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This article is about the anime counterpart of Misty's Gyarados. For the manga counterpart, see Gyara.

Misty's Gyarados カスミのギャラドス Kasumi's Gyarados

Misty's Gyarados

Debuts in Cerulean Blues Caught at Kanto Evolves in Prior to Cerulean Blues Gender Unknown Ability Unknown Current location Cerulean Gym

→ This Pokémon spent an unknown number of episodes as Magikarp.

Voice actor Japanese English As Magikarp Not seen As Gyarados Unshō Ishizuka

Misty's Gyarados (Japanese: カスミのギャラドス Kasumi's Gyarados) was the tenth Pokémon Misty owned; she adopted it in the Kanto region after she returned home in Cerulean Blues.

In the anime

History

Gyarados first appeared as a Magikarp in The Misty Mermaid. Magikarp was one of the Pokémon that participated in the Cerulean Gym's water ballet show that Misty was featured in.

When Misty returned to Cerulean City to fill in for her sisters as the gym leader, she found out that a newly-evolved Gyarados was on a rampage at the gym. Even worse, PIA inspectors were ready to condemn the gym if there was no leader to keep Gyarados under control. Panicking, Misty tried many attempts to stop it, including a reenactment of the water ballet show Gyarados participated in as a Magikarp. When none of these calming methods worked, Misty resorted to locking it in a cage. However, after the Invincible Pokémon Brothers had an unfair battle with Misty, they got their Tentacruel to attack it with Poison Sting. Misty then took the attack for Gyarados, causing Gyarados to earn her trust. Calmed, it finally allowed her to return it to its Poké Ball.

The use of Gyarados is significant as Misty had been afraid of the species up until this point. This came from a traumatic event in her childhood when she had crawled into the mouth of a sleeping Gyarados and was almost swallowed by it.

Gyarados was officially a Gym Pokémon, but after Misty earned its thrust it decided to listen solely to her befriending it. She has been seen often taking him when leaving gym such as in A Togepi Mirage!, when Misty visited Ash in Hoenn, she used Gyarados to defeat Colonel Hansen's Shedinja with Flamethrower. It also appeared briefly in The Mastermind of Mirage Pokémon, where Misty used it to battle against Dr. Yung's Mirage Mewtwo, which, however, was way too strong for the Atrocious Pokémon.

Personality and characteristics

At first, Gyarados was very angry and rageous, attacking every person and Pokémon around and not calming down for a second, as opposed to its personality as a Magikarp, when it had once even participated in a water ballet with Misty. This rage even made it unwilling to go back into its Poké Ball, forcing Misty to confine it in a cage to avoid any further damage to the Gym.

However, when Gyarados saw how much Misty cared about her hurt Corsola, its personality started to change for the calmer. When Misty took the IPB's Tentacruel's Poison Sting in order to protect Gyarados, and was on the brink of drowning, Gyarados broke out of its cage, and brought Misty to the surface, showing that it now had full confidence in Misty, even listening to her commands and going back into its Poké Ball. This bond has remained between Misty and Gyarados ever since, making Gyarados one of Misty's primary battlers.

Moves used

Using Flamethrower	Move First Used In Headbutt Cerulean Blues Whirlpool Cerulean Blues Hydro Pump † Cerulean Blues Protect Cerulean Blues Hyper Beam Cerulean Blues Flamethrower A Togepi Mirage!
A † shows that the move was used recently, unless all moves fit this case or there are fewer than five known moves.

In the manga

In The Electric Tale of Pikachu manga

Misty's Gyarados scaring Ash

Misty also has a Gyarados in the manga counterpart to the anime, but, unlike in the anime, it was the first Pokémon she ever caught. She trained it carefully until it evolved and, due to this, it's extremely loyal to its Trainer.

Gyarados appeared in Play Misty For Me when Ash challenged the Cerulean Gym. At first Ash tried to send Pikachu into battle but the Electric Mouse was too scared of the scary Atrocious Pokémon. When Ash tried to use his Fearow it turned out to be sleeping. Next Ash tried to use Pidgeotto, but it wasn't inside of its Poké Ball, having only left behind a note to explain its absense. Ash's only choice left was Metapod, which could do nothing but use Harden. For a moment it looked like Ash had lost but then his Metapod evolved into Butterfree. Seeing his chance, Ash had Butterfree use Sleep Powder on Gyarados, putting the huge Pokémon into sleep.

In the Pokémon Adventures manga

Main article: Gyara

Gyara attacking Misty

Misty's Gyarados, who was nicknamed Gyara, first appeared in Gyarados Splashes In!. It was stolen and used for experiments by Team Rocket, causing it to go berserk and attack Misty. Then Red appeared, recaptured Gyarados and returned it to her. After that, in You know... Articuno!, Red tried to get the HM Surf but he couldn't, so, Misty offered to trade Gyara with Red's Krabby, because Gyrara already knew that move. With Gyara he could reach Cinnabar Island.

Gyara seems to have a cheerful personality, as after it was caught by Red, it was constantly singing and moving. The other Pokémon seem to be afraid of it after it does this.

Related articles

For more information on this Pokémon's species, see Magikarp and Gyarados.

Misty's Pokémon
In rotation:	Staryu	Starmie	Psyduck	Politoed	Gyarados	Azurill
	Clauncher
At Cerulean Gym:	Goldeen	Horsea	Corsola	Caserin
Released:	Togetic	Seaking
Other:	Dewgong	Seaking	Goldeen (multiple)	Shellder (multiple)	Seel	Luverin
Borrowed:	Pikachu	Vulpix	Bulbasaur	Scyther	Marill
Befriended:	Golduck
Ride Pokémon:	Mantine	Dragonair
Adventures only:	Krabby	Chinchou	Lanturn	Omanyte	Suicune
Electric Tale only:	Shellder	Lapras
Pocket Monsters only:	Blastoise	Jigglypuff
Newspaper Strip only:	Squirtle	Butterfree

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