Ash's Naganadel

Ash's Naganadel was the fourth Pokémon that Ash caught in the Alola Region and his fifty-first overall.

## Personality

As a Poipole, Naganadel is quite playful with other Pokémon. In one instance of this in *A Mission of Ultra Urgency!*, whilst Ash and his classmates were waiting to see if Buzzwole had been captured, Poipole attempted to play with Pikachu before flying off. It has also been shown to have a fascination with light, as shown how it tends to stop to admire Pikachu's Electric-type moves. In addition, Poipole is known to laugh even when attacked. Poipole took an instant liking to Ash after he helped saved it from Team Rocket. This was also seen when Ash showed it how Poké Balls work. Equally, it also became quick friends with its teammates. Despite being a playful trickster, Poipole never seems to intend any serious harm, as it clearly felt sorry when Pikachu scolded it for poisoning Rowlet, and offered to help carry Rowlet.

Naganadel had a habit of spinning the tip of its stinger when when feeling happy. As a Poipole, it span on is head instead. It also likes to express its affection for Pikachu by nuzzling him. Despite Naganadel's playfulness, it has been shown to be there for its friends, like in *Some Kind of Laziness!*, when it rescued and brought back Rowlet after it was almost blown away by the harsh winds blowing through the Haina Desert. Nagandel has also been shown to love making paintings with its ooze, especially of those whom it wishes to be good friends with, like Pikachu and Minior. As revealed in *The Shape of Love to Come!*, Nagandel uses its drawings to express its feelings to others. It draws lighting bolt-shaped marks on or next to things that it likes or loves, and has been seen drawing teardrop shapes when feeling sad.

Being an Ultra Beast, Naganadel is quite unfamiliar with the world of Ash and his classmates, and is driven by a great sense of curiosity, as seen in *Real Life...Inquire Within!*, when it began to play with an Alolan Exeggutor's tail head, unintentionally causing the Exeggutor to send Ash rolling out of the Pokémon Center he was in. This same curiosity almost got it in trouble with a Tauros on Kiawe's family's farm. It appears to have retained some of its playful naïveté even after evolving, such as in *Exhibition Unmasked!*, where it was seen watching Ash's Melmetal spin around so intently that it became dizzy, as well as enjoying being the center of attention when sent out in the middle of Manalo Stadium in *A Full Battle Bounty!*. As a Poipole, Naganadel appeared to lack the ability to smell, as it was unaffected by the stench produced by Garbodor in *Real Life...Inquire Within!* and reacted with indifference to the aroma produced by the flowers grown by Tapu Bulu in *Some Kind of Laziness!*.

## History

### Prior to Series

Naganadel was a Pokémon Ash caught in the Alola Region and his only Ultra Beast he kept with him for a long time before it returned to its homeworld after Ultra Necrozma restored its world.

## Moves used

### Z-Moves Used

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

## Gallery

As a PoipoleUsing ThunderboltUsing X-ScissorNaganadel and Ash
## Trivia

* Naganadel is the first Ultra Beast in the anime to be owned by a Trainer for longer than one episode.
	+ Naganadel is also the only non-temporary Ultra Beast to be owned by a main character.
* Naganadel is Ash's first non-temporary and officially owned:
	+ Gender-unknown Pokémon.
	+ Poison-type Pokémon since Muk, caught in *Sparks Fly for Magnemite*, 976 episodes earlier.
	+ Pokémon to use an Electric-type move under his ownership that is not Pikachu.
* Naganadel is Ash's first Pokémon to evolve off-screen.
* Out of all the Pokémon Ash has released, Poipole was the only one not to be fully evolved at the time of its release.
	+ However, Naganadel was fully evolved by the time Ash released it again.