Sandshrew (Redwald Walker)

Sandshrew is the sixth Pokémon owned in Pocket Monsters. Before Sandshrew was caught, he used to live on Route 3.

Part Red & Green


Sandshrew was found when Redwald, and  were on Route 3. Sandshrew was hurt and fainted. Although Greta thought he was dead, Eusine analyzed the Pokémon and came to the conclusion that he was only attacked by other wild Pokémon. Because Sandshrew broke his nail, he was unable to use the move Dig in order to protect himself, or attack the foe. The whole time, Greta felt irritated and scared to come near the Pokémon, as she believed that she was dead. But Eusine prepared a medicine for him and healed him as fast as possible. In the meantime, took care of Sandshrew like a mother. She slept besides him and watched his back. When Sandshrew had a high fever and was shaking, Nidoran was the one to realize that and alarm others. Eventually, Sandshrew pulled his strength back the next day. Not knowing anyone, he attempted to escape until he realized Eusine had delicious food in his backpack. Before escaping away, he stole the food and began to eat them. However, he did not have enough until Redwald and the others woke up. As a response to that, as a proud Pokémon, Sandshrew challenged Redwald to a battle to prove his worthy. In the battle, Sandshrew's opponent was. Once Poliwag weakened Sandshrew, Redwald surprisingly threw an empty Poké Ball and caught Sandshrew.

Sandshrew proved his skills of digging holes underground once again in. and friends decided to help Professor Joshua find the fossils he was searching for. Sandshrew and, the only two Pokémon which knew the move Dig, helped explore the underground. In the end, Sandshrew managed to find not one, but two fossils for Joshua. As a result, Joshua rewarded Redwald with a Helix Fossil.

Personality
As it was stated when he debutted in, Sandshrew's the most important weapon in the Pokémon Battle is his nails, both for protection and attacking. With them, Sandshrew is able to attack the foe by using Scratch, or protect himself by confusing the foe with Sand Attack, or disappearing from the battlefield by using Dig, although it did not work for better for Sandshrew when he used Dig to dodge Poliwag, which was damaged by Poliwag's Water Gun which was fired in the hole.

Also Sandshrew showed the features of a paternalistic personality. When he was busted by Redwald and the others while he was stealing Eusine's food, Sandshrew took it as a matter of pride and he chose to face others by showing his power instead of running away, which he intended to before realizing the food.

Sandshrew has a great relationship with Greta's Nidoran, as Nidoran showed the love of a mother to him since he was found by them.

Sandshrew expressed his personality as an independent and easily distracted Pokémon in. While Redwald tried to explain him important things about their journey, Sandshrew didn't pay any attention on Redwald, and instead he was distracted by something or someone else very easily, making it harder to communicate with him.