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[-'''Series-wide:''' [[Characters/PokemonTheSeriesAshKetchum Ash Ketchum]] | [[Characters/PokemonTheSeriesPikachu Pikachu]] | [[Characters/PokemonTheSeriesTeamRocketTrio Team Rocket Trio]] | [[Characters/PokemonTheSeriesTeamRocketOrganization Team Rocket Organization]]\\
[[Characters/PokemonTheOriginalSeries The Original Series]] ([[Characters.PokemonTheOriginalSeriesMistyAndBrock Misty and Brock]], [[Characters/PokemonTheOriginalSeriesMainCast Main Cast]]) | [[Characters/PokemonTheSeriesRubyAndSapphire Ruby and Sapphire]] ([[Characters/PokemonTheSeriesRubyAndSapphireMainCast Main Cast]]) | [[Characters/PokemonTheSeriesDiamondAndPearl Diamond and Pearl]] ([[Characters/PokemonTheSeriesDiamondAndPearlMainCast Main Cast]], [[Characters/PokemonTheSeriesPaul Paul]]) | '''Black & White''' ([[Characters/PokemonTheSeriesBlackAndWhiteMainCast Main Cast]]) | [[Characters/PokemonTheSeriesXY XY]] ([[Characters/PokemonTheSeriesXYMainCast Main Cast]]) | [[Characters/PokemonTheSeriesSunAndMoon Sun & Moon]] ([[Characters/PokemonTheSeriesSunAndMoonMainCast Main Cast]]) | [[Characters/PokemonJourneysTheSeries Journeys]] ([[Characters/PokemonJourneysTheSeriesMainCast Main Cast]]) \\
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[[Characters/PokemonTheOriginalSeries The Original Series]] ([[Characters.PokemonTheOriginalSeriesMistyAndBrock Misty and Brock]], [[Characters/PokemonTheOriginalSeriesMainCast Main Cast]]) | [[Characters/PokemonTheSeriesRubyAndSapphire Ruby and Sapphire]] ([[Characters/PokemonTheSeriesRubyAndSapphireMainCast Main Cast]]) | [[Characters/PokemonTheSeriesDiamondAndPearl Diamond and Pearl]] ([[Characters/PokemonTheSeriesDiamondAndPearlMainCast Main Cast]], [[Characters/PokemonTheSeriesPaul Paul]]) | '''Black & White''' ([[Characters/PokemonTheSeriesBlackAndWhiteMainCast Main Cast]]) | [[Characters/PokemonTheSeriesXY XY]] ([[Characters/PokemonTheSeriesXYMainCast Main Cast]]) | [[Characters/PokemonTheSeriesSunAndMoon Sun & Moon]] ([[Characters/PokemonTheSeriesSunAndMoonMainCast Main Cast]]) | [[Characters/PokemonJourneysTheSeries Journeys]] ([[Characters/PokemonJourneysTheSeriesMainCast Main Cast]]) \\
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!Supporting Cast
[[folder:Professor Aurea Juniper (Dr. Araragi)]]
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-->'''Voiced in Japanese by:''' Creator/NaomiShindo
-->'''Voiced in English by:''' Khristine Hvam
-->'''Voiced in Latin American Spanish by:''' Dulce Guerrero
-->'''Voiced in Dutch by:''' Creator/JannemienCnossen
The researcher and professor of the Unova region. She hands out Starter Pokémon to new trainers and studies the origins of Pokémon. Professor Juniper's lab serves as a residence for Ash's unused Unova Pokémon which often rotate with each other during his journey. Later on, all of Ash's Unova Pokémon are transferred to Professor Oak's lab.
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Ash's Oshawott, Trip's Serperior and Bianca's Emboar all used to be Starter Pokémon from her laboratory, and all of them would later make it to the Vertress Conference of the Unova League. Speaking of Bianca, she and Professor Juniper trade their Shelmet and Karrablast to each other to make them evolve into Escavalier and Accelgor, respectively.
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%%* EightiesHair
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* BrainyBrunette: She has brown hair and is an intelligent professor.
* CharacterTics: Seems to be fond of that weird salute that her game counterpart is also prone to doing.
* EnergyWeapon: Accelgor's Hyper Beam.
* GreenThumb: Accelgor's EnergyBall.
* HealingFactor: Accelgor's Recover.
* StraightMan: To Fennel.
* VerbalTic: In the Japanese version, she often says "Arara" and "Ararara", which can be translated as "My, my, my". It's a pun to her name Araragi.
* WackyParentSeriousChild: Not to an extreme, but she's definitely a lot less odd than her father, and seems exasperated by some of his behavior.
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[[folder:Don George]]
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-->'''Voiced in Japanese by:''' Creator/HisaoEgawa
-->'''Voiced in English by:''' Creator/MarcThompson
-->'''Voiced in Latin American Spanish by:''' Leonardo García
The owner(s) of the Pokémon Battle Clubs located around the Unova region.
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%%* BigOlEyebrows
* DistaffCounterpart: To Jenny and Joy. To the degree that he has dozens of identical brothers.
%%* InexplicablyIdenticalIndividuals
* ManlyTears: Makes you wonder if he's a GentleGiant if pressed enough...
* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: In the dub, he sounds like Wrestling/RandySavage!
* SmallNameBigEgo: Each one is certainly a nice guy, but they're also often egotistical - entire tournaments with "Don" in the name and ''giant statues of Don George'' at the stadium(s), anyone? Downplayed in the dub [[DubNameChange with the "Club" tournaments]].
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[[folder:Luke]]
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-->'''Voiced in Japanese by:''' Creator/MinamiTakayama
-->'''Voiced in English by:''' Billy Bob Thompson
-->'''Voiced in Latin American Spanish by:''' René Pinochet (season 14), Fernando Calderón (season 15)
A trainer that is aiming to be a film director. Joins Ash and the group during the the Nimbasa tournament arc to learn about filming battles better.
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* AllWebbedUp: Larvesta's String Shot.
* BerserkButton: Not really "berserk" for say but he gets irritated when a good battle isn't filmed or when he's told that he can't be a good film director. Bianca pushes both of these buttons.
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** Interestingly, for the latter Bianca ''deliberately'' pushed it, and for the purpose of helping him (essentially, convincing him to come closer so he can get a clearer shot of the battle taking place). It works...surprisingly well, despite the inherent risk from being ''inside the battle zone''.
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* CameraFiend: He is obsessed with filming battles and it gets to the point that he gets mad at Bianca who filmed his Zorua instead of his battle with Iris.
* CastingAShadow: Zorua.
* CombatPragmatist: His Zorua.
* DoppelgangerSpin: Golett's Double Team.
* DishingOutDirt: Golett.
* ElementalPunch: Golett's Shadow Punch.
* ExtraOreDinary: Golett's Gyro Ball.
* GreenThumb: Leavanny.
* GuestStarPartyMember: During the Club Battle Tournament arc.
* MasterOfDisguise: Zorua, but since it's a girl, it prefers doing female roles.
* MeaningfulName: See ShoutOut below.
%%* NiceGuy
* PlayingWithFire: Larvesta.
* ThePrankster: Zorua really has no motive for her tricks other than to have fun at anyone's expense (sometimes even Luke's!).
* SavvyGuyEnergeticGirl: Savvy Guy to Bianca's Energetic Girl.
* ShapeshiftingTrickster: His Zorua, who often turns into Georgia or someone else altogether to have Bianca continue to search for her tirelessly.
* ShoutOut: To George '''Luc'''as -- he's a bespectacled, brown-haired film director with a fondness for the ClicheStorm elements of classic storytelling, and [[Administrivia/TropesAreTools manages to make them work in a way which appeals to filmgoers and critics]]. [[invoked]]
%%* SkintoneSclerae
* SoulPower: Golett, Zorua's [[EnergyBall Shadow Ball]].
* WellExcuseMePrincess: In the dub, Luke almost says this word per word to Bianca when she says that he only told him to film but not who to film.
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[[folder:Freddy O'Martian a.k.a. "The Scoop" (Takemitsu)]]
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-->'''Voiced in Japanese by:''' Creator/MitsuakiMadono
-->'''Voiced in English by:''' Tom Wayland
-->'''Voiced in Latin American Spanish by:''' Roberto Mendiola
An announcer from Unova who features as a major host for various tournaments from Unova. He has been, so far: the co-announcer for the Club Battle and Clubsplosion Tournaments with each local Don George; the co-host of the Pokémon World Tournament Junior Cup alongside Alder; and the host of the Unova League itself. At the Decolore Archipelago, he hosted the Scalchop King Playoffs at Scalchop Island, in [=BW126=].
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* DynamicEntry: In the Unova League opening ceremony, where he made his appearance by parachuting from a helicopter into the stadium.
* LargeHam: At times, such as his exclamation of shock when [[spoiler:it was discovered Cameron had unwittingly handicapped himself]]. It kind of comes with the job, mind you.
* RecurringCharacter: He always shows up to be the announcer during tournaments.
* SatelliteCharacter: Not much to him in terms of personality, or outside tourneys for that matter.
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[[folder:Cedric Juniper (Dr. Araragi)]]
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-->'''Voiced in Japanese by:''' Creator/KenyuHoriuchi
-->'''Voiced in English by:''' Stuart Zagnit
-->'''Voiced in Latin American Spanish by:''' Ernesto Lezama
Professor Aurea Juniper's father, whose footsteps she followed in becoming a researcher. In his case, he studies the origins of legendary Pokémon. When Ash, his friends and his daughter first ran into him, he'd collapsed from exhaustion in Chargestone Cave. After recovering, he agreed to lead the youngsters on a trip through the Black Hero's Ruins, after which they parted ways.
At the start of the ''Episode N'' arc in [=BW109=], he reappeared - calling his daughter, Cedric revealed that he'd made interesting discoveries about the White Ruins, located not far from Icirrus City. Ash and friends decide to travel there and visit him.
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* AnimeHair: Has what looks like a massive cowlick just above his forehead.
* BunnyEarsLawyer: Just watch some of his bizarre antics in [=BW064=]. The man's a borderline {{Troll}} with how much he screws with the party ''on purpose''. It's worse for his co-workers since he does it every second he gets.
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* CueCardPause: He has a habit of leaving his sentences hanging midway, which leads to [[PoorCommunicationKills mis-communication]] whenever someone thinks he's done speaking. Even if the subject in question is about trying to convince N not to steal the Light Stone.
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* WackyParentSeriousChild: Not to an extreme, but he's considerably odder than his daughter, who seems exasperated by some of his behavior.
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[[folder:Meloetta]]
-->'''Voiced in Japanese by:''' Creator/MegumiNakajima
-->'''Voiced in English by:''' Creator/MegumiNakajima (speaking voice), Creator/EricaSchroeder (singing voice)
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A legendary Pokémon whose singing voice is said to have a mysterious power, making its debut in the ''Rival Destinies'' season. It is currently being chased and tracked by Team Rocket, who plan to use the power of its voice for some nefarious purpose. It joined Ash's group temporarily as a traveling companion.
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* ActorAllusion: This isn't the first time Creator/MegumiNakajima has lent her voice to a [[{{Music/Vocaloid}} a green-haired singer]].
* AmbiguousGender: Although it's meant to be genderless in the games, it has always had a ''very'' feminine appearance; plus it appears to have a crush on Ash, and the very male Oshawott and Piplup have both developed crushes on it, so it's likely meant to be female in the anime.
* BadassInDistress: As powerful as it is, it winds up getting captured as part of Team Rocket's plan to [[spoiler:capture the true forms of the Kami Trio.]]
* BareFistedMonk: Knows Close Combat, which it uses in Pirouette Forme.
%%* CrucifiedHeroShot
* CurtainsMatchTheWindow: In Pirouette Forme, its hair and eyes are both red.
* FlorenceNightingaleEffect: Inverted variant of it -- Ash was the one who took care of Meloetta, and as a result it appears to have developed a crush on him, though in the end it's implied [[LovingAShadow this is also because he reminded it of Ridley.]]
* FreudianExcuse: According to ''Meloetta and the Undersea Temple'', [[spoiler: Team Rocket's attempts at kidnapping Meloetta was the reason for its ShrinkingViolet behaviour]].
* GenkiGirl: After opening up more.
* GuestStarPartyMember: After its first episode, it follows Ash and friends around [[spoiler:until someone from its village comes by to guide it home again]].
* NiceGirl: Despite being a Gender unknown species, Meloetta does have a feminine appearance. Regardless, it is shown to be a consistently friendly Pokemon to Ash and the others, especially Dawn.
* InnocentBlueEyes: In Aria Forme.
* {{Invisibility}}: It possesses this unique superpower to hide itself from anybody it doesn't trust. It's handy around Ash and co., but Team Rocket specifically has a device to let them find it.
* LetsGetDangerous: Usually shy and meek, it becomes an effective battler when it takes on its Pirouette Forme.
* MacGuffinSuperPerson: [[spoiler:Its song is required by Team Rocket to fulfill their latest scheme -- "Operation Tempest".]]
* MagicMusic: Its song and voice has the power to soothe the souls and minds of Pokémon listening in. [[spoiler:It is also the key to unlocking the Abyssal Ruins and the Reveal Glass, which can be used to control the Kami Trio.]]
* MakeSomeNoise: Knows Hyper Voice.
* ShrinkingViolet: Starts off this way before opening up.
* TransformationSequence: From its Aria Forme into Pirouette Forme, whenever it uses Relic Song.
* VillainousCrush: Even Meowth swoons over Meloetta in the Pikachu shorts (though this is not referenced at all in the main anime, where he considers it just another Pokémon to steal).
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[[folder:N]]
-->'''Voiced in Japanese by:''' Creator/YuuichiNakamura
-->'''Voiced in English by:''' Nicholas [=DiMichele=]
-->'''Voiced in Latin American Spanish by:''' Carlos Hernández
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The Leader of Team Plasma in the ''VideoGame/PokemonBlackAndWhite'' games. He debuts in the first episode of the ''Episode N'' arc, featured as a major character. First meeting Ash and his friends in [=BW110=], N joins them on their journey later on. In [=BW118=], he reveals to his new friends his past as a former Team Plasma member, including his encounter with Reshiram.
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* AdaptationalHeroism: He's never completely evil (no, not even in ''Manga/PokemonAdventures''), but the anime's version of N is nonetheless the ''nicest'' and most moral version of the character seen in any canonical media.
* AdaptationalWimp: Because he never gets crowned King of Team Plasma, he never becomes a trainer and never claims a Legendary Pokémon for himself. As a result, the poor guy gets beat up pretty often.
* AgeLift: To a degree--in the games, N was [[VagueAge somewhere in his late teens to early twenties]], but in this version, his proportions are closer to a teenager, implying that he's younger here.
* AntiHero: This version of N is, when we first meet him, a ''former'' Team Plasma member and disillusioned by their actions. However, at this time he's still strongly-spoken about his opposition to Pokémon trainers and battles. He also opted to snatch the Light Stone from Cedric Juniper in order to try and keep it out of Team Plasma's hands.
* BadassPacifist: He never enters battle, yet proves his Badass credentials early on.
* DefectorFromDecadence: Left Team Plasma two years prior after Reshiram flipped out and destroyed the castle from where it was first summoned.
%%* TheEmpath
* {{Foil}}: To Ash, by all indicators. He's even hinted, in their first appearance, to be the Hero of Truth in parallel to Ash being the Hero of Ideals.
* FriendOrIdolDecision: Twice, involving the same friend (Ash) and the same idol (the Light Stone). In [=BW120=], when the floor of the White Ruins has collapsed below them, N has a grip on the ledge with his right hand but the Light Stone in the other, while Ash and Pikachu are about to fall; he only hesitates a moment before dropping the container to grab Ash's hand (they both fall afterwards though, and the Light Stone is nearby when they come to). Then in [=BW121=], Pikachu falls under the control of Colress' controlling-machine again and this time Ash's [[IKnowYoureInThereSomewhereFight attempt to get through to him]] [[SubvertedTrope fails]], the machine being too powerful now for willpower alone; N surrenders the Light Stone to Team Plasma in exchange for Colress freeing Pikachu from the machine.
%%* FeelsNoPain:
%%* FriendToAllLivingThings
* GuestStarPartyMember: He travels with the group from [=BW114=]-[=BW118=].
* MadeOfIron:
** Not so much anymore as of [=BW114=], where he recieves several injuries over the course of the episode while trying to rescue a Pokémon from Team Plasma. However, he never seems to notice them until somebody points it out.
** Completely subverted when he's hit by Dragonite's Flamethrower and Haxorus' Hyper Beam in [=BW117=], while trying to talk them both down from their BrainwashedAndCrazy states. This would've gotten him killed had Anthea and Concordia not appeared and taken him to get healed.
* MotorMouth: When N gets worked up about something important to him, he starts to monologue at a breathless pace. Still, it's not as frequent (or his voice as incomprehensibly fast-paced) as in the games.
* NiceGuy: While he obviously likes Pokémon best, this incarnation of N is reasonably good with people and remains polite and friendly towards Ash and co. at all times. Even in spite of his discomfort at learning Ash's dream to be a Pokémon Master, he states he doesn't hate Ash for the worlds they seek being different.
* PalsWithJesus: [[spoiler:By the end of the Plasma arc.]]
* SixthRanger: Literally for ''Episode N'', if you count Pikachu and Axew as well as the human protagonists.
* SpeaksFluentAnimal: He communicates with them in their unique language, and even considers it superior to the human language. He's actually baffled by Team Rocket's Meowth for this very reason.
* TakingTheBullet: In [=BW110=], he takes a Shadow Ball meant for Axew and Snivy directly InTheBack. It doesn't ''seem'' to do much damage, but it's the thought that counts.
* TheUnreveal: [[spoiler:We are never told of what was Reshiram's response to N's words at the end of the Team Plasma arc, mainly because Ash would rather learn from Reshiram the next time they meet.]]
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[[folder:Anthea (Verbena) and Concordia (Helena)]]
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[[caption-width-right:350:Concordia (left) and Anthea (right)]]
-->'''Voiced in Japanese by:''' Creator/SakiFujita (Anthea) & Creator/MihoArakawa (Concordia)
-->'''Voiced in English by:''' Lianne Marie Dobbs (Anthea) & Haven Paschall (Concordia)
-->'''Voiced in Latin American Spanish by:''' Andrea Orozco (Anthea) & Christine Byrd (Concordia)
N's foster sisters, these young women are also his closest human companions and were similarly associated with Team Plasma, having been taken it by Ghetsis as children. They first appeared in the ''Episode N'' opening and ending animations, debuting proper in [=BW117=].
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* AdaptationNameChange[=/=]NamedByTheAdaptation: It's been revealed that, instead of being called "Goddess of Love" and "Goddess of Peace" (as in the games), the Japanese version of the anime is giving them actual names. Besides avoiding the obvious silliness of addressing them by their long-winded "titles", this was likely done ''also'' so that lip-flaps wouldn't cause problems in various dubs.
* AWizardDidIt: Actually ''subverted'' by their teleportation ability, but it's AllThereInTheManual - specifically, the mist is created by Gothitelle's illusory powers, while Gardevoir's ability to warp between space is used to enable them to travel long distances (and into other spatial dimensions, as seen in [=BW118=]). In tandem, this enables them a degree of strategy (such as getting Team Rocket lost in the woods when they try to follow), but it doesn't defend the girls' Pokémon from Colress' machine one he's pinpointed them.
* BigDamnHeroes: Show up in time to take the grieviously injured N to safety and heal his injuries.
** [[spoiler:They try to do something similar in [=BW122=] when Reshiram is summoned, but their Pokémon are quickly controlled by Colress' machine.]]
* CompositeCharacter: They keep their core personality traits from the games (what they have, anyway), but have inherited some of N's inherent distrust of humanity.
* CoolBigSis: To N, bigtime.
* CurtainsMatchTheWindow: Both of them.
* TheEmpath: Like their foster brother, they have the ability to hear the voices of Pokémon.
* HairOfGoldHeartOfGold: Concordia has demonstrated this trait.
* LuckilyMyShieldWillProtectMe: Both Gardevoir and Gothitelle know Protect.
* MasterOfIllusion: Both their Gardevoir and Gothitelle do this to protect themselves and the Pokémon they aid.
* MeaningfulName: Along with their dub names, their new Japanese names are quite apt:
** Anthea's name in the Japanese version, "Verbena", comes from the flower genus of the same name; in the language of flowers, it symbolizes "tender love". In the games, Anthea's name is "Goddess of '''Love'''".
** Condordia's name in the Japanese version, "Helena", refers to a species of olive; in the language of flowers, it symbolizes "peace and wisdom". In the games, Concordia's name is "Goddess of '''Peace'''".
* TheMedic: Both are skilled in treating Pokémon, albeit without any powers - they simply tend to them and help their recovery. They even have a secret refuge in the woods where they protect injured Pokémon.
* PsychicPowers: Anthea owns a Gothitelle, and Concordia owns a Gardevoir.
* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: Expressed somewhat in the way they speak. Anthea speaks much more formally and calmly than Concordia, who is much more direct.
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[[folder:Porter (Parker)]]
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-->'''Voiced in Japanese by:''' Masayuki Kato
-->'''Voiced in English by:''' Francis Kelly
-->'''Voiced in Latin American Spanish by:''' Ricardo Méndez
A group of men who work on the cruise line throughout the Decolore Archipelago.
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* InexplicablyIdenticalIndividuals: Like all Jennies, Joys, and Don Georges. The changes are noted on their color of their collars and lining of their shoes.
* MrExposition: They are usually nearby to give information on the island that the gang is visiting that episode. Justified in that it is likely part of their job in the first place.
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!Rivals
[[folder: Trip (Shooti)]]
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-->'''Voiced in Japanese by:''' Creator/AkenoWatanabe
-->'''Voiced in English by:''' Jamie [=McGonnigal=]
-->'''Voiced in Latin American Spanish by:''' Jaime Alberto Carrillo
Ash's main rival in Unova. He is also a Pokémon photographer.
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* AlwaysSomeoneBetter: Played straight at first, but ever since he tied with Ash during their third battle his strength was considerably [[TheWorfEffect downplayed]]. He retained an undefeated record against Ash until his last appearance, and was often shown to be ahead of him in Gym badges, but had a rather poor track record against everyone else.
* AntiClimax: Despite being Ash's main Unova rival, who was established in the very first episode, his final battle with Ash is a 1v1 in the ''preliminary'' round of the League. Not only that, but his Serperior was taken out in a ''single hit'' after all was said and done, [[ShooOutTheNewGuy with Trip leaving halfway through the episode as the focus quickly shifted back to the other rivals]].
* ArrogantKungFuGuy: A classic case, what with his obsession with gaining greater strength than other challengers.
* AscendedFanboy: Wanted to be a trainer after watching the Champion Alder battle. While he promised himself that he would become a trainer so he could face Alder one day, it's to be noted that his overall cheerfulness as a child is gone by the time he starts as a trainer.
%%* BareFistedMonk: Conkeldurr.
%%* BarrierWarrior: Frillish's Protect.
* BerserkButton:
** Trip ''hates'' being called a "kid" or getting called out for being childish. Iris doing it gets to him ''twice''.
** Getting rejected also doesn't seem to faze well with him, especially when it's by his idol.
* {{Bookends}}: Trip's first battle with Ash was a one-on-one against Pikachu using his newly obtained Snivy. His last battle with Ash is another one-on-one against Pikachu using the fully evolved Serperior.
* BookSmart: In contrast to Ash's BookDumb, Trip is relatively smart for a beginner and has standard knowledge on conventional training and battling techniques. This is somewhat deconstructed as he's not used to dealing against opponents who use out-of-the-box tactics.
* BreakTheHaughty: Trip is sent through a HumiliationConga midway through the series that culminates in him losing to [[DumbBlonde Bianca]] in the first round of the Clubsplosion, forcing him to admit he's a long way from defeating Alder. His ego returns during the Junior Cup, especially after he wins, but is broken again after Alder [[CurbStompBattle wipes the floor with him]]. This time, it finally sticks.
%%* BrickBreak: Conkeldurr's Rock Smash.
%%* TheBully: In his first two appearances, pre-CharacterDevelopment.
* CameraFiend: A minor example as it's not to the extreme of Luke's obsession with filming. Trip is always seen with his camera though before he puts it away.
* CanonImmigrant: Though he's been given the Ace Trainer's sprite and class, he and his team ''are'' available in a download for the World Tournament (along with the other three anime-origin rivals).
* CatchPhrase: Trip seems to be really fond of "the basics of Pokémon training".
* CharacterDevelopment: Trip finally understands that strength isn't everything after his battle with Alder and finally gets it into his head that he should appreciate his Pokémon and his journey more. He even speaks to Ash on even terms (even if it's short) without throwing ''any'' insults at him and actually looks forward to battling Ash at the Unova League. He still keeps his distance though and doesn't join up with Ash and his rivals.
* CharacterTics: Apparently when he's really happy (which is rare), [[http://www.serebii.net/anime/pictures/bestwishes/713/DP56.jpg he holds his arms in front]] [[http://www.serebii.net/anime/pictures/bestwishes/713/DP80.jpg of him when he's talking]]. It's almost similar to a certain [[http://www.court-records.net/animation/maya-pumped(a).gif spirit channeler]] from a certain [[Franchise/AceAttorney lawyer game]].
* CheerfulChild: As a really young boy, though it's [[UsedToBeASweetKid gone by his current age]].
%%* TheComicallySerious: Frequently when around Ash and Alder.
* CurbStompBattle: Most of Trip's battles are these, whether he's on the giving or receiving end of them.
** He effortlessly defeats Ash in their first battle, though this was only because Ash's Pikachu was temporarily rendered unable to use Electric-type attacks thanks to a lightning strike caused by Zekrom.
** He wipes the floor with Ash again in their second battle, and this time, there's no easy excuse. It's a 5v5 match where Trip only even needs 3 of his Pokémon to win, and to top it off, 3 of Ash's own Pokémon are taken out in a single hit.
** Every one of his Junior Cup battles is won with ease, with his Serperior not having taken even a single hit during the entire tournament.
** Minutes after winning the Junior Cup, however, this streak is brought to a end: Alder's Bouffalant easily eats up Serperior's moves and takes him out with a single Head Charge.
%%* DeadpanSnarker: Mainly toward Ash.
* DeathGlare: He weaponized this using his Serperior's Leer. By lowering their opponents defense, he could wipe them out with a single solar beam.
%%* DishingOutDirt: Conkeldurr's Stone Edge and Rock Tomb.
%%* DoppelgangerSpin: Tranquill's Double Team.
* {{Eagleland}}: A native of Unova, which is the Pokemon FantasyCounterpartCulture to the BigApplesauce, and is an arrogant {{Jerkass}} who also looks down on Ash for being from Kanto, which he disparangingly refers to as the "boonies", making him a Type 2.
* FantasticRacism: For some reason, he doesn't think too fondly of the Kanto region or the people from there, referring to them as the "boonies". It's never explained why he has this attitude.
* {{Foil}}: To Ash.
** Both of them are trainers starting out their journeys in Unova, but Ash is a highly experienced trainer who had been [[TookALevelInDumbass reset to lose most of his skills]], while Trip is a new trainer with a firm understanding of the basics.
** Ash is a NiceGuy with close traveling companions, while Trip is a {{Jerkass}} with an elitist view towards Kanto and a loner with no one but his Pokemon to travel with.
** Both also seek to become the best in their fields, but Ash wants to be a Pokemon Master, while Trip wants to beat Alder and become Unovan Champion. While Ash has only gotten stronger since this series, and is well on his way to facing the most powerful trainers in the world, Trip got knocked out of the preliminary rounds in the Unova League and has yet to return, never accomplishing his dream because [[spoiler: Iris became Champion instead of him.]]
* GlassCannon: Trip's Serperior seems to be one as it can unleash powerful grass attacks and one-hit KO almost all of its opponents in the Junior Cup, but it goes down in one hit against both Alder's Bouffalant (during their exhibition match) and Ash's Pikachu (during the Vertress Conference).
* GracefulLoser: To Cilan in the Club Battle tournament. He ''is'' upset about losing, but claims that he'll use that disappointment to help make him stronger rather than dwell on it.
** Slightly less so to Alder, at first, but after a talk with his old idol, he takes it alright. And when he loses to Ash, he calmly accepts his defeat and they (kind of) start becoming friends.
* GreenAndMean:Has green hair and eyes, his starter is the grass type Serperior, and is an arrogant {{Jerkass}} for most of the series.
* GreenThumb: His starter, Serperior.
* HiddenDepths: The SugarAndIcePersonality {{rival}} was actually a CheerfulChild when he was much younger and an AscendedFanboy of Alder.
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: How Trip ends up losing to Bianca. Not only underestimating her, but his Conkeldurr leaves himself wide open for attacks when Bianca's Emboar gets through his Rock Tomb. Bianca basically orders her Emboar to take those pillars that Conkeldurr uses in battle and throw them back in his face.
* HumiliationConga: After his first couple of appearances fuel his ego and {{Jerkass}} attitude, Trip is sent on a considerable downward spiral for the next several arcs.
** His third battle with Ash results in a tie rather than the [[CurbStompBattle decisive victory]] that the first two were. What's more, the one loss he suffered during the battle was to Ash's Oshawott, one of his weakest Unova Pokémon, before he had even mastered Aqua Jet. It was even revealed by ''Trip himself'' that the reason Oshawott couldn't aim was because he kept closing his eyes, yet he still managed to defeat his Timburr.
** He's cleanly defeated by Cilan in the first round of the Club Battle, despite his Gurdurr having evolved since its last appearance and having the advantage over Cilan's Dwebble.
** He finally reunites with his idol Alder after their first meeting years ago. Unfortunately for Trip, Alder appears to have grown near-unrecognizably senile and unserious within that timeframe: he spends his time getting distracted by women, shows that he [[ForgottenFirstMeeting barely bothered to remember Trip himself]], [[AccidentalMisnaming misnames him constantly]] even in the present, contradicts the advice he gave when they first met, ''and'' rejects his request for a battle after not even bothering to finish his battle with Ash. By the time Trip leaves, he's left pretty sour at the experience.
** Lastly, he enters the Clubsplosion tournament, only to lose in the first round again. Only this time, it's to ''[[DumbBlonde Bianca]]'' -- while she had [[TookALevelInBadass taken a level in badass]] for this arc, she remains one of the least serious rivals in the series. It's even more humiliating given that Trip had openly dismissed her prior to the match.
* HypocriticalHumor: He calls Ash immature, but is shown to be much more immature when it comes to certain subjects like getting Alder's attention.
* AnIcePerson: His Vanillite
* {{Irony}}: He initially looks down on Ash for being a "backwater hillbilly" from Kanto, to which he refers to the region as "[[PoliticallyIncorrectHero the boonies]]". Yet, the Kanto region was inspired by the real-life region in Japan and is one of the most highly developed, urbanized, and industrialized parts of it. The Unova region, on the other hand, was explicitly based on the ''United States of America'', specifically, the BigApplesauce.
* ItOnlyWorksOnce: He was taken aback when his Servine lost to Ash's Snivy, thanks to the grass starter using Attract. He teaches Servine to counter it to avoid getting beaten like that again.
* JerkassHasAPoint:
** For what it's worth, he isn't wrong about Ash faltering as a trainer throughout Unova. Several of their battles demonstrate how poorly Ash's Pokemon were trained in this saga.
** He mocks Iris for her fear of Ice-types just because she wants to be a Dragon-type master. While Misty's fear of Bug-types is taken from real life fear of bugs, Iris is scared of Ice-types just because they're super-effective against her favorite type.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Downplayed. Much like Gary and Paul before him, he acts smug and condescending to most of the cast for the majority of his appearances. Ash gets it the worst, being the brunt of many rude stereotypes about his home region. He also actually helped Ash realize why his Oshawott couldn't aim its Aqua Jet properly, but not without [[CondescendingCompassion mocking him for the embarrassing detail]] that he's [[IronicFear afraid to open his eyes underwater]]. He also took an interest in Iris in the same episode for being from the Village of Dragons, but just as quickly wrote her off for her strange Ice-type phobia and poorly trained team. His attitude does not change until much later when Alder defeats him in the Junior Cup in which he starts to treat others with respect.
* LonersAreFreaks: He's well-noted for his anti-social behavior, as he apparently thinks interaction with others interferes with one's own personal growth.
* MadeOfIron: His Vanillite took two direct Flame Charges and an Ember from Ash's Tepig and still managed to get a tie with him.
* MakingASplash: Frillish
* MoodSwinger: According to Alder and from what the audience sees, there are some hints that his personality does go 180 as shown in [=BW052=] when [[TheQuietOne he's quiet one moment]] and then [[CheerfulChild rather hyperactive]] the next only to swing right back to his [[SugarAndIcePersonality serious self]] near the end, only this time with actual anger rather than sulleness.
** In later episodes he does smirk when he beats Burgundy and actually makes it past the first round but then at the end of the episode, he's glaring daggers.
* NonElemental: Tranquill
* OutOfFocus:
** Most of his team barely received any screentime or characterization despite his semi-frequent appearances. In fact, to date only Serperior, Tranquill, and Conkeldurr have appeared in more than one episode.
** Oddly enough, Trip himself gets the least amount of focus out of all the rivals introduced despite being Ash's main rival. This is usually contributed by him leaving a tournament whenever he loses and thus feeling more like a background character.
* PlayingWithFire: Lampent
* PoliticallyIncorrectHero: Trip often insulted Ash for being from Kanto, which he refers to as "the boonies" and would occasionally suggest that Ash should return home. Apparently, the reason for this is that the stereotypes people from Kanto as hillbillies from a hick town, with Ash's spastic, reckless nature not helping to dispel these notions. Especially notable for being one of the very few examples of human-on-human racism in ''Pokémon''.
* ThePowerOfTheSun: Serperior's Solarbeam.
* PunnyName: Shooti coming from "photo shoot", and Trip possibly coming from "''trip''od".
* TheQuietOne: Even when sitting with everyone else in the Club Battle, he prefers talking to himself than with others.
** In the Clubsplosion (the Club Battle's sequel), he doesn't even sit with the others, he just stands in a shady corner and comments on Ash's battle.
* RebuiltPedestal: Lost respect for Alder after seeing him act lazy and foolish. Once the two battle and Alder wins, rather easily, Trip regains respect for him. [[spoiler:Even after Alder loses to Iris and is dethroned as the Unova champion, he still deeply respects him, and is shown watching Iris's Masters Tournament match alongside him.]]
* RedOniBlueOni: The blue to Ash's red of the "Black and White" series.
* ReusedCharacterDesign: He looks a lot like Paul, just with slightly altered facial features and differently-colored hair.
* RidiculouslyCuteCritter: His Vanillite. Ironically, Iris, who is scared of Ice Pokémon, thinks the exact opposite, which seems to disappoint it.
* ShooOutTheNewGuy: Most likely due to his unpopularity with fans, Trip is written off in a noticeably less climactic way than any of Ash's other main rivals. Rather than in a full 6-on-6 battle during a later round of the league, Trip is defeated in a 1v1 during the very first round, with Pikachu managing to defeat him with just a single hit (though Pikachu has to work ''a lot'' to get that one hit in). To top it off, he isn't really the focus of even his very last episode, as he leaves about halfway through with little fanfare and is never mentioned again. Additionally, [[spoiler:Iris becoming Unova Champion in ''Journeys'' prevents him from making a proper return, as most of his CharacterDevelopment was explicitly tied to the previous Champion, Alder. Compared to all of Ash's other main rivals (who all receive significant focus in at least one episode), his only appearance in ''Journeys'' involves a cameo of him watching the Masters Tournament along with Bianca, Stephan, Georgia, and Alder.]]
* SignatureMon: Serperior is his go-to Pokémon for battle. It's especially glaring in the later half of the series -- after the Clubsplosion, he becomes the only Pokemon he uses at ''all'', the rest of his team vanishing without a trace.
* SmallNameBigEgo: Incredibly full of himself for a rookie trainer. He considers himself far above the rest of the cast despite his mediocre battle record, dismissing many opponents as a waste of his talents only to lose rather easily. It hits its peak during the Junior Cup, the one tournament he actually won; he fully believed he could defeat Alder, then take down Cynthia for afters.
* SmugSnake: His Serperior is a literal example, with Trip himself following suit. His extreme arrogance serves as his downfall every time he enters a tournament; in all but one of them, he assumes his opponents will be easy pickings, only to be [[UnderestimatingBadassery easily caught off guard]] and eliminated in the first round.
* SoulPower: His Frillish, Lampent, which are both part Ghost-type.
* SugarAndIcePersonality: It only takes mentioning Alder or for Alder to be in the area for him to start talking ''a lot'' with a [[NotSoAboveItAll high pitch voice.]] (In the English version, his voice while not as high started to sound like [[{{Keet}} Barry]] given that they share the same voice actor). Conversely, his [[JadeColoredGlasses cynicism]] is taken to its max when directed toward Ash; following the incident in [=BW052=], he appears to have become more withdrawn than before.
** Taken up a notch (from its usual display) in [=BW039=], where Ash is trying to get his attention. Trip ''obviously'' sees Ash but decides to turn the other way, much to Ash's annoyance.
* TheStrategist: Trip makes good use of basic techniques and common sense, devising a OneHitKill strategy with his Serperior that lets him sweep through the Junior Cup. However, this is also his AchillesHeel -- he thinks things through ''so'' logically and by-the-book that unexpected results and outside-the-box strategies catch him by surprise, which tends to lead to his defeat. This is how Ash and Pikachu defeat him -- by powering up Pikachu's Iron Tail with Electro Ball, they not only match but surpass Serperior's Dragon Tail and defeat it.
* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute:
** Of [[VideoGame/PokemonBlackandWhite Cheren]], being an aloof rival that aims to dethrone Alder and become the strongest Trainer, but is questioned by the latter on the true meaning of strength and what to do [[AndThenWhat after achieving it]]. Trip is much more egotistical and haughty than Cheren, however. Later on, the [[DecompositeCharacter character makes his own debut in the anime]], albeit based on his ''[[VideoGame/PokemonBlack2AndWhite2 Black 2 and White 2]]'' appearance.
** His early appearances also made him appear to be one of [[Anime/PokemonTheSeriesDiamondAndPearl Paul]], being a [[TheStoic stoic]], [[ArrogantKungFuGuy arrogant]] {{Jerkass}} who criticizes Ash's skills and even has a very similar appearances and original Japanese names. However, their HiddenDepths and backstories are [[DownplayedTrope quite a bit different]], as well as having very different reasons to dislike Ash (Trip's relationship with Ash is less tense and pettier, making it somewhat closer to Gary in that regard). Not to mention he has about a ''fraction'' of Paul's skills.
* TookALevelInBadass: Played straight and subverted. After losing both the Club Battle and Clubsplosion in the very first round, Trip absolutely steamrolls through the Junior Cup, his Serperior dodging every single attack while one-shotting all of its opponents in return. His next battle with Alder quickly flattens his record, though it's partially justified given that Alder is the [[WorldsBestWarrior Champion of the region]]. By the Unova League, however, he's brought right back to square one, knocked out by Ash [[AntiClimax in one shot during the first round once again]].
* UsedToBeASweetKid: What happened to the [[CheerfulChild happy little boy]] in the flashback that made him the [[SugarAndIcePersonality aloof]] {{rival}} now?
* TheWorfEffect:
** He subjects Ash, a far more experienced and powerful trainer, to this every time they fought, from their ''first meeting onward''. Until the preliminary round of the Unova League, Ash could never beat him (though this could be chalked up to him [[TookALevelInDumbass forgetting much of the skills he had in the previous seasons]] this time around). Best exemplified in their first meeting, where his freshly-obtained Snivy managed to get the upper hand on Pikachu with a ''Tackle'', due to the fact that an unexpected meeting with Zekrom left the poor electric mouse unable to use Thunderbolt or Volt Tackle.
** On the flipside, poor Conkeldurr -- every time it appears, in each stage of its evolutionary line, its purpose is to look tough and imposing so that its opponents come off impressive for defeating it. Not only did it lose to Ash's Oshawott in their third battle, but was responsible for him losing both the Club Battle and Clubsplosion in the first round.
** Another example occurs after Trip wins the Junior Cup. In spite of him winning the tournament without having been touched even once, Alder effortlessly defeats him to prove he has indeed earned the title of Champion.
** And when Trip finally loses to Ash, it's in ''the preliminaries of the Unova League''. Serperior relentlessly pummels Pikachu for minutes on end, yet gets taken out in one shot just to show off Ash and Pikachu's determination.
** To sum it up, despite being the main rival of the ''Black and White'' series, he loses the first round in three of the four tournaments to Cilan, Bianca (who TookALevelInBadass) and Ash respectively. He only wins in the third one because of his strategy, which largely involves one hit [=KOing=] his competition.
%%* WindFromBeneathMyWings: Tranquill.
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[[folder: Bianca (Bel)]]
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-->'''Voiced in Japanese by:''' Creator/ShizukaIto
-->'''Voiced in English by:''' [[Creator/EricaSchroeder Bella Hudson]]
-->'''Voiced in Latin American Spanish by:''' Lupita Leal
-->'''Voiced in Italian by:''' Creator/BenedettaPonticelli
One of Ash's rivals in Unova.
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* AsideGlance: She waves to the audience upon introducing herself.
%%* BareFistedMonk: Emboar, Excavalier's Quick Guard.
%%* BarrierWarrior: Shelmet's Protect.
* BerserkButton: As shown in her battle against Stefan, she does not like her opponents dodging because she says it's cowardly.
%%* BigCreepyCrawlies: Shelmet. It is later traded for Professor Juniper's Karrablast, Excavalier
* BreakTheCutie:
** A minor example in [=BW049=]. She looks ready to cry when it seems like she'll have to stop her journey, but she gets better by the end of the episode.
** [[spoiler: Her loss in the Unova League ''does'' cause her to cry, but she gets over it -- to the point of buying Cameron, the very same trainer who defeated her, an ice cream cone.]]
* BunnyEarsLawyer: Bianca is a GenkiGirl and a MotorMouth, but she is a well skilled trainer.
* CallingYourAttacks: Regardless of whether the Pokémon [[UnwantedAssistance belongs to her, or even knows the attack!]]
* CatchPhrase: "[[RunningGag Outta the way]], [[CuteClumsyGirl outta the way]], [[CrashIntoHello OUTTA THE WAY!]]"
* CharacterDevelopment: Starting with [=BW049=], she's becoming a ''much'' more likeable character (her personality hasn't changed that much, but her attitude about things such as her journey and her Pokémon sure have). She also improves as a Pokémon trainer.
%%* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}
* ColorFailure: Minccino in [=BW025=] after his Attract failed to hit Emolga.
* CrashIntoHello: A running gag with her, with Ash being knocked into water ''every time''.
* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: She might not look like it and she may have lost a lot of her matches on-screen, but she has had a lot of [[OffScreenMomentOfAwesome success off-screen]] multiple times.
** Also worth noting is that she won her first two badges using ''only'' her starter Pokémon, since she only had Pignite prior to [=BW013=]. To add, she only spammed Flame Charge the entire time.
** Finally, her breakthrough comes in the form of the Clubsplosion, where she defeats both Trip and Georgia with her newly-evolved Emboar. Both opponents were fully evolved, especially the Conkeldurr.
** And by the time [=BW103=] rolled around, she had enough badges to participate in the Unova League (at least eight).
* CuteClumsyGirl: Enough to end up crashing into Ash everytime she shows up and have a CatchPhrase centered around it ("Out of the way!")
%%* CutenessProximity
%%* TheCutie
* DavidVersusGoliath: [[spoiler:Her Emboar vs. Cameron's Riolu. Riolu turned out to be too fast for Emboar to keep up.]]
* DemotedToExtra: Her role was already reduced from the games, but things got even worse during Season 2. See OutOfFocus below.
%%* TheDitz
* DumbBlonde: In [=BW013=], she orders Ash's Pikachu to use Zap Cannon on Minccino. Ash informs her with an annoyed face that Pikachu cannot use that move, much to her dismay and she STILL informs Pikachu to give it a shot. Pikachu then gets an annoyed facial reaction. This would have been averted if this was Generation II (Johto) only, since Pikachu could learn the move. This is no longer the case Generations after.
* EnergyWeapon: Her Escavalier can use Hyper Beam, which manifests as a powerful beam of normal-type energy.
%%* ExtraOreDinary: Escavalier.
* {{Expy}}: Of Barry, [[{{Flanderization}} even moreso than she was in the games.]]
* {{Flanderization}}: Her hyperactivity and ditziness are much more extreme than they were in the original video game.
%%* GenkiGirl
%%* GreenThumb: Shelmet's EnergyBall.
* GuestStarPartyMember: She's travelled with Ash and Co. a couple of times ([=BW024-BW025=], and [=BW062-BW063=]).[[note]]An important note on the above, for casual viewers. "A Fishing Connoisseur in a Fishy Competition!" was [[WhatCouldHaveBeen originally meant to air as [=BW026=]]], before [[DistancedFromCurrentEvents the 2011 disasters]] led to it airing - ''officially'' - as [=BW037=]. Ostensibly a {{Filler}} episode, it was meant to end with Bianca temporarily joining the group for a couple more episodes - specifically, the official [=BW023=] and [=BW024=] (she ''officially'' joined off-screen). But if one discounts the edits made to the episode, then it: a) is technically [=BW023=], not [=BW037=]; b) features Castelia City rather than a random town; and c) pushes up the official numbering by one numeral for every episode, until Luke's introduction (it finally aired directly before [=BW038=]). It's not a necessity to consider things this deeply, but adds a nice extra dimension of depth to what appears to be merely a fun {{Filler}} episode to most who watch it[[/note]]
* HairOfGoldHeartOfGold: Coupled with the innocence, naivity and immaturity that this trope entails, and she's definitely pretty as well.
* HartmanHips: A rare anime and non-mature example, but [[http://cdn.bulbagarden.net/media/upload/1/15/Black_White_Bianca.png Bianca]] does have it going on, although [[https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/pokemon/images/4/40/BW051_15.png/revision/latest?cb=20200704192923 her in pajamas]] may suggest that her skirt may just be very thick.
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: How Minccino was caught. When Bianca pulled out a dirty Poké Ball, Minccino (still wild at the time) was so desperate to clean it that he scuttled right up onto her shoulder and started dusting it with his tail...which caused the ball to open and suck him in!
* ImTakingHerHomeWithMe: Especially in her earlier episodes, ''especially'' especially in the Club Battle arc. She dials it back in her later appearances after her character development, though.
* InnocentlyInsensitive: Bianca can be unknowingly inconsiderate.
* JerkassBall: During the Club Battle arc, she was asked by Luke to film his battle, but instead focused entirely on his Zorua (who wasn't even in the battle). When Luke called her out on it, she haughtily acted like she hadn't done anything wrong.
* {{Jobber}}: [[spoiler:The primary reason for poor Bianca's inclusion in the Unova League appears to be to show off how talented Cameron is, in spite of Cameron's... [[BookDumb lack of smarts]].]]
%%* LuminescentBlush: When she meets Elesa.
* NeverGotToSayGoodbye: Downplayed: [[spoiler: in the Japanese ending theme ''Let's Join Hands'', she becomes rather upset when Professor Juniper gives her the news that Ash has left Unova and that he didn't tell her beforehand.]]
%%* NonElemental: Minccino
* NiceGirl: She is a upbeat and kind girl in general, in spite of her clumsiness.
* NoSenseOfPersonalSpace: She can't stop touching the [[LesYay other female competitors]], but this is due to her thinking that they're all [[MasterOfIllusion Zorua]].
** And then in the Clubsplosion arc, she can't stop obsessing over (and touching) the various Fighting Pokémon's muscles.
* OneSteveLimit: Averted in the dub. Bianca from ''Anime/PokemonHeroes'' has the same name as her.
* OutOfFocus: She appeared fairly prominently in Season 14, but after the midway point of Season 15 (the Clubsplosion), she didn't reappear until 30 episodes later in [=BW103=], in early Season 16. Then she disappeared again. Then she reappeared in one of the ending themes...then got cut out of most of it in favor of live-action footage of the singers. Her fans were ''not'' pleased.
* OverlyLongGag: Searching for things (Ash's badge case, a Pokéball) in her bag. It took so long that Ash and Cilan's clothes have already dried up and they were changing into them by the time she found what she's looking for. Even in a meta sense, it lasted '''22 seconds'''.
%%* PlayingWithFire: Emboar
* PluckyGirl: In her own words when pursuing Emolga, "I'll NEVER give up!"
%%* PoisonousPerson: Shelmet's Acid.
* RidiculouslyCuteCritter: Minccino and Shelmet. She doesn't seem to have any others though (much to her dismay).
* RunningGag: Is usually a part of or facilitator of a different one per arc of appearances, but the one constant recurring gag is knocking Ash into a body of water (plus Cilan the first time it happened). Perhaps you could call it [[{{Pun}} a gag about running]]?
* SavvyGuyEnergeticGirl: Energetic Girl to Luke's Savvy Guy.
* TheSmurfettePrinciple: Ash's very first female rival (sort of...she's more frequently [[GuestStarPartyMember a companion]] than a rival.)
* ShipTease: The Clubsplosion tournament features her fangirling over [[InterspeciesRomance Sawk]] and clinging to Stephan.
** The Unova League has her giving ice cream to Virgil and his Eevee, watching fireworks with him, [[spoiler:cheering him on during his part of the finals and after he wins, tries to give him a "special present" to him and his team for winning the tournament]].
%%* ShockAndAwe: Minccino's Thunderbolt.
* StockingFiller: She wears orange tights under her dress.
* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: When she's present, she's the Girly Girl to Iris' Tomboy.
* TookALevelInBadass: Her Pignite has evolved into Emboar by the time of the Clubsplosion, and they defeat Trip and Georgia in the respective first and second rounds.
* TookALevelInKindness: After Ash risked his journey in a battle with her father in [=BW049=], she's become less clingy and selfish in all subsequent appearances - notably, she's taken to apologizing profusely whenever she [[RunningGag knocks him into a body of water]] these days, and is less obsessive over obtaining "cute" Pokémon than she used to be.
* VolumetricMouth: She often gets one when she's excited.
* TheWorfEffect: For a while, she had never won a battle on-screen, even though both her Pignite and Minccino have either been shown or implied to be decent battlers.
** Though not quite victory, in [=BW063=] she and Professor Juniper face Ash and Cilan in a tag battle -- using their newly traded and evolved Escavalier and Accelgor - and manage to co-ordinate well enough to defeat Boldore before Crustle seals a victory with Rock Wrecker.
** She finally breaks through in [=BW072=] where she beats Trip ''and'' Georgia with her Emboar.
** [[spoiler:Played straight as an arrow when she faces Cameron in the Unova League, especially considering her improvement and the circumstances that lead to her ultimate defeat (Emboar can't hit Riolu because he's ''too small and fast.'').]]
* YankTheDogsChain: She shows major signs of improvement during the Clubsplosion, and even makes it into the Vertress Conference. [[spoiler:Right as it looks like she's going to give a repeat performance...she loses (barely) to new rival Cameron in round 2. In the Top ''64''. The saddest thing is that the writers didn't ''at least'' let her get further before pulling the rug out from under her feet.]]
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[[folder: Burgundy (Cabernet)]]
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-->'''Voiced in Japanese by:''' Ikumi Hayama
-->'''Voiced in English by:''' Suzy Myers
-->'''Voiced in Latin American Spanish by:''' Creator/AlondraHidalgo
A Pokémon connoisseuse and self-proclaimed rival to Cilan.
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%%* AnIcePerson: Dewott's Ice Beam.
* AlwaysSomeoneBetter: In an interesting role reversal (for this series), ''she's'' the one on the receiving end, while the main character she's TheRival to is the "Better" in question.
* ArchEnemy: Sees Cilan as this after he [[DisproportionateRetribution defeated her in a Gym Battle]].
%%* BareFistedMonk: Dewott's Revenge.
%%* BigCreepyCrawlies: Dewott's Fury Cutter, and Sawsbuck's [[HornAttack Megahorn]].
%%* BigFriendlyDog: Stoutland, toward her at least.
* BitingTheHandkerchief: Does this while insulting Cilan's Pokémon food for Snivy in front of him. Needless to say Snivy isn't pleased with her comments (see ButtMonkey below).
* ButtMonkey: Every appearance of hers puts her through constant pain and misfortune, though she mostly [[KarmicButtMonkey deserves it]] on account of her incompetence.
** Her EstablishingCharacterMoment has Burgundy deliver her trademark KnowNothingKnowItAll evaluations to Ash's Pokémon, which results in each of them attacking her as her comments devolve into insults. She continues to demean all of Ash's Pokémon even after they attack her.
** During the Club Battle, Ash's Snivy literally Vine Whips her in the butt for her bratty behavior all throughout the tournament.
** Furthermore, she fails to make any legitimate progress as a battler ''or'' a Connoisseuse for the entire series. She doen't win even a ''single'' battle onscreen despite her relatively high number of appearances, and never rose out of the C-class Connoisseur ranking before being written off.
* CantTakeCriticism: Anytime someone questions her evaluation skills or abilities as a Trainer [[StrawLoser (which they're pretty much always correct in doing)]], she furiously refuses to listen.
* CatchPhrase: [[GratuitousFrench "Alors!]] [[GratuitousEnglish It is Evaluation Time,]] [[GratuitousFrench s'il vous plaît!"]]
** One could also make the notion she has a second catch phrase in ''"I HOPE YOU ALL LOSE!!!"''
* CharacterDevelopment: Her's is, like her character, all over the place. Throughout the Club Battle, culminating in actually coming to respectful terms with Cilan. When she returns in the Clubsplosion arc, she's shown to still find his attitude annoying -- as a bonafide {{Tsundere}}, she's quick to return to antagonism when he asks her if she's advanced her Connosseuse ranking (she's still only C-Rank). Listening to her dialogue indicates that the respect has stuck somewhat, but that she: A) still has a ways to go before being fully civil with the guy; and B) seems unwilling to admit yet that she looks up to him. In the Junior Cup, however, she has a moment where she's almost blatantly crushing on him while wishing for him to beat Trip (though she reverts back to her normal behavior when Trip beats him.)
* {{Chuunibyou}}: She believes that her evaluation skills are on the level of an A-rank connoisseur. Her C-class rank indicates otherwise.
* ComicallyLopSidedRivalry: Despite her determination and noticeable CharacterDevelopment over the series, Cilan easily outclasses her.
* CurtainsMatchTheWindow: Purple eyes, purple hair.
* DisproportionateRetribution: She wants to humiliate Cilan in battle because she lost her first gym challenge to him.
* DramaQueen: She cranks up the ham -- and the volume -- at every possible opportunity.
* FireIceLightning: Stoutland's [[PlayingWithFire Fire]], [[AnIcePerson Ice]] and [[ShockAndAwe Thunder]] [[ManBitesMan Fang attacks]].
* FrenchJerk: Downplayed since she's a JerkWithAHeartOfGold.
** She's also not really French - in the dub, at least, where she gives the impression of trying to put on a French accent to make herself look more impressive and glamourous (explaining away her ''atrocious'' accent).
* GratuitousFrench: Has more of this in the English dub (presumably because the Japanese voice actress is less skilled at speaking French).
%%* GreenThumb: Sawsbuck.
* HairTriggerTemper: The littlest things can set her off... sometimes Cilan's existence to her can set her off.
* HamToHamCombat: Quite literally during the last round of the Club Battle.
* HorribleJudgeOfCharacter: She tends to evaluate others' Pokémon based solely on first impressions, rather than looking any deeper.
* HumblePie: Cilan gives her a rather cruel one when he defeats her Pokémon without taking any damage. To add to the insult, [[JustToyingWithThem he was toying with her Sawsbuck with his Pansage when all he had to do was one-hit KO it with a Solar Beam]]. Though, in his defense, he really was trying to teach her a meaningful lesson.
* {{Hypocrite}}:
** She calls Cilan "arrogant", despite her own overblown ego.
** Her vendetta against Cilan is based on Cilan supposedly criticizing her harshly. Yet she often criticizes other trainers and their Pokémon harshly.
** During the Clubsplosion, she insulted Cilan for losing in the second round, in spite of the fact that she lost in the first round. In fact, Burgundy has not had one single win in the series (except an off-screen win with Chili).
** During the Junior Cup, she calls Georgia a "pipsqueak", even though Georgia is actually slightly taller than her.
* ImagineSpot: ...Which has Cilan evilly taunting her and her Oshawott, then doing an EvilLaugh while Pansage cackles in the background.
* IneffectualSympatheticVillain: Or more like "sympathetic rival." As infuriating as Burgundy can be, sometimes you feel so bad for her for her constant losing streak. Other than the off-screen battle she won against one of Cilan's brothers, she doesn't even get thrown a single bone.
* InferioritySuperiorityComplex: It's implied that Burgundy makes critical and harsh assessments of others' battling performances due to her insecurity about her losing streak and her low connoisseur class.
* ItsAllAboutMe: When she learned Cilan had left the Striaton Gym, she quickly convinced herself that he knew she was coming for revenge and ran away to avoid it.
* IWarnedYou: Tells Cilan during the Club Battle that he wouldn't make it past the second round. Needless to say, she's ''very'' pleased when this comes true.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: She may be crazy, snobby and judgemental, but she really loves her Pokémon, even to the point of a [[http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/703/1310034137721.jpg/ very literal]] PetTheDog during the Club Battle tournament.
** Also, she's getting to be on better terms with Cilan now too, only getting angry at him as a reaction to something he unwittingly says or does, rather than trying to actively antagonize him.
* KnowNothingKnowItAll: Her "evaluations" aren't particularly well thought out (usually revolving around smell, or even taste), yet she acts like they're always one hundred percent accurate.
* LargeHam: Like Cilan, she has her moments of this.
%%* MakingASplash: Dewott.
* NoIndoorVoice: True to her DramaQueen nature.
%%* NonElemental: Stoutland, Sawsbuck
* ObfuscatingStupidity: In her battle with Ash, she has Stoutland use Thunder Fang on the ground-type Palpitoad. This turns out to be a ruse to make Ash drop his guard, and she immediately swaps for Ice Fang. She still loses anyway.
%%* PlayingWithFire: Darmanitan
* PluckyGirl: Gotta give her one thing; skilled or not, she never gives up.
%%* {{Pride}}
* SelfServingMemory: She imagines Cilan cruelly taunting her and saying she would never amount to anything as a Trainer after losing to him in a Gym Battle.
* SmallNameBigEgo:
** She believes she's always right when it came to criticizing Ash's Pokémon. Cue them all attacking her and she declaring that they all suck.
** She also believes herself to be a superior connoisseur to Cilan, in spite of the fact that she is just a C-class (who is only qualified to be an assistant to higher-class connoisseurs), and Cilan is an A-class, which is the second-highest rank behind S-class.
* StrawLoser: While she was made to be a rival to Cilan, she also comes off as very pathetic compared to not only Cilan, but to Georgia and Ash and co.
* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: With Georgia (she's the girly-girl, albeit a rather crazy one).
* {{Tsundere}}: Type A to a ridiculous extreme at first, but mellows out into a Type B, albeit a [[HotBlooded fiery]] Type B (Example: In the Clubsplosion, she yells at Cilan to WIN his match against a one-shot character...but when he ''does'' win and celebrates it, she gets annoyed by his attitude and says she was wrong, he should have ''lost''!)
* UnknownRival: Played with in regards to Cilan. He does remember her and has no ill will toward her, but never pays much mind to her threats or vitriolic attitude toward him. In [=BW042=], however, he accepts her as his rival, which shocks her so much that she begins to actually appreciate him a little more.
* UsedToBeASweetKid: According to ''her'' at least before Cilan defeated her, complete with an innocent white dress in her ImagineSpot.
* VagueAge: Burgundy looks like she could be anywhere in her early teens to early '20s.
* VitriolicBestBuds: With Georgia at the Clubsplosion and Junior Cup. The two snipe at each other often, yet are constantly hanging out together regardless.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Burgundy doesn't show up again after the Junior Cup (not counting her appearance in the last Japanese ending), leaving her rivalry with Cilan without any real closure. It's also worth pointing out that she was established in her debut to be on a Gym quest as well, but is inexplicably absent from the Unova League.
%%* WomanScorned: No kidding.
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[[folder: Stephan (Kenyan)]]
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-->'''Voiced in Japanese by:''' Tomohiro Waki
-->'''Voiced in English by:''' Creator/DarrenDunstan
-->'''Voiced in Latin American Spanish by:''' Creator/LuisDanielRamirez
Another one of Ash's rivals in Unova.
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* AccidentalMisnaming: In a manner similar to Butch.
** In Japanese, it's ''Ken''yan, not Keniyan or Kaniyan.
** In English, it's Ste''phan'', not ''Steph''an or Steven.
** Finally starts averting it with the beginning of the Unova League, when [[ThrowTheDogABone everybody starts pronouncing his name right]].
* BareFistedMonk: One of the openings imply that Stephan is a martial artist. Fitting given that he's always seen with Sawk now. His attire lends credence to this as well.
* BerserkButton: Whenever someone mispronounces his Japanese name as "Keniyan", which is often to his dismay. Semi-subverted in that he's (usually) more exasperated with it than "berserk" about it.
* BigEater: Rivals Ash in this regard. They even have an eating contest the night before their League match.
* BruiserWithASoftCenter: His Sawk. Arguably Stephan himself, as he's a big guy with an eagerness for battle who is nonetheless quite kindhearted.
* CanonImmigrant: Though he's been given the Black Belt's sprite and class, he and his team ''are'' available in a download for the World Tournament (along with the other three anime-origin rivals).
* CatchPhrase: Some variation of '''"Why won't anyone get my name right?!"'''
* CastingAShadow: In his Unova League with Ash, he uses the Dark-type Pokemon Liepard. Its attacks include the Ghost-type Shadow Ball and Shadow Claw.
* CharacterDevelopment: Through the Clubsplosion and Unova League (lampshaded by Iris in the latter, who says he's really matured.)
* CharlesAtlasSuperpower: How does he get around the fact that his Sawk (part of an all-male species) would be targeted by moves like Attract? Train him ''really hard'' to develop defensive techniques, of course! There's a HardWorkMontage[=/=]TrainingMontage superimposed over his explanation, too!
* CoolHorse: His first shown Pokémon was Blitzle that would later evolve into Zebstrika.
* CrazyPrepared: Stephan predicted that Ash would use Palpitoad against Zebstrika, thus he made sure to teach it some Normal-Type moves, including Facade in the case if it suffers from a status condition.
* {{Fauxshadowing}}: His Japanese name ('''Kenya'''n) and early use of Blitzle (later Zebstrika) would have you believe it's his main {{Mon}}. It later turns out that his key battler and closest partner is really Sawk.
** With the reveal of his Liepard, his name becomes a MeaningfulName (All of his Pokémon are African themed).
* FieryRedhead: A redheaded guy with a HotBlooded personality.
* ForegoneConclusion. Sort of. Stephan won the Wishing Bell Festival and wishes to win the Clubsplosion tournament. He ''does'' win ithe tournament, but not without working really hard to fulfill his wish.
* GentleGiant: He's a big guy, but outside of battle, he's very laid-back.
* GuestStarPartyMember: From [=BW069-BW073=], travelling with the group just prior to the Clubsplosion.
* HotBlooded: He has a fiery, outgoing personality, in keeping with being a BigEater and implied martial artist. He also gets really worked up in Pokemon matches, often shouting commands to his Pokemon.
* LightningBruiser: His Sawk is not only fast and a fierce physical attacker, but it can also take a lot of punishment before it faints.
* PantheraAwesome: When he and Ash face off in the Unova League, his first Pokemon is a Liepard. Ash battles it with Krookodile. Krookodile wins, but Liepard puts up a great fight before going down. When Ash recalls Krookodile for some rest and sends him back out to fight an exhausted Sawk, Krookodile is still visibly battered and nearly loses.
* PlayingWithFire: Zebstrika's Flame Charge allows it to tackle its opponent while shrouded in flames.
* PoorPredictableRock: Stephan predicted that Ash would use Palpitoad against his Zebstrika, who would be immune against Zebstrika's Electric-Type moves and would resist its Flame Charge. Thus, he replaces Zebstrika's entire moveset with Normal-Type attacks.
* PronouncingMyNameForYou: A RunningGag is that nobody can pronounce his name right. He has to clarify that it is pronounced "Stef-AHN", in response to people pronouncing it "Steven" or "STEPH-an."
* TheRival: An unusual subversion in that he had a Rival of his own in Montgomery, who entered his Throh in the Clubsplosion Tournament. Stephan and Sawk quickly developed a mutual loathing with them.
* SensitiveGuyAndManlyMan: When he's present, he's the Manly Man to Cilan's Sensitive Guy.
%%* ShipperOnDeck: For Cilan/Burgundy apparently.
%%* ShipTease: With Bianca.
* ShockAndAwe: His first Pokemon shown onscreen is his Blitzle, an Electric-Type Pokémon that can draw lightning from the sky and use it in Electric attacks like Shock Wave and Thunderbolt. It later evolves into a Zebstrika off-screen.
* SignatureMon: Sawk has been Stephan's main Pokémon ever since his debut in the Club Battle. Notably, he's the only rival Pokémon in ''BW'' to get its own individual spotlight arc, where he aimed to defeat Montgomery's Throh during the Clubsplosion.
%%* SkintoneSclerae
* SugarAndIcePersonality: His Sawk is this -- during the Clubsplosion, after defeating Throh he bows respectfully to his opponent before Throh faints...then he does a one-eighty, and he and his trainer begin hugging the life out of each other in glee.
* TookALevelInBadass: His Sawk. Though it never seemed weak, the only time we saw it in battle before the Clubsplosion was when it lost to Iris' Emolga. Come the Clubsplosion, it takes down a Seismitoad, Cilan's Pansage, Bianca's Emboar and Montgomery's Throh, a Pokémon that was built up throughout the tournament as an enormously powerful opponent. This is lampshaded with a montage showing his and Stephan's intense training regime, as well as regular practice sessions in the Pokémon Center. This is proven even more in the Vertress Conference; despite being immensely weakend by Ash's Leavanny, Sawk still manages to win.
* WholesomeCrossdresser: He had to dress up as Nurse Joy in a contest.
* WorthyOpponent: Considered this by Montgomery after Stephan defeated him in the Clubsplosion finals. He and Ash also view each other as this.
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[[folder: Georgia (Langley)]]
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-->'''Voiced in Japanese by:''' Creator/MisatoFukuen
-->'''Voiced in English by:''' Brittney Lee Hamilton
-->'''Voiced in Latin American Spanish by:''' Lourdes Arrouti
-->'''Voiced in Italian by:''' Creator/GeaRiva
Self-proclaimed Dragon Buster and Iris' rival.
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* AnIcePerson: Beartic and Vanilluxe, ideal for an anti-Dragon specialist.
* AntagonistInMourning: Not a death example, but in the Japanese Decolore Adventures ending, Georgia is shown looking up a the sky wistfully after learning that Iris has left Unova to visit Kanto. She clearly misses her rival.
%%* ArrogantKungFuGuy
* TheBattleDidntCount: Every time she loses. Georgia claims this if she's beaten with a non-Dragon Pokémon or a Dragon Pokémon that refuses to listen to the trainer; [[JerkassHasAPoint even Iris agrees that Georgia is right about the second point]].
%%* BareFistedMonk: Beartic's [[BrickBreak Rock Smash]].
%%* BearsAreBadNews: Beartic
%%* BetweenMyLegs: How she's introduced.
* BigEater: She can wolf down a breakfast for three people and still have some appetite left. [[ComedicSociopathy Pity it happened]] [[KickTheDog to be Ash and co's breakfast]].
* BorrowedCatchphrase: She uses Iris' catchphrase against her at times.
%%* CastingAShadow: Bisharp
* {{Catchphrase}}: Georgia likes to say "better not lose" to her rival Iris.
* CharacterDevelopment: She TookALevelInKindness during the Clubsplosion, and carried it further in the Ferroseed research facility episode.
* CripplingOverspecialization: She devotes her life to to craft a battle style designed specifically to take down Dragon type Pokémon. Unfortunately, she ends up losing quite a fair bit in battles that aren't against Dragon Pokémon or share similar weaknesses to them (the only exception is a Joltik, which she still struggled). Unlike most cases of this trope, she still manages to put up a very good fight.
* CurbstompBattle: Received one from Iris' new Dragonite, who took everything Beartic hurled at before utterly demolishing the bear. She was more disappointed, however, by the fact that she hadn't lost to ''Iris'' since Dragonite was disobeying her at the time.
* DavidVersusGoliath: Her Beartic versus Sylvester's four inches high Joltik. "Goliath" wins, crushing "David" under his weight when he collapsed from Thunderbolt.
* DisproportionateRetribution: She once lost to a Dragon trainer and has now made it a goal to go around defeating all Dragon trainers she comes across. One would think that this is just an overreaction, but her reaction to watching Axew using Outrage might indicate the loss was more serious than initially thought.
* TheDragonslayer: Non-lethal variant, she specializes in using Pokèmon that either resist or do super-effective damage against Dragon-types, hence her using the part Steel-type Bisharp and Ice-type Vanilluxe and Beartic.
* EstablishingCharacterMoment: When Georgia is introduced, viewers get to know her FreudianExcuse and how much of a jerk she is to Iris.
* EvilCounterpart: Georgia is this to Iris. They are {{Mirror Character}}s to each other. While Iris teases Ash by calling him a kid and can be condescending, she still is a decent person who has good intentions and practices good sportsmanship regarding being an aspiring dragon trainer. Georgia, on the other hand, is unnecessarily rude to almost everyone she encounters, gloats when she wins battles, blames others when she loses, and doesn't have that many good redeeming qualities.
%%* ExtraOreDinary: Bisharp.
* FieryRedhead: She's a arrogant hothead with dark pink hair.
%%* GratuitousEnglish: "Bye!"
* HugeGuyTinyGirl: Not in the romantic way, obviously. Georgia is one of the shortest trainers, yet her Beartic is an eight feet tall giant.
* {{Hypocrite}}: During the Club Tournament, she claims Ash got lucky in defeating her, despite the fact that her first round win was entirely due to luck (as her weakened Beartic accidentally crushed her opponent's Joltik).
* HypocriticalHumor: Her feud with Iris is based around this on both sides. They both think of themselves as far more mature than the other, something they disprove in almost every conversation they have.
* JerkassHasAPoint: When she lost to Iris in the Junior World Cup, she argued that she lost to Dragonite, not Iris. Given that Dragonite was disobeying Iris' orders, she's completely right. Iris acknowledges this at the end of the tournament and promises Georgia that she'll have Dragonite under control by the next time they meet, so that Georgia can have the battle she wants.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Started off as a straight-out {{Jerkass}}, but [[CharacterDevelopment started to]] [[TookALevelInKindness get better]] during the Clubsplosion, and her heart of gold status is solidified in the Ferroseed Research Center episode.
* KickTheDog: One might be able to let her bitchiness slide, but ''eating three other peoples' breakfasts''? [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking And then proceeding to say to make some more?]]
** The insult doubles for Cilan [[SupremeChef who has technically been running a gym that is a restaurant for most of his life, and is very proud of his skills]].
* LargeHam: If someone goes around declaring themselves a "Dragon Buster", they're most likely a Ham.
%%* MakeMeWannaShout: Bisharp's Metal Sound.
* ManOfKryptonite: the team she's training is tailored to take down Dragon-types in general, hence christening herself with the "Dragon Buster" monicker. She's usually successful too (though there are exceptions).
* MeaningfulName: Her dub name "Georgia" is derived from ''St. George and the Dragon'', a famous English tale of a crusader who...well, slayed a dragon. Her Japanese name refers to [[Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion Asuka LANGLEY Soryu]], another female red-haired {{Jerkass}} who is implied to have ''deep'' insecurities and an inferiority complex (along with HiddenDepths).
* MightyGlacier: Beartic is slower than all his opponents so far, and so relies on big, heavy blows. It caused him some trouble when facing Joltik, the smallest Pokémon there is...and a fast one to boot.
* MilesGloriosus: Following her accidental victory in the Club Tournament's first round, she gloats excessively about it to Iris, acting like it was some grand example of her skills.
* MirrorCharacter: From Iris. While Iris is much more of a decent person than Georgia is, they are both immature and resort to petty squabbles, as evidenced by their Club Battle tournament interactions. Georgia even [[NotSoDifferentRemark points this out]].
* NeverMyFault: When Georgia loses, she will do anything to take the blame off of herself.
%%* OneHitKill: Bisharp's Guillotine.
* TheOnlyOneAllowedToDefeatYou: When Burgundy vows revenge against Iris for a loss, Georgia tells her to butt out because Iris is ''her'' rival.
* PetTheDog: Shows some actual respect toward Iris after Iris wins the Club Battle tournament, and flat out ''encourages'' her to become a Dragon Master. She also shows a notably softer, more reasonable side around Bianca.
** She actually doesn't get angry when she loses to Bianca in the Clubsplosion, and thanks her Bisharp for its effort when recalling it.
** And of course, the Ferroseed research episode, where she shows great care for her Vanilluxe, helps rescue Iris and team up with her to solve the current dilemma, and then compliment her for doing well using her Vanilluxe, saying she'd make a good Ice Master.
* RedBaron: Self proclaimed "Dragon Buster," and she backs it up. She defeats most Dragon-type Pokémon she faces with ridiculous ease.
%%* TheRival: For Iris.
* ShoutOut: In Japanese, her name is derived from [[Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion Asuka Langley Soryu]], who she shares a number of personality traits with.
* SignatureMon: Beartic is the Pokémon she uses in her first appearance and in all of her battles against Iris specifically.
* SoreLoser:
** Said a tie didn't count since it wasn't a dragon she tied against, and blamed her loss against Ash on the battlefield.
** Says her loss to Bianca in the Clubsplosion doesn't count either as it wasn't against a dragon, but this time she's [[PetTheDog saying it directly to]] her Bisharp [[PetTheDog as a comfort]], so she doesn't come across as badly.
** Says that her loss to Iris in the Junior Cup wasn't to Iris, but rather Dragonite...and in this case, [[JerkassHasAPoint Iris ended up agreeing with her.]]
* {{Tsundere}}: Like her [[VitriolicBestBuds buddy Burgundy]], she started out Type A, but become more of a Type B once she started reserving her tsun side exclusively for her rival (in this case, Iris.)
* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: With Burgundy (she's the tomboy, albeit a rather crazy one.)
* TookALevelInKindness: In the Clubsplosion tournament. Took it even further in the Ferroseed Research episode.
* UnsportsmanlikeGloating: She does this towards Iris when she makes it past the first round in the tournament at Nimbasa Town. Iris just says that she believes that Georgia is more of a little kid that she thought.
%%* UseYourHead: Bisharp's Iron Head.
* VitriolicBestBuds: With Burgundy at the Clubsplosion and Junior Cup. The two snipe at each other often, yet are constantly hanging out together regardless.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Like Burgundy, Georgia doesn't appear again after the Junior Cup outside of the Japanese ending song "Let's Join Hands." This leaves her rivalry with Iris without much closure, as they never get to have that battle that Iris promised her.
%%* WolverineClaws: Pawniard/Bisharp's Metal Claw.
* WorthyOpponent:
** In the Club Battle, she says that she's actually pleased that Iris is getting stronger, since as a Dragon Buster, she'd rather defeat strong Pokémon than weak ones.
** She was also disappointed when Iris used Excadrill in the last stage of the Club Battle, and outright ''pissed'' when it continues into the Clubsplosion tournament -- since she ''wants'' Iris to be a real Dragon Master and a worthy foe for a Dragon Buster such as herself, she expects her to continue strengthening Axew and any other Dragon-types she might obtain.
** Likewise, she's ecstatic when Iris gets a Dragonite, but only gets upset when Iris can't control it properly. And yet even after losing, she's ''still'' happy that Iris continues to use Dragonite in the tournament. The implication is that she would've been fine with losing to Dragonite if it was Iris calling the shots in the battle like a proper Dragon Master rival should do.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Shamus (Suwama)]]
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-->'''Voiced in Japanese by:''' Creator/JunFukuyama
-->'''Voiced in English by:''' Billy Bob Thompson
-->'''Voiced in Latin American Spanish by:''' Abraham Vega
One of Ash's one-shot rivals and the antagonist of the day.
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* CombatPragmatist: Orders his Heatmor to attack his Emboar to break the latter out of Snivy's Attract, showing he has no love for his Pokémon.
* {{Expy}}: Much like Tepig was one of Charmander, Shamus is one of Damian. Both are awful, {{Jerkass}} {{Hate Sink}}s who abandon a Fire-type starter for being too weak, leaving it to almost die in the wild and laughing about it afterward. After witnessing their old Pokémon's increase in strength, they try to manipulate it back onto their team, only to be [[AshFace violently and rightfully rejected]].
* HateSink: The point of his character is to be despicable, [[{{Expy}} much like Damian and Koji before him]]. At least when Paul abandoned his Pokémon (as horrible as ''that'' was), he [[AtLeastIAdmitIt never manipulated them]] into believing he once cared for them.
* {{Jerkass}}: He abandons his Pokemon and even brags about it.
* JerkJustifications: He defends his releasing of Pokemon by claiming that forcing a weak Pokemon to battle is more cruel than just letting it go.
* JerkWithAHeartOfJerk: Shamus only wanted Pignite to rejoin him after it was proven to be strong after it evolved, and sarcastically apologized to it. Pignite sees through the bullshit and gives him a well deserved Flamethrower to his face for it.
* KickTheDog:
** Abandoned Tepig and openly admitted it during his tag team battle with Ash.
** After he defeated another Trainer, he tried to force that Trainer to hand over his Pokémon to him. Thankfully, Ash was there to intervene.
* KidsAreCruel: He appears no older than the main cast and cruel is probably the nicest thing you can call him.
* LackOfEmpathy: Shows this by not caring when Tepig begs and pleads for him not to abandon it.
* LaserGuidedKarma: He not only loses to Ash, but he gets a Flamethrower to the face by Pignite after pretending to apologize to it and offer it a spot on his team.
* ManipulativeBastard: He bragged about manipulating Tepig (and other Pokémon he released) into believing he once cared for it.
* MeaningfulName: His name brings the word "shame" to mind, and his behavior is indeed nothing but shameful.
* OneShotCharacter: He only physically appears in ''Evolution by Fire!''
* PlayingWithFire: Shamus has a thing for powerful Fire-type Pokémon, calling himself and his team the "Fire Warriors." Even his clothes have a red and black color scheme.
* TheRival: He's a one-shot, character of the day rival for Ash.
* {{Sadist}}: Not only is he incredibly manipulative, but he outright ''enjoys'' being so, his tearful face quickly turning into an evil grin as Tepig cried out for him to return. He later laughs to Tepig's face about how easily he was able to manipulate it (and presumably many others) into thinking he cared.
* TheSociopath: He abandons his Tepig by tying it to a post and pretends to be sad to make sure it won't follow him and then rubs it in its face with sadistic glee and even states that he does this whenever he abandons a pokemon.
* SoreLoser: Played with. Shamus didn't initially seem to have a problem with losing to Ash & just takes his loss as it is, but it's implied he was putting on another facade to get Pignite to leave Ash for him, angrily swearing revenge when Pignite burns his face in response.
* StupidEvil: Shamus's motivations seem to be driven entirely by what will make him look [[HateSink even more horrible]], even when they're completely contradictory or make no sense whatsoever. He claims to only be interested in the most powerful Pokémon, but still attempts to take Pokémon from those that lose to him, even though he shouldn't have any interest by his own logic. He also openly brags about how he only pretends to care about his former Pokémon, but still inexplicably tries to convince Pignite to come back to him afterward.
* UnseenNoMore: In Tepig's first episode, he was only seen in flashback and his face was not shown. He makes his first and only in-person appearance in ''Evolution by Fire!''
* VilerNewVillain: In many respects, he's even worse than Paul.
** While Paul was also a huge jerk who only cared about his Pokémon's strength and would readily abandon them if they weren't up to his standards, he treated the ones that ''were'' up to his standards with respect. Shamus's actions, however, border on criminal, attempting to force Trainers who lose to him to give him their Pokémon.
** Also, Paul was at least honest about his harsh nature and would be upfront when he released a Pokémon, while Shamus would be emotionally manipulative to his Pokémon and drop the facade once he had no reason to feign caring for them.
** Furthermore, Paul mostly treated his cruelty with indifference, only acting the way he does [[TheUnfettered out of the desire to become strong]]. Shamus, on the other hand, is outright {{sadist}}ic, laughing to Tepig's face about how easily some fake tears can manipulate his Pokemon.
** On a lesser note, Paul occasionally had comedic moments. Shamus had none of the sort.
** Finally, Paul went through a great deal of CharacterDevelopment across his many appearances, and ultimately buried the hatchet with Ash after being defeated. Shamus is far more in line with Damian: a OneShotCharacter and HateSink who clearly did not learn his lesson, and most likely never will.
* YouHaveFailedMe: He abandoned Tepig after it lost a match to a Deerling, tying it to a post after it kept trying to follow him.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Cameron (Kotetsu)]]
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-->'''Voiced in Japanese by:''' Creator/KoukiUchiyama
-->'''Voiced in English by:''' Rory Max Kaplan
-->'''Voiced in Latin American Spanish by:''' José Antonio Toledano
One of Ash's rivals from Unova, introduced in the ''Adventures in Unova'' season.
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%%* AnimeHair
%%* BareFistedMonk: Riolu->Lucario.
* CanonImmigrant: Though he's been given the Youngster's sprite and class, he and his team ''are'' available in a download for the World Tournament (along with the other three anime-origin rivals).
%%* CastingAShadow: Hydreigon
* CharacterTics: Pulling his headband so it snaps on his forehead seems to give him focus.
* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: Despite his dull-wittedness, he still manages to defeat Marlon without that much difficulty.
** His team -- or what we see of it, anyway -- is pretty impressive. He's trained a Lucario, Ferrothorn, Samurott, Hydreigon, and Swanna (plus a Watchog, shown in silhouette on the board during his match with Virgil).
* CurbstompBattle: Not excessively so, but the battlescreen shows that Virgil still defeated him 6-on-3 - meaning Virgil had half his team still active when he won. Not totally invincible after all.
* DavidVersusGoliath: His somewhat small Riolu vs. Bianca's bulky Emboar. Riolu wins by using its own speed and size to its advantage.
%%* DittoFighter: Riolu's Copycat.
* TheDitz: Oh boy, is he ever! He didn't realize that he needed eight badges to enter the Pokémon League when he only had seven, and took out a ''remote control'' instead of a Pokedex to scan Pikachu.
** He also thought the league was going to be in Ecruteak City, which is in an ''entirely different region''. Put bluntly, ''[[IdiotHero Ash]]'' looks smart when he's placed next to this kid! Even ''he'' finds himself frustrated at Cameron's dimness.
** He also thought that the quarter-final match was 5-on-5 rather than 6-on-6 -- Ash had to inform him that he'd accidentally handicapped himself, much to his chagrin.
** Cameron also seems to struggle with remembering type matchups; he sent out the Grass/Steel-type Ferrothorn against the Fire/Fighting-type Pignite, as well as the Water/Flying-type Swanna against the Electric-type Pikachu, for no apparent reason. Both of them are quickly defeated as a result.
** It's telling that his victory over Ash was entirely due to luck- had Lucario not evolved at that moment, he would have undoubtedly lost.
%%* ExtraOreDinary: Ferrothorn and Lucario.
* {{Foil}}:
** He and Ash get along so well because they're so similar. Like Morrison from the Hoenn League, he rather resembles a less experienced and more juvenile Ash, albeit with a more evolved team line-up. On the flipside, he's even more of a ditz than Ash is!
** If Ritchie represented all of Ash's positive traits if he took training more seriously, Cameron represents Ash's ''negative'' traits as a rookie battler: a pure InvincibleIncompetent who relies on brute force and random luck rather than skill. The way Cameron bulldozes through the league mirrors the way Ash himself progressed through the Indigo League.
%%* GreenThumb: Ferrothorn
* GuestStarPartyMember: Joins the group briefly for a trip to Humilau City, where he can challenge Marlon. He leaves afterwards.
* IdiotHoudini: Cameron is very lacking for brains. He gets dates, times, and locations of important events wrong, almost tried to enter the Unova League in ''Johto'' and with only ''seven badges'' instead of eight, forgets to register even when he does get to the right location, and shows up to his six-on-six match with Ash carrying only five Pokemon! Somehow, though, he manages to avoid direct consequences for any of this; he just ''barely'' manages to qualify for the league after Ash begs Nurse Joy for it, and still beats Ash in their match because his Riolu evolves into Lucario in the middle of battle. And ironically, when he finally loses to Virgil in the next round, he actually ''is'' following the correct rules.
* InvincibleIncompetent: Played straight until the end of the Unova League: no matter how many boneheaded mistakes Cameron made, he won every battle he had onscreen. It's finally subverted when Virgil defeats him decisively in the semifinals.
* {{Irony}}: In a blink-and-you'll-miss-it moment, the scoreboard for Cameron and Virgil's battle shows that the latter won with only five Pokémon as well; unlike with Cameron, however, it's assumed that Virgil actually won through skill.
%%* {{Keet}}: Right from his introduction.
%%* LightningBruiser: Samurott and Lucario.
%%* MakingASplash: Samurott and Swanna.
* MeaningfulName: Shares his Japanese name with Nagasone Kotetsu, who was a swordmaker. It fits in that one of his Pokémon is [[{{Samurai}} Samurott]], which uses said weapons.
** Also, "Tetsu" means "iron" in Japanese -- another reference to Samurott's swords, but also to Lucario and Ferrothorn's [[ExtraOreDinary Steel]]-typing -- while "ko" can mean either "small" or "child".
** This is also referenced in his English name, Came'''ron.'''
* MightyGlacier: Hydreigon's speed (while not pathetic) pales compared to its phenomenal Attack and Defense.
* NoodleImplements: One has to ponder as to ''why'' he had a TV Remote in his bag on a Pokémon Journey.
* OneSteveLimit: Averted. The ''VideoGame/PokemonRanger'' games also had a Cameron.
* PintsizedPowerhouse: Riolu, until it evolves into Lucario and becomes a full-on LightningBruiser.
* PromotionToOpeningTitles: After Dawn leaves in his introductory episode ([=BW093=]), he and Riolu take her and Piplup's places (respectively) in the Japanese opening credits starting with [=BW094=].
* SamusIsAGirl: His Samurott succumbs to Bianca's Emboar using Attract, and since Emboar is a guy...yeah, with those whiskers and such, it's unlikely anybody saw ''that'' coming.
* SignatureMon: Riolu/Lucario is his main Pokémon, who stays out of its Poké Ball and most closely resembles his personality (in contrast to [[TheStoic most Lucario]], Cameron's is rather silly and fun-loving). It's also the only one of his Pokémon to have evolved onscreen.
* StraightManAndWiseGuy: With Riolu, who serves as the Straight Man to Cameron's Wise Guy.
* UnskilledButStrong: He's even dimmer than ''Indigo League Ash'', both in and outside of battle, and regularly handicaps himself through his mistakes. His team, however, is very powerful and well-balanced, which is seemingly what allows him to get away with his incompetence. His Hydreigon took down two of Ash's Pokemon with relative ease, while Lucario took out three.
* VitriolicBestBuds: Sorta. His Riolu is clearly annoyed at his sheer ditziness, but still considers him his best friend. It's made much more apparent given that, like in the games, Riolu evolves into Lucario because of said bond.
%%* WindFromBeneathMyWings: Swanna
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Virgil]]
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-->'''Voiced in Japanese by:''' Creator/YuukiKaji
-->'''Voiced in English by:''' Creator/TomWayland
-->'''Voiced in Latin American Spanish by:''' Gerardo Velásquez
Yet another Unova rival for Ash. The final one introduced, Virgil debuts shortly before the start of the Vertress Conference. He is a Rescue Worker, along with his older brother Davy. His team consists of a female Eevee and one of each of the "Eeveelutions", whom he regularly rotates similar to Ash and his Unova team. [[spoiler:He ultimately ends up the victor of the Vertress Conference.]]
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* TheAce: By far and large the best non-[=E4=]/Champion trainer of Unova in ''Best Wishes'', [[spoiler:he defeats Cameron who in turn had defeated Ash previously and ends the series undefeated and winning the Unova League Conference]].
%%* AnIcePerson: Glaceon. Vaporeon's Aurora Beam.
%%* BigDamnHeroes: His debut
* TheBusCameBack: [[spoiler:Returns for the special episode before the 16th movie.]]
* CanonImmigrant: Though he's been given the Pokémon Ranger's sprite and class, he and his team ''are'' available in a download for the World Tournament (along with the other three anime-origin rivals).
%%* CastingAShadow: Umbreon
* CurtainsMatchTheWindow: Gold hair and gold eyes.
%%* DishingOutDirt: Eevee's Dig and Leafeon's Sand Attack.
* GenerationXerox: He and his older brother, Davy, are both involved in the Rescue Team business, just like their father Jeff.
%%* GreenThumb: Leafeon
%%* LightTheWay: Umbreon's Flash.
* LivingProp: Leafeon -- comparatively, the rest of his team has either participated in said episode's conflict and/or were ''seen'' battling in the Vertress Conference. It does, however, appear as a silhouette on the display screen showing the teams he used in the 6-on-6 battles, so at least we know he used it. [[spoiler:It also appears by his side in the Mewtwo special, and even then, it only uses one attack.]]
%%* LuckilyMyShieldWillProtectMe: Eevee's Protect.
%%* MakingASplash: Vaporeon
* MerchandiseDriven: His Eevee team exists to advertise a whole bunch of Eevee merch in Japan.
%%* NiceGuy: Virgil himself
%%* NonElemental: Eevee
%%* PintsizedPowerhouse: Eevee.
%%* PlayingWithFire: Flareon
%%* PsychicPowers: Espeon. Umbreon's Psychic.
* RedHerring: [[spoiler:Played with in that many expected him to be the one to face Ash and beat him, then go on to win the whole league. He never battled Ash, but he did battle and defeat Cameron (who ''did'' beat Ash), and Virgil ''did'' go on to win the entire league.]]
%%* ShipTease: With Bianca.
%%* ShockAndAwe: Jolteon.
* ShoutOutThemeNaming: He and his father share the same name with a [[Series/{{Thunderbirds}} famous family of rescue workers]].
* SignatureMon: His entire team is made up of Eevee and its evolutions.
* TheSmurfettePrinciple: Eevee's his only female {{Mon}} on a team of eight. This is a JustifiedTrope - only 1/8th of all Eevee are female in the games, so proportionately this is accurate. More importantly, she's the most powerful member of his team to begin with.
%%* SoulPower: Umbreon and Vaporeon's Shadow Ball.
* TheUnfought: [[spoiler:Due to Ash getting knocked out of the tournament by Cameron, Virgil is the only rival Ash ''never'' faces, and one of two (the other being Bianca) he doesn't battle in the Unova League]].
[[/folder]]
!Unova Gym Leaders
[[folder: As a Whole]]
* ElementalPowers: They specialize in a specific Pokémon Type just like most Gym Leaders in the Pokémon World.
* LargeHam: They sure love to emphasize their abilities and strengths.
* SmugSuper: They sound and act very show off and arrogant, even when compared to the usual portrait of Gym Leaders, with the exceptions of Marlon and Cheren.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Striaton Gym]]
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[[caption-width-right:350:Cress]]
-->'''Voiced in Japanese by:''' Creator/MasakazuMorita (Pod), Creator/MakotoIshii (Corn)
-->'''Voiced in English by:''' Creator/LucienDodge (Chili), Creator/TomWayland (Cress)
-->'''Voiced in Latin American Spanish by:''' Carlos Díaz (Chili), Manuel Díaz (Cress)
-->'''Voiced in Italian by:''' Creator/RenatoNovara (Chili), Creator/FedericoViola (Cress)
Cilan, Chili and Cress are a trio of Striaton City Gym Leaders, specializing in Grass, Fire and Water-types respectively. In this gym, the trainer has the freedom to choose one of the trio, and as long as they win, they will earn the Trio Badge.
As Cilan was impressed with Ash's improvisation during their gym battle, he accompanied him and left the gym to his other brother. For tropes specific to Cilan, see [[Characters/PokemonTheSeriesBlackAndWhiteCast the Supporting Cast for Black and White]].
!!General Tropes
* AdaptedOut: Neither of them have the Lillipup that they have in the games. The same goes for Cilan.
* AlphabeticalThemeNaming: Their English names (and Cilan's) all begin with a "C."
* BigEater: Chili, whose solution for resolving stress is to stuff his face with donuts. His Pansear also has the ability "Gluttony".
* BirdsOfAFeather: Non-romantic, but Cilan determines that Chili and Pansear are perfect partners due to the many traits they share.
* TheBusCameBack: Chili ends up encountering Ash's group in ''A Call for Brotherly Love!'', after leaving his gym.
* BerserkButton: Chili is ''really'' sensitive about people criticizing his battle tactics.
* CantCatchUp: This is acknowledged in [=BW058=], when Chili is revealed to be suffering an inferiority complex, percieving himself as the weakest of the brothers due to having suffered a losing streak, expecially when Pansage circumvents his type disadvantage against Pansear with more balanced attacks. The gang helps him out by training Pansear to learn Solarbeam.
* CurtainsMatchTheWindows: They have elemental-colored eyes matching their elemental-colored hair.
* ADayInTheLimelight: [=BW058=] focuses on Chili, who recently left Striation Gym to embark on his own journey, having lost confidence as a Gym Leader due to a series of losses.
* DishingOutDirt:
** Pansear can maneuver through the ground easily with Dig.
** Panpour can use Mud Sport to lessen damage from super-effective Electric attacks.
* DoppelgangerSpin: Cress' Panpour's Double Team.
%%* DudeLooksLikeALady: Cress, to a degree - also see ThirdPersonPerson below. Ironically, in the English dub he has the ''deepest'' voice of all the triplets. Administrivia/NotThisTrope unless there's an in-universe character mistaking him as a girl.
%%* EdibleThemeNaming
* ElementalHairColors: Their hair are not only colored, but also styled according to the type they specialize in.
* ElementalPowers: This Gym is unique in that it is shared with three different Type-specialists.
* EnergyWeapon: Pansear's Solarbeam (taught to it by [[HeterosexualLifePartners Pansage]]).
* EyesAlwaysShut: Cress' Panpour.
* FieryRedhead: Chili
* FreudianTrio: With all three brothers.
** TheKirk: Cilan
** TheMcCoy: Chili
** TheSpock: Cress
* GreenThumb: Cilan specializes in Grass-type Pokeémon like Pansage. He's also the one who taught Chili's Pansear Solarbeam to get around Water-types.
* HotBlooded: Chili to the extreme. Shared by his Pansear.
* LargeHam: Chili, at times. Ironically, his brother Cilan can sometimes be even hammier.
* MakingASplash: Cress specializes in Water-types like Panpour.
* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Cress' advice to Chili about his battle style, while necessary to help him improve, probably could have been delivered a little more delicately, something Cress guiltily admits to. Thankfully, Cilan manages to deliver the advice better and rectify the situation.
* PlayingWithFire: Chili uses Fire-type Pokémon like Pansear.
* OutOfFocus: While Chili gets some development and even his own focus episode later on, Cress goes largely underutilized.
* RedOniBlueOni: Chili and Cress respectively. They even have hair colored that way!
** Meanwhile, Cilan himself is blue to Chili, but red to Cress.
* SharpDressedMan: They dress smartly as they serve customers as well as trainers.
* SiblingTeam: Along with Cilan (until he elects to travel awhile), the three of them share their duties at the Gym (which also doubles as a restaurant), allowing the challenger to select his or her opponent in a one-on-one Gym Battle.
* TheStoic: Cress.
* TakeAThirdOption: Ash requests the opportunity to battle all three Gym Leaders. Cress suggests a series of 3 one-on-one matches to determine whether Ash earns a badge (he beats Chili, loses to Cress, and then beats Cilan).
* ThirdPersonPerson: Cress in the original Japanese version - culturally and grammatically, doing so is regarded as a mannerism of femininity.
* TheWorfEffect:
** Of the triplets, Chili appears to lose the most battles - he was beaten by Trip using a ''[[ElementalRockPaperScissors disadvantaged Servine]]'', for goodness sake, not to mention being (incidentally) the only person on record to have been defeated by Burgundy. Deconstructed when he develops an inferiority complex and runs away from the Gym, and it got even worse when Cilan and Pansage defeat his Pansear in [=BW058=]. However, it's subverted at the end of the episode when he finally defeats Ash's Oshawott.
** Usually, Cress isn't shown to have lost a single battle. [[spoiler:However, when Chili couldn't beat her, he eventually lost to Morana as well, who beat him using an OHKO attack despite his type advantage.]]
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Lenora (Aloe)]]
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-->'''Voiced in Japanese by:''' Creator/AtsukoTanaka
-->'''Voiced in English by:''' Norma Nongauza
-->'''Voiced in Latin American Spanish by:''' Creator/LauraTorres
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* AdventurerArchaeologist: Implied to be one.
* BareFistedMonk: Watchog's Low Kick.
* BarrierWarrior: Herdier's Protect.
* BigDamnHeroes: Shows up just in time to resolve the conflict in [=BW014=]
* ConfusionFu: One of the reasons she's so difficult to fight in the anime is because her favorite strategy is to disorient trainers by destroying their strategies with a [[SwitchOutMove Roar]] and [[YouWillNotEvadeMe Mean Look]] combo. She is also one of the ''very'' few Gym Leaders allowed to substitute Pokémon during battle the same as her challengers are, which, again, allows her to use strategies not seen at other Gyms.
%%* HappilyMarried
* MeaningfulName: Le'''nora''', as in '''norma'''l types.
* NonElemental: She specializes in Normal types
* ShockAndAwe: Watchog's Thunderbolt.
* SoulPower: Watchog's Confuse Ray, and Lillipup and Herdier's Shadow Ball.
* StealthMentor: She takes this approach when battling Ash, treating her battle with him like a test he needs to pass.
* TokenMinority: The only "black" Gym Leader, and fits the {{mammy}} stereotype pretty well - much of her artwork even features a matronly apron.
* WakeUpCallBoss: Just like in the games, Lenora is a ''very'' difficult fight for Ash. She {{curbstomp|battle}}s him without breaking a sweat, it takes an episode-long TrainingMontage just to get up to her level, and even then she's a tough battle.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Burgh (Arti)]]
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-->'''Voiced in Japanese by:''' Creator/ToruFuruya
-->'''Voiced in English by:''' Billy Bob Thompson
-->'''Voiced in Latin American Spanish by:''' Daniel Lacy
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* AllWebbedUp: Leavanny's String Shot.
%%* AmbiguouslyGay
* BadassCape: As part of his DynamicEntry.
* BarrierWarrior: Leavanny and Dwebble's Protect.
* BigCreepyCrawlies: He specializes in Bug types.
%%* BigOlEyebrows
* DishingOutDirt: Dwebble's secondary type (Rock).
* EarlyBirdCameo: In [=BW018=], similar to his in-game first appearance.
* EnergyWeapon: Leavanny's Hyper Beam.
* ExtraOreDinary: Whirlipede's Iron Defense.
* GreenThumb: Leavanny's secondary type.
* MeaningfulName: His English name sounds like bug.
* NoHoldsBarredBeatdown: His Leavanny is on the recieving end of one, when Pikachu barrages the Nurturing Pokémon with all of his moves and takes down the Bug/Grass-type.
%%* NiceGuy
* PoisonousPerson: Whirlipede's secondary type.
* RealMenWearPink: His signature Pokémon, Leavanny, is from a species reknowned for its sewing ability. Burgh himself is a talented artist.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: He does his best to both stop and help the Venipede in [=BW022=], and manages to convince the mayor to give him a chance, while even talking Trip into assisting.
%%* ScarfOfAsskicking
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Elesa (Kamitsure)]]
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-->'''Voiced in Japanese by:''' Creator/YumikoKobayashi
-->'''Voiced in English by:''' Eileen Stevens
-->'''Voiced in Latin American Spanish by:''' Analiz Sánchez
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* AdaptationalPersonalityChange: In the games, Elesa was TheStoic, bordering on EmotionlessGirl. As you can tell just from her picture here, the anime went the complete opposite direction and made her a GenkiGirl.
* AdaptedOut: One of her Emolga is replaced with a Tynamo in the anime.
* AscendedMeme: In the games, her Emolga tripped up players thinking Ground- and Grass-tTypes could beat her entire team. Ash's Palpitoad went down swiftly, causing Ash to freak out after he thought he'd only need it to sweep her team, and Snivy similarly went down.
* BareFistedMonk: Zebtrika's Double Kick.
* CoolHorse: Zebstrika.
* EvenTheGirlsWantHer: Has a gym full of (only) female fans that blush at the sight of her, cosplay as her, and constantly scream her name.
%%* TheFashionista
* GenkiGirl: Especially during battles. She's also in full Genki mode when she referees the match between Ash and Bianca's Father, shouting every now and then.
* GlassCannon: {{Exaggerated|Trope}} with Tynamo. She looks small and harmless, but then not so much once she starts a Tackle at ''lightning speed''. That said, after some careful planning, she goes down after a single Iron Tail.
* LargeHam: Overlaps with GenkiGirl; she can be quite dramatic.
* LetsGetDangerous: Once she sees how powerful Pikachu is (taking out her Emolga with a single Quick Attack), the gloves come off.
* LightningBruiser - Zebstrika (a test to see whether her opponent can last in the battle).
* MeaningfulName: '''Ele'''sa as in '''ele'''ctricity.
* MsFanservice: In two occasions -- the first is a screenshot that seems like she wasn't wearing stockings underneath, the second is Dawn's description of Elesa wearing very fashionable clothing.
* NiceGirl: Extremely eccentric, but she's all around a sweet and caring young woman who tries to cheer up Bianca after her loss and loves her Pokémon and fans.
* PintsizedPowerhouse: Tynamo.
* PlayingWithFire: Zebstrika's Flame Charge.
* PoorPredictableRock: Similar like in the games, Elesa's Emolga is part-Flying-Type and thus is immune to Ground-Type attacks, countering both, Ground-Types and Grass-Types with Emolga's typing.
* ShockAndAwe: She specializes in Electric types.
* StatuesqueStunner: For a fashion model, she may be considered the tallest female in the entire anime series. [[https://www.serebii.net/anime/pictures/bestwishes/710/DP67.jpg Observe]]. Here is a comparison height between Ash and company versus Elesa.
* TrueBeautyIsOnTheInside: After Ash beats her, Elesa admits that she'd gotten so caught up in showing off and dazzling with her Pokémon that she forgot about the importance of trainer and Pokémon being in sync with each other's feelings.
* WindFromBeneathMyWings: Emolga's secondary type.
* YouHaveGotToBeKiddingMe: Her reaction when Ash only brought just ''one'' Pokémon in the battle after defeating Palpitoad, but allowed Ash to call an audible to get another Pokémon to continue.
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[[folder: Clay (Yacon)]]
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-->'''Voiced in Japanese by:''' Tsuguo Mogami
-->'''Voiced in English by:''' Creator/SeanSchemmel
-->'''Voiced in Latin American Spanish by:''' Creator/HumbertoVelez
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* BareFistedMonk: Palpitoad and Excadrill's [[BrickBreak Rock Smash]].
* BerserkButton: Goes into a rage when Ash has Snivy use Attract, securing an easy win against Palpitoad.
* CastingAShadow: Krokorok's secondary type.
* CynicalMentor: Towards Ash -- among other things, he didn't take the usual route of criticising Ash's usage of a type-disadvantaged Pokémon, and was ultimately impressed when Boldore defeated his Excadrill.
* DishingOutDirt: He specialises in Ground types.
* ExtraOreDinary: Excadrill's secondary type.
* HornAttack: Excadrill's Horn Drill.
* IconicItem: His treasured pickaxe.
* IGaveMyWord: He really did need those Revival Herbs, and so when Ash brought them from Milos Island he kept his word that he'd battle him. This is despite seeming grouchy and not believing Ash would be worth battling.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: He brushes off Ash's challenge the first time, and the second time he criticizes Ash for not knowing about Revival Herbs. Yet despite his doubts about Ash's worth, he keeps his word to battle him, acts as a CynicalMentor with good intentions, and encourages him in the end to keep climbing upwards to reach his dream.
* LetsGetDangerous: To really test Ash's resolve, he sends out his strongest Pokémon, Excadrill, in the final stage of the match.
* MakingASplash: Palpitoad's primary type.
* ManBitesMan: Krokorok's Bite.
* NeverSmileAtACrocodile: Krokorok.
* NotNowKiddo: He appears briefly in [=BW057=] and [=BW059=], twice refusing to battle Ash due to varying circumstances (first time it's work; the second, he doesn't have Revival Herbs, which would guarantee the Pokémon working at his mines stay healthy). He ''finally'' accepts Ash's challenge in [=BW061=].
%%* PoisonousPerson: Palpitoad's Sludge Bomb.
* OneHitKill: Excadrill's Horn Drill. [[SubvertedTrope Less than useful against Roggenrola's "Sturdy" ability]], however.
* SelfMadeMan: Clay reflects that when he was a child, he worked really hard to get where he is, but most contemporary youngsters expect to attain everything with shortcuts and cheap tricks. This is precisely why he considers Ash's Snivy using Attract to be unfair rather than strategic.
* ThisIsADrill: Exca'''drill'''. It even knows '''Drill''' Run and Horn '''Drill'''!
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[[folder: Skyla (Fuuro)]]
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-->'''Voiced in Japanese by:''' Creator/KanaUeda
-->'''Voiced in English by:''' Creator/SarahNatochenny
-->'''Voiced in Latin American Spanish by:''' Karla Falcón
-->'''Voiced in Italian by:''' Creator/DeborahMorese
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%%* AcePilot
* AdaptationalBadass: Swanna's Aqua Ring functions as a cross between Protect (blocks all damage) and Safeguard (cures status conditions) whereas in the games, it gives RegeneratingHealth for a few turns.
* AdaptationalJerkass: Downplayed. She's not an outright {{Jerkass}}, but she's very... {{arrogant|Kung Fu Girl}} and self-assured about her way of battling. Contrast the games, which present her as an outright NiceGirl.
* ArrogantKungFuGirl: She's ''very'' confident about the accuracy of her Air Battles, and gets very nasty if someone challenges her convictions. Even when Cilan gives her a hard time in battle, she declares she "was bored" and [[BlatantLies "predicted everything"]]. Her defeat by the hands of Ash, however, knocks her off her perch.
* BlowYouAway: Swoobat's Air Cutter & Gust, Unfezant's Air Slash and Swanna's Hurricane.
* BubbleGun: Swanna's Bubble Beam.
* DefeatMeansRespect: After Ash defeats her, she humbly admits she was wrong and vows to be a proper Gym Leader from then on. Tranquill's evolution in particular helped her realize that her belief in predictable outcomes is skewed.
* DidntSeeThatComing: Tranquill's evolution, which turned the tide of the battle (as well as revitalizing her own passion for battle).
* EarlyBirdCameo: A rather unusual one, in that she made her first anime appearance in the English opening of Season 15, the weekend before her first episode even aired in Japan.
* FieryRedhead: She's more passionate than quick-tempered.
* GenderFlip: Her Unfezant is male in the anime, contrary to the female version in other continuities - noteworthy because of the gender dimorphism that already exists between female and male Unfezant.
** This may be justified as Ash has a female Unfezant.
* GenkiGirl: She's very energetic -- just watch her entrance to Ash's battle with her. And the more the battle goes on, the more excited she gets!
* HealingFactor: Swanna's Aqua Ring. It even allows Swanna to take Pikachu's Electric attacks, so it seems to have been upgraded A LOT compared to the games.
* ItsAllAboutMe: Gym battles were less important to her than her personal time to fly.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: [=BW068=] shows that she's not really a bad person, but needed to realize that what was best for her wasn't necessarily best for everyone else. Even before then she's consistently polite and expresses delight at getting to battle another Gym Leader.
* MakingASplash: Swanna's primary type.
* MsFanservice: Wears the very same outfit from the games - short shorts that expose her legs and a midriff-exposing pilot gear.
* NewPowersAsThePlotDemands: Her Swanna's Aqua Ring is way more powerful than in the games.
* NonElemental: Unfezant's primary type.
* PsychicPowers: Swoobat's primary type.
* SmugSuper: While not flat-out boastful, she's utterly self-assured.
* TranquilFury: Her grandfather, commenting on how she'd stated that she wouldn't allow her Swanna's beautiful wings to be tarnished (when Cilan's Stunfisk was attacking with Mud Shot), informs her that [[WhatTheHellHero in his view, she's done just that by refusing to do her duty as Gym Leader]]. A tight frown crosses her face at the words, and it really looks like she's restraining the urge to scream at him (in the Japanese version, in fact, her response truly sounds like she's speaking through ''gritted teeth'').
* WindFromBeneathMyWings: She specializes in Flying types.
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[[folder: Brycen (Hachiku)]]
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-->'''Voiced in Japanese by:''' Creator/NobuoTobita
-->'''Voiced in English by:''' Benjamin Becker
-->'''Voiced in Latin American Spanish by:''' Diego Ángeles
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* ActionHero: In his movies, but also in "Real Life".
* AnIcePerson: He specializes in Ice-types.
* BadassNormal: Shown by his training regiment with Beartic in [=BW078=].
* BareFistedMonk: Not only was he an ActionHero in movies, he's an accomplished martial artist -- the man can ''shatter boulders with his bare fist'', for Heaven's sake!
* BearsAreBadNews: Beartic, his strongest Pokémon, though only in the Gym battle.
* BruceLeeClone: Aside from being a martial arts film star, his movie titles are parodies of ''Creator/BruceLee's'' movies.
%%* CurtainsMatchTheWindow
* DidntSeeThatComing: His face after his Cryogonal is beaten when Pignite strikes Cryogonal's face with Fire Pledge while it's using Rapid Spin just screams this.
* DynamicEntry: His EstablishingCharacterMoment.
* EstablishingCharacterMoment: He and Beartic leap down from a higher altitude, destroying a pair of boulders endangering Ash and his friends, and land in perfect martial arts poses. Then he simply expresses relief that nobody is hurt, showing his sense of humility.
* ExtraOreDinary: Vanillish's Mirror Shot.
%%* HumbleHero
* LuckilyMyShieldWillProtectMe: Cryogonal's Reflect.
* MakingASplash: Beartic's Brine.
%%* MaskOfPower
* NoodleIncident: The accident on the set of his fourth movie, which convinced him to quit making movies and go back to training with his Beartic.
* PsychicPowers: Crygonal's Reflect.
* PoorPredictableRock: His Beartic knows Brine, a Water-Type move to counter Fire-Type Pokémon, as well as the Flying-Type move Aerial Ace to counter Fighting-Type Pokémon. Ash's Pignite being a Fire/Fighting-Type, he gets defeated by both of Beartic's moves.
* SoulPower: Vanillish's Astonish.
* SpectacularSpinning: Cryogonal's Rapid Spin.
* WarriorMonk: Dresses the part, and he's also a genuinely tough guy.
* WorthyOpponent: For Krokorok, who was psyched to battle his team.
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[[folder: Roxie (Homika)]]
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-->'''Voiced in Japanese by:''' Creator/EriKitamura
-->'''Voiced in English by:''' Creator/AlysonLeighRosenfeld
-->'''Voiced in Latin American Spanish by:''' Mireya Mendoza
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* TheAce: She's renowned both as an expert musician and one of the toughest Gym Leaders in all of Unova. She more than lives up to her billing, letting her opponents use their entire teams while she only uses three Pokemon. Notably, she took out five of Ash's Pokemon, pushed Pikachu right to the brink and may well have won if Garbodor hadn't been paralyzed by Pikachu's Static.
* AdaptationalBadass: She's only the second Gym Leader in the games, whereas in the anime Ash earned his ''final'' badge from her (though this is mainly because she was introduced after the other Gym Leaders). In addition, she allows Ash to use six Pokémon against three of hers, and she justifies her confidence by defeating five of his team during the battle.
* AdaptedOut: Sort of. She has a Grimer in the games, but only in challenge mode. In the anime, it's replaced with Garbodor.
* BadassAdorable: Apparently, she puts herself on a 6-on-3 disadvantage ''regularly''...Yikes! Plus, she's pretty cute.
* BigCreepyCrawlies: Scolipede.
* BlowYouAway: Ash starts the match by sending out Boldore and having it use Sandstorm against Roxie's Koffing. The Sandstorm does some damage, but then Koffing blasts it away with Clear Smog.
* CallBack: Before Ash is headed towards the Gym for his match, a lot of Pokémon were being admitted to the Center in Virbank City ''specifically'' because she was kicking their asses. Notably, the scene is similar to the first season, before Ash went to face Lt. Surge and his Raichu in the Vermilion City Gym.
* CombatPragmatist: She utilizes attacks with a good chance of poisoning the opposition, making up for her lesser numbers in the battle. In fact, a lot of the poisoning attacks are aimed at the face to assure poisoning with the added bonus of throwing them off.
* DishingOutDirt: Scolipede's Rock Tomb.
* EarlyBirdCameo: She made her anime debut in a two-part special which aired in Japan the week ''prior'' to the release of ''VideoGame/PokemonBlack2AndWhite2'' (her first game appearance).
* EnergyWeapon: Garbodor's Hyper Beam.
* HonorBeforeReason: She doesn't take advantage of Pignite's poisoning by Scolipede, giving it a Pecha Berry before sending out her strongest Pokémon, Garbodor. It just shows how she's both a good sport ''and'' a tough opponent. It's also {{justified|Trope}}; while a Gym Leader, she's also an entertainer as well -- she wanted to put on a good show for their audience, who were really into the battle.
* LeadBassist: In addition to being Gym Leader, she's also the bassist/vocalist of Koffing and the Toxics.
* MascotMook: Koffing is an InUniverse one for her band.
* NewPowersAsThePlotDemands: Koffing's Clear Smog clears away weather conditions, which it can't do in the games.
* PlayingWithFire: Koffing's Will-O-Wisp.
* PoisonousPerson: She's a Poison-type trainer.
* TheRockstar: She's the singer and lead guitarist for her rock band, Koffing And The Toxics. They rock the house during Roxie's matches, sometimes even cheering for her opponents.
* SpannerInTheWorks: She very nearly won her battle with Ash, but her Garbodor got paralyzed by Pikachu's Static ability. That slowed Garbodor long enough for Ash and Pikachu to turn the tables.
* SpectacularSpinning: Koffing's Gyro Ball. Backfires when Leavanny grabs it with String Shot.
* SuperScream: Scolipede's Screech.
%%* TsurimeEyes
* TheWorfEffect: When Ash, Iris and Cilan visit the Virbank Pokemon Center to prepare for Ash's challenge, they meet several trainers that already fought Roxie and lost. Ash, Iris and Cilan even arrive at the Virbank Gym in time to see the end of Roxie's latest match, as her Koffing takes down her opponent's Gothitelle, a Psychic Pokemon that has a type advantage against Poison.
** Her Pokemon have this too, especially her Koffing. It takes down two of Ash's Pokemon before he finally defeats it with Leavanny. Her Scolipede takes out Leavanny, and Pignite takes a beating before he finally defeats it. Garbodor flattens Pignite almost immediately, does the same to Palpitaod and pushes Pikachu right to the edge. It turns out that Roxie letting her opponents use their full teams while using three of her own Pokemon only makes the fight ''fair'' instead of a complete CurbStompBattle.
* WorthyOpponent: She does see Ash as this while their battle go on. The fact Ash kept shilling her ''a lot'' during the battle not only boosts her already big {{Large Ham}} tendencies, but makes her took a shining on him.
* YouthfulFreckles: Though they're only visible close-up.
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[[folder: Marlon (Shizui)]]
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-->'''Voiced in Japanese by:''' Creator/YujiUeda
-->'''Voiced in English by:''' [[Creator/TedLewis Ed Paul]]
-->'''Voiced in Latin American Spanish by:''' Creator/VictorUgarte
-->'''Voiced in Italian by:''' Creator/RenatoNovara
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* AdaptedOut: He doesn't have a Carracosta like in the games. He does have a Wailord, but he doesn't use it in the battle against Cameron.
%%* AnimeHair
* CurbStompBattle: His Mantine pummels Cameron's Ferrothorn with all of its moves and wins easily and then is beaten down easily itself by Samurott.
* CurtainsMatchTheWindow: Blue eyes and blue hair, natch.
%%* ElementalPowers: He specializes in [[ Water types]].
%%* GreenThumb: Mantine's Bullet Seed.
* MakingASplash: He specializes in Water types.
* OneShotCharacter: The first Gym Leader to suffer this fate since ''Chuck'' (way back in Johto!)
%%* OurGhostsAreDifferent: Jellicent.
%%* PsychicPowers: Mantine's Psybeam.
%%* SurferDude: In the dub.
* TheUnfought: Well, for Ash who already has 8 badges. He was Cameron's opponent instead.
%%* WalkingShirtlessScene
%%* WindFromBeneathMyWings: Mantine's secondary type.
* TheWorfEffect: Cameron defeats him without much difficulty, despite Marlon being a powerful Gym Leader. This is presumably to display just how powerful Cameron's team (especially Samurott) is.
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[[folder: Drayden (Shaga)]]
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-->'''Voiced in Japanese by:''' Creator/MasakiTerasoma
-->'''Voiced in English by:''' Creator/MikePollock
-->'''Voiced in Latin American Spanish by:''' José Luis Orozco
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* BaitAndSwitchBoss: Sort of - while nobody was surprised that Iris battled Drayden again, everyone expected Ash to win his 8th Badge at Opelucid Gym rather than at Virbank Gym.
* BareFistedMonk: Haxorus' [[BrickBreak Rock Smash.]]
* TheBusCameBack: He returns alongside Iris in [=JN064=] where he meets Ash and Goh at the stadium to prepare Ash for his battle against Iris.
%%* CoolOldGuy
* DragonTamer: Specializes in training Dragon-type Pokémon.
* EarlyBirdCameo: Made his first appearance in Iris' flashback during [=BW034=].
* ExtraOreDinary: Druddigon's Flash Cannon.
* {{Fauxshadowing}}: The final slot in Ash's Badge case is at one point seen to be shaped to hold the Legend Badge, the badge which Drayden gives out. But Opelucid Gym turns out to be closed on short notice, and Ash battles Roxie for his final Unova Badge instead. Then the 2nd Japanese opening featured Drayden, and he made a two-episode appearance.
** What's amusing about this is how Ash's Badge Cases (both Sinnoh and Unova) have slots shaped ''specifically'' for certain badges - despite the fact that in the anime, there are more than 8 Gyms and therefore no specific selection of badges to be earned for League participation.
* MesACrowd: Druddigon's Double Team.
* TokenMotivationalNemesis: Non-villainous variant -- his presence played an important role in defining who Iris and Excadrill became. He and Iris have a rematch at the Opelucid Gym, and he wins a 2nd time (although this time, Excadrill pulls a tie against the Haxorus which originally defeated it).
* TheUnfought: Ash has not fought him and has no reason to, because he obtained his 8th Badge from Roxie instead.
** "Unfought" to Ash; to Iris it's a completely different story.
* WakeUpCallBoss: He handed Iris and Excadrill their first ever defeat, breaking their 99-battle winning streak. In their 2-on-2 rematch in [=BW101=], he wins again -- despite Excadrill tying with Haxorus, Druddigon was still standing despite Dragonite's best efforts.
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[[folder: Cheren]]
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-->'''Voiced in Japanese by:''' Creator/TakuyaEguchi
-->'''Voiced in English by:''' Creator/ToddHaberkorn
-->'''Voiced in Latin American Spanish by:''' Arturo Castañeda
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* AdaptationRelationshipOverhaul: Him and Bianca (along with Hilbert/Hilda) are friends from childhood. Here they don't appear to have met at all.
* AnimeHair: Maintains his ''ahoge'', as in other media.
%%* BadassTeacher
%%* CoolTeacher
* CurtainsMatchTheWindow: Black hair, black eyes.
* ADayInTheLimelight: Which ''mostly'' makes up for his lack of a presence beyond the Gym Leader role in the anime.
* DemotedToExtra: Considering his noteworthy role in the games. Also, when Ash meets him, he's already in his Gym Leader position of ''Black 2/White 2'', rather than a friendly rival in the same capacity as Bianca - as such, when Ash and Cheren battle, it's just a friendly battle rather than a full-fledged Gym Badge battle as Ash had already gotten the Basic Badge (along with the other seven needed to enter the Unova League) from Lenora.
* HeroicSelfDeprecation: Throughout the episode, he's unsure of himself and his worth as a Gym Leader due to being new to the business. Yet his students absolutely adore and look up to him.
%%* HotTeacher
%%* NiceGuy
* NonElemental: Presumed to use Normal-types like Herdier, just like in the games.
%%* OneShotCharacter
* ShockAndAwe: Herdier's Thunder Fang.
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!Unova League
[[folder:Alder (Adeku)]]
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-->'''Voiced in Japanese by:''' Creator/UnshoIshizuka
-->'''Voiced in English by:''' Scottie Ray
-->'''Voiced in Latin American Spanish by:''' Andrés García
Alder is the Champion of the Unova League during ''Best Wishes''. As of ''Journeys'', this title is now held by Iris.
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* TheAce: Given the fact that he was the Champion of Unova, this is a given. Don't let the relaxed and easy-going personality fool you. When he gets serious he '''''will thoroughly''''' [[CurbStompBattle kick your ass like it's his day job]].
* AdaptationalComicRelief: Alder in the games is relatively serious and has a tragic backstory involving his deceased original partner, while Alder in the anime is much more lighthearted. No hint toward his backstory is ever made in his various appearances, and he's notably absent from the more serious arcs of ''Best Wishes''.
* AndThenWhat: He tells Ash and his friends that once they fulfill all their dreams, they must then find meaning in life ''beyond'' them, too.
* AnimeHair: Spiked upwards with a large wolf's tail.
* BrilliantButLazy: In his older age, he's less focused -- he falls asleep during his battle with Ash! Then comes the Junior World Cup where he shows ''why'' he is still the Champion by curbstomping Trip's Serperior with his Bouffalant.
* BrokenPedestal: In Trip's opinion, but then Trip [[RebuiltPedestal changes his opinion back to his original one once he battles him]].
* BunnyEarsLawyer: This guy was the Unova Champion in spite of his absentmindedness, lechery, and aimless wandering the region.
* TheCameo: He briefly appears in [=JN118=], watching Iris's match against Cynthia.
* CharlesAtlasSuperpower: Stops a rampaging Gigalith with his bare hands.
* ChivalrousPervert: He's like ''Brock'' when it comes to the ladies (or at least with the Jennys, Joys and Cynthia).
* CoolOldGuy: A bit old, yes. But don't underestimate him when he can kick your ass in a battle if he focuses.
* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: Iris is the champion of Unvoa come ''Journeys'', with Alder not even getting so much as a mention.
* {{Expy}}: Of Jiraiya from ''Manga/{{Naruto}}''. He's a wandering sage, and a bit of a lech, but truly fearsome in battle.
* FriendToAllLivingThings: He has a deep understanding of Pokémon -- he helped the aforementioned Gigalith by removing the nail in its foot which had caused it pain, and then fed it minerals. This is also a CallBack to when Bruno of the Kanto Elite Four calmed a rampaging Onix by pulling out a Sandslash firmly lodged between its joints - Pokémon champions require the in-depth foresight, compassion and understanding of life (and living) that must be largely self-taught only with experience.
* TheHedonist: Alder's philosophy is that a person should enjoy life with their friends rather than focusing so much on accomplishments.
* LetsGetDangerous: He seems pretty bumbling and clueless, but he becomes ''extremely'' competent in a crisis. He not only restrains a Gigalith (a Pokémon that typically weighs 260 kilograms, or 573 pounds) with his bare hands, he pulls out the nail that was stuck in its foot. In his battle with Trip, he perfectly gauges the power of Trip's Serperior, realizes it can't take down his Bouffalant and ends the fight with one Head Smash.
* TheMentor: Tries with Trip, is more successful with Ash's group. He does manage to talk some sense into Trip the next time he gets to talk to him.
* NoSell: Bouffalant's Sap Sipper ability, much to Trip's surprise.
* RunningGag: Not remembering either Ash or Trip's names -- he calls the former "Ashton" ('''Santaro''') and the latter "Tristan" ('''Shootaro''').
* SignatureMon: In the anime, it's Bouffalant, but only because it's the only Pokémon of his we get to see.
* VagueAge: Even though he's a grandfather in the games, he's shown flirting with young women at many points in the anime, implying he's most likely much younger himself. His official age in the anime is never made clear, though.
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[[folder:Caitlin (Catteleya)]]
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-->'''Voiced in Japanese by:''' Creator/MiyuMatsuki
-->'''Voiced in English by:''' Miriam Pultro
-->'''Voiced in Latin American Spanish by:''' Hiromi Hayakawa
A member of the Unova League's Elite Four. She specializes in Psychic-types.
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* BadassAdorable: Despite being insecure about her skills, she still manages to hold up against Cynthia until the timer runs out. Keep in mind she was fighting Cynthia's Garchomp for ten whole minutes while most other trainers' mons outside of the Elite Four could barely handle the same dragon for ''[[CurbStompBattle more than ten seconds]]''.
* BareFistedMonk: Gothitelle's Brick Break.
* CastingAShadow: Gothitelle's Flatter.
* FlowerMotifs: She makes her entrance onto the battlefield by emerging from ''the inside of a giant frickin' blooming flower''.
* HairOfGoldHeartOfGold: In constrast to her counterparts from other media, anime-Caitlin is a gracious, collected individual with a sweetly pleasant demeanour. Complete with FlowerMotifs.
* LadyOfWar: Her battle style is focused on elegance.
* OlderAndWiser: According to Cynthia, she's mellowed out and become more mature than when she was younger.
* ProperLady: She conducts herself with grace and poise and her sportmanship is superb.
* ShockAndAwe: Gothitelle's Thunderbolt.
* TookALevelInBadass: If Cynthia's reaction to her fighting ability is any indication, she's gotten stronger with time.
* WorthyOpponent: To Cynthia, despite being only an Elite Four facing a Champion.
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!Team Plasma
'''Tropes that apply to multiple members:'''
* AdaptedOut: The Shadow Triad. The Sages also had their distinct, individualistic appearances and personalities removed. And thanks to their skipped debut, the [=BW1=] team outfits also don't exist in the anime continuity, and along with them any members who ''sincerely'' desired to help Pokémon.
* AdaptationalWimp: In the games Team Plasma actually managed to almost take over the Unova region through both subtlety and force (N had even defeated Alder in a fair battle) and even came close to releasing every Pokemon in PC Boxes. Here their plan relies entirely on brainwashing Pokemon to do their bidding, including Reshiram, but go down rather quickly the second Reshiram is freed. To boot, N has left them long before they executed their plans while Ghetsis and Colress have no battle-able Pokemon team to assist their plans.
* ArcVillain: Thanks to the 2011 Japanese disasters causing their planned debut to be skipped, the organization has only been featured as the villains of the ''Episode N'' arc in the BW show's final season.
* CastingAShadow: Multiple members have Liepard, and at least one is shown commanding a Bisharp.
* CatsAreMean: As indicated above, Liepard seems to be the {{Mon}} of choice for most Plasma grunts, with even Aldith having one. At least three or four Zangoose have been separately shown under their command as well, including Weiss'.
* DarkIsEvil: Their uniforms.
* DemotedToExtra: The Seven Sages (sans Ghetsis) were reduced to appearing only in a flashback, and [[AdaptedOut even had their distinctive features from the games completely altered]]. Most likely done to avoid worrying about their distinct personalities and giving them roles in the story.
* ExtraOreDinary: Multiple Magnemite (along with Barret's Magnezone), and a Bisharp.
* PoisonousPerson: Multiple Golbat and at least one Muk. Not to mention Schwarz's Seviper.
* ShockAndAwe: Multiple Magnemite.
* ShoutOut: All the Pokémon they use are from families which Team Plasma uses in the ''games''.
[[folder: Ghetsis (G-Cis)]]
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-->'''Voiced in Japanese by:''' Masaki Aizawa
-->'''Voiced in English by:''' Bill Rogers
-->'''Voiced in Latin American Spanish by:''' Diego Armando Nieves
The shadowy leader of Team Plasma, foster father to N, Anthea, and Concordia. In [=BW112=], Ghetsis is initially seen projecting his image in a hologram, through which he communicates with Colress. He subsequently appears in person for the first time in [=BW117=].
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* AdaptationalNiceGuy: Heavily [[DownplayedTrope downplayed]], but Ghetsis's more vile crimes, like his verbal abuse of N and freezing Opelucid City are omitted here.
* AdaptationalWimp: Not that he isn't a threat, but his plan rides solely on taming Reshiram through a device. Contrast with game Ghetsis who manipulates N to control the Legendary dragon and is implied fully capable of defeating it. This Ghetsis doesn't seem to have a team of his own, not even his infamous Hydreigon.
* ArchnemesisDad: [=BW118=] reveals that: a) he is N, Anthea and Concordia's stepfather, like in the games; and b) they all oppose his goals and actions.
%%* BadassLongrobe
* BigBad: Of the ''Episode N'' arc.
%%* BlackCloak
* CompositeCharacter: The cool, collected personality of his original B&W persona is combined with the clothing and more open goals of his later, [=B2W2=] counterpart.
* DarkIsEvil: He wears his black outfit from [=B2W2=].
* DoNotTauntCthulhu: [[spoiler: Two grunts had to stop him from pissing off Reshiram any further after it was freed from the device. Ghetsis still insisted on informing the dragon he can still order it around]].
* FauxAffablyEvil: Speaks in honorifics in the Japanese version to put in the appearance of being a gentleman. He isn't one.
* TheManBehindTheMan: To Colress. In his first episode, he contacts him briefly through a hologram at Colress' current base of operations. Ash's group initially mistakes Colress for Ghetsis on their first meeting (having briefly heard the latter's name from Aldith) before being corrected.
* OrcusOnHisThrone: Ghetsis hides away in secret while his agents do his dirty work across Unova. [=BW117=] even shows him ''literally'' sitting on a throne-like chair. He finally takes the scene in the three-part finale.
* RedEyesTakeWarning: Both his visible left eye and the red visor covering his right eye, or possible lack of one.
* TheUnfought: Like Maxie and Cyrus before him, we never see him battle anyone during his entire run on the show.
* VillainousBreakdown: Starts losing it once [[spoiler: the control device is destroyed and Reshiram frees itself]].
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[[folder: Colress (Achroma)]]
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-->'''Voiced in Japanese by:''' Creator/HirokiTochi
-->'''Voiced in English by:''' Eli James
-->'''Voiced in Latin American Spanish by:''' Ricardo Mendoza
Team Plasma's chief scientist, who experiments with technology in order to control Pokémon and strengthen the organization's plans; his own desires and priorities, however, appear to differ somewhat from those of his colleagues.
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* AdaptationalKarma: In the games, he got no comeuppance for his role in Team Plasma's destructive plan, mainly due to his disdain for Ghetsis and respect for the protagonist causing a HeelFaceTurn. The anime has him [[AdaptationalVillainy remain unrepentant]] and arrested along with the rest of the team.
* AdaptationalVillainy: While his goals and allegiance are unchanged, anime-Colress is more psychotic and openly antagonistic than his game counterpart (who only revealed his allegiance to Team Plasma at the end, and was technically more neutral towards the player). [[spoiler:He also reformed in the game, whereas in the anime he's arrested along with Ghetsis and the on-scene grunts, though he ''is'' considering changing his approach towards Pokémon...somewhat.]]
* AffablyEvil: He addresses the heroes with laid-back cordiality, and speaks to them pleasantly (in contrast to Aldith and the other grunts' professionalism).
* BadassLabcoat[=/=]BadassInANiceSuit: Both of these, as in the games.
* CombatPragmatist: Once his machine is advanced enough, he can simply use it to take control of any opposing Pokémon and turn them against his enemies (with alarming swiftness, too). He doesn't ''need'' any Pokémon of his own.[[spoiler:..until it backfires when Pikachu ''fights back'', again, and together with Reshiram destroys the machine, leaving him powerless.]]
* CurtainsMatchTheWindow: Yellow eyes that match the tone of his bright-yellow hair.
* DragonInChief: Colress is actually much more active and responsible for the evil done in ''Episode N'' than his boss, and is even a more competent schemer than him.
* EvilGenius: To Ghetsis.
* ForScience: His motive for being in Team Plasma at all. His response whenever one of the heroes called out their mons was essentially "Yay! More test subjects!"
%%* FourEyesZeroSoul
* LargeHam: If his hand gestures, smirks, and talking about his experiments with delight are anything to go by...
%%* MadScientist
* ManipulativeBastard: In [=BW119=], he convinces Meowth to let him try out his machine on him to increase his strength, all in the purposes of testing its increasing power. Even though Meowth had trained his mind to resist its mind-controlling powers, he fell under Colress' control and had to be snapped out of it by Jessie and James - leaving them with nothing (they'd hoped to convince him to join them), and him with the satisfaction of knowing that his machine is getting more powerful. (Though Jessie and James do manage to plant a tracking device on Colress' machine which they make use of in the following episode.)
* PsychoticSmirk: Whenever good fortune or results occur during his experiments, such as Iris calling out Dragonite and his response is glee at having a new subject.
* RedOniBlueOni: [[LargeHam Red]] to Aldith's [[TheComicallySerious Blue]] - while it's not hyperactive, he shows ''delight'' at seeing Pikachu's willpower overwhelm his own technology. Aldith needs to remind him that this is a setback to Team Plasma's plans.
%%* ScaryShinyGlasses
* TaughtByExperience: After the initial encounter, he tweaked his EM-wave machine so it would not be blocked by the cubes Looker used, strengthened it so Pikachu couldn't will himself out, and generally made sure the device was either attended to by Plasma or kept safely away.
* ThisCannotBe: [[spoiler: Starts freaking out once Pikachu repeatedly keeps resisting his device and helps Reshiram do the same. And it just snowballs from there]].
* VillainousBSOD: [[spoiler:In [=BW122=], when his mind-control machine is destroyed. He gets over it in his last scene, though.]]
* WeCanRuleTogether: [[spoiler:Team Rocket offers him a chance to quit Team Plasma and join them instead. He declines, since he really wants to meet and control Reshiram.]]
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[[folder: Aldith (Angie)]]
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-->'''Voiced in Japanese by:''' Creator/AkenoWatanabe
-->'''Voiced in English by:''' Lori Gardner
-->'''Voiced in Latin American Spanish by:''' Irene Jiménez
A female Team Plasma member, first appearing in [=BW112=]. Holding rank and file over her fellow grunts, she answers directly to Colress and appears to be his own subordinate specifically - as well as being a leash on his more excitable personality.
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* AscendedExtra: The ''Episode N'' opening depicts her, in one shot, as the only colored Team Plasma grunt, making her stand out above the rest. True to that, she so far appears to have a more distinct role than the others.
* CanonForeigner: Her design already existed in "Black 2 & White 2", but only as that of the generic female grunts. Aldith appears to have her own distinct personality and rank within Team Plasma, similar to the Team Rocket trio.
* CastingAShadow: Liepard.
* CatsAreMean: She owns a Liepard.
* TheComicallySerious: Frequently, especially when around Colress.
%%* EvilRedhead
%%* IcyBlueEyes
* MookLieutenant: Though she wears the same uniform as the rest, she's also the only female Plasma grunt seen and the others seem to defer to her, even Barret.
* NumberTwo: She's rarely seen away from Colress and seems to be his direct subordinate.
* OnlySaneWoman: Whenever she has to remind Colress not to get to into the data of his experiments over the mission and gets annoyed when he is happy about the results in spite of failure.
* RedOniBlueOni: [[BlueOni Blue]] to Colress' [[RedOni Red]], being more straight-laced and serious and scolding him when he gets too excited (specifically, when he was pleased at Pikachu's willpower breaking his control over it, as they had no time to study it and needed to focus on perfecting the machine).
* TheSmurfettePrinciple: The only female Team Plasma agent seen in the anime - but as stated, she holds rank over the other Grunts, so it all evens out.
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[[folder: Barret (Brad)]]
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-->'''Voiced in Japanese by:''' Kensuke Sato
-->'''Voiced in English by:''' Darren Dunstan
-->'''Voiced in Latin American Spanish by:''' Carlo Vásquez
A male Team Plasma member, first appearing in [=BW118=]. Like Aldith, he seems higher-ranked than his colleagues (though not on her level), as he is first seen leading a mission to apprehend N for Ghetsis.
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* AscendedExtra: Depicted in the ''Episode N'' opening (on the Plasma helicopter with Aldith and her Liepard), he's given a distinct role and persona in the series proper.
* CanonForeigner: His design already existed in "Black 2 & White 2", but only as that of the generic male grunts. Barret appears to have his own distinct personality and rank within Team Plasma, similar to the Team Rocket trio.
%%* EvilRedhead
* ExtraOreDinary: Magnezone's secondary type.
%%* IcyBlueEyes
* KingMook: His Magnezone is more powerful than either the Liepard or Muk his underlings in [=BW118=] use - it takes on Pignite and Oshawott, defeats the former (which has a type-advantage), and finally needs to be taken down by Pikachu himself.
* LargeHam: In contrast to Alidth's usual composure.
* MakeMeWannaShout: Magnezone's Supersonic.
* MookLieutenant: Of a lesser rank than Aldith.
* ShockAndAwe: Magnezone's primary type.
* SpectacularSpinning: Magnezone's Gyro Ball.
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[[folder: Schwarz (Nero) and Weiss (Bianco)]]
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-->'''Voiced in Japanese by:''' Yukito Sōma (Schwarz) & Naoki Koshida (Weiss)
-->'''Voiced in English by:''' Ryan Stadler (Schwarz) & Benjamin Becker (Weiss)
-->'''Voiced in Latin American Spanish by:''' Benjamín Rivera (Schwarz) & Javier Olguín (Weiss)
A pair of partnered Team Plasma grunts, appearing in [=BW114=]. Having kidnapped a Braviary, they thus attempt to apprehend N when he attempts to rescue it. In battle, Schwarz uses a Seviper and Weiss uses a Zangoose.
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* CastingAShadow: Seviper's Bite.
* CatsAreMean: Zangoose, being based off the cat-like mongoose.
* DualBoss: Ash's Pikachu and Iris' Excadrill faced down Zangoose and Seviper, respectively.
* ExtraOreDinary: Zangoose's Iron Tail.
* MakeMeWannaShout: Seviper's Screech.
* ManBitesMan: Seviper's Bite.
* MeaningfulName: Schwarz and Weiss mean, respectively, "black" and "white" in German while their Japanese names have the Italian names for the colors. Their Mons also sort of match them based on color (Schwarz has the dark Seviper, Weiss the mostly-white Zangoose).
* NominalImportance: Having their names revealed gives them a competence level most grunts don't have, making them fairly capable adversaries - additionally, having trained two Pokémon who are normally mortal enemies into being capable battle-partners (Zangoose and Seviper) indicates some level of distinctive personality and skill.
* OddFriendship: These are the first Seviper and Zangoose seen in the anime to fight together, let alone so ''well''.
%%* OneShotCharacter
* PoisonousPerson: Seviper.
* RedEyesTakeWarning: Both Zangoose and Seviper.
* ReptilesAreAbhorrent: Seviper.
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