May's Blaziken/Anime/Personality and characteristics

Much like May at the beginning of her, Torchic was very inexperienced and unsure of itself. It was also shown to be a rather curious, ditzy, and playful Pokémon. It did not know how to and it tended to wander around aimlessly when brought out of its. Additionally, it used to panic when in dangerous situations.

When May started to ignore Torchic in favor of her, Torchic felt like it needed to compete for May's attention and its personality began to change: it grew more determined to improve itself and recapture May's attention. Its competitive streak continued to grow as it lost most of its childishness and confusion; this culminated in its evolution into in A Shroomish Skirmish, where it learned both  and.

As a Fire Pokémon, Torchic had a fear of water, as demonstrated in Sharpedo Attack!, when it chose not to follow its Trainer in jumping into the ocean.

Upon its evolution, it became much more assertive and confident, as it felt it didn't need to compete with Beautifly for attention anymore. As a Blaziken, it was shown to be quite an adept battler, being able to battle on par with Ash's Sceptile and work well with Dawn's Piplup.