Ash's Staraptor

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Ash's Staraptor
Pokémon information
Type	normal / flying
Gender	Male
Ability	[[Intimidate (Not activated)]]
Trainer	Ash Ketchum
Debut	DP002: Two Degrees of Separation!
Current location	At Oak's Lab

Ash's Staraptor is one of Ash's Pokémon.

Biography

Ash captured Staraptor as a Starly, and it evolved into Staravia when battling Team Rocket. Then, when they were battling Paul in a Pokéringer Contest, Staravia soon evolved into Staraptor and learned Close Combat, defeating Paul's Honchkrow. When Ash finished the Sinnoh League and decided to begin a new start in the Unova region journey, he sent Staraptor to Professor Oak's Lab.

Staraptor's Battles

Stage	Episode	Opponent Trainer	Opponent Pokémon	Result
Starly	DP002	Ash	Aipom	Starly captured
	DP003	Paul	Starly	Lose
Starly / Staravia	DP014	Jessie	Dustox	Win
Staravia	DP031	Gardenia	Turtwig	Lose
	DP037	Gardenia	Cherubi	Win
			Turtwig	Lose
	DP052 (with Torterra)	Brock	Croagunk	Defeated by Torterra
		Holly	Farfetch'd	Defeated by Torterra and Staravia
	DP066	Reggie	Swalot	Lose
	DP068	Maylene	Machoke	Win
			Meditite	Staravia recalled
			Lucario	Lose
	DP085	Jessie	Seviper and Yanmega	Lose
	DP118 (PokeRinger)	Taylor	Skarmory	Win
Staravia / Staraptor		Paul	Honchkrow	Win
Staraptor	DP127	Candice	Medicham	Win
			Abomasnow	Lose
	DP131	Paul	Torterra	Torterra recalled
			Weavile	Win
	DP132		Ursaring	Lose
	DP183	Nando	Roserade	Win
			Armaldo	Lose
	DP186	Paul	Gastrodon	Staraptor recalled
	DP187		Drapion	Lose

Known moves

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Trivia

• Despite the fact Ash's Staraptor knows Gust, it is impossible for Starly, Staravia, or Staraptor to learn it in the games. This error was also present in the Japanese version. The dub changed it to Whirlwind in Starly's initial appearance, but left it as Gust until Getting the Pre-Contest Titters!, after Starly had evolved into Staravia, when it was dubbed as Whirlwind again, and has been since.
• Though Staraptor is confirmed to be male, in the Czech and Latin American Spanish dub, Staraptor is female.
• Upon evolution into Staravia, Staraptor was the 40th Pokémon species Ash has owned, counting the technically unofficial Larvitar and Haunter.
• Upon his final evolution, Staraptor became the 50th Pokémon that Ash has obtained, including evolutions, Seaking and Haunter. However, Haunter was not officially his and Seaking was released as part of contest rules.
• Out of all of Ash's Bird Pokémon, Staraptor took the longest to reach his final form with 116. Pidgeot taking 78, Noctowl being fully evolved upon capture, Swellow taking 76 episodes and Unfezant taking 66 episodes to fully evolve.
• When Staraptor entered as a Staravia, Staraptor was the second of Ash's Pokémon to evolve during a PokéRinger tournament. The first was Swellow, who entered as a Taillow.
• As a Starly, Staraptor was the first of Ash's Flying Pokémon, who Pikachu didn't battle before his capture. The second being Ash's Fletchinder when it was a Fletchling.