Hybrid: As of the 122nd episode of the Sun
and Moon anime Ash has currently caught a
total of 87 different species of Pokemon and
while a good number of those Pokemon may have
originally been owned by other trainers, he
has also borrowed other trainers pokemon and
has had command over certain wild Pokemon
on multiple different occasions, and while
he may not have had complete ownership of
them, he did have temporary ownership of these
Pokemon. And there are a lot of interesting
and unexpected Pokemon that hes commanded
before, so in today’s video! We’re gonna
go over all of Ash’s borrowed or in other
words temporarily owned Pokemon. And helping
me out with this video we have Lumiose City’s
most popular trainer, and anime enthusiast!
Zac: What’s going on everyone? Lumiose Trainer
Zac here! Like Hybrid mentioned we’ll be
going over all of Ash’s Temporary Pokemon
but since theres quite a lot of them, we’re
just gonna briefly talk about most of them,
while going in-depth with some of the more
important ones. Every Pokemon that he partnered
up with, that wasn’t his, will be mentioned
in this video. So this includes ride Pokemon,
rented pokemon, other trainers Pokemon, and
even wild Pokemon, but don’t worry as we’ll
be sure to specify which category each Pokemon
falls under as we go through the list.
Hybrid: Once you’re done watching this video
be sure to go check out the video we made
over on Zac’s channel on Ash’s Top 10
Capture Moments! You definitely don't wanna
miss it! So with all that outta the way…
Let’s get started!
Pidgey & Rattata: The first two Pokemon that
Ash borrowed were ironically Pidgey and Rattata
from trainers that left them to heal at Viridian
city’s Pokemon Center. Ash TRIED to use
them when Team Rocket was attacking the Center
in the second episode, but Jessie’s Ekans
intimidated them away before he even got to
use them.
Ponyta which later evolved into Rapidash:
I’m sure fans of the old anime remember
this one. A race called the BIg P Pokemon
Race was being held in the episode “The
Flame Pokemon-atholon” and the top contender
of the race Lara was injured by Team Rocket.
Thankfully Ash decided to ride Lara’s Ponyta
in her place, and while they were losing,
Ponyta evolved into Rapidash during the race
allowing them to take 1st place.
Porygon: In the banned episode “Electric
Soldier Porygon”, Ash and his friends had
to borrow a Porygon from Dr.Akhirabara so
that they could enter cyberspace and stop
Team Rocket from stealing Pokemon from the
PC, but unfortunately using Porygon in cyberspace
eventually led it to be banned from the anime.
If you want to know more then be sure to check
out my video on Why Porygon Shouldn’t Have
Been Banned.
Togepi: This one was weird because Ash is
the one who found the Togepi egg in “Attack
of The Prehistoric Pokemon” and was the
one to mainly take care of the egg as well.
Even after Togepi hatched Ash won the battle
between Meowth, Brock, and Misty for ownership
of Togepi, but Togepi still decided to stick
with Misty. But still it doesn’t discount
the fact that Ash took care of it as an Egg!
Weezing, Arbok, and Meowth: No. They’re
not actually the Weezing, Arbok, and Meowth
that you think they are. During the episode
“The Ultimate Test” Ash had to partake
in the Pokemon League Entrance Exam. During
this exam the instructor made Ash choose 3
Pokemon from a set of Pokeballs that he provided,
and funny enough, all 3 of them turned out
to be the same species of Pokemon that Team
Rocket used! It definitely made for some really
good laughs!
Hoothoot: In the episode “Illusion Confusion!”,
Ash and the gang entered a mysterious forest
on their way to Violet City that required
trainers to own or borrow a Hoothoot to pass
by because so that it could use foresight
to identify all the ghost type Pokemon at
night. Unfortunately for Ash he didn’t have
Noctowl at the time but thankfully Hagatha,
and Nagatha were nice enough to let him borrow
a Hoothoot! Now if only Agatha were that nice...
Psyduck & Staryu: In the episode “The Fire-ing
Squad!” Ash borrowed Misty’s Psyduck and
Staryu to use in the Fire & Rescue Grand Prix
competition along with his Pikachu and Squirtle
to see which teams can put out the fire of
a burning house faster. Of course it wasn’t
Ash as Psyduck didn’t even listen to him
and kinda got in the way of Staryu’s water
gun, making it a Psyduck rescue mission for
Squirtle. That’s what ya get for trying
to borrow Misty’s Pokemon without asking
Ash!
Seaking: In the episode “Hook, Line and
Stinker” Ash participated in the Seaking
FIshing Contest and obviously he caught a
Seaking for a little bit. Nothing is known
about this seaking though, cause he had to
release it back into the wild after the competition.
Some contest eh?
Arcky the Arcanine: In the episode “The
Stolen Stones” we’re introduced to the
siblings Ramona and Keegan, who run a courier
service with a pack of Arcanine. Arcky was
Keegan’s main Arcanine and after Team Rocket
stole the fire stones, seperated the group,
and broke Keegans arm, Ash had to take command
of and ride Arcky to regroup with Brock, Misty
and Ramona and retrieve the fire stones from
Team Rocket. Yet another fire type trend that
Ash has, but this time it also involves injuries
to other people.
Pidgeot: When Ash was first travelling to
Hoenn in “Hoenn Alone”, he got into an
encounter with Team Rocket which caused him
to miss his boat to Littleroot town. How a
boat can get there is beyond me, but after
explaining everything to Officier Jenny she
lets Ash and Pikachu ride on her Pidgeot so
that he can catch up with the boat. Wouldn’t
need to borrow Jenny’s Pidgeot if you still
had your own Ash!
Flygon: In the movie Jirachi Wish Maker, the
Pokemon of Forina, Jirachi's Homeland, try
and save Jirachi from Groudon and the Great
Butler. But most of this help mainly came
from this Flygon who let Ash and Max fly on
it and command it.
Lombre: So ya know how Brock gets heart eyes
for almost every girl in Pokemon? Yeah well
in the episode “Once in a Mawile” Ash’s
Corphish also got heart eyes for the Mawile
of the girl that Brock fell for, Samantha.
Samantha and Mawile were ribbon dancers and
were going to perform for a huge crowd when
Team Rocket showed up to steal Mawile. Unfortunately
for them they grabbed Brock’s Lombre instead.
So since Brock is so whipped and is stalling
away for time for Samantha and Mawiles performance
with Corphish, Ash, May, Max, and Pikachu
go to save Lombre, and Ash even gets the chance
to use Lombre in battle here. Man Brock as
great as trainer as you may be, women got
you all types of messed up man, at least he
was super happy about Lombre evolution into
Ludicolo later into the episode.
Hitmonlee: In “Pasta La Vista” Master
Hamm and his son Kyle are arguing as to who
should take over the fighting dojo. To settle
the argument they decide to have Pokemon battle,
but since Master Hamm’s back gives out Ash
takes Master Hamm’s place with his Hitmonlee,
and cause May’s a foodie she takes Kyle’s
place in the battle with his Hitmonchan. And
yes, this episode does in fact take place
in Saffron city.
Piplup, Sudowoodo, and Pachirisu: The “A
Maze-ing Race” was the first episode where
the main cast had their party swapped around
because of some accident! In this episode
the gang is spilt up by a bunch of graveler
and golem that were rolling away from an irritated
onix. Ash ended up with Dawn’s Piplup and
Pachirisu and Brock’s Sudowoodo. Which led
to some bonding between the 4 of them that
we probably wouldn’t have gotten to see
otherwise. He also did end up using Piplup
in a later episode called “Expedition To
Onix Island” when Dawn was in Unova, and
Piplup got separated from Dawn. So Ash took
care of it for the time being and even used
it in battle against the wild Onix. Guess
Onix plays a big role in Ash and Piplups friendship!
Raichu: Yep! Despite not evolving his own
Pikachu and Pikachu’s constant rivalry with
all kinds of different Raichus, Ash used one
before in the episode “Camping It Up”!
He was given a Raichu to train during the
first day of the Summer School academy and
despite it’s initial shy encounter, it warmed
up to Ash and they both even managed to battle
well too!
Spoink and Mantyke: In the episode “One
Team, Two Team, Red Team, Blue Team” Ash
had used a Spoink and Mantyke in the first
and second rounds of the Pokemon Triathlon.
The third race involved their own Pokemon,
so he didn’t need to borrow a Pokemon there.
Luxio: In the episode “Leading a stray”
A bunch of stray Pokemon from the sewer with
its leader being Luxio, try to help a Wailmer
that was stuck under a drawbridge regroup
with the rest of the Wailord that it was separated
from. And with Ash’s help, Luxio and the
stray Pokemon helped the NEWLY evolved Wailord
regroup with the rest of its family.
Cottonee: Ash helped a wild Cottonee win over
a another Cottonee that it was interested
in so that they could fly away together on
the diamond breeze in the episode “Cottonee
in love”. Getting help from Ash to win over
a potential love interest? That’s like going
to Officer Jenny to get your Pokemon healed.
But I guess it worked out for Cottonee!
Cobalion: In the movie Kyurem Vs The Sword
of Justice Ash just temporarily rode on Cobalion
to escape a collapsing abandoned mine.
Caterpie into Metapod into Butterfree: Yep!
Ash had helped out another Butterfree in memory
of his old one and he kinda did the exact
same thing with it, as in the episode “Butterfree
and Me!” Ash alongside Iris and Cilan found
this lazy Caterpie who was about to be left
behind by its swarm. So Ash had decided to
help it evolve from Caterpie, to Metapod,
to Butterfree so that it could fly away with
its swarm, and to parallel the events of “Bye,
Bye Butterfree”
Rhyhorn: As we’re entering the X and Y series,
there’s only one reason as to why Ash would
borrow a Rhyhorn, to enter a Rhyhorn race!
So in the episode “Giving Chase At The Rhyhorn
Race” Ash had to borrow a Rhyhorn that he
didn’t get along with too well to participate
in the race at Odyssey Village, but eventually
the two managed to work well with one another.
Scatterbug into Spewpa into Vivillon: This
Vivillon was stolen by some guy named Dolan
in the episode “To Catch A Pokemon Smuggler!”
who was originally a Scatterbug. Dolan was
trynna smuggle a bunch of scatterbugs from
other regions, but this one fell of the truck
while Dolan was on the run from Officer Jenny.
Ash, and the Kalos gang ended up finding Scatterbug,
and were all there when it evolved into Spewpa
and then Vivillon, and Ash commanded it while
putting an end to Dolan’s smuggling ways.
Skiddo: You remember how we were able to ride
Skiddo in Pokemon X & Y? Well Ash basically
rode a Skiddo in the episode “A Race For
Home” to show off that feature and to also
take part in Grace’s racing training.
Florges: This Florges was the one that invaded
Ash’s Goodra’s homeland, but it really
only invaded so that it could use the spring
water to heal her child Floette. Team Rocket
manipulated her into attacking Ash and the
Pokemon of the wetlands, as she beleived that
Team Rocket would help her heal Floette. But
once Team Rocket betrayed her, she immediately
joined Ash and Goodra to take down Team Rocket,
help restore the wetlands, and even heal her
child.
Pancham & Luxray: In the episode “So You’re
Having a Bad Day” Ash, Serena, Clemont,
Bonnie, and Team Rocket all run into each
other and get split up by 3 angry Pangoro.
Don’t know why the Pangoro decided to chase
after one of their own, but Ash ended up alone
with Serena’s Pancham but later found his
Fletchinder, Hawlucha, and Clemonts Luxray.
They continued their search and soon afterwards
the entire group managed to reunite with each
other.
Latios, Latias, and Shiny Rayquaza: In the
movie “Hoopa: Clash of Ages”, Ash fought
against the Shadow Hoopa Unbound, and during
the fight, he commanded these 3 Hoenn legends
that were all able to mega evolve on their
own. Probably the strongest trio of Pokemon
he’s ever commanded to be honest.
Mamoswine: Just like in the X and Y games
Ash rode Mamoswine in Kalos to get through
Frost Cavern and the snowy mountains.
Litleo: Ash saved Litleo from the leader of
a pride of Pyroar and Litleo, and helped Litleo
become independent and join the rest of it’s
pride in the episode “A Fiery Rite Of Passage!”
Charjabug: In the episode “So Long, Sophocles!”
Ash caught this Charjabug in cage for Sophocles
to catch as a goodbye present when him and
his friends all thought he was moving far
away. But after he caught the thing he revealed
to everyone that he was just moving down the
street. So Ash could’ve had a Vikavolt on
his own team! Oh well, at least he got to
take command of Charjabug during the Charjabug
race in the episode “Mounting an Electrifying
Charge!”.
Snowy: Since Ash’s in school now Professor
Kukui decided to have a little school project
in the episode “The Ol’ Raise and Switch!”
where all 6 of the main cast would switch
partner Pokemon with someone else, and it
was here that Ash was given Snowy, Lillie’s
Alolan Vulpix to take care of. At first Snowy
couldn’t really get close to Ash, but after
some help from Litten, Snowy was able to get
close to Ash and was even able to work with
Ash in battle against Lillie and Pikachu!
Buzzwole, Stakataka, and Pheromosa: Now while
Ash did encounter and catch these Pokemon
in 3 seperate episodes, he only ever caught
them for the sake of his mission as an Ultra
Guardian and quickly returned em back home
through the Ultra Wormholes so I grouped em
together. Buzzwole was found and caught in
the episode “A Mission of Ultra Urgency”,
Stakataka in the episode “The Long Vault
Home” and Phermosa in the 114th episode
of the Sun and Moon anime series which doesn’t
have an english episode title as of yet.
Unofficial Pokemon: Here we Ash’s unofficial
Pokemon. The reason why they’re unofficial
is because we don’t know whether Ash caught
these Pokemon or borrowed these Pokemon, so
just to be safe we decided to quickly include
them on this list, and they are Haunter, Larvitar,
and Nebby. Not much explination needed as
these are some of Ash’s most talked about
and popular Pokemon anyways!
Ride Pokemon: And finally to quickly go over
the ride Pokemon that Ash has used within
the Alola region we have Sharpedo, Tauros,
Lapras, Pelipper, Stoutland, Garchomp, Mudsdale,
and Mantine. Yeah he’s got quite a number
of Pokemon that we’re unable to ride in
the games, but whaddya expect? It is Ash after
all!
Hybrid: Thanks for watching guys! We hope
you enjoyed! Guess Ash had some really cool
moments with some Pokemon that weren’t his,
but if you wanna see cool moments that he
had with his own Pokemon, then be sure to
check out our video of Ash’s Top 10 Capture
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