Ash's Pignite

Ash's Tepig was one of the Pokémon that Ash Ketchum caught at the beginning of his journey in the Unova. When Ash was training in a battle club on the way to his first Gym Battle, Team Rocket tries to steal the Club's Pokémon, and they see a recording of Tepig. When Ash sees it, it is thin, battered, and has a rope around it's nose. Ash then tends to it, and the Master of the Club explains the Tepig was abandoned by his former trainer, and has lived on its own ever since. After Team Rocket attacked them, Tepig saved Pikachu and joined Ash's team. Tepig is often confident when sent into battle because it wants to live up to Ash's expectations, but if it loses then it gets really depressed.

Attacks

Tackle

Ember

Flame Charge

Trivia

 * Tepig was confirmed to be male when he got affected by a female Snivy's attract in the episode "Get Snivy with Attract?".
 * In Ash's first Unova gym battle, he chose Tepig against Pansear because he made a promise to use Tepig in his first gym battle.
 * Ash describes Tepig as being tenacious, though it lacks confidence when it loses.
 * Ash's Tepig shares the same trait as his other Fire starter pokemon: being abandoned by their previous trainers; Charmander being abandoned by a selfish trainer, Chimchar being abandoned by it's harsh and abusive trainer Paul and, if counted, Cyndaquil was about to be captured by a rather abusive trainer.