Exbo バクたろうBaktaro

Gold's Typhlosion

Debuts in Murkrow Row Caught in Sneasel Sneak Attack Caught at New Bark Town Evolves in Quilava Quandary Lively Lugia (Part 3) Gender Male Ability Blaze Nature Impish Current location With Gold

→ → This Pokémon spent17 chapters asCyndaquil and40 chapters asQuilava.

Exbo (Japanese:バクたろうBaktaro), known asExplotaro inChuang Yi's translations, is aTyphlosion thatGold owns inPokémon Adventures and his thirdPokémon overall. Gold received him fromProfessor Elm. As ofAll About Arceus V, he is atlevel 84 and hisCharacteristic is that he is "a little quick tempered."

History

Gold, Silver & Crystal arc

Exbo first appeared as a Cyndaquil inMurkrow Row inProfessor Elm's lab, alongsideTotodile andChikorita.Later, whenGold andSilver snuck into Elm's Lab, Gold choose Cyndaquil to fight Silver due to how upset he was at seeing Totodile being stolen. Exbo surrounds Silver with a ring of fire while Gold demands hisbackpack and Totodile back. Before Silver can respond, however, aTeam Rocket grunt interrupts and knocks Gold out of the way.

InTotodile Rock, Exbo fought Totodile in theSprout Tower. The two start out withTackle andScratch and follow up withEmber andWater Gun, giving Totodile the lead. Due to this, Exbo counters withSmokescreen and gives Gold a chance to take Totodile back, but he refuses andbites him. The smoke soon sets off an alarm in the tower and activates its traps, forcing the two Pokémon to team up and stop them. In the confusion, Silver escapes and Totodileevolves intoCroconaw.

InYou Ain't Nothin' but a Houndour, Exbo battled alongside Gold's other Pokémon against theMasked Man. Exbo fought hisHoundour and lost due to Gold not knowing how to handle battling with multiple Pokémon.

InQuilava Quandary, Exbo is trained at thePokémon Day Care. Exbo starts by using Smokescreen and follows up with Ember, but aDonphan deflects it. Later in the day, he battles aPrimeape and defeats it with Ember thanks to aSunny Day fromSunbo. After the battle, he evolves intoQuilava. InPiloswine Whine, Exbo is used alongside the rest of Gold's team to defeat Team Rocket's horde of Pokémon.

InTyranitar War, Exbo was Gold's first choice in his battle against Silver and fought Croconaw again. Croconaw starts by drenching Exbo with Water Gun and biting down on him with Bite. Exbo manages to dodge the attack withDouble Team, breaking Croconaw's teeth. Croconaw recovers and throws Exbo away, and Gold sends out Sunbo to support him with Sunny Day. Silver counters this by havingSneasel useBlizzard, freezing her. Exbo attempts to help with Ember, but Gold decides Exbo cannot handle it and switches him out.

InDelibird Delivery - 1, Exbo fought the Masked Man again. He andSneasel attack hisDelibird and manage to put some distance between the Masked Man and theirTrainers. The Masked Man then sends outAriados and Houndour and Exbo and Sneasel attack withFlame Wheel andIcy Wind. The two Pokémon of the villain's suddenly disappear, and Gold, Exbo, and Sneasel are hit by a minor surprise attacks afterwards.

InLively Lugia (Part 2), Exbo meets back up with Croconaw and Megaree and fought against a wildLugia at theWhirl Islands. When Lugia attempts to crush them under its weight, Exbo, Croconaw, and Megaree work together to hold Lugia up. The strain of this causes Exbo, Croconaw, and Megaree to evolve intoTyphlosion,Feraligatr, andMeganium, respectively. Though they succeed in saving their Trainers, Lugia eventually escapes.

InThe Last Battle VI, Exbo fought in Gold's last battle against the Masked Man. Exbo used his powered up fire power from Sunny Day to melt the Masked Man's ice and prevent him from regenerating his ice body. InThe Last Battle XIV, he fought alongside the otherfirst partner Pokémon to try and stopPryce from capturingCelebi.

Emerald arc

Prior toThe Final Battle I, Exbo was revealed to have masteredBlast Burn fromUltima. Exbo is first seen alongsideAibo to fightGuile Hideout. Exbo lets up a powerful flame, which Aibo increases by spinning Gold's pool cue to fan the flames in Guile's direction. InThe Final Battle VIII, Exbo teamed up withBlue's Charizard andChic to attack with Blast Burn to help destroyGuile Hideout's fakeKyogre.

HeartGold & SoulSilver arc

InOut-Odding Oddish, Exbo participated in thePokéathlon alongside Aibo andPolibo. They started with the Skill Course, which ended with the round Snow Throw. The team threw snowballs at their opponents, with Aibo creating a gigantic one to earn them enough points to win. The same three later entered into the Stamina Course and managed to win that one as well.

In thenext chapter, the three entered the Power Course and went up againstKoga,Bruno, andWill. They struggled against theElite Four member's team in Circle Push and Goal Roll before entering the final match, Block Smash. In it, Gold faced Bruno and hisMachamp as his final opponents. By having Aibo focus on critical hits against the blocks, the team was able to enter High Tension mode, allowing them to quickly catch up with Machamp's raw strength and win.

InOne Tough Togepi, Gold sends out Exbo alongside his other Pokémon, saveTogebo, to fight and distractLance's Dragonite, who was going on a rampage. With Aibo and the others distracting the Dragon Pokémon, Togebo was able to finish the battle with a powerfulDouble-Edge.

InAll About Arceus II, Exbo foughtArceus. He attacks with a powerful Blast Burn, but fails to do any real damage.

InAll About Arceus V, Exbo, Silver's Feraligatr, and Megaree attacks the incomplete forms ofDialga,Palkia, andGiratina created by Arceus. Through a combination of the ultimate attacks, the threeLegendary Pokémon are stopped, though this only delays their completion.

Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire arc

In a flashback inClaydol Unleashes, Ultima recalls how Gold and Exbo had trouble learning Blast Burn.

Personality and characteristics

Exbo is a very kind and caring Pokémon and cares deeply for his friends, first shown when he was angry atTotodile being stolen. Exbo has a high amount of courage and even when fighting at a disadvantage he tries his absolute best in battle, refusing to give up. In battle, Exbo is often paired withSunbo so that she can useSunny Day to power up Exbo'sFire attacks.

Appearance

As a Cyndaquil	As a Quilava

Moves used

Using Ember as a Quilava Using Double Team as a Quilava	Move First Used In Tackle Totodile Rock Ember Totodile Rock Smokescreen Totodile Rock Double Team Tyranitar War Flame Wheel Delibird Delivery - 2 Flamethrower The Last Battle VI Blast Burn † The Final Battle VIII*
A† shows that the move was used recently, unless all moves fit this case or there are fewer than five known moves.

Trivia

• At level 84, Exbo is the highest leveled Pokémon belonging to Gold.
• Exbo, as a Cyndaquil and Quilava, was the only one of itsspecies to appear inPokémon Adventures.

Names

This section is incomplete. Please feel free to edit this section to add missing information and complete it. Reason: Missing German name origin

Related articles

For more information on this Pokémon's species, seeCyndaquil,Quilava, andTyphlosion.

Gold'sPokémon
In rotation:	Aibo	Polibo	Exbo	Sunbo	Sudobo	Togebo
	Pibu
In box:	Tibo	Remoraid
Given away:	Teddiursa
Traded:	Kingdra
Released:	Chinchou
Status unknown:	Murkrow
Temporary:	Raikou	Dragonite
At home:	Lickitung	Sandshrew	Oddish	Drowzee	Krabby	Chansey
	Weedle	Exeggcute	Kakuna

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