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Poli ニョロ Nyoro

File:Poli.PNG Poli saving Red

Debuts in Glimpse of the Glow Caught at Kanto Evolves in Glimpse of the Glow Buzz Off, Electabuzz! Gender Unknown Ability Damp Current location With Red

→ → This Pokémon spent an unknown number of chapters as Poliwag and 10 chapters as Poliwhirl.

Poli (Japanese: ニョロ Nyoro) was Red's first Pokémon in the Pokémon Special manga.

History

Poli was Red's first Pokémon. It is unknown when Red received or caught Poli. Flashbacks show Red as a young child with the Pokémon, before the first chapter of Pokémon Special. As a child, Red would have drowned, if it wasn't for Poli evolving from a Poliwag to a Poliwhirl, who brought him up to the surface.

Along with Pika and Saur, it is one of Red's most frequently used Pokémon.

In Buzz Off, Electabuzz!, Poli evolves into Poliwrath to save Red from drowning again after he falls off the S.S. Anne. At first, it was believed that Poli somehow evolved without a Water Stone. However, in the Yellow arc, it is explained that he touched one of the four evolutionary stones speculated to be at the bottom of Vermilion Harbor.

At the Pokémon League, Poli and Pika helped Saur defeat Green's Charizard.

During the Gold arc, Red does not carry Poli on his team with him, enabling him to use both Blue's Blastoise and Green's Charizard. This is a reference to Red's team in Pokémon Gold and Silver.

Poli's Damp ability combined with Deoxys's use of Skill Swap enabled Red to counter Carr's exploding Forretress in the FRLG arc.

Moves used

Using	Move	First Used In
	Water Gun	Glimpse of the Glow
	Ice Beam	Onix Is On!
	DoubleSlap	Unknown
	Focus Punch	Unknown
	Mind Reader	Unknown
	Seismic Toss	Buzz Off, Electabuzz!
	An x shows that the move cannot be legitimately known by this Pokémon in the games.
	Moves used recently are in bold unless all moves all fit this case.

Trivia

• Unusually for starter Pokémon of main characters in any kind of Pokémon media, Poli was actually obtained before the beginning of the series. However, this did start a trend with main characters in Special.

Related articles

For more information on this Pokémon's species, see Poliwag, Poliwhirl, and Poliwrath.

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Red's Pokémon
On hand:	Poli	Saur	Pika	Snor	Gyara	Aero
In storage: Nidorino  Diglett  Vee  Sandshrew  Traded away: Scyther  Charizard  Golduck  Machamp  Pidgeot  Porygon  Krabby  Given away: Mewtwo  Status unknown: Bellsprout  Fearow  Nidoqueen  Nidoking (multiple)  Victreebel (multiple)  Weepinbell (multiple)  Bellsprout (multiple)  Exeggcute (multiple)  Parasect (multiple)  Butterfree  Temporary: Blasty  Articuno  Organism No. 2  Chuchu