Roary is Emile's Arcanine Pokémon Crystal. He was the third Pokémon to join his team.
Roary is the second Arcanine that Emile used in his team for a Let's Play, the first being RK9 in Pokémon FireRed.
Why Emile Chose Arcanine[]
He chose Arcanine due to it having balanced stats and a good move pool, as well as the fact that his current team, Odairu and Darmani, shared a weakness to Grass. Besides this, he decided that he wanted to reuse one Pokémon from his previous Pokémon Let's Play, and saw Growlithe as the best choice.
Moves[]
Final Moves[]
- Dig (Part 16—Finale)
- Iron Tail (Part 24—Finale)
- Flame Wheel (Part 33—Finale)
- Extreme Speed (Part 62—Finale)
Former Moves[]
- Bite (Part 4—Part 16)
- Roar (Part 4—Part 14)
- Ember (Part 5—Part 33)
- Swift (Part 8—Part 23)
- Leer (Part 14—Part 24)
- Take Down (Part 23—Part 62)
Nickname Origin[]
He planned to give the Growlithe an original nickname eventually, but decided to use his predecessor's nickname as a placeholder, RK9. Unfortunately, this proved impossible due to Crystal's nickname system not having numbers; he typed in 'RKnine', but deleted it. After some deliberation, he used 'GRWLTH' as its placeholder nickname, which is simply 'Growlithe' without the vowels. When he reached Goldenrod City, he picked Roary as a reference to the difficulty he had with catching him, at a fan's suggestion.
Trivia[]
- Roary is the first Pokémon to be reused from a previous Let's Play, and also the first case where the same Pokémon would be a main team member.
- RK9 and Roary both have Flame Wheel and Extremespeed. However, Roary has more type coverage than RK9, knowing a Steel-type and Ground-type move.
