Jessie's Lickitung

Jessie's Lickitung (Japanese: ムサシのベロリンガ Musashi's Beroringa) was the second Jessie appears with in Kanto. Lickitung was the first Pokémon Jessie was shown to , and is the first Pokémon to have been caught by a member of in .
==History==
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====Kanto====
In Princess vs. Princess, first encountered Lickitung while they were resting in a local park after Jessie's Princess Festival shopping spree. Lickitung quickly snatched up the food with its tongue, so Jessie sent out her to deal with the glutton, only for it to be stunned after being licked by Lickitung. In a fit of rage, Jessie threw a at the Lickitung, successfully catching it. 
Later, Lickitung was Jessie's forgotten weapon in the finals of the Queen of the Princess Festival contest against . After stunning and defeating a borrowed , , and by licking them, Lickitung was defeated by 's after ignoring Jessie's command for Tackle due to hunger, resulting in Misty winning the contest. This was the only time Jessie used Lickitung in Kanto.
====Orange Islands====
Jessie used Lickitung rather sparingly for the rest of its time under her possession, making the pink Pokémon her second option after Arbok. Thus, it was one of the least used Pokémon that was owned by a main character. It most often appeared alongside all of the Rocket trio's other Pokémon in battles against the twerps.
In Pikachu Re-Volts, Lickitung was used for the first time since its capture, being used to try to nab the Pokémon Butch and Cassidy stole. Lickitung, along with the rest of Team Rocket's Pokémon, were hypnotized by Butch and Cassidy's and forced to attack its Trainer. They were later freed by and his Pikachu and joined together to battle Drowzee.
In In the Pink, Lickitung was called out to help lick up all the rare pink Pokémon on Pinkan Island. James declared that Lickitung was pink, but Jessie corrected him by admitting that Lickitung had always been pink. Lickitung chased two Nidoran into a cave, but it quickly ran out after angering a pink . Later the Nidoking sent Lickitung and all the rest blasting off.
Lickitung had its first battle against Ash and in Tracey Gets Bugged, where it joined forces with the rest of Team Rocket's Pokémon against Tracey's Scyther. The five ganged up on the elderly Pokémon, and its fatigue kicked in right as Arbok launched a . The new Scyther leader, unable to stand by, jumped in to protect it. Together, the two caused Team Rocket to flee.
Jessie called on Lickitung to take on Ash and the others in A Tent Situation. However, Ash's Muk stepped in and was unaffected by Lickitung's immobilizing licks. It was defeated by Gary Oak and his .
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In A Farfetch'd Tale, Lickitung battled Ash and for the final time. Lickitung used its tongue to keep 's captive while the rest of Team Rocket's Pokémon took on Ash's team. During the battle Farfetch'd broke free and proceeded to beat up Lickitung and the others and Pikachu blasted them off with .
In Tricks of the Trade, Lickitung was accidentally traded by Jessie to a Trainer named for his during the commotion at the Pokémon Swap Meet. As Team Rocket's scheme to steal Pokémon with a rigged trading device was discovered by the crowd, Lickitung's was dropped into the trade machine when Jessie was knocked backwards by the fleeing Magikarp salesman, and was swapped with Benny's Poké Ball already in the machine; the person Benny had been planning to trade with had changed his mind at the last minute. Jessie soon realized the trade when she sent Lickitung out to battle , and the passive Wobbuffet emerged instead.
Lickitung was later seen happily with Benny, who informed Ash and friends about the accidental trade. However, there was never any indication that Ash and his friends ever identified the Lickitung as Jessie's old Pokémon, nor that Jessie's new Wobbuffet was originally Benny's.
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Lickitung appeared in a fantasy in Rocket Revengers! when Team Rocket reminisced about their old Pokémon.
==Personality and characteristics==
Lickitung and Jessie had a tumultuous relationship right from the beginning, where Lickitung ate all of the food Jessie bought for the , lasting all the way up to their last day together in Tricks of the Trade, where Jessie attacked Lickitung for licking her face just after she had washed up. Jessie used Lickitung infrequently in battle, namely because it ignored her instructions and was gluttonous. However, it was a strong battler, with its tongue capable of immobilizing an opponent with ease. 
Over time, Lickitung did attempt to open up to its with affectionate licks to the face on several occasions, however Jessie found the habit to be disgusting and rejected it. As such it didn't appear to develop a deeper connection with Jessie, and it was seen happily licking its new Trainer, after an accidental trade to him, who didn't seem to mind, all the while showing no outward distress from being traded away.
==Moves used==
==Trivia==
* Lickitung was the first Pokémon belonging to a main character to be permanently traded, and the only one who hasn't physically appeared since.
* Lickitung was the only non-temporary Pokémon caught by during the original series that was captured on screen.
* Lickitung is the only Pokémon obtained by Jessie and James in Kanto that was not released at some point in time.
* Despite being in Jessie's possession for 94 episodes, it made only 17 appearances total.
* Not including temporary Pokémon, Lickitung is the only Pokémon owned by either Jessie or James.
* Lickitung is the only Pokémon that has traveled with Team Rocket to have not met due to being the Pokémon that Wobbuffet was traded for.
* Lickitung was mentioned by Jessie in So Near, Yet So Farfetch'd (this episode aired before Princess vs. Princess in Japan, but chronologically occurs after it).
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