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Hi. We need some help with bots to do some clean up on Solarcooking. Would you be available?
Tom Sponheim 05:33, July 27, 2011 (UTC)
- If you explain me what is the task I could check if my bot is able to do so and reply properly. --Cizagna (Discusión) • Helper • Central hispana 21:20, 27 July 2011 (UTC) 21:20, July 27, 2011 (UTC)
- We want to do some wholesale category switching. For example we want to change the [[Category:Who's who in the solar cooking movement|Lastname]] category to be changed to [[Individuals|Last name]]. We want to change [[Category:Countries involved in solar cooking]] to [[Category:Countries]]. There are a few other changes we'd like to make, but nothing more complicated that this. Is this something that your bot could do? Tom Sponheim 22:44, July 27, 2011 (UTC)
- Yes I can do it. Simple changes like you request for example [[Category:Countries involved in solar cooking]] to [[Category:Countries]]. The one of Who's who in the solar cooking I don't understand what or how do you want ti to change. do you want it to change from a Category to a link? I have warp your link in to nowiki tags to avoid them workin and so they look ok when reading. --Cizagna (Discusión) • Helper • Central hispana 03:51, 28 July 2011 (UTC)
- Great. I forgot about the <nowiki> thing. Both changes involved just changing one category for another. If the category has the lastname field indicating sort order, this would need to be maintained. Would you be able to convert the country category for us as a start? Tom Sponheim
- Remember if you dont close a tag that open and closes you will have huge issues like the one i was having when editing this page. (I have enclose the nowiki tag in some nowiki tags so it does not activate.
- Done with the country ones. For the other one I still need clarification if you want to be as a link ([[Individuals|Last name]]) as you added above or as a category ([[Category:Individuals|Last name]]). --Cizagna (Discusión) • Helper • Central hispana 06:24, 29 July 2011 (UTC)
- We want to change the "Who's who in the solar cooking movement" category to an "Individuals" category and retain the last name field after the bar.Tom Sponheim 17:54, July 30, 2011 (UTC)
- Done --Cizagna (Discusión) • Helper • Central hispana 00:59, 31 July 2011 (UTC)
- Thanks so much! We might have a few other changes that come up in the future. Would you be willing to make a few more bot changes for us then? We really appreciate what you've done. Tom Sponheim 17:07, July 31, 2011 (UTC)
- Yeah, no problem just drop me a message here and as soon as I see it I will do it. Or inform if there is an issue with the request. --Cizagna (Discusión) • Helper • Central hispana 07:27, 01 August 2011 (UTC)
Are you available for another bot change for us on solarcooking?
Hi. We have need of another change. This change would only need to be made on the pages in this category:
We want to change a bunch of external links to point to the new location of an external resource. For example:
Old link: http://www.terra.org/html/s/sol/cocina/directorio/fichaen.php?id=34
New link: http://www.terra.org/cocinas/fichaen.php?id=34
Thus you should replace:
...this text: html/s/sol/cocina/directorio/
...with this: cocinas/
Is this something that you can do for us?
Tom Sponheim 19:25, December 23, 2011 (UTC)
- Done --Cizagna (Discusión) • Helper • Central hispana 22:11, 23 December 2011 (UTC)
- Thanks so much! You are very quick. Tom Sponheim 00:43, December 24, 2011 (UTC)
More bot changes needed on solarcooking
Are you available to do a few more changes on the site for us?
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Older + wiser- Aging workers won't leave utilities in the dark
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THE UTILITY INDUSTRY IS GETTING OLDER. BY SOME estimates, nearly half of today's workforce will be eligible . for retirement in the next decade. Years of hard-won knowledge / seem doomed to disappear just as utilities are implementing \ smart grid initiatives and benefiting from improved data collection and opportunities for advanced customer communications and energy efficiency. Is this a perfect storm? Are veteran utility leaders dreaming about golf courses and easy chairs rather than smart grid technologies just when their experience is most needed? Philadelphia-based PECO Energy, which serves approximately 2 million electric and natural gas customers in southeastern Pennsylvania, and the Sacramento Municipal Utility District (SMUD) in California don't think so.
Rich Cornforth, manager of investment strategy, PECO Energy, explained that industry veterans remain invested in improving utility operations. ''Our
veterans want to figure out what system improvements can be made by leveraging new technologies,'' he said. ''Smart grid capabilities challenge our strategic thinkers to investigate the products and vendors that can make us viable for years to come.'' And when these leaders retire? PECO Energy retains knowledge by documenting everything. "We record policies, procedures, design practices, lessons learned, best practices, everything we believe creates an effective, high-performance utility," Cornforth said. "This not only allows us to capture veterans' valuable knowledge, but also what younger workers must learn. These days, the trend is not to dedicate your career to one employer, so we ensure that what our people learn stays with us."
Cornforth said different generations of workers can solve problems collaboratively. "The smart grid will help us understand customers' consumption and help customers manage usage," he explained. "Power consumption has increased with the number of home appliances and new technology-like keeping all of our handheld devices charged, our laptops and similar devices. Younger workers are part of this culture of using technology. With their insights into today's consumers, they may be able to better understand behavior, and how we can promote smarter energy usage and develop a strategic smart grid vision."
But if, at PECO Energy, aging workers are keeping abreast of new technologies, at SMUD, the excitement surrounding smart grid is actually encouraging them to stay in the game. "Colleagues tell me they want to push back retirement to participate in creating a smarter utility future," said Erik Krause, senior project manager for SMUD's smart grid initiative.
In October, SMUD began deploying more than 600,000 smart meters among residential and commercial customers, including throughout Sacramento. Krause credits an extended planning phase for the chance to build relationships among stakeholders. "We don't worry too much about an aging workforce," he said. "Our team is diverse, and we don't seem to be as affected by the generational trend of moving from place to place. Younger workers are learning from mentors and we feel comfortable knowing that they will make long-lasting contributions here."
His colleague, Mike Wirsch, human resources services manager, agrees. Wirsch has been with SMUD for 17 years and has held several positions. In anticipation of a utility industry redefined by smart grid, he participates on a committee to figure out what utility jobs will exist in the future and how SMUD can prepare for them. "It is difficult to talk about the aging workforce without discussing the rest of SMUD," he said. "We are a strong and cohesive unit."
For PECO Energy and SMUD, an aging workforce holds few challenges for the future of smart grid. A culture of loyalty, effective planning and an ability to bring together the benefits of veterans and new workers creates a great cocktail for ensuring knowledge doesn't disappear and utilities aren't left in the dark.


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Tuesday, May 17, 2011
Advanced Style's Moment of Divine Intervention
The most wonderful thing happened last night. I was on my way home from a performance at Town Hall when I ran into two lovely ladies from Northern England. It was 10:40 pm and I got off on a subway stop that I don't usually exit from, when all of the sudden the ladies above started shouting, "Ari Ari." I thought that I must know them from somewhere but realized that I didn't recognize them at all.
They told me that they had been following Advanced Style for over a year and that the ladies I feature inspired them to come to New York.The lady on the left wanted to take a trip to New York for her 66th birthday to feel as free as the women I photograph everyday. She told me that it's hard to be herself in the small town where she resides,so she couldn't wait to visit New York where she could dress up and express herself.
This was a truly some kind of divine intervention.Neither one of them had contacted me so to run into them in the middle of the night was pretty unbelievable. I pulled out my Flip camera to capture the moment on video and told them that I would take them to Off Broadway Boutique today. It was the Birthday Girl's goal to be on Advanced Style, so I had to make her wish come true.
31 comments:
- annina said...
I L O V E this story! How fantastic is that?! Thanks for sharing and greetings from Berlin :)
- May 17, 2011 at 9:04 AM
- Joanna said...
This is SO great!! look at their faces. The happiness is radiating!!
Just makes me believe in the laws of attraction even more!
Discovered your blog recently.. it's fantastic..you're such an inspiration for all generations and women everywhere!!
Joanna - from london
- May 17, 2011 at 9:22 AM
- The Queen Vee said...
Love it....Serendipitous. Love the Brits!
- May 17, 2011 at 9:52 AM
- The Queen Vee said...
Love the Brits, what a totally serendipitous meeting.
- May 17, 2011 at 9:53 AM
What a wonderful way to start my day--laughing with these wonderful ladies! Thank you Ari.
- May 17, 2011 at 9:58 AM
- poca said...
Ari you are so silly! I love this so much. Their excitement, energy, and disbelief.
Even better is you took them to Off Broadway - what a complete and quintessential NY experience!
- May 17, 2011 at 10:17 AM
- Cait Throop said...
Ohhhh I love these women!!! And I love your blog, Ari!!! xo
- May 17, 2011 at 10:47 AM
- Pam @ over50feeling40 said...
This is such a cool story...the video just made my day!! What a great moment...
- May 17, 2011 at 11:07 AM
Only in New York, the smallest big town on the planet.
Welcome to NY, fabulous British ladies.
Carol and Richard
- May 17, 2011 at 11:09 AM
- Eliza Jane said...
What a sweet, serendipitous story. It warmed my heart, and was a great way to start the day. :)
- May 17, 2011 at 11:13 AM
so very cute.........and so much fun!!!!
- May 17, 2011 at 11:21 AM
- Milly said...
Such a wonderful story..I'm from the North of England too and thought not quite advanced yet, LOVE this blog x
- May 17, 2011 at 11:50 AM
This makes me so happy! I love that they wanted to BE SEEN for her birthday. So awesome!
And to Ari... I'm not even close to my 60s, but your blog is really inspiring for a younger person to wear awesome outfits at any age. People who see my collection of brightly coloured tights and shoes, and often comment, "Oh, I can't wear bright colours," and I ask, "WHY NOT?" And then I direct them to your blog. :)
- May 17, 2011 at 12:02 PM
- TheHappyIntrovert said...
Oh my God. This is so wonderful, Ari. How great it is, what you do.
- May 17, 2011 at 12:04 PM
- Cathi said...
That is a fabulous story, divine intervention, indeed! :)
- May 17, 2011 at 12:16 PM
In my best Madeline Kahn imitation... "Vat a nice guy!". LOL.
Watching this video made me so happy for these two ladies! Happy Shopping!
- May 17, 2011 at 12:27 PM
- girlunwinding said...
That is so funny and such a sweet story! Ari, just look at what you gave them~ a great New York experience with a cherry on top. So wonderful in so many ways.
- May 17, 2011 at 1:00 PM
How fabulous, what are the chances! Have fun shopping!
- May 17, 2011 at 1:12 PM
- Eva said...
They must have found out where they can meet you. I just can't believe in such a coincidence in a city as big as NY. But nevertheless -- you move something, don't you?
- May 17, 2011 at 1:34 PM
- Helen said...
- May 17, 2011 at 3:49 PM
- One Woman's Journey - a journal being written from Woodhaven - her cottage in the woods. said...
How wonderful - made me smile and wonder. I have not been to New York and my one granddaughter works there, another goes to music school there and my grandson will be taking an internship there for the summer.
Wonder if grandma could leave her cottage in the woods and visit the big city :)
- May 17, 2011 at 4:31 PM
such a heart-warming story! i'm sending it to my mother and i fully expect she will be booking a ticket to nyc for a bit of ari-stalking soon...ari, have you thought of hosting shopping safari vacation packages? my mum would fly in for sure;-) you can take her shopping, take a pic, put it on your blog. she will also want to go dancing with you however so be warned...
- May 17, 2011 at 7:19 PM
- DecoKate said...
That's a wonderful story! I'm a Brit myself (and a countryside girl to boot) and I can vouch for how difficult it is to express yourself in a small town in the UK. I hope these women can get lots of inspiration from NY and have the time of their lives!!
- May 17, 2011 at 9:02 PM
- Coco Mault said...
Just so wonderful.
- May 17, 2011 at 9:45 PM
I want to echo what everyone else has just said. This was such fun and I could sure feel the excitement and joy of these two women! I really hope you're going to give us the next instalment--after the shopping trip! I am in my 'lower 60s' and constantly feel inspired by what I read here. I love your blog!
jill in Ontario
- May 18, 2011 at 12:15 AM
- jan said...
De-lurking to say that I really enjoyed this post! What a great story and I hope they really have a good time in New York!
- May 18, 2011 at 12:30 AM
- Ela's Idea said...
They are so cute! I hope my sister and I are as cute as they are when we get into our golden ages or rather 'silver' age. Love your blog!
- May 18, 2011 at 1:13 AM
- Shell said...
Wow, what a great moment. It's so cool the birthday girl and her friend came to NYC inspired by you and all the fab people on this site. Then to run into you like that. That is the Divine showing her hand.
- May 19, 2011 at 10:28 AM
- lorrwill said...
That's it! I am now unshakably convinced you are some kind of saint masquerading as a blogger.
Seriously, there just aren't the right words for the kind of wonderful this story is.
- May 22, 2011 at 9:46 PM
- Erin said...
I hope someone told that young lady that she bears a striking resemblance to the gorgeous Helen Mirren. This was a wonderful post, thank you so much.
- May 23, 2011 at 9:12 PM
- Cath said...
How very very awesome.
- May 23, 2011 at 10:47 PM


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New York resident and Zirtual assistant, Joanna Cohen has two clients in California. She says, "I do research, I do travel arrangements, and I manage their calendars and their schedules." In regards to the typical client, Cohen remarks, "it's people in any walk of life in any situation...it's not just that top exec who has all the money in the world."
When surveying people on the street, many passersby agreed that having a virtual assistant would free up time and allow them to better manage their personal and or business lives. Local spa owner Olya Piccirillo says, "I could accomplish much more. I would have more time on my hands, so I could do things I enjoy more."
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My 2-year-old can hear the refrigerator door opening from across the house, but it's the distinctive squeal of a garbage truck's brakes that makes her drop everything and race to the door.
Every morning when she wakes up, she asks "Garbage truck coming today?" in a hopeful little voice.
Six days of the week she's disappointed. But when she goes to bed Thursday night, I get to say, "The garbage truck will be here tomorrow."
Her eyes light up as she exclaims, "It's Friday!"
(Repetition is everything in a toddler's world.)
No matter what she's doing — eating breakfast, piecing together her alphabet puzzle or flipping through a book — those brakes screech through her concentration and she's on the run.
"The garbage truck coming!" she yells.
(I have to intercept her when she's in her high chair or she's likely to leap out in her excitement and I'd like to avoid broken bones as long as possible.)
Whether she's at home or at Grandma and Papa's (my parents watch her while I work — something for which I can never express enough thanks), her Friday routine is the same: stand watch until she sees the truck.
Of course, a garbage truck is nothing without a driver, and we're lucky that the one who dumps our trash is also eager to wave at a blonde-haired little girl.
The best part is that garbage trucks make many passes on their daily route through our neighborhood (15th and Auburn), so we sometimes spend an hour outside watching for the garbage truck.
Then she talks about it all day long to us, to friends, to random people at the grocery store.
She's also a bit obsessed with backhoes and other heavy equipment, and is now pretty good at distinguishing between a backhoe and a track-hoe thanks to my dad, who ran a farm equipment business years ago.
Then, in this summer of road construction, the trucks arrived to chip seal our streets.
Can you imagine her joy?
One afternoon, right before nap time, I sat on my parents' front porch with Olivia to watch the process as the crews laid oil and crushed rock, followed by a roller to smooth it all down.
And we weren't the only ones outside — the almost 3-year-old across the street watched with his grandpa, and another neighbor leaned on his fence.
Apparently big trucks appeal to the youngsters and the young at heart.
But I'd really like to thank the man who drives the garbage truck in west Baker City — Olivia's Fridays are always happy because he waves at one of his biggest fans.


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|Sealing Technique: Phantom Dragons Nine Consuming Seals [1]
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|Fūinjutsu: Genryū Kyūfūjin
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|Sealing Jutsu: Nine Phantom Dragons
|Volume #29, Chapter #255
|Naruto Shippūden Episode #10
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The Sealing Technique: Phantom Dragons Nine Consuming Seals is a technique that was used by Pain and the other members of Akatsuki to forcibly drain the spirit and chakra of the tailed beasts from their still-living jinchūriki, then to seal it in the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path. The technique took three full days to complete if nine of the Akatsuki members were present. Kisame Hoshigaki suggested that it "may take longer without Orochimaru".[2] When reduced to three people, Zetsu claimed that, with so few people left to perform the technique, it would take a while.[3]
To prepare for the technique, Pain would summon the Demonic Statue, after which each member would then stand on one of its fingertips, corresponding to their specific ring finger. When performed, this technique caused the bit to fall out of the mouth of the statue. Each of the Akatsuki members would then concentrate, causing the kanji of their rings to appear on the nail of the finger they were standing on. Nine dragon-like effigies then poured from the statue's mouth, surrounded the captured host, and painfully removed the tailed beast from them. In the case of an unsealed tailed beast, the same thing happened to the beast itself, and still took as much time as if it were sealed. After the process was complete, the beast was sealed within the statue, and one of the statue's nine eyes opened. The host then died due to the removal of their tailed beast. There is a numerical order with the Nine-Tails needed be sealed last, or the statue would shatter.[4]
However, with Nagato now dead, Tobi claimed that they would need a new pawn to synchronise with the Demonic Statue in order to seal the Eight-Tails and the Nine-Tails.[5] Though Nagato uses it for peace in the form of a weapon of mass destruction to keep governments in line, the technique was created for Madara's Eye of the Moon Plan, as Obito was given the task to ensure that Demonic Statue of the Outer Path and the tailed beasts would become the Ten-Tails once more.


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Tanzania junior tennis representatives in the African Junior Championship (AJC) currently going on in Cairo are performing poorly as admitted by their coach Hassan Kasim.
The coach says the dismal show has been attributed mainly due to lack of adequate preparations ahead of the event.
The coach was responding to a telephone interview directly from Cairo where the team is based for the continental event.
The Tanzanian coach said the players failed to synchronies between themselves, particularly when they were paired to play the doubles and mixed doubles events.
He says the pairs has not trained together and were just collected to team up during the tournament which has resulted in miscommunications.
Under normal circumstances players who pair in doubles are supposed to train together for a minimum of two days, but the country players never passed through this formality before boarding the flight to Cairo as confirmed by the coach.
The AJC tournament is taking place at the Al Solaimaneyah Golf Resort & SPA in Cairo and Tumaini Martin is the only local player to have reached the second round in singles, after winning against Yousef Abdel from Tunisia by 4-0, 4-1 sets.
In the doubles there has been poor show as Tumaini Marti and Emanuel Mallya playing against Togolese duo of Antoine Gbadoe and Yacubu Maga lost 3-7, 4-6 sets.
Another boys double saw John Njau of Tanzania pairing with Rwandan Oliver Havigumana against Republic of South Africa Loyd Harris and Robert Albert to crash out by 0-6, 3-6 sets.
In the girls double, Edina John partnered with Sudanese Rayan Abdelrahaman against Tunisians Aziza Berriri and Yosr Elimi to terribly lose by 0-6, 0-6.
"We did not practice well in doubles and I must confess that we were below the standard. Now we must focus on building the team by giving players adequatetraining and also organising some international tournaments," said the coach.
The coach praised Martin for performing well at the tournament saying he has demonstrated his tenacious prowess in the event.
"What Martin is doing is itself explanatory. It shows that he is a gem and has been consistent. We are now assured that he will at least grab something from the tourney," he said.
The tournament offers competition in two age categories, 16 and 14-and-under, and has attracted entries from 61 boys and 57 girls from 27 nations across the continent.
Feed-in consolation events are organised so that players have the opportunity to play a singles match every day, giving the players vital competition in advance of their continent's most prestigious junior event.
Players qualified for Cairo through taking part in one of three zonal championships which took place in January and February in West and Central, Southern and East Africa.
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- Making unwanted phone calls
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|Offensive, Defensive, Supplementary
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Yota's special ability allows him to freely manipulate the weather around him. Regardless of the natural atmosphere around him, he could manifest many different weather effects, effectively turning them into powerful attacks or defenses. It should be noted that his area of effect is not limited to outside, as he is able to isolate his abilities to relatively closed off area, while within them. Each of his abilities seem to be directly linked to his emotions and action. When he is sad, it starts raining. When he is happy, the sun shines intensely or it starts snowing. When he gets angry, he is capable of summoning purple lightning. Additionally, Yota has shown that while whistling, he can summon powerful whirlwinds. Yota also has shown to have a great level of control over the range and direction of his abilities.
The following effects have been shown:
- Rain: When Yota is sad, it rains. It could rain softly or fiercely, and could even be directed to a single person. The rain itself seems to have an unusual effects on his opponents, as it is able to drain them of their chakra and vitality, while seemingly making them sad as well. Once produced in terms of offense and defence, he could summon varying sizes of very powerful, pressurized, water trenches to either block incoming attacks, retrain, or injure his opponents. He could even create huge water bubbles that attacks opponents with concussive force. Coming from many different directions, each of his attacks could manifest from anywhere within his vicinity, seemingly coming from thin air.
- Snow: When Yota is happy, it starts to snow. Showing only the offensive capabilities, Yota is able to turn a simple snowfall into a powerful blizzard, enabling him to near instantly freeze everything around him, including people.
- Lightning: When Yota is angry, he can produce large bolts of purple lighting. The lightning could be directed from anywhere, to anywhere the enemy is, and in rapid succession. It was fast enough to keep up with Kiba Inuzuka and Akamaru.
- Wind: Although not determined by a specific emotion, Yota was able to fully manipulate the direction and intensity of wind by whistling. He could summon anything from a concentrated tornado, to several whirlwinds. Each of these attacks have the offensive capabilities to slash and wound the intended target. It was powerful enough to cut, and catch off guard, Naruto Uzumaki, despite being in Nine-Tails Chakra Mode.
- Sunlight: When Yota is happy, he could also make the sun shine brightly. Although it hasn't been used offensively or defensively, it has shown to cause flowers to bloom quickly around him.


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Unearth -- Cleveland, OH -- August 4th, 2011
Tour: Mayhem Fest off-date
Venue: Peabody's
Bands: Suicide Silence, Unearth, All Shall Perish, Red Fang
Source: Me
Red Fang:
Into The Eye
Good To Die
Prehistoric Dog
All Shall Peirsh:
Wage Slaves
Gagged, Bound, Shelved and Forgotten
There Is No Business To Be Done On A Dead Planet
Precession of Ashes
In This Life of Pain
There is Nothing Left
My Will Be Done
Black Hearts Now Reign
Watch It Burn
This Lying World
Shadows In The Light
Zombie Autopilot
Eyes of Black
The Great Dividers
I got to Peabody's around 7:00, and one of the local bands were still playing. Shitty crabcore, really, with very mediocre singing. I hung out and talked to my friends, since I went with a couple guys I haven't seen in over a year, and we were making fun of the kids in the crowd. I was sporting a Cattle Decap shirt, my one friend had a Lamb of God shirt, and my other friend (who was the running back/linebacker for our old highschool football team) had a plain black cutoff shirt and an America bandanna. No flat-brims amongst us.
Anyway, Peabody's was packed. Most people I've ever seen there. Red Fang came on next, and they were frickin' awesome! They were so, so, so out of place and all the kiddies were bored out of their minds, but I was banging my head the whole time. You know them, but they play solid southern stoner-ish rock/metal. Reminded me at times of Down, Motorhead, and Weedeater.
Next, All Shall Perish took the stage. I absolutely love them on record, and I don't know why people have been saying "OOH ASP SUCKS LIVE" here, since they were very spot-on, and had probably the best pits of the night. People just went crazy for them, and there were a constant stream of stagedivers. I, personally, had a nice frontflip dive in "No Business..." right before that epic breakdown. I wish someone filmed that, since I was very proud of the timing of it if I might say so myself. I kind of wish I heard more Francesco, since his guitar was tuned down a bit, but it was still awesome. Ben jumped out into the crowd at the end of Eradication, and Hernan did a great job of getting the crowd moving and diving.
After a nice long water break, we positioned ourselves for Unearth. I wasn't really sure what to expect. I mean, they've been one of my favorite metalcore bands since I was in middle school, and The Oncoming Storm is one of my favorite metalcore records of all time, so I had some high expectations. As soon as they ripped into the opening sweeps of My Will Be Done, I just rushed the stage so I could get right in Trevor's face the whole set. They were absolutely incredible. They sound twice as good live, in my opinion. I had some doubts since I wasn't a huge fan of the new record, but now I'm gonna have to give it a second chance since it was fucking HEAVY live.
About 3/4 of the way through the set, the girl up against the stage right in front of me turns around, and points at her head in question. I look, and she had a gash about an inch big, pouring blood profusely out of her head. Disgusting! I just pointed towards the door, and some other guy escorted her out. It looked painful as hell. But it was kind of cool, since it allowed me to get right up on the stage, front and center, directly in Trevor's face! There were a constant stream of stagedivers/crowdsurfers for Unearth, ESPECIALLY for the old songs. And holy shit, that set... SO many songs from The Oncoming Storm! I had no idea they'd play Zombie Autopilot. That made my week hearing that song...
Other things for them: Trevor shoved the mic in my face multiple times, notably during The Great Dividers during the, "THERE WERE BETTER ONES", "GOD SENT POLITICS", "TAKE OVER THE WORLD/DIVIDE OUR HOME", which was a dream come true! And for the "DOES HATE MEAN FREEDOM?!", he just put the mic up in the air, and everybody screamed it, moreso than any part Suicide Silence played. Buz was spot-on live, jumping around and climbing up the amps and drumset while shredding and sweeping simultaneously. Ken was also sporting a Terror shirt , and had a giant Penis drawn on his arm, and "I LIKE DICK" drawn on his other arm. And last but not least, Unearth's breakdowns are incredible live. Better than any metalcore or deathcore band I've seen. It's so heavy; especially in a small, hole in the wall venue when you're up front, only inches away from the band. I ALSO GOT THE PHYSICAL SETLIST; I'll post a pic below.
Despite an abundance of scenies in the crowd, and a lot of jerks, it was an incredible performance. AND BIG NEWS: Trevor told everyone that they are 100% gonna do a headlining tour this fall/winter!
Setlist (I had to scream out, GIVE ME THAT SETLIST, IT'S TOO LONG TO EXPLAIN BUT I NEED IT MORE THAN ANY OTHER GUY HERE!):
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Suicide Silence setlist:
Wake Up
You Only Live Once
Fuck Everything
Slaves to Substance
No Pity for a Coward
Engine No. 9 (Deftones Cover)
My Suicide Silence review:
So Suicide Silence co-headlined this with Unearth, and played last, but I like Unearth more so I made this an Unearth-centered review. But after Unearth, Suicide Silence took the stage. To be honest, it was really good. But nothing more. I wasn't blown away by them or anything. Not terrible, though. Let me explain.
First of all, I actually think they had the weakest pits of the night, which surprised me, since I thought all the kiddies came to see them. I think it was due to the fact that it was about 90 degrees in there, and everybody was tired as hell. They had a lot of good "jump up and down" moments, which were fun. And Mitch had a pretty decent stage presence for the band, and was good at getting the crowd motivated. He kept calling for circle pits, though, which I have no problem with, but it got to a point where everybody was just too tired and hot to do them, and he was getting pissed and calling us pussies.
Vocally, I think his highs suffer live. They sound a little forced. And, there were many times where he just left out the vocals to certain lines, and I don't know why. For example, my favorite part of Smoke is when he does that wicked scream for, "BUUUURN IT DOOOOOOOOOOOOOWN", which he just left out live. Little stuff like that, and it annoyed me. The new songs sounded pretty decent live, and as much as I hate "Fuck Everything", since the last 2 minutes drag on forever, it made more sense in a live context. Cheesy, and a typical deathcore cop-out, but fun nonetheless. Mitch also managed to get a good wall of death during Disengage, which was kind of fun since the wall was about the size of Peabody's itself.
They also brought out cameras for No Pity For a Coward, and announced that they were gonna film this song for an upcoming DVD that they have coming out! Consequently, everybody went twice as crazy, especially since Mitch was like, "This platform is a fucking diving board. I don't want to see it empty!" I haven't seen so many stagedives at once since Terror, which was really fun especially because there were a decent amount of people up front so you could dive without hurting yourself. Personal note, too: I think I've finally mastered the art of diving correctly where I do a flip, land on my back on the people, and roll directly onto my feet in a standing position, where I don't hurt myself. It was interesting seeing the people who knew how to dive, and the people who didn't, since it's pretty damn obvious. Some of these kids just had no idea what was going on, and landed directly on their heads/necks. Idiots.
Also, if this makes the DVD, I will laugh my head off: During the last "PULL THE TRIGGER BEEITCH HURP DURP" breakdown, I ran across the stage to dive, and somehow Mitch's mic cord wrapped around my ankle, twice! I tried as hard as I could to unwrap it, but it was taking forever, and Mitch was just glaring at me, and pushed me a bit like he was pissed at me. Right as I was getting it off, some bouncer/crew guy thought I was trying to be a smartass and stay on the stage, and just picks me up and threw me headfirst into the crowd. Somehow, the mic cord untangled as I was thrown. I also landed not so good on my neck/head area, but I was fine. DON'T TASE/THROW/DEFENESTRATE ME, BRO!
So overall, they were fun live. Not amazing. I would see them again. Unearth still stole the show.
Nice review. The further I read through it, the more I wished that I had gone to the show...until I read the sentence about the 100% certainty of a headlining tour later this year. Finally. FINALLY!!! Great Satan, it's taken them long enough. Now all they have to do is not pick the worst bands ever to tour with them (which isn't a slam dunk by any means, based on past history), and I'll be one happy fucking camper. Unearth is the best metalcore band in existence right now, bar none.
Am I misinformed, or do they not really play "Giles" all that often? It's not necessarily my absolute favorite song by them, but it's definitely pretty damned awesome, and I seem to remember a lot of set lists without it in there and me wondering why not. Oh well, glad you got that, "Zombie Autopilot", and all the other "Oncoming Storm" gems that you enjoyed so much. Sounds like I missed a scorcher.
Even still, I'm going to make the same set list comment I always make: NEEDS MOAR "THIS TIME WAS MINE"
EDIT: Oh, and I believe it's "This Lying World". (Unearth n00bz )
EDIT2: Red Fang fucking rules. That is all.
9/2 Chelsea Wolfe
10/16 Kylesa / Inter Arma / Indian Handcrafts / Irata
11/13 Windhand / Monolord
12/30 Clutch
And you're correct, they never play Giles live. At least recently. They used to. They usually play Sanctity of Brothers, also, but I'm fine with them leaving it out since that set was so good. Watch it Burn is also amazing live; I hope they keep it in for a long time to come.
I'm pretty sure they also don't play Endless often. It's one of my favorite songs by 'em, too.
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9/2 Chelsea Wolfe
10/16 Kylesa / Inter Arma / Indian Handcrafts / Irata
11/13 Windhand / Monolord
12/30 Clutch
|all shall perish, red fang, suicide silence, unearth
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Ash's Charizard
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Ash's Charizard is a Fire/flying-type Pokémon owned by Ash. It is Ash's 5th and arguably most powerful Pokémon he ever captured, winning some of his most difficult battles. It is voiced by Shin'ichirō Miki in both the Japanese and English-language version of the Pokemon anime.
Charizard was first introduced as a young Charmander in the episode IL011: Charmander - The Stray Pokémon. It belonged to a Trainer named Damian who had promptly abandoned it, calling it a pathetic and weak Pokémon. Despite this, Charmander's loyalty to Damian still existed to such a degree that it resisted being captured. It sat on a rocky outcrop, waiting for Damien to return, not knowing that Damien had long since given up on it. When a storm emerged, Charmander remained outside, clinging to a large leaf for shelter despite the flame on its tail getting dangerously low. To make things worse, a flock of Spearow started attacking it. Thankfully, Ash and his friends arrived, saving Charmander with Pikachu and driving the Spearow away although Ash and the others got shocked in the process.
Ash and company got Charmander to a Pokémon Center and handed it to Nurse Joy for treatment. She later emerged from the exam room with good news; Charmander would pull through. Next morning though, Charmander had disappeared! A worried Ash theorized it had gone back to the rock to wait for Damian. Team Rocket soon arrived on scene, causing more trouble for Ash and the others by capturing Pikachu after Ash and the others fell into a hole. Charmander arrived and thanks to Meowth translating, ordered James and Jessie to "give Pikachu back or else." Team Rocket ignored the threat, ordering Charmander to beat it or else. But Charmander had the last laugh as it released a very powerful Flamethrower on them, roasting them and causing Team Rocket to retreat.
Damian, having witnessed the scene returned, hoping to get Charmander to rejoin his team as he planned to fulfill his "promise" and attempted to recapture Charmander. However, Charmander realized that Damian was a selfish trainer who would never care for or respect him and as such, refused, using its tail to send the Poke Ball flying back where it hit Damian in the face. Damian attempted to crush Charmander with every Pokémon he owned, but Charmander responded by giving its former trainer a Flamethrower. Pikachu joined it with ThunderShock and Damian was forced to flee. Humiliated, burnt and shocked to within an inch of his life, Damian fled while Charmander chose to join Ash's team and became the newest addition to the young trainer's party.
Calling upon it on numerous occasions, Charmander would become one of Ash's most valuable and trusted Pokemon.
In the episode after he had been captured, Ash used Charmander's help to get them through a cave. On the St. Anne ship, he joined forces with a group of Charmander to successfully defeat a group of Team Rocket grunts. He helped Ash and his friends, after they formed a reluctant alliance with Team Rocket, to escape the sunken wreckage of the ship. Once back in the open, he, along with Pikachu, Bulbasaur, Squirtle, Meowth, Ekans and Koffing, was briefly separated from Ash, thanks to a disastrous encounter with a group of Gyarados, and marooned on an island with giant pokemon. It was eventually revealed to be Giovanni's Pokemon Land theme park after they accidentally wrecked the park by destroying the robotic Pokemon there. The two were reunited along with the other Pokemon.
Once the group had arrived in Lavender Town, Ash, hoping to catch a Ghost-type Pokémon so that he could beat the Saffron City Gym Leader, Sabrina, chose Charmander to lead the way through the tower. Unfortunately, a Haunter living in the tower paralyzed Charmander by using Lick, forcing Ash to recall it.
Charmander's next chance to shine came when Ash chose it to go up against Primeape who had evolved from a harmless Mankey. After enduring a brutal beating at Primeape's hands, Charmander learned Rage which gave it the opportunity to knock Primeape out after unleashing a powerful Flamethrower which finally enabled Ash to capture it.
Charmander got the chance to take part in its first-ever Gym Battle when Ash went up against the Celadon City Gym Leader, Erika where it fought Erika's Weepinbell. It stopped Weepinbell's Razor Leaf with a Flamethrower, causing Weepinbell some discomfort as Grass-type Pokémon hate the Fire. Charmander knocked Weepinbell out with a Skull Bash, giving Ash the win but Charmander lost after battling Erika's Gloom due to the fact that the stench Gloom gave off was so disgusting that it caused Charmander to hold its nose before fainting in disbelief. Although the battle was suspended due to Team Rocket attacking the Gym, Ash eventually won the Rainbow Badge after saving Gloom's life.
Ash used Charmander again in his battle against the Fuchsia City Gym leader, Koga with Charmander fighting Koga's Venomoth before Team Rocket interrupted the battle.
After Team Rocket had blasted off, Koga sent out his Golbat to deal with Charmander. Despite the fight not going in Charmander's favor at the beginning, it was eventually able to beat Koga's Golbat thanks to a combination of Ember and Fire Spin that gave Ash the Soul Badge.
Charmander went up against a Golem owned by a biker named Poke Ballwere so powerful that Golem was even burning and even after Chopper recalled it, the heat continued to go through the Poke Ball.
Charmander was chosen to stop a group of rampaging Exeggutor and it did so but Ash and the team were in for a surprise when Charmander evolved into Charmeleon.
Unfortunately, the Charmander's happy personality and loyalty disappeared upon it evolving into Charmeleon, the reason being that Charmeleon's own skill level excelled that of Ash's and as such, it didn't respect him. During a practice battle in which Ash sought to help a Paras Cassandra owned evolve into a Parasect, it responded by going against Ash's orders and ruthlessly attacked the Paras, causing it to flee in tears. Ash tries to call Charmeleon, but Charmeleon used a Flamethrower on Ash and when it rounded on Brock and Misty, Brock commented that Charmeleon was way out of control. Luckily, though, Pikachu, intervened and used a Thunderbolt to knock Charmeleon out, enabling Ash to recall it.
Charmeleon is still ignored to Ash, until an Aerodactyl had insulted it. When it evolved into a Charizard, it defeated the Aerodactyl, but accidentally used Flamethrower on Ash. Upon being released from its Ball, it accidentally simply shot out flames onto Ash again, and ignored his orders
However, he actually battled against other fire types. He listened to Ash in his battle against Blaine's Magmar, and won with Seismic Toss after a hard battle. He also battled Ritchie's Charmander, and easily crushed it. Unfortunately again, his laziness against all other types of Pokémon cost Ash his match against Ritchie in the Pokémon League, apologize to him.
Orange League
In the early part of the series, Charizard retained his disobedience. He defeated a trainer's Tauros in one hit, only to go on a rampage that was only contained by Elite Four member Lorelei. He also used Flamethrower on Ash while he was trying to make a sled to use against Danny. Ash dodged (somewhat), and the Flamethrower made the perfect sled, helping Ash win the round. As he won the round, Charizard embarasses Ash, but apologize to him.
However, when Ash saved it after being frozen by Tad's Poliwrath's Ice Beam, Charizard's loyalty to Ash returned in full force; the best part of Charmander's pre-evolved personality was back. It had a rematch with Tad, and won with his new Dragon Rage and what would become his signature move: the Seismic Toss.
Charizard helped Ash in his battles with Luana and Drake, fighting alongside Pikachu against Luana's Marowak and Alakazam. Narrowly defeating Drake's Electabuzz with Seismic Toss, Charizard then battled Drake's Dragonite. Even with the damage he had taken in his battle with Electabuzz, he held his own against the more experienced Pseudo-Legendary Pokémon. In the end, their Dragon Rages collided. Although Dragonite was injured by the explosion, Charizard fainted and Dragonite still had enough energy to defeat Ash's Squirtle and Tauros before finally being defeated by Pikachu.
Charizard was used in Ash's first Johto Gym battle, and defeated Falkner's Pidgeot with Seismic Toss. Charizard was also used in Ash's trainer battles, easily winning every battle.
When Charizard entered the Charicific Valley, it immediately challenged one of the many Charizards that were there, only to be humiliated at its loss. Charla then threw him out and into a lake. Team Rocket respected Charizard as a "fellow loser," and kept it alive while it was in the lake. Next Team Rocket "attacked" the valley, but Charizard defended the valley, just as they planned. They say some encouraging words and saluted Charizard before he sent them blasting off. Team Rocket's plan was to use that scene to make Charizard look like a hero and get accepted in, and it worked. Ash gave Charizard the option to stay and train if it wished to, which Charizard agreed and was given an assurance from Ash that it wouldn't be abandoned. Ash didn't want to leave Charizard but he knew it was for the best for Charizard.
However it later returned to Ash and helped him and Clair calm a rampaging Dragonite. After that it battled Clair's Dragonair by evaporating the pool, which was her protection, with Flamethrower. It then dodged Iron Tail twice and won using a unique combination of Fire Spin and Seismic Toss, both of which were used inside Dragonair's Dragon Rage to give them more power. Charizard's victory over Dragonair earned Ash the Rising Badge. It returned to Charific Valley for a little while before it returned to Ash again for the Johto League.
In "Spell of the Unown," after watching footage of Ash running after Entei who'd kidnapped his mother, Charizard left the Valley to head straight for Greenfield. He arrived in the nick of time, rescuing Ash and Pikachu who were just about to fall to their deaths after stumbling off a cliff. Charizard fought Entei and managed to hit it with a Fire Spin that was strong enough to cause the Legendary Pokemon to roar with pain, despite the fact that Fire Spin would not normally do much damage to a fellow Fire type. Although Charizard had grown stronger in the Charicific Valley, displaying the agility and power to dodge and counter many of Entei's attacks. Fortunately young Molly Hale ordered Entei to stop just before Entei was about to kill Charizard with Fire Blast.
Charizard later returned in the Silver Conference when Blastoise and Scisor had cut the team down to just him. He battled and defeated Gary's Scizor and Golem. Gary's Blastoise put up a better fight, and maintained an adavntage, by using Hydro Pump to negate Charizard's aierial advantage. Thinking outside of the box, Charizard used Flamethrower to burn the battlefield and when Blastiose used Hydro Pump to cool down the burning field, Charizard used the smoke to get in close, ensuring that Blastoise couldn't aim its cannons. Blastoise ducked under Charizard's Dragon Rage and used Bite on its shoulder but Charizard ignored the pain and smashed Blastoise into the ground with Seismic Toss. Blastoise managed to stand but after glaring at Charizard for a few moments it collapsed and fainted. This caused Ash to move to the top 8 and resulting in Gary's elimination from the Johto League.
Charizard was then used against Harrison's Blaziken in the quarterfinals. Charizard had never battled a Blaziken before and Ash had only encountered the Pokemon once when Harrison used it to catch his Sneasel. Therefore both Charizard and his trainer were caught off guard by Blaziken's speed and power. Even Charizard's Seismic Toss wasn't enough to defeat Blaziken, though it crippled him badly, but when Charizard attempted to use another one it was caught off guard by Blaziken's Blaze Kick. Blaziken tried to finish Charizard with Flamethrower and Charizard countered with Dragon Rage resulting in an explosion which caused both Pokemon to collapse. Charizard and Blaziken managed to stand up but when Ash ordered Charizard to use another Flamethrower, the pain from Charizard's injuries overwhelmed him and he fainted. However Charizard injured Blaziken badly enough to prevent Harrison from using it in the next round which caused Harrison to lose his next battle.
It appeared in the episode The Symbol Life, where Ash used Charizard to battle with Noland's Articuno. Despite his type advantage, Articuno had the upper hand throughout most of the battle, recovering from Flamethrower and DragonBreath remarkably quickly and dodging all of Charizard's other attacks. It also revealled that it could use Water Pulse to counter its weakness to Fire types and froze one of Charizard's wings with Ice Beam. Charizard used Overheat to melt the ice on his wing allowing him to regain full mobility but Articuno still managed to land a Steel Wing which very nearly defeated the exhausted Charizard. However when Articuno attempted to finish Charizard with another Steel Wing Charizard grabbed both wings and hurled Articuno to the ground with Seismic Toss, almost knocking itself out in the process. Articuno managed to get up and the referee was about to announce that it had won but Noland told him to wait until he was sure the battle was over. Articuno fainted as Charizard got to his feet. Charizard was the first non-Legendary Pokémon in the anime to have defeated a Legendary Pokémon and won Ash the Knowledge Symbol before it returned to the Charicific Valley. As of then, Charizard's power rivals that of legendary and elite four Pokémon.
Charizard was also used during Ash's final battle with Pyramid King Brandon, where he battled Brandon's Dusclops. Dusclops proved to be Charizard's equal, countering Flamethrower with Will-O-Wisp and using Mean Look after being hit by DragonBreath. When Charizard used his newly learned Steel Wing, Dusclops grabbed onto one of his wings and used Confuse Ray. Ash was unable to recall Charizard because of Mean Look allowing Dusclops to hit Charizard with Shadow Punch and Will-O-Wisp. Charizard snapped out of his confusion with some encouragment from Ash and hit Dusclops with a powerful DragonBreath. Dusclops struck back with Will-O-Wisp but by that time both Pokemon had become tired. Ash ordered Charizard to inflict what would have been the finishing blow if Dusclops hadn't been a Ghost type but it turned out that ordering Charizard to use Seismic Toss was a huge mistake. Due to Dusclops' immunity to Fighting attacks, the Ghost type escaped from Charizard's grasp and smashed him with a final devastating Shadow Punch. However Ash still managed to win the Brave Symbol with his three remaining Pokemon, Bulbasaur, Squirtle and Pikachu and Charizard then returned to Charicific Valley.
In The Fires of a Red-Hot Reunion!, Ash is at a Kanto Festival and remembers his Charizard and all the good times they had together. He goes to Professor Oak and exchanges in his Unfezant for his Charizard. When he arrived, Ash was happy to see him, and Charizard gave him the usual Flamethrower greeting. While being introduced to the other groups' Pokémon, he develops a fiery rivalry with Iris' Dragonite, which leads the two to battle. Iris is confident in her Dragonite, but does not know how outmatched she was. Charizard was able to overpower her super effective ThunderPunch with Wing Attack, but after Dragonite hit Charizard with Dragon Rush, Iris thought she had won. Iris' hopes were quickly crushed when Charizard emerged unscathed from the attack and roared loudly. Dragonite, now knowing what it was going up against, retreated in the sky, but Charizard easily caught up and hit Dragonite with a super effective Dragon Tail, dealing serious damage. However, the battle was called off by N, because Dragonite was injured from the fall. Iris was surprised that Dragon Rush didn't knock Charizard out, because she believed that it was super effective. After N is done laughing at her, Ash corrects Iris, though she doesn't believe them until Ash's Pokedex clearly stated that Charizard is a Fire/Flying type. Afterwards, Ash decided he wanted Charizard to return to his party, and get him back on the grid which Charizard gladly accepted.
In Team Plasma's Pokémon Manipulation!, Charizard is used to battle Dragonite again, who is now being controlled by Colress. While Charizard was more than a match for Dragonite under the control of an inexperienced Iris, Colress's machine enhances the power of Pokemon, which makes it a much harder battle. Charizard's Slash scores a hit, and Charizard quickly dodged the upcoming Ice Beam. Flamethrower is blocked by a powered up ThunderPunch, but Dragonite takes a small amount of damage, despite the enhanced power. Dragonite's enhanced speed allowed it to dodge Charizard's Dragon Tail, but the battle ended when Colress's machine is destroyed.
In Meowth, Colress and Team Rivalry!, Charizard is used to help Pignite, who has something blocking his nostrils. Charizard, however, simply throws Pignite with Seismic Toss, which does not work.
In Farewell, Unova! Set Sail for New Adventures!, Ash uses Charizard, Krookodile, and Oshawott, to get Ash and N out of the bottom of a pit. It used a spinning Dragon Tail to break through the ground, while Oshawott used Hydro Pump to soften it, allowing Krookodile to Dig out. He also was used to battle Team Plasma, where he easily withstood several attacks, and then Pignite and it launched a devastating double Flamethrower. However, Ash had to recall all of his Pokémon, including Charizard, once Colress turned his mind control device on them.
In The Path That Leads to Goodbye, Charizard was also used to fight against some pirate Pokémon.
Known moves
|Flamethrower +
|Charmander – The Stray Pokémon
|The Tower of Terror
|Primeape Goes Bananas
|Skull Bash
|Pokémon Scent-sation!
|The Ninja Poké-Showdown
|Fire Spin
|The Ninja Poké-Showdown
|Volcanic Panic
|Seismic Toss
|Volcanic Panic
|Mega Punch
|Charizard Chills
|Dragon Rage
|Charizard Chills
|Take Down
|Charizard Chills
|Tackle -
|Pokémon Double Trouble
|Dragon Breath
|The Symbol Life
|The Symbol Life
|Steel Wing
|Gathering The Gang Of Four!
|Wing Attack +
|The Fires of a Red-Hot Reunion!
|Slash +
|The Fires of a Red-Hot Reunion!
|Dragon Tail +
|The Fires of a Red-Hot Reunion!
|+ indicates this Pokémon used this move recently.*
- indicates this Pokémon normally can't use this move.
- Charizard is one of the few Pokémon Ash owns that temporary disobeyed him (albeit only after evolving into Charizard due to rapid evolution), the others being Pikachu and Primeape.
- Charizard is one the three Pokémon owned by Ash to battle and defeat a Legendary Pokémon, the other two being Pikachu and Sceptile. Charizard defeated Articuno, Sceptile defeated Darkrai and Pikachu battled to a draw with Latios and defeated Regice.
- Charizard knows more moves than any other of Ash's Pokémon - 18.
- In the episode Snow Way Out, he had a Charmander, but a few episodes before, it was Charizard. This is because in Japan, Snow Way Out aired before he evolved.
- When it first entered, Charizard is smaller than the other Charizards found in the Charicific Valley. Now, it has reached the same size as them.
- Since he evolved from Charmeleon, Brandon's Dusclops is the only Pokemon that had not reached its final stage of evolution to have ever defeated Charizard. It should be noted however that Dusknoir was not revealled until after the episode was first broadcast.
- Shin-ichiro Miki who voices James in the Japanese version and who also plays Brock's Zubat/Golbat/Crobat as well as Misty's Staryu in both the Japanese and English-language versions of the anime voices Charizard in both versions as well. In the English series, Charmander and Charmeleon were voiced by Michael Haigney and Eric Stuart respectively while Miki continued voicing both Charmander and Charmeleon in the Japanese version.
- Charizard is Ash's first Pokemon to learn a Dragon-type move.
- Charizard is universally considered Ash's strongest Pokemon.
- Despite staying in Charific Valley, Ash receives Charizard from Professor Oak in BW118, but this is due to Charizard's PokeBall being sent from Charicific Valley to the lab.
- Originally, Ash's Charizard seemed only average in his species' height (5'7"). Since training at the Characific Valley, he has become considerably taller. This is noticeable as originally he was almost half the size of Liza's Charla, but during his next appearance, Charizard was slightly taller than Charla. This probably due to Charizard growing stronger during his long absence. Standing roughly equal in height to Iris's Dragonite, it is presumable that Charizard stands roughly 7'3."
- He has a rivalry with Iris's Dragonite (as of BW118).
- Charizard is one of Ash's known fully evolved Pokémon who is capable of Mega Evolution X & Y.


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