Miguel's Vileplume

**Miguel's Vileplume** (Japanese: **ミグエルのラフレシア** *Migueru's Ruffresia*) is the second Pokémon that Miguel captured after embarking on his journey, and his fourth overall.

## **History**

### **Johto**

Miguel came across Vileplume while she was still an Oddish when she, along with a herd of her species, were running away from a wild Skarmory that was causing turmoil around Violet City. Getting an idea, Miguel successfully captures Oddish, and orders her to jump onto the air with Cyndaquil atop of her to give the latter enough impulse to reach the flying Skarmory and defeat it with Ember.

When Miguel and Bugsy were confronted by Team Rocket at the Ruins of Alph, Miguel and Bugsy battled against Ken and his Elekid. After feigning defeat, Miguel has his Aipom its tail to take out Oddish's Poké Ball, and Oddish proceeds to use Flash to blind Team Rocket, and allow them to escape, with Oddish's Flash also awakening the Unown around the ruins.

Oddish battled alongside Miguel's other Pokémon against the Masked Man. Oddish fought against the Masked Man's Houndour and lost due to Miguel not knowing how to handle battling with multiple Pokémon.

When Miguel and Rosita battled against Carl and Sham after the Masked Man's assault at the Indigo Plateau, Oddish and Rosita's Parasect combined their Giga Drain attacks to successfully faint Magcargo and Slowking, with Oddish evolving into Gloom in the process.

Gloom fought in Miguel's last battle against the Masked Man at Ilex Forest. With the aid of Mantine, Gloom propelled up in the air, and Miguel throws a Leaf Stone towards her, causing her to evolve into Vileplume. Through her usage of Sunny Day, Vileplume enhances Typhlosion's Flamethrower attack, while also aiding him with her Solar Beam, allowing him to melt the Masked Man's lower body, and Miguel gets the chance to pin him down and shatter his mask.

### **Arceus Arise**

Vileplume participated in the Pokéathlon alongside Togepi and Sudowoodo. They start with the Jump Course, and are shown competing in Disc Catch competition. Vileplume and Sudowoodo easily catch a disc that was thrown to them, and Miguel points out that most Pokémon would crowd together to catch a single disc, but since Togepi is small, he can easily move through crowds. Togepi pushes his opponents away and easily catches the disc, which signifies the end of the match. On the next round, they compete in is the Lamp Jump. While Sudowoodo and Vileplume easily touch some lights, Togepi rudely pushes his opponents out of the way, which gives Miguel enough points to earn the Jump Medal.

The same three later competed in the Speed Course and encounter a powerful Trainer, Jet. In the Hurdle Dash and Pennant Capture competitions, Jet's team easily defeats Vileplume and Sudowoodo. In the final match, Relay Run, while most Trainers are seen running with their Pokémon, Miguel is seen simply sliding on the ground slowly while riding on his skateboard in the wrong direction. An exhausted and in last place Sudowoodo struggles to move on, so he is switched for Vileplume. Seeing there is not much time left, Miguel switches her out for Togepi. Togepi's fast speed allows him to easily catch up to Jet's Dodrio, but he is kicked away into the gravel by Dodrio's foot. The dirt gets into Togepi's eyes, preventing him from being able to see and run properly. Miguel commands Togepi to keep going and gives him directions on where to move, having spent his time memorizing the course. Togepi continues running and eventually manages to make it past Jet's Dodrio, which gives Miguel the win.

Later, Vileplume fought against Arceus. She attacks with a powerful Solar Beam, but fails to do any real damage.

## **Personality and Characteristics**

Vileplume was shown to be caring and friendly towards her Trainer, and fellow Pokémon, assisting them into rescuing Togepi's Egg from a wild Gligar. She's also quite agile, being able to move freely while in mid-air and using her Sunny Day attack to aid her comrades, mostly Typhlosion.