Jessie's Dustox

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

File:Jessie dustox.jpg Jessie's Dustox

Debuts in All in a Day's Wurmple Caught at Hoenn Evolves in A Corphish Out of Water Seeing is Believing Gender Unknown Ability Unknown Released in DP073 Current location Unknown

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

Voice actor Japanese English As Wurmple Chinami Nishimura Amy Birnbaum As Cascoon Chinami Nishimura Amy Birnbaum As Dustox Chinami Nishimura Rikako Aikawa Amy Birnbaum (4Kids) Michele Knotz(PUSA)

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. Its voice actress in Japanese was 西村ちなみ Chinami Nishimura (Rikako Aikawa during her leave), and its English voice actresses are Amy Birnbaum (4Kids Entertainment dub) and Michele Knotz (Pokémon USA/DuArt Film & Video dub).

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, while May's Silcoon evolved into Beautifly. While Jessie was at first disappointed that she did not have a Beautifly, she soon came to adore her new Dustox (in the Japanese version, she called it Dokucale-chan on more than one occasion).

Dustox was Jessie's primary contest Pokémon. It was used in the episodes Come What May and Disguise Da Limit. Jessie attempted to enter it 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. It was usually used alongside Seviper, but it had also been used alone. It appeared to be fairly powerful, but as Team Rocket are the villains, it 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 it eventually succumbed to a last-minute defeat when Ash's Taillow evolved into a Swellow.

Using Dustox, Jessie was finally able to win a ribbon in the Solaceon Town Contest in DP061. Ever since, Dustox has been wearing Jessie's hair-ribbons that she wore in that contest.

In DP073, Jessie tearfully told Dustox to go with the others, but, since it was loyal, Jessie had to shatter Dustox's Poké Ball to let it go. Dustox then went to live with other Dustox and start a family.

Moves used

• String Shot
• Tackle
• Gust
• Poison Sting
• Psybeam
• Stun Spore
• Whirlwind

Trivia

• In DP073 Dustox is seen wearing yellow ribbons on its antennas which may mean that it is female.
• Dustox was released in a similar fashion to another Bug-type Pokémon with a similar evolutionary line.

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