May's Skitty

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May's Skitty
ハルカのエネコ Haruka's Eneco
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May's Skitty
Debuts in I Feel Skitty!
Caught at Route 111
Gender Female
Ability Unknown
Current location In rotation
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This Pokémon has not evolved.
Voice actor Japanese English
As Skitty Megumi Hayashibara

May's Skitty (Japanese: ハルカのエネコ Haruka's Eneco) was the third Pokémon caught by May during her travels through Hoenn.

History

Hoenn

Skitty made her debut in I Feel Skitty!, when Torchic wandered off during a training session and met her when she was apparently wounded. Brock suggested they take her to a Pokémon Aromatherapy Center, where she recovered after being sprayed with some medicine and taking a nap. Team Rocket then kidnapped Skitty because they initially thought she would bring happiness to Giovanni. However, Jessie wanted her for herself, and since Meowth fell in love with Skitty, he tried to help Skitty escape because he did not want such a cute Pokémon to have to suffer the many misfortunes that always befall the trio. Eventually, May and Jessie had a Pokémon battle with their Beautifly and Dustox to decide who would get Skitty; May proved victorious, and Skitty allowed herself to captured after chasing one of her Poké Balls.

May and Skitty

In the next episode, Skitty let herself out of her Poké Ball on a whim, before running away on May, who had to chase her. This became a running gag, including in Maxxed Out!, where Max told Max that Skitty was generally a troublesome Pokémon and required a disciplined Trainer. She barely paid attention when introduced to the other Pokémon, but succeeded in (unintentionally) keeping Jessie away from Max's Surskit by snapping at her hair. She later used DoubleSlap to defeat Jessie and allow Surskit and Pikachu to blast them off.

May had to address Skitty's flighty and mischievous behaviour in Game Winning Assist, when she disturbed a group of Slugma and got them into trouble. She decided to teach her to battle and learned that she had the move Assist, but despite calling upon Ember and Silver Wind, lost her practice battle against Julie and her Furret. Skitty also got herself and May captured by Team Rocket when she ran after their mecha as it made off with all of Julie's sleeping Numel. However, Skitty managed to rouse the Numel with an Ember Assist, and then used DoubleSlap to smash the sprinkler Team Rocket was using to sedate them. She later used Ember through Assist in All Torkoal, No Play! to drive away a group of Magnemite that were attacking a Torkoal.

When May and her friends returned to Mauville City in Manectric Charge, Skitty battled with Watt's Ampharos. Skitty landed a few hits, but was hit by ThunderShock when Watt revealed that Ampharos could redirect the attack. An Iron Tail almost ended the battle, but Skitty used Assist to use Torchic's Quick Attack to dodge ThunderShock and hit Ampharos, ending the battle with DoubleSlap.

Learning Blizzard from Abby and Johnny

In Delcatty Got Your Tongue, Skitty lost her voice in a battle with Team Rocket. However, Dr. Abby managed to fix this problem with a simple massage. Abby had once been a Coordinator who had gone on a journey with her Skitty, Johnny, but after he was wounded she became a doctor and evolved Skitty into Delcatty. Both were later stolen by Team Rocket, but broke free and turned on Seviper and Cacnea. Dr. Abbey helped Skitty learn Blizzard, just like Johnny, who could also use SolarBeam and Thunderbolt. With Blizzard in her arsenal, Skitty helped send Team Rocket blasting off.

Skitty was used in the Verdenturf Town Pokémon Contest in Disguise Da Limit. A failed Blizzard almost botched her opener, but she salvaged the round by juggling with DoubleSlap, a skill learned from Abby and Johnny, and this allowed her to move on with enough points. She then defeated Stefano's Wartortle and moved further on in the tournament, eventually reaching the finals where she went up against Timmy Grimm and his Dusclops, but she had a tough time battling it due to the Normal-type-Ghost-type ineffectiveness, being only able to trust in her unpredictable Assist and unmastered Blizzard. Skitty was hit by a Focus Punch, but failed to attack with DoubleSlap due to the immunity. However, Skitty managed to deflect a follow-up Focus Punch with DoubleSlap, only to be damaged by a Will-O-Wisp/Psychic combination. Dusclops gained the upper hand with a series of Hyper Beams whilst Skitty could not muster Blizzard to create opposition. Ultimately, Skitty used Assist to get Gust and defend herself from Hyper Beam. She then used an String Shot through Assist to block Focus Punch, and Ember to block Will-O-Wisp. Finally, Skitty pulled off Blizzard and knocked out Timmy's Dusclops, winning the tournament.

May also used Skitty in the Pacifidlog Town Contest in Mean With Envy and Pacifidlog Jam. After using Razor Leaf Assist, Blizzard and DoubleSlap to pass the first round, Skitty fought Joshua and his Houndoom in the second round, where the two were evenly matched until an explosion caused by a Flamethrower/Blizzard knocked Houndoom out. In the final round, Skitty took a battering from Erica's Jynx but managed to recover with a String Shot from Assist, which bound up Jynx. However, another Assist produced Razor Leaf to free Jynx, leaving her at Jynx's mercy. Subsequent Assists produced useless String Shots and Vine Whips, until it became Fire Spin, which directly hit Jynx. May then ordered Skitty to use Tackle, which ended the battle and won the Contest for May.

Skitty in the Grand Festival

In the Grand Festival in Deceit and Assist, Harley deceived May and told her to use only Assist. The judges soon became unimpressed as Skitty overused Assist and ended up confusing herself with Petal Dance. However, she saved the day by creating a magnificent ice sculpture with Blizzard and allowed May to move onto the battle round.

In Rhapsody in Drew, Skitty and Combusken fought against Drew's Roselia and Flygon, and began well by using an Assist Fire Spin to burn up Roselia's attacks. However, Combusken lost a bout with Flygon and fell on her, injuring her. Despite fighting back valiantly, they were unable to overcome the teamwork of Flygon and Roselia and Skitty was knocked out with Combusken. After the Ever Grande Conference, May left Skitty at her house because she liked the greenhouse there. May then returned Skitty briefly to her party in The Unbeatable Lightness of Seeing!.

Sinnoh

Skitty returned to May's team for the Wallace Cup in Pruning a Passel of Pals!, where she defeated an Exeggutor with Blizzard.

Personality and characteristics

Skitty failing at teamwork

Skitty is a very ditzy and mischievous Pokémon, often letting herself out of her Poké Ball and provoking trouble with wild Pokémon. This was slightly addressed by encounters with Julie and Dr. Abby. However, Skitty is still a very poor team player, as evidenced in The Bicker the Better, where she proved incompatible with both Ash's Corphish and Jessie's Seviper. Whilst she showed improvement in the Grand Festival battle with Drew, she and Combusken could still not match Drew's Pokémon's teamwork.

Skitty has a very cute and charming personality and is always cheerful. She loves to play with mops, string, and her own tail.

Moves used

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Using Blizzard
Move First Used In
Tackle I Feel Skitty!
DoubleSlap Maxxed Out!
Assist Game Winning Assist
Blizzard Delcatty Got Your Tongue
A shows that the move was used recently, unless all moves fit this case or there are fewer than five known moves.

Moves used via Assist

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Using String Shot
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Using Silver Wind
Move First Used In
Ember Game Winning Assist*
Silver Wind Game Winning Assist*
Gust Game Winning Assist*
String Shot All Torkoal, No Play*
Quick Attack Manectric Charge*
Fire Spin Mean with Envy*
Razor Leaf Mean with Envy*
Vine Whip Pacifidlog Jam*
Petal Dance Pacifidlog Jam*
SolarBeam Deceit and Assist*
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 Skitty.


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