Ash's Croconaw

Ash's Croconaw was the 26th Pokemon that Ash caught and his 26th overall. It was caught in Johto.

## **Personality:**

Croconaw is a highly energetic Pokemon. He is always happy and shows this by dancing,a theme that is focused on when he is released from his Lure Ball,even when being called into a battle. However when the need is,Croconaw can be a powerful opponent and also acts as a comic relief character,as his likelihood to dance is shown in many important matches,frustrating Ash and confusing his opponents.

## **History:**

### **Prior to the original series:**

#### **Johto:**

Croconaw first appeared as a Totodile in **The Totodile Duel**. Both Ash and Misty wanted to catch him,and although Totodile was stunned briefly by Pikachu,he managed to escape from their Pokeballs and knock them down with a powerful Water Gun attack. Totodile then came across Team Rocket,devoured their lunch himself,and sent them blasting off. Finally tracked down by Ash and Misty,Totodile jumped into the bushes just as they both threw their Lure Balls at him. They then found out that one of the Lure Balls had caught him. As both of them wanted Totodile for themselves,Brock declared a battle to decide who would keep him. Ash's newly-evolved Poliwhirl defeated Misty's Staryu,respectively,winning the battle and earning Ash the new Totodile. Totodile was shown to be fairly romantic,as he quickly fell in love with an **Azumarill in Love,Totodile Style**. Totodile's advances were spurned repeatedly by Azumarill,and Brock's decision to teach Totodile to be successful in love was no more successful. But when Azumarill and Pikachu were captured by Team Rocket,Totodile ignored Ash and Brock's orders for him to come back and single-handedly chased Team Rocket down,locating them in a log cabin. Totodile got captured himself but managed to cheer Azumarill up at least. When Azumarill's trainer,Trixie,arrived with Ash and his friends,Totodile blasted Team Rocket down to help rescue Azumarill but discovered that Azumarill was in love with Trixie's Golduck,who had defeated Arbok and Weezing. Brock consoled Totodile that although he can't win every time,love is worth fighting for. Totodile seemed to take this advice in stride,falling for a Quagsire before the end of the episode.

Totodile was used fairly often during Ash's travels in Johto,but he was only used once in a Gym battle in **A Goldenrod Opportunity**. He went up against Whitney's Miltank,which proved to be far too powerful,and her Rollout attack,already powered up in the battle with Cyndaquil,knocked out Totodile in one hit. In the rematch,Totodile performed better,launching himself into the air with Water Gun and landing on top of Miltank,but he was quickly shaken off and knocked out. In **Fight for the Light**,he was initially used against Janina,whom Ash believed to be Jasmine,the Olivine City Gym Leader. Against her Onix,which had been coated in waterproof polish,totodile was defeated by one Tackle. Totodile was the first choice for Ash's team in the Whirl Cup,along with Kingler. In the battle with Christopher and his Kingdra in **Dueling Heroes**,Totodile showed his skills by escaping a Twister and defeating Kingdra by using Bite on its snout while Kingdra used Hydro Pump,and the result of having too much water in its body sent it off flying,and thus was defeated. Totodile was used briefly in the Battle Park in **One Trick Phony**,where he defeated a powerful Charizard used by Jessie after using Scary Face for the first time. He also fought in the unofficial Coastline Gym in **Just Add Water**,where he was revealed to know Slash. Totodile put up a very good fight in the underwater arena against Dorian's Lanturn,but Ash's inexperience in such battles and a type disadvantage caused him to lose. In **Pop Goes The Sneasel**,Totodile was sent out to battle a wild Sneasel that was preventing the retrieval of the Sacred Fire needed to begin the Silver Conference. However,through a combination of Slash and Shadow Ball,Totodile and Ash were sent flying back.

Totodile joined Squirtle and Phanpy in Ash's battle against **Macy in *Love,Pokemon Style***. He squared off against her Slugma,who was quickly swapped with her surprise entrant,Electabuzz. Ash responded to this by recalling Totodile in favor of Phanpy. Later in the battle,Totodile faced Electabuzz again,and the type disadvantage was evident - Totodile's water was blocked by Light Screen and an attempt to Headbutt through resulted in a Thunder Punch knockout. Totodile redeemed himself in a battle against Harrison in **Playing with Fire**,settling the score with Sneasel. Totodile bit down on Sneasel's arm to prevent a Metal Claw attack and knocked it out with his tail. His victory dance was very well received by the audience. Totodile's Scary Face attack had no effect against Harrison's Hypno and he was taken control of with a Hypnosis attack,before being defeated by Psychic. Ash left Totodile at Professor Oak's Laboratory,along with his other Johto Pokemon,when he departed for the Hoenn region.

### **Advanced Saga:**

#### **Chronicles:**

In **Showdown at the Oak Corral**,Totodile was seen squirting Cassidy and Butch with a Water Gun attack,but he was fired back again. Totodile later had his revenge by squirting them again with Water Gun,this time landing a successful hit. Later,he was seen blasting Cassidy and Butch off and destroying their helicopter. In **Journey to the Starting Line**,a string of events caused by Kingler caused Totodile to land next to Snorlax,which eventually led to to the Tauros stampeding through Professor Oak's lab. This allowed a group of starter Pokemon to escape. In **The Right Place and the Right Mime**,Totodile met and danced with Glalie.

### **Diamond and Pearl:**

In **An Old Family Blend**,Totodile reunited with Ash. He was found dancing in a water fountain and affectionately nibbled on Ash's head before being recalled to his Lure Ball. It also wished to become a Croconaw. Later,he helped to put out the fire caused by Cyndaquil,together with Corphish and Piplup. Totodile was not seen participating in the Lily of the Valley Conference.

### **Black and White:**

Totodile was reunited with Ash in **The Dream Continues**,where he and the rest of Ash's Pokemon posed in a group photo with him.

### **Sun and Moon:**

Totodile briefly appeared in **Alola,Kanto**,swimming underwater at a pond near Oak's Laboratory with Corphish.

### **Journeys:**

Totodile reunited with Ash alongside the other pokemon when Ash and Goh were visiting Oak's lab. It helped train Dracovish for the Master Eight Tournament. Later on,it watched Ash's battle against Steven. Totodile assisted Ash on fishing for a Clauncher and happily greeted Azurill. While cheering for Ash and Crawdaunt,Totodile evolved into Croconaw,as it wished to be back in Sinnoh.

## **Moveset:**

* Scratch
* Bite
* Water Gun
* Tackle
* Headbutt
* Scary Face
* Slash
* Skull Bash
* Aqua Tail
* Whirlpool