Dwayne's Gabite

**Dwayne's Gabite** (Japanese: **ドゥエインのガバイト** *Douein's Gabite*) is the tenth Pokémon that Dwayne caught during his travels in the Sinnoh region, and his fortieth overall.

## **New Era**

### **Sinnoh**

#### **As a Wild Pokémon**

While continuing the journey to Sunyshore City, Dwayne witnesses a display of Draco Meteor, an extremely powerful move only known by Dragon-type Pokémon. Soon, Dwayne meets Wilma and a powerful Altaria, however it soon emerges that he has been followed by a Gible, which is very eager to learn Draco Meteor. Despite some head-biting antics, Dwayne takes the Land Shark Pokémon under his wing and offers to help her learn the move. Wilma first gives some history about the Gible and the use of the move Draco Meteor. Gible fails to execute the move properly and the meteor crashes down onto Dwayne, who is unable to dodge the failed attack. After Dwayne encourages Gible, she bites him as a sign of affection. Wilma simply rubs Gible's body, like a massage, and she lets go of Dwayne. Wilma comments on how much of a failure Gible's attempt was.

Then, out of the blue, Gible decides to bite Dwayne's head again and Dwayne comments how it's impossible to tell what Gible's thinking inside due to her unchanging expression. Suddenly, giant boulders begin falling from the sky, with Dwayne asking whether it was Draco Meteor, but Wilma passively says that they were mere boulders. One boulder, however, comes rolling towards Dwayne, and Gible, wanting to protect him, successfully uses Draco Meteor to shatter the boulder, saving Dwayne's life in the process. Dwayne thanks Gible, but Gible has already disappeared. As Dwayne wonders where Gible went, Wilma tells him not to worry, and says that Gible was quite unpredictable. Dwayne then shrugs it off and asks Wilma directions towards Sunyshore City. After pointing him towards the right path, Wilma waves Dwayne goodbye, as Gible watches from the bushes, debating whether to follow Dwayne or stay in the forest.

Dwayne reaches Daybreak Town and plans to eat. Gible spots him and digs, getting behind Dwayne and poking his leg. Gible then jumps out of the burrow and bites on his head. He recognizes the Gible, noticing that it looks happy with him. He asks Gible if it wants to join him, and it nods. Dwayne throws a Poké Ball, but Gible devours it. Dwayne asks Gible again if it does want to go, but Gible's simple grunts confuse and annoy Dwayne. Officer Jenny arrives and confronts Dwayne, thinking the Gible is his. Though Dwayne tries to explain, Gible's grunts make her think it's his. Gible bites Jenny's head before running away. Dwayne clarifies that Gible is still a wild Pokémon. Jenny takes him to a park where many objects have been partially devoured, bite marks apparent. Gible shows up and chomps on a bench. Dwayne tries to scold Gible, but it bites his head again before running away. Dwayne and Jenny pursue as Vito, riding a bicycle, runs into Dwayne. Vito and Dwayne argue about who is at fault before he challenges Dwayne to a battle. Vito brags that he has six Gym Badges, even though Dwayne has one more. Although he was originally heading to Sunyshore City, he made a detour to Eterna City, since there was a free bicycle distribution event, before stopping in Hearthome City to reserve a battle with Fantina.

While Vito talked, Gible quickly devoured his new bike, leaving only the rubber tires, infuriating him. Vito thinks Gible is Dwayne's, but when he mentions it's wild, Vito makes a move to catch it despite Dwayne wanting to catch it first. Vito brings out Empoleon, having it launch Drill Peck. Gible dodges before retaliating with Rock Smash, but Empoleon dodges and hits with Steel Wing, following with a Hydro Cannon that sends Gible flying. Dwayne pursues as Vito realizes his fumble in not catching Gible. Dwayne tries to locate Gible, finding it clinging to a tree branch on a cliff, struggling not to fall. Dwayne climbs down, but a rock crumbles and he goes into a free fall. Gible notices and grabs Dwayne out of the air, struggling to keep both of them from falling. Dwayne gets up onto a nearby ledge and pulls Gible to safety. Gible bites on his head as Vito looks down from the top of the cliff. Dwayne rides on Gible as it races to the top of the cliff. They meet up with Vito, and Gible again shows affection to Dwayne. Dwayne asks Gible again if it wants to join, getting an honest response this time. He tosses a Poké Ball, and this time it pulls Gible in, rocking a few times before securing the catch on his newest Pokémon. Vito then complains that he wanted to catch Gible, but Dwayne taunts him, causing Vito to challenge him to a battle, saying that at the very least, he wanted to battle Gible, and Dwayne accepts.

#### **With Dwayne**

Dwayne and Gible stand in position to battle against Vito and Empoleon. Empoleon launches Drill Peck, and Gible tries to counter with Rock Smash, but Empoleon easily pushes Gible back. Both Pokémon repeat their attacks, this time getting a more even match. Gible jumps to dodge a Steel Wing, but it gets hit anyway. When Empoleon uses another Steel Wing, Gible Digs to dodge it before following Empoleon and jumping up to hit with Rock Smash, but a Steel Wing tosses Gible back. Empoleon launches Hydro Cannon, which Gible digs to dodge. However, another Hydro Cannon is launched into the hole, flushing Gible out. Gible then attempts a Draco Meteor without Dwayne's order. The meteor fails and descends towards Empoleon, which it knocks aside. Empoleon prepares a Hyper Beam, but Gible fires Dragon Pulse, forcing Empoleon to jump and cancel the Hyper Beam. Gible is exhausted and slumps as Empoleon knocks out Gible with Hyper Beam. Vito wins his first battle against Dwayne, but Dwayne doesn't take it harshly, praising Gible anyway and instructing it to listen next time. Vito celebrates his win as he holds up his ticket to challenge Fantina, but Gible bites his hand and eats the ticket. Vito throws a massive tantrum as Dwayne and Gible laugh at his expense.

During Dwayne's match against Derek at the Lily of the Valley Conference, Gible was chosen as Dwayne's third Pokémon to battle against Derek's Shuckle. Derek has Shuckle use Gyro Ball, but Dwayne uses Gible's habit of biting things to his advantage, and she manages to catch Shuckle in her mouth. To counter, Derek tells Shuckle to use Sludge Bomb in Gible's mouth. Gible is hardly happy about this. With no other choice, Dwayne tells Gible to spit Shuckle out but Gible has other things in mind as she prepares a Draco Meteor. Shuckle is heaved into the air with a now-mastered Draco Meteor. Shuckle crashes to the ground and is rendered unconscious. Derek recalls Shuckle and thanks it because he now knows which three Pokémon Dwayne will be using for this battle.

For his second Pokémon, Derek sends out Lickilicky. Dwayne tells Gible to use Dragon Pulse but Lickilicky uses Lick before Dragon Pulse has the chance to be fired. Gible is treated to a thorough licking while the audience shivers at this disturbing sight. Dwayne tells Gible to escape by using Dig. Lickilicky counters with Power Whip, which reverberates across the battlefield and throws Gible into the air. Before Derek can call any more attacks, Dwayne recalls Gible.

Gible gets called back out as Dwayne's final remaining Pokémon to battle against Derek's Dusknoir. Dusknoir's Trick Room, however, is still in effect. Derek is aware of Gible mastering Draco Meteor now, but claims it won't work this time. Dwayne tells Gible to use Dig but Dusknoir's Shadow Punch is able to hit before Gible can escape. As a result, Gible is hurdled into the ground. Gible then aligns herself under Dusknoir while in the ground and shoots straight up. Dusknoir is ordered to use Shadow Punch once more and reappears behind Gible. Dwayne then tells Gible to turn around and bite the Shadow Punch. Gible bites Dusknoir's hand and, as Derek remarks in absolute surprise and shock, eats Shadow Punch.

Dusknoir tries to shake Gible off but Gible uses Draco Meteor to shoot Dusknoir into the sky. Dusknoir lands but is still able to battle. Dwayne tells Gible to use Dragon Pulse but Dusknoir's Shadow Punch strikes first again. Gible, however, hangs strong and releases its Dragon Pulse, which hits Dusknoir straight in the face and knocks Dusknoir out. With all three of his Pokémon unable to battle, Derek loses the battle and Dwayne is now able to advance to the next round. Dwayne congratulates Gible, who begins jumping up and down in happiness, before suddenly starting to glow, and she promptly evolves into Gabite. Dwayne hugs his newly-evolved Gabite, and she returns the affection by gently biting his head, proving that she still hasn't changed at all.

## **Personality and Characteristics**

Gabite is quite a powerful battler, but outside of battle, as a Gible, she tended to be quite clumsy and oblivious. She can also be very destructive, destroying a whole park and Vito's bike using nothing but her teeth. She is also quite sociable, biting people's heads to show affection.

Despite her clumsy nature, Gabite can occasionally show signs of intelligence, mostly during battles, seen during her battle against Derek's Shuckle at the Lily of the Valley Conference; after biting Shuckle and being struck with Sludge Bomb while Shuckle was still trapped in his mouth, Gible was ordered to spit the Pokémon out, but instead, she used Draco Meteor, and as Shuckle was trapped, it was unable to dodge.

## **Moves used**

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