Iris's Haxorus

Iris's Haxorus (Japanese: アイリスのオノノクス Iris's Ononokus) was one of the two acquired by prior to the start of Pokémon the Series: Black & White, and her second one overall. It is also Iris's main Pokémon in the and .
==In animation==
===Pokémon the Series===
====History====
=====Pre-series=====
Haxorus, as an Axew, was the first Pokémon that was known to have obtained. She obtained Axew from the of her hometown when he was just a few days old. She was tasked with journeying with Axew to help raise him into a great Haxorus. Before he evolved, he preferred being outside his , traveling inside Iris's long hair.
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Axew first appeared briefly in In the Shadow of Zekrom! alongside Iris, where it watched the dark clouds caused by from the top of a tree. Axew was the first Pokémon that scanned with his new Pokédex in Enter Iris and Axew!, though he was actually aiming it at Iris's hair and wondering why Axew looked nothing like what the Pokédex showed. Later, Axew and Pikachu got caught by , but they were later freed with the help of .
In Triple Leaders, Team Threats!, told Iris and Axew that they have perfect compatibility. He also added that Axew is a rather rare Pokémon. In Dreams by the Yard Full!, it was revealed through the Dream Mist that Axew wanted to evolve to his .
In The Bloom Is on Axew!, it was shown that Axew had not had much experience in battling, crying when he was hit by weakened and attacks from Cilan's Pansage; however, he was shown to be able to produce an extremely powerful that could cause massive destruction, but was uncontrollable and had a tendency to explode in all directions rather than beam at a specific target as it is meant to. Ash and Cilan playfully referred to it as a "Dragon Sneeze", much to Iris's annoyance. A pun exists where, as Axew says his name while using "Dragon Sneeze," it sounds rather like "achoo". Later in the episode, Axew was trapped in the horns of a wild , and Iris and the others had to rescue him using their Pokémon.
In Scraggy-Hatched to be Wild!, Axew seemed excited about Ash's Pokémon Egg being ready to hatch, so much so that he accidentally sent it rolling down a hill. After it hatched into , Axew became afraid of him after seeing how aggressive he was with the other Pokémon. Even so, he kept his eye on Scraggy and was the first to notice that he ran off in the middle of the night. Axew assisted Iris in finding a plant that would help Scraggy recover after he was by a wild . The next day, when Scraggy felt better, Axew battled him. Both Pokémon knocked each other out thanks to another failed Dragon Rage. The two had another battle in Dancing With the Ducklett Trio!. However, he was stopped after Axew attempted, again, to use Dragon Rage.
In The Dragon Master's Path!, he sent Team Rocket's ship down with an exploding Dragon Rage. He then rode away on Druddigon's head and called out to Iris, letting her know where he was. When fighting Team Rocket alongside Pikachu and Emmy's , Axew finally mastered Dragon Rage, sending out a stream of energy instead of exploding right on the spot, defeating Team Rocket.
In Cottonee in Love!, Axew had another battle with Ash's Scraggy, but this time he won thanks to his mastered Dragon Rage.
In Iris and Excadrill Against the Dragon Buster!, Axew battled Georgia's briefly, but was defeated after a collision of and Dragon Rage.
In Movie Time! Zorua in "The Legend of the Pokémon Knight!", Axew played the role of the 's strongest Pokémon. She used Axew against Ash's Pikachu to bring out his inner strength. However, Pikachu defeated Axew with a powerful / combination.
Iris used Axew in the semifinal round of the Club Battle in Club Battle Finale: A Hero's Outcome! against Luke and his . Not knowing about Golett's immunity to attacks, Iris ordered Axew to use Scratch, which was ineffective. Axew then got hit hard by Golett's . Managing to get up, Axew used Dragon Rage, but this attack was dodged by . While still using Double Team, Golett used , confusing Axew, and managed to hit him hard. Axew then tried Dragon Rage again, but this was countered by Golett's . Golett then used Gyro Ball again. Unable to do anything Axew started running away. Eventually, Axew got exhausted, and as he was about to be hit by Gyro Ball, Axew learned , knocking Golett back and finally defeating it.
In Battle For The Underground!, Axew was used to propel the train cart Ash and friends were riding on to get away from Team Rocket, along with Tepig using , which soon became , and using .
He battled with Scraggy once more in Scraggy and the Demanding Gothita!; however, seeing as Scraggy had learned , they proved evenly matched again. After the battle, he and Scraggy went off to play until they ran into a that took a liking to Scraggy. Gothita's Trainer challenged Ash to a battle on the condition that if she won, he'd have to trade Scraggy away to her. Ash won the battle, but Axew still had a nightmare about losing his best friend the following night. He then awoke to find that Scraggy and Gothita had left. He pursued them and attempted to get Scraggy away from Gothita by hitting it with Dragon Rage. However, it ended up disturbing a wild who attacked them until showed up to protect them, and Katharine, Gothita's Trainer, used her to calm the Trash Heap Pokémon. Axew was happy to see Gothita storm away the next day after Snivy defeated it in battle.
In Stopping the Rage of Legends! Part 1, Axew became friends with a owned by Lewis, who expressed great interest in him. Axew admired Gothorita as it prayed at 's shrine for it to rain on Milos Island, and later when Gothorita saved him and Iris from falling onto some sharp rocks. Later, Axew was able to hit with and would have been hit by his if Cilan's Stunfisk had not blocked the attack with . Understanding the dire situation, Axew encouraged Gothorita when it was asked by Lewis to plead with and Thundurus. In Stopping the Rage of Legends! Part 2, Axew helped rescue the forces of nature from ; he used Dragon Rage on Dr. Zager's helicopter, joined by Ash's Pikachu, Ash's Roggenrola, Iris's Emolga, and Cilan's Pansage, to cause the force field prisons trapping the trio to break.
In All for the Love of Meloetta!, Iris used Axew in a battle against Cynthia's Garchomp. Axew's and successfully hit Garchomp but seemed to do no damage. Garchomp then used her and attacks to cause a lot of damage to Axew. At the last second, when it seemed like Axew was down, he got back up, knocking Garchomp down with his newly learned and shocking everybody. Garchomp quickly recovered and was about to finish Axew off with a but was called off by at the last second.
In A Village Homecoming!, Axew was reunited with the elder at the Village of Dragons, embracing her with open arms. She complimented his health and praised Iris for how he had been cared for. Later, when Shannon's newly evolved lost control of himself, Axew helped corner the Brutal Pokémon after Emolga and chased him to shore. He kept Hydreigon distracted with Dragon Rage while Iris attempted to leap on him from behind to calm him down.
In What Lies Beyond Truth and Ideals!, Axew frantically used Scratch to free Iris and Cilan from the metal cuffs Team Plasma had trapped them in. He later helped fight off the Pokémon controlled by Team Plasma.
In Cilan and the Case of the Purrloin Witness!, Axew was used in the first round of the Marine Cup Tournament. He battled Teaque's but was knocked out by a super effective .
In Team Rocket's Shocking Recruit!, Axew was playing with Emolga when he was attacked by a wild using and sent rolling down a hill where he bumped his head on a large rock. Since Emolga had already gotten in to trouble for attacking and that morning, Iris scolded Emolga for attacking Axew, causing Emolga to become upset and fly away, worrying Axew. After being healed, Axew and the gang set off to find Emolga, only to find that she had allied herself with . Under the shroud of 's , Emolga pulled Axew away. Later, Emolga shared her plan to get back in Iris's good books with Axew, unaware that was listening in. Axew acted as bait to lure in Pikachu for Emolga and called out to and to make them bring Ash and his friends to him. Pikachu was captured by Team Rocket, but Iris was able to understand from Axew that the earlier accident was not Emolga's fault. However, Team Rocket trapped Axew and Emolga in a glass cage along with an angry . The Exploud attacked them both, but Emolga did her best to protect Axew from its attacks. Exploud picked Axew up and dropped him in its mouth, much to Iris's horror, though Axew was able to escape by using Dragon Rage. Eventually, Dragonite and Charizard were able to break the cage open, allowing Axew and Emolga to escape.
In Best Wishes Until We Meet Again!, Axew and Pikachu were caught by Team Rocket, while Ash, Iris, and Cilan were trapped inside the ship's cargo space. Eventually, he and Pikachu were freed, and together with Pikachu, Charizard, and Pansage, Axew blasted Team Rocket off. Axew later said farewell to Ash and Pikachu as he, Iris, and Cilan departed for Johto.
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During Iris's travels after parting ways with Ash, Axew eventually evolved all the way into a Haxorus, ultimately fullfilling his dream of doing so. As later revealed by Iris, Haxorus was the Pokémon responsible for winning the battle that earned her the title of Unova .
In Thrash of the Titans!, Haxorus was sent out against Ash's Dracovish during Iris's World Coronation Series battle against her former traveling companion at the Opelucid Gym. After Haxorus successfully defeated Dracovish, it went up against Ash's Dragonite. During the match, Ash used Dragonite's to redirect Haxorus's into the sky and reformed it into , which is then used to defeat Haxorus, giving Ash the victory.
In The Fiery Road to Mastership!, Haxorus was Iris’s third Pokémon in her Masters Eight Tournament match against Cynthia. He first battled against , breaking through its attacks with brute force and knocking it out. He then had a rematch against Garchomp, now facing her on an equal footing. After they had traded several blows, Cynthia decided to Mega Evolve Garchomp. Due to this increase in strength, Garchomp defeated Haxorus, eliminating Iris from the tournament.
====Personality and characteristics====
As an Axew, he proved to be a friendly Pokémon, making quick friends with Ash's Pikachu in Enter Iris and Axew! and later with other Pokémon. He and Iris have a strong relationship, as seen in A Sandile Gusher of Change! after a had caught him in his jaws, Iris tried everything to get him out. This was also seen in BWS02, when Iris kept trying to shake her , who had been wild at the time, off of Axew when he kept biting on his head, which happened twice.
Though lacking superior battle skills, Axew makes up for it with a kind personality, as mentioned by Cilan. If Iris feels sad, he will go off to collect fruit to cheer her up. Axew is also somewhat of a pacifist and often hides or panics when the other Pokémon who accompany him start to fight each other, as seen in Emolga and the New Volt Switch! when he was seen running around in circles when , , , and started fighting over food. However, he has been shown to have some childish traits, such as in Saving Darmanitan From the Bell!, where he fought with when he thought Pikachu was the one who ate all the food.
Axew will often express concern for other Pokémon. In Emolga the Irresistible!, he was grateful when an stopped his apple from rolling down a hill and wanted to share some of it with her. When she left after being smothered by , he was desperate to find her again. However, this could be because Axew has a little crush on Emolga, as confirmed by in the same episode.
Axew also seems to see Scraggy as a little brother since he hatched when Iris told him he was Scraggy's big brother. Since then, Axew always had kept a close eye on Scraggy to keep him out of trouble, and the two have become training partners, and best friends, most likely because they're the youngest. In Scraggy and the Demanding Gothita!, he was horrified that he might never see him again if Scraggy was given to Katharine, even having a nightmare about it.
It is unknown whether he still holds on to these traits after his evolution, although he seems more serious. Evolution also made Haxorus much more powerful, strong enough to stand toe to toe with Champion-level opponents.
====Appearance====
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===Pokémon Masters Animated Trailer===
Iris's Haxorus appeared in the Pokémon Masters Animated Trailer.
==In the manga==
===Pokémon Adventures===
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 first appeared as a in Big City Battles, where Iris was seen riding it in Castelia City. It mostly remained outside of its Poké Ball during Iris's future appearances.
In School of Hard Knocks, Fraxure briefly battled against Drayden's at the Tubeline Bridge, but lost.
In The Tournament Continues, Iris used Fraxure in her battle against Gray, managing to defeat his despite the type disadvantage. In One Way or Another, Fraxure was used against 's , Brav, in Iris's next round battle. As Iris had estimated, Fraxure had gained enough experience to allow it to evolve into Haxorus in the middle of the battle. Both Pokémon were recalled immediately afterward. Iris later sent Haxorus back out against Black's , Costa, planning to take advantage of Haxorus's Ability to bypass Costa's own Ability, . However, Costa eventually managed to catch one of Haxorus's tusks in his jaws and defeat it with a close-range , causing Iris to lose the match.
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Haxorus appeared alongside Iris in Deduction Time.
====Appearance====
As a Fraxure
====Moves used====
===Pokémon Journeys===
Haxorus appeared in Thrash of the Titans!, where he was used in Iris's World Coronation Series match against .
====Appearance====
As an Axew
====Moves used====
===Movie adaptations===
Axew appears in , , and . He served the same role as in the movies.
==In the games==
Haxorus has appeared as Iris's signature Pokémon in every game she is battled in.
===In the core series===
 	 	
 	 	
Gym battle 	Gym battle 	
 	 	
 	 	
Initial battle(Easy Mode/Normal Mode)	Initial battle(Challenge Mode)	Rematch
 	 	
====In events====
=====Mystery Egg=====
A Japanese event randomly distributed an Egg that contained an in-game representation of Iris's Axew, Ash's Pidove, or Cilan's Pansage via Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection. Like its animated series counterpart, this Axew knows and and is male. It also, interestingly, always has as its Ability. This event started on December 17, 2010, and ended on January 11, 2011. This Egg was also distributed at participating American locations from April 27 to May 31, 2011.
=====Pokémon Center Best Wishes Pokémon=====
From August 10 to September 6, 2013, Japanese Pokémon Centers distributed an in-game representation of Iris's Axew. The distribution was split into four one-week periods; each week, players could receive one of four Pokémon the Series: Black & White-themed Pokémon at random. The other three Pokémon distributed alongside Iris's Axew were Ash's Pikachu, Cilan's Pansage, and Professor Oak's Rotom.
=====Pokémon Game Show Pokémon=====
This Haxorus is based on Iris's in Pokémon Black 2 and White 2 (from the first battle with her in Normal mode) as one of the Champion's Pokémon that appeared throughout all core series games released prior to Generation VI. Their level and moveset are based on the core series games they first appeared in. It has IVs of 30 for all stats.
The Trainer ID number is based on the game's release date in Japan, June 23, 2012.
===In spin-off games===
====Pokémon Best Wishes: Intelligence Training Pokémon Big Sports Meet!====
Axew appears in Pokémon Best Wishes: Intelligence Training Pokémon Big Sports Meet!.
====Pokémon Masters EX====
Iris's Haxorus appears alongside Iris as a sync pair.
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====Pokémon Mezastar====
Haxorus appears in Pokémon Mezastar as one of Iris's Pokémon. It appears as an opponent during the . Haxorus also appeared as an opponent in an event that recreated the Masters Eight Tournament that ran from October 27 to November 21, 2022. Upon beating Iris, the player can receive a Support Pokémon Ticket based on Haxorus, with Iris's Dragonite as its tag partner.
=====As an opponent=====
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=====Disks=====
==In the TCG==
Axew was featured in the TCG. The following is a list of cards featuring Iris's Axew.
==Trivia==
* Haxorus is the first Pokémon to be owned by a main character other than .
* Haxorus is Iris's only single-type Pokémon.
* Haxorus is Iris's only Pokémon that doesn't have an immunity to any type.
* Haxorus's wasn't seen until Thrash of the Titans!, 492 episodes after his debut.
* Although Haxorus learned in Club Battle Finale: A Hero's Outcome!, he wasn't seen using it again until Thrash of the Titans!, 451 episodes later.
==References==
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