Donut

Donut is Poppy's Cyclizar, and the first she acquired during the Neo-Sinnoh Arc.

Personality

Donut prefers things to go the way he plans. Though he is Poppy's form of transportation, he is also capable in battle. He is jealous of when he sees other Dragon-types like Salamence represented on billboards and such, feeling that less vicious-looking Dragon-types like him are never appreciated. He was originally hateful towards his team members, but after receiving comfort from them, that has since changed. He now considers everyone on the team valuable, whether they believe it or not - because he knew what it was like seeing himself as worthless, and he'll do everything in his power to ensure no one else feels the way he did. Because of this, he is a source of comfort for many mons on Poppy's team, though he sometimes finds himself needing to be comforted. He is also the best singer out of everyone on Poppy's team, but will not admit it.

Backstory

Donut originally belonged to another trainer named Levi, as his Starter, but felt jealousy at seeing him using the other members, especially his Garchomp using him less in battles and gradually paying less attention to him. This led Donut to attempt to get rid of his Pokémon by dumping their Poké Balls in the sea, only to be found out and released. After getting caught in a storm some time later, he caught himself in a Poké Ball to save himself, but was carried out to sea and eventually washed up on an island, where he was eventually found by Brayden, Poppy's brother, who ultimately gave him to the latter as a birthday gift.

Details

• Birthday: 3rd of June, 2019
• Age: 6
• Met: At her home (Birthday gift from her brother)
• Ability: Shed Skin
• Ball: Poke Ball
• Nature: Hasty
• Headcanon Voice: Varian from Tangled the Series/Rapunzel's Tangled Adventure (voiced by Jeremy Jordan)
• Likes: Poppy, battles, being seen as a dragon, Nessa
• Dislikes: Feeling left out or abandoned, not being seen as a dragon

Battle Strategy

Donut tends to use his speed to his advantage, dishing out Dragon-type moves the best he can. He listens to whatever Poppy has planned for the battle, but when those plans, well, don't go to plan, he gets flustered and doesn't know what to do. He hits opponents with whatever he can, for instance, if somehow he's facing a Fairy-type, he'll use whatever type of moves that aren't Dragon-type and hope something works out eventually.

Known Techniques

• Breaking Swipe, Dragon Claw, Draco Meteor
• Body Slam, Hyper Voice, Quick Attack, Shed Tail
• Temper Flare
• Iron Tail
• U-Turn

Relationships

• Poppy: "Poppy... I'm sorry. I never should have lied, I never should have jeopardized our future. ...What will I do without you?"
• Shroomy: "Thanks for helping keep everyone together. Not everyone can be as good of a parent as you!"
• Sunrise: "You're passionate. I like that about you."
• Crusher: "Next time, can you maybe not hug so tightly?"
• Nessa: "...I'm so proud of you."
• Stormwind: "Hey, 'hot stuff'. Don't let that ego really get to your head, you know what I mean?"
• Lila: "You should learn some restraint, especially when shopping. You're going to make Girls Night a lot less fun and a lot more stressful."
• Pancake: "Has anyone told you that you remind me of a living plush toy? In a good way."
• Rex: "Remind Levi sometime that I forgive him."
• Battletoad: "I sometimes wish I had Protean. If only there was a way to get any Ability..."
• Amber: "If you ever want to talk, I'm right here."
• Shadow: "I want to talk to you, Shadow. I think I'm starting to understand."
• Teriyaki: "I bet you could make some delicious food... nothing."
• Ron: "If I knew what would happen back then... I never would have been such a hypocrite."
• Ginny: "So, wanna try Dungeons and Dragons sometime? I've been meaning to for a while."
• Lucky: "Take it from me, luck works in very inconsistent ways."
• Buster: "...I know. Your pain is my fault. You haven't said it, but your face says it all."
• Lana: "Don't you dare ask for voice lessons from me."
• Huggyface: "Just how did you become best friends with Shadow, of all people?"
• Clover: "...Do you want a hug?"
• Marshmallow: "I think if you were around sooner, Shroomy would have had a lot less trouble."
• Claus: "I get that you're old or whatever, but that's no reason to not care."
• Velvet: "I have a gut feeling that I wouldn't like the result of getting on your bad side."
• Louis: "I know you're not stupid, but please refrain from eating anything off the floor."
• Remus: "Who's a good boy? Oh, is it you? Are you the good boy?"
• Sticky: "Ahh.... so fluffy... oops, am I interrupting something?
• Aragorn: "I have to ask, do you only smile when you're around your friends? But we're friends too."
• Pascal: "Thank you. Genuinely."
• Hayley: "I APPRECIATE THAT YOU'RE CREATIVE, BUT COULD YOU TURN IT DOWN SOMETIMES?!"
• Bellatrix: "You remind me of a balance I should keep, between being nice and going nuts."

Trivia

• He is the first Pokémon character who is a Cyclizar.
• His character theme, as jointly decided on by ThunderKitty and Goldenheart388, is "Creep" by Radiohead. Lyrically, the song serves as a representation of Donut’s backstory and insecurities, particularly his jealousy after being pushed aside by Levi, his fears of being abandoned by Poppy, his fears that he’ll never be seen as a “real dragon”— first by Levi’s team and then by Poppy’s own— and his insecurities about how valuable of a team member he actually is. Despite the original explicit version being the one that officially appears on the character theme playlist for Poppy’s mons, the clean version was the originally intended one.