History Characters / PokemonJourneysTheSeriesGalar

* Fanservice: Episode 100 has a scene of him taking off his shirt to calm a Corviknight he was on down. It was as sensual-looking as an E-rated anime could get. Not to mention how the camera loves panning into his waist and rear during his battles.

* SavingTheOrphanage: She joined the World Coronation to become Champion and save her hometown.

* VictoryByEndurance: A key part of his strategy [[spoiler: in his battle against Ash]] is to have his Pokemon wear down all of his Pokemon at once. While some of Leon's Pokemon go down, he leaves his opponent's Pokemon exhausted and easier to pick off. Punctuating this, he uses long-ranged and status-afflicting move to hit opponents, uses defensive tactics to keep his Pokemon unharmed, and employs Dragon Tail to disrupt other Pokemon. [[spoiler:The final stretch of the fight is his healthy Charizard and somewhat wounded Cinderace against Pikachu and he manages to almost win if it hadn't been for Pikachu's sheer determination to win.]]

* NonElemental: His only known Pokemon being a Wooloo.

** Bea is Ash's first major female rival. The only previous female rival of his was Bianca, who was a minor rival.
** She's the first rival in the anime to be a Gym Leader, as Ash is not participating in a traditional Gym quest in this series.
** She's the first major rival that [[spoiler:Ash settled the score with midway through his current journey. Gary, Paul, Trip, Sawyer[[note]]Ash had already defeated Sawyer multiple times, but would end up suffering his first loss to him right before the Lumiose Conference, where the two would later end up rematching at[[/note]], and Gladion were all defeated near the end of their respective journeys (with Alain notably [[AlwaysSomeoneBetter not being defeated at all]]), while Bea was defeated by episode 86 during Ash's second Ultra Class battle.]]

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* FragileSpeedster: Inteleon and Cinderade are very fast, but comparatively cannot take hits. That being said, 'comparitvely' is a key word.

'''Major Characters:''' [[Characters/PokemonTheSeriesMisty Misty]] | [[Characters/PokemonTheSeriesBrock Brock]] | [[Characters/PokemonTheSeriesDawn Dawn]] | [[Characters/PokemonTheSeriesPaul Paul]] | [[Characters/PokemonTheSeriesIris Iris]] | [[Characters/PokemonTheSeriesSerena Serena]] | [[Characters/PokemonTheSeriesGoh Goh]] \\

** [[spoiler:After finally being defeated by Ash in ''[=JN132=]'' and finishing as runner-up, the rankings would obviously be adjusted to show he's [[NumberTwo now No.2]]. Leon congratulates but warns Ash he'll train harder than ever to become Monarch again.]]

* GracefulLoser: [[spoiler:Takes his loss to Ash exceptionally well, Going over to meet and congratulate him and Pikachu once he sees he's woken up and recovered from their match. He even presents Ash the trophy himself and is seen proudly applauding him with everyone else.]]

->'''Voiced in Japanese by:''' Kenichiro Matsuda

* HotScientist: Much like the games, Sonia eventually takes on the role of Professor from her grandmother and is very beautiful, enough to attract the attention of Raihan.

* TheBigGuy: Rillaboom. While none of his team can be described as weak, Rilaboom showed a consistent demonstration of strength and power only surpassed by Charizard, being a reliable source of knockouts against opponents and contributing greatly to Leon's victories. In fact, Rillaboom got the most amount of knock outs in the entire Masters Eight Tournament, defeating Alain's Chesnaught, Diantha's Tyrantrum, Aurourus, Gourgeist, and Goodra,and Ash's Dragonite and Sirfetch'd.

* VictoryByEndurance: A key part of his strategy [[spoiler: in his battle against Ash]] is to have his Pokemon wear down all of his Pokemon at once. While some of Leon's Pokemon go down, he leaves his opponent's Pokemon exhausted and easier to pick off. Punctuating this, he uses long-ranged and status-afflicting move to hit hit opponents, uses defensive tactics to keep his Pokemon unharmed, and employs Dragon Tail to disrupt other Pokemon. [[spoiler:The final stretch of the fight is his healthy Charizard and somewhat wounded Cinderace against Pikachu and he manages to almost win if it hadn't been for Pikachu's sheer determination to win.]]

* TheBigGuy: Rillaboom. While none of his team can be described as weak, Rilaboom showed a consistent demonstration of strength and power only surpassed by Charizard, being a reliable source of knockouts against opponents and contributing greatly to Leon's victories.

* AlwaysSomeoneBetter: As the Monarch of the World Coronation Series, he's this to ''every single trainer on the planet''. He defeats both Lance and Ash -- the Champions of the Kanto and Alola Regions, respectively -- in battle, and just like the games, is envied by Raihan for his undefeated record.

* TookALevelInKindness: Upon their return, they are no longer stealing food from people and instead, stopping other Pokemon from doing so and even sharing what they receive with other Pokemon surrounding them

* ConfusionFu: His Cinderace's biggest threat is its ability Libero which changes its type based on the move it uses. In Leon's match against Ash, it's shown able to switch between Fire, Ground, Fighting, and Steel-types.

* TheAce: He becomes this for the entire world after defeating Lance in the Pokémon World Championships Finals, gaining the title of Monarch after a hard-fought battle. All of his battles are either one-sided beatdowns or at best {{Curb Stomp Cushion}}s. [[spoiler:The only opponent who successfully beats him is Ash, and even with the latter having the advantage of using Mega Evolution, Z-Moves and Gigantamax all in one battle against Leon's mostly un-powered team, he still comes close to losing.]]

* OurDragonsAreDifferent: In ''[=JN042=]'', it is confirmed he has Dragapult in this continuity which uses Dragon Darts and Dragon Rush. His Charizard also uses Dragon Pulse.

* ShockAndAwe: Charizard knows Thunder Punch, and gains access to its corresponding Max Move when it Gigantamaxes. This allows it to stand against Lance's Gyarados during an Aqua Tail barrage, and land a devastating blow near the end of the battle.
** His Dragapult is able to use Thunderbolt.

* HiddenDepths: Despite being a Professor-in-training who has retired from Pokémon battling, [[spoiler:she is the only trainer who has ever defeated Leon prior to Ash.]]

* HiddenDepth: [[spoiler:It's revealed that Sonia is the only trainer who has ever defeated Leon prior to Ash.]]

* TheAce: He becomes this for the entire world after defeating Lance in the Pokémon World Championships Finals, gaining the title of Monarch after a hard-fought battle. All of his battles are either one-sided beatdowns or at best {{Curb Stomp Cushion}}s. [[spoiler:The only opponent who succesfully beats him is Ash, and even with the latter having the advantage of using Mega Evolution, Z-Moves and Gigantamax all in one battle against Leon's mostly un-powered team, he still comes close to losing.]]

* VictoryByEndurance: A key part of his strategy [[spoiler: in his battle against Ash]] is to have his Pokemon wear down all of his Pokemon at once. While some of Leon's Pokemon go down, he leaves his opponent's Pokemon exhausted and easier to pick off. Punctuating this, he uses long-ranged and status-afflicting move to hit hit opponents, uses defensive tactics to keep his Pokemon unharmed, and employs Dragon Tail to disrupt other Pokemon.

* TheAce: He becomes this for the entire world after defeating Lance in the Pokémon World Championships Finals, gaining the title of Monarch after a hard-fought battle.

* FinalBoss: [[spoiler:He is Ash's final opponent in the Masters Eight Tournament, and as the reigning Monarch, the strongest trainer that Ash has ever faced off against.]]

* InvincibleHero: As with the games, he's never lost a Pokémon battle, and this fact is only played up more and more as the series goes on. By the time of the Masters Tournament, [[spoiler:he's so overpowered that even other Masters Eight members such as Alain and Diantha barely stack up to him. So much so, in [=JN129=], he changes the rules last-minute to let Ash use ''all three powers'' of Mega Evolution, Z-moves and Dynamaxing against him.]].
* KillerGorilla: His Rillaboom is ''formidable'', and likely his second strongest Pokémon just behind his ace and starter, Charizard. It pretty much [[spoiler:swept Kalos champion Diantha's team in ''[=JN122=]'', and nearly did so to Ash in ''[=JN131=]'', taking the combined efforts of Dragonite, Sirfetch'd and Dracovish just to shut it down.]]

* ConfusionFu: His Cinderace's biggest threat is its ability to change its type based on the move it uses. In Leon's match against Ash, it's shown able to switch between Fire, Ground, Fighting, and Steel-types.

* TheReveal: [[spoiler:After Ash defeats him in the Grand Finals, he reveals that he's actually the second trainer who ever defeated him. The first was SOnia during their childhood.]]