Randall's Donphan

Randall's Donphan''' is the second Pokemon owned by Randall. It was a Pokemon he had in Nuvema Town when it was a Phanpy.

History
Donphan made a brief appearance as a Phanpy in The Start of a Trainer's Voyage! where it was awake alongside Tranquill as its trainer left in the morning on the day where he would obtain a Starter Pokemon from Professor Juniper. It later appeared in A Battle Course of Rivals! where it watched Tepig being defeated by Keith's Oshawott and comforted it. It later teamed up with Tranquill and Tepig to battle the wild Pokemon using its Rollout, Defense Curl, Counter, and Take Down moves.

In A Shelmet Mission!, it was sent out to battle a wild Shelmet. As soon as Phanpy's attacks were damaging the Snail Pokemon and took hits from Energy Ball, Phanpy sent a powerful Earthquake on it, but wasn't effective against the Bug-type. In the following chapter, Phanpy was unable to stop Escavalier, as its Earthquake only weakened it.

In Defeating the Basics, Phanpy was sent out to battle Lenora's Herdier after Tranquill and her Watchog were completely wiped out by their colided attacks. Phanpy dodged some of Herdier's Shadow Balls and used Counter to deflect its Take Down, but officially knocks out the Normal-type with a summoning Earthquake.

In Electrified Strategies?! ,Phanpy was accidentally sent out after Nimbasa Gym Leader Elesa's Emolga used Volt Switch on Pignite. Phanpy's Ground-type attacks weren't affective due to its opponent being part Flying-type as well. Emolga's Acrobatics and Aerial Ace attacks damaged the Long Nose Pokemon a lot until Phanpy's nose pinned it onto the ground following Earthquake that knocks the opponent out. Phanpy is then sent out after Pignite is defeated by Zebstrika and engages in battle. In the brink of getting burned by its Flame Charge attack, Phanpy evolves into Donphan and defeats the Electrified Pokemon with its newly-learned powerful attacks, Stone Edge and Fire Fang.

Character
Donphan was a jolly and childish Pokemon as a Phanpy who acts like a little toddler when needy. With Tepig, Phanpy enjoyed playing with its new friend as they played tag with him. In battle, Phanpy can roll into a ball while using Rollout and defend its friends with its strong willed nature. Since its evolution, its characteristics have changed and made Donphan more serious, but its childish behavior remains.

Trivia

 * Donphan is the only Pokemon from another region to be owned by a main character.