Aero プテPte

Red's Aerodactyl

Debuts in Make Way For Magmar! Caught at Cinnabar Gym Evolves in Holy Moltres Gender Male Ability Rock Head Nature Hasty Current location With Red

→ This Pokémon spent3 chapters asOld Amber.

Aero (Japanese:プテPte) is anAerodactyl thatRed owns inPokémon Adventures and his seventhPokémon overall. He was given to Red as a piece ofOld Amber fromGiovanni. As ofOld Ultima Puts Them to the Test, he is atlevel 85, and hisCharacteristic is that he is "alert to sounds."

History

Red, Green & Blue arc

When Red first metGiovanni inMake Way For Magmar!, he gave Red an ancientfossil known as theOld Amber, which contained a DNA sample of an ancient, now extinct Pokémon, as a reward for stopping twowildMagmar that were causing a fire at thePewter Museum of Science. When Red later encounteredBlaine at theCinnabar Island inHoly Moltres, they faced with theLegendary birdMoltres, which was under the control ofTeam Rocket. Even Red'sWater PokémonGyara was unable to defeat theLegendaryFire-type, and Blaine realized that to stand a chance against theFlying-type Pokémon, they needed a Flying type of their own. When seeing Red's Old Amber, Blaine sent him to the Island'slaboratory, where Red was able to revive the Amber into an Aerodactyl. With this new Pokémon on his side, Red was able to make Team Rocket retreat.

When Red later met up with Blaine again inAnd Mewtwo Too?!, he joined him in a battle against the Legendary Genetic PokémonMewtwo. Although Mewtwo seemed practically impossible to stop, Red finally managed to use Aero to glide through Mewtwo'sPsywave tornado in order to get close enough to sendPika in with Blaine'sMaster Ball, successfully catching Mewtwo.

InLong Live the Nidoqueen?!, Aero battled Giovanni at theViridian Gym. When Red was pushed into a corner, he managed to call Aero out and attackGiovanni's Beedrill withHyper Beam, knocking him out. Giovanni then switched to his type specialty ofGround Pokémon and had hisRhyhorn useTail Whip to take Aero out of the fight.

As revealed inQuilava Quandary, Aero was a part of the team Red used during thePokémon League.

Yellow arc

InJigglypuff Jive, Red tried to get Aero tofly him away from theKantoElite Four, but he was stopped byLorelei'sJynx. He was then defeated alongside the rest of his team.

Gold, Silver & Crystal arc

Aero appeared in a fantasy inSmeargle Smudge, whenBill explained toFalkner that Red was going to take the test to becomeViridian City'sGym Leader soon.

Ruby & Sapphire arc

Aero appeared in a fantasy inRayquaza Redemption II, whenSapphire explained toRuby that the accomplishments of Red and his team inspired her to train to battle.

FireRed & LeafGreen arc

InDouble Dealing with Deoxys, Aero battled alongside Pika as his last two Pokémon in his battle againstBlue. Red had Aero useTake Down onScizor, which dealt norecoil damage due to hisRock Head Ability. Aero followed up withDragon Claw on Scizor, so Blue switched him out forRhydon. Seeing an opening, Red has Pika attackMachamp with an electric attack. To Red's surprise, the attack is suddenly redirected. Blue smirks and reveals that Rhydon has theLightning Rod Ability, which causes allElectric-type moves to be redirected towards him. Since Pika's Electric attacks had no effect, Pika jumps into the air and delivers anIron Tail onto Machamp's head. The battle then ends in a tie.

Later Red sent Aero out in his battle againstOrganism No. 2. However, the DNA Pokémon proved to be too strong for the Fossil Pokémon, as he was first badly slugged by Organism No. 2's powerful punch and then had his wings pierced byAttack Forme Organism No. 2's tentacles. He was soon nearly killed along with Red's other Pokémon while defending hisTrainer from Organism No. 2'sPsycho Boost. Due to his injuries, Aero was unable to use Fly, and as a result, Red had to temporarily tradeBlue's Charizard into his team to use as aerial transportation.

InDistant Relation Deoxys andStorming the Forretress, Aero was seen joining Red's other Pokémon, Blue's Charizard, andChuchu to take down the tenForretress thatCarr had placed inside theTeam Rocket airship.

InPhew for Mew, Aero and Red found themselves petrified bySird, along with the four otherPokédex holders and their Pokémon.

Emerald arc

InThe Final Battle VII, Red checked on Aero and the rest of his team to ensure they all survived the petrification caused byMewtwo andDarkrai. Soon after, it battledGuile Hideout's stolenBattle Tower Pokémon.

HeartGold & SoulSilver arc

Aero appeared in a flashback inAll About Arceus IX, whenHirō explained that he basedProteam Omega off of Red's team after watching himtrain onMt. Silver.

Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire arc

InBlastoise Transforms, Aero flew Red around while he andGreen pursuedMaxie andArchie, who had broken intoBill'sSea Cottage and stolen theRed andBlue Orbs from him.

Personality and characteristics

Aero appears to love the outside, as the first thing he did when he got resurrected was to look outside through the window inBlaine's laboratory. He is shown to be reckless, as he often rushes into situations without giving it much thought or concern. He is also very generous, as he rushed to help Blaine andGyara, even though he had just metRed.

Appearance

As anOld Amber

Moves used

Using Take Down	Move First Used In Hyper Beam Holy Moltres Fly † Holy Moltres Supersonic Holy Moltres Take Down † Double Dealing with Deoxys Dragon Claw † Double Dealing with Deoxys
A† shows that the move was used recently, unless all moves fit this case or there are fewer than five known moves.

Trivia

• Aero is the only Pokémon belonging to aPokédex holder to have been seen being revived from a fossil.
• Aero is Red's only Pokémon to not have anevolutionary line.
• Aero andSaur have appeared in more story arcs than any other Pokémon belonging to aPokédex holder, at eight.

Names

Related articles

For more information on this Pokémon's species, seeAerodactyl.

Red'sPokémon
On hand:	Poli	Saur	Pika	Snor	Gyara	Aero
In storage: Nidorino  Diglett  Vee  Sandshrew  Traded away: Scyther  Charizard  Golduck  Machamp  Pidgeot  Porygon  Krabby  Given away: Mewtwo  Status unknown: Bellsprout  Fearow  Nidoqueen  Nidoking (multiple)  Victreebel (multiple)  Weepinbell (multiple)  Bellsprout (multiple)  Exeggcute (multiple)  Parasect (multiple)  Butterfree  Temporary: Blasty  Articuno  Ditty  Organism No. 2  Chuchu

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