Matilda

Matilda is a the second Pokemon to be own by Matthew in his journey throughout the Alola Region in Ultra Paths. It is often seed outside of her Pokeball.

As a wild Pokemon
Matilda first appeared in Rival Rustle!, where she met Matthew a little bit before the start of the episode. Matthew was seen batting Noibat as he wanted to catch it. Sadly Noibat wasn't able to win as she lost to Spike. Matthew ended up catching Noibat with a Fast Ball and gave it the nickname Matilda.

With Matthew
In Schooled, Matilda helped with battle Keldeo where it was revealed that it knew Outrage. However, Matilda couldn't land a attack and ended up getting defeated by the water-type Pokemon as Keldeo escaped.

In UP007, Matthew used Matilda and Spike in the Verdant Cavern Trial. Matilda defeated the three Yungoos needed to clear the trial. However trouble arouse when Bonnie and Clyde attacked, capturing Vui and Haru's Tangela. When battling against Bonnie and Clyde's Pokemon, they teased Matilda and called her weak. Matilda wanting to prove that she was strong evolved in the powerful Noivern. After learning Boomburst, Noivern helped send Team Skull away. Later in the episode Noivern was used alongside Spike in the Trial against Totem Gumshoos, but was quickly defeated. Later it celebrated in Matthew's victory in winning the trial.

Personality and characteristics
Since it was newly caught, not much is known about Matilda. However it has been shown that she can be very serious when it comes to battling and enjoys jokes that comes at the cost of her trainer.

Trivia

 * Matilda is the first Pokemon in the story to be kept in a Fast Ball.
 * Matilda is the first Pokemon that Matthew caught in the same chapter that he met it in.
 * She is the first Pokemon to evolve in Ultra Paths.
 * She only stayed as a Noibat for a short amount of time.