Jasmine's Steelix

:Rusty redirects here. For the condition for Toy Pokémon, see Rusty Pokémon. For the location in Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Gates to Infinity, see Rusty Mountain.
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Jasmine's Steelix (Japanese: ミカンのハガネール Mikan's Haganeil) is a owned by Jasmine in the , , and .
==In animation==
===Main series===
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Jasmine was first seen with a Steelix in Nerves of Steelix!, where it rescued Ash's Pikachu after he had been kidnapped by . It easily managed to knock over their mecha after Brock and Janina's had failed to do so. It then disabled the mecha with its , and once Pikachu was safely back in Ash's possession, sent Team Rocket flying with a powerful . This Steelix was used again later during the second round in her Gym against Ash. It was put up against Ash's Pikachu, however the Mouse Pokémon was fatigued from his previous battle against Jasmine's . Additionally his moves had no effect on Steelix, a , neither did his do much damage to Steelix's hard body. After a valiant effort, Pikachu was easily defeated by Steelix's Iron Tail.
Ash then sent out his to battle against Steelix. Despite being at a type-disadvantage, Steelix managed to defend itself against Cyndaquil's through use of its and then disappeared from the field by underground. After resurfacing, its attempts to attack the Fire Mouse Pokémon failed as Cyndaquil easily managed to dodge them all. It then reused its Sandstorm and Dig combination to defend against another Flamethrower. After continuously failing to hit one another, Ash had Cyndaquil use and use Steelix's holes to hide in. Once the smoke had been cleared, Cyndaquil managed to land a direct hit with Flamethrower from its hiding place. Jasmine then had her Steelix use Iron Tail on the ground, causing the tunnels below to cave in, forcing Cyndaquil out of the hole. After hitting Cyndaquil with Iron Tail, it looked like Steelix had won. However, Cyndaquil managed to recover and avoid being knocked out through use of Smokescreen. Steelix then used Sandstorm to defend against Flamethrower, however this tactic inevitably failed in the end as Steelix's Sandstorm was ignited, surrounding Steelix in a tornado of flames, the Iron Snake Pokémon, earning Ash the .
It reappeared in a flashback in Why? Wynaut!.
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Steelix reappeared in Four Roads Diverged in a Pokémon Port!, when Jasmine challenged Flint to a Pokémon battle. However, Steelix was unable to land a single hit on Flint's Infernape and was knocked out by a .
=====Moves used=====
===GOTCHA!===
Jasmine's Steelix briefly appeared in GOTCHA!.
==In the games==
Steelix have been used by the Gym Leader Jasmine since her debut in and has appeared in every game she has appeared in some capacity.
Another Steelix, nicknamed Rusty (Japanese: ネール Neil) appears in Master Rank Super Contests in . He is traded to the player in , after obtaining all 16 Badges, in exchange for any Pokémon. Rusty appears to be a different Steelix than the one used in Gym battles, as he is consistently shown to be a male, while the battling Pokémon is female in Generation IV games. The trade also does not affect Jasmine's team in subsequent battles.
===In the core series===
 	 	 	
 	 	 	
 	 	 	
 	 	 	
Gym battle 	Fighting Dojo rematch 	Pokéathlon 	
 	 	 	
Pokémon World Tournament	Pokémon World Tournament 	Pokémon World Tournament	Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl
Johto Leaders Tournament	Type Expert/World Leaders Tournament	Gathered! Gym Leader! 	Super Contest Show
 	 	 	
====Traded to the ====
 		 			 			 		 	 		 	
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Olivine Gym		Any Pokémon			Rusty			Soothe Bell		Brave	Jasmine		26491	8/30/28/18/20/6
===Pokémon Stadium series===
 	
Round 1	Round 2
 	
===In the ===
====Pokémon Puzzle Challenge====
Jasmine uses Steelix in the Challenge Mode scenario of Pokémon Puzzle Challenge.
====Pokémon Masters EX====
Steelix appears alongside Jasmine as a sync pair.
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Jasmine also gives a Steelix as a during the story event Friend-Making Battle.
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==In the manga==
===Pokémon Adventures===
Jasmine's Steelix, nicknamed (ハガネちゃん Hagane-chan) in the original Japanese version, debuted in Capital Kabutops. It was wearing a layer of rock over its steel body, causing everyone to believe it was an . It battled Brock's Onix, and as the two constricted each other, Onix took damage due to Steelix's much harder body and Steelix's outer coating began to chip and fall off. Exposed as being a fraud, Steelix broke out of its disguise and revealed itself to be Steelix. It then easily took down Brock's Onix, and Jasmine explained that her Steelix also used to be an Onix until it evolved. After explained that Steelix has yet to be officially classified, Jasmine explained that because of its rarity, she hid Steelix's identity so it wouldn't be exploited.
====Moves used====
===Pokémon Gold & Silver: The Golden Boys===
Jasmine's Steelix appeared in A Spectacular Battle To Save Ampharos. During the battle between Gold's Pikachu and 's , Jasmine had it take Gold's place as she couldn't take waiting for Black to get defeated. However, since Gyarados was taken out by Steelix, they could not get to Cianwood City.
In this manga, Steelix is contained in a Heavy Ball.
====Moves used====
===Pokémon Pocket Monsters===
Steelix appeared in Tyrogue's in Love?!. After confessed his feelings to Jasmine by giving her flowers, Steelix rose out of the ground as soon as Jasmine was about to accept the gift. As Steelix was after the same thing, both he and Tyrogue fought for her. As a result, gave them some challenges in which they drank some milk, ate some snack balls and gag battled in the end.
However, Jasmine stopped the fighting between Steelix and Tyrogue. She took out a machine to determine who was compatible. As the machine pointed to Tyrogue and then to , Steelix slammed his head onto the machine in frustration.
==In the TCG==
Jasmine's Steelix is featured in the TCG as one of Jasmine's Pokémon. The following is a list of cards named Jasmine's Steelix.
==Names==
Rusty
{| class="roundy" style="background:#; border: 3px solid #"	 	
Language	Name 	Origin
Japanese	ネール Neil 	From ハガネール
English 	Rusty 	From
German 	Stahli 	From Stahlos, Steelix's German name and Stahl, steel.
German 	Beißer 	
French 	Rouille 	
French 	Métallo 	
Italian 	Ruggine 	
Italian 	Acciarock 	
Spanish 	Pétrido 	
Spanish 	Pétreo 	
Korean 	톤이 Ton'i 	From 강철톤 Gangcheolton, Steelix's Korean name.
Korean 	철톤 Cheolton 	From 강철톤 Gangcheolton, Steelix's Korean name.
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