Ash's Heracross

Ash's Heracross (Japanese: サトシのヘラクロス Satoshi's Heracros) was the first that in the Johto region, and his fifteenth overall.
==In animation==
===History===
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Heracross first appeared in A Sappy Ending. One of the Heracross followed and as they tried to figure out a solution to stop a territorial dispute between the Heracross and , which, unsurprisingly, came in the form of . Team Rocket was stopped thanks to the Heracross and the Pinsir were able to return to their forest, leaving the and Heracross. However, the same Heracross was still intrigued by Ash and followed him out of the forest. Eventually, Ash saw him following and the Heracross happily allowed himself to be caught.
Heracross's battle debut came in Roll On, Pokémon!, where he battled one of Rochelle's , easily outclassing it before the battle was interrupted. Although he lost a subsequent battle to her most experienced Donphan, Ash was satisfied that he had gained significant battle experience. 
He scored a significant victory over Blade, Shingo's , in Wired for Battle!. He initially had trouble with his attack being ineffective when Blade used . However, Heracross's reaction time of 0.18 gave him the advantage over Scizor's claws, and he soon learned to anticipate Blade's movements. Shingo abandoned his laptop analytics and began to order Blade's battle, where the two proved to be very powerful. However, Heracross managed to dodge Blade's Quick Attack, knocked it off balance when it attempted a and finished Blade off with .
Heracross was sent to 's lab in Tricks of the Trade in exchange for one of Ash's Tauros. Ash later sent Tauros back in The Fire-ing Squad, and left Heracross in the Professor's care so he could study Heracross's behavior further. In Air Time!, Heracross appeared at the lab and listened to DJ Mary's talk show when she interviewed Ash about his Pokémon and aspirations.
Heracross made an appearance in Bulbasaur...the Ambassador! when was sent to the lab. He was happy to see Bulbasaur's bulb, drinking the nectar it contained before being smacked away. He soon after helped Bulbasaur break up a fight between the Water and Grass Pokémon.
Ash had Heracross return to his team for his Silver Conference match against rival . In The Ties That Bind, Ash sent him out to fight Gary's , but Gary quickly pulled Nidoqueen for his . Heracross fought Magmar regardless of the type disadvantage, sending Magmar flying with Fury Attack. Magmar launched a three-pronged attack - , a point-blank , and its own body weight from the fall. However, Heracross overcame the flames by beating them away with his wings. He then broke through Magmar's defense with Megahorn, taking out the Spitfire Pokémon. However, proved to be a harder challenge, firing a powerful enough to blow away Heracross's rock cover and take him out of the battle.
====Pokémon Chronicles====
In Showdown at the Oak Corral, Heracross warned the other Pokémon about Cassidy and Butch.
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In The Right Place and the Right Mime, Heracross met and shook hands with during Ash's brief return to Pallet Town.
In Ka Boom with a View!, Ash used Heracross in the battle against Spenser. Upon being sent out, Heracross immediately went to eat the sap from Spenser's . Heracross managed to knock aside the with Horn Attack before he was knocked back by a . The two Pokémon rammed into each other with Tackle, both proving to be extremely powerful physically. Heracross struck hard with a Megahorn, then took advantage of the charge-up time to hit again. However, Solar Beam then struck Heracross, knocking him out.
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In An Old Family Blend!, Heracross was intended to be sent to Ash. However, was sent instead. He did join Ash for the Lily of the Valley Conference, where he was used for Ash's battle with Nando in League Unleashed!. Heracross was Ash's third and final Pokémon in the match and he was put up against , and sent flying by . Kricketune then used to put Heracross to sleep. However, while asleep, he was able to dodge Kricketune's attack because of his newly learned attack, and combined his other new technique, . After Heracross woke up, he defeated Kricketune with a powerful Megahorn-Horn Attack combo, just before Kricketune attempted another Sing. After the battle, Heracross showed his affection towards Ash by suckling on his head.
In The Semi-Final Frontier!, Heracross was the first Pokémon to battle in the semifinals of the Lily of the Valley Conference. He seemed to be an excellent choice, with a double type advantage over the and a recently learned Hyper Beam, which collided with 's . He tried to attack Darkrai with Horn Attack, but was put to sleep by . Due to Sleep Talk, he was able to hit the Mythical Pokémon with a Megahorn, only to be defeated when Darkrai used , which allowed Darkrai to recover some damage dealt by Heracross.
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Heracross was reunited with Ash in The Dream Continues!, where he and the rest of Ash's Pokémon posed in a group photo with him.
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In Advice to Goh!, Heracross reunited with Ash during his visit to Professor Oak's Laboratory with Goh.
Heracross, along with the rest of Ash's Pokémon at the lab, reunited with Ash in Friends, Rivals, Lend Me Your Spirit!. During the visit, he helped train Ash's Lucario and later watched the battle between Ash and Paul. Before Ash left, he posed with the rest of Ash's Pokémon in a group photo with him.
From Battling as Hard as Stone! onwards, Heracross watched Ash's Masters Eight Tournament matches against , , and . In Partners in Time!, Heracross appeared as a vision to Pikachu during his battle against Leon's Charizard. After Ash won the battle, Heracross joined the rest of Ash's Pokémon at the lab in celebrating their Trainer's victory.
In Heroes Unite!, Heracross, along with the rest of the Pokémon at the lab, welcomed Ash back to Pallet Town after his victory over Leon.
In Ride, Lapras, Ride!, Heracross was shown to have rejoined Ash's team. During the episode, it helped in freeing a trapped . Despite Wailmer evolving into a and getting stuck again, they were able to free the Float Whale Pokémon.
In The Rainbow and the Pokémon Master!, Heracross assisted Ash in looking for a missing around Oak's lab, but to no avail.
===Personality and characteristics===
Heracross is an eager but easily distracted Pokémon, especially regarding sap. For example, in Fighting Flyer with Fire, dropped a jar of sap to allow to escape with . He also likes to suck sap from plants or trees, as well as 's bulb whenever the two are together, annoying Bulbasaur enough to use to push him away. Again, this is distracting for him, as in Chikorita's Big Upset when he went for Bulbasaur's bulb before helping to rescue . Heracross doesn't appear to care how much this annoys Bulbasaur.
Despite these minor flaws, he is a powerful battler, and also physically strong, capable of throwing 's tank into the air in A Shadow of a Drought. Hercross's strong wings bolster his powerful horn.
===Moves used===
* Ash told Heracross to use in The Ties That Bind. This was a dubbing error. In the original, he was commanded to use .
===Artwork===
Poster for
==In the manga==
===Ash & Pikachu===
Heracross only appeared on the scoreboard in One Half Of A Poké Ball.
==Trivia==
* Out of the non-temporary that in Johto, Heracross is the only one to not be part of an evolutionary line and the only one to not appear in a .
* Heracross is the first of Ash's Pokémon to use a multistrike move.
* Heracross is Ash's first Pokémon to have had a unique type combination.
* Heracross's only - and moves, and , respectively, are the moves with the highest base power of their types.
* Heracross is the only Pokémon in to have used the moves or .
==References==
==Related articles==
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