History Characters / PokemonAdvancedGeneration

This is specifically for characters and their Pokémon that debuted during ''Anime/PokemonTheSeriesRubyAndSapphire'', also titled ''Pokémon: Advanced Generation'' in Japan. For more characters from the ''Anime/PokemonTheSeries'' anime, click [[Characters/PokemonTheSeries here]]. Tropes for Brock and his Pokémon (even ones caught here) belong in the Characters/PokemonAnimeOriginalSeries page.
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* ''Characters/PokemonAdvancedGenerationPokemon''
* ''Characters/PokemonAdvancedGenerationCast''
* ''Characters/PokemonAdvancedGenerationOpponents''
[[/index]]
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For more characters from the ''Anime/PokemonTheSeries'' anime, click [[Characters/PokemonTheSeries here]]. Tropes for Brock and his Pokémon (even ones caught here) belong in the Characters/PokemonAnimeOriginalSeries page.

For more characters of the ''{{Anime/Pokemon}}'' anime, click [[Characters/PokemonAnime here]]. Tropes for Brock and his Pokémon (even ones caught here) belong in the Characters/PokemonAnimeOriginalSeries page.

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[[folder:Ash's Pokémon (''Advanced Generation'' Series)]]

!'''All Of Them''':
* AmbiguousGender: Halfway averted this time around - Sceptile and Corphish are pretty implicitly male, and Aipom is confirmed as female. Swellow and Torkoal are debatable, and Glalie could go either way (the English dub refers to it as a "he", but only once).
* BackForTheFinale: Mostly during "''An Old Family Blend''", where Ash calling upon ''all'' his reserves back in Oak's lab. Also, Torkoal was lucky enough to be called upon for Ash's second battle with Brandon.
* BadassCrew: While all of Ash's teams have their badass moment, this team in particular gave more even distribution with highlighting each Pokémon.
* DescriptionCut: Ash brags about his team being awesome. Max, seeing the team's (sans Treecko) [[BalloonBelly state]] at the time being, begs to differ.
%%* TrueCompanions

! '''Hoenn Region'''

!!'''Tailow-Swellow (Subame-Ohsubame)'''
-->'''Voiced in Japanese by:''' Natsuki Yoshihara (Subame), Creator/UnshoIshizuka (Ohsubame)
-->'''Voiced in English by:''' KayzieRogers (Tailow), Darren Dunstan (Swellow, 4Kids), [[Creator/JimmyZoppi Billy Beach]] (Swellow, current)
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First showing up to steal Max's chocolate, Taillow is quite literally the first Pokémon Ash and friends meet in Petalburg Woods. Leader of a massive flock, Taillow would split up from its group to challenge Pikachu to a battle, which would eventually lead to Ash capturing it. As a Taillow, it tends to get overlooked in favor of the other members of the Hoenn team, but after evolution, Swellow would become a force to be reckoned with.
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* TheAce: After evolving into Swellow, it has been a major competitor on Ash's team for the rest of the Hoenn saga, as well as parts of the Battle Frontier. During the Hoenn League, he ties with Glalie for the most wins.
* ArsonMurderAndJaywalking: The Rockets express their admiration for the Taillow flock after seeing them shake off Pikachu's electric attacks, and Meowth adds the taste for chocolate cookies.
* BadassBaritone: In the Japanese version, Swellow's has a much deeper voice than Ash's other regional birds and doesn't even sound like a bird. And Swellow is one of the most reliable regional birds he has used in battle, if not ''the'' most reliable one.
* DefeatMeansFriendship: Leader of an aggressive flock in Petalburg Woods, but mere seconds after capture Taillow gets called back out, and all of sense of hostility from him was instantly gone. That's got to be a record.
* TheDreaded: Brock speculated that the reason Petalburg Woods is so quiet during their first day in is that all other Pokémon in the forest run and hide once the flock shows its face.
* HowDoIShotWeb: A couple of episodes are dedicated to Swellow trying to learn and master Aerial Ace [[PowerCopying after Ash saw Winona use it]].
* LightningBruiser: Swellow flies fast, hits really hard and is really, really tough.
* MadeOfIron: It had a surprisingly strong resistance to Electric Attacks, as shown in its debut as well as the Mossdeep gym battle. Most likely, its ability may well be Guts, which actually makes it ''stronger'' the more damage it takes.
** Deconstructed in the former, where Ash was forced to capture Taillow or else it would suffer worse injury from electric attacks if its battle with Pikachu would go on any longer.
* HeadPet: As Taillow, it likes to sit on top of another, larger Pokémon (like Forretress or Torkoal).
* MirrorMatch: First claim to fame was a battle against gym leader Winona's own [[EverythingsBetterWithSparkles shiny]], more powerful Swellow.
* SpannerInTheWorks: In "Off the Unbeaten Path", Team Rocket would have actually gotten away with stealing the Pokémon and the Orienteering prize (since the Pokémon Center is deserted save for the Pokémon) but for some reason they didn't take Swellow into account, [[FailedASpotCheck perched on the Pokémon Center roof]]. Swellow would immediately take off and bring the heroes back to thwart the Rockets.
* SuperPowerLottery: Seriously, a flying type that was most invulnerable to electric attacks and was a Lightning Bruiser.
* TheWorfEffect: Swellow was one of Ash's most important and reliable battlers in ''Advance Generation'', but it was one-shotted very easily by Tobias' Latios.

!!'''Treecko-Grovyle-Sceptile (Kimori-Juptile-Jukain)'''
-->'''Voiced in Japanese by:''' Creator/YujiUeda
-->'''Voiced in English by:''' Creator/DanGreen (Treeko), Darren Dunstan (Grovyle, 4Kids), Bill Rogers (Grovyle second voice and Sceptile)
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Lone inhabitant of a giant dying tree, Treecko refuses to leave his home even after the rest of his herd have moved on. Treecko would gain respect for Ash after the latter helped him save the tree (even though in the end it still dies), but he wouldn't let himself get captured until he battles Pikachu.
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* TheAce: Was Ash's go to guy for the better part of Advanced Generation, already establishing himself as one of his strongest Hoenn Pokémon or at least as strong as Swellow (see above), competing in all but 2 of Ash's Hoenn Gym Battles and was just as impressive. Sceptile's credibility didn't fade after the AG saga; upon returning in Diamond and Pearl for the Sinnoh League he's the ''only'' Pokémon to ever actually [[DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu defeat Tobias' Darkrai]]. On top of that, after his final evolution and recovering from his HeroicBSOD, Sceptile has only lost twice and his opponents were both Legendary Pokémon.
* AloofAlly: Downplayed, but he has shades of this. He always distances himself from the others whenever they have a break and he is never shown to be playing with other Pokémon. This becomes more apparent after his first evolution, where he only helps his friends whenever he either feels like it or when he is ordered by Ash to do so.
* AttackOfThe50FootWhatever: While trying to fend off a Gulpin horde, Treecko and a stray Gulpin would accidentally find themselves inside a machine that grows them to {{Kaiju}}-size.
* BadassArmFold: All three of his forms have some form of this.
* HeartbrokenBadass: Grovyle and Sceptile, the former being dumped and the latter being completely useless after losing its moveset.
* BrilliantButLazy: Powerful in his own right, he just spends most of the time lazying around, apathetic to almost anything (i.e. whenever the other Pokémon would [[HilarityEnsues cause chaos]], you can see him just sleeping in the background not doing anything). However, unlike Charizard, he's always ready to get out of his nap to fight for his trainer.
* DefeatingTheUndefeatable: He's the only Pokémon to ever defeat [[spoiler:Tobias' Darkrai.]]
* {{Determinator}}: He will continue to battle regardless of disadvantage (condition, typing, evolutionary level, etc.). He even [[spoiler:beat a Darkrai through HeroicResolve]].
* DidNotGetTheGirl: Grovyle fought tooth-and-nail against a wild Tropius to win the heart of Nurse Joy's Meganium. Grovyle won...only to see Meganium tending to Tropius, showing him who her heart belongs to.
* DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu: During the Lily of the Valley Conference in Sinnoh he is able to beat Tobias' Darkrai, which no one else was able to accomplish for the entire tournament.
* FastballSpecial: Several times with Corphish, although who's the thrower and who's the ball depends on the situation.
* ForgotICouldFly: The first time he and the other Pokémon were captured by Team Rocket while he was a Grovyle, he simply cut the net with Leaf Blade. In a later episode during the ''Battle Frontier'' arc, Team Rocket did it again, and Grovyle made no attempt to use any move to cut the net. It should be noted that during the first time, Ash ordered him to use Leaf Blade, and it could be implied that Grovyle couldn't do anything on his own in such situations without receiving orders, maybe because he's BrilliantButLazy.
* ForgotAboutHisPowers: A variation of this trope. His HeroicBSOD didn't make him actually forget how to use moves, but he couldn't overcomes his broken heart until bonding Ash and seeing him in danger.
* GreenThumb: He's a grass-type, but he wouldn't learn an actual grass-type attack, BulletSeed, long after his debut.
* HeroicBSOD: He lost the ability to use any attacks for a few episodes after [[LoveHurts being rejected by a Meganium]] in "Odd Pokémon Out" and he became very frustrated about that. He was only able to snap out of it once Ash was in peril a few episodes later.
* HeroicSecondWind: Overgrow gives hims a power boost when he's on the ropes.
* HopeSproutsEternal: Treecko was so determined to save his home, yet in the end the tree still dies. However, a seedling was immediately planted next to its remains to grow and become the Treeckos' new home.
* IShallTauntYou: Treecko becomes well-known for taunting his opponents, especially Team Rocket.
* InASingleBound: Treecko and its evolutionary line have good jumping skills.
* InterspeciesRomance: With a Meganium, although it's a valid pairing in the games. It was one-sided, though.
* IneffectualLoner: Mingling is not his strongest suit. In his first outing with the rest of the twerps' Pokémon, his answer to their curious looks is to climb up a tree and stay there. (High tree branches would later be his favorite roost whenever there's a stopover.) That being said, his teamwork with other Pokémon is pretty good, though.
* IrritationIsTheSincerestFormOfFlattery: When he was asked to take care of some younger starter Pokémon, the Treecko instantly crushed on him, causing her/it(?) to imitate Ash's Treecko by having a twig in its mouth. Either Treecko saw this as weird, or he was just taking after [[ObliviousToLove his trainer]].
* LaserBlade [[BladeBelowTheShoulder Below The Shoulder]]: the leaves on his elbow start glowing when he uses his Leaf Blade attack.
* MundaneUtility: After their loss in the Dewford gym, Ash tells Treecko to start being laid-back again. Treecko proceeds to use his giant tail as a makeshift bed.
* MyMasterRightOrWrong: During the Pokélantis debacle, Sceptile was frequently ordered by the possessed Ash to resort to dirty tricks in order to win the battle against Brandon. While obviously appalled by this, Sceptile had no choice but to follow "Ash's" commands.
* NotSoStoic: In the "Pokémon-Gotta Dance" short, Treecko attempts with all it's might not to get caught in the rhythm of Meowth's dancing device. It eventually submits when it converts into a waltz.
* OralFixation: With a twig. Grovyle loses it after his evolution, coinciding with his HeroicBSOD, and immediately plucks a new one from a nearby bush after recovering.
* PetTheDog: In his first appearance, as the only one in his herd that wants to keep his old (and dying) tree home alive.
* PetalPower: Learns Leaf Storm by the time he comes back for the Sinnoh semifinals.
* PowerGlows: On the ropes against Spencer's Claydol, Ash and friends notice the bulbs on Sceptile's back start glowing after absorbing sunlight, culminating in Sceptile learning Solarbeam.
* ThePowerOfTheSun: Knows Solarbeam.
* PowerUpLetDown: His newly-learned Leaf Storm doesn't do much in his battle against Darkrai. Good old Leaf Blade did the trick.
* PsychoactivePowers: After having his heart broken by a Meganium, Sceptile found himself unable to initiate attacks properly, only regaining control of his abilities when he broke out his HeroicBSOD. It is worth noting that Sceptile is the first of several Pokémon shown exhibiting power through this trope throughout the anime.
* RebelRelaxation: His default position whenever the group stops on their journey.
* SomethingElseAlsoRises: A flower pops out of his twig when he became victim to LoveAtFirstSight. From the other end of the spectrum, the flower wilts as soon as he gets rejected, a nod to the other visual metaphor used.
* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: To Charizard, solely because he's Ash's Hoenn BrilliantButLazy [[OurDragonsAreDifferent draconic]] Badass. Inverted however because Sceptile was never outright disobedient (at worse was his TenMinuteRetirement), nor did he have a drastic personality change after evolving - he's still Ash's AG powerhouse, functions as TheLancer to Pikachu, and frequently gets involved in the major battles.
* TailSlap: Treeko and Sceptile's version of the Pound attack, where he whips his tail to hit the opponent. (Grovyle instead uses his, erm, hair?)
* WhenAllYouHaveIsAHammer: For most of his time as a Treecko, he only knows physical attacks and ''no'' grass-type attacks. Otherwise, Treecko would have put up a better performance during the Rustboro gym battle. Learning grass-type attacks later are few and in between. (Bullet Seed early in Advance Generation's 2nd season, Leaf Blade upon evolving into Grovyle, Solarbeam halfway through Battle Frontier, and finally, Leaf Storm during the ''Sinnoh League''.)
* TheWorfEffect: Although he was a formidable battler in his own right and racked up a number of major wins, he could be and was flattened to establish some opponents' credentials.
** It also ended up being one-shotted by Tobias's Latios '''immediately''' after one-shotting Darkrai. Though to be fair, Sceptile are, by nature, [[GlassCannon incredibly]] [[FragileSpeedster fragile]]; they just happen to make up for it by being the strongest and fastest starters. And, to give Sceptile further credit, he nearly did lose to Darkrai, having taken multiple Ice Beams and suffering from Dark Void. Frankly, it just makes the fact Sceptile was able to stand up straight and look a Latios in the eye before fainting even more badass.
* WorfHadTheFlu: A few episodes in the Battle Frontier season has him rendered useless because of a HeroicBSOD.

!!'''Corphish (Heigani)'''
-->'''Voiced in Japanese by:''' Creator/KatsuyukiKonishi
-->'''Voiced in English by:''' Creator/MaddieBlaustein (4Kids), Bill Rogers (current)
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Camping on a beach on Dewford Island, the twerps and Team Rocket would find themselves getting tormented by this abrasive Pokémon. With the help of Treecko, Ash would finally put an end to Corphish's reign of terror, while making him the third addition to Ash's team.
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* AssShove: On at least two occasions (one of them being Ash himself), someone's been on the receiving end of Corphish's horns. Once, the camera even bothered to make a split-second [[http://serebii.net/anime/pictures/houen/318ps3.shtml close-up]] of Corphish's contact with the victim's behind!
** Ash is on top of a tree, trying to talk to a brooding Treecko, and Corphish, being the latter's friend, tries to get up there as well. Corphish climbs up the tree at an amazingly fast clip, and Ash is still on the tree and thus on Corphish's path, so...
* BadlyBatteredBabysitter: in his own accord, he doesn't seem thrilled about being in charge of a group of baby Pokémon. Three times!
* BloodKnight: He hated being made to do anything besides battle, whether it be performing for a crowd of humans or babysitting a group of baby Pokémon. However, he was always raring to go whenever Ash sent him out during a match.
* BlueAndOrangeMorality: Much of the time Corphish is less of a {{Jerkass}} than that he simply doesn't ''get'' that he's being out of line in his behaviour. He frequently means well and usually just needs a scolding to be set straight.
* BubbleGun: Knows Bubble Beam.
* ChekhovsGunman: the dub has Ash mention that the Corphish that tormented them in "Gone Corphishin'" might actually be the same one that he pulled out of the water a couple episodes prior.
* DoesNotKnowHisOwnStrength: After getting captured, Ash tries to shake hands with him, only for Corphish to unknowingly give him a shoulder toss.
* FastTunnelling: He tormented Ash and friends (complete with WormSign) while moving fast underground.
* GeniusDitz: Not really the sharpest knife in the drawer, but he's pivotal in foiling Team Rocket during "''It's still Rocket Roll to Me''"; simply by telling Max and Tate to keep quiet before freeing them, giving them the element of surprise against Team Rocket.
* InnocentlyInsensitive: when he's not being a deliberate jerkass, he just doesn't get that he's acting offensively.
* InterspeciesRomance: Fell for a Mawile.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: For all his abrasiveness and insensitivity he does have a redeeming side, like his loyalty (and affection, somewhat) to Ash, as well as his PetTheDog below. He's generally quite gregarious, as well.
* [[NotAllowedToGrowUp Not Allowed To Evolve]]: The only member of the AG team to never evolve (apart from Torkoal, who can't).
* NotSoDifferent: Brock coerces Corphish into helping him perform "Takeshi's Paradise" with this spiel, claiming that as they're both unlucky in love, they should help each other out.
* OddFriendship: [[CharacterizationMarchesOn Only in early Hoenn episodes]], Corphish and Treecko seem to be [[VitriolicBestBuds constantly at odds]], though they'd still stick with each other.
* OvershadowedByAwesome: Corphish thinks this is the case when he first meets a freshly evolved Grovyle. After Grovyle starts easily impressing the rest of the team with his new moves, Corphish tries to prove himself the better mon by challenging a random trainer.
* PetTheDog: After being a bully for most of the episode "A Shroomish Skirmish", Corphish suffers a NoHoldsBarredBeatdown to protect May's Torchic.
* PintsizedPowerhouse: One of the smallest on Ash's team, but he's still one of Ash's primary battlers in AG.
* UnknownRival: He's giving Lombre the DeathGlare in the Mawile episode, to which Lombre is completely oblivious to. Of course, it's hard to tell anything about [[CloudCuckooLander Lombre]]...
* WormSign: In his introduction episode, he was an unknown Pokémon that attacked Ash's group by burrowing under the sand. It wasn't until shortly before his capture that his identity was revealed. Although the episode title (in original and English) [[SpoilerTitle gave it away]].

!!'''Torkoal (Cotoise)'''
-->'''Voiced in Japanese by:''' Creator/ShinichiroMiki
-->'''Voiced in English by:''' Creator/MaddieBlaustein (4Kids), [[Creator/JimmyZoppi Billy Beach]] (current)
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Befriending this Torkoal after saving it from being bullied by steel-type Pokémon, Ash would help the Pokémon defeat the king of Steel Valley, Steelix, before joining Ash's team at the end of the episode. It is very friendly, but is a bit of a crybaby.
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%%* DeathOrGloryAttack: Knows Overheat, although Ash typically made him use the more reliable Flamethrower instead.
* DefendCommand: Iron Defense has Torkoal retract into his shell and form a barrier, which is impervious to most attacks.
* EpicFail: In one episode, he tries to go bipedal in order to kick a soccer ball. It went as well as you'd expect.
* OcularGushers: Pretty emotional, and would cry at the slightest provocation; he would even cry when someone else starts gushing a waterfall! Then it's followed by its nostrils flaring out smoke.
* PlayingWithFire: He knows Overheat and Flamethrower.
* PluckyComicRelief: When he isn't in a battle, Torkoal tends to have this at his expense.
* TheWorfEffect: Despite his type advantage, he never won against a steel Pokémon.
* WorthyOpponent: His determination in his debut paid off, with the king of Steel Valley, Steelix, acknowledging his strength after Torkoal finally defeated him.

!!'''Snorunt-Glalie (Yukiwarashi-Onigohri)'''
-->'''Voiced in Japanese by:''' Miyako Ito (Yukiwarashi), Creator/KatsuyukiKonishi (Onigohri)
-->'''Voiced in English by:''' KayzieRogers (Snorunt), Pete Zarustica (Glalie)
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* BerserkButton: If you try to hit it before it evolves, it will never live it down. Team Rocket learned this the hard way.
* DemotedToExtra: Just like Kingler, Glalie was only used in one regional League, in Hoenn. He was never used in the Battle Frontier or even the Sinnoh League unlike the rest of the Hoenn team. Although unlike Kingler, Ash at least ''considered'' using him.
* DoppelgangerSpin: Knows Double Team.
* EverythingsBetterWithSpinning: During the climax against Morrison's Metang, Glalie spins around to power-up its Headbutt, enough to defeat that Steel-Type Pokémon.
* HarmlessFreezing: His freezing ability is only for pranks on Ash.
* HowDoIShotWeb: Ash spent a much longer time helping Snorunt master Ice Beam than he did with Swellow's Aerial Ace.
* MundaneUtility: On one occasion, it used Ice Beam on a clump of berries to provide a makeshift ice pack for a sickly Ralts.
* PluckyComicRelief: Acted as this as a Snorunt.
* PowerFloats: As Glalie, its only means of locomotion is by floating.
* PunnyName: In the Japanese version, his name Onigohri is a pun to "onigiri" ("rice ball") and "kouri" ("ice"). At the start of the Hoenn League, when Ash commands Glalie to use an Ice Beam during a training session, Morrison is chasing a giant onigiri and then gets frozen with his onigiri by Glalie.
* RunningGag: It constantly had trouble firing off its Ice Beam correctly. Once it was mastered, it helped it become Glalie.
* TheTrickster: As a Snorunt; the Nurse Joy in the Pokémon Center that he frequents knows he doesn't mean any harm, however.
* TookALevelInBadass: When he was a Snorunt, he lost his only on-screen battle (a Gym Battle only a few episodes after being caught, but still). Evolving into a Glalie did him a world of good. He took down a Charizard, a Pokémon that had a type advantage over him, all by himself after Grovyle was knocked out during a double battle, who knocked out Quilava before. Glalie also defeated Morrison's Metang, another Pokémon with type advantage.
** After evolving, he took out at least one Pokémon in every battle he was in and ''won'' two matches, one of which was against Morrison. To date, he's only been defeated twice in battle: firstly due to [[TakingYouWithMe Destiny Bond]]; and secondly from an explosion between his Ice Beam and Tyson's Sceptile's Solarbeam, and even that was a draw.
* UseYourHead: Knows Headbutt and tends to use it as a FinishingMove. It defeated a Charizard and a ''Metang'' with Headbutt.
* WaveMotionTuningFork: It uses Ice Beam by summoning the attack between its two horns.

! '''Kanto Battle Frontier'''
* GuestStarPartyMember: Torkoal and Glalie were left behind at Oak's lab, and while Phanphy would rejoin the roster, Ash still has an empty slot on his team for this saga. This gives the other Pokémon over at the lab a little time in the limelight again when a Frontier challenge comes up. This is possibly a precursor to his rotating roster in ''Best Wishes''.

!!'''Aipom (Eipam)'''
Traded to Dawn for Buizel. Aipom later evolves into Ambipom. For more info, see [[Characters/PokemonDiamondAndPearlAnime Diamond and Pearl Character Sheet]].
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[[folder:May (Haruka)]]

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-->'''Voiced in Japanese by:''' Kaori Suzuki
-->'''Voiced in English by:''' Creator/VeronicaTaylor (4Kids), Michele Knotz (current)
-->'''Voiced in Latin American Spanish by:''' Ana Lobo (Season 6 and first episodes of season 7), Creator/LilianaBarba (temporary replacement in Season 6), Creator/MarianaOrtiz (rest of the series), Agustina Priscila (Movies 6 and 7)


Starting the ''Advanced'' series as a newbie trainer, May only wanted to travel the world at first. She initially disliked Pokémon before experience around them changed her mind. She aspires to be a Pokémon Coordinator, leading towards a quest [[DistaffCounterpart similar to Ash's]]. Tropes involving her include:
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* AcquiredSituationalNarcissism: After going on a hot-streak with contest victories and garnering a fan club, May briefly lets her success go to her head. Naturally this immediately leads to a BreakTheHaughty moment.
* AdaptationalCurves: Possibly [[OffModel accidental]], but she's more "developed" than her game counterpart, or any other version of the character for that matter. Fixed when she appeared in Sinnoh.
* {{Adorkable}}: Brave, optimistic, kind, and at times, awkward, she definitely fits it.
* AlwaysSomeoneBetter:
** To Jessie. Not only did May appear solely during [[VillainDecay her team's most ineffectual tenure]], but Jessie was an UnknownRival to her in Pokémon contests, failing every time to outdo her. Even during the Sinnoh contests, [[TookALevelInBadass where Jessie proved far more competent]], she failed to challenge May in any capacity during her brief return.
** And to Harley. He managed to defeat her only once. The Japanese version also implies he's insecure about her being cuter (and thus more popular) competition than him. These are among the more lucid reasons he has for hating her.
* AsideGlance: Sometimes during her "expedition team" routine, she would act like she's reporting "progress" to the audience.
* AwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther: With Max. No matter how many times they argue, they still really care for each other; after all, they're still brother and sister.
* BerserkButton: She gets very mad when food is stolen from her, sometimes to the point of violence.
-->I'll tell you NOBODY STEALS MY FOOD AND GETS AWAY WITH IT!!!
* BetweenMyLegs: In "Ruin With a View", when she spots an Azurill (the shot framed by May's legs, not the Azurill's).
* BewareTheNiceOnes: She's TheCutie most of the time, and is even more easily duped or kidnapped by Team Rocket than Ash. Some of their [[RoaringRampageOfRevenge most vicious comeuppances]] throughout the entire series have been inflicted by her however, and usually more a result of [[BerserkButton pressing her buttons]] than actual self defence.
* BigEater: Worse than Ash in this regard. In fact, in one episode, Ash was actually astounded by how much she could eat.
* BigSisterInstinct:
** Shows at times with Max. She and Liza once inflicted an ExtremeMeleeRevenge onto Team Rocket for kidnapping him. Deconstructed in one episode where a promise May made to her mother about keeping an eye out for Max nearly cost her a chance for getting into her first Grand Festival.
** Also helps pivot Ash's BigBrotherInstinct characterization, being the first main character trainer more novice than him and being protected by him several times over. Possibly inverted since both characters are ten.
* BoundAndGagged: Probably the most liable of Ash's companions to get kidnapped and tied up in some humiliating fashion.
* BrattyHalfPint: Downplayed case. While usually sweet natured, May can sometimes have a very huffy temperament, especially when she starts to get too confident in her abilities.
* {{Catchphrase}}: When calling her Pokémon for a Contest, "Stage On!"/"Take The Stage!"
* CloudCuckooLander: Whenever she starts her "expedition team" narration and FingerFraming, it's a sure-sign that she's..."lost".
* ConflictingLoyalty: In the episodes leading up to the Petalburg gym battle, Max gets on her case several times about who May wants to win: their father Norman, or Ash. In the gym match itself, she clearly chose Ash's side.
* CutenessProximity: Although there was one time she squeed over Gulpin, a.k.a. the ''living stomach''.
* TheCutie: Probably the most {{Adorkable}} and childish of Ash's female companions. In keeping with the trope, she gets a lot of BigBrotherInstinct moments out of Ash and Brock.
* DamselInDistress: Ash has saved her life several times on the show.
* ADayInTheLimelight: Apart from the Contest arc, the [[Anime/PokemonRangerAndTheTempleOfTheSea ninth movie]] comes to mind.
* DeadpanSnarker: She can provide snark especially where her brother is concerned, but Ash and Brock tend to take the heat as well.
* {{Deuteragonist}}: To Ash during "Advanced Generation" - even the final major battle (an unofficial contest they both enter) reflects this mindset.
* DistressBall: Even after becoming one of the most active and capable female companions, she often couldn't catch a break with this. Usually inflicted BigBrotherInstinct moments from Ash.
* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: May was slightly taller than Ash in her first appearance, and [[SugarAndIcePersonality inflicted a bit of deja vu after Pikachu fries her bike]], implying she was going to be a more clear cut ReplacementGoldfish for Misty. Episodes after make her more diminutive in both [[YourSizeMayVary height]] and [[{{Adorkable}} personality]], likely so Ash can better take on a BigBrotherMentor role towards her.
* EverythingsBetterWithPrincesses: Post-Advanced Generation, her offscreen Contest exploits have earned her the nickname "the Princess of Hoenn".
* FanservicePack: ''Very'' notable for this among the fanbase, as she's well-developed for a 10-year old. Removed when she's designed with her ''Emerald'' clothing during her guest appearance in Sinnoh.
* FoolishSiblingResponsibleSibling: The foolish to Max's responsible. Unless the roles are reversed.
* GoodLuckCharm: Describes her half of the Terracotta Ribbon as her lucky charm during her travels in Johto.
* GuestStarPartyMember: Briefly returns for the Wallace Cup arc in "Diamond and Pearl".
* IdenticalStranger: She apparently looks just like a girl that stole the last bit of Harley's lunch when he was in preschool.
* ImageSong: "Watashi, Makenai!", AG's final ending theme.
** DoItYourselfThemeTune: May's Japanese VA sings it all by herself.
* IronicEcho: Ash teaches May the basics of catching Pokémon, and May later returns it to him word-for-word when he forgets those basics.
* LethalChef: Pokéblocks are edible for humans and Pokémon (to be fair, they are made of berries, after all). May's Pokéblocks? Not so much.
** The first time she made a batch[[note]]which were light blue[[/note]], only Beautifly liked them.
** On another, more [[http://serebii.net/anime/pictures/houen/394ps4.shtml infamous occasion]]. They were so bad that it knocked out everyone who ate them, except Munchlax, which will eat almost anything, and Jessie.
* LovableCoward: A bit of a scaredy-cat at the beginning of the series. Whenever faced with threatening Pokémon, she would be seen cowering behind a male companion's (usually Ash) back. She eventually grows out of it, but an early Battle Frontier episode sees her as the only one of the twerps who cannot sleep peacefully inside a ghost town.
* NoodleIncident: According to Max, she once had a bad encounter with a Tentacool, which explains her slight fear of Pokémon at the start of her journey.
** It's revealed (by Max accidentally giving information to Harley and broadcasted through the speakers) that when she was little she had a blue swimcap and was swimming in the water...and Tentacool were there. She called for help but instead her mom mistook her for one of the Tentacool and tried to capture ''her'' instead!
* ParentalNeglect: Related to the above - her parents couldn't be bothered to watch their ''toddler'' at the beach, and do nothing after hearing her cries for help. Norman goes back to sunbathing, and Caroline decides to try and catch some Pokémon!
* RedOniBlueOni: The red to her rival Drew's blue.
* RememberTheNewGuy: [[DubInducedPlothole Dub]]-only, where it's implied that May and Max had already met Ash's Charizard prior to the latter's actual debut in AG.
-->'''May''': Oh no, not again. (referring to Charizard's [[RunningGag way of saying]] [[AshFace hello to Ash]].)
-->'''Max''': Of course, that's the only way Charizard knows how to say hello.
* ReplacementFlatCharacter: Replacing Ash as the show's clueless newbie.
* RotatingArcs: The focus of her seeking out Pokémon Contests alternates with Ash's own conquest for the Hoenn League.
* ShaggyDogStory: May decides to travel to another region to register in the Wallace Cup and end her losing streak, but winds up losing in the finals to Dawn.
* SlapstickKnowsNoGender: Zigzagged. Like the other female companions, she suffers occasional AmusingInjuries. However most of her DamselInDistress moments seem to lampshade her lack of ToonPhysics. Her almost falling down the exact same cliff Team Rocket passively shot down Wile E Coyote-style was completely PlayedForDrama.
* SmallNameBigEgo: In one episode she develops a group of admirers and develops an over-inflated ego as a result. Then she enters a contest. You can imagine [[BreakTheHaughty what happens next]].
* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: Averted. While she takes Misty's place as the female companion, her personality is rather different.
* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: She fulfills both roles.
** Tomboy: To her successor Dawn's Girly Girl.
** Girly Girl: To her predecessor Misty's Tomboy.
* TookALevelInBadass: May took a noticeable level in badass somewhere around the time of Combusken's evolution. The first half of the season had her freezing up a lot and relying on blind luck -- shortly post-Combusken she was holding her own against villains of the day. By Battle Frontier, she entered every contest with confidence.
** Not only that, but most of her Pokémon also got this change.
* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Noodles.
* TimeTravel: Encountered a rather random case in "Time Warp Heals All Wounds", where she teams up with Meowth of all people to undo a stranger's death in the past.
* {{Tsundere}}: A Type B, meaning she's mostly sweet and gentle...unless [[JerkWithaHeartOfGold Drew]] is around, or Ash and/or her brother Max pisses her off.
* TheUnfavorite: Downplayed. Her parents are generally a lot more interested in Max, though that's probably just because he's younger and needs more attention. They do a good job of cheering her on in Contests, though -- her mother traveled all the way from Petalburg to Slateport City to support her when the Hoenn Grand Festival came!
* VerbalTic: "-kamo", which even squeezed its way into her ImageSong!
** StealthPun: Her starter was Achamo, which could easily mimic this sound. (The VerbalTic isn't present in the dub, and would have to be changed anyway as Achamo's English name is Torchic.)
* WhatTheHellHero: Received an earful from Nurse Joy and the other judges for pressuring her Bulbasaur in its first Contest.
* YourSizeMayVary: Was roughly Misty's height in her first episode. In all later episodes she's slightly smaller than Ash (though some OffModel moments occur).

!'''May's Pokémon'''

!!'''Torchic-Combusken-Blaziken (Achamo-Wakasyamo-Bursyamo)'''
-->'''Voiced in Japanese by:''' Creator/ChinamiNishimura (Achama and Wakasyamo), Creator/KatsuyukiKonishi (Bursyamo)
-->'''Voiced in English by:''' Creator/RachaelLillis (Torchic), Darren Denstan (Combusken, 4Kids), Bill Rogers (Combusken second voice and Blaziken)

* BadassAdorable[=/=]KillerRabbit: Torchic.
%%* BareFistedMonk: Combusken and Blaziken's secondary type.
* BigGuyLittleGuy: When May went to Sinnoh for the Wallace Cup, she teamed up with Dawn for a tag battle. Blaziken and Piplup fit together quite well with this trope.
* ButtMonkey: Prior to evolution, Torchic got walloped pretty much every time it came out of the Poké Ball. [[TookALevelInBadass After evolution though...]]
* CluckingFunny: When it was a Torchic, since it provided quite a bit of comic relief. Lessens on this trope after evolving.
* EleventhHourSuperpower: Evolved into Blaziken right as ''Advanced Generation'' was hitting its finale (handily beating Team Rocket in the process), and also just in time for use against Ash and Sceptile in the unofficial Contest at Terracotta Town.
%%* PlayingWithFire
%%* {{Shoryuken}}: Knows Sky Uppercut.
* TookALevelInBadass: Torchic's evolution into Combusken...and to up the ante, it evolves into Blaziken at the end of AG.
* [[WellDoneSonGuy Well Done Chicken Mon]]: Torchic went through a personality change when evolving into Combusken. It went from timid and cutesy to a [[ProudWarriorRaceGuy Proud Warrior Race Mon]]. What triggered this personality change? May paying more attention and spending more time with her other Pokémon (who, it must be said, ''were'' getting more attention to prepare for Contests while Torchic was left behind).
* WhosLaughingNow: Literally happens in "''A Shroomish Skirmish''". Torchic settles its differences with Corphish after Corphish protected Torchic from a herd of angry Breloom, and Torchic returned the favor by evolving into Combusken to save him. At the end of the episode, Corphish attempts to steal Combusken's food again (which started their squabble in the first place) but was now intimidated by the more powerful Combusken, and Combusken simply laughs it off.
%%* WindFromBeneathMyWings: Knows Peck.

!!'''Wurmple-Silcoon-Beautifly (Kemusso-Karasalis-Agehunt)'''
-->'''Voiced in Japanese by:''' Creator/RyokoShiraishi
-->'''Voiced in English by:''' Tara Jayne (Wurmple), Creator/RachaelLillis (Silcoon and Beautifly 4Kids), Michele Knotz (Beautifly, current)

* AlwaysSomeoneBetter: To Jessie's Dustox, with Beautifly almost always besting Dustox in battles and contests, and being considered the prettier more impressive Pokémon by everyone but Team Rocket. Odd since this was subverted when they were both Wurmples, with Jessie's being the far more obedient and competent Pokémon.
* BigEater: Wurmple. When he had his first lunch with the other Pokémon, he ate not only all the Pokémon food...but also the lunch Brock made for everyone else!
* BrickJoke: During the gang's return to Petalburg for Ash's fifth gym battle, it's revealed that a Beautifly was something of a soft spot for Caroline because it symbolizes her marriage with Norman. At the beginning of the Battle Frontier saga, May cites that very reason as to why her Beautifly [[PutOnABus stayed in the Petalburg gym]].
* TheBusCameBack: Returned with May during the Wallace Cup arc; in fact, it was the first to greet Ash & Brock, while May's ship was entering the docks.
%%* {{Flight}}: Beautifly
* HardWorkHardlyWorks: As a Wurmple, it was poorly trained and lazy, while Jessie's was diligent and loyal. May's still evolved into a competent Beautifly as she desired, and always outshone Jessie's Dustox.
* HeadPet: Beautifly's favorite roost. On one occasion, Ash as well.
* PrettyButterfly: It's the very reason May wanted to catch a Wurmple, thinking that Beautifly's looks would make it a shoe-in for winning Contests.
* PsychicPowers: Knows Psychic.
%%* WindFromBeneathMyWings: Beautifly's secondary type.

!!'''Skitty (Eneco)'''
-->'''Voiced by:''' Music/MegumiHayashibara

* AttentionDeficitOohShiny: Often has trouble keeping its head in the game, and gets easily distracted by several things.
* ConfusionFu: Her Assist allows her to draw a random attack from any one of her teammates' arsenal.
* CuteKitten: Way too cute for her own good.
%%* NonElemental
* PintSizedPowerhouse: One of the smallest members of the Hoenn ensemble, but she packs a mean punch when she can summon a ''[[AnIcePerson Blizzard]]''.

!!'''Bulbasaur-Ivysaur-Venusaur (Fushigidane-Fushigisou-Fushigibana)'''
-->'''Voiced in Japanese by:''' Miyako Ito (Fushigidane)
-->'''Voiced in English by:''' Tara Jayne (Bulbasaur)

* {{Foil}}: Straightest parallel between May and Ash: she was basically the innocent, gentler version to Ash's TroubledButCute Bulbasaur.
%%* GreenThumb: Primary type.
* InnocentFlowerGirl: Started out as one, first seen trying to pick a flower at the side of a cliff, and the only non-hostile inhabitant of the grass preserve.
* NaiveEverygirl: During her first time outside the preserve, she would get distracted over several things, almost unknowingly endangering herself even, because of her innocence. Ash had to temporarily call in his own Bulbasaur to set her straight and teach her the ropes.
* PetalPower: Knows Petal Dance.
%%* [[PoisonousPerson Poisonous Pokémon]]: Secondary type.
* TertiarySexualCharacteristics: Has a pair of heart-shaped spots on its forehead to indicate that it's female. As a Venusaur, it follows the games by having a [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything seed in her flower/tree]].
* WhipItGood: Knows Vine Whip.

!!'''Munchlax (Gonbe)'''
-->'''Voiced in Japanese by:''' Chie Sato
-->'''Voiced in English by:''' Darren Dunstan (4Kids), [[Creator/JimmyZoppi Billy Beach]] (current)

* {{Acrofatic}}: Can move really, ''really'' fast if he's [[HeroismIncentive motivated enough]].
%%* BareFistedMonk: Knows Focus Punch.
* BigEater: Of course, even more so than May.
%%* BreathWeapon: His Solarbeam.
* ClearMyName: Taking a liking to Munchlax after it devoured all her Pokéblocks, May set out to prove its innocence when Team Rocket framed it for stealing other trainers' Pokéblocks.
* ConfusionFu: It kicked Combusken's ass by ''not'' paying attention. Later played straight for having access to the Metronome attack.
* EarlyBirdCameo: While other Gen IV species have already made their way to the anime, Munchlax is the first one to be owned by a main character.
* ExtremeOmnivore: ''Only'' Munchlax was able to eat May's first original Pokéblock recipe. He has limits, however, as he didn't take with her second original Pokéblock.
** And of course, it swallowed a Pokéball and it still got captured.
%%* GreenThumb: Knows [[LightEmUp Solarbeam]].
* NonActionGuy: May only captured him to save his skin. For the rest of Hoenn, he never competed in a single Contest, only getting a chance in the spotlight during Battle Frontier.
%%* NonElemental: Normal-type.
* SuperpowerLottery: Knows Metronome, which allows it to assume a power from a nearby Pokémon, but it's all at random.

!!'''Squirtle-Wartortle (Zenigame-Kameil)'''
-->'''Voiced in Japanese by:''' Tomoe Hanba (Zenigame), Creator/KatsuyukiKonishi (Kameil)
-->'''Voiced in English by:''' Creator/EricStuart (Squirtle, 4Kids), Michele Knotz (Squirtle, second voice), Craig Blair (Wartortle)

* [[AnIcePerson An Ice Pokémon]]: Knows Ice Beam.
* BubbleGun: Knows Bubble.
* EverythingsBetterWithSpinning: Knows Rapid Spin.
* GooGooGodlike: Did unbelievably well in most of the fights it was in.
%%* MakingASplash
* TookALevelInBadass: A normal beginner Pokémon who was shown to cry when Max tried to say hello to it...soon learned Ice Beam to beat an Ariados, and eventually evolved to Wartortle.

!!'''Eevee-Glaceon (Eievui-Glacia)'''
-->'''Voiced in Japanese by:''' Music/MegumiHayashibara
-->'''Voiced in English by:''' KayzieRogers (Eevee), Music/MegumiHayashibara (Glaceon)

%%* [[AnIcePerson An Ice Pokémon]]: Glaceon
* {{Clingy MacGuffin}}: one Battle Frontier episode had the egg's incubator briefly stuck to a rampaging Elekid's plug head. Even though Elekid removed it relatively early, it became the reason why Ash and company went after the Elekid, since they think the mon still has it.
* DishingOutDirt: Knows Dig.
* ExtraOreDinary: Knows Iron Tail.
* FastTunnelling: Knows Dig.
%%* NonElemental: Eevee
%%* PsychicPowers: Knows [[AttackReflector Mirror Coat]].
%%* SoulPower: Knows Shadow Ball.
* TookALevelInBadass: Before reuniting with Ash, May took Eevee to Snowpoint City and evolved it to Glaceon with the Ice Rock.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Max (Masato)]]

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-->'''Voiced in Japanese by:''' Fushigi Yamada
-->'''Voiced in English by:''' Creator/AmyBirnbaum (4Kids), Kayzie Rogers (current)
-->'''Voiced in Latin American Spanish by:''' Diego Armando Ángeles, Mara Campanelli (Movies 6 and 7)

May's younger brother who travels with his sister and friends, even though he has no Pokémon of his own. Tropes involving him include:
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* AnnoyingYoungerSibling: To May he is. They take potshots at each other every chance they get, just like how real life siblings would "get along".
* BrattyHalfPint: As emphasised above, Max can sometimes be a very snarky, 'know it all' kid. He seems to be renowned for CrocodileTears before he met Ash as well.
* CanonForeigner: In the games the protagonist is an only child, though your rival has a younger brother in ''Emerald''.
** The producers have suggested the anime character is based on one of Creator/SatoruIwata's sons.
* ADayInTheLimelight: Like his sister, a movie (''Anime/PokemonJirachiWishmaker'') focuses on him as a main character.
* DeadpanSnarker: Naturally, May gives him plenty of ammunition.
* {{Expy}}: Based on the male school kid trainer class' [[VideoGame/PokemonRubyAndSapphire RSE]] appearance. Amusingly, the design in [[UpdatedRerelease ORAS]] looks like it was based off of Max (the color palette is more similar to Max than to the original design).
* FoolishSiblingResponsibleSibling: He likes to think of himself as the responsible to May's foolish, but he has more than a few BrattyHalfPint tendencies that lead him to cause quite a few problems of his own.
* FourTemperamentEnsemble: The Melancholic of the quartet.
* FriendToAllLivingThings: You have to hand it to Max. He doesn't have any Pokémon of his own, but he nevertheless has a knack of making friends with a lot of wild ones over the course of the ''Advance'' series, most notably the Ralts who he promised to return for once he begins his journey.
* HeroWorshipper: While it's not overly blatant, and his first appearance has him quickly criticizing Ash's accomplishments (alongside not getting the name right), he does look up to the latter to a certain degree. Likewise towards his father Norman, only it's a lot more pronounced.
* HeterosexualLifePartners: Out of May's Pokémon, Max seems to be most attached to her Munchlax.
* InsufferableGenius: Max likes to behave as though he's the smartest one around, often poo-pooing Ash's strategies and accomplishments and often whining when he witnesses things that don't match how he's learned the world should work. In his EstablishingCharacterMoment, his meeting with Ash goes sour when he keeps mentioning that Ash ''lost'' in the second round of the Silver Conference, happily ignoring that this was the victory league of the conference.
** [[SubvertedTrope As it turns out]], he's actually something of a SmallNameBigEgo when it came to battling. When he gets his first taste of actual battling, he's so busy trying to keep up with his learning that he spent all of his time [[StatusBuff buffing]] and forgot the short-term game, which notably [[{{Foil}} contrasts him with]] Ash and his improvised style.
* IntergenerationalFriendship: Strikes one up with President Stone, Steven's father and CEO of the Devon Corporation.
* NeverLiveItDown: In-universe, during their first meeting he keeps bringing up how Ash lost in the second round in the Silver Conference's Victory Tournament, which, Ash quickly reminds him, is already an admirable feat in of itself.
* NoSenseOfDirection: Applies to the whole group as a whole, but, come on...he's got the [=PokéNav=], the franchise's equivalent to a GPS! He has the least excuse.
* OneSteveLimit: In-universe, averted when another Max shows up in the episode ''Maxxed Out!''
* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: When Max imagines tricking May into believing her Torchic evolved (May's actual Torchic had to be used in an EmergencyImpersonation), he gets genuinely afraid of facing [[MamaBear her wrath]]. And yet, this example can still be PlayedForLaughs.
* PlotDrivenBreakdown: Something seems to happen to the [=PokéNav=] that results in the gang still getting lost. In no particular order: A magnetic field to disrupt the map feature, Max accidentally spilling his drink on it, or having no signal at all. And then there was one time Max admitted it was his own fault the twerps got lost.
* ThePromise: To a stray Ralts in "''Do I Hear a Ralts''", to meet up again once Max starts his own journey.
* PuppyLove: In-universe example: one episode has him develop a mutual crush with Vivi Winstrate, the youngest member of a family of trainers. However, when the family challenged Ash and co. to a friendly 4-on-4 match, Max just ''had'' to borrow ''[[{{Jerkass}} Corphish]]'' in his match against Vivi. [[ShipSinking The results weren't pretty...]]
* RebuiltPedestal: Inverted; Max holds his father in such high regard that when Ash actually defeats Norman, Max freaks out and ''steals Ash's Balance Badge'' as if that would somehow undo the damage.
* RememberTheNewGuy: Max already recognizes Ash when he first meets him, having watched him compete in the Silver Conference on TV.
* RunningGag: Early in the series, he would take ''pleasure'' in being on the receiving end of attacks or abilities' effects.
* ScaryShinyGlasses: They start shining usually when he's up to something or when his companions (usually Brock and his Romeo antics) start doing something snark-worthy.
* ShoutOut: The sickly Ralts in "''Do I Hear a Ralts''" to Wally.
* TagalongKid: The only reason he's there is because his dad (Norman) said that he should go travel along with his sister.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Supporting Cast]]

!!'''Professor Birch (Dr. Odamaki)'''
-->'''Voiced in Japanese by:''' Creator/FumihikoTachiki
-->'''Voiced in English by:''' Creator/DanGreen
-->-->'''Voiced in Latin American Spanish by:''' Salvador Delgado

The professor of the Hoenn region. He helped May get her start as a trainer by giving her a choice between Torchic, Mudkip, or Treecko. Birch exhibits the following Tropes:

* AdaptedOut: Going by the games, Birch should be the father of the RSE male lead Brendan, who so far has only appeared in cameos.
* DamselOutOfDistress: Male version: in a repetition of Birch's first appearance in the games, May has to come to his aid from a pack of Poochyena. However, May doesn't even know how to properly command Pokémon yet (the Mudkip she called out doused ''her'' instead) so Birch eventually had to get out of the situation by himself.
* DrivesLikeCrazy: Steep cliffs are as minor as speedbumps, and chances are he'll be on a maximum of two of his wheels at any given time.
* LargeHam: Being voiced by Mr. Green certainly helps.
* ScienceHero: Is not afraid of going into the field for his research, which often puts him in a few scrapes.

!!'''Caroline (Mitsuko)'''
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-->'''Voiced in Japanese by:''' Creator/YumiTouma
-->'''Voiced in English by:''' Karen Niell (4Kids), Klara Leopold (current)
-->'''Voiced in Latin American Spanish by:''' Gabriela Gómez (episode 3) Creator/PatriciaAcevedo (episodes 69-70),Creator/LauraTorres (episodes 114-132), Elsa Covián (episode 180)

May and Max's mom and wife of gym leader Norman of the Petalburg City Gym.
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* GoodParents: She is a very loving and supportive mother.
* ImprobableHairstyle: Just see the picture.
* MistakenForCheating: Thought this of Norman when she noticed that he's been spending time with Nurse Joy (they were actually planning an anniversary present for Caroline). She was in the middle of announcing her intent ''to leave him'' before the misunderstanding was cleared up.
* PurpleEyes: Although she seems to subvert the characteristics that typically come with these eyes.

!!'''Drew (Shū/[[SpellMyNameWithAnS Shuu]])'''
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-->'''Voiced in Japanese by:''' Creator/MitsukiSaiga
-->'''Voiced in English by:''' Pete Zarustica (4Kids), Bill Rogers (current)
-->'''Voiced in Latin American Spanish by:''' Luis Fernando Orozco (episodes 33-35), Creator/IrwinDaayan (rest of the series)

May's main rival as a Pokémon coordinator. He enjoys pushing her buttons, but gradually drops the JerkAss facade and becomes much more respectful over time. He never lets anyone forget that they are rivals first and friends second.
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* {{Bishounen}}: Definitely. Just look at the picture.
* BubbleGun: Masquerain's Bubble.
* ChickMagnet: He has many fangirls. And unlike Gary, he does ''not'' like the attention.
* CurtainsMatchTheWindow: Green hair and green eyes.
* DarkIsNotEvil: He catches a Dark-type Absol for his team in Battle Frontier.
* {{Expy}}: Design wise he looks like Wally and is May's rival, but has a completely different personality and is a coordinator instead of a trainer. He also has Steven Stone's facial features and charisma.
* FriendlyRivalry: With May, eventually. It was significantly more vitriolic at first, with him acting very condescending towards her and May rising to the bait easily, but near the end of the Hoenn arc, they shifted closer to being friends as well as rivals, with Harley taking Drew's place as May's {{Jerkass}} rival.
* GreenEyes: Which match his green hair, and also fit in with his Grass-type Pokémon motif (his signature Pokémon is a Grass-type Roselia, and he frequently gives May flowers). Despite their initial vitriol, he ultimately proves in time to be a trustworthy friend to May.
* GuestStarPartyMember: In some of his later appearances, ends up getting joining May and co in their struggles against Team Rocket. The episode "Who, What, When, Where, Wynaut" is a particular example, where he gets pulled into Team Rocket's latest attack on the twerps at the beginning of the episode, gets stranded on an island together with them, and spends the rest of the episode hanging out with May and trying to escape. (Incidently, this is also when their rivalry starts to become a lot more friendly and less antagonistic.)
* ItAmusedMe: He toys with May, alternating jibes and backhanded compliments. May naturally [[{{Tsundere}} rises to the bait beautifully]].
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: He spends his introductory episode railing mercilessly on May, then pulls a BigDamnHeroes when she's in trouble. Then insults her some more.
** He acts pretty aloof and cocky most of the time in contests, but he's actually generally respectful to his fellow competitors, except for Harley and (initially) May. He thanks Savannah (who greatly admires him) for a great battle after he defeats her in the Rubello contest, he praises Brianna (who has a crush on him) for her performance after she loses to May, and he obviously has a great deal of respect for [[AlwaysSomeoneBetter Soledad]], his rival who defeated him in his first-ever contest.
** His heart of gold really begins to shine when he tosses May a rose as congratulations for her contest victory...and then tells her it's not for her, it's for her Beautifly. He messes with her like this for a long time. Really, it's only by the Hoenn Grand Festival that he loses much of his JerkassFacade, with Harley officially taking his place in that regard.
%%* OurDragonsAreDifferent: Flygon
* RedOniBlueOni: The blue to May's red.
%%* RazorWind: Absol's attack.
* TheRival: He is this to May; she gains other significant rivals in Harley and Soledad, but Drew is the first introduced, as well as the most prominent.
* ShipTease: Gets quite a bit with May, especially later on once their rivalry has become more friendly. Not the least of which is him consistently giving her red roses when he sees her at contests. (Initially he states that the roses are for her Beautifly, but he stops bothering with the excuse eventually.) Soledad also tells May at the Kanto Grand Festival that Drew talks about her all the time.
* SomethingAboutARose: His signature Pokémon is even Roselia!
* SpellMyNameWithAnS: His Japanese name can be spelled either Shū or Shuu.
* StealthMentor: In his earlier appearances, he seemed to serve as one to May. Though he several times gave her and her friends some condescending lectures that came across like boasting, they actually contained good advice that May took to heart.
** He also listened in on her conversations with Harley from a distance during the Hoenn Grand Festival, and, when he found out that Harley was actually trying to sabotage May, quickly exposed his plot to her.
** Soledad later tells May that, when Drew met her, he was reminded him of how he himself used to be in his earliest contests, which may be the reason for this.
* StraightMan: Serves as this when he gets pulled into the adventures of Ash and Co, and is also this to the rival quartet of himself, May, Harley, and Soledad.
* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: Both his personality and his relationship with May are quite similar to Gary and how he treated Ash. He even mirror's Gary's CharacterDevelopment, becoming less of a {{Troll}} by "Advanced Battle" and a lot more prone to [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold back May up]] when Team Rocket or Harley start going after her. Heck, his English dub voice actually sounds quite a bit like Gary's, especially in his introductory episode.
* WorthyOpponent: Eventually sees May as this. Most prominently shown when he tells May at the Hoenn Grand Festival that he specifically trained his new Flygon for his battle against her as its contest debut, and also when May finally defeats him for the first time in the Kanto Grand Festival.
* [[YouGottaHaveBlueHair You Gotta Have Green Hair]]

!!'''Harley'''
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-->'''Voiced in Japanese by:''' Creator/JunichiKanemaru
-->'''Voiced in English by:''' Creator/AndrewRannells (4Kids), Billy Regen (current)
-->'''Voiced in Latin American Spanish by:''' Gerardo García

May's other rival, though she doesn't consider him to be one at first. Harley decided to go after May simply because during his introduction, he offered May one of his home made cookies. May was in a rather indifferent mood that day, and she thought they were OK. They weren't bad, just OK. [[SeriousBusiness Harley never let that go.]]
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* AllWebbedUp: His Ariados knows String Shot and Spider Web.
* AmbiguouslyGay: Not so much "ambiguous" as "as flaming as the writers could possibly make him without setting the censors off".
* BadassFingerSnap: He uses it to signal the timing of his Cacturne's Needle Arm in "A Hurdle for Squirtle".
* TheBadGuyWins: Beats May in a Contest for the first and only time in "Harley Rides Again".
* BareYourMidriff: His usual outfit has a diamond shaped cut near the bottom of his shirt that shows his navel.
* BerserkButton: If you don't like his cookies (or he doesn't think you do), he will go out of his way to make your life miserable at every possible turn. Guaranteed.
* BewareTheSillyOnes: LaughablyEvil, campy and seemingly friendly, but cross him and there'll be hell to pay.
* BitchInSheepsClothing: He behaves in a silly manner to cover up his ruthless and underhanded nature.
* {{Bokukko}}: Inverted. In Japanese, he refers to himself using ''atashi,'' the Japanese feminine form of ''I.''
* BreakoutVillain: Was apparently supposed to be done with after the Hoenn Grand Festival, but was made a recurring rival for Battle Frontier due to his popularity.
* BunnyEarsLawyer: Acts extremely flamboyant and obsesses over anyone who messes with his food, but is a very skilled Coordinator nevertheless.
* CampGay: And how! Note {{Bokukko}} above, and also him cosplaying as May and flirting with Drew during the Kanto Grand Festival.
* CombatPragmatist: He won't think twice about using dirty tactics to pull out a win.
* {{Cosplay}}[=/=]UncattyResemblance: His outfit is based on Cacturne, his signature Pokémon.
** At one point in the Kanto Grand Festival he even cosplays '''May''', who gets [[{{Squick}} squicked]] out by his mimicry.
* DarkIsEvil: His main Pokémon is Cacturne, a half-Dark type, and his team also includes a Banette.
* DeathGlare: Ariados' Scary Face.
* DisproportionateRetribution: His entire feud with May is based around ''very'' petty reasons he has to hate her.
* DramaQueen: He's fairly...exuberant.
* DubNameChange: One of the very few aversions in the ''Pokémon'' franchise. His Japanese and English names are the same.
* EvilIsPetty: Initiating a blood feud with a 10-year-old girl over a plate of cookies? Yeah, he qualifies.
* EvilerThanThou: Inducted Team Rocket into his plots to ruin May later on, and quickly became a BadBoss as they proved ineffective. When it was made apparent they wouldn't be joining his efforts in Johto, he blasted them off in anger. Given how petty an antagonist Harley himself is, some can see why Advanced is viewed as the peak of the trio's VillainDecay.
%%* GenderBlenderName: In both languages, even!
* GratuitousEnglish: Quite a bit in the original Japanese version, such as saying "my cool bud" when he calls out his Pokémon. Comes with being voiced by Creator/JunichiKanemaru.
* HeelFaceMole: Pretended to be friendlier with May in the Hoenn Grand Festival to get her to lower her guard. Drew ultimately outs his scheme to May, however.
* {{Irony}}: In their last meeting, he claimed Jessie would never get anywhere as coordinator without him. Afterwards, Jessie competed in the Sinnoh contests and [[TookALevelInBadass became competent enough to be a finalist]] while Harley travelled to Johto, and is implied to still be May's ButtMonkey.
* {{Jerkass}}: His relationship with May is a good example of this. In their first meeting, he takes basically everything she says (all of which she meant in a perfectly friendly way) in the worst possible fashion, and [[DisproportionateRetribution holds a permanent grudge against her for it]], sparking a bitter rivalry in which he actively tries to sabotage her contest chances every opportunity he gets. He's also pretty ruthless and pragmatic in his contest battling.
* JerkassHasAPoint: When he is called out for tricking May, he tells her that she shouldn't have trusted him in the first place.
* KarmaHoudini: While most of his plans to defeat May ended up in failure, he was sparsely disciplined for sabotaging or borderline cheating in contests, and [[VillainWithGoodPublicity didn't even seem to lose much popularity from his bullying disposition]] aside from her and her teammates (who he hated in the first place anyway).
* LargeHam: Is very flamboyant in basically everything he does, from his speech to his wardrobe to his battle style.
* LawOfDisproportionateResponse: He took May's picture, pasted it in a stalker notebook, drew a frowny face/skull and crossbones next to it, and obsessed himself with defeating her for the rest of the season. Why? Because when she actually liked his cookies, she didn't like them ''enough''.
* LostInTranslation: In the Japanese version, another of Harley's many reasons for hating May is her VerbalTic of "kamo" which can represent uncertainty. It contributed to him believing May was [[DeliberatelyCuteChild deliberately playing herself off as the cute and innocent competitor of the contest]]. Given [[AttentionWhore his character]], this is probably the most plausible reason he can't stand her.
* ManipulativeBastard: Proven by his first three appearances alone:
** In their first contest together, after he develops a petty grudge against May, he gives her a "tip" that is the exact opposite of the truth, hoping she'll lose in the semi-finals. When that fails, he plays a recording (to the ''entire'' audience) of Max telling an embarrassing story about May in order to throw her off her game.
** In the Hoenn Grand Festival, he convinces May that he's sorry for what he did before, but then actively gives her bad advice more than once, hoping to knock her out of the Festival during the Appeals stage.
** In her first Kanto contest, he gains her trust again by helping her defeat Team Rocket when she's in trouble, but then lies about the contest entry rules to try to keep her from entering.
* MeaningfulName: His Japanese name is a corruption of 針 ''hari,'' meaning "needle". His signature Pokémon is based on a cactus.
* MultipleChoicePast: Claims that May (or at least a May lookalike) once stole his food in grade school. Granted, he was almost certainly BS'ing it, but...well, you never know.
* NiceHat:
** The one he usually wears is shaped like the top of a Cacturne's head.
** On another occasion, he wore May's bandanna while dressing up as her.
* PetTheDog: He seems to treat his Pokémon well, referring to them affectionately ("my buddies", "cool bud", attaching "-chan" to their names in Japanese).
* PickOnSomeoneYourOwnSize: Sort of -- Harley himself seems to be in his late teens, although he became obsessed with defeating the ten year old May.
* PsychoticSmirk: His default expression. Especially prominent when he's sabotaging May.
* SeriousBusiness: Food in general, apparently. He hated May's guts because she said his cookies were only okay, and got really pissed over a girl eating the last of his lunch when he was little.
* SissyVillain: He's definitely one the most villainous of May's contest rivals (the other being Jessie), and as mentioned above, he's very flamboyant.
* SmugSnake: Acts like this a lot in his many attempts to sabotage May's contests.
* TermsOfEndangerment: "Yoo-hoo, May! My cute little gingerbread-cookie!"
* UnsettlingGenderReveal: Brock actually thought he was a girl before the crowd cleared once...oops.
%%* VagueAge
* VillainTeamup: He once conspired with Team Rocket so May wouldn't get her last Kanto Ribbon.
* VillainousCrossdresser: On one occasion, he dresses up as May. He even blows a kiss to Drew while doing so...
* [[YouGottaHaveBlueHair You Gotta Have Purple Hair]]

!!'''Morrison (Masamune)'''
-->'''Voiced in Japanese by:''' Creator/MasakoNozawa
-->'''Voiced in English by:''' Creator/SeanSchemmel
-->'''Voiced in Latin American Spanish by:''' Noé Velásquez

An exuberant trainer who dresses much like a samurai, he meets Ash during the three-months leading up to the Ever Grande Conference, and they strike up a highly competitive friendly rivalry, which only builds up as the tournament itself does. Despite his late arrival, he is essentially TheRival in the vein of Gary, Paul and the rest.
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%%* BigEater
* CrashIntoHello: Though it's based purely in friendship.
* ElementalPowers
** BareFistedMonk: Swampert's Focus Punch.
** DishingOutDirt: Gligar's primary type; Swampert & Steelix's secondary type.
** ExtraOredinary: Metang & Steelix's primary type; Girafarig's Iron Tail; Gligar's Steel Wing & Iron Tail.
** InstantAwesomeJustAddDragons: Steelix's Dragon Breath.
** NonElemental: Girafarig's
** PlayingWithFire: Growlithe
** PsychicPowers: Girafarig's secondary type; Metang's Confusion.
** WindFromBeneathMyWings: Gligar's secondary type.
* {{Foil}}: Until perhaps Cameron of ''Best Wishes'', no other rival of Ash's was as much like him as Morrison. In fact, his personality is very similar to Ash's Indigo League self, such that Ash (despite appearing younger) comes off as more experienced than he does.
* GracefulLoser: For all his competitiveness, he took his defeat as extra incentive to get stronger.
* HeroicBSOD: He was highly depressed at first about needing to actually ''battle'' Ash during their 6-on-6 match, to the point that he couldn't command his Pokémon properly and gave Ash an easy lead in the battle. Eventually, Ash snapped him out of it by convincing him to fight his best no matter what or else disgrace his Pokémon's efforts, and it worked.
* HotBlooded: Similar to Ash.
* IdiotHero: Again, similar to Ash.
* LuckilyMyShieldWillProtectMe: Girafarig's Light Screen, although useless.
* MeaningfulName: His Japanese name, Masamune, is the name of a famed swordsmith, fitting for his ronin-like appearance and vagrant lifestyle.
* OneHitKO: Gligar's Guillotine.
* TheRival: Ash's for the Hoenn arc, despite his late appearance in the storyline.
* RunningGag: Chasing his runaway rice balls (sandwiches in the dub), which would lead to a CrashIntoHello with Ash.
%%* SpiritedCompetitor
* TookALevelInBadass: Nobody was more surprised than he when his Beldum spontaneously evolved during his preliminary match, expanding its moveset from simply Take Down and enabling his defeat of his opponent.
* TrademarkFavoriteFood: He loves giant onigiri, which is echanged to large sandwiches by 4Kids.

!!'''Tyson (Tetsuya)'''
-->'''Voiced in Japanese by:''' Creator/KenjiNojima
-->'''Voiced in English by:''' Creator/MarcDiraison
-->'''Voiced in Latin American Spanish by:''' Gabriel Ortiz

Ash's secondary rival, appearing in the lead-up episode to the Ever Grande Conference. He became the first rival of Ash's to win a tournament by winning the Conference.
[[hardline]]
* AlmightyJanitor: Tyson's Meowth is so experienced and powerful, it could easily evolve into a Persian, but refuses to do so out of loathing for the species.
* AlwaysSomeoneBetter: He wins the Ever Grande Conference, his Meowth is much tougher than Team Rocket's (and defeats ''Pikachu''), and his entire team besides Meowth is fully evolved. And just to further the last point, half of his Pokémon are full evolutions of Pokémon Ash and Morrison have which ''haven't'' yet evolved - Sceptile and Donphan to Ash's Grovile and Phanpy, respectively; and Metagross to Morrison's Metang. One wouldn't necessarily ''need'' to know the show's history to realise Ash was going to lose this one.
* BigEater: In a manner reminiscent more to May than Ash (that is, he's more even-tempered and CloserToEarth).
* DarkAndTroubledPast: Tyson's Meowth was abandoned by its pack after losing to the pack leader, a Persian, whose arrogance (a common species trait) and disregard for Meowth's well-being led to a lasting hatred of the species. It was thankfully found by Tyson who nursed it to health again, even giving it a pair of boots to support its wounded hindlegs until it could walk properly again
* ElementalPowers
** BareFistedMonk: Hariyama. Shiftry's Mega Kick.
** CastingAShadow: Shiftry's secondary type.
** DishingOutDirt: Donphan
** ExtraOredinary: Metagross' primary type.
** GreenThumb: Sceptile. Also Shiftry's primary type.
** NonElemental: Meowth
** PsychicPowers: Metagross' secondary type.
** ShockAndAwe: Meowth's Thunderbolt
* FrickinLaserBeams: Metagross' Hyper Beam.
* IrrationalHatred: His Meowth expresses towards all Persian - he had to return it to its Pokéball to prevent it from ''killing'' its Persian opponent after it's already fainted. It doesn't help that the species' [[CatsAreMean natural predisposition towards condescention and arrogance]] are the very traits which led to this deep-seated loathing.
* MeaningfulName: "Tetsu" from his Japanese name means "iron", likely in a reference to his determination and will and also to that of his Meowth, who became strong as iron through hard work and dedication.
* MesACrowd: Meowth's Double Team.
* [[SignatureMove Signature Mon]]: His Meowth.
* UnknownRival[=/=]WorthyOpponent: His Meowth for Team Rocket's - the latter initially hates him, but comes to empathise with and respect him after learning his backstory, and expecially after his defeat of Pikachu.

!!'''Solidad (Saori)'''
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-->'''Voiced in Japanese by:''' Creator/RieTanaka
-->'''Voiced in English by:''' Sarah Natochenny
-->-->'''Voiced in Latin American Spanish by:''' Creator/CristinaHernandez

One of Drew's friends and an extremely skilled coordinator. She knows Brock from when she was at Pewter City and seems to know Harley as well. She serves as both a rival and a mentor to Drew and May.
[[hardline]]
* TheAce: A highly skilled coordinator who defeated Drew in his first contest, and also defeats May with relative ease in the semi-finals of the Kanto Grand Festival.
* AlwaysSomeoneBetter: For both Drew and May.
* CoolBigSis: Also this for both Drew and May.
* DoppelgangerSpin: Pidgeot's Double Team.
* ElementalPowers
** Dual type Pokémon
*** BigCreepyCrawlies[=/=]WindFromBeneathMyWings: Butterfree
*** MakingASplash[=/=][[AnIcePerson An Ice Pokémon]]: Lapras
*** MakingASplash[=/=]PsychicPowers: Slowbro
*** NonElemental[=/=]WindFromBeneathMyWings: Pidgeot
* FingerlessGloves: Wears them in ''May, We Harley Drew'd Ya!''
* FlatCharacter: Since she only appeared in Kanto's Grand Festival and then has not been seen again aside from a two-second cameo in the DP series, she's quite obviously one.
* FrickinLaserBeams: Slowbro's Hyper Beam.
%%* MagicSkirt
* MoralityPet: May be this to Harley since she's the only person we know to be friends with him.
* RememberTheNewGuy: Supposedly an old friend of Brock, Drew, and Harley, but we never heard anything about her until her anime debut.
* SpellMyNameWithAnS: Is it Solidad or Soledad?
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Hoenn Gym Leaders]]

!!'''Roxanne (Tsutsuji)'''
-->'''Voiced in Japanese by:''' Creator/YuriShiratori
-->'''Voiced in English by:''' Karen Neill
-->'''Voiced in Latin American Spanish by:''' Creator/LilianaBarba

The [[DishingOutDirt rock-type]] specialist that presides over the Rustboro Gym.
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* BadassTeacher: Being both a Gym Leader and a Beginner class teacher really has its merits.
* SecretWeapon: Nosepass comes across this way - Ash had no idea what to expect of it, and its unique range of moves forced him and Pikachu to think outside the box to win.
* WarmUpBoss: The first Hoenn Gym Leader Ash faced (in an official capacity, that is), but no pushover - her Geodude defeated Treecko despite a good effort from Ash, who needed to show how in sync he and Pikachu ''really'' can be, especially with the effective strategies she and her Nosepass implemented. Of course, Ash's victory here (fairly soon after an impressive Silver Conference showing) put him on an overconfident high which Brawley was there to straighten out soon after

!!'''Brawly (Toki)'''
-->'''Voiced in Japanese by:''' Creator/KoheiKiyasu
-->'''Voiced in English by:''' Creator/JasonGriffith
-->'''Voiced in Latin American Spanish by:''' Noé Velásquez

[[BareFistedMonk Fighting-type]] gym leader of Dewford Town.
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* CurbstompBattle: After Makuhita evolved into Hariyama, it finished Treecko in a single strike.
%%* CurtainsMatchTheWindow
* EyesAlwaysShut: Makuhita.
* HumblePie: Ash thought Brawley didn't take training seriously at all until the relaxed Gym Leader handed his ass to him. The lesson of training by "playing/working with nature" affected Ash for the rest of AG, too.
* NiceGuy: Cheery, patient, and easygoing. His good-natured attitude in his first appearance practically sets you against Ash - who was on overconfident high after his Silver Conference performance and earning his first Hoenn Badge against Roxanne.
* SubordinateExcuse: One of his apprentices has feelings for him.
* SurferDude: In the dub.
* TookALevelInBadass: He was already pummeling Ash's Treecko when his Makuhita evolved. Ash was well aware that Brawley would only be stronger when they had their rematch (having gotten right to work at training his new Hariyama), and he wasn't mistaken about this.
* WakeUpCallBoss: As in the games, this is invoked - Ash loses to him due to overconfidence and it becomes a learning curve for him as a trainer.
%%* YouGottaHaveBlueHair

!!'''Wattson (Tessen)'''
-->'''Voiced in Japanese by:''' Creator/KenichiOgata
-->'''Voiced in English by:''' Creator/DanGreen
-->'''Voiced in Latin American Spanish by:''' Armando Réndiz (episode 40), Jorge Santos (episode 59)

Setting up shop in Mauville City, Wattson's energetic attitude fits in with his [[ShockAndAwe type of choice]].
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%%* CoolOldGuy
* CurbStompBattle: He unintentionally gets beaten by a fever stricken Pikachu.
* TheDogBitesBack: He got his "revenge" for Ash's sound victory when he set his new Manectric (freshly-evolved from his recently-caught Electrike) against Torkoal in a friendly match, and basically dictated the course of the battle from Point A. Also literally, [[DontExplainTheJoke as Manectric is a dog.]]
* HeroicBSOD: After being defeated by Ash so easily Wattson started to place doubt in himself as a Gym Leader. Befriending an Electrike snaps him out of it.
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: The mechanical Raikou that gave Pikachu his electric fever was created by Wattson, thus, it was partly his own fault he was easily trounced in the gym battle.
* TheHyena: Even when he's down, he still finds some way to get a chortle in.
%%* TenMinuteRetirement
* ThemeNaming: He has an assistant named, well, ''Watt''.
* TrapMaster: His gym is tricked out with various traps. While they're mostly just for amusement (not only for him, but for visitors as well), Wattson claims that the traps should keep challengers on their toes.

!!'''Flannery (Asuna)'''
-->'''Voiced in Japanese by:''' Creator/RioNatsuki
-->'''Voiced in English by:''' Creator/LisaOrtiz
-->'''Voiced in Latin American Spanish by:''' Creator/MariaFernandaMorales

Runs the Lavaridge Town hotsprings, which also doubles as her [[PlayingWithFire fire-type]] gym.
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* CurtainsMatchTheWindow: She's as hyper and naive as her Fire-Type nature.
* DeathOrGloryAttack: Was ''really'' fond of using Overheat in her match. This comes back to bite her, as Overheat [[CastFromHitPoints reduces in power whenever it's used,]] resulting in a flashy pillar of fire, but doing no damage to Ash's sleeping Corpfish.
* TheDitz: She knows very little about being a Gym Leader.
%%* FieryRedhead
* [[HeirToTheDojo Heiress To The Dojo]]: She inherited the Gym from her grandfather after his retirement.
%%* TomboyishPonytail

!!'''Norman (Senri)'''
-->'''Voiced in Japanese by:''' Creator/JurotaKosugi
-->'''Voiced in English by:''' Creator/DanGreen
-->'''Voiced in Latin American Spanish by:''' Enrique Mederos (episode 3), Salvador Delgado (episodes 69-70)

Father of May and Max, husband of Caroline, and FamedInStory Leader of the [[NonElemental Normal-type]] Petalburg gym.
%%* GoodParents
* GracefulLoser: As expected of a Gym Leader. It's [[HeroWorshipper Max]] who has a difficult time processing that Norman can lose.
* HappilyMarried: With Caroline.
* LightningBruiser: In his first appearance, Vigoroth is fast and strong enough to beat Pikachu. That Pikachu ''ties'' with it in a rematch is considered an ''accomplishment'' (particularly since it beat Torkoal in a single move).
* MightyGlacier: His Slaking was literally no slouch either in their battle giving Groyle a hell of a match.
* PapaWolf: Team Rocket found this out the hard way, having (accidentally) stolen his daughter's Torchic.
%%* RecurringCharacter
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: In-universe - if Ash had at least three Pokémon when he first met Norman, he'd have been the first Gym Leader Ash fought, which they both acknowledge. Norman still praised Ash for the maturity of wanting to start over, though, and was impressed by his growth when they met again later on.

!!'''Winona (Nagi)'''
-->'''Voiced in Japanese by:''' Hyosei
-->'''Voiced in English by:''' Creator/AmyBirnbaum
-->'''Voiced in Latin American Spanish by:''' Erica Edwards

[[BlowYouAway Flying-type]] specialist based in Fortree City.
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* DemotedToExtra: She only uses her Skarmory (a staple of her team in all versions of the Hoenn games) as a mount, and doesn't actually use it to battle Ash in their gym match.
* ExtraOredinary: Skarmory, which she doesn't use in her battle.
* GiantFlyer: Her Skarmory is much larger than any normal Skarmory, enough to carry Winona and another passenger on its back.
* InstantAwesomeJustAddDragons: Altaria's primary type.

!!'''Tate and Liza (Fu and Ran)'''
-->'''Voiced in Japanese by:''' Creator/TakahiroMizushima (Fu), Creator/ChisaYokoyama (Ran)
-->'''Voiced in English by:''' Creator/JasonGriffith (Tate), Andi Whaley (Liza)
-->'''Voiced in Latin American Spanish by:''' Creator/IrwinDaayan (Tate), Creator/MariaFernandaMorales (Liza)

Twin [[PsychicPowers psychics]], and leader of the Mossdeep Gym.

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* BirdsOfAFeather: Liza and Tate, with May and Max, respectively. The boys especially, having common ground in seeing their sister as annoying.
* BrotherSisterTeam: Once they get their act together, they make a devastating tag team.
* DishingOutDirt: Solrock and Lunatone's secondary type.
* DualBoss: Ash has to fight them both in a double battle. They have one Pokémon apiece, and Ash had to send in two of his own.
* SiblingSenioritySquabble: Apparently, Liza's the older twin, and she doesn't stop rubbing in this fact in Tate's face whenever they spar for practice.

!!'''Juan (Adan)'''
-->'''Voiced in Japanese by:''' Creator/ShowHayami
-->'''Voiced in English by:''' Creator/SeanSchemmel
-->'''Voiced in Latin American Spanish by:''' César Arias

RetiredBadass extraordinaire, the Sootopolis [[MakingASplash water-type]] gym leader.

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* CuttingOffTheBranches: Becomes Ash's last Hoenn gym leader instead of Wallace, to tie in with ''Emerald''.
%%* BadassMoustache
%%* CoolOldGuy
* MythologyGag: His team is a replica of Wallace's ''Ruby and Sapphire'' team.
* RealMenWearPink: He was a former Top Coordinator.

!!'''Wallace (Kikuri)'''
-->'''Voiced in Japanese by:''' Creator/ToshiyukiMorikawa
-->'''Voiced in English by:''' Sean Reyes
-->'''Voiced in Latin American Spanish by:''' José Luis Rivera

Former leader of the Sootopolis gym, and Juan's apprentice.

[[/folder]]

[[folder:Kanto Battle Frontier]]
These are the tropes pertaining to the characters associated with the Battle Frontier.
[[hardline]]
* AdaptedOut: None of the Frontier Brains exploit their various stipulations that gave the Frontier a challenging experience in the first place (probably because some of the stipulations can be hard to translate in anime form; looking at you, Greta); once Ash finds a facility, he gets to challenge the Frontier Brain right off the bat. The Silver Symbols are omitted, as well; Ash gets the Gold Symbol immediately after defeating one.
* CompressedAdaptation: The idea of setting the Frontier in the Kanto region is, on paper, a way to advertise both ''Emerald'' and ''[=FireRed and LeafGreen=]'' at the same time.
* RankUp: A trainer that actually manages to beat the Battle Frontier is given the chance to become a Frontier Brain him-/herself. Scott actually offers this to Ash, only for the latter to turn it down.

!!'''Scott'''
-->'''Voiced in Japanese by:''' Koichi Sakaguchi
-->'''Voiced in English by:''' Frank Frankson (4Kids), Bill Rogers (current)
-->'''Voiced in Latin American Spanish by:''' Luis Alfonso Padilla

The owner of the Battle Frontier, he first appears as a witness to Ash's battle against the Elite Four member (and substitute Viridian leader) Agatha. Although Ash lost, Scott saw potential in the young trainer, and recommends that he take on the Frontier.
* AscendedExtra: In ''Emerald'', he really doesn't do much. Here, he's present in each and every one of Ash's Frontier matches.
* TheChooserOfTheOne: On the lookout for strong trainers, and sees that Ash has potential.
* HawaiianShirtedTourist: The fact that he even travels all over the place certainly gives him the image of one.
* HiddenEyes: Averted, as this is perhaps the only adaptation where Scott removes his shades (although only once) to show his eyes.
* DrivesLikeCrazy: He and Birch would probably get along pretty well.
* SigilSpam: The Gen III Battle Frontier logo, pasted on his car as well as his [=PokéNav=].

!!'''Noland (Datsura)'''
-->'''Voiced in Japanese by:''' Creator/NobuyukiHiyama
-->'''Voiced in English by:''' David Wills
-->'''Voiced in Latin American Spanish by:''' Jorge García

* AndroclesLion: Befriended a wild Articuno after he saved its life.
* UnexpectedCharacter: In-universe, not a single person present (except probably Noland himself) expected Ash to choose Articuno as his opponent in their Frontier match.

!!'''Greta (Kogomi)'''
-->'''Voiced in Japanese by:''' Creator/SanaeKobayashi
-->'''Voiced in English by:''' Sonny Dei
-->'''Voiced in Latin American Spanish by:''' Mildred Barrera

%%* BareFistedMonk
* {{Fangirl}}: Self-professed fan of Chuck and Brawly, explaining her preference for fighting-types.
%%* HotBlooded
%%* OneShotCharacter
* TheUnreveal: Greta's roulette wheel (which decides the number of Pokémon the Brain and her challenger will use) has an option that can go up to three Pokémon per battle. But since Ash's spin landed the wheel on a 2-on-2 instead, the audience never found out what her 3rd Pokémon actually was.

!!'''Tucker (Heath)'''
-->'''Voiced in Japanese by:''' Creator/KentaMiyake
-->'''Voiced in English by:''' Bill Rogers
-->'''Voiced in Latin American Spanish by:''' Creator/IrwinDaayan

* AmbiguouslyGay
** AgentPeacock: Despite his flamboyant appearance and hammy attitude, he gave Ash one hell of a battle.
* DualBoss: Faces Ash down in a Double Battle.
%%* OneShotCharacter

!!'''Lucy (Azami)'''
-->'''Voiced in Japanese by:''' Creator/AtsukoTanaka
-->'''Voiced in English by:''' Emily Williams
-->'''Voiced in Latin American Spanish by:''' Laura Ayala

* AloofDarkHairedGirl: She gets the personality to play this trope straight, unlike in the games.
* CrushBlush: Gains one whenever Brock complimented her.
%%* DefrostingIceQueen
* EyesAlwaysShut: Not her, but it's the main reason she likes Brock.
* GlassCannon: Scott notes how her idea of battle is all offense.
* OneeSama: Her assistants called her such in the original Japanese.
%%* OneShotCharacter

!!'''Spenser (Ukon)'''
-->'''Voiced in Japanese by:''' Creator/NachiNozawa
-->'''Voiced in English by:''' Eric Schussler
-->'''Voiced in Latin American Spanish by:''' Jorge Ornelas

* BadassGrandpa: Since their match takes place in the span of an entire forest, there is a lot of running among trainers and their Mons; Spenser has no trouble keeping up with either in spite of his age.
%%* CoolOldGuy
%%* FriendToAllLivingThings
* MidBattleTeaBreak: Offers Ash recess time so they can have lunch in the middle of their match.

!!'''Anabel (Lila)'''
-->'''Voiced in Japanese by:''' Creator/AkikoKimura
-->'''Voiced in English by:''' Hilary Thomas
-->'''Voiced in Latin American Spanish by:''' Rebeca Gómez

* AllLoveIsUnrequited: She clearly has it ''bad'' for Ash, but being a ChasteHero ObliviousToLove, he doesn't see the cues.
* {{Bifauxnen}}: Ash and friends didn't realize she was a girl thanks to her appearance and androgynous voice.
* CurtainsMatchTheWindow: Violet hair and eyes.
* TheEmpath: Can even mentally communicate with her Pokémon when she really gets into battle.
* QuicklyDemotedWoman: In the games she was the leader, and the strongest member of the Hoenn Battle Frontier. For the ''Kanto'' Battle Frontier in the anime, she's second-strongest to Brandon. That said, she's still quite powerful in her own right and gives Ash a hard time in their matches, being the only one in the Frontier ''other'' than Brandon to beat him (''and'' without being pushed too hard - Ash only beat her Alakazam in a 3-on-3, partly just because it was tired from battling Corphish and Tauros). Plus, she doesn't have any legendaries to bolster her team like Brandon does.
* ATasteOfDefeat: Ash's winning streak in the Frontier screeched to a halt with her. In their first match, she defeats Ash with only one of her three Mons knocked out.
* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Violet, in fact.

!!'''Brandon (Jindai)'''
-->'''Voiced in Japanese by:''' Masayuki Omoro
-->'''Voiced in English by:''' Craig Blair
-->'''Voiced in Latin American Spanish by:''' Rolando de Castro (Advance Generation), Manuel Campuzano (Diamond & Pearl)

%%* AdventurerArchaeologist
* ArcWelding: In DP, it was revealed that he indirectly caused Paul's FreudianExcuse.
* BarrierMaiden: He states his intent to have his three Regis become the new pillars that protect Regigigas after Hunter J destroyed/murdered the previous ones.
* BigNo: Yells these out whenever he disapproves of something.
* TheBusCameBack: Returns during the Snowpoint City episodes in the DP saga.
* CurtainsMatchTheWindow: His brown hair and eyes.
* FuturisticPyramid: This version of the Battle Pyramid is a giant ''flying'' contraption which he uses to travel around.
* GeniusBruiser: The bruising mainly comes from his mons, but he is an accomplished Archaeologist and is knowledgeable in ancient history and language.
* OlympusMons: Used to utilize the three Regis in his battles.
* PerpetualFrowner: He almost always has a stern-looking expression on his face. He does smile on several occasions, though.
* TakenForGranite: The only human who was petrified by J's technology (as were his three Regis). Thankfully, Regigigas reversed it using Hidden Power.
* ThatOneBoss: InUniverse. He's the ''only'' major, certified opponent so far who Ash had to battle ''thrice'' (though the first time, Ash was possessed by an evil spirit), he has three Legendaries, he was the only opponent Reggie could scarcely scratch (and the loss caused him to decide to quit training professionally), ''and'' he's only the second person known to have given Paul a CurbStompBattle (the other is Cynthia). And when Ash ''did'' beat him, he was only using ''one'' of the Regi trio - the freshly-caught Regice. So yes, he qualifies for this.
* ThirdTimesTheCharm: Ash only beat him on his third try.
* WhatTheHellHero: He points out that the reason Ash got possessed by the evil king was because of Ash's arrogance and carelessness.

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* MistakenForCheating: Thought this of Norman when she noticed that he's been spending time with Nurse Joy (they were actually planning an anniversary present for Caroline). She was in the middle of announcing her intent ''to leave him'' before the affair was cleared up.

%%* HotTeacher

* SiblingSenioritySquabble

* GratuitousEnglish: Quite a bit in the original Japanese version, such as saying "my cool bud" when he calls out his Pokémon.

* MadeOfIron: It had a surprisingly strong resistance to Electric Attacks, as shown in its debut as well as the Mossdeep gym battle. Most likely, it's ability may well be Guts, which actually makes it ''stronger'' the more damage it takes.

* TheWorfEffect: Swellow was one of Ash's most important and reliable battlers in ''Advance Generation'', but it was one-shotted very easily by Tobias's Latios.

* TheAce: Was Ash's go to guy for the better part of Advanced Generation, already establishing himself as one of his strongest Hoenn Pokémon or at the least as strong as Swellow (see above), competing in all but 2 of Ash's Hoenn Gym Battles and was just as impressive. Sceptile's credibility didn't fade after the AG saga; upon returning in Diamond and Pearl for the Sinnoh League he's the ''only'' Pokémon to ever actually [[DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu defeat Tobias' Darkrai]]. On top of that, after his final evolution and recovering from his HeroicBSOD, Sceptile has only lost twice and his opponent's were both Legendary Pokémon.

* WorfHadTheFlu: A mini-arc in the Battle Frontier season has him rendered useless because of a HeroicBSOD.

* DemotedToExtra: Just like Kingler, Glalie was only used in one regional League, in Hoenn. He was never used in the Battle Frontier or even the Sinnoh League unlike the rest of the Hoenn team.
** Though unlike Kingler, Ash at least ''considered'' using him.

* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: {{Averted}}. While she takes Misty's place as the female companion, her personality is rather different.

** Harley may not have be making it up, due to the fact that May lived two cities west of him, and that one episode showed her, Norman and Caroline, not sure if Max was with them or not cause the scene doesn't show him, so it's possible that May could have stolen Harley's food.
*** No - May's still much too young to have been in Harley's preschool class. He never claimed it was May...only that the cookie thief "...looked ''just like May.''"

* LightningBruiser: It knows Quick Attack and Aerial Ace, the latter of which hits fast and hard.

* BadassBaritone: In the Japanese version, Swellow's voice is much deeper than Ash's other regional birds and doesn't even sound like a bird. And Swellow is one of the most reliable regional birds he has used in battle, if not ''the'' most reliable one.

-->'''Voiced in English by:''' Marc Diraison