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* EarlyBirdCameo: First appeared in the same episode that Charmeleon evolved into Charizard and was the ''second'' Gen II Pokémon to appear.[[note]]The first being Ho-oh all the way back in Episode 1.[[/note]]
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* TheUnfought: Despite being Ash's rival, the two never have battle in the first series, having their first one-on-one battle in the final episode of the Orange Island saga after Ash had returned home. Technically the two don't even a ''full'' battle until the tail-end of the Johto Saga.
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* TheUnfought: Despite being Ash's rival, the two never have battle in the first series, having their first one-on-one battle in the final episode of the Orange Island saga after Ash had returned home. Technically the two don't even a ''full'' battle until the tail-end of the Johto Saga.
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* RunningGag: Whenever he sees a beautiful woman and reacts in a typical fashion, someone in the group will haul him away angrily. It was generally Misty in the original series, Max in ''Advanced Generation'', and his Croagunk in ''Diamond & Pearl'', but others, such as May and even [[ChasteHero Ash]] have done it as well.
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* BirdsOfAFeather: She is good friends with Sakura, who is also the youngest in an all-girl family (in the latter's case, her sisters are the Kimono Girls).
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** She is good friends with Sakura, who is also the youngest in an all-girl family (in the latter's case, her sisters are the KimonoGirls).Girls).
** Similarly, during ''Advanced Generation'', she manages to find common ground with Max over their respective relationships with their older sisters.
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* AllLoveIsUnrequited: Moreso in the English dub, but despite it being fairly obvious that Misty has a crush on Ash, he remains oblivious and seems to only regard her [[PlatonicLifePartners as a very good friend]]. It's implied this is more due to immaturity than an outright lack of interest on his part though.
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* AllLoveIsUnrequited: Moreso in the English dub, but despite it being fairly obvious that Misty has a crush on Ash, he remains oblivious and seems to only regard her [[PlatonicLifePartners as a very good friend]]. It's implied this is more due to immaturity than an outright lack of interest on his part though.
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* PlatonicLifePartners: Her relationship with Ash, despite [[ShipTease hints]] her interest may go further.
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* HeterosexualLifePartners: With Ash, as a side-effect of the two of them traveling together the most out of all his companions.
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* ClingyJealousGirl: She often became annoyed when any other girl would flirt with or show interest Ash, particularly in the second movie with Melody.
** Later in Johto, she shows obvious jealousy again by trying to keep Macy from asking Ash out.
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* ClingyJealousGirl: She often became annoyed when any other girl would flirt with or show interest in Ash, particularly in the second movie with Melody.
** LaterMelody or in Johto, she shows obvious jealousy again by trying to keep Macy from asking Ash out.later Johto with Macey.
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* ClingyJealousGirl: In the second movie, she is seen to be annoyed when Melody (Fleura) flirts with Ash.
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* RealMenHateSugar: Shown several times to be adverse to any sweet food.
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* FriendlyEnemy: In Johto.
* GuestStarPartyMember: At times, most notably in several "Diamond and Pearl" series episodes.
* GreenEyes: Except for a very early episode where he had blue eyes, he's always been depicted with it. ''Best Wishes'' final episode confirmed it.
* HandsomeLech and KidAnova: In Kanto, he traveled with a large group of older girls. That is one pimp pre-teen.
* GuestStarPartyMember: At times, most notably in several "Diamond and Pearl" series episodes.
* GreenEyes: Except for a very early episode where he had blue eyes, he's always been depicted with it. ''Best Wishes'' final episode confirmed it.
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* LargeHam: During his SmallNameBigEgo Kanto days.
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* AnimalMotifs: Electabuzz.
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* {{Flight}}: Pidgey and Beedrill.
* GenderBlenderName: In the English dub.
* GreenThumb: Meganium.
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* NonElemental: Rattata.
* RunningGag: Her appearances to the gang is never complete without her (and her team) singing the Electabuzz theme song.
* PoisonousPerson: Beedrill.
* ShockAndAwe: Elekid.
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* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: See YankTheDogsChain below.
* CurbStompBattle: Delivered one to a horde of Clefairy for stealing its microphone. ''With [=DoubleSlap=].''
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* BagOfHolding: Exemplified early in the Indigo saga.
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* BigBrotherMentor: He's this to his identical siblings, as well as Ash, and the rest of his companions to some degree.
* BishieSparkle: Not exactly {{Bishonen}}, but [[http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/File:Brock_and_Nurse_Joy.png this]] is just one of a few times he's used the trick...
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* ChivalrousPervert: G-rated.
* TheChosenOne: [[spoiler:Of Uxie.]]
* ColorFailure:
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* {{Hypocrite}}: Sort of. He is appalled when his mother Lola changes the gym to a [[MakingASplash water-type gym]] claiming that he is dedicated to [[DishingOutDirt rock-types]] despite the fact that he caught [[BlowYouAway a]] [[PoisonousPerson Zubat]] in his first episode with Ash, owns several [[MakingASplash water-types]], Ludicolo and Marshtomp, and actually owns only three rock-types, Geodude, Bonsly and Onix (only two now that Onix evolved into [[ExtraOreDinary Steelix]])
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* StrawHypocrite: Sort of. He is appalled when his mother Lola changes the gym to a [[MakingASplash water-type gym]] claiming that he is dedicated to [[DishingOutDirt rock-types]] despite the fact that he caught [[BlowYouAway a]] [[PoisonousPerson Zubat]] in his first episode with Ash, owns several [[MakingASplash water-types]], Ludicolo and Marshtomp, and actually owns only three rock-types, Geodude, Bonsly and Onix (only two now that Onix evolved into [[ExtraOreDinary Steelix]])
* StrongFamilyResemblance: With his nine siblings and his dad.
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* TwinThreesomeFantasy: Which [[http://serebii.net/anime/pictures/shinou/511.shtml actually]] '''happens'''. [[spoiler:The Fantasy part being [[LotusEaterMachine literal]]...]]
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* DishingOutDirt: His main type is the Rock-Type. If counting sub-elements, a few of his Pokémon are also Ground-Types and Steel-Types.
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* AdventureCouple: He and [[TheDitz Daisy]] fit some of the criteria, which is probably why they're often shipped together.
* AscendedFanboy: Oak takes him under his wing at the end of the Orange Islands arc.
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* FourTemperamentEnsemble: The Melancholic.
* MeaningfulName: What do you think does he do in his free time? Take a wild guess.
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* ShirtlessScene: A few, accounting for his entire pre-departure fanbase.
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* NonActionGuy: Compared to its teammates.
* SuperSenses: Vision.
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* EarlyBirdCameo: Misty appeared in the first episode -- and became a main character -- long before the group got to the Cascade Gym (in Episode 7).
* EveryoneCanSeeIt: That she has feelings for Ash. [[ObliviousToLove Aside from Ash of course]].
* EvilLaugh: In [=EP007=], as her Staryu is thrashing Ash's Butterfree. Made all the more dramatic by the tidal wave crashing behind her.
* EveryoneCanSeeIt: That she has feelings for Ash. [[ObliviousToLove Aside from Ash of course]].
* EvilLaugh: In [=EP007=], as her Staryu is thrashing Ash's Butterfree. Made all the more dramatic by the tidal wave crashing behind her.
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* HeroStoleMyBike: Ash did it in the first episode, culminating in the series' most famous RunningGag.
* ImpliedLoveInterest: To Ash back in the first few seasons, much more evident in the Orange Islands arc.
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* YoungerThanTheyLook: Despite her busty figure and being noticeably taller and (usually) more mature acting than Ash, she's officially the exact same age (ten initially).
* YoungestChildWins: As mentioned, she's a ''much'' better battler than her three sisters ''put together''.
* YouOweMe: Her attitude towards Ash regarding [[ThePreciousPreciousCar her bike]]. It was at least partially an excuse to be his travelling buddy however.
* YoungestChildWins: As mentioned, she's a ''much'' better battler than her three sisters ''put together''.
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* ChildrenRaiseYou: Is credited with making Misty into a more motherly figure. The base is broken on whether that's a good thing.
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* RandomEffectSpell: Metronome; Togepi's ''only known attack'' prior to evolving.
* StrayingBaby: Quite often. Sometimes [[HonoraryUncle Pikachu]] is able to keep an eye on it, sometimes not.
* TagalongKid: Doesn't do much while in the party. Except be a DeusExMachina when really needed.
* StrayingBaby: Quite often. Sometimes [[HonoraryUncle Pikachu]] is able to keep an eye on it, sometimes not.
* TagalongKid: Doesn't do much while in the party. Except be a DeusExMachina when really needed.
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* NonActionGuy: To an extent after evolving into Politoed.
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* DemotedToExtra: Ever since the Original Series - he didn't appear at all in Hoenn (only showing up at the end of ''Advanced Generation''); shows up only four times in Diamond and Pearl ([[CurbStompBattle in two of which he got his ass handed to him by Team Galactic]]), and didn't appear in Unova.
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* DemotedToExtra: Ever since the Original Series - he didn't appear at all in Hoenn (only showing up at the end of ''Advanced Generation''); shows up only four times in Diamond and Pearl ([[CurbStompBattle in two of which he got his ass handed to him by Team Galactic]]), and didn't appear in Unova.Unova or Kalos.
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* AdaptationalVillainy: She downplays this more than the other cases of this, as she's a {{tsundere}} with a temper (though she calms down once Togepi enters the picture) while her game counterpart doesn't seem to be that way. The English dub also toned down her narcissism compared to the Japanese version.
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* AdaptationalVillainy: AdaptationalJerkass: She downplays this more than the other cases of this, as she's a {{tsundere}} with a temper (though she calms down once Togepi enters the picture) while her game counterpart doesn't seem to be that way. The English dub also toned down her narcissism compared to the Japanese version.
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* PoorPredictableRock: Being a Water-Type specialist, she becomes victim to this on a few occassions, most notably during her fight with Ash over Totodile. Ash first choice being Pikachu would be devasting for her if Misty had not chosen Togepi as her first Pokémon, an "opponent" Pikachu cannot fight. And despite her claim that she would beat Ash's two Grass-Type Pokémon, neither her Staryu nor her Poliwag/[[HeroicSecondWind Poliwhirl]] manage to beat Chikorita and Bulbasaur.
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* HeroicSecondWind: During its battle with Ash's Bulbasaur, Poliwag evolves into Poliwhirl when nearly losing, giving Bulbasaur a hell of a fight before finally losing to the Grass-Type's Solarbeam.
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* AbsurdlyYouthfulMother: She gave birth to Ash when she was 18.
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* TheAtoner: In Theater/PokemonLive, [[spoiler:Delia feels guilty for associating herself with Giovanni as a young woman and wishes to keep Ash from learning the truth about her past.]]
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* FormerTeenRebel: According to ''Theater/PokemonLive'', where she reveals she had dated a "bad boy" for a time, a "bad boy" who [[spoiler: happened to be Giovanni.]]
* HiddenDepths: She was one of Professor Oak's top students when she was in school. Suddenly having to raise a son all on her own suddenly left no time for schoolwork. Odd episodes she is called into battle display her fluency with Pokemon.
* HiddenDepths: She was one of Professor Oak's top students when she was in school. Suddenly having to raise a son all on her own suddenly left no time for schoolwork. Odd episodes she is called into battle display her fluency with Pokemon.
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* AbsurdlyYouthfulMother: She gave birth to Ash when she was 18.
* AllThereInTheManual: She does have an actual job apart from just minding the house: a restaurant that she inherited from her mother.
* TheAtoner: In Theater/PokemonLive, [[spoiler:Delia feels guilty for associating herself with Giovanni as a young woman and wishes to keep Ash from learning the truth about her past.]]
* FormerTeenRebel: According to ''Theater/PokemonLive'', where she reveals she had dated a "bad boy" for a time, a "bad boy" who [[spoiler: happened to be Giovanni.]]
* HiddenDepths: She was one of Professor Oak's top students when she was in school. Suddenly having to raise a son all on her own suddenly left no time for schoolwork. Odd episodes she is called into battle display her fluency with Pokemon.
* MarilynManeuver: Yes, they went there. [[ImagineSpot She was just imagining it.]]
* AbsurdlyYouthfulMother: She gave birth to Ash when she was 18.
* AllThereInTheManual: She does have an actual job apart from just minding the house: a restaurant that she inherited from her mother.
* TheAtoner: In Theater/PokemonLive, [[spoiler:Delia feels guilty for associating herself with Giovanni as a young woman and wishes to keep Ash from learning the truth about her past.]]
* FormerTeenRebel: According to ''Theater/PokemonLive'', where she reveals she had dated a "bad boy" for a time, a "bad boy" who [[spoiler: happened to be Giovanni.]]
* HiddenDepths: She was one of Professor Oak's top students when she was in school. Suddenly having to raise a son all on her own suddenly left no time for schoolwork. Odd episodes she is called into battle display her fluency with Pokemon.
* MarilynManeuver: Yes, they went there. [[ImagineSpot She was just imagining it.]]
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* ActionGirl: Played with. WordOfGod was that Misty was intended to look fairly inexperienced [[KnowNothingKnowItAll despite her bluster]]. In the show itself, however, while she is often more novice than she'll admit, she is usually reasonably capable.
* AdaptationPersonalityChange: Her game counterpart was not {{tsundere}} or as feisty. Sequels released after the anime sometimes make nods to her temperament however.
* AdaptationPersonalityChange: Her game counterpart was not {{tsundere}} or as feisty. Sequels released after the anime sometimes make nods to her temperament however.
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* ActionGirl: Played with. WordOfGod was that Misty was intended to look fairly inexperienced [[KnowNothingKnowItAll despite her bluster]]. In the show itself, however, while she is often more of a novice than she'll admit, she is usually reasonably capable.
* AdaptationalVillainy: She downplays this more than the other cases of this, as she's a {{tsundere}} with a temper (though she calms down once Togepi enters the picture) while her game counterpart doesn't seem to be that way. The English dub also toned down her narcissism compared to the Japanese version.
* AdaptationPersonalityChange: Her game counterpart was not{{tsundere}} a {{tsundere}}, or as feisty. Sequels released after the anime sometimes make nods to her temperament temperament, however.
* AdaptationalVillainy: She downplays this more than the other cases of this, as she's a {{tsundere}} with a temper (though she calms down once Togepi enters the picture) while her game counterpart doesn't seem to be that way. The English dub also toned down her narcissism compared to the Japanese version.
* AdaptationPersonalityChange: Her game counterpart was not
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* TheDitz: Everytime it comes out, it ends up poorly for Misty.
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* TheDitz: Everytime it comes out, it ends up poorly for Misty.Psyduck is rather spacey and moronic.
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No last name given. Originally the fearsome Pewter City Gym Leader (which he still runs every now and then), he left to travel with Ash on his journey. Eldest of 10 kids, which he [[PromotionToParent had to raise on his own]] for almost two years after [[ParentalAbandonment his parents left]]. He served as a mentor to Ash for a while before turning into a sort of older brother character, before heading off on his own to fulfill his dream of being a Pokémon Doctor after traveling Sinnoh.
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[[OnlyOneName No last name given.given]]. Originally the fearsome Pewter City Gym Leader (which he still runs every now and then), he left to travel with Ash on his journey. Eldest of 10 kids, which he [[PromotionToParent had to raise on his own]] for almost two years after [[ParentalAbandonment his parents left]]. He served as a mentor to Ash for a while before turning into a sort of older brother character, before heading off on his own to fulfill his dream of being a Pokémon Doctor after traveling Sinnoh.
* DidNotGetTheGirl: Is obsessed with women, but he gets heartbroken every time.
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* CharacterTic: [[MeaningfulName Puffing up a bit]] whenever upset.
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**Team Rocket even more so, and they're the victims of Jigglypuff's singing slightly more often than Ash's gang.
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* Adorkable: She has her moments, especially in [=SM024=]. This is one of the traits she and her son share.
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* NotSoDifferent: It's shown in [=SM024=] that Ash and his mother are actually quite similar. In addition to their Adorkable moments, Ash's classmates point out that they're both kind-hearted people who do everything they can to help others.
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* NotSoDifferent: It's shown in [=SM024=] that Ash and his mother are actually quite similar. In addition to their Adorkable {{Adorkable}} moments, Ash's classmates point out that they're both kind-hearted people who do everything they can to help others.
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!!Kanto Elite Four
[[folder: Lorelei (Kanna)/Prima]]
->'''Voiced in Japanese by:''' Creator/MariaKawamura
->'''Voiced in English by:''' Jessica Calvello
->'''Voiced in Latin American Spanish by:''' Gaby Willert
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* AdaptationalCurves: In the Anime and Pokémon Puzzle League for the N64. See HotterAndSexier below.
* AdaptationNameChange: See DubNameChange below.
* AnIcePerson: She has Ice Pokémon.
* BreakTheHaughty: Ash had been getting a pretty big head about his winning streak, and even tries to goad Lorelei by claiming she is afraid to battle him. [[SarcasmMode Sure, one of the best trainers in the region is intimidated by a random big mouth]]. He gets a few hits in, but she still demolishes him.
* CurbStompBattle: Lorelei's Slowbro makes quick work of Charizard.
* DubNameChange: Was called Prima in the English dub of the series, rumor has it that it was due to trying to match the mouth movements. (Namely due to how "Prima" has the same amount of syllables as "Kanna" which is her name in the Japanese version). But in ''Pokémon Puzzle League'' for the N64, her name was restored to Lorelei.
* EvenTheGirlsWantHer: People often joke that this is how Misty reacted to her in Lorelei's episode in the series.
** A little hero-worship was definitely involved, given how she gushes over the Water-types which Lorelei has trained.
* HotterAndSexier: While Lorelei was never ugly to begin with, in the anime they made her body to be considerably "curvier" so to speak, though ''Pokémon Puzzle League'' for the N64 plays around with this by even making her personality a little bit flirty.
* MakingASplash: She is admired by Misty because of her Water-Type Pokémon.
* MeaningfulName: Lorelei is known as Kanna in Japan which means "Well Blossomed Flower" which did cause some dirty jokes about how "Well Blossomed" she is.
* MiserAdvisor: Revealed when Team Rocket said she should record her lectures and sell them and ''she told them the price''.
%%* SexyMentor: Tried to be one to Ash in her only episode in the anime series.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Bruno (Shiba)]]
->'''Voiced in Japanese by:''' Creator/ToshiyukiMorikawa
->'''Voiced in English by:''' Creator/MaddieBlaustein
->'''Voiced in Latin American Spanish by:''' Carlos Hugo Hidalgo
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* BadassNormal: Doesn't even use a single Pokémon to stop a giant rampaging Onix...in fact, we only see one of his other Pokémon, Hitmonchan, for about five seconds early into the episode.
* BrokenPedestal: A subversion, after Ash and Brock begged Bruno to take them as students Bruno agreed to it as long as they do what he says. However to Bruno it was a rather transparent plot to get Ash and Brock to do some chores for him in which he inevitably admitted to that. Brock tried to do a sneak attack on Bruno in which Brock almost knocked Bruno out and over the course of the episode Misty suspects that Bruno is a phony. However Bruno definitely proves how powerful he is while giving them a lesson in ThePowerOfFriendship while taming a wild Onix and quickly becomes a RebuiltPedestal instead.
* CharlesAtlasSuperpower: His strength and agility does slightly border on being superhuman.
* DishingOutDirt: His Onix is Rock-type.
* EarlyBirdCameo: Is the only Elite Four member mentioned here in this page whom Ash got to meet before he went through the Kanto Pokémon League.
* GentleGiant: Became one in ''Pokémon Puzzle League'' for the N64.
* HumbleHero: Who would have thought one of the Elite Four could be this down-to-Earth?
* RatedMForManly: The reason why Ash and Brock wanted to become his students.
* ShockAndAwe: His Hitmonchan knows Thunderpunch.
* WaxOnWaxOff: Subverted. Brock ''thinks'' he was doing this, but in reality Bruno just wanted some chores done.
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[[folder: Agatha (Kikuko)]]
->'''Voiced in Japanese by:''' Creator/KazukoSugiyama
->'''Voiced in English by:''' Allyson Johnson
->'''Voiced in Latin American Spanish by:''' Gabriela Gómez
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* CoolOldLady: She may have been a really late cameo as a temporary gym leader of Viridian City and does not do all that much more than that but at least she certainly gets to show off her skills as a Pokémon Trainer.
* DoppelgangerSpin: Gengar's Double Team.
* GorgeousPeriodDress: It looks quite Victorian.
* GracefulLadiesLikePurple: Hech, her Pokémon also have purple in them!
* KickedUpstairs: When Ash meets her, she's substituting at the Viridian Gym until a new official Gym Leader is found.
* MakeMeWannaShout: Golbat's Supersonic.
* PsychicPowers: Gendar's Hypnosis and Dream Eater combo.
* SoulPower: She's a Ghost-type trainer.
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[[folder: Lance (Wataru)]]
->'''Voiced in Japanese by:''' Creator/SusumuChiba
->'''Voiced in English by:''' Creator/WayneGrayson
->'''Voiced in Latin American Spanish by:''' Creator/EnzoFortuny (Original Series), Creator/VictorUgarte and Héctor Emmanuel Gómez (Advance Generation)
Champion of the Elite Four.
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* BigGood: For Kanto, and possibly Johto as well.
* BlowYouAway: Dragonite's Whirlwind.
* FrickinLaserBeams: Dragonite and Gyarados' Hyper Beam.
* GuestStarPartyMember: Essentially this during both his two-parter appearances.
* InstantAwesomeJustAddDragons: Is still very much a Dragon Pokémon Trainer.
* TheLeader: He's both a member of the Elite Four ''and'' Champion. Additionally, he's a member of the Pokémon G-Men.
* MakingASplash: The water-type Red Gyarados.
* NinjaPirateZombieRobot: A Dragon-trainer who is also a SecretPolice agent in the anime.
* OneshotCharacter: The only member of the Kanto Elite Four to avert this as he actually appeared in about 4 episodes.
* RealMenWearPink: Or at least have pink hair...granted, it's supposed to be bright red but often enough in the show it more looks pink than red.
* RecurringCharacter: Unlike the other Elite Four members mentioned here he actually appeared in more than one episode (granted only four episodes so far, but still).
* ShockAndAwe: Dragonite's Thunder Wave.
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[[folder: Lorelei (Kanna)/Prima]]
->'''Voiced in Japanese by:''' Creator/MariaKawamura
->'''Voiced in English by:''' Jessica Calvello
->'''Voiced in Latin American Spanish by:''' Gaby Willert
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* AdaptationalCurves: In the Anime and Pokémon Puzzle League for the N64. See HotterAndSexier below.
* AdaptationNameChange: See DubNameChange below.
* AnIcePerson: She has Ice Pokémon.
* BreakTheHaughty: Ash had been getting a pretty big head about his winning streak, and even tries to goad Lorelei by claiming she is afraid to battle him. [[SarcasmMode Sure, one of the best trainers in the region is intimidated by a random big mouth]]. He gets a few hits in, but she still demolishes him.
* CurbStompBattle: Lorelei's Slowbro makes quick work of Charizard.
* DubNameChange: Was called Prima in the English dub of the series, rumor has it that it was due to trying to match the mouth movements. (Namely due to how "Prima" has the same amount of syllables as "Kanna" which is her name in the Japanese version). But in ''Pokémon Puzzle League'' for the N64, her name was restored to Lorelei.
* EvenTheGirlsWantHer: People often joke that this is how Misty reacted to her in Lorelei's episode in the series.
** A little hero-worship was definitely involved, given how she gushes over the Water-types which Lorelei has trained.
* HotterAndSexier: While Lorelei was never ugly to begin with, in the anime they made her body to be considerably "curvier" so to speak, though ''Pokémon Puzzle League'' for the N64 plays around with this by even making her personality a little bit flirty.
* MakingASplash: She is admired by Misty because of her Water-Type Pokémon.
* MeaningfulName: Lorelei is known as Kanna in Japan which means "Well Blossomed Flower" which did cause some dirty jokes about how "Well Blossomed" she is.
* MiserAdvisor: Revealed when Team Rocket said she should record her lectures and sell them and ''she told them the price''.
%%* SexyMentor: Tried to be one to Ash in her only episode in the anime series.
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[[folder: Bruno (Shiba)]]
->'''Voiced in Japanese by:''' Creator/ToshiyukiMorikawa
->'''Voiced in English by:''' Creator/MaddieBlaustein
->'''Voiced in Latin American Spanish by:''' Carlos Hugo Hidalgo
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* BadassNormal: Doesn't even use a single Pokémon to stop a giant rampaging Onix...in fact, we only see one of his other Pokémon, Hitmonchan, for about five seconds early into the episode.
* BrokenPedestal: A subversion, after Ash and Brock begged Bruno to take them as students Bruno agreed to it as long as they do what he says. However to Bruno it was a rather transparent plot to get Ash and Brock to do some chores for him in which he inevitably admitted to that. Brock tried to do a sneak attack on Bruno in which Brock almost knocked Bruno out and over the course of the episode Misty suspects that Bruno is a phony. However Bruno definitely proves how powerful he is while giving them a lesson in ThePowerOfFriendship while taming a wild Onix and quickly becomes a RebuiltPedestal instead.
* CharlesAtlasSuperpower: His strength and agility does slightly border on being superhuman.
* DishingOutDirt: His Onix is Rock-type.
* EarlyBirdCameo: Is the only Elite Four member mentioned here in this page whom Ash got to meet before he went through the Kanto Pokémon League.
* GentleGiant: Became one in ''Pokémon Puzzle League'' for the N64.
* HumbleHero: Who would have thought one of the Elite Four could be this down-to-Earth?
* RatedMForManly: The reason why Ash and Brock wanted to become his students.
* ShockAndAwe: His Hitmonchan knows Thunderpunch.
* WaxOnWaxOff: Subverted. Brock ''thinks'' he was doing this, but in reality Bruno just wanted some chores done.
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[[folder: Agatha (Kikuko)]]
->'''Voiced in Japanese by:''' Creator/KazukoSugiyama
->'''Voiced in English by:''' Allyson Johnson
->'''Voiced in Latin American Spanish by:''' Gabriela Gómez
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* CoolOldLady: She may have been a really late cameo as a temporary gym leader of Viridian City and does not do all that much more than that but at least she certainly gets to show off her skills as a Pokémon Trainer.
* DoppelgangerSpin: Gengar's Double Team.
* GorgeousPeriodDress: It looks quite Victorian.
* GracefulLadiesLikePurple: Hech, her Pokémon also have purple in them!
* KickedUpstairs: When Ash meets her, she's substituting at the Viridian Gym until a new official Gym Leader is found.
* MakeMeWannaShout: Golbat's Supersonic.
* PsychicPowers: Gendar's Hypnosis and Dream Eater combo.
* SoulPower: She's a Ghost-type trainer.
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[[folder: Lance (Wataru)]]
->'''Voiced in Japanese by:''' Creator/SusumuChiba
->'''Voiced in English by:''' Creator/WayneGrayson
->'''Voiced in Latin American Spanish by:''' Creator/EnzoFortuny (Original Series), Creator/VictorUgarte and Héctor Emmanuel Gómez (Advance Generation)
Champion of the Elite Four.
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* BigGood: For Kanto, and possibly Johto as well.
* BlowYouAway: Dragonite's Whirlwind.
* FrickinLaserBeams: Dragonite and Gyarados' Hyper Beam.
* GuestStarPartyMember: Essentially this during both his two-parter appearances.
* InstantAwesomeJustAddDragons: Is still very much a Dragon Pokémon Trainer.
* TheLeader: He's both a member of the Elite Four ''and'' Champion. Additionally, he's a member of the Pokémon G-Men.
* MakingASplash: The water-type Red Gyarados.
* NinjaPirateZombieRobot: A Dragon-trainer who is also a SecretPolice agent in the anime.
* OneshotCharacter: The only member of the Kanto Elite Four to avert this as he actually appeared in about 4 episodes.
* RealMenWearPink: Or at least have pink hair...granted, it's supposed to be bright red but often enough in the show it more looks pink than red.
* RecurringCharacter: Unlike the other Elite Four members mentioned here he actually appeared in more than one episode (granted only four episodes so far, but still).
* ShockAndAwe: Dragonite's Thunder Wave.
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* BewareTheNiceOnes: In some ''Chronicles'' episodes, she actually shows some skill as a trainer.
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* BewareTheNiceOnes: In some ''Chronicles'' episodes, she actually shows displayed some skill as a trainer.trainer. This returns when she makes an appearance in ''Sun and Moon'' and rather fluently uses Ash's Litten to fend off Team Skull (to everyone, even Litten's surprise).
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* HiddenDepths: She was one of Professor Oak's top students when she was in school. Suddenly having to raise a son all on her own suddenly left no time for schoolwork.
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* MeaningfulName: Jessiebelle Jessebelle is essentially a fancy-sounding name for the idiom ''Jezebel'' which is a term for an evil, scheming woman. Pretty fitting.
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* DoesNotLikeSpam: During her rant about bug Pokémon, she mentions that she hates carrots and peppers.
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* DoesNotLikeSpam: During her rant about bug Pokémon, she mentions that she hates carrots and peppers. Ash immediately retorts that he likes bugs, carrots, ''and'' peppers.
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* JerkassFacade: From the starting point Misty started travelling Ash, there were obvious hints it has to do with more than her fried bike. When Ash finally fulfils his promise, she admits she'd half forgotten about it and just wanted to hang out with him.
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* LuckyTranslation: Her Japanese name is a word for "Mist", "mist", which is essentially water vapor.
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* PreAssKickingOneLiner: "[[spoiler: Togetic]], "[[spoiler:Togetic]], ''leave the rest to me."'' Cue CurbStompBattle, courtesy of [[spoiler: Gyarados.[[spoiler:Gyarados.]]
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* SheCleansUpNicely: She gobsmacks her friends when she dresses up. Examples include the yukata from "A Ghost At Maiden's Peak" and the princess kimono outfit from "Princess Festival Day"
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->'''Voiced in Japanese by:''' Creator/MayumiIizuka
->'''Voiced in English by:''' Creator/RachaelLillis (4Kids), Michele Knotz (current)
->'''Voiced in Latin American Spanish by:''' Xóchitl Ugarte
The youngest of four sisters, she hasn't been blessed with her sisters' looks or charisma. However, she got all of the talent at battling and being snarky. Originally rather temperamental with a crush on Ash that she covered with strong {{Tsundere}} tendencies; after acquiring Togepi - an infant Pokémon requiring a great deal of care - she calmed down considerably. At the end of Johto, she became her city's Gym Leader. An aspiring Water Master.
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!!!Tropes involving her and her Pokémon include:
* ActionGirl: Played with. WordOfGod was that Misty was intended to look fairly inexperienced [[KnowNothingKnowItAll despite her bluster]]. In the show itself, however, while she is often more novice than she'll admit, she is usually reasonably capable.
* AdaptationPersonalityChange: Her game counterpart was not {{tsundere}} or as feisty. Sequels released after the anime sometimes make nods to her temperament however.
* AscendedExtra: She goes from having little plot relevance besides being a gym leader in the games to being a protagonist in the anime.
* AllOfTheOtherReindeer: Misty's sisters ostracized her from being the Gym leader and only made her one to see how she'd screw up.
* BareYourMidriff: She wears a midriff-baring top.
* BettyAndVeronica: In the Orange Islands episode where the trio meet Rudy, Misty is Archie, Ash is Betty and Rudy is Veronica when Rudy tries to flirt with Misty and [[HilarityEnsues Ash gets jealous.]]
* BetweenMyLegs: In the episode "Forest Grumps" her legs are used as framing during her stand-off with James and Meowth.
* BigEater: As seen in "The Breeding Center Secret".
* BirdsOfAFeather: She is good friends with Sakura, who is also the youngest in an all-girl family (in the latter's case, her sisters are the Kimono Girls).
* BoyishShortHair: She is a tomboy and has short hair that's combined with TomboyishPonytail.
* BrickJoke: She gets her bike back at the end of the Johto series.
* ButtMonkey: She's sometimes made the butt of the joke by Ash and co. in earlier episodes, and [[DistressedDamsel gets into more perils]] than the rest of the crew (once, she was {{brainwashed}} into thinking she was a Seel). Also that her sisters [[TheRuntAtTheEnd look down on her]]. Doesn't help that she's stuck with [[TheDitz Psyduck]], which gives her a lot of the troubles.
* CatchPhrase: In the original Japanese, she says "Go, [[GratuitousEnglish my steady!]]" whenever she summons a Pokémon. Except maybe Psyduck.
* CharacterizationMarchesOn: In "Bye Bye Butterfree", she (very briefly) takes Brock's going lovesick in stride and treats it as a joke, instead of using the EarAche RunningGag that she'd later be perfecting.
* TheChick: Of the "Original Series" cast.
* ClingyJealousGirl: In the second movie, she is seen to be annoyed when Melody (Fleura) flirts with Ash.
** Later in Johto, she shows obvious jealousy again by trying to keep Macy from asking Ash out.
* CordonBleughChef: The [[{{Watsonian}} best way]] to describe how her stew in the Johto episode "Sick Daze" came out. She confused her ingredients and didn't just dump the mixture cutting her losses, and, as a result, the stew was so bad that not even ''[[BigEater Ash]]'' could eat it. She's not actually bad at cooking, mind--earlier in the series, she A: created a medicine from Salveyo Weed for Ash, Tracey, and Jessie's Stun Spore sickness[[note]]which, if she were a true LethalChef, the "medicine" would have turned out to be ''poison''[[/note]], and B: was hinted to have done the cooking in Episodes 3 and 4[[note]]when they arrived in Pewter City, Ash commented that it's been two weeks since he started his journey, indicating that they spent at least 13 days in Viridian Forest, and given how Ash handled his first day, it's unlikely he would have been the one who cooked[[/note]].
* DamselInDistress:
** What she's made to look like by Meowth in episode 12. However, if you watch past the point where Ash returns with the Super Potion ([[YouShouldKnowThisAlready fact is, true fans should have done so by now]]), she reveals that the Squirtle Squad wasn't really going to kill her (in the Japanese version) or turn her into a purplenette ([[NeverSayDie in the English version]]). Ironically, Misty actually volunteered to get the super potion in the former upon learning this demand.
** Played straight in episodes such as "Pokémon Fashion Flash" and "Just Add Water". Both cases also come with a bit of BoundAndGagged.
* DeadpanSnarker: She often snarks at Ash in his sillier moments.
* DefrostingIceQueen: In early episodes, she was cold and pompous towards Ash. Her bug phobia also made her an outright bully towards Caterpie. After they started proving their worth, she softened and accepted them, even if her temper remained for a while.
* DemonHead: She sometimes does this when she gets mad at Ash.
* DoesNotLikeSpam: During her rant about bug Pokémon, she mentions that she hates carrots and peppers.
* DoubleStandardAbuseFemaleOnMale: Downplayed compared to standard anime, but she has inflicted slapstick pain onto Ash and Brock several times. Brock was able to get away with punching ''her'' on the head twice during Bulbasaur's introduction episode.
* EarlyBirdCameo: Misty appeared in the first episode -- and became a main character -- long before the group got to the Cascade Gym (in Episode 7).
* EveryoneCanSeeIt: That she has feelings for Ash. [[ObliviousToLove Aside from Ash of course]].
* EvilLaugh: In [=EP007=], as her Staryu is thrashing Ash's Butterfree. Made all the more dramatic by the tidal wave crashing behind her.
* FieryRedhead: In her early appearances she's fiery, fearless, and an expert battler. Ironically, she specializes in Water-type Pokémon.
* FloralThemeNaming: Sakura (cherry blossom), Ayame (iris), Botan (peony), Kasumi (baby's breath ''or'' mist). The English version keeps the joke by naming the three older girls Daisy, Violet and Lily, but chose to go for preserving the pun on Misty's favorite type over the theme name. [[OddNameOut It does, however, retain how she's the odd one out]].
* FoolishSiblingResponsibleSibling:
** Misty is the responsible sibling with regards to taking care of and managing the gym better than all three of her sisters. Daisy has gotten a bit better about it, but Misty is never away from the gym too long before her sisters need her to come back.
** On the other hand, Daisy and Violet at least seem more mature than Lily and Misty, due to age.
* FourTemperamentEnsemble: The Phlegmatic (phlegm).
* FreudianExcuse: For a long time, she had a fear of Gyarados because she was nearly swallowed by one as a toddler.
* FullyAbsorbedFinale: The Mirage Kingdom two-parter serves as one for her character arc.
* TheGloriousWarOfSisterlyRivalry: With her three sisters. Things seem a touch better of late, at least with eldest sister Daisy.
* UsefulNotes/GreenIsBlue: Her eyes vary between being green or blue (or sometimes both at the same time) between the episodes; it was especially prominent before the anime switched over to digital color. Nowadays it seems that they've settled on green, like her most recent official game artwork.
* HairDecorations: Either the hair tie she uses for her side ponytail or the pearl headband of her famed mermaid costume qualifies.
* HairTriggerTemper: She'll fly off the handle at what feels like the drop of a hat.
* HeroStoleMyBike: Ash did it in the first episode, culminating in the series' most famous RunningGag.
* ImpliedLoveInterest: To Ash back in the first few seasons, much more evident in the Orange Islands arc.
* InferioritySuperiorityComplex: To an extent. She's more open about her inferiority complex than most examples in that she will (albeit rarely) talk about her experiences as the youngest of her sisters, but other than that her quick-tempered nature and violent tendencies from early on were likely due to living in their shadows. Funnily enough, Misty is the only one of them who has any real passion for training Pokémon while her sisters are more obsessed with their fame as water ballet performers.
* InsultBackfire:
** In the English dub of [=EP002=], when Jessie dares to make a smart remark in response to her challenging the [=TRio=]:
--->'''Jessie''': That's pretty big talk coming from such a little lady.\\
'''Misty''': At least you're right about the "pretty" part. Thanks for the compliment!
** In a later episode, a character of the week attempted to insult Misty by claiming that she was as beautiful as a Tentacruel. Out of all Water-type Pokémon, Tentacruel just so happens to be one of Misty's favorites.
* JerkassFacade: From the starting point Misty started travelling Ash, there were obvious hints it has to do with more than her fried bike. When Ash finally fulfils his promise, she admits she'd half forgotten about it and just wanted to hang out with him.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: At the start of the series at least, she was rather condescending toward Ash despite the fact he was just starting out, though also still very caring. She got better as the series went on however.
* KickedUpstairs: After Johto, she has effectively become a Gym Leader due to her sisters being out of town on ballet tour for three months, and it is heavily implied that she has to lose to rookies quite a bit in order to be this in a manner that is very similar to Team Rocket.
* TheKirk
* LettingHerHairDown: A few different times, much to the delight of fans, though the instance most people remember is her mermaid getup, in which it was most probably a wig. She does let her down [[http://www.serebii.net/anime/pictures/indigo/020ps12.shtml for real]] [[http://www.serebii.net/anime/pictures/houen/S8ps5.shtml on occasion]], though.
%%* LittleMissBadass: It's easy to miss it due to not being stated in the dub, but she's actually ten, the same age as Ash.
* LuckyTranslation: Her Japanese name is a word for "Mist", which is essentially water vapor.
* MsFanservice: Out of Ash's female friends she has the skimpiest outfit and she has been in [[http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/misty_red_swimsuit.JPG multiple]] [[http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/misty_red_swimsuit2.jpg bikini]] [[http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/misty_green_swimsuit.PNG scenes]] [[http://vignette3.wikia.nocookie.net/pokemon/images/1/19/Misty_the_Mermaid.png/revision/latest?cb=20131215120200 and as a mermaid]]. Also Masamitsu Hidaka, one of the directors of the anime, has stated that Ash's female companions basically serves as eye candy for the boys. This has unsettling implications since she's also stated to be ten (and seems to be the oldest of the lot).
* MamaBear: Do ''not'' threaten Togepi.
* MeaningfulName: Based on a LuckyTranslation
* MyFriendsAndZoidberg: "Three Sensational Sisters and one [[TheRuntAtTheEnd runt]]!" according to her sisters.
* NotSoDifferent: Despite her critical nature towards Ash, she could be equally childish and HotBlooded, sometimes even Ash herself has to keep her at bay. After all the trouble Psyduck causes, you think she'd also empathise with getting (sometimes unfair) flak over a Pokémon that doesn't follow orders properly.
* OneOfTheBoys: Her sisters give her constant crap for not being girly enough, and since they're all airheads (well, in the dub, anyway) she just kind of runs with it to distance herself from them. Usually seen competing with Ash in pretty much every open competition they come across or cockblocking Brock.
* OnlyOneName: There once were rumors that her last name was "Waterflower", but this was {{Jossed}} and the creators have confirmed they have not given her a last name.
* ParentalNeglect: And the triplets don't do a good job of looking after the gym ''or'' their little sister.
* ParentService: Her sisters are named as this.
* PinkMeansFeminine: Being a TomboyWithAGirlyStreak, she'll wear pink on occasion. Examples include the kimono she wears at the end of "The Ghost at Maiden's Peak" and in "Princess vs. Princess", her cardigan in ''Anime/{{Pokemon 2000}}''...and that full-body Slowpoke costume she and her friends wore (ItMakesSenseInContext) in "A Shadow of a Drought". Additionally, her Poké Gear is pink.
* PreAssKickingOneLiner: "[[spoiler: Togetic]], ''leave the rest to me."'' Cue CurbStompBattle, courtesy of [[spoiler: Gyarados.]]
* PrecisionFStrike: In the Japanese version, her comment about Satoshi's heaven (catching his first Pokémon) being her hell (bugs) in episode 3.
* PromotionToParent: To Togepi, and later Azurill.
* PutOnABus: Took over as her city's Gym Leader at the end of Johto.
* RealityEnsues: After Caterpie saves the heroes from Team Rocket, Misty admits to underestimating it. When Ash asks her to prove her affection however, she is unwilling. She still has her bug phobia, just she's learned to be far less of a JerkAss about it.
* TheRuntAtTheEnd: Fits the definition perfectly, OddNameOut and all. She's often teased as such by her sisters, but of course, YoungestChildWins, and she actually happens to be the best at training Pokémon among the four.
* {{Shorttank}}: The ''goddamn'' trope picture.
* SeashellBra: She wears a pink one whenever she is dressed up in the Magical Mermaid costume.
* SheCleansUpNicely: She gobsmacks her friends when she dresses up. Examples include the yukata from "A Ghost At Maiden's Peak" and the princess kimono outfit from "Princess Festival Day"
* ShowgirlSkirt: Her [[http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/misty_may_001.jpg Goldeen-based outfit]].
* SlapstickKnowsNoGender: She is also not free from any physical humor; "Primeape Goes Bananas" features her getting her face kicked to the ground by an angry Mankey, and "Pokémon Fashion Flash" has her getting [[AshFace barbequed by Vulpix's fire]] not once, but ''twice''. The latter episode [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking also had her]] getting [[CosmeticCatastrophe a silly makeover]] at which Ash laughed himself sick upon seeing it. ButtMonkey indeed.
* TalkingTheMonsterToDeath: Ended up doing this in an early episode that featured a gigantic Tentacruel that was destroying the city that the heroes were currently in, as it was angry that humans were polluting its waters.
* ThePreciousPreciousCar: Misty never lets Ash live down him (and Pikachu) destroying her bike back in Episode 1. [[spoiler:Until she gets it back in full repair from Nurse Joy in the episode when she leaves the party]].
* ThinksLikeARomanceNovel: Sometimes has overblown fantasies about love and romance, and takes it upon herself to play matchmaker on more than one occasion.
* ThisLooksLikeAJobForAquaman: While she'd be there with everyone else in stopping the Crisis of the [=Week/Team=] Rocket, she wouldn't compete in sporting competitions unless they were either [[MakingASplash water-themed]] or [[DesignatedGirlFight girl-themed]]. Granted, [[TheHero Ash]] would compete in the former as well, but Misty would outdo him in those cases.
* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: Onscreen, is the Tomboy to her sister Daisy's and her successor May's Girly Girls. Would also serve as the Tomboy versus any of Ash's other female companions except [[WildChild Iris]].
* TomboyishPonytail: Just stuck out the side.
* TomboyWithAGirlyStreak: She's tomboyish, has quite a temper, and is the TropeCodifier for {{Shorttank}}. However, she occasionally displays fondness for romantic scenarios, and if she spots one will gush over it to the disgust of her male friends.
* TookALevelInBadass: By the Mirage Kingdom two-parter, [[spoiler: she's gotten over her fear of Gyarados, caught one, and become close enough to it that she ''kisses its Pokeball'' when calling it out.]]
* TookALevelInKindness: Misty starts being a lot kinder, especially towards Ash, after the Indigo League. Her violent tendencies also near completely disappear by this point, at least in non-Pokémon related scuffles anyway.
* {{Tsundere}}: Prior to getting Togepi anyway. Her "motherly" tendencies were also implied in other episodes, even the first episode when she tried to check up on Pikachu. All Togepi did was expand on it.
* WhoWearsShortShorts
* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes:Bug Type Pokémon. And for a little bit, Why Did It Have To Be Gyarados?
* WithFriendsLikeThese...: Thanks to her attitude towards Ash early on, they got on each other's nerves so often that it took Brock to split them up.
* WomenAreWiser: Downplayed. She's more experienced and mature than Ash, but only relatively. Even then her temperament leaves even Ash looking lucid compared to her at times.
* YoungerThanTheyLook: Despite her busty figure and being noticeably taller and (usually) more mature acting than Ash, she's officially the exact same age (ten initially).
* YoungestChildWins: As mentioned, she's a ''much'' better battler than her three sisters ''put together''.
* YouOweMe: Her attitude towards Ash regarding [[ThePreciousPreciousCar her bike]]. It was at least partially an excuse to be his travelling buddy however.
* YourSizeMayVary: How tall she was compared to Ash was inconsistent. In some shots she was almost a head over Ash. In others she was practically the same height as him.
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* MakingASplash: Naturally - Cerulean Gym is traditionally means Water-Type Gym Leader and almost all of her Pokémon are that type. A lot of them also know other type moves and some are dual types. It's worth noting that the latter is a key reason she loves them - Misty cites Water Pokémon as being exceptionally flexible and adaptable compared to most other Pokémon types.
* PoorPredictableRock: All of her Pokémon are water-type, except for Azurill (which evolves into the Water-type Marill) and Togetic, who was released after it evolved from Togepi.
* RealityEnsues: One reason why Goldeen and Horsea are OutOfFocus was because they're not amphibious in nature.
!!'''Goldeen (Tosakinto)'''
->'''Voiced in Japanese by:''' Creator/IkueOtani
->'''Voiced in English by:''' Creator/RachaelLillis
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* HornAttack: Knows this attack and [[ThisIsADrill Horn Drill]].
* MakeMeWannaShout: Knows Supersonic.
* OutOfFocus: Worse than ''Horsea'' in this regard. Both are water-''only'' Pokémon.
!!'''Staryu (Hitodeman)'''
->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/ShinichiroMiki
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* TheAce: Despite having its evolved form on her team, Staryu is Misty's main battler. In ''Anime/{{Pokemon 3}}'', it is the only one of Misty's or Brock's Pokémon to hold its own against Molly's artificial ones.
* TheBlank: {{Lampshaded}} in an early episode; in their Gym battle, Ash's Butterfree used Stun Spore on Misty's Staryu, to which she commented that it looked like it was in real pain. [[DumbassHasAPoint Ash called her out by reminding her that it didn't even have a face]]. To her credit, Staryu was sort of writhing and off-balance when it was hit.
* EverythingsBetterWithSpinning: How it basically moves around.
* FlatCharacter: Unlike the rest of Misty's more prominent Pokémon, Staryu never really gained much of a personality, though being TheBlank probably didn't really help.
* ShoutOut: For some reason its cry sounds like Series/{{Ultraman}}'s. In one episode, Staryu's core (the red jewel at the center of its body) blinks when he is knocked out, similar to Ultraman when he's weakened or had reached his time limit.
!!'''Starmie'''
->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/IkueOtani
Misty's primary battle Pokémon during the original series. Although Starmie is the evolved form of Staryu, she has one of each during the anime, same as the video game version of Misty.
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* AdaptationalWimp: Its game counterpart is a notorious WakeUpCallBoss; this version has fallen victim to TheWorfEffect so bad that ''Staryu'' puts up a better performance.
* TheBlank: Like Staryu, it has no expression.
* EverythingsBetterWithSpinning: Same as Staryu.
* FlatCharacter: If Staryu got pretty much zero character development, Starmie didn't stand a chance.
* PutOnABus: Left at the Cerulean Gym near the end of the Indigo season. Misty reclaimed it later as the new Gym Leader.
* TheWorfEffect: Starmie almost never won a battle on its own; the one time it ''did'' defeat an opponent, it was quickly and violently beaten by another immediately afterward, with its central core ''shattered''.
!!'''Horsea (Tattu)'''
->'''Voiced in Japanese by:''' Machiko Toyoshima
->'''Voiced in English by:''' Creator/RachaelLillis
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* BearerOfBadNews: Its debut, in "Tentacool and Tentacruel".
* OutOfFocus: Due to being water-bound, Horsea rarely appeared and did very little during its run (though Goldeen generally fared worse despite a longer staying time).
* PutOnABus: Left at the Cerulean Gym near the end of the Indigo season. Misty reclaimed it later as the new Gym Leader.
* SpannerInTheWorks: In "The Battling Eevee Brothers", when Team Rocket made off with all the Pokémon, Horsea included, it was put in a cage tied to the back of the wagon, allowing it to [[TrailOfBreadcrumbs leave a trail of ink]] to show Ash and company where they were going.
!!'''Psyduck (Koduck)'''
->'''Voiced in Japanese by:''' Creator/RikakoAikawa
->'''Voiced in English by:''' Michael Haigney
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* AcrophobicBird: A water type duck that fears water.
* BlessedWithSuck: Psyduck needs a '''major headache''' to use his powers.
* ButtMonkey: Psyduck is constantly thrown out to fight opponents only to be too confused to put up a fight.
* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: Normally, it's a bit of a moron, but it becomes badass when its headache gets really bad.
* CursedWithAwesome: Despite how embarrassing and frustrating he can be for Misty, he has also saved her and the rest of the team on multiple occasions.
* DelayedReaction: Has a really slow reaction time. [[OverlyLongGag And then he met a Slowpoke...]]
* TheDitz: Everytime it comes out, it ends up poorly for Misty.
* JumpedAtTheCall: Psyduck has a bad habit of jumping into action when Misty specifically requires one of her other Pokémon.
** It goes right to the beginning. Misty stumbled and dropped an unused pokéball, and Psyduck opened it so it would take him in. He literally caught himself for her.
* MindOverMatter: Calls attacks with his mind.
* ShipperOnDeck:
** He tried to get Caserin and Luverin (Misty and Daisy's Luvdisc) together in "Luvdisc is a Many Splendored Thing".
** To Misty's ire, Psyduck seems to know about her infatuation with a certain IdiotHero.
* VerbalTic: "Psy-yi-yi!"
!!'''Togepi-Togetic (Togepy-Togechick)'''
->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/SatomiKoorogi
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* ChildrenRaiseYou: Is credited with making Misty into a more motherly figure. The base is broken on whether that's a good thing.
* DeusExMachina: Whenever it uses [[RandomEffectSpell Metronome]]
* EarlyBirdCameo: First appeared in the same episode that Charmeleon evolved into Charizard and was the ''second'' Gen II Pokémon to appear.[[note]]The first being Ho-oh all the way back in Episode 1.[[/note]]
* {{Flight}}: Gains this when it evolved into Togetic.
* FullyAbsorbedFinale: The Mirage Kingdom two-parter, where it left Misty for good, was during ''Advanced Generation''.
* PintsizedPowerhouse: Whenever Metronome would kick in for a DeusExMachina.
* PutOnABus: Originally along with Misty, was written out entirely after the Mirage Kingdom two-parter
* RandomEffectSpell: Metronome; Togepi's ''only known attack'' prior to evolving.
* StrayingBaby: Quite often. Sometimes [[HonoraryUncle Pikachu]] is able to keep an eye on it, sometimes not.
* TagalongKid: Doesn't do much while in the party. Except be a DeusExMachina when really needed.
!!'''Poliwag-Poliwhirl-Politoed (Nyoromo-Nyorozo-Nyorotono)'''
->'''Voiced in Japanese by:''' Creator/ShinichiroMiki
->'''Voiced in English by:''' Creator/RachaelLillis (Poliwag), Creator/EricStuart (Poliwhirl and Politoed)
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* CloudCuckooLander: As Politoed.
* {{Keet}}: Politoed since its final evolution, much to Misty's annoyance.
* NonActionGuy: To an extent after evolving into Politoed.
* UndyingLoyalty: After Misty saved him from Team Rocket, Poliwag became devoted to her to the point of ''evolving during battle'' to try and win.
!!'''Corsola (Sunnygo)'''
->'''Voiced in Japanese by:''' Creator/IkueOtani
->'''Voiced in English by:''' Kayzie Rogers
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* HealingFactor: Knows Recover.
* PintsizedPowerhouse: It once took down a ''[[RatedMForManly Machoke]]'' by itself, despite a type disadvantage.
* SpotlightStealingSquad: Once Misty caught it, it quickly replaced Staryu as her main fighter, and was used in nearly every battle Misty participated in after its capture.
!!'''Gyarados'''
->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/UnshoIshizuka
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* DidntSeeThatComing: When it debuted outside ''Pokémon Chronicles'', nobody expected him. [[LampShadeHanging Ash even wondered since when she had a Gyarados]].
* FrickinLaserBeams: Knows Hyper Beam, to devastating effect.
* GentleGiant: Once it's tamed by Misty, it mellows ''considerably''.
* LetsGetDangerous: In his debut outside ''Pokémon Chronicles'', Misty bringing him out is the sign she has enough with the current enemy, [[DefeatingTheUndefeatable whose Pokémon gets annihilated after almost two episodes of shrugging off anything thrown at it]], courtesy of the ElementalRockPaperScissors (the enemy uses a Shedinja, whose ability is to be invulnerable to anything that doesn't have the type advantage of it but is otherwise a GlassCannon and FragileSpeedster, and is vulnerable to fire. Cue Gyarados using [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Flamethrower]]).
* PapaWolf: Thinking about harming Misty? Hope you like a Hyper Beam to the face.
* PlayingWithFire: Knows Flamethrower, and notably uses this to defeat [[StoneWall Shedinja]].
!!'''Caserin (Luvdisc) (Cuserine [Lovecus])'''
->'''Voiced in Japanese by:''' Creator/DaisukeSakaguchi (Caserin), Creator/KyokoHikami (Luverin)
->'''Voiced in English by:''' Creator/RachaelLillis
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* DoppelgangerSpin: Knows Double Team.
* SuperSpeed: Knows Agility.
!!'''Azurill (Ruriri)'''
->'''Voiced in Japanese by:''' Music/MegumiHayashibara
->'''Voiced in English by:''' Kayzie Rogers
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* HealingFactor: Knows Refresh.
* ItWasAGift: From Tracy, whose Marill is the mother.
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[[folder:Brock (Takeshi)]]
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->'''Voiced in Japanese by:''' Creator/YujiUeda
->'''Voiced in English by:''' Creator/EricStuart (4Kids), Bill Rogers (current)
->'''Voiced in Latin American Spanish by:''' Gabriel Gama (seasons 1-10, later returning for season 13), Alan Prieto (seasons 10-12), Arturo Mercado Jr. (Movies 4 and 5), Ignacio de Anca (Movies 6 and 7)
No last name given. Originally the fearsome Pewter City Gym Leader (which he still runs every now and then), he left to travel with Ash on his journey. Eldest of 10 kids, which he [[PromotionToParent had to raise on his own]] for almost two years after [[ParentalAbandonment his parents left]]. He served as a mentor to Ash for a while before turning into a sort of older brother character, before heading off on his own to fulfill his dream of being a Pokémon Doctor after traveling Sinnoh.
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!!!Tropes involving him and his Pokémon include:
* AdaptationDyeJob: Red-haired in his [[http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/File:Sugimoribrockoriginal.png original]] Sugimori artwork, brown-haired in the anime. Later artwork, even in Gen 1, has him with dark brown hair.
* AmbiguouslyBrown: Is he a really tan Asian guy or a light-skinned black guy? It should be noted in the games he's much more lighter skinned.
** ''Then'' you have those who think he's [[TakeAThirdOption Hispanic.]]
* TheArtifact: See above about {{Flanderization}}.
* ArtShift: When Brock enters a contest, part of his routine involves...well...let's just say [[http://www.serebii.net/anime/pictures/kanto/444ps5.shtml this]] is a face I'll be seeing in my nightmares for a while.
* AscendedExtra: Similar to Misty, he has little plot relevance in the games besides being the first gym leader you fight. In the anime, he's a protagonist and travels with Ash through Kanto, Johto, Hoenn, and Sinnoh.
* BagOfHolding: Exemplified early in the Indigo saga.
* BalloonBelly: [=EP171=] and [=AG012.=]
* BerserkButton: Aside from becoming ''much'' more passionate in the face of females, he also reacts quite badly to Pokémon mistreatment. The original owner of Ash's Charmander essentially got a [[TranquilFury cold blooded threat]] for leaving his Pokémon to die in the cold rain.
* BigBrotherMentor: He's this to his identical siblings, as well as Ash, and the rest of his companions to some degree.
* BishieSparkle: Not exactly {{Bishonen}}, but [[http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/File:Brock_and_Nurse_Joy.png this]] is just one of a few times he's used the trick...
* BreakoutCharacter: Brock has always been a supporting character, but is easily the most popular one alongside Misty. His brief absence during the Orange Islands where he was [[ReplacementScrappy replaced with Tracy]] caused uproar in the fandom. His popularity has led him to become the most prevalent of Ash's companions, lasting for three series.
* ButtMonkey: His hound dog routine eventually becomes this. It starts with Misty, and later Max, yanking him by the ear when he got carried away with flirting. Come DP, Crogunk literally [[AssShove poison jabs his butt.]]
* CampStraight: Brock is shown engaging in campy and feminine hobbies such as cooking, baking, and sewing and was even seen wearing a pink apron at one point. The whole thing is Lampshaded though because Brock had to do such campy hobbies in order to take care of his younger siblings at Pewter City after his parents left him alone to take care of them for a long time. He does flirt with a lot of girls such as Nurse Joy and Officer Jenny though.
* CallingTheOldManOut: Inverted. Has every reason to be angry with his father for abandoning the family for a long period of time. Except that, instead of chewing Flint out, Brock instead opted for telling Flint about the chores and daily routine that he has to undergo to take care of the children (it's a long list), while Brock himself goes off on his own journey.
* CasanovaWannabe: He gets cut out of every relationship he tries to start.
** Misty grabs him by the shoulder.
** Max pulls his ear.
** Bonsly tackles him with Double-edge.
** Croagunk uses Poison Jab on him.
* CharacterizationMarchesOn: In the earliest episodes, seemed no more attracted to women than would be expected of his VagueAge (even gets embarrassed and shy when Misty mentions he has a crush on Melanie), and when he was, no more awkward. [[{{Flanderization}} Nowadays...]]
* ChefOfIron: Knows how to make Pokémon food and Pokéblocks.
* ChickMagnet: Made into one for all of five seconds in "Harley Rides Again" when several girls start [[CutenessProximity fawning over his Bonsly.]]
** Aside from that, at least three women have fallen in love with him.
* ChivalrousPervert: G-rated.
* TheChosenOne: [[spoiler:Of Uxie.]]
* ColorFailure:
-->'''Holly:''' "I'm sorry, but I'm just not interested in younger men."
* CombatCommentator
* DefeatMeansFriendship: He became Ash's ally after Ash defeated him at Pewter Gym.
* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: While Ash and company are still in the Orange Islands, Brock is a guest of the Ketchum household, and becomes a rival to Mimey when it comes to doing the chores. It's like they're being rivals over ''something else''.
* DynamicEntry: How did he first appear in the Advance Generation series? Throw Forretress as an ActionBomb against a flock of Taillow, that's what!
* EyesAlwaysShut: One of the [[TropeCodifier most well-known examples]].
* {{Flanderization}}: Started out as a mentor type, gained the lovable pervert shtick and eventually became reduced to it, attempts have been made to regain the previous role, with variable success. In a bit of fairness, a silly side was shown in his intro episode when his father came back and promptly got exasperated by his quirks, but before that, he was incredibly no-nonsense - almost like a smaller Lt. Surge.
* FourTemperamentEnsemble
** Melancholic: Original series and Diamond & Pearl.
** Phlegmatic II: Advance Generation
* ImageSong: "Takeshi's Paradise"
** He was one of the few English cast members to get an Image Song in the form of "Two Perfect Girls".
* InexplicablyIdenticalIndividuals: Brock's family from his father's side all look or will end up looking exactly the same as him, regardless if they're male or female. Brock's mom is the only one who looks different.
* InformedAbility: His profession/passion as a Pokémon breeder is occasionally mentioned, but has basically zero effect on the show. Probably because the topic involves a little too much birds and the bees for a children's show.
* LetsGetDangerous: In spite of his tenure on the show, he is OutOfFocus for possibly more than 90% of it. When he ''does'' get to show his stuff, however, he's very competent. Best example might be "Leave it to Brocko" from the DP saga.
* LikesOlderWomen: He especially loves the Nurse Joys and Officer Jennys.
* ManlyTears: Sometimes.
* TheMedic: [[spoiler:He refocuses his goal on this at the end of DP. It helps that his Happiny had recently evolved into Chansey.]]
* MundaneUtility: ''Really'' mundane example: Lotad's flat head? Extra ''table''. And, of course there's Croagunk's Poison Jab, which saw more use for you-know-what than in actual battles.
* TheNavigator: The one with the Town Map.
* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: His Japanese name is a reference to a main character in ''Series/TakeshisCastle''.
* NoodleIncident: Ash and Misty find him back at the Ketchum home after their adventure in the Orange Islands. Whenever anyone asks about what happened during his time with Professor Ivy, he goes into a TroubledFetalPosition, to which he requests not to mention her name. To date, it's never been revealed what went on between the two and why he left. (He does mention Ivy in the [[{{Macekre}} English version]] of the seventh movie, though.)
* OnlySaneMan: He was often the one who would break up Ash and Misty whenever they got into a heated arguement.
* OutOfFocus: For being the one traveling companion who was part of the main cast for ''more than ten'' years (only dropping out very briefly in the Orange Islands arc), they sure didn't treat him as well as they could have.
* OvershadowedByAwesome: Increasingly so, particularly in most of Sinnoh where both of his traveling companions shared co-star status. Lampshaded in the 11th movie, where Ash and Dawn both spring into action against the BigBad, and Brock briefly gets depressed over being left behind...literally.
** In one episode Team Rocket review their typical plans with accompanying graphics to find out why they always fail. When they get to the step where the heroes counterattack, the graphic shows Ash commanding Pikachu and Dawn commanding Piplup to attack...while Brock just stands in the background.
** The anime is ''very much aware of this''. When Brock got ADayInTheLimelight, he has proven to be cunning, fixing Team Rocket a meal and then stealing the Pokémon they stole and booking it while they were distracted. He's also shown he's an excellent battler, taking out Seviper with Croagunk despite the type disadvantage, and when Ash and Dawn showed up and volunteered to take it from there, Brock told them to stay out of it and he proceeded to beat down James' Carnivine with his newly evolved Sudowoodo...''also'' with a type disadvantage.
* OverusedRunningGag: Thankfully, they tend to mix it up, especially with Bonsly (in a brief stint [[note]]he uses ''Double-Edge''[[/note]]) and Croagunk.
* ParentalAbandonment: They actually come back ([[InconsistentDub yes, his mom was alive all this time]], though 4Kids chose to ignore the plot hole they wrote themselves into), but it's understandable that Brock's less than pleased when they go on vacation and leave his 9 siblings by themselves.
* PassingTheTorch: Handed over control of the gym to his younger brother Forrest.
* PutOnABus: ''Four times!'' Originally, it was because the anime crew thought he might be considered an Asian stereotype to a global audience (it's his eyes). Brought back because, as it turns out, nobody cared about that. The next two times were when the Johto and Hoenn gangs went their separate ways, neither of which were very long. And most recently (and possibly permanently) [[spoiler:after he decides to become a doctor at the end of DP]].
* RagingStiffie: G-rated version, obviously. Basically it's gotten to the point that when he ''doesn't'' have this around InexplicablyIdenticalIndividuals, regardless if they're male or female, he starts getting suspicious (often he's ''right''; it's Team Rocket or someone else disguised as the nurse or officer).
* RealMenWearPink: Aside from being TeamDad, he can also be classified as a [[TeamMom Team]] '''[[TeamMom Mom]]''', with good reason.
* RedShirt: Of a non-lethal and recurring variety. While his reappearances would push him more into MauveShirt territory, the fact that he is often shown being defeated to show how powerful an opponent is more directly channels this trope.
* SerialRomeo
* TheSmartGuy: Of every [[TheTeam team]] he's been in. In "Advanced Generation", he somewhat shares the role with Max. [[spoiler: He's also TheChosenOne of Uxie, the precursor of Knowledge.]]
* SomethingElseAlsoRises: "Fleeing Tower of Sunyshore". Brock and Flint have to work together to power up the Pokémon Center's backup generator. Brock was egged on by Nurse Joy several times, causing the energy gauge of the generator to...go sky-high.
%%* TheSpock
* StalkerWithACrush: How else would you describe him having that infamous "guidebook"? Or the fact that he can distinguish Jennys and Joys from each other?
* StrawHypocrite: Sort of. He is appalled when his mother Lola changes the gym to a [[MakingASplash water-type gym]] claiming that he is dedicated to [[DishingOutDirt rock-types]] despite the fact that he caught [[BlowYouAway a]] [[PoisonousPerson Zubat]] in his first episode with Ash, owns several [[MakingASplash water-types]], Ludicolo and Marshtomp, and actually owns only three rock-types, Geodude, Bonsly and Onix (only two now that Onix evolved into [[ExtraOreDinary Steelix]])
* StrongFamilyResemblance: With his nine siblings and his dad.
%%* SupremeChef
* TeamChef: To the point where this is his most essential contribution to the group in later arcs.
%%* TeamDad
* TemptingFate: Brock has started to realize that every time he starts swooning over Nurse Joy or Officer Jenny, Croagunk is only moments away from poison jabbing him, so he tries to control himself and back down.
* {{Tritagonist}}: He's usually in the background compared to the lead male and female, but sometimes the show (or at least, the current story) makes it clear that he's this (at least for the humans). This is most evident during the Galactic arc, where not only does his Croagunk get a rivalry with Saturn's Toxicroak, he's also [[spoiler: chosen by one of the Lake Trio, along with Ash and Dawn.]]
* TwinThreesomeFantasy: Which [[http://serebii.net/anime/pictures/shinou/511.shtml actually]] '''happens'''. [[spoiler:The Fantasy part being [[LotusEaterMachine literal]]...]]
%%* SupremeChef
* WeNeedADistraction: A minor RunningGag, and he sometimes convinces others to join him in the act (Corphish [twice!], Lombre, ''Dawn'')...
* WingdingEyes: Gets hearts in his eyes every time he looks at a pretty girl.
* TheWorfEffect: In spite of his aforementioned competence, his PlotArmor is thinner than those of his friends because of their star/co-star status. If he participates in a competition or tournament that his friends also join, he's likely to either lose early on or eventually get beaten by them (not always realistically).
* YankTheDogsChain: Oh, they do this sometimes with his hopeless flirtations. It just has a way of going straight to hell before the end of the episode.
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[[folder: Brock's Pokémon]]
* DishingOutDirt: His main type is the Rock-Type. If counting sub-elements, a few of his Pokémon are also Ground-Types and Steel-Types.
** Ironically, despite priding himself in being a Rock-Type specialist, the ''only'' Rock-type he caught during the series proper was Bonsly.
* FreudianTrio:
% In ''Advanced Generation'':
--> TheKirk: Mudkip/Marshtomp
--> TheMcCoy: Lotad/Lombre/Ludicolo (Hoenn) & Bonsly (Kanto)
--> TheSpock: Forretress
% In ''Diamond and Pearl'':
--> TheKirk: Bonsly/Sudowoodo
--> TheMcCoy: Happiny/Chansey
--> TheSpock: Croagunk
* PoorPredictableRock: Averted, as soon as Brock stopped being the Gym Leader, he stopped having a Rock-type theme for his Pokémon team, though he tries to have at least one Rock-type Pokémon on his team. Nonetheless, he is quite firm about keeping Pewter Gym's Rock theme intact.
!!'''Onix-Steelix (Iwark-Haganeil)'''
->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/UnshoIshizuka
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* DishingOutDirt: As an Onix, he was a Rock type.
* ExtraOreDinary: Steelix's type is Steel-Type.
* FastTunnelling: Knows Dig.
* GentleGiant: Outside of battle. Especially prominent when he reappeared as Steelix.
* InstantAwesomeJustAddDragons: Knows Dragon Breath.
* TailSlap: Knows Iron Tail.
* TheWorfEffect: While supposedly Brock's strongest Pokémon, it loses quite a lot (including to ''Meowth'' once, when Meowth dumped water on it and somehow finished it off with Fury Swipes). The impression is further strengthened by the fact that Onix was by far the largest of the main cast's Pokémon during the whole Kanto and Johto sagas.
!!'''Geodude (Isitsubute)'''
->'''Voiced in Japanese by:''' Creator/ShinichiroMiki
->'''Voiced in English by:''' Michael Haigney
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* BareFistedMonk: Knows Seismic Toss.
* DishingOutDirt: Rock type.
* OutOfFocus: Barely got any personality, character development, or battles, and was mainly used in places where Onix was too big to fit.
* PintsizedPowerhouse: It can hold its own against Pikachu without the need of Onix.
* PowerFloats: Despite being a rock, it somehow levitates.
* ShoutOut: In "The Punchy Pokémon" Brock enters Geodude in a Fighting-type tournament; it IS a fighting-type in the VideoGame/PokemonTradingCardGame.
!!'''Zubat-Golbat-Crobat'''
->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/ShinichiroMiki
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* BatOutOfHell: Subverted.
* BlowYouAway: Knows Whirlwind.
%%* {{Flight}}
* MakeMeWannaShout: Knows Supersonic and Sonicboom.
* OffscreenMomentOfAwesome: We never see Brock actually catching Zubat. And Ash and Misty are just as surprised when he reveals his capture.
%%* PoisonousPerson: Primary type.
* ThePowerOfFriendship: Is it any wonder it took such a short time for Golbat to evolve into Crobat, after Brock's caring for it?
%%* WindFromBeneathMyWings: Secondary type.
!!'''Vulpix (Rokon)'''
->'''Voiced in Japanese by:''' Creator/RikakoAikawa
->'''Voiced in English by:''' Creator/RachaelLillis
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* BadassAdorable: It's cute and dainty as a button, yet has explosive fire powers. It was likely for this reason it was usually Brock's representing Pokémon in the Pikachu shorts.
* HappilyAdopted: Technically the property of a professional breeder called Suzie, who entrusted Vulpix with Brock after seeing his warmness to Pokémon. Vulpix very quickly took to Brock as its trainer.
* {{Kitsune}}: Blatantly based on such with its fox like appearance and multiple tails.
* OutOfFocus: Too adorable for its own good, especially since it's (currently) the ''only'' Pokémon Brock no longer owns (all the others are at Pewter Gym).
* PlayingWithFire: Packs one hell of a Flamethrower.
* PutOnABus: Returned it to the girl who gave it to him.
* SpoiledBrat: In [[CharacterisationMarchesOn its first appearance]] - it roasts Misty just for unexpectedly picking it up, before curling back up with a light yawn. It's much more playful in later appearances, if still very fond of pampering.
* TheWorfEffect: Introduced as being extremely powerful, but is rarely shown winning an actual battle.
!!'''Pineco-Forretress (Kunugidama-Foretos)'''
->'''Voiced in Japanese by:''' Creator/UnshoIshizuka
->'''Voiced in English by:''' Creator/EricStuart (Pineco, Forretress 4Kids), Creator/UnshoIshizuka (Forretress, current)
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* ActionBomb: Knows [=SelfDestruct=] and Explosion.
%%* DishingOutDirt: Knows Spikes.
%%* EverythingsBetterWithSpinning
* ExtraOreDinary: Forretress is a Steel-Type.
* MundaneUtility: Brock used Forretress' Rapid Spin as an improvised drill when the gang had to make a pit trap.
* RunningGag: Loves to blow itself up at the slightest provocation.
* TheStoic: Forretress; Pineco was a lot more excitable.
!!'''Lotad-Lombre-Ludicolo (Hassboh-Hasubrero-Runpappa)'''
->'''Voiced in Japanese by:''' Miyako Ito (Hassboh and Hasubrero), Creator/FumihikoTachiki (Runpappa)
->'''Voiced in English by:''' Kayzie Rogers (Lotad), Creator/DanGreen (Lombre), Creator/EricStuart (Ludicolo, 4Kids), Bill Rogers (Ludicolo, current)
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* BewareTheNiceOnes: He's always been a NiceGuy, even in his first stage, but he's really powerful and not afraid to show it when his friends are in danger.
* BulletSeed: He can fire this as a Lombre and a Ludicolo.
* CloudCuckooLander: Kind of "out there" compared to others of its species, especially as a Lotad and a Lombre. Don't ''ever'' assume he's stupid, though.
* ConfusionFu: His battle style is ''unpredictable''.
* GreenThumb: Grass-Type.
* JawDrop: Ludicolo has an EPIC one when his Mawile crush dumps him for a Psyduck.
%%* {{Kappa}}
* {{Keet}}: As Ludicolo, which is characteristic of the species. See also NiceGuy below
* MakingASplash: Water-Type.
* MundaneUtility: Lola, in one of her "ideal" parenting moods, somehow convinced Ludicolo to carry around her bags as she and Flint go on vacation.
* NiceGuy: Shown very early in ''Advanced Generation''. [[note]]When he was called out to battle the leader of a school of Sharpedo, Lotad quickly noticed something was wrong (Sharpedo had been poisoned by Jessie's Seviper), and along with Brock stayed by Sharpedo's side, even overnight. He was quite ecstatic to see that Sharpedo seemed to be recovering, and had its fin wrapped around Brock's back.
* TheRuntAtTheEnd: Of the herd of Lotad, this one has a bit of trouble catching up.
* TransformationTrinket: Lombre unflinchingly scrounges around the bag of the Character of the Day, until he found her Water Stone deep inside, instantly making him evolve.
[[/note]]
!!'''Mudkip-Marshtomp (Mizugorou-Numacraw)'''
->'''Voiced in Japanese by:''' Music/MegumiHayashibara (Mizugorou), Creator/ShinichiroMiki (Numacraw)
->'''Voiced in English by:''' Lindsey Warner (Mudkip, 4Kids), Michele Knotz (Mudkip, second), Kayzie Rogers (as Jamie Peacock, Marshtomp)
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* BarrierWarrior: Knows Protect.
* DishingOutDirt: Marshtomp is a ground-type.
* LamarckWasRight: How else would you explain [[http://www.serebii.net/anime/pictures/kanto/425ps1.shtml this]]?
* MakingASplash: The Water-Type Starter of the Hoenn region.
* OvershadowedByAwesome: The one member of the Hoenn group's Starter trio that saw the least action, hence his evolution coming late, and the only one to never even reach his final stage.
* SugarAndIcePersonality: Towards Brock in his first appearance. In general, he's more sweet than icy.
* TeamDad: Mudkip was just as mature - if not moreso - than Pikachu and tried hard to both keep the peace and take care of the younger ones. "Turning Over A New Nuzleaf" was the first great example.
!!'''Bonsly-Sudowoodo (Usohachi-Usokkie)'''
->'''Voiced in Japanese by:''' Creator/DaisukeSakaguchi
->'''Voiced in English by:''' Bill Rogers
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* BareFistedMonk: Knows Hammer Arm.
* CharacterTics: Sudowoodo has a habit of saluting Brock.
* CoolBigBro: Towards Happiny, since they seem to appear together often.
* CryCute: Bonsly
* DittoFighter: Knows Mimic.
* DishingOutDirt: Rock type.
* EarlyBirdCameo: Bonsly...ironically, early in Sinnoh he learned Mimic and evolved into Sudowoodo an episode later.
* OlderAndWiser: As a Bonsly he was a big crybaby; after evolving, he became a hardworking, loyal battler unafraid to enter the fray and - as an added bonus - unlikely to angst. For instance, when Brock chose Coragunk over him for the cosplay competition (to win Happiny's egg), Sudowoodo gets over the crushing disappointment in ''seconds''.
* OutOfFocus: To a degree (mostly since Croagunk was more prominent), but he still gets some shining moments of prominence and never actually decays as a tough battler.
* TookALevelInBadass: In "Leave it to Brocko", where he evolves.
* WhenTreesAttack: Even though he's actually a Rock-type.
** In "Leave It To Brocko", they use this to their advantage to put a lost, frightened young Nuzleaf at ease, since Bonsly's tree-like appearance reassured Nuzleaf that they were friendly.
* YesMan: Sudowoodo, a more endearing example than most as he's obviously very devoted to his trainer.
!!'''Croagunk (Gureggru)'''
->'''Voiced in Japanese by:''' Creator/KatsuyukiKonishi
->'''Voiced in English by:''' Bill Rogers
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* AssShove: Croagunk's Poison Jab almost always is depicted like this.
* {{Beat}}: Croagunk is the source of a lot of awkward silences...[[{{Filler}} just staring...]][[OverlyLongGag and croaking...]]
%%* BareFistedMonk: Secondary type.
%%* BrickBreak
* EvilLaugh: Crogunk everytime he has to poison jab Brock and drag him off behind him. ''Cro-cro-cro-croooo''
** In the Japanese version, instead of PokemonSpeak, it's an actual EvilLaugh...
* FascinatingEyebrow: [[http://serebii.net/anime/pictures/shinou/477.shtml Bizarrely]], when Brock is trying to orient him in the group's daily routine...
* GlassCannon: He can hit ''very'' hard, singlehandedly blocking a stray Draco Meteor fired by ''Dialga'' and knocking out Saturn's Toxicroak in one blow, but doesn't fare so well in prolonged battle.
* HeelFaceTurn: He first shows up as a "member" of Team Rocket; or rather, he followed Meowth to the Rockets' bogus gym, and Jesse decided to use him in their scam. Once the Rockets ditch him, he decides to join Brock instead.
%%* IneffectualLoner
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: He's usually quick to [[BigDamnHeroes come to the rescue]] of Brock (or the rest of the group) if they're in real danger.
* MissedHimByThatMuch: in "Jumping Rocket Ship", the group gets separated, and Croagunk is simply taking a trip through Canalave's canals by way of several boats. Every time he appears, it was just a split-second before/after one group is in the same scene. For the record, it was Croagunk who's the ''last'' Pokémon to be "found" (or rather, Croagunk found them thanks to Brock being himself).
* NotSoStoic: There are a few times that he outright laughs at his trainer's misfortune towards girls.
* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: Once, his rivalry with Saturn's Toxicroak made him completely ignore Brock's advances to a girl.
* PetTheDog: Can often come across as a {{jerkass}} at times, but the writers occasionally show that he can have a protective side as well.
** There's a blink-and-you'll-miss-it moment in "Doc Brock" - after [[ItMakesSenseInContext Pachirisu has recovered from its sickness thanks to Brock and he's agrees to lecture Ash & Dawn about medicine]], the screen briefly shoots to the window to show Croagunk, [[EyesAlwaysShut eyes closed]] in that {{Animesque}} manner characters have when they're being ''tender''. Besides the subject matter of the episode, that heartwarming little shot gives subtle {{Foreshadowing}} to [[spoiler: Brock's eventual decision to become a Pokémon Doctor]].
%%* PintsizedPowerhouse
%%* PoisonousPerson: Primary type.
* RealMenHateSugar: Shown several times to be adverse to any sweet food.
%%* TheRival: To Saturn's Toxicroak.
* RunningGag:
** He's ''waaay'' too obsessed with his reflection.
** Also the whole "stab and drag Brock away from girls" thing, of course.
* SensorCharacter: He has been able to detect the presence of Team Rocket at several points when the rest of the group was distracted and has headed off to stop them on his own without the others noticing. He was also aware of the approach of Saturn's Toxicroak.
%%* SignatureMove: Poison Jab.
* SixthRanger: If the main characters make up a FiveManBand each series/generation, then Croagunk - who joins last and appears the least - is this to the "Diamond and Pearl" band.
* SomethingWeForgot:
** Pikachu and the other Pokémon are ready to abandon a ship heading for a potentially lethal waterfall, until Pikachu realizes someone is missing. He rushes back inside and tries his hardest to drag Croagunk away from the mirror.
** At the denouement of "Jumping Rocket Ship", the heroes ready to call it a day, until they realize something's missing. Before Brock could realize what it was, he saw a beautiful girl and proceeded to hit on her, and only ''then'' did Croagunk show up.
%%* TheStoic
* SuperSenses: His version of the "Anticipation" ability allows him to have better perception of the surroundings.
* VitriolicBestBuds: Despite all the Poison Jabs Brock took over the series, when their compatability was rated, it was nearly as high as Ash and Pikachu's. Oh, and did we mention that this is a few days after he's caught?
* WhatTheHellHero: The first time Croagunk went too far in attacking Brock[[note]]when Brock was sincere in helping the girl-of-the-day[[/note]], Dawn calls him out on it (he even ''looks'' genuinly abashed). On another occasion, Brock delivers one himself, right after getting stabbed:
-->Oh, c'mon! [[ImagineSpot Imagination]] is against the law?
* {{Yandere}}: It's the most likely explanation as to why Croagunk attacks Brock whenever he flirts with officer Jenny and nurse Joy. When Croagunk and Brocks compatability rating was shown, it was equal to Ash and Pikachu's in only a few days.
!!'''Happiny-Chansey (Pinpuku-Lucky)'''
->'''Voiced in Japanese by:''' Miyako Ito
->'''Voiced in English by:''' Emily Jenness
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* AdaptationalBadass: Gets many examples of physical prowess. In the games, Happiny and Chansey are ''notoriously'' low physical attack power, being the ''lowest in the entire game''.
%%* BadassAdorable
%%* CheerfulChild
* ChildrenAreInnocent: Inverted - unlike Togepi for example, she was more likely to be aware of when things weren't going well (even on the day she hatched) and could become relatively serious if the situation called for it; on the other hand, her usual demeanor is that of a sweet-natured CheerfulChild.
%%* GooGooGodlike
* HealingFactor: Learned Softboiled immediately upon evolution to Chansey.
%%* TheMedic
* NiceGirl: Really quite a sweetheart, as is natural for her species - in her intro episode, [[CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming she initially offers the Oval Stone which Brock carved her back to him as a sign of friendship and trust, despite how badly she'd previously wanted it upon hatching]]. From that point on, it's pretty safe to say that she's less of a divisive character than Togepi ever was.
%%* NonElemental
* PintsizedPowerhouse: Swinging Jessie's Seviper around by its tail in circles is just a ''fraction'' of her ability.
* TheSmurfettePrinciple: So far, she is Brock's only (confirmed) female Pokémon.
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[[folder:Tracey Sketchit (Kenji)]]
[[quoteright:158:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/TraceyEP.png]]
->'''Voiced in Japanese by:''' Creator/TomokazuSeki
->'''Voiced in English by:''' Creator/TedLewis (4Kids), Craig Blair (current)
->'''Voiced in Latin American Spanish by:''' Alfredo Leal (Season 2), Javier Olguín (Season 5), Ricardo Bautista (one episode of ''Chronicles'' and another in Season 8), Gerardo García (rest of ''Chronicles''), Christian Strempler (Season 9)
A friend of Ash's, who he met on his trip to the Orange Islands. Specializes in Pokémon watching; i.e. he draws pictures of Pokémon in their natural habitat with surgical precision. Tracey primarily draws Pokémon, but there are several human subjects scattered around his various sketchbooks. [[{{Fanboy}} Huge fan of Prof. Oak.]]
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!!!Tropes involving him and his Pokémon include:
* AdventureCouple: He and [[TheDitz Daisy]] fit some of the criteria, which is probably why they're often shipped together.
* AscendedFanboy: Oak takes him under his wing at the end of the Orange Islands arc.
* AwesomeByAnalysis: Tracey's typical battle style. He can predict an opponent's moves based on having seen the set-up motions before and get a counterattack going immediately, which isn't too shabby. In his initial appearance, he was able to discern upbringing problems with a group of trainers' Pokémon, and gauge how strong and well-conditioned Pikachu was with but a mere precursory glance.
* CovertPervert: Downplayed, but if you find anything in his sketchbook that isn't a Pokémon, it's probably a pretty girl he encountered while travelling around with Ash.
* FourTemperamentEnsemble: The Melancholic.
* MeaningfulName: What do you think does he do in his free time? Take a wild guess.
* NonActionGuy: He can battle if he has to, but he uses his Pokémon mainly for fieldwork.
* OutOfFocus: After the very first episode of ''Diamond and Pearl'', he did not appear again until [=BW116=], '''''306 episodes later'''''.
* OvershadowedByAwesome: Both in terms of Pokémon, and character (regarding Brock). Poor guy.
* PutOnABus: Now Prof. Oak's assistant.
* SavvyGuyEnergeticGirl: Savvy Guy to Daisy's Energetic Girl.
* ShirtlessScene: A few, accounting for his entire pre-departure fanbase.
* TheSmartGuy: Of the Orange Islands portion of the "Original Series" FiveManBand.
* SpellMyNameWithAnS: It's "Tracey", not "Tracy".
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[[folder: Tracey's Pokémon]]
!!'''Venonat (Kongpang)'''
->'''Voiced in Japanese by:''' Creator/RikakoAikawa
->'''Voiced in English by:''' Creator/RachaelLillis
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* BigCreepyCrawlies: It is a giant gnat.
* GreenThumb: Knows Sleep Powder.
* NonActionGuy: Compared to its teammates.
* SuperSenses: Vision.
!!'''Marill (Maril)'''
->'''Voiced in Japanese by:''' Creator/MikaKanai
->'''Voiced in English by:''' Kayzie Rogers
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* ActionMom: It has become a mother in ''Chronicles'. It still can kick asses as ever.
* EarlyBirdCameo: Marill appears in the second season of the anime before ''VideoGame/PokemonGoldAndSilver'' were released.
* NiceGirl: Yes, it's a female - it's the ''mother'' of Misty's Azurill after all.
* SuperSenses: Hearing
!!'''Scyther (Strike)'''
->'''Voiced in Japanese by:''' Creator/UnshoIshizuka
->'''Voiced in English by:''' Creator/EricStuart
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%%* BadassGrandpa: Rejected from his tribe because he was too old to remain the leader (though he makes amends with his young successor before accepting Tracey as his trainer).
* BigCreepyCrawlies: A Bug-Type Pokémon who resembles a giant mantis.
* CoolOldGuy: Scyther is old and out of shape, but still a ''Scyther'' no less.
* DoppelgangerSpin: Knows Double Team.
* ProudWarriorRaceGuy: A proud fighter despites its old age.
* TheRival: ''Very'' briefly with Charizard due to some initial aggression. After repelling a Team Rocket attack, they "flex their muscles" a bit before making peace.
* RunningGag: Would break into a pant after working, since he left the Pokémon Center before healing properly. It's lampshaded the first time.
* TeamDad: To a degree towards the other Pokémon. Definitely towards his tribe, given he left the Pokémon Center (still injured) to save them from Team Rocket.
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!!Supporting Cast
[[folder: Professor Samuel Oak (Dr. Yukinari Okido)]]
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->'''Voiced in Japanese by:''' Creator/UnshoIshizuka
->'''Voiced in English by:''' Stuart Zagnit (4Kids), [[Creator/JimmyZoppi Carter Cathcart]] (current)
->'''Voiced in Latn American Spanish by:''' Hugo Navarrete, Arturo Castañeda (as "Sam" in Movie 4)
Professor Oak comes from Pallet Town. He is Gary Oak's grandfather and gave Pikachu to Ash as a last resort after he woke up late to take one of the other three starters. His status as a semi-main character means that he shows up the most out of all the professors in the series.
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* CharacterizationMarchesOn: In the first episode, he was a bit of a grumpy DeadpanSnarker and he was visibly annoyed of Ash who came too late to get his first Pokémon. Later on, he would become an eccentric NiceGuy.
* CoolOldGuy: He gets very excited whenever he meets new Pokémon and he is a very passionate scientist. He also has some cool Pokémon, such as Dragonite and Rotom.
* DependingOnTheWriter: In the main anime itself, he's beloved and respected by most Pokémon, who show as much succinct loyalty to him as their trainers. In his podcast segments however, not a single one will hesitate to [[DisproportionateRetribution brutally assault him]] as he [[HatesBeingTouched tries to inspect them]] in his lectures. He must borrow a very grouchy sample roster.
* [[FriendToAllLivingThings Friend To All Pokémon]]: One way or another, he'll find a way to get on a Pokémon's good side.
* GentlemanAndAScholar: Besides being one of the leading experts on Pokémon, he's also a world-renowned poet.
* IronButtMonkey: In the Japanese version, Oak would often have a short segment at the end of an episode demonstrating a certain quality or attack that Pokémon can execute. It usually always ends up being used on him. He's been burned, electrocuted, frozen, punched, bitten, and flung across the room more times than you can count.
* MissionControl: Most of Ash's Pokémon are just a phone call away courtesy of him. He also plays a straighter example in ''{{Anime/Pokemon 3}}''.
* NiceGuy: Oak is friendly to Pokémon and humans, something that becomes a standard characteritic for future professors.
* TheProfessor: The most prominent one of the entire franchise and the most famous Pokémon professor of the ''entire world''.
* ShipTease: With Delia. In Theater/PokemonLive, Ash asks Professor Oak not to bring his [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything mother home too late.]]
* StableTimeLoop: [[spoiler:Created by Celebi in ''Anime/Pokemon4Ever''.]]
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[[folder: Gary Oak (Shigeru Ookido)]]
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->'''Voiced in Japanese by:''' Creator/YukoKobayashi
->'''Voiced in English by:''' Creator/JimmyZoppi
->'''Voiced in Latin American Spanish by''': Gerardo Del Valle (Original Series), Creator/VictorUgarte (Chronicles), Ricardo Bautista (Advance Generation and two episodes of Diamond & Pearl), Benjamín Rivera (One episode of Diamond & Pearl), Noé Velásquez (One Episode of Diamond & Pearl)
Ash's first rival when he started off as a Pokémon trainer. Gary would usually one-up Ash and take any chance to insult him when they met up, but after Ash finally defeated Gary, he soon realized that being a trainer wasn't really his calling, and has since befriended Ash and followed in his grandpa's footsteps to become a Pokémon professor.
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* TheAce: Gary seems to be pretty much be the best at what he does, and even claims to be the top trainer out of the four in his year who left Pallet Town, and is always at least two steps ahead of [[TheHero Ash]]. He even had time to go on a vacation because he had so many damn badges!
* AllGuysWantCheerleaders: His [[ThePaidForHarem fanclub]] was mostly made up of {{pom pom girl}}s.
* AnimeHair: Although far from being the most extreme example in the series, it's definitely there.
* ArtEvolution: When we see him after the Battle Frontier, his design matches his game counterpart in ''[=FireRed=]''/''[=LeafGreen=]''.
* BarrierWarrior: Electivire's Protect.
* BigCreepyCrawlies: Scizor is a giant mantis.
* BrainyBrunette: Even becomes a Pokémon researcher, [[GenerationXerox just like his grandfather.]]
** And even before that, Gary had such a high knowledge of Pokémon, he barely needed to use his Pokédex to get any info on them, in contrast to Ash who uses his every time he sees a Pokémon, even ones he's'' already'' seen.
* BrainlessBeauty: His fanclub, whose sole existence revolved around fawning attention on him.
* BreakTheHaughty: Being owned by Mewtwo, then losing in the last round of the Pokémon League preliminaries. He gets better, though.
** It was somewhat implied Gary had never lost before, which seems to shape him into a more humble person. BreakTheHaughty indeed.
* TheBusCameBack: Disappears for the entirety of ''Advanced'', appearing only in the last episodes to tell Ash about Sinnoh.
* ChildhoodFriends: Being neighbors in Pallet Town, he was this with Ash prior to the incident with the Pokeball. See We Used To Be Friends below.
* CrossdressingVoices: In Japanese.
* ADayInTheLimelight: Got his own episode in ''Pokémon Chronicles.''
* DeadpanSnarker: The "deadpan" part coming in from Johto and onwards.
* DemotedToExtra: Ever since the Original Series - he didn't appear at all in Hoenn (only showing up at the end of ''Advanced Generation''); shows up only four times in Diamond and Pearl ([[CurbStompBattle in two of which he got his ass handed to him by Team Galactic]]), and didn't appear in Unova.
* DishingOutDirt (Rock/Ground): Golem, Nidoking and Nidoqueen.
* DoppelgangerSpin: Umbreon, who knew Double Team as an Eevee.
* EarlyInstallmentCharacterDesignDifference: Downplayed with his cheerleaders, whose costume and hair designs were not actually finalized until "Beauty and the Beach".
* ExtraOreDinary: Scizor, Electivire's Iron Tail.
* ElementalPunch: Electivire's Thunder Punch.
* EverythingsBetterWithSpinning: Blastoise's Rapid Spin.
* FrickinLaserBeams: Nidoqueen's Hyper Beam.
* FriendlyEnemy: In Johto.
* GuestStarPartyMember: At times, most notably in several "Diamond and Pearl" series episodes.
* GreenEyes: Except for a very early episode where he had blue eyes, he's always been depicted with it. ''Best Wishes'' final episode confirmed it.
* HandsomeLech and KidAnova: In Kanto, he traveled with a large group of older girls. That is one pimp pre-teen.
* HeroOfAnotherStory: He's clearly done ''a lot'' off camera, but most of it goes unseen.
* HornAttack: Nidoking's attack.
* InsufferableGenius: While most of the time he's a SmallNameBigEgo who loses his more important battles, he's still quite a competent trainer and is more than happy to show it off. Him gaining ten badges in Kanto and flaunting them to Ash is one of the most (in)famous examples.
* {{Jerkass}}: [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold He gets better from Johto onwards]], but this can still pop up.
* LargeHam: During his SmallNameBigEgo Kanto days.
* MakingASplash: Blastoise and Krabby.
* MegatonPunch: Nidoqueen's Mega Punch.
* MoralityPet: Umbreon, most likely, seeing as he started to train it at the same time his change of attitude started. (Given the fact that it ''is'' an Umbreon might be a factor, seeing as Eevee evolve into Umbreon when treated well by a trainer.)
* MythologyGag: His eyes are [[http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b121/kennykyo/GREENEYES.jpg green]] as either a reference to his game counterparts JPN name (Green), one of the first two games in the series (Red and ''Green'') or both.
* NoSell: his Golem is too heavy for Charizard to lift, so no Seismic Toss for Golem.
* PaidHarem: He had a gang of cheerleaders supporting him (and in one case, Ash) in Kanto; after losing at the Indigo League and learning humility, he got rid of them.
* PetTheDog: In ''Battle Of The Badge'', Gary's the one who tackles Meowth to prevent him from blowing up the [[ElectricTorture rigged]] platform Ash is standing on during his gym battle against Team Rocket.
* PlayingWithFire: Arcanine and Magmar.
* PlotIrrelevantVillain: In Kanto, due to the show continuing past it and the original conclusion of Ash vs. Gary being changed so that Gary is knocked out of the League tournament by a random opponent before he can face Ash, making most of his previous antagonistic appearances rather pointless in retrospect.
* PoisonousPerson: Nidoking and Nidoqueen.
* PsychicPowers: Umbreon's Psychic.
* PunnyName: [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garry_Oak His English name]], funnily enough.
* TheReveal: It wasn't until his second match with Ash that we learned he started with [[spoiler:Squirtle.]] None of his main Pokémon were even ''shown'' until episode 63 (when he was shown using Nidoking and Arcanine at the Viridian gym), though his Krabby made a brief appearance in episode 13, alongside the one Ash had just caught). We did hear at a few points in early episodes that he caught a ''lot'' of Pokémon.
** Over 200, according to Professor Oak, meaning since there were only 151 kinds in the Kanto saga, he's caught quite a few more of the same species, especially since he had only seen 60 at that point.
* RedOniBlueOni: The blue to Ash's red of the "Original Series", being level-headed and logical while Ash is brash and impulsive.
* TheRival: Ash's main rival until the end of the Johto saga. He and Ash are currently providing the page picture for this trope.
* SameCharacterButDifferent: Kanto's Gary was a snide braggart who was constantly lording himself and his experiences over Ash while traveling around with a personal cheerleading team in a convertible (while Ash was [[{{Foil}} hoofin' it old-school]]). Johto's Gary was an aloof and stoic wanderer accompanied by only his Pokémon -- Johto's first opening even wrapped him in a distinctive black cloak. Even acknowledging his significant BreakTheHaughty moments at the tail end of the first season, the Character Development that was necessary to create Johto's Gary happened entirely offscreen. The writers caught themselves at the end of Ash's Johto adventures and restored his team of cheerleaders to him just in time for his final fight with Ash.
* ShockAndAwe: Electivire.
* SignatureMove: The original Johto opening would have you believe Gary's Eevee was his Signature Mon.
* SoulPower: Umbreon's [[EnergyBall Shadow Ball]].
* SpinToDeflectStuff: Gary's Blastoise was an expert in using Rapid Spin to deflect Ash's attacks, like Muk's Sludge Bomb and Bayleef's Razor Leaf.
* SuperSpeed: Arcanine.
* SmallNameBigEgo: Really thinks highly of himself in the first season, which only increases the irony over the fact that he loses in the ''preliminaries'' of the Indigo League. Played for hilarity when, during the swimsuit contest in the originally-banned BeachEpisode, he actually believes everyone is watching ''him''.
* TookALevelInKindness: Becomes considerably nicer to Ash during the Johto Arc.
* {{Tuckerization}}: His Japanese name, Shigeru, is taken from Creator/ShigeruMiyamoto, who served as a mentor to Creator/SatoshiTajiri.
* TheUnfought: Despite being Ash's rival, the two never have battle in the first series, having their first one-on-one battle in the final episode of the Orange Island saga after Ash had returned home. Technically the two don't even a ''full'' battle until the tail-end of the Johto Saga.
* UseYourHead: Blastoise's Skull Bash.
* WeUsedToBeFriends: With Ash, before a quarrel involving a broken Pokéball. [[spoiler:Which they each kept half of.]]
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[[folder: Delia Ketchum (Hanako)]]
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->'''Voiced in Japanese by:''' Creator/MasamiToyoshima
->'''Voiced in English by:''' Creator/VeronicaTaylor (4Kids), Sarah Natochenny (current)
->'''Voiced in Latin American Spanish by''': Ana Patricia Anides (Original Series and current), Rebeca Manríquez (Chronicles), Elena Ramírez (Advance Generation and the start of Diamond & Pearl)
Ash's always-loving mother. Not much more needs to be said about her. Just let the tropes do the talking.
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* AbsurdlyYouthfulMother: She gave birth to Ash when she was 18.
* AllThereInTheManual: She does have an actual job apart from just minding the house: a restaurant that she inherited from her mother.
* AmazinglyEmbarrassingParents: Delia frequently and loudly reminds Ash to change his you-know-whats. Sometimes his friends are around. Sometimes there's a small crowd. Sometimes it's being filmed on live TV. However, Delia's obssession with her son's underwear is limited to the 4Kids dub.
* AndTheRest: Delia has been known to do this to ''her own son''.
-->'''Delia''': "Oh, Pikachu! It's so good to see you again, [[CutenessProximity oh you're so cute, I could just hug you all day]] -- [[UnusuallyUninterestingSight oh, hi Ash.]]"
* TheAtoner: In Theater/PokemonLive, [[spoiler:Delia feels guilty for associating herself with Giovanni as a young woman and wishes to keep Ash from learning the truth about her past.]]
* BattleButler: Well, what else can we call Mimey?
* BewareTheNiceOnes: In some ''Chronicles'' episodes, she actually shows some skill as a trainer.
* TheDitz: Not always, but she has her moments.
* FormerTeenRebel: According to ''Theater/PokemonLive'', where she reveals she had dated a "bad boy" for a time, a "bad boy" who [[spoiler: happened to be Giovanni.]]
* HiddenDepths: She was one of Professor Oak's top students when she was in school. Suddenly having to raise a son all on her own suddenly left no time for schoolwork.
* IdiotHair: Delia sports an ahoge just for the sake of having one. She is neither an idiot nor mischievous.
* MarilynManeuver: Yes, they went there. [[ImagineSpot She was just imagining it.]]
* NeatFreak: Mimey. He once vaccuumed Ash in the face because he apparently hadn't taken a bath for so long.
* PsychicPowers: Delia owns a very powerful Mr. Mime. Well, she doesn't ''own'' Mimey so much as he showed up on her doorstep and she fed him because she thought he was Ash...long story. Anyway, he's basically part of the family now.
* TeamMom: Treats Ash's friends like her own children. When Ash and Misty returned to Kanto after the Orange Islands saga, they found that Delia had found a {{Heroic BSOD}}-inflicted Brock and was letting him stay at the Ketchum house while she nursed him back to health.
* TeenPregnancy: Delia is/[[NotAllowedToGrowUp was]] 29 years old when Ash turned 10 and started on his journey as a trainer, meaning she was 19 when he was born.
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[[folder: Ho-Oh]]
A [[OlympusMons Legendary Pokémon]] Ash saw on his first day as a Pokémon trainer. Seeing it causes Ash to realize just how vast the world is and how many Pokémon there are to meet. It has reappeared before him a few times since.
* EarlyBirdCameo: A very literal example, too. Ho-Oh appeared over a year before Pokémon Gold and Silver were released, and in fact its' appearance was the ''very'' first hint that the franchise would continue.
* EverythingsBetterWithRainbows: When it first appears before Ash, it flies past a rainbow. While it's an In-Universe fact Ho-Oh creates rainbows, this was obviously not known at the time it appeared, making it seem like a coincidence as Ho-Oh appeared shortly after a rainstorm.
* {{Foreshadowing}}: A Meta-example, but Ho-Oh's appearance was the first implication that the franchise would go beyond the first 151 Pokémon.
* OlympusMons: Discounting the opening, the ''first'' one to appear as well.
* GoldAndWhiteAreDivine: In its' debut it was colored completely gold and had white sparkles sorrounding it, presumably because it's ''actual'' color scheme hadn't been thought up yet.
* SeriesContinuityError: Is a mysterious, unidentified creature in its debut, but later episodes depict Ho-Oh as just another commonly known legendary Pokémon.
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[[folder: Officer Jenny (Junsar)]]
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->'''Voiced in Japanese by:''' Creator/ChinamiNishimura
->'''Voiced in English by:''' Creator/MeganHollingshead, Jamie Davyous Owens, KayzieRogers, Maya Rosewood, and Emily Williams
->'''Voiced in Latin American Spanish by''': Mayra Arellano (Seasons 1-6, 13-16), Erica Edwards (Season 7 and Chronicles), Creator/CristinaHernandez (seasons 8-11), Betzabe Jara (Season 12), Claudia Contreras (season 17-current), Ana María Grey (Season 1, only in three episodes)
If there's a town with any semblance of law enforcement, then Officer Jenny will be there.
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!!!The numerous Jennies out there exhibit the following tropes:
* ArtEvolution: Officer Jenny got a complete makeover in the Unova region. She went from having shoulder-length hair and a blue uniform to [[http://media.animevice.com/uploads/0/3695/307343-168.jpg grass-green short cropped hair with a beige uniform in Unova]]. Some have commented on her appearance, saying she looks like a ButchLesbian. Kalosian Jennys have wavy hair tied in a low ponytail, though the uniforms are back to blue.
* BetweenMyLegs: The shot used when a Jenny first appears in ''Best Wishes'' episode 38.
* BikerBabe: Most of them drive a motorcycle as a preferred vehicle of choice.
* BusmansHoliday: Viridian Officer Jenny pops up in Eterna City on her day off, right around the same time that a major heist has occurred.
* CombatPragmatist: The Jenny in "A Poached Ego", where she instantly beats the poacher Rico by quickly stealing the Poké Ball containing his ace, Tyranitar. In fairness, [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown what he had it do to Team Rocket]] (both Pokémon ''and trainers'') was more than enough to warrant this resort.
* CowboyCop: One particular Jenny enjoys taking down criminals with her...[[ImprobableWeaponUser bowling skills.]] That same Jenny came all the way from Kanto just to capture Team Rocket.
* DrivesLikeCrazy: The Jenny in "Pokémon Emergency!"
* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: Not only did the Jenny attire change throughout later regions, but their default personalities tend to be rather serious and humourless, compared to early episodes where they tended to be [[PluckyGirl more energetic and hammy]].
* FairCop: All of them. There's a reason why Brock likes them so much.
* GenderEqualsBreed: Ash and Co. once met a Luxray trainer named Marble, a young Jenny. As with Joy, this indicates that men have no impact on genetics in the family.
* ImprobableWeaponUser: "Stealing the Conversation", where one Jenny stopped criminals with a bowling ball.
* InexplicablyIdenticalIndividuals: Former co-TropeNamer. All Jennies look exactly alike, but each Jenny is told apart by the insignia on their hat, representing the town they're from. Brock can tell them apart by other details, such as the length of their skirt.
* KickingAssInAllHerFinery: Prior to the Unova seasons, Officer Jennies wore heels. Not exactly practical (or even comfortable) footwear to have in law enforcement, but they still manage. Its completely averted come ''XY'', where Jennies were re-designed with more practical police attire.
* PhraseCatcher: A RunningGag with new main characters (and Ash in Unova) is that they would always mistake the second Jenny they meet on their journey with the first one. When Serena does it with the Kalos Jenny, Ash remarks, in deadpan, [[LampshadeHanging "I knew it..."]]
* PlayingWithFire: Most Jennies have a Growlithe or Arcanine. Unova Jennies use a Lilipup/Herdier/Stoutland, while Kalos Jennies use Manectric.
* PoorPredictableRock: Most Jennies use the same Pokémon in a given region, though there are exceptions like Luxray to Gastly.
* PoliceAreUseless: Played with, as while the Jennies ''do'' try to help Ash and friends, it's usually the latter who play the key part in saving the day. Played completely straight, however, by the Eterna City Jenny from "A Secret Sphere of Influence".
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Most of them, but especially the Jennies in "Pokémon Emergency!" and "Spinarak Attack". The former even gives Ash a free ride to the Pokémon Center!
* ShesGotLegs: And every so often the animators decide to [[{{Fanservice}} remind us as much]].
* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: The {{Tomboy}} to Nurse Joy's GirlyGirl.
* TooDumbToLive: Quite a few, like the one in "An Egg-Sitting Adventure!"
* TheWorfEffect: Prone to being overpowered by the current threat to make Ash's team relevant. They sometimes get to pull a BigDamnHeroes to maintain their competence however.
* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Green. In earlier episodes, it was [[UsefulNotes/GreenIsBlue blue]].
* ZergRush: The Eterna City Jenny uses this technique with a crapload of other officers to corner Nando in "A Secret Sphere of Influence".
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[[folder: Nurse Joy]]
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->'''Voiced in Japanese by:''' Creator/AyakoShiraishi, Creator/KikukoInoue, and Creator/YurikoYamaguchi
->'''Voiced in English by:''' Creator/MeganHollingshead, Creator/BellaHudson, and Michele Knotz
->'''Voiced in Latin American Spanish by''': Mildred Barrera
Much like Officer Jenny, Nurse Joy is found anywhere that has a Pokémon center.
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!!!The numerous Joys found around the world exhibit the following tropes:
* ArtEvolution: Along with Jenny above, Nurse Joy also underwent a makeover for the Unova region. [[http://media.animevice.com/uploads/0/3695/291051-182.jpg The bangs of her hair were parted, giving her an overall much younger appearance.]] She also no longer wears a white apron. In Kalos, the pigtails are slightly raised. Alolan Jennies have a single, large pigtail, and their uniforms are pink and white with a stripe down the center.
* {{Brainwashed}}: One Joy was turned into Mewtwo's servant in ''Mewtwo Strikes Back'', later freed from his control when she was no longer useful.
* CanonImmigrant: While not referenced by name, the Pokémon Center nurse in ''VideoGame/PokemonXAndY'' is Nurse Joy, sporting her Kalos design. Since the games have only been sprites up until now, adding 3D model characters into the game allows the games to start adapting the anime characters, if for nothing more than their character designs.
* DarkSkinnedRedhead: Most of the Joys who live in the Orange Islands have a healthy tan due to living in such sunny environments.
* DeadlyDoctor: One particular Joy near the end of the Battle Frontier arc kicked Ash's ass in a battle with Chansey, then routinely rushed his Corphish to be healed.
* FriendToAllLivingThings: Well, she ''is'' a nurse, so it's her job to take care of them.
* GenderEqualsBreed: More recent episodes have shown children Joys named Marnie and Paige, who look exactly the same as their mother. The father looks nothing like the rest of the family. This also implies that Joy is the surname.
* HeroicBSOD: The grief-stricken Joy in "One Big Happiny Family!"
* HospitalHottie: Makes one go ''Brock'' over them.
* InexplicablyIdenticalIndividuals: The other former Co-TropeNamer. Every Joy in the world looks exactly the same. The only way to tell them apart is by the [[http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h245/DRCEQ2/Anime/Pokemon/HordeofNurseJoys.jpg color of the cross on their hats, which will range through every color except Red due to copyright reasons]]. Brock can tell them apart without that fact, and in fact can tell when someone is only pretending to be Joy (he doesn't go crazy over them).
* InstantAwesomeJustAddDragons: In one of the Diamond/Pearl side stories, Forrest battles a Joy with a Dragon-type to keep the Pewter Gym open. [[spoiler:Said dragon is a ''Latias'']].
* TheMedic: She is more a doctor than a nurse.
* MusclesAreMeaningless: One of the dark-skinned Joys mentioned above also has super-strength. You wouldn't know it by looking at her. She is, however, commented on as being more muscular than the other Joys.
* RoseHairedSweetie: Most Joys have pink hair and most Joys have a kind disposition.
* PhraseCatcher: Similar to Jenny's entry above.
* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: The GirlyGirl to Officer Jenny's {{Tomboy}}.
* YamatoNadeshiko: Joys have the 'gentle inner iron' thing going for them and then there's the [[Creator/KikukoInoue voice...]]
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[[folder: Todd Snap (Toru)]]
->'''Voiced in Japanese by:''' Creator/KappeiYamaguchi
->'''Voiced in English by:''' Creator/JimmyZoppi
->'''Voiced in Latin American Spanish''': Creator/VictorUgarte
An enthusiastic Pokémon photographer, Todd Snap loves taking photos of Pokémon in their natural habitat and learns from Ash how to properly understand their feelings. In his first appearance, he tries to catch a photo of Pikachu after misunderstanding Team Rocket's request to "catch" Pikachu. He becomes a travelling companion to Ash, Misty and Brock for a short while before departing to explore Kanto's mountain region. He reunites with his friends in Johto, trying to snap Articuno whilst accompanied by Jigglypuff. He is fittingly the star of ''VideoGame/PokemonSnap''.
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* AwesomePersonnelCarrier: Professor Oak gives the Zero One multipurpose vehicle to Todd in ''VideoGame/PokemonSnap''. The vehicle can go on land via railway tracks, can travel down rivers, and fly using rocket boosters.
* TheBusCameBack: For a second 3-parter during the Johto saga.
* CameraFiend: As a photographer, he always like to shoot photos.
* ChekhovsSkill: His skills in photography (and camera) proved vital in gathering evidence against Cassidy and Butch, bringing their breeding centre scheme crashing down.
* EarlyBirdCameo: Basically his entire original appearance, since its ''purpose'' was to promote ''VideoGame/PokemonSnap''.
* FamedInStory: Earned a lot of accolades for photographing a live Aerodactyl.
* GuestStarPartyMember: He travels with Ash's group for a couple of episodes.
* NonActionGuy: He is not a trainer.
* PhotoOpWithTheDog: Todd tries to do with Pikachu and other Pokémon throughout his appearances.
* PutOnABus: In Season 1, and then reappears in Johto.
* RunningGag: Todd takes photos at the most inappropriate moments.
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[[folder: Jessiebelle (Rumika)]]
->'''Voiced in Japanese by:''' Music/MegumiHayashibara
->'''Voiced in English by:''' Creator/RachaelLillis (4kids), Michele Knotz (TPCI)
->'''Voiced in Latin American Spanish by:''' Elena Ramírez (Original Series), Diana Pérez (Diamond & Pearl episode 2), Rebeca Gómez (Diamond & Pearl episode 153)
James' somewhat abusive fiancee chosen by his parents.
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* AbhorrentAdmirer: To James, simply because his parents forced him to marry her and he'd rather be with Jessie.
* AllWomenAreDomsAllMenAreSubs: She's controlling, has a lot of kinky devices in the basement, and attempts to make James bend to her will.
* BastardGirlfriend: '''Definitely'''.
* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: Her latest appearance was [=DP153=] which is 571 episodes between her first appearance in the anime and this one (Not counting DP 002 of course).
* CreepyChild: Even in her youth, she tried to control James.
* EvilRedhead: Maybe.
* GoldDigger: Possibly the reason she wants to marry James is for his family's money.
* GreenThumb: Owns a Vileplume, her only known Pokémon.
* IdenticalStranger: She looks almost exactly like Jessie, except for her hair and her eyes.
* MeaningfulName: Jessiebelle is essentially a fancy-sounding name for the idiom ''Jezebel'' which is a term for an evil, scheming woman. Pretty fitting.
* WhipItGood: She uses a whip on James in her debut episode.
* {{Yandere}}: Of the non-murderous type, although she is willing to hurt James into obeying her.
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[[folder: Ritchie (Hiroshi)]]
->'''Voiced in Japanese by:''' Creator/MinamiTakayama
->'''Voiced in English by:''' Tara Jayne
->'''Voiced in Latin American Spanish by''': Ana Lobo (Original Series), Manuel Díaz (Chronicles)
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* BlowYouAway: Happy's Whirlwind.
* BigCreepyCrawlies:Happy (Butterfree) is a giant butterfly.
* ADayInTheLimelight: Had a few episodes to himself in ''Chronicles''.
* DishingOutDirt (Rock & Ground): Cruise (Pupitar).
* DoppelgangerSpin: Rose's Double Team.
* {{Expy}}: Of Ash himself, right down to the similarity of his team.
* GuestStarPartyMember: During the three-part Lugia arc in the Whirl Islands.
* GreenThumb: Happy's Sleep Powder.
* HeroOfAnotherStory: Appears in a few episodes of ''Pokémon Chronicles''.
* TheNicknamer: Towards his team. Every single one of them has a nickname.
* PlayingWithFire: Zippo, a Fire-type Charmeleon.
* RummageFail: So far the only character to put stickers on his Pokéballs to avert this.
* ShockAndAwe: Sparky, an electric-type Pikachu
* ShoutOut: Considering that we've had Satoshi and Shigeru, [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hiroshi_Yamauchi Hiroshi would ring a bell, especially for old-time Nintendo fans since the 1990s.]]
* SimilarSquad: He owns three Pokémon resembling Ash's original team. He himself is similar to Ash.
* SixthRanger: At the end of the Indigo League arc/season, and during the three-part Lugia arc in Johto.
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[[folder: Professor Felina Ivy (Dr. Uchikido)]]
->'''Voiced in Japanese by:''' Creator/KeikoHan
->'''Voiced in English by:''' Creator/KayzieRogers
->'''Voiced in Latin American Spanish by''': Jacqueline Castañeda (Series), Carola Vásquez (Movie 2)
Professor Ivy lives in the Orange Islands. She was introduced for little more reason than to give the [[{{MacGuffin}} GS Ball]] to Ash, Misty, and Brock.
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* HotLibrarian and HotScientist: Those glasses are sexy.
* MsFanservice: How she is introduced and treated in the series.
* NoodleIncident: Nobody knows why Brock is terrified of her these days. He's certainly not telling.
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[[folder: Casey (Nanako)]]
->'''Voiced in Japanese by:''' Nina Kumagaya
->'''Voiced in English by:''' Kerry Williams
->'''Voiced in Latin American Spanish by''': Rommy Mendoza (Original Series), Gaby Ugarte and Georgina Sánchez (Chronicles)
One girl fan of baseball and recurrent character in Johto. Appeared in three episodes in the Johto series, in one of the openings in Johto, side to side with Ritchie and Gary and participated of two Chronicles episodes, one as the main character.
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* AnimalMotifs: Electabuzz.
* BerserkButton: Questioning her loyalty to the Electabuzz baseball team, as Ash did in her first appearance (though since Charizard gave her entire team a NoHoldsBarredBeatdown, this had a different negative effect at first).
* BigCreepyCrawlies: Beedrill is a giant bee. She got it from Ash.
* BullyingADragon: Even if Ash did make her angry by insulting her favorite baseball team, it still wasn't smart of Casey to insult his skills as a trainer and challenge him, since she had only been on her journey for a day or two. She gets her ass handed to her instantly.
* CurbStompBattle: Suffers one against Ash, when all three of her Pokémon fall to Charizard without him even trying.
* ADayInTheLimelight: Is the main character in a ''Chronicles'' episode.
* TheDitz: She's cute but not too bright.
* FanGirl: To the Electabuzz baseball team, which are [[{{Expy}} expies]] of the Osaka Hanshin Tigers, a RealLife baseball team which is much loved in Japan. Parts of [[http://baseballcontinuum.com/2013/03/17/bizarre-baseball-culture-crummy-teams-fanatics-and-pokemon-in-the-double-trouble-header/ her debut episode make this very obvious to people familiar with Japanese baseball]].
* {{Flight}}: Pidgey and Beedrill.
* GenderBlenderName: In the English dub.
* GreenThumb: Meganium.
* KansaiRegionalAccent: In the original.
* MeaningfulName: She's a fan of a baseball team, and thus named after the poem "Casey At The Bat".
* NiceHat: A baseball cap with a lightning bolt design on the front.
* NonElemental: Rattata.
* RunningGag: Her appearances to the gang is never complete without her (and her team) singing the Electabuzz theme song.
* PoisonousPerson: Beedrill.
* ShockAndAwe: Elekid.
* WhatTheHellHero: She pushed her Chikorita in her second appearance (during the Bug-Catching Contest) so she could beat Ash. Thankfully she learned her lesson afterwards, and Ash [[CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming giving her the Beedrill he won the Contest with]] helped her appreciate the lesson all the more.
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[[folder: Harrison (Hazuki)]]
->'''Voiced in Japanese by:''' Katsumi Toriumi
->'''Voiced in English by:''' Creator/WayneGrayson
->'''Voiced in Latin American Spanish by:''' Noé Velásquez
One of the participants of the Silver Conference. Originates from Hoenn and was responsible for defeating Ash. Much as people give Ash flak for never winning a major League, Harrison is highly respected by the fandom for being a genuinely tough opponent and actually ''earning'' his victory against Ash (unlike Ritchie, whose reception is more divided). This trend continued with his Hoenn SpiritualSuccessor, Tyson.
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* AttackReflector: Houndoom's Counter.
* CanineCompanion: Houndoom.
* DishingOutDirt: Steelix, a Ground-type
* ExtraOreDinary: Steelix, Sneasel's [[WolverineClaws Metal Claw]].
* FragileSpeedster: Kecleon - swift and agile with unique natural abilities that provide a challenge for Pikachu, but not the highest endurance overall.
* GlassCannon: Sneasel - powerful striking ability, yet goes down when Totodile gives it a steady beatdown.
* JackOfAllStats: Houndoom - the most even-balanced of the team, with considerable strength and states. Beaten when Bayleef clamps its jaws shut, ending its normal advantage.
* LightningBruiser: Blaziken - overall the strongest with great abilities all-around, able to casually defeat Bayleef and fight Charizard to a near-standstill despite the latter's type advantage.
* ManBitesMan: Houndoom's Bite.
* MightyGlacier: Steelix - the highest defense and raw strength (but not the fastest), taking out the much smaller Noctowl. Snorlax's similar constitution counters it.
* OhCrap: When Hypno realised what a bad idea it was to wake [[HeavySleeper Snorlax]] using Dream Eater, its face became a case study of this trope.
* PlayingWithFire: Houndoom, Blaziken
* PsychicPowers: Hypno, Kecleon's Psybeam.
* SquishyWizard: Hypno - relies on its psychic abilities to provide unexpectedly strong attacks, but not fast and taken down by a single point-blank Hyper Beam.
* SoulPower: Sneasel's [[EnergyBall Shadow Ball]], and Kecleon's Lick.
* RightHandAttackDog: Houndoom, who appears occasionally outside its ball with its trainer.
* UseYourHead: Houndoom's Headbutt.
* VisibleInvisibility: Kecleon
* WorfHadTheFlu: After being too injured from fighting Ash's Charizard, Blaziken was unable to participate in Harrison's next battle, costing him the win.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Duplica (Imite)]]
->'''Voiced in Japanese by:''' Orine Fukushima
->'''Voiced in English by:''' Creator/MeganHollingshead
->'''Voiced in Latin American Spanish by''': Mayra Arellano
A girl who manages her own theater, putting on performances for any travelers who happen to stop by.
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* AscendedExtra: Kind of. While she only made two anime appearances, she showed up in the game ''Pokémon Zany Cards'' and the manga ''Manga/TheElectricTaleOfPikachu.''
* TheBusCameBack: In [=EP174=].
* ChangingClothesIsAFreeAction: She can swap costumes at the drop of a hat.
* CostumeCopycat: She has a gigantic room filled with clothes that add to her impressions.
* DittoFighter: She owns two Ditto.
* {{Expy}}: She's one for Copycat from the games.
* MeaningfulName: "Imite" comes from "imitate," and "Duplica" comes from "duplicate".
* MorphicResonance: A problem with her first Ditto was that it couldn't Transform into Pokémon properly due to still having the same Ditto face when it transformed (which ironically Jessie fixed by ''threatening'' it). Another Ditto could render a perfect transformation...except for its size, which she demonstrated by having it transform into a tiny Onix.
* NiceHat: The first time we see her, she's dressed up as Ash with a replica of his hat to match.
* VoiceChangeling: She's able to perfectly immitate the voices of others.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Jigglypuff (Purin)]]
->'''Voiced in Japanese by:''' Creator/MikaKanai
->'''Voiced in English by:''' Creator/RachaelLillis
A cute, pink, balloon-like Pokémon who becomes a recurring character up until the Hoenn arc. Desiring to sing its beautiful song, Jigglypuff randomly pops up now and again to attempt its dream. However, its power causes people to fall asleep, and oblivious to this side effect, Jigglypuff assumes its victims are humiliating it, prompting it to use its marker pen/microphone to draw on their faces.
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* AmbiguousGender: Though it's stated to be female in the Brazilian Portuguese dub, its gender is not made clear in the English or Japanese versions. Most people assume it to be a girl.
* AttentionWhore: It wants someone to listen to its song and will go to any lengths to make itself heard.
%%* BadassAdorable: Beware that [=DoubleSlap=].
* BewareTheNiceOnes: Jigglypuff can be pretty scary when it realizes people have fallen asleep. It's even scarier if you take its marker microphone away.
* BreakoutCharacter: Second only to Pikachu in terms of popularity.
* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: See YankTheDogsChain below.
* CurbStompBattle: Delivered one to a horde of Clefairy for stealing its microphone. ''With [=DoubleSlap=].''
* TheDitz: It doesn't seem to realize that people and Pokémon are simply incapable of staying awake when it sings and that they are not trying to insult it. It also frequently sings in situations where putting everyone to sleep would be extremely dangerous, and doesn't seem to realize this.
* TheDreaded: Played for laughs. After a while, Ash and his pals become ''terrified'' when this little critter shows up, because they know exactly what it's about to do to them. In its final appearance, Ash, Brock and Pikachu all have "ThisIsGonnaSuck" reactions when they see it again and keep trying to warn May and Max that its presence is ''not'' as fun as it seems.
* FailureIsTheOnlyOption: To date, it has ''never'' found a human or Pokémon who can listen to all of its song without falling asleep.
* FaceDoodling: Resorts to doing this to its sleeping victims whenever angered.
* SignatureMove: Jigglypuff uses Sing as a talent rather than an attack.
* YankTheDogsChain: It never did find someone to stay with who could listen to its song all the way: the Whismur in his last appearance (whose Soundproof ability negated the effects of Sing) fell asleep from exhaustion. Naturally, it got cross and left, and hasn't been seen since.
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[[folder:Misty (Kasumi)]]
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->'''Voiced in Japanese by:''' Creator/MayumiIizuka
->'''Voiced in English by:''' Creator/RachaelLillis (4Kids), Michele Knotz (current)
->'''Voiced in Latin American Spanish by:''' Xóchitl Ugarte
The youngest of four sisters, she hasn't been blessed with her sisters' looks or charisma. However, she got all of the talent at battling and being snarky. Originally rather temperamental with a crush on Ash that she covered with strong {{Tsundere}} tendencies; after acquiring Togepi - an infant Pokémon requiring a great deal of care - she calmed down considerably. At the end of Johto, she became her city's Gym Leader. An aspiring Water Master.
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!!!Tropes involving her and her Pokémon include:
* ActionGirl: Played with. WordOfGod was that Misty was intended to look fairly inexperienced [[KnowNothingKnowItAll despite her bluster]]. In the show itself, however, while she is often more novice than she'll admit, she is usually reasonably capable.
* AdaptationPersonalityChange: Her game counterpart was not {{tsundere}} or as feisty. Sequels released after the anime sometimes make nods to her temperament however.
* AscendedExtra: She goes from having little plot relevance besides being a gym leader in the games to being a protagonist in the anime.
* AllOfTheOtherReindeer: Misty's sisters ostracized her from being the Gym leader and only made her one to see how she'd screw up.
* BareYourMidriff: She wears a midriff-baring top.
* BettyAndVeronica: In the Orange Islands episode where the trio meet Rudy, Misty is Archie, Ash is Betty and Rudy is Veronica when Rudy tries to flirt with Misty and [[HilarityEnsues Ash gets jealous.]]
* BetweenMyLegs: In the episode "Forest Grumps" her legs are used as framing during her stand-off with James and Meowth.
* BigEater: As seen in "The Breeding Center Secret".
* BirdsOfAFeather: She is good friends with Sakura, who is also the youngest in an all-girl family (in the latter's case, her sisters are the Kimono Girls).
* BoyishShortHair: She is a tomboy and has short hair that's combined with TomboyishPonytail.
* BrickJoke: She gets her bike back at the end of the Johto series.
* ButtMonkey: She's sometimes made the butt of the joke by Ash and co. in earlier episodes, and [[DistressedDamsel gets into more perils]] than the rest of the crew (once, she was {{brainwashed}} into thinking she was a Seel). Also that her sisters [[TheRuntAtTheEnd look down on her]]. Doesn't help that she's stuck with [[TheDitz Psyduck]], which gives her a lot of the troubles.
* CatchPhrase: In the original Japanese, she says "Go, [[GratuitousEnglish my steady!]]" whenever she summons a Pokémon. Except maybe Psyduck.
* CharacterizationMarchesOn: In "Bye Bye Butterfree", she (very briefly) takes Brock's going lovesick in stride and treats it as a joke, instead of using the EarAche RunningGag that she'd later be perfecting.
* TheChick: Of the "Original Series" cast.
* ClingyJealousGirl: In the second movie, she is seen to be annoyed when Melody (Fleura) flirts with Ash.
** Later in Johto, she shows obvious jealousy again by trying to keep Macy from asking Ash out.
* CordonBleughChef: The [[{{Watsonian}} best way]] to describe how her stew in the Johto episode "Sick Daze" came out. She confused her ingredients and didn't just dump the mixture cutting her losses, and, as a result, the stew was so bad that not even ''[[BigEater Ash]]'' could eat it. She's not actually bad at cooking, mind--earlier in the series, she A: created a medicine from Salveyo Weed for Ash, Tracey, and Jessie's Stun Spore sickness[[note]]which, if she were a true LethalChef, the "medicine" would have turned out to be ''poison''[[/note]], and B: was hinted to have done the cooking in Episodes 3 and 4[[note]]when they arrived in Pewter City, Ash commented that it's been two weeks since he started his journey, indicating that they spent at least 13 days in Viridian Forest, and given how Ash handled his first day, it's unlikely he would have been the one who cooked[[/note]].
* DamselInDistress:
** What she's made to look like by Meowth in episode 12. However, if you watch past the point where Ash returns with the Super Potion ([[YouShouldKnowThisAlready fact is, true fans should have done so by now]]), she reveals that the Squirtle Squad wasn't really going to kill her (in the Japanese version) or turn her into a purplenette ([[NeverSayDie in the English version]]). Ironically, Misty actually volunteered to get the super potion in the former upon learning this demand.
** Played straight in episodes such as "Pokémon Fashion Flash" and "Just Add Water". Both cases also come with a bit of BoundAndGagged.
* DeadpanSnarker: She often snarks at Ash in his sillier moments.
* DefrostingIceQueen: In early episodes, she was cold and pompous towards Ash. Her bug phobia also made her an outright bully towards Caterpie. After they started proving their worth, she softened and accepted them, even if her temper remained for a while.
* DemonHead: She sometimes does this when she gets mad at Ash.
* DoesNotLikeSpam: During her rant about bug Pokémon, she mentions that she hates carrots and peppers.
* DoubleStandardAbuseFemaleOnMale: Downplayed compared to standard anime, but she has inflicted slapstick pain onto Ash and Brock several times. Brock was able to get away with punching ''her'' on the head twice during Bulbasaur's introduction episode.
* EarlyBirdCameo: Misty appeared in the first episode -- and became a main character -- long before the group got to the Cascade Gym (in Episode 7).
* EveryoneCanSeeIt: That she has feelings for Ash. [[ObliviousToLove Aside from Ash of course]].
* EvilLaugh: In [=EP007=], as her Staryu is thrashing Ash's Butterfree. Made all the more dramatic by the tidal wave crashing behind her.
* FieryRedhead: In her early appearances she's fiery, fearless, and an expert battler. Ironically, she specializes in Water-type Pokémon.
* FloralThemeNaming: Sakura (cherry blossom), Ayame (iris), Botan (peony), Kasumi (baby's breath ''or'' mist). The English version keeps the joke by naming the three older girls Daisy, Violet and Lily, but chose to go for preserving the pun on Misty's favorite type over the theme name. [[OddNameOut It does, however, retain how she's the odd one out]].
* FoolishSiblingResponsibleSibling:
** Misty is the responsible sibling with regards to taking care of and managing the gym better than all three of her sisters. Daisy has gotten a bit better about it, but Misty is never away from the gym too long before her sisters need her to come back.
** On the other hand, Daisy and Violet at least seem more mature than Lily and Misty, due to age.
* FourTemperamentEnsemble: The Phlegmatic (phlegm).
* FreudianExcuse: For a long time, she had a fear of Gyarados because she was nearly swallowed by one as a toddler.
* FullyAbsorbedFinale: The Mirage Kingdom two-parter serves as one for her character arc.
* TheGloriousWarOfSisterlyRivalry: With her three sisters. Things seem a touch better of late, at least with eldest sister Daisy.
* UsefulNotes/GreenIsBlue: Her eyes vary between being green or blue (or sometimes both at the same time) between the episodes; it was especially prominent before the anime switched over to digital color. Nowadays it seems that they've settled on green, like her most recent official game artwork.
* HairDecorations: Either the hair tie she uses for her side ponytail or the pearl headband of her famed mermaid costume qualifies.
* HairTriggerTemper: She'll fly off the handle at what feels like the drop of a hat.
* HeroStoleMyBike: Ash did it in the first episode, culminating in the series' most famous RunningGag.
* ImpliedLoveInterest: To Ash back in the first few seasons, much more evident in the Orange Islands arc.
* InferioritySuperiorityComplex: To an extent. She's more open about her inferiority complex than most examples in that she will (albeit rarely) talk about her experiences as the youngest of her sisters, but other than that her quick-tempered nature and violent tendencies from early on were likely due to living in their shadows. Funnily enough, Misty is the only one of them who has any real passion for training Pokémon while her sisters are more obsessed with their fame as water ballet performers.
* InsultBackfire:
** In the English dub of [=EP002=], when Jessie dares to make a smart remark in response to her challenging the [=TRio=]:
--->'''Jessie''': That's pretty big talk coming from such a little lady.\\
'''Misty''': At least you're right about the "pretty" part. Thanks for the compliment!
** In a later episode, a character of the week attempted to insult Misty by claiming that she was as beautiful as a Tentacruel. Out of all Water-type Pokémon, Tentacruel just so happens to be one of Misty's favorites.
* JerkassFacade: From the starting point Misty started travelling Ash, there were obvious hints it has to do with more than her fried bike. When Ash finally fulfils his promise, she admits she'd half forgotten about it and just wanted to hang out with him.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: At the start of the series at least, she was rather condescending toward Ash despite the fact he was just starting out, though also still very caring. She got better as the series went on however.
* KickedUpstairs: After Johto, she has effectively become a Gym Leader due to her sisters being out of town on ballet tour for three months, and it is heavily implied that she has to lose to rookies quite a bit in order to be this in a manner that is very similar to Team Rocket.
* TheKirk
* LettingHerHairDown: A few different times, much to the delight of fans, though the instance most people remember is her mermaid getup, in which it was most probably a wig. She does let her down [[http://www.serebii.net/anime/pictures/indigo/020ps12.shtml for real]] [[http://www.serebii.net/anime/pictures/houen/S8ps5.shtml on occasion]], though.
%%* LittleMissBadass: It's easy to miss it due to not being stated in the dub, but she's actually ten, the same age as Ash.
* LuckyTranslation: Her Japanese name is a word for "Mist", which is essentially water vapor.
* MsFanservice: Out of Ash's female friends she has the skimpiest outfit and she has been in [[http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/misty_red_swimsuit.JPG multiple]] [[http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/misty_red_swimsuit2.jpg bikini]] [[http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/misty_green_swimsuit.PNG scenes]] [[http://vignette3.wikia.nocookie.net/pokemon/images/1/19/Misty_the_Mermaid.png/revision/latest?cb=20131215120200 and as a mermaid]]. Also Masamitsu Hidaka, one of the directors of the anime, has stated that Ash's female companions basically serves as eye candy for the boys. This has unsettling implications since she's also stated to be ten (and seems to be the oldest of the lot).
* MamaBear: Do ''not'' threaten Togepi.
* MeaningfulName: Based on a LuckyTranslation
* MyFriendsAndZoidberg: "Three Sensational Sisters and one [[TheRuntAtTheEnd runt]]!" according to her sisters.
* NotSoDifferent: Despite her critical nature towards Ash, she could be equally childish and HotBlooded, sometimes even Ash herself has to keep her at bay. After all the trouble Psyduck causes, you think she'd also empathise with getting (sometimes unfair) flak over a Pokémon that doesn't follow orders properly.
* OneOfTheBoys: Her sisters give her constant crap for not being girly enough, and since they're all airheads (well, in the dub, anyway) she just kind of runs with it to distance herself from them. Usually seen competing with Ash in pretty much every open competition they come across or cockblocking Brock.
* OnlyOneName: There once were rumors that her last name was "Waterflower", but this was {{Jossed}} and the creators have confirmed they have not given her a last name.
* ParentalNeglect: And the triplets don't do a good job of looking after the gym ''or'' their little sister.
* ParentService: Her sisters are named as this.
* PinkMeansFeminine: Being a TomboyWithAGirlyStreak, she'll wear pink on occasion. Examples include the kimono she wears at the end of "The Ghost at Maiden's Peak" and in "Princess vs. Princess", her cardigan in ''Anime/{{Pokemon 2000}}''...and that full-body Slowpoke costume she and her friends wore (ItMakesSenseInContext) in "A Shadow of a Drought". Additionally, her Poké Gear is pink.
* PreAssKickingOneLiner: "[[spoiler: Togetic]], ''leave the rest to me."'' Cue CurbStompBattle, courtesy of [[spoiler: Gyarados.]]
* PrecisionFStrike: In the Japanese version, her comment about Satoshi's heaven (catching his first Pokémon) being her hell (bugs) in episode 3.
* PromotionToParent: To Togepi, and later Azurill.
* PutOnABus: Took over as her city's Gym Leader at the end of Johto.
* RealityEnsues: After Caterpie saves the heroes from Team Rocket, Misty admits to underestimating it. When Ash asks her to prove her affection however, she is unwilling. She still has her bug phobia, just she's learned to be far less of a JerkAss about it.
* TheRuntAtTheEnd: Fits the definition perfectly, OddNameOut and all. She's often teased as such by her sisters, but of course, YoungestChildWins, and she actually happens to be the best at training Pokémon among the four.
* {{Shorttank}}: The ''goddamn'' trope picture.
* SeashellBra: She wears a pink one whenever she is dressed up in the Magical Mermaid costume.
* SheCleansUpNicely: She gobsmacks her friends when she dresses up. Examples include the yukata from "A Ghost At Maiden's Peak" and the princess kimono outfit from "Princess Festival Day"
* ShowgirlSkirt: Her [[http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/misty_may_001.jpg Goldeen-based outfit]].
* SlapstickKnowsNoGender: She is also not free from any physical humor; "Primeape Goes Bananas" features her getting her face kicked to the ground by an angry Mankey, and "Pokémon Fashion Flash" has her getting [[AshFace barbequed by Vulpix's fire]] not once, but ''twice''. The latter episode [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking also had her]] getting [[CosmeticCatastrophe a silly makeover]] at which Ash laughed himself sick upon seeing it. ButtMonkey indeed.
* TalkingTheMonsterToDeath: Ended up doing this in an early episode that featured a gigantic Tentacruel that was destroying the city that the heroes were currently in, as it was angry that humans were polluting its waters.
* ThePreciousPreciousCar: Misty never lets Ash live down him (and Pikachu) destroying her bike back in Episode 1. [[spoiler:Until she gets it back in full repair from Nurse Joy in the episode when she leaves the party]].
* ThinksLikeARomanceNovel: Sometimes has overblown fantasies about love and romance, and takes it upon herself to play matchmaker on more than one occasion.
* ThisLooksLikeAJobForAquaman: While she'd be there with everyone else in stopping the Crisis of the [=Week/Team=] Rocket, she wouldn't compete in sporting competitions unless they were either [[MakingASplash water-themed]] or [[DesignatedGirlFight girl-themed]]. Granted, [[TheHero Ash]] would compete in the former as well, but Misty would outdo him in those cases.
* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: Onscreen, is the Tomboy to her sister Daisy's and her successor May's Girly Girls. Would also serve as the Tomboy versus any of Ash's other female companions except [[WildChild Iris]].
* TomboyishPonytail: Just stuck out the side.
* TomboyWithAGirlyStreak: She's tomboyish, has quite a temper, and is the TropeCodifier for {{Shorttank}}. However, she occasionally displays fondness for romantic scenarios, and if she spots one will gush over it to the disgust of her male friends.
* TookALevelInBadass: By the Mirage Kingdom two-parter, [[spoiler: she's gotten over her fear of Gyarados, caught one, and become close enough to it that she ''kisses its Pokeball'' when calling it out.]]
* TookALevelInKindness: Misty starts being a lot kinder, especially towards Ash, after the Indigo League. Her violent tendencies also near completely disappear by this point, at least in non-Pokémon related scuffles anyway.
* {{Tsundere}}: Prior to getting Togepi anyway. Her "motherly" tendencies were also implied in other episodes, even the first episode when she tried to check up on Pikachu. All Togepi did was expand on it.
* WhoWearsShortShorts
* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes:Bug Type Pokémon. And for a little bit, Why Did It Have To Be Gyarados?
* WithFriendsLikeThese...: Thanks to her attitude towards Ash early on, they got on each other's nerves so often that it took Brock to split them up.
* WomenAreWiser: Downplayed. She's more experienced and mature than Ash, but only relatively. Even then her temperament leaves even Ash looking lucid compared to her at times.
* YoungerThanTheyLook: Despite her busty figure and being noticeably taller and (usually) more mature acting than Ash, she's officially the exact same age (ten initially).
* YoungestChildWins: As mentioned, she's a ''much'' better battler than her three sisters ''put together''.
* YouOweMe: Her attitude towards Ash regarding [[ThePreciousPreciousCar her bike]]. It was at least partially an excuse to be his travelling buddy however.
* YourSizeMayVary: How tall she was compared to Ash was inconsistent. In some shots she was almost a head over Ash. In others she was practically the same height as him.
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[[folder: Misty's Pokémon]]
* MakingASplash: Naturally - Cerulean Gym is traditionally means Water-Type Gym Leader and almost all of her Pokémon are that type. A lot of them also know other type moves and some are dual types. It's worth noting that the latter is a key reason she loves them - Misty cites Water Pokémon as being exceptionally flexible and adaptable compared to most other Pokémon types.
* PoorPredictableRock: All of her Pokémon are water-type, except for Azurill (which evolves into the Water-type Marill) and Togetic, who was released after it evolved from Togepi.
* RealityEnsues: One reason why Goldeen and Horsea are OutOfFocus was because they're not amphibious in nature.
!!'''Goldeen (Tosakinto)'''
->'''Voiced in Japanese by:''' Creator/IkueOtani
->'''Voiced in English by:''' Creator/RachaelLillis
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* HornAttack: Knows this attack and [[ThisIsADrill Horn Drill]].
* MakeMeWannaShout: Knows Supersonic.
* OutOfFocus: Worse than ''Horsea'' in this regard. Both are water-''only'' Pokémon.
!!'''Staryu (Hitodeman)'''
->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/ShinichiroMiki
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* TheAce: Despite having its evolved form on her team, Staryu is Misty's main battler. In ''Anime/{{Pokemon 3}}'', it is the only one of Misty's or Brock's Pokémon to hold its own against Molly's artificial ones.
* TheBlank: {{Lampshaded}} in an early episode; in their Gym battle, Ash's Butterfree used Stun Spore on Misty's Staryu, to which she commented that it looked like it was in real pain. [[DumbassHasAPoint Ash called her out by reminding her that it didn't even have a face]]. To her credit, Staryu was sort of writhing and off-balance when it was hit.
* EverythingsBetterWithSpinning: How it basically moves around.
* FlatCharacter: Unlike the rest of Misty's more prominent Pokémon, Staryu never really gained much of a personality, though being TheBlank probably didn't really help.
* ShoutOut: For some reason its cry sounds like Series/{{Ultraman}}'s. In one episode, Staryu's core (the red jewel at the center of its body) blinks when he is knocked out, similar to Ultraman when he's weakened or had reached his time limit.
!!'''Starmie'''
->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/IkueOtani
Misty's primary battle Pokémon during the original series. Although Starmie is the evolved form of Staryu, she has one of each during the anime, same as the video game version of Misty.
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* AdaptationalWimp: Its game counterpart is a notorious WakeUpCallBoss; this version has fallen victim to TheWorfEffect so bad that ''Staryu'' puts up a better performance.
* TheBlank: Like Staryu, it has no expression.
* EverythingsBetterWithSpinning: Same as Staryu.
* FlatCharacter: If Staryu got pretty much zero character development, Starmie didn't stand a chance.
* PutOnABus: Left at the Cerulean Gym near the end of the Indigo season. Misty reclaimed it later as the new Gym Leader.
* TheWorfEffect: Starmie almost never won a battle on its own; the one time it ''did'' defeat an opponent, it was quickly and violently beaten by another immediately afterward, with its central core ''shattered''.
!!'''Horsea (Tattu)'''
->'''Voiced in Japanese by:''' Machiko Toyoshima
->'''Voiced in English by:''' Creator/RachaelLillis
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* BearerOfBadNews: Its debut, in "Tentacool and Tentacruel".
* OutOfFocus: Due to being water-bound, Horsea rarely appeared and did very little during its run (though Goldeen generally fared worse despite a longer staying time).
* PutOnABus: Left at the Cerulean Gym near the end of the Indigo season. Misty reclaimed it later as the new Gym Leader.
* SpannerInTheWorks: In "The Battling Eevee Brothers", when Team Rocket made off with all the Pokémon, Horsea included, it was put in a cage tied to the back of the wagon, allowing it to [[TrailOfBreadcrumbs leave a trail of ink]] to show Ash and company where they were going.
!!'''Psyduck (Koduck)'''
->'''Voiced in Japanese by:''' Creator/RikakoAikawa
->'''Voiced in English by:''' Michael Haigney
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* AcrophobicBird: A water type duck that fears water.
* BlessedWithSuck: Psyduck needs a '''major headache''' to use his powers.
* ButtMonkey: Psyduck is constantly thrown out to fight opponents only to be too confused to put up a fight.
* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: Normally, it's a bit of a moron, but it becomes badass when its headache gets really bad.
* CursedWithAwesome: Despite how embarrassing and frustrating he can be for Misty, he has also saved her and the rest of the team on multiple occasions.
* DelayedReaction: Has a really slow reaction time. [[OverlyLongGag And then he met a Slowpoke...]]
* TheDitz: Everytime it comes out, it ends up poorly for Misty.
* JumpedAtTheCall: Psyduck has a bad habit of jumping into action when Misty specifically requires one of her other Pokémon.
** It goes right to the beginning. Misty stumbled and dropped an unused pokéball, and Psyduck opened it so it would take him in. He literally caught himself for her.
* MindOverMatter: Calls attacks with his mind.
* ShipperOnDeck:
** He tried to get Caserin and Luverin (Misty and Daisy's Luvdisc) together in "Luvdisc is a Many Splendored Thing".
** To Misty's ire, Psyduck seems to know about her infatuation with a certain IdiotHero.
* VerbalTic: "Psy-yi-yi!"
!!'''Togepi-Togetic (Togepy-Togechick)'''
->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/SatomiKoorogi
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* ChildrenRaiseYou: Is credited with making Misty into a more motherly figure. The base is broken on whether that's a good thing.
* DeusExMachina: Whenever it uses [[RandomEffectSpell Metronome]]
* EarlyBirdCameo: First appeared in the same episode that Charmeleon evolved into Charizard and was the ''second'' Gen II Pokémon to appear.[[note]]The first being Ho-oh all the way back in Episode 1.[[/note]]
* {{Flight}}: Gains this when it evolved into Togetic.
* FullyAbsorbedFinale: The Mirage Kingdom two-parter, where it left Misty for good, was during ''Advanced Generation''.
* PintsizedPowerhouse: Whenever Metronome would kick in for a DeusExMachina.
* PutOnABus: Originally along with Misty, was written out entirely after the Mirage Kingdom two-parter
* RandomEffectSpell: Metronome; Togepi's ''only known attack'' prior to evolving.
* StrayingBaby: Quite often. Sometimes [[HonoraryUncle Pikachu]] is able to keep an eye on it, sometimes not.
* TagalongKid: Doesn't do much while in the party. Except be a DeusExMachina when really needed.
!!'''Poliwag-Poliwhirl-Politoed (Nyoromo-Nyorozo-Nyorotono)'''
->'''Voiced in Japanese by:''' Creator/ShinichiroMiki
->'''Voiced in English by:''' Creator/RachaelLillis (Poliwag), Creator/EricStuart (Poliwhirl and Politoed)
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* CloudCuckooLander: As Politoed.
* {{Keet}}: Politoed since its final evolution, much to Misty's annoyance.
* NonActionGuy: To an extent after evolving into Politoed.
* UndyingLoyalty: After Misty saved him from Team Rocket, Poliwag became devoted to her to the point of ''evolving during battle'' to try and win.
!!'''Corsola (Sunnygo)'''
->'''Voiced in Japanese by:''' Creator/IkueOtani
->'''Voiced in English by:''' Kayzie Rogers
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* HealingFactor: Knows Recover.
* PintsizedPowerhouse: It once took down a ''[[RatedMForManly Machoke]]'' by itself, despite a type disadvantage.
* SpotlightStealingSquad: Once Misty caught it, it quickly replaced Staryu as her main fighter, and was used in nearly every battle Misty participated in after its capture.
!!'''Gyarados'''
->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/UnshoIshizuka
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* DidntSeeThatComing: When it debuted outside ''Pokémon Chronicles'', nobody expected him. [[LampShadeHanging Ash even wondered since when she had a Gyarados]].
* FrickinLaserBeams: Knows Hyper Beam, to devastating effect.
* GentleGiant: Once it's tamed by Misty, it mellows ''considerably''.
* LetsGetDangerous: In his debut outside ''Pokémon Chronicles'', Misty bringing him out is the sign she has enough with the current enemy, [[DefeatingTheUndefeatable whose Pokémon gets annihilated after almost two episodes of shrugging off anything thrown at it]], courtesy of the ElementalRockPaperScissors (the enemy uses a Shedinja, whose ability is to be invulnerable to anything that doesn't have the type advantage of it but is otherwise a GlassCannon and FragileSpeedster, and is vulnerable to fire. Cue Gyarados using [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Flamethrower]]).
* PapaWolf: Thinking about harming Misty? Hope you like a Hyper Beam to the face.
* PlayingWithFire: Knows Flamethrower, and notably uses this to defeat [[StoneWall Shedinja]].
!!'''Caserin (Luvdisc) (Cuserine [Lovecus])'''
->'''Voiced in Japanese by:''' Creator/DaisukeSakaguchi (Caserin), Creator/KyokoHikami (Luverin)
->'''Voiced in English by:''' Creator/RachaelLillis
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* DoppelgangerSpin: Knows Double Team.
* SuperSpeed: Knows Agility.
!!'''Azurill (Ruriri)'''
->'''Voiced in Japanese by:''' Music/MegumiHayashibara
->'''Voiced in English by:''' Kayzie Rogers
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* HealingFactor: Knows Refresh.
* ItWasAGift: From Tracy, whose Marill is the mother.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Brock (Takeshi)]]
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->'''Voiced in Japanese by:''' Creator/YujiUeda
->'''Voiced in English by:''' Creator/EricStuart (4Kids), Bill Rogers (current)
->'''Voiced in Latin American Spanish by:''' Gabriel Gama (seasons 1-10, later returning for season 13), Alan Prieto (seasons 10-12), Arturo Mercado Jr. (Movies 4 and 5), Ignacio de Anca (Movies 6 and 7)
No last name given. Originally the fearsome Pewter City Gym Leader (which he still runs every now and then), he left to travel with Ash on his journey. Eldest of 10 kids, which he [[PromotionToParent had to raise on his own]] for almost two years after [[ParentalAbandonment his parents left]]. He served as a mentor to Ash for a while before turning into a sort of older brother character, before heading off on his own to fulfill his dream of being a Pokémon Doctor after traveling Sinnoh.
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!!!Tropes involving him and his Pokémon include:
* AdaptationDyeJob: Red-haired in his [[http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/File:Sugimoribrockoriginal.png original]] Sugimori artwork, brown-haired in the anime. Later artwork, even in Gen 1, has him with dark brown hair.
* AmbiguouslyBrown: Is he a really tan Asian guy or a light-skinned black guy? It should be noted in the games he's much more lighter skinned.
** ''Then'' you have those who think he's [[TakeAThirdOption Hispanic.]]
* TheArtifact: See above about {{Flanderization}}.
* ArtShift: When Brock enters a contest, part of his routine involves...well...let's just say [[http://www.serebii.net/anime/pictures/kanto/444ps5.shtml this]] is a face I'll be seeing in my nightmares for a while.
* AscendedExtra: Similar to Misty, he has little plot relevance in the games besides being the first gym leader you fight. In the anime, he's a protagonist and travels with Ash through Kanto, Johto, Hoenn, and Sinnoh.
* BagOfHolding: Exemplified early in the Indigo saga.
* BalloonBelly: [=EP171=] and [=AG012.=]
* BerserkButton: Aside from becoming ''much'' more passionate in the face of females, he also reacts quite badly to Pokémon mistreatment. The original owner of Ash's Charmander essentially got a [[TranquilFury cold blooded threat]] for leaving his Pokémon to die in the cold rain.
* BigBrotherMentor: He's this to his identical siblings, as well as Ash, and the rest of his companions to some degree.
* BishieSparkle: Not exactly {{Bishonen}}, but [[http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/File:Brock_and_Nurse_Joy.png this]] is just one of a few times he's used the trick...
* BreakoutCharacter: Brock has always been a supporting character, but is easily the most popular one alongside Misty. His brief absence during the Orange Islands where he was [[ReplacementScrappy replaced with Tracy]] caused uproar in the fandom. His popularity has led him to become the most prevalent of Ash's companions, lasting for three series.
* ButtMonkey: His hound dog routine eventually becomes this. It starts with Misty, and later Max, yanking him by the ear when he got carried away with flirting. Come DP, Crogunk literally [[AssShove poison jabs his butt.]]
* CampStraight: Brock is shown engaging in campy and feminine hobbies such as cooking, baking, and sewing and was even seen wearing a pink apron at one point. The whole thing is Lampshaded though because Brock had to do such campy hobbies in order to take care of his younger siblings at Pewter City after his parents left him alone to take care of them for a long time. He does flirt with a lot of girls such as Nurse Joy and Officer Jenny though.
* CallingTheOldManOut: Inverted. Has every reason to be angry with his father for abandoning the family for a long period of time. Except that, instead of chewing Flint out, Brock instead opted for telling Flint about the chores and daily routine that he has to undergo to take care of the children (it's a long list), while Brock himself goes off on his own journey.
* CasanovaWannabe: He gets cut out of every relationship he tries to start.
** Misty grabs him by the shoulder.
** Max pulls his ear.
** Bonsly tackles him with Double-edge.
** Croagunk uses Poison Jab on him.
* CharacterizationMarchesOn: In the earliest episodes, seemed no more attracted to women than would be expected of his VagueAge (even gets embarrassed and shy when Misty mentions he has a crush on Melanie), and when he was, no more awkward. [[{{Flanderization}} Nowadays...]]
* ChefOfIron: Knows how to make Pokémon food and Pokéblocks.
* ChickMagnet: Made into one for all of five seconds in "Harley Rides Again" when several girls start [[CutenessProximity fawning over his Bonsly.]]
** Aside from that, at least three women have fallen in love with him.
* ChivalrousPervert: G-rated.
* TheChosenOne: [[spoiler:Of Uxie.]]
* ColorFailure:
-->'''Holly:''' "I'm sorry, but I'm just not interested in younger men."
* CombatCommentator
* DefeatMeansFriendship: He became Ash's ally after Ash defeated him at Pewter Gym.
* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: While Ash and company are still in the Orange Islands, Brock is a guest of the Ketchum household, and becomes a rival to Mimey when it comes to doing the chores. It's like they're being rivals over ''something else''.
* DynamicEntry: How did he first appear in the Advance Generation series? Throw Forretress as an ActionBomb against a flock of Taillow, that's what!
* EyesAlwaysShut: One of the [[TropeCodifier most well-known examples]].
* {{Flanderization}}: Started out as a mentor type, gained the lovable pervert shtick and eventually became reduced to it, attempts have been made to regain the previous role, with variable success. In a bit of fairness, a silly side was shown in his intro episode when his father came back and promptly got exasperated by his quirks, but before that, he was incredibly no-nonsense - almost like a smaller Lt. Surge.
* FourTemperamentEnsemble
** Melancholic: Original series and Diamond & Pearl.
** Phlegmatic II: Advance Generation
* ImageSong: "Takeshi's Paradise"
** He was one of the few English cast members to get an Image Song in the form of "Two Perfect Girls".
* InexplicablyIdenticalIndividuals: Brock's family from his father's side all look or will end up looking exactly the same as him, regardless if they're male or female. Brock's mom is the only one who looks different.
* InformedAbility: His profession/passion as a Pokémon breeder is occasionally mentioned, but has basically zero effect on the show. Probably because the topic involves a little too much birds and the bees for a children's show.
* LetsGetDangerous: In spite of his tenure on the show, he is OutOfFocus for possibly more than 90% of it. When he ''does'' get to show his stuff, however, he's very competent. Best example might be "Leave it to Brocko" from the DP saga.
* LikesOlderWomen: He especially loves the Nurse Joys and Officer Jennys.
* ManlyTears: Sometimes.
* TheMedic: [[spoiler:He refocuses his goal on this at the end of DP. It helps that his Happiny had recently evolved into Chansey.]]
* MundaneUtility: ''Really'' mundane example: Lotad's flat head? Extra ''table''. And, of course there's Croagunk's Poison Jab, which saw more use for you-know-what than in actual battles.
* TheNavigator: The one with the Town Map.
* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: His Japanese name is a reference to a main character in ''Series/TakeshisCastle''.
* NoodleIncident: Ash and Misty find him back at the Ketchum home after their adventure in the Orange Islands. Whenever anyone asks about what happened during his time with Professor Ivy, he goes into a TroubledFetalPosition, to which he requests not to mention her name. To date, it's never been revealed what went on between the two and why he left. (He does mention Ivy in the [[{{Macekre}} English version]] of the seventh movie, though.)
* OnlySaneMan: He was often the one who would break up Ash and Misty whenever they got into a heated arguement.
* OutOfFocus: For being the one traveling companion who was part of the main cast for ''more than ten'' years (only dropping out very briefly in the Orange Islands arc), they sure didn't treat him as well as they could have.
* OvershadowedByAwesome: Increasingly so, particularly in most of Sinnoh where both of his traveling companions shared co-star status. Lampshaded in the 11th movie, where Ash and Dawn both spring into action against the BigBad, and Brock briefly gets depressed over being left behind...literally.
** In one episode Team Rocket review their typical plans with accompanying graphics to find out why they always fail. When they get to the step where the heroes counterattack, the graphic shows Ash commanding Pikachu and Dawn commanding Piplup to attack...while Brock just stands in the background.
** The anime is ''very much aware of this''. When Brock got ADayInTheLimelight, he has proven to be cunning, fixing Team Rocket a meal and then stealing the Pokémon they stole and booking it while they were distracted. He's also shown he's an excellent battler, taking out Seviper with Croagunk despite the type disadvantage, and when Ash and Dawn showed up and volunteered to take it from there, Brock told them to stay out of it and he proceeded to beat down James' Carnivine with his newly evolved Sudowoodo...''also'' with a type disadvantage.
* OverusedRunningGag: Thankfully, they tend to mix it up, especially with Bonsly (in a brief stint [[note]]he uses ''Double-Edge''[[/note]]) and Croagunk.
* ParentalAbandonment: They actually come back ([[InconsistentDub yes, his mom was alive all this time]], though 4Kids chose to ignore the plot hole they wrote themselves into), but it's understandable that Brock's less than pleased when they go on vacation and leave his 9 siblings by themselves.
* PassingTheTorch: Handed over control of the gym to his younger brother Forrest.
* PutOnABus: ''Four times!'' Originally, it was because the anime crew thought he might be considered an Asian stereotype to a global audience (it's his eyes). Brought back because, as it turns out, nobody cared about that. The next two times were when the Johto and Hoenn gangs went their separate ways, neither of which were very long. And most recently (and possibly permanently) [[spoiler:after he decides to become a doctor at the end of DP]].
* RagingStiffie: G-rated version, obviously. Basically it's gotten to the point that when he ''doesn't'' have this around InexplicablyIdenticalIndividuals, regardless if they're male or female, he starts getting suspicious (often he's ''right''; it's Team Rocket or someone else disguised as the nurse or officer).
* RealMenWearPink: Aside from being TeamDad, he can also be classified as a [[TeamMom Team]] '''[[TeamMom Mom]]''', with good reason.
* RedShirt: Of a non-lethal and recurring variety. While his reappearances would push him more into MauveShirt territory, the fact that he is often shown being defeated to show how powerful an opponent is more directly channels this trope.
* SerialRomeo
* TheSmartGuy: Of every [[TheTeam team]] he's been in. In "Advanced Generation", he somewhat shares the role with Max. [[spoiler: He's also TheChosenOne of Uxie, the precursor of Knowledge.]]
* SomethingElseAlsoRises: "Fleeing Tower of Sunyshore". Brock and Flint have to work together to power up the Pokémon Center's backup generator. Brock was egged on by Nurse Joy several times, causing the energy gauge of the generator to...go sky-high.
%%* TheSpock
* StalkerWithACrush: How else would you describe him having that infamous "guidebook"? Or the fact that he can distinguish Jennys and Joys from each other?
* StrawHypocrite: Sort of. He is appalled when his mother Lola changes the gym to a [[MakingASplash water-type gym]] claiming that he is dedicated to [[DishingOutDirt rock-types]] despite the fact that he caught [[BlowYouAway a]] [[PoisonousPerson Zubat]] in his first episode with Ash, owns several [[MakingASplash water-types]], Ludicolo and Marshtomp, and actually owns only three rock-types, Geodude, Bonsly and Onix (only two now that Onix evolved into [[ExtraOreDinary Steelix]])
* StrongFamilyResemblance: With his nine siblings and his dad.
%%* SupremeChef
* TeamChef: To the point where this is his most essential contribution to the group in later arcs.
%%* TeamDad
* TemptingFate: Brock has started to realize that every time he starts swooning over Nurse Joy or Officer Jenny, Croagunk is only moments away from poison jabbing him, so he tries to control himself and back down.
* {{Tritagonist}}: He's usually in the background compared to the lead male and female, but sometimes the show (or at least, the current story) makes it clear that he's this (at least for the humans). This is most evident during the Galactic arc, where not only does his Croagunk get a rivalry with Saturn's Toxicroak, he's also [[spoiler: chosen by one of the Lake Trio, along with Ash and Dawn.]]
* TwinThreesomeFantasy: Which [[http://serebii.net/anime/pictures/shinou/511.shtml actually]] '''happens'''. [[spoiler:The Fantasy part being [[LotusEaterMachine literal]]...]]
%%* SupremeChef
* WeNeedADistraction: A minor RunningGag, and he sometimes convinces others to join him in the act (Corphish [twice!], Lombre, ''Dawn'')...
* WingdingEyes: Gets hearts in his eyes every time he looks at a pretty girl.
* TheWorfEffect: In spite of his aforementioned competence, his PlotArmor is thinner than those of his friends because of their star/co-star status. If he participates in a competition or tournament that his friends also join, he's likely to either lose early on or eventually get beaten by them (not always realistically).
* YankTheDogsChain: Oh, they do this sometimes with his hopeless flirtations. It just has a way of going straight to hell before the end of the episode.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Brock's Pokémon]]
* DishingOutDirt: His main type is the Rock-Type. If counting sub-elements, a few of his Pokémon are also Ground-Types and Steel-Types.
** Ironically, despite priding himself in being a Rock-Type specialist, the ''only'' Rock-type he caught during the series proper was Bonsly.
* FreudianTrio:
% In ''Advanced Generation'':
--> TheKirk: Mudkip/Marshtomp
--> TheMcCoy: Lotad/Lombre/Ludicolo (Hoenn) & Bonsly (Kanto)
--> TheSpock: Forretress
% In ''Diamond and Pearl'':
--> TheKirk: Bonsly/Sudowoodo
--> TheMcCoy: Happiny/Chansey
--> TheSpock: Croagunk
* PoorPredictableRock: Averted, as soon as Brock stopped being the Gym Leader, he stopped having a Rock-type theme for his Pokémon team, though he tries to have at least one Rock-type Pokémon on his team. Nonetheless, he is quite firm about keeping Pewter Gym's Rock theme intact.
!!'''Onix-Steelix (Iwark-Haganeil)'''
->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/UnshoIshizuka
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* DishingOutDirt: As an Onix, he was a Rock type.
* ExtraOreDinary: Steelix's type is Steel-Type.
* FastTunnelling: Knows Dig.
* GentleGiant: Outside of battle. Especially prominent when he reappeared as Steelix.
* InstantAwesomeJustAddDragons: Knows Dragon Breath.
* TailSlap: Knows Iron Tail.
* TheWorfEffect: While supposedly Brock's strongest Pokémon, it loses quite a lot (including to ''Meowth'' once, when Meowth dumped water on it and somehow finished it off with Fury Swipes). The impression is further strengthened by the fact that Onix was by far the largest of the main cast's Pokémon during the whole Kanto and Johto sagas.
!!'''Geodude (Isitsubute)'''
->'''Voiced in Japanese by:''' Creator/ShinichiroMiki
->'''Voiced in English by:''' Michael Haigney
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* BareFistedMonk: Knows Seismic Toss.
* DishingOutDirt: Rock type.
* OutOfFocus: Barely got any personality, character development, or battles, and was mainly used in places where Onix was too big to fit.
* PintsizedPowerhouse: It can hold its own against Pikachu without the need of Onix.
* PowerFloats: Despite being a rock, it somehow levitates.
* ShoutOut: In "The Punchy Pokémon" Brock enters Geodude in a Fighting-type tournament; it IS a fighting-type in the VideoGame/PokemonTradingCardGame.
!!'''Zubat-Golbat-Crobat'''
->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/ShinichiroMiki
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* BatOutOfHell: Subverted.
* BlowYouAway: Knows Whirlwind.
%%* {{Flight}}
* MakeMeWannaShout: Knows Supersonic and Sonicboom.
* OffscreenMomentOfAwesome: We never see Brock actually catching Zubat. And Ash and Misty are just as surprised when he reveals his capture.
%%* PoisonousPerson: Primary type.
* ThePowerOfFriendship: Is it any wonder it took such a short time for Golbat to evolve into Crobat, after Brock's caring for it?
%%* WindFromBeneathMyWings: Secondary type.
!!'''Vulpix (Rokon)'''
->'''Voiced in Japanese by:''' Creator/RikakoAikawa
->'''Voiced in English by:''' Creator/RachaelLillis
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* BadassAdorable: It's cute and dainty as a button, yet has explosive fire powers. It was likely for this reason it was usually Brock's representing Pokémon in the Pikachu shorts.
* HappilyAdopted: Technically the property of a professional breeder called Suzie, who entrusted Vulpix with Brock after seeing his warmness to Pokémon. Vulpix very quickly took to Brock as its trainer.
* {{Kitsune}}: Blatantly based on such with its fox like appearance and multiple tails.
* OutOfFocus: Too adorable for its own good, especially since it's (currently) the ''only'' Pokémon Brock no longer owns (all the others are at Pewter Gym).
* PlayingWithFire: Packs one hell of a Flamethrower.
* PutOnABus: Returned it to the girl who gave it to him.
* SpoiledBrat: In [[CharacterisationMarchesOn its first appearance]] - it roasts Misty just for unexpectedly picking it up, before curling back up with a light yawn. It's much more playful in later appearances, if still very fond of pampering.
* TheWorfEffect: Introduced as being extremely powerful, but is rarely shown winning an actual battle.
!!'''Pineco-Forretress (Kunugidama-Foretos)'''
->'''Voiced in Japanese by:''' Creator/UnshoIshizuka
->'''Voiced in English by:''' Creator/EricStuart (Pineco, Forretress 4Kids), Creator/UnshoIshizuka (Forretress, current)
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* ActionBomb: Knows [=SelfDestruct=] and Explosion.
%%* DishingOutDirt: Knows Spikes.
%%* EverythingsBetterWithSpinning
* ExtraOreDinary: Forretress is a Steel-Type.
* MundaneUtility: Brock used Forretress' Rapid Spin as an improvised drill when the gang had to make a pit trap.
* RunningGag: Loves to blow itself up at the slightest provocation.
* TheStoic: Forretress; Pineco was a lot more excitable.
!!'''Lotad-Lombre-Ludicolo (Hassboh-Hasubrero-Runpappa)'''
->'''Voiced in Japanese by:''' Miyako Ito (Hassboh and Hasubrero), Creator/FumihikoTachiki (Runpappa)
->'''Voiced in English by:''' Kayzie Rogers (Lotad), Creator/DanGreen (Lombre), Creator/EricStuart (Ludicolo, 4Kids), Bill Rogers (Ludicolo, current)
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* BewareTheNiceOnes: He's always been a NiceGuy, even in his first stage, but he's really powerful and not afraid to show it when his friends are in danger.
* BulletSeed: He can fire this as a Lombre and a Ludicolo.
* CloudCuckooLander: Kind of "out there" compared to others of its species, especially as a Lotad and a Lombre. Don't ''ever'' assume he's stupid, though.
* ConfusionFu: His battle style is ''unpredictable''.
* GreenThumb: Grass-Type.
* JawDrop: Ludicolo has an EPIC one when his Mawile crush dumps him for a Psyduck.
%%* {{Kappa}}
* {{Keet}}: As Ludicolo, which is characteristic of the species. See also NiceGuy below
* MakingASplash: Water-Type.
* MundaneUtility: Lola, in one of her "ideal" parenting moods, somehow convinced Ludicolo to carry around her bags as she and Flint go on vacation.
* NiceGuy: Shown very early in ''Advanced Generation''. [[note]]When he was called out to battle the leader of a school of Sharpedo, Lotad quickly noticed something was wrong (Sharpedo had been poisoned by Jessie's Seviper), and along with Brock stayed by Sharpedo's side, even overnight. He was quite ecstatic to see that Sharpedo seemed to be recovering, and had its fin wrapped around Brock's back.
* TheRuntAtTheEnd: Of the herd of Lotad, this one has a bit of trouble catching up.
* TransformationTrinket: Lombre unflinchingly scrounges around the bag of the Character of the Day, until he found her Water Stone deep inside, instantly making him evolve.
[[/note]]
!!'''Mudkip-Marshtomp (Mizugorou-Numacraw)'''
->'''Voiced in Japanese by:''' Music/MegumiHayashibara (Mizugorou), Creator/ShinichiroMiki (Numacraw)
->'''Voiced in English by:''' Lindsey Warner (Mudkip, 4Kids), Michele Knotz (Mudkip, second), Kayzie Rogers (as Jamie Peacock, Marshtomp)
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* BarrierWarrior: Knows Protect.
* DishingOutDirt: Marshtomp is a ground-type.
* LamarckWasRight: How else would you explain [[http://www.serebii.net/anime/pictures/kanto/425ps1.shtml this]]?
* MakingASplash: The Water-Type Starter of the Hoenn region.
* OvershadowedByAwesome: The one member of the Hoenn group's Starter trio that saw the least action, hence his evolution coming late, and the only one to never even reach his final stage.
* SugarAndIcePersonality: Towards Brock in his first appearance. In general, he's more sweet than icy.
* TeamDad: Mudkip was just as mature - if not moreso - than Pikachu and tried hard to both keep the peace and take care of the younger ones. "Turning Over A New Nuzleaf" was the first great example.
!!'''Bonsly-Sudowoodo (Usohachi-Usokkie)'''
->'''Voiced in Japanese by:''' Creator/DaisukeSakaguchi
->'''Voiced in English by:''' Bill Rogers
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* BareFistedMonk: Knows Hammer Arm.
* CharacterTics: Sudowoodo has a habit of saluting Brock.
* CoolBigBro: Towards Happiny, since they seem to appear together often.
* CryCute: Bonsly
* DittoFighter: Knows Mimic.
* DishingOutDirt: Rock type.
* EarlyBirdCameo: Bonsly...ironically, early in Sinnoh he learned Mimic and evolved into Sudowoodo an episode later.
* OlderAndWiser: As a Bonsly he was a big crybaby; after evolving, he became a hardworking, loyal battler unafraid to enter the fray and - as an added bonus - unlikely to angst. For instance, when Brock chose Coragunk over him for the cosplay competition (to win Happiny's egg), Sudowoodo gets over the crushing disappointment in ''seconds''.
* OutOfFocus: To a degree (mostly since Croagunk was more prominent), but he still gets some shining moments of prominence and never actually decays as a tough battler.
* TookALevelInBadass: In "Leave it to Brocko", where he evolves.
* WhenTreesAttack: Even though he's actually a Rock-type.
** In "Leave It To Brocko", they use this to their advantage to put a lost, frightened young Nuzleaf at ease, since Bonsly's tree-like appearance reassured Nuzleaf that they were friendly.
* YesMan: Sudowoodo, a more endearing example than most as he's obviously very devoted to his trainer.
!!'''Croagunk (Gureggru)'''
->'''Voiced in Japanese by:''' Creator/KatsuyukiKonishi
->'''Voiced in English by:''' Bill Rogers
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* AssShove: Croagunk's Poison Jab almost always is depicted like this.
* {{Beat}}: Croagunk is the source of a lot of awkward silences...[[{{Filler}} just staring...]][[OverlyLongGag and croaking...]]
%%* BareFistedMonk: Secondary type.
%%* BrickBreak
* EvilLaugh: Crogunk everytime he has to poison jab Brock and drag him off behind him. ''Cro-cro-cro-croooo''
** In the Japanese version, instead of PokemonSpeak, it's an actual EvilLaugh...
* FascinatingEyebrow: [[http://serebii.net/anime/pictures/shinou/477.shtml Bizarrely]], when Brock is trying to orient him in the group's daily routine...
* GlassCannon: He can hit ''very'' hard, singlehandedly blocking a stray Draco Meteor fired by ''Dialga'' and knocking out Saturn's Toxicroak in one blow, but doesn't fare so well in prolonged battle.
* HeelFaceTurn: He first shows up as a "member" of Team Rocket; or rather, he followed Meowth to the Rockets' bogus gym, and Jesse decided to use him in their scam. Once the Rockets ditch him, he decides to join Brock instead.
%%* IneffectualLoner
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: He's usually quick to [[BigDamnHeroes come to the rescue]] of Brock (or the rest of the group) if they're in real danger.
* MissedHimByThatMuch: in "Jumping Rocket Ship", the group gets separated, and Croagunk is simply taking a trip through Canalave's canals by way of several boats. Every time he appears, it was just a split-second before/after one group is in the same scene. For the record, it was Croagunk who's the ''last'' Pokémon to be "found" (or rather, Croagunk found them thanks to Brock being himself).
* NotSoStoic: There are a few times that he outright laughs at his trainer's misfortune towards girls.
* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: Once, his rivalry with Saturn's Toxicroak made him completely ignore Brock's advances to a girl.
* PetTheDog: Can often come across as a {{jerkass}} at times, but the writers occasionally show that he can have a protective side as well.
** There's a blink-and-you'll-miss-it moment in "Doc Brock" - after [[ItMakesSenseInContext Pachirisu has recovered from its sickness thanks to Brock and he's agrees to lecture Ash & Dawn about medicine]], the screen briefly shoots to the window to show Croagunk, [[EyesAlwaysShut eyes closed]] in that {{Animesque}} manner characters have when they're being ''tender''. Besides the subject matter of the episode, that heartwarming little shot gives subtle {{Foreshadowing}} to [[spoiler: Brock's eventual decision to become a Pokémon Doctor]].
%%* PintsizedPowerhouse
%%* PoisonousPerson: Primary type.
* RealMenHateSugar: Shown several times to be adverse to any sweet food.
%%* TheRival: To Saturn's Toxicroak.
* RunningGag:
** He's ''waaay'' too obsessed with his reflection.
** Also the whole "stab and drag Brock away from girls" thing, of course.
* SensorCharacter: He has been able to detect the presence of Team Rocket at several points when the rest of the group was distracted and has headed off to stop them on his own without the others noticing. He was also aware of the approach of Saturn's Toxicroak.
%%* SignatureMove: Poison Jab.
* SixthRanger: If the main characters make up a FiveManBand each series/generation, then Croagunk - who joins last and appears the least - is this to the "Diamond and Pearl" band.
* SomethingWeForgot:
** Pikachu and the other Pokémon are ready to abandon a ship heading for a potentially lethal waterfall, until Pikachu realizes someone is missing. He rushes back inside and tries his hardest to drag Croagunk away from the mirror.
** At the denouement of "Jumping Rocket Ship", the heroes ready to call it a day, until they realize something's missing. Before Brock could realize what it was, he saw a beautiful girl and proceeded to hit on her, and only ''then'' did Croagunk show up.
%%* TheStoic
* SuperSenses: His version of the "Anticipation" ability allows him to have better perception of the surroundings.
* VitriolicBestBuds: Despite all the Poison Jabs Brock took over the series, when their compatability was rated, it was nearly as high as Ash and Pikachu's. Oh, and did we mention that this is a few days after he's caught?
* WhatTheHellHero: The first time Croagunk went too far in attacking Brock[[note]]when Brock was sincere in helping the girl-of-the-day[[/note]], Dawn calls him out on it (he even ''looks'' genuinly abashed). On another occasion, Brock delivers one himself, right after getting stabbed:
-->Oh, c'mon! [[ImagineSpot Imagination]] is against the law?
* {{Yandere}}: It's the most likely explanation as to why Croagunk attacks Brock whenever he flirts with officer Jenny and nurse Joy. When Croagunk and Brocks compatability rating was shown, it was equal to Ash and Pikachu's in only a few days.
!!'''Happiny-Chansey (Pinpuku-Lucky)'''
->'''Voiced in Japanese by:''' Miyako Ito
->'''Voiced in English by:''' Emily Jenness
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* AdaptationalBadass: Gets many examples of physical prowess. In the games, Happiny and Chansey are ''notoriously'' low physical attack power, being the ''lowest in the entire game''.
%%* BadassAdorable
%%* CheerfulChild
* ChildrenAreInnocent: Inverted - unlike Togepi for example, she was more likely to be aware of when things weren't going well (even on the day she hatched) and could become relatively serious if the situation called for it; on the other hand, her usual demeanor is that of a sweet-natured CheerfulChild.
%%* GooGooGodlike
* HealingFactor: Learned Softboiled immediately upon evolution to Chansey.
%%* TheMedic
* NiceGirl: Really quite a sweetheart, as is natural for her species - in her intro episode, [[CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming she initially offers the Oval Stone which Brock carved her back to him as a sign of friendship and trust, despite how badly she'd previously wanted it upon hatching]]. From that point on, it's pretty safe to say that she's less of a divisive character than Togepi ever was.
%%* NonElemental
* PintsizedPowerhouse: Swinging Jessie's Seviper around by its tail in circles is just a ''fraction'' of her ability.
* TheSmurfettePrinciple: So far, she is Brock's only (confirmed) female Pokémon.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Tracey Sketchit (Kenji)]]
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->'''Voiced in Japanese by:''' Creator/TomokazuSeki
->'''Voiced in English by:''' Creator/TedLewis (4Kids), Craig Blair (current)
->'''Voiced in Latin American Spanish by:''' Alfredo Leal (Season 2), Javier Olguín (Season 5), Ricardo Bautista (one episode of ''Chronicles'' and another in Season 8), Gerardo García (rest of ''Chronicles''), Christian Strempler (Season 9)
A friend of Ash's, who he met on his trip to the Orange Islands. Specializes in Pokémon watching; i.e. he draws pictures of Pokémon in their natural habitat with surgical precision. Tracey primarily draws Pokémon, but there are several human subjects scattered around his various sketchbooks. [[{{Fanboy}} Huge fan of Prof. Oak.]]
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!!!Tropes involving him and his Pokémon include:
* AdventureCouple: He and [[TheDitz Daisy]] fit some of the criteria, which is probably why they're often shipped together.
* AscendedFanboy: Oak takes him under his wing at the end of the Orange Islands arc.
* AwesomeByAnalysis: Tracey's typical battle style. He can predict an opponent's moves based on having seen the set-up motions before and get a counterattack going immediately, which isn't too shabby. In his initial appearance, he was able to discern upbringing problems with a group of trainers' Pokémon, and gauge how strong and well-conditioned Pikachu was with but a mere precursory glance.
* CovertPervert: Downplayed, but if you find anything in his sketchbook that isn't a Pokémon, it's probably a pretty girl he encountered while travelling around with Ash.
* FourTemperamentEnsemble: The Melancholic.
* MeaningfulName: What do you think does he do in his free time? Take a wild guess.
* NonActionGuy: He can battle if he has to, but he uses his Pokémon mainly for fieldwork.
* OutOfFocus: After the very first episode of ''Diamond and Pearl'', he did not appear again until [=BW116=], '''''306 episodes later'''''.
* OvershadowedByAwesome: Both in terms of Pokémon, and character (regarding Brock). Poor guy.
* PutOnABus: Now Prof. Oak's assistant.
* SavvyGuyEnergeticGirl: Savvy Guy to Daisy's Energetic Girl.
* ShirtlessScene: A few, accounting for his entire pre-departure fanbase.
* TheSmartGuy: Of the Orange Islands portion of the "Original Series" FiveManBand.
* SpellMyNameWithAnS: It's "Tracey", not "Tracy".
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Tracey's Pokémon]]
!!'''Venonat (Kongpang)'''
->'''Voiced in Japanese by:''' Creator/RikakoAikawa
->'''Voiced in English by:''' Creator/RachaelLillis
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* BigCreepyCrawlies: It is a giant gnat.
* GreenThumb: Knows Sleep Powder.
* NonActionGuy: Compared to its teammates.
* SuperSenses: Vision.
!!'''Marill (Maril)'''
->'''Voiced in Japanese by:''' Creator/MikaKanai
->'''Voiced in English by:''' Kayzie Rogers
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* ActionMom: It has become a mother in ''Chronicles'. It still can kick asses as ever.
* EarlyBirdCameo: Marill appears in the second season of the anime before ''VideoGame/PokemonGoldAndSilver'' were released.
* NiceGirl: Yes, it's a female - it's the ''mother'' of Misty's Azurill after all.
* SuperSenses: Hearing
!!'''Scyther (Strike)'''
->'''Voiced in Japanese by:''' Creator/UnshoIshizuka
->'''Voiced in English by:''' Creator/EricStuart
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%%* BadassGrandpa: Rejected from his tribe because he was too old to remain the leader (though he makes amends with his young successor before accepting Tracey as his trainer).
* BigCreepyCrawlies: A Bug-Type Pokémon who resembles a giant mantis.
* CoolOldGuy: Scyther is old and out of shape, but still a ''Scyther'' no less.
* DoppelgangerSpin: Knows Double Team.
* ProudWarriorRaceGuy: A proud fighter despites its old age.
* TheRival: ''Very'' briefly with Charizard due to some initial aggression. After repelling a Team Rocket attack, they "flex their muscles" a bit before making peace.
* RunningGag: Would break into a pant after working, since he left the Pokémon Center before healing properly. It's lampshaded the first time.
* TeamDad: To a degree towards the other Pokémon. Definitely towards his tribe, given he left the Pokémon Center (still injured) to save them from Team Rocket.
[[/folder]]
!!Supporting Cast
[[folder: Professor Samuel Oak (Dr. Yukinari Okido)]]
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->'''Voiced in Japanese by:''' Creator/UnshoIshizuka
->'''Voiced in English by:''' Stuart Zagnit (4Kids), [[Creator/JimmyZoppi Carter Cathcart]] (current)
->'''Voiced in Latn American Spanish by:''' Hugo Navarrete, Arturo Castañeda (as "Sam" in Movie 4)
Professor Oak comes from Pallet Town. He is Gary Oak's grandfather and gave Pikachu to Ash as a last resort after he woke up late to take one of the other three starters. His status as a semi-main character means that he shows up the most out of all the professors in the series.
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* CharacterizationMarchesOn: In the first episode, he was a bit of a grumpy DeadpanSnarker and he was visibly annoyed of Ash who came too late to get his first Pokémon. Later on, he would become an eccentric NiceGuy.
* CoolOldGuy: He gets very excited whenever he meets new Pokémon and he is a very passionate scientist. He also has some cool Pokémon, such as Dragonite and Rotom.
* DependingOnTheWriter: In the main anime itself, he's beloved and respected by most Pokémon, who show as much succinct loyalty to him as their trainers. In his podcast segments however, not a single one will hesitate to [[DisproportionateRetribution brutally assault him]] as he [[HatesBeingTouched tries to inspect them]] in his lectures. He must borrow a very grouchy sample roster.
* [[FriendToAllLivingThings Friend To All Pokémon]]: One way or another, he'll find a way to get on a Pokémon's good side.
* GentlemanAndAScholar: Besides being one of the leading experts on Pokémon, he's also a world-renowned poet.
* IronButtMonkey: In the Japanese version, Oak would often have a short segment at the end of an episode demonstrating a certain quality or attack that Pokémon can execute. It usually always ends up being used on him. He's been burned, electrocuted, frozen, punched, bitten, and flung across the room more times than you can count.
* MissionControl: Most of Ash's Pokémon are just a phone call away courtesy of him. He also plays a straighter example in ''{{Anime/Pokemon 3}}''.
* NiceGuy: Oak is friendly to Pokémon and humans, something that becomes a standard characteritic for future professors.
* TheProfessor: The most prominent one of the entire franchise and the most famous Pokémon professor of the ''entire world''.
* ShipTease: With Delia. In Theater/PokemonLive, Ash asks Professor Oak not to bring his [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything mother home too late.]]
* StableTimeLoop: [[spoiler:Created by Celebi in ''Anime/Pokemon4Ever''.]]
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Gary Oak (Shigeru Ookido)]]
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->'''Voiced in Japanese by:''' Creator/YukoKobayashi
->'''Voiced in English by:''' Creator/JimmyZoppi
->'''Voiced in Latin American Spanish by''': Gerardo Del Valle (Original Series), Creator/VictorUgarte (Chronicles), Ricardo Bautista (Advance Generation and two episodes of Diamond & Pearl), Benjamín Rivera (One episode of Diamond & Pearl), Noé Velásquez (One Episode of Diamond & Pearl)
Ash's first rival when he started off as a Pokémon trainer. Gary would usually one-up Ash and take any chance to insult him when they met up, but after Ash finally defeated Gary, he soon realized that being a trainer wasn't really his calling, and has since befriended Ash and followed in his grandpa's footsteps to become a Pokémon professor.
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* TheAce: Gary seems to be pretty much be the best at what he does, and even claims to be the top trainer out of the four in his year who left Pallet Town, and is always at least two steps ahead of [[TheHero Ash]]. He even had time to go on a vacation because he had so many damn badges!
* AllGuysWantCheerleaders: His [[ThePaidForHarem fanclub]] was mostly made up of {{pom pom girl}}s.
* AnimeHair: Although far from being the most extreme example in the series, it's definitely there.
* ArtEvolution: When we see him after the Battle Frontier, his design matches his game counterpart in ''[=FireRed=]''/''[=LeafGreen=]''.
* BarrierWarrior: Electivire's Protect.
* BigCreepyCrawlies: Scizor is a giant mantis.
* BrainyBrunette: Even becomes a Pokémon researcher, [[GenerationXerox just like his grandfather.]]
** And even before that, Gary had such a high knowledge of Pokémon, he barely needed to use his Pokédex to get any info on them, in contrast to Ash who uses his every time he sees a Pokémon, even ones he's'' already'' seen.
* BrainlessBeauty: His fanclub, whose sole existence revolved around fawning attention on him.
* BreakTheHaughty: Being owned by Mewtwo, then losing in the last round of the Pokémon League preliminaries. He gets better, though.
** It was somewhat implied Gary had never lost before, which seems to shape him into a more humble person. BreakTheHaughty indeed.
* TheBusCameBack: Disappears for the entirety of ''Advanced'', appearing only in the last episodes to tell Ash about Sinnoh.
* ChildhoodFriends: Being neighbors in Pallet Town, he was this with Ash prior to the incident with the Pokeball. See We Used To Be Friends below.
* CrossdressingVoices: In Japanese.
* ADayInTheLimelight: Got his own episode in ''Pokémon Chronicles.''
* DeadpanSnarker: The "deadpan" part coming in from Johto and onwards.
* DemotedToExtra: Ever since the Original Series - he didn't appear at all in Hoenn (only showing up at the end of ''Advanced Generation''); shows up only four times in Diamond and Pearl ([[CurbStompBattle in two of which he got his ass handed to him by Team Galactic]]), and didn't appear in Unova.
* DishingOutDirt (Rock/Ground): Golem, Nidoking and Nidoqueen.
* DoppelgangerSpin: Umbreon, who knew Double Team as an Eevee.
* EarlyInstallmentCharacterDesignDifference: Downplayed with his cheerleaders, whose costume and hair designs were not actually finalized until "Beauty and the Beach".
* ExtraOreDinary: Scizor, Electivire's Iron Tail.
* ElementalPunch: Electivire's Thunder Punch.
* EverythingsBetterWithSpinning: Blastoise's Rapid Spin.
* FrickinLaserBeams: Nidoqueen's Hyper Beam.
* FriendlyEnemy: In Johto.
* GuestStarPartyMember: At times, most notably in several "Diamond and Pearl" series episodes.
* GreenEyes: Except for a very early episode where he had blue eyes, he's always been depicted with it. ''Best Wishes'' final episode confirmed it.
* HandsomeLech and KidAnova: In Kanto, he traveled with a large group of older girls. That is one pimp pre-teen.
* HeroOfAnotherStory: He's clearly done ''a lot'' off camera, but most of it goes unseen.
* HornAttack: Nidoking's attack.
* InsufferableGenius: While most of the time he's a SmallNameBigEgo who loses his more important battles, he's still quite a competent trainer and is more than happy to show it off. Him gaining ten badges in Kanto and flaunting them to Ash is one of the most (in)famous examples.
* {{Jerkass}}: [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold He gets better from Johto onwards]], but this can still pop up.
* LargeHam: During his SmallNameBigEgo Kanto days.
* MakingASplash: Blastoise and Krabby.
* MegatonPunch: Nidoqueen's Mega Punch.
* MoralityPet: Umbreon, most likely, seeing as he started to train it at the same time his change of attitude started. (Given the fact that it ''is'' an Umbreon might be a factor, seeing as Eevee evolve into Umbreon when treated well by a trainer.)
* MythologyGag: His eyes are [[http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b121/kennykyo/GREENEYES.jpg green]] as either a reference to his game counterparts JPN name (Green), one of the first two games in the series (Red and ''Green'') or both.
* NoSell: his Golem is too heavy for Charizard to lift, so no Seismic Toss for Golem.
* PaidHarem: He had a gang of cheerleaders supporting him (and in one case, Ash) in Kanto; after losing at the Indigo League and learning humility, he got rid of them.
* PetTheDog: In ''Battle Of The Badge'', Gary's the one who tackles Meowth to prevent him from blowing up the [[ElectricTorture rigged]] platform Ash is standing on during his gym battle against Team Rocket.
* PlayingWithFire: Arcanine and Magmar.
* PlotIrrelevantVillain: In Kanto, due to the show continuing past it and the original conclusion of Ash vs. Gary being changed so that Gary is knocked out of the League tournament by a random opponent before he can face Ash, making most of his previous antagonistic appearances rather pointless in retrospect.
* PoisonousPerson: Nidoking and Nidoqueen.
* PsychicPowers: Umbreon's Psychic.
* PunnyName: [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garry_Oak His English name]], funnily enough.
* TheReveal: It wasn't until his second match with Ash that we learned he started with [[spoiler:Squirtle.]] None of his main Pokémon were even ''shown'' until episode 63 (when he was shown using Nidoking and Arcanine at the Viridian gym), though his Krabby made a brief appearance in episode 13, alongside the one Ash had just caught). We did hear at a few points in early episodes that he caught a ''lot'' of Pokémon.
** Over 200, according to Professor Oak, meaning since there were only 151 kinds in the Kanto saga, he's caught quite a few more of the same species, especially since he had only seen 60 at that point.
* RedOniBlueOni: The blue to Ash's red of the "Original Series", being level-headed and logical while Ash is brash and impulsive.
* TheRival: Ash's main rival until the end of the Johto saga. He and Ash are currently providing the page picture for this trope.
* SameCharacterButDifferent: Kanto's Gary was a snide braggart who was constantly lording himself and his experiences over Ash while traveling around with a personal cheerleading team in a convertible (while Ash was [[{{Foil}} hoofin' it old-school]]). Johto's Gary was an aloof and stoic wanderer accompanied by only his Pokémon -- Johto's first opening even wrapped him in a distinctive black cloak. Even acknowledging his significant BreakTheHaughty moments at the tail end of the first season, the Character Development that was necessary to create Johto's Gary happened entirely offscreen. The writers caught themselves at the end of Ash's Johto adventures and restored his team of cheerleaders to him just in time for his final fight with Ash.
* ShockAndAwe: Electivire.
* SignatureMove: The original Johto opening would have you believe Gary's Eevee was his Signature Mon.
* SoulPower: Umbreon's [[EnergyBall Shadow Ball]].
* SpinToDeflectStuff: Gary's Blastoise was an expert in using Rapid Spin to deflect Ash's attacks, like Muk's Sludge Bomb and Bayleef's Razor Leaf.
* SuperSpeed: Arcanine.
* SmallNameBigEgo: Really thinks highly of himself in the first season, which only increases the irony over the fact that he loses in the ''preliminaries'' of the Indigo League. Played for hilarity when, during the swimsuit contest in the originally-banned BeachEpisode, he actually believes everyone is watching ''him''.
* TookALevelInKindness: Becomes considerably nicer to Ash during the Johto Arc.
* {{Tuckerization}}: His Japanese name, Shigeru, is taken from Creator/ShigeruMiyamoto, who served as a mentor to Creator/SatoshiTajiri.
* TheUnfought: Despite being Ash's rival, the two never have battle in the first series, having their first one-on-one battle in the final episode of the Orange Island saga after Ash had returned home. Technically the two don't even a ''full'' battle until the tail-end of the Johto Saga.
* UseYourHead: Blastoise's Skull Bash.
* WeUsedToBeFriends: With Ash, before a quarrel involving a broken Pokéball. [[spoiler:Which they each kept half of.]]
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Delia Ketchum (Hanako)]]
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->'''Voiced in Japanese by:''' Creator/MasamiToyoshima
->'''Voiced in English by:''' Creator/VeronicaTaylor (4Kids), Sarah Natochenny (current)
->'''Voiced in Latin American Spanish by''': Ana Patricia Anides (Original Series and current), Rebeca Manríquez (Chronicles), Elena Ramírez (Advance Generation and the start of Diamond & Pearl)
Ash's always-loving mother. Not much more needs to be said about her. Just let the tropes do the talking.
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* AbsurdlyYouthfulMother: She gave birth to Ash when she was 18.
* AllThereInTheManual: She does have an actual job apart from just minding the house: a restaurant that she inherited from her mother.
* AmazinglyEmbarrassingParents: Delia frequently and loudly reminds Ash to change his you-know-whats. Sometimes his friends are around. Sometimes there's a small crowd. Sometimes it's being filmed on live TV. However, Delia's obssession with her son's underwear is limited to the 4Kids dub.
* AndTheRest: Delia has been known to do this to ''her own son''.
-->'''Delia''': "Oh, Pikachu! It's so good to see you again, [[CutenessProximity oh you're so cute, I could just hug you all day]] -- [[UnusuallyUninterestingSight oh, hi Ash.]]"
* TheAtoner: In Theater/PokemonLive, [[spoiler:Delia feels guilty for associating herself with Giovanni as a young woman and wishes to keep Ash from learning the truth about her past.]]
* BattleButler: Well, what else can we call Mimey?
* BewareTheNiceOnes: In some ''Chronicles'' episodes, she actually shows some skill as a trainer.
* TheDitz: Not always, but she has her moments.
* FormerTeenRebel: According to ''Theater/PokemonLive'', where she reveals she had dated a "bad boy" for a time, a "bad boy" who [[spoiler: happened to be Giovanni.]]
* HiddenDepths: She was one of Professor Oak's top students when she was in school. Suddenly having to raise a son all on her own suddenly left no time for schoolwork.
* IdiotHair: Delia sports an ahoge just for the sake of having one. She is neither an idiot nor mischievous.
* MarilynManeuver: Yes, they went there. [[ImagineSpot She was just imagining it.]]
* NeatFreak: Mimey. He once vaccuumed Ash in the face because he apparently hadn't taken a bath for so long.
* PsychicPowers: Delia owns a very powerful Mr. Mime. Well, she doesn't ''own'' Mimey so much as he showed up on her doorstep and she fed him because she thought he was Ash...long story. Anyway, he's basically part of the family now.
* TeamMom: Treats Ash's friends like her own children. When Ash and Misty returned to Kanto after the Orange Islands saga, they found that Delia had found a {{Heroic BSOD}}-inflicted Brock and was letting him stay at the Ketchum house while she nursed him back to health.
* TeenPregnancy: Delia is/[[NotAllowedToGrowUp was]] 29 years old when Ash turned 10 and started on his journey as a trainer, meaning she was 19 when he was born.
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[[folder: Ho-Oh]]
A [[OlympusMons Legendary Pokémon]] Ash saw on his first day as a Pokémon trainer. Seeing it causes Ash to realize just how vast the world is and how many Pokémon there are to meet. It has reappeared before him a few times since.
* EarlyBirdCameo: A very literal example, too. Ho-Oh appeared over a year before Pokémon Gold and Silver were released, and in fact its' appearance was the ''very'' first hint that the franchise would continue.
* EverythingsBetterWithRainbows: When it first appears before Ash, it flies past a rainbow. While it's an In-Universe fact Ho-Oh creates rainbows, this was obviously not known at the time it appeared, making it seem like a coincidence as Ho-Oh appeared shortly after a rainstorm.
* {{Foreshadowing}}: A Meta-example, but Ho-Oh's appearance was the first implication that the franchise would go beyond the first 151 Pokémon.
* OlympusMons: Discounting the opening, the ''first'' one to appear as well.
* GoldAndWhiteAreDivine: In its' debut it was colored completely gold and had white sparkles sorrounding it, presumably because it's ''actual'' color scheme hadn't been thought up yet.
* SeriesContinuityError: Is a mysterious, unidentified creature in its debut, but later episodes depict Ho-Oh as just another commonly known legendary Pokémon.
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[[folder: Officer Jenny (Junsar)]]
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->'''Voiced in Japanese by:''' Creator/ChinamiNishimura
->'''Voiced in English by:''' Creator/MeganHollingshead, Jamie Davyous Owens, KayzieRogers, Maya Rosewood, and Emily Williams
->'''Voiced in Latin American Spanish by''': Mayra Arellano (Seasons 1-6, 13-16), Erica Edwards (Season 7 and Chronicles), Creator/CristinaHernandez (seasons 8-11), Betzabe Jara (Season 12), Claudia Contreras (season 17-current), Ana María Grey (Season 1, only in three episodes)
If there's a town with any semblance of law enforcement, then Officer Jenny will be there.
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!!!The numerous Jennies out there exhibit the following tropes:
* ArtEvolution: Officer Jenny got a complete makeover in the Unova region. She went from having shoulder-length hair and a blue uniform to [[http://media.animevice.com/uploads/0/3695/307343-168.jpg grass-green short cropped hair with a beige uniform in Unova]]. Some have commented on her appearance, saying she looks like a ButchLesbian. Kalosian Jennys have wavy hair tied in a low ponytail, though the uniforms are back to blue.
* BetweenMyLegs: The shot used when a Jenny first appears in ''Best Wishes'' episode 38.
* BikerBabe: Most of them drive a motorcycle as a preferred vehicle of choice.
* BusmansHoliday: Viridian Officer Jenny pops up in Eterna City on her day off, right around the same time that a major heist has occurred.
* CombatPragmatist: The Jenny in "A Poached Ego", where she instantly beats the poacher Rico by quickly stealing the Poké Ball containing his ace, Tyranitar. In fairness, [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown what he had it do to Team Rocket]] (both Pokémon ''and trainers'') was more than enough to warrant this resort.
* CowboyCop: One particular Jenny enjoys taking down criminals with her...[[ImprobableWeaponUser bowling skills.]] That same Jenny came all the way from Kanto just to capture Team Rocket.
* DrivesLikeCrazy: The Jenny in "Pokémon Emergency!"
* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: Not only did the Jenny attire change throughout later regions, but their default personalities tend to be rather serious and humourless, compared to early episodes where they tended to be [[PluckyGirl more energetic and hammy]].
* FairCop: All of them. There's a reason why Brock likes them so much.
* GenderEqualsBreed: Ash and Co. once met a Luxray trainer named Marble, a young Jenny. As with Joy, this indicates that men have no impact on genetics in the family.
* ImprobableWeaponUser: "Stealing the Conversation", where one Jenny stopped criminals with a bowling ball.
* InexplicablyIdenticalIndividuals: Former co-TropeNamer. All Jennies look exactly alike, but each Jenny is told apart by the insignia on their hat, representing the town they're from. Brock can tell them apart by other details, such as the length of their skirt.
* KickingAssInAllHerFinery: Prior to the Unova seasons, Officer Jennies wore heels. Not exactly practical (or even comfortable) footwear to have in law enforcement, but they still manage. Its completely averted come ''XY'', where Jennies were re-designed with more practical police attire.
* PhraseCatcher: A RunningGag with new main characters (and Ash in Unova) is that they would always mistake the second Jenny they meet on their journey with the first one. When Serena does it with the Kalos Jenny, Ash remarks, in deadpan, [[LampshadeHanging "I knew it..."]]
* PlayingWithFire: Most Jennies have a Growlithe or Arcanine. Unova Jennies use a Lilipup/Herdier/Stoutland, while Kalos Jennies use Manectric.
* PoorPredictableRock: Most Jennies use the same Pokémon in a given region, though there are exceptions like Luxray to Gastly.
* PoliceAreUseless: Played with, as while the Jennies ''do'' try to help Ash and friends, it's usually the latter who play the key part in saving the day. Played completely straight, however, by the Eterna City Jenny from "A Secret Sphere of Influence".
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Most of them, but especially the Jennies in "Pokémon Emergency!" and "Spinarak Attack". The former even gives Ash a free ride to the Pokémon Center!
* ShesGotLegs: And every so often the animators decide to [[{{Fanservice}} remind us as much]].
* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: The {{Tomboy}} to Nurse Joy's GirlyGirl.
* TooDumbToLive: Quite a few, like the one in "An Egg-Sitting Adventure!"
* TheWorfEffect: Prone to being overpowered by the current threat to make Ash's team relevant. They sometimes get to pull a BigDamnHeroes to maintain their competence however.
* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Green. In earlier episodes, it was [[UsefulNotes/GreenIsBlue blue]].
* ZergRush: The Eterna City Jenny uses this technique with a crapload of other officers to corner Nando in "A Secret Sphere of Influence".
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[[folder: Nurse Joy]]
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->'''Voiced in Japanese by:''' Creator/AyakoShiraishi, Creator/KikukoInoue, and Creator/YurikoYamaguchi
->'''Voiced in English by:''' Creator/MeganHollingshead, Creator/BellaHudson, and Michele Knotz
->'''Voiced in Latin American Spanish by''': Mildred Barrera
Much like Officer Jenny, Nurse Joy is found anywhere that has a Pokémon center.
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!!!The numerous Joys found around the world exhibit the following tropes:
* ArtEvolution: Along with Jenny above, Nurse Joy also underwent a makeover for the Unova region. [[http://media.animevice.com/uploads/0/3695/291051-182.jpg The bangs of her hair were parted, giving her an overall much younger appearance.]] She also no longer wears a white apron. In Kalos, the pigtails are slightly raised. Alolan Jennies have a single, large pigtail, and their uniforms are pink and white with a stripe down the center.
* {{Brainwashed}}: One Joy was turned into Mewtwo's servant in ''Mewtwo Strikes Back'', later freed from his control when she was no longer useful.
* CanonImmigrant: While not referenced by name, the Pokémon Center nurse in ''VideoGame/PokemonXAndY'' is Nurse Joy, sporting her Kalos design. Since the games have only been sprites up until now, adding 3D model characters into the game allows the games to start adapting the anime characters, if for nothing more than their character designs.
* DarkSkinnedRedhead: Most of the Joys who live in the Orange Islands have a healthy tan due to living in such sunny environments.
* DeadlyDoctor: One particular Joy near the end of the Battle Frontier arc kicked Ash's ass in a battle with Chansey, then routinely rushed his Corphish to be healed.
* FriendToAllLivingThings: Well, she ''is'' a nurse, so it's her job to take care of them.
* GenderEqualsBreed: More recent episodes have shown children Joys named Marnie and Paige, who look exactly the same as their mother. The father looks nothing like the rest of the family. This also implies that Joy is the surname.
* HeroicBSOD: The grief-stricken Joy in "One Big Happiny Family!"
* HospitalHottie: Makes one go ''Brock'' over them.
* InexplicablyIdenticalIndividuals: The other former Co-TropeNamer. Every Joy in the world looks exactly the same. The only way to tell them apart is by the [[http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h245/DRCEQ2/Anime/Pokemon/HordeofNurseJoys.jpg color of the cross on their hats, which will range through every color except Red due to copyright reasons]]. Brock can tell them apart without that fact, and in fact can tell when someone is only pretending to be Joy (he doesn't go crazy over them).
* InstantAwesomeJustAddDragons: In one of the Diamond/Pearl side stories, Forrest battles a Joy with a Dragon-type to keep the Pewter Gym open. [[spoiler:Said dragon is a ''Latias'']].
* TheMedic: She is more a doctor than a nurse.
* MusclesAreMeaningless: One of the dark-skinned Joys mentioned above also has super-strength. You wouldn't know it by looking at her. She is, however, commented on as being more muscular than the other Joys.
* RoseHairedSweetie: Most Joys have pink hair and most Joys have a kind disposition.
* PhraseCatcher: Similar to Jenny's entry above.
* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: The GirlyGirl to Officer Jenny's {{Tomboy}}.
* YamatoNadeshiko: Joys have the 'gentle inner iron' thing going for them and then there's the [[Creator/KikukoInoue voice...]]
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[[folder: Todd Snap (Toru)]]
->'''Voiced in Japanese by:''' Creator/KappeiYamaguchi
->'''Voiced in English by:''' Creator/JimmyZoppi
->'''Voiced in Latin American Spanish''': Creator/VictorUgarte
An enthusiastic Pokémon photographer, Todd Snap loves taking photos of Pokémon in their natural habitat and learns from Ash how to properly understand their feelings. In his first appearance, he tries to catch a photo of Pikachu after misunderstanding Team Rocket's request to "catch" Pikachu. He becomes a travelling companion to Ash, Misty and Brock for a short while before departing to explore Kanto's mountain region. He reunites with his friends in Johto, trying to snap Articuno whilst accompanied by Jigglypuff. He is fittingly the star of ''VideoGame/PokemonSnap''.
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* AwesomePersonnelCarrier: Professor Oak gives the Zero One multipurpose vehicle to Todd in ''VideoGame/PokemonSnap''. The vehicle can go on land via railway tracks, can travel down rivers, and fly using rocket boosters.
* TheBusCameBack: For a second 3-parter during the Johto saga.
* CameraFiend: As a photographer, he always like to shoot photos.
* ChekhovsSkill: His skills in photography (and camera) proved vital in gathering evidence against Cassidy and Butch, bringing their breeding centre scheme crashing down.
* EarlyBirdCameo: Basically his entire original appearance, since its ''purpose'' was to promote ''VideoGame/PokemonSnap''.
* FamedInStory: Earned a lot of accolades for photographing a live Aerodactyl.
* GuestStarPartyMember: He travels with Ash's group for a couple of episodes.
* NonActionGuy: He is not a trainer.
* PhotoOpWithTheDog: Todd tries to do with Pikachu and other Pokémon throughout his appearances.
* PutOnABus: In Season 1, and then reappears in Johto.
* RunningGag: Todd takes photos at the most inappropriate moments.
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[[folder: Jessiebelle (Rumika)]]
->'''Voiced in Japanese by:''' Music/MegumiHayashibara
->'''Voiced in English by:''' Creator/RachaelLillis (4kids), Michele Knotz (TPCI)
->'''Voiced in Latin American Spanish by:''' Elena Ramírez (Original Series), Diana Pérez (Diamond & Pearl episode 2), Rebeca Gómez (Diamond & Pearl episode 153)
James' somewhat abusive fiancee chosen by his parents.
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* AbhorrentAdmirer: To James, simply because his parents forced him to marry her and he'd rather be with Jessie.
* AllWomenAreDomsAllMenAreSubs: She's controlling, has a lot of kinky devices in the basement, and attempts to make James bend to her will.
* BastardGirlfriend: '''Definitely'''.
* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: Her latest appearance was [=DP153=] which is 571 episodes between her first appearance in the anime and this one (Not counting DP 002 of course).
* CreepyChild: Even in her youth, she tried to control James.
* EvilRedhead: Maybe.
* GoldDigger: Possibly the reason she wants to marry James is for his family's money.
* GreenThumb: Owns a Vileplume, her only known Pokémon.
* IdenticalStranger: She looks almost exactly like Jessie, except for her hair and her eyes.
* MeaningfulName: Jessiebelle is essentially a fancy-sounding name for the idiom ''Jezebel'' which is a term for an evil, scheming woman. Pretty fitting.
* WhipItGood: She uses a whip on James in her debut episode.
* {{Yandere}}: Of the non-murderous type, although she is willing to hurt James into obeying her.
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[[folder: Ritchie (Hiroshi)]]
->'''Voiced in Japanese by:''' Creator/MinamiTakayama
->'''Voiced in English by:''' Tara Jayne
->'''Voiced in Latin American Spanish by''': Ana Lobo (Original Series), Manuel Díaz (Chronicles)
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* BlowYouAway: Happy's Whirlwind.
* BigCreepyCrawlies:Happy (Butterfree) is a giant butterfly.
* ADayInTheLimelight: Had a few episodes to himself in ''Chronicles''.
* DishingOutDirt (Rock & Ground): Cruise (Pupitar).
* DoppelgangerSpin: Rose's Double Team.
* {{Expy}}: Of Ash himself, right down to the similarity of his team.
* GuestStarPartyMember: During the three-part Lugia arc in the Whirl Islands.
* GreenThumb: Happy's Sleep Powder.
* HeroOfAnotherStory: Appears in a few episodes of ''Pokémon Chronicles''.
* TheNicknamer: Towards his team. Every single one of them has a nickname.
* PlayingWithFire: Zippo, a Fire-type Charmeleon.
* RummageFail: So far the only character to put stickers on his Pokéballs to avert this.
* ShockAndAwe: Sparky, an electric-type Pikachu
* ShoutOut: Considering that we've had Satoshi and Shigeru, [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hiroshi_Yamauchi Hiroshi would ring a bell, especially for old-time Nintendo fans since the 1990s.]]
* SimilarSquad: He owns three Pokémon resembling Ash's original team. He himself is similar to Ash.
* SixthRanger: At the end of the Indigo League arc/season, and during the three-part Lugia arc in Johto.
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[[folder: Professor Felina Ivy (Dr. Uchikido)]]
->'''Voiced in Japanese by:''' Creator/KeikoHan
->'''Voiced in English by:''' Creator/KayzieRogers
->'''Voiced in Latin American Spanish by''': Jacqueline Castañeda (Series), Carola Vásquez (Movie 2)
Professor Ivy lives in the Orange Islands. She was introduced for little more reason than to give the [[{{MacGuffin}} GS Ball]] to Ash, Misty, and Brock.
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* HotLibrarian and HotScientist: Those glasses are sexy.
* MsFanservice: How she is introduced and treated in the series.
* NoodleIncident: Nobody knows why Brock is terrified of her these days. He's certainly not telling.
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[[folder: Casey (Nanako)]]
->'''Voiced in Japanese by:''' Nina Kumagaya
->'''Voiced in English by:''' Kerry Williams
->'''Voiced in Latin American Spanish by''': Rommy Mendoza (Original Series), Gaby Ugarte and Georgina Sánchez (Chronicles)
One girl fan of baseball and recurrent character in Johto. Appeared in three episodes in the Johto series, in one of the openings in Johto, side to side with Ritchie and Gary and participated of two Chronicles episodes, one as the main character.
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* AnimalMotifs: Electabuzz.
* BerserkButton: Questioning her loyalty to the Electabuzz baseball team, as Ash did in her first appearance (though since Charizard gave her entire team a NoHoldsBarredBeatdown, this had a different negative effect at first).
* BigCreepyCrawlies: Beedrill is a giant bee. She got it from Ash.
* BullyingADragon: Even if Ash did make her angry by insulting her favorite baseball team, it still wasn't smart of Casey to insult his skills as a trainer and challenge him, since she had only been on her journey for a day or two. She gets her ass handed to her instantly.
* CurbStompBattle: Suffers one against Ash, when all three of her Pokémon fall to Charizard without him even trying.
* ADayInTheLimelight: Is the main character in a ''Chronicles'' episode.
* TheDitz: She's cute but not too bright.
* FanGirl: To the Electabuzz baseball team, which are [[{{Expy}} expies]] of the Osaka Hanshin Tigers, a RealLife baseball team which is much loved in Japan. Parts of [[http://baseballcontinuum.com/2013/03/17/bizarre-baseball-culture-crummy-teams-fanatics-and-pokemon-in-the-double-trouble-header/ her debut episode make this very obvious to people familiar with Japanese baseball]].
* {{Flight}}: Pidgey and Beedrill.
* GenderBlenderName: In the English dub.
* GreenThumb: Meganium.
* KansaiRegionalAccent: In the original.
* MeaningfulName: She's a fan of a baseball team, and thus named after the poem "Casey At The Bat".
* NiceHat: A baseball cap with a lightning bolt design on the front.
* NonElemental: Rattata.
* RunningGag: Her appearances to the gang is never complete without her (and her team) singing the Electabuzz theme song.
* PoisonousPerson: Beedrill.
* ShockAndAwe: Elekid.
* WhatTheHellHero: She pushed her Chikorita in her second appearance (during the Bug-Catching Contest) so she could beat Ash. Thankfully she learned her lesson afterwards, and Ash [[CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming giving her the Beedrill he won the Contest with]] helped her appreciate the lesson all the more.
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[[folder: Harrison (Hazuki)]]
->'''Voiced in Japanese by:''' Katsumi Toriumi
->'''Voiced in English by:''' Creator/WayneGrayson
->'''Voiced in Latin American Spanish by:''' Noé Velásquez
One of the participants of the Silver Conference. Originates from Hoenn and was responsible for defeating Ash. Much as people give Ash flak for never winning a major League, Harrison is highly respected by the fandom for being a genuinely tough opponent and actually ''earning'' his victory against Ash (unlike Ritchie, whose reception is more divided). This trend continued with his Hoenn SpiritualSuccessor, Tyson.
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* AttackReflector: Houndoom's Counter.
* CanineCompanion: Houndoom.
* DishingOutDirt: Steelix, a Ground-type
* ExtraOreDinary: Steelix, Sneasel's [[WolverineClaws Metal Claw]].
* FragileSpeedster: Kecleon - swift and agile with unique natural abilities that provide a challenge for Pikachu, but not the highest endurance overall.
* GlassCannon: Sneasel - powerful striking ability, yet goes down when Totodile gives it a steady beatdown.
* JackOfAllStats: Houndoom - the most even-balanced of the team, with considerable strength and states. Beaten when Bayleef clamps its jaws shut, ending its normal advantage.
* LightningBruiser: Blaziken - overall the strongest with great abilities all-around, able to casually defeat Bayleef and fight Charizard to a near-standstill despite the latter's type advantage.
* ManBitesMan: Houndoom's Bite.
* MightyGlacier: Steelix - the highest defense and raw strength (but not the fastest), taking out the much smaller Noctowl. Snorlax's similar constitution counters it.
* OhCrap: When Hypno realised what a bad idea it was to wake [[HeavySleeper Snorlax]] using Dream Eater, its face became a case study of this trope.
* PlayingWithFire: Houndoom, Blaziken
* PsychicPowers: Hypno, Kecleon's Psybeam.
* SquishyWizard: Hypno - relies on its psychic abilities to provide unexpectedly strong attacks, but not fast and taken down by a single point-blank Hyper Beam.
* SoulPower: Sneasel's [[EnergyBall Shadow Ball]], and Kecleon's Lick.
* RightHandAttackDog: Houndoom, who appears occasionally outside its ball with its trainer.
* UseYourHead: Houndoom's Headbutt.
* VisibleInvisibility: Kecleon
* WorfHadTheFlu: After being too injured from fighting Ash's Charizard, Blaziken was unable to participate in Harrison's next battle, costing him the win.
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[[folder: Duplica (Imite)]]
->'''Voiced in Japanese by:''' Orine Fukushima
->'''Voiced in English by:''' Creator/MeganHollingshead
->'''Voiced in Latin American Spanish by''': Mayra Arellano
A girl who manages her own theater, putting on performances for any travelers who happen to stop by.
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* AscendedExtra: Kind of. While she only made two anime appearances, she showed up in the game ''Pokémon Zany Cards'' and the manga ''Manga/TheElectricTaleOfPikachu.''
* TheBusCameBack: In [=EP174=].
* ChangingClothesIsAFreeAction: She can swap costumes at the drop of a hat.
* CostumeCopycat: She has a gigantic room filled with clothes that add to her impressions.
* DittoFighter: She owns two Ditto.
* {{Expy}}: She's one for Copycat from the games.
* MeaningfulName: "Imite" comes from "imitate," and "Duplica" comes from "duplicate".
* MorphicResonance: A problem with her first Ditto was that it couldn't Transform into Pokémon properly due to still having the same Ditto face when it transformed (which ironically Jessie fixed by ''threatening'' it). Another Ditto could render a perfect transformation...except for its size, which she demonstrated by having it transform into a tiny Onix.
* NiceHat: The first time we see her, she's dressed up as Ash with a replica of his hat to match.
* VoiceChangeling: She's able to perfectly immitate the voices of others.
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[[folder: Jigglypuff (Purin)]]
->'''Voiced in Japanese by:''' Creator/MikaKanai
->'''Voiced in English by:''' Creator/RachaelLillis
A cute, pink, balloon-like Pokémon who becomes a recurring character up until the Hoenn arc. Desiring to sing its beautiful song, Jigglypuff randomly pops up now and again to attempt its dream. However, its power causes people to fall asleep, and oblivious to this side effect, Jigglypuff assumes its victims are humiliating it, prompting it to use its marker pen/microphone to draw on their faces.
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* AmbiguousGender: Though it's stated to be female in the Brazilian Portuguese dub, its gender is not made clear in the English or Japanese versions. Most people assume it to be a girl.
* AttentionWhore: It wants someone to listen to its song and will go to any lengths to make itself heard.
%%* BadassAdorable: Beware that [=DoubleSlap=].
* BewareTheNiceOnes: Jigglypuff can be pretty scary when it realizes people have fallen asleep. It's even scarier if you take its marker microphone away.
* BreakoutCharacter: Second only to Pikachu in terms of popularity.
* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: See YankTheDogsChain below.
* CurbStompBattle: Delivered one to a horde of Clefairy for stealing its microphone. ''With [=DoubleSlap=].''
* TheDitz: It doesn't seem to realize that people and Pokémon are simply incapable of staying awake when it sings and that they are not trying to insult it. It also frequently sings in situations where putting everyone to sleep would be extremely dangerous, and doesn't seem to realize this.
* TheDreaded: Played for laughs. After a while, Ash and his pals become ''terrified'' when this little critter shows up, because they know exactly what it's about to do to them. In its final appearance, Ash, Brock and Pikachu all have "ThisIsGonnaSuck" reactions when they see it again and keep trying to warn May and Max that its presence is ''not'' as fun as it seems.
* FailureIsTheOnlyOption: To date, it has ''never'' found a human or Pokémon who can listen to all of its song without falling asleep.
* FaceDoodling: Resorts to doing this to its sleeping victims whenever angered.
* SignatureMove: Jigglypuff uses Sing as a talent rather than an attack.
* YankTheDogsChain: It never did find someone to stay with who could listen to its song all the way: the Whismur in his last appearance (whose Soundproof ability negated the effects of Sing) fell asleep from exhaustion. Naturally, it got cross and left, and hasn't been seen since.
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