Which all went out the window when the mean doggie smacked it away from him. They could have really made his oshawott unique if the scalchop was lost permanently and he had to learn to survive without one.
That never would have happened since the Scalchop is part of Oshawott's anatomy. Him losing it would have been like losing a limb; it wouldn't have worked out.
And wait, how could I forget Cameron's extreme DEM? Good lord, my memory is fading these days.