Dwayne's Chikorita

**Dwayne's Chikorita** (Japanese: **ドゥエインのチコリータ** *Douein's Chicorita*) is the second Pokémon that Dwayne caught during his travels in the Johto region, and his fourteenth overall.

## **New Era**

### **Johto Journey**

While heading towards Azalea Town, Dwayne decides to take a mountainous trail. Just then, he notices a wild Chikorita sunbathing nearby. Remarking on how rare a wild Chikorita was, Dwayne decides to try and capture it, and promptly sets out Heracross. Seeing this, Chikorita immediately kicks up, and charges towards Heracross with Tackle, but Heracross counters with Fury Attack, but Chikorita surprisingly manages to dodge all of Heracross's attacks. Chikorita then uses Razor Leaf, but Heracross shoots them down with Megahorn, then hits Chikorita with it. Dwayne throws a Poké Ball, but Chikorita simply swats it back, which surprises Dwayne, as Chikorita was clearly still able to fight. Chikorita then uses her Vine Whip attack to hit a nearby tree and cause sap to leak out, which causes Heracross to discard the battle and treat himself to the sap, and Dwayne recalls him as a result.

Dwayne sends Roselia out, though Chikorita remains steadfast. She charges at Roselia, who holds her off with Power Whip. Then, Dwayne orders a Petal Dance, but Chikorita uses Vine Whip to trip Roselia, who inadvertently hits Dwayne with the attack. Chikorita then fires another Razor Leaf, but Roselia dodges and flies in for another Power Whip. Chikorita counters by charging up an Energy Ball, and just as Roselia is inches away from Chikorita, Chikorita fires off Energy Ball, which explodes on both Pokémon's faces. Dwayne runs over, and recalls Roselia. Chikorita struggles to stand and collapses again from exhaustion, and Dwayne decides to take Chikorita to the nearest Pokémon Center.

Later, Dwayne is approaching the Pokémon Center when Chikorita awakens. Dwayne reassures her, but Chikorita bites his arm. Later, Nurse Joy announces that Chikorita will be fine after some rest. She then asks if Dwayne is okay, noticing the bite mark on his arm, and Dwayne assures that he is alright. Nurse Joy goes on to explain that the Chikorita in the area are stubborn and relentless in battle, qualities that Dwayne admires. Suddenly, Chikorita comes running out of the hallway and back outside, and Nurse Joy says that Chikorita hasn't properly healed yet, and would be dangerous for her, and Dwayne decides to chase after Chikorita, not wanting to her to risk her well-being. Dwayne chases Chikorita into the mountains, where he finally loses track of the Grass-type Pokémon.

Disheartened, Dwayne reluctantly decides to return to the Pokémon Center, and begins trailing back when Chikorita suddenly runs by. Dwayne attempts to stop her, but ends up slipping and falling as Chikorita disappears. Realizing it was starting to snow, Dwayne makes his way to a cave and sits around a small fire he started. However, Dwayne impulsively runs out in search of Chikorita after thinking about Chikorita being out in the cold, and he eventually falls down a tunnel, where he finds Chikorita shivering from the cold. Upon seeing Dwayne, Chikorita jumps into his arms. Dwayne then makes his way back to the cave and ends up bundling together with Chikorita to wait out the weather.

The next day, the snowstorm stops, and Dwayne and Chikorita try make it back to the Pokémon Center. However, they are intercepted by an Ursaring, who is ready to attack them. Chikorita uses Razor Leaf on the Ursaring, and under Dwayne's orders, she Vine Whips the Hibernator Pokémon, causing it to become even angrier. Ursaring unleashes a Hyper Beam, but Chikorita uses Vine Whip to push Dwayne out of the way before dodging the attack herself, and subsequently puts Ursaring to sleep with Grass Whistle, and Dwayne and Chikorita quickly run off afterwards.

They successfully return to the Pokémon Center, where Nurse Joy completely manages to finish Chikorita's treatment, and Chikorita's health and strength is fully recovered, and Dwayne expresses his relief that Chikorita is alright, and soon prepares to leave and continue his journey. However, Chikorita follows him as she begins to depart and waves her scent in Dwayne's face. Nurse Joy explains that Chikorita has taken quite a liking to him, and wants to join him. Asking Chikorita if she truly wanted to join his team, Chikorita replies by giving Dwayne a kiss on the cheek. Dwayne thanks Chikorita and throws a Poké Ball, capturing the Leaf Pokémon.

When Dwayne challenged the Azalea Gym, Chikorita was chosen as Dwayne's second Pokémon to battle against Bugsy's Spinarak. Bugsy questions Dwayne's decision to use a Grass-type, but Dwayne retorts that unconventional strategies are worth the risk sometimes. The battle resumes, and Spinarak makes the first move, a String Shot attack. Chikorita manages to dodge it and replies with a Vine Whip. Spinarak, however, uses its threads to evade the attack and reach a nearby tree. Spinarak then swings from tree to tree using it String Shot. Dwayne orders Chikorita to focus in and use Vine Whip, though Spinarak continues to dodge. Spinarak uses Poison Sting, but Valeria has Chikorita counter the attack with Razor Leaf. Chikorita then catches Spinarak off guard with her Grass Whistle and follows up with an Energy Ball, winning Dwayne the round. Bugsy is surprised, while Chikorita is overjoyed with her victory and hugs Dwayne as a result.

Bugsy then sends out Metapod, much to Dwayne's surprise, but he nonetheless remains cautious and notes that Metapod must be strong otherwise Bugsy wouldn't use it in a Gym battle. Dwayne has Chikorita use Vine Whip. Metapod uses Harden to increase its defenses and blocks the attack. Chikorita tries a Razor Leaf, but no avail with another Harden. Bugsy tells his Metapod to jump and use Tackle, surprising Dwayne and knocking out Chikorita.

Chikorita was selected as Dwayne's third and final Pokémon during his first battle against Whitney, the Goldenrod City Gym Leader, where he was paired up against her Miltank. Dwayne commands her to use Razor Leaf. Chikorita hits it, but it has no effect on the still-spinning Miltank. Whitney tells Valeria that Miltank is spinning so fast, Chikorita's attacks had zero effect. Dwayne decides to switch strategies and has Chikorita use Grass Whistle to try and put Miltank to sleep, but Miltank is too fast and gets a direct hit before Chikorita can use her attack. Chikorita tries to get up but is hit again gets knocked out, giving Whitney the victory.

During Dwayne's rematch against Whitney, Chikorita was chosen as his second Pokémon, battling against Miltank. Chikorita uses Vine Whip to make ditches. Chikorita goes on Miltank, but Miltank rolls out on the side to get Chikorita off and hits her. This was part of a three-step plan by Dwayne: Exhaust Miltank with Heracross, then create ditches in the field with Chikorita, before using the aforementioned ditches to gain the upper hand and finally defeat Miltank with Noctowl.

During Dwayne's Ecruteak Gym battle against Morty, Chikorita was chosen as Dwayne's second Pokémon to battle against Morty's Gastly. Chikorita begins by using Energy Ball, which knocks Gastly backwards. Gastly lies on the ground for a moment before recovering itself. Chikorita then uses Vine Whip, but Gastly dodges and counters with Night Shade, and Chikorita gets struck, and is declared knocked out and unable to battle any further.

When Dwayne challenged the Cianwood Gym, Chikorita was his first Pokémon of choice, battling against Chuck's Poliwrath. Dwayne orders an Energy Ball attack, which Poliwrath dodges. After two miss, the third Energy Ball hits Poliwrath. Dwayne orders Chikorita into a Vine Whip while Chuck tells Poliwrath to focus its energy. The Vine Whip has no effect on Poliwrath and Chikorita ricochets onto the ground when Poliwrath pulls Chikorita through her vines. Chuck then orders a Double Slap attack which knocks Chikorita out of the battle.

During Dwayne's first battle against Clair at the Blackthorn Gym, Chikorita was his first Pokémon of choice, battling against Clair's Kingdra. Chikorita tries to use Razor Leaf on Kingdra, and despite a direct hit, Kingdra easily shakes the attack off. Kingdra responds with Twister, which catches Chikorita. However, Chikorita manages to recover, and launches an Energy Ball, only for Kingdra to shake it off as well. Kingdra continues the battle with Hydro Pump, which Chikorita returns fire with Energy Ball. Seeing how Chikorita's attacks are having no effect, Dwayne recalls her, but the battle later gets called off due to a burglary within the Dragon's Den.

The next day, Dwayne and Clair are standing inside the Blackthorn Gym, preparing to start their rematch, which will be a three-on-three battle. Chikorita was selected as Dwayne's second Pokémon, battling against Clair's Gyarados. Clair has Gyarados use Hyper Beam, but Chikorita avoids the attack before blasting Gyarados with Energy Ball. Clair is momentarily surprised by Chikorita's speed but quickly orders Gyarados to use Bite. Chikorita avoids the attack before retaliating with a Razor Leaf. However, Gyarados uses Dragon Breath to form a barrier that blocks the incoming attack. Gyarados follows up with a Hydro Pump, which Chikorita tries to dodge, but gets grazed by it and is knocked down to the ground, and the blast causes a hole in the Gym's roof, letting the sunlight shine in. In a surprising maneuver, Gyarados leaps out of the water and starts squeezing Chikorita in a tight wrap. However, Chikorita's leaf atop of her head begins glowing with the sunlight, and Dwayne realizes that Chikorita had learned a new attack, and commands her to use Solar Beam, and the attack lands at a point-blank distance, dealing notable damage on the Atrocious Pokémon before it can move away. Gyarados tries to use Bite, but Chikorita dodges the large jaws before finding herself trapped in a corner. Gyarados attempts to finish Chikorita off with a Hydro Pump, but Chikorita's fear of the Atrocious Pokémon causes her to let out a loud cry, before spinning her leaf around in a crazily rapid manner, and she unleashes Leaf Storm, which engulfs Gyarados and causes him to faint, while Chikorita quickly regains her composure upon realizing that Gyarados was defeated.

Dwayne and Clair's match continues as Clair sends out her final and strongest Pokémon: Dragonair. Chikorita repeatedly uses Leaf Storm, but Dragonair keeps dodging them all. Dwayne's intentions suddenly become apparent as Dragonair dives close to the ground as it dodges the attacks, giving Chikorita a chance to use Vine Whip. Dragonair once again evades the attack and knocks Chikorita out with a Hyper Beam.

Shortly before Dwayne's match against Sydney at the Silver Conference, Chikorita and Totodile are relaxing outside. They then see an apple from a tree, which Chikorita tries to grab with Vine Whip. At the same time, a Venusaur, accompanied by a Slowking, also see the same apple. The two Grass-type Pokémon get into a heated tug-of-war over the apple. As Totodile and Slowking receive their halves, Slowking throws its piece towards Totodile, hitting it in the face and knocking off the other half of the apple. As Venusaur and Slowking laugh at Totodile's misfortunes, Totodile's short-tempered side rears itself, and he prepares to pick a fight with the two, only to be restrained by Chikorita. As Chikorita tries to apologize, Slowking slaps her in the face, bringing out Totodile's anger once again.

Chikorita easily shakes it off and tries once more to restrain Totodile. As the two leave, Venusaur's vine latches onto Chikorita, tripping her, and causing Slowking and Venusaur to laugh once again. Chikorita finally loses her temper and smacks Slowking in the face with Vine Whip, and she and Totodile laugh at them, and the four Pokémon begin fighting each other. Then, Dwayne hears that a Pokémon brawl is happening outside, with Chikorita and Venusaur involved. Dwayne and Sydney figure that their Pokémon are involved, and rush out. Seeing their Pokémon grappling, they try in vain to quell the fighting. Only when Raven appears with her Alcremie does the fighting stop, by way of Sweet Scent.

Later that day, Dwayne's match against Sydney finally begins, and Chikorita was chosen as his third and final Pokémon to battle against Sydney's Gligar. Gligar begins with a Rock Slide, which Chikorita counters with Razor Leaf. Chikorita avoids the same Tailwind-boosted circling strategy that defeated Noctowl by using a spinning Vine Whip to cut off Gligar's space. The vine soon connects and swats Gligar aside. Nevertheless, Gligar attempts X-Scissor, but the attack is blocked by a last-minute Razor Leaf. Finally, Chikorita fires Solar Beam at Gligar, and with the bright sunlight, the attack gets charged instantly, and Solar Beam hits directly, knocking Gligar out of the battle.

Chikorita and Venusaur are now battling for the match, and the prior bad blood is still fresh in their minds. Trading off Razor Leafs and Vine Whips, Venusaur appears to be more powerful as some of its Razor Leaves hit Chikorita and it manages to throw Chikorita while locked in the Vine Whip. Narrowly dodging several Petal Blizzard attempts, Chikorita connects with another Razor Leaf. Evading another Vine Whip from Venusaur with her own Vine Whip, however, allows Venusaur to hit Chikorita while airborne with a super-effective Sludge Bomb. However, Chikorita manages to evade Venusaur's follow-up Razor Leaf and uses another Vine Whip to hook on to Venusaur's bulb and pelt it with more Razor Leafs.

Both slowly get back up and wear each other down by hitting each other in the face with Vine Whips. On the sidelines, Skyler wonders why they aren't taking time to evade the attacks, in which Jade explains that the battle may be of pride as well, and thus both are willing to take as much as they are willing to give. As they talk, both Grass types cross counter with their Vine Whip attacks. Getting up one last time, Chikorita and Venusaur trade off Leaf Storm and Petal Blizzard, respectively. The pair emerge standing despite the large explosion. They both smirk at each other before collapsing on the battlefield, forcing the referee to declare a tied result. Despite the draw, both Trainers congratulate each other on a battle well fought, and the rival Grass types also shake vines. With the tie game, Dwayne officially advances to the victory round from Group H.

During Dwayne's match against Jade at the quarter-finals of the tournament, Chikorita was chosen as Dwayne's fourth Pokémon to battle against Jade's Kangaskhan, 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.

Following Dwayne's decision to travel to the Hoenn region, Chikorita, along with Dwayne's other Pokémon (with the exception of Gardevoir and Dratini) were left at Professor Oak's Laboratory.

### **Frontier Challenge**

When Dwayne challenged the Battle Pyramid for the third time, Chikorita was chosen as his second Pokémon to battle against Brandon's Dusclops. Dusclops fires Shadow Punch, and Chikortia takes it. Chikorita's Razor Leaf hits home, and Dusclops uses Mean Look. Chikorita's Vine Whip misses and she takes another Shadow Punch, sending Chikorita flying. Mid-air, Chikorita uses Leech Seed, which wraps Dusclops and saps energy. Dusclops uses Will-O-Wisp, but Razor Leaf negates it. Dwayne orders Chikorita to use Solar Beam, but Dusclops fires a Confuse Ray, disorienting Chikorita and causing Solar Beam to fire towards the roof.

Chikorita takes another Shadow Punch, and tries to use Vine Whip, but the vines are out of her control and begin whipping Chikorita herself. Another Shadow Punch sends Chikorita flying, and Dwayne catches her. The vines attacks herself and Chikorita. Dwayne yells out to Chikorita, and Chikorita snaps out of her confusion. With Chikorita no longer confused, Dwayne tells her to try Solar Beam again. While Chikorita is charging the attack, Dusclops tries to defeat her by firing Shadow Punch, but this time Chikorita dodges and fires Solar Beam, knocking out Dusclops. Brandon summons Ninjask, and Dwayne decides to recall Chikorita for the time being.

Chikorita gets called back out to face Brandon's Solrock in battle. Solrock uses Psywave, but Chikorita dodges and fires Razor Leaf. Solrock uses Confusion to stop the attack, and sends the leaves back at Chikorita. Chikorita charges with Vine Whip, but Solrock uses Confusion again to sends Chikorita flying, but she bounces off the wall. Solrock fires Shadow Ball, but Chikorita dodges. Chikorita fires Leech Seed, hitting Solrock and begins sapping away its energy. Solrock fires another Psywave, hitting Chikorita. Chikorita fires Solar Beam, which Solrock matches with its own. Both attacks collide, and the force causes a double knockout.

Following Dwayne's victory at the Battle Pyramid, Chikorita was returned to Professor Oak's Laboratory.

## **Personality and Characteristics**

Characteristically stubborn, Chikorita enjoys participating in battles that enable her to grow stronger, and even when facing off against opponents that are much larger and stronger than herself, Chikorita refuses to back down, and even at the face of defeat, Chikorita remains ever-confident and refuses to showcase any signs of weakness. At the same time, Chikorita also displays great levels of maturity and patience, shown when she and Heracross got themselves into a fight against Sydney's Venusaur and Slowking at the Silver Conference, with Chikorita initially wanting to keep the peace and keeping Heracross at bay. However, Chikorita's patience has limits, as after one too many cheap shots by Venusaur and Slowking, Chikorita gave up on her attempts to remain friendly, and whole-heartedly took pleasure in joining Heracross in attacking and humilating Venusaur and Slowking.

Chikorita is also an incredibly affectionate Pokémon, but also displays tremendous levels of jealousy and often fought for attention over Dwayne's other Pokémon. Chikorita possesses obvious, yet extreme levels of affection towards her Trainer, which sometimes proves to be rather obcessive and possessive, even in the midst of battle, seen when Chikorita, after being called out of her Poké Ball, immediately jumped into Dwayne's arms during the latter's battle against Bugsy.

Despite her small size, Chikorita is an absurdly powerful Pokémon, being capable of defeating opponents of much larger sizes, and even overcome type disadvantages, such as Bugsy's Spinarak and Clair's Gyarados. Her pride is also one of her greatest strengths, which was noted by Jade during the Johto League, where Chikorita's pride kept her going during her battle against Sydney's Venusaur, where despite facing off against a fully-evolved Pokémon, Chikorita not only managed to remain equal in terms of power, and despite ultimately tying with the Seed Pokémon, Chikorita earned both Venusaur's and the audience's respect for her fighting spirit.