Iris's Dragonite: Difference between revisions

Hearing about the story of Dragonite from [[Officer Jenny]], {{an|Iris}} refused to believe that he caused the blackout purposefully. Later, she, {{Ash}}, and {{an|Dawn}} infiltrated the power plant and found Dragonite, who struck out at them. {{TP|Dawn|Piplup}} and {{AP|Oshawott}} were used to keep him at bay until {{an|Meloetta}} came in and soothed him with its voice. Afterwards, he collapsed again because of his injuries. While Ash and Dawn went to inform Officer Jenny, Iris was able to read his heart and saw that the injury caused by Hydreigon caused his flying to be hindered, thus accidentally crashing into the terminal. Despite this, Officer Jenny rallied a group of {{pkmn|Trainer}}s to take down Dragonite. Iris threw herself in front of Dragonite in order to protect him from them just long enough for Ash and {{ashfr}} to return with surveillance footage to prove Dragonite's innocence. At the end of the day, just before Dragonite was about to leave, he looked back at Iris. {{an|Cilan}} suggested that perhaps Dragonite wished to be Iris's Pokémon and allowed himself to be captured by her.

In ''[[BW090|Jostling for the Junior Cup!]]'', Iris used him in the first round of the [[Pokémon World Tournament Junior Cup]] against [[Georgia]]'s {{TP|Georgia|Beartic}}. Despite being ordered by Iris to dodge Beartic's {{m|Hidden Power}}, Dragonite stood in place and knocked it back swiftly. He ignored Iris again and chose to shield himself from Beartic's {{m|Focus Blast}} head on with his hands. Surprisingly, he even stood there and took an Ice Beam attack and refused to defend against a second with Flamethrower. In reaction to Iris's calls, Dragonite broke out of the ice he had been encased in and began charging towards Beartic. Though he ran straight into his opponent's {{m|Blizzard}}, Dragonite hit Beartic with {{m|Thunder Punch}}. The single hit won the match, though neither Iris nor Georgia were happy with it.

In ''[[BW101|Drayden Versus Iris: Past, Present, and Future!]]'', Iris used Dragonite during her battle against [[Drayden]] and his {{p|Druddigon}}. Dragonite's starting move, Thunder Punch, was easily blocked by the Cave Pokémon, which then hit back with a fierce Dragon Claw. Despite this, he was still strong enough to counter Druddigon's following {{m|Flash Cannon}} attack with {{m|Flamethrower}}. When he attempted to use Thunder Punch again, Druddigon used {{m|Double Team}} to hide itself. However, with Iris's support, the Dragon Pokémon was able to identify the real Druddigon in the middle of the copies and land a successful hit with Thunder Punch. Iris followed that up an Ice Beam attack, which made a direct hit, but, much to everyone's surprise, Druddigon merely repelled the ice from its body. Iris then told Dragonite to attack with Dragon Rush, but Druddigon was easily able to intercept the attack, throw Dragonite away, and then serve the finishing blow with a strong {{m|Dragon Tail}}, causing Iris to lose the match.

In ''[[BW116|The Fires of a Red-Hot Reunion!]]'', Dragonite, along with Iris's other Pokémon, was introduced to [[Ash's Charizard]], where he immediately struck a rivalry with the Flame Pokémon. As a result, Ash proposed a battle between the two, which they agreed to. The match started with a collision of Flamethrowers, after which the two continued their battle in the sky. Dragonite then cancelled Charizard's {{m|Wing Attack}} with a Thunder Punch and grounded it by using a powerful {{m|Dragon Rush}} to overcome Charizard's {{m|Slash}}. However, Dragonite was surprised and frustrated to see that Charizard had emerged unscathed from the attack, and was lured by Charizard into its powerful Dragon Tail. The battle was then stopped by {{an|N}} because he knew that both Dragonite and Charizard battled long enough to understand each other and their strengths.

===Personality and characteristics===

Dragonite is the kind of Pokémon that is ready and willing to take on all opponents. His hostile facial expression notably sets him apart from all other Dragonite. Though he is tough, he may have a certain soft spot for Iris as he let himself be captured easily. However, as seen in ''[[BW090|Jostling for the Junior Cup!]]'', he isn't so ready to listen to her commands. Slowly but surely Dragonite started trusting his Trainer, from his first battle against Georgia's Beartic, which he didn't listen to Iris at all, to ''[[BW091|Battling Authority Once Again!]]'' in which Dragonite only listened to Iris's first command against Dawn's Mamoswine, then ''[[BW092|Ash, Iris, and Trip: Then There Were Three!]]'' where Dragonite listened to all of Iris's orders against Ash's Krokorok until he evolved into Krookodile and hit him with his newly learned Dragon Claw. By ''[[BW097|Unova's Survival Crisis!]]'', Dragonite understood his Trainer's feelings, and then from then on, he started to obey Iris.