Misty's Goldeen

Misty's Goldeen (Japanese: カスミのトサキント Kasumi's Tosakinto) was one of the three original acquired by  in the Kanto region prior to the start of the.

Kanto
Goldeen was first used in Pokémon Emergency! to distract while  rescued the Pokémon in the Pokémon Center. Since Goldeen was a Water Pokémon that couldn't battle on land, it uselessly flopped in place until Misty recalled it seconds later.

Goldeen has proved helpful when Misty and her friends need assistance swimming or locating something underwater. In Pokémon Shipwreck, Goldeen tried to find an exit out of the sunken S.S. Anne. Instead, it discovered Team Rocket, who would otherwise have drowned. Goldeen then swam to the surface with her Trainer, while and  followed behind with Ash and. It was later sent out to attempt to drag the raft away from James's Gyarados, but they were all caught up in the and sent flying. It reappeared in Tentacool & Tentacruel, where it helped and Starmie rescue sailors who had been attacked.

Orange Islands
Misty does not use Goldeen very often because it cannot battle or maneuver outside of water. When it was, it often did poorly due to its lack of battle experience. An example of this is a battle against in Bye Bye Psyduck, where it lost to her, before Misty's Staryu took over and won.

In Snack Attack, Goldeen was sent out in an attempt to fight a wild, but it was completely helpless and was almost eaten before being recalled.

However, in The Stun Spore Detour, Goldeen defeated James's Victreebel with ease thanks to Fury Attack, despite the type disadvantage. Its ability to use Water Gun was revealed in Viva Las Lapras, where it joined a group of Water Pokémon attacking Captain Crook's poacher ship.

Johto
Goldeen fought Dorian's in Just Add Water, managing to land a Horn Attack after dodging Qwilfish's Tackles with Agility. Goldeen then used Supersonic, but Qwilfish shrugged off its effects and fired. Goldeen managed to reflect those coming its way by spinning its tail. Goldeen aimed a Horn Drill, which Qwilfish dodged. Qwilfish used another Pin Missile, hammering Goldeen from behind. A final Take Down was enough to knock Goldeen out and win the round for Dorian.

It reappeared briefly in Luvdisc is a Many Splendored Thing! along with Misty's other Pokémon, participating in 's water ballet.

Personality and characteristics
Goldeen is shown to be quite strong and fast, often being called upon to transport or others in the water, with a true testament of its strength when rescuing  when they were trapped and drowning aboard the St. Anne during Pokémon Shipwreck, taking it upon itself to save them after it came across them.

Goldeen wasn't seen very much throughout the series due to it being a water-bound species, flailing when displaced from it. Goldeen is shown to know a variety of techniques that has helped it defeat other Pokémon, such as in The Stun Spore Detour, however, when Goldeen battled against other  specialists it faced difficulties as seen when it battled  in Bye Bye Psyduck and Dorian in Just Add Water.

In the Ash & Pikachu manga
Misty's Goldeen appears in The Grand Rhydon Plan. of the Ash & Pikachu manga.

In the movie adaptations
Goldeen appeared in .

In the Pokémon Adventures manga
Misty's Goldeen appears in Punching Poliwrath, where it was used to battle against the Ghost Pokémon of Agatha that were attacking Cerulean City.

In the Pokémon Zensho manga
Misty's Goldeen appeared in Cerulean City where it was seen in her Gym.

In the TCG
Goldeen was featured in the Pokémon Trading Card Game. The following is a list of cards named Misty's Goldeen.

Trivia

 * Despite debuting in the second episode, Pokémon Emergency, Goldeen did not actually use an attack until Bye Bye Psyduck, 89 episodes later.
 * Despite being infamous for being all but useless on land, in the Pikachu short Pikachu & Pichu, Misty's Goldeen is seen being able to hop around on land to move.

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