Ash's Goodra

Ash's Goodra was the fourth Pokémon that Ash caught in the Kalos Region and his forty-sixth overall.

## Personality

As a Goomy, he was a very friendly Pokémon, as he liked to show his affection to others by nibbling on their ears. Even after he had become a Goodra, he maintained his affection, hugging Ash shortly after evolving. He had also proven to be a capable fighter. Goomy was easily frightened and was afraid of Fairy-type Pokémon such as Dedenne because Dragon-type Pokémon are weak against Fairy-type Pokémon, but soon got over that fear when Dedenne saved him. He views Pikachu as a role model, and wants to become strong like him and his Trainer.

After evolving, Goodra's power and endurance became substantially higher, as he was not only able to deal large amounts of damage, but take hits as well without being knocked out. This endurance was usually followed up with a Bide attack against the opponents to deal massive damage. Goodra grew into a brave, strong, and kind Pokémon under Ash's care; in *Defending the Homeland!*, Goodra completely overcame his fear of Bug-types, Fairy-types, and Poison-types to defend his homeland against Florges's Bug-type army. Although he still faltered for a moment after seeing the Blue Flower Florges, he successfully defended himself with encouragement from Ash and his friends.

It was also shown in *The Moment of Lumiose Truth!* that when he wins a battle and Ash thanks him for the hard work, he blushes. However, it means that Ash's promise was fulfilled as in *A Slippery Encounter!*, Ash promised to help Goodra get stronger and he succeeded.

## History

### Prior to Series

Goodra was released by Ash so he could protect the Wetlands. He rejoined Ash temporarily so he could assist him in the Lumiose Conference and went back to the Wetlands after assisting in the Team Flare Incident.

## Gallery

As a GoomyAs a SliggooUsing Rain DanceUsing BideUsing ThunderUsing Hydro PumpHydration activatedGoodra and Ash
## Trivia

* Goodra is the first Dragon-type Pokémon belonging to a main character to have evolved under their ownership.
* Goodra is Ash's first pseudo-legendary Pokémon.
	+ He was also the first pseudo-legendary Pokémon owned by a main character to have been caught in its basic stage.
* Goodra is Ash's first Pokémon caught in Kalos to have fully evolved.
	+ He also is the only one to not have a type immunity.
	+ Additionally, he is the only Kalos Pokémon to not have been a dual-type at any point.
* Goodra is the only pure Dragon-type Pokémon to have been owned by Ash.
* Goodra is the first Pokémon to have been released by Ash since Lapras in *Viva Las Lapras*, 756 episodes earlier, as well as the first one outside of the original series.
* Out of all Pokémon to have been released by Ash, Goodra:
	+ Has spent the least amount of time with Ash before being released, lasting for only 16 episodes.
	+ Is the first one to not be a dual-type.
	+ Is the first one to officially rejoin his team, albeit temporarily.
* The way Sliggoo evolved into Goodra in *Good Friends, Great Training!* is nearly identical to how Sliggoo evolves in the games, with the sole difference being the rain: while only naturally occurring rain triggers the evolution in the games, Ash's Sliggoo evolved under rain set by Rain Dance in the anime.