James's Mareanie

James's Mareanie (Japanese: コジロウのヒドイデ Kojirō's Hidoide) is the only that James in the Alola region, and his thirteenth overall.
==In animation==
===History===
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Before being caught by James, Mareanie formed a crush on a after he saved her from a . Later on, though, Mareanie spotted her crush giving a 's horn to another Mareanie, leaving her heartbroken.
Mareanie debuted in The Sun, the Scare, the Secret Lair!, in which she encountered James when he was wearing a scuba diving helmet resembling a Corsola. She latched onto his helmet, mistaking it for a real Corsola, causing it to crack and flood with water. After James reunited with , Mareanie latched onto his head and injected him with poison, which caused him to resemble a , causing Mareanie to become smitten with James. Later, during a battle with , Mareanie jumped in to help Team Rocket and launched a towards . With Mareanie's help, Team Rocket gained the upper hand against Ash, his and dealing serious damage to Pikachu. As Jessie's Mimikyu was about to launch one final attack, suddenly appeared from the water and took Team Rocket away with it. After being dropped off at Bewear's den, James asked Mareanie to join his team, which she accepted. After catching her, James called her back out, and Mareanie affectionately latched onto his head, making him look like a Mareanie again.
In A Team-on-Team Tussle!, Mareanie assisted Team Rocket in their quest to obtain a Darkinium Z. She battled a , which protected the Z-Crystal. Mareanie attacked with Spike Cannon, agitating it to follow them away from the Darkinium Z. She was then quickly defeated by Raticate's powerful attacks.
In Fighting Back the Tears!, Mareanie was reunited with her former crush, which evolved into and fought James for her affections. She later ran away from Team Rocket after she overheard James talking about leaving her with Toxapex, and found sanctuary with Ash at 's house. The next morning, while walking along the beach, she was attacked by another Tentacruel, but James saved her. Despite their reunion, James insisted on Mareanie, leaving her in tears. However, James was then challenged to a fight by Toxapex to make Mareanie happy, which ended in a tie. Following the fight, Mareanie decided to stay with James, which he accepted.
In Why Not Give Me a Z-Ring Sometime?, Mareanie learned . Realizing that they could now use their Darkinium Z, Team Rocket took 's advice and traveled to Ula'ula Island to get a Z-Ring from the Ula'ula Island kahuna. After a had stolen the Darkinium Z, Team Rocket gave chase and eventually managed to recover their Z-Crystal. When the Gengar then began attacking them, Nanu gave Team Rocket a Z-Power Ring, allowing James and Mareanie to perform to defeat Gengar.
In Securing the Future!, Mareanie joined the rest of Alola in showering with light so it could return to its .
In The Dealer of Destruction!, Team Rocket met Team Skull's leader Guzma. They challenged him with Mareanie and , only to be defeated.
In Drawn with the Wind!, Mareanie battled Ash and for the final time, fighting Sandy and Ash's Meltan. Mareanie poisoned Sandy with Sludge Bomb but struggled against Meltan due to its . She was then knocked out by Sandy's .
In League Offenders and Defenders!, Mareanie and Wobbuffet teamed up to stop some s from destroying the Manalo Stadium. In Battle Royal 151!, James had Mareanie by his side during in the Battle Royal preliminary round of the Manalo Conference. Thanks to Team Rocket's strategy of avoiding battles in this round, Mareanie was among the 16 still standing at the end, allowing James to proceed to the next round.
In The Battlefield of Truth and Love!, James used Mareanie in his battle against Jessie during the Manalo Conference, where they went up against Wobbuffet. Having been ordered by Jessie to lose the match so she could advance, James had Mareanie use attacks that Wobbuffet could reflect. He was then about to order Mareanie to take a fall when he saw that she wanted to battle properly for him. James decided to ignore Jessie's instructions and had Mareanie fire a relentless barrage of Spike Cannons, which were able to break through Wobbuffet's and defeat it. As a result, James moved on to the second round, where he was to face off against .
In Imitation Is the Sincerest Form of Strategy!, James used Mareanie in his battle against Gladion, where they went up against . Mareanie attempted to use Black Hole Eclipse, but Lycanroc countered with before defeating Mareanie with , eliminating James from the tournament.
In Thank You, Alola! The Journey Continues!, the trio received an order from Giovanni to return to the due to their lack of achievements in Alola. Knowing their Pokémon wouldn't be happy at the HQ, Jessie and James decided to leave them behind. However, when James told Mareanie about their upcoming departure, she was excited and believed she would come along. While Mareanie and Mimikyu were sleeping the following night, James discreetly entrusted the trio's Z-Power Ring and Alola base to her and the others. He promised to return one day, before departing to Kanto with his teammates. Mareanie was later seen playing with Mimikyu and .
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In That New Old Gang of Mine!, Mareanie was seen in the forest, carrying a Berry alongside Mimikyu, Bewear, and Stufful.
In All Out, All of the Time!, Mareanie was reunited with James after he crash-landed in the hot spring next to Bewear's den.
Mareanie appeared in a fantasy in Rocket Revengers! when Team Rocket reminisced about their old Pokémon.
===Personality and characteristics===
Similar to several other Pokémon James has owned, Mareanie is very fond of James and occasionally engulfs her 's head in her ten spiked tentacles. The resulting poisoning causes James to look like a Mareanie. Mareanie has an attraction to James's appearance in this state, one of the reasons she decided to join him. In addition, Mareanie is shown to be a romantic, as seen in The Professors' New Adventure!, where she was drawn to the sound of and 's wedding, causing her to fantasize about marrying James, only to be snapped out of her delusion by her Trainer calling out to her. However, before she first poisoned James, she was shown to be quite grumpy, as shown when she slapped Jessie's hand away when she first stroked her.
When James attempted to catch a female in Fighting Back the Tears!, Mareanie saw her as a rival for his affections and scared her away with to prevent this capture. She then cried when James scolded her for doing so. She was shown to be very loyal to her Trainer in Why Not Give Me a Z-Ring Sometime?, where she used the newly learned move to attack Jessie when the latter tried to steal James's creme puff.
===Moves used===
====Z-Moves used====
==In the TCG==
James's Mareanie is featured in the TCG as of one James's Pokémon. The following is a list of cards featuring Mareanie.
==Trivia==
* Mareanie is James's first since to affectionately attack her , and the first one he has caught since .
* Mareanie is James's only that is not fully evolved.
* Mareanie is the only Pokémon that is no longer under James's ownership that was not caught in the original series.
* Mareanie is James's only confirmed female Pokémon.
==References==
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