Stoutland was a friend of awildLitten that wandered aroundMelemele Island. It was anelderlyPokémon that Litten looked out for, by giving it food and keeping it company.Ash intended to catch Litten, but he gave up when he discovered the Pokémon giving food and company to Stoutland.
InThey Might Not Be Giants!, Stoutland and Litten moved under a canal bridge. It encounteredAsh's Rowlet andLana's Popplio when the two had become separated from their Trainers and instructed a reluctant Litten to guide them back.
InOne Journey Ends, Another Begins..., Stoutland was visibly worse in condition and coughing constantly. It attempted to teach LittenFire Fang by demonstrating it, but Litten ended up hurting itself when it attempted to bite a rock. Stoutland later collapsed, and Litten ran off to get Ash's help, who proceeded to carry it to a Pokémon Center. Stoutland was taken into the center's emergency room and hooked up to an electrocardiogram as it was attended to by the center's Nurse Joy and herBlissey andComfey. Nurse Joy came out to the waiting room to inform Ash that Stoutland was not ill or injured, and Litten rushed through the open door to check on Stoutland while the two humans agreed that they knew what was going to happen.
Stoutland briefly reuniting with Torracat
Stoutland later left the Pokémon Center and returned to its home under the bridge with Litten, unsuccessfully attempting to teach it Fire Fang again and falling asleep during Litten's turn. After curling up into Stoutland afterwards, Litten awoke in fear after a dream where it was unable to keep up with Stoutland and discovered it had disappeared. Stoutland's disappearance and Litten's unsuccessful search for it coincided with a heavy rainstorm. After being found by Ash, Litten chased a tree's last leaf when it was blown away by the wind after the rain stopped and spotted a cloud formation shaped like Stoutland smiling down upon it.
InMemories in the Mist!, Stoutland appeared as a ghost insideTapu Fini's mist, confirming that it hadpassed away during or after the events ofOne Journey Ends, Another Begins.... It was briefly reunited withTorracat, who proudly demonstrated itsmoves to its mentor. Stoutland helped Torracat to upgrade itsEmber intoFire Blast before the mist was lifted and theBig-Hearted Pokémon departed back into the afterlife.
Personality and characteristics
A caring Pokémon, Stoutland got Litten to help returnAsh's Rowlet andLana's Popplio to their respective Trainers, despite Litten's reluctance to do so. Stoutland is shown to be kind and helpful inOne Journey Ends, Another Begins...; before it disappeared, it was teaching Litten how to use Fire Fang.
A† shows that the move was used recently, unless all moves fit this case or there are fewer than five known moves.
Trivia
Stoutland is one of a few Pokémon in theanimated series whoperished in the present day and were never brought back to life. It is also the first to perish during the series itself rather than amovie, and the only one to die of old age.
Related articles
For more information on this Pokémon's species, seeStoutland.
