Jessie's Lickitung (Japanese: ムサシのベロリンガ Musashi's Beroringa) was the second Pokémon Jessie appears with in Kanto; Jessie captured Lickitung in a fit of rage after it ate all her food and temporarily paralyzed her Arbok. Lickitung was the first Pokémon Jessie captured in the anime and in Kanto, and it is the first Pokémon Team Rocket captured in the anime.

Lickitung made its first appearance and had its most central role in Princess Versus Princess. Lickitung is Jessie's forgotten weapon in the finals of the Queen of the Princesses contest against Misty. After stunningly defeating a borrowed Pikachu, Bulbasaur and Vulpix with its effective Lick, Lickitung was defeated by Psyduck ending Jessie's run in the contest.

Jessie used Lickitung rather sparingly for the rest of its time under her possession, making the pink Pokémon her second option. It most often appears along side Arbok, Weezing and Victreebel when Jessie and James team their four Pokémon for battle.

Lickitung, much like James' Victreebel, showed its affection for its trainer rather openly. Lickitung licked Jessie's face on several occasions, but not nearly as many times as the running gag of Victreebel latching onto James' head.

In Tricks of the Trade, Lickitung was accidentally traded by Jessie to a trainer named Benny for his Wobbuffet during a commotion at the Pokémon Swap Meet. As Team Rocket's scheme to steal Pokémon with a rigged trading device is discovered by the crowd, Lickitung's Poké Ball drops into the trading machine and is swapped with Benny's Poké ball already in the machine. Jessie soon realized the trade when she sent Lickitung out to battle Ash, and the passive Wobbuffet emerges instead.

Lickitung was seen living happily ever after with Benny towards the end of this episode, and Benny tells Ash and friends to "thank the lady who traded him Lickitung." Lickitung and Benny have not been seen since in the anime.

Attacks used

• Bind
• Lick
• Slam
• Stomp
• Supersonic
• Tackle
• Wrap

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For more information on this Pokémon species, see Lickitung.

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