Charizard | |
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Pokémon | Charmander (formerly) Charmeleon (formerly) Charizard |
Trainer | Damian (formerly) Ash Ketchum |
Gender | Male |
Current Status | Residing at Professor Oak's lab |
Where Obtained | Route 24, Kanto |
Poké Ball | Poké Ball |
First Appearance | Charmander – The Stray Pokémon |
When Evolved | March of the Exeggutor Squad Attack of the Prehistoric Pokémon |
Voice Actor | Michael Haigney (as Charmander) Eric Stuart (as Charmeleon) Shin'ichirō Miki (as Charizard) Tom Wayland (flashbacks) |
Charizard is a Charizard (former Charmander and Charmeleon) owned by Ash Ketchum, formerly Damian.
Personality[]

Charizard as a Charmander
The emotional turmoil of being abandoned by Damian defined Charizard when he was a Charmander. Despite the scorn he received from Damian, he remained loyal to him, convinced that it had a good relationship. Even when made to sit through a rain storm in hunger and fatigue and Ash and Brock have shown true kindness towards it, loyalty never wavered and Charmander almost lost its life doing so. Only a violent confrontation revealed to it the unhealthy nature of and its relationship with Damian.

Charizard as a Charmeleon
When Charmander evolved into Charmeleon, Charmeleon grew distant from Ash, scorning all of its former friends and seeking power alone. Charmeleon had grown to become obsessed with power and reputation while ignoring the value of friendship, loyalty and kindness. Charmeleon's battle with Aerodactyl was purely based on a bruised ego, just as Charizard's later battles with Blaine's Magmar, Zippo and Charizardtwo were. Despite this, however, it did, to an extremely small extent, retain some respect and loyalty to Ash, made especially apparent when Ash was petrified trying to stop Mew and Mewtwo's battle, where it was seen crying, but cheered when Ash was restored.
Once Ash made the selfless act to save Charizard from freezing, Charizard finally regained full loyalty to Ash. Its ability to work as part of a team was still hampered, but when working together with Pikachu to defeat Luana, it finally managed to overcome that difficulty.
However, Charizard maintained using Flamethrower as a sign of affection for Ash and while Charizard was loyal, its love of power and reputation remained. This was shown significantly in its departing episode, where it brashly challenged each of the Charizard at the Charicific Valley even though it was defeated every time.
During his training in the Charicific Valley, Charizard has significantly matured, despite retaining its fiery nature and fierce battling spirit. This was shown in A Pokémon of a Different Color, where he attempted to act as a peacemaker between Claire's Dragonite and Iris's Dragonite, despite failing.
Moves Used[]
Move | First Use | |
Flamethrower | Charmander – The Stray Pokémon | |
Leer | The Tower of Terror | |
Rage | Primeape Goes Bananas | |
Skull Bash | Pokémon Scent-sation! | |
Ember | The Ninja Poké-Showdown | |
Fire Spin | The Ninja Poké-Showdown | |
Submission | Volcanic Panic | |
Seismic Toss | Volcanic Panic | |
Dragon Rage | Charizard Chills | |
Take Down | Charizard Chills | |
Tackle | Pokémon Double Trouble | |
Dragon Breath | The Symbol Life | |
Overheat | The Symbol Life | |
Steel Wing | Gathering the Gang of Four! | |
Wing Attack | The Fires of a Red-Hot Reunion! | |
Slash | The Fires of a Red-Hot Reunion! | |
Dragon Tail | The Fires of a Red-Hot Reunion! |
Mentioned Only Moves[]
Move | First Mention | |
Mega Punch | Charizard Chills | |
Fly | Fighting Flyer with Fire |
Improvised Moves[]
Move | First Use | |
Flaming Seismic Toss | Better Eight Than Never |
Ash's Pokémon | |||
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On hand | |||
Pikachu • Rotom • Rowlet | |||
At Professor Oak's Laboratory | |||
Bayleef • Boldore • Buizel • Bulbasaur • Charizard • Corphish • Donphan • Gible • Glalie • Gliscor • Hawlucha • Heracross • Infernape • Kingler • Krookodile • Leavanny • Muk • Noctowl • Noivern • Oshawott • Palpitoad • Pignite • Quilava • Sceptile • Scraggy • Snivy • Snorlax • Staraptor • Swellow • Talonflame • Tauros (x30) • Torkoal • Torterra • Totodile • Unfezant | |||
Living in the wild | |||
Goodra | |||
In training | |||
Primeape | |||
Working | |||
Squirtle | |||
No longer owns | |||
Released | Traded Away | Given Away | |
Butterfree • Greninja • Lapras • Pidgeot | Aipom • Raticate | Beedrill • Haunter | |
Other | |||
Borrowed from another trainer | Trained | Used in the owner's absence | Otherwise used |
Arcky • Arbok • Buneary • Drifloon (x4) • Happiny • Hitmonlee • Hoothoot • Mamoswine • Mantyke • Meowth • Mudkip • Pidgeot • Pidgey • Porygon • Psyduck • Rapidash • Raichu • Rattata • Rhyhorn • Skiddo • Spoink • Staryu • Sudowoodo • Weezing | Butterfree • Cottonee • Litleo | Buizel • Chimchar • Lombre • Luxray • Pachirisu • Pancham • Piplup | Aipom • Larvitar • Latias • Latios • Luxio • Latios • Seaking • Vivillon |