Jade's Kangaskhan

**Jade's Kangaskhan** (Japanese: **ジェードのガルーラ** *Jiedo's Garura*) is the first Pokémon that Jade was known to have.

## **New Era**

### **Indigo Challenge**

Kangaskhan first appeared when Jade summoned her to fend off a pack of Spearow that were chasing and attacking Dwayne and his Ralts. Jade commands Kangaskhan to use Rock Slide, and many of the Spearow are struck by the rocks, while some others manage to evade. The few that dodged continue to speed towards Kangaskhan, who quickly uses Endure to allow her to withstand the barrage of attacks. Then, Kangaskhan uses Focus Energy, which increases the critical damage of her attacks, before following up with Power-Up Punch, which successfully knocks the remaining Spearow.

Kangaskhan was later used as a sparring partner against Dwayne's Ralts, Pidgey, and Butterfree to train them against Dwayne's rematch against Brock at the Pewter Gym.

During Jade's match against Natalya at the fourth preliminary round of the Indigo Plateau Conference, Kangaskhan was Jade's final remaining Pokémon against Natalya's Marowak, where despite her best efforts, Kangaskhan was defeated by the Ground-type Pokémon, therefore eliminating Jade from the tournament.

### **Orange Archipelago**

Kangaskhan was summoned by Jade to battle alongside Dwayne's Kirlia to stop a trio of Trainers from abusing a Lapras that had washed up on shore. With their combined efforts, Kangaskhan and Kirlia were easily capable of defeating the Trainers's Spearow, Hitmonchan, and Beedrill with Rock Slide and Psybeam, respectively.

Kangaskhan was later chosen by Jade to battle against Lorelei's Cloyster. Kangaskhan uses Rock Slide, but Cloyster Withdraws into its shell. Kangaskhan then uses Mega Punch, but is knocked back by Cloyster's Aurora Beam. Kangaskhan then goes for a super-effective Power-Up Punch, but Cloyster shakes it off. Lorelei commands Cloyster to use Shell Smash, and Jade realizes that she was in trouble, and commands a Thunderbolt, but Cloyster quickly follows up with Ice Beam, which pushes through the Thunderbolt and hits Kangaskhan, knocking her out of battle.

### **Johto Journey**

Kangaskhan gets summoned by Jade to battle against Fabius's Onix in order to defend the Legendary Pokémon Raikou, whom Fabius and Harlynn were looking to capture. Onix goes to use Slam, but Kangaskhan dodges and retaliates with Water Pulse, and follows up by using Return on Harlynn's Magnezone. While Magnezone and Onix are incapacitated by Kangaskhan, Fabius returns his attention to Raikou. Dwayne's Roselia then destroys the mecha's claws with Petal Blizzard.

When Fabius and Harlynn later attempt to capture Raikou once again, Kangaskhan gets sent back out to assist Roselia and Dwight's Haxorus in defending the Legendary Pokémon. Harlynn activates the capture bubble and the wall of purple energy slowly swells and causes extreme pain to Raikou as soon as it is trapped inside. Kangaskhan and Dwight's Haxorus join in with Power-Up Punch and Strength, respectively. Onix tries to use Dragon Breath to knock everyone out of the way, but the capture bubble explodes. Harlynn quickly grabs Raikou with her mecha’s claws and puts it into the cargo hold. The duo quickly fly off, but with Jade and Kangaskhan trapped inside with Raikou.

Kangaskhan gets called back out shortly thereafter to fight alongside Roselia and Haxorus in order to stop the energy field that is ready to explode. Eusine interjects and he warns that if the field explodes with Raikou trapped inside, then the blast would be so powerful that it would destroy even Raikou.

With Raikou drained of its electricity, Eusine says that their only hope is the "all or nothing" plan. They would have to break the field open, grab Raikou, and then get out before the explosion, but whoever goes in might never come out. After a moment of deep consideration, Roselia volunteers herself. As Roselia runs forward, so do Kangaskhan and Haxorus. Magnezone and Onix attack, but Eusine sends out Alakazam to provide enough of a distraction to let the other Pokémon pass through. Roselia uses Power Whip on the field, while Haxorus uses Dual Chop. Fabius then sends his Muk into the battle to use Sludge Bomb. Kangaskhan counters with Rock Slide, but is hit by Magnezone's Gyro Ball. Magnezone then flies up to avoid Alakazam's Psybeam. While this is going on, Haxorus and Roselia begin to drain energy from the crystal's force field. Raikou wakes up, allowing it to flee on its own if they are successful, giving the other Pokémon enough time to get away.

Fabius orders Onix to use Dragon Breath on the Trainers, but Dwayne tells the Pokémon to concentrate on saving Raikou. As Muk bombards Kangaskhan with Sludge Bomb and Magnezone jabs Roselia with Gyro Ball, Onix goes after Dwayne, who has run to the edge of a cliff. Dwayne provokes Onix by saying that it couldn't crack a potato chip and is rescued from the attack by Alakazam, leaving Onix to fall into the river below. With Kangaskhan and Alakazam now keeping Magnezone and Muk in check with their attacks, Roselia and Haxorus have nearly broken the field, but they still don't have enough power. Suddenly, Roselia has an idea and yells out while looking at Dwayne, who questions what Roselia wanted. Roselia looks at his bag, Dwayne immediately realizes her intentions. He retrieves the Shiny Stone from his bag and throws it to Roselia, who upon contact with it, evolves into Roserade, allowing her to gain a power boost against the field. Onix suddenly bursts from the ground and prepares to attack Roserade and Haxorus, but Dwayne, Jade, and Dwight stand to defend their Pokémon. Eusine tells them to get out of the way, but Raikou breaks the field with a powerful electric attack that knocks Onix back. As the crystal cracks, Fabius and Harlynn realize that the ultimate system has met the ultimate Pokémon. They then run away, leaving becoming legends for another day.

During the Silver Conference's quarter-finals, Kangaskhan was chosen as Jade's third Pokémon to battle against Dwayne's Machamp. Machamp starts with a Dynamic Punch, but Kangaskhan responds with Hyper Beam, and the two attacks prepare to collide. However, despite a last-minute evasion tactic behind a rock, Hyper Beam manages to blast through the boulder and knocks Machamp out, forcing Dwayne to send out Misdreavus. Kangaskhan uses Power-Up Punch, but Misdreavus swiftly dodges the attack. Misdreavus uses Shock Wave, but Kangaskhan uses Rock Slide to block the attack and tries to hit Misdreavus, but Misdreavus easily dodges, although Dwayne realizes that their power gap was too great, and Dwayne recalls Misdreavus in favor of Chikorita, hoping that her small size and speed might come in handy. Chikorita evades the first Power-Up Punch with a Vine Whip-powered jump, but her airborne Razor Leaf is easily deflected. Then, Chikorita tries to use Leaf Storm, but Kangaskhan easily leaps towards her, and dodges the attack with ease, before using Iron Tail and slams Chikorita into the battlefield, knocking her out.

Kangaskhan later gets called back out again as Jade's final remaining Pokémon against Dwayne's Gardevoir. Gardevoir uses Moonblast, but it is deflected by Kangaskhan's Rock Slide. Kangaskhan uses Hyper Beam next and hits Gardevoir's face. Gardevoir soon recovers, and unleashes Psychic, and Kangaskhan takes the attack due to Hyper Beam's after-effects, but manages to withstand it. As Gardevoir continues dodging Kangaskhan's Rock Slides, Dwayne desperately looks for some way to take advantage, and he suddenly notices the rocks caused by the destruction of their battle, and orders Gardevoir to use Psychic on the rocks, and Gardevoir lifts several large rocks with Psychic, and flings them all towards Kangaskhan, who gets overwhelmed by them. As Kangaskhan begins to suffer from the damage, Gardevoir closes in and they lock hands. As both Pokémon engage in a staredown, Dwayne orders Gardevoir to use Teleport, and Gardevoir teleports herself and Kangaskhan several feet in the year, before Gardevoir lets go of Kangaskhan and teleports herself back to the field. Everyone watches as Kangaskhan falls helplessly several feet in the year and crashing directly onto the battlefield, which knocks her out, giving Dwayne the victory.

## **Personality and Characteristics**

Kangaskhan is a nurturing Pokémon that protects her young at all costs. She can move really fast, even with the baby in its pouch. True to her species, Kangaskhan possesses strong maternal insticts, which expands beyong her own child, as Kangaskhan was seen training with, and later, praising and encouraging Dwayne's Pokémon during their training session.

Kangaskhan also shares a strong bond with Jade, as Kangaskhan was cheered up by Jade after their loss at the Indigo Plateau Conference, as Jade assured the Parent Pokémon she was proud of her performance.