Exbo

Exbo (Japanese: バクたろう Baktaro), known as Explotaro in Chuang Yi's translations, is a that owns in Pokémon Adventures and his third overall. Gold received him from Professor Elm. As of All About Arceus V, he is at level 84 and his Characteristic is that he is "a little quick tempered."
==History==
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Exbo first appeared as a Cyndaquil in Murkrow Row in Professor Elm's lab, alongside and Chikorita. Later, when and snuck into Elm's Lab, Gold choose Cyndaquil to fight Silver due to how upset he was at seeing Totodile being stolen. Exbo surrounds Silver with a ring of fire while Gold demands his backpack and Totodile back. Before Silver can respond, however, a Team Rocket grunt interrupts and knocks Gold out of the way.
In Totodile Rock, Exbo fought Totodile in the Sprout Tower. The two start out with and and follow up with and , giving Totodile the lead. Due to this, Exbo counters with and gives Gold a chance to take Totodile back, but he refuses and him. The smoke soon sets off an alarm in the tower and activates its traps, forcing the two Pokémon to team up and stop them. In the confusion, Silver escapes and Totodile evolves into .
In You Ain't Nothin' but a Houndour, Exbo battled alongside Gold's other Pokémon against the Masked Man. Exbo fought his and lost due to Gold not knowing how to handle battling with multiple Pokémon.
In Quilava Quandary, Exbo is trained at the Pokémon Day Care. Exbo starts by using Smokescreen and follows up with Ember, but a deflects it. Later in the day, he battles a and defeats it with Ember thanks to a from . After the battle, he evolves into . In Piloswine Whine, Exbo is used alongside the rest of Gold's team to defeat Team Rocket's horde of Pokémon.
In Tyranitar War, Exbo was Gold's first choice in his battle against Silver and fought Croconaw again. Croconaw starts by drenching Exbo with Water Gun and biting down on him with Bite. Exbo manages to dodge the attack with , breaking Croconaw's teeth. Croconaw recovers and throws Exbo away, and Gold sends out Sunbo to support him with Sunny Day. Silver counters this by having use , freezing her. Exbo attempts to help with Ember, but Gold decides Exbo cannot handle it and switches him out.
In Delibird Delivery - 1, Exbo fought the Masked Man again. He and attack his and manage to put some distance between the Masked Man and their s. The Masked Man then sends out and Houndour and Exbo and Sneasel attack with and . The two Pokémon of the villain's suddenly disappear, and Gold, Exbo, and Sneasel are hit by a minor surprise attacks afterwards.
In Lively Lugia (Part 2), Exbo meets back up with Croconaw and Megaree and fought against a wild at the Whirl Islands. When Lugia attempts to crush them under its weight, Exbo, Croconaw, and Megaree work together to hold Lugia up. The strain of this causes Exbo, Croconaw, and Megaree to evolve into , , and , respectively. Though they succeed in saving their Trainers, Lugia eventually escapes.
In The Last Battle VI, Exbo fought in Gold's last battle against the Masked Man. Exbo used his powered up fire power from Sunny Day to melt the Masked Man's ice and prevent him from regenerating his ice body. In The Last Battle XIV, he fought alongside the other first partner Pokémon to try and stop Pryce from capturing .
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Prior to The Final Battle I, Exbo was revealed to have mastered from Ultima. Exbo is first seen alongside Aibo to fight Guile Hideout. Exbo lets up a powerful flame, which Aibo increases by spinning Gold's pool cue to fan the flames in Guile's direction. In The Final Battle VIII, Exbo teamed up with Blue's Charizard and Chic to attack with Blast Burn to help destroy Guile Hideout's fake .
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In Out-Odding Oddish, Exbo participated in the Pokéathlon alongside Aibo and Polibo. They started with the Skill Course, which ended with the round Snow Throw. The team threw snowballs at their opponents, with Aibo creating a gigantic one to earn them enough points to win. The same three later entered into the Stamina Course and managed to win that one as well. 
In the next chapter, the three entered the Power Course and went up against Koga, Bruno, and Will. They struggled against the Elite Four member's team in Circle Push and Goal Roll before entering the final match, Block Smash. In it, Gold faced Bruno and his as his final opponents. By having Aibo focus on critical hits against the blocks, the team was able to enter High Tension mode, allowing them to quickly catch up with Machamp's raw strength and win.
In One Tough Togepi, Gold sends out Exbo alongside his other Pokémon, save Togebo, to fight and distract Lance's Dragonite, who was going on a rampage. With Aibo and the others distracting the Dragon Pokémon, Togebo was able to finish the battle with a powerful .
In All About Arceus II, Exbo fought . He attacks with a powerful Blast Burn, but fails to do any real damage.
In All About Arceus V, Exbo, Silver's Feraligatr, and Megaree attacks the incomplete forms of , , and created by Arceus. Through a combination of the ultimate attacks, the three Legendary Pokémon are stopped, though this only delays their completion.
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In a flashback in Claydol Unleashes, Ultima recalls how Gold and Exbo had trouble learning Blast Burn.
==Personality and characteristics==
Exbo is a very kind and caring Pokémon and cares deeply for his friends, first shown when he was angry at being stolen. Exbo has a high amount of courage and even when fighting at a disadvantage he tries his absolute best in battle, refusing to give up. In battle, Exbo is often paired with so that she can use to power up Exbo's attacks.
==Appearance==
As a Cyndaquil	As a Quilava
 	
==Moves used==
==Trivia==
* At level 84, Exbo is the highest leveled Pokémon belonging to Gold.
==Names==
Language 	Name 	Origin
Japanese 	バクたろう Baktaro 	From and
English 	Exbo 	From explosion and
English 	Explotaro 	From explosion and
French 	Pétatard 	From
German 	Woffy 	
Italian 	Raudo 	From raudo, a type of explosive used for firework.
Spanish 	Explotaro 	From explosion and
Korean 	폭돌이 Pokdor-i 	From and
Chinese () 	爆太郎 Bàotàiláng 	From or and
Chinese () 	爆炸太郎 Bàozhàtàiláng 	From and
Chinese () 	爆太郎 Baautaailòhng 	From or and
Czech 	Bušák 	From výbuch (explosion) and
Brazilian Portuguese	Explom 	From explosão (explosion) and
Vietnamese 	Bakutarou 	Transliteration of his Japanese name
==Related articles==
Category:Gold's Pokémon
Category:Elm's Pokémon
Category:Nicknamed Pokémon
Category:Male characters (Pokémon)
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