#ash's lapras

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Boom Clap (16) Pokeani Orange Islands

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Instructions: I AM SO SORRY THIS TOOK FOREVER FOR SOME REASON! Please nobody steal it!!

Characters: Tracey (green hair red headband), Misty (orange hair yellow shirt), Ash (black hair blue jacket), Pikachu (yellow rodent thing), Lapras (blue sea creature with purple shell)

I tried to keep the colors kinda pastel as instructed by Tracey and Ash looked really weird without dark hair. (Pikachu too lol.)

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Notes and Credits: Characters from the Pokemon Anime (Orange Islands) @savebatsfromscratch (me) for the animation. Song: Boom Clap by Charli XCX goatgirl84MAP for the map! Scratch bitmap of course.

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Ash Capture No. 10 - Lapras

When Ash and co arrived in the Orange Islands, the writers needed to think of a way for them to quickly travel across the Archipelago, and so Ash caught a Lapras and a convent ride across the islands. Not much else to say there.

History: After having left Brock and escaped Team Rocket's latest scheme, Ash and Misty wander a random Island until they come across a beached Lapras getting abused by some rowdy trainers. Rushing to save them they were joined by Tracey Sketchitt, who managed to chase the trainers away and seek out help for the Lapras.

While Lapras was being tended to it was captured by Team Rocket, Ash rushed to save it and after seeing the lengths he would go to protect Lapras, he accepted Ash as his new trainer, at least until he found his old family.

Lapras continued to fairy the gang across the islands until it ran into his old pod, which included his mother, however Lapras was not accepted back. And so Lapras left with it's pod, happy and fulfilled.

It made a single episode comeback in the Johto episode "In the Lapras of Luxury", where it was revealed that Ash's Lapras had grown into a full adult, though despite that it was still happy to see Ash and played with him for awhile, re-living old times. After foiling a Team Rocket plot regarding capture of it's family, it was made the leader of the group and left Ash once again.

Battle Prowess: Due to mostly being a Island hopping mini boat, Lapras wasn't used much for battling, in fact it's only had three major battles overall. It was used in the first Gym Match in a race against Sissy's Blastoise, it managed to win with a quick Ice Beam road and slide. It was used again 

It's last official battle was against Drake's Gengar, which resulted in a Double K.O from a clash of Night Shade and Ice Beam.

Yeah as you can see, it's Ice Beam was pretty much it's de facto move, I don't think any other moves were even used during it's tenure with Ash… not very impressive

Personality/Development: 

When it was first found by Ash, Lapras was closed of and distrusted humans, due to it being abused by some awful individuals near the beach. However when it was rescued by Ash he learned to open up and trust them again.

Later in it's Johto come back, Lapras grew into a full grown adult who's great leadership skills enabled it to be recognized by the old leader as the NEW leader and be the one responsible for taking care of the pod from then on. It's quite an improvement in it's character, going from a scared child to a confident adult, which does Ash proud.

Where is he now?: He's off with his Lapras Pod, finally being recognized as the leader of the group. Because of that, the chances of Lapras coming back is extremely low and there's no real reason to anyway. Lapras served his purpose and therefore has no reason to come back.