This Pokémon spent 129 episodes as Chimchar and 31 episodes as Monferno.
Ash's Infernape was the third Pokémon that Ash caught in the Sinnoh Region and his thirtieth overall. It was initially owned by Paul as a Chimchar, but joined Ash's team after being released in Glory Blaze!.
Every time Infernape saw Paul, he would get really fired up and determined to defeat him in a battle no matter what. Infernape never gives up in battle, which is a trait that he carried with him since Monferno. Infernape is quite the feisty Pokémon and, in his current stage, is always looking for someone to battle and some new way to boost his skills. His personality almost completely matches Ash, which is why these two are a perfect match for one another. He is also very friendly to other Pokémon as he was able to receive great friends in his teammates.
Whenever Infernape activated his Blaze Ability, his personality suffered a drastic change; he went completely berserk, attacking anyone and anything that stood in his way, friend or foe. His anger and rage caused Infernape to lose any common sense, such as nearly fatally wounding his own Trainer, and he took Ash a large amount of effort and pain to finally calm Infernape down. However, Infernape ultimately overcame this issue during his battle against Volkner's Luxray, where he managed to listen to Ash's words and remained able to retain his common sense while Blaze was activated.
After reaching his final evolved stage, Infernape gained an immense amount of fighting spirit, becoming fired up and determined to defeat strong opponents, while also always looking forward to battle an opponent stronger than himself, wanting to surpass his own limits and enhance his skills. Infernape is also incredibly feisty and resilient, being capable of withstand many powerful attacks and still continue battling, even as far as thriving while feeling pain, as Infernape uses the pain and exhaustion to motive himself to continue battling and ultimately achieve victory. As noted by Reggie, Infernape's personality almost completely matches Ash's, which is why they are a perfect match for one another. He still retains some of his childlike personality from when he was a Chimchar, and, like when he was a Chimchar, always takes any advice and motivation he receives, even from his enemies, such as Meowth.
From the moment they met, Infernape and Electivire had an intense rivalry, even from their Chimchar-Elekid days, and when both were under Paul's command, as Elekid, along with Paul, always looked down on Chimchar, thinking of Infernape as inferior than himself, and always felt pleasure whenever he belittled him. Over time, however, Electivire grew to respect Infernape's increasing power, and was glad and amused to see that he had evolved into Monferno during their battle at Lake Acuity, with Infernape also returning the respect towards Electivire. Infernape and Electivire's respect and admiration towards one another reached his peak during their final battle at the Lily of the Valley Conference, when the referee was about to declare Infernape unable to continue, Electivire angrily stopped the referee from ending the battle, knowing that Infernape could still continue, despite the fact that he would mean Paul winning the battle, but he seemed extremely delighted to see Infernape getting back to his feet, wanting to battle him for as long as possible. After Infernape bested Electivire, he was visibly smirking at seeing Infernape on top, and finally viewed Infernape as his equal.
History
Prior to Series
Infernape was a Pokémon Ash caught in the Sinnoh Region and was one of his main Pokémon during his Sinnoh journey before being sent to Professor Oak's lab.
