May's Beautifly
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May's Beautifly (Japanese: ハルカのアゲハント Haruka's Agehunt) was the first wild Pokémon that May caught in the Hoenn region, and her second overall.
In animation
History
Pokémon the Series: Ruby and Sapphire
Hoenn
While assisting Janet in the Rustboro City Pokémon Contest in All Things Bright and Beautifly!, May watched Janet's Beautifly perform and decided that she wanted one for herself. In the next episode, May caught a Wurmple, her first Pokémon, with the help of Forrest Franklin and her Torchic. At the end of the day, May introduced her new friend to the rest of the group. When Brock presented lunch, Wurmple quickly ate everyone's food before falling sound asleep, leaving everyone stunned.
In Which Wurmple's Which?, May argued with Jessie over which one of them had the better Wurmple. After Max concluded that the two Wurmple were exactly the same, they began battling, but Team Rocket was sent blasting off by Pikachu. May soon realized that she has Jessie's Wurmple and that Jessie has hers. While with Team Rocket, Wurmple caused trouble for them by eating what little food they had, proving to be far more gluttonous than Jessie's Wurmple. Eventually, Wurmple was returned to May in exchange for Jessie's Wurmple.
In A Corphish Out of Water, May and Jessie once again pitted their two Wurmple against each other in battle, where they simultaneously evolved into Silcoon and Cascoon, respectively.
In Seeing is Believing!, Silcoon once again battled Cascoon in an attempt to prove to Jessie that her Pokémon was not a Silcoon, evolving into Beautifly in the process. Later on, Cascoon evolved as well, and the two fought again, with Beautifly winning.
In Now That's Flower Power!, Beautifly was seen practicing with May for the Slateport City Pokémon Contest as it was having trouble using its Silver Wind attack. Its routine had some flaws that would not look good in a Contest, as Drew pointed out.
In Win, Lose or Drew!, May used Beautifly for the Slateport Contest. Beautifly's performance impressed the judges enough to get May past the Appeals Round. Unfortunately, their success was short-lived when Beautifly was defeated by Drew's Roselia in the first match of the Battle Round.
Later, in Come What May!, Beautifly entered the Fallarbor Town Contest, where it impressed the judges in the Appeal Round. In the second round, it went up against Jessie's Dustox. It initially struggled but was able to win by dealing a variety of damage to Dustox, which caused the rainbow device on her bow tie to break, revealing her as a cheater. In the final round, Beautifly battled Grace and her Medicham. After a hard-fought battle, Beautifly was declared the victor, earning May her first Ribbon.
In Cruisin' for a Losin', Beautifly got May through to the second round of the R1 Rubello Contest with a beautiful combination of Morning Sun and Silver Wind.
In That's Just Swellow, May used Beautifly in the Crossgate PokéRinger. James, using Dustox, took advantage of Beautifly's attack to quickly win their round, riding the attack to score and knocking May out of the competition.
In The Scuffle of Legends, Beautifly and Mudkip distracted Archie, giving Groudon the opportunity to defeat Kyogre.
In Hi Ho Silver Wind!, Beautifly managed to get past the preliminary Appeals Round of the Hoenn Grand Festival by using Silver Wind. Later, in Rhapsody in Drew Beautifly teamed up with Bulbasaur in the first battle round against Harley's Cacturne and Banette. The duo showed off stunning combinations, such as with Silver Wind and Razor Leaf, and won the match.
Before heading off to the Kanto region, May stopped by Petalburg City and left her Beautifly under the care of her mother, Caroline.
Kanto
May returned Beautifly to her party in The Unbeatable Lightness of Seeing!. It, alongside Skitty, created a new Contest combination by combining Blizzard and Psychic to make a snow tornado. It and Combusken later battled Drew's Roselia and Butterfree in a practice Contest battle, where they eventually lost.
Pokémon the Series: Diamond and Pearl
Beautifly reappeared in A Full Course Tag Battle! when May came to Sinnoh to compete in the Wallace Cup. In Strategy with a Smile!, May used Beautifly to battle Zoey in the semifinals of the competition. It proved to still be very strong and talented, as it defeated Zoey's Glameow.
Personality and characteristics
As a Wurmple, it would gorge itself on food and fall asleep, unlike Jessie's more sedate and well-behaved Wurmple. It also had a remarkably lazy personality. However, when it evolved into Silcoon and then Beautifly, it became more calm and mellow. As a Beautifly, it often likes to sit atop May's head, and it appears to only do so to those it considers her friends, such as when it landed on top of Ash's head after it and May came to Sinnoh. She also frequently used it alongside Ash's Swellow to look for Team Rocket whenever they got away with something.
Appearance
| As a Wurmple | As a Silcoon |
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Moves used
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Moves improvised
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Come What May! | Tackle and String Shot | None |
| Description: When Beautifly charges towards the opponent with Tackle, it uses String Shot to create a swirling string of web. | |||
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Come What May! | Silver Wind, String Shot, and Tackle | None |
| Description: When Beautifly uses the String Shot Tackle combination, it uses Silver Wind to create a Silver String Tornado. Then Beautifly tackles the opponent and entangles it with the String Shot. | |||
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Come What May! | Silver Wind and Tackle | None |
| Description: When Beautifly charges at the opponent, it uses Silver Wind to create two silver whirlwinds that traps the opponent. Then Beautifly tackles the opponent. | |||
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Rhapsody in Drew | Vine Whip and Silver Wind | May's Bulbasaur |
| Description: Bulbasaur would use her vines and wrap them around the foe's foot and when she let go her opponent would spin. Beautifly would use Silver Wind to accelerate them. | |||
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Rhapsody in Drew | Razor Leaf and Silver Wind | May's Bulbasaur |
| Description: Bulbasaur uses Razor Leaf and Beautifly uses Silver Wind. The two moves combine to land a critical hit on the opponents. | |||
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The Unbeatable Lightness of Seeing! | Psychic and Blizzard or Fire Spin | May's Combusken or May's Skitty |
| Description: Beautifly uses Psychic to power-up a move making it faster and powerful like Combusken's Fire Spin or Skitty's Blizzard. | |||
Artwork
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| Official artwork from Pokémon the Series: Ruby and Sapphire |
Official artwork from Pokémon the Series: Ruby and Sapphire |
In the games
In the spin-off games
Pokémon Advanced Generation: I've Begun Hiragana and Katakana!
Beautifly appears in Pokémon Advanced Generation: I've Begun Hiragana and Katakana!.
Pokémon Advanced Generation: Pokémon Number Battle!
Beautifly appears in Pokémon Advanced Generation: Pokémon Number Battle!.
In the manga
Ash & Pikachu
May's Beautifly appeared in The Enchanting Pokémon Soul!, where May chose it as her Contest Pokémon. During the final portion of the battle round, it went up against Drew's Roselia and lost.
Moves used
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Trivia
- Beautifly is May's only Pokémon whose base stage is not an option for the hero Pokémon in Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time, Explorers of Darkness, or Explorers of Sky.
- Beautifly is May's only Pokémon with an even gender ratio.
- Beautifly is the first Pokémon belonging to one of Ash's friends to use a Bug-type move.
- Beautifly was May's first Pokémon to evolve and her first fully evolved Pokémon.
- Beautifly, as a Wurmple, was the only Pokémon that May caught by battling, as her other Pokémon were either given to her, chose to go with her, or were caught by accident.
- The opening theme I Wanna Be a Hero revealed that May's Wurmple would evolve into Beautifly long before she even caught it.
Related articles
For more information on this Pokémon's species, see Wurmple, Silcoon, and Beautifly.
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