History Characters / PokemonTrainerClasses

* LennonSpecs[=/=]ScaryShinyGlasses: The Bug Maniacs have these.

* LennonSpecsScaryShinyGlasses: The Bug Maniacs have these.

* LennonSpecs: Bug Maniacs wear these.

* ScaryShinyGlasses: The Bug Maniacs have these.

* NerdGlasses
* ScaryShinyGlasses

Experts are old men and women in kimonos.

* [[WeatherControlMachine Weather Control Pokémon]]: They often carry Castform or other Pokémon with Rain Dance.

Ace Trainers, called Cooltrainers prior to Gen IV and universally named "Elite Trainer" in the Japanese games, are the more powerful of the stock trainers met. They use high-leveled teams with varied typings, and generally have better movesets and AI than other opponents. They're typically depicted as older teenagers or young men and women wearing colored jackets.

* TheAce: It's in the name. Ace Trainers are typically considered the best NPC trainers in the series.

* ConfusionFu: While other classes can usually be predicted based on their type preferences, Ace Trainers ''have'' no type preferences, so there's no telling what they'll throw at you.
* EliteMook: Ace Trainers are among the best opponents in the game, and thus are most populous along end-game routes leading to the Elite Four.
* WhipItGood: In Gen I, Cooltrainers were depicted as havingwhips.

* GreenThumb: Specialize in Grass type, but especially the Budew and Oddish lines.

* TheNoseKnows: In Emerald, one of them actually managed to tell that you have a Pokénav by its smell.

* ConfusionFu: Their gimmick is "Pokémon that are physically appealing". They lean towards Grass, Water, and Normal-types for this reason, but really they could be sending out anything.
* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: Due to the lack of female Swimmers in the first Generation, females encountered on the water could have been Beauties.

Bikers and Roughnecks are separate classes, but are commonly found together in the same area and are very similar to each other. They're motorcycle-riding ruffians who specialize in Fighting and Poison-types. A double team of each of them can be encountered in some games, called "Hooligans".

* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: The sports bra and spandex-wearing Battle Girls of RSE are replaced in ''[=LeafGreen=] and [=FireRed=]'' by the sports bra and spandex-wearing Crush Girl.
* WeaponOfChoice: While they use other Fighting-types too, in every single game they appear, Machop and its evolutions are particularly prolific. It's become downplayed since Gen V due to the wider variety of Fighting-types, but before that, pretty much any time you fought a Black Belt it was a safe bet they'd have a Machop evolution on their team.

* AdorablyPrecociousChild: Clearly younger even than the trainer, and their dialogue usually highlights that fact.

* LawyerFriendlyCameo: The males are based on American Boy Scouts, and accordingly the females are Girl Scouts. The Campers were called "Boy Scouts" in the Japanese versions of Red and Green, but it was changed in later games for copyright reasons.

* EliteMooks: They are some of the stronger generic trainers in the game

* BadassGrandpa / BadassGrandma: Despite their old age, they are very skilled at Pokémon battling.
* BareFistedMonk: They specialize in Fighting type Pokémon.

* JokeCharacter: In virtually every game, somewhere you'll find a Fisherman with a team of five or six Magikarp. You'll almost feel sorry for them.
* LethalJokeCharacter: However, some of them, when fought in rematches, begin to train those Magikarp up to ridiculous levels. Sure, six Magikarp sounds like a joke team -- not so funny when you realize they're all Level 60.

* {{Bowdlerize}}: As the English releases of the series began to phase out the Game Corners to avoid gambling references, the Gamblers were renamed "Gamers" and their dialogue similarly downplayed their gambling addictions in favor of gaming. Gen IV completely reimagined them as "PI", trying to pretend they were detectives without changing the gambling-centric dialogue.

* BadassGrandpa / BadassGrandma: The few of them with powerful Pokémon

* PinataEnemy: Like Rich Boys and Ladies, they gives a lot of money when defeated, some of their Pokémon also carry Nuggets. However, they tend to be stronger than their younger counterparts.
* NiceHat

* UpperClassTwit

Guitarists are young men, and later women, with electric guitars. They favor Electric type Pokémon though they also carry Pokemon with Sound based moves.

* BadassLonghair: Except on the RSE version.

* WalkingShirtlessScene: The RSE version.

Somewhat creepy looking girls and women. When paired with a Fairy Tale Girl, they form Mysterious Sisters.

* MindControlEyes: In the Japanese versions of ''Ruby, Sapphire and Emerald,'' the Hex Maniacs originally had blank eyes. They were given pupils in international versions. The Gen VI version of the Hex Maniac has swirls in her eyes.
* NiceHat: Though the recent model no longer wear a hat.

* ConfusionFu: SOme of them will throw in powerful evolved Pokémon, and in Battle Tower, they can even have Legendaries.

RSE exclusive trainers, they are generally men and women in sunglasses and skin-tight workout clothing. Notable in having three different sprites according to where you are. Jogger triathletes primarily use the Duduo line, Cyclers triathletes use electric type Pokemon and Swimmer triatheletes use water type Pokemon.

* MakingASplash: Swimmer triathletes primarily use this.
* ShockAndAwe: Cyclers triathletes primarily uses this.
* SignatureMove: Some of them use Tri-Attack

* ConfusionFu: While usually they have a Pokémon, some of them will throw in powerful evolved Pokémon, and in Battle Tower, they can even have Legendaries.

Guitarists are young men, and later women, with electric guitars. They favor Electric type Pokémon though they also carry pokemon with Sound based moves.

* UpperClassTwit: They're usually very weak battlers, and a bit ditzy. Of course, when you're that wealthy, you don't need to be smart.

* BadassGrandpa / BadassGrandma

Somewhat creepy looking girls and women that specialized in Ghost and Psychic type Pokémon. When paired with a Fairy Tale Girl, they form Mysterious Sisters.

* {{Otaku}}

* AquaticMook:

* BadassCape:

* {{Cosplay}}

Little boys dressed in Ninja outfits, they hide in the scenery and ambush passing trainers.

* InstantAwesomeJustAddNinja

* PaperthinDisguise: They are very easy to spot. However in ORAS they are much much harder to spot, such as hiding under ash piles in Route 113 and under shallow water in Flannery's Gym where their only telltale sign is the bubbles which is very easy to miss.
* PoisonousPerson: They specialize in Poison type

* KingMook: of School Kids

* PintSizedPowerhouse

* AbsentMindedProfessor: The Ruin Maniac in Route 111's desert is unsure if he has been adventuring for 30 or 40 years. The Ruin Maniac near the Ancient Tomb comments that he can't see the aforementioned ruins' entrance, even if it has been unlocked by the player in the Sealed Chamber.

* AquaticMook

* UnderTheSea

[[folder:Scientist]]
Scientists are, you guessed it, scientists. Notably, Scientists are sometimes employed by the villainous team of the region, standing out from the rank and file Grunts for it. They specialize in Electric and Poison-types, and in later games add Psychics to the mix.

* AmbiguouslyBrown: Female scientists in Gen VI have dark skin.
* EvilGenius: You can sometimes find scientists helping the local villains.
* ForScience: Their motivation most any time they appear.
* MadScientist: The ''[=HeartGold=]'' and ''[=SoulSilver=]'' Scientists have torn lab coats and crooked grins to give this vibe, compared to their most composed appearances in other games.
* MechanicalLifeforms: Though the association is downplayed in later games as more Pokémon come into being, they're associated with man-made Pokémon like Magnemite, Voltorb, Grimer, Klink, and Porygon.
* NerdGlasses: Scientists are ''always'' depicted wearing glasses.

[[folder:Street Thug and Delinquent]]
Scary looking men and women, they usually use Dark-type Pokémon, but they frequently use other types as well.

* BlondesAreEvil: The Delinquents.
* DarkIsEvil: The closest thing to a villainous team, that aren't their grunts
* FaceOfAThug: A good number of them are really benevolent.
* {{Jerkass}}: As expected, most of them will reply rudely when talked to
* ScaryBlackMan: Not black, but gives out this impression

Birdkeepers are young men holding bird cages. They specialize in Flying-types, specifically bird-themed Pokémon.

Dragon Tamers are men in elaborate outfits and specialized in Dragon Pokémon.

* BadassCape:

Experts are old men and women in Kimonos. They specialize in Fighting type Pokémon.

* BareFistedMonk

* MakeMeWannaShout: Sometimes they have Pokémon with Sound-based abilities, such as the Whismur and Kricketot line.

* WalkingShirtlessScene: The RSE version

Explorers usually found near historical ruins and caves. They specialize in Ground, Rock, and Steel type Pokémon.

* DishingOutDirt: As already mentioned, they specialize in Rock, Ground and Steel type Pokémon.

* RatedMForManly

* BrainsAndBrawn: Later games pair up a Psychic with a Black Belt as a Brains & Brawn Double Battle.

* BrainsAndBrawn: Later games pair up a Psychic with a Black Belt and a Psychic as a Brains & Brawn Double Battle.

* EyesAlwaysShut:

* EyesAlwaysShut: In the Hoenn games, their sprites and models usually depict them with their eyes closed. Averted in the Sinnoh games.

They are women in raincoat and carrying an umbrella. They are usually found in rainy areas.

* MakingASplash
* ParasolOfPrettiness

* LeeroyJenkins: They have large aggro sight, and in B&W 2, they will come up to the player when they are ready for a rematch even when not talked to.

* AbsentMindedProfessor
* DishingOutDirt
* {{Expy}}: The Gen IV model resembles IndianaJones
* NiceHat

* BlondesAreEvil

* EyesAlwaysShut:

They are women surrounded in petals. They usually uses Pokémon which have flowers or sweet scent, though they sometimes carry Combee.

* EyesAlwaysShut

* BaldOfAwesome: Roughnecks are universally depicted as being bald. Their Gen I name was actually "Cueball".

[[folder:Bug Catcher]]

Dragon Tamers are men in elaborate outfit and specialized in Dragon Pokémon.

* BadassCape

* InstantAwesomeJustAddDragons

Experts are old men and women in Kimono. They specialize in Fighting type Pokémon.

* BattleCouple: Some of them team up to form Old Couple

* {{Cosplay}}

* BadassLonghair: Except on RSE model
* MakeMeWannaShout: Sometimes they have Pokémon with Sound-based ability, such as the Whismur and Kricketot line.
* ShockAndAwe
* WalkingShirtlessScene: The RSE model

* ElegantGothicLolita: The Gen VI sprite

* MindControlEyes

* MightyGlacier
* NiceHat

* {{Cosplay}}: Sometimes they carry children in Pikachu outfit.
* EyesAlwaysShut
* {{Otaku}}

* {{Cosplay}}: They dress up as Pokémon.

* PinataEnemy: Not only are they weak, they give an amazing amount of money. As a bonus, some of their Pokémon carry Nuggets which can be sold if they're stolen.

* DigitalBikini: A male example, the male Swimmers in GIV have their Speedos turned into more conservative trunks.

Veterans appear to be older Ace Trainers. They are old men in Gen IV, but they are somewhat younger in later versions. Likewise, they use powerful evolved Pokémon of various types.

* EliteMooks: They are some of the stronger trainers in the games they are in.

* BrattyHalfPint: Backwards/sideways cap, youthful, arrogant... Youngsters are a slingshot away from hitting every cliche for the trope.

[[folder:Fisherman]]
Fisherman are older men with fishing rods, tackle boxes, and vests of gear. They commonly appear along water-based routes, and use Water-types in battle, more specifically fish-based Pokémon.

* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: Mostly known for throwing out Magikarp and other weak fish against you, but eventually you'll run into a few of them that have evolved their Magikarp into Gyarados.
* ItMayHelpYouOnYourQuest: An unfought Fisherman usually gives the player their Fishing Rods for their quest.
* JokeCharacter: In virtually every game, somewhere you'll find a Fisherman with a team of five or six Magikarp. You'll almost feel sorry for them.
* LethalJokeCharacter: However, some of them, when fought in rematches, begin to train those Magikarp up to ridiculous levels. Sure, six Magikarp sounds like a joke team -- not so funny when you realize they're all Level 60.
* MakingASplash: Prolific users of Water-types.

[[folder:Gambler/Gamer/PI]]
Gamblers are trainers that rely on luck in battle, and their dialogue revolves around gambling. They use a variety of Pokémon and like OneHitKO and DeathOrGlory attacks.

* BadassLongcoat: In Gen IV, they wear long red-brown coats.
* {{Bowdlerize}}: As the English releases of the series began to phase out the Game Corners to avoid gambling references, the Gamblers were renamed "Gamers" and their dialogue similarly downplayed their gambling addictions in favor of gaming. Gen IV completely reimagined them as "PI", trying to pretend they were detectives without changing the gambling-centric dialogue.
* PutOnABus: Likely for the above reason, Gamblers haven't been seen since Gen IV.
* TheGambler: It's all in the name.

[[folder:Guitarist]]
Guitarists are young men, and later women, with electric guitars. They favor Electric type Pokémon though they also carry pokemon with Sound based moves.

* BadassLonghair: Except on RSE model
* MakeMeWannaShout: Sometimes they have Pokémon with Sound-based ability, such as the Whismur and Kricketot line.
* ShockAndAwe
* WalkingShirtlessScene: The RSE model

[[folder:Hex Maniac]]
Somewhat creepy looking girls and women that specialized in Ghost and Psychic type Pokémon.

* {{Cosplay}}
* ElegantGothicLolita: The Gen VI sprite
* {{Otaku}}
* NiceHat: Though the recent model no longer wear a hat.

[[folder:Hiker]]
Hikers are big men with hiking gear commonly found near mountains and in caves. They specialize in Ground, Fighting, and Rock type Pokémon, and sometimes Steel and other types.

* {{Acrofatic}}: They are big men, but then, considering where you can usually find them..
* BadassBeard: Except on RSE model, where they are shaved
* EyesAlwaysShut: Except after Generation VI
* MightyGlacier
* NiceHat

[[folder:Poké Fan]]
Members of Pokémon fan clubs, they are middle aged men and women with various Pokémon merchandise. They usually carry Pokémon of the Fairy egg group (not necessarily Fairy type).

* {{Cosplay}}: Sometimes they carry children in Pikachu outfit.
* EyesAlwaysShut

[[folder:Poké Maniac]]
Fanatical Pokémon fanboys, they adore Pokémon in the "Monster" Egg Group -- their Japanese name is even "Monster Maniac".

* CharacterizationMarchesOn: Prior to Gen III, Poké Maniacs were boys with dark hair and long coats. Since Gen III they've been retconned as cosplaying otakus.
* {{Cosplay}}: They dress up as Pokémon.
* MightyGlacier: They tend to use slow but powerful Pokémon, such as the Aron line, Rhyhorn line, and Slowpoke line.
* {{Otaku}}: Obviously designed with this in mind.

[[folder:Psychic]]
Psychics do not merely specialize in Psychic-type Pokémon, but they have psychic powers themselves.

* BrainsAndBrawn: Later games pair up a Psychic with a Black Belt and a Psychic as a Brains & Brawn Double Battle.
* MindOverMatter: Their sprites display them levitating Pokéballs in auras of psychic power.
* PowerFloats: Well, power makes their Pokéballs float.
* PsychicPowers: Psychic-type specialists.
* SquishyWizard: Naturally given their type of choice, their teams tend to have high Special Attack but poor defenses.

[[folder:Rich Boy and Lady]]
A weak enemy class, they're usually a well-dressed young man/woman and are usually quite arrogant. However, they tend to be very weak, but give excellent rewards.

* BoisterousWeakling: Rich Boys are usually quite loud, which is humorous because their teams are inevitably very weak.
* EccentricMillionaire: One possible explanation for their poor combat skills... they just don't care.
* PinataEnemy: Not only are they weak, they give an amazing amount of money. As a bonus, some of their Pokémon carry Nuggets which can be sold if they're stolen.
* SpoiledSweet: The Ladies in particular are usually very nice, though the Rich Boys are often a bit arrogant.
* UpperClassTwit: They're usually very weak battlers, and a bit ditzy. Of course, when you're that wealthy, you don't need to be smart.

[[folder:Scientist]]
Scientists are, you guessed it, scientists. Notably, Scientists are sometimes employed by the villainous team of the region, standing out from the rank and file Grunts for it. They specialize in Electric and Poison-types, and in later games add Psychics to the mix.

* AmbiguouslyBrown: Female scientists in Gen VI have dark skin.
* EvilGenius: You can sometimes find scientists helping the local villains.
* ForScience: Their motivation most any time they appear.
* MadScientist: The ''[=HeartGold=]'' and ''[=SoulSilver=]'' Scientists have torn lab coats and crooked grins to give this vibe, compared to their most composed appearances in other games.
* MechanicalLifeforms: Though the association is downplayed in later games as more Pokémon come into being, they're associated with man-made Pokémon like Magnemite, Voltorb, Grimer, Klink, and Porygon.
* NerdGlasses: Scientists are ''always'' depicted wearing glasses.

[[folder:Swimmers and Tubers]]
Swimmers are the main trainers encounters along water routes, and are young men and women who are into swimming, of course. Tubers are younger trainers who rely on intertubes to stay afloat since they can't swim. Both classes specialize in Water-types. A Swimmer and a Tuber, of opposite genders, can sometimes be encountered as a team under the name "Sis and Bro".

* AmbiguouslyBrown: The ''X and Y'' Swimmers and Gen IV Tubers have dark skin. Presumably it's a tan.
* {{Bowdlerise}}:
** The Generation II sprites for the female Swimmers were edited for the NA release, turning them from a flirty wink to having both eyes open.
** Male Swimmers in Generation IV have their Speedos turned from briefs to trunks.
* DigitalBikini: A male example, the male Swimmers in GIV have their Speedos turned into more conservative trunks.
* DistaffCounterpart: Female Swimmers were introduced in Generation II. Before then, it was merely Beauties and Jr. Trainer females inexplicably floating on the water.
* {{Fanservice}}: Be it buff guys in swim trunks or slim girls in small bikinis, Swimmers of both genders give players some eye candy to enjoy.
* GettingCrapPastTheRadar:
** Jokes are made about [[VictoriasSecretCompartment where they]] [[TrouserSpace keep their Pokéballs]].
** Multiple games recycle the joke about a female swimmer being unable to get out of the water because her swimsuit broke.
* MakingASplash: Water-type specialists.
* PutOnABus: Male Tubers don't appear in ''[=FireRed=] and [=LeafGreen=]''. Oddly, there are female Tubers and "Sis and Bro" teams of a female Swimmer with a male Tuber, but no male Tubers on their own.

[[folder:Poké Maniac]]
Fanatical Pokémon fanboys, they adore Pokémon in the "Monster" Egg Group -- their Japanese name is even "Monster Maniac".

* CharacterizationMarchesOn: Prior to Gen III, Poké Maniacs were boys with dark hair and long coats. Since Gen III they've been retconned as cosplaying otakus.
* {{Cosplay}}: They dress up as Pokémon.
* MightyGlacier: They tend to use slow but powerful Pokémon, such as the Aron line, Rhyhorn line, and Slowpoke line.
* {{Otaku}}: Obviously designed with this in mind.

[[folder:Psychic]]
Psychics do not merely specialize in Psychic-type Pokémon, but they have psychic powers themselves.

* BrainsAndBrawn: Later games pair up a Psychic with a Black Belt and a Psychic as a Brains & Brawn Double Battle.
* MindOverMatter: Their sprites display them levitating Pokéballs in auras of psychic power.
* PowerFloats: Well, power makes their Pokéballs float.
* PsychicPowers: Psychic-type specialists.
* SquishyWizard: Naturally given their type of choice, their teams tend to have high Special Attack but poor defenses.

[[folder:Rich Boy and Lady]]
A weak enemy class, they're usually a well-dressed young man/woman and are usually quite arrogant. However, they tend to be very weak, but give excellent rewards.

* BoisterousWeakling: Rich Boys are usually quite loud, which is humorous because their teams are inevitably very weak.
* EccentricMillionaire: One possible explanation for their poor combat skills... they just don't care.
* PinataEnemy: Not only are they weak, they give an amazing amount of money. As a bonus, some of their Pokémon carry Nuggets which can be sold if they're stolen.
* SpoiledSweet: The Ladies in particular are usually very nice, though the Rich Boys are often a bit arrogant.
* UpperClassTwit: They're usually very weak battlers, and a bit ditzy. Of course, when you're that wealthy, you don't need to be smart.

[[folder:Scientist]]
Scientists are, you guessed it, scientists. Notably, Scientists are sometimes employed by the villainous team of the region, standing out from the rank and file Grunts for it. They specialize in Electric and Poison-types, and in later games add Psychics to the mix.

* AmbiguouslyBrown: Female scientists in Gen VI have dark skin.
* EvilGenius: You can sometimes find scientists helping the local villains.
* ForScience: Their motivation most any time they appear.
* MadScientist: The ''[=HeartGold=]'' and ''[=SoulSilver=]'' Scientists have torn lab coats and crooked grins to give this vibe, compared to their most composed appearances in other games.
* MechanicalLifeforms: Though the association is downplayed in later games as more Pokémon come into being, they're associated with man-made Pokémon like Magnemite, Voltorb, Grimer, Klink, and Porygon.
* NerdGlasses: Scientists are ''always'' depicted wearing glasses.

[[folder:Swimmers and Tubers]]
Swimmers are the main trainers encounters along water routes, and are young men and women who are into swimming, of course. Tubers are younger trainers who rely on intertubes to stay afloat since they can't swim. Both classes specialize in Water-types. A Swimmer and a Tuber, of opposite genders, can sometimes be encountered as a team under the name "Sis and Bro".

* AmbiguouslyBrown: The ''X and Y'' Swimmers and Gen IV Tubers have dark skin. Presumably it's a tan.
* {{Bowdlerise}}:
** The Generation II sprites for the female Swimmers were edited for the NA release, turning them from a flirty wink to having both eyes open.
** Male Swimmers in Generation IV have their Speedos turned from briefs to trunks.
* DigitalBikini: A male example, the male Swimmers in GIV have their Speedos turned into more conservative trunks.
* DistaffCounterpart: Female Swimmers were introduced in Generation II. Before then, it was merely Beauties and Jr. Trainer females inexplicably floating on the water.
* {{Fanservice}}: Be it buff guys in swim trunks or slim girls in small bikinis, Swimmers of both genders give players some eye candy to enjoy.
* GettingCrapPastTheRadar:
** Jokes are made about [[VictoriasSecretCompartment where they]] [[TrouserSpace keep their Pokéballs]].
** Multiple games recycle the joke about a female swimmer being unable to get out of the water because her swimsuit broke.
* MakingASplash: Water-type specialists.
* PutOnABus: Male Tubers don't appear in ''[=FireRed=] and [=LeafGreen=]''. Oddly, there are female Tubers and "Sis and Bro" teams of a female Swimmer with a male Tuber, but no male Tubers on their own.

* MechnicalLifeforms: Though the association is downplayed in later games as more Pokémon come into being, they're associated with man-made Pokémon like Magnemite, Voltorb, Grimer, Klink, and Porygon.

!! Introduced in Generation I