Ash's Pidgeot

Ash's Pidgeot (Japanese: サトシのピジョット Satoshi's Pigeot) was the second that in the Kanto region, and his third overall.
==In animation==
===History===
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Ash caught Pidgeot as a Pidgeotto in Viridian Forest in Ash Catches a Pokémon. Having previously failed to capture its pre-Evolution and a , Ash was prepared to fight the Pidgeotto before attempting a capture. However, his was easily overwhelmed by the Pokémon. After recalling Caterpie, Ash sent out his . Pikachu used to weaken Pidgeotto, allowing Ash to capture it. Later, Ash used Pidgeotto in its first battle against , but it was ultimately defeated.
In Challenge of the Samurai, Pidgeotto was used to weaken a wild for Ash to capture, but the Weedle escaped when Samurai arrived and challenged Ash to a battle. Weakened by the battle with Weedle, Pidgeotto battled Samurai's . Pidgeotto started off with , but Pinsir simply ran through the dust and defeated it with a single . 
In Showdown in Pewter City, it battled in Ash's rematch with . Its proved ineffective on the type Pokémon, and it was quickly knocked out. 
In The Water Flowers of Cerulean City, Pidgeotto was used in Ash's Cerulean Gym match against , where it fought . Pidgeotto started off with , but jumped into the water and hit Pidgeotto with Tackle. Starmie went for another Tackle but got knocked into the water by Pidgeotto's . Starmie, however, quickly recovered and struck it with Tackle again. As Starmie returned to attack again, Pidgeotto used Gust to propel it with great force into the Gym's wall. The battle was interrupted by Team Rocket, who tried to steal the Gym's Pokémon.
Pidgeotto was used in a battle to repel s aboard the St. Anne in Battle Aboard the St. Anne, where it joined a group of other Pidgeotto to use Gust on the Grunts.
In Tentacool & Tentacruel, Pidgeotto bore Pikachu into battle against a giant , and was the only one of itself, Butterfree, and to avoid Tentacruel's attacks, allowing Pikachu to attempt to negotiate a truce with the Tentacruel.
In The Ninja Poké-Showdown, Pidgeotto was used in Ash's Fuchsia Gym battle against Koga, where it faced his , which promptly evolved into . Pidgeotto tried blowing Venomoth's away with Whirlwind but failed to do so, crippling it. Pidgeotto was put to sleep by , forcing Ash to substitute it for . 
In The Battle Of The Badge, Pidgeotto played a very important part in Ash's Viridian Gym battle. Ash's Bulbasaur and were being brutalized by 's and , commanded by Jessie, but Pidgeotto turned the tables by using a and combination to inflict serious damage on her .
In The Ancient Puzzle of Pokémopolis, Pidgeotto was sent out to battle an ancient . However, its Gust did not affect Gengar, and the monster absorbed it. It was saved after the giant put the huge creature to sleep.
In Friend and Foe Alike, Pidgeotto towed Team Rocket's balloon to the stadium at the Indigo Plateau to allow Ash to reach his battle with Ritchie in time. However, this left it too exhausted to battle, leaving Ash with only his disobedient Charizard to fight with once Squirtle and Pikachu were defeated.
In Pallet Party Panic, following the Indigo Plateau Conference, Ash made a brief stop at Pallet Town before setting off for the Orange Islands. Traversing through Viridian Forest along the way, he encountered the he had tried to catch the first day of his journey, who had since evolved into and was leading other wild Spearow in harassing the local Pidgey flock. Pidgeotto tried to lead the wild Pidgey to safety but was badly injured. Desperate to help its fellow birds, Pidgeotto evolved into Pidgeot and attacked Fearow with Gust and Quick Attack. It led the other Pidgey and Pidgeotto to defeat Fearow. After their victory, Ash released Pidgeot to guard the wild Pidgey so that Fearow would not return for a revenge attack, promising to return to it once he was done with his errand at the Orange Islands.
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Pidgeot appeared in a flashback in Fighting Flyer with Fire, where the sight of Falkner's Pidgeot reminded Ash of his old friend. It appeared in another flashback as a Pidgeotto in The Fire-ing Squad!, when Ash reminisced about his time with Squirtle.
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Pidgeot appeared in a flashback as a Pidgeotto in The Fires of a Red-Hot Reunion!, when Ash recalled the night he was stuck in a snowstorm and his entire team, including Pidgeotto, helped keep Ash warm.
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In Partners in Time!, Pidgeot appeared as a vision to Pikachu during his battle against Leon's Charizard.
In Heroes Unite!, Pidgeot appeared in a fantasy while Ash reminisced about the Pokémon he'd caught on his journey.
In The Rainbow and the Pokémon Master!, Pidgeot reunited with Ash when it saved Pikachu from being captured by Team Rocket. Seeing that the members of its flock had grown up, Ash invited Pidgeot to rejoin his team, which it accepted.
===Personality and characteristics===
Pidgeot did not undergo as much character development as his other five original team members, as it had far fewer episodes focused on it. However, it was loyal and had an extremely strong relationship with Ash, the only one of his original six Pokémon he had never been on bad terms with before or after capture. It always followed his orders to the letter, even when this ran the risk of self-injury, such as when taking on , Jessie's Arbok, and the ancient .
Early in Ash's journey, Pidgeotto was one of his primary battlers, but it was gradually weeded out as an everyday battler after Ash added more Pokémon to his team. It was typically used to blow away s, pop holes in Team Rocket's balloon, or conduct aerial searches.
It was shown to have a protective nature to it in Pallet Party Panic when it risked itself and later evolved to protect a flock of and from a flock of Spearow lead by a Fearow. It decided to keep protecting them, leaving Ash in the process, until they were strong enough to protect themselves.
===Appearance===
As a
===Moves used===
====Moves improvised====
	 	 	
	Ash Catches a Pokémon 	 	None
	Description: A variation of Gust, used to force the foe to evade. This technique was used once by Pidgeotto in Ash Catches a Pokémon. Pidgeotto slams its wings together, creating a small airflow around its wings, forcing Jessie's Ekans to jump away.	Description: A variation of Gust, used to force the foe to evade. This technique was used once by Pidgeotto in Ash Catches a Pokémon. Pidgeotto slams its wings together, creating a small airflow around its wings, forcing Jessie's Ekans to jump away.	Description: A variation of Gust, used to force the foe to evade. This technique was used once by Pidgeotto in Ash Catches a Pokémon. Pidgeotto slams its wings together, creating a small airflow around its wings, forcing Jessie's Ekans to jump away.
===Artwork===
Poster for
==In the manga==
===The Electric Tale of Pikachu===
Ash also owns a Pidgeotto in The Electric Tale of Pikachu . It is the fourth Pokémon that Ash captures in the manga. It first debuts in Play Misty For Me. In that chapter, it was given the nickname (Japanese: ビジョン Vision).
Pidgeotto's capture is not shown, it is first seen when Ash is writing home to May Oak describing the Pokémon he has caught on his journey so far. Later, he tries to use it in his Gym battle against , but it has disappeared from its , leaving a note saying "I'm beat! Off to get some R&R. Don't forget to write! -Pidgeotto".
It is unknown if Pidgeotto has permanently left Ash's party following this. It does not appear in the manga since then, including when Ash brings his entire party out of their Poké Balls in You Gotta Have Friends. The role of Ash's main Flying Pokémon is instead filled by Ash's Fearow.
==Trivia==
* Pidgeot is the first of the and types to have been owned by a main character in .
* Pidgeot is the first of 's Pokémon:
** To have been caught in an evolved form.
** To have used a move that causes recoil damage, in this case, .
* Pidgeotto never won a Gym under Ash's ownership; though it took a strong lead against both Misty's Starmie and 's (under Jessie's command), neither battle was officially called for Ash.
* Pidgeot is the only Pokémon that Ash has had in his active team at the time of a Pokémon League Conference that has not been seen participating in a League battle.
* Pidgeot is the only member of Ash's original team of six that was never seen using .
* Pidgeot is the only one of Ash's released Pokémon to permanently rejoin his team.
* Out of all the Pokémon that were obtained and evolved during , Pidgeotto took the longest to evolve, at 78 episodes.
* Pidgeot is Ash's oldest caught Pokémon to currently be under his ownership.
* Out of all of Ash's Pokémon, Pidgeot holds the record for having the most amount of episodes between its capture and being left in 's care, at 1,229 episodes.
* Pidgeotto's Evolution into Pidgeot seems to have been teased, or at least influenced, by the first opening of the , which displays Ash throwing a Poké Ball containing a Pidgeot to battle a .
* Pidgeot made a cameo appearance in the tenth Japanese opening theme, Spurt!. However, it did not return in any episodes aired with the opening.
** It also appeared in the corresponding dub opening alongside 's mother, thus making it the only one of Ash's Pokémon to have its Spurt! scene carried across to the dub opening.
* In and the Generation II games (as well as their remakes), it is possible to catch Pidgeotto in Viridian Forest, possibly as a reference to Ash's Pidgeotto.
==Notes==
==Related articles==
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