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Roy's Wattrel ロイのカイデン Roy's Kaiden

Roy's Wattrel

Debuts in HZ013 Caught in HZ014 Caught at East Province (Area Two) Gender Unknown Ability Wind Power Current location With Roy

This Pokémon has not evolved.

Voice actor Japanese English As Wattrel Ayane Sakura N/A

Roy's Wattrel (Japanese: ロイのカイデン Roy's Kaiden) is the first Pokémon Roy caught in the Paldea region, and his second overall.

History

As a wild Pokémon

Wattrel and Roy

Wattrel first appeared in HZ013 when it stole a sandwich that Roy had made for Fuecoco. Roy chased after Wattrel, until it reached a cliff, where it turned around to face Fuecoco. After a brief confrontation, Roy agreed to share the sandwich, only for Wattrel to steal both halves of it. Soon after, Roy noticed that Wattrel wasn't flying away with others of its kind.

In HZ014, Roy sought Wattrel out again in order to help it learn to fly. Wattrel's fear of heights made this hard, so Roy eventually got the idea of using Ludlow's fishing rod to support Wattrel mid-air while it attempted to fly. This strategy eventually succeeded, allowing Wattrel to fly as high as the others of its kind. Happy to see Wattrel flying, Roy was about to leave, only for Wattrel to fly after him. Taking this as a sign that Wattrel wanted to be caught by Roy, Murdock gave him a Poké Ball to do so. When a sudden gust of wind threw Wattrel off-balance, Roy threw the Poké Ball at it before it could hit the ground, saving it and adding it to his team.

With Roy

Wind Power activated

In HZ016, Wattrel was used in a battle against Spinel's Magneton alongside Fuecoco. During the battle, Wattrel started a fight with Fuecoco which caused the latter to aim an Ember at Wattrel, unintentionally hitting Magneton instead, taking it out instantly. After Magneton was defeated, the two teammates continued their squabble, which caused Roy to break up the fight and temporarily leave the battle. As their bickering continued in the next episode, Roy was inspired by Friede to have them battle together in order to deepen their friendship and relieve some stress. Their opponent was Captain Pikachu, to whom they lost due to their lack of teamwork. Immediately after, the Brave Asagi flew through a turbulence, during which Wattrel activated its Wind Power Ability in order to boost its Spark and protect Roy from getting hit by a rogue tree branch. Seeing this as an opportunity to overpower Captain Pikachu, Roy, Wattrel, and Fuecoco trained the entire night in preparation for a combo move. The next day, they had their rematch against Captain Pikachu, with Fuecoco launching it and its teammate up by firing Embers downward in order to give Wattrel enough height to catch sufficiently strong winds and activate its Ability. Despite their improved teamwork, Captain Pikachu won once again, though their relationship was shown to have grown more amicable.

In HZ023, Wattrel teamed up with Charizard to help Liko's Sprigatito use its sweet scent and Leafage to sooth a Galarian Moltres at the Galar Mine.

Personality and characteristics

Wattrel's fear of heights

Like Roy's Fuecoco, Wattrel has shown to be gluttonous. In its debut, it was seen stealing the Fire Croc Pokémon's sandwich. Wattrel also enjoys eating berries. Despite being a Flying type, it initially had a fear of heights, but it managed to overcome its phobia with Roy's help. After flying for the first time, Wattrel came to enjoy it. Wattrel also became fasciated in seeing other Flying-types fly, as shown in HZ015, when it tried to follow a wild Corvisquire. In addition, Wattrel enjoys the sunlight and doesn’t like when someone blocks the sun, as seen in HZ017. Wattrel is noticeably smaller than others of its species.

Wattrel and Fuecoco

At first, Wattrel wasn't interested in Roy, acting aggressively towards him even when he tried to share his food with it. However, after Roy help it learn to fly and overcome its fear of heights, Wattrel took a liking to him and refused to leave his side, as it immediately flew back to him as he tried to walk away. This care towards Roy quickly turned to jealousy when compared to Fuecoco, as Wattrel would release a piercing cry whenever Roy and Fuecoco sang together. After growing closer as a team, however, Wattrel felt accepted enough to join them in their singing amicably. Although it has gotten along better with Fuecoco, Wattrel still fights with its teammate, as seen in HZ023, when it fought with it for a Grepa Berry.

Upon witnessing Captain Pikachu's Electric-type moves, Wattrel started to admire him and aspired to be able to use its electricity to a similar degree.

Moves used

Using Uproar	Move First Used In Uproar HZ013 Peck HZ016 Spark HZ017
A † shows that the move was used recently, unless all moves fit this case or there are fewer than five known moves.

Artwork

Artwork from "After the story" [1]

Trivia

• Wattrel is the first concurrent regional bird Pokémon caught by a main character since Ash's Talonflame, which he caught as a Fletchling in A Battle of Aerial Mobility!, 444 episodes earlier.
• Wattrel's capture was foreshadowed in Heart-Pounding Diary, where it was shown behind the bush running and unable to fly as Roy and Fuecoco passed it. It was later officially captured by Roy in HZ014.
• Wattrel is the first Pokémon belonging to a main character to activate its Ability and have it identified as such in Pokémon Horizons: The Series.

References

Related articles

For more information on this Pokémon's species, see Wattrel.

Roy's Pokémon
On hand:	Fuecoco	Wattrel
Traveling with:	Rotom Phone
Possessed:	Rayquaza
Temporary:	Sunflora	Captain Pikachu

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Lugia (OS)	Silver	Wynaut	Larvitar	Loudred	Spoink
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Necrozma	Stufful	Ultra Beasts	Grandpa Forest	Melemele Greens	Mantine
Zeraora	Meltan	Shaymin	Magearna	Celebi	Wingull
Mew	Lugia (JN)	Thievul trio	Drednaw	Slowking (JN)	Legendary heroes
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Latias	Terapagos
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Goodra	Litten	Rockruff	Mimikyu	Mareanie	Poipole
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Eternatus	Morpeko	Fuecoco	Wattrel	Quaxly

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