Skyler's Electabuzz

**Skyler's Electabuzz** (Japanese: **スカイラーのエレブー** *Sukaira's Eleboo*) is the third Pokémon that Skyler was known to have.

## **New Era**

### **Johto Journey**

As an Elekid, he often stole food from other wild Pokémon and made several enemies as a result. While Dwayne stopped for lunch near the Tohjo Falls, Elekid jumps from the bushes promptly eats some of Dwayne's food. Elekid prepares to attack him, though Dwayne's Chikorita responds with a Razor Leaf attack. Dwayne tries to stop the conflict from escalating but gets shocked as a result. Elekid turns its attention to Misdreavus, and begins flirting with her, though Misdreavus doesn't seem to be enjoying the attention. Unexpectedly, a group of Ursaring storm in and glare at Elekid, and Dwayne correctly assumes that Elekid must have stolen some of their food as well. The Ursaring attack with Hyper Beam, and everyone clears off, though Dwayne and his Pokémon become separated from Elekid and Misdreavus. After escaping from the wild Ursaring, Dwayne recalls his Pokémon and begins searching for Misdreavus.

As he continues to search for Misdreavus, Dwayne runs into Skyler and learns that Skyler is after the same Elekid that he saw earlier, so Skyler joins Dwayne in his search, but professes that she wants to catch Elekid, and Dwayne assures her that he has no intention of trying to capture it. During their walk, Elekid overhears Misdreavus's stomach grumbling. It promptly fetches some apples from a nearby tree and hands one to Misdreavus. As Misdreavus goes to nibble gently, Elekid shows it how to take a real bite. The small gesture instantly makes Misdreavus feel at ease. However, the two are discovered by the angry pack of Ursaring. Elekid tries to defend them with Thunder Shock, but the strategy fails as Ursaring easily shake off the attack. Misdreavus resorts to Screeching, and the ear-splitting noise alerts Dwayne and Skyler to their location, where they witness Elekid and Misdreavus being attacked. Skyler has her Meganium use Solar Beam on the Ursaring, who finally feel some level of damage. The Ursaring are infuriated and begin charging up an Earthquake. Skyler orders Meganium to use Vine Whip, and sends the Ursaring flying off. Dwayne and Skyler rush towards Elekid and Misdreavus, and the latter happily jumps into Dwayne's arms, happy to be reunited with her Trainer.

After the two reunite with Elekid and Misdreavus, Skyler battles Elekid with her Meganium. Elekid uses its Thunder Punch attack to fend off Meganium's Razor Leaf attack. Meganium then Body Slams Elekid before landing a direct Solar Beam on it. Elekid falls backwards and Skyler pitches a Poké Ball at her target. Elekid enters the Ball, and after a few sways, Elekid is officially caught. As Skyler holds up her newly caught Pokémon, Misdreavus is feeling sad. Skyler assures Misdreavus that she will look after Elekid, which instantly cheers up the Screech Pokémon.

Shortly after this, Elekid evolved into Electabuzz, and during the round-robin stage of the Silver Conference, Electabuzz was selected as Skyler's second Pokémon, facing off against Dwayne's Roserade. Skyler commands an Electro Ball, but Roserade easily brushes it off. With Electabuzz perfectly countered, Skyler recalls him. Electabuzz gets called back out to battle against Dwayne's Misdreavus, and both Pokémon nod to each other, agreeing to go all-out against each other despite their friendship. Misdreavus begins with a Shock Wave, but Electabuzz blocks it off with Light Screen. Misdreavus's Confuse Ray manages to break through, however, but nevertheless, Electabuzz's Thunder Punch successfully hits despite its confusion, and Misdreavus gets knocked out, and Electabuzz's confusion wears off afterwards.

Now down two Pokémon, Dwayne is forced to send out his Heracross. As Skyler prepares to strike Heracross with an Electro Ball, Heracross hits its mark with an Arm Thrust. Skyler is left startled for a moment, though she soon goes on the attack. Heracross evades a series of Thunder Punches and hits again with Fury Attack, which Electabuzz blocks with Iron Tail. A second Iron Tail hits Heracross, and Skyler tries to finish it off with a Thunder Punch. However, Heracross, out of the air, hits a Megahorn onto Electabuzz's wrist, which causes the Thunder Punch to redirect itself onto Electabuzz's face, sending him flying backwards, before Heracross finishes him off with a vicious Double-Edge.

## **Personality and Characteristics**

During his days as an Elekid, Electabuzz was quite mischievous, often stealing food from other Pokémon, and even humans, and whenever confronted about his actions, he would always prepare himself for a fight. He is also quite flirtatious, seen when Elekid became immediately smitten by Dwayne's Misdreavus, and despite the Screech Pokémon's uninterest in him, Elekid continued to flirt with her.

After they were separated by Dwayne and Skyler, Electabuzz proved himself quite a friendly Pokémon, cheering up the worried Misdreavus, and lifting her spirits by sharing an apple with her, and the two quick formed a strong friendship. During their battle against each other at the Silver Conference, both Electabuzz and Misdreavus agreed to not hold anything back against each other, showcasing mutual respect between them besides their friendship.

## **Moves used**

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