Dawn's Ambipom: Difference between revisions

====''[[Pokémon the Series: Ruby and Sapphire]]''====

=====As a wild Pokémon=====

Ambipom was first seen as an Aipom in ''[[AG179|Slaking Kong!]]'', worshiping a giant {{p|Slaking}} with several other mountain-dwelling Pokémon. She also stole [[Ash's hat]], much like [[Ash's Primeape]] did [[EP025|428 episodes earlier]], with a group of Aipom getting food to offer the Slaking. Later, Aipom joined the other Aipom, as well as several {{p|Mankey}}, {{p|Vigoroth}} and {{p|Slaking}}, to attack the giant Slaking, which turned out to be a [[Team Rocket's mechas|mechanical robot]] made by {{TRT}}. She then helped in returning the stolen berries to {{OBP|Taylor|AG179}}. Later, after Ash and his friends left Taylor's home, the group sees Ash's hat on a rock. After wondering who placed it there, they found out that it was Aipom, due to an apple and a flower she left with the hat. The group then continues their journey as Ash says Aipom is a cool Pokémon after all. Unknown to them, the happy Aipom was watching them from a nearby tree.

=====With Ash=====

In ''[[AG183|Aipom and Circumstance!]]'', Aipom became jealous of Pikachu's closeness to Ash. Aipom also seemed to have a certain penchant for headgear; aside from taking Ash's and other people's hats, Aipom wore a daisy chain on her head and put on a ceremonial crown that the locals had trouble getting off. The members of a crowd who wanted to crown, as well as Ash and his friends, attempted to remove the crown from her head so she would not become their king for a year. With the help of a [[Belue Berry]]'s sourness, the crown was finally taken off. Ash then hugged Aipom and told her not to get into trouble all the time. As Ash laughed a bit when he told her this, Aipom blushed.

In ''[[DP022|Borrowing on Bad Faith!]]'', Aipom entered an informal Pokémon Contest not sanctioned by the [[Pokémon Activities Committee]] under [[Jessie]]'s command. It was able to advance to the final round, where it won against [[Dawn's Pachirisu]], earning Jessie a year's supply of fruits.

In ''[[DP037|The Grass Menagerie!]]'', Aipom was Ash's third and final Pokémon in his [[Eterna Gym]] Battle against [[Gardenia]], she went up against Gardenia's {{p|Roserade}} after performing a contest like introduction. She used Double Team and began to get close to Roserade but Roserade used {{m|Grass Knot}} intending to trip Aipom up like Turtwig, although it destroyed the Double Team clones, Aipom herself was able to jump and avoid Grass Knot. Aipom then hit Roserade with {{m|Focus Punch}}, Roserade then used {{m|Magical Leaf}}, but Aipom dodged by climbing on the trees. Using its vines, Roserade was able to grab Aipom using its vines. Roserade then used {{m|Flash}} blinding Aipom, making her unable to hit with her Focus Punch. Roserade then hit Aipom with Magical Leaf, initially panicking, Ash was able to calm down Aipom and got her to listen with her ears instead as she was still blind. Roserade used {{m|Weather Ball}}, which was {{type|Fire}} due to the {{weather|harsh sunlight}}, Aipom was able to listen for the Weather Ball and she then hit the Weather Ball with Focus Punch, punching it back to Roserade, dealing super-effective damage. Roserade then used Magical Leaf, but Aipom countered with Swift, opening her eyes as the effects of Flash had finished, the Swift then circled Roserade, then Aipom used Focus Punch on one of the Swift stars, knocking it into the Swift stars, causing them all to hit Roserade dealing major damage, Aipom then used the Focus Punch hitting Roserade, defeating the Bouquet Pokémon, winning Ash the {{badge|Forest}}.

=====With Dawn=====

In ''[[DP060|Journey to the Unown!]]'', Aipom managed to learn Double Hit. {{an|Brock}} told Dawn that Aipom would evolve soon. Later in the episode, when Dawn and Aipom were being attacked by a group of {{p|Unown}}, Aipom jumped in and evolved into Ambipom.

In ''[[DP067|Crossing the Battle Line!]]'', Dawn used Ambipom in her Gym battle against [[Maylene]]. Ambipom was chosen for her extensive battling experience with Ash. She proved her strength in the battle by defeating Maylene's {{p|Meditite}}, making her the only Pokémon Dawn used in the match who managed to defeat one of Maylene's team. Despite this victory, Ambipom found herself unable to stand up to the strength of [[Maylene's Lucario]] and was quickly knocked out.

In ''[[DP077|Staging a Heroes Welcome]]'', Dawn once again used Ambipom for the Performance Stage in the [[Wallace Cup]]. She managed to pass the round by dazzling the [[Contest Judge]]s with Swift, Focus Punch, and Double Hit.

In ''[[DP095|Battling the Generation Gap!]]'', Dawn used Ambipom in the Battle Stage of the {{to|Celestic}} Contest. Ambipom was shown defeating a {{p|Delibird}} and a {{p|Nosepass}} to advance to the finals, where she went up against [[Lila]]'s {{p|Delcatty}}. The battle started with Ambipom using Swift, which seemed to hit Delcatty. However, it was actually a decoy created through the use of {{m|Substitute}} while the real Delcatty sneaked behind Ambipom and wrapped himself up in her tails before using {{m|Shock Wave}}, landing a clean hit and costing Dawn some points. After that, Ambipom used Double Team and then Focus Punch, hitting Delcatty but unknowingly activating his {{a|Cute Charm}} [[Ability]]. This left Ambipom {{status|infatuation|infatuated}} and allowed Delcatty to use {{m|Sing}} to put Ambipom to {{status|sleep}}. Delcatty proceeded to hit Ambipom with {{m|Iron Tail}}, sending Ambipom flying in the air and posing in an elegant manner while she was falling. The {{pkmn|category|Prim Pokémon}} then used Shock Wave and the attack woke Ambipom up. Ambipom used Swift but Delcatty once again avoided the attack with Substitute. This time, however, Ambipom surprised Delcatty and attacked him with Double Hit, becoming infatuated in the process.

Despite the infatuation, Ambipom was able to use Double Team. Delcatty then used Sing but Ambipom used Double Hit to defend herself from Sing and attack Delcatty at the same time—something which inspired Ash to come up with the [[Counter Shield]]. When the infatuation wore off, Ambipom used Swift while spinning around to make the golden stars swirl. Delcatty tried to avoid the attack with Substitute but failed and then used Shock Wave. When the {{type|Electric}} [[move]] came into contact with the Swift stars, it formed a flat, rotating disk containing stars and dust at the center of the stage. Ambipom kept on using Swift on one side of the stage while Delcatty used Shock Wave on the other. A few seconds before time ran out, Swift broke through the disc and a massive amount of stars hit Delcatty. When the smoke cleared, Dawn was shown to have more points on the scoreboard, winning the battle and earning the Celestic Ribbon, her third Contest Ribbon overall.

==Trivia==

* Ambipom is the first Pokémon character to be the focus of [[Professor Oak's Big Pokémon Encyclopedia]] twice:

** For ''[[DP014|Leave It To Brocko!]]'', Professor Oak's Big Pokémon Encyclopedia is about Ash's Aipom. He writes this {{wp|senryū}} about her: 「エイパムが　しっぽでつかむ　サトシのハート」 ''{{tt|Eipam|Aipom}}, it seizes with its tail, {{tt|Satoshi|Ash}}'s heart.''

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