Ash's Ivysaur

Ash's Ivysaur was the fourth pokemon Ash caught and his fourth overall.

## **Personality:**

As a Bulbasaur,Ivysaur is one of Ash's most mature Pokemon and is frequently viewed as the responsible leader of Ash's Pokemon. Ash's Ivysaur used to reside at Professor Oak's Pokemon Lab and constantly acts as a peacemaker and an ambassador between the rest of the Pokemon who were Grass-type and Water-type. After he evolved,he stopped obeying Ash until he attempted to save everyone. Ivysaur now reside at the Cerise lab.

## **History:**

Ivysaur debuted as a Bulbasaur in *Bulbasaur and the Hidden Village*. When Misty tried to capture a wild Oddish,Bulbasaur rushed to Oddish's aid,easily defeating both her Starmie with Tackle and Ash's Butterfree by blowing his own Sleep Powder back at him. Later,the group met Melanie,who cared for sick,injured and abandoned Pokemon in the Hidden Village. She revealed that she had raised Bulbasaur,that he acted as the village's bodyguard,and was blatantly hostile to all trainers. Later,Team Rocket attacked the village and attempted to steal all of the Pokemon with an enormous vacuum. Bulbasaur managed to save Oddish at the last second and was touched when Ash dashed out to help it get to safety. He then used Vine Whip to deflect the vacuum and Pidgeotto drove Team Rocket away.

After Team Rocket's defeat,Melanie encouraged Bulbasaur to join Ash,explaining that his growth was being stunted by staying too long in the village. Bulbasaur agrees to join him once Ash defeated him in battle. Bulbasaur put up an excellent fight against Pikachu,using his vines to seize and smash Pikachu onto the ground repeatedly. However,a powerful Thunderbolt fried Bulbasaur and stunned him long enough for Ash to capture him.

### **With Ash:**

#### **Original Series:**

Bulbasaur was first used in a battle to repel Team Rocket Grunts aboard the St. Anne in *Battle Aboard the St. Anne*,where he joined a group of other Bulbasaur to use Vine Whip on the Grunts. His vines were also used to help the gang and Team Rocket escape from the sinking ship in the next episode. Bulbasaur was separated from Ash in *Island of the Giant Pokemon*-along with Pikachu,Charmander and Squirtle-after a group of Gyarados sent them flying with Dragon Rage. During the separation,Bulbasaur was pessimistic about their trainers whereabouts,believing he may have abandoned them. When Ash's Pokemon came across Team Rocket's Pokemon,who were also separated from their trainers,the two groups of Pokemon joined forces to look for them. The next day,the group came across a group of giant Pokemon and ended up being chased by them straight to Ash,his friends and Team Rocket,allowing them to reunite.

In *Tentacool & Tentacruel*,Butterfree flew Bulbasaur into battle with a giant Tentacruel but they were knocked out by Tentacruel's attack. Bulbasaur's Gym battle debut occurred in *Pokemon Scent-sation!*,where he fought Erika's Tangela. In *The Ninja Poke-Showdown*,Bulbasaur was used to battle Koga's sister Aya and her Venonat. In *Ditto's Mysterious Mansion*,Bulbasaur was called out by Ash to battle Duplica's Ditto. Ditto immediately transformed into Bulbasaur and blocked an incoming Razor Leaf with Vine Whip. It then used Vine Whip to enwrap Bulbasaur. Unable to do anything,Ash forfeited the match. In *Who Gets To Keep Togepi?*,Ash used Bulbasaur in the tournament to decide who got to keep Togepi. He faced Misty's Psyduck and easily defeated the Duck Pokemon by licking and tickling it. Bulbasaur had the opportunity to evolve in *Bulbasaur's Mysterious Garden*. Bulbasaur was used in a battle against a Hiker's Rhyhorn. While Rhyhorn headed forwards using Take Down,Bulbasaur tried stopping it with Leech Seed. Bulbasaur however,failed to do so and was hit hard. Ash tried recalling Bulbasaur but he refused to return to his Pokeball,wanting to continue the battle. As Rhyhorn charged in for another attack,Bulbasaur struck it with Razor Leaf and followed up with Vine Whip,knocking it out.

Ash then noticed Bulbasaur had collapsed and that his bulb had started glowing and immediately rushed to the Pokemon Center. At the Pokemon Center,Nurse Joy revealed Bulbasaur was almost ready to evolve and that the evolution of Bulbasaur takes place at a special festival in the Mysterious Garden. That night,Pikachu noticed Bulbasaur leaving the Pokemon Center and the two had a conversation. Suddenly,Bulbasaur was grabbed by multiple vines belonging to a group of Bulbasaur and was taken away. While Pikachu went to get the others,Bulbasaur was taken to the Mysterious Garden where the evolutionary festival was about to take place. While all other Bulbasaur evolved into Ivysaur, Ash's Bulbasaur refused to do so despite facing the mass of Ivysaur as well as a Venusaur,all of whom were angry at it for ruining the festival. Ash then intervened and stood up for Bulbasaur and his decision not to evolve. Just then,Team Rocket appeared and used a vacuum to try to capture all Ivysaur and Venusaur. Since Bulbasaur didn't evolve,he was able to learn Solar Beam and used its new move to destroy the vacuum sucking up the Ivysaur and freed them with a Razor Leaf flurry,before joining Venusaur and the Ivysaur in sending Team Rocket blasting off with Vine Whip.

Venusaur then approached Bulbasaur and extended a vine to it as a gesture of respect,which the latter reciprocates. Bulbasaur,Ash and the others then left the garden,having made amends with the Ivysaur and Venusaur. In *Princess vs Princess*,Bulbasaur,along with Pikachu and Brock's Vulpix,was briefly lent to Misty to allow her to compete in the Queen of the Princess Festival contest with a more balanced team. In *The Battle Of The Badge*,Bulbasaur was sent out to fight Team Rocket,who were fighting in Giovanni's stead in the Viridian Gym. Bulbasaur had only one battle in the Indigo Plateau Conference,in *The Fourth Round Rumble* against Jeanette Fisher. Bulbasaur first faced Jeanette's Beedrill. Jeanette's next Pokemon was Scyther,which produced similar trouble for Ash as Bulbasaur was forced to dodge Scyther's speedy Slash and Swift attacks. Looking set to sweep the match with just Bulbasaur,Ash then took on Jeanette's Bellsprout. Bulbasaur used Tackle,but Bellsprout was able to absorb the attack using his flexible body,before seizing Bulbasaur and slamming it onto the ground until it fainted. In *Pallet Party Panic*,Ash decided to take Bulbasaur,along with some of his other Pokemon,to the Orange Archipelago with him. In *Navel Maneuvers*,Bulbasaur was used in the second round of Ash's Gym challenge against Danny. He attempted to help Pikachu carve a frozen geyser into an ice sled,but was unable to keep up with Danny's team until Charizard completed it in a few short Flamethrowers. Bulbasaur was later used again in the final round,where he helped Ash,Pikachu and Squirtle in the sled race down the cliff,using his vines to steer.

Thanks to everyone's cooperation,Ash was able to cross the finish line first,winning Ash the challenge and earning him the Sea Ruby Badge. In *The Mystery Menace*,due to one of Team Rocket's schemes,Ash and his friends found themselves in the sewers of Trovitopolis,where they came across a giant vined creature. Ash sent out Bulbasaur to attack the creature,but it used its vines to deflect Bulbasaur's Razor Leaf and then proceeded to grab and take Bulbasaur underwater. After learning more about the vined creature from the Mayor of Trovitopolis as well as about his plans to exterminate it,the group decided to head back to the sewers to save the creature and Bulbasaur from the Mayor's personal SWAT team. With help from Muk,Ash was able to find Bulbasaur and its captor,a mutated giant Bulbasaur that had been abandoned by the town's Mayor. Bulbasaur later saved his new friend by helping it sending the Mayor and the SWAT team flying. In *Misty Meets Her Match*,Ash had Bulbasaur,alongside Pikachu and Squirtle,destroy a succession of targets in order to challenge Rudy to a Gym battle. The next day,Ash used Bulbasaur in the second round,where he fought against Rudy's Exeggutor. In *Enter the Dragonite*,Ash used Bulbasaur as his fifth Pokemon in a Full Battle against Drake for the Orange League championship. He faced off against Drake's Electabuzz. Drake was eventually defeated and Bulbasaur joined the rest of Ash's team in the Orange League Hall of Fame.

Bulbasaur joined Ash in Johto,where he first met Heracross in *A Sappy Ending*. This began the recurring joke of Heracross wanting to suck the pollen from Bulbasaur's bulb. Throughout the Johto journeys,Bulbasaur's oldest team members Charizard and Squirtle both went into training with others,leaving Bulbasaur as Ash's only remaining Kanto starter. In *The Chikorita Rescue*,Bulbasaur was used to battle against a Chikorita that Ash had interest in catching. He was recalled after being hurt by the small Grass-type Pokemon and was congratulated by Ash for its effort. Bulbasaur was used in *Chikorita's Big Upset*,where Ash ordered it to find Chikorita. He would again be irritated by Heracross,who after getting deployed by Ash against Team Rocket,wasted no time in trying to suck the pollen out of Bulbasaur's bulb. Bulbasaur scolded his teammate and hit Heracross with his vines. He bid a solemn farewell to Squirtle in *The Fire-ing Squad.* Bulbasaur fought for Ash against Misty for the second time in *The Totodile Duel*. In *Two Hits and a Miss*,the Fighting Dojo Master Kenzo was impressed with Ash and Bulbasaur after Bulbasaur's swift defeat of a runaway Tauros,to the point that he contemplated making Ash his successor as master of the Dojo despite his current lack of Fighting Pokemon as Bulbasaur had all the skills of a Fighting-type. Bulbasaur was then used against Chigusa's Hitmontop to determine whether Ash or Chigusa would be the successor,but Ash still rejected the offer and instead offered Chigusa some training pointers for the future. Bulbasaur had a rematch with Aya at the Pokemon Jujitsu Academy in *Ariados,Amigos*.

In *The Grass Route*,Bulbasaur was entered in the 45th annual Grass Tournament. He fought Meowth,who was disguised as a Sunflora,but Meowth was disqualified after Bulbasaur destroyed the disguise with Razor Leaf. Bulbasaur remained with Ash until *Bulbasaur,the Ambassador*,when he was sent to Professor Oak's lab to keep the Pokemon there from quarreling with each other. He proved to be a natural leader,first solving the territorial disputes between the warring Bellossom and Jumpluff factions and the Grass and Water-type Pokemon by ordering and leading the construction of a new lake. He came very close to peril when it saved an Oddish from an enormous falling boulder,but revealed that he had learned Dig just in time to save himself. Oak remarked to Tracey that Bulbasaur was a perfect example of a Pokemon being able to call on powers unheard of in extreme situations. After resolving this dispute,Ash and Oak agreed to allow Bulbasaur to reside at Oak's lab for an indefinite period,finally rotating him out of his team. In *Tie One On,*Bulbasaur was brought back and fought in the Silver Conference against Jackson's Shiny Magneton.

#### **Advanced Saga/Hoenn:**

In *Showdown at the Oak Corral*,Bulbasaur was one of the first to realize something was amiss. He later defeated Butch's Hitmontop and used a Solar Beam on the whole group. In *Journey to the Starting Line!*,Bulbasaur met Gilbert,a new Trainer looking to get his first starter Pokemon. He later saved him and a younger Bulbasaur from a group of angry Primeape by blasting them away with a Solar Beam. His heroic efforts led to Gilbert picking a Bulbasaur for himself to raise. In *Hokey Pokeballs*,May showed her Bulbasaur to Professor Oak,which made Ash decide to bring his Bulbasaur over for a visit. When the Pokebll arrived though,it wouldn't open,making everyone believe that the Pokemon Center's balls had been stolen. It was revealed to be Team Rocket,who accidentally dropped Ash's Bulbasaur while escaping. The two Bulbasaur teamed up to stop Team Rocket,with Ash's Bulbasaur teaching May's along the way. Once they found Team Rocket,the Bulbasaur battled against them,with Ash's Bulbasaur protecting and teaching May's how to fight. After rescuing the Pokemon,Professor Oak called back and asked for Ash's Bulbasaur to return and stop the Water and Grass Pokemon from fighting. Ash sent his Bulbasaur back to Professor Oak's Laboratory as May's Bulbasaur appeared to have made a positive change from the experience.

#### **Battle Frontier:**

Bulbasaur later returned in *The Right Place and the Right Mime*,reuniting with May's Bulbasaur when May made a stop at Professor Oak's Lab to meet up with Ash. The two Bulbasaur were later used in a battle against Team Rocket. Afterwards,May decided to leave her Bulbasaur at Professor Oak's so she could learn from Ash's Bulbasaur. In *Gathering the Gang of Four!*,Ash brought it to his team alongside Charizard and Squirtle to battle Brandon at the Battle Pyramid. After Brandon's Dusclops took down Charizard,Ash's Bulbasaur was sent out to fight in the next episode. After Ash won,Bulbasaur returned to Professor Oak's Laboratory.

#### **Diamond And Pearl:**

Bulbasaur made a cameo in *An Old Family Blend* at Professor Oak's Laboratory,where Heracross was sucking sap from his bulb,much to Bulbasaur's annoyance. He used Vine Whip to shove Heracross away. Bulbasaur was not shown being called upon for the Lily of the Valley Conference.

#### **Black And White:**

Bulbasaur appeared in a flashback in *The Fires of a Red-Hot Reunion* when Ash was thinking back to the night he was stuck in a snowstorm and Bulbasaur along with Pikachu,Pidgeotto,Charmander and Squirtle helped keep Ash warm. In *The Dream Continues*,Bulbasaur was at Professor Oak's corral,where it was being filmed by Alexa. It later had a happy reunion with Ash and Pikachu,before signaling to Ash's Unova Pokemon with its Solar Beam. It later posed with the rest of Ash's Pokemon in a group photo with him.

#### **Sun And Moon:**

In *Alola,Kanto!*,Bulbasaur reunited with Ash after trying to stop two groups of Grass-type Pokemon from feuding with each other.

#### **Pokemon Journeys:**

While investigating the Ivysaur incident,Ash sent out his Bulbasaur to help. He later evolved into Ivysaur while saving the others and now reside at the Cerise lab. Ivysaur prefer stay as a role of ambassador while at Cerise lab and partners up with Ash's Yamper and Goh's Suicune. Ivysaur came with Ash and Goh to visit Oak's lab,where it was greeting every other pokemon. Professor Oak was shocked to see that Bulbasaur has finally evolved. He maintain his friendship with Charizard. During the visit,he helped train Ash's Sirfetch'd and later watched the battle between Ash and Paul. Before Ash left,he posed with the rest of Ash's Pokemon in a group photo with him. However,he decided to help the pokemon at the Cerise Lab over staying with Oak. From *Battling as Hard as Stone!* onwards,Ivysaur watched Ash's Masters Eight Tournament matches against Steven,Cynthia and Leon. In *Partners in Time,*Ivysaur appeared as a vision to Raichu during his battle against Leon's Charizard. After Ash won the battle,Ivysaur joined the rest of Ash's Pokemon at the lab in celebrating their trainer's victory. Ivysaur returned to reunite with Squirtle and helped out to stop a fire and saved the pokemon that were trapped.

## **Moveset:**

* Tackle
* Whirlwind
* Vine Whip
* Razor Leaf
* Lick
* Tickle
* Leech Seed
* Solar Beam
* Sleep Powder
* Take Down
* dig
* Rock Smash
* Venoshock
* Body Slam