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 Major Battles

Opponent		Partner(s)	Starly / Staravia / Staraptor's Result	Episode
Trainer	Pokémon
Ash	Aipom	None	Captured	DP002
Paul	Starly	None	Defeated	DP003
Jessie	Dustox	Brock's Bonsly	Won, defeated by Brock's Bonsly	DP013
James	Cacnea		Won, defeated by Staravia, evolved into Staravia
Gardenia	Turtwig	None	Defeated	DP031
	Cherubi	None	Won	DP037
	Turtwig		Defeated
Maylene	Machoke	None	Won	DP068
	Meditite		Won
	Lucario		Defeated
Paul	Honchkrow	None	Won, evolved into Staraptor	DP118
Candice	Medicham	None	Won
	Abomasnow		Defeated
Paul	Torterra	None	Torterra recalled	DP131
	Weavile		Won
	Ursaring		Defeated	DP132
Nando	Roserade	None	Won	DP183
	Armaldo		Defeated
Paul	Gastrodon	None	Staraptor recalled	DP186
	Drapion		Defeated	DP187

Known moves

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Trivia

• Despite the fact Ash's Staraptor and other members of his evolution family know 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, the Czech dub refers to him as female. The same happens in the Latin American Spanish dub.
• Upon evolution into Staravia, he 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 and counting 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 amount of episodes to reach his final form with 116. Pidgeot taking 78, Noctowl being fully evolved upon its capture, Swellow taking 76 episodes and Unfezant taking 66 episodes to fully evolve.
• When he 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.

Gallery

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Staraptor using Quick Attack.

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Ash's Staraptor as a Starly

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Ash's Staraptor as a Staravia

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Staraptor, just after evolving.

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