Danny's Weepinbell

**Danny's Weepinbell** is the fourth Pokémon acquired by Danny in the Kanto region.

## History

Weepinbell used to live as a Bellsprout in Viridian Forest. It was part of a Grass-type group, acting as one of its leaders. The other leader was an Oddish.

### Adventures in Kanto

Together, they ambushed a kid named Salvadore and his Cubone. When Danny and Richard rushed to help Salvadore and Danny let Charmander out, most Grass-types ran, but not Bellsprout and Oddish. Together, they fought against Danny's Charmander and Richard's Sandshrew. After taking a few hits, both fainted.

#### **With Danny**

While it wasn't shown until the gym battle, Bellsprout ended up being captured by Danny. After Brock's Onix beat his Abra in the Gym Battle, Danny sent out Bellsprout. While he was shocked by seeing the large stone snake in front of him, he still managed to fight and defeat it, using a combination of Sleep Powder and Vine Whip.

After the battle, Bellsprout bragged about beating Onix and becoming the MVP of the team, something Beedrill didn't appreciate. It was the start of a long-lasting rivalry between the two. Bellsprout was once again used in a Gym Battle when Danny went up against Misty. After Beedrill fell to her Staryu, Bellsprout took it out without much trouble. But against Misty's Starmie he had more trouble and eventually lost due to Starmie's agility and use of the Psychic-attack.

Bellsprout trained with the rest of the team to grow stronger and adapt to this strategy. It ended up working, as Bellsprout was able to precisely predict where exactly Starmie would show up. After Starmie took some distance, Bellsprout copied Misty's strategy and won with it, earning Danny his second Gym Badge.

The Grass-type has a great love for battling. He and Danny had a secret sign to indicate a battle would start, which happened when the group was captured by Jacob and the Dugtrio he had befriended. During the Celadon City Takeover, Bellsprout remained free and helped take back the Game Corner. A little later, during the invasion of the Department Store, Bellsprout joined one of the smaller armies that were meant as a distraction, but ended up being defeated.

When Bellsprout was in the Fun House, built by Martin, his, alongside everyone else's, dream came true and he was a Victreebel. After seeing his teammates Charmander and Abra evolve and having an encounter with a Victreebel, evolving was the one thing on his mind. But, as it turned out, this was all just an illumination created by one of Martin's Mr. Mime. Angried, Bellsprout attacked the Psychic-type, actually triggering his evolution into Weepinbell.

He ran into his old friend Oddish again when Danny and the group met Wiebe, on the way to Fuchsia City. Oddish was revealed to have evolved into a Gloom and wasn't too happy with Weepinbell. According to Gloom, Weepinbell had ditched the group and due to that, the group had fallen apart. Even though Weepinbell explained he was captured while he was unconscious, Gloom didn't believe it and claimed he was stronger, leading to Weepinbell defeating him in battle.

## Personality and Characteristics

During his debut, Bellsprout seemed to be a bully. He threatened a kid and seemed to like being in command. This didn't directly fade away after being captured. While he obeyed Danny, he did try to lead the team, but quickly realised Charmander was one step above him, so he tried to claim the second-in-command spot, which sat with Beedrill. It started a rivalry between the two. After Beedrill and Kadabra were gone, Weepinbell did take the spot, but it isn't clear who is holding it now, although it is possible both Weepinbell and Tauros have the position.

Weepinbell has a great love for battling and likes nothing more in the world. Being defeated only made him more determined to win next time. He is loyal to Danny, who also loves to battle. Weepinbell can, at times, be a jealous Pokémon, especially when his teammates had evolved and he hadn't yet.