Martinez's Weavile

**Martinez's Weavile** (Japanese: **マルティネスのマニューラ** *Maruteinesu's Manyula*) is the first Pokémon that Martinez was seen to own.

## **History**

### **Background**

Sneasel has been with Martinez since childhood as it was given to him by his father. He was one of two Pokémon that Martinez was known to have while he lived with the Masked Man, and was with him when he was captured. Sneasel would eventually help Martinez and Roberta escape from the Masked Man, allowing them to start a new life.

### **Johto**

Sneasel first showed up alongside Martinez, getting ready to steal one of Professor Elm's Pokémon. Sneasel battled against Miguel's Aipom in an attempt to keep Miguel from taking Professor Elm's Totodile back. Aipom attacked with Scratch and Sneasel blocked it with Protect. Miguel then recalled Aipom and used his billiard cue to shoot Aipom behind Sneasel, landing a direct hit. After the two escaped, Sneasel fought against some Team Rocket Grunts, defeating one of their Elekid.

Sneasel later battled against Miguel and his Oddish. Sneasel freezes the Grass-type Pokémon with Blizzard to keep her from supporting Cyndaquil with Sunny Day. Sneasel manages to dodge Cyndaquil's Ember attacks, which makes Miguel switch out for Sudowoodo. Sudowoodo gets the upper hand by attacking with super effective Fighting-type moves, forcing Martinez to recall him.

Sometime later, Martinez chose Sneasel to battle against the Masked Man. He and Miguel's Quilava attack his Delibird and manage to put some distance between the Masked Man and their Trainers. The Masked Man then sends out his Shiny Ariados and Houndour, and Sneasel and Quilava attack with Flame Wheel and Icy Wind, respectively. The two Pokémon of the villain's suddenly disappear, and Miguel, Sneasel, and Quilava are hit by a minor surprise attack afterwards. The Masked Man then suddenly appears beside Martinez, and taunts him by mockingly asking if Roberta survived when they made their escape, angering him. Losing his cool, Martinez commands a Quick Attack from Sneasel, but neither it nor a Rock Smash succeed in even touching him. The Masked Man soon flees and Martinez gives chase, but he and his Pokémon are defeated.

During the final battle against the Masked Man at Ilex Forest, Sneasel battled alongside Martinez's other Pokémon to defeat Will by attacking with Beat Up.

### **Crisis of Deoxys**

Martinez and Sneasel arrive in their hometown of Viridian City. Due to being back, Sneasel's memories of the kidnapping begin to faintly come back, and with Bayley's help, they manage to recover most of it, which helps Martinez figure out the identity of his father.

### **Arceus Arise**

Martinez arrives at Lance's secret hideout and is soon attacked by a group of Koffing. Sneasel and Murkrow manage to drive them off, with Sneasel stealing a Plate that one was holding. Soon afterwards, the two of them evolve into Weavile and Honchcrow, respectively, due to the Razor Fang and Dusk Stone that were given to them by Roberta.

Weavile battled against Petrel. Martienz had Weavile freeze Petrel's Koffing's vents with Icy Wind to block off it's poisonous gas, but Petrel states that enough of the gas has already been released. Within the gas, Petrel's Raticate strikes Weavile with Hyper Fang and destroys the rope bridge that the group is standing on. Gyarados manages to save them, and Weavile goes and holds Petrel at claw-point. Due to his disguise abilities, Weavile lets his guard down and Petrel escapes, but not before his Plates are stolen.

Soon afterwards, Weavile battled against the Johto Gym Leaders Falkner, Bugsy and Chuck. Weavile easily defeats Falkner's Noctowl and Bugsy's Kakuna, but was taken down by a Triple Kick from Chuck's Hitmontop. Then, Weavile managed to collect all 16 Plates for Martinez with help from wild Sneasel and Weavile.

Later, Weavile fought Petrel's Golbat, which was a distraction from Team Rocket so that Archer could remain uninterrupted during Arceus's enshrining process at the Sinjoh Ruins. Then, Weavile participated in the battle against Giratina, attacking it with Assurance, but the battle soon ends as Team Rocket's plans were foiled, and Giratina returns to the Distortion World.

## **Personality and Characteristics**

Being with Martinez since his childhood, Weavile possesses a strong bond with his Trainer, and cares deeply about him, with Martinez returning those feelings. Weavile is Martinez's most trusted Pokémon, being frequently seen outside its Poké Ball.

Aside from being his signature Pokémon, Weavile also acts as a emotional support of sorts for Martinez, as Weavile often attempts to calm Martinez down when Martinez loses his cool, such as during his battle against the Masked Man when the latter taunted Martinez about Roberta's fate.