While it was still a wild Pokémon,
Ash's Gible used to live in a forest near
Grandma Wilma's house. When
Ash Ketchum and his friends went by there, it showed up, because according to
Grandma Wilma, it had taken an interest in them. When
Ash Ketchum tried to greet it, though, it started biting on his head. It was later calmed down by
Grandma Wilma and left to go back to the forest.
It came back when
Grandma Wilma was training with Altaria in perfecting Draco Meteor, after
Ash Ketchum and his friends asked her to do so, so that they could witness how she teaches the special Dragon-type move to Pokémon. It showed that it was trying to learn Draco Meteor too, after it had been watching
Grandma Wilma practice with Altaria all this time. However, it had problems launching a successful Draco Meteor, and even though it also practiced with
Ash Ketchum in perfecting the Dragon-type move, his attack just kept failing and hitting
Dawn's Piplup all the time.
It later appeared before
Ash Ketchum and
Dawn when they were chasing after Team Rocket, but, instead of showing them a shortcut to the mountain the evil team was heading to, it led them to a tree which had numerous berries it kept munching on. It then reappeared as
Ash Ketchum was falling from a cliff, and saved him from falling down.
Ash Ketchum then hang on to it, and Gible helped him reach the top of the cliff.
Ash's Gible also appeared before Team Rocket, and started eating their Altaria-looking mecha out of the blue. It later engaged into a battle with
Jessie's Seviper , but it was quickly worn out by using a powerful Dragon Pulse attack which
Jessie's Seviper managed to dodge. However, when
Ash Ketchum and co. finally caught up to Team Rocket, it joined them in battling against the evil team and even managed to launch a successful Draco Meteor attack. It was later proved that this was just a one-time thing, though, as the next attempt at a Draco Meteor led to an unsuccessful attack landing on
Dawn's Piplup again. After the fight,
Ash Ketchum and his friends said farewell to
Grandma Wilma and
Grandma Wilma's Altaria and left the forest, unaware that the Land Shark Pokémon was following them.
Following Ash
Gible followed
Ash Ketchum and co. all the way to the next town they reached en route to Daybreak Town. There, after thwarting Team Rocket's plans (who were also secretly following
Ash Ketchum and his friends in hopes of catching
Ash's Pikachu with their new mecha) in an unorthodox way as it actually ate Blastobot Two, it appeared before
Ash Ketchum, showing signs of willingness to be captured. However, when he threw a Poké Ball at it, it ate it instead of letting itself be caught.
Later, the town's
Officer Jenny appeared and informed
Ash Ketchum,
Dawn and
Brock that Gible had been causing an uproar by munching on various things in the town, leaving them bitten and destroyed.
Ash Ketchum then scolded it, but the Land Shark Pokémon didn't seem to understand what he said, as it kept biting on things. It even went as far as to eat
Barry's bike, who bumped into
Ash Ketchum when he was chasing after Gible.
Barry, furious that he lost his bike, called upon his Empoleon in order to battle and catch it. A powerful Hydro Cannon attack, though, coming from
Barry's Empoleon sent Gible blasting off.
Ash Ketchum then went after it, and managed to save it from falling down a cliff, only to lose it again, this time because of Team Rocket. In the end, though,
Ash's Pikachu assisted him in destroying Team Rocket's Robo-Recycled Blastobot, and Gible let itself be caught by
Ash Ketchum in order to show its gratitude to him for saving it.
Barry, seeing that
Ash Ketchum managed to catch Gible before him, became angry and challenged
Ash Ketchum to a battle.
Barry chose his Empoleon and
Ash Ketchum chose his newly-caught Gible. Even though at first
Ash's Gible put up a great fight against his overall stronger opponent, managing to dodge some of
Barry's Empoleon's moves, it stopped listening to
Ash Ketchum's orders towards the end of the battle and that led to its defeat. It promised, however, to be more obedient from then on.
On the way to Sunyshore City
In a meadow en route to Sunyshore City,
Ash Ketchum decided to train with his Gible so that it could become better at using
Draco Meteor. However, every time it used the move, it kept failing and hit
Dawn's Piplup instead.
Dawn's Piplup, having had enough, yelled at
Ash's Gible, but the Land Shark Pokémon ignored it. The Penguin Pokémon then unleashed its
BubbleBeam and
Whirlpool attacks on
Ash's Gible. Seeing as the group didn't seem to care for it, though,
Dawn's Piplup wandered off into the nearby forest by itself.
During the search for
Dawn's Piplup and
Ash's Pikachu, who had gone missing after a stray
Rhyperior ambushed the group,
Ash's Gible used Draco Meteor in order to find the Penguin Pokémon. The group headed to where the Draco Meteor attack landed, and found both
Ash's Pikachu and
Dawn's Piplup trapped inside a cage. Due to the stray Rhyperior attacking again, however, the two Pokémon managed to break free from Team Rocket's trap and were reunited with their Trainers. Then,
Ash Ketchum and
Dawn, as well as
Ash's Gible, apologized to
Dawn's Piplup.
Ash Ketchum and his Gible also promised to be more careful when using Draco Meteor from then on.