Ash's Aipom

Ash's Aipom was the 38th pokemon Ash caught and his 38th overall. It was caught in the Battle Frontier.

## **Personality:**

Like most of her species,Aipom is a playful Pokemon. As an Aipom however,being mischievous,often stealing Ash's hat or other forms of headwear and even other Pokemon's food just for attention.

## **History:**

### **Advanced Saga:**

#### **Battle Frontier:**

Aipom was first seen in **Slaking Kong**,worshiping a giant Slaking with several other mountain-dwelling Pokemon. She also stole Ash's hat with a group of Aipom getting food to offer the Slaking. Later,Aipom joined the other Aipom,as well as several Mankey,Vigoroth and Slaking to attack the giant Slaking,which turned out to be a mechanical robot made by Team Rocket. She helped in returning the stolen berries to Taylor. Later,after Ash and his friends left Taylor's home,the group saw Ash's hat on a rock. After wondering who placed it there,they found out that it was Aipom,due to an apple and a flower she left with the hat. The group continues their journey as Ash said Aipom is a cool Pokemon after all. Unknown to them,the happy Aipom was watching them from a nearby tree. In **May,We Harley Drew'd Ya**,Aipom stole the hats of the participants before making off with Ash's hat again. In **Thinning the Hoard**,due to her causing too much trouble,Ash attempted to catch her. After Pikachu used Quick Attack to get Ash's hat back and Thunderbolt to weaken her more,she was still able to foil Ash's attempt to catch her. In **Channeling the Battle Zone**,as well as the previous episode,after watching May in the Kanto Grand Festival,Aipom became thrilled with battling and challenged Ash and Pikachu for a battle; as he won,Ash finally caught her in front of a huge crowd.

Aipom enjoyed participating in Pokemon Contests,but was also eager to battle. Her interest was first perked in **Thinning the Hoard** where she took an interest in May's battle with Harley. Aipom also watched her battle with Drew before enticing Ash into catching her. While Ash had Aipom,she usually sat on his left shoulder when outside of her Pokeball,in contrast to Pikachu sitting on his right shoulder. In **Aipom and Circumstance**,Aipom became jealous of Pikachu's closeness to Ash. Aipom also seemed to have a certain penchant for headgear; aside from taking Ash's and other people's hats,Aipom wore a daisy chain and put on a ceremonial crown that the locals had trouble getting off. The members of a crowd who wanted the crown,as well as Ash and his friends,attempted to remove the crown from her head so she would not become their king for a year. With the help of a Belue Berry's sourness,the crown was finally taken off. Ash hugged Aipom and told her not to always get into trouble. As Ash laughed a bit when he told her this,Aipom blushed.

To bring back Torkoal to battle Brandon's Registeel in **Overjoyed**,Ash sent Aipom to Professor Oak,where Aipom had trouble adjusting to the new environment and Ash's absence,even attacking the Professor. However,after Ash's second defeat,Aipom returned.

### **Diamond And Pearl:**

When Ash left for Sinnoh,he wanted to leave all of his Pokemon except for Pikachu behind,just like he did when leaving for Hoenn. However,Aipom sneaked aboard the boat he was traveling on,wanting to accompany him on his new journey. Aipom soon proved to be a necessary backup; as soon as they arrived in Sinnoh,Team Rocket kidnapped Pikachu, but soon blasted themselves off and lost him in the woods,and Aipom helped Ash find him. During this time,Aipom helped Ash catch his Starly and Mothim and,after Pikachu was found,defeated Paul's Chimchar in battle. In **Mounting a Coordinator Assault**,Aipom was watching Dawn training with Piplup for the Jubilife City Pokemon Contest and became interested in participating. Seeing as how Aipom wanted to join the competition,Dawn and Brock convinced Ash to sign up. Ash and Aipom got through the Performance Stage,but in **Arrival of a Rival**,they lost their first match in the Battle Stage to Zoey and her Glameow. After the battle,Zoey suggested that Ash should let Dawn raise Aipom. In **A Gruff Act to Follow**,Aipom put up a fight against Roark's Cranidos during Ash's Gym battle against Roark in the Oreburgh Gym,but lost. In their rematch in ***O'er the Rampardos we Watched***,she went up against Roark's Geodude. Geodude managed to avoid a lot of damage from Aipom while countering with its attacks,but Aipom was able to connect a super-effective Focus Punch and defeat Geodude. Aipom next went up against Rampardos. Aipom uses Swift,but it didn't affect Rampardos at all. Rampardos uses Headbutt,but before Aipom could dodge it,she was hit and knocked out.

In **Borrowing on Bad Faith**,Aipom entered an informal Pokemon Contest not sanctioned by the Poeémon Activities Committee under Jessie's command. They were able to advance to the final round,where she won against Dawn's Pachirisu,earning Jessie a year's supply of fruits. In **The Grass Menagerie**,Aipom was Ash's third and final Pokemon in his Eterna Gym Battle against Gardenia; she went up against Gardenia's Roserade after performing a contest like introduction. Aipom initially struggled against the Bouquet Pokemon's use of Grass Knot to create ensnaring vines and Flash to blind her but was able to turn it around by listening for Roserade's attacks. Through this,she was able to send back a super-effective Weather Ball before creating a circle of Swift stars to deal major damage. Aipom used Focus Punch to finish the battle and win Ash the Forest Badge. In **Throwing the Track Switch**,Ash began the training for his next Gym battle in Veilstone City. However,Dawn's Buizel seemed to be more interested in Ash's battle training and thus couldn't set his mind on Dawn's training; Meanwhile,Aipom also had a problem with Ash's training because her style tended to be best suited for Pokemon Contests. Then,Zoey proposed that Ash and Dawn trade them. After some soul-searching,the trainers agreed and the trade took place.

## **Moveset:**

* Scratch
* Swift
* Focus Punch
* Double Team
* Double Hit
* Quick Attack
* Astonish
* Baton Pass
* Agility
* Last Resort
* Iron Tail
* Thunderbolt
* Dig
* Bounce
* Covet
* Fake Out
* Revenge