Snowy

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Snowy
シロン Shiron
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Lillie Snowy.png
Lillie's Vulpix
Egg obtained in Lillie's Egg-xhilarating Challenge!
Egg obtained at Mount Lanakila
Hatches in Racing to a Big Event!
Caught in Getting to Know You!
Hatched at Pokémon School
Gender Female*
Ability Snow Cloak*
Current location With Lillie
HOMEEgg.png HOME037A.png
This Pokémon spent 5 episodes in its Egg.
Voice actor Japanese English
As Vulpix Unknown Emily Jenness

Snowy (Japanese: シロン Shiron) is an Alolan Vulpix who was raised by Lillie as an Egg and is the first Pokémon she obtained.

History

Snowy's Egg

In Lillie's Egg-xhilarating Challenge!, Samson Oak revealed two Eggs to the students of the Pokémon School. While one Egg was received from his cousin from the Kanto region, the other was found on Mount Lanakila. He decided to give the class an assignment to raise one of the Eggs and offers to let them choose between the two. Mallow suggested that Lillie should choose one of the Eggs and raise it, as it would potentially help her get over her inability to touch Pokémon. Lillie agreed and chose the one from Mount Lanakila, as she preferred it over the other one. She would eventually name the Egg Snowy, a name it would retain once it hatched.

After class ended, Lillie and Ash traveled to Lillie's home in order to take care of the Egg. While they traveled, a wild Salandit managed to sneak onto Lillie's limousine in an attempt to attack the Egg. Later, when Lillie was alone in her room, the Salandit revealed itself and attacked the defenseless Egg. Despite her fear of Pokémon, Lillie instinctively shielded the Egg from harm, protecting it long enough for Ash and Hobbes to send Salandit flying. After Salandit ran away, Lillie realized that she had managed to touch the Egg without any trouble, but was still unable to touch regular Pokémon.

Snowy meeting a Ninetales in Kanto

In Racing to a Big Event!, the Egg hatched into an Alolan Vulpix. In the next episode, Samson Oak assigned the students to raise Snowy, and the students agreed that Lillie should keep it. Lillie caught Snowy despite her fear of Pokémon. On the day of its hatching, Lillie and Snowy spent much of the day bonding while walking in Hau'oli City. They went into a Malasada donut shop, where Lillie had Snowy try some different donuts. When they left the shop, they were challenged by Team Rocket. Snowy defended Lillie, first using Powder Snow to freeze a sidewalk to slow them down, then using Powder Snow to neutralize Mareanie's Sludge Bomb. When a second Sludge Bomb blew Snowy off a rooftop, Lillie jumped off after it and caught it. The two were saved by Ash's Rowlet with Leafage. Snowy then froze Team Rocket with Powder Snow, and they were taken away by Bewear. Lillie had no issue holding Snowy from that point on, though she was still afraid of other Pokémon.

In The Ol' Raise and Switch!, Professor Kukui tasked everyone with switching their partner Pokémon with somebody else and Snowy was given to Ash, whilst Pikachu went to Lillie. Snowy initially had trouble getting along with Ash, even refusing to eat the food offered to it. However, it eventually warmed up to him and agreed to do some battle training with him in order to surprise Lillie. When it came time to return the Pokémon to their proper owners, everybody was happy to learn that Lillie can now touch Pikachu after spending some time with him. As such, Ash decided to challenge Lillie to a battle, with him using Snowy against Lillie and Pikachu, to show how much stronger Snowy had become.

In When Regions Collide!, Lillie used Snowy alongside Togedemaru in a battle against Brock's Geodude. Geodude took no damage from Togedemaru's Zing Zap and knocked away Snowy's Powder Snow with a Gyro Ball Counter Shield.

In Family Determination!, Snowy was used alongside Gladion's Silvally to battle a Totem Kommo-o and several Jangmo-o and Hakamo-o. While Gladion fought Kommo-o, Snowy was able to fend off the Ally Pokémon with Powder Snow. It later froze the ground with Powder Snow, allowing Gladion to retrieve the Fairy Memory. This in turn allowed him to transform Silvally into a Fairy-type, enabling it to defeat Kommo-o.

In Rescuing the Unwilling!, Snowy joined Ash's Lycanroc against Lusamine's Clefable, which was under Nihilego's control. After Snowy knocked back Clefable with Powder Snow, Lillie reminded Clefable of the Clefairy doll they used to play with together, in order to free it from Nihilego's command. When Clefable began powering up a move, Lillie gestured Snowy and Lycanroc not to attack before freeing Clefable with a simple embrace.

In SM060, Ash and his classmates visited Mount Lanakila, where Snowy's Egg was found. Snowy ran off after sensing an Alolan Ninetales nearby, which led Lillie to meet Sara and her Ninetales during a PokéSled Jump. After watching their display, Lillie and Snowy decided to participate in the PokéSled Jump Tournament and learn Aurora Veil. After some intense training, Snowy was finally able to successfully perform Aurora Veil during the competition, resulting in a successful jump. However, despite their impressive performance, Lillie and Snowy were unable to win.

Personality and characteristics

Snowy and Lillie

After Snowy first hatched, it was a very reserved Pokémon that didn't want to interact with anyone else but Lillie. When Ash tried to interact with it, it promptly froze him. Although it was newly hatched, it didn't hesitate to attack Team Rocket when they chased it, and it even froze them, despite Ash preparing to fight them himself with his Pikachu. By the end of Getting to Know You!, it warmed up to the Pokémon owned by its Trainer's friends and was willing to play with them. In The Ol' Raise and Switch!, it started to be more friendly and open towards other people after it had been with Ash over the weekend. It also started to develop a fondness for walks.

Snowy has also been shown to take the initiative, in order to help, even when its assistance isn't needed. For example, in Lulled to La-La Land!, Snowy blew a cold breath of air on a fire that had been created by Litten to cook a pot of curry; the breath ended up freezing the curry. This was also demonstrated in Mounting an Electrifying Charge!, when Ash, Kiawe, and Sophocles were only on fire due to their excitement for the upcoming Charjabug race. In SM030's Poké Problem, Snowy was also shown to have picked up some of Ash's habits, like his way of eating, as demonstrated when the Fox Pokémon quickly ate up the food Lillie gave to it. SM035's Poké Problem segment showed that Snowy dislikes spicy food.

Snowy is very loyal to Lillie as it would do anything to protect her, would always help her out and it would comfort her when needed. Also it sees Lillie a parental figure, as she took good care of it as an egg, which was one of the reason it wanted her to be its trainer. Although Snowy didn't understand why Lillie would't interact with it, at first, but hearing her explain about her fear of touching Pokémon it understood as it was very happy to hear how much she cared about it. After spending the day together bonding then saved each other from Team Rocket they formed an unbreakable partnership and friendship. Snowy has been supportive of its Trainer as seen in Night of a Thousand Poses! and Mission: Total Recall!, where after Lillie became scared of Pokémon again, Snowy remained near Lillie whilst keeping a distance until Lillie overcame her fear.

Snowy suffered airsickness while on a plane in Alola, Kanto!.

Moves used

Snowy Hail.png
Using Hail
Move First Used In
Powder Snow Getting to Know You!
Hail SM060
Aurora Veil SM060
A shows that the move was used recently, unless all moves fit this case or there are fewer than five known moves.

In the games

Ash's Classmates' Partner Pokémon

A Japanese event distributed an in-game representation of Lillie's Alolan Vulpix, along with Mallow's Steenee and Kiawe's Turtonator via serial code and local wireless. The serial codes were available at Æon stores in Japan from July 5 to 14, 2017, and could be used until July 24, 2017. The local wireless were available at Pokémon Center stores and Pokémon Stores in Japan from July 22 to August 13, 2017.

#0037 Vulpix (シロン)
Alola Form
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Type:
IceIC SM.png NormalIC SM.png
Ability: Snow Cloak
Held item: Silk Scarf Silk Scarf
ID: 170705
OT: リーリエ
Met: the Pokémon animated show (fateful encounter)
Nature: Modest
Ribbon: Classic Ribbon Classic Ribbon
Powder Snow
Ice Special
 
   
 
   
 
   
Games Method Region Location Duration
SM serial code Japanese online July 5 to 24, 2017
SM local wireless all Pokémon Center stores, Japan
Pokémon Stores, Japan
July 22 to August 13, 2017
Moves in bold can be taught again at the Move Reminder as a special move if forgotten.
Date received is the date on the system when the gift is picked up from the deliveryman.
This Pokémon is set to the same language as the game that received it.

Trivia

  • Snowy was implied to be Lillie's in the poster of the Sun & Moon series and in the first opening, where its Egg appeared briefly being held by her.
  • Snowy is the first regional variant owned by a main character.
  • Snowy is the third Pokémon owned by a main character to have a nickname, after Misty's Caserin and James's Growlie.
  • Snowy is the only Pokémon that hatched from an Egg whose hatch and capture were featured in different episodes.
    • Snowy is also the only Pokémon in the anime to have received a nickname before hatching.
  • The Brazilian dub refers to Snowy as female by calling it Nev-inha, with a feminine suffix.

Names

Language Name Origin
Japanese シロン Shiron From 白 shiro (white) and コロンコロン koron koron (onomatopoeia for rolling)
English Snowy From snow
French Flocon From Flocon, snowflake
German Flöckchen From Schneeflocke, snowflake
Italian Bianchino From bianco (white) and the diminutive suffix -ino
Spanish Nivi*
Níveo*
From níveo (snowy)
Korean 하양이 Hayang-i From 하양 hayang (white) and the diminutive suffix 이 -i
Chinese (Mandarin) 白滾滾 Báigǔngǔn From 白 bái (white) and 滾滾 gǔngǔn (rolling)
Danish Snowy*
Snefnug*
Same as English name
Literally "snowflake"
Dutch Sneeuwvlok Literally "snowflake"
Finnish Viti From viti, archaic word meaning "freshly fallen white and dry snow"
Norwegian Snøfnugg Literally "snowflake"
Polish Śnieżka Literally "snowball"
Portuguese Floquinho*
Nevinha*
From floco de neve (snowflake) and the diminutive suffix -inho
From neve (snow) and the diminutive suffix -inha
Russian Снежок Snezhok Diminutive form of снег sneg (snow)
Swedish Snöflinga
Pudersnö*
Literally "snowflake"
Literally "powder snow", as in the move

References

  1. Omode's tweet (Japanese)

Related articles

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



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