Dwayne's Noctowl

**Dwayne's Noctowl** (Japanese: **ドゥエインのヨルノズク** *Douein's Yorunozuku*) is the fourth Pokémon that Dwayne caught during his travels in the Johto region, and his sixteenth overall. Noctowl is a Shiny Pokémon and he is also unusually small in size and quite intelligent.

## **New Era**

### **Johto Journey**

Walking through Ilex Forest, Dwayne notices a bird house up in a tree. He wonders which Pokémon could go there when a Noctowl appears, and they hide so that it won't be scared off. A man then shoos the Noctowl away by using a branch from where he is hiding on the tree, saying that this Noctowl isn't the one he wants. The Noctowl flies away. A rare, Shiny Noctowl then appears outside the bird house. The man takes out a stick with berries and moves them up at the Shiny Noctowl. However, the Noctowl kicks the berries away; hits the tree, causing the man to barely hang onto a branch; and pecks at the man's fingers, causing him to fall to the ground.

Dwayne approaches the man and asks if he is alright. The man then introduces himself as Dr. Wiseman and says that he wants to catch the Shiny Noctowl but it keeps outsmarting him. The Shiny Noctowl is smaller and cleverer than the average Noctowl, making it even rarer, which is why Dr. Wiseman wants it. Dwayne decides that he wants to catch that Noctowl, and throws a Poké Ball at it, but it kicks the Poké Ball right back at Dwayne. The Noctowl uses Hypnosis on Dwayne, putting Dwayne to sleep, although Dr. Wiseman quickly wakes him up, and Noctowl flies away. In Dr. Wiseman's cabin in the forest, Dr. Wiseman tells Dwayne that he is only interested in catching the rarest and most unusual Pokémon. Dr. Wiseman vows that he will outsmart the Noctowl, as does Dwayne. Dr. Wiseman has a secret trap to catch the Noctowl. Dwayne wants to see it, but Dr. Wiseman doesn't let him. Dwayne says that he won't use traps and will catch the Noctowl fair and square.

Dr. Wiseman is seen sitting on a branch and setting his trap, while Dwayne watches him behind bushes. Dr. Wiseman joins him as Noctowl lands on the branch. Dr. Wiseman pulls a rope which reveals a mirror next to where the Noctowl stands. Noctowl sees its reflection and uses Hypnosis on its reflection which makes the Noctowl hypnotize itself as the mirror reflects the move back. The now-asleep Noctowl falls off the tree and hits the ground, although the impact causes him to wake up, albeit dizzy. Noctowl wobbles away, and Dwayne asks Noctowl whether it is okay. Noctowl turns around and Dr. Wiseman warns Dwayne that Noctowl might feel threatened by him. The wind turns out to be caused by a regular-colored Noctowl whom Wiseman recognizes as having a heated rivalry with the Shiny Noctowl. The regular Noctowl attacks the Shiny Noctowl with Swift, but the Shiny Noctowl blocks the attack with Light Screen, decreasing Swift's damage in half, before following up with Wing Attack, and the regular Noctowl gets sent flying back as a result. Then, the regular Noctowl lets out a howl and several other normal-colored Noctowl emerge from the trees, and they outnumber the Shiny Noctowl, and Dwayne decides to step in and help.

Dwayne summons Heracross, and orders him to use Rock Tomb to attack the gang of Noctowl, but the attack bounces back at Heracross after the Noctowl band together and use Hyper Voice. Dr. Wiseman decides to catch the Shiny Noctowl while everyone is distracted by the wind. Dwayne, not giving up, orders Heracross to use Double Team to create several copies to disorientate the Noctowl. Dwayne climbs a tree to get to the Shiny Noctowl, who's slightly injured, and Dwayne gives it an Oran Berry to restore it's strength. However, Dwayne then falls through the trees and the Shiny Noctowl talks to Heracross, deciding to work together. The Shiny Noctowl uses Flash to blind the other Noctowl, allowing Heracross to land a direct hit with Rock Tomb, and this manages to scare them off.

Afterwards, the Shiny Noctowl challenges Dwayne to a battle. Dr. Wiseman decides that it's too smart for him so Dwayne should try to catch it. Dwayne uses Heracross to fight against Noctowl. Heracross uses Megahorn while Noctowl uses Hypnosis. Heracross falls asleep and Noctowl responds by using Wing Attack, and the pain causes Heracross to wake up. Heracross runs away as Noctowl flies close behind him. Heracross listens to Noctowl's wings instead of looking at its eyes so that he won't get hypnotized. Heracross successfully hits Noctowl with Horn Attack just as Noctowl was closing in for a Wing Attack, and Dwayne throws a Poké Ball at Noctowl, catching it. Dwayne retrieves the Poké Ball and celebrating at having caught the Shiny Noctowl.

When Dwayne challenged the Goldenrod Gym, Noctowl was chosen as Dwayne's first Pokémon to battle against Morty's Gastly. Noctowl was selected as Dwayne's lead Pokémon during his first battle against Whitney, the Goldenrod City Gym Leader, where he was paired up against her Nidorina. Whitney orders a Poison Sting, but Noctowl counters with an Twister, easily knocking Nidorina out. Whitney is shocked by the quick defeat and sends in Clefairy, who uses Metronome, but it winds up pulling out Splash. Noctowl uses Wing Attack, and Clefairy gets struck by the attack and gets slammed into the wall, and Whitney cannot bear to see Clefairy get hurt and withdraws it from the match. Whitney then sends out a Miltank. Whitney orders Miltank to use Rollout, and Miltank slams straight into Noctowl, sending him flying. Valeria orders another Wing Attack, and Noctowl attempts to hit Miltank but is unsuccessful. Miltank turns around and repeatedly strikes Noctowl with Rollout, until Noctowl gets knocked out.

During Valeria's rematch against Whitney, Noctowl was chosen as Dwayne's third Pokémon to battle against Miltank, and Noctowl quickly uses Agility upon being called. Miltank rolls out, but gets in a drift and goes up. Noctowl goes in a ditch and when Miltank goes above him, Noctowl pushes her from under the ditch and uses a quick Wing Attack to defeat her. This was part of a three-step plan by Dwayne: Exhaust Miltank with Heracross, then create ditches in the field with Chikorita, before using the aforementioned ditches to gain the upper hand and finally defeat Miltank with Noctowl.

When Dwayne challenged the Ecruteak Gym, Noctowl was chosen as Dwayne's first Pokémon to battle against Morty's Gastly. Dwayne has Noctowl begin with Twister. Gastly dodges, disappearing in the process. Dwayne has Noctowl use Foresight, and it soon finds Gastly. Noctowl then attempts to use Wing Attack on Gastly, but Gastly easily dodges the attack continuously. After failing to attack Gastly, Noctowl tries to use Hypnosis; however, Morty orders Gastly to close its eyes to avoid being hypnotized and to use a Smog attack, which whips Noctowl out of the air. Dwayne returns Noctowl to his Poké Ball.

After both Chikorita and Houndour are knocked out, Noctowl gets called back out as Dwayne's final remaining Pokémon to face off against Morty's Haunter. Noctowl uses Foresight to keep Haunter from disappearing. Noctowl follows this with a Wing Attack, but Haunter forces Noctowl to dodge its hands to avoid being grabbed instead. Haunter then tries its Sludge Bomb attack, which Noctowl dodges. The two Pokémon then each use Hypnosis and Confuse Ray, respectively, which become locked against each other; but Noctowl's Hypnosis loses the struggle and gets blown away, allowing Confuse Ray to hit Noctowl. Haunter then uses Sludge Bomb, but the confused Noctowl still Wing Attacks through the attack. The two collide and Noctowl is not confused any further. Dwayne notices Noctowl’s eyes are now glowing. Morty remarks that Noctowl must have learned Extrasensory, which Dwayne confirms with his Pokédex. Noctowl uses its new move on Haunter and easily wins the round.

Morty finally sends out Gengar. Noctowl uses Extrasensory while Gengar tries a Shadow Ball; the Extrasensory attack hits the Shadow Ball, making it explode, showering everyone with dark energy. Gengar disappears and begins attack Noctowl with Poison Jab. While Noctowl manages to evade the attacks, its attempts to use Foresight fail. Dwayne thinks for a moment and then tells Noctowl to send Extrasensory through the building. This reveals Gengar and Noctowl is able to use Foresight on it. Gengar attempts to use Poison Jab again, but Noctowl stops it with a Wing Attack. After hitting the ceiling and falling to the floor, Gengar is now unable to battle, giving Dwayne the victory.

During Dwayne's first battle against Clair at the Blackthorn Gym, Noctowl was chosen as Dwayne's second Pokémon to battle against Clair's Kingdra. Dwayne tries to use its Extrasensory to try and land a blow against Kingdra. Noctowl temporarily immobilizes Kingdra with a Psychic attack. However, Kingdra aims a Hydro Pump at the wall to break the attack. Noctowl's Extrasensory also misses its mark thanks to Kingdra's Agility, and Kingdra lands a Hydro Pump on Noctowl, about to knock it out just as the burglar alarm goes off, and the battle gets called off.

When Dwayne and Raven faced off against a Machop and Machoke were preventing anyone from grabbing the Sacred Flame to kick off the Silver Conference, Noctowl teamed with Raven's Duraludon to take on the Fighting-type duo. Noctowl takes Machop down with a Sky Attack, and Duraludon hits Machoke with Dragon Pulse. This knocks the fighters back, but Sneasel orders them forward again. Noctowl uses Extrasensory while Duraludon simply uses its sheer physical strength to lift them up and throw them down the hill.

During the Silver Conference's semi-final round-robin stage, Noctowl was chosen as Dwayne's second Pokémon to battle against Sydney's Gligar. After exchanging a Wing Attack and Rock Slide, Noctowl manages to use Extrasensory and slams Gligar onto the ground. Dwayne then orders a Hypnosis, but Sydney has Gligar dodge the attack by circling around Noctowl. Noctowl finds himself surrounded, and Dwayne orders Noctowl to risk a Sky Attack, and Gligar retaliates with a super-effective Rock Slide, which cancels out Sky Attack and knocks out Noctowl.

During Dwayne's match against Jade in the quarter-finals of the tournament, Noctowl was chosen as Dwayne's first Pokémon to battle against Jade's Nidoqueen. Nidoqueen charges forward with a super-effective Rock Tomb that sends rocks flying into the air, causing Noctowl severe damage damage. However, Noctowl manages to push through the oncoming rocks and rushes towards Nidoqueen with a Sky Attack. However, Jade orders Nidoqueen to grab Noctowl by the head, which Nidoqueen successfully does so. She then launches a point-blank Hyper Beam, easily knocking Noctowl out of the match.

During the tournament's finals, Noctowl was chosen as Dwayne's fourth Pokémon to battle against Raven's Alcremie. Noctowl hits Alcremie with a Confusion, but Alcremie weakens him with Charm. Noctowl is then struck by Alcremie's Dazzling Gleam. Noctowl recovers and attempts to use Sky Attack. However, Alcremie knocks it out of the sky with a blindingly fast Giga Impact, winning Raven the round.

Following Dwayne's decision to travel to the Hoenn region, Noctowl, along with Dwayne's other Pokémon (with the exception of Gardevoir and Dratini) were left at Professor Oak's Laboratory.

### **Sinnoh**

During Dwayne's battle against Derek at the Lily of the Valley Conference, Noctowl was chosen as Dwayne's first Pokémon to battle against Derek's Shuckle. Derek starts the battle off by telling Shuckle to use Withdraw. Dwayne orders Noctowl to use Sky Attack, while Derek continues to boost Shuckle's defensive stats. Noctowl swoops down to attack, but Shuckle's defense sends Noctowl flying back. Shuckle then uses Power Trick to switch its defense for a heightened attack stat. Noctowl then approaches with Air Slash and Shuckle counters using Gyro Ball, which is able to break through the Air Slash and knock Noctowl out of the sky. While Noctowl stands up again, Dwayne recalls him.

Noctowl gets recalled later to battle against Derek's Lickilicky. Derek orders Lickilicky to use Power Whip, but its tongue proves to be too short to reach Noctowl's altitude. Noctowl then uses Wing Attack, which hits Lickilicky right in the face. Lickilicky then uses Thunderbolt but Noctowl quickly dodges the otherwise super-effective attack. Noctowl uses Extrasensory to lift Lickilicky into the air and then throws it down to render it unable to battle. With only one Pokémon left, Derek sends out his Dusknoir and orders Trick Room. Dwayne tells Noctowl to use Extrasensory but Dusknoir suddenly appears behind it and throws a Thunder Punch. The attack hits and Noctowl is rendered unable to battle.

## **Personality and Characteristics**

Noctowl is presented as being intelligent and cunning, proven during his battle against Morty, where Noctowl's usage of Foresight helped not only himself, but his fellow Pokémon gain a fighting chance against Morty's Ghost-type Pokémon. He also presents a serious side to himself, often going to sleep with dignity, and constantly cleaning feathers whenever not battling.

Because Dwayne saved him from a pack of wild regular-colored Noctowl, he's extremely loyal towards him, following Dwayne's orders and suggestions without hesitation or doubt. Despite his small size compared to others of his species, Noctowl is an extremely powerful Pokémon, being easily capable of defeating two of Whitney's Pokémon with ease, and defeating not only Morty's Haunter, but also his Gengar.

Noctowl has an apparent natural talent for battling and possesses an incredibly adaptable battling style, often being shown having learned new moves in short periods of time, and because of this, rarely any of Noctowl's opponents can prevent what kind of attacks and strategies Valeria and Noctowl might use, due to Noctowl's constant rotation of attacks.