Robyn's Arcanine

**Robyn's Arcanine** (Japanese: **ろびんのウインディ** *Robyn's Windie*) is the first Pokémon that Robyn Oak captured after becoming Viridian City's Gym Leader, and his ninth overall.

## **History**

### **Johto**

Immediately after Robyn Oak was named the new Viridian Gym Leader, an earthquake occurs, after which Robyn quickly discovers it was caused by Arcanine and its comrades Alakazam, Exeggutor, and Rhydon. Wondering what the cause of their rampage was, Robyn sees a Pokémon Association's van playing Pokémon March, the cause of the Pokémon's rampage.

As Bayley and Carly Oak head towards the van to stop the sound, Robyn deals with the rampaging Pokémon all by himself. Robyn calls out Charizard. Robyn orders Charizard to attack the Pokémon with Fire Spin, which catches their attention. Then, Robyn draws them towards Viridian Forest, where he uses the enviroment to his advantage. Using the trees for cover, Robyn orders Charizard to use Mega Punch and send a tree flying towards Exeggutor, sending Exeggutor flying. As Arcanine charges towards Robyn with Fire Fang, Charizard jumps in front of the attack and hits Arcanine with a Mega Punch to the jaw.

Then, Alakazam jumps into the fray and uses Psychic to restrain Charizard, and Arcanine gains revenge by using multiple Extreme Speed attacks towards Charizard, who's floating in the air by Psychic's effects. Then, Robyn tells Charizard to break out of it, and Charizard quickly breaks free and aims at Alakazam with Flamethrower. However, Arcanine jumps in front of the attack and absorbs the attack without damage, thanks to its Flash Fire Ability. Then, Arcanine uses Overheat, striking Charizard and causing significant damage due to Flash Fire enhancing Arcanine's Fire attacks.

As Charizard slowly gets back to its feet, Rhydon charges at it with Megahorn, but at the last second, Charizard grabs Rhydon's horn and holds him steady. Alakazam then tries to use Confusion, but Arcanine stops him with Aerial Ace, angrily barking at Alakazam for being willing to hurt a comrade to defeat the enemy. Robyn took notice of this and became impressed with Arcanine's sense of honor and loyalty.

Robyn orders Charizard to use Fire Spin, hitting Rhydon with close-range. Rhydon then uses Horn Attack, but Charizard flies out of the way and Rhydon pierces through a tree with its Horn Attack. Rhydon then notices Robyn and charges at him, but Robyn jumps out of the way with agility and performs a roundhouse kick onto Rhydon, although he hurts himself due to Rhydon's rock-hard body.

Charizard then hits Rhydon with Flamethrower onto the back of its head, causing significant damage. Then, Exeggutor returns to the battle and uses Seed Bomb towards Charizard, but misses as Charizard swiftly dodges before using Fire Spin, hitting Exeggutor. As Charizard begins to pant due to his exhaustion, Robyn decides to end the battle quickly.

Arcanine and its comrades charge towards Charizard together, with Arcanine using Overheat, Exeggutor using Egg Bomb, Alakazam using Confusion, and Rhydon using Rock Blast. However, Charizard flies up to dodge the attack and charges an overloaded Flamethrower, whose power was so great, its range of attack was bigger than usual, and struck all of the Pokémon at once.

Out of all the four Pokémon, only Arcanine remained in the battle, while the other three were knocked out. As Arcanine looked over to its fallen comrades, Robyn calls out to Arcanine and commends him for its loyalty and toughness, and declares his intention to capture him and his friends. Arcanine smirks before using Fire Fang, but Charizard lands the finishing blow by dodging and hitting Arcanine in the jaw with Mega Punch, sending him crashing onto a nearby lake, unconscious. Robyn congratulates Charizard on battling against the four powerful Pokémon by himself before subsequently capturing them all.

## **Personality and Characteristics**

Arcanine is a fiercely brave and loyal Pokémon. It's loyalty was proven when Alakazam attempted to use Confusion on both Robyn's Charizard and Rhydon in order to defeat Charizard, not caring whether Rhydon was caught in the attack or not, and Arcanine stopped him, angry at the fact that it was willing to hurt a comrade simply to defeat an enemy.

Arcanine's physical resilience was extremely powerful, being capable of withstanding many powerful attacks without fainting. Arcanine's bravery and loyalty was noted by Robyn himself, which was the major factor in his interest to capture him.

Being the leader of his group of friends, Arcanine shows incredible leadership skills, giving commands to his comrades during their battle against Robyn and Charizard, and despite not being capable of defeating them, Arcanine's leadership skills weren't to be taken lightly.

## **Moves used**

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