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[[folder:Advanced Generation Team as a Whole]]
* AmbiguousGender: Halfway averted this time around - Sceptile and Corphish are pretty implicitly male, and Aipom is confirmed as female. Glalie has been implied to be male as well (the English dub refers to it as a "he", but only once), while Swellow and Torkoal are debatable.
* BackForTheFinale: Mostly during "''An Old Family Blend''", where Ash calling upon ''all'' his reserves back in Oak's lab. Also, Torkoal was lucky enough to be called upon for Ash's second battle with Brandon.
* BadassCrew: While all of Ash's teams have their badass moment, this team in particular gave more even distribution with highlighting each Pokémon.
* DescriptionCut: Ash brags about his team being awesome. Max, seeing the team's (sans Treecko) [[BalloonBelly state]] at the time being, begs to differ.
* GuestStarPartyMember: Torkoal and Glalie were left behind at Oak's lab, and while Phanpy would rejoin the roster, Ash still has an empty slot on his team for the majority of this saga. (Aipom officially filled the sixth slot near the end, but Ash never ended up using her for Frontier challenges.) This gives the other Pokémon over at the lab a little time in the limelight again when a Frontier challenge comes up. This is possibly a precursor to his rotating roster in ''Best Wishes''.
* PutOnABus: Torkoal and Glalie are left behind at Professor Oak's lab at the beginning of the Battle Frontier arc, with Sceptile, Swellow, and Corphish joining them just before Ash heads off to Sinnoh.
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! '''Hoenn Region'''

[[folder: Tailow-Swellow (Subame-Ohsubame)]]
-->'''Voiced in Japanese by:''' Natsuki Yoshihara (Subame), Creator/UnshoIshizuka (Ohsubame)
-->'''Voiced in English by:''' KayzieRogers (Tailow), Darren Dunstan (Swellow, 4Kids), [[Creator/JimmyZoppi Billy Beach]] (Swellow, current)
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Taillow was quite literally the first Pokémon Ash and friends met in Petalburg Woods during the journey to Rustboro City. First showing up to steal Max's chocolate, and being the leader of a massive flock, Taillow would split up from its group to challenge Pikachu to a battle. The battle would eventually lead to Ash capturing it, but not before proving itself to be a Pokémon that displays incredible endurance before finally being knocked out.

Taillow later evolved into Swellow when its will was strong enough to complete a PokéRinger competition. Swellow's incredible endurance as a Taillow would then carry over, which leads it to winning many important battles for Ash from then on as one of his top Hoenn Pokémon. It was also taken along for the Kanto Battle Frontier journey.
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* TheAce: After evolving into Swellow, it has been a major competitor on Ash's team for the rest of the Hoenn saga, as well as parts of the Battle Frontier. During the Hoenn League, he ties with Glalie for the most wins.
* ArsonMurderAndJaywalking: The Rockets express their admiration for the Taillow flock after seeing them shake off Pikachu's electric attacks, and Meowth adds the taste for chocolate cookies.
* BadassBaritone: In the Japanese version, Swellow's has a much deeper voice than Ash's other regional birds and doesn't even sound like a bird. And Swellow is one of the most reliable regional birds he has used in battle, if not ''the'' most reliable one.
* BackForTheDead: Despite its impressive track record during ''Advanced Generation'', it gets taken out rather quickly by Tobias's Latios.
* ContrastingSequelMainCharacter: Swellow was actually quite different from both of his predessesors, Pidgeot and Noctowl. Unlike those two, Swellow was the first capture Ash had in the new region, with Pidgeotto being Ash's second capture in Kanto and Noctowl being his second to last in Johto, and more notably Swellow was the first regional bird Ash caught in its base state. Because of this, Swellow is the first bird to evolve during Ash's journey in the region he caught it (Pidgeot evolved after the Indigo League and Noctowl was already fully evolved). Swellow was also used much more often and successfully than the previous two birds in Gym Battles and especially in the Pokemon League. Because of this, Swellow would become the standard that Ash's flying types would typically follow up through the Kalos region.
* DefeatMeansFriendship: Leader of an aggressive flock in Petalburg Woods, but mere seconds after capture Taillow gets called back out, and all of sense of hostility from him was instantly gone. That's got to be a record.
* TheDreaded: Brock speculated that the reason Petalburg Woods is so quiet during their first day in is that all other Pokémon in the forest run and hide once the flock shows its face.
* FightingSpirit: Definitely has a ton of this, as demonstrated in its very first episode as a Taillow. When Ash invokes this from it during a PokéRinger tournament, Taillow summons so much fighting spirit that it evolves into Swellow on the spot and goes on to win the competition. This spirit very much carries over as a Swellow, too.
* FriendlyRivalry: According to Professor Oak, it and Staraptor have formed one while staying at his ranch, with the two of them often having aerial races with each other.
* HowDoIShotWeb: A couple of episodes are dedicated to Swellow trying to learn and master Aerial Ace [[PowerCopying after Ash saw Winona use it]].
* LightningBruiser: Swellow flies fast, hits really hard and is really, really tough.
* MadeOfIron: It had a surprisingly strong resistance to Electric Attacks, as shown in its debut as well as the Mossdeep gym battle. Most likely, its ability may well be Guts, which actually makes it ''stronger'' the more damage it takes.
** Deconstructed in the former, where Ash was forced to capture Taillow or else it would suffer worse injury from electric attacks if its battle with Pikachu would go on any longer.
* HeadPet: As Taillow, it likes to sit on top of another, larger Pokémon (like Forretress or Torkoal).
* MirrorMatch: First claim to fame was a battle against gym leader Winona's own [[EverythingsBetterWithSparkles shiny]], more powerful Swellow.
* OutOfFocus: As a Taillow. [[TookALevelInBadass Not so much as a Swellow]].
* SpannerInTheWorks: In "Off the Unbeaten Path", Team Rocket would have actually gotten away with stealing the Pokémon and the Orienteering prize (since the Pokémon Center is deserted save for the Pokémon) but for some reason they didn't take Swellow into account, [[FailedASpotCheck perched on the Pokémon Center roof]]. Swellow would immediately take off and bring the heroes back to thwart the Rockets.
* SuperPowerLottery: Seriously, a flying type that was most invulnerable to electric attacks and was a Lightning Bruiser.
* TookALevelInBadass: Upon evolving, Swellow became arguably the most reliable battler of Ash's Hoenn team.
* TheWorfEffect: Swellow was one of Ash's most important and reliable battlers in ''Advance Generation'', but it was one-shotted very easily by Tobias' Latios.
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[[folder: Treecko-Grovyle-Sceptile (Kimori-Juptile-Jukain)]]
-->'''Voiced in Japanese by:''' Creator/YujiUeda
-->'''Voiced in English by:''' Creator/DanGreen (Treeko), Darren Dunstan (Grovyle, 4Kids), Bill Rogers (Grovyle second voice and Sceptile)
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Treecko was once the lone inhabitant of a giant dying tree along the path to Rustboro City, which he refused to leave even after the rest of his herd had moved on. He would gain respect for Ash after the latter helped him save the tree, even though it still died in the end, which results in Treecko allowing Ash to challenge him with Pikachu; leading to his capture. Treecko eventually evolves into a Grovyle during a battle with a Loudred (who evolved into Exploud in return), and goes on to become one of Ash's top fighters during the Hoenn journey.

Grovyle then evolves into Sceptile during the Kanto Battle Frontier journey wishing to protect a Meganium that he had fallen in love with from Team Rocket, but had his heart broken due to Meganium not returning his feelings. After getting over his broken love, Sceptile would go on to become one of Ash's best overall Pokémon; he even managed to take down a Darkrai when Ash called upon him for the Sinnoh League.
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* TheAce: Was Ash's go-to guy for the better part of Advanced Generation, already establishing himself as one of his strongest Hoenn Pokémon or at least as strong as Swellow (see above), competing in all but 2 of Ash's Hoenn Gym Battles and was just as impressive. Sceptile's credibility didn't fade after the AG saga; upon returning in Diamond and Pearl for the Sinnoh League he's the ''only'' Pokémon to ever actually [[DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu defeat Tobias' Darkrai]]. On top of that, after his final evolution and recovering from his HeroicBSOD, Sceptile has only lost twice and his opponents were both Legendary Pokémon.
* AloofAlly: Downplayed, but he has shades of this. He always distances himself from the others whenever they have a break and he is never shown to be playing with other Pokémon. This becomes more apparent after his first evolution, where he only helps his friends whenever he either feels like it or when he is ordered by Ash to do so.
* AttackOfThe50FootWhatever: While trying to fend off a Gulpin horde, Treecko and a stray Gulpin would accidentally find themselves inside a machine that grows them to {{Kaiju}}-size.
* BadassArmFold: All three of his forms have some form of this.
* BrilliantButLazy: Powerful in his own right, he just spends most of the time lazying around, apathetic to almost anything (i.e. whenever the other Pokémon would [[HilarityEnsues cause chaos]], you can see him just sleeping in the background not doing anything). However, unlike Charizard, he's always ready to get out of his nap to fight for his trainer.
* CharacterTics: The twig he holds in his mouth, which separates him from other members of his species.
* ContrastingSequelMainCharacter: Unlike both Kanto and Johto, Treecko is the only starter that Ash catches in the Hoenn region, rather than all 3. He's also Ash's first bipedal grass-type, the first grass-type to evolve to its final evolution, the first to not know a grass-type move when Ash caught it, and the first to never use Vine Whip or Razor Leaf.
* DefeatingTheUndefeatable: He's the only Pokémon to ever defeat [[spoiler: Tobias' Darkrai.]]
* {{Determinator}}: He will continue to battle regardless of disadvantage (condition, typing, evolutionary level, etc.). He even [[spoiler: beat a Darkrai through HeroicResolve]].
* DidNotGetTheGirl: Grovyle fought tooth-and-nail against a wild Tropius to win the heart of Nurse Joy's Meganium. Grovyle won...only to see Meganium tending to Tropius, showing him who her heart belongs to.
* DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu: During the Lily of the Valley Conference in Sinnoh he is able to beat Tobias' Darkrai, which no one else was able to accomplish for the entire tournament.
* FastballSpecial: Several times with Corphish, although who's the thrower and who's the ball depends on the situation.
* ForgotICouldFly: The first time he and the other Pokémon were captured by Team Rocket while he was a Grovyle, he simply cut the net with Leaf Blade. In a later episode during the ''Battle Frontier'' arc, Team Rocket did it again, and Grovyle made no attempt to use any move to cut the net. It should be noted that during the first time, Ash ordered him to use Leaf Blade, and it could be implied that Grovyle couldn't do anything on his own in such situations without receiving orders, maybe because he's BrilliantButLazy.
* ForgotAboutHisPowers: A variation of this trope. His HeroicBSOD didn't make him actually forget how to use moves, but he couldn't overcome his broken heart until bonding Ash and seeing him in danger.
* GreenThumb: He's a grass-type, but he wouldn't learn an actual grass-type attack, BulletSeed, long after his debut.
* HeartbrokenBadass: Grovyle is completely shattered when he finds out Meganium doesn't return his feelings, and this funk continues after he evolves into Sceptile and temporarily loses the ability to use his moves.
* HeroicBSOD: He lost the ability to use any attacks for a few episodes after [[LoveHurts being rejected by a Meganium]] in "Odd Pokémon Out" and he became very frustrated about that. He was only able to snap out of it once Ash was in peril a few episodes later.
* HeroesPreferSwords: His signature move is Leaf Blade.
* HeroicSecondWind: Overgrow gives him a power boost when he's on the ropes; it kicks in twice, once during Ash's gym battle with Norman
* HopeSproutsEternal: Treecko was so determined to save his home, yet in the end the tree still dies. However, a seedling was immediately planted next to its remains to grow and become the Treeckos' new home.
* IShallTauntYou: Treecko becomes well-known for taunting his opponents, especially Team Rocket.
* InASingleBound: Treecko and its evolutionary line have good jumping skills.
* InterspeciesRomance: With a Meganium, although it's a valid pairing in the games. It was one-sided, though.
* IneffectualLoner: Mingling is not his strongest suit. In his first outing with the rest of the twerps' Pokémon, his answer to their curious looks is to climb up a tree and stay there. (High tree branches would later be his favorite roost whenever there's a stopover.) That being said, his teamwork with other Pokémon is pretty good, though.
* IrritationIsTheSincerestFormOfFlattery: When he was asked to take care of some younger starter Pokémon, the Treecko instantly crushed on him, causing her to imitate Ash's Treecko by having a twig in its mouth. Either Treecko saw this as weird, or he was just taking after [[ObliviousToLove his trainer]].
* LaserBlade [[BladeBelowTheShoulder Below The Shoulder]]: The leaves on his elbow start glowing when he uses his Leaf Blade attack.
* MundaneUtility: After their loss in the Dewford gym, Ash tells Treecko to start being laid-back again. Treecko proceeds to use his giant tail as a makeshift bed.
* MyMasterRightOrWrong: During the Pokélantis debacle, Sceptile was frequently ordered by the possessed Ash to resort to dirty tricks in order to win the battle against Brandon (up to and including using the referee as a HumanShield). While obviously appalled by this, Sceptile had no choice but to follow "Ash's" commands.
* NotSoStoic:
** In the "Pokémon-Gotta Dance" short, Treecko attempts with all his might not to get caught in the rhythm of Meowth's dancing device. He eventually submits when it converts into a waltz.
** In a less comedic example, he's clearly fighting back tears in ''Lucario & The Mystery Of Mew'' when [[spoiler: Ash is [[DisneyDeath seemingly]] killed.]]
* OralFixation: With a twig. Grovyle loses it after his evolution, coinciding with his HeroicBSOD, and immediately plucks a new one from a nearby bush after recovering.
* PetTheDog: In his first appearance, as the only one in his herd that wants to keep his old (and dying) tree home alive.
* PetalPower: Learns Leaf Storm by the time he comes back for the Sinnoh semifinals.
* PowerGlows: On the ropes against Spencer's Claydol, Ash and friends notice the bulbs on Sceptile's back start glowing after absorbing sunlight, culminating in Sceptile learning Solarbeam.
* ThePowerOfTheSun: Knows Solarbeam.
* PowerUpLetDown: His newly-learned Leaf Storm doesn't do much in his battle against Darkrai. Good old Leaf Blade did the trick.
* PsychoactivePowers: After having his heart broken by a Meganium, Sceptile found himself unable to initiate attacks properly, only regaining control of his abilities when he broke out his HeroicBSOD. It is worth noting that Sceptile is the first of several Pokémon shown exhibiting power through this trope throughout the anime.
* RebelRelaxation: His default position whenever the group stops on their journey.
* SomethingElseAlsoRises: A flower pops out of his twig when he became victim to LoveAtFirstSight. From the other end of the spectrum, the flower wilts as soon as he gets rejected, a nod to the other visual metaphor used.
* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: To Charizard, solely because he's Ash's Hoenn BrilliantButLazy [[OurDragonsAreDifferent draconic]] Badass. Inverted however because Sceptile was never outright disobedient (at worse was his TenMinuteRetirement), nor did he have a drastic personality change after evolving - he's still Ash's AG powerhouse, functions as TheLancer to Pikachu, and frequently gets involved in the major battles.
* TailSlap: Treecko and Sceptile's version of the Pound attack, where he whips his tail to hit the opponent. (Grovyle instead uses his, erm, hair?)
* TookALevelInBadass: When Ash first caught Treecko, he didn't even know any Grass-Type attacks and wasn't the most skilled battler. Nonetheless, he gradually became the powerhouse of Ash's Hoenn team, and by the time he evolved into Sceptile, he was one of Ash's most powerful Pokemon, comparable with Charizard and Pikachu.
* TookALevelInKindness: Downplayed; Treecko had a bit of an aggressive streak and [[HairTriggerTemper could be quick to anger]]. Once he evolved into Grovyle, he became more more laid-back, and was typically seen peacefully sleeping in a nearby tree-top.
* UndyingLoyalty: Despite his aloof nature, he's proved himself to be very loyal to Ash; indeed [[spoiler: hearing Ash begging him to get up is what gave him the HeroicResolve to overpower Dark Void and defeat Darkrai.]]
%%* VitriolicBestBuds: Showed shades of this with Corphish.
* WhenAllYouHaveIsAHammer:
** For most of his time as a Treecko, he only knew physical attacks and ''no'' grass-type attacks. Otherwise, Treecko would have put up a better performance during the Rustboro gym battle. Learning grass-type attacks later are few and in between. (Bullet Seed early in Advance Generation's 2nd season, Leaf Blade upon evolving into Grovyle, Solarbeam halfway through Battle Frontier (as a Sceptile), and finally, Leaf Storm during the ''Sinnoh League''.)
** In comparison to Ash's other top battlers/main starters in other regions. Sceptile hadn't a special training in other region (charizard), a supernatural ability/super mode (infernape and greninja) or even the "power of slapstick" (oshawott and rowlet). All he always used was his guts and Ash's training only. That was more than enough to ensure many wins under his belt.
* TheWorfEffect: Although he was a formidable battler in his own right and racked up a number of major wins, he could be and was flattened to establish some opponents' credentials.
** He also ended up being one-shotted by Tobias's Latios '''immediately''' after one-shotting Darkrai. Though to be fair, Sceptile are, by nature, [[GlassCannon incredibly]] [[FragileSpeedster fragile]]; they just happen to make up for it by being the strongest and fastest starters. And, to give Sceptile further credit, he nearly did lose to Darkrai, having taken multiple Ice Beams and suffering from Dark Void. Frankly, it just makes the fact Sceptile was able to stand up straight and look a Latios in the eye before fainting even more badass.
* WorfHadTheFlu: A few episodes in the Battle Frontier season has him rendered useless because of a HeroicBSOD.
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[[folder: Corphish (Heigani)]]
-->'''Voiced in Japanese by:''' Creator/KatsuyukiKonishi
-->'''Voiced in English by:''' Creator/MaddieBlaustein (4Kids), Bill Rogers (current)
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Corphish was an abrasive Pokémon that tormented Ash's group, as well as Team Rocket, while they were setting up camp along the beaches of Dewford Island. With the help of Treecko, Ash would finally put an end to Corphish's reign of terror by catching it, making the crayfish Pokémon the third addition to Ash's Hoenn squad. Corphish would go on to being a worthy contributor for Ash throughout the Hoenn journey, and continued to be a part of the team for the Kanto Battle Frontier.
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* AmbiguousSituation: It isn't clear if he's the same Corphish that appeared in "[[Recap/PokemonS6E21WhichWurmplesWhich Which Wurmple's Which]]" two episodes before his capture, but the dub seems to imply it.
* AssShove: On at least two occasions (one of them being Ash himself), someone's been on the receiving end of Corphish's horns. Once, the camera even bothered to make a split-second [[http://serebii.net/anime/pictures/houen/318ps3.shtml close-up]] of Corphish's contact with the victim's behind!
** Ash is on top of a tree, trying to talk to a brooding Treecko, and Corphish, being the latter's friend, tries to get up there as well. Corphish climbs up the tree at an amazingly fast clip, and Ash is still on the tree and thus on Corphish's path, so...
* BadlyBatteredBabysitter: in his own accord, he doesn't seem thrilled about being in charge of a group of baby Pokémon. Three times!
* BloodKnight: He hated being made to do anything besides battle, whether it be performing for a crowd of humans or babysitting a group of baby Pokémon. However, he was always raring to go whenever Ash sent him out during a match.
* BlueAndOrangeMorality: Much of the time Corphish is less of a {{Jerkass}} than that he simply doesn't ''get'' that he's being out of line in his behaviour. He frequently means well and usually just needs a scolding to be set straight.
* BubbleGun: Knows Bubble Beam.
* TheCameo: Shows up in ''Sun and Moon'' during Ash's visit to Kanto with his class.
* ChekhovsGunman: the dub has Ash mention that the Corphish that tormented them in "Gone Corphishin'" might actually be the same one that he pulled out of the water a couple episodes prior.
* DoesNotKnowHisOwnStrength: After getting captured, Ash tries to shake hands with him, only for Corphish to unknowingly give him a shoulder toss.
* FastTunnelling: He tormented Ash and friends (complete with WormSign) while moving fast underground.
* GeniusDitz: Not really the sharpest knife in the drawer, but he's pivotal in foiling Team Rocket during "''It's still Rocket Roll to Me''"; simply by telling Max and Tate to keep quiet before freeing them, giving them the element of surprise against Team Rocket.
* InnocentlyInsensitive: When he's not being a deliberate jerkass, he just doesn't get that he's acting offensively.
* InterspeciesRomance: Fell for a Mawile.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: For all his abrasiveness and insensitivity he does have a redeeming side, like his loyalty (and affection, somewhat) to Ash, as well as his PetTheDog below. He's generally quite gregarious, as well.
* [[NotAllowedToGrowUp Not Allowed To Evolve]]: The only member of the AG team to never evolve (apart from Torkoal, who can't).
* NotSoDifferent: Brock coerces Corphish into helping him perform "Takeshi's Paradise" with this spiel, claiming that as they're both unlucky in love, they should help each other out.
* OddFriendship: [[CharacterizationMarchesOn Only in early Hoenn episodes]], Corphish and Treecko seem to be [[VitriolicBestBuds constantly at odds]], though they'd still stick with each other.
* OvershadowedByAwesome: Corphish thinks this is the case when he first meets a freshly evolved Grovyle. After Grovyle starts easily impressing the rest of the team with his new moves, Corphish tries to prove himself the better mon by challenging a random trainer.
* PetTheDog: After being a bully for most of the episode "A Shroomish Skirmish", Corphish suffers a NoHoldsBarredBeatdown to protect May's Torchic...
* PintsizedPowerhouse: One of the smallest on Ash's team, but he's still one of Ash's primary battlers in AG.
* UnknownRival: He's giving Lombre the DeathGlare in the Mawile episode, to which Lombre is completely oblivious to. Of course, it's hard to tell anything about [[CloudCuckooLander Lombre]]...
* VitriolicBestBuds: Showed shades of this with Sceptile.
* WormSign: In his introduction episode, he was an unknown Pokémon that attacked Ash's group by burrowing under the sand. It wasn't until shortly before his capture that his identity was revealed. Although the episode title (in original and English) [[SpoilerTitle gave it away]].
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[[folder: Torkoal (Cotoise)]]
-->'''Voiced in Japanese by:''' Creator/ShinichiroMiki
-->'''Voiced in English by:''' Creator/MaddieBlaustein (4Kids), [[Creator/JimmyZoppi Billy Beach]] (current)
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Torkoal was befriended by Ash and company after they saved it from being bullied by Steel-type Pokémon during their journey back to Petalburg City. Ash would help the Torkoal defeat the ruler of the Valley of Steel, Steelix, which leads to the tortoise Pokémon accepting Ash's invite to join his Hoenn team. Torkoal overall is very friendly, but is also a bit of a crybaby, and remained one of Ash's lesser used Pokémon. Following the Hoenn journey, Torkoal would remain at Oak's lab, but would later get called upon by Ash for some important battles.
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* BackForTheDead: Is brought back in the Sinnoh League to fight Darkrai, only to be quickly overpowered.
%%* DeathOrGloryAttack: Knows Overheat, although Ash typically made him use the more reliable Flamethrower instead.
* DefendCommand: Iron Defense has Torkoal retract into its shell, making it impervious to most attacks.
* EpicFail: In one episode, it tries to go bipedal in order to kick a soccer ball. It went as well as you'd expect.
* OcularGushers: Pretty emotional, and would cry at the slightest provocation; it would even cry when someone else starts gushing a waterfall! Then it's followed by its nostrils flaring out smoke.
* OutOfFocus: Compared to Swellow, Sceptile, and Corphish, Torkoal didn't have as many moments in the spotlight. And unlike them, doesn't get taken along for the Kanto Battle Frontier journey.
* PlayingWithFire: It knows Flamethrower and Overheat. Also learns Heat Wave later on.
* PluckyComicRelief: When it isn't in a battle, Torkoal tends to have this at its expense.
* TurtlePower: A Fire-type tortoise with strong defense.
* TheWorfEffect: Despite its type advantage, it only won once against a Steel-type Pokémon (unless one counts the practice battle against a Scizor in the episode "Vanity Affair!".
* WorthyOpponent: Its determination in its debut paid off, with the Steelix in the Valley of Steel acknowledging its strength after Torkoal finally defeated it.
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[[folder: Snorunt-Glalie (Yukiwarashi-Onigohri)]]
-->'''Voiced in Japanese by:''' Miyako Ito (Yukiwarashi), Creator/KatsuyukiKonishi (Onigohri)
-->'''Voiced in English by:''' KayzieRogers (Snorunt), Pete Zarustica (Glalie)
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Snorunt was met by Ash and company on Izabe Island during their journey to Sootoplis City. It started off as a mischievous Pokémon by stealing the Hoenn badges that Ash had obtained so far, which causes Ash to chase after Snorunt to get them back. However, seeing Ash go so far as to protect it from an avalanche results in Snorunt beginning to form a bond with him. They next team up to deal with Team Rocket, which results in Snorunt allowing Ash to challenge it with Pikachu, leading to Snorunt's capture.

While not contributing much at first during its time a Snorunt, it eventually evolves into Glalie during a battle against Team Rocket while May's Grand Festival was going on. Glalie would then go on to being a huge powerhouse for Ash for the Ever Grande Conference, but has remained at Oak's lab ever since.
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* BerserkButton: If you try to hit it before it evolves, it will never live it down. Team Rocket learned this the hard way.
* DemotedToExtra: Just like Kingler, Glalie was only used in one regional League, in Hoenn. He was never used in the Battle Frontier or even the Sinnoh League unlike the rest of the Hoenn team. Although unlike Kingler, Ash at least ''considered'' using him.
* DoppelgangerSpin: Knows Double Team.
* EverythingsBetterWithSpinning: During the climax against Morrison's Metang, Glalie spins around to power-up its Headbutt, enough to defeat that Steel-Type Pokémon.
* HarmlessFreezing: His freezing ability is only for pranks on Ash.
* HowDoIShotWeb: Ash spent a much longer time helping Snorunt master Ice Beam than he did with Swellow's Aerial Ace.
* MundaneUtility: On one occasion, it used Ice Beam on a clump of berries to provide a makeshift ice pack for a sickly Ralts.
* OutOfFocus: Despite proving itself to be a powerful battler during the Ever Grande conference, it was [[PutOnABus left at Oak's lab]] when Ash left for the Battle Frontier and hasn't been used since.
* PluckyComicRelief: Acted as this as a Snorunt.
* PowerFloats: As Glalie, its only means of locomotion is by floating.
* PunnyName: In the Japanese version, his name Onigohri is a pun to "onigiri" ("rice ball") and "kouri" ("ice"). At the start of the Hoenn League, when Ash commands Glalie to use an Ice Beam during a training session, Morrison is chasing a giant onigiri and then gets frozen with his onigiri by Glalie.
* RunningGag: It constantly had trouble firing off its Ice Beam correctly. Once it was mastered, it helped it become Glalie.
* TheTrickster: As a Snorunt; the Nurse Joy in the Pokémon Center that he frequents knows he doesn't mean any harm, however.
* TookALevelInBadass: When he was a Snorunt, he lost his only on-screen battle (a Gym Battle only a few episodes after being caught, but still). Evolving into a Glalie did him a world of good. He took down a Charizard, a Pokémon that had a type advantage over him, all by himself after Grovyle was knocked out during a double battle, who knocked out Quilava before. Glalie also defeated Morrison's Metang, another Pokémon with type advantage.
** After evolving, he took out at least one Pokémon in every battle he was in and ''won'' two matches, one of which was against Morrison. To date, he's only been defeated twice in battle: firstly due to [[TakingYouWithMe Destiny Bond]]; and secondly from an explosion between his Ice Beam and Tyson's Sceptile's Solarbeam, and even that was a draw.
* UseYourHead: Knows Headbutt and tends to use it as a FinishingMove. It defeated a Charizard and a ''Metang'' with Headbutt.
* WaveMotionTuningFork: It uses Ice Beam by summoning the attack between its two horns.
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! '''Kanto Battle Frontier'''

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For info on Ash's Aipom, see [[Characters/PokemonDiamondAndPearlAnime Diamond and Pearl Character Sheet]].
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Torkoal was befriended by Ash and company after saving it from being bullied by Steel-Type Pokémon during their journey back to Petalburg City. Ash would help the Torkoal defeat the king of Steel Valley, Steelix, which leads to the tortoise Pokémon accepting Ash's invite to join his Hoenn team. Torkoal overall is very friendly, but is also a bit of a crybaby, and remained one of Ash's lesser used Pokémon. Following the Hoenn journey, Torkoal would remain at Oak's lab, but would later get called upon by Ash for some important battles.

* DefendCommand: Iron Defense has Torkoal retract into his shell and form a barrier, which is impervious to most attacks.
* EpicFail: In one episode, he tries to go bipedal in order to kick a soccer ball. It went as well as you'd expect.
* OcularGushers: Pretty emotional, and would cry at the slightest provocation; he would even cry when someone else starts gushing a waterfall! Then it's followed by its nostrils flaring out smoke.

* PlayingWithFire: He knows Overheat and Flamethrower.
* PluckyComicRelief: When he isn't in a battle, Torkoal tends to have this at his expense.
* TheWorfEffect: Despite his type advantage, he only won once against a Steel-Type Pokémon.
* WorthyOpponent: His determination in his debut paid off, with the king of Steel Valley, Steelix, acknowledging his strength after Torkoal finally defeated him.

* WhenAllYouHaveIsAHammer: For most of his time as a Treecko, he only knew physical attacks and ''no'' grass-type attacks. Otherwise, Treecko would have put up a better performance during the Rustboro gym battle. Learning grass-type attacks later are few and in between. (Bullet Seed early in Advance Generation's 2nd season, Leaf Blade upon evolving into Grovyle, Solarbeam halfway through Battle Frontier (as a Sceptile), and finally, Leaf Storm during the ''Sinnoh League''.)

* ContrastingSequelMainCharacter: Unlike both Kanto and Johto, Treecko is the only starter that Ash catches in the Hoenn region, rather than all 3. He's also Ash's first bipedal grass-type, the first grass-type to evolve to its final evolution, the first to not know a grass-type move when Ash caught it, and the first to never use vine whip or razor leaf.

Grovyle then evolves into Sceptile during the Kanto Battle Frontier journey wishing to protect a Meganium that he had fallen in love with from Team Rocket, but had his heart broken due to Meganium not returning his feelings. After getting over his broken love, Sceptile would go on to become one of Ash's best overall Pokémon, even managing to be the one to take down a Darkrai when Sceptile was called upon for the Sinnoh League.

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* GuestStarPartyMember: Torkoal and Glalie were left behind at Oak's lab, and while Phanphy would rejoin the roster, Ash still has an empty slot on his team for the majority of this saga. (Aipom officially filled the sixth slot near the end, but Ash never ended up using her for Frontier challenges.) This gives the other Pokémon over at the lab a little time in the limelight again when a Frontier challenge comes up. This is possibly a precursor to his rotating roster in ''Best Wishes''.

* AmbiguousSituation: It isn't clear if he's the same Corphish that appeared in "[[Recap/PokemonS6E21WhichWurmpleIsWhich Which Wurmple Is Which]]" two episodes before his capture, but the dub seems to imply it.

* GuestStarPartyMember: Torkoal and Glalie were left behind at Oak's lab, and while Phanphy would rejoin the roster, Ash still has an empty slot on his team for this saga. This gives the other Pokémon over at the lab a little time in the limelight again when a Frontier challenge comes up. This is possibly a precursor to his rotating roster in ''Best Wishes''.

* TheAce: Was Ash's go to guy for the better part of Advanced Generation, already establishing himself as one of his strongest Hoenn Pokémon or at least as strong as Swellow (see above), competing in all but 2 of Ash's Hoenn Gym Battles and was just as impressive. Sceptile's credibility didn't fade after the AG saga; upon returning in Diamond and Pearl for the Sinnoh League he's the ''only'' Pokémon to ever actually [[DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu defeat Tobias' Darkrai]]. On top of that, after his final evolution and recovering from his HeroicBSOD, Sceptile has only lost twice and his opponents were both Legendary Pokémon.

* HeartbrokenBadass: Grovyle and Sceptile, the former being dumped and the latter being completely useless after losing his moveset.

* HeroicSecondWind: Overgrow gives hims a power boost when he's on the ropes.

* IrritationIsTheSincerestFormOfFlattery: When he was asked to take care of some younger starter Pokémon, the Treecko instantly crushed on him, causing her/it(?) to imitate Ash's Treecko by having a twig in its mouth. Either Treecko saw this as weird, or he was just taking after [[ObliviousToLove his trainer]].
* LaserBlade [[BladeBelowTheShoulder Below The Shoulder]]: the leaves on his elbow start glowing when he uses his Leaf Blade attack.

* DidNotGetTheGirl: Grovyle fought tooth-and-nail against a wild Tropius to win the heart of Nurse Joy's Meganium. Grovyle won... only to see Meganium tending to Tropius, showing him who her heart belongs to.

* OutOfFocus: Compared to Swellow, Sceptive, and Corphish, Torkoal didn't have as many moments in the spotlight. And unlike them, doesn't get taken along for the Kanto Battle Frontier journey.

** TheDogBitesBack: ...and goes right back to being a JerkAss to Torchic once it's all over. Problem is, Torchic is now Combusken (thanks to the above) and isn't having it, type disadvantage be damned.