Elio's Litten (Magical Heart)

**Whiskers** is the only Pokémon acquired by Elio prior to the start of *Magical Heart Beginnings*. His ability is Blaze.

## Appearance

Whiskers, like all Litten, is a small black feline Pokémon with sharp yellow eyes. His ears have light gray insides. He has reddish-orange whiskers and a jagged reddish-orange pattern on his forehead. His legs have bands of the same color and his tail is relatively long with a tuft at the end.

## Personality

Before being caught by Elio, Whiskers was a stubborn Pokémon that tended to keep his emotions and motives hidden. His closest friend was an old Stoutland that once helped him when he had lost consciousness. Whiskers was seen training himself with Stoutland's guidance, and protected and cared for Stoutland in his ailing state. Whiskers had a very close relationship with Stoutland, and deeply cared for him, as evidenced by Whiskers' dreams about him. Whiskers had difficulty getting close to humans, but seemed to get along well with Anela. When Whiskers was wild, he would often visit her when he needed food. When Stoutland collapsed due to ill health, Whiskers' overall demeanor toward humans began to change, and he was desperate for Elio to help him. After Whiskers accepted Stoutland's absence, he began trying to offer its food to Elio like he had done with Stoutland. Despite their growing relationship and mutual trust, Whiskers shows a tendency to burn Elio in the face, though it seems to be done mostly as a sign of affection toward him.

## History

### Pre-Franchise

Few details are known about Whiskers' past, except that he endured unknown hardships that have brought those who can understand Whiskers—such as Bianca—to tears. Whiskers was rescued at some point by an aging wild Stoutland, and the two began to live together. However, Stoutland soon became too old to search for food by himself, leaving Whiskers to do the gathering.

One day, Whiskers stole a doughnut Elio dropped and was chased back to his home by him. Elio witnessed how Stoutland helped it learn Fire Fang, but Whiskers was unsuccessful to master the move. Later on, Whiskers ran up to Elio, desperate for help with a collapsed Stoutland. After escaping Queen Vera, Whiskers was brought to his home and carried Stoutland to the Pokémon Center. Whiskers ran into the emergency room to be with its friend while Nurse Joy informed Elio of Stoutland's condition. When Elio returned to the center the next day to check on Whiskers and Stoutland, he was shocked to see they had left. At his home, Whiskers practiced his Fire Fang again, but failed once more. Displeased with having the same results as his previous attempt, Whiskers curled up into Stoutland and fell asleep, proceeding to have a dream where he chased after Stoutland and was unable to catch up. Whiskers soon woke up alone and immediately flew into a panic again, searching over various parts of Melemele Island for Stoutland.

Upon returning home, one of the supports of the sofa the two Pokémon had been sleeping on broke as a tree shed its last leaf and a massive storm whipped up over Melemele. Wracked with grief upon realizing he would never see Stoutland again, Whiskers looked up to the sky and started yowling. Elio later found Whiskers asleep on the sofa, curled up next to the tree's leaf, and kept visiting him to comfort the Fire Cat Pokémon. While the eventual Trainer next to the sofa, Whiskers woke up as the rain stopped saw a cloud formation shaped like Stoutland behind a rainbow, seemingly smiling in approval. Gathered with resolve, Whiskers offered Elio a Sitrus Berry. Afterwards, Whiskers was able to successfully execute Fire Fang and allowed Elio to catch him; the now-fledged Trainer having finally gained his trust.

### Magical Heart Beginnings

Whiskers debuted in *A New Beginning* alongside his Trainer.

## Moves Used

* **Fire Fang** - First used in *A New Beginning*, but failed.

## Relationships

### Elio Sunne

Elio is very understanding towards Whiskers and helps him with his depression (which, while able to be reduced, is permanent). Whenever he sees a member of the Lillipup line, he has to cover his eyes and quickly leave.

## Trivia

* Whenever he points with his paw, it had to be edited in the English dub since him using his toe like an index finger looked too much like the middle finger according to the dubbers, even though even in the original, he actually points either his left or right toe, not the middle one.