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Ash's Companions

Goh (Go)

Voiced in Japanese by: Daiki Yamashita (Age 10), Kei Shindō (Age 6)

Voiced in English by: Zeno Robinson

Voiced in Latin American Spanish by: Diego Becerril

Voiced in European Spanish by: Jon Samaniego

Goh is Ash's traveling companion for the Pokémon Journeys anime. A native of Vermillion City, Kanto, Goh attended one of Professor Oak's Pokémon summer camps at age 6, during which he first saw the Mythical Pokémon Mew, which he witnessed saving a baby Kangaskhan. His mission, besides becoming a top-tier Pokémon trainer (though not explicitly a Pokémon Master like Ash), is to someday find and catch Mew.

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• Ambiguously Brown: His skin color is a rather dark tan, but he has blue eyes. Based on how he shares his skin tone with the rest of his family, there's an implication that he's of a dark-skinned ethnicity, similar to Brock and his family. In the English dub, he is voiced by Zeno Robinson, who is Black. Averted in the original Japanese version, as both Goh and Brock/Takeshi were never intended to be anything but fully Japanese with dark skin.
• Awesome, but Impractical: A funny example in A Test in Paradise!, he packs a whole case of Poké Balls, for the adventure to Dragonite Island, but he wastes them all on catching a Dewgong which was intended to get them to Dragonite Island...and only realizes much later when he is actually on the island and tries to catch a Dragonite that he used them all up.
• Awesome by Analysis: Crowning the Chow Crusher! shows he has a keen eye as his opponent for the eating contest second round didn't eat the cookies Team Rocket brought — not just because they would immediately bloat the stomachs of those who ate it — but because their Muk hated sweet things. Goh also decided that they would eat the Pecha Tart because of its sweetness and even had Skowvet keep a Tamato Berry on hand to not only change tastes but also have the spiciness overwork its metabolism to keep on eating!
• Bad Liar: He claims that the then-wild Scorbunny was his trying to defend it from a store owner. The owner sees right through him, having known the Scorbunny longer than Goh.
• Barely-Changed Dub Name: The American dub changes his name from Go to Goh, to avoid confusion with Pokémon GO.
• Big Eater: Like Ash, Goh loves to eat food and desserts. The two also spend time eating together. They even had an entire episode eating the rewards from the Pokemon eating competition.
• Birds of a Feather: With Ash, despite their personalities contrasting each other in some ways. They are both highly energetic when together and very passionate about their respective dreams, and love Pokémon passionately in different ways. Together, they often contrast Chloe and her comparatively calmer and less energetic demeanor.
• Born Lucky:
  • Usually he catches Pokémon effortlessly without so much hitting them with a measly Tackle but just by flinging a ball once at them. He would have made Iris faint in shock. This seems to be because, at least in part, the series is following the Pokémon GO model of catching, where a sufficiently good throw has a better chance of capturing a Pokémon, as evidenced by his phone occasionally shouting out "Nice!", "Great!", and so forth on his throws.
  • This gets averted in A Test in Paradise! where he uses every single Poké Ball he had on him just to catch one Dewgong and later realizes it too late when he attempts to catch a Dragonite, again in JN011, with the three Wurmple he previously caught in JN007. He caught three in the hopes that he would get at least one of each of the two possible Wurmple evolutions; unfortunately for him, all three Wurmple evolve into Cascoon, leaving him with no Silcoon. Later examples of trickier captures for him include Farfetch'd in JN020, Flygon in JN036 and Aerodactyl in Restore and Renew! though they remain exceptions to the overall rule.
• Butt-Monkey: He is subjected to as much slapstick as Ash is.
• Brains and Brawn: The Brains to Ash's Brawn. He's the one who has textbook knowledge of Pokémon and is more about collecting data, compared to Ash tackling things head on and is capable of more physical feats.
• Brilliant, but Lazy: He's really interested in the studies of Pokémon... but not in his academics as he mutters that he doesn't really need the school handouts Chloe gives him. JN049 reveals that he doesn't go to school unless it's for mandatory tests.
• But Now I Must Go: In JN127, he is forced to part ways with Ash at the end of the episode after Project Mew urgently summons him for an important mission. As a result, he is unable to watch Ash's battle against Leon in the finals of the Masters Eight Tournament in person, and is notably the only one of Ash's friends to not watch him complete his final major battle within the same saga that he traveled with him in. While he does return in JN135, it's only a temporary situation, as both he and Ash are planning on going their separate ways afterwards.
• Camera Fiend: A lighthearted example where he's upset his Pokemon data (which included pictures he's taken) is stolen from the lab.
• Canon Foreigner: He's the third of Ash's companions (after Tracey and Max) to not be based on an actual character from the games.
• Cerebus Callback: His mentioning to Ash in Ivysaur's Mysterious Tower! of how Ash is "one of those guys too" becomes this in Time After Time! when we find out that he felt betrayed when his new friend Horace stood him up. (He didn't, Horace fell ill)
• Character Catchphrase: Is quite fond of saying that he has the future within his hands. Time After Time! reveals that it was actually lifted from a song his dad was singing.
• Character Development: Goh has grown a lot through his time with Ash as he learns how to open up in befriending and socializing with people, along with understanding the feelings of his Pokémon, attempting to put their happiness first, and getting better at battling techniques. However, he still has social problems as shown in JN068 where he would rather not want to be working with other people in Project Mew or take on the trials, only changing his mind after being goaded into it by Gary.
• Childhood Friends: With Chloe, to the point of Chloe being his Only Friend until Ash arrived. He also befriended a boy named Horace.
• Crazy-Prepared:
  • Captures three Wurmple in Serving Up the Flute Cup! to increase the odds of getting both Silcoon and Cascoon. Unfortunately all three of his Wurmple evolve into Cascoon.
  • Packs an entire backpack filled with Poké Balls in JN010, but uses every single one trying to capture a Dewgong.
• Compressed Vice: Because of his grudge against Gary, JN102 has him suddenly develop extremely poor teamwork skills in order to teach him a moral about working with others. This is in spite of the fact that he's participated in Raid Battles several times already, including one where he battled alongside Team Rocket with little trouble.
• Curb-Stomp Battle: Gets thrashed by Hodge in Serving Up the Flute Cup!, even after he tries to use type-advantages and Status Buff to help out. Justified as he's only a newbie.
• Dark and Troubled Past:
  • Ivysaur's Mysterious Tower! hints at this. When he and Ash get into an argument on helping an Ivysaur climb the wall, Goh states that Ash is helping out of human conceit and that interfering with helping them is "robbing it of its will to live". And upon Ash stating that he doesn't want to be Goh's friend, Goh coldly mutters "So, you're one of those guys, too."
  • Time After Time! reveals that he made a friend in Horace when they were younger but felt like he was betrayed when Horace didn't show up for their hunt for Celebi. It turns out Horace wanted to go but he caught a fever on that day and blamed himself for not being able to see Goh again.
• Dark Is Not Evil: Has raven black hair and a grey hooded jacket, but he's a friendly guy.
• A Day in the Limelight: Time After Time! focuses on him with no Ash in sight.
• Depending on the Writer:
  • Is he as smart as, smarter, or dumber than Ash? Several episodes show that he is extremely knowlegeable as a Pokédex and actually uses his wide amount of Pokémon as the right tools to solve certain situations, but then there are some episodes when he is relegated to be a second dumber Ash and fails to stand out.
  • Is he as socially awkward as he is portrayed to be? His social anxiety was noted to be a huge drawback when he was younger. After meeting Ash, though, he doesn't try to avoid any sort of close social interation with other strangers, but at times, when Rule of Drama rears its head, he suddenly reverts to his social awkward self out of the blue (and sometimes he uses that as a way to connect to others).
• Deuteragonist: Goh is considered Ash's co-lead for the Journeys series, the first companion since Dawn to receive equal focus as Ash.
• Dub Name Change: A very minor one, but an "h" is added to the end of his name, probably to avoid confusion with the mobile app.
• Epic Fail:
  • When he attempts to catch Scorbunny, he whiffs his throw and Scorbunny has to catch himself.
  • In A Test in Paradise!, he fills his backpack with Poké Balls in preparation for Dragonite Island...and proceeds to use every single one just for a sole Dewgong he wanted to use to travel to said island without bothering to battle it first.
  • In Best Friend...Worst Nightmare!, he attempts to catch a rogue Gengar loose in the Cerise Institute, his first Pokéball is deflected and hits him in the head. Even when he tries throwing multiple Poké Balls, are all deflected back at him.
  • It takes him three tries to catch Farfetch'd in Dreams Are Made of These!, and the first two end poorly for Goh.
• Establishing Character Moment: In the first episode, he's quick to name every single Pokémon in the camp... in front of Professor Oak nonetheless. He also claims to Chloe that he doesn't need friends and he has a sole focus on capturing Mew.
• "Eureka!" Moment: Realizing his Pokeballs will float to the surface if he tries while underwater, he has Inteleon use Snipe Shot to send it into Kingdra and successfully catches it.
• Fire-Forged Friends:
  • Ash and Goh really begin to become friends after their first battle with Jessie and James. Likewise, he discards his fixation on having Mew be his first Pokémon thanks to Scorbunny's assistance, leading to him catching the latter officially.
  • He also has bouts of this with Kiawe in episode 37, where he is quick to show distrust towards him because of how he comments about Ash. However, after their battle together, Goh is saved by Marowak and the battle is called off, which helps them to earn each other's respect.
  • His relationship with Gary is this. After spending his whole Project Mew journey showing nothing but distrust and a dislike towards him, the final mission has them working together where it takes a doubles battle against Shunya and Lyra for him to put this all aside and work with him, finally forming a friendship with him.
• Foil: Goh is quite a contrast to Ash.
  • In comparison to Ash, Goh is characterized by being an intellectual individual while Ash is known for just jumping in without thinking. His observations with Lugia show off video and photo evidence, while Ash was known for explaining the emotional bond Lugia gave to him and Goh. Goh also seems to struggle physically compared to the more athletic Ash, and in their work as research assistants, Goh seems more focused on gathering data and observing Pokémon, while Ash is more focused on interacting with and bonding emotionally with Pokémon.
  • Despite catching more Pokémon at a quicker pace than Ash, Goh is still an inexperienced Pokémon battler, while Ash is an experienced veteran. Goh's Goal in Life is to capture all types of Pokémon and to reunite with Mew once more. Ash, in the meantime, is focused on hoping to challenge Leon in the World Coronation Series. By the end of the series, Ash has succeeded in his goal and became World Coronation Monarch, while Goh, though befriending Mew, has decided he's not quite ready to try and catch it.
  • Goh lives in the city in a high-class apartment with a grandmother, a mother and father (the last two running a company that deals with technical problems). Ash lives in the quiet Pallet Town with his mother (who, according to supplementary materials, runs a restaurant). Goh's parents are so busy that they don't have time for their son (something he acknowledges but pretends to not mind) but Ash's mom frequently visits her son in whatever region he's in.
• Forgiveness: Goh befriended a a boy named Horace when he was younger but felt betrayed when he didn't show up like he said he would. However, in Time After Time!, Goh discovers a letter from Horace explaining why he didn't come and that he wanted to fix the mistake. After reading the letter, Goh forgives Horace and got the chance to see him again as a Pokémon Trainer.
• Friendless Background: =Enter Pikachu!= has 6-year-old Goh state he doesn't want to make friends, outside of Chloe. In Ivysaur's Mysterious Tower! he mutters, after Ash says he didn't want to be friends with Goh, that he's "one of those people".
  • It's shown via flashbacks in A Snow Day for Searching! Goh pretty much spent his childhood at home on his computer doing research on Mew and couldn't make any real friends, a revelation that saddens his Scorbunny.
• The Friends Who Never Hang: Despite being Chloe's Childhood Friend, they never get to talk or hang out until To Train or Not to Train! (episode 49) because Goh never goes to school with her unless it's for testing, and before said episode, Chloe is largely unwilling to join Ash and Goh on their daily adventures due to her coldness towards being in the world of Pokémon beforehand.
• Goal in Life: He's dead-set on catching Mew, to the point that he wants Mew to be his first Pokémon instead of one of the traditional Kanto starters. It doesn't seem to occur to him that the task might be a tad difficult without any Pokémon to help. By the end of episode five, Scorbunny's assistance has led to him discarding this single-target fixation, and while Mew is still his goal, by the end of episode six he's caught all twelve Kanto bug Pokémon and looking to catch more.
• Gotta Catch Them All: After capturing Scorbunny, he becomes keen on acquiring one of every species of Pokémon. His character is a shout-out to Pokémon Go, after all.
• Heroic BSoD: Has a brief one when he suffers a total shutout in his first Trainer battle in JN007. It takes seeing Ash winning against Hodge — the same one who gave Goh a Curb-Stomp Battle — to make him change his mind.
  • He suffers another one during JN134 after watching everyone else being defeated by Mew. Thankfully he has a vision of Ash before they split ways which gives him the courage to keep fighting.
• Hey, You!: Goh initially never refers to Gary by his name in the Japanese version, which is a testament of his dislike for him. It is not until the conclusion of the Raid Battle against Articuno where Goh finally begins to understand Gary's mentality and begins to address him by name, which Gary is quick to point out.
• Hidden Depths: Judging by Ash's "I don't want to be friends" line in Ivysaur's Mysterious Tower! and his response to that, it's hinted that Goh doesn't have good experiences with friends, and is somewhat asking Ash if they were still friends (all while blushing) after they had a small fight. This also adds onto how he immediately stated Ash was his friend the episode prior.
  • Time After Time hints that this might be the case, possibly from having broken a friendship before. He befriended a boy named Horace during a vacation in Azalea Town who promised that they'd meet up again to find Celebi, but Goh was left waiting and thus thought Horace just downright abandoned him thus souring his view on friendships. It turns out that this was a huge misunderstanding; Horace didn't abandon him, he fell ill and couldn't go see him in the storm. By the time he was better, Goh was gone.
• Hates Being Called Cute: Did not appreciate Hodge calling him cute in episode 7.
• Hoist by His Own Petard: Goh's refusal to listen to Gary's orders and doing everything his way instead is what leads to him, Ash, Horace and Gary losing their Raid Battle against Articuno and causing him to nearly fail his Trial Mission..
• Hypocrite:
  • He tells Scorbunny that he should expand his horizons when they first meet. Yet, in the preview of Kicking It from Here Into Tomorrow!, he's shown to be dismissive of Scorbunny's desire to become stronger because he thinks that Double Kick/Quick Attack is perfect. Moreover, he doesn't want Scorbunny — the Fire-type — to learn a Fire-Move, yet he caught a Darmanitan just three episodes prior.
  • In JN135, he swears off his friendship with Ash when the newly-minted WCS Monarch announces he and Pikachu are taking another journey alone—when Goh was going to make a similar announcement himself, having held back out of fear he would destroy his friendship with Ash. Cinderace calls him out hard for this.
• Innocently Insensitive: Tries to tell Scorbunny that it's okay not to learn Ember because Quick Attack/Double Kick is perfect because he saw how exhausted Scorbunny was from its attempts. This ends up doing the opposite effect, straining their relationship once Scorbunny evolves because it sees Goh as someone who doesn't care for it. He nearly does the same thing again to Sobble but quickly goes to correct himself.
• Innocent Blue Eyes: His eyes are blue, innocent, sweet and pure, just like the Mystical Pokemon Mew.
• It's All My Fault:
  • In Goodbye, Friend!, he admits that it's his fault for why he and Raboot's bond has been seemingly fractured and decides that it's better back in Hoenn. However, Ash does not buy this as he asks if Goh told Raboot about this decision. Goh's reaction proves that he doesn't want Raboot to leave.
  • In Sobbing Sobble!, Goh blames himself for forcing Sobble into battle, thus causing the Water-type to run away, because he didn't consider its feelings. Fortunately, Ash reassures Goh that he wasn't going to get it on the first try and to try again.
• Meaningful Name: Quite blatantly a walking advertisement for Pokémon GO. His 'dex even rates his catches with the same words used in the game.
• Mechanically Unusual Fighter: An anime example due to working with Pokémon GO logic:
  • There is his obscene luck in catching Pokémon by just tossing a ball at them.
  • Sometimes when he needs to catch a stronger Pokémon;this is done in Raid Battle format, with Ash usually assisting him.
  • His dex rates his captures using the same words from the game.
• Men Don't Cry: A moment of this happens in JN078, when he's about to cry when Inteleon is standing by his side again but quickly wipes them out.
• My God, What Have I Done?:
  • In Goodbye, Friend!, Goh was willing to just say goodbye to Raboot and leave it in Hoenn. It takes Ash questioning if Goh actually went and told Raboot about releasing him that he realizes that he doesn't want Raboot to leave and that he didn't really bother to actually make amends. By the time he realizes this, it's too late and the train is speeding off... but luckily for Goh, Raboot had boarded the train in time and the two of them are able to fully reconcile.
  • In Time After Time, after spending much of the episode holding a grudge against his friend Horace for snubbing him on the day they were supposed to meet up to hunt for Celebi, he finds a note that explains that the latter had fallen ill and couldn't make it. After reading it, he's visibly kicking himself over thinking so wrongly of him for two years.
• Naïve Newcomer: Though knowledgeable, he is inexperienced compared to Ash, not even having picked a starter when the two met (as he wants Mew to be said starter). He's also understandably surprised that Team Rocket actually has a talking Meowth (thinking it was just a rumor). Also, having never thrown a Poké Ball to catch a Pokémon before, he throws one at Scorbunny with so much spin that it misses completely, nor does it ever occur to him to actually battle a Pokémon to ensure higher catch rates. The latter leads him to blow through an entire backpack of Poké Balls on a Dewgong, leaving him with none to catch the Dragonite evolution line Dragonite Island. This also applies to battles in which in his debut battle he gets curbstomped since he focused more on status buffs and type advantage and has no idea what to do against opponents who go against his expectations.
  • In Kicking It from Here Into Tomorrow!, he doesn't think Scorbunny needs to learn Ember, even though it's a Fire-type, because he thinks that Double Kick/Quick Attack is already good enough as it is, not understanding that it's kinda important for Pokémon to have a diverse moveset. He does get out of this so that Scorbunny can learn Ember in its own special way, just in time so it can evolve into Raboot...but his earlier dismissal of Scorbunny's desires to learn Ember seems to have soured their friendship.
• Never Be Hurt Again: After his old friend Horace ended up being a no-show on the day they were supposed to meet up and look for Celebi (in actuality, falling ill), Goh was so hurt that he decided to surround himself with lots of Pokemon, so he would never feel the pain of betrayal from human friends again. While he was initially content on having Chloe as his only friend, in Legend? Go! Friends? Go!, Goh meets and gets to know Ash, deciding to become friends with him. Despite eventually making more human friends beside Chloe and Ash, Goh still felt hurt from his past with Horace and still closed himself off little. However, in Time After Time, Goh finally finds out the truth from a letter Horace left him and fully forgives him.
• No Man Should Have This Power: Goh catches the legendary Eternatus, but decided to seal it away to prevent the Darkest Day disaster from occurring again.
• Non-Standard Character Design: The first male character to have noticeable eyelashes. It caused many fans to theorize that he was actually a girl masquerading as a boy (this theory was shot down by numerous analyses, and torpedoed for good by the casting of Zeno Robinson in the English dub).
• No Social Skills: His desire to not make friends and focus on capturing Mew means that he has no ability to deal with conflicts, playful taunts or even understanding his Pokémon's desires. After a brief argument with Ash over Ivysaur, he felt like their friendship was already over. He was unable to take Hodge's playful taunts and felt like he was insulting him. And his attempts to comfort Scorbunny by saying it shouldn't learn Ember because its other moves were okay end up getting the rabbit Pokémon mad at him because it felt like Goh didn't want him to grow, leading to the newly evolved Raboot walking away in silence.
• Offscreen Moment of Awesome:
  • At the end of Solitary and Menacing!, he is revealed to have defeated the Karate Master in order to obtain a Hitmonchan, obtaining his first victory in a proper trainer battle.
  • Goh ends up catching both his White Flower Flabébé and Chinchou offscreen.
• Oh, Crap!: Goh's reaction in JN100 when Sonia invites him for a ride in her car as he tries and fails to evade her.
• Poor Communication Kills: He tries to tell Scorbunny that its attempts at Ember aren't working before snapping at the bunny. Goh questions why Scorbunny is acting crazy over this move when he felt like it was okay using its Quick Attack/Double Kick strategy before Ash explains that he has to see it through Scorbunny's eyes. Unfortunately despite Goh figuring out a way for Scorbunny to use Ember, when it evolves into Raboot, the evolved mon's personality has changed and walks away in silence.
  • He immediately assumed Horace betrayed him when the boy didn't show up. Turns out Horace couldn't because he was sick.
  • He wants to go on his own journey alone, but doesn't want to tell Ash out of fear he'd destroy their friendship. When Ash makes a similar announcement first, Goh takes it as an act of betrayal and runs off.
• Red Oni, Blue Oni:
  • Although Goh is capable of Hot-Blooded moments, in general, he is characterized as the Blue to Ash's Red, being the calm intellectual type that focuses on data gathering than emotional bonds.
  • He's also the Red to Chloe's Blue, regarding their respective attitudes towards Pokemon.
• Running Gag:
  • When wild Pokémon deflect his Poké Balls back at him, they always smack him right in the face.
  • For all his luck at catching other Pokémon, Goh can't catch a Pidgeotto to save his life. Until the end of JN070
  • Whenever he runs into Sonia, he winds up getting a ride in her car and freaking out by her reckless driving.
• Shouldn't We Be in School Right Now?: Subverted. Goh may be active in the Cerise institute as a research fellow, but he still keeps up with his studies and still visits school occasionally to take his tests.
• Strong Family Resemblance: Besides having the hair style of his father he is the splitting image of his mom.
• Team Mom: Grows into one as the series goes on fussing over his Pokémon and Ash and often putting himself in harm's way to protect them.
• The Social Darwinist: Downplayed but when it came to the mystery of the parading Ivysaur in JN003 he tells Ash that, when trying to help an Ivysaur climb up a wall, interfering with helping it meant that he and Ash would "rob it of its will to live".
  • Possibly gotten over it as he had no problem with Ash teaching a (at the time) wild Dragonair how to Fly.
• The Strategist: As the series goes on, he gets much better at Pokemon battling and even catching — when he was helping Suicune heal from its ailments, he captured a Drowzee on the way as he realized the poachers all used Poison types. He didn't plan for the Houndoom their boss had though.
• Third Time's The Charm:
  • It takes Goh three attempts to successfully catch his Farfetch'd.
  • Goh attempts to catch a Pidgeotto in three separate episodes with the 3rd episode being successful.
• Took a Level in Badass: Goh being brave enough to catch the legendary Eternatus. No traveling companion was capable of catching any of the legendaries. Not even Ash.
• Trademark Favorite Food: Cream stew with star-shaped carrots. His grandma was making this when he came home in A Snow Day for Searching! and he was going to share some with Horace as shown in the flashback of Time After Time!
• The Unreveal: The final episode shows him s successfully catching a Pokemon, but never shows exactly what he caught.
• Unusually Uninteresting Sight: No one - not even Ash himself - comments on Goh catching Pokémon effortessly as easy as breathing fresh air without weakening them with a battle first, when previously such tactic was not recommended at best or looked down upon at worst.
• Vocal Dissonance: Averted in the Japanese Dub, he sounds like his age but downplayed in the English Dub, he sounds like he's in his mid-teens despite being Ash's age.
• What the Hell, Hero?:
  • In Goodbye, Friend!, Goh tells Ash he's letting Raboot stay in the Hoenn region with some new pals it befriended. Ash does not buy this and asks if Goh personally told Raboot.
  • In Pokémon, I'm Glad I Chose You!, Goh runs off and declares his friendship with Ash over upon learning that he and Pikachu are taking another journey alone. When his friends try calling him to no avail, Cinderace grabs Goh's Rotom Phone and more or less forces him to fix things with Ash, annoyed at his trainer's attitude.
• When You Coming Home, Dad?: His parents are often busy with their work to spend time with him, but Goh understands and still loves them.
• Why Did It Have to Be Snakes?: He reveals in JN092 that he is terrified of Ghosts and Ghost types, most likely due to the events of JN091, but is comfortable around the Ghost types that he and his friends own.
• Yank the Dog's Chain: Goh wants both a Beautifly and a Dustox, so he catches three Wurmple to increase his chances of getting them. Unfortunately for him, all of them evolve into Cascoon.

Chloe Cerise (Koharu Sakuragi)

Voiced in Japanese by: Kana Hanazawa

Voiced in English by: Cherami Leigh

Voiced in Latin American Spanish by: Sara Gómez

Chloe is Professor Cerise's daughter and a childhood friend of Goh. It was at her behest that Goh went to Professor Oak's summer camp when they were younger. She, too, witnessed Mew, and now helps her father with his research.

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• Advertised Extra: She's considered the Tritagonist of the series, but the number of episodes that actually have her as the focus character in the first season can literally be counted on one hand. This eventually gets averted as the series goes on and she gains more and more focus episodes, eventually becoming an Ascended Extra by seasons 2 and 3.
• Alliterative Name: In the dub, Chloe Cerise.
• Aloof Ally: Acts as this towards Goh and Ash at the start of the series, not initially wanting anything to do with their adventures or Pokémon themselves. She begins to grow out of the aloofness as the series goes on.
• Aloof Dark-Haired Girl: Barring the dark hair, she is shown to be quite cold or distant to, well, everyone except her mother. She gradually warms up as the series goes on.
• Ambiguous Gender: The Rotom Phone that she carries with her has a male voice in the Japanese series but the English Dub gives it a female voice instead.
• Ascended Extra: By episode 50, she participates in more of Ash and Goh's journeys as she starts ascending into a 3rd travelling companion in the series. The 3rd introduction series also features more of her alongside Ash and Goh.
• Berserk Button: She really hates having her Messy Hair brought up in any way. When Chloe learns her mother created an illustration of her in that state for a local magazine (JN029), she is outraged.
• Beware the Nice Ones: While initially quite aloof, she ends up taking a few levels in kindness as the series goes on, and even before then, she was perfectly capable of being cordial to those she was close to. She's not somebody to be messed with, however.
• Beware the Quiet Ones: Chloe doesn't tend to talk a lot and keeps to herself, at least early in the series, but that doesn't mean she can't be dangerous when she wants to. Case in point, in JN031 a couple of girls make dismissive comments about Jinny's Feebas. Chloe shuts them up with the mother of all Death Glares.
• Big Sister Instinct: Is shown to care for her little brother and becomes enraged when one of his friends, Jinny, is insulted during a contest for her choice of Pokemon in JN031.
• Big Sister Worship: As shown in JN058, while the two aren't related, she is shown to really admire and look up to Chryssa, to the point of deciding to stay with her in her apartment.
• Birds of a Feather: With Serena, as the two share a large number of similarities to each other. Their outward personalities are alike, both being kind, polite, and feminine, but with an occasional knack for being snarky and sassy when the situation calls for it. They both started out with no clue what they wanted to do or who they wanted to be in the world, living under the pressure of expectations of being the daughter of a parent who is well known in the world. The two eventually meet in JN105, with Chloe's Eevee meeting Serena's Sylveon in turn, and they quickly bonded over their similarities in having a journey of self-discovery and finding out what they wanted to do, with Serena using her experience to teach Chloe some important life lessons and give her the push to try out a Contest Spectacular. They are also shown to get along immediately thanks to their similar personalities.
• Black Sheep: Played with in that she isn't actively treated as such. Everyone in her family loves Pokémon, whereas she prefers to stay away from them. She's starting to grow out of it in JN029 upon realizing how she was shown to be quite cold to Yamper in the past.
• Breakout Character: As seen in the above tropes, Chloe started out as a fairly underused character, though one whose role grew in time. This notably coincided with Chloe's popularity growing rapidly, to a point of she would place in a large top 1000 anime character poll, outperforming many other Pokemon characters including Goh and only being beaten by Pikachu, Ash, Brock, Serena, May, Dawn, and Misty respectivley from highest to lowest.
• Character Development: She gradually begins warming up to Pokemon and becoming more involved with them, becomes less aloof, more willing to try new things and has become more comfortable around Ash, acting less snarky towards both him and Goh. By JN049, she officially becomes a Pokémon trainer with her own starter and Rotom Phone, along with not feeling so down about people pressuring her into being so into Pokémon.
• Cherry Blossom Girl: She's heavily associated with cherry blossoms; her last name in the English dub means "cherry" in French, while her Japanese last name translates as "cherry blossom tree". She wears a cherry blossom-shaped decoration in her hair, and when she's not in her uniform she frequently wears pink. Her swimsuit also has cherry blossoms on it. Starting with JN050, she wears a pink blouse with cherry blossoms on it.
• Childhood Friends: With Goh to the point of initially being Goh's Only Friend.
• Contrasting Sequel Main Character: Unlike previous female leads, Chloe technically isn't a companion at all. She's a supporting character who isn't eager to get into a life with Pokémon, is more introverted, goes to a human school and (initially) wants little to do with Ash. Her development is considerably slower paced as a result of this — while she's not the first to be Desperately Looking for a Purpose in Life, Chloe is the only one still searching by the end of the series. And, on a lesser note, she's a Canon Foreigner not based on anyone from the games.
• Costume Evolution: To signify her becoming a Pokémon trainer and officially joining Ash and Goh, she begins wearing more varied outfits.
• Cuteness Proximity: Has this response upon meeting Lei for the first time when in Alola.
• Cynicism Catalyst: At some point in her past, people's assumptions that Chloe was just going to follow in her father's footsteps and pursue a career involving Pokémon got to her, resulting in her initial coolness toward Pokémon.
• Damsel in Distress:
  • Spends most of JN050 as this, getting into trouble and having either Goh, Ash or Eevee saving her skin. Justified as she lacks experience or drive toward battling unlike the other two.
  • This is especially played straight in JN079 when she gets kidnapped by Katsuki (mistaking her for another girl) and has to be rescued by Ash, Goh and Eevee.
• A Day in the Limelight: Best Friend...Worst Nightmare!, There's a New Kid in Town!, and The Cuteness Quotient! puts her in the spotlight in place of Ash and Goh, with JN038 giving her a fair amount of focus as well. JN049 shows her officially becoming a Pokémon Trainer. JN074 has her set off on her first solo journey, meeting Dawn in the process. JN105 is about her taking on her first contest.
• Deadpan Snarker: Chloe has demonstrated a notably snarky attitude, as she is always seen making snarks or scoffs in regards to Ash and Goh, and even her own father. She does become less snarky towards them in later episodes, though it shows up again when she gets annoyed at Dawn.
• Death Glare: Gives a terrifying one to a couple of girls who mock Jinny's Feebas, complete with Mimikyu's Glowing Eyes of Doom and a fiery aura. They even felt it!
• Defrosting Ice Queen: She starts out quite icy, but gradually mellows out as the episodes go by, and has even started to interact with Ash slightly more as well, along with gaining a growing interest in Pokémon.
• Desperately Looking for a Purpose in Life: Her focus episode of JN011 has her questioning what she wants to do; her classmates — and teacher — push her to have a career in Pokémon because her father is a professor even though she doesn't hate Pokémon but she's not a big lover of them either. Her mom advises her that she needs to find something that gives her joy and that she doesn't have to rush things yet. As time goes on, she becomes more interested in Pokémon; although she confides to Goh in JN049 that she's still hesitant on actually catching any Pokémon (as she doesn't want to be pressured into it by other people), she ultimately decides to catch Eevee at the end of the episode (resulting in her officially becoming a Trainer and receiving a Rotom Phone) and resolves to take it one step at a time with her new partner. After going through some soul-searching, by JN120, she seems to have settled onto learning more on Pokémon evolution.
• Dislikes the New Guy: Downplayed. While Chloe is not openly hostile towards Ash, she initially has a very frosty relationship with him compared to Goh (who is quick to declare Ash his friend), her father (who makes him and Goh his research fellows), Ren, and Chrysa. She would often ignore him or make an occasional snarky remark in regards to him, and would generally freeze up whenever he tried to talk to her. Over time, she became more comfortable around Ash and seems to have fully accepted him as a friend by JN038, even referring to him as such when talking with Dawn in JN074. In JN129, both she and Dawn travel out to Galar to cheer for Ash against Leon in the finals of the Masters Eight Tournament in person.
• The Ditherer: Chloe is indecisive to the point where she can't decide whether or not she even likes Pokémon, not helping that she keeps refusing Ash's invitations to join him and Goh, seeming uninterested in trying out new things. Future episodes show her starting to open up to Pokémon and she gets her official starter in JN049.
• The Drag-Along: Quite literally in episode 38. When Ash and Goh go to collect fossils, they grab and drag her with them twice. Though it turned out for the better since she ends up having a good time.
• Expy: Chloe shares a majority of Sonia's characterization and traits (from the games), despite the fact Sonia is also a character in the anime, to the point it looks like she's meant to be a younger (but snarkier) Sonia living with the boys at Vermillion City:
  • Chloe is indecisive about her future and can't find the motivation to do anything until she slowly begins to see the worth and enthusiasm in the fantastic creatures in the world, just as how Sonia was constantly drifting in trying to find out her purpose in life.
  • Chloe has a relative who is a professor, just like Sonia and her grandmother Prof. Magnolia.
  • Chloe (or her family) owns a Yamper that likes her, just like Sonia, though she has no Yamper in this iteration.
  • Chloe's early childhood was about dealing with Goh's passion for Pokémon, just like how Sonia dealt with Leon's passion for Pokémon in their childhood, albeit with battles. Both Goh and Leon even have similar appearances. The same could be said between her and Ash.
• Flower Motif: Her family has a flower theme naming, she ties her braid with a flower scrunchie, and she was shown watering plants in the school garden. Her outfit starting in JN050 includes a cherry blossom and flower petals on her blouse, while her solo traveling outfit in the Darkrai/Cresselia two-parter has a flower design on the end of her pants. Part of her hair's highlights are also in the shape of a flower.
• Foil:
  • With Goh. She wears white with blue accents, he wears grey with red. She's not interested in Pokémon and has no idea what she plans to do for her future while Goh goes on ahead with his goal to capture Mew. Chloe has a frosty relationship with Ash to the point of indifference but Goh immediately calls Ash his best friend. Also while one of Goh's flaws is that he gives up on new things after they go wrong, Chloe's is that she doesn't even try new things at all and would rather stay stationary than take a step forward. Goh's Fatal Flaw stems from shunting off from human connections (as shown in JN032) while Chloe is more about opening herself to the relationships between humans and Pokemon.
  • Chloe is also a foil to Ash: aside from the fact that their first Pokémon is an Electric type, Chloe acts frosty towards Yamper (who is treated more like a pet than a friend) while Ash and Pikachu are best friends. Chloe is shy and withdrawn and doesn't know what to do with her life to the point of never really moving or trying new things (and she doesn't know if she even wants a job revolving around Pokémon) while Ash's goal is to battle Leon again and likes seeing new places and interacting with Pokémon. Chloe also is hesitant to command Yamper to fight whereas Pikachu is ready to go at a moment's notice.
• Friend to All Children:
  • She's shown to get along very well with Parker's friends as well as Ash and Goh as shown as when she's supporting Jinny and Feeby when she wants to show them how cute it really is, helping her enter a the Talent Show. She additionally gets angry at a bunch of women who bully Jinny for her choice of Pokemon.
  • During her first trip to Alola and meeting Professor Kukui and Professor Burnett, she spends most of her time at Kukui's happily playing with Lei.
• Green-Eyed Monster: She was jealous of Yamper when she was younger, due to thinking that he would steal away her parents' attention.
• Hates Being Touched: In JN020, Chloe screams in terror when Goh's Nidoran (Male and Female) cuddle her and a Pidgey perches on her shoulder. She appears to be getting over this as of JN029, letting a Pidove her family was taking care of perch on her shoulder without issue, though she still shows some hesistance toward wild Pokemon.
• Hidden Depths:
  • JN011 has Goh mention that Chloe wasn't so cold towards Pokémon in the past, hinting that something must've happened that caused her viewpoint to become jaded.
  • In JN052, she comes up with an elaborate plan to catch a group of Diglett and their Dugtrio leader that were ravaging Laxton's crops.
• Identical Stranger: In JN079, she meets a girl called Soleil who looks very similar to her. This becomes a plot point where they decide to swap clothes which causes her to end up being mistaken for Soleil and kidnapped.
• I Hate Past Me: Flashbacks of JN029 reveal that Chloe was always jealous of Yamper as a child. In the present, she's more than a little shocked when she realizes how much of a jerk she was back then.
• Informed Attribute: It's stated that she helps her father with his research but aside from JN031 she hasn't been seen actually helping him with anything that involves research at all. This is set to change starting in JN050 as she finally starts joining Ash and Goh on research.
• Ironic Name: Her name is based on "Spring" (Japanese) and "Blooming" (Dub) but she doesn't act all that lively, does she? She does start living up to her name over time, though.
• Irony:
  • Doesn't know what to do in life or what interests she likes, yet we see time and time again that she refuses to try things whenever Ash gives her the chance. She gets better, though.
  • She's also the only one that Yamper will take food or commands from, even though she’s the least enthusiastic about Pokémon in her family.
• Letting Her Hair Down: As shown in Episode 38 when in her pajamas.
• Like Parent, Like Child: She's shown to possess a level of intelligence and compassion, much like her father.
• Like Parent, Unlike Child: Despite her dad working as a Pokemon Professor, Chloe has little interest initially in the field, though she slowly grows out of her indifference and eventually gets her own starter and a Rotom Phone.
• Limited Wardrobe: Averted. Chloe has several outfits outside of her school uniform (a striped shirt and yellow pants with suspenders, a beige hat/white blouse/blue pants ensemble, a white shirt and pink overall dress, and a pink blouse/yellow jacket/light blue jeans/pink sneakers.)
• Messy Hair: Is shown to have incredibly messy hair upon waking up and requires a fair bit of tune-up for it to resemble her usual style. She is quite embarrassed about this as shown when she reads a magazine and finds her mom drew an illustration of her with said bed head. When Dawn witnesses this firsthand, she immediately gets the Piplup conditioner treatment.
• My God, What Have I Done?: In There's a New Kid in Town! as a young girl, she got angry at Yamper stealing everyone's attention so she wished for him to go away. She soon realized her mistake and went out to find him again, was menaced by three Venonat in a dark playground, and burst into tears as they approached, but then Yamper came out and shooed them away. After being reminded of these events in the present, Chloe is mortified that she ever treated Yamper so poorly.
• No Last Name Given: Averted. Notably, she's a rare Canon Foreigner made for the anime with an actual last name.
• Noodle Incident: She was not so indifferent to Pokémon in the past, implying that something caused her to act the way she is today. It may or may not have to do with being jealous of Yamper.
• Only Friend: To Goh before Ash entered the scene.
• O.O.C. Is Serious Business: In JN011, when her mother states that she won't get up early to brush her hair...she jumps up and starts yelling frantically showing a rare loss of composure. She even blushes cutely when her mother laughs at the trick used to make her get up.
• Out of Focus: Is considered the tritagonist of this series, but she doesn't even join Ash and Goh in their adventures (because she goes to school and she constantly shoots down any attempt to join them) nor get a focus episode until JN011 and even then she's sidelined for Ash and Goh's travels. She starts coming out of this by JN029 (her second focus episode), as she's getting some focus again before fading into the background after one minor focus episode in JN038. By JN049, she becomes a Pokémon Trainer and gets more character development.
• Pink Is Feminine: She has a lot of pink on her, fitting her cherry blossom theme. She sleeps in a pink nightgown, her clothes outside her school uniform are pink, and a flashback of her as a child has her a pink dress. Her cellphone, and later Rotom Phone, are also pink. In JN050, she gains a pink blouse and matching pink shoes. In the 4th outfit, she wears a pink fancy outfit, implying she'll become a Pokemon Coordinator.
• Sailor Fuku: Her school uniform is a variation of this.
• School Uniforms are the New Black: Wears her school's uniform as her main apparel due to her appearances occurring after school, though the design is rather stylized allowing her to stand out. It's notable that her focus episodes starting from JN029 have her wearing something else other than the uniform to symbolize her Character Development and to find a life outside of school.
• Ship Tease: Despite being somewhat cold to her childhood friend, Goh, at the start of the series, she appears to have developed feelings for him over the course of the series. She initially shows signs of liking Goh in JN038 when she blushes admirably at seeing him bonding with Aerodactyl. It becomes even more evident in JN126, as during the radio show "Blaze Kick", the show has a segment discussing childhood friends, and it's revealed that Chloe sent a letter to them talking about Goh, where she describes him in an overly positive and glowing manner, making it evident that she admires him greatly and is completely supportive of him. In a post-episode dialogue, Goh and Chloe engage in a phone call while the former is preparing for his Project Mew mission and the latter is looking after his Pokemon at Cerise Lab. Goh suggests he will listen to the radio show Blaze Kick, which gets Chloe extremely flustered and embarassed, telling him that he doesn't have time and he shouldn't do it, to which Goh agrees. After the call, Chloe sighs in relief, seemingly because she is afraid of the prospect of Goh learning about her affection for him in such a manner.
• Shipper on Deck: Seems to be this for Chrysa and her friend when she learns a lot about them. Sadly it doesn't work in her favor when she reunites them.
• Shrinking Violet: Hinted at. While she is comfortable around Goh and some of her school friends, she seems to freeze up when Ash tries to talk to her or when he asks her to join him and Goh. She also is not present during the opening ceremony of her father's research institute where there is a crowd of people. JN011 expands that it's not people she's uncomfortable with, it's the notion that everyone assumes that she's going to become a Pokémon professor like her father or that she actually likes Pokémon and being that good of a fighter. She gradually grows out of it and in JN049, she officially becomes a Pokémon Trainer.
• Significant Wardrobe Shift: Starting in JN029, she wears something other than her school uniform to symbolize how she isn't tied to her being a student. JN050 gives her a pink blouse, jeans and yellow shoes to signify that she's now a Pokémon Trainer, although she still has a varied wardrobe
• Strong Family Resemblance: She clearly gets her looks from her mother.
• Sugar-and-Ice Personality: Her focus episodes show that she can be very sweet when she wants to, despite being aloof by default. She later becomes more sweet than frosty.
• Symbol Motif Clothing: Her school uniform has anchors on it which represent how she's very stationary with her life and doesn't really try to open up her surroundings. Fittingly she lives in Vermillion City, home of the S.S. Anne which states how she's stuck in her comfort zone and refuses to grow or go on an adventure. Starting with JN050, she wears a pink shirt with cherry blossoms on it, both befitting her namesake and that she's on the path to blossoming and discovering who she truly wants to be.
• Theme Naming: In the English version, following her father's name, "Chloe" means "blossoming" (or "fertility") in Greek. Coupled with Cerise, putting their names together can get you "cherry blossom."
• Took a Level in Badass: Though unsure and inexperienced at first, as her experience with Pokémon increased, so did her battling skills. The best example was in JN079 where using Eevee's Copycat, she managed to defeat all three of Katsuki's Pokemon after she became a Damsel out of Distress.
• Took a Level in Cheerfulness: In the end of JN051, she stopped shyly walking behind Ash and Goh and started running right past them and is a lot more cheerful than ever, showing her development into a Pokémon Trainer. With help from Dawn at the end of JN074, she learns to stop being so serious about everything and to wind down and have fun with everyone else.
• Took a Level in Kindness:
  • In JN029, she takes care of an injured Pidove and even manages to mend her relationship with her Yamper. At the end of the episode, she has learned to appreciate Pokémon more just like the rest of her family.
  • In JN031, she willingly goes out of her way to help Jinny learn how to swim and prepare for the Friendship Contest alongside Ash, Goh and Parker. By the end of the episode, she has come to really love Pokemon.
  • In JN038, she's no longer so cold towards Ash and has managed to form a friendship with him.
  • By JN046, Chloe is much more used to being in the lab and joining in on conversations about Pokémon, to the point that she was almost late for school because of it. Three episodes later, she's now opened her heart to having Eevee as her starter.
  • A prominent example shows in JN074 where after spending her first few episodes avoiding making friends with new people (and taking 37 episodes to warm up to Ash), she meets and becomes friends with Dawn very quickly.
• Tsundere: Towards her family's Yamper. Despite being the most outwardly cold towards Yamper out of her family, it has been established that they do have a strong bond, with Yamper only choosing to accept commands and food from her.
• What the Hell, Hero?: It wasn’t shown onscreen, but at the end of JN030, it was mentioned by Ash that she had let him have it for unintentionally neglecting Pikachu in favor of Riolu, presumably since the situation had reminded her of what she went through with Yamper.

Chloe's Pokémon

Yamper (Wanpachi)

Voiced in Japanese by: Inuko Inuyama

Voiced in English by: Tara Sands

The Cerise family pet, originally a gift from a friend in the Galar region. Although not officially Chloe's first Pokémon, he's very loyal to her and only accepts commands from her.

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• Angry Guard Dog: Towards Ash, at least in the beginning, but he does mellow out. Is more prudent towards enemies such as a wild Gengar who terrorized the Cerise Institute.
• Badass Adorable: He's willing to take on a rogue Gengar and finally knocks it out of the Cerise Institute once Chloe commands him to attack, one-shots a Fearow, and is quick to go into battle against Team Rocket without a sweat.
• Big Brother Instinct: Acts like this to Eevee when they meet, taking her to Chloe's school and they work together delivering a dual Spark attack on Team Rocket's Pelipper.
• Character Development: In JN029, he grew jealous of the Pidove that Chloe was taking care of. Twenty episodes later, he becomes a big brother to Eevee and leads her to Chloe for help, along with being happy that she's now Chloe's partner.
• Cool Big Bro: All of Goh's Pokemon really respect his problem-solving skills. He even earns a nuzzle of approval from Suicune for his hard work solving the polluted water crisis.
• Curb-Stomp Battle:
  • On the giving end. He manages to take out a Fearow on Chloe's command with just Spark when they are protecting an injured Pidove.
  • Downplayed against Team Rocket and Pelipper. While his first Spark attack didn't work, he ends up combining power with Eevee — using Copycat — to strike back.
• A Day in the Limelight: Episode 107 is dedicated on him solving problems in the Cerise Institute.
• Decoy Protagonist: At first, it seems like he'll be Chloe's main Pokémon but he ends up getting Demoted to Extra after Eevee comes along.
• Demoted to Extra: After Chloe gets an Eevee, Yamper doesn't get any significance until JN107, almost sixty episodes later.
• Green-Eyed Monster: Was this towards a Pidove that Chloe was taking care of. Ironically, he was acting very similar to his trainer in the past. It's known to be quite an interesting character strength as Professor Cerise explains that it shows how close he is with Chloe.
• Heroic Dog: Attacks Gengar in order to protect Chloe and is quick to fight off foes ranging from a wild Fearow to Team Rocket.
• Irony: The member of the Cerise family he's closest to is Chloe...the sole member of the family who wants little to do with Pokémon and can be quite cold towards him. She does eventually warm up to him, though.
• It Was a Gift: As revealed in JN029, Yamper was originally given to Professor Cerise by a friend of his living in the Galar region.
• The Nose Knows: JN059 has him using his sense of smell to track down a lost Grookey's trainer.
• Mirror Character: To Ash's Bulbasaur as both are mediators in a professor's lab. Bulbasaur is specifically there to quell problems between Grass and Water types while Yamper helps solve problems throughout Goh's Pokémon. Bulbasaur was a protector prior to Ash capturing him while Yamper was a gift and family pet of the Cerise family.
• Pintsized Powerhouse: A corgi who has a very strong Spark attack, capable of one-shotting a Fearow and strong enough that when, combined with Eevee's Copycat, can knock a Hydro-Pump attacking Pelipper out of the sky.
• Precious Puppy: A cute, corgi-like Pokémon.
• Shock and Awe: He's an Electric-type with its only move being Spark.
• Small Role, Big Impact:
  • The journey to go to Alola in JN037 wouldn't have happened if Yamper didn't find a Leaf Stone for Goh to use on Execcute to evolve into Exeggutor and Ash comparing it to the Exeggutor in Alola.
  • Had Yamper not deviated from his walk in JN049, he wouldn't have bumped into Eevee then subsequently led to them hiding in Chloe's school and Eevee bonding with her.
• Undying Loyalty:
  • To Chloe, so much so that he doesn't battle and accept a command unless Chloe, and only Chloe, tells him to as shown in JN011. JN029 reveals that this is because after a younger Chloe wished that he would disappear, she realized her mistake and went back to find him, thus Yamper repaid this kindness by sleeping in her bed and only eating food given by her.
  • Episode 59 shows it is also loyal and willing to obey Goh to whenever he is in need of his assistance.

Eevee

Voiced in Japanese by: Kei Shindo

Voiced in English by: Erica Schroeder

A female Eevee from a nearby lab who is unable to evolve. After following alongside Yamper and ending up in Chloe's school, she helps fight off Team Rocket and subsequently becomes Chloe's first official captured Pokémon.

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• Ambiguous Situation: The reason for her inability to evolve is left vague. She seems unable to evolve at all, but one of the scientists studying her proposes that she actually holding back because she hasn't decided what she wants to be yet - a parallel to Chloe herself not able to choose a path in life.
• Badass Adorable: A fluffy little 'mon with the Copycat move capable of knocking Pelipper out of the sky once she copies Spark. Notably, any move she copies seems to be much more powerful than the one who used it. (Example: Dawn's Piplup uses Bubble Beam against a Rhydon but does nothing. Eevee copies it and it goes down with one strike)
• Big Brother Worship: Idolized Yamper to the point that she wanted to fight alongside him with Copycat to mimic his Spark against Team Rocker's Pelipper (their gacha machine wasn't working at the time).
• Color-Coded Elements: While using Copycat, Eevee is surrounded by an aura colored after the type of move she has copied. While the colors usually match those of the types in the games, the Psychic- and Dark-type colors are the exceptions — being purple and indigo respectively instead of magenta and black or dark brown.
• Comically Missing the Point: She stands up on her hind legs trying to lay down for a belly rub like Yamper. Naturally, she falls over and Chloe asks her what she was trying to do.
• Contrasting Sequel Main Character: To the Eevee owned by May, Serena and Lana. She wasn't born in an egg nor found in the wild, can't evolve like May and Serena's did, and she isn't given a nickname — or haircut — like Lana's.
  • Serena's Eevee was shy and bashful, but had a love of performing; Chloe's Eevee is really eager in trying to be like its evolutions, imitating them as much as she can, and is willing to battle alongside Yamper.
• Desperately Looking for a Purpose in Life: Wants to grow big and strong like it's evolutions, but just can't and is struggling to figure out what to do. This mimics Chloe who is also trying to find what she wants to do in life.
• Dream-Crushing Handicap: Wants to evolve like her fellow Eevee, but for some odd reason just can't evolve at all even when touching different stones.
• Establishing Character Moment: Tries imitating Sylveon and Vaporeon's movements but it's only when we see her not evolving when touching Evolution Stones that we learn that she can't truly become them.
• I Choose to Stay: Decides to stay with Chloe at the end of her debut episode and becomes Chloe's starter Pokémon.
• Irony: Eevee are well-known for being able to evolve into different forms. This one can't.
• Mythology Gag: Appears to be a reference to the Partner Eevee from Pokémon Let's Go, Pikachu! and Eevee!, who also couldn't evolve.
• Never Grew Up: Unlike the other Eevee at the lab, she can't evolve no matter what stone she touches.
• Non-Elemental: A Normal type that knows Copycat and Tackle.
• Not Growing Up Sucks: Due to her inablity to evolve, she tries to imitate the behavior of other Pokémon such as the other Eeveelutions at the lab or Yamper.
• Personality Powers: She tries imitating the characteristics of other Pokémon and she has Copycat to copy their moves.
• Power Copying: She knows Copycat, allowing her to copy the last move that was used.
• Recurring Element: This isn't the first time an Eevee is a Pokémon of one of Ash's female companions.
• Secondary Sexual Characteristics: Has the female's tail markings that form into a heart depending on the angle. She's also the first female of her species to have the gender difference.
• Signature Move: Copycat, allowing her to copy other moves, most notably the moves of all the Eeveelutions.
• Signature Mon: She's Chloe's first Pokémon and she mirrors her trainer by having a similar goal.

To Be a Pokémon Master

Misty (Kasumi)

See here for more about Misty and her Pokémon.

Brock (Takeshi)

See here for more about Brock and his Pokémon.

Ash's Pokémon

As a whole

Ash's Full Journeys Team.

• Ambiguous Gender: Aside from Pikachu and Dracovish (who's genderless), none of them have their gender officially confirmed outside of games and international dubs.
• Badass Crew: This is the team that Ash uses to take on the Pokémon World Championships, facing the world's best trainers in the biggest challenge Ash has ever faced. The first two members were already fully evolved when caught, while the next two (Riolu and Farfetch'd) were able to evolve relatively quickly with Ash already having a fully evolved team within 60 episodes. While normally one member^note Charizard in the original series, Sceptile in Advanced Generation, Infernape in Diamond & Pearl, Krookodile in Best Wishes, Greninja in XY, Lycanroc in Sun & Moon, Lucario in this series and/or Pikachu overshadow the rest of Ash's team, here all of them are so skilled and powerful they have near-equally impressive accomplishments. They're the first of Ash's Pokémon to defeat regional Champions (while Greninja was overwhelming Diantha's Gardevoir at first, the battle was interrupted before a more concrete outcome could be had), with Ash's victory over Leon in the Pokémon World Championship finals and ascension as the new Monarch of the World Coronation Series officially making him the strongest trainer in the world cements them as Ash's most extraordinary gathering of Pokémon, period.
• Breaking Old Trends: Ash's World team is proving to be as unpredictable as his battling style, resulting in surprising additions to the team.
  • This is the first time Ash has caught a Ghost-type Pokémon.
  • This is the first team that lacks any of the current generation's Starter Pokémon.
  • This is the first time Ash has had a full team without a single Fire-type Pokémon.
• The Bus Came Back: As Ash has decided to rotate all of his caught Pokémon in Aim to be a Pokémon Master, his Journeys team are Put on a Bus, but he brings them back as part of the rotation. This is the time where his Journeys Pokémon are part of the same party with Ash's other Pokémon.
• Hard-Work Montage: In JN034 and JN051, still montages are shown of them attacking/going up against several opponents in the Pokémon World Championships, with it being implied that they dominated those battles with little effort. This was most likely done in order to skip unimportant battles and allow Ash to reach the Ultra Class faster (not including the unseen battle against former-champion of Hoenn, Wallace). As a result, the true win/loss record for Ash's Journeys team is somewhat unclear.
• Multinational Team: Unlike previous series in which the team sans Pikachu were only new Pokémon from the latest generation, this team only has two Pokémon from Gen VIII, while the others are from previous generations.
• Put on a Bus: Starting with the Aim to be a Pokémon Master arc of the Journey series, Ash decides to leave this team (except Pikachu) in Prof. Oak's lab, in favor of rotating all of his Pokémon he has caught. His Journeys team do come back, as they're part of the rotation.
• Remember the New Guy?: In the Journeys manga, most of them except for Riolu->Lucario are this due the chapters where Ash first caught them being Adapted Out.
• Super Mode: Several of Ash's Pokémon gain a new powerful form.
  • Pikachu is able to Gigantamax and Gengar later gains this ability.
  • Lucario gains the ability to Mega Evolve.
• True Companions: Ash's Journeys team seem to be close with each other as they train together on occasion, rarely clashing or butting heads. They are also supportive of each other and took the time to interact with the Pokémon owned by Goh.

Dragonite (Kairyu)

As a Dragonair before its capture

^{Click here to see Dragonite as a Dratini.}:

Voiced by: Kenta Miyake

A struggling Dragonair whom Ash taught how to fly. Later evolved into a Dragonite to save Ash and joined his team as thanks. While Dragonite is shown to be highly affectionate to the point of hugging anyone, even strangers, the Pokémon will get serious whenever it's called out to battle for Ash.

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• The Ace:
  • It maintained this role prior to the Ultra Class, where Lucario begins to take over. Dragonite may be a lot cuddlier and sillier than others of this caliber, but it's proven to be one of Ash's strongest battlers against the giant Golurk and especially against Korrina where it took down both her Pokémon including her Mega Lucario despite taking a huge beating in the process, and after it curb-stomped Gengar without taking damage. The dragon Pokémon is notably the one who helps Ash rise up the ranks in the World Championships. First with Korrina to get into the Super Class, and again by defeating Iris's Haxorus to reach 99th place qualifying for the Hyper Class.
  • It finally loses its undefeated streak in JN109 against Raihan's Flygon, after which it begins to lose more frequently, as it's now up against the strongest trainers in the world. Dragonite continued to struggle until finally breaking this in JN130 by defeating Leon's Dragapult, a deadly pseudo-legendary Dragon/Ghost-type Pokémon.
• Acrophobic Bird: At first, Dragonair didn't know how to extend its wing ears to fly. Ash helps it to control this trait through use of an Electroweb trampoline.
• All Animals Are Dogs: In JN047, when Ash gives some words of encouragement before the eating contest, Dragonite responds by giving his face a good licking. It even wags its tail while doing it.
• Ambiguous Gender: While its gender hasn’t been officially confirmed, Dragonite is referred to as female in the Italian, French, Latin Spanish and Brazilian dub. Iris, who can read the minds of dragon Pokémon, sensed in JN065 that Dragonite loves Ash, but it's unclear if it's love in the maternal sense, a platonic sense, or even a romantic sense. An event distribution for Sword & Shield also has its gender as female.
• Because You Were Nice to Me: As a Dragonair it warmed up to Ash and friends instantly. When the boy helped it overcome its stumbling block, the kind-hearted Pokémon was overjoyed, choosing Ash over its home and family. After evolving it has been a loyal friend and ally since.
• Beware the Nice Ones: It may be sweet, but anger it and you'll probably get a Hyper Beam to the face. It also single-handedly manages to defeat both of Korrina's Pokémon, returning to its happy persona once it's over.
• Big Damn Heroes: Tried to save Ash from falling into a whirlpool by letting him ride on its back. But when Ash can't get a grip on its skin (which he noted earlier was quite slippery), it evolves into Dragonite. Ash deduces to Goh why the serpentine dragon Pokémon grow limbs, because of their deep desire to save and protect others.
• Big Eater: Defied Trope. While seen enjoying lunch with Ash's Alolan team at the Pokémon School with extra portions in JN037, and was entered into an eating contest in JN047 Dragonite is a surprisingly light-eater for someone of its size, unable to get past the first round (or the first dish).
• Big Fun: Often seen playing with Goh's Pokémon in the Cerise Institute.
• The Big Guy: For a long time, it was easily Ash's most powerful Pokémon in his current rotation outside of Pikachu. After Lucario trains with Greninja and masters its aura abilities, however, it effectively takes over Dragonite's status as The Ace of the team.
• Blow You Away: Part Flying-type, and also knows Hurricane.
• Breaking Old Trends: Dragonite's capture was an absolute shock; let's put it this way.
  • Whenever Ash goes to a different region, he's typically restricted to Pokémon introduced in that region's generation. Dragonite is the first Pokémon of an earlier generation to be caught by Ash ever since he caught Gligar during the Sinnoh journey.
  • Similarly all of Ash's Token Flyer Pokémon have been birds. Dragonite, rather obviously, is a dragon.
  • Whenever Ash captures a Dragon Pokémon, it's usually in its first stage and it gradually evolves to its final form (barring Gible). Dragonite is the first fully evolved dragon that Ash has captured.
  • The first Pokémon Ash usually captures at the start of the new series/region is either a starter, or the regional bug and/or bird. One doesn't usually expect him to catch a fully evolved Pseudo-legendary early on in the series.
  • Dragonite is the first Pokémon Ash has captured that was in its final evolution (that he didn't release or give away in the same episode) ever since Noctowl in the Johto region.
  • Dragonite is the first time Ash has caught a Pokémon of a species that once belonged to a traveling companion of his (in this case, Iris).
  • It is the first Pokémon owned by Ash to ever defeat a regional champion, in this case, Iris, the Unova League Champion who succeeded Alder.
• Breath Weapon: As a mainstay with any Dragonite, it has Hyper Beam in its arsenal, as of JN025◊.
• Bruiser with a Soft Center: It may be affectionate, but it can hold its own in battle. In JN014 it went up against an exceptionally strong Golurk which one-shot most of Ash's, Goh's and the archaeologist’s other Pokémon.
• The Bus Came Back: Is part of Ash's rotating roster in JN144, alongside Gengar.
• Cardiovascular Love: Dragonite's antennae form an adorable heart-shape when it's hugging Iris in JN065
• Cooldown Hug: Its hugs are able to soothe any Pokémon. Notably, it's capable of calming down Goh's Sobble when it starts crying.
• Contrasting Sequel Main Character: To Iris's Dragonite, as they are polar opposites in terms of personality. While Iris's was a Blood Knight that relished in fighting, had a short temper, and was (initially) uncooperative and disobedient, Ash's is a Gentle Giant who's loving and affectionate, is a fast learner (exemplary for this dragon species), and is willing to try out any training method, no matter how unorthodox. Also, Iris's Dragonite is confirmed to be male while an event distribution in Sword & Shield suggests Ash's Dragonite is female.
• Cuddle Bug: After Ash helps it as a Dragonair, it develops this personality. And as a Dragonite, it hugs everybody. Showing how much it wanted to stay with Ash. In JN011 it happily cuddles with Goh's Stantler and Scyther (after the former assume that it's going to crush them). It's noticed that Dragonite's hugs actually have a soothing effect.
• Dance Battler: Continually using Dragon Dance, the formidable Dragonite gets an attack and speed boost, to where it can One-Hit KO its opponents. ^note  In the games having this makes for one of the best move-sets a Dragonite can have.
• Death from Above: Learns Draco Meteor in JN065 which completely overwhelms Iris's Haxorus, winning Ash the battle.
• Delightful Dragon: It's pretty much a kind, cuddly and loyal dragon to everyone.
• Determinator: JN025 proves it will fight tooth and claw to win for its trainer. Amusingly Dragonite has a passion for fighting, sporting a Determined Expression when engaged in battle, but it never gives Ash that glare even when the situation is desperate. Its later revealed in JN065 this is because Dragonite loves Ash and goes all out for him in battle.
• Does Not Know His Own Strength: Happily oblivious that their affectionate hugs were squashing Ash and later, Professor Cerise.
• Does Not Know How to Say "Thanks": Dragonite will glomp anyone who helps or is kind to it in gratitude. It also cuddles Goh's Stantler and Scyther as a hello.
• Dragon Rider: Easily capable of flight while carrying Ash, Goh, their starter Pokémon and a distressed Cubone, in JN015 and flies Ash all across Galar during the Sword and Shield four-parter.
• Dream-Crushing Handicap: Not being able to fly as a Dragonair. Ash couldn't help but notice its onlooking sadness as the other dragon Pokémon soared. He taught them how to Dragon Dance, earning him its eternal gratitude.
• Gentle Giant: Typical for the species. Dragonite is especially caring and compassionate, giving Ash and Professor Cerise hugs at the end of its debut episode. It's a different thing altogether when it's off to battle though.
• The Glomp: Overjoyed at its victory over Korrina's powerful Pokémon and praise from its trainer, it flops onto Ash giving him a big heartfelt hug.
• Good Is Not Soft: It's a big lovable softie outside of battle, but when battling Dragonite's a monster, roaring savagely at opponents and giving the occasional Slasher Smile.
• Keet: Dragonite is very excitable when it sees new people and places, doing aerial somersaults, and even pouting a little in JN014 when Ash tells it to take a break after racing across a desert.
• It's Personal: It was intimidated by Iris's aggressive Dragonite until getting knocked onto its trainer. After words of support from Ash he was unhurt, it gets angry and begins taking the battle more seriously.
• Made of Iron: In a similar vein to Drake's Dragonite, Ash's is a tank, able to take a lot of punishment from fast-hitting powerful attacks, and yet still refuse to throw the towel in.
• Mysterious Animal Senses: Typical for the altruistic species, it instinctively knows if someone is in distress out at sea, and is compelled to save them.
• Never Trust a Trailer: Downplayed. The preview had it look like Ash was going to catch it as a Dragonair. While it is indeed caught by Ash, it's as a Dragonite instead.
• O.O.C. Is Serious Business: Iris noted from its feelings that Dragonite loves Ash very much and why it's The Determinator in battle - it doesn't want to lose a match for his sake. The Unova League Champion asks the Pokémon to have more fun battling, that way Ash would enjoy battling with them much more also.
• Older Than They Look: It's implied through how powerful it is that Dragonair was of similar age to the Head Dragonite of its island home, and would've evolved long ago - had it not hit a stumbling block in learning to fly. Once it overcame this impediment, it evolved almost straight-away to save Ash.
• Parental Substitute: Displays a maternal nature when caring for Goh's Sobble.
• Red Baron: Supplementary materials for the Masters Eight finals dub Dragonite The Meteor Incarnate.
• She's a Man in Japan: Dragonite has no confirmed gender in the original dub. However, the Italian, Portuguese, Brazilian, Spanish, and French dubs referred to it as female.
• Shrug Take: Overcome with joy when Ash showed it a new addition to the team it once tried to hug Riolu's egg. Ash prevented it, shocking the Cuddle Bug Pokémon, before Ash explains their show of affection would be unwise. Dragonite can only sheepishly grin and shrug, then hugs Pikachu as compensation.
• Spin to Deflect Stuff: Dragonite has often used Dragon Dance, not just for a Status Buff but as a defensive move. It does the same with Hurricane against Iris in JN065
• Smarter Than You Look: When Goh's Pokémon are fighting, it tells Ash and Goh to stay back and let them sort things out on their own. Doesn't stop its trainer from trying to help anyway, but Dragonite had a surprisingly wise point. It only steps in to help when Goh's Pokémon are working together to protect the Cascoon. When struck by one of Eternatus' beams it used the last of its strength before impacting the ground to make an emergency landing, protecting Ash from injury.
• The Smurfette Principle: At least in the games only, Dragonite is Ash's only female Pokemon in Ash's Journeys roster.
• Spectacular Spinning: Can use Dragon Dance as a spinning deflection tactic not dissimilar to Counter-Shield. It does the same with Hurricane wgen Facing Iris in JN065.
• Status Buff: Knowns Dragon Dance, which increases its Attack and Speed. Initially it struggled using the move to fly, but thanks to Ash, it finally mastered it.
• Token Flyer: Dragonite fulfills the flying Pokémon teamspot of Journeys.
• Unskilled, but Strong: Initially struggled to fly as a Dragonair but with help from Ash, it learned and evolved into Dragonite to save him.
• With Great Power Comes Great Insanity: Averted. It actually gets hit by one of Eternatus' beams in JN044 but does not undergo a Dynamax transformation, consequently, it drains Dragonite of all its stamina.
• The Worf Barrage: Both times Dragonite has attempted to use Hyper Beam in an on-screen battle, the move is interrupted by another attack. The only time it successfully executed this move was in a still-montage as seen in JN034. It later replaces this move with Draco Meteor.
• The Worf Effect: Despite Dragonite's solid battling record for the majority of the series, it loses to Raihan's Flygon, Paul's Garchomp, and Cynthia's Spiritomb without any wins in-between, establishing Raihan as a serious competitor to Ash, showcasing that Paul is still strong enough to keep up with Ash (despite him choosing to not enter the World Coronation Series), and solidifying Cynthia as the toughest opponent that Ash has to overcome before he's entitled to an official battle with Leon. Finally broke out of this in Journeys, taking down Dragapult who was able to take down Mega Lucario.

Gengar (Gangar)

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Voiced in Japanese by: Yasuhiro Mamiya

Voiced in English by: Marc Thompson

An abandoned Gengar who haunted the Cerise Institute for several years. After Ash defends it from Team Rocket, he managed to befriend and capture it. As a part of Ash's team, Gengar eventually learns how to use Gigantamax after Ash learns the method from Galar's Ghost-type gym leader, Allister.

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• Ambiguous Gender: Like Dragonite, the dub from Brazil gave Gengar a gender it lacks in Japan (in Gengar's case male), though no official source has given Gengar any indication one way or the other. An event distribution for Sword & Shield also has its gender as male.
• Because You Were Nice to Me: After Ash saves it from Team Rocket, Gengar accepts his offer to join his team. When Ash awakens from its curse, it gives him a Pokéball and a TON of apples to recover.
• Berserk Button: Betrayal, and what it perceives to be as hypocrisy. Gengar became malicious toward humans after being abandoned by its former Trainer, especially toward other Trainers. Seeing Ash protecting Pikachu from its barrage of Shadow Ball attacks enrages it. When it encounters its first trainer again and learning just why he was left at the laboratory in the first place, Gengar is furious, necessitating Ash's intervention to prevent Gengar from grievously harming the teenager. On a lesser note, it also hates being accused for something it didn't do, like when Ash accused it of stealing all the food in the Cerise Institute in JN023, resulting in it appearing behind him and hitting him with Shadow Ball, much to Pikachu's anger.
• Birds of a Feather: Gengar quickly bonds with Ash's Fire-types at Oak's lab (Charizard, Quilava, Torkoal, Infernape, Pignite, and Talonflame), and shares a similar backstory with three of them.
• Bookends: The end of its debut episode has him standing on the spire of the laboratory's roof with a Slasher Smile. The end of the episode where Ash captures him has there with a big friendly smile and eating an apple.
• Breaking Old Trends:
  • Gengar is Ash's first official Ghost-type Pokémon. He never actually caught that Haunter from Season 1.
  • Also the first of Ash's Pokémon to be abandoned by a previous Trainer whose species is not a Fire-type starter.
  • Gengar is also Ash's first Pokémon to use a Fairy-type move.
• Broken Pedestal: It realized some time prior to the new series that it had been abandoned, and then began to attack people. The mere sight of its original trainer infuriates it enough that Ash has to intervene to keep it from seriously harming him. Not that the asshole didn't deserve it, though.
• The Bus Came Back: Is part of Ash's rotating roster in JN144, alongside Dragonite.
• Confusion Fu: Gengar makes use of its ghostly abilities in battle to throw its opponents for a loop. Even Volkner's Luxray was unable to keep up with its movements and was switched out.
• Contrasting Sequel Main Character: Gengar could be seen as this to the first three abandoned Pokémon that Ash captured. By the time Ash encounters each of them, they are still fiercely loyal to their original trainers and had only been abandoned fairly recently (Ash literally witnesses said abandoning in Chimchar's case). In Gengar's case, too much time has passed (three whole years) and it has already given up any loyalty it once had to its original trainer.
• Dark and Troubled Past: Abandoned by its first trainer for bringing him bad luck and spent three years haunting the building it was left at.
• Dark Is Not Evil: Even before its capture, Gengar wasn't an evil or cruel Pokémon, it had been embittered due to its original trainer abandoning it. Once Ash bonds with and then captures it, it proves to be quite nice, even if still extremely mischievous and sneaky.
• A Day in the Limelight: Gets focus in JN091 and JN092, with the latter giving him the ability to use Gigantamax.
• Fragile Speedster: Gengar is a tricky and fast Pokémon who will fly circles around his opponents and wreck their day. However against an opponent who can outspeed him, Gengar has proven very vulnerable and will struggle and go down quickly. This is actually consistent with its game incarnations, in which it has excellent Special Attack and Speed, but terrible defenses.
• Genius Bruiser: It's The Unfettered in battle, and used a Shadow Ball to unfreeze its ally Pikachu who was hit by an Ice Punch from Team Rocket's Dusclops.
• Ghostly Chill: While terrorizing the Cerise Institute, its appearance was made known by heat and warmth being drained from the room.
• Glowing Eyes of Doom: Its eyes glow purple while it's using Psychic.
• An Ice Person: Knows Ice Punch.
• Intangibility: As a ghost, Gengar is able to go through walls with ease. It also exploits this in battle to phase through some incoming attacks, as demonstrated against Visquez's Raichu.
• Invisibility: Can turn invisible at will.
• Life Drain: Angered that Ash ordered it to stop attacking everyone, Gengar places a curse on the boy that results in all manner of bad luck to befall him. The ghost Pokémon follows him everywhere draining his vitality and stamina. When Ash later saves it from Team Rocket, it didn't realize the curse was still in effect as the trainer faints in its arms. Subverted when it was revealed that Ash was simply suffering from a fever that had nothing to do with Gengar.
• Light 'em Up: Learns the Fairy-type move Dazzling Gleam in JN099.
• Mundane Utility: A few times Ash uses Gengar's intangibility and stealth to discretely guide others (like Grookey and Eevee) or survey surroundings outside of battle.
• Non-Standard Character Design: Gengar has brighter red eyes and is a lighter purple than the dark shade typical of the species. Normal colored Gengar have appeared in this series, so it's not just Art Evolution.
• Out of Focus: Since its capture, Gengar has had very little screen time or episodes focused on it when compared to Ash's other Journeys Pokémon. It's even discussed by Chloe in one episode that Gengar may be upset at Ash not bringing it along for his adventures. It receives focus in JN091 and JN092, where it gains the ability to Gigantamax in the latter, while gaining more screentime in general around and after said episodes.
• Playing with Fire: Learns Will-O-Wisp in JN114, which for the first time in the anime is actually shown to inflict Burn on the opponent instead of just being a normal attack.
• Poisonous Person: Secondary type, and learns Sludge Bomb in JN099.
• Psychic Powers: Knows Psychic.
• Purple Is Powerful: In addition to its skin color, its eyes glow purple when it uses Psychic.
• Recurring Element: Has the troubled backstory of Ash's Fire-type Pokémon of being abandoned by a Jerkass trainer (specifically Charmander, Chimchar, and Tepig).
• Red Baron: Supplementary materials for the Masters Eight finals dub Gengar The Ghostly Black Devil.
• Slasher Smile: Like most of its species, it almost always sports the unsettlingly-wide, extremely toothy grin pictured above. This sometimes strongly contrasts with its behavior, such as when it looks away in embarrassment upon offering to join Ash's team (though this sort of behavior tends to downgrade it to Cheshire Cat Grin).
• Soul Power: Primary typing, and knows Shadow Ball and Night Shade. Gengar can also tangile with and overpower the souls that make up a Spiritomb when need be.
• Sour Outside, Sad Inside: Very angry and threatening on the outside, secretly sad and bitter that it was abandoned by its own Trainer on the inside. Thankfully Ash helped it on the sadness part.
• Super Mode: In JN092, it eats Max Soup and gains the ability to Gigantamax.
• Took a Level in Cheerfulness: It retains its Ghost-type nature of playing pranks, but it's now out of true fun (and occasional boredom) rather than resentment towards humans. Allister can tell that being with Ash has mellowed its outlook on life.
• Troll: Like any Gengar, it enjoys jump-scaring and frightening people. Though its first hauntings were out of vengeance from being abandoned by its former Trainer. When it joins Ash, it drops a ton of apples on him, not as a sign of malice but as a playful prank.
• Undying Loyalty: (No pun intended) Allister comments on how Gengar wants to stay loyally by Ash's side ever since he was caught by him, believing his life has been a lot happier thanks to having such a caring trainer like him.
• The Worf Effect:
  • It's a very powerful Pokémon yet it easily gets knocked out of the laboratory in JN011 by a Spark from Yamper. Though before Ash caught it in a later episode, Gengar had looked as if it were perpetually tired, implying that it wasn’t at full strength.
  • Gengar was utterly trounced by Korrina's Fighting-type Pokémon who were able to outspeed and overpower the Ghost-type.
  • This was subverted by Ash's battle with Raihan, where Gengar, in its Gigantamax form, manages to take out Raihan's Flygon and Goodra before fainting against the latter. This proved to be extremely vital for Ash to win the match in the end.
  • With Gengar becoming increasingly more reliable in later parts of the series, being taken down relatively quickly by Cynthia along with Dragonite serves to prove how much of a threat the Sinnoh Champion is.

Riolu-Lucario

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Voiced in Japanese by: Kei Shindō (Riolu), Daisuke Namikawa (Lucario)

Voiced in English by: Cristina Valenzuela (Riolu), Bill Rogers (Lucario)

A battle-hungry Riolu that started off as a Sinnoh egg incubating in the Vermillion City Pokémon Center until it was attracted to Ash by his Aura powers. This resulted in Riolu finally hatching and being caught by Ash upon seeing Riolu's desire to fight alongside him. As a part of Ash's team, Riolu would eventually evolve into Lucario during the battle against Chairman Rose, and then learns how to mega-evolve following Ash revisiting Korrina and Gurkinn in Kalos. There, Ash received a Key Stone in the form of a Mega Glove along with the Lucarionite needed for Lucario's Mega Evolution.

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• The Ace: After evolving into Lucario, it becomes one of Ash’s primary battlers along with Pikachu, putting in major work in many of Ash's World Coronation Series matches. It fully solidifies its status in JN125 by becoming the first Pokémon to defeat Cynthia's Garchomp on-screen (also giving Cynthia her first on-screen loss in the process), making it indisputably one of Ash's strongest Pokémon.
• Adorably Precocious Child: It's so adorable as a Riolu yet it dislikes the idea of being cooed and coddled with, being stoic, serious and proud.
• Affection-Hating Kid: Riolu was a baby Pokémon, but unlike all the ones we've seen in the anime before, doesn't like to be cared for, instead desiring Ash to help it become stronger. It does allow Korrina to pet and praise it though, so it's possibly getting over this. Episodes later show it's comfortable about snuggling up to Ash.
• Badass Adorable: At first, an adorable baby Pokémon who, when powered by Ash, can make an Onix flee in terror. Although it doesn't like being called cute or cuddled and is quite proud of itself.
• Badass in Distress: Ends up captured alongside Goh's Inteleon by Altenate Team Rocket and dragged into their universe.
• Bash Brothers: Its relationship with Goh's Cinderace. It develops the same relationship with Ash's Pikachu.
• Berserk Button: Do not mess up its fur unless you want to be on the receiving end of its anger. Cinderace learns this the hard way.
• Big Brother Worship:
  • It's not related to it, but as a Riolu idolizes Korrina's Lucario for its battle prowess and strength, and when they meet up again after Riolu's evolution, it's always happy to see its idol.
  • Lucario similarily comes around to seeing Ash's Greninja this way after training with it; again there is no literal relation with Greninja but their shared powerful bond with Ash allows them to bond, and Greninja all too eagerly helps Lucario get stronger on it's own terms. After earning Lucario's respect by thoroughly kicking his ass, at any rate.
• Big Damn Heroes: Chairman Rose sent out his Copperajah and Ferrothorn to finish off Ash, who was defenseless, as Pikachu was knocked out by Eternatus' barrage of attacks. Riolu stepped in, refusing to let them pass and nearly getting crushed. Its determination to protect its trainer and Pikachu was the catalyst to evolve into Lucario.
• Birds of a Feather: With Ash, as it wants to become strong and loves to fight. Deconstructed in JN030 — Ash spends so much time with Riolu that he accidentally neglects Pikachu.
• Blood Knight:
  • The first thing it does after hatching is to go out and fight anything it sees, mostly because it's trying to find that powerful aura that lead it to be hatched. Riolu attacks various groups of wild Pokémon unprovoked leaving it outmatched, even chasing after a feral Onix (whom Riolu aggravated) that was fleeing from it.
  • In JN027, it jumps out of its ball to fight off against the Galarian Farfetch'd — also a fellow Blood Knight — and after Ash captures it, the two are fighting each other.
• Chained Heat: In JN048 with Cinderace when they end up stuck together during their fight against Team Rocket.
• Character Development: Under Ash's care, most of its aggressive personality traits have mellowed out, to the point where it follows around Ash and imitates his reactions and emotions. This has not gone unnoticed by his starter Pokémon, Pikachu, causing them to be jealous of each other at times early on, with Riolu because it wants to battle, and with Pikachu because he felt neglected. Also, after evolving, Lucario is usually showing its kinder side towards Ash and its teammates, and over time, it also starts to show its fondness of him more openly as their bond grows in intensity.
• Character Shilling: Characters frequently comment on Ash and Lucario's bond being especially strong, most notably Leon and Cynthia. Leon even claimed that their bond was "too strong" after it refused to Mega Evolve against Bea, despite the fact that this would usually imply being out of sync with each other.
• A Child Shall Lead Them: A very headstrong personality with fiery independence, the episode JN021 ends with Riolu leading the way as both Ash and Goh smile nervously; the Pokémon's not even a day old and it's already taking charge! This trait vanishes in time.
• Bare-Fisted Monk: A Fighting-type Pokémon whose moves include the physically striking Force Palm and Reversal.
• The Chooser of the One: The Vermilion City Nurse Joy mentions Riolu's egg was passed between many daycare workers before ending up in her care because it wouldn't hatch and doesn't begin hatching until it senses Ash's battle Aura. Once it sees it for itself, it allows itself to join his team.
• Close-Range Combatant: As a Riolu, it would rather go up close to attack with moves like Force Palm and Reversal on its side. This ends up giving it an edge against the Galarian Farfetch'd: while it's powerful with using moves from its leek, the leek's size means that it needs time to prepare them, giving Riolu a chance to get in and deliver a blow before it can swing the leek down. As a Lucario, the moveset shifts to a more ranged combatant with Aura Sphere in place of Vacuum Wave and Steel Beam instead of Force Palm, although it still has Reversal in case of emergency. It shifts back into being a more of a close range combatant when it learns Bullet Punch in place of Steel Beam.
• Contrasting Sequel Main Character:
  • To Ash's previous Fighting-type baby Pokémon, Scraggy; Scraggy is more child-like and clumsy and never evolved, whereas Riolu is headstrong, quite skillful and a Blood Knight, and evolves quite early.
  • Compared to Ash's other Pokémon who hatched from eggs such as Phanpy, Scraggy and Noibat, Riolu is much more stubborn, independent and serious. Even Scraggy, who was stubborn and prideful from birth as well, was able to mellow out, while Riolu maintains its immense pride and stubbornness, at least until the character development kicks in.
  • Early on, it's quite jealous of Pikachu, like Ash's Bayleef. The main difference was that Ash's Bayleef wanted Ash's affection whereas Riolu wants to be the one to get into battle.
• David Versus Goliath: Riolu's small size had this trope in play in virtually every battle it engaged in, but even the taller Lucario finds itself in this role against Bea's Gigantamax Machamp, even after Mega Evolution, and especially against Raihan's Gigantamax Duraludon in its base form.
• Deadpan Snarker: It seems to act like this towards Bea's Grapploct, its archrival, in JN086, where it gives it a cheeky smirk and teased it for blushing when they were eating (possibly because Grapploct wasn't acting so tough), and Grapploct ends up having a fight with Lucario as a result, nearly punching it with a tentacle, although Lucario blocks it while still keeping the sassy smirk.
• Death or Glory Attack:
  • It knows Reversal, a move that gets powerful the lower the user's HP is. Quite fitting for a Determinator like Riolu. It uses this move as a Mega Lucario against Cynthia's Garchomp to barely defeat it.
  • As Lucario, its battle with Bea's Machamp has it learning Steel Beam (which has a 50% HP loss whether it hits or not) as the final blow. The move has a synergy with Reversal due to its effects, giving Lucario two high-risk, high-reward attacks, though Lucario never uses both of them in the same battle (with Reversal never used while Steel Beam is in Lucario's moveset while the next time we see Reversal from Lucario it is after Steel Beam is replaced by Bullet Punch).
• Defeating the Undefeatable: In JN125, it ends the on-screen winning streaks of both Cynthia's Garchomp and Cynthia herself.
• Determinator: After getting its ass kicked by every single mon it tried to fight with and even going toe-to-toe with an Onix, it still wouldn't back down despite the fact that it was only born a few minutes prior or so. Even after getting badly injured and battered from all of this, it refused a piggyback ride from Ash and instead opted to walk all the way back to the Pokémon Center. Being a determinator himself, Ash had to deal with this part of Riolu's character better over time in order to fully utilize his mon's potential.
• Don't You Dare Pity Me!: Riolu hates being cuddled or pampered when it's injured and will walk to the nearest Pokémon Center all by itself if it has to. By JN027, it looks like Ash learned how to better handle this trait during Riolu's battle against Galarian Farfetch'd.
• Establishing Character Moment: The moment it hatches, it gets angry at Ash for trying to comfort it and immediately strikes him down with Vacuum Wave before heading out to fight any Pokémon it sees.
• Extra-ore-dinary: Gains the Steel type as Lucario, and learns Steel Beam in JN086 and Bullet Punch in JN114.
• Furry Confusion: Unlike Sir Aaron's Lucario from the eighth movie, it's a normal, non-speaking Pokémon.
• Glory Seeker: The baby Pokémon's quite the Blood Knight, and the only times it breaks a smile is when Ash acknowledges its fighting prowess, or accepts it onto his team. Riolu doesn't respond well to care or affection, which it views as slights on its capabilities.
• Goo-Goo-Godlike: As a Riolu, it has a powerful Vacuum Wave that makes an Onix run away in terror. Albeit this is after it was powered up by Ash's aura, but still.
• Green-Eyed Monster: Shows traits of this when Ash battles opponents with his other Pokémon, shoving Pikachu out of its way. Played with in JN036, when Ash finally lets his worries go and, when Pikachu lies onto him, Riolu not wanting to be upstaged quickly does the same, which shows that it's jealous of the Mouse Pokémon's relationship with their Trainer. As Lucario, it later shows jealousy in JN108 when witnessing Ash's Greninja effortlessly showing off its power and the strength of its bond with Ash's Aura.
• Hates Being Touched: Riolu refused to be picked up twice, either because of this or just general pride. Doesn't stop it from clinging to its Trainer when worried after it's caught though. As it slowly grew more comfortable around Ash, this trait has diminished over time. By JN122, Lucario has completely averted this trate as it gives a warm smile to a young boy who pets and praises it.
• Kamehame Hadoken: Its Vacuum Wave is animated like a mini Aura Sphere. It's upgraded to the real thing after it evolves.
• Me's a Crowd: Knows Double Team and Ash can combo it with having each Riolu clone attacking with Vacuum Wave.
• My Rules Are Not Your Rules: Riolu can only evolve to Lucario with enough happiness during the day. While Riolu is indeed very close to Ash in terms of bond, it evolved at night during the Darkest Day, not in daytime.
• Not So Stoic: Despite its seriousness about training to get stronger and hates being spoiled and pampered, Riolu isn't above wagging its tail in curiosity or clinging onto Ash when worried or scared. As a Lucario, it allows itself to goof around a little when relaxed, and isn't immune to the series' slapstick nor to reactions of fear or panic when it is involved in this. While it's very serious when it comes to battle, it's not afraid to show affection towards Ash and has even hugged him in a few recent occasions.
  • As a Lucario, it becomes a lot more serious and a Blood Knight when it comes to battling, but can still show moments of affection. After working with Ash and Greninja to destroy a giant root during JN108, it gives a more cheerful smile and happily hugs Ash.
• Pintsize Powerhouse: Once powered up with Ash's aura, it can topple an Onix with a simple tackle. In JN044 it is able to stop Chairman Rose's Cooperajah and Ferrothorn from attacking Pikachu and Ash by placing one paw onto Copperajah's trunk and one of Ferrothorn's vines! This is coming from a very young Baby Pokémon, mind you.
• Psychic Link: After evolving into Lucario, its proficiency in controlling Aura has increased to where it can communicate with Ash subconsciously, telling its trainer it has learned Aura Sphere.
• Psychic Powers: It doesn't necessarily have Psychic type moves but Riolu can sense Aura. It had this ability prior to hatching, refusing to hatch for anyone who doesn't have strong enough Aura for it to sense. Bonding with Ash by Aura is what makes it finally react.
• Rapid-Fire Fisticuffs: Bullet Punch, in which Lucario unleashes a flurry of punches.
• Real Men Hate Sugar: While it enjoyed a treat given to it by Bea in JN039, it doesn't care for confectionery treats like buns or ice cream after evolving, and absolutely hates getting the stuff on its coat. Cinderace messing its fur up twice by accident enrages it.
• Red Baron: Supplementary materials for the Masters Eight finals dub Lucario The Aura Nova.
• Red Oni, Blue Oni: Lucario is the serious and quiet Blue Oni to Cinderace's cheerful and hyperactive Red Oni. Best shown in JN048 when Cinderace wants Lucario to have ice cream and Lucario refuses.
  • Upon meeting, he becomes the Hot-Blooded red Oni to Greninja's calm and focused Blue Oni as shown in their battle. When they have a battle, it's Greninja who wins rather easily to boot.
• The Rival: Bea's Grapploct serves as this for Riolu, and it goes on for a while after it evolved.
• Signature Mon: It is essentially Ash's secondary Pokémon for the saga, receiving the most promotion in the intros and supplementary material and winning many of Ash's most significant victories, most notably being the Pokémon that finally defeats Cynthia's Garchomp and thus pushing Ash to the finals.
• Smile of Approval: In spite of being The Stoic and its stubbornness in general, Riolu loves getting praise from Ash and later joining his team.
• Spotlight-Stealing Squad: Justified; unlike the fully evolved and experienced Gengar and Dragonite, Riolu is a recently-hatched baby who still needs to gain a lot of battle experience, and as a result Ash is shown to put most of his attention on training Riolu, to the point where Pikachu actually gets jealous of Riolu's preferential treatment in one episode. Training and using Riolu in battle also appears to be the primary means of still allowing Ash to be feasibly challenged by random trainers without underselling his prowess as a Champion or making his goal to become Monarch seem unreasonable.
• The Stoic: Even when compared to Ash's more serious and battle oriented Pokémon, such as Charizard, Sceptile, Infernape and Greninja, or acquaintances like Solgaleo, who still allowed themselves to goof around sometimes, Riolu was too serious for a newborn. It eventually mellows a little, but it stands out compared to Gengar and especially Dragonite. However, once having evolved to Lucario, it takes the trope back at full speed, at times acting as if it's trying too hard to be serious and stoic. It still can goof around, even if against its will (if its interactions with Cinderace or the shenanigans in which it is involved are any indication) or when comically impressed. Downplayed later in the series, where it shows its feelings more openly.
• Super-Empowering: The recipient. On its own, Riolu was just a nuisance to other Pokémon and it can't so much as phase an Onix, but when battling alongside Ash, with his empowering Aura, it's able to fight the same Onix to the point of it fleeing in fear.
• Super Mode: Its Mega Evolution boosts its power immensely to the point of it being capable of firing Aura Spheres the size of its own body and toppling a Gigantamax Machamp that stands at 8 stories tall and weighs several tons and destroy the huge roots in Kalos that could deflect an Aura Sphere in its base form.
• Suspiciously Similar Substitute:
  • To Ash's Greninja, as it was passed down to different daycare centers (or trainers in Froakie's case) before settling on Ash. It also gains a power-boost when battling with Ash, same with Greninja, but not in the same tier, at least until it finally gains the ability to Mega Evolve.
  • To Ash's Sceptile, when it was a Treecko and was easily irritable about being underestimated or bested in battles.
  • To Lucario from Movie 8, outside of being from the same evolutionary line both were released from some kind of imprisonment by Ash's powerful aura (with Movie 8 being where it was established that Ash possessed this ability) and both were initially distrustful and stand-offish to people around them. Once Riolu evolves, both Lucarios also share the same Japanese voice actor, Daisuke Namikawa. The main difference between them is that Sir Aaron's Lucario gained a Sweet Tooth and a fondness for chocolate, while Ash's Lucario detests sweets.
• Took a Level in Badass: In its debut, it wasn't able to put a dent in any opponent it faced without being empowered by Ash's aura. By the time JN027 rolls around, it's become a competent enough battler that it becomes a Worthy Opponent to Galarian Farfetch'd, a capable combatant in its own right. To emphasize this, Riolu also demonstrated several new moves in the episode when previously it only had access to Vacuum Wave. Riolu would later go from being beaten badly by Grapploct to tying it. It would later evolve into Lucario and learn Aura Sphere, after which it becomes one of Ash's most powerful Pokémon and able to straight up beat Grapploct in a one on one fight.
  • In JN086, it Mega Evolves for the first time and learns Steel Beam.
  • In JN125, it becomes the first Pokémon to defeat Cynthia's Garchomp, who had never lost a battle onscreen before, therfore putting an end to Cynthia's winning streak.
• Took a Level in Kindness: The baby Pokémon was feral and vicious to begin with, only cracking a smile when it defeats its opponents, but is now playful and carefree as the series goes on. It adores being pampered by Ash, even cuddling up to him in JN036. JN039 shows it came to respect Pikachu as a friend and teammate, even carrying him back to Ash after he lost against Bea's Grapploct. Also, Lucario is usually kind to Ash as it did politely reject his offer to eat an ice cream in JN048. It also shows its great sense of justice when it growled at the Pokémon poachers out to steal Suicune. Later on, it also started to show its affection towards Ash more openly. Even later on, it shows good sportsmanship by helping Cynthia's Garchomp up after winning against it.
• Tranquil Fury: Shows this towards the poachers that tried to capture Suicune with vile ways, growling at them without raising its voice, although Ash calms it down.
• Use Your Head: After struggling in Bea's Machamp's grip, it manages to break free with one headbutt.
• Victory by Endurance: Its fight against Galarian Farfetch'd ends up as this since said Farfetch'd fainted after rising to its feet.
• Vitriolic Best Buds: With Cinderace. They are always seen hanging out or battling together, but JN048 shows their conflicting differences in personality, with Cinderace's cheerful personality clashing with Lucario's serious demeanor. Their kinship is unsurprising, since they evolved to their final forms in the same episode (JN045).
• With Great Power Comes Great Insanity: Averted. Unlike Korrina's Lucario, who had a hard time controlling the overwhelming power of Mega Evolution, Ash's Lucario does not lose any self-control when battling in its Mega form.
• The Worf Effect:
  • In JN108 it challenges Ash's formerly owned Greninja to a battle, not only is Lucario unable to land a single hit on Greninja due to the latter being too fast for Lucario to even sense but Greninja doesn't even have to use any actual moves or transform into his Ash-Greninja form to easily defeat his foe even with Ash commanding Lucario.
  • After managing to defeat Cynthia's Garchomp, in the match against Leon it only manages to defeat a weakened Mr. Rime, eventually being defeated by Leon's Dragapult despite Mega Evolving and getting several good hits in, first getting hit by a Flamethrower that prompted Ash to recall it before it was eventually sent out again by Dragon Tail, getting paralyzed after its Bullet Punch collided with a Thunderbolt, and then finished off by a final Flamethrower. However, the damage dealt to Dragapult alongside Dracovish enabled Dragonite to bring down the Stealth Pokémon.
• Worthy Opponent:
  • To Galarian Farfetch'd; their battle is one of the reasons it joins Ash and the end of its debut episode has them sparring. In fact, Riolu is cheering when Ash captures said Farfetch'd.
  • Riolu is also this to Bea and her Grapploct, especially since how it was able to escape their Octolock attack and how their last battle ended in a draw, earning their respect. Sadly for its trainer, this yields to Ash the "Riolu's trainer" moniker until their final battle.
  • Lucario becomes this to Cynthia's Garchomp after the former defeated the latter, accepting Lucario's offer to help it up.
• You're Not My Father: Riolu at first doesn't recognize Ash is the one with whom it bonded with. When he later steps in to save it from an enraged Onix, only then does it realize the boy's battle Aura and straight away accepts him as its Trainer.

Galarian Farfetch'd-Sirfetch'd (Kamonegi-Negigaknight)

Voiced in Japanese by: Shin-ichiro Miki

Voiced in English by: Marc Thompson

A Galarian variant of Farfetch'd that was said to pick fights with other Trainers trying to cross a bridge. He joins the team after a good fight with Ash's Riolu. Under Ash's guidence, Farfetch'd is shown to have a strong desire to train himself to one day become a master of the Leek. Said training eventually led to him evolving into Sirfetch'd during Ash's World Coronation battle against Rinto.

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• Achilles' Heel: While his giant leek is perfect for sweeping opponents off their feet, if they can get in close while his preparing the leek, then there's nothing he can do.
• Adaptational Badass: Already a top contender for one of Ash's best battlers as it is, but Ash's appearance in the recent Event in Pokémon Masters EX has him defeating the Player Character's Solgaleo in a tie.
• Bare-Fisted Monk: A Fighting-type, though his only Fighting-type move is the non-damaging Detect. That is, until he learns Meteor Assault in JN103.
• The Berserker: In JN051 his desire to master the leek quickly made him lash out at anyone nearby, having no regard for bystanders caught in the crossfire, even attacking his own trainer on several occasions. Eventually, it would become disobedient, so trainer Rinto intervenes with his Gallade to teach it a lesson about teamwork.
• Birds of a Feather: With Ash's Riolu. They're stoic Fighting-types that love a good brawl and accepted Ash as a trainer after seeing his worth.
• Blood Knight: He loves fighting. In fact, his battle against Riolu is a huge factor as to why it joined Ash. To emphasize this, after he gets captured, the first thing he does after coming out is to fight with Riolu again! Deconstructed on JN051. He becomes so focused about the fight that he ignores his own weak points and the surroundings, being easily defeated by a refined Gallade.
• Breaking Old Trends:
  • Whenever any of Ash's Pokémon learns a Dark-type move, it's usually only Bite or Crunch. Farfetch'd knows Brutal Swing and Night Slash.
  • It is the first Pokémon owned by Ash to ever defeat an Elite Four's Pokémon, in this case, Mega Altaria belonging to Drasna of the Kalos Elite Four.
• Bring It: He beckons Ash to fight it by making this gesture with its wing while saying "Come on!"
• The Bus Came Back: Is part of Ash's rotating roster in JN143, alongside Kingler, Heracross, Bayleef and Torterra. Lapras also returns this episode. Sirfetch'd is the first of Ash's Journeys Pokémon to return.
• Carry a Big Stick: His leek is three times bigger than his body. Unfortunately, while that means he can land powerful blows when the leek is ready, that also means that he's vulnerable when he is preparing the attacks. The leek then becomes a long sword after he evolved.
• Cast from Hit Points: His Brutal Swing move is devastating but after using it on Riolu, he was shown to be quite exhausted. It loses this trade off when it evolves, as Brutal Swing becomes an attack done with the shield entirely as a boomerang projectile.
• Casting a Shadow: Knows Night Slash and Brutal Swing. Also notable for being Ash's first Pokémon to know a Dark-type move that isn't Bite or Crunch.
• Character Development: After Ash risks his life to save his leek from falling into an abyss in JN056, he starts to bond and trust his trainer. Also, when he evolved, Sirfetch'd became protective of Ash as he took a puddle of water for him when a truck came by. He later developed a strong friendship with Dracovish.
• Contrasting Sequel Main Character: To Ash's Hawlucha, another avian based Fighting-type Pokémon. Hawlucha was known to be quite honorable and a defender of the forest he lived in, whereas Farfetch'd was a loner who liked fighting for the sake of it. Hawlucha's Achilles' Heel was that he tended to pose dramatically before unleashing Flying Press, thus giving his opponents more time to recover while Farfetch'd's weakness is he needs time to prepare his leek to unleash its attacks. Hawlucha's fighting style is of a Masked Luchador while Farfetch'd is a knight. Lastly, Hawlucha is a Fighting/Flying type with only one stage while Farfetch'd is pure Fighting and can evolve.
• Critical Hit Class: Just like the games, he evolves when he lands three notable critical hits in one battle.
• Curb-Stomp Battle: Delivers this onto Goh's Kantonian Farfetch'd despite the type disadvantage.
• A Day in the Limelight: JN051, JN056, and JN060 serve as focus episodes for Farfetch'd. He evolves into Sirfetch'd in JN060.
• Deadly Disc: Its shield when using Brutal Swing.
• Death or Glory Attack: Learns Meteor Assault in JN103.
• Defeat Means Friendship: Joins Ash's group after his match against Riolu and also for how Ash encouraged him to keep fighting.
• Defend Command: Learns Detect in JN056.
• Did You Just Punch Out Cthulhu?: He defeats the Player Character's Solgaleo in Masters EX.
• Fell Asleep Standing Up:
  • Tries standing up on his own after Ash encourages him. He ends up shouting to the skies before fainting.
  • Faints standing up after dealing heavy damage to Cynthia's Garchomp with Meteor Assault.
• Flight: Without his heavy leek, he can fly just like his Kantonian version. It's later revealed that the leek sword and shield together are actually much heavier than just the original leek was, making it harder to stay balanced even while holding them steady on the ground.
• Gratuitous English: In the original Japanese version, he's fond of saying "Kamon" (Kamonegi), which is clearly meant to sound like "Come on".
• Hates Being Touched: Challenger Dozer examining its powerful body angered him, even when said inspection was a compliment and was not belittling his capabilities.
• Implausible Fencing Powers: Sirfetch'd is very proficient with his razor-sharp leek, neatly cutting open an envelope from Iris for Ash.
• Irony: In every previous generation, one of Ash's first catches has been the regional bird (with the slight exception of Alola, where he caught a Rowlet who thought it was a regional bird). His first Galarian Pokémon is... a bird Pokémon that's exclusive to the region, just not the actual regional bird.
• Knight in Shining Armor: What he basically becomes as a Sirfetch'd. On his way back to the Institute after evolving, he blocks a splash of water that would have hit the group.
• Knightly Sword and Shield: Right before evolving to this proper, he uses the cut off part of its leek as a makeshift shield in his off wing while using the main leek to attack Gallade.
• Mighty Glacier: He has very powerful attacks, but is hampered by the weight of the giant leek, leaving him open for a close-range strike if the opponent is fast enough.
• Mundane Utility in JN065, he uses his sword to help slice the top of a letter off for Ash.
• No-Sell: Despite being a Fighting-type, Sirfetch'd manages to endure a Disarming Voice from Cynthia's Milotic before taking it out with Meteor Assault, not looking any worse for wear afterward.
• Not So Stoic: As a Farfetch'd, not even he was immune to Sobble's cries.
• Puddle-Covering Chivalry: Rinto observes the noble Sirfetch'd seeing himself no differently as a loyal knight protecting his lord (Ash) from harm. He even shields his trainer from getting soaked by a puddle from a passing bus.
• Red Baron: Supplementary materials for the Masters Eight finals dub Sirfetch'd The Indominable Onion Knight.
• Red Oni, Blue Oni: Is the calm and focused Blue Oni to Dracovish's energetic and excitable Red Oni.
• Shield Surf: Briefly uses his shield as a surfboard on part seven of the "Aim to be a Pokémon Master" miniseries.
• The Stoic: As a Farfetch'd, he's always seen frowning and serious.
• Third Time's The Charm: After Goh's two attempts to capture him fail, it takes a brawl with Riolu and Ash acknowledging his fighting spirit before he joins.
• Throwing Your Shield Always Works: As Sirfetch'd, he can use Brutal Swing in this fashion.
• To Be a Master: JN051 establishes that he wants to be a "Leek Master".
• Took a Level in Jerkass: In JN051, he becomes a lot more aggressive than before, even attacking Ash twice when he was trying to support him. After their battle against Dozer, he simply walks off and points his leek at Ash to stop him when he wants to follow him. However...
• Took a Level in Kindness: ...in subsequent episodes, after Ash understood how much serious Farfetch'd is about be strong and shows he's serious about helping him, the duck comes to fully respect him. This partially triggers his evolution. Upon evolution, he adopted a more chivalrous, gallant and protective demeanor.
  • He eventually learns to tolerate Dracovish's tendency to bite his sword and cheer it on in appreciation for it doing the same during their battle against Drasna, developing a close friendship with it.
• Vocal Evolution: While Sirfetch'd was always voiced by Marc Thompson, his voice has changed a bit in tone before and after his evolution: as a Farfetch'd, the way he vocalizes is rough and at times berserker-like, especially in battles. After his evolution in Sirfetch'd, his voice takes a more chivalrous and heroic tone, fitting with the serious, loyal, valiant, chivalrous and more mature knight that he has become.
• Worthy Opponent: After his very fair battle with Riolu, he decides the little Emanation Pokémon is this to him. Even as a Lucario, it seems to reciprocate the sentiment, being eager to watch Sirfetch'd train to learn a new move with Clemont and Ash. During Ash's battle with Leon in JN130, the two share a mental high five after Ash switches out Sirfetch'd for Lucario.

Dracovish (Uonoragon)

Voiced in Japanese by: Kenyuu Horiuchi

Voiced in English by: Sean Schemmel

A Galarian fossil Pokémon that is brought to life by the fossil researchers Cara Liss and Bray Zenn during a study on hybrid resurrection. Upon seeing Dracovish bond with Ash, the researchers ask for him to look after it; resulting in Dracovish's capture.

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• 11th-Hour Superpower: During its battle with Leon's Dragapult in JN130, it unlocks a mysterious ability that allows the spikes on its body to extend and bind opponents. Cynthia speculates that this is a power that had laid dormant within it.
• Abled in the Adaptation: Dracovish has no difficulty breathing on land like its Shield Pokedex entry states. It also seems almost perpetually happy whether on land or in the water.
• Attention Deficit... Ooh, Shiny!: During its Lumiose Gym training, it became rather fixated on Sirfetch'd's leek when it was learning Meteor Assault. In the following episode, it gets entranced by an Altaria's feathers and runs right toward it.
• Beware the Silly Ones: Everything about Dracovish makes it goofy and silly, from its appearence to the way it acts, including its tendency to get distracted by moving stuff, but it's a powerful battler with very strong close-range attacks thanks to its powerful jaw.
• Breaking Old Trends:
  • It is Ash's very first fossil-revived Pokémon.
  • It is the first Pokémon owned by Ash to ever defeat a regional champion's Pokémon, in this case, Iris, the Unova League Champion who had succeeded Alder. The closest any had come previously was Greninja, who had gained the upper hand on Kalos Champion Diantha's Gardevoir before Ash collapsed from the strain of Bond Phenomenon right when the final blow was about to be struck.
  • It also gives Ash his first victory against an Elite Four member by defeating Drasna's Noivern.
• Close-Range Combatant: Dracovish's greatest strength is its powerful jaw, which was able to defeat Iris's Dragonite in a few hits, naturally she countered it through using only ranged attacks with her Haxorus to prevent Dracovish from getting too close.
• Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass: Dracovish may look as silly as the rest of its Galar fossil bretheren, but is shown the be a surprisingly fast runner both on land and underwater along with having a vicious bite. Best shown in JN063 when its Water Gun is not strong enough to break through the pile of rocks trapping Chloe, Eevee and Dewgong, so Ash suggests using an attack with its jaw and it complies with using Fishious Rend to smash through it in one hit. It even battled and defeated Iris's Dragonite with relative ease, and he's one of her strongest Pokémon too.
• Curb-Stomp Battle: Gives one of these to Iris's Dragonite. Right from the start of the battle, it manages to grab hold of Dragonite's head with its jaws. Unable to wriggle free or hear commands from his trainer, Dracovish takes him down with a quad-effective Ice Fang very quickly. It's then on the receiving end of this against Iris's Haxorus. The Champion saw Dracovish was most dangerous as a Close-Range Combatant so used long ranged attacks against it.
• Curb Stomp Cushion: Dracovish against Steven didn't end in any knockouts for Dracovish and in fact Dracovish went down in one clash with Aggron, but the Fishous Rend that landed on Metagross did a fair bit of damage and likely played a big role in Pikachu's eventual victory.
• The Determinator: Despite being poisoned thanks to Cynthia's Rosarade, it's determined to keep battling and refuses to return to its ball.
• The Dragonslayer: Knows Ice Fang, and as a Dragon type it has a mutual super effective match up against its kind. Its first major fight was against Iris own Dragonite, and it serves as a major player against Drasna.
• The Glomp: It greets Ash by trying to bite his head.
• Gratuitous English: The way it says its name when greeting Clemont almost sounds like it's saying "Oh hello".
• An Ice Person: Knows Ice Fang as one of its moves.
• Lightning Bruiser: It's surprisingly fast on land and underwater and gives one heck of a bite. Clemont makes note of this when he meets Dracovish and sees it charging to bite Sirfetch'd sword. Dracovish's final Dragon Rush against Drasna actually had him charging at Noivern so fast she panicked and called for a Dragon Pulse to stop it from getting closer instead of Noivern keeping its guard up.
• Magically Inept Fighter: Dracovish is very powerful when it comes to physical attacks, but its Water Gun is very notably weak by comparison.
• Making a Splash: Part Water type and knows the moves Water Gun and Fishious Rend.
• Made of Iron: It's noted by Clemont to be very resilient and fast, able to take Sirfetch'd's Meteor Assault the second time and come out clapping in excitement. It shows off this endurance against Drasna, taking a Sky Attack, a super-effective Play Rough, a super-effective Dragon Pulse and a Boomburst AFTER having its stamina cut in half by Super Fang. In its final clash with Noivern it's the one who remains standing despite the fact it used Dragon Rush and took Dragon Pulse head-on, whereas Noivern only got hit by the resulting explosion.
• Man Bites Man: It knows the biting moves Fishious Rend and Ice Fang and has the ability Strong Jaw.
• Mix-and-Match Critters: Ash doesn't see anything wrong with the Galarian restoration methods though.
• Now That's Using Your Teeth!: It has incredibly strong jaws and possibly the greatest biting force of all of Ash's Pokémon, being unable to do anything to a boulder with Water Gun but able to crush it with ease using its jaws. It also immobilized Iris' Dragonite while he used Dragon Rush, clamping him so hard Dragonite couldn't hear Iris' instructions, and immediately KO'ing him with Ice Fang. When clashing with Drasna's Noivern using Super Fang, its Ice Fang dropped Noivern to its knees despite being an indirect hit and Dracovish losing half its stamina. It was also able to directly bite Altaria's Breaking Swipe to clash with it. It also ended up being an ideal training partner for Sirfetch'd for this reason, since its bite stabilized his sword and allowed Dracovish to hold on even while Sirfetch'd activated Meteor Assault.
• Our Dragons Are Different: Part Dragon-type and knows Dragon Rush.
• Out of Focus: Despite being captured in JN050, Dracovish is completely absent in the following episodes. It's not until JN060 that Dracovish is finally seen again, and even then, it's just a group-shot cameo in the episode's beginning recap. Three episodes later would give Dracovish more focus including participating in Ash's fight against Unova Champion Iris. The double episode in Kalos also gives it time to shine.
• Red Baron: Supplementary materials for the Masters Eight finals dub Dracovish The Ancient Overlord.
• Red Oni, Blue Oni: Is the energetic and excitable Red Oni to Sirfetch'd calm and focused Blue Oni.
• Running Gag:
  • Its tendency to chomp on Ash's head whenever it comes out.
  • Whenever it sees anything sway, it gets distracted and charges over to chomp at it.
• Took a Level in Badass:
  • Learns Dragon Rush while training in Lumiose Gym.
  • JN130 shows that its jaw isn't the only natural weapon it has, as it unlocks an unknown power in its side spikes allowing them to grab to an extent. Dracovish is such an enigma in general that no one can figure out what happened.
• What Measure Is a Non-Cute?: It's a genderless hybrid resurrection of two different Pokémon species. While Iris who loves all dragon types adored them, her Dragonite however, who had been prepared for battle against Ash's, was now unnerved by its bizarre appearance when swapped out, allowing Dracovish to gain the upper hand quickly.
• The Worf Effect: After spending all its onscreen battles winning cleanly or taking down one Pokémon with ease before going down, its battle with Steven's own Pokémon ends in its first full defeat, as while it injures his Metagross it gets quickly and easily beaten by his Aggron and is in fact the first Pokémon to faint in the match. That said, it's implied the damage done to Metagross allowed Pikachu to beat the Iron Leg Pokémon.

Goh's Pokémon

Unlike Ash's previous companions, Goh's goal (aside from catching Mew) is to catch as many Pokémon as possible, frequently catching at least one new Pokémon every episode. To that end, only his Pokémon with sufficient characterization will be listed here.

Prior to parting ways with Ash, Goh had 107 Pokémon in total (including duplicates), with 115 unique Pokémon species registered in his Pokédex ^note His total number of captures (including Pokémon that were either traded to or given to him) is 112, but two Pokémon (White Flower Floette and Alolan Ninetales) were released, his second Pinsir was traded away, Dugtrio was given away, and Eternatus was taken from him to be sealed away and was eventually given to Leon. Suicune technically remains in his possession, but still lives in the wild. Additionally, the Cyndaquil that he caught during the Pokémon Catching Experience Corner in JNS01 is not counted, as it was released via contest rules and was never shown being registered in Goh's Pokédex. Lastly, he was shown catching one more Pokémon after parting with Ash in JN136, but its identity is not revealed to the audience.

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Tropes that fit all Goh's captured Pokémon

• Big Eater: Greedent, Sobble, and Grookey all have unbelievable appetites.
• Cast Herd: Episode 23 establishes that several of them have established their own social groups within the park; the Bug types stick with each other, the Normal and Poison types (along with Darmanitan) work together during the Feud Episode, Water-types stick to the pond, and several small Pokémon hang out with Golurk while it rests.
• Feud Episode: Episode 23 where hunger drives them all crazy. They were constantly fighting one another because they accused each other of stealing food.
• An Ice Person: His Tentacool, Dewgong and Mantyke all know Ice Beam.
• Olympus Mons: He's caught three legendary Pokemon, more than any other main character in the anime.
  • At the end of the Darkest day arc, Goh manages to catch Eternatus but seals its Pokeball away to prevent another Darkest Day from happening.
  • In Healing the Healer, he manages to catch a Suicune when protecting it from poachers. While Suicune officially belongs to him, it continues to live in the wild and isn't kept with his other Pokemon.
  • In JN113, he catches a Regieleki as part of his Project Mew research.
• Only Sane Man: His Farfetch'd, Pidgey, Skwovet, and Cubone when everyone else is driven mad by hunger. Then again, Skwovet is the one who caused everyone to be driven mad by hunger.
• The Prankster: His Misdreavus and Sandile seem to fit this trope.
• Red Oni, Blue Oni: Darmanitan's red oni to Scyther's blue oni.
• Rotating Protagonist: The Galarian Starter Pokémon Goh caught are this with Scorbunny first taking the spotlight until its evolution into Cinderace although it still makes regular appearances, Sobble then takes the spotlight until its evolution into Drizzile, which causes it to isolate itself inside a cave, which then caused Grookey to become Goh's main Walking Pokémon.
• Sickening Sweethearts:
  • His two Nidoran are almost always seen cuddled together and were even captured while together.
  • Pinsir and Heracross almost fit this description to a tee with how Pinsir acts all romantic towards Heracross and blushes cutely towards him.
• Signature Mon: Though Goh has many Pokémon to his name, the Galar Starters are the only Pokémon that have consistently remain on his team and thus become his iconic Pokémon. Out of the three, Cinderace and Grookey are the most prominent, with Cinderace being the powerhouse and Grookey being the cute companion on Goh's shoulder.
• Small Role, Big Impact: in certain episodes, it takes one of Goh's Pokemon evolving to kick start the story.
  • His Exeggcute evolving atarts off their first trip to Alola.
  • His Froakie evolving starts off their trip to Kalos to meet Ash's Greninja.
• Weather Manipulation: His Dustox all know Sunny Day, and Golurk, when it lost its chest seal, summoned a rainstorm.^note  Not the actual move Rain Dance, though

Galar Starters

Scorbunny-Raboot-Cinderace (Hibanny-Rabbifuto-Aceburn)

Scorbunny -> Raboot -> Cinderace (Hibanny -> Rabbifuto -> Aceburn)

Voiced in Japanese by: Megumi Hayashibara

Voiced in English by: Casey Mongillo

Goh's first partner Pokémon is a Scorbunny acquired during their first overseas mission to the Galar region.

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• The Ace: The strongest Pokemon in Goh's team and serves as the main Pokemon he uses when in battle or during fieldwork. Makes sense seeing it was his Starter Mon.
• Airplane Arms: As a Raboot, it had a habit of holding its arms out behind it while running.
• The Artful Dodger: Before being caught by Goh, Scorbunny was a vagabond wild Pokémon that frequently stole food from shoppers to survive. It also led some Nickit down the primrose path.
• Bash Brothers: His relationship with Ash's Lucario.
• Berserk Button: Dislikes bullies and jerkass trainers who abandon their Pokémon.
• Bully Hunter: In JN015, it immediately picks a fight with the Mankey trio picking on Cubone.
• Bunnies for Cuteness: As a Scorbunny it sure was adorable and energetic. Then it evolves...
• Cerebus Retcon: The Running Gag in JN005 of Scorbunny trying to get Goh's attention because it wants to join him? Hilarious. The same gag 12 episodes later when Scorbunny wants to show Goh how it's trying to learn a Fire-type move? It ends up with him, after he evolves into Raboot and his personality changed, giving Goh a cold shoulder.
• Chained Heat: In JN048 with Lucario when they end up stuck together during their fight against Team Rocket.
• Character Development: After evolving into Raboot, it's understandably aloof and dismissive towards Goh. After seeing that its trainer does care about it, it starts expressing itself more and becomes a Cool Big Bro to Sobble. It got to the point where it went back to its original personality as a Scorbunny when Raboot evolves into Cinderace.
• Cool Big Bro: Becomes this to Sobble after it starts expressing itself more. It’s also pretty supportive of its evolution as Drizzile.
• Crippling Overspecialization: Because Scorbunny focuses on quick, physical attacks with Quick Attack and Double Kick, it doesn't fare well against Ghost-type Pokémon which No-Sell such moves as showcased in JN014, and is quickly defeated by Golurk. Scorbunny seems aware of this, as it's trying to learn Fire-type moves in JN017, but it comes into conflict with Goh over the matter.
• Dance Battler: In JN022, it shows a love of dancing and teaches a few Hoenn Pokémon some moves.
• Determinator: After managing to not get noticed by Goh on the train and missing the stop he got off at, Scorbunny proceeds to leap from a moving train and run all the way back down the tracks to find him, to the point where it nearly got run over by another train.
  • It also does not stop trying to learn Ember the traditional way. Goh has to help it adapt by using its feet and a rock to make its Ember a miniature Pyro Ball.
  • During the battle against Zapdos, Raboot still manages to get up and keep fighting despite being hit hard by the Legendary. Goh understands this, and Raboot learns Blaze Kick in the process of pulling a comeback.
• Emo: After evolving into Raboot, it developed this personality complete with armfold.
• Epic Fail: A fire-type Pokémon that comically couldn't handle the heat of the Desert Resort in JN014.
• "Eureka!" Moment: Has one of these when Team Rocket are taunting him and Lucario during their Chained Heat, coming up with the idea to swing and stretch the putty to the point one of them could do a flying physical attack.
• Expy: Of Ash's Charmander. At first, Scorbunny is a friendly Fire-type who gets along with its trainer. This all goes pear-shaped in JN017 when it evolves into Raboot, as its personality changed and it becomes aloof towards Goh, like Ash's Charmeleon. The main difference is that Raboot still obeys and supports Goh whereas Charmeleon didn't. It even got to the point where it got over its aloofness towards Goh when it evolved into Cinderace, as it got its personality as a Scorbunny back and completely reforged its bond with Goh, whereas Ash's Charizard still kept its aloofness towards Ash after it evolved from Charmeleon, taking several episodes to regain its loyalty to Ash.
• Extremity Extremist: Uses its feet a lot in battle. It knows Double Kick, Blaze Kick, and uses Ember (later Pyro Ball) by kicking a stone.
• Fire-Forged Friends: With Goh, after helping to move the Gigantamax Snorlax in episode five. Especially noteworthy as up until that point Goh had made it his life's goal for Mew to be his first-caught Pokémon to the point of refusing to catch any others, and Scorbunny's assistance in that episode was enough for him to discard his single-target fixation. And yes, Scorbunny is a Fire-type.
• Forgiveness: Cinderace, as Scorbunny, and Goh had a fallout when it wanted to learn a Fire-type move but he believed the two moves it currently had were enough. However, through Ash's advice, Goh did teach it a Fire-type move and evolved into Raboot. Despite this, it was still upset with Goh for how he didn't consider its feelings and believed he didn't care about it. However, in Goodbye, Friend, it not only realized how wrong it was into thinking that Goh didn't care about it but was also convinced to forgive him.
• Fragile Speedster: Its main tactic is to run into something very fast then kick it before they have a chance to recover. Unfortunately, this is deconstructed as shown in JN014, when it's easily defeated by Golurk due to knowing only Fighting and Normal moves. It's also further deconstructed in JN017 because while it wants to learn more moves like Ember, Goh's insistent that it stays a speedster.
• Handshake Substitute: As a Scorbunny, it often performed a variation of high fives and fist bumps with Goh, using its foot to hit Goh's fist. While it stops doing so as Raboot, its triumphant evolution into Cinderace following the reforging of its bond with Goh is followed up with it performing one of these once again.
• I Shall Taunt You: Likes using the Eyelid Pull Taunt and smacking his own butt taunt.
• Keet: Was quite energetic as a Scorbunny, serving as somewhat of an Expy to Piplup, Oshawott, and Chespin before it. Then it evolves into an Emo Teen before evolving once again to Cinderace who is almost as energetic as it was in its first stage.
• Literal Ass-Kicking: Poor Ash is continually on the receiving end of one. In JN017, it gives it to Goh when the latter refuses to help it learn Ember.
• Mundane Utility: In JN011 he uses the heat pads on his feet to rapidly melt a frozen Yamper.
• Ninja Run: How it runs after it evolves into Raboot.
• Not So Stoic: Has a few moments of this after evolving, even crying like everyone else when Sobble's scared.
• Playing with Fire: It's a Fire-type, which ironically has yet to learn any Fire-type moves. JN017 has him trying to learn Ember even though Goh dismisses its attempt. It does eventually learn it, just not in the traditional sense. Later on it learns Blaze Kick, and after it evolves into Cinderace replaces Ember with Pyro Ball.
• Put on a Bus: Defied. When Goh initially decides to leave Raboot behind with its Hoenn friends, it turned out it was already on the train. This is also deconstructed because Goh never asked Raboot if it wanted to stay, something that Ash questions.
• The Quiet One: Following its evolution into Raboot, it doesn't talk much. It regains most of its talkativeness after becoming Cinderace.
• Real Men Wear Pink: Cinderace appears to be more comfortable and happy with his new pink outfit in JN055, unlike Ash, Goh, and Pikachu. Somewhat understandable, since the color pink is similar to the color red, which Cinderace is associated with.
• Red Oni, Blue Oni: The Red to Ash's Lucario's Blue.
• Refusal of the Call: Scorbunny initially resisted Goh's invitation to join him. But its Nickit buddies grabbed it and threw it onto the train car Goh and Ash boarded, essentially saying But Thou Must!.
• Rule of Symbolism: Scorbunny spent most of JN004, while it was wild, covered in a film of grunge that kept the Rotom Phone from identifying it, though it has information on the species. This symbolized how it wanted to be accepted by the Nickit trio and stay where he was. When it accepted joining Goh and Ash, it cleaned off that dirt, revealing its natural coloring and learning to expand its surroundings and become himself.
• Running Gag: As a Scorbunny, it had the tendency to kick Ash in the butt, usually for no reason at all, much to Pikachu's fury.
• Signature Mon: By the end of the series, Cinderace is Goh's signature powerhouse, almost always called upon whenever Goh needs extra muscle in battles. While its role as Goh's Walking Pokémon has now been taken by Grookey, Cinderace makes enough appearances, particular in １・２・３ openings, to remind the audience that it's Goh's first Pokémon.
• Spoiled by the Manual: Although a key part of the early marketing for the Generation VIII anime, Scorbunny doesn't join the cast until the fourth episode, and isn't caught by Goh until the fifth.
• The Stoic: As a Raboot, it was shown mostly frowning and aloof. It does give a tiny smile in JN022, though. It sheds this personality when it evolves into Cinderace, becoming more friendly and gregarious like it was as a Scorbunny.
• Super-Senses: Being a rabbit, it has strong hearing, which allows it to sense a Pokemon's location.
• Took a Level in Jerkass: Due to a combination of Goh neglecting its thoughts and feelings for so long and the general moody teen attitude of the species, Scorbunny evolving into Raboot causes it to become distant and aloof towards Goh, still following his commands in battle, but generally acting like an aggressive Tsundere otherwise.
• Took a Level in Kindness: After seeing how much its trainer cares about it, Raboot evolves into Cinderace, getting its personality as a Scorbunny back, having completely reforged its bond with Goh, giving the boy a high-five with its foot and an affectionate embrace.
• Tsundere: Its personality as a Raboot. While it's shown to be more aloof, deep down Raboot still cares for his trainer. Case in point, JN022 has Raboot join with a gang of Hoenn Pokémon to teach them how to dance but returns to Goh's side at the end, even sharing an apple with its trainer while hiding a tiny smile on its face.
• Unmanly Secret: After evolving into Raboot, it doesn't like expressing emotion, and is embarrassed when it betrays a smile after reuniting with Goh in JN022. It even turns away from the camera whenever Sobble forces it to cry.
• Unskilled, but Strong: Much like when Ash's Pikachu transformed into its Gigantamax form in JN013, in JN043 Goh's Raboot undergoes a Dynamax transformation. The Pokémon is huge and powerful, but cumbersome and slow in battle, often losing its balance as it fights a Gigantamax Garbodor.
• Vitriolic Best Buds: With Lucario. They are always seen hanging out or battling together but JN048 shows their conflicting differences in personality.
• What the Hell, Hero?:
  • Gets extremely upset at Goh when he doesn't try to help it learn Ember and telling Scorbunny to just forget about learning something new and stick with what it knows. When it evolves into Raboot, it silently walks away from Goh. Although this is partially (at least) due to its personality change as it evolved, it doesn't completely forgive Goh for his Lack of Empathy.
  • Likewise, JN135 sees Cinderace, angry that Goh ran off and declared his friendship with Ash over when the latter announced he was taking his own journey with just Pikachu, snags his Rotom phone and forces him to meet up with Ash at a lake to fix things.
• When She Smiles: In the end of Episode 22, Goh sees Raboot hiding a smile after they reunite and rekindle their friendship.
• Your Size May Vary: In-game dex entries state that Cinderace are 4'07. This one, however, is either short enough that it is at eye-level with Lucario, or Lucario in the anime in general are taller than stated, despite the fact Cinderace are nearly a whole foot taller than Lucario.

Sobble-Drizzile-Inteleon (Messon-Jimereon-Intereon)

Sobble -> Drizzile -> Inteleon (Messon -> Jimereon -> Intereon)

Voiced in Japanese by: Sayaka Senbongi (Sobble and Drizzile), Shogo Sakata (Inteleon)

Voiced in English by: Erica Schroeder (Sobble and Drizzile), Billy Kametz (JN078-JN090), Barrett Leddy (JN102 onwards) (Inteleon)

The Galar's Water-type Starter Pokémon, Goh caught it on his and Ash's second trip to Galar.

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• Badass in Distress: Ends up captured alongside Ash's Lucario by Altenate Team Rocket and dragged into their universe.
• Big Eater: It devours at least three plates of curry and a few croquettes.
• Born Unlucky: Despite its invisibility, it accidentally gets captured by Goh and is hit by an empty can by Jessie who both threw stuff out of frustration and didn't even know it was there.
• The Bus Came Back: Makes its return in JN078 where it evolves and rejoins the team.
• Character Development: After meeting Jaqueline's Inteleon in JN054, it makes an effort to improve its battle and stealth skills.
• Cowardly Lion: It's timid and a crybaby, but that doesn't mean it's weak. Once it was motivated by Goh, it managed to escape the cage Team Rocket trapped it in and run away to safety.
• Dishing Out Dirt: Learns Mud Shot, a Ground Type move.
• Emotion Bomb: True to its species, whenever Sobble starts crying, it causes other Pokémon and even humans to cry as loudly and excessively wet as well.
• Hiding Behind Your Bangs: Gains them as Drizzile, and then it becomes a recluse, depressed loner who rarely socializes with others.
• Hit-and-Run Tactics: Eventually develops this style of battling, culminating in learning an actual hit and run attack in U-turn.
• Ineffectual Loner: After evolving, Drizzile retreats into a burrow away from everyone else. Goh realizes it needs space to accept its new form, so he lets it be after they come to an understanding.
• Invisibility: It can do this if it gets water splashed on it, perfectly blending into its environment. It can be foiled if sand or similar projectiles get thrown onto it though. After evolving, it can do this at will (though water can still trigger it as normal).
• Make a Wish: Drizzile spent its nighttime looking at the stars for its wish to eventually evolve into Inteleon.
• Making a Splash: It's a Water-type.
• Not Quite Flight: As Inteleon, it can use its membrane as a makeshift hanglider to fly short distances or slow a fall.
• Ocular Gushers: Induces this in other people and Pokémon once it starts crying, whether it be from being scared or just Tears of Joy.
• Prone to Tears: True to its species, Sobble tends to cry a lot, to the point where it can make other beings around it cry as well.
• Put on the Bus: Due to being depressed by the fact it didn't immediately evolve into Inteleon, it decided to isolate itself in a cave and take a break in travelling until it feels better.
• Shrinking Violet: It shies away from other people and Pokémon and when cornered, it starts to cry. Loudly.
• Signature Mon: Subverted. While Sobble did get much spotlight as Goh's new shoulder companion after Scorbunny evolved, it evolved into Drizzile four episodes after Grookey was caught, and its depression over not becoming Inteleon caused it to be Put on a Bus. It eventually recovered from its depression, evolved into Inteleon, and rejoined Goh's main team, but it's less frequently used in battle compared to Cinderace.
• Tears of Remorse: When Drizzile sees Goh willing to take a hit in its place, it realizes how much it's taken its trainer for granted during this stage and starts crying.
• Took a Level in Badass: Learns U-turn in JN054, along with improving its stealth to the point it finally manages to get revenge on Darmanitan at the end of the episode.
  • Right before evolving, it shows how much it's been training and gaining confidence by sniping small objects with Water Gun.
  • During its battle against Kecleon in JN078, Drizzile finally evolves into Inteleon and learns Snipe Shot.
• Took a Level in Cynic: Upon evolving into Drizzile, it becomes a lot more moody and distances itself from everyone else in the institute, including towards Goh.
• When He Smiles: After evolving, Drizzile sports a gentle smile while wiping away some of Goh's tears.

Grookey (Sarunori)

Grookey (Sarunori)

Voiced in Japanese by: Hana Takeda

Voiced in English by: Cherami Leigh

The Galar's Grass-type Starter Pokémon, Goh caught it when it snuck into the Cerise Institute.

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• Big Brother Mentor: Serves as one to Goh's White Flower Flabebe while they are looking for a new flower for it. It's possibly the most saddened when it's time for Flabebe to go but still gives it a warm goodbye.
• Big Eater: It manages to scarf down its food very quickly and then attempted to steal Pikachu's food.
• Companion Cube: Grookey's stick serves as this for it. It becomes truly saddened when it's separated from said stick courtesy of Team Rocket.
• A Day in the Limelight: While it has a few episodes that give him more focus, JN101 gives it the most spotlight when it's helping a one stick Thwackey build his confidence so he can play with the others in his group.
• Cute Little Fangs: Has a noticeable one that pops quite often.
• Determinator: In JN069, it uses all ounces of its strength to get itself back to Goh. The Pokémon is shedding Tears of Joy when back in his arms.
• Green Thumb: A grass type. Also manages to make a field of flowers bloom just by beating the bricks near them like a drum.
• Heavy Sleeper: Falls asleep once it's used up all its energy.
• Heel–Face Turn: Was intended to be Jessie's Pokemon from the Rocket Prize Master but it chose to break her ball instead and become Goh's Pokemon. This is shown when both Goh and Jessie throw balls at it, with Grookey smacking Jessie's back at her and allowing Goh's to capture it.
• I Choose to Stay: Before Goh can release it to live with a family of Grookey, Thwackey and Rillaboom, it jumps on his head and decides to stay with him.
• Kid-Appeal Character: Being the most childish out of Goh's Pokemon and out of all the characters in the season.
• Mischief-Making Monkey: When it's full of energy, it is always causing trouble somewhere for someone. Mimey seems to be the only one immune to its slapstick.
• No-Sell: The only Pokemon to not be affected by Vileplume's Sleep Powder in episode 76.
• Not Allowed to Grow Up: The only one of Goh's Galar Starters to never evolve at the end.
• Running Gag: Its habit of jumping on people and Pokemon to beat their heads like a drum, especially Goh.
• Signature Mon: After Sobble evolved, Grookey became Goh's only Pokémon companion on his shoulder, almost always appearing alongside Goh for the remainder of the series despite being rarely used for battle. Grookey is frequently featured alongside Pikachu for promotional materials and TV quiz endings in Japan, representing Goh to Pikachu's Ash.
• Security Cling: Does this to Goh whenever it falls asleep.
• The Reveal: It is revealed that Grookey was a Rocket Prize Master Pokemon that managed to escape.
• Took a Level in Badass: After Kyogre defeats Danika's Azumairll and attacks Goh and Horace directly, Grookey charges in and attacks it with Wood Hammer before it can strike again.
  • Grookey also takes part in the raid battle against Lugia and once again proves to be a very skilled battler.

Other Notable Pokémon

Kanto Catches

Kanto Bug-types

After catching Scorbunny, Goh set out to catch every Pokémon on his quest to catch Mew. In JN006, Ash and Goh travel to a forest where Goh catches all twelve Kanto Bug types.

Scizor and Pinsir have their own entries below.

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• All Webbed Up: Inflicts this on Ash after they return to the Cerise Institute.
• Big Brother Instinct: When Caterpie and Weedle are approached by Grimer for potentially stealing food in JN023, Parasect steps in to defend them.
• Big Creepy-Crawlies: They're all bugs so this is a given.
• Cuddle Bug: They were very affectionate during the short time of living in Ash and Goh's room. And yes, they're all bugs.
• Flight: Butterfree, Scyther, Beedrill, and Venomoth, the former two being Flying-types.
• Hair-Trigger Temper: Beedrill, naturally for the species. It attacks Ash and Goh when released from its Poké Ball in JN014 and is one of the main instigators in JN023 when the Pokémon's food gets stolen.
• Made of Iron: Metapod, who survives being accidentally kicked into a rock by Scorbunny with no damage.
• Mundane Utility: Caterpie''s string shot is generally used to create ropes so the group can swing or ascent/descend to certain areas.
• Projectile Webbing: Caterpie knows String Shot, and in JN046 it uses it to create a zip line for Ash and Goh to cross a boggy river.
• Status Buff: Scyther knows Swords Dance.
• Status Effects: Butterfree and Venomoth know Stun Spore, and Venonat knows Poison Powder.

Caterpie

Voiced by: Rikako Aikawa

The second caught Pokemon of Goh's and his very first Kanto catch in JN006 which he regularly brings with him for Project Mew Missions to help him access certain areas.

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• Badass Pacifist: Enjoys participating in Mimey's Kung fu exercises and often help sGoh out when doing trial missions. However does not like battling and prefers to stay out of conflicts.
• Big Creepy-Crawlies: A bug type that knows String Shot.
• Birds of a Feather: It's always seen hanging out with Weedle when in the Cerise institute.
• Mundane Utility: Goh uses Caterpie's stringshot as a rope or zip line so Goh and his group can reach hard to access places (like decending cliffs or going from one to another).
• Nice Guy: Is usually shown to really care about the other bug types it has friends with and gets worried when it sees Metapod kicked by Scorbunny.
• Only Sane Man: One of the few during the Feud Episode to not be driven mad by hunger and worked with Ash and Goh to save the 3 Cascoon when the Cerise Institute got flooded.

Scyther-Scizor (Strike-Hassam)

Voiced in Japanese by: Shin-ichiro Miki

Voiced in English by: Sam Black

The last of the Kanto Bug types caught by Goh in JN006 which serves as one of his main battlers. It evolves into Scizor in JN056.

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• Ambiguous Gender: In the Spanish dubs, Scyther is referred to as male, but still hasn't had its gender confirmed anywhere else yet.
• Blood Knight: Scyther enjoys battling and is often seen training. It approached Goh to join the Battle Frontier in JN007. In JN056, when told they were going to see Elite Four member Wikstrom for possible training, Scyther dashed to Goh, practically begging him to take him with.
• Character Tics: Scyther constantly swings both arms forward and back over its head whenever left to its own devices, as if perfoming sword training with its scythes.
• The Dreaded: As a Scyther, it could slice trees in half with Air Slash. None of the other Pokémon, including Darmanitan want to mess with it.
• Extra-ore-dinary: When it evolves into Scizor, it becomes a Steel-Type.
• Flight: Being part Flying-type as a Scyther.
• The Leader: Being the strongest of Goh's Bug-types, it protects the others from Darmanitan's Overheat and leads the attack against it in JN023.
• Status Buff: Scyther knows Swords Dance.
• Wake-Up Call Boss: After catching every other Bug-type with little effort, Scyther is the first Pokémon to teach Goh that you need to weaken a strong Pokémon to catch them.
• The Worf Effect: Despite Scyther being the strongest of Goh's Kanto bugs and being The Dreaded among them, Hodge's Mightyena makes hilariously short work of it.

Pinsir (Kailios)

Voiced by: Shin-ichiro Miki

One of the Bug types Goh captured in the sixth episode. Pinsir is usually a background Pokemon, usually seen picking flowers, getting along with other Pokemon or actively avoiding battles.

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• Ambiguous Gender: Pinsir's gender is not specificed in its first appearances, but it's later averted with Pinsir having a crush on a male Heracross, implying Pinsir is female, which is confirmed by Goh in the preview for JN094.
• Berserk Button: Whatever you do, leave Heracross alone unless you want to experience her bad side.
  • Heracross falling for another Pokemon via their scent really ticks her off as he, Lilligant and Alcremie find out the hard way.
• Betty and Veronica: She serves as the Betty to Lilligant's Veronica for Heracross's Archie. Of course Pinsir is the winner.
• Characterisation Marches On: In her first appearance, Pinsir looked like a fierce battler who managed to trap Ash and Pikachu, but later turns out to be a rather shy Pokémon who dislikes battling. It's likely Pinsir only attacked Ash and Pikachu to escape.
• A Day in the Limelight: Pinsir is the focus of JN094 after she deals with a broken heart after catching Pinsir with Goh's newly caught Lilligent so he takes her to Erika's flower arranging class to rebuild her confidence to win him back.
• Hates Being Touched: Goh's Pinsir gets very uncomfortable when Kylie tries to cuddle her, to the point she throws her off.
• Gentle Giant: Ironically for her species, Pinsir is this. Despite attacking Ash in their first encounter, she's a pacifist who doesn't like to battle and is often seen in the Cerise Institute with Caterpie and Weedle and picking flowers.
• Face of a Thug: Being a Pinsir, Pinsir looks aggressive, despite being timid and preferring to pick flowers rather than participate in battles.
• I Meant to Do That: Goh only caught Pinsir so easily because when she attacked him, he accidentally threw a Poké Ball among the rocks and sticks he used to protect himself.
• Non-Action Guy: Pinsir doesn't participate in battles because she doesn't like fighting, being more content with staying in the institute and picking flowers.
• Rescue Romance: Pinsir develops an obvious crush on Heracross when he saves her life, though Heracross seems to be oblivious.
• The Rival: Big time with Lilligant. Since her debut, Pinsir had a strong dislike towards her and gets jealous when Heracross gets attracted to her via her scent.
  • Alcremie later becomes a second rival to her when she walks by and her scent attracts Pinsir also.
• Took a Level in Badass: Just when Heracross is about to be taken out by Lurantis's Solar Beam, she jumps in front and takes the full hit and manages to get back up with little damage. She then prepares to battle for the first time and takes out Team Rocket in just one move.
• Woman Scorned: A somewhat downplayed example where after she catches Heracross cheating on her with Lilligant, she becomes greatly depressed and views Lilligant as her rival for his heart. Goh has to help her rebuild her confidence so she can win Heracross back.
  • This happens again in JN107 when he gets attracted to her scent and later to Alcremie's scent. She responds by grabbing him and slamming him to the ground before storming off.

Dewgong (Jugon)

Voiced in Japanese by: Yuji Ueda

Voiced in English by: James Carter Cathcart

Goh's first Ice Type Pokémon he caught in JN010 to use to ferry him and Ash to Dragonite Island.

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• Abhorrent Admirer: Is this towards a wild Gorebyss it meets in JN063, only to be rejected for a Huntail.
• Breaking Old Trends: Up until JN010, Goh was seen catching Pokémon with ease. Dewgong on the other hand was the first Pokémon that Goh struggled immensely to catch to the point that he actually ran out of Pokéballs.
• The Determinator: In JN063, it's determined to win Gorebyss's heart by challenging a rival Huntail. It however doesn't end in his favor.
• Hopeless Suitor: Seems to have trouble attracting Pokémon of the opposite gender.
• An Ice Person: Goh's first Ice Type and it knows Ice Beam.
• Making a Splash: A part Water Type.
• Skewed Priorities:
  • While ferrying Ash and Goh to Dragonite Island, it becomes attracted to another Dewgong and begins chasing after it, despite Goh's protests.
  • It's more determined on fighting Huntail to win Gorebyss's heart than finish the Marine Obstacle Course. Chloe and Eevee have to stop it and Goh calls it out for its misbehavior at the end.
• Unwitting Instigator of Doom: Its determination to fight the wild Huntail causes it to get so angry that it also goes after Chloe and Eevee, eventually causing it to trap the three of them in a cave and start attacking it. This almost causes it to cave in on the three of them until Ash, Goh and Kairi fought Huntail off to rescue them.

Farfetch'd (Kamonegi)

Voiced in Japanese by: Yuji Ueda

Voiced in English by: Marc Thompson

In JN020, Farfetch'd was one of the many Kanto Pokémon that Goh caught during the Cerise Laboratory's Pokémon Orienteering competition. Farfetch'd tends to be one of the more visible Pokémon that supports Goh on some of on his adventures.

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• Absurd Cutting Power: Shown to have learned Cut by JN032 where it's seen cutting away at the vegetation of Ilex Forest.
• Carry a Big Stick: Like all Farfetch'd, it carries around a leek that it uses for battle. Goh originally had a rough time catching it due to Farfetch'd using its leek to deflect Pokéballs away.
• Casting a Shadow: Revealed to know Night Slash in JN027.
• Doppelgänger Spin: Revealed to know Double Team in JN030.
• Only Sane Man: During the Feud Episode, Farfetch'd was one of the few amongst Goh's Pokémon that didn't go driven mad by hunger.
• Out of Focus: It made quite a few appearances following its capture, but was gradually pushed into the background as time went by.
• The Rival: Has a bit of a rivalry with the Galarian Farfetch'd that was caught by Ash. They've even been seen to bicker, and clash their leeks.
• Shout-Out: Farfetch'd showing off Cut within Ilex Forest makes for a pretty obvious reference to the game event from Pokémon Gold and Silver.

Magikarp (Koiking)

In JN024, Professor Cerise sent Ash and Goh to the Sinnoh Resort Area to investigate a mysterious Pokémon called "The Lord". Said Pokémon is a giant Magikarp, caught by Goh with the help of Ash and Team Rocket.

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• A Day in the Limelight: The first half of JN026 focuses on it participating in a Magikarp High Jump Tournament.
• The Catfish: Known as "The Lord". When Ash and Goh arrive at the Resort Area, there are already several other fishers there trying to catch it.
• Cursed with Awesome: Even with the Mythology Gag below. Its Splash does a decent amount of damage to high-level Rocket members with the fish being large and having an amazing jumping ability.
• Disney Death: During the Magikarp High Jump Tournament, when it jumps high enough to reach space. Ash even reads a eulogy in memory of all the good times they had together. It returns by the end of the second half of the episode.
• In a Single Bound: Its jumping ability is incredible, able to break the glass ceiling of the Cerise Laboratory.
  • In JN026, after rigorous training its jump can break orbit.
• Lethal Joke Character: Given its massive size, its Splash is more than capable of holding off even high-level Team Rocket members.
• Mythology Gag: Its appearance at the Resort Area in Sinnoh is a reference to the Magikarp that can be caught there up to Level 100.
  • The training methods and competition it participates in during JN026 reference the Pokémon: Magikarp Jump mobile game.
• Power Limiter: It's revealed in the finals of the Magikarp High Jump Tournament that Magikarp was wearing weights throughout the tournament. The weights are so heavy that two Machamp struggle to carry them.
• Secondary Sexual Characteristics: Magikarp has got Yellow Whiskers, indicating that it's a male.
• Shockwave Stomp: Uses its Splash to this effect.
• Training Montage: Goes through one in JN026 to lose weight and get ready for the Magikarp High Jump Tournament.
• Weight Woe: The first half of JN026 shows it's put on a lot of weight at the Cerise Institute.

Pikachu-Raichu

Voiced in Japanese by: Kei Shindō

Voiced in English by: Alyson Leigh Rosenfeld (Pikachu), Casey Mongillo (Raichu)

A female Pikachu Goh caught in Kanto, who later asked to be evolved into Raichu with a Thunder Stone when Team Rocket caused havoc in her home forest.

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• Combat Medic: Her knowledge in healing berry foraging can equate her to this.
• Does Not Know Her Own Strength: After evolving to Raichu, she tries to hug Pikachu and accidentally body checks him instead.
• Nice Girl: While the first few Pikachu in the forest outright refused to be caught, this Pikachu immediately offered a Pecha Berry to Goh when he got smacked in the face with a Poke Ball. She later brings a clump of berries in her tail to the Institute to share them with Pokemon and people alike.
• One-Steve Limit: The reason she evolves in the same episode she's caught is presumably because Ash is the only main cast member allowed to have a Pikachu. Even during the brief period she was a Pikachu, her heart-shaped tail allowed the two to easily be told apart.
• Shock and Awe: She's an Electric-type.
• Tertiary Sexual Characteristics: Has the flat-tipped tail of female Raichu and as a Pikachu, had the heart-shaped tail notch.
• Unwanted Assistance: She is extremely pushy about helping others. Even when someone is full, she will forcibly chase them down to try and feed them more Berries.

Aerodactyl (Ptera)

A fossil Pokemon Goh manages to defeat and capture in episode 38 after reviving it from an Old Amber.

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• Blow You Away: Its secondary typing, and also knows Wing Attack.
• Breath Weapon: Knows Dragon Breath.
• Curb-Stomp Battle: Gives one to Goh's Raboot via Rock Slide.
• Defeat Means Friendship: After being defeated by Goh, it calms down and allows him to capture it.
• Dishing Out Dirt: Primary type, and knows Rock Slide.
• Extra-ore-dinary: it knows Iron Head.
• Giant Flyer: It's quite a bit taller than Goh is standing up.

Johto Catches

Heracross (Heracros)

Voiced by: Yuji Ueda

Goh obtained Heracross in a trade at the end of JN033, in exchange for a second Pinsir Go had caught. Its old trainer, Kylie, traded it to Goh after seeing how close Goh's first Pinsir was to it.

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• Accidental Adultery: A G-rated version. He can't help but go after Lilligant and Alcremie, due to being attracted to their scent. If someone is able to snap him out of it, he goes right back to Pinsir.
• Betty and Veronica: In JN094, He serves as the Archie to Pinsir's Betty and Lilligant's Veronica.
• Bishie Sparkle: Heracross is shown with this when it first saves Pinsir, showing the latter's attraction to him.
• Distracted by the Sexy: Any Pokémon with a sweet scent like Lilligant and Alcremie causes him to get attracted to them, much to the annoyance of Pinsir.
• Horn Attack: Heracross knows Fury Attack and Megahorn.
• Tertiary Sexual Characteristics: Heracross' Y-shaped horn indicates that it's male.

Suicune

Voiced by: Yuji Ueda

Goh's second captured Legendary Pokemon that he caught in episode 53 while trying to defend it from Poachers.

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• An Ice Person: Knows Ice Beam as one of its moves.
• Because You Were Nice to Me: Suicune decides to remain Goh's Pokémon after Goh help it heal its wounds and poison, along with helping the Pokémon Suicune was protecting by gather food for them and protecting the Pokémon from the poachers, including Suicune itself.
• Blow You Away: Its roars are usually accompanied by a strong gust.
• Breaking Old Trends: Quite shockingly, Suicune is the first Legendary Pokémon to be caught by one of Ash's traveling companions, and kept as Eternatus had to be sealed away. The main character himself has befriended many, but never caught one to date (unless Mythical Pokemon are considered to be a subset of Legendary Pokemon, in which case his Melmetal counts as one).
• But Now I Must Go: While still being Goh's Pokémon, it leaves the Cerise Institute at the end of the episode and returns to roaming the world.
• Damsel in Distress: Ends up being captured in a net by poachers while still injured and helpless, much to Goh's dismay.
• Damsel out of Distress: Once it has gained enough strength, it breaks free from the poachers' net and helps Goh to defeat the poachers.
• Defrosting Ice Queen: Even though it was rescued from poachers who would have forced it to be used for their own means, it doesn't take lightly to that meaning being captured in a Poké Ball. It lightens up after Goh heals it from its poison and injuries and gives the Pokémon it protected some food.
• Fertile Feet: Is able to purify the river in the Cerise Institute just by running accross it.
• I Choose to Stay: At the end when Goh puts its ball down to release it, Suicune touches the Pokeball with its nose, allowing it to be sent back in and remain his Pokémon. While it disappears immediately afterwards, and does not remain in Goh's permanent possession, it later returns to the Cerise Institute in a later episode.
• Making a Splash: A Water-type that knows Hydro Pump.
• So Proud of You: Gives a friendly nuzzle to Yamper for his work solving the Institute's water crisis.
• Weather Manipulation: It knows Rain Dance.
• Worf Had the Flu: Considering the fact that the poachers poisoned the lake to lure it, it is highly implied that they defeated the Legendary Pokémon through ambushing it, which weakened it enough for Goh to catch it.

Hoenn Catches

Flygon

Voiced by: Risa Shimizu

First appeared as a wild Flygon who attacked Ash and Goh when they entered a city-devouring sandstorm it created in the Hoenn region, only to be defeated by Goh and successfully caught.

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• Advertised Extra: Appeared alongside Goh's other Pokemon in the second Opening but never made any proper appearances in the series after its capture. This starts to get averted though, as Flygon starts making more appearances in future episodes.
• Breath Weapon: It is able to use Dragonbreath.
• Dishing Out Dirt: It's a part Ground Type that knows Sandstorm.
• Death from Above: It knows the move Draco Meteor.
• Weather Manipulation: Has Sandstorm as one of its attacks.

Absol

Voiced in Japanese by: Megumi Hayashibara

Voiced in English by: Bill Rogers

A Pokemon in Lavaridge Town that was being accused of causing disasters which Ash and Goh were asked to investigate and protect in episode 64.

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• Blow You Away: One of its moves is Razor Wind.
• Dark Is Not Evil: A Dark Type Pokemon that was trying to warn the townspeople of an upcoming volcanic eruption and later shows loyalty towards Goh after it's been captured.
• I Choose to Stay: When Goh decides to release it so it can return to protecting the townspeople from anymore upcoming disasters, it knocks Goh's Pokeball out of its hand and touches it, being sent back in and staying as his Pokemon instead.

Sinnoh Catches

Mantyke (Tamanta)

Voiced in Japanese by: Kei Shindō

Goh's first (and as of the end of Journeys, only) caught Pokemon from Sinnoh which he usually brings with him for Project Mew Missions or Water themed Events (alongside Dewgong)

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• An Ice Person: It knows the move Ice Beam.
• Big Damn Heroes: Goes back to rescue Pikachu during the Pokémon Iceberg Race which saves him from being captured by Team Rocket then working with Pikachu to free the other Pokemon and send Team Rocket blasting off.
• Nice Guy: Went ouf of its way to help Pikachu who was struggling with the Pokémon Iceberg Race rather than continue itself. Turns out this was the best call.
• Making a Splash: Being a part water type.
• Super-Speed: Knows the move agility and is shown to be pretty fast during the Pokémon Iceberg Race (too bad Team Rocket interfered and it was cancelled).

Unova Catches

Darmanitan (Hihidaruma)

Voiced in Japanese by: Yasuhiro Mamiya

Voiced in English by: Kyle Hebert

Goh's second capture in the Unova region. It was one of the Pokémon guarding the Ruins of the Titan but was swiftly caught by Goh just as it sprung to life and attacked.

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• The Gadfly: JN017 has it go up to Scorbunny and use Overheat, simply to provoke the bunny into using a Fire-type move. When it sees that Scorbunny can't muster anything but a spark, Darmanitan spends the rest of its screentime mocking Scorbunny and laughing at it.
• Laser-Guided Karma: For all its scaring of Sobble in JN054, it gets a stealthy Water Gun surprise while it's relaxing at the end of the episode.
• Playing with Fire: Is a Fire-type. It also knows Overheat and seems to enjoy using it.
• The Prankster: Has a habit of pranking other Pokemon like Sobble.
• Psychic Powers: Has the Zen Mode ability, which gives it access to a Fire/Psychic form.
• Screw This, I'm Outta Here: Has no problem attacking Goh's Bug-types when food is stolen, but immediately runs once Scyther gets involved.
• Slasher Smile: And it never stops grinning.
• Smug Super: It very much embraces his superiority over Scorbunny.
• Unwitting Instigator of Doom: Mocking Scorbunny over how the bunny can't use Fire-type moves causes Scorbunny to try and learn Ember. This also makes its relationship with Goh fracture when Goh dismisses Scorbunny's desires to learn a Fire-type move and when it evolves into Raboot (and his personality changes), Raboot gives Goh a cold shoulder.

Golurk (Goloog)

Voiced in English by: H.D. Quinn

Another Pokémon caught in the Unova region. The Ruins of the Titan's eponymous Titan, this giant Golurk was caught by Goh after a raid battle between Ash, Goh, and the characters of the day.

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• Bare-Fisted Monk: Knows Hammer Arm.
• The Berserker: What happens when its Power Limiter is removed.
• Big Good: Referred to as the Guardian Deity of the Cerise Institute. It is Goh's strongest Pokémon by a WIDE margin and protects all the smaller Pokémon when there is internal discord, such as during the Feud Episode.
• Extra-ore-dinary: Knows Flash Cannon.
• Friend to All Living Things: Allows the smaller Pokémon of the Cerise Institute to play on it, and protects Goh's Cascoon during a fight between Goh's other Pokémon.
• Gentle Giant: After its capture, it sits atop a hill in the Cerise Institute, watching over the other Pokémon. Golurk are already a large species, but this one is specifically noted to be giant compared to other Golurk.
• Humongous Mecha: Has the appearance of one (fitting of its classification of the Automaton Pokémon), and is notable for being the first Giant Pokémon caught by a main character.
• One-Hit KO: During the Raid Battle, it's able to knock out every Pokémon in one hit, including Pikachu.
• Power Limiter: The seal on Golurk's chest keeps it from losing control. When it breaks off in JN023, it has the power to flood the Cerise Institute.
• Transforming Mecha: Can transform into a cannon to launch an extremely powerful attack, though it's beaten by Ash's Dragonite and Goh's Darmanitan before it gets the chance to fire it.
• Weather Manipulation: When its chest seal was removed, its immense power summoned a downpour, though not the move Rain Dance.

Boldore (Gantle)

Voiced in Japanese by: Yasuhiro Mamiya

Voiced in English by: Abe Goldfarb

A Pokemon Goh captures during their visit to Galar when it tries to attack Chloe and eevee.

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• Dishing Out Dirt: Being a rock type and knows Stone Edge.
• Establishing Character Moment: Made its debut by preparing to attack Chloe and Eevee before Goh engages in a battle and captures it. Since then it has been often used as one of Goh's main battlers.
• Use Your Head: Knows the move headbutt.

Panpour (Hiyappu)

Voiced in Japanese by: N/A

Voiced in English by: Marc Thompson

Caught by Goh in Opelucid City.

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• Making a Splash: It's a Water-type and knows Rain Dance and Water Gun.

Kalos Catches

Flabebe-Floette

Voiced by: Marina Aicholtz

Goh's White Flower Flabebe and one of five he caught in Episode 25 and later evolved and was released in Episode 66

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• Big Brother Worship: It has two of them. Firstly looks up to Goh's Grookey as it helps it out while looking for a new flower and then later on a Trainer's Florges that encourages it to learn Grassy Terrain and evolve, prompting Goh to release it.
• But Now I Must Go: Is released by Goh in Episode 66 so it can take care of the newly sprouted flowers in the area.
• A Day in the Limelight: Episode 66 puts Flabebe in the spotlight.
• Green Thumb: Its only known move is Grassy Terrain.
• Our Fairies Are Different: Being Fairy Type.

Froakie-Frogadier (Keromatsu-Gekogashira)

Voiced in Japanese by: Haruka Shamoto (Froakie), N/A (Froagadier)

Voiced in English by: Billy Bob Thompson

A Froakie that Goh catches with the assistance of Bonnie when they return back to Kalos. It evolves into Frogaider during JN108.

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• Blood Knight: Is never afraid to jump right into battling and it seen battling alongside Eevee while Ash is training Lucario which leads to it evolving.
• The Gadfly: Throwing its frubbles at Goh and Grookey then laughing at them while they are both confused and frustrated.
• Making a Splash: Being a water type.
• Small Role, Big Impact: Its evolution into Froagaider is what reminds Ash about Greninja and starts off their journey to Kalos to meet it again.
• Unwitting Instigator of Doom: It moving into Grimer's old home cause it to have to relocate and start sheltering behind the Cerist Institute's Waterfall, leading to the river getting polluted and the Pokemon to fight each other again.

Alola Catches

Pyukumuku (Namakobushi)

Voiced in Japanese by: Kei Shindō

Voiced in English by: TBA

Goh's first capture in the Alola region, obtained after it washed up along the shore of Melemele Island in JN037.

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• Counter-Attack: While it's not shown to use the actual move Counter, it does have a natural defense reflex in that it can send out its organs to punch anything that makes contact with it.
• Covered in Gunge: Like the rest of its species, its body is covered in a slimy mucus, which it starts spreading in JN107 due to being forced out of the water.
• Poisonous Person/Status Effects: It knows Toxic, which it used to poison a wild Bruxish for Goh to catch in JN076.
• Stone Wall: It's incapable of attacking foes directly. It can only poison them via Toxic or use its Counter-Attack reflex to repel those that make contact.

Galar Catches

Skwovet-Greedent (Hoshigarisu-Yokubarisu)

Voiced in Japanese by: Noriaki Kanze

Voiced in English by: Michele Knotz

Goh's second capture in the Galar region. It first appears just before Goh explains to Ash the nature of the World Tournament system to prepare him for battling Leon.

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• Big Eater: Makes its debut by jumping onto the table and scoffing Ash's scones before becoming captured. This also becomes a plot point in JN023 as it's the reason the entire situation with the disappearing food happened in the first place. Goh enters it into an eating contest in JN047 which it wins.
• Bullet Seed: Has this as one of its attacks. Goh has Skwovet use the attack to spit out excess seeds while it devours berries during the eating contest.
• The Determinator: Its determination to win the eating contest when it's the last Pokemon standing allows it to evolve into Greedent and claim victory.
• Fire-Breathing Diner: Willingly puts some Tamato Berry juice into its Pecha tart in JN047 when it starts getting full. The spicy juice overworks its metabolism and resets its taste buds to get back in the game.
• Green Thumb: Knows Bullet Seed, a Grass Type move.
• Innocently Insensitive: Its hoarding of food was the reason for episode 23's chaos.
• Karma Houdini: Skwovet gets away with not only stealing the food, but for causing drama between the rest of Goh’s Pokémon.
• No-Sell: It ate some of Team Rocket's bloating cookies in JN047 but unlike the other competitors, its stomach immediately shrunk back to normal.
• Oh, Crap!: Its reaction at the end of episode 23 after knocking Golurk's chest seal off.
• The Rival: In JN070 it forms this relationship with James's Morpeko due to both being Big Eaters.
• Unwitting Instigator of Doom: Being a squirrel, it taking food and storing it away is what leads to the other Pokémon getting hungry, going berserk and nearly flooding the Cerise Institute in Episode 23. After this incident, Ash and Goh decide to leave extra food for it in the future so it won't continue to take the others' for its hideaway.

Arctozolt (Patchilldon)

Voiced in Japanese by: Risa Shimizu

Voiced in English by: Kellen Goff

A Galarian fossil Pokemon that is brought to life by the fossil researchers Cara Liss and Bray Zenn during a study on hybrid resurrection. Upon seeing Arctozolt bond with Goh, the researchers ask for him to look after it; resulting in Arctozolt's capture.

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• An Ice Person: Primary type and knows Powder Snow and Ice Fang.
• Mix-and-Match Critters: Par for the course in Galar with the native fossil Pokemon. Goh is skeptical, but still accepts it.
• Shock and Awe: Its secondary type, and knows Charge and Bolt Beak.

Eternatus (Mugendina)

The Galar Region's main Legendary Pokemon that was awakened by Chairman Rose during the Darkest Day arc. Was successfully caught by Goh with the help from Ash and sealed away to prevent it happening again. It returns in JN127 where Goh gives it to Leon to take care of.

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• Arc Villain: Appears as the Final Boss of the Darkest Day arc before being captured by Goh.
• Bait-and-Switch: It breaks out of Hammerlocke's Energy Plant during Ash and Leon's battle and hovers ominously above Wyndon Stadium, but it's not here to fight — it simply stabilizes the Galar Particles in the area and gives the two a recharge to their Dynamax Bands as a parting gift.
• Breaking Old Trends: Eternatus marks the first time a Legendary Pokemon has ever been caught by a main character (Ash has befriended many Legendary Pokemon but hasn't caught one yet).
• Breath Weapon: Its signature move Dynamax Cannon.
• The Bus Came Back: After it's long absence after being captured and sealed away in JN045, it makes a return in JN127 where it's passed over to Leon.
• The Cameo: It makes a brief appearance in JN012 when Ash and Goh are flying to Galar for the first time to watch Leon's battle against Lance.
• Our Dragons Are Different: It's part Dragon Type and its only known move is Dynamax Cannon.
• One-Winged Angel: When it transforms into its Eternamax form.
• Poisonous Person: Being part Poison Type.
• Sealed Evil in a Can: After it has been captured, its Pokéball is locked away to prevent another Darkest Day from happening again.

Regieleki

As part of Project Mew's final mission, Goh was tasked to capture one of the additional Legendary Titans, Regieleki or Regidrago. Goh chose to go after Regieleki, who he was able to capture with the help of Gary Oak.

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• Aborted Arc: Its capture was clearly hinting at a future encounter with Dynamax Regigigas, as evidenced by the intro and the ending of JN113, but this never comes to pass, presumably due to time constraints with the series.
• Final-Exam Boss: Alongside Regidrago, it serves as a test of Goh's teamwork skills with Gary and his final chance to qualify for the Chaser rank.
• Shock and Awe: It's an Electric-type Pokémon created from clusters of electricity who knows Zap Cannon and Electric Cage.
• Super-Speed: Regieleki is already Fastest Thing Alive in the games, and knows the move Extreme Speed to help it be lightning-fast.
• Unusually Uninteresting Sight: It's the only Legendary of Goh's that he simply keeps at the lab without any kind of special conditions involved. From what's been seen of its few appearances, nobody seems to treat it any differently than the other Pokémon he has.

Team Rocket Trio's Pokémon

James

Morpeko

Voiced in English by: Megan Hollingshead

A wild Pokémon Team Rocket encounters in Galar who followed them all the way to their base for food. While initially a pest, it would eventually bond with James leading to its capture.

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• Ate It All: It would selfishly eat all of Team Rocket’s food without any consideration for their feelings.
• Big Eater: Befitting its species, it managed to eat months worth of food supplies from Team Rocket thus leaving them to starve.
• Casting a Shadow: Part Dark type.
• Contrasting Sequel Antagonist:
  • Unlike James's past Pokémon, who care about him deeply and accidentally hurt him out of affection, Morpeko does not seem to have a particularly strong bond with its trainer and harms him deliberately.
  • To Bewear from the Alola arc. Both are Pokémon Team Rocket met in the new region, but are more or less polar opposites. Bewear is a Gentle Giant who forcefully took Team Rocket to her home to take care of them and keep them well-fed, while Morpeko is a mean little rodent who followed Team Rocket all the way to their base to eat all their food while leaving them to starve. Also while Bewear remained a Wild Pokémon, Morpeko would eventually get caught by James.
• A Day in the Limelight: JN070 focuses on Morpeko as Team Rocket tries to get rid of it by trying to get Goh to capture the Two-Sided Pokémon, which caused it to wind up in the Cerise Institute. It reunites with them at the end and becomes James's official Pokémon.
• Determinator: For some reason, it went all the way from Galar to Kanto just to find Team Rocket and eat all their food.
• Dishing Out Dirt: It knows the Ground-Type move Stomping Tantrum.
• The Dreaded: Due to its strength and temper in "Hangry Mode", Team Rocket does not dare to oppose it unless they want to blast off again. Even the twerps are shown unwilling to cross it in this mood.
• Foreshadowing: In Crowning the Chow Crusher!, Morpeko participated in the Pokémon Grand Eating Contest with James acting as its trainer. In JN070 James would be the one to catch the Two-Sided Pokémon.
• Hair-Trigger Temper: When it's annoyed enough or just lacking food, it either goes immediately into Hangry Mode or just uses Aura Wheel on its unfortunate victim in Full Belly mode.
• Hyperactive Metabolism: Not only does Morpeko regularly devour mountains of food, but it never stays full for very long.
• Invincible Villain: Played for Laughs. In "Hangry Mode" it's usually unstoppable unless its appetite is met. It's even blasted off the twerps before. This would make it a viable weapon for Team Rocket, but more often than not it just attacks them when in a bad mood.
• Jekyll & Hyde: In Full Belly Mode, Morpeko is a pleasant, generous Nice Guy. In Hangry Mode, it is greedy, selfish, and hostile to practically everyone around it. Comes with a bit of Light Is Not Good however, since even in Full Belly mode, Morpeko is inconsiderately gluttonous and has attacked Team Rocket for annoying it.
• The Load: Even after being caught, Morpeko doesn't actually participate in Team Rocket's evil schemes. Most of the time, it just accompanies the trio wherever they go as somewhat of a cheerleader. Even Wobbuffet is more involved than Morpeko, and the trio usually has to give up copious amounts of food simply to keep it pacified.
• The Millstone: Morpeko's uncontrollable Hangry Mode makes it more of a liability than an asset and has single-handedly ruined Team Rocket's plans more often than not. Once activated, it will eat all of their food to satisfy its hunger, and when it runs out of food, it will eat their gears and traps. And there is no way for the trio to predict when it will enter Hangry Mode. Perhaps the most egregious example is JN095, where its hunger causes Cassidy to kick James out of her cafe and ruins his chances at an honest life.
• Nice Job Fixing It, Villain: In JN136, right when the trio caught Pikachu in a shock-proof sphere, Hangry Morpeko bites it, allowing Pikachu to escape and blast them off.
• Pet the Dog: It develops a friendly relationship with James, leading him to eventually catch it with its approval. Only in Full Belly mode however...
• Pint-Sized Powerhouse: Morpeko is even smaller than Pikachu and yet was able to blow the Electric Mouse Pokémon and Cinderace away with Stomping Tantrum, which is part of the reason why Team Rocket decided to catch it after all considering it did much better than the Zigzagoon and Natu they got from the Rocket Prize Master.
• The Rival: In JN070, it forms this relationship with Goh's Greedent due to both being Big Eaters.
• Running Gag: Throughout the whole Masters 8 and Semi Finals are, all shots of Morpeko are it eating snacks in Hangry Mode.
• Shock and Awe: Part Electric type.
• Sidekick Creature Nuisance: There was a whole episode that was centered around getting rid of it because of how it would always eat all their food.
• Signature Mon: Technically, it's James's equivalent to Jessie's Wobbuffet in Journeys, being James's only real Pokémon that is not from the Rocket Prize Master as well as being a comedic hinderance and cheerleader to the trio rather than a battler.
• Spoiled Brat: It turns purple and black and throws temper tantrums when Team Rocket appears to not want to give into its bidding. It even sent the Trio blasting off one time out of anger.
• The Thing That Would Not Leave: The moment it met Team Rocket and ate all their food, it wouldn't leave them alone and even chased them all the way to Kanto just to eat more of their food.

Companion Pokémon

Rotom Phone

Voiced in Japanese by:

Voiced in English by: Lisa Ortiz

A black Rotom Phone owned by the Team Rocket Trio. Compared to the ones Ash, Goh and Chloe own, it is a lot less helpful.

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• Brilliant, but Lazy: Like all Pokédexes, it has information on every known species of Pokémon. Unfortunately for them, it can't be bothered to give all the information the trio needs.
  Jessie: What Pokémon is that?
  Pokédex: Honestly, I'm just not feeling it today.
• Contrasting Sequel Main Character: To Rotom Dex. Unlike the ones the Cerise gang own, it has a personality like Rotom Dex. However, while Rotom Dex was overly helpful and would even explain Pokémon without asking, this one could not possibly care less.
• Deadpan Snarker: When not avoiding relaying information, it's showing it's contempt for the trio and its job.
  Pokédex: Chewtle, the Snapling Pokémon. A water type. When Chewtle evolves, it becomes Dreadnaw. Yeah right, I don't believe it.
• Elmuh Fudd Syndwome: It has this in the English dub, pronouncing 'R's as 'W's.
• Suspiciously Similar Substitute: A bit similar to Ash's first Pokédex, Dexter, who had more of an attitude.

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