Ash's Palpitoad

Ash's Palpitoad
Information
Type	Water /  Ground
Gender	Male
Trainer(s)	Ash Ketchum
Appears in	Pokémon the Series: Black & White
Debut	Facing Fear with Eyes Wide Open!
Current location	Professor Oak's Laboratory
In other languages
Japanese	Name サトシのガマガル Satoshi no Gamagaru (Satoshi's Gamagaru) Voice actor(s) Chiaki Takahashi Notes Depending on the context, "の" may be the possessive, unless it is used in the name of a character, Pokémon, or fossil.
Japanese	Name サトシのガマガル Satoshi no Gamagaru (Satoshi's Gamagaru) Voice actor(s) Chiaki Takahashi Notes Depending on the context, "の" may be the possessive, unless it is used in the name of a character, Pokémon, or fossil.
English	Name Ash's Palpitoad Voice actor(s) Jimmy Zoppi
English	Name Ash's Palpitoad Voice actor(s) Jimmy Zoppi
Other details
Captured in	Facing Fear with Eyes Wide Open! (location: Route 4 (Unova))

This Palpitoad is a Water/Ground-type Pokémon owned by Ash. It is the seventh Pokémon that Ash caught in Unova.

Personality

Palpitoad is very protective towards his own territory, which was shown in his debut. Also, he likes to show himself being the boss. He is satisfied to have Ash as his trainer and are able to work well together, since he has a strong love of battling.

Biography

Black & White series

Ash found Palpitoad while trying to find some medicine for his Pokémon after Ash's Oshawott defeated the group of Tympole that he ordered them to attack them both Ash and his Oshawott. Palpitoad attacked Ash and he used Oshawott to battle it after Oshawott finally opened his eyes while using Aqua Jet. He hit Palpitoad and knocked it out, and then he caught it. As Ash had a full party, Palpitoad's Poké Ball shrank and was disabled. He caught it the same time Cilan caught his Stunfisk.

Palpitoad was used in the Don Battle Tournament, where it faced off against Burgundy's Stoutland. He managed to hold his ground well and defeated Stoutland with a powerful Hydro Pump. He was proven to be a key member of his team and a true powerhouse Pokémon. Palpitoad was up against Dino's Darumaka in the semifinals and it once again proved its power to Ash by defeating Darumaka in an instant with a single Hydro Pump, but despite his efforts, Pikachu was defeated in the final battle against Iris.

Palpitoad was used against the Gym Leader, Elesa. It battled against her Zebstrika, but had a hard time battling the speedy Pokémon. Palpitoad came back with Supersonic and defeated it with a powerful combination of Mud Shot and Hydro Pump. It lost against her Emolga because it got immobilized with Attract (revealing him to be male) and then he got knocked out with Aerial Ace.

Palpitoad battled against Roxie's Garbodor, where his trainer tried to attack it with a super effective Mud Shot, which was always countered or dodged. Even though he overpowered Hyper Beam with Hydro Pump, Mud Shot was blocked by Gunk Shot, which poisoned him, followed by being hit with Venoshock twice, of which it's power doubled because he was poisoned. Palpitoad couldn't endure the massively powerful combination of poison attacks, and fainted. Pikachu proceeded to pull through and defeat the powerhouse, which earned Ash his final Unova badge.

Palpitoad was summoned during Ash's fourth Vetress Conference battle against Stephan's Zebstrika, to see who would advance into the Quarterfinals. After dodging Palpitoad's Mud Shot, Zebstrika hit him with a Double Edge, and almost crushed him with Stomp. Palpitoad was finally able to land a blow with his newly learned Sludge Wave, which did devastating damage and also poisoned his foe, injuring it even further Zebstrika came back and hit Palpitoad hard with Façade, which did twice the damage because he was poisoned. Palpitoad's Supersonic came back and confused Zebstrika, which made him bash his head against the wall and drove his trainer completely crazy, and followed up by blasting him with Hydro Pump. Zebstrika recovered and hit Palpitoad back with a Giga Impact, while Palpitoad hit back with a Mud Shot, which, combined with the poison, knocked Zebstrika out. However, the Mud Shot propelled him backwards and smashed into a wall, which, combined with the Giga Impact damage, resulted in knocking himself out.

Ash left Palpitoad after his journeys through Unova to Professor Oak's lab.

Journeys series

When Ash and Goh returned to Professor Oak's lab, Palpitoad was seen among the Pokémon eager to see Ash again. He took a liking to Goh and was cuddling up to him whenever he could.

Palpitoad appeared in JN118.

Known moves

• Using Mud Shot
• Using Hydro Pump
• Using Supersonic
• Using Sludge Wave

1/4

Move	Type	First Used
Mud Shot	Ground	BW034: Facing Fear with Eyes Wide Open!
Hydro Pump	Water	BW034: Facing Fear with Eyes Wide Open!
Supersonic	Normal	BW034: Facing Fear with Eyes Wide Open!
Sludge Wave	Poison	BW108: Strong Strategy Steals the Show!

Voice actors

• Chiaki Takahashi (Japanese)
• Jimmy Zoppi (English)

Trivia

• Palpitoad is the second Water-type Pokémon with a secondary type that Ash has had (the first one was Lapras, which was released).
• Palpitoad is the first evolved Pokémon Ash has captured in the Unova region.
• Palpitoad is the first Pokémon to be caught at the same time as another main character's Pokémon, as Ash and Cilan caught both Palpitoad and Stunfisk at the same time.
• Palpitoad is one of the few Pokémon belonging to Ash that knows a Poison-type move.
• Palpitoad is one of the members of Ash's team not to appear in any of the Pokémon movies.
• Palpitoad is Ash's Pokémon who have the most consecutive episode absences, from Strong Strategy Steals the Show! to The Dream Continues!, 36 episodes in total.

Gallery

Ash and Palpitoad

Palpitoad with his teammates