Edge's Gyarados

**Edge's Gyarados** (Japanese: **えっじのギャラドス** *Etsuji's Gyarados*) is the fifth Pokémon that Edge captured after embarking on his journey, and his sixth overall. He originally belonged to Misty and was traded to Edge for his Horsea.

## **History**

### **Kanto**

#### **With Misty**

Near the entrance to Mt. Moon, Gyarados attacks his Trainer, with her Staryu defending her. Staryu nearly faints as Edge appears. Edge decides to help with his Bulbasaur. Thanks to the type advantage, Gyarados's Hydro Pump doesn't critically injure Bulbasaur. Edge then commands Bulbasaur to use Leech Seed, which drains some of Gyarados's health. However, Gyarados breaks free of Leech Seed due to sheer force, but Bulbasaur and Staryu's combined Vine Whip and Bubble Beam, respectively, finally manages to weak Gyarados enough for Edge to use the girl's Poké Ball and recall the rampaging Gyarados.

#### **With Edge**

Gyarados is sent out by Misty to fight against a wild Dragonite that was attacking Edge underwater. Gyarados manages to distract Dragonite long enough for Misty to safely bring Edge to the surface. Once the two dragons emerge, Dragonite shoots off a Hyper Beam, and Gyarados counters back a Hyper Beam of his own. As the smoke clears from the clashing attacks, Dragonite falls back into the waters, defeated. Subsequently, Misty trades Gyarados to Edge in exchange for his Horsea since Gyarados knew how to use Surf, which Red accepts. Although Edge was happy to have obtained him, his earlier ferocity quickly gets him isolated from Edge's other Pokémon. When they ran into Team Rocket again, Gyarados was forced to relive some painful memories of his experimentation. Edge had his other Pokémon help him through that traumatic experience and after that, he was broken into the group, resulting in Edge's Pokémon trusting him more.

### **Two Years Later**

Gyarados is shown in a flashback fighting against Bruno's Onix. Gyarados attacks with multiple Hydro Pumps, but Bruno's Onix dodges them all by twisting its snake-like body. Onix gets close and uses Bind, immobilizing Gyarados. Edge sees that Gyarados can still use his head and has him attack with Bite. Onix then Digs underground in order to avoid the next attack. After seeing this, Edge recalls Gyarados.

### **Johto**

Gyarados is temporarily traded to Robyn Oak for his Charizard. Before Robyn's battle against Chuck at an exhibition match at the Indigo Plateau, Gyarados and Robyn battled against a wild Entei. Alongside Martinez's Gyarados, the two Gyarados attack together, though Entei shrugs them off and flees. Soon afterwards, Gyarados gets traded back to Edge.

### **Crisis of Deoxys**

Gyarados battled alongside Snorlax in a Double Battle against Robyn and his Golduck and Magneton. Gyarados starts the battle off with his Intimidate Ability, and Robyn responds by having Golduck use Iron Tail and Magneton use Tri Attack on Edge's Pokémon. Edge then has Gyarados counter attack with Hurricane on Magneton, while Snorlax attacks Golduck with Strength. Gyarados next uses Hyper Beam on Golduck, and Golduck uses Dig to hide and avoid further damage. Edge counters by having Snorlax use Earthquake, dealing damage to Magneton, and twice the damage to Golduck due to him being underground, which causes him to faint, and Gyarados being unaffected due to him being part Flying-type. As Edge celebrates, he notices that Gyarados had been paralyzed by the effects of Tri Attack. Gyarados is then attacked by Pinsir's X-Scissor and defeated.

Later, Gyarados was seen joining Edge's other Pokémon, Robyn's Charizard, and Chuchu to take down the ten Forretress that Carr had placed inside the Team Rocket airship that were set to explode.

### **Time War**

Gyarados and Pikachu were seen having a training battle against each other at Viridian Forest. As Edge commands Pikachu to use Volt Tackle, he also commands Gyarados to use Hurricane, and Pikachu barely manages to push through Gyarados's Hurricane for a direct hit, with Edge praising both Pokémon for their power.

## **Personality and Characteristics**

At first, Gyarados was very angry and enraged, attacking every nearby person and Pokémon and not calming down for a second. This was as a result of being injected by Team Rocket with a liquid that boosts its powers, although it caused Gyarados immense pain and agony, resulting in its rampage.

After being calmed down and subsequently returned to its original nature, Gyarados proved himself quite friendly and docile, attempting to bond with Edge's other Pokémon, although they were still wary due to their previous encounter, although Gyarados himself was oblivious to this fact, continuing to act friendly towards them.

Like Edge's Eevee, Gyarados developed a slight trauma from his experimentation, going on a temporary fit of rage after re-encountering Team Rocket, though was able to work through it thanks to his Trainer and his teammates.