Jethro's Plusle

**Jethro's Plusle** (Japanese: **ジェスロのプラスル** *Jiesuro's Prasle*) is the third Pokémon that Jethro captured after embarking on his journey, and his sixth overall.

## **History**

### **Hoenn**

Two years prior to Jethro's arrival in Hoenn, Plusle, along with Minun, was owned by a passenger on the Abandoned Ship. After their owner's death, Plusle and Minun became wild Pokémon and made the Abandoned Ship their home.

When Jethro arrived on the Abandoned Ship, Plusle and Minun began attacking him as a prank. When Jethro managed to discover the two pranksters's identities, Plusle and Minun used their cuteness to lure Jethro into a false sense of security before continuing with their antics. After seeing through their pattern, Jethro realized that Plusle and Minun were attempting to keep him away from a room, which he assumed to be holding a rare type of Berry. When Jethro attempted to open the room's door, he was attacked by Tabitha, a member of Team Magma, who aimed to take the Scanner held inside. Plusle and Minun attempted to stop Tabitha, but were easily defeated. Jethro and Gwendolyn team up with Plusle and Minun and use them to battle against Tabitha and Courtney. Through teamwork, Jethro and Gwendolyn manage to win the battle and escape, but lose the Scanner to Tabitha and Courtney. Afterwards, Plusle and Minun say their goodbyes as Jethro and Gwendolyn head off to continue with their journeys.

When Kyogre is awakened, it surfaces around Route 108, where it proceeds to blast the Abandoned Ship, destroying it. Plusle and Minun are caught up in this attack, but are able to escape the destruction of their home. Plusle and Minun eventually arrive on Mirage Island, where they encounter Jethro and Gwendolyn again. They decide to assist Jethro and Gwendolyn by joining their teams and training with them to master Double Battles. Once their training had finished, Jethro and Gwendolyn leave Mirage Island and prepare to head to Sootopolis City in order to stop the clash between Kyogre and Groudon. Due to worrying about Gwendolyn's safety, Jethro shoves Gwendolyn, Plusle, and Minun inside Wallace's aircar and locks them in. He then goes off to stop Kyogre and Groudon, leaving the three behind.

Although Jethro succeeds in stopping the fight, he is attacked by Archie and Maxie shortly afterward. Plusle and Minun use their electrical attacks to try and open the barrier created during Kyogre and Groudon's battle, but are unable to make a hole large enough. They are assisted by the arrival of the Trick Master, who uses the New Mauville generator to boost Plusle and Minun's powers, giving it the strength needed to make a hole large enough to travel through.

After Jethro and Gwendolyn defeat Archie and Maxie, the two Leaders steal Wallace's aircar and use it to make their escape. By using Plusle and Minun, Jethro and Gwendolyn trap Archie and Maxie in a giant electrical sphere, finally defeating them.

When Gwendolyn headed off to participate in the Ever Grande Conference, Jethro allowed Gwendolyn to borrow Plusle, as Gwendolyn only had five Pokémon, and she needed a full party of six to participate in the tournament. Gwendolyn chose Plusle and Minun in her first round battle, which consisted of Double Battles, to face off against Clark's Quilava and Charizard. Gwendolyn's Pokémon attack directly, but end up taking damage from Charizard's Heat Wave and Quilava's Flame Wheel. Plusle's Charge Beam does not affect its opponents, but Charizard's move doesn't hit its target either. However, Quilava manages to hit Minun with a Quick Attack, but Gwendolyn's Pokémon pay back with a double Spark. Plusle blocks Quilava's Quick Attack, while Charizard's Heat Wave and Minun's Shock Wave collide and explode. Then, Plusle knocks out Quilava, but Charizard quickly defeats him with a Steel Wing.

Gwendolyn orders Minun to use Double Team to confuse Charizard. Gwendolyn then commands Shock Wave, and all of Minun's copies begin charging the attack and they all unleash it at once. Charizard becomes panicked, but the majority of the attacks simply faze through him, as they're simply illusions. However, this causes Charizard to lower his guard, and get struck with the real Shock Wave, before Minun defeats it with Spark, awarding Gwendolyn the victory.

In the final round of the tournament, Plusle was the first Pokémon chosen by Gwendolyn in her Full Battle against Lenny, squaring off against Lenny's Altaria. Plusle uses Charge Beam, but Altaria counters with Hyper Beam, creating an explosion of light that reaches high into the sky. The explosion from their Charge Beam and Hyper Beam knocks out both Plusle and Altaria instantly.

Following the end of the Ever Grande Conference, and Gwendolyn's victory, Plusle is returned to Jethro's party.

### **Meteor Threat**

Sometime after the crisis at the Battle Frontier, Jethro released Plusle back into the wild, while Gwendolyn released Minun. During a trip to the Sea Mauville, Gwendolyn meets with Plusle and Minun again. During the battle against Zinnia, Plusle and Minun assist in helping protect the dimensional shifter.

## **Personality and Characteristics**

Like his sister Minun, Plusle is a mischievous prankster and loves to play tricks on people. The two of them are very loyal to their old Trainer and stayed on the Abandoned Ship in order to keep his device safe from others. After joining Jethro's team, Plusle stopped playing tricks on him and became more focused.

Despite his small size, Plusle's quite powerful and resilliant, being capable of battling against Pokémon twice his size, such as Charizard, and managing to defeat a Pokémon arguably many times stronger than him in Clark's Quilava. Plusle also tied with Lenny's Altaria as both of their attacks collided, knocking each other out.

## **Moves used**

 A **†** shows that the move was used recently, unless all moves fit this case or there are fewer than five known moves.