her Dokucale-chan on more than one occasion). In the English dub, Jessie has called her Dustox-Dear, and when she throws her Poké Ball, she has also called her "my dear Dustox".

Dustox was Jessie's primary Contest Pokémon. She was used in the Fallarbor Town Contest in the episodes Come What May and Disguise Da Limit. Jessie attempted to enter her in the Rubello Town Contest in A Fan with a Plan, but Jessie did not have a previously obtained Ribbon needed for entry.

Dustox was also Jessie's secondary battling Pokémon. She was usually used alongside Seviper, but she had also been used alone. She appeared to be fairly powerful, but as Team Rocket are the villains, she was usually defeated.

In the episode That's Just Swellow, James used Dustox as his Pokémon in a PokéRinger competition. Dustox defeated May's Beautifly in the competition, but she eventually succumbed to a last-minute defeat when Ash's Taillow evolved into a Swellow.

Diamond and Pearl series

Dustox in love

Using Dustox, Jessie was finally able to win a Ribbon in the Solaceon Town Contest in Team Shocker!. Ever since, Dustox has been wearing Jessie's hair-ribbons that she wore in that Contest, and is probably still wearing it, to remember Jessie by (see below).

In Crossing Paths, during the Dustox Crossing, she fell in love with a Shiny Dustox owned by Austin. Jessie tearfully decided that Dustox had to go with the others, despite everyone protests, but, since Dustox was loyal, she didn't want to. Seeing that Dustox was facing the same dilemma Jessie once was, about to throw away her chance of finding her true love to be with friends, Jessie had to shatter Dustox's Poké Ball to let her go. Dustox then went to live with other Dustox and start a family, giving Jessie the hope of finding her own soul mate.

In Our Cup Runneth Over!, Jessie said she would dedicate her Wallace Cup performance to Dustox, in her memory.

Moves used

Using Poison Sting Using String Shot as a Cascoon	Move First Used In String Shot Which Wurmple's Which? Tackle Seeing is Believing! Harden Seeing is Believing! Poison Sting † Seeing is Believing! Psybeam † Seeing is Believing! Whirlwind † Watt's with Wattson? Stun Spore × Gymbaliar! Gust A Staravia is Born!
An × shows that the move cannot be legitimately known by this Pokémon in the games.
A † shows that the move was used recently, unless all moves fit this case or there are fewer than five known moves.

• Jessie told Dustox to use Pin Missile in The Bicker the Better. In the original, she was commanded to use Poison Sting.

Moves improvised

Spinning Poison Sting

• Spinning Poison Sting - It was used in A Stand-Up Sit-Down!, Dustox uses Poison Sting towards the sky and when the stings start falling down, Seviper hits them with Poison Tail making them spin very fast while heading towards the opponent.

Trivia

• The yellow ribbons Dustox wears in the episode she was released are similar to the ones Jessie wears when she is disguised as Jessilina when competing in Contests.
• Once her Cascoon evolved into a Dustox, Jessie's team didn't change for over 250 episodes until she released Dustox, not counting temporary changes.

Related articles

For more information on this Pokémon's species, see Wurmple, Cascoon, and Dustox.

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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