Hot Spot

John's Infernape (Jon's Goukuzaru), nicknamed Hot Spot, is John's starter Pokemon, the first Pokemon he ever obtained. It is powerful and loves to show off its abilities, but is a loyal friend to John and a great asset to his team.

History
Chimchar was chosen as John's starter Pokemon from Professor Rowan. Chimchar quickly evolved following its insane victory at the Oreburgh City Gym, becoming the flashy Monferno it is today. Monferno loves to show-off its powers to other trainers and Pokemon in order to prove its strengths to others, and is an extremely powerful battler and loves to train so it can get better. It was a major part of the battles at the Oreburgh City gym, the battle against Mars in Floaroma Town alongside Luxio and against the Eterna City gym.

Usually John's main battling Pokemon, Monferno eventually evolved into Infernape during John's seventh gym battle in Sinnoh, against Candice, the Snowpoint City Gym Leader. Despite its large size, Infernape has actually calmed down a lot and has become much more focused and determined as a fighter, but still shows its wild side every once in a while, especially on the cruise ship heading toward Sunyshore City when it drank a can of pop and went crazy.

Hot Spot was a major battler, John's signature Pokemon, for the entirety of John's time in Sinnoh, even from the time it was a Chimchar. After the league battles, John decided to start off in a new region with a clean slate. So he left Hot Spot, alonside his other party Pokemon, at his home in Twinleaf Town before setting off with his baby Mijumaru, nicknamed Blue Moon, to the Isshu region with his friends.

Moves used
It used to know Ember, but this was replaced by Flare Blitz in Best Wishes!. It used to know Mach Punch, but this was replaced by Drain Punch in Best Wishes!.