Martinez's Ursaring

**Martinez's Ursaring** (Japanese: **マルティネスのリングマ** *Maruteinesu's Ringuma*) is the fifth Pokémon that Martinez was known to own.

## **History**

### **Johto**

While Miguel is searching for a Teddiursa for him to capture for Kurt's granddaughter, Maizie, Ursaring attacks them from behind. They then find themselves on the run, only to bump into Martinez. After Aipom is ordered to attack, Martinez calls him a flout for trying to steal his target, but Miguel tells him that it's a fair game, but finding Aipom, Croconaw and Sneasel's attacks to be of annoyance, the enraged bear attacks Maizie, whom Miguel saves, but when her favorite Pokémon, Teddiursa, jumps in, Miguel ends up spraining his ankle.

Miguel clutches his leg in pain, as the Ursaring and Teddiursa loom over him. Maizie tries to catch his attention, as the Ursaring lunges at them, claws bared. Miguel tells the girl to run, as a Sneasel intercepts the attack. From the attack, Ursaring's paws are frozen solid, as Martinez informs Miguel that the Ursaring came back for a trophy, much to Miguel's contempt. Suddenly, the ice surrounding Ursaring's arm begins to thaw out, as Martinez realizes that it is using Fire Punch to thaw the ice. As this happens, Miguel questions Martinez's motives, wondering whether he is truly protecting Maizie out of the goodness in him. Teddiursa then lunges at Aipom, as Miguel warns his Pokémon not to get distracted by its cute looks. Whilst Teddiursa and Aipom flail in mid-air, Miguel attempts to capture the wild Pokémon. However, the Poké Ball merely bounces atop Teddiursa's head, much to Miguel's surprise. He wonders why the capture was unsuccessful, proceeding to try again with the same outcome.

Miguel is furious, believing that Kurt gave him a faulty Poké Ball. However, Martinez corrects him, stating that it was his fault. Gold tells him to be quiet, as Martinez explains that this is more proof of his inexperience. Martinez then states that this is the perfect opportunity to use the special Poké Ball Kurt made for him. He apologizes to Miguel, preparing to claim the Ursaring as his. However, Martinez is knocked off balance by Aipom, who was thrown by Ursaring. As a result, Martinez loses his grip on the Poké Ball, which clatters to the ground. Martinez glares at Miguel, who states that Aipom's actions were not his fault. The three of them are forced to run away from the advancing Ursaring and Teddiursa, but find themselves trapped on the edge of a cliff. Tears begin to well in Maizie's eyes as she reveals that she disobeyed her grandfather's instructions by venturing up to the mountains. However, Miguel consoles her and asks that she trust his judgment. Miguel asks Martinez to teach him the special technique in catching, to which Martinez complies. Martinez explains that while speed and timing are crucial, a capture can be guaranteed if a Poké Ball is aimed at its target's vital spot, where its life energy is most concentrated. In this case, Miguel needs to aim for the center of Ursaring's belly and the crescent on Teddiursa's forehead.

As Miguel prepares to hurl his Poké Ball with his stick, Martinez asks which Pokémon he will use it on. Miguel does not reply, and instead hurls the Poké Ball in such a way that it rebounds off surrounding rocks. In doing so, he knocks Martinez's Heavy Ball back into Martinez's hand and the Friend Ball into his. Miguel comments that they are now ready to capture both Pokémon. The two of them hurl both their Poké Balls simultaneously at their opponents, resulting in a perfect capture. Afterwards, Martinez uses Ursaring to defeat the Team Rocket Grunts disturbing the Slowpoke at the Slowpoke Well.

Ursaring participated in Martinez's fight against Miguel, going up against his Sudowoodo. Ursaring attacks with a barrage of Fury Swipes while Sudowoodo counters with Mimic. After a quick show of strength, with Ursaring coming out on top, he is recalled for Kingdra.

When Martinez, and Miguel, later wake up at the Whirl Islands, Ursaring, along with Martinez's other Pokémon (with the exception of Martinez's missing Gyarados) and Miguel's, battle and ultimately defeat a group of wild Sandslash.

Ursaring battled alongside Martinez's other Pokémon to defeat Will by attacking with Sneasel's Beat Up.

### **Crisis of Deoxys**

After his father, Giovanni, was injured after the Team Rocket airship crash-landed in Vermilion City, Martinez had Ursaring take him to Martinez's secret hideout for Giovanni to recover.

### **Arceus Arise**

Sometime prior to Arceus's arrival in Johto, Giovanni and Ursaring were in Ilex Forest waiting for Celebi to appear. Celebi eventually came and brought Pryce along with it, whom Ursaring immediately began attacking. Before he could cause any major damage, however, Lance showed up and stopped them, informing the group that they all shared a common goal.

Then, Ursaring shows up alongside Giovanni at the Sinjoh Ruins to help with the Arceus crisis. Upon arriving, Ursaring ruthlessly brushed Petrel aside after he attempts to disguise himself as Giovanni. Ursaring then battled against Giratina, and attacks with a powerful Slash, although it caused zero damage due to Giratina being part Ghost-type. Then, Ursaring threw his opponent around and used Avalanche, dealing heavy damage.

## **Personality and Characteristics**

Typical of his species, Ursaring is shown to be aggressive and hostile toward everyone. Ursaring was shown to be an extremely powerful battler, being the powerhouse of Martinez's team. Ursaring proved himself to be a very proud Pokémon, refusing to be captured by Trainers that he believed weren't worthy of training, but after his capture at the hands of Martinez, Ursaring followed his commands without question, showing that Ursaring respects his Trainer.

## **Moves used**

 A **†** shows that the move was used recently, unless all moves fit this case or there are fewer than five known moves.