Jessie's Dustox

Jessie's Dustox (Japanese: ムサシのドクケイル Musashi's Dokucale) was the second caught by Jessie of Team Rocket during her travels through Hoenn, and her sixth overall.
==History==
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====Hoenn====
Jessie a Wurmple in All in a Day's Wurmple, as did . The chance encounter occurred on a tree branch after was blasted off yet again; Jessie noticed Wurmple nearby and simply threw a at her. 
Jessie quickly grew infatuated by her Wurmple, often spoiling it with her attention and referring to her by cutesy nicknames. This was seen in Gonna Rule The School!, where Jessie decided against using Wurmple in battle because she might get hurt.
In Which Wurmple's Which?, Jessie argued with May over which one had the better Wurmple. After Max concluded that the two Wurmple were the same, they began battling, but was sent blasting off by . May soon realized that she has Jessie's Wurmple due to her low appetite and that Jessie must have hers. Eventually, Wurmple was returned to May in exchange for Jessie's Wurmple. 
In A Corphish Out of Water, Jessie's Wurmple evolved into a while May's evolved into a ; Jessie believed hers was a Silcoon as well. In Seeing is Believing!, after May's Silcoon evolved into , Jessie became determined to have her "Silcoon" evolve into a Beautifly as well, and immediately started trying to raise its experience through battles. Her efforts eventually paid off, as later in the episode, her Cascoon evolved into Dustox. Though Jessie was initially disappointed that she did not have a Beautifly, she came to adore her new Dustox almost immediately. In the Japanese version, she called her Dokucale-chan on more than one occasion. In the English dub, Jessie often called her Dustox-Dear, and when she would throw her , she also referred to her as "my dear Dustox".
Dustox was Jessie's primary Pokémon in Hoenn. She was used in the Contest in Come What May, where she earned the best score in the Appeals Round by using a rainbow device attached to a bow tie. In the second round, she went up against May's Beautifly. Dustox started strong by returning Beautifly's String Shot at it with , but the advantage was quickly lost as Beautifly hit Dustox with a variety of attacks. The damage destroyed the rainbow device, resulting in Jessie and Dustox being disqualified. They were then blasted off by Ash's Pikachu.
In Disguise Da Limit, Dustox participated in the Contest. Dustox earned a high score in the Appeals Round by combining her moves. In the second round, Dustox went up against Timmy's . The two traded multiple attacks, which eventually caused an explosion. This exposed Jessie's disguise, and with the round out of time, Timmy was declared the winner.
Jessie attempted to enter Dustox in the Rubello Town Contest in A Fan with a Plan, but Jessie did not have a previously obtained Ribbon needed for entry.
In That's Just Swellow, James used Dustox as his Pokémon in the Crossgate PokéRinger competition. Dustox defeated May's Beautifly, but she was then defeated at the last minute when 's evolved into a .
====Kanto Battle Frontier====
In Caterpie's Big Dilemma, Dustox grew giant due to consuming Dr. Gordon's "Mystery Candy Complete". Due to her new size, Team Rocket was able to escape on top of her with a kidnapped Dr. Gordon. They were chased by Zander's gigantified , who, along with Ash's Pikachu, were able to damage Dustox enough to cause her to shrink back to her normal size.
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In Settling a Not-So-Old Score!, Dustox was used in the Battle Stage of the Contest. Her first battle in the event was against 's , during which she attacked with Poison Sting. Piplup used to return double the damage, which, along with a , was enough to knock the Poison Moth Pokémon out.
In A Stand-Up Sit-Down!, Jessilina decided to face off against Dawn to practice for the Contest. However, it was Zoey who accepted the challenge. Jessie used the combination of Dustox and Seviper. Her idea was to make Dustox use Poison Sting and then to make Seviper use on Dustox's Poison Sting, making it spin and adding extra power to it; even said that that was a smart combination. However, that didn't work as Zoey's Glameow countered with , making the combination go to the other side. Zoey's Shellos then used , breaking the combination of Poison Sting and Poison Tail. Dustox and Seviper were then both easily defeated by Zoey's Glameow.
In Dawn's Early Night!, Dustox was used along with Seviper in the Battle Stage of the Hearthome City Pokémon Contest. They were briefly seen battling against Nando's Kricketune and in the semifinals. The battle ended after Roselia and Kricketune used and , respectively, to deplete their points.
In Nosing 'Round the Mountain!, Dustox battled Ash and . Using her Whirlwind, she knocked Ash away from a remote used to control Alan's . This, unfortunately, caused the remote to fall onto Probopass and explode. The Compass Pokémon then used to blast Team Rocket off.
In Team Shocker!, Dustox was used in the Solaceon Town Pokémon Contest. During the Performance Stage, she used Whirlwind to lift Jessie off the ground, astounding the crowd. She kept Jessie floating for a while and then used to create a thick green smoke that covered the entire stage. When the smoke was cleared, it revealed Jessie and Dustox smiling and posing before the audience. The performance was well-received by the panel of judges, and when the results were announced, Jessie appeared among the s advancing to the Battle Stage. Dustox defeated her first two opponents to reach the finals, where she went up against Kenny's Prinplup. She used Prinplup's techniques against it to win the battle, earning Jessie her first Contest Ribbon. Ever since, Dustox has been wearing Jessie's hair ribbons that she wore in that Contest.
In The Bells Are Singing!, Dustox battled Ash and his friends for the final time. She was sent out to battle Ash's Chimchar, and tried to use on the Chimp Pokemon. However, Chimchar quickly dodged, hitting Jessie and with his , sending the duo blasting off, with Dustox flying after her Trainer.
In Crossing Paths, during the Dustox Crossing, she fell in love with a Dustox owned by Austin. Jessie tearfully decided that Dustox had to go with the others, despite everyone's protests, but since Dustox was loyal, she didn't want to. Seeing that Dustox was facing the same dilemma Jessie once was-about to throw away her chance of finding her true love to be with friends-Jessie had to shatter Dustox's Poké Ball to let her go. Dustox then went to live with other Dustox and start a family, giving Jessie the hope of finding her own soulmate.
In Our Cup Runneth Over!, Jessie said she would dedicate her performance in the Wallace Cup to Dustox. In Jumping Rocket Ship!, she appeared in Meowth's flashback.
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Dustox appeared in a fantasy in Rocket Revengers! when Team Rocket reminisced about their old Pokémon.
==Personality and characteristics==
As a Wurmple, she was very sedate and well-behaved, unlike May's Wurmple, who was gluttonous and a bit disobedient. When she evolved, she stayed well-behaved and was very loyal to Jessie. Dustox served as Jessie's secondary battling Pokémon and her primary Contest Pokémon. They had a very strong connection, mostly evident upon Dustox's release in Crossing Paths when Dustox wouldn't go with her mate and refused to leave Jessie's side.
She served as Jessie's main battling Contest Pokémon throughout Hoenn. Although talented, most of her contest attempts ended with her losing or being disqualified, and it took until her final Contest for her to earn a Ribbon. She is not above cheating to win, shown in Come What May, where she used a device to give her moves a rainbow effect.
==Appearance==
As a Wurmple	As a Cascoon
 	
==Moves used==
* Jessie told Dustox to use in The Bicker the Better. This was a dubbing error, as in the original, she was commanded to use Poison Sting.
===Moves improvised===
	 	 	
	A Stand-Up Sit-Down! 	and 	Jessie's Seviper
	Description: Dustox uses Poison Sting towards the sky. When the purple darts start falling down, Seviper hits them with Poison Tail, making them spin very fast. The spinning darts head towards the opposing Pokémon at great speed with the extra power that the Poison Tail added. The combination was used during a Double Battle against Zoey's Glameow and .	Description: Dustox uses Poison Sting towards the sky. When the purple darts start falling down, Seviper hits them with Poison Tail, making them spin very fast. The spinning darts head towards the opposing Pokémon at great speed with the extra power that the Poison Tail added. The combination was used during a Double Battle against Zoey's Glameow and .	Description: Dustox uses Poison Sting towards the sky. When the purple darts start falling down, Seviper hits them with Poison Tail, making them spin very fast. The spinning darts head towards the opposing Pokémon at great speed with the extra power that the Poison Tail added. The combination was used during a Double Battle against Zoey's Glameow and .
==Artwork==
Official artwork from
==Trivia==
* Once her Cascoon evolved into a Dustox, Jessie's team didn't change for over 250 episodes until she released Dustox, not counting temporary changes.
* Dustox is the only Pokémon in the belonging directly to a main character to have its broken permanently.
* Out of all of Team Rocket's Pokémon, Dustox has used the most different types of moves, with six different types used.
* Dustox is Jessie's first dual-typed Pokémon.
** Dustox is also Jessie's first confirmed female Pokémon.
* Excluding her temporary Pokémon, Dustox is Jessie's only Pokémon part of a three-stage evolutionary line.
==References==
==Related articles==
*May's Beautifly
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