Martinez's Gyarados

**Martinez's Gyarados** (Japanese: **マルティネスのギャラドス** *Maruteinesu's Gyarados*) is the seventh Pokémon that Martinez was seen to own.

## **History**

### **Johto**

Prior to his capture, Gyarados was the leader of a group of Magikarp at the Lake of Rage. When Team Rocket used the Goldenrod City Radio Tower to disturb Pokémon with their evolution-inducing waves, the Magikarp started to suddenly evolve into Gyarados and began to act crazy. When Miguel and Martinez arrived and saw what was happening, they began attacking the Gyarados while searching for the signal that was causing it. Gyarados soon pops up from out of the water and Miguel and Martinez's Pokégears have an even stronger connection, meaning that he was the source of the waves. The two decide to capture him to stop the waves, and have Politoed and Murkrow weaken him, allowing Martinez to catch him.

After his capture, Gyarados fought against the Masked Man. Martinez had Gyarados bring all the Gyarados that were forcibly evolved upon the Masked Man and has them launch a powerful combined Hyper Beam. The attack is later seen to have failed as the entire lake is frozen and Martinez is unconscious.

Gyarados was frozen at the bottom of the Lake of Rage. After Lt. Surge finds him, he wakes up and immediately rushes over to where he thinks Martinez is and attempts to break him out as well, but fails due to his exhausted state. Lt. Surge breaks the ice open for him and discovers some of Miguel and Martinez's things. Realizing they have a connection to the Masked Man, Lt. Surge decides to take Gyarados with him and heads off to Morty to search for the two. When Surge finally encounters Martinez, Gyarados is returned to him.

When Martinez and Robyn Oak mistook each other for the Masked Man at the Indigo Plateau, Martinez chose Gyarados to battle Robyn, who summoned his Gyarados which he had temporarily traded from Edge, but their standoff is quickly ended when they realize Entei is watching them. Alongside Edge's Gyarados, the two fire powerful Dragon-type attacks, though Entei shrugs them off and flees.

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

### **Crisis of Deoxys**

Gyarados battled against Sird and her Banette when the latter attempted to bring Martinez to meet his father, albeit by force. Gyarados attacks with a Fire Blast attack, but it is dodged and Banette counters with Shadow Ball. Gyarados then tries to heal his injuries with Rest, but Banette eats the move with Snatch, allowing herself to be healed instead. Banette attacks Gyarados with a Double-Edge, and Martinez retaliates by having Gyarados attack with Fire Blast again. Bayley and Orm's battle soon starts and Orm's Jumpluff releases several spores which have multiple different effects. One of them hits Gyarados and puts him to sleep, taking him out of the fight.

### **Arceus Arise**

Martinez used Gyarados while facing Petrel for the first time in the Safari Zone. Gyarados first saved Martinez from a falling bridge, and was subsequently used as intimidation in order to get Petrel's Plates. He was later seen training alongside Martinez's other Water-type Pokémon.

## **Personality and Characteristics**

When Martinez first met Gyarados, he displayed typical characteristics of his species; he was shown as angry and enraged, attacking every nearby person and Pokémon and not calming down for a second, although this was due to his rage at Team Rocket's evolution waves.

Gyarados is an extremely powerful Pokémon and was once the leader of a group of Gyarados. Gyarados also cares greatly for his Trainer, shown when he wore himself down to exhaustion trying to save him from his ice imprisonment.