Dwayne's Croconaw

**Dwayne's Croconaw** (Japanese: **ドゥエインのアリゲイツ** *Douein's Alligates*) is the sixth Pokémon that Dwayne caught during his travels in the Johto region and his eighteenth overall.

## **New Era**

### **Johto Journey**

Arriving at the city of Blue Lagoon, Dwayne sees the giant lake, and decides to explore in hopes to catch a Water-type Pokémon. Heading into the nearby forest, Dwayne grabs a fishing rod and begins fishing for a Water-type Pokémon. Suddenly, Dwayne gets something on his line and begins to reel it in, only for it to be revealed as a tea kettle. A frustrated Dwayne groans in disappointment. Suddenly, Totodile reveals himself to him, dancing on a rock in the stream. Before Dwayne can throw his Poké Ball, however, a lure speeds besides him towards Totodile, who chomps down on it. Dwayne turns around to see a blonde girl, whose lure belongs to, and Dwayne complains that he saw Totodile first, and Totodile spits the lure out. Dwayne uses this as an opportunity to have Roserade attack it, using Power Whip. Now stunned, Dwayne throws a Poké Ball. Dwayne and the girl begin to argue, but the Poké Ball does not hold, and Totodile pops out of it on their side of the riverbank. Dwayne complains and tells Roserade to use attack again, but the girl interrupts, throwing her own Poké Ball. This time, Totodile dodges it completely and uses Water Gun to blast the Poké Ball, as well as Roserade and the two Trainers into the grass. The three climb out, but Totodile is gone. Dwayne and the girl both express their goal to catch it. Dwayne asks for her name, and she introduces herself as Sydney from Goldenrod City.

Dwayne and Sydney finally locate Totodile, and both prepare to catch it. Sydney decides to use her Lure Ball because of its better chance of catching Water-types, and Dwayne pulls out his own Lure Ball in anticipation. The two throw the Lure Balls at the same time, and Totodile jumps as it is hit by both at the same time. The two Balls land behind a bush and Totodile is successfully caught, unseen by anyone. Due to the fact that both of them used a Lure Ball, no one can tell who threw it. Dwayne and Sydney begin arguing again, but they ultimately decide whose Totodile it is through the only way they know how: a Pokémon battle. The pair agree to a two-on-two match. After Dwayne defeats Sydney, she hands him the Lure Ball containing Totodile, exclaiming that he earned it, and Dwayne celebrates his new capture.

Totodile was subsequently used during the Whirl Cup, where Totodile helped Dwayne breeze through the tournament, ultimately reaching the finals. Once there, Totodile was chosen as Dwayne's first Pokémon to battle against Martinez's Kingdra. Dwayne takes the lead and commands Totodile to dive under the water, but Kingdra counters with a Twister. Martinez orders Kingdra to stop the Twister causing Totodile to freefall. Kingdra aims a Dragon Breath, but Totodile lands on one of the platforms. Martinez decides a Hydro Pump is in order, but Totodile simply walks along the attack and gets close enough to do a Slash attack. Kingdra dives to evade and Totodile does the same. Kingdra releases a Smokescreen to cloud the water. With no other option, Dwayne tells Totodile to jump out of the water. The battle comes to a standstill as Dwayne anticipates Kingdra's next move. Totodile begins to dance around, and this sign reassures Dwayne that everything will be fine. Fed up, Martinez has Kingdra resurface and try another Hydro Pump. Though Totodile Crunches onto Kingdra's snout, effectively stopping the Hydro Pump. With Kingdra being unable to release the water, it swells to enormous proportions as a result. After a while, Totodile releases its jaw and Kingdra goes flying across the stadium. It hits the water field hard and floats to the surface, knocked out.

Martinez recalls Kingdra and chooses Feraligatr as his final choice. Feraligatr starts off with a Water Gun, but Totodile dodges and shoots a Hydro Pump, and both attacks clash, but Totodile's Hydro Pump proves stronger, although Feraligatr dives underwater at the last second to dodge the attack. When Totodile dives in after him, Martinez tells Feraligatr to use Ice Punch, and the attack freezes Totodile as when underwater, it was easier to freeze him due to the water surrounding them. As Totodile remains unable to move, Feraligatr knocks it out with a barrage of Brick Break and Dragon Claw.

Shortly before Dwayne's match against Sydney at the Silver Conference, Totodile and Chikorita are relaxing outside. They then see an apple from a tree, which Chikorita tries to grab with Vine Whip. At the same time, a Venusaur, accompanied by a Slowking, also see the same apple. The two Grass-type Pokémon get into a heated tug-of-war over the apple. As Totodile and Slowking receive their halves, Slowking throws its piece towards Totodile, hitting it in the face and knocking off the other half of the apple. As Venusaur and Slowking laugh at Totodile's misfortunes, Totodile's short-tempered side rears itself, and he prepares to pick a fight with the two, only to be restrained by Chikorita. As Chikorita tries to apologize, Slowking slaps her in the face, bringing out Totodile's anger once again.

Chikorita easily shakes it off and tries once more to restrain Totodile. As the two leave, Venusaur's vine latches onto Chikorita, tripping her, and causing Slowking and Venusaur to laugh once again. Chikorita finally loses her temper and smacks Slowking in the face with Vine Whip, and she and Totodile laugh at them, and the four Pokémon begin fighting each other. Then, Dwayne hears that a Pokémon brawl is happening outside, with Chikorita and Venusaur involved. Dwayne and Sydney figure that their Pokémon are involved, and rush out. Seeing their Pokémon grappling, they try in vain to quell the fighting. Only when Raven appears with her Alcremie does the fighting stop, by way of Sweet Scent.

Later that day, Dwayne's match against Sydney finally begins, and Totodile is chosen as Dwayne's first Pokémon to battle against Sydney's Slowking. Slowking leads off with Water Pulse, while Totodile evades the attack. As Totodile goes in for a Slash, Slowking dodges at the last minute. After exchanging a Water Gun and Scald, Slowking connects with Icy Wind and follows up with Mega Punch. Totodile, however, Crunches Slowking's hand just as it connects and replies with a point-blank Hydro Pump, knocking Slowking out. As Totodile dances in victory, he suddenly evolves into Croconaw, much to everyone's surprise.

Next up, Sydney calls out Gligar. After Croconaw and Gligar's Slash and Quick Attack collide, Dwayne orders Croconaw to use Crunch next. However, Gligar dodges and uses Tailwind, which makes Gligar too fast for Croconaw to keep up. Finally, Sydney ends it all with Gligar's X-Scissor, and Croconaw is hurled right into a wall and is out for the count.

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

## **Personality and Characteristics**

As a Totodile, he was a highly energetic Pokémon, and had a tendency to dance whenever he felt happy, even when being called into a battle. However, when times call for it, Croconaw can be a powerful opponent, as seen when he managed to defeat Martinez's Kingdra and Sydney's Slowking, both of which were larger than himself and, at the time, were fully evolved Pokémon.

Underneath his happy-go-luck exterior, however, Croconaw hides an explosive temper, becoming easily-angered whenever he gets insulted or belittled, seen when he and Chikorita were taunted and mocked by Sydney's Venusaur and Slowking shortly before their official match at the Silver Conference, with Chikorita trying to talk him out of picking a fight, until Chikorita herself losing patience with the duo's constant bullying.

## **Moves used**

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