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Characters appearing in the long-running manga, Pokémon Adventures. This page contains characters appearing in the Sword & Shield chapter.
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Dex Holders
Henry Sword (Sword)
Henry Sword (Sword "Sou-chan" Tsurugi)
"You can call me Sou. Whatever works for you."
- The Atoner: In the final third of the arc, he is motivated primarily by his remorse for not stopping the threat of Eternatus when he had the chance due to his own selfish desire. When he finally rectifies his error, it's enough to bring about Tears of Joy.
- Beneath the Mask: Several times, he is seen dropping his relaxed façade and showing an intense, stern side that suggests he has a lot more on his mind than one might first suspect. And on the Darkest Day, thanks to Eternatus' toxin, what's on his mind isn't necessarily good.
- Berserk Button: Seeing a horde of Eiscue handling Mr. Rime's cane that he's still working on infuriates him.
- The Blacksmith: Downplayed. Henry's family has a long history of blacksmithing, but he has only been taught to maintain weapons, not make them. He applies his skills to his Pokémon's equipment, maintaining, sharpening, and modifying them to bring out their maximum performance. In the Japanese version, Shieldmilia calls him a "Gear Meister" for this.
- Breaking Old Trends: Instead of getting the starter Pokémon that is strong against the previous male protagonist (in his case Sobble), he gets the one weak against it instead (Grookey).
- Character Tics: He wears his beanie low to keep his bangs out of his face while he works, then pulls his beanie back up when he's done.
- Decoy Protagonist: The story seems to focus more on Henry than it does Casey, making him appear to be the primary protagonist. But on the Darkest Day, after failing to repair the Rusted Sword and Shield, he is revealed to be infected with Eternatus' toxin and he actively refuses to hand the weapons over to help save Galar from destruction. This leads to him being captured by Eternatus who promptly vanishes along with Zacian and Zamazenta, leaving Casey as the sole protagonist who works alongside Hop, Bede, Marnie and Marvin to find Henry and resolve the threat posed by Eternatus, at least for two chapters, and even once he returns Casey is the one leading the charge and playing the more active heroic role in the final stretch.
- Disappeared Dad: His father died sometime before meeting Casey, but not before passing on his sword-smithing knowledge.
- Dub Name Change: Viz changed his name from Soudo Tsugiri to Henry Sword.
- Enemy Mine: Invokes this in Chapter 4, where he forces two Team Yell members to go into a Den with him and Casey to fight a Dynamaxed Pokémon together.
- Evil All Along: Played with - his demeanor, words and actions on the Darkest Day are certainly villainous, but this is because he has been infected with Eternatus' toxin, which heightens its victim's aggression while supressing their conscience. As such, his obsession with repairing the Rusted Sword and Shield combined with the toxin's effect causes him to risk Galar's safety for his own personal agenda. Later on, Henry admits that he would've focused on repairing them regardless of the poison, he also shows great guilt admitting that.
- Eyes Always Shut: More often with not, he's drawn with these to emphasize how easygoing he is...on the surface, that is.
- Face–Heel Turn: Granted his mind isn't stable when it happens, but he’s the first of the Dex Holders to pull one.
- Family Business: His family has a proud history of blacksmithing, with its knowledge being passed down from parent to child, but Henry himself has never actually seen a real sword in-person. This is what gets him to explore the Slumbering Weald in hopes of catching a glimpse of the Rusted Sword and the Rusted Shield. It's later revealed that he didn't just want to see them, but to actually repair them.
- Follow in My Footsteps: Averted, where his dad never intended to force him into the business and Henry joined in out of interest.
- Guile Hero:
- A notable trait of his is his crafty approach to problem-solving. He deals with an ambush by Team Yell by asking Lancelot to force them into a Den with a Dynamaxed Gurdurr, or asking Lancelot to "wander" into the forbidden Slumbering Weald to give Casey an excuse to enter the area to retrieve some Wishing Stars that fell there.
- When battling Milo, he and Lancelot are forced into a corner with only one Max move left to their name after Eldegoss floods the stadium with spores to conceal their location. Rather than aim blindly, Henry and Lancelot remain completely silent while waiting for Milo to call out to Eldegoss. Thinking Lancelot fainted, Milo calls out to Eldegoss, exposing its position and allowing Henry to call down a Max Knuckle to knock Eldegoss out.
- Against Nessa, he and Twiggy are also cornered by her Gigantamaxed Drednaw. After disarming Twiggy of one stick and blowing away the other, Nessa announces that her victory is all but assured... then the "blown away" stick comes back like a boomerang and hits Drednaw in the temple. It's then that Henry reveals that he had Twiggy throw the stick at just that moment to make it seem like it had lost it, lowering Nessa's and Drednaw's guard enough for it to hit.
- Heroic BSoD:
- At the Energy Plant on the Darkest Day, his face is twisted in horror once he realizes that he can't repair the Rusted Sword and Shield. This shifts into something of a Villainous Breakdown once he hits his Rage Breaking Point.
- Post-Darkest Day, he's shown to be ashamed about his toxin-induced behavior, making a conscious choice to avoid seeing Casey until Mustard gives him away, and later admitting to her that he feels like he would done the same thing, toxin or no.
- In-Series Nickname: "Sou-chan" in Japanese, a shortened version of his given name.
- Meaningful Name: His full Japanese name in kanji literally translates to "Swordsmith", which is appropriate given his specialty in creating and maintaining accessories for Pokémon.
- It's All My Fault: Magnoila explains that the main reason Henry works as her assistant is because he feels responsible for Casey losing her original five Pokémon in the Slumbering Weald. While later revelations does puts the honesty of this sentiment into question, or at least, imply there was a selfish motive as well.
- Later, he holds these sentiments in regards to his actions on the Darkest Day, since Eternatus would not still be an imminent threat to Galar if he had given the Rusted Sword and Shield to Zacian and Zamazenta.
- Like Father, Like Son: Or rather, Like Trainer, Like Pokémon. His everyday easygoing nature resembles Grookey, while his stern-serious looks resemble Sirfetch'd.
- Nice Guy: Henry is easygoing, gentle and friendly. On the outside, at least. On the inside, he's so burdened by his family legacy that it induces a single-minded mania in him whenever it comes to gear.
- Odd Name Out:
- He is the only Dex Holder whose Japanese name is fully written in kanji. Other Dex Holders with Japanese-sounding names in the original Japanese version, such as Blue and Sapphire, had their names written in katakana.
- Along with Casey in the localization, they're the only Dex Holders whose series title are their last names rather than their first names.
- Rage Breaking Point: When asked to let Zacian and Zamazenta have the Rusted Sword and Shield so that they can restore them with their power and save Galar, a toxin-infected Henry flips his lid and loudly refuses, saying that the weapons are his and he won't let anyone else have them.
- Red Oni, Blue Oni: He's the "Blue Oni" between him and Casey; being the calm, logical one who uses strategy in his battles. Do note that while he's the calm one, he is no less pushy than Casey, as Marvin can attest to about him joining them.
- Repetitive Name: In Japanese, "Tsurugi" means Sword, making his full name Sword Sword.
- Savvy Guy, Energetic Girl: An easy-going guy in stark contrast to the overly peppy Casey.
- Secretly Selfish: Henry accompanies Professor and Magnolia in searching for Casey's Pokémon and participating in the Gym Challenge, but his true motives for this are to claim the Rusted Sword and Shield so that he can repair them.
- Smarter Than You Look: His gentle, easygoing demeanor makes it easy to write him off as spacey or airheaded, which leads Bede to dismiss him as an amateur. But Henry is very keen and methodical when it comes down to it, handling his battles with trickery and strategy in comparison to his more excitable friend Casey. He also gets laser-focused while examining and performing maintenance on his Pokémon's equipment, to the point that Marvin could scarcely believe Henry is the same person he met in the woods.
- Spell My Name With An S: In Japanese, Sword's given name is also shown to be written in Japanese kanji as "Soudo/創人", which translates to "creator/forger", giving his full name a double meaning of Swordsmith. The fan English translation kept his name spelt as Soudo due to this.
- Stepford Smiler: Much of his relaxed Nice Guy persona is later shown to be something of an emotional defense mechanism, since on the inside he feels incredibly burdened in regards to living up to his family's reputation as master blacksmiths; a burden which drives his desire to repair the Rusted Sword and Shield.
- Tears of Joy: He cries in happiness when Zacian and Zamazenta use their power to repair the Rusted Sword and Shield and assume their true forms as a result, since it finally relieves his guilt over not allowing them to do so earlier on the Darkest Day.
- Theme Naming: In Chapter 4 of the Japanese version, he decides to give his Pokémon nicknames based on the tools they wield, with "ン" (an "un" or "yn" sound) attached at the end. In English, the nicknames are still based on the tools but more varied.
- Underestimating Badassery: He's on the receiving end of this frequently because of how laidback and gentle he is. His calm, relaxed demeanor causes other trainers to let their guard down until they're blindsided by his surprisingly ingenious tactics.
- What the Hell, Hero?: Downplayed, as he discusses this with Professor Magnolia and Marvin. While his opinion of Chairman Rose wasn't that huge before, it certainly gets worse after Rose's dismissal of Bede, noting that despite his words that he helped Bede because he saw something of himself in him, he didn't even bother to remember his name and was unbelievably quick to dismiss him.
Lancelot (Lanceyn)
- Bare-Fisted Monk: Fighting is its primary and only Type.
- Jousting Lance: Like all Sirfetch'd, they wield their Leek like one, and knows how to use it.
- Signature Move: Already knows its own, Meteor Assault. It's first used to defeat an holographic Dynamax Pangoro.
- Throwing Your Sword Always Works: Is introduced saving Marvin after he fell off a cliff by throwing his Leek into the cliffside to catch his fall.
- Underground Monkey: Their species is one, being an evolution of the Fighting-Type Galarian Farfetch'd, compared to the non-evolving Normal/Flying Kantonian Farfetch'd.
Twiggy (Stickyn)
- Battle Boomerang: Twiggy learns to bend its sticks to throw it like a boomerang, generating a small whirlwind that dries off Sniffler and allows Twiggy to close the distance. Henry and Twiggy repeat this strategy while Dynamaxed against Nessa, with Henry noting that it only worked as well as it did because Nessa sealed off all their other options.
- Dual Wielding: Gains and wields a second stick once it evolves.
- Green Thumb: Grass is their primary and only type.
Steeler (Tekkotsun ("Beamyn"))
- Bare-Fisted Monk: It's a Fighting-Type.
- Carry a Big Stick: Already wields a large steel beam as a weapon. When Dynamaxed, its beam makes Henry, Casey, and the Team Yell members look like ants.
- Scissors Cuts Rock: It's beaten Bede's Galarian Ponyta (A Psychic-type) and Opal's Togekiss (A Fairy/Flying-type and has a humongous type advantage).
- Status Buff: Unfortunately for the Team Yell member using the Thievul, its ability is Guts, which increases its Attack when it's inflicted with a status effect.
- Logical Weakness: It wields a metal beam as a weapon, which can be heated up. Ultimately, they lose when Henry had Casey and a Team Yell member heat it to unbearable levels with Fire attacks, which left it open to a Brave Bird from Lancelot.
Fanguru (Gunbain ("Fannyn"))
- Because You Were Nice to Me: "Asks" Henry to capture them after he repairs their fan.
- Berserk Button: Breaking its fan. The main reason it attacks Sonia is that she damaged it trying to untangle her shoe from it, and only stops attacking when Henry fixes it.
- Mind Manipulation: It's shown to be able to control a Pokémon by waving its fan at them, although it can only do this to one Pokémon at a time.
- Mind over Matter: Its secondary Type is Psychic.
- Non-Elemental: Its primary Type is Normal.
- Power Incontinence: As a result of its fan being damaged, it ends up controlling the wrong Pokémon twice in quick succession; first when it ends up controlling Raihan's Sandaconda instead of his Duradulon, and again when instead of Henry's Twiggy, it controls Sonia's Yamper and it unleashes a bolt of electricity on everyone, including itself.
Kayne (Sutekkyn ("Staffyn")
- Berserk Button: Unsurprisingly, due to her breaking its cane capturing it, Melony. Not only does it refuse to respond or acknowledge her while it was owned by her, Henry notes during his Gym Battle that it kept trying to attack her directly in between his orders.
- An Ice Person: Its primary Type is Ice.
- Curb-Stomp Battle: Demolishes Steeler and Fanguru on its way to retrieve its cane that Henry snatched. While Casey notes that as a sign that it's a Gym Leader's Pokémon, later reveals imply that it's naturally that strong on its own.
- Kevlard: It's a portly fellow, and is able to use its bulk to bounce off Fanguru's Hypnosis.
- Loved by All: Casey notes that it's extremely popular with the Pokémon of the area, having fans, groupies (who are the ones who stole its Poké Ball and cane from Henry in the first place), and wannabe apprentices. Unfortunately, this is why Melony decides to capture it in the first place.
- Mind over Matter: Its secondary Type is Psychic.
- The Perfectionist: Is able to tell that something's off from just using its repaired cane once.
- Underground Monkey: Is an unique evolution of Mr. Mime, which adds an Ice typing to its original Psychic Type.
(Armyn)
- Bare-Fisted Monk: Unlike Henry's other Pokémon, Urshifu does not use any weapon at all.
- Rule of Symbolism: Urshifu lacking gear like Henry's other Pokémon symbolizes his shame for his behavior when under the effects of Eternatus' poison and ulterior motives.
- Theme Naming: Despite not weilding a weapon, its name still fits Henry's "equipment + -yn" theme; it's just named for "armor".
Casey Shield (Shieldmilia)
Casey Shield (Shieldmilia "Shi-chan" Tate)
"Call me Schilly!"
- Bag of Spilling: Invoked by Sordward and Shielbert, who set her back to square one by stealing all her Pokémon and having their Doublade suppress her memories alongside Henry's to ensure they can't hinder their plans.
- Curtains Match the Window: Brown hair to go with her brown eyes.
- Ditzy Genius: She's a bonafide Gadgeteer Genius and a talented Pokémon trainer, but her hyperactivity and tendency to bull rush everything gets her into a lot of trouble. She also has trouble reading the room at times and it takes her some time to realize that she can ask for help in looking for her missing Pokémon.
- Dub Name Change: Viz changed her name from Shieldmilia Tate to Casey Shield.
- Easily Forgiven: She doesn't hold Henry's toxin-induced behavior against him. In fact, when Henry apologizes the next time they meet in the Isle of Armor, she apologizes herself for not holding Henry accountable for his behavior in the past, trying to take some guilt off him.
- Establishing Character Moment: Her introduction in the series highlights her as a hyperactive girl, first seen pranking and chasing a young boy named Marvin while wearing a Ball Guy head.
- Experienced Protagonist: By the time she met Henry, she had already traveled around Galar, had a well-trained team of Pokémon (similar to Crystal) and her knowledge about them rivaled the Pokédex. Then she went in to Slumbering Weald...
- Expy Coexistence: While both she and Hop exist in the story, she takes his Deuteragonist role in the game (She's one of two people who enters the Slumbering Weald and encounters the Legendary Pokémon, is the hot-blooded best friend to Henry, endorsed by Champion Leon, and is chosen by Zacian and Zamazenta). The end result is that, like Hau in Sun and Moon, Hop is Demoted to Extra as a regular Gym Challenger. Outside of game elements, both have great knowledge of Pokémon, only that Casey lost all of hers as a result of the Royal Brothers.
- Gadgeteer Genius: She made her own 3D projector and VR headset that can simulate a Dynamax battle, complete with feeling pain if you get struck via electrical shocks.
- Genki Girl: She's very hyperactive and perky.
- Honor Before Reason: She could have asked Henry how he beat Milo, but refuses to hear him out and swears him to secrecy until after she wins her match on her own merits.
- Hypocritical Humor: When she takes Marvin to thank Henry and his Sirfetch'd, she tells the boy not to yell... while speaking at the top of her voice herself.
- In-Series Nickname: "Shi-chan" in Japanese, a shortened version of her given name (and also her preferred form of address). The fan English translation changes it to "Schilly".
- Large Ham: She's extremely showy, excitable, and hyperactive, with No Indoor Voice to boot.
- The Leader: In the last third of the arc, Casey ends up being the one leading the group of her, Henry, Hop, Marnie, Bede and Marvin in the final battle.
- Motor Mouth: She loudly harps on about her enthusiasm for Dynamaxing at top speed, close to one of Marvin's ears.
- No Indoor Voice: She often speaks at the top of her voice, to Magnolia's annoyance.
- Odd Name Out:
- Like Henry, she is one of the only Dex Holders whose Japanese surname is written in kanji, where her given name is written in katakana.
- Along with Henry in the localization, they're the only Dex Holders whose series title are their last names rather than their first names.
- Otaku: She's very vocal about her enthusiasm for Dynamaxing.
- The Pollyanna: A year ago, when Henry and Casey encountered Zacian and Zamazenta in the Slumbering Weald, she actually lost all of her previous five Pokémon. However, cut to her in the present time, and she's still as energetic as ever. But it's also made clear that she misses them all dearly and she later sends out a broadcast begging anyone who's seen them to let her know.
- Red Oni, Blue Oni: As the tropes above show, she's the "Red Oni" between her and Henry.
- Repetitive Name: In Japanese, "Tate" means Shield, making her full name Shieldmilia Shield.
- Series Goal: Shared with Professor Magnolia, it's to study the Dynamax Phenomenon and to find her missing Pokémon. She ultimately succeeds in the latter.
- Significant Birth Date: Her birthday is March 13, which is Pi Day.
- Spell My Name With An S: Her Japanese given name lacks the usual elongation present in the word "Shield", bringing it closer to being pronounced as "Shildmilia". The fan English translation spells her name as Schildemilia due to this.
- Theme Naming: Her Pokémon are nicknamed after metric unit prefixes. Scorbunny is an exception, but still fits as "Bit" is a unit of measurement that the prefixes are commonly attached to.
Bit
- Playing with Fire: Fire is their primary Type, and knows Ember.
- Fragile Speedster: As shown with the battle against the three Dreadnaw, it quickly weaves between them without trouble, but gets knocked out immediately when one gets lucky and bites straight down on his flame patch.
Kilo
- Character Tics: Kilo has a habit of flapping its tail fin back and forth and stopping as if lost in thought. That's how Casey knows that the Arrokuda currently being eaten by a Cramorant is Kilo.
- Making a Splash: Its primary Type is Water.
- Flying Seafood Special: They're first shown flying along Casey when introduced.
- Secret Art: Casey notes that its ability is Propeller Tail, which is their species' Hidden Ability.
Tera
- Berserk Button: Casey admits that they have a habit of getting pissed off if a opponent its fighting turns out stronger than they assumed.
- The Berserker: Tera can become this if their Berserk Button above is pressed, as the anger causes it to focus on defeating its target above all else, which causes it to sweat from the effort, which pisses it off more due to the toxins in its sweat, causing it to sweat more and agitating them even more. Casey notes that if it can't defeat the opponent in time, it can faint from this self-feeding destructive cycle.
- Poisonous Person: Their secondary Type is Poison.
- Right for the Wrong Reasons: Casey assumes that the reason it didn't listen to her was that it heard her nearby and wanted to show off. Allister believes to the contrary, it wasn't listening to her because it was agitated, and only calmed down once it heard her voice.
- Shock and Awe: Their primary Type is Electric.
- Super Mode: Tera is capable of Gigantimaxing.
- Tsundere: From Casey's explanation above and how it reacts to that explanation, its all but stated that Tera is this.
Peta
- An Ice Person: Its sole Type is Ice.
- Fan: Is one to Melony's (later Henry's) Mr. Rime, with Casey noting that she met them at one of his performances when she was young, and considering it was involved in stealing Mr. Rime's ball and cane from Henry's camp, still is.
- Single-Use Shield: Naturally for its species, its Ice Face lets them safely take a physical attack before breaking apart, as Mr. Rime so helpfully demonstrates testing the strength with its cane.
- Undying Loyalty: Had no problem being involved with a group of Eiscue to steal Mr. Rime and his cane, but the moment they reunite with Casey, has no problem following her order to defend Henry from the other Eiscue when he steals back Mr. Rime's cane to finish working on it.
Mega
- Big Damn Heroes: Brings the Rusted Sword and Shield that Sworward and Shielbert dropped back to the heroes, allowing them a chance to fight Eternius.
- Dishing Out Dirt: Its primary Type is Ground.
- Hostage Situation: Is being kept by Sordward and Shielbert to weaken Casey.
- Extra-ore-dinary: Its secondary Type is Steel.
- Underground Monkey: Is one to the regular Stunfisk, who is Electric-Type instead of Steel-Type.
Giga
- Bare-Fisted Monk: Its sole Type is Fighting.
- Hostage Situation: Like Mega above, they're also being kept by Sordward and Shielbart to weaken Casey.
Allies
Travel Companions
Marvin
- Ascended Extra: In the games he's just another schoolboy class trainer, but here he ends up becoming the companion of the two main protagonists and even receives a starter Pokémon.
- Audience Surrogate: As The Watson, the readers view the story primarily from his POV for the first couple of chapters.
- Combat Pragmatist: Saves his Draco by ordering his Sniffler to use Tearful Look as a makeshift tearbomb, and then catching the Dracovish and fleeing while the Macro Cosmos goons are overwhelmed by the attack.
- Fanboy: He's one to Piers, having memorized most of his songs and always listening to them in his mp3.
- Fish out of Water: Professor Magnolia states the reason why he's so timid and lacks confidence is because he's moved to a new region.
- Making a Splash: So far, his two Pokémon, Sniffler and Draco, are primarily Water-types.
- Tagalong Kid: Downplayed, since he can actually stand on his own feet.
- The Watson: Since he's introduced as being new to Galar, this allows the protagonists to fill him in on stuff like Dynamaxing and the Wild Area when he understandably asks.
Professor Magnolia
The professor of the Galar Region, she has Henry and Casey as her assistants in researching the Dynamax Phenomenon.- Ascended Extra: In the games, she doesn't appear that much compared to Sonia, but here, she's pretty much the chaperone to the main protagonists, something unprecedented for professors in Pokémon Adventures.
- Hot-Blooded: Its clear that one thing she gets fired-up over is driving through rough terrain while driving the van.
- Soul Power: She keeps an Antique Form Sinistea and Polteageist after finding them in her van after her first crash to Glintwood Tangle.
- Undying Loyalty: Due to him being the one who funded her research and creation of the Dynamax Bands, she's usually the one defending Rose's behavior and/or actions whenever Henry and Casey discuss Chairman Rose's behavior.
Sonia
- Adaptational Angst Upgrade: In the games it was only stated that she was one of Leon's rivals when they took the Gym Challenge before she decided to drop out. Here it is explained that the reason she quit was due to bad press and people harassing her. Not to mention Sordward and Shielbert attacking her to prevent her from publishing her findings about Galar's ancient past.
- Genki Girl: She's unfailingly energetic and optimistic, despite a rather Dark and Troubled Past.
Gym Challenge
Leon
- Adapted Out: He doesn't have his Aegislash, Haxorus, Seismitoad/Mr. Rime/Rhyperior or his Cinderace/Inteleon/Rillaboom.
- Awesomeness by Analysis: When him and the rest are trapped in the Energy Plant by Rose, he decides to prioritize analyzing Eternatus over trying to get out in the event that the royal brothers are defeated.
- No Sense of Direction: Subverted with his inital appearance, where his abscence from a program about the Gym Challenge is revealed to be due to him trying to corral a bunch of runaway Wooloo back into their pen, but its revealed by the end of the chapter that, despite getting on a train, he somehow ended up back at the train stop, completely missing the show.
- Sad Clown: Unlike in the games, there's a constant air of melancholy behind his performative showmanship due to the Dark and Troubled Past he shares with Sonia.
- Screw the Rules, I'm Doing What's Right!: After feeling the tremor in Hammerlocke, he demands to be let in the Energy Plant in case something happened to Chairman Rose. While Raihan is able to put his talents elsewhere, its clear that he's not happy about it.
- Signature Mon: His Charizard.
Milo
The Gym Leader of Turffield, who specializes in Grass-Types.- Adapted Out: He doesn't have his Shiftry, Ludicolo, Bellossom, Cherrim or Tsareena.
- Cutting Off the Branches: In this continuity, he uses the Shield-Exclusive Appletun rather than Flapple.
- Green Thumb: Uses Glossifleur, Eldegoss and Appletun (the latter against Eternatus).
- Signature Mon: Like in the games, his is Eldegoss.
- Smoke Out: His battle plan with Dynamaxed Eldegoss, using the fact that spores are released when its head is attacked along with its giant size to essentially obscure the battlefield. He even takes advantage of this once his Dynamax runs out, hiding his now tiny Eldegoss within the cloud of spores while Henry's Pokémon is still giant-sized.
Nessa
The Gym Leader of Hulbury, who specializes in Water-Types.- Adaptation Deviation: She uses Toxapex and Gigantamax Drednaw in her initial match against Henry whereas she doesn't use these until her rematch. Likewise, she uses a Quagsire during the battle against Eternatus despite not using that until the Champion's Cup.
- Adapted Out: She doesn't have her Goldeen/Seaking, Pelipper or Golisopod.
- Hoist by Her Own Petard: Henry admits he got the idea to use Sunny Day for her battle against Toxapex because he observed its behavior from video she made about her town.
- Making a Splash: Her signature type.
- Signature Mon: Her Dreadnaw, which is capable of Gigantamaxing like in the games.
- Worf Had the Flu: She loses to Casey despite having both the Type and numbers advantage because both her Pokémon were suffering from confusion from Henry's battle. She wisely decides to close off shop until their back on their feet.
Kabu
The Gym Leader of Motostoke, who specializes in Fire-Types.- Adapted Out: Possibly. He battles Henry and Casey in 3-on-3 battles but his Ninetales and Arcanine never appear.
- Brown Note: His cheer for congraulating Hop and Casey is so loud that it disorients everyone nearby.
- Demoted to Extra: Unlike the previous 2 Gym Leaders, his fight with Henry happens off-page, and while Casey gets a page to show off a Dynamaxed Kilo, she defeats him within two pages.
- The Determinator: During his match with Casey, the announcer notes that he also fought Marnie, Bede, and Tsurugi in the same day, and afterward fights Hop, making him this.
- Playing with Fire: His signature Type.
- Red Baron: Is referred repeatly as the Gym Challengers' "First Real Obstacle"
- Signature Mon: His Centiskortch, which like in the games, is capable of Gigantamaxing.
- Small Role, Big Impact: In-universe, it was he who inspired Sonia to go on her current career path, when he tried to cheer her up from her loss at the Gym Challenge by telling her stories about the Legendary Pokémon of Hoenn, getting her to wonder about the legends of Galar.
- Wake-Up Call Boss: While this becomes an Informed Attribute as a result of his Demoted to Extra Status, he's still noted to be an in-universe one, where his fight is where most challengers give up.
Raihan
- Adapted Out: His Torkoal, Gigalith and Turtonator aren't present.
- Ascended Extra: While this is generally a given for most Gym Leaders, Raihan gets the lion's share of it in the SWSH chapter, as he decides early on to investigate the truth of Rose's schemes, placing him further into the plot moreso than even the actual main characters.
- Blood Knight: Gets very excited over the possibilty of being able to battle against Legendary Pokémon.
- Camera Fiend/Selfie Fiend: Admits that he mainly fought Henry to get some pictures of himself winning for next month's Pokémon Journal, and Henry notes that he uses a variety of photos for his feature, including one where he just got up from bed shirtless.
- Character Tic: Raihan often either keeps his hands in his pockets or behind his head.
- Clark Kent Outfit: Raihan's baggy hoodie hides his buff figure, as shown by the aforementioned shirtless pic.
- Dishing Out Dirt: His Sandaconda.
- Genius Bruiser: He firmly establishes himself as this by talking about the history of the vault originally being a fortress before showing off the homework he did on Henry, rattling off his gym victories, his specialty, and even his Pokémon's nicknames, before battling. The "Bruiser" part comes in when he's able to take advantage of an opening with Lancelot's Leaf Blade to knock him down with his Sandaconda's Slam.
- Noodle Incident: He and Piers were apparently a pair of hellraisers as kids, with the both of them doing arguably worse stuff than Bede's destruction of the mural. One instance Raihan brings up specifally is that he had tried to melt through Macros Cosmos' walls with Pokémon moves when he was a kid.
- Reasonable Authority Figure: He quickly takes charge when explosions rock his city, directing Leon to calm down the civilians and getting Bede to back down.
- Signature Mon: His Duradulon.
- Sore Loser: Played for Laughs. He bluntly admits that he's not going to use the photos he got from his match with Leon because it was from a match he lost.
- Timed Mission: Invokes this toward Henry, telling him to defeat him quickly if he wants to make it in time for the vault inspection.
- Weather Manipulation: His Sandaconda knows Sandstorm, which he uses as a opener against Henry's Lancelot.
- Worthy Opponent: He sees Henry as this, admitting that out of all the Gym Challengers, he's the one he looking out for the most.
Opal
The Gym Leader of Ballonlea, who specializes in Fairy-Types.- Adaptational Nice Guy: While she does give Bede an interview before offering the position of being her Gym Successor, the circumstances are more formal here than in the game, with her leaving a letter for him that he receives when he's turning in his gear, and then simply meeting up with him at a later time to give him a interview, rather than the imprompt and up-close interview she gives him in the middle of Hammerlocke.
- Adapted Out: She doesn't have her Mawile.
- Gameplay and Story Segregation: Beats Casey when Gigantamax Alcremie confuses Casey's Gigantamaxed Tera with G-Max Finale, which G-Max Finale can't do in the games.
- Good Cannot Comprehend Evil: Its shown that one reason why Opal chose Bede as her successor is that she's trying to figure out what about Bede is the reason for Rose's oddly cold treatment of him.
- The "evil" part is later subverted, as Rose was only pretending to be cold towards him.
- Insult of Endearment: Takes Casey calling her a "nasty witch" as the highest compliment.
- Laser-Guided Karma: Played for Laughs, but she gets some payback for her Troll tendencies when her freaking out Casey as an introduction gets her knocked down and dazed from Casey's scream.
- Macross Missile Massacre: Her Gigantamax Alcreamie's G-Max Finale is rendered as this, unleashing a barrage of 100-000 calarie missiles that Henry's Twiggy can barely dodge.
- Passing the Torch: Like in the games, she announces to the public that she's retiring after the current tournament, with Bede in her sights as her successor.
- Pretty in Mink: Retains her large purple boa, which even doubles as a makeshift pillow when she lies down.
- Scissors Cuts Rock: Her Togekiss is beaten by Henry's Steeler despite the massive type advantage (Togekiss is a Fairy/Flying type which are both super effective against Fighting-types like Gurdurr and only takes a fourth of damage from Fighting type attacks)
- Status Buff: Awarded to Hop's Pincurchin for answering her quiz about her age with "16".
- Status Effects: Punishes Henry's Twiggy for answering with technically correct answer of "88".
- Stern Teacher: Is this toward Bede, making it clear that she'll rigorously train them for their role as Gym Leader, and is shown calling them out during a training battle with a Gym Trainer for leaving themself open to attack because they chose the wrong moment to answer a question during said battle.
- Signature Mon: Her Alcreamie, who is capable of Gigantamaxing.
- Secret Test of Character: During her Gym Battle with Henry, she admits she tests not only someone's skills as a Trainer, but also tests their "heart", making sure they're capable of handling all the bad things with fame alongside the good.
- Underground Monkey: Uses a Galarian Weezing, who is a dual-typed Poison/Fairy compared to the single-typed Poison Kantonian Weezing.
Allister
One of two Gym Leaders of Stow-On-Side, who specializes in Ghost-Types.- Adapted Out: He lacks his Mimikyu.
- Creepy Child: Certainly gives off this vibe with his appearance.
- Irony: He feels apologetic that everyone had no choice but to battle him due to Bea's absence. Later, when Marnie challenges Stow-on-Side Stadium, she has to battle Bea, whom she's disadvantaged against, due to Allister being out with Casey.
- Hellgate: The Pokédex notes that those who stand near Gigantamax Gengar's mouth can hear the voices of the dead loved ones. Henry ends up being caught up hearing his late master during his battle.
- The Paralyzer: His Cursola. Allister explains that touching it renders the toucher stiff as a stone, forcing Henry to switch from Twiggy to Fanguru when Twiggy's unable to move.
- Poisonous Person: His Gengar, who apart from Poison being its secondary type, he spams Max Ooze for his 2nd and 3rd moves to fight Henry's Dynamaxed Fanguru.
- Shrinking Violet: Like in the games, he's very shy and introverted. While this helps his image as a Ghost Gym Leader, this causes obvious problems when he wants to ask something or communicate with somebody.
- Signature Mon: His Gengar, which is capable of Gigantamaxing.
- Soul Power: Specializes in Ghost-Type Pokémon. He also seems to have a interest in them, as not only he goes twice to Magnolia's car to see the super rare Antique Form Sinistea and Polteageist she possesses, but also runs off into Glintwood Tangle in order to find his own Antique Form Sinistea and Polteageist when she reveals she found them in the car after the first time they traveled through it.
- Tagalong Kid: Ends up traveling with the group to Glintwood Tangle after stowing away in the car in a attempt to ask about Magnolia's Antique Sinistea and Polteageist.
- Our Dragons Are Different: Catches both the Drakloak Tera was fighting and the Dreepy said Drakloak was protecting.
- Underground Monkey: Uses a Galarian Yamask, who is Ground in addition to its Ghost-Type, and Cursola, which is the evolution to the Ghost-Type Galarian Corsola.
Bea
The other Gym Leader of Stow-On-Side, who specialized in Fighting-Types.- Adapted Out: Doesn't have her Sirfetch'd or Pangoro.
- Demoted to Extra: A more severe case than Kabu, as she isn't fought by either Henry or Casey. She's only mentioned by Allister as a way to assure Casey that there's someone filling in for him at the Stadium while he's in Glimwood Tangle. In fact, she doesn't appear until the 15th chapter and doesn't appear in person until the 25th chapter!
Gordie
One of the two Gym Leaders of Circhester, who specializes in Rock-Types.- Adapted Out: Doesn't have his Barbaracle or Shuckle.
- Blood Knight: Explicitly goes out in a snowstorm in order to fight Henry in a outdoor battle because he wants to fight someone the Champion endorsed, and when Henry points out taking Melony as a client doesn't mean he'll challenge her officially, asks that if he wouldn't fight someone whose gear he's worked on.
- Exposed to the Elements: Subverted, where he faces the consequence of dressing lightly in the middle of a snowstorm by catching a flu.
- Extremity Extremist: His Stonjourner, who mainly fights using its legs to make stable, strong kicks.
- Genius Bruiser: Takes advantage of his environment during his fight with Marvin to nullify Sniffler's type-advantage, and then when Marvin uses frozen balls of water to throw his Stonjourner off-balance, he quickly uses Rock Slide to stabilize Stonjourner and counter-attack. It would've worked if Casey didn't run in thinking Gordie was someone ambushing Henry and Marvin.
- Signature Mon: His Colossal, which is shown to be Gigantamax form with his fight against Marnie.
- Slave to PR: Agrees to Henry's request to fight Marvin because he doesn't want to take a chance that his fans take it the wrong way if he turns it down.
- Worf Had the Flu: Literally. He's shown to be a strong trainer in his battle against Marvin, but waiting in a blizzard with shorts on left him too sick to take on the flock of wild Eiscue with his Rock-type.
Melony
The other Gym Leader of Circhester, who specialized in Ice-Types.- Adapted Out: Lacks her Eiscue.
- The Atoner: As she admits, she wants to fix the things she's ruined with her impulsive tendencies, starting with fixing Mr. Rime's cane, and what is implied, eventually her relationship with Gordie.
- Big Creepy-Crawlies: Is shown using a Frosmoth against her battle with Henry, which is part Bug-Type.
- Innocently Insensitive: She caught Mr. Rime because she believed all of Galar should see their performance. Unfortuntely, all she ended up with was a Pokémon who hated her because she broke its cane in a ambush.
- Fatal Flaw: Her tendency to act on the sole assumption that what makes her happy would make everyone else happy has caused her problems in her life.
- Nice Job Breaking It, Hero: Also Literally. She ended up breaking Mr. Rime's cane in the process of catching them, causing them to refuse to listen to her.
- Signature Mon: Her Lapras, which is capable of Gigantamaxing.
- The Unfought: While she does interact with the protagonists, it's as a client for Henry's skills rather than a opponent, and then lends her Mr. Rime to Henry until the finals so that he can spend more time repairing their cane. Ultimately, despite the implication of the previous chapter, she does end up fighting Henry and Hop as a Gym Leader off-page.
Piers
The Gym Leader of Spikemuth who specializes in Dark-Types.- Adapted Out: Doesn't have his Scrafty or Skuntank.
- Anti-Hero: He is well known to have a darker and more dangerous side. Shown clearly when he was almost close to stabbing Sordward and Shielbert in the throat had Marnie not stepped in. He thanks Marnie for doing so, showing that he himself is aware of how out of control he can get.
- Guile Hero: He deliberately gives Sonia's attackers the camera sans the memory card, giving the heroes time to determine what they were trying to hide and, once they realize the deception, forcing the attackers to come to Spikemuth to retrieve said card, giving him the home-court advantage.
- The Nicknamer: He has nicknames for his closest friends, such as "Rai-Rai" for Raihan, "Nia" and "Sonny" for Sonia and "Leo" for Leon.
- Signature Mon: His Obstagoon.
- Zero-Approval Gambit: When Sonia became depressed from the bad press and dropped out of the Gym Challenge, Piers made scandalous actions around it so that the Gym committee would pay heed to the issue.
Macro Cosmos
Chairman Rose
The Chairman of the Galar Pokémon League and the President of Macro Cosmos- Adapted Out: He doesn't have his Escavalier, Perrserker or Klinklang.
- Adaptational Heroism: Rather than being the sole mastermind behind the plan to unleash Eternatus, he is actively manipulated by Sordward and Shielbert for their own selfish ends. In addition, he takes more responsibility for the mass outbreak of Dynamaxed Pokémon, sending the elite Trainers from his subsidiaries to deal with them, and was prepared to step in to stop Eternatus himself if Sordward and Shielbert failed.
- Adaptational Nice Guy: It turns out Rose actually had great care for Bede, where his obliviousness towards Bede was all an act to drive him away and spare him the inevitable consequences that will befall him and Oleana for their actions.
- Crazy-Prepared: Once his initial experiment to generate energy without Galar Particles causes an tremor in Hammerlocke, he has his workers prevent anyone into the factory, but has Oleana's Pokémon out in case to intercept anyone trying to sneak in (as Raihan quickly learns). In addition, when he has the heroes trapped in the Energy Plant, he made sure they wouldn't escape by making the room impervious to Pokémon moves and tech-proof. He also had elite Trainers on standby to deal with the consequences of the Darkest Day, and fully intended to battle Eternatus himself if Sordward and Shielbert failed to defeat it.
- Extra-ore-dinary: His Copperajah and Ferrothorn.
- Jerkass to One: Is respectful and considerate to everyone, even those that may disagree with him, but is oddly harsh when dealing with Bede. It's implied Oleana actually arranged the whole deal with Bede, and Rose just finds the whole thing a needless hassle. This is later subverted, where he only pretended to be distant towards Bede for Bede's own benefit.
- Kick the Dog: Doesn't remember Bede, the Gym Challenger he personally endorsed, who wants to make him happy, and is currently putting in the work to find Wishing Stars for him. This is later subverted, where it turns out he knew Bede ever since he entrusted him the task of gathering Wishing Stars, and that his constant dismissals of him are to spare him from the even greater pain he'd feel being close to him.
- Leeroy Jenkins: Has no problem just walking up to Henry and Marvin to shoot the breeze, and later makes plans to eat with Henry if he beats Nessa without actually talking to his secretary. In fact, Henry considers him as someone who does what he pleases in general.
- My God, What Have I Done?: When he sees that Sordward and Shielbert aren't able to live up to their promise to defeat and contain Eternatus, he tries to defeat and contain it instead. He is completely dejected when he fails, realizing that despite all his efforts Galar is now in danger because of him.
- Never My Fault: Both Henry and Casey see his dismissal of Bede as a case of this, as they both believe since he's the one who gave him his secret mission and lent him his Pokémon in the first place, he bears some responsibility for Bede's actions. Ironically, it's the opposite case - his dismissal of Bede was done so that Bede would ultimately be ascribed no fault for Macro Cosmos' illegal actions.
- Obfuscating Stupidity: He comes off as a dense, irresponsible manchild most of the time, but later events show just how perceptive and calculating he is beneath this facade.
- O.O.C. Is Serious Business: Considering that he couldn't remember who Bede even was, the fact that he was able to recall everything about him sans his name during his What the Hell, Hero? to Bede is telling how badly he fucked up destroying the Stow-On-Side mural. Ironically, his What the Hell, Hero? speech ends up being this general, since Raihan, Piers, and Opal all find his dimissal of Bede odd and take it upon themselves to investigate.
- Rank Scales with Asskicking: Like in the games, he's the head of both the Pokémon League in Galar and Macro Cosmos, and was previously the runner-up in a previous Champion Cup.
- Slave to PR: Asks Raihan to keep the cause of the tremor and why he was performing the experiment to himself so that he doesn't look uncool. On a minor note, he seems to believe Leon is bound by this trope, as his response to Raihan saying that he stopped Leon from coming was that he wouldn't have regardless since it would make him look bad.
- Wealthy Philanthropist: Sonia notes that his company supports Galar industries, and he's responsible for making the Dynamax Bands using Magnolia's research. It's revealed by Piers that not only did he gave hope to kids like Bede, he also made childcare facilities in the stadiums and protected trainers from slander.
- Well-Intentioned Extremist: Like in the games, he seeks to use the Wishing Stars in order to prevent Galar from collapsing from an energy crisis 1000 years from the present.
- What the Hell, Hero?: Gives a huge one for Bede for destroying the Stow-On-Side mural for Wishing Stars.Rose: I told you we needed them to protect the next thousand years of Galar's future, didn't I? That future is meant to include Galar's modern people, Pokémon, cities, nature, and of course, its ruins. But instead, You've gone and damaged and destroyed what we're supposed to protect. You've got your priorities backwards. [...] Someone who destroys ruins without hesitation...someone who has no love for Galar is not suited for taking part in the Gym Challenge.
Oleana
Chairman Rose's Secretary- Entitled Bitch: Casey outright calls Oleanna this during the Darkest Day.. after starting a plan to "preserve Galar's future" without warning anyone outside of the company of the massive risks of collateral damage, battling the Gym Leaders personally to stall them, and finally imprisoning the whole group inside the Energy Plant to prevent them from interfering in Rose's plan, she had no issue demanding that they "Give Chairman Rose [their] aid" the moment that Plan A falls through. Oleanna simply shrugs off Casey's outburst by saying that the Chairman only had good intentions, but could be easily misunderstood because of his tendency to make snap decisions. She does acknowledge Melony's point that sometimes there's no chance for forgiveness if you hurt others through your actions... so she asked them to aid Rose before things reached that point. Which, of course, wilfully ignores the fact that giant Pokémon were already rampaging throughout the region, even if the Gym Trainers and Macro Cosmos employees were trying their best to contain the damage. That said, she later gives Casey complete access to their company's supercomputer when they're searching for Henry.
- Lack of Empathy: When Bede complains that he isn't able to see Chairman Rose despite being personally endorsed by him but Henry was, she makes it clear that Rose can do whatever he wants and tells him to continue collecting Wishing Stars. This is later subverted, where it turns out she was only going along with Rose's act of being distant towards Bede.
- Schedule Fanatic: Is completely adamant about keeping on schedule, and even scolds Rose for trying to fit in a lunch when they barely have any time as a result of an unnamed project. She's able to squeeze it in, anyway.
- The Stoic: Is constantly seen with blank and/or neutral expressions.
Rivals
Hop
- Adapted Out: He doesn't have his Toxel, Silicobra, Trevenant, Heatmor, Boltund Zacian or Zamazenta.
- Adaptational Intelligence: Downplayed version. Unlike his game version, he actively studied Leon's old textbooks to learn more about Pokémon, and actually noticed and is fully aware of Leon's Stepford Smile tendercies instead of just blindly worshipping him, though he still admires him very much.
- Blow You Away: His Corvisquire and Cramorant.
- Establishing Character Moment: When Casey yells out that he, Marnie, and Bede must be Gym Challengers, he wastes no time loudly affirming to both Henry and Casey that they're mates and rivals while hugging the both of them, showing that despite his reduced role, he's still the Friendly Rival he was in the games.
- Expy Coexistence: As noted in Demoted to Extra below, he exists alongside Casey despite her taking over his role in the story of Sword and Shield. They get along quick.
- Demoted to Extra: In the games, he was effectively the Deutagonist of the story, while here, his role is taken over by Casey, and isn't introduced into the story until Chapter 6 as one of the Gym Challengers alongside Marnie and Bede. With that said, he still ends up playing a major role in the final battle and even ends up making the finals of the Galar League challenge along with Marnie.
- Nepotism: Hop reveals to Marnie that Leon did in fact offer to endorse him, but he not only turned him down, but also goes as far to hide his relation from Leon to avoid making Leon look bad if he has a bad battle.Hop: "I'm fine being made fun of, but I don't want my big bro getting mocked because of me."
- No Indoor Voice: Has no volume control and shares this with Casey, to Marnie's determent.
- Non-Elemental: His Wooloo and Snorlax.
- Shock and Awe: His Pincurchin.
- Ship Tease: He finds Casey cute and tends to blush whenever she compliments him.
- The Smart Guy: For his journey he read through all the books about Pokémon till a point Casey calls him a walking Pokédex.
Bede
- Adapted Out: He lacks Mawile, Gardevoir and Sylveon.
- Adaptational Nice Guy: After Henry defeats him in a battle, he calms down and answers Henry's question about the Wishing Stars as an acknowledgement of his strength, which is far better than how he deals with his losses in the original game.
- Butt-Monkey: It's a never-ending stream of frustrations and humiliations for him.
- Crazy Jealous Guy: Attacks Henry solely because he had lunch with Chairman Rose and has lines such as "If you are gone, the Chairman will only look at me." When he finds out that it was Rose who invited Henry, he reacts by screaming in anger and uttering a Madness Mantra:
- Jerk with a Heart of Gold: As Henry notes, while Bede might have poor emotional control, he does what he does to genuninely please Chairman Rose, using his Ponyta's behavior toward him as evidence. Opal later makes a similar determination, except using his Hatenna's behavior instead.
- Insane Troll Logic: Takes Henry sending out Steeler to battle his Ponyta as a sign that he is trying to get into the Chairman's good graces, even though 1) Rose's the one who invited Henry, not the other way around, and 2) Bede's the one who ambushed him to take him out.
- Happens again when he justifies destroying the Stow-On-Side mural by stating that since Chairman Rose told him to collect Wishing Stars and lent him his Copperajah to do so, therefore its okay since his Hatenna sensed them there. Unfortunately for him, Chairman Rose promptly sent him straight.
- And finally, he blames Henry for his situation with Opal at the Rose tower, stating that none of this would've happend had he not ate with Rose.
- Signature Mon: His Hatenna.
- Undying Loyalty: Even after Rose suspended his Gym Challenge in front of everyone, he still cares for and worries about the chairman. Not only that, but having already been found by Opal and after the whole incident with Eternatus, Bede STILL fantasizes (while blushing!) about happily running around together with Rose when he meets Peony and his daughter, and it's obvious even to Hop and Marnie that he is way too eager to help Peony because of Peony's resemblance to his brother.
Marnie
- Adapted Out: She doesn't have Liepard or Toxicroak.
- The Alibi: Provides one for Casey when Magonlia's group watch a sudden attack by a Dynamaxed Dracovish in the news having met up with her and Allister in Glintwood Tangle trying to stop Team Yell and then going together to register at Ballonlea.
- Commonality Connection: She and Hop end up bonding over the the desire not to let their family down during the Challenge Cup.
- Dark Is Not Evil: Her revealed Pokémon, her Morpeko, Scrafty, and Grimmsnarl, are dual-typed Dark Pokémon, but she is as sweet as she can be.
- Hypocritical Humor: She complains about people yelling a lot, such as Casey, Hop and Bede... only to get so fed up with it on one occasion that she yells in her demands that others stop yelling.
- Morality Pet: She serves as this to her brother Piers, snapping him out of a nearly murderous frenzy when he goes up against Sordward and Shielbert.
- Not So Stoic: She seems cool and composed and keeps to herself, but if she gets stressed out enough she can give Casey a run for her money in how loud she can be.
- Odd Friendship: Despite her dislike of shouting, she actually gets along with Casey and Hop quite well.
- Offscreen Moment of Awesome: A flashback revealed that she was able to beat Bea, who specializes in Pokémon that have a type advantage over her Dark-type Pokémon.
- Signature Mon: Her Morpeko.
Isle of Armor
Mustard
A former Gym Leader and Champion, who after retiring opened a dojo on the Isle of Armor.- Adapted Out: His Urshifu is his only Pokémon here.
- Retired Badass: He already retired as a Gym Leader and Champion to run his dojo on the Isle of Armor.
Avery
One of the Master Dojo's students. A snobbish Psychic-Type Trainer, who despite coming from a long line of psychics can only use telekinesis, which causes him to aspires to become a Gym Leader in order to prove his worth.- Adapted Out: He only has his Galarian Slowbrow and Abra here.
- Adaptational Nice Guy: In the Shield game, Avery is, for the most part, a Jerkass rival trainer who tries to sabotage the player character, whereas in the manga he is helpful to Henry and Casey in spite of his attitude.
- Jerk with a Heart of Gold: He generally has a bad attitude, but still wants to help out as best as he can.
- Mind over Matter: He comes from a long line of psychics and is able to make his Poké Balls float with telekinesis, but this is also his only psychic ability.
- Tears of Joy: Gets this when Henry praises his telekinesis for being able to catch far away Pokémon.
Klara
One of the Master Dojo's students, a former local pop star, who aspires to become a Gym Leader in order to increase her popularity.- Adapted Out: She only has her Galarian Slowpoke and Venipede.
- Adaptational Nice Guy: In the Sword game, Klara is, for the most part, a Jerkass rival trainer who tries to sabotage the player character, whereas in the manga she is helpful to Henry and Casey in spite of her attitude.
- Celebrity Lie: Downplayed, while she brags about being close with the famous researcher known as "Miss Poison" (Moon), she actually did meet her, but the only thing they did is exchange contact info, which only happened due to Platinum pestering them to do it due to both of them specializing in Poison-Type Pokémon.
- Hidden Depths: Despite what her personality may show, it's not only shown that she's a genuinely skilled hairstylist, being responsible for all of her fellow dojo students' hairstyles, but also that she's no slouch in the reasoning department when it comes to Pokémon, being shown when she realized the Poison Pokémon were out of their usual habitat, and, while a second too late to stop Marvin, realizing that something was wrong when a poisoned Zorua would risk going for the poison-healing sap instead of the nearby trees for a Pecha Berry.
- Jerk with a Heart of Gold: She generally has a bad attitude, but still wants to help out as best as she can.
Hyde
Mustard's and Honey's son and creator of the Cram-O-Matic.Antagonists
Sordward & Shielbert
Sordward & Shielbert
- Adapted Out: Neither of them have their Sirfetch'd while Sordward doesn't have his Bisharp and Shielbert doesn't have his own Falinks.
- Big Bad Duumvirate: Sonia sees them and Rose as this when she reveals to Leon that they are working together.
- Bullying the Dragon: They foolishly believe that they could handle the eldritch Pokémon that single-handedly caused the Darkest Day by themselves.
- Connected All Along: Were the culprits behind Casey's team vanishing the year before along with her memory loss, and were also a driving force behind Chairman Rose's plan to cause the Darkest Day, and the reason for his dismissal of Bede when he destroyed the mural.
- Engineered Heroics: They cooperated with Chairman Rose for Eternatus so they could fight and defeat it in camera to be recognized as the hero's descendants.
- Entitled Bastard: As descendants of Galar's royal family, they believe themselves to be celebrities who deserve to be treated as such.
- Extra-ore-dinary: Shielbert has a Klinklang and a Bronzong, while Sordward has a Doublade. This was Foreshadowing how they were in tandem with Rose, where they would've needed Steel-types to take on Eternatus.
- Hoise by Their Own Petard: They (and their many ancestor's) work of covering up the legends of the Hero duo meant that no one would remember them either. In addition, having a pair of interviewers film their battle against Eternatus meant that their humiliating defeat was also captured on-live.
- Jerkass: Stole the Rusted Sword and Shield, kidnapped an innocent girl's team, shoot Sonia's Flying Taxi out of the sky and attacked her and later Casey just because they didn't want information about their crimes to get out. They also plan to risk the entire Galar region's safety just so that their Engineered Heroics can turn them into celebrities.
- Manipulative Bastard: They egged Chairman Rose on in unleashing Eternatus on Galar by promising that they would be able to take it down with the Rusted Sword and Shield. Unlike Rose, who is a Well-Intentioned Extremist, they're doing this only for themselves. Thankfully, Rose saw through their machinations and had contingencies in place for when their scheme inevitably went awry.
- Miles Gloriosus: They're full of pride when facing Eternatus with the Rusted Sword and Shield, but becomes a blubbering mess when it doesn't work and take minor injuries.
- Small Name, Big Ego: They feel that they can follow up their ancestor's achievements despite no one knowing them.
- Nice Job Fixing It, Villain: They attack Casey with Doublade's Lick, which allows her to remember everything the two brothers said at the Slumbering Weald.
- Shock and Awe: Shielbert has his Klinklang shoot down Sonia's Flying Taxi with an electric beam.
- Ungrateful Bastard: When they're saved from falling off of the tower summit by Rose, they accuse him of cooperating with them on purpose just to humiliate them.
Eternatus
- Big Bad: It usurps this role from Sordward and Shielbert due to the sheer threat it poses to the region.
- The Corrupter: His poison is revealed to have infected Henry’s mind, causing him to lose it and become the first Dex holder to pull a Face–Heel Turn.
- Our Dragons Are Different: A skeletal dragon from outer space, whose poison afflicts at least two different status conditions to even humans near it.
- Poisonous Person: It's Poison-typing is played up significantly here, given that it's able to brainwash Henry with its poison and its poison gives Nessa, Piers, Leon, Raihan, Melony and their Pokémon a hard time in recovering from it, to the point where they need special medicine to recover.
