Grovyle, the forest lizard Pokémon.
It lives in dense forests and is a master at climbing trees, skillfully jumping between branches to approach its prey.
Grovyle can move nimbly and lightly between the branches of tall trees. Its well-developed thigh muscles give it incredible explosive power and jumping ability.
No matter how fast its opponent is, they cannot catch Grovyle in the forest!
[After evolving into Grovyle, it learned a new move—Leaf Blade.]
This evolution made it even cooler—a true epitome of a lone, stylish warrior.
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**The Picture Continues—**
[At the Petalburg Gym, Ash challenged Mr. Norman, the future Elite Four Trainer of the Hoenn Region.]
[Grovyle, Ash's final Pokémon in the match, faced off against Norman's Slaking. Despite Slaking enduring multiple moves and sustaining serious injuries, it held on.]
[Eventually, Grovyle was struck by Slaking's powerful Hyper Beam, triggering its Overgrow Ability.]
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As Grovyle's body radiated with green fluorescence, the audience couldn't help but marvel.
"Grovyle is responding to everyone's efforts and expectations," Cynthia said with a smile.
"Yes, even though there's no tragic backstory, it takes every battle seriously," Steven Stone added.
Their comments reflected the high regard they held for Grovyle.
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**The Scene Continued—**
[After triggering the Overgrow Ability, Grovyle used Leaf Blade to defeat Slaking.]
[Mr. Norman is one of the best quasi-Elite Trainers in the Hoenn Region. In the future, when Mr. Drake retires, Norman is likely to ascend to the position of the Elite Four.]
[Grovyle's victory against a Pokémon with base stats comparable to legendary Pokémon like Slaking marked a significant highlight in its journey.]
[Later, Grovyle participated in several battles against opponents with type advantages.]
[At the Flying-type Gym, Ash sent Grovyle to battle Altaria, which has quadruple resistance to Grass-type moves.]
[During the Evergrande Conference preliminaries, Grovyle teamed up with Glalie to face Charizard and Quilava, both Fire-types.]
[Against Walrein—a Water/Ice Pokémon with the advantage of an icy battlefield—Grovyle managed to defeat it despite the overwhelming disadvantage, using clever traction tactics.]
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**Audience Seats—**
"Grovyle… does it only fight opponents with type advantages?!"
The audience couldn't help but laugh and complain.
"Every time Grovyle is sent out, it's as a firefighter!"
"Well, to be fair, Grass-types do have a lot of weaknesses."
"That's true, but the craziest part is that Grovyle wins most of these type-disadvantage battles!"
"Yeah, the only time it lost was during the Treecko phase against a Fire-type Slugma."
"Hardworking Grovyle... Even its win rate in reverse-type matchups is higher than its win rate in favorable ones!"
"Pikachu's the same way."
"Reverse-type master? Ash holds that title for sure!"
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**The Scene Continues—**
[During their journey through the Hoenn Region, each of Ash's Pokémon showcased unique characteristics.]
[Glalie, Corphish, Swellow, and Grovyle—the new Hoenn team members—all performed exceptionally well in the Evergrande Conference.]
[Had Ash not rotated his Pokémon to give them a chance to rest, he might have won the Evergrande Conference championship.]①
The Hoenn team was filled with great potential, but the throne of the team's Trump Card was still undecided.
Until...
The Battle Frontier arrived!
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**In the Picture—**
[Ash and his friends from the Hoenn Region were preparing to head to the next Contest site, Leaf Island.]
[This was a competition for May, the aspiring Coordinator Trainer.]
[On their way, they passed through Chamomile Island.]
[Here, Grovyle unexpectedly fought against Tropius, the fruit Pokémon and one of Hoenn's most formidable Grass/Flying Pokémon.]
[Due to the significant type disadvantage, Grovyle was defeated and injured.]
[It was then that Nurse Joy's Meganium arrived to rescue Grovyle.]
"For some reason, this Tropius indiscriminately attacks any Pokémon that invades its territory, but it becomes much calmer around Meganium," Nurse Joy explained.
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**Champion Guest Seats—**
"Heh, Tropius must have feelings for Nurse Joy's Meganium," Uncle Alder joked knowingly.
"Really?" Lance asked curiously.
"Oh, Lance... Still so naïve," Wallace sighed.
Wallace glanced at Dodo and Lorelei, thinking they made a good match.
But Dodo…
He was just too slow to understand these things.
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**The Scene Continued—**
[Team Rocket saw Tropius's strength and wanted to recruit it for their cause.]
[Tropius agreed—on one condition: they had to bring Nurse Joy's Meganium along.]
[This, paired with Tropius's shy demeanor, made it clear—it was in love with Meganium.]
[Meanwhile, Grovyle, recovering under Meganium's care, developed feelings for it as well.]
[The branch in Grovyle's mouth began to bloom with bright red flowers.]
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**Audience Seats at the Palace Gate Stadium—**
"Wait… something's off!!"
"Grovyle fell in love with Nurse Joy's Meganium?!"
"What are you doing, Grovyle? Male sigma lizards shouldn't fall for female Pokémon so easily!"
"And Tropius likes Meganium too? Oh no, it's a love triangle!"
"But Grovyle just lost to Tropius in front of Meganium…"
"That's embarrassing… Grovyle's doomed!"
"It's time to play a new game and regain its pride."
The audience eagerly discussed the budding drama.
No one expected Grovyle—the eternally cool lone warrior—to suddenly find itself caught in a love story!
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