Iris's Dragonite is the fourth Pokémon that she obtained.
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Dragonite first appeared in BW091, where it was fighting with a Hydreigon in Undella Town. It was injured in the battle and caused a blackout when it crashed into a power station. Officer Jenny thought is was on purpose and began pursuing it along with several trainers. Iris didn't believe that the Dragonite caused the blackout and used her ability to read Dragonite's heart, discovering the truth that the blackout was indeed an accident. After protecting it and clearing it of all accusations, it allowed Iris to capture it.
Iris used it in the Pokémon World Tournament in BW092 against Georgia's Beartic. It started to disobey Iris during its battle with Georgia's Beartic, but it was made obvious that it is a skilled battler, easily fending off Beartic's attacks despite the type disadvantages and defeated it with a single ThunderPunch.
It later appeared in BW093 to battle Dawn and her Mamoswine. It took on many of Mamoswine's moves head on, including its new Ice Fang. After grappling with Mamoswine head on several times, even having its arms frozen to Mamoswine's tusks, it managed to break free, fly into the light and soar down using its new Dragon Rush, making Mamoswine faint upon impact, giving Iris the victory despite not ordering it to attack several times.
Following on from the previous victory, Iris used Dragonite against Ash and his Krokorok in BW094. Using it superior attacks and power, it gained the upper hand against the Ground/Dark-type. Just when victory looked almost certain, Krokorok evolved into Krookodile and turned the tables on Dragonite using its new Dragon Claw move. Seeing this, Dragonite went on a rampage and began firing various moves all around the stadium. Iris was unable to gain control and Ash had Krookodile finish off Dragonite with several moves, giving Ash the victory.
Dragonite is the first Pokémon not native to Unova to be owned by a main character in the Best Wishes series, excluding Pikachu.
Dragonite is the second fully 3-stage evolved Pokemon to be caught by a main character, the first was Dawn's Togekiss (was not wild but use be to own by a Princess named Salvia who give it to Dawn).