Dwayne's Geodude

**Dwayne's Geodude** (Japanese: **ドゥエインのイシツブテ** *Douein's Isitsubute*) is the eighth Pokémon that Dwayne captured during his travels in the Kanto region, and his ninth overall.

## **New Era**

### **Indigo Challenge**

Geodude was captured by Dwayne at the Safari Zone at the outskirts of Fuchsia City, where Dwayne's Safari Ball was easily capable of capturing the unsuspecting Rock-type Pokémon.

When Dwayne challenged the Cinnabar Gym, Geodude was his first Pokémon of choice, facing off against Blaine's Ninetales. Despite the type advantage, Geodude's Rock Tomb is no match for Ninetales's Fire Spin. When Ninetales's Fire Spin continues to charge towards him, Dwayne tells Geodude to use Gyro Ball to deflect it, but the attack proves too powerful regardless, and Geodude gets knocked out in a single hit. Dwayne theorises that the volcano's heat enhanced Fire Spin's power, which Blaine agrees with.

### **Orange Archipelago**

When Dwayne needed one more Pokémon for his Full Battle against Drake at the Orange League, Geodude appears along with Growlithe and Muk, during Dwayne's videocall with Professor Oak, and after some thought, Dwayne decides to bring in Geodude.

Subsequently, Geodude was chosen as his third Pokémon to battle against Drake's Gengar. Geodude uses Bulldoze, but Gengar jumps into the air, making the attack useless. Gengar then uses Confuse Ray on Geodude, who starts slamming into the rocks, leaving Dwayne with no choice but to recall Geodude.

Geodude gets recalled later to battle against Drake's Venusaur. Dwayne tries to start things off with Bulldoze, but it doesn't work because the sand on the field absorbs the attack. Drake tells Venusaur to use Solar Beam. Hoping to cause damage before the Solar Beam is charged, Dwayne tells Geodude to use Strength, and Geodude sends Venusaur flying. Venusaur is sent soaring into the air, but it manages to turn itself in midair and releases its Solar Beam directly on Geodude. Unexpectedly, Geodude isn't defeated as Geodude used the sand to create a barrier that took the attack. Venusaur then launches a barrage of Vine Whips, a few of which hit Geodude. Then, Geodude dodges the rest and hits Venusaur with a powerful Rock Tomb, defeating it.

Geodude gets recalled once again, and gets later brought back out to battle against Drake's Dragonite. Drake commands a Fly, followed by a Body Slam. Dwayne suddenly gets an idea and tells Geodude to take the hit, surprising Drake. The Body Slam hits, but doesn't have the intended effect. Using the sand on the battlefield to absorb the impact, Geodude has caught Dragonite in his arms. Geodude then throws Dragonite into the air and it lands hard on the ground. Dragonite gets up and hits Geodude with Dragon Rage, knocking the exhausted Pokémon out.

After Dwayne returns to Pallet Town, he returns Geodude to Professor Oak's Laboratory, deciding to leave him there instead of taking him with through his travels in the Johto region.

### **Sinnoh**

During Dwayne's battle against Derek at the Lily of the Valley Conference, Geodude was chosen as Dwayne's second Pokémon to battle against Derek's Shuckle. Shuckle uses Sludge Bomb but Geodude counters with Rollout, rendering Sludge Bomb useless. Derek then tells Shuckle to use Gyro Ball. Gyro Ball hits and causes Geodude to lose control and crash. As a result, Dwayne recalls Geodude.

Geodude gets called back out to face off against Derek's Dusknoir. Dwayne tells Geodude to use Rollout but Dusknoir strikes first with a powerful Shadow Punch. This leaves Geodude unable to get back up. Dwayne tries to switch Geodude out but Dusknoir uses Mean Look to trap Geodude on the battlefield. Dusknoir uses Shadow Punch again, and despite Dwayne telling Geodude to use Defense Curl to increase his defenses, Shadow Punch still proves powerful to knock him out.

## **Personality and Characteristics**

Geodude is quite the fierce and stubborn Pokémon, and genuinely enjoys a good fight, seen when Geodude was overjoyed at being selected by Dwayne to participate in the Full Battle against Drake at the Orange League.

Despite his small size, Geodude is extremely durable, being able to overcome type disadvantages, seen when Geodude managed to score a victory over Drake's Venusaur, a Grass-type Pokémon. He was also capable of tiring Drake's Dragonite to help Dwayne ultimately defeat the powerful Dragon-type Pokémon.

## **Moves used**

 A **†** shows that the move was used recently, unless all moves fit this case or there are fewer than five known moves.