Oranguru (anime)
Oranguru (Japanese:ヤレユータンYareyuutan) is arecurring Pokémon character inPokémon the Series: Sun & Moon. It runsa café in the forest nearAina's Kitchen where people andPokémon come to visit for drinks.
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History
In the past, Oranguru helpedAbe when he got lost in the forest. After tasting Oranguru'sPinap Juice, Abe got inspired to put the juice on Aina's Kitchen's menu. Rumors of Oranguru and its juice soon spread throughoutMelemele Island, causing people to begin visiting the Sage Pokémon, eventually resulting in the creation ofits café.
Oranguru first appeared inMallow and the Forest Teacher!, where it took care ofMallow, who had fallen down a slope. In the same fashion as with her father, it served Mallow its Pinap Juice and listened to her recent problems with Abe. The two soon heard the screams ofMallow's Steenee, who had been captured byTeam Rocket. Through the use ofInstruct, Oranguru was able to free Steenee. After Team Rocket was taken away byBewear,Ash,his classmates, and Abe arrived at Oranguru's bar and reunited with Mallow. After reuniting with its student, Oranguru urged Abe to apologize to his daughter. It was later seen servingNurse Joy andOfficer Jenny inside its bar.
InNow You See Them, Now You Don't!, Oranguru greeted Mallow who had unknowingly beenTeleported to its place byNebby, only to see them disappear moments later. It later watched as Nebby teleported a wetAsh andPikachu to its bar before teleporting them away soon after. Oranguru was seen servingMeowth inActing True to Form!. It listened to Meowth's problems as the Scratch Cat Pokémon felt dejected whenJessie andJames favored anAlolanMeowth over him.
InI Choose Paradise!, Ash and his classmates noticed Oranguru on the boat to thePokémon Paradise Resort, where it was revealed to be a regular customer of the resort. It was later seen checking in and resting in a hot spring near someTrainers and Pokémon. Near the end of the episode, it was nearby when Bewear and Team Rocket were resting in a hot spring after being defeated.
InFilling the Light with Darkness!, Oranguru found its bar busy with customers requiring drinks during their sleepy state induced byNecrozma.
InSecuring the Future!, Oranguru joined the rest of Alola in showeringNecrozma with light so it could return to itstrue form.
InA Recipe for Success!, Mallow visited Oranguru to get someBig Mushrooms for Aina's Kitchen, only to learn that Pokémon visited the café in addition to humans. Hoping to lessen Oranguru's workload, Mallow decided to stay and help it serve customers for the day. Among the customers wasTapu Koko, who gave Mallow the task of feeding it. After Mallow successfully made a dish that Tapu Koko liked, it awarded her aGrassium Z. As thanks for helping it, Oranguru gave Mallow the Big Mushrooms she wanted, as well as a worn-outZ-Ring.
Personality and characteristics
Oranguru is a kind and helpful Pokémon, as it brought an unconscious Mallow to its bar and also attended to her injured knee. It also stepped in to help her freeSteenee from Team Rocket.
Oranguru serves any customer that visits its bar, human or Pokémon. Its customers often take advantage of their visits to vent out their frustrations. However, Oranguru always remains friendly and understanding with its customers, and even comforts them, as shown inActing True to Form! when it comforted Meowth. Despite its patient nature, Oranguru has been shown to sometimes get tired of its customers, as seen in thePoké Problem segment ofSM087, when it disapprovingly shook its head and sighed while seeing off its exhausted customers.A Recipe for Success! reveals that Oranguru uses various ingredients that are brought in by patrons of its bar as payment.
Oranguru has a good friendship withAbe. In turn, Abe has great respect for Oranguru, even referring to it as his teacher. He even decided to seek Oranguru's help in finding his daughter. While the two have a strong bond, Oranguru does not refrain from giving Abe a piece of its mind, as shown when it urged Abe to apologize to Mallow.
Moves used
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Related articles
For more information on this Pokémon's species, seeOranguru.
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