Roberta's Wigglytuff

**Roberta's Wigglytuff** (Japanese: **ロバータのプクリン** *Robata's Pukirin*) is the first Pokémon Roberta was known to have, and her starter Pokémon.

## **History**

### **Kanto**

Wigglytuff has been with Roberta since childhood, when she was still a Jigglypuff, although the circumstances surrounding Jigglypuff's capture are currently unknown. Jigglypuff was properly introduced while carrying Roberta and Edge away from a group of Team Rocket Grunts who had come to retrieve the disc on the Mythical Pokémon, Mew, which she stole from them earlier. After neither side succeeded in capturing Mew, and it had seemed Roberta had come to her senses and handed Edge the Badges she stole, she was seen again taking flight for her as she said goodbye. However, as it turned out, the tricky girl had deceived Edge yet again and given him fake copies, which she would not reveal until the Silph Co. incident.

Jigglypuff and Clefairy disrupted Sabrina's psychic powers with Sing and Grown, respectively, as the sound-based attacks disrupted her focus. As the illusion vanished, Roberta decided that she could not fight the Gym Leader and her powers, and leaves the room with Sabrina's Marsh Badge.

During the fight against Dr. O in the semifinals of the Indigo Plateau Conference, Jigglypuff was the first Pokémon sent out against his Spearow, where Roberta conceitedly pronounced her "win" after hitting it with a Tri Attack; but it would strike right back with a Fury Attack. In retaliation, Jigglypuff used Sing, but the bird Pokémon was simply too high up for her attack to reach, and would deftly avoid the Tri-Attacks Jigglypuff used. Roberta then switched to Blastoise and used an aerial Hydro Pump, but eventually lost to Spearow's Mirror Move. Afterwards, Oak questioned her for her theft of the former Squirtle, and after accepting her apology, handed her the third copy of the Pokédex.

### **Two Years Later**

Jigglypuff flew Roberta, Bayley, and Bill onto Cerise Island, where Horsea's Smokescreen was used in conjunction with Jigglypuff's flight for camouflage.

### **Crisis of Deoxys**

Clefable and Jigglypuff tried to protect Roberta's parents from Deoxys's clones while the Pokédex holders tried to fight them off.

Later, Jigglypuff is seen alongside Roberta's other Pokémon attempting to free Mewtwo from its M2 Bind. Edge's Venusaur, Robyn's Charizard and Roberta's Blastoise use their most powerful elemental attacks at once, and to ensure maximum power, Roberta evolves Jigglypuff to Wigglytuff, alongside Snubbull and Nidorina, who became Granbull and Nidoqueen, respectively, allowing them to provide greater support for the Shellfish Pokémon's Hydro Cannon.

### **Battle Frontier**

Wigglytuff appeared alongside the rest of Roberta's team when she was checking to make sure they all survived the petrification caused by Sird.

## **Personality and Characteristics**

As Wigglytuff is the first Pokémon Roberta ever acquired, she is a fairly strong battler, but is more often seen transporting Roberta around by inflating herself due to Roberta's fear of Flying-type Pokémon. Wigglytuff and Roberta also share a strong bond as they can coordinate plans of attacks with very few words, or without words at all, as just by performing gestures, Roberta can command Wigglytuff to either attack or flee to escape their enemies.

Wigglytuff is also a very relaxed and docile Pokémon and tends to adapt well to whatever is going on around her, and manages to become friends with her fellow Pokémon with ease, and rarely shows any signs of malice or mischeavous attitude whatsoever.

## **Moves used**

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