Ash Ketchum

Ash Ketchum

Ash Ketchum(サトシ Satoshi)

Character information

Gender:

Male

Region:

Kanto

Debut:

Pokémon - I Choose You!

Hometown:

Pallet Town

Family:

Delia Ketchum (mother)

Unnamed father

Unnamed grandfather

Friends:

Serena

Professor Oak

Gary

Misty

Brock

Tracey

May

Max

Dawn

Iris

Cilan

N

Clemont

Bonnie

Alain

Lana

Kiawe

Mallow

Sophocles

Lillie

Charles Goodshow

Ritchie

Professor Ivy

Professor Elm

Professor Birch

Professor Rowan

Professor Juniper

Professor Sycamore

Professor Kukui

Professor Burnet

Occupation:

Trainer

Voice actor:

Rica Matsumoto (Japanese)

Veronica Taylor (4Kids; English)

Sarah Natochenny (PUSA/DuArt; English)

Kayzie Rogers (The Mastermind of Mirage Pokémon; first dub only; English)

Ash Ketchum is the main protagonist of the Pokémon anime series who has always dreamed of becoming a Pokémon Master. As soon as he turned ten years old, he rushed to Professor Oak's Laboratory to get his first Pokémon. He is the first human character to be introduced in the series. Originally wanting to choose Squirtle, Ash ended up receiving the Pokémon Pikachu, as he arrived late leaving him with no other starters to choose from. He sets onto his adventure later in the day. He is currently also the only character shown to have been to all of the regions.

At first, Pikachu did not obey Ash and kept running away, so Ash had to tie him up. After getting chased by a flock of Spearow, Ash attempted to save Pikachu from them; seeing Ash so determined to help him, Pikachu protected Ash from the Spearow by electrocuting the entire flock, thanks to being struck by lightning at that exact moment, supercharging his Electric-type move. From then on, Pikachu and Ash became best friends for life. As an unskilled trainer, Ash started his adventure while meeting his friends Misty, Brock, and capturing new Pokémon.

Ash eventually defeated all the Gym Leaders in Kanto, allowing him to enter in the Pokémon League. Since then, he has continued to travel, journeying through the various regions, making new friends such as Tracey, May, Max, Dawn, Iris, Cilan, Clemont, Bonnie, and meeting his childhood friend Serena, challenging all the Gym Leaders, entering each region's Pokémon League, and catching new Pokémon while still following his goal of becoming a Pokémon Master. Since this goal is so close to his heart, he sometimes acts a bit rash and rushes to the next battle he can as fast as possible without thinking. Ash is currently attending Pokémon School in the Alola region, with his new friends Lillie, Mallow, Lana, Sophocles and Kiawe. Ash's name in the Japanese version of the anime is Satoshi, likely after Satoshi Tajiri, the creator of Pokémon."

## Appearance

Ash wears a few outfits, as seen in the Pokémon anime, he also has black hair and brown eyes, and always wears a cap. Over the past regions, he had different caps.

Original series

In the original series, Ash wears a white and blue short-sleeved jacket with gold trim, white collar and sleeves, a dark teal T-shirt, blue jeans with light blue cuffs, black and white sneakers with red dots, green fingerless gloves with light green borders and a red and white cap with a green stylized "L".

Advanced Generation

In the Advanced Generations series, Ash appeared with new clothing - a black and red cap with a green Poké Ball on it and wears a blue sleeveless hoodie with gold trim and a white hood, a black short sleeve undershirt with a red stripe, black fingerless gloves with light green borders, light blue jeans with knee stitchings, and blue sneakers.

Diamond & Pearl

In the Diamond & Pearl series, Ash appeared with another new outfit, consisting of a black vest with a white collar and yellow stripe, a white short sleeve undershirt, blue cargo jeans, black and red sneakers, and his hat's Poké Ball is blue.

Best Wishes!

In the Best Wishes series, Ash appeared with a new outfit, new hat and new sneakers, wears a red and white hat with a blue Poké Ball, wears a blue and white hooded jacket with a golden zipper, black baggy jeans, black fingerless gloves with red borders and his red high top sneakers.

Pokémon the Series: XY

In the XY series, Ash wears yet another new outfit, consisting of a blue collared shirt with short sleeves and white trim, black undershirt, darker blue jeans, a red and white hat, and red high top sneakers.

Sun & Moon

In the Sun & Moon series, Ash wears a new outfit different from his previous outfits. He wears a white and blue striped short sleeved loose shirt, brown capris with red outlines with baggy pockets and red folded sleeves at the edge of his capris and shades of blue sneakers. His hat is red, dark blue and gray and the Poké Ball design is white and wears a Z-Ring on his left wrist. Unlike the other region clothes, he doesn't wear any gloves. He later acquires a black Z-Power Ring on his left wrist.

## Personality

Ash is very determined to be a good Pokémon trainer as seen in every episode. He shows a lot of sympathy towards Pokémon, usually helping and befriending Pokémon he meets on his long journey. He doesn't like trainers who mistreat Pokémon such as Damian and Shamus. He is a role model to many people such as May, Dawn, N, and Serena. Ash never changes his strategy of all-out attacking and using various Moves to defeat other Pokémon. Ash is generally kind, compassionate, and brave, but can be stubborn, short-tempered, impatient, cocky, reckless, and impulsive at times.

Ash's biggest fear is having any of his Pokémon leave him the way Pikachu almost did to him, after Team Rocket tried turning Pikachu against him when he had amnesia in the Advanced Generation series but didn't hold any grudge against his best friend due to knowing that it wasn't his fault. Although he tried to let go of his fears but it somehow comes back to haunt him no matter how hard he trained and tried with his Pokémon. His fears were one of his downfalls from perfecting the Ash-Greninja form, shown in XYZ series, besides not having enough faith and trust in his Pokémon, Greninja.

Since entering the Kalos region, Ash has demonstrated much greater maturity and level-headiness; both in and out of battles as he continues his journey to be a Pokémon Master. So far, the only Pokémon League he has won is the Orange League in the Orange Archipelago. Since entering the Alola region, Ash is shown to be far more enthusiastic than he did in the Kalos region, while at the same time kept his determination and his love for Pokémon.

Ash has a strong sense of justice to assist Officer Jenny, the Pokémon Rangers and the Police for their mission. He hated all source of evil organizations (such as Team Rocket, Team Aqua, Team Magma, Team Galactic, Team Plasma, Team Flare and Team Skull) and Pokémon Poachers (such as Captain Crook, Iron-Masked Marauder, Rico, J, and other poachers), because they steal Pokémon from people or the wild and doing bad stuff to them. He would risk his own life to protect Pokémon and defeat criminals to put an end to their schemes.

Ash is interested to have Gym battles against Gym Leaders to earn Gym Badges to participate the Pokémon League. Ash also shown interest to Battle Frontier to battle Frontier Brains to Symbols. In Alola, Ash decided to participate the Trials to earn Z-Crystals to use a Z-Move.

## Skills

Ash has shown be quite athletic, he can run, swing on vines, carry some heavy stuff, swim and is very good climber, shown in the shows many times also it was shown in Pokémon 4Ever and in Lucario and the Mystery of Mew. Ash can take on a Pokémon attacks for a long period's of time without taking to much damage depending on the attack. Ash has grown to be an amazing battler also he has some performing skills, due to competing in some Pokémon contests also from watching May and Dawn, and he's good at fishing. Ash does have some cooking skills due to spending a lot of time around friends who can cook.

Ash has the ability to sense and control aura, as it was shown in Lucario and the Mystery of Mew and once again in the Diamond and Pearl episodes, "Pokémon Ranger and the Kidnapped Riolu! Part 1" and "Pokémon Ranger and the Kidnapped Riolu! Part 2". Aaron's Lucario has stated that Ash's aura is the same as Aaron's, and Ash was able to use his aura to find and save Riolu. Ash only used his aura abilities when it has something to do with either Riolu or Lucario.

He also has the ability to use Bond Phenomenon, shown in the XYZ series, with one of his Pokémon, Greninja.

Ash sometimes displays the ability to understand the feelings of Pokémon due to spending a lot of time around them also some of the Mythical or Legendary Pokémon connect to him out of caring for them also for his strong will power to protect them, shown when Azelf chose to connect with him in the Diamond and Pearl Battle Dimension/Galactic Battles series and when Victini linked up with him in the movie Black/White Victini and Zekrom/Reshiram. When he’s connected to those kinds of Pokémon he can feel the pain they are in, sense they have been captured, see the thoughts and memories along with contacting him or appearing to him in his dreams as a way of asking for his help or to show him the danger they're all gonna be in also as a way of asking to do something for them shown with Azelf, Victini, Solgaleo and Lunala.

## Biography

Anime

Pre-series

When Ash Ketchum was a little boy, Ash went on a field trip. However, during the trip, it started to rain, and Ash got separated from his group. Ash was forced to take shelter under a hollow tree. However, he noticed a group of Pokémon who were also seeking shelter from the rain. He invited them inside the tree and the Pokémon kept him safe and warm. This experience is what inspired Ash into becoming a Pokémon trainer.

He then enrolled in Professor Oak's Pokémon Summer Camp where he would learn the basics of Pokémon and being a trainer when he gets older. While looking for a Poliwag, Ash happened upon a young girl and fellow camper named Serena who got lost in the forest while looking for her group. She'd fallen and injured her knee after Poliwag startled her. He wrapped a clean, blue handkerchief with a Poké Ball on each corner around her wounded knee to brace it. But she couldn't get herself up due to the pain, so Ash lent her his hand and helped her stand up. While doing so, he even hugged her. Then he guided her out of the forest and took her back to the campsite.

At some point before starting their journeys, Ash was friends with Gary Oak, Professor Oak's grandson, until they both fished out a Poké Ball on both their lines. After arguing about who keeps it, they broke it in two, each keeping one half as a reminder of that day.

Original series

Main article: Ash Ketchum/Original series (Kanto and Orange Islands)

Main article: Ash Ketchum/Original series (Johto)

Advanced Generation

Main article: Ash Ketchum/Advanced Generation

Diamond & Pearl

Main article: Ash Ketchum/Diamond & Pearl

Best Wishes!

Main article: Ash Ketchum/Best Wishes!

Pokémon the Series: XY

Main article: Ash Ketchum/XY

Sun & Moon

Main article: Ash Ketchum/Sun & Moon

Pokémon Movie 20: I Choose You!

Main article: Ash Ketchum (MS020)

Manga

The Electric Tale of Pikachu

Main article: Ash Ketchum (ETP)

Ash & Pikachu

Main article: Ash Ketchum (A&P)

Pocket Monsters Diamond & Pearl

Main article: Ash Ketchum (D&P)

Magical Pokémon Journey

Main article: Ash Ketchum (MPJ)

## Pokémon

On hand

Pikachu was given to Ash by Professor Oak, since the other three Kanto starter Pokémon had already been taken by other trainers. Originally, Pikachu would not listen to Ash and constantly shocked him. However, after accidentally angering a flock of Spearow, Pikachu had a change of heart when he saw Ash defend him. Since then, Pikachu has assisted and been very successful in many of Ash's battles, and over time has adopted Ash's mannerisms. Pikachu does not want to be in his Poké Ball, so he stays out all the time, often riding on Ash's shoulder or head.

Pikachu ♂

Rowlet was found by Ash as it was trying to get food for Toucannon. After Ash saved it from falling and giving it food, Rowlet started to like him and saved Pikachu from Mimikyu. After getting Toucannon's approval, Rowlet decided to join Ash's team, becoming his first Alolan Pokémon.

Rowlet

This Rockruff was originally a wild Pokémon living under Kukui's care. In SM015, after seeing how Rockruff formed a strong bond with Ash, Kukui thought it was best for Ash to take Rockruff on his adventures, which it gladly accepts.

Rockruff → Lycanroc

Ash first met Litten by the time he and Pikachu arrived in Alola. However, every time they encounter each other, Litten didn't trust them. But after Stoutland passed away, Litten and Ash earned each other's respect and Litten joined the team.

Litten

Traveling with

Rotom Pokédex helps Ash check data on the Pokémon that's seen on Alola.

Rotom Pokédex

With Professor Oak

Bulbasaur was the third Pokémon Ash caught. He had been protecting a village of Pokémon that were recovering from illnesses. Since then he became a vital part of Ash's team and won many gym and league battles for Ash. Bulbasaur has been given the choice to evolve but decided to stay at his base form. Long into his journey with Ash, Bulbasaur was called upon to stop feuds between the Pokémon in Oak's Lab and has continued to do so. He also appears to have a budding romance with May's Bulbasaur.

Bulbasaur

Ash and Brock once saved a Charmander from death, and after saving him from his incompetent trainer, Brock decided that Ash should remain with him. Then, evolving from Charmeleon, Charizard didn't obey any orders that Ash gave and quite often used his Flamethrower attack on Ash, (he still does this today, but now he does it as a sign of affection towards Ash rather than a sign of disobedience.) However, after getting frozen in battle, Charizard started to respect Ash as Ash nursed him back to health. Since then he has been a vital powerhouse in Ash's team and has been used in several Gym, League and Frontier battles and has even held his own in battles against Entei and Articuno. He currently resides at Prof. Oak's Lab in Kanto.

Charmander → Charmeleon → Charizard

When Squirtle was captured, it was part of the Squirtle Squad, a terrorizing group of Squirtle that were causing havoc around Vermillion City. However, after gaining respect for Ash, it joined his team and has since become an incredibly competent battler. It has won many Gym and League matches but has since returned to the Squirtle Squad to lead after the team started falling apart. Later, it appears with other Ash's captured Pokémon in Prof. Oak's lab, in the opening scene of BW: Adventures in Unova.

Squirtle

It was Ash's seventh Pokémon in Kanto. Evolving in its first ever battle in the Indigo League, Kingler is a good strong Pokémon that Ash has fallen back on in both the Indigo and Johto leagues. However, it has not seen much experience outside of those leagues.

Krabby → Kingler

Captured after taking over a Power Plant, Muk was immediately sent to Professor Oak's Laboratory. While being there it grew incredibly affectionate and is known to hug Professor Oak on many occasions. However, past this affectionate yet slimy exterior, Muk has been used in several League battles and manages to hold its ground. As a running gag, Muk often knocks over Professor Oak when he's talking with Ash over the video-phone.

Muk

When he was in the Safari Zone, Ash managed to capture thirty Tauros, all of which reside at Oak's Laboratory. However, Ash has used one of the Tauros on several occasions in Leagues and Frontier battles.

Tauros (30) ♂

Captured in the Orange Islands when stealing all the fruit from a small Island range, Snorlax has become a major powerhouse of Ash's, when he is awake that is. Due to his massive feeding requirements, Ash felt it better to stay at Professor Oak's, however, he is still used for a number of Gym, League and Frontier battles. Also, Snorlax had defeated a Medicham, even at a Fighting disadvantage.

Snorlax

Heracross was the first Pokémon that Ash captured in Johto. He loves tree sap and has been known to suck the pollen out of Bulbasaur's Bulb on several occasions causing Bulbasaur pain. He is a powerful Pokémon of Ash's and has been used in several Gym, League, Frontier battles and even the Sinnoh Pokémon League.

Heracross

After evolving from Chikorita, Bayleef kept her longing feelings for Ash which did end up getting her in trouble on several occasions. However, after getting used to her size, she managed to become a vital part of Ash's team and helped win many Gym & League battles. Ash left her at Oak's when he decided to make a fresh start when he left for Hoenn.

Chikorita → Bayleef ♀

While training for the Sinnoh League, Ash brought his Cyndaquil with many of his other Pokémon. However, Team Rocket tried to cause problems and Cyndaquil evolved in order to stop them. Quilava has numerous powerful attacks such as Flame Wheel at his disposal, showing that he has completely overcome his previous hindrances in his base form and is sure to be a powerful Pokémon within Ash's team.

Cyndaquil → Quilava

Totodile was captured by Ash using his Lure Ball. Since Misty also wanted him, they decided to battle in order to determine whose he was. Ash won. Totodile has a quirky personality and really likes to dance. He has even been known to use this dancing tactic to help win battles. Ash left him at Oak's when he decided to make a fresh start when he left for Hoenn.

Totodile

Noctowl is an incredibly rare Pokémon of Ash. He is a Shiny Pokémon which glitters as he comes out of his Poké Ball into battle. Due to his psychic abilities, he has been used many times to find and battle Ghost Pokémon as well as the usual flying requirements that Ash utilizes. Ash left him at Oak's when he decided to make a fresh start when he left for Hoenn.

Noctowl

After rejoining Ash's team as a Phanpy, he evolved to help free Pikachu from Team Rocket. However, even after the evolution, he kept his playful personality from being a Phanpy which sometimes can cause mayhem with other younger Pokémon. Ever since he evolved, he has become a powerhouse in Ash's team winning many Frontier Battles. He now resides back in Oak's Lab during Ash's journey to Sinnoh.

Egg → Phanpy → Donphan

After evolving during a Pokémon Ring Contest, Swellow has partaken in many of Ash's battles in Gyms and Leagues and has got a good amount of wins under his wing. Swellow was left at Oak's Lab when Ash left for his journey to Sinnoh. But Ash used Swellow, one more time, in the Sinnoh League.

Taillow → Swellow

After evolving from Grovyle to defend his love interest, he lost all ability to use attacks due to a broken heart caused by rejection. Eventually regaining the ability to use the attacks, Sceptile became a vital powerhouse in Ash's team which can hold his own against legendary Pokémon including Deoxys, Regirock, and Darkrai. Despite being one of Ash's best-trained Pokémon, Ash decided to leave Sceptile at Oak's Lab while he travelled to Sinnoh. Sceptile was used again to defeat a Darkrai in the Sinnoh Pokémon League.

Treecko → Grovyle → Sceptile

Corphish was captured while terrorizing Dewford Island and his inhabitants. However once caught Corphish managed to tame his terrorizing attitude and become a vitally used member of Ash's team. However, whenever one of Ash's Pokémon evolves or gets a bit more attention, Corphish does get the tendency to get a bit jealous. After its adventure with Ash through Hoenn and the Battle Frontier, Corphish was left at Oak's Lab.

Corphish

Torkoal was found under attack by a bunch of Steel Pokémon in the valley. When Ash arrived to rescue him, he ran off but eventually followed Ash's instructions and defeated the Steel Pokémon. He is an emotional Pokémon which has been known to burst into tears when happy. Torkoal hasn't been in many gym battles but is used in standard battles on many occasions and proves his strength in those battles. After the Hoenn League, Ash decided to give him some time off at Oak's Laboratory.

Torkoal

Glalie was newly evolved when Ash entered the Hoenn League. Convinced of his power Ash used him in a number of battles where he managed to hold his own successfully. After the league was over he decided to give him a break at Oak's Laboratory.

Snorunt → Glalie

Ash's Staraptor evolved from Staravia during a PokéRinger contest against Paul's Honchkrow. As he has evolved, he became one of the powerhouses of Ash's team and was still used for long-distance searching.

Starly → Staravia → Staraptor ♂

Torterra is the Grass type Pokémon of Ash's Team. After being used in a gym battle against Volkner, which got postponed, Ash's Grotle evolved during a battle with Team Rocket.

Turtwig → Grotle → Torterra

After being knocked to the brink of fainting in a battle against Barry's Empoleon, Monferno went berserk with his Blaze Ability and unleashed his full power against Team Rocket. While protecting the Pokémon, he evolved into Infernape. He was later used in a battle against Flint's Infernape, but lost due to his lack of experience.

Chimchar → Monferno → Infernape

Originally captured by Dawn, Buizel has always been an incredibly strong Pokémon with an aptitude for Pokémon Battles. After Zoey saw how Ash & Dawn had Pokémon that preferred the other's vocations, a trade followed.

Buizel ♂

During his Gligar stage, Gliscor was a fairly weak Pokémon, not knowing many attacks and thus not being very strong, all due to his age. However, evolving by grabbing a Razor Fang while he was falling, he gained a lot of strength and confidence. Even after evolving though, he still wished to battle more and still vied for Ash's approval. During a battle with the Air Battle Master, he learned Giga Impact but decided to stay for training. But during Sinnoh League, he returned back to Ash with powerful moves from his training. However instead of returning to the Air Battle Master, Gliscor decided to be with Ash and stayed at Professor Oak's Lab.

Gligar → Gliscor

Ash first encountered his Gible when he met Old Lady Tatsu, a woman who was teaching an Altaria a special move for Dragon Pokémon, Draco Meteor. Ash assisted Gible in the learning of the move and Gible decided to follow Ash. He also has the habit of biting on to heads. Later on, Ash noticed Gible followed him and eventually captured him. He had lots of trouble with Draco Meteor at first, often hitting poor Piplup on his head.

Gible ♂

Unfezant was captured as a Pidove in a forest. She evolved into a Tranquill after clearing out a swarm of Venipede from Castelia City. She was currently in Ash's Party but she went back to the lab after a while. She evolved again in the battle against Skyla and managed to beat Skyla to which she happily celebrated by flying around the Gym.

Pidove → Tranquill → Unfezant ♀

Oshawott was one of the starters in Unova who Professor Juniper was giving away. However, after Ash left, Oshawott started following Ash and even defended him against Team Rocket. Professor Juniper gave Ash the Poké Ball for Oshawott which Ash used to obtain Oshawott. Oshawott is very affectionate towards Ash and even tries to knock Pikachu off of Ash's shoulder and its personality is similar to Bayleef. He has shown wanting to battle on certain occasions, and if he's not chosen he'll turn completely white and faint. On other occasions, he doesn't show interest in battling. He is also very gluttonous and takes food from other Pokémon.

Oshawott ♂

Ash found Tepig when he was at the Battle Club in Accumula Town when he saw him escape from the Battle Club's warehouse. When he found him, he saw his mouth had been tied by his past trainer who left him at the Battle Club after he lost to a Deerling, making him unable to eat and so Ash helped free him and created a bond with him. He later confronted his original trainer and evolved with new-found strength, confidence and resolve.

Tepig → Pignite ♂

Ash found Snivy when he was in a forest heading towards Nacrene City. Snivy was difficult for Ash to catch due to her using Attract. Ash encountered her after she had taken some of Cilan's food. To stop her, Ash decided he needed to capture her. She has been shown to be very agile and able to evade attacks expertly. Snivy seems to be stronger, confident, and skilled compared to the other Pokémon Ash has caught in Unova. Trip even said that Snivy was a strong Pokémon, enough to defeat his Servine, Snivy's evolved form.

Snivy ♀

After receiving an egg from the Day Care in Route 3, the egg eventually hatched into Scraggy. However, Scraggy was a bit of a violent Pokémon, attacking Ash, Iris & Cilan's other Pokémon at will. Scraggy was a very angry Pokémon, but unfortunately, his attacks, such as Headbutt, are not strong. However, despite this, he is continually trying to improve his Headbutt attack. Scraggy has calmed down since he first hatched and has developed a deep friendship with Iris' Axew.

Egg → Scraggy ♂

Leavanny is a Pokémon Ash caught as a Sewaddle while he was travelling through Pinwheel Forest. He evolved into a Swadloon during a battle with Burgh's Whirlipede. Swadloon evolved into a Leavanny during a battle against Iris' Emolga and as a result started to make clothes and headgears out of leaves for Pikachu and the other Pokémon, which they like. During the battle against Stephan in the Unova League, it was revealed that his ability was Swarm, but he wasn't strong enough to defeat Stephan's Sawk and lost.

Sewaddle → Swadloon → Leavanny ♂

Ash caught Palpitoad in BW035. He was the leader of a crew which was held by some Tympole. He reappeared in BW041 in which he battled against Burgundy's Stoutland and won it using a massive Hydro Pump. He was used again during the Tournament, this time against a Trainer's Darumaka which was easily defeated by a strong Hydro Pump. Despite not being shown on screen often, during the times he was shown he was incredibly strong.

Palpitoad ♂

Ash caught Roggenrola after he helped it to save a group of some other Roggenrola from Team Rocket. After an intense battle with Ash's Tepig, Ash captured it. Roggenrola evolved into Boldore while fighting Clay's Excadrill. Boldore is shown to be very resourceful, like using Sandstorm to put out a fire.

Roggenrola → Boldore

Krokorok was a Pokémon that appeared in several episodes in the anime before being caught. He was a Sandile until he evolved into Krokorok while battling Ash's Pikachu. He eventually joined Ash's team later on. He later evolved further into a Krookodile. As he evolved and grew in size his sunglasses remained with him.

Sandile → Krokorok → Krookodile ♂

Fletchling first appeared where it swooped down to take a berry that Bonnie gave to a Dedenne. Afterwards, Froakie challenged it to a battle but Fletchling's speed and strength proved to be too much for Froakie. Froakie was finally able to land a hit on the Tiny Robin Pokémon. Ash threw a Poké Ball at it but the capture was unsuccessful. Froakie continued the battle with Fletchling and landed a hit with Water Pulse. Ash threw another Poké Ball at Fletchling and managed to catch it this time. It later evolved into Fletchinder during a sky battle against Moria's Talonflame and then into a Talonflame while battling against the legendary Pokémon, Moltres.

Fletchling → Fletchinder → Talonflame

Hawlucha first appeared when he was protecting a group of small Pokémon from a rampaging Ursaring. He was known as the "Champion of the Forest" after beating a Machamp prior to being captured. He decided to travel with Ash after he helped him perfect the move, Flying Press and settle the rivalry between it and Machamp.

Hawlucha ♂

Noibat hatched from its egg after being found by Ash's Hawlucha. It then ate some fruits and drank some water, but later got captured by Team Rocket, who wanted to make him evolve into Noivern. Later they confronted on a cave, but Noibat was smart enough to use his ultrasonic waves to identify Team Rocket and chase them out of the cave. Later it decided to join Ash's team. Noibat later evolved into Noivern while saving Hawlucha from falling into the ravine and battling against the legendary Pokémon, Zapdos.

Egg → Noibat → Noivern ♂

Released

After evolving from Metapod, Butterfree managed to defend Ash from a swarm of Beedrill. From this, he managed to gain some power and became a vital part of Ash's team during his tenure. He eventually left to start a family with a female Pink Butterfree.

Caterpie → Metapod → Butterfree ♂

After Pidgeotto evolved into Pidgeot, it went into battle against a flock of Spearow and Fearow that were terrorizing Pidgey and Pidgeotto in Viridian Forest. After the battle was done, Ash decided to leave it in the forest to lead the flock, but left with the promise that he would someday return for it.

Pidgeotto → Pidgeot

Lapras was the first Pokémon that Ash captured in the Orange Islands. Originally she was found washed up on a beach but Ash & Co. managed to help nurse her back to health until she was kidnapped by Team Rocket. Ash managed to free her and captured her until they could find Lapras' family. Lapras was primarily used as the gang's transport throughout the Orange Islands but she was also used in several of the Gym battles and the final League match. Ash eventually let her go to be with her family, but saw her again when in Johto and helped her defend a lab and the other Lapras from Team Rocket.

Lapras

Ash caught Seaking during a Seaking Catching Contest, and then released soon afterwards because of the contest rules.

Seaking

Froakie first appeared in Kalos, Where Dreams and Adventures Begin!, where he observed Pikachu shocking Bonnie, Clemont and Ash outside the Lumiose Gym. Froakie protected Pikachu from his own Electro Ball, which had been rebounded by Wobbuffet's Mirror Coat. At the end of the episode, Froakie appeared in front of Sycamore's lab with a Poké Ball and asked Ash to catch him, which Ash did so gladly. He later evolved into a Frogadier during a battle against Saizo and Barbaracle. He evolved into Greninja in a battle against Heidayu and Bisharp after enduring and blocking Bisharp's Shadow Claw. Greninja is also well-known for its capability of changing into a unique form during battles called the Ash-Greninja form. At the end of the Team Flare Arc, Ash left Greninja in the Kalos Region along with Zygarde to protect it from future attacks.

Froakie → Frogadier → Greninja ↔ Ash-Greninja

Traded away

In Battle Aboard the St. Anne, Ash traded his Butterfree for a Raticate, but later traded it back.

Raticate

Aipom originally met Ash on a mountain where she worshiped a Giant Slaking, where she stole Ash's hat. However after Ash found Aipom, they quickly befriended. Ash originally was going to give the hat to Aipom but she gave it back. For a short time, Aipom followed Ash and turned up at the Grand Festival, again stealing Ash's hat. Near to the finals of the Grand Festival, Ash decided to battle Aipom and finally caught her. Apart from her battling strengths, Aipom has shown a great aptitude for Contests and as such was eventually traded to Dawn for her Contests, and a few episodes later Aipom evolved into Ambipom.

Aipom ♀

Given away

Ash captured Beedrill while in the Bug Catching Contest just a bit shy from Goldenrod City in Johto. His capture of Beedrill made him win the contest. After the contest he decided to give the Beedrill to Casey as she loves Pokémon with yellow and black stripes, for they resemble an Electabuzz.

Beedrill

With someone else

Ash first met Primeape after it, as a Mankey, stole his hat. Determined to get his hat back, Ash chased Primeape and battled with it ending with a capture. Primeape was a Pokémon that went berserk easily and originally didn't follow Ash's commands. However after Ash saved it from a fall in a fighting contest, it gained respect for Ash. After the contest, Ash decided to leave it with a trainer for more training so it could become a P1 Champion.

Primeape

Goomy first appeared when it landed on Ash's head after getting flown away from its home by a Swanna. Goomy is a shy and timid Pokémon and whenever it sees Clemont's Dedenne, it always goes and hides. However, despite being cowardly, it does possess some intense strength and uses Rain Dance to build up its powers. Goomy first decided to travel with Ash after he defended it from Team Rocket. Goomy later evolved into Sliggoo during a battle against Team Rocket and a wild Grumpig. Sliggoo later evolved into Goodra in order to save its trainer and his friends from a wildfire caused by Team Rocket. Sometime after saving the marshlands from Team Rocket, Ash released Goodra so it can remain with its companions. However, by the time of the Lumiose Conference, Goodra decided to return to Ash, to which it rejoined Ash's lineup for the Pokémon League. At the end of the Team Flare Arc, Ash returned Goodra to the wetlands and promised to see it again one day.

Goomy → Sliggoo → Goodra

Temporary

Ash attempted to battle Team Rocket with Nurse Joy's Pidgey, but got easily scared by their Pokémon.

Pidgey

Ash attempted to battle Team Rocket with Nurse Joy's Rattata, but got easily scared by their Pokémon.

Rattata

When Lara was hurt, Ash filled in the race, using her Ponyta, which evolved into Rapidash, and won.

Ponyta → Rapidash

When Team Rocket was trapped inside the Pokémon Center's PC system so they could steal Pokémon, Ash borrowed a Porygon from Dr. Akihabara in order to stop them. After that, they left the computer world and returned it to him.

Porygon

The Pokémon League entrance exam instructor gave Ash a Weezing by having him choose his own set of Poké Balls provided by the instructor. It was used during the Pokémon League exam by battling the Instructor's Flareon and won. Ash even used it to help stop Team Rocket and send them blasting off. After that, he gave Weezing back to the instructor.

Weezing

The Pokémon League entrance exam instructor gave Ash an Arbok by having him choose his own set of Poké Balls provided by the instructor. It was used during a Pokémon League exam by battling the Instructor's Jolteon and lost. Ash even used it to help stop Team Rocket and send them blasting off. After that, he gave Arbok back to the instructor.

Arbok

Meowth was the third and final Pokémon used by Ash during the Pokémon League exam. It was up against the Instructor's Vaporeon in which Vaporeon froze the Meowth causing Team Rocket's Meowth to interfere with the battle by kicking the frozen one free. It was accidentally blasted off along with Team Rocket. The temporary switch was fixed in the next episode.

Meowth

Ash, Brock and Misty borrowed Hoothoot from Hagatha in order to navigate the haunted forest. It attacked Ash and got affectionate with Misty since it only got along well with pretty girls. It was returned to her sister, Nagatha after they were able to get to the exit.

Hoothoot

Ash borrowed Staryu from Misty for the Fire and Rescue Grand Prix in The Fire-ing Squad!. However, he did not win the contest and returned Staryu to her around the end of the episode.

Staryu

Ash borrowed Psyduck from Misty for the Fire and Rescue Grand Prix. However, he did not win the contest and returned Psyduck to her.

Psyduck

When Ash and Keegan were separated from Misty, Brock and Ramona, Keegan hurt his arm, so Ash took his place by riding Arcky.

Arcky

Ash temporary borrowed Officer Jenny's Pidgeot in order to catch up to the boat that is leaving for Littleroot Town.

Pidgeot

Ash temporarily commanded a Flygon in order to help protect Jirachi from an evil mutation of Groudon created by Butler.

Flygon

Team Rocket took Lombre, thinking it was Mawile. Ash used Lombre to battle them, since Brock was absent.

Lombre

When the group got separated from their Pokémon, Brock sent out his Mudkip to help Ash look for them.

Mudkip

Ash borrowed Hitmonlee from Master Hamm to battle May with Hitmonchan after Master Hamm was having problems.

Hitmonlee ♂

After the heroes split up at the labyrinth, Ash teamed up with Pachirisu to come out of the maze.

Pachirisu

After the heroes split up at the labyrinth, Ash teamed up with Piplup to come out of the maze. In Unova, during their stay at the deserted island, Ash used Piplup to attack the Onix.

Piplup ♂

After the heroes split up at the labyrinth, Ash teamed up with Sudowoodo to come out of the maze.

Sudowoodo ♂

Ash made friends with a Riolu and helped him return to his trainer in the Lucario Kingdom.

Riolu

During the first two days of the Pokémon Summer Academy, Ash took care of the Raichu. Raichu was very shy at first, but he eventually became more engaging.

Raichu ♂

Ash used a Spoink for the Pokémon Triathlon to ride it.

Spoink

Ash used a Mantyke for the Pokémon Triathlon to cross the lake.

Mantyke

Ash used Buneary to freeze water for Dawn's ill Pachirisu.

Buneary ♀

Ash used Happiny to shatter the ice that was meant for Dawn's ill Pachirisu.

Happiny ♀

Ash temporarily helped a Luxio save a lost Wailmer from getting lost in the sewers.

Luxio ♂

Ash befriended a Venipede and helped it take its swarm to a safe place far away from Castelia City.

Venipede

Ash temporarily commanded a wild Cottonee in order to help him win over a love interest. With Ash's assistance, he was able to learn to dodge attacks and aim his own attacks better.

Cottonee ♂

After the epic battle of Kyurem and Keldeo, Ash temporarily rode on Cobalion to escape the Full Court as it collapses.

Cobalion

This Butterfree was found on Wayfarer Island as a Caterpie, where its lazy tendencies caused it to not evolve and be left behind by its swarm. To help it, Ash temporarily trained the wild Caterpie in order to help it evolve all the way to Butterfree so it wouldn't be left behind. Caterpie evolved into Metapod after it and Pikachu fended off a wild Ursaring. To save Pikachu from Team Rocket, it evolved into a Butterfree and teamed up with Pikachu to blast the trio away. Afterward, it had a tearful goodbye with Ash as it returned to its swarm.

Caterpie → Metapod → Butterfree

Ash temporarily commanded a borrowed Rhyhorn, in order to participate at the Rhyhorn race held at Sumiru Village. In the beginning, it was hard for Ash to handle it, but gradually it teamed up with Ash.

Rhyhorn

While Officer Jenny was pursuing Dolan, a cage containing a Scatterbug fell out of his truck. Ash, Serena, Clemont, and Bonnie somehow rescued the Scatterbug and took it to the Pokémon Center for treatment. During that time, it evolved into a Spewpa and assisted them in saving the captured Spewpa from Dolan. It later assisted its friends in a battle against Dolan's Diggersby and evolved into a Vivillon in its Elegant Pattern form. After defeating Diggersby with a single Stun Spore attack, Officer Jenny arrested Dolan. With Dolan defeated and all the Spewpa free, they all evolve into Vivillon but with different patterns and they all flew away. Vivillon bid its friends good-bye and flew away with the others.

Scatterbug → Spewpa → Vivillon

Ash made friends with a Skiddo and rode on it for a while.

Skiddo

After Team Rocket deceived Florges, Ash and his Goodra teamed up with her in order to save the Pokémon and the wetlands.

Florges ♀

When the gang were accidentally separated from each other after an attack from a trio of angry Pangoro, Ash temporarily used Serena's Pancham to find the rest of the group.

Pancham ♂

When the gang were accidentally separated from each other after an attack from a trio of angry Pangoro, Ash temporarily used Clemont's Luxray to find the rest of the group.

Luxray ♂

Ash temporarily commanded a Latias, who was summoned by Hoopa, to battle against the villainous Hoopa in order to stop its rampage.

Latias ↔ Mega Latias ♀

Ash temporarily commanded a Latios, who was summoned by Hoopa, to battle against the villainous Hoopa in order to stop its rampage.

Latios ↔ Mega Latios ♂

Ash temporarily commanded a shiny Rayquaza, who was summoned by Hoopa, to battle against the villainous Hoopa in order to stop its rampage.

Rayquaza ↔ Mega Rayquaza

Ash temporarily road on a Mamoswine, along with Serena, to cross the snowy mountains and through the Frost Cavern.

Mamoswine

Ash first protected Litleo from Pyroar's Flamethrower and later on help Litleo become independent and return to its pride.

Litleo

Ash captured Charjabug in a cage in order to give it to Sophocles as a present.

Charjabug

When Professor Kukui instructed everyone to switch their Pokémon with someone else, Ash paired up with Lillie's Snowy.

Snowy

Ride Pokémon

Ash rode on a Sharpedo when he was having a vacation in Alola.

Sharpedo

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Tauros ♂\*

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Lapras \*

Pelipper acted as Ash's Poké Ride while he was traveling to Akala Island while helping Kiawe with his deliveries.

Pelipper

Befriended

Ash met Haunter in The Tower of Terror in the Pokémon Tower in Lavender Town. It, with several other Ghost Pokémon, played with Ash after he had been trapped under a chandelier. However after Ash returned to his body, Haunter agreed to join Ash's team to battle Sabrina's Psychic Pokémon. Once it got to Saffron City, it disappeared but eventually returned to battle. However, it was much more interested in joking about and immobilizing Sabrina's Kadabra and thus Ash decided to leave Haunter with Sabrina. Haunter's Moves: Lick.

Haunter

Mewtwo was a Pokémon that have been originally created by Team Rocket. Giovanni then used it in Pokémon battles at the Viridian City gym, but when it learned about his true intentions, it flew away. Mewtwo lured different Pokémon trainers to an island it took refuge and challenged them into a battle with its cloned Pokémon. When Mew stepped in, it fought against Mewtwo. During the battle, Ash stepped in between Mewtwo and Mew's attacks and gets himself petrified. Mewtwo was puzzled at Ash's actions at first, but when the Pokémon and cloned Pokémon's tears restored Ash to life, Mewtwo had a change of heart and flew away with its clones. Mewtwo met Ash again in the Johto region when Giovanni attempted to get revenge on it by capturing it once again. But Ash and his friends managed to stop Giovanni and Team Rocket and Mewtwo and its clones continued to live peacefully.

Mewtwo

Ash encountered Lugia when the Legendary Birds were attacking each other as the world began to fall apart, thanks to Lawrence III's attempts to capture them. Lugia and Ash worked together to bring three treasures from the islands of fire, ice, and lightning and managed to save the world from destruction and calm down the Legendary Birds.

Lugia

Still on their way to Goldenrod City, Ash and co. decide to have a lunch break. Only to find that Ash's backpack had been stolen. Elsewhere Team Rocket steals a ham from Nurse Joy's grocery bag, only to have it stolen by something else. Brock comes up with a plan to lure out the thieves. Later that night, the thieves turn out to be the Dark Pokémon, Houndour. A Houndour with a scar on its right eye appears on a ledge. This particular Houndour is the leader of the pack.

Houndour

Ash encountered Celebi when Sammy traveled through time to save it from a greedy Team Rocket member called the Vicious. With the help of Suicune, Ash and Sammy protected Celebi from Vicious and saved the forest.

Celebi

Ash encountered Latias in the form of Bianca at Alto Mare when he saved her from Oakley and Annie. Latias developed a close bond with Ash and have been playing with him and with her brother, Latios. One night, when Oakley and Annie captured Latios, Latias teamed up with Ash to rescue him. When Latios gave his life to save the city from a massive and deadly tidal wave, Latias was heartbroken and Ash comforted her over the loss of her brother. The next day, Ash and his friends were leaving Alto Mare and Latias (or Bianca herself) bid farewell to Ash.

Latias ♀

While not Ash's per say, Larvitar was in an egg that Ash was given to take to Professor Elm, however in transit of the Egg it hatched into Larvitar. Like any Pokémon just hatched it had the personality of a child, but a tortured child through memories of what happened to its mother. It froze up whenever anyone other than Ash spoke to it or held it, which it eventually managed to get over. Not long after meeting, Ash managed to return it to its mother and stopped the Poachers from ever disturbing them again.

Egg → Larvitar

Ash befriended Lucario after releasing him from Sir Aaron's staff due to having the same Aura as its master. Although they didn't get along at first, Lucario teamed up with Ash in a desperate search for Pikachu at the Tree of Beginning. When the tree was beginning to fall apart, Ash and Lucario transferred their Aura to Mew. But just as Ash is about to use up all of his Aura, Lucario pushed Ash to safety as he doesn't want Ash to die. Before Lucario dies, he saw how Sir Aaron truly cared about it and how he was willing to sacrifice everything to save the land from the war, even if he had to seal Lucario in his staff.

Lucario ♂

Ash befriended Mew at the Tree of Beginning after it told the tree that Ash and his friends are not a threat. But Mew's request made it gravely ill and the tree began to fall apart. Ash and Lucario risked their lives to use their Aura and save the tree and Mew was successfully recovered.

Mew

Ash befriended Shaymin when it was lost and alone. It assisted Ash into stopping Zero from capturing Giratina and taking over the Reverse World.

Shaymin

Ash befriended Giratina after he saved it from Zero. They both worked together to stop Zero from taking over the Reverse World. It later helped Dialga and Palkia protect Ash and his friends from Arceus's attacks and buy them time to change the timeline for the better.

Giratina

Ash befriended Arceus after returning the Jewel of Life and saving it from death due to Marcus's arrogant and selfish attempts to destroy it.

Arceus

Ash first encountered Azelf in its spirit form at Lake Valor. When Azelf was captured by Team Galactic, Ash and Pikachu came and freed it from the Red Chain's power. Together with their hearts connected along with Dawn, Mesprit, Brock, and Uxie, Ash and Azelf worked together to calm Dialga and Palkia and save the Sinnoh region from destruction.

Azelf

Ash befriended Zorua and helped it in a search and rescue for its mother, Zoroark. Zorua even helped Ash protect Celebi from Grings Kodai.

Zorua ♂

Ash befriended Zoroark after it was healed by Celebi and reunited with its child, Zorua.

Zoroark ♀

Ash befriended Victini in the first "Black and White" movie. Learning of it's past and the unfortunate events that leave it trapped within the city, Ash helps heal the wounds in Victini's heart that the centuries of loneliness had inflicted. In the climax of the movie, Ash helps free Victini from unintentional harm in trying to revitalize the land with the Dragon Force, destroying the pillars that kept Victini trapped in the city, allowing the Pokémon to go wherever its heart desired.

Victini

Ash befriended Reshiram in the first "Black and White" movie. Learning of it's past and the unfortunate events that leave it trapped within the city, Ash helps heal the wounds in Victini's heart that the centuries of loneliness had inflicted. In the climax of the movie, Ash helps free Victini from unintentional harm in trying to revitalize the land with the Dragon Force, destroying the pillars that kept Victini trapped in the city, allowing the Pokémon to go wherever its heart desired.

Reshiram

Ash befriended Zekrom in the first "Black and White" movie. Learning of it's past and the unfortunate events that leave it trapped within the city, Ash helps heal the wounds in Victini's heart that the centuries of loneliness had inflicted. In the climax of the movie, Ash helps free Victini from unintentional harm in trying to revitalize the land with the Dragon Force, destroying the pillars that kept Victini trapped in the city, allowing the Pokémon to go wherever its heart desired.

Zekrom

Ash befriended this Meloetta, who he gained the trust of after saving it. Later, it stays with Ridley.

Meloetta

Ash befriended Keldeo when it was injured from its battle with Kyurem. When Ash learned that it was trying to save the Swords of Justice, he teamed up with it and helped it gain enough confidence to fight Kyurem.

Keldeo

Ash made friends with a Sableye and played with it for a while.

Sableye

Ash befriended a Genesect containing the Douse Drive and helped it convince the Red Genesect that not all humans are enemies. Ash then helped it build a home for the Genesects to live in.

Genesect (Douse Drive)

Ash befriended a Skrelp after he fished it out of a lake.

Skrelp

Ash befriended Diancie and helped her find the ability to make the best diamonds for her kingdom.

Diancie ♀

Ash befriended a Hoopa in its confined form and helped it stop a villainous Hoopa in its unbound form from going on a rampage, killing innocent Pokémon and people and destroying Dahara City.

Hoopa

Ash became stuck to Volcanion.

Volcanion

Ash befriended Magearna after he helped Volcanion rescue it from Alva.

Magearna ♀

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Nebby

## Achievements

Badges

Kanto League

Ash's Kanto Badges

Boulder Badge

Cascade Badge

Thunder Badge

Marsh Badge

Rainbow Badge

Soul Badge

Volcano Badge

Earth Badge

Orange Islands

Ash's Orange Island Badges

Coral-Eye Badge

Sea Ruby Badge

Spike Shell Badge

Jade Star Badge

Johto League

Ash's Johto Badges

Zephyr Badge

Hive Badge

Plain Badge

Fog Badge

Storm Badge

Mineral Badge

Glacier Badge

Rising Badge

Hoenn League

Ash's Hoenn Badges

Stone Badge

Knuckle Badge

Dynamo Badge

Heat Badge

Balance Badge

Feather Badge

Mind Badge

Rain Badge

Sinnoh League

Ash's Sinnoh Badges

Coal Badge

Forest Badge

Cobble Badge

Fen Badge

Relic Badge

Mine Badge

Icicle Badge

Beacon Badge

Unova League

Ash's Unova Badges (The Toxic Badge replaces the Legend Badge)

Trio Badge

Basic Badge

Insect Badge

Bolt Badge

Quake Badge

Jet Badge

Freeze Badge

Toxic Badge

Kalos League

Ash's Kalos Badges

Bug Badge

Cliff Badge

Rumble Badge

Plant Badge

Voltage Badge

Fairy Badge

Psychic Badge

Iceberg Badge

Symbols

Hoenn Battle Frontier

Ash's Frontier Symbols

Knowledge Symbol

Guts Symbol

Tactics Symbol

Luck Symbol

Spirit Symbol

Ability Symbol

Brave Symbol

Alola Island Challenges

Verdant Cavern Trial (Normalium Z)

Melemele Island Grand Trial (Electrium Z)

Brooklet Hill Trial (assisted Lana; did not receive Z-Crystal)

Lush Jungle Trial (Grassium Z)

Akala Island Grand Trial (Rockium Z)

Pokémon League Status

Indigo Plateau Conference (Indigo League) Loses to Ritchie: Top 16

Silver Conference (Johto League) Loses to Harrison: Top 8

Ever Grande Conference (Hoenn League) Loses to Tyson: Top 8

Lily of the Valley Conference (Sinnoh League) Loses to Tobias: Top 4

Vertress Conference (Unova League) Loses to Cameron: Top 8

Lumiose Conference (Kalos League) Loses to Alain: Runner-Up

Pokémon Championship Battles

Orange League: Champion

Hoenn Battle Frontier: Champion

Tournaments

Bug-Catching Contest: Champion

Extreme Pokémon race: Champion

Big P Pokémon race: Champion

P1 Grand Prix: Champion

Pokémon balloon race: Champion

Pokémon Contests

Jubilife City Pokémon Contest: Quarter-Finals

Terracotta Town Pokémon Contest (unofficial): (Winner - Tied with May)

Wallace Cup: Quarter-Finals

Hearthome City Tag Battle Competition: Champion-with Paul

Hearthome Collection Contest: Runner-up

Pokémon Summer Academy Triathlon: Winner

Pokémon Swap Meet Tauros-Battling competition: Champion

Fire and Rescue Grand Prix - Unknown

Grass tournament: Runner-up

Pokémon Orienteering: Unknown

Pokémon Dress-Up contest: Runner-up

Tour de Alto Mare: Unknown

Whirl Cup: Top 32

Seaking Catching Day - Unknown

Hoenn PokéRinger - Crossgate Town: Champion

Sinnoh PokéRinger - Squallville: Champion

Rota tournament: Champion

Sumo conference: Champion

Twinleaf Festival Battle tournament: Champion

Sinnoh Pokéathlon Tournament: Runner-Up

Pokémon ping-pong tournament: Top 32

Club Battle: Runner-up

Wishing Bell Festival Contest: Runner-up

Clubsplosion: Top 4

Pokémon World Tournament Junior Cup: Runner-up

Marine Cup tournament: Winner

Scalchop King competition: Disqualified due to Oshawott's shell being broken

Grand Harvest Festival Pokémon Sumo tournament: Winner

Rhyhorn Race: No Winner

Pokémon Summer Camp: Winner (along with Clemont, Bonnie, and Serena)

Pokémon Sky Relay: Runner-up

Pokémon Pancake Race: Runner-up

Charjabug Race: Winner with Sophocles and Kiawe

Other achievements

Honor of Kalos medal

## Voice Actors and Actresses

English: Veronica Taylor (Seasons 1 - 8, Movies 1 - 8, A Sneak Peek at Pokémon, Mewtwo Returns) (4Kids)

Sarah Natochenny (Season 9 - present, Movie 9 - present) (PUSA/DuArt)

Kayzie Rogers (The Mastermind of Mirage Pokémon first dub only)

Japanese: Rica Matsumoto

German: Caroline Combrinck (1st-3rd Season & 12th- ), Veronika Neugebauer (4th-11th Season, dec.)

Italian: Davide Garbolino

Icelandic: Grímur Gíslason

Greek: Voula Kosta

Dutch: Christa Lips (Season 1 - present)

Arabic: Bouthayna Shaya (Season 1 & 2)

Filipino: Klariz Magboo (All Seasons)

Brazilian Portuguese: Fábio Lucindo (Season 1-18) Charles Emmanuel (Season 19-present)

Latin America: Gabriel Ramos (EP001-DP090) Irwin Daayán (DP091-DP104) Gabriel Ramos (DP105-DP157) Rommy Mendoza (young, DP138), Miguel Ángel Leal (DP158-present), Pablo Gandolfo (movies 6 and 7), Alan Fernando Velázquez (movie 12)

Danish: Mathias Klenske

European Spanish: Adolfo Moreno (all seasons), Rafael Alonso Naranjo Jr. (Pokémon 3 and Mewtwo Returns)

French: Aurelien-Ringelheim and Sebastien Redin

Hindi: Prasad Barve (Cartoon Network dub) and Nachiket Dighe (Hungama dub)

## Origin

Design

Ash's design is based on the player character from Generation I, Red.

Etymology

Ash's Japanese name, Satoshi, comes from Satoshi Tajiri, the creator of Pokémon. Ash may be a shortening of Satoshi and his last name, Ketchum, comes from the phrase "Gotta catch 'em all".

## Trivia

Ash is the only human character to appear in every episode and season.

Ash has 49 Pokémon including different evolutionary forms (78 if all Tauros are included).

Ash has caught at least one of the Starter Pokémon in every region.

With the exception of the Orange Islands League and the Battle Frontier, Ash has never won a league tournament.

Ash is the only known trainer to have ever defeated Tobias' Darkrai.

In the Kanto region, Ash often turned his cap backwards when preparing for a battle or to capture a Pokémon. This habit wore off as time went on. However, he was shown turning his cap backwards when he was battling Tobias, presumably because Tobias was arguably the strongest trainer he'd ever faced, being the only one who was capable of beating all six of his Pokémon using only two of his own. Although in the Best Wishes series, Ash is seen turning his cap backwards more often. He recently turned his hat around in A Battle of Aerial Mobility! when he used Froakie to help defeat and capture Fletching.

Ash has seen every legendary Pokémon from Kanto to Kalos.

In Tekken 6, there is a female character named Eleonore "Leo" Kliesen, who can be customized to look like Ash Ketchum. Coincidentally, both characters were voiced by Veronica Taylor and sounded very similar. However, in Tekken Tag Tournament 2 and onwards, Leo's voice grunts are used in later games where it was performed by Veronica Taylor and Leo is now voiced by a German voice actor to speak in her native German language.

Almost every character in the Pokémon anime are featured in the games, such as Misty (who even appeared as a trophy in Super Smash Bros. Melee), Brock (who appeared in Pokémon Red/Blue version), and Lyra (from Diamond & Pearl), as a Trainer♀ in Pokémon HeartGold/SoulSilver version and Gary, who appeared as main rival in Pokémon Red/Blue version default named as Blue. However, the only game Ash has ever appeared was in Pokémon Puzzle League for the Nintendo 64.

According to Climbing the Walls!, Ash's favorite move is Thunderbolt, mostly since this is his Pikachu's most notable move throughout the entire series.

Out of all the Pokémon Ash has ever had, his Pikachu is currently the only Electric-type that he's ever had.

Ash was Veronica Taylor's favorite role to voice in her career.

In the French dub, his name was changed to Sacha for unknown reasons.

Aside from the Orange Islands, Johto, the second tour through Kanto and Sinnoh in the beginning, Ash sends all his Pokémon to Professor Oak when he goes to a new region.

This is because according to Gotta Catch Ya Later! Ash wanted to start off a new journey with only his Pikachu because he wanted to have the feeling of leaving Pallet Town for the first time, as he did in Pokémon - I Choose You!

Ash's name is based on one of the three options for one's name in Red/Blue/Yellow.

So far, Ash hasn't officially catch a Pokémon of the Steel, Psychic, Ghost, or Fairy-types, a genderless Pokémon, a Legendary or a Mythical Pokémon.

Ash has, as of yet, not Mega Evolved any of his Pokémon that are capable of doing so.

Similar to Veronica Taylor and Sarah Natochenny, Klariz Magboo, Ash's Filipino voice actress, voices both Ash and his mom.

Ash has been held captive and use as a hostage for almost every villainous organizations in each Region he's been to.

Team Rocket have taken Ash captive in almost every Region he's been to so he wouldn't get in their way. Sometimes, he was captured with his own Pokémon or others that weren't his so he wouldn't get in their way. Team Rocket only used Ash as a hostage for a Pokémon one time so far.

Team Magma had Ash held captive because Pikachu had something they wanted while making sure he wouldn't get in their way.

Team Galactic has hold Ash captive so he wouldn't get in their way and as a hostage for a Pokémon.

Team Flare did take Ash captive as they wanted to use one of the abilities he poses for their plans, Bond Phenomenon. Also, they are the first villainous organization to do so.

Team Aqua and Team Plasma are the only villainous organizations by far not to have Ash held captive or as a hostage for any reason.