Edge's Snorlax

**Edge's Snorlax** (Japanese: **えっじのカビゴン** *Etsuji's Kabigon*) is the third Pokémon that Edge captured after embarking on his journey and his fourth overall.

## **History**

### **Kanto**

Edge takes part in a bike race along Route 11, having borrowed a bicycle from the Pokémon Fan Club Chairman, but when it starts, he finds himself far behind everyone. However, he catches up when everyone stops at a river filled with Tentacruel, forcing the cyclists to cross one at a time—all except for a Swimmer who informs him that Pokémon are allowed to be used in the race. Watching the Swimmer get across on his Slowpoke gives Edge an idea, and he sends out his Azumarill in order to make a bridge of ice using Ice Beam, allowing Edge to gain considerable ground.

Reaching a fork, Edge finds the other cyclists opting to go the longer way instead of a shorter route through a forest infested by Bug-type Pokémon. Ignoring the warning of a Bug Catcher, Edge decides to keep his lead by going through the forest, by having Pikachu shock all of the wild Pokémon and Bulbasaur cut through the thick brush. Suddenly, a Beedrill hive falls on Bulbasaur's head, and Edge finds himself fleeing from the ensuing Beedrill swarm. Eventually, Edge trundles out of the forest, wincing from Beedrill stings but nevertheless far ahead, at which he and his Pokémon rejoice.

At Route 12, Edge finds the Swimmer and the Bug Catcher stuck at the dock, unable to continue due to Snorlax blocking the way ahead. Edge tries getting Azumarill to attack Snorlax, but the attack fails; the Swimmer and Bug Catcher point out that Snorlax would simply Rest off any attack thrown at it. Coming up with a plan, Edge uses the Beedrill honey still coating his Bulbasaur to rouse Snorlax from his sleep—as a result, the awoken Snorlax chases after Edge for the honey all the way to the finish line; the sight shocking the announcer and onlookers. Sometime later, Edge mopes over how the 10,000 dollars he won in the race had to be all spent on his newly caught Snorlax.

Snorlax battled against Giovanni as Edge's first Pokémon at the Viridian Gym. Snorlax made the first attack, but Giovanni used his speed against him by having Nidoqueen Counter Snorlax's Ice Punch, before flinging the heavy Pokémon through the wall and out of the Gym. As Giovanni switches to Golem, Edge decides to have the ricocheting Pokémon bounce its way out of the Gym so Snorlax can attack, but Giovanni makes use of Snorlax's Headbutt shattering Golem to pummel Snorlax with Rock Throw, and faint it with Explosion, revealing that he had planned this from the moment Edge sent Snorlax out.

Snorlax battled against Robyn's Charizard in the Indigo Plateau Pokémon League finals, though Robyn immediately switched out for Machamp. Through his four arms, Machamp easily blocked all of Snorlax's limbs and prevented him from attacking. The Superpower Pokémon then effortlessly lifted the Sleeping Pokémon with his four arms, spinning him about with Submission before slamming him onto the floor, which cracked under Snorlax's weight. After Snorlax hit the ground, Edge secretly had him use Harden in anticipation of Machamp's Karate Chop. However, Robyn saw through Edge's trick, and had his Machamp attack the ground instead, using a piece of shattered debris as a lever to catapult Snorlax into the air and out of the battlefield. Just as Snorlax was about to be disqualified for going out of bounds, he plummeted down from mid-air and crushed Machamp with a combination of Mega Punch and Toxic. Realizing Snorlax had taken heavy damage, Edge recalled him.

### **Two Years Later**

Snorlax, alongside Edge's entire team, was sent out to battle against the Elite Four, but despite their best efforts, Snorlax and the other Pokémon were quickly defeated.

### **Johto**

Edge chose Snorlax as his second Pokémon during his aptitude test to become Viridian City's Gym Leader, battling against a Forretress. Edge commands Snorlax to use Belly Drum. As the crowd wonders what Edge is doing, Snorlax's Belly Drum causes the Spikes to rebound and are sent back to Forretress, as well as a Mega Punch. Because of Venusaur's Sweet Scent, Forretress's movements were slowed down, which helped Edge knock it out.

Edge's next opponent is a Poliwrath, who promptly uses Whirlpool, surrounding Edge and Snorlax. As Edge desperately tries to think of a solution, his numbness, aggravated by the water, starts to kick in. The Whirlpool subsides, and Snorlax quickly uses Mega Kick, knocking Poliwrath out, after which Snorlax gets recalled.

Snorlax later helped to stop the Magnet Train that had broken out of control while the Gym Leaders of Kanto and Johto were fighting members of Team Rocket inside of it. With Snorlax's incredible strength, the train was brought to a halt just before it hit a dead end.

### **Crisis of Deoxys**

Snorlax battled alongside Gyarados in a Double Battle against Robyn and his Golduck and Magneton. Gyarados starts the battle off with his Intimidate Ability, and Robyn responds by having Golduck use Iron Tail and Magneton use Tri Attack on Edge's Pokémon. Edge then has Gyarados counter attack with Hurricane on Magneton, while Snorlax attacks Golduck with Strength. Gyarados next uses Hyper Beam on Golduck, and Golduck uses Dig to hide and avoid further damage. Edge counters by having Snorlax use Earthquake, dealing damage to Magneton, and twice the damage to Golduck due to him being underground, which causes him to faint, and Gyarados being unaffected due to him being part Flying-type. Robyn then switched to Pinsir and Machamp, with Pinsir dropping Machamp at Snorlax, allowing him to perform a Seismic Toss on the Sleeping Pokémon. Before Snorlax could react, Machamp attacked him with Low Kick, which dealt massive damage on the heavy Pokémon and took him out of the fight.

Snorlax battled against Deoxys on Five Island. Snorlax tried to strike the DNA Pokémon with a powerful Mega Punch, but Deoxys changed into its **Defense Forme**, not budging an inch from Snorlax's attack. Seeing his opponent's incredible defensive capabilities, Edge had Snorlax draw back. Snorlax was later nearly killed along with Edge's other Pokémon while defending his Trainer from Deoxys's Psycho Boost.

Later, Snorlax was seen joining Edge's other Pokémon, Robyn's Charizard, and Chuchu to take down the ten Forretress that Carr had placed inside the Team Rocket airship that were set to explode.

## **Personality and Characteristics**

Typical of his species, Snorlax is very lazy, only responding to food when asleep. Despite its lazy nature, Snorlax is also a very powerful battler, being used in many of Edge's important battles. When motivated enough, Snorlax proves himself to be incredibly agile and resillient, withstanding many powerful attacks, including super-effective ones, without fainting, and using his opponent's momentum against them.