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Chuck's Poliwrath (Japanese: シジマのニョロボンShijima's Nyorobon) is Chuck's main Pokémon in the games, anime, and manga.
In the manga
Pokémon Adventures
History
Poliwrath debuted in Scrappy Skarmory, where it was seen with its Trainer exercising in preparation for Walker's arrival. Upon the arrival of the Legendary PokémonSuicune, Poliwrath joined Chuck's Primeape and Walker's Skarmory in battle against it. Despite having the odd in numbers, Poliwrath and its allies weren't able to defeat the much stronger Legendary Pokémon.
Personality and characteristics
Poliwrath seems to share many traits with its Trainer; having a genuine passion for battling and training and actively trains alongside its Trainer with rigorous exercises such as push-ups.
Chuck's Poliwrath debuted in Machoke, Machoke Man!, being chosen as its Trainer's first Pokémon for his Gym battle against Ash, going up against Pikachu. After dodging two Thunderbolt attacks, Poliwrath gets hit with the third. As Pikachu goes in for a Quick Attack, Chuck tells Poliwrath to focus its energy. The Quick Attack has no effect on Poliwrath and Pikachu ricochets onto the ground. Chuck orders a Double Slap attack which knocks Pikachu out of the battle. Poliwrath then faces off against Bayleef, and ends up missing a Water Gun. Bayleef retaliates with Razor Leaf attack, which connects. Ash has Bayleef tangle Poliwrath up with a Vine Whip before slamming her opponent to the ground. Chuck orders Poliwrath to focus its energy, but it appears unstable on its feet. Bayleef delivers a solid Body Slam, and as the dust settles Poliwrath is unable to battle.
Similar to its Trainer, Poliwrath seems to enjoy a good battle, spending a lot of time training to hone its abilities. It enjoys battling against strong opponents, such as Bea's Grapploct and Ash's Bayleef.
A † shows that the move was used recently, unless all moves fit this case or there are fewer than five known moves.
GOTCHA!
Poliwrath briefly appeared in GOTCHA! alongside its Trainer.
In the games
Poliwrath has been used by the Gym Leader Chuck since his debut in Pokémon Gold and Silver and has appeared in every game he has appeared in some capacity.
Poliwrath appears as Chuck's sync pair, although they are both an NPC and thus cannot be recruited.
In the TCG
Chuck's Poliwrath is featured in the TCG as one of Chuck's Pokémon. The following is a list of cards named Chuck's Poliwrath.
Chuck's Pokémon Cards listed with a blue background are only legal to use in the current Expanded format. Cards listed with a green background are legal to use in both the current Standard and Expanded formats.
