History Characters / PokemonTheOriginalSeriesCast

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[-'''Series-wide:''' [[Characters/PokemonTheSeriesAshKetchum Ash Ketchum]] | [[Characters/PokemonTheSeriesPikachu Pikachu]] | [[Characters/PokemonTheSeriesTeamRocketTrio Team Rocket Trio]] | [[Characters/PokemonTheSeriesTeamRocketTriosPokemon Team Rocket Trio's Pokémon]] | [[Characters/PokemonTheSeriesTeamRocketOrganization Team Rocket Organization]]\\
'''Major Characters:''' [[Characters/PokemonTheSeriesMisty Misty]] | [[Characters/PokemonTheSeriesBrock Brock]] | [[Characters/PokemonTheSeriesMay May]] | [[Characters/PokemonTheSeriesDawn Dawn]] | [[Characters/PokemonTheSeriesPaul Paul]] | [[Characters/PokemonTheSeriesIris Iris]] | [[Characters/PokemonTheSeriesSerena Serena]] | [[Characters/PokemonTheSeriesLillie Lillie]] | [[Characters/PokemonTheSeriesGoh Goh]] \\
'''Original Series:''' [[Characters/PokemonTheOriginalSeriesAshsPokemon Ash's Pokémon (Kanto, Orange Islands, Johto)]]\\
'''Supporting Cast''' | [[Characters/PokemonTheOriginalSeriesGymLeaders Gym Leaders]] | [[Characters/PokemonTheOriginalSeriesOneShotCharacters One-shot Characters]]\\
'''Advanced Generation:''' [[Characters/PokemonTheSeriesRubyAndSapphireAshsPokemon Ash's Pokémon (Hoenn)]] | [[Characters/PokemonTheSeriesRubyAndSapphireCast Supporting Cast]] | [[Characters/PokemonTheSeriesRubyAndSapphireGymLeadersAndFrontierBrains Gym Leaders and Frontier Brains]] | [[Characters/PokemonTheSeriesRubyAndSapphireVillains Villains]]\\
'''Diamond and Pearl:''' [[Characters/PokemonTheSeriesDiamondAndPearlAshsPokemon Ash's Pokémon (Sinnoh)]] | [[Characters/PokemonTheSeriesDiamondAndPearlCast Supporting Cast]] | [[Characters/PokemonTheSeriesDiamondAndPearlGymLeaders Gym Leaders]] | [[Characters/PokemonTheSeriesDiamondAndPearlVillains Villains]]\\
'''Black and White:''' [[Characters/PokemonTheSeriesBlackAndWhiteAshsPokemon Ash's Pokémon (Unova)]] | [[Characters/PokemonTheSeriesBlackAndWhiteCast Supporting Cast]] | [[Characters/PokemonTheSeriesBlackAndWhiteRivals Rivals]] | [[Characters/PokemonTheSeriesBlackAndWhiteGymLeaders Gym Leaders]] | [[Characters/PokemonTheSeriesBlackAndWhiteVillains Villains]]\\
'''XY:''' [[Characters/PokemonTheSeriesXYAshsPokemon Ash's Pokémon (Kalos)]] | [[Characters/PokemonTheSeriesXYCast Supporting Cast]] | [[Characters/PokemonTheSeriesXYRivals Rivals]] | [[Characters/PokemonTheSeriesXYGymLeaders Gym Leaders]] | [[Characters/PokemonTheSeriesXYMegaEvolutionSpecials Mega Evolution Special]] | [[Characters/PokemonTheSeriesXYVillains Villains]]\\
'''Sun and Moon:''' [[Characters/PokemonTheSeriesSunAndMoonAshsPokemon Ash's Pokémon (Alola)]] | [[Characters/PokemonTheSeriesSunAndMoonCast Supporting Cast]] | [[Characters/PokemonTheSeriesSunAndMoonKahunasAndGuardianDeities Kahunas and Guardian Deities]] | [[Characters/PokemonTheSeriesSunAndMoonAetherFoundation Aether Foundation]] | [[Characters/PokemonTheSeriesSunAndMoonVillains Villains]]\\
'''Journeys:''' [[Characters/PokemonJourneysTheSeriesAshsPokemon Ash's Pokémon (Journeys)]] | [[Characters/PokemonJourneysTheSeriesCast Supporting Cast]] | [[Characters/PokemonJourneysTheSeriesGalar Galar]] | [[Characters/PokemonJourneysTheSeriesOneShotCharacters One-shot Characters]]\\
'''Horizons:''' [[Characters/PokemonHorizonsTheSeriesLeadCharacters Lead Characters]] | [[Characters/PokemonHorizonsTheSeriesPokemon Pokémon]] | [[Characters/PokemonHorizonsTheSeriesAntagonists Antagonists]] | [[Characters/PokemonHorizonsTheSeriesSupportingCast Supporting Cast]]\\
'''Movies:''' [[Characters/PokemonMovies Movies 1 to 19]] | [[Characters/PokemonIChooseYou I Choose You!]] | [[Characters/PokemonThePowerOfUs The Power of Us]] | [[Characters/PokemonSecretsOfTheJungle Secrets of the Jungle]]-]]]]]
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!!Main Cast

[[folder:Misty (Kasumi)]]
See [[Characters/PokemonTheSeriesMisty here]] for more about Misty and her Pokémon.
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[[folder:Brock (Takeshi)]]
See [[Characters/PokemonTheSeriesBrock here]] for more about Brock and his Pokémon.
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[[folder:Tracey Sketchit (Kenji)]]

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->'''Voiced in Japanese by:''' Creator/TomokazuSeki
->'''Voiced in English by:''' Creator/TedLewis (4Kids, JN147), Craig Blair (AG192)
->'''Voiced in Latin American Spanish by:''' Alfredo Leal (Season 2 and ''Journeys''), Javier Olguín (Season 5), Ricardo Bautista (one episode of ''Chronicles'' and another in Season 8), Gerardo García (rest of ''Chronicles''), Christian Strempler (Season 9)
->'''Voiced in European Spanish by:''' Ricardo Escobar
->'''Voiced in European French by:''' Bruno Mullenaerts
->'''Voiced in Canadian French by:''' Joël Legendre (Movies ''Pokémon 2000'' and ''Pokémon 3'')

A friend of Ash's, who he met on his trip to the Orange Islands. Specializes in Pokémon watching; i.e. he draws pictures of Pokémon in their natural habitat with surgical precision. Tracey primarily draws Pokémon, but there are several human subjects scattered around his various sketchbooks. [[{{Fanboy}} Huge fan of Prof. Oak.]]
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!!!Tropes involving him and his Pokémon include:
* AscendedFanboy: Since his debut, he has always been a fan of Professor Oak's work and wishes to one day meet his hero. Oak takes him under his wing at the end of the Orange Islands arc.
* AwesomeByAnalysis: Tracey's typical battle style. He can predict an opponent's moves based on having seen the set-up motions before and get a counterattack going immediately, which isn't too shabby. In his initial appearance, he was able to discern upbringing problems with a group of trainers' Pokémon, and gauge how strong and well-conditioned Pikachu was with but a mere precursory glance.
* BackForTheFinale: After ''Advanced Generation'', he only made silent cameos in later seasons and is absent most of the time whenever Ash returns. [=JN147=] rectifies that by having him meet Ash again, which is also the first time where he's been given dialogue. This also makes him the last travel companion Ash talks to.
* ButtMonkey: Throughout ''Pokémon Chronicles'', his appearances tend to make him the comic relief. This ranges from getting left behind to clean Cerulean Gym, to clinging to a flying Aerodactyl's tail, to inflating a rubber boat by himself while Misty and Daisy watch.
* CovertPervert: Downplayed, but if you find anything in his sketchbook that isn't a Pokémon, it's probably a pretty girl he encountered while travelling around with Ash.
* DeadpanSnarker: He has his moments, especially in ''Chronicles''.
--> '''Daisy''': This is a disaster! [[SkewedPriorities Lost in a cave with only one pair of shoes and no moisturizer!]]
--> '''Tracey''': Oh yeah, doesn't get much worse than that, does it?
%%* FourTemperamentEnsemble: The Melancholic.
* GuestStarPartyMember: He has the dubious honor of being the friend who Ash traveled with the least: he was only part of the group for the ''Adventures In The Orange Islands'',[[note]]Around 30 episodes.[[/note]] and Brock (who he was intended to replace) [[TheBusCameBack returned and reclaimed his position in the group]] just in time for Tracey's departure.
* InconsistentSpelling: It's "Tracey", not "Tracy".
* MeaningfulName: What do you think does he do in his free time? Take a wild guess.
* NonActionGuy: He can battle if he has to, but he uses his Pokémon mainly for fieldwork.
* OutOfFocus: After the very first episode of ''Diamond and Pearl'', he did not physically appear again until [=JN118=], '''''736 episodes later'''''. Between his speaking role in the final episode of ''Advanced Generation'' and his speaking role in the final episode of ''Journeys: Aim to be a Pokémon Master'', it took '''766''' to finally speak on-screen again.
%%* OvershadowedByAwesome: Both in terms of Pokémon, and character (regarding Brock). Poor guy.
* PutOnABus: Now Prof. Oak's assistant.
* SavvyGuyEnergeticGirl: Savvy Guy to Daisy's Energetic Girl.
%%* ShirtlessScene: A few, accounting for his entire pre-departure fanbase.
* TheSneakyGuy: Downplayed, but he's good at observing Pokémon without them detecting him. He explains that he does this partly by staying downwind of them and making his breathing rhythms match theirs so it'll be harder for them to smell or hear him.
* WrittenInAbsence: In [=JN068=], '''686''' episodes since his last physical appearance, Professor Oak mentions that he's been helping look for Ash's Infernape, who hasn't been seen in days.
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[[folder:Tracey's Pokémon]]
!!'''Venonat (Kongpang) -> Venomoth (Morphon)'''
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->'''Voiced in Japanese by:''' Creator/RikakoAikawa
->'''Voiced in English by:''' Creator/RachaelLillis

The first of Tracey's Pokemon to be introduced. It's often used as a radar by his trainer due to its radar-like vision. It is the only fully evolved Pokémon of Tracey.
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* BackForTheFinale: Reappears in the very last episode of Ash's anime, having evolved off-screen.
* BigCreepyCrawlies: It's a giant gnat (later moth), albeit a cute one.
* GreenThumb: Knows Sleep Powder to puts Pokémon to sleep, so that Tracey can observe them easier.
* NonActionGuy: Compared to its teammates, it doesn't do that much in the way of battling and mostly contributes by doing reconnaissance.
* OutOfFocus: It's the least prominent of Tracey's Pokémon, and is rarely seen fighting. The fact that it evolves off-screen is quite a surprise.
* SuperSenses: Vision. Its eyes work like a radar.
* WalkingSpoiler: The fact that it has evolved into a Venomoth is this. Between its last appearance as a Venonat and its reappearance as a Venomoth, it's absent for 1007 episodes.

!!'''Marill (Maril)'''
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->'''Voiced in Japanese by:''' Creator/MikaKanai
->'''Voiced in English by:''' Kayzie Rogers

Tracey's second Pokémon to be introduced. Like Venonat's eyes, Marill's ear are very useful to detect other Pokémon. Marill is used more in battle than Venonat. At Professor Oak's laboratory, Marill gave birth to Misty's Azurill.
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* ActionMom: It has become a parent in ''Chronicles''. It still can kick ass as much as ever.
* BackForTheFinale: Marill returns in the final episode of Ash's anime, getting to play with Pikachu a bit.
* EarlyBirdCameo: Marill appears in the second season of the anime before ''VideoGame/PokemonGoldAndSilver'' were released.
* MakingASplash: Marill is a Water-type Pokémon, and prior to the introduction of Fairy-types, it was a pure Water-type. Being able to swim well is very handy in the Orange Archipelago. Its only known move is Water Gun.
* SignatureMon: Marill is Tracey's most prominent Pokémon, and it shares this trope with the more battle-orientated Scyther.
* SuperSenses: Hearing. Its ears can function like a radar, similar to Venonat's radar eyes.

!!'''Scyther (Strike)'''
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->'''Voiced in Japanese by:''' Creator/UnshoIshizuka
->'''Voiced in English by:''' Creator/EricStuart

This old Scyther used to be a leader of a tribe of Scythers at the Orange Islands, but lost its position to a younger Scyther. Tracey brought it to the Pokémon Center to have it recover its wounds from the battle, but it goes straight back to its tribe to save them from Team Rocket despite still being injured. After saving its former tribe and giving its blessing to its young successor, Scyther allows Tracey to catch it. Despite its old age and lack of stamina, it still retains its warrior's pride and develops a sort of rivalry with Ash's Charizard.
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* AnimalFacialHair: Sports a prominent pair of sideburns, despite being an insect.
* BackForTheFinale: It reappears in the final episode of Ash's anime.
* BigCreepyCrawlies: A Bug-Type Pokémon who resembles a giant mantis.
* ChangingOfTheGuard: Rejected from its tribe because it was too old to remain the leader (though it makes amends with its young successor before accepting Tracey as its trainer).
* CoolOldGuy: Scyther is old and out of shape, but still a ''Scyther'' no less.
* CurbStompBattle: Manages to defeat Arbok, Lickitung, Victreebel, Weezing, and even Meowth in battle by itself. Before the battle between Scyther vs Team Rocket's Pokemon gets underway, Pikachu is quick to rush to Scyther's aid and offer to fight Team Rocket's Pokemon with Scyther, an offer of which Scyther politely declines.
* DentedIron: Tracey's Scyther appears scruffier and more worn down compared to other Scyther seen in the series, with sideburns, faded scars on its body, and slightly tattered wings. Despite this, it's no less dangerous.
* DoppelgangerSpin: Knows Double Team.
* FeelingTheirAge: It's an absolute powerhouse, but its age is definitely catching up to it. Its frequent biggest drawback is its lack of stamina for longer battles due to being rather old for its species. Tracey never pushes it too hard for the same reason.
* GlassCannon: Even more so than most Scyther. Can absolutely tear apart its opponents, but can only fight for a short while before getting winded.
* MundaneUtility: Uses Swords Dance to blow away Weezing's poisonous gas after Team Rocket attacks.
* NoSell: It's thanks to Scyther that Ash's group is able to face the Rocket Trio with less effort during the Orange Islands, by blowing away Weezing's Smog or Smoke-Screen with its Swords Dance.
* ProudWarriorRaceGuy: A proud fighter despite its old age.
* TheRival: ''Very'' briefly with Charizard due to some initial aggression. After repelling a Team Rocket attack, they "flex their muscles" a bit before making peace.
* RunningGag: Breaks into a pant after exerting itself. It's lampshaded the first time since it left the Pokémon Center before healing properly.
* SignatureMon: It shares this trope with Marill. Despite being less prominent than Marill, Scyther has the role of Tracey's powerhouse, and is given more characterization than Tracey's other Pokémon.
* TeamDad: To a degree towards the other Pokémon. Definitely towards its tribe, given it leaves the Pokémon Center (still injured) to save them from Team Rocket.
* ThisIsSomethingHesGotToDoHimself: Tracey stops Ash from helping Scyther fight off Team Rocket, saying that Scyther needs to prove to itself that it can defeat them and protect the tribe.
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!!Supporting Cast
!!!Introduced in Kanto

[[folder:Professor Samuel Oak (Dr. Yukinari Okido)]]
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->'''Voiced in Japanese by:''' Creator/UnshoIshizuka ([=EP001=] to [=SM043=]), Creator/KenyuHoriuchi ([=SM091=] to present)
->'''Voiced in English by:''' Stuart Zagnit (4Kids), [[Creator/JimmyZoppi Carter Cathcart]] (current)
->'''Voiced in Latin American Spanish by:''' Hugo Navarrete, Arturo Castañeda (as "Sam" in Movie 4)
-> '''Voiced in European Spanish by:''' Roberto Encinas
->'''Voiced in European French by:''' Jean-Marc Delhausse, Georges Caudron (Movie ''Pokémon 4Ever'')

Professor Oak comes from Pallet Town. He is Gary Oak's grandfather and gave Pikachu to Ash as a last resort after he woke up late to take one of the other three starters. His status as a semi-main character means that he shows up the most out of all the professors in the
series.
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* AscendedExtra: In the games, he just gives the PlayerCharacter their started Pokémon, the Pokédex, and some Poké Balls to start catching and sends them off. That's all done in the first episode of the anime, then he keeps showing up, either to provide information to Ash or taking care of Bill's function in the games, keeping any Pokémon at his lab that Ash doesn't need at the moment and sending them to him if he gives him a call.
* BunnyEarsLawyer: He's a bit eccentric and has a child-like sense of wonder when it comes to Pokémon, but he's still a well-respected professor in his field.
* ButtMonkey: Somewhat. He seems to always get attacked by the Pokémon he looks after. He got attacked by Ash's (then) Aipom, his Bayleef, his Meltan, and throughout the Japanese version's segments, he is perpetually attacked by his sample Pokémon, even normally tranquil ones like a Sylveon turn vicious when he gets too close. Even Pokémon that ''do'' like Oak's affection, he wishes they didn't, particularly Muk.
** Especially pronounced in the ''Professor Oak's Big Pokémon Examination'' post-episode segments, where he's often attacked by the Pokémon being shown.
* CharacterizationMarchesOn: In the first episode, he was a bit of a grumpy DeadpanSnarker and he was visibly annoyed with Ash who came too late to get his first Pokémon. Later on, he would become an eccentric NiceGuy with a warm, almost fatherly relationship with Ash.
* CoolOldGuy: He gets very excited whenever he meets new Pokémon and he is a very passionate scientist. He also has some cool Pokémon, such as Dragonite and Rotom.
* ADayInTheLimelight: [[spoiler:His younger self stars as a principal character in ''Anime/Pokemon4Ever''. However, it is not revealed to the audience that they're the same person until the very end of the movie.]]
* DependingOnTheWriter: In the main anime itself, he's beloved and respected by most Pokémon, who show as much succinct loyalty to him as their trainers. In his podcast segments however, not a single one will hesitate to [[DisproportionateRetribution brutally assault him]] as he [[HatesBeingTouched tries to inspect them]] in his lectures. He must borrow a very grouchy sample roster.
* FriendToAllLivingThings: One way or another, he'll find a way to get on a Pokémon's good side. Except in his end-of-episode segments....
* GentlemanAndAScholar: Besides being one of the leading experts on Pokémon, he's also a world-renowned poet.
* TheHyena: His Rotom laughs at all the AmusingInjuries he suffers in later Pokémon segments.
* IronButtMonkey: In the Japanese version, Oak would often have a short segment at the end of an episode demonstrating a certain quality or attack that Pokémon can execute. It usually always ends up being used on him. He's been burned, electrocuted, frozen, punched, bitten, and flung across the room more times than you can count.
* LooseCanon: In the ''Mastermind of Mirage Pokémon'' special, he was shown to have a Dragonite. It is unclear, however, if said special--and hence Oak's Dragonite as well-- is canon to the main anime.
* MissionControl: Most of Ash's Pokémon are just a phone call away courtesy of him. He also plays a straighter example in ''{{Anime/Pokemon 3}}''.
* NiceGuy: Oak is friendly to Pokémon and humans, something that becomes a standard characteristic for future professors.
* NoSenseOfPersonalSpace: A recurrent gag is him getting too up close and personal inspecting a Pokemon, and getting maimed for agitating them. Even with the ones that don't mind his affection like Growlithe and Raichu, he often forgets that a Pokemon [[DoesNotKnowHisOwnStrength doesn't have to be harmful on purpose]].
* OutOfFocus: After making semi-frequent appearances in all previous series, he was mostly absent in ''XY'', only appearing via video call in the third and very last episodes. Since ''Sun & Moon'', he's returned to his previous recurring character status.
* TheProfessor: The most prominent one of the entire franchise and the most famous Pokémon professor of the ''entire world''.
* ThrowTheDogABone: A rare handful of his Pokemon segments end with nothing bad happening to him. In the Slowpoke segment for example, the Slowpoke doesn't retaliate due to being, well, [[TheDitz Slowpoke]], while the Squirtle segment ends with Squirtle preventing his lab setting on fire. The Clefable segment is unironically heartwarming, with the Clefable happily sharing riceballs with the professor.
* ShipTease: With Delia. In ''Theatre/PokemonLive'', Ash asks Professor Oak not to bring his [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything mother home too late.]] As a result, he's one of the more frequent fan guesses for the identity of Ash's father (next to [[LukeIAmYourFather Giovanni]], of course).
* SignatureMon: He caught a Rotom in "To Catch a Rotom!", which his only known Pokémon he has in the present time. During the ''XY'' series, Rotom serves as Oak's assistant in the Professor Oak's Pokémon Holo Caster segments in Japan, often laughing at Oak's misfortune when he gets attacked by Pokémon.
* YankTheDogsChain: In his Pokemon segments. Even the rare times the Pokemon ''likes'' the attention and co-operates with his instructions, they will often still end up injuring him by accident. Pikachu, Raichu, Charmander, and Growlithe's segments for example.
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[[folder:Gary Oak (Shigeru Ookido)]]
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->'''Voiced in Japanese by:''' Creator/YukoKobayashi
->'''Voiced in English by:''' Creator/JimmyZoppi
->'''Voiced in Latin American Spanish by''': Gerardo Del Valle (Original Series and Journeys), Creator/VictorUgarte (Chronicles), Ricardo Bautista (Advance Generation and two episodes of Diamond & Pearl), Creator/BenjaminRivera (One episode of Diamond & Pearl), Noé Velásquez (One Episode of Diamond & Pearl)
-> '''Voiced in European Spanish by:''' Jesús Pinillos
->'''Voiced in European French by:''' Lionel Bourguet

Ash's first rival when he started off as a Pokémon trainer, and the grandson of Professor Oak. Gary and Ash were childhood friends whose relationship soured at some point prior to them leaving home. Gary would often take any chance to insult Ash when they met up, rubbing in his face all the ways he was succeeding better than Ash. But after Ash finally defeated Gary, Gary realized that being a trainer wasn't really his calling and decided to follow in his grandpa's footsteps to become a Pokémon professor. Following Gary retiring as a trainer, he and Ash have mended their old friendship, regarding each other mostly positively whenever their paths cross.
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* AbortedArc: Gary [[spoiler:capturing Regidrago]] was clearly meant to lead into some kind of encounter with [[spoiler:Dynamax Regigigas]], as indicated by the intro and the ending of [=JN113=], but this event is never followed up on, presumably due to time constraints with the series.
* TheAce:
** Gary seems to be pretty much be the best at what he does, claiming to be the top trainer out of the four who left Pallet Town in episode 1, and was always at least two steps ahead of [[TheHero Ash]]. He even had time to go on a vacation because he had obtained ''two more badges than necessary'' to enter the League tournament ''before'' Ash had reached the minimum quota. That said, it ultimately ends subverted once he and Ash finally get matched up in the Johto League, with Ash proving himself the superior trainer by winning a long, arduous battle.
** His status returns in ''Journeys'', however, where he dominates his Project Mew competition and collects by far the most tokens of any challenger. Similar to his situation in Kanto, he secures himself a Chaser position by collecting a whopping 12 Project Mew tokens, then collects ''another'' 3 with Goh just for the sake of it.
* AdaptationalNameChange: Unlike the likes of Misty, Brock, May, Dawn, etc. who are both modelled after Pokémon game characters and share their {{Canon Name}}s, Gary is based on the rival character from the first generation of Pokémon, but that character's CanonName in media is Blue (Green in Japan), while Gary himself was given an original name. Ironically, due to Gary being nearly identical to Blue and arguably the more well-known character in comparison, contrasting with Ash who is based on the first playable character, Red, but is easily distinguishable from him, many fans refer to ''Blue'' by the name Gary, even though they are not the same character.
* AdaptationDyeJob: Gary has green eyes while his game counterpart, Blue, has brown eyes. Also, Gary has much darker hair than Blue. As of ''Journeys'' Gary's eye and hair color have been converted to closer match his game counterpart. Gary does, however, have arrow shaped eyebrows which have always been unique only to him.
* AdaptationalWimp: His game counterpart, Green/Blue, became the Champion of Kanto after he defeated the Elite 4. Here he never quite gets close to either feat and retires from training to be a researcher after the Silver Conference.
* AffectionateNickname: While it started out far more belittling in nature, Gary referring to Ash as "Ashy-boy" (''Satoshi-kun'' in Japanese) seems to have taken on this status after his relationship with Ash lost its antagonism.
* AgeLift: When Gary's cheerleaders appear in "Recap/PokemonS1E18BeautyAndTheBeach", they are all substantially taller and curvier than they were in the first episode.
* AllCheeringAllTheTime: Gary is followed around by an entourage of cheerleaders [[{{Squick}} approximately twice his age]]. All they ever do is either cheer him on or cry when he loses a Pokemon battle or something. According to ''Pocket Monsters: The Animation'', they were hired by his great-uncle to follow him around.
* AllGuysWantCheerleaders: Gary is not only constantly surrounded by cheerleaders, in the Japanese version of "Recap/PokemonS1E18BeautyAndTheBeach" he boasts that all six of them are his girlfriends.
* AlwaysSecondBest: Ironically, despite all of his advantages, he is always a rank behind Ash in ''every'' official tournament or competition they've partaken together.
* AlwaysSomeoneBetter: He was initially this to Ash; being one step ahead of him, catching ''far'' more Pokémon, training nearly all of them into elite fighters, smarter strategies, and being more knowledgable of Pokémon in general. This ended when Ash defeated Gary at the Silver Conference; though Gary would occasionally win a friendly battle with Ash post-rivalry whenever he came back from a new region, just to remind Ash to not get too complacent.
* AnimeHair: Although far from being the most extreme example in the series, it's definitely there.
* ArmorPiercingQuestion: After he congratulates Ash for [[spoiler:winning the Coronation Series and becoming the champion]], he asks him how much further he is [[ToBeAMaster to becoming a Pokémon Master]]. This leaves Ash in thought and preparing for his next (offscreen) journey to meet all Pokemon.
* ArtEvolution:
** When we see him after the Battle Frontier, his design matches his game counterpart in ''[=FireRed=]''/''[=LeafGreen=]''. As of ''Journeys'' he's wearing an ensemble identical to his counterpart in ''[=HeartGold=]''/''[=SoulSilver=]''.
** Gary's cheerleaders debut in the first episode as a handful of middle-school {{Pom Pom Girl}}s in standard cheerleader skirts, but when they reappear alongside him in "Recap/PokemonS1E18BeautyAndTheBeach", there are no longer merely three but six of them, and they all have brand-new designs to show off. These new designs would remain for the rest of their appearances--the original designs would be almost forgotten if they hadn't been recorded in [[https://twitter.com/chikoritacheez/status/1251222298843062272?lang=ar-x-fm art]] from ''Literature/PocketMonstersTheAnimation''[[note]]While only three cheerleaders appeared in the first episode, another three have been added to reflect the total of six in later episodes.[[/note]] or if ''Anime/PokemonJourneys'' hadn't featured the cheerleaders in their original designs in a flashback.
* BarrierWarrior: Electivire's Protect.
* BigCreepyCrawlies: His Scizor is a large metallic red mantis.
* BrainyBrunette: Even becomes a Pokémon researcher, [[GenerationXerox just like his grandfather.]]
** And even before that, Gary had such a high knowledge of Pokémon, he barely needed to use his Pokédex to get any info on them, in contrast to Ash who uses his every time he sees a Pokémon, even ones he's'' already'' seen.
* BrainlessBeauty: His fanclub, whose sole existence revolved around fawning attention on him.
* BreakTheHaughty: Being utterly owned by Mewtwo in Viridian City and then not even making it past the preliminary round of the Kanto-region Pokémon league that he and Ash had spent at least a year training for. He gets better, though.
** It was somewhat implied Gary had never lost before, which seems to shape him into a more humble person. BreakTheHaughty indeed.
* BroughtDownToNormal: The Chasers' expedition to Faraway Island in the Project Mew finale renders all technology inoperable, including Poké Balls. Gary in particular has no companion Pokémon, and heavily struggles to accomplish much without them, needing to be saved by Quillon several times and unable to defend himself against wild Pokémon.
* TheBusCameBack:
** After driving off with his cheerleaders following his departure from the Indigo League tournament, Gary vanished from the series for a time. He came back [[SameCharacterButDifferent a changed man]] right as Ash was returning from his trip through the Orange Islands and would go on to be a recurring character for the Johto adventure.
** After being absent for nearly the entirety of ''Advanced Generation'', he returned in the season finale of ''Battle Frontier'' and was a recurring character throughout ''Diamond & Pearl''. He was then [[PutOnABus put back on the bus]] after that season ended.
** After a third absence that lasted 12 years, he finally returns again in ''Pokemon Journeys''. He gets a PromotionToOpeningTitles starting from episode 50 and shows up in episode 68, where he helps set up the Project Mew subplot for Goh. He appears again in episode 71, where he continues his Project Mew work.
** Pokémon-wise, his Arcanine, who was considered Gary's SignatureMon for years until his starter was revealed, makes a return in ''Pokemon Journeys''.
* CarloadOfCoolKids: Gary, his cheerleaders, and their convertible of choice during the original Kanto journey.
* CharacterizationMarchesOn: Downplayed. Despite his sequential BreakTheHaughty experiences at the end of his travels in Kanto, Gary was still pretty egotistical and more than willing to drive around with his posse. His return at the end of the Orange Islands arc was a pretty dramatic sidestep into his more solemn characterization with little explanation to show for it. This lasted until the Silver League Conference saw him return to his old school ways, cheerleaders and all.
* ChildhoodFriends: Being neighbors in Pallet Town, he was this with Ash prior to the incident with the Pokeball. See We Used To Be Friends below.
* CrossdressingVoices: In Japan, Shigeru is voiced by a woman. The English dub averts it by having him be voice by a man.
* CurbStompBattle: He suffers overwhelming losses against Mewtwo in Kanto, then much later [[spoiler:Articuno and Mew]] in ''Journeys''. Despite attacking with multiple Pokémon at once in each of these cases, Gary stands absolutely no chance.
* CurbStompCushion: His Blastoise gets some good hits in against [[spoiler:Moltres]] in [=JN068=], and overall performs better than Ash's Infernape, but ultimately still loses pretty easily.
* ADayInTheLimelight: Got his own episode in ''Pokémon Chronicles.''
* DeadpanSnarker: The "deadpan" part coming in from Johto and onwards.
* DemotedToExtra:
** Gary's been this since the original series ended -- he didn't appear at all in Hoenn (only showing up at the end of ''Advanced Generation''), shows up only four times in Diamond and Pearl ([[CurbStompBattle in two of which he got his ass handed to him by Team Galactic]]), and didn't appear in Unova, Kalos, or Alola.
** Even ''during'' the original series, he suffered from this. Despite being Ash's main rival up till the end of Johto, he scarcely appeared after the Kanto saga ended, only having appeared in about 5 episodes between the end of the Indigo League and the start of the Johto League.
** He contributes very little to the Project Mew finale, in large part due to the fact that he's [[BroughtDownToNormal unable to use any of his Pokémon]]. He gets the least amount of interaction with the other characters, has to be saved multiple times by Quillon, and the only thing he really accomplishes during the two-parter is [[spoiler:distracting Groudon with a bottle of water.]]
%%* DishingOutDirt: Golem, Nidoking, and Nidoqueen.
* DoppelgangerSpin: Umbreon, who knew Double Team as an Eevee.
* DubPersonalityChange: In the original Japanese version, Gary is more of a [[FriendlyRivalry mildly antagonistic rival]] to Ash, and is respected by Ash's companions. The dub amplifies his antagonism and obnoxiousness towards Ash and subsequently has less respect from his peers. [[TruerToTheText This makes him more in-line with his game counterpart, Blue (Green)]].
* DubNameChange: From Ookido Shingeru to Gary Oak.
* EarlyInstallmentCharacterDesignDifference:
** Downplayed with his cheerleaders, whose costume and hair designs were not actually finalized until "Beauty and the Beach".
** His eyes were originally shown to be blue but were later changed to green.
* EasilyForgiven: When Gary becomes much nicer to Ash after the former's loss at the Silver Conference, Ash forgives Gary easily for being such a jerk to him for many episodes.
* ExtraOreDinary: Scizor, Electivire's Iron Tail.
* ElementalPunch: Electivire's Thunder Punch.
* EnergyWeapon: Nidoqueen's Hyper Beam.
* FlatCharacter: Not Gary himself, but his Pokemon don't really have any standout personality traits beyond their loyalty to him. Even the ones that appear more often, like Blastoise, Umbreon, and Electivire, have never received much fleshing out.
* FloralThemeNaming: His full name is a reference to the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quercus_garryana Garry oak]].
* FriendlyEnemy: Has shades of it in the original Japanese version, but it was removed by the English dub until Johto. After losing in the Indigo League and spending some time reflecting on his losses, Gary soon became a full-on friendly rival to Ash, though he still has some of his original snark left to throw.
* GoodCounterpart: Gary's Electivire is a friendly GentleGiant, unlike Paul's who's a BloodKnight PsychoElectro.
* GoodIsNotNice: Initially. He gets better over time though and becomes nicer to Ash and his friends, even teaming up with Ash, Brock, Misty, and Harrison to stop Team Rocket in one episode of the "Master Quest" series.
* GracefulLoser: When he's eliminated from the Indigo League, and Ash confronts him about his loss, Gary takes it surprisingly well, admitting that he's got some room for improvement that he hadn't realized up until that point. His fangirls, however, are [[BrokenTears much more distraught over his loss than he is]].
* GuestStarPartyMember: After a near total absence during ''Advanced Generation'' series, Gary returns in several ''Diamond and Pearl'' series episodes as an unofficial companion for Ash's group. In ''Journeys'', he becomes Goh's main partner in several Project Mew episodes, mostly because Ash himself is too busy with the World Coronation Series to aid Goh's missions.
* HandsomeLech: In Kanto, he traveled with a large group of older girls. That is one pimp pre-teen.
* HeroOfAnotherStory: He's clearly done ''a lot'' off camera, but most of it goes unseen. Lampshaded by him when he meets up with Ash again in ''Journeys'' when he states it'd take a while to recount everything he's done since the last time they saw each other in Sinnoh.
* HornAttack: His Nidoking uses this attack often in the original series.
* InsufferableGenius: While most of the time he's a SmallNameBigEgo who loses his more important battles, he's still quite a competent trainer and is more than happy to show it off. Him gaining ten badges in Kanto and flaunting them to Ash is one of the most (in)famous examples.
* {{Jerkass}}: At the beginning of the series, he is an insufferable jackass who flaunts his [[AlwaysSomeoneBetter superiority over Ash and others]]. Especially Ash. As if it wasn't enough for him to leave Ash in the dust, Gary would often taunt Ash about him being behind whether it be leaving [[KilroyWasHere crude messages on road signs]] or stealing Ash's opportunity to challenge a Gym despite having more than enough badges to enter the League. [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold He gets better from Johto onwards]] thanks to a humiliating defeat at the Indigo League, but this can still pop up.
* JerkassHasAPoint: In spite of his initial cold treatment of Goh, he's correctly able to pinpoint the boy's flaws, most notably during the trial mission against Articuno going sideways because of Goh's inability to work with a team. Goh ends up acknowledging that Gary is correct and the two start treating each other more respectfully as a result.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: He used to be a cocky and arrogant jerk in the original series. But after his defeat at the hands of Ash in the Johto League Silver Conference, he mellow it out as he evolves into a kinder person as he is from Johto and onwards.
* JerkassToOne: Played with in ''Journeys'' where he still treats Ash as a friend and gives a warm greeting to Horace, he still treats Goh the same was he treated Ash in the original series. Something Goh doesn't take too well.
* LargeHam: During his SmallNameBigEgo Kanto days, he never introduced himself with modesty or quietness. He was loud, boastful and would always make sure that you will remember his awesomeness. And he never passed up an opportunity to increase his theatricality;
* MakingASplash: He has a Blastoise and Krabby, with Blastoise being his main powerhouse.
* ManBitesMan: Blastoise uses Bite against Charizard as the latter is lifting it into the air for a Seismic Toss.
* MegatonPunch: Nidoqueen's Mega Punch.
* MindRape: Suffers this at the hands (paws?) of Mewtwo. One wonders if his decision to quit Pokemon training wasn't at least partly influenced by this incident.
* MoralityPet: Umbreon, most likely, seeing as he started to train it at the same time his change of attitude started. (Given the fact that it ''is'' an Umbreon might be a factor, seeing as Eevee evolve into Umbreon when treated well by a trainer.)
* MythologyGag:
** His eyes are [[http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b121/kennykyo/GREENEYES.jpg green]] as either a reference to his game counterparts JPN name (Green), one of the first two games in the series (Red and ''Green''), or both.
** His Umbreon is actually an indirect reference to Red's Espeon in ''[[VideoGame/PokemonGoldAndSilver Gold and Silver]].'' As Ash is the anime incarnation of Red, his hypothetical Eevee would have evolved into an Espeon. Thus it stands to reason that his rival would have the opposing Eeveelution (Umbreon) of Gen II.
** His decision to become a researcher may or may not be in reference to the cut plot from the 1997 beta of Gold Version. Originally set 1 year later, Blue, having suffered a major blow to his pride, mellowed out and decided to become one of Oak's aides.
** His two [[SignatureMon Signature Mons]] Blastoise and Umbreon are a reference to [[VideoGame/PokemonRedAndBlue Pokémon Red and Blue, and Yellow]] respectively.
*** Gary's Blastoise is meant to reflect the rival choosing the type advantage over the player's, Blastoise having the advantage over Ash's Charizard who was his [[TheAce ace Pokémon]] in their match in the Silver Conference.
*** Meanwhile, Gary's Umbreon debuting as an Eevee references how the rival takes the Eevee meant for the player in Pokémon Yellow who instead gets a Pikachu as a starter, just like Ash did. Justified as Pokémon Yellow is supposed to be a homage to the Pokémon anime.
* NamedAfterSomebodyFamous: He's named after Creator/ShigeruMiyamoto in the original Japanese version, in homage to being TheMentor of Satoshi Tajiri.
* NoSell: His Golem is too heavy for Charizard to lift, so no Seismic Toss for Golem.
* OlympusMons: He catches a Regidrago in [=JN113=].
* OurFairiesAreDifferent: In [=JN113=], he's revealed to have a Hatterene. A part Fairy Type that knows Dazzling Gleam.
* OutOfFocus: Even during the original series, Gary's rivalry with Ash received surprisingly little focus overall. They only had ''one'' battle prior to the Johto League, and many of Gary's appearances were only cameos or in filler episodes that did little to develop or build him up as a rival. It only got worse after Kanto, where Gary made even fewer appearances and contributed even less to Ash's growth.
* PaidHarem: He had a gang of cheerleaders supporting him (and in one case, Ash) in Kanto; after losing at the Indigo League and learning humility, he got rid of them, although they returned for his battle with Ash in the Silver Conference.
* PetTheDog: In ''Battle Of The Badge'', Gary's the one who tackles Meowth to prevent him from blowing up the [[ElectricTorture rigged]] platform Ash is standing on during his gym battle against Team Rocket.
* PlayingWithFire: Arcanine and Magmar.
* SpinToDeflectStuff: Gary's Blastoise was an expert in using Rapid Spin to deflect Ash's attacks, like Muk's Sludge Bomb and Bayleef's Razor Leaf.
* SuperSpeed: Arcanine is one of his fastest Pokémon on his team and thus it's Gary's chosen racer in the Extreme Pokémon Race. Despite its tremendous speed, it narrowly lost to Ash's Bayleef who came in first place.
* PoisonousPerson:Has both Nidoking and Nidoqueen --who are part Poison-Type-- in his collection.
* PomPomGirl: For the entirety of the Kanto journey in ''Anime/PokemonTheOriginalSeries'', Gary was attended by half a dozen personal cheerleaders who engaged in AllCheeringAllTheTime. According to ''Literature/PocketMonstersTheAnimation'', his great-uncle (the mayor of Pallet) [[ThePaidForHarem hired them for him]], but since his uncle is not canon to the anime itself, the girls probably lack this justification. They vanished for almost the entire Johto journey, but returned for the long-delayed match between Ash and Gary.
* PsychicPowers: Umbreon knowns the move Psychic in its attack set.
* PunnyName: [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garry_Oak His English name]], funnily enough.
* QuantityVsQuality: Defied. Gary regularly rotated his team in the Silver Conference which Ash knew was going to happen. Even though Gary has a lot of reserves, each of them are powerful in their own right and prove to be an even match against Ash's Pokémon.
* TheReveal: It wasn't until his second match with Ash that we learned he started with Squirtle. None of his main Pokémon were even ''shown'' until episode 63 (when he was shown using Nidoking and Arcanine at the Viridian Gym), though his Krabby made a brief appearance in episode 13, alongside the one Ash had just caught). We did hear at a few points in early episodes that he caught a ''lot'' of Pokémon. Over 200, according to Professor Oak, meaning since there were only 151 kinds in the Kanto saga, he's caught quite a few more of the same species, especially since he had only seen 60 at that point.
* RedOniBlueOni: The blue to Ash's red of the "Original Series", being level-headed and logical while Ash is brash and impulsive.
* TheRival:
** Ash's main rival until the end of the Johto saga. He and Ash are currently providing the page picture for this trope.
** He becomes the main rival for Goh for Project Mew when he makes his return in ''Journeys'', while ironically acting like best buddies with his old rival Ash.
* RoguesGalleryTransplant: In the original series, he's Ash's primary rival. When he returns in ''Journeys'', he's set up as Goh's rival instead as he and Ash have basically buried their old hatchet at the end of Johto.
* SameCharacterButDifferent: Kanto's Gary was a snide braggart who was constantly lording himself and his experiences over Ash while traveling around with a personal cheerleading team in a convertible (while Ash was [[{{Foil}} hoofin' it old-school]]). Johto's Gary was an aloof and stoic wanderer accompanied by only his Pokémon -- Johto's first opening even wrapped him in a distinctive black cloak. This was explained as a result of his surprise loss in the preliminary rounds of the Indigo League, in addition to his previous [[CurbstompBattle curbstomp]] by Mewtwo, which [[BreakTheHaughty severely wounded his pride]] and led to him becoming a more serious, less braggy trainer.
* ShockAndAwe: Electivire is Gary's main Electric-Type Pokémon and fittingly, an upgraded rival to Pikachu as well as a foreshadowment to Paul's Elekid (who would also evolve into Electivire).
* SignatureMon: Umbreon was Gary's most notable Pokémon early on, being the first one Gary used against Ash and making semi-frequent appearances after. After Blastoise is revealed in the Johto League, it took over as Gary's true primary Pokémon (though Umbreon remains one of his most used). Before Umbreon (as an Eevee) appeared, Gary's Arcanine was considered this in numerous anime-related merchandise and games. This is because his Arcanine was one of Gary's first Pokémon shown to be used for battle.
* SoulPower: Umbreon uses the Ghost-Type [[EnergyBall Shadow Ball]].
* SmallNameBigEgo: Really thinks highly of himself in the first season, which only increases the irony over the fact that he loses in the ''preliminaries'' of the Indigo League while Ash gets farther. Played for hilarity when, during the swimsuit contest in the originally-banned BeachEpisode, he actually believes everyone is watching ''him''.
* SpectacularSpinning: Blastoise's Rapid Spin.
* TookALevelInKindness: He becomes considerably nicer to Ash during the Johto Arc, and even moreso during the Sinnoh arc.
* {{Tuckerization}}: His Japanese name, Shigeru, is taken from Creator/ShigeruMiyamoto, who served as a mentor to Creator/SatoshiTajiri.
* TheUnfought: Despite being Ash's rival, the two never battle in the first series, having their first one-on-one battle in the final episode of the Orange Island saga after Ash had returned home. Technically the two don't even a ''full'' battle until the tail-end of the Johto Saga at the Silver Conference.
* UseYourHead: Blastoise's Skull Bash.
* WeUsedToBeFriends: With Ash, before a quarrel involving a broken Pokéball of which they each kept half of. They eventually mend their friendship after the Silver Conference and remained friendly ever since.
* TheWorfEffect:
** Despite being a gifted and highly accomplished Trainer, Gary has a tendency to [[CurbStompBattle lose badly]] to Legendary Pokémon in order to show how powerful they are. He was easily defeated by Mewtwo in the Kanto saga, then proceeded to lose battles against [[spoiler:Moltres, Articuno, and Mew]] in ''Journeys''.
** While Gary was a good trainer back in the day, once he became a Sinnoh researcher he probably didn't train as hard as he used to, leading him to get easily defeated by Saturn and Team Galactic.
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[[folder:Delia Ketchum (Hanako)]]
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->'''Voiced in Japanese by:''' Creator/MasamiToyoshima
->'''Voiced in English by:''' Creator/VeronicaTaylor (4Kids), Creator/SarahNatochenny (current)
->'''Voiced in Latin American Spanish by''': Ana Patricia Anides (Original Series and current), Rebeca Manríquez (Chronicles), Elena Ramírez (Advance Generation and the start of Diamond & Pearl)
-> '''Voiced in European Spanish by:''' Cecilia Santiago (first two episodes), Marisa Marco (Seasons 1-16), Ana Richart (XY Series onwards), Ana Jiménez (Movie ''Pokemon 2000''), Marta García (Movie ''Pokemon 3'')
->'''Voiced in European French by:''' Catherine Conet (Season 1-12, Movies 2-3), Julie Basecqz (Season 14-16), Fabienne Loriaux (Season 19-current)

Ash's always-loving mother. Not much more needs to be said about her. Just let the tropes do the talking.
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* ActionMom: Ash's skill is apparently genetic, given that [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DDXsbhD1Zq4 she's more than able to scrap when she needs to.]]
* AdaptationalModesty: Delia wore a pencil-skirt to just above the knees until her stint as a GuestStarPartyMember in ''Anime/PokemonTheSeriesSunAndMoon'', when her design was updated to give her a longer, fluffier skirt.
* AlternateSelf: She has one regarding the "I Choose You!" Ash of the AlternateContinuity movie trilogy.
* AmazinglyEmbarrassingParents: A RunningGag in the Creator/FourKidsEntertainment {{Dub|Personality Change}}. Delia frequently and loudly reminds Ash to change his you-know-whats. Sometimes his friends are around. Sometimes there's a small crowd. Sometimes it's being filmed on live TV.
* AndTheRest: Delia has been known to do this to ''her own son''. This trope is much less common in later series.
-->'''Delia''': "Oh, Pikachu! It's so good to see you again, [[CutenessProximity oh you're so cute, I could just hug you all day]] -- [[UnusuallyUninterestingSight oh, hi Ash.]]"
* BewareTheNiceOnes: In some ''Chronicles'' episodes, she actually displayed some skill as a trainer. This returns when she makes an appearance in ''Sun and Moon'' and rather fluently uses Ash's Litten to fend off Team Skull (to everyone, even Litten's surprise).
* CharacterizationMarchesOn: Early on she was pretty clueless about Pokémon, but the [[Anime/{{Pokemon 3}} third film]] reveals that she was one of Oak's top students.
* CutenessProximity:
** Makes recurring appearances in ''Sun and Moon'', where she has taken a special fondness for Ash's Litten.
** She also developed a brief RunningGag that whenever Ash would come home she'd make a beeline for Pikachu and belatedly notice Ash was there, too.
* TheDitz: Downplayed, but, early on at least,
** Delia sometimes comes off as slightly dense in terms of Pokémon-related concepts. May lean into GeniusDitz however, since she can actually battle formidably in spite of it.
** At the start of the ''Gold & Silver'' series, when Brock first returns and the story of how he came to be at Ash's home is told, Delia relates that she found him on a walk home from the market with Mimey--as she was walking, she heard a noise, and wandered back in the direction she'd first come to look for it, heard the noise a second time in the other direction, and turned back only to hear the noise again. She and Mimey wound up walking in a circle, hearing the noise over and over again, and [[FailedASpotCheck only belatedly realized that the noises were coming from below]]--because they'd trodden on [[ButtMonkey Brock]], who was lying in the dirt, no less than half a dozen times each.
* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: Was an occasional MsFanservice in the first season (though nowhere near as much as Misty, Jessie, the Joys and the Jennies).
* HappilyMarried: Depending on the medium. In the main series anime she only mentions Ash's father, ''once'', in EP 002, and while her wording and tone about him is positive, little else is shown of their relationship. In side material in its own continuity or BroadStrokes to the anime it is implied she is either no longer in a relationship with him, such as ''Theatre/PokemonLive'', or that while she is still married to him she no longer loves him, as is the case in ''Pocket Monsters The Animation''. [[spoiler:In the AlternateContinuity movie trilogy and the Post-''Journeys'' special episode, it's much more explicit that the two are together and still seeing each other since Ash fondly mentions his father's role in shaping his personality and Delia happy meets up with him to see Ash when he's not busy.]]
* HiddenDepths: She was one of Professor Oak's top students when she was in school. Suddenly having to raise a son all on her own suddenly left no time for schoolwork. Odd episodes she's called into battle display her fluency with Pokémon.
* IdiotHair: More fitting in the original series when Delia was more frequently TheDitz, before she got CharacterizationMarchesOn (i.e. being retconned from fairly ignorant of all things Pokemon into a former student of Professor Oak's and a modestly talented battler). When she isn't displaying her ditz traits, the hair is something of TheArtifact.
* LooseCanon: What Delia does when Ash isn't around isn't clear in the anime, though side material like movies and light novels have implied that she studied Pokemon under Professor Oak and runs a restaurant and hotel formerly operated by her mother, Ash's grandmother.
* MotherhoodIsSuperior: The franchise has spent decades exploring Delia's bond with her son and how much she loves and adores him, especially in later series where the series drops the jokes of Delia focusing on Pikachu before Ash in reunions, while in the main series, Ash's father is left to fleeting references that leave it ambiguous what sort of relationship father and son have.
* TheNicknamer: In ''Sun & Moon''; she nicknames Ash's Rowlet, Rockruff, and Litten "Rowlie", "Rocky" and "Littie".
* NotSoDifferentRemark: It's shown in [=SM024=] that Ash and his mother are actually quite similar. In addition to their dorky moments, Ash's classmates point out that they're both kind-hearted people who do everything they can to help others.
* SignificantDoubleCasting: Majority of dubs have her share Ash's voice actress.
* TeamMom: Treats Ash's friends like her own children. When Ash and Misty returned to Kanto after the Orange Islands saga, they found that Delia had found a {{Heroic BSOD}}-inflicted Brock and was letting him stay at the Ketchum house while she nursed him back to health.
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[[folder:Officer Jenny (Junsar)]]
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->'''Voiced in Japanese by:''' Creator/ChinamiNishimura
->'''Voiced in English by:''' Lee Quick (Original series to Advanced Generation, episode 65), Jamie Davyous Owens (Advanced Generation, episodes 119-142), Kayzie Rogers (The Mastermind of Mirage Pokémon), Maya Rosewood (Advanced Generation, episode 155), Emily Williams (Advanced Generation, episode 188 to Diamond and Pearl, episode 166) and Creator/EmilyJenness (Anime/MewtwoStrikesBackEvolution; ''Journeys'')
->'''Voiced in Latin American Spanish by''': Mayra Arellano (Seasons 1-6, 13-16), Creator/EricaEdwards (Season 7 and Chronicles), Creator/CristinaHernandez (seasons 8-11), Betzabe Jara (Season 12), Claudia Contreras (season 17-current), Ana María Grey (Season 1, only in three episodes)
-> '''Voiced in European Spanish by:''' Valle Acebrón (Seasons 1-5[[note]]until episode 236)[[/note]], Creator/IsachaMengibar (Seasons 5[[note]]starting from episode 267[[/note]]-13, ''Pokemon: The Arceus Chronicles''), Beatriz Berciano (BW Series), Silvia Sarmentera (XY Series), Unknown voice actress (S&M Series), Beatriz Llaneza Mielgo (Journeys Series)

If there's a town with any semblance of law enforcement, then Officer Jenny will be there. They tend to use Pokémon that help in police work, such as Growlithe, Herdier or other police dog stand-ins.

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!!!The numerous Jennys out there exhibit the following tropes:
* ArtEvolution: Officer Jenny got a complete makeover in the Unova region. She went from having shoulder-length hair and a blue uniform to [[https://archives.bulbagarden.net/media/upload/1/1e/Officer_Jenny_BW.png grass-green short cropped hair with a beige uniform in Unova]]. Kalosian Jennys have [[https://archives.bulbagarden.net/media/upload/8/83/Officer_Jenny_XY.png wavy hair tied in a low ponytail, though the uniforms are back to blue.]]
* BetweenMyLegs: The shot used when a Jenny first appears in ''Best Wishes'' episode 38.
* BusmansHoliday: Viridian Officer Jenny pops up in Eterna City on her day off, right around the same time that a major heist has occurred.
* CanineCompanion: The most common Pokemon used by them are the regional dog of whatever region they're in, especially Growlithe, who acts like a police dog. The ones in Kalos use Electrike, and the ones in Unova use Herdier, since Growlithe aren't found in those places.
* CanonImmigrant: Officer Jenny appears in ''VideoGame/PokemonYellow'' in Vermilion City looking for a tough trainer to raise a rowdy Squirtle.
* CombatPragmatist: The Jenny in "A Poached Ego", where she instantly beats the poacher Rico by quickly stealing the Poké Ball containing his ace, Tyranitar. In fairness, [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown what he had it do to Team Rocket]] (both Pokémon ''and trainers'') was more than enough to warrant this resort.
* CowboyCop: One particular Jenny enjoys taking down criminals with her [[ImprobableWeaponUser bowling skills.]]
* DubNameChange: Named Mara in the European Spanish dub.
* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: Not only did the Jenny attire change throughout later regions, but their default personalities tend to be rather serious and humorless, compared to early episodes where they tended to be [[PluckyGirl more energetic and hammy]].
* FairCop: All of them. There's a reason why Brock likes them so much. She certainly is attractive.
* GenderEqualsBreed: Ash and Co. once met a Luxray trainer named Marble, a young Jenny. As with Joy, this indicates that men have no impact on genetics in the family.
* ImprobableWeaponUser: "Stealing the Conversation", where one Jenny stopped criminals with a bowling ball.
* InexplicablyIdenticalIndividuals: Former co-TropeNamer. All Jennys look exactly alike, but each Jenny is told apart by the insignia on their hat, representing the town they're from. Brock can tell them apart by other details, such as the length of their skirt.
* KickingAssInAllHerFinery: Prior to the Unova seasons, Officer Jennys wore heels. Not exactly practical (or even comfortable) footwear to have in law enforcement, but they still manage. It's completely averted come ''XY'', where Jennys were re-designed with more practical police attire.
* PhraseCatcher: A RunningGag with new main characters (and Ash in Unova) is that they would always mistake the second Jenny they meet on their journey with the first one. When Serena does it with the Kalos Jenny, Ash remarks, in deadpan, [[LampshadeHanging "I knew it..."]]
* PoorPredictableRock: Most Jennys use the same Pokémon in a given region, though there are exceptions like Luxray and Gastly.
* PoliceAreUseless: Played with, as while the Jennys ''do'' try to help Ash and friends, it's usually the latter who [[TheMainCharactersDoEverything play the key part in saving the day.]]
** Played completely straight, however, by the Eterna City Jenny from "A Secret Sphere of Influence", who arrests Nando for supposedly stealing the Adamant Orb and flatly refuses to believe that anyone else could have done it. When presented with a photograph of a Sunflora (actually Meowth disgused as one) stealing the Orb, she declares that it's all the proof she needs. Despite everyone else in the room pointing out that Nando probably isn't the only person in the museum who has a Sunflora, she remains convinced that she's right and spends the entire episode interrogating him instead of searching for the stolen Orb and/or other suspects, forcing the main characters to hunt Team Rocket down and get it back.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Most of them, but especially the Jennys in "Pokémon Emergency!" and "Spinarak Attack". In the case of the former, she shows Ash how to use his Pokédex as an ID and gives him a free ride to the Pokémon Center when she sees that Pikachu is badly injured and urgently needs medical care.
* SignatureMon: All Officer Jennys have a Pokémon companion by their side, usually a CanineCompanion:
** In Kanto, Johto, Hoenn, and Sinnoh, Officer Jennys have Growlith.
** In Unova, Officer Jennys either have a Herdier or Swanna, though it's not clear which one is more preferred.
** In Kalos, Officer Jennys have Electrike.
** In Alola, Officer Jennys have Gumshoos.
* SmellySkunk: There was one in Sinnoh who used a Stunky.
* TheWorfEffect: Prone to being overpowered by the current threat to make Ash's team relevant. They sometimes get to pull a BigDamnHeroes to maintain their competence however.
* ZergRush: The Eterna City Jenny uses this technique with a crapload of other officers to corner Nando in "A Secret Sphere of Influence".
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[[folder:Nurse Joy]]
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->'''Voiced in Japanese by:''' Creator/AyakoShiraishi, Creator/KikukoInoue, Creator/YurikoYamaguchi and Creator/KeiShindou
->'''Voiced in English by:''' Creator/MeganHollingshead (Original series to Advanced Generation, episode 42; returned in ''Journeys''), Creator/EricaSchroeder (Advanced Generation, episodes 49 to 144, plus cameo appearance in Black and White, episode 127), Creator/MicheleKnotz (Advanced Generation, episode 151 to Diamond and Pearl, episode 190) and Creator/AlysonLeighRosenfeld (Anime/MewtwoStrikesBackEvolution)
->'''Voiced in Latin American Spanish by''': Creator/MildredBarrera
-> '''Voiced in European Spanish by:''' Creator/IsachaMengibar (Episodes 002-014), Pilar Martín (OG Series[[note]]From episode 020 onwards[[/note]]-DP Series, Movies 1-13, Movie 20, Movie 22, Pokémon Chronicles, The Mastermind of Mirage Pokémon), Sara Heras (BW Series, Movies 15-16), Desirée Álvarez (XY Series[[note]]Until episode 049[[/note]]), Sara Polo (XY Series[[note]]From episode 051 onwards[[/note]]), Yolanda Portillo (S&M Series[[note]]Until episode 102[[/note]]), Elena Palacios (S&M Series EP 068), Laura Barriga (S&M Series EP 103 onwards)

Much like Officer Jenny, Nurse Joy is found anywhere that has a Pokémon center. Their partner Pokémon tend to be ones with healing abilities, like Chansey, Audino and others.
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!!!The numerous Joys found around the world exhibit the following tropes:
* AdaptationalBadass: In the novelization, she's a fully licensed nurse.
* AmbiguouslyBrown: One Joy in the Orange Islands who's known to travel by rowboat to tend to Pokémon in need has a much darker skin tone than the other Joys. It's not clear if her darker skin is genetic or just a tan from her spending so much time outdoors in a tropical archipelago.
* ArtEvolution: Along with Jenny above, Nurse Joy also underwent a makeover for the Unova region. [[https://cdn.bulbagarden.net/upload/3/3d/Nurse_Joy_BW.png The bangs of her hair were parted, giving her an overall much younger appearance.]] She also no longer wears a white apron. In Kalos, [[https://cdn.bulbagarden.net/upload/c/cf/Nurse_Joy_XY.png the pigtails are slightly raised.]] Alolan Joys have [[https://cdn.bulbagarden.net/upload/9/9f/Nurse_Joy_anime_SM.png a single, large pigtail, and their uniforms are pink and white with a stripe down the center.]]
* BerserkButton: All Nurse Joys don't like it when Trainers use their Pokémon to fight for anything other than official battles or in capturing Pokémon, especially petty fights.
* BewareTheNiceOnes: Joys can be quite stern and strict when it comes to the health of both Pokémon and their Trainers, one in Maiden's Peak was quite concerned about Ash and Misty not missing curfew, as children need their sleep, and can give quite a talking to towards trainers she believes are mistreating their Pokémon.
* {{Brainwashed}}: One Joy was turned into Mewtwo's servant in ''Mewtwo Strikes Back'', later freed from his control when she was no longer useful.
* CanonImmigrant:
** Nurse Joy appears in every pokémon center in ''VideoGame/PokemonYellow'' with a Chansey by her side. In fact, her design had such a dramatic effect on pokémon center nurses for generations to come it would not be inaccurate to say she appears in later games, too.
** While not referenced by name, the Pokémon Center nurse in ''VideoGame/PokemonXAndY'' is Nurse Joy, sporting her Kalos design. Since the games have only been sprites up until now, adding 3D model characters into the game allows the games to start adapting the anime characters, if for nothing more than their character designs.
* TheColoredCross: Many a Nurse Joy and their occasional Chansey assistants will have a variety of colored crosses or Pokeball symbols in their caps, although in earlier episodes, they would have the standard red crosses.
* DeadlyDoctor: One particular Joy near the end of the Battle Frontier arc kicked Ash's ass in a battle with Chansey, then routinely rushed his Corphish to be healed.
* FriendToAllLivingThings: Well, she ''is'' a nurse, so it's her job to take care of them.
* GenderEqualsBreed: More recent episodes have shown children Joys named Marnie and Paige, who look exactly the same as their mother. The father looks nothing like the rest of the family. This also implies that Joy is the surname.
* HeroicBSOD: The grief-stricken Joy in "One Big Happiny Family!" is suffering from one because nobody visits the Pokémon Center she works at anymore.
* HospitalHottie: Makes one go ''Brock'' over them.
* ImprobableAge: The Creator/TakeshiShudo-authored novelization states her to be less than twenty.
* InexplicablyIdenticalIndividuals: The other former Co-TropeNamer. Every Joy in the world is pretty much identical to each other. Any exceptions are usually due to outside circumstances such as spending more time in the sun or getting more exercise, such as one of the Orange Islands Joys. The only way to tell them apart is by the color of the cross on their hats, which will range through every color except red, due to the Red Cross being an internationally protected symbol. Brock can tell them apart without that fact, and in fact can tell when someone is only pretending to be Joy (he doesn't go crazy over them).
** In Alola, the uniforms are color-coded to the islands. The uniforms that Ash and the gang wear have a yellow clasp (yellow being Melemele's color), but the Nurse Joy who came to their aid had a pink one and is revealed at the end to be the local Nurse Joy's sister who works on Akala Island.
* TheMedic: She is more a doctor than a nurse.
* MusclesAreMeaningless: One of the dark-skinned Joys mentioned above also has super-strength. You wouldn't know it by looking at her. She is, however, commented on as being more muscular than the other Joys.
%%* PhraseCatcher: Similar to Jenny's entry above.
* PinkMeansFeminine: Almost all of them wear pink dresses as part of their uniforms.
* RoseHairedSweetie: Most Joys have pink hair and most Joys have a kind disposition.
* SignatureMon: All Nurse Joys have a companion Pokémon serving a nurse assistant. The companion Pokémon's species differs depending on the region:
** In Kanto, Johto, Hoenn, and Sinnoh, Nurse Joys have Chansey and, on rare occasions, Blissey.
** In Unova, Nurse Joys have Audino.
** In Kalos, Nurse Joys have Wigglytuff.
** In Alola, Nurse Joys have Comfey and Blissey.
** In Galar, Nurse Joys have Indeedee.
* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: The GirlyGirl to Officer Jenny's {{Tomboy}}.
* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: There's one Joy during the Johto arc with a fear of Water-type Pokémon.
* YamatoNadeshiko: Joys have the 'gentle inner iron' thing going for them and then there's the [[Creator/KikukoInoue voice...]]
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[[folder:Aya]]
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->'''Voiced in Japanese by:''' Creator/EmiShinohara
->'''Voiced in English by:''' Creator/LisaOrtiz
->'''Voiced in Latin American Spanish''': Ishtar Sáenz (first appearance), Cynthia Alfonzo (second appearance)
-> '''Voiced in European Spanish by:''' Licia Alonso

Aya is a ninja and a Trainer who specializes in Poison-type Pokémon. She's the younger sister of Koga, the Fuchsia City Gym Leader.
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* BigCreepyCrawlies: She has a Venonat.
* TheBusCameBack: She reappeared in [=EP176=], studying at the Pokémon Jujitsu Academy near Ecruteak City.
* CanonForeigner: She is an anime-exclusive character as Koga isn't known to have a younger sister in the games. However, Koga does have a daughter named Janine in games, whom shares many similar traits to Aya, namely being raised by Koga as a ninja warrior.
* HighlyVisibleNinja: In her first appearance, she wears a bright pink outfit. Lampshaded by Misty, who points out that such a getup is far from stealthy. She also wears mostly red in her second appearance.
* SignatureMon: Venonat is her Pokémon partner, appearing with her in both of her two episodes.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Todd Snap (Toru)]]
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->'''Voiced in Japanese by:''' Creator/KappeiYamaguchi
->'''Voiced in English by:''' Creator/JimmyZoppi
->'''Voiced in Latin American Spanish''': Creator/VictorUgarte
-> '''Voiced in European Spanish by:''' Alicia Sainz de la Maza (first appearance), Amelia Jara (second appearance)

An enthusiastic Pokémon photographer, Todd Snap loves taking photos of Pokémon in their natural habitat and learns from Ash how to properly understand their feelings. In his first appearance, he tries to catch a photo of Pikachu after misunderstanding Team Rocket's request to "catch" Pikachu. He becomes a travelling companion to Ash, Misty and Brock for a short while before departing to explore Kanto's mountain region. He reunites with his friends in Johto, trying to snap Articuno whilst accompanied by Jigglypuff. He is fittingly the star of ''VideoGame/PokemonSnap''.
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* AwesomePersonnelCarrier: Professor Oak gives the Zero One multipurpose vehicle to Todd in ''VideoGame/PokemonSnap''. The vehicle can go on land via railway tracks, can travel down rivers, and fly using rocket boosters.
* TheBusCameBack: For a second 3-parter during the Johto saga.
* CameraFiend: As a photographer, he always like to shoot photos.
* ChekhovsSkill: His skills in photography (and camera) proved vital in gathering evidence against Cassidy and Butch, bringing their breeding center scheme crashing down.
* FamedInStory: Earned a lot of accolades for photographing a live Aerodactyl.
* GuestStarPartyMember: He travels with Ash's group for a couple of episodes.
* NonActionGuy: He is not a trainer.
* RunningGag: Todd takes photos at the most inappropriate moments.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Jessebelle (Rumika)]]
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->'''Voiced in Japanese by:''' Music/MegumiHayashibara
->'''Voiced in English by:''' Creator/RachaelLillis (4kids), Creator/MicheleKnotz (TPCI)
->'''Voiced in Latin American Spanish by:''' Elena Ramírez (Original Series), Creator/DianaPerez (Diamond & Pearl episode 2), Rebeca Gómez (Diamond & Pearl episode 153)
-> '''Voiced in European Spanish by:''' Amparo Valencia
->'''Voiced in European French by:''' Catherine Conet

James' somewhat abusive fiancee chosen by his parents.
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* AbhorrentAdmirer: To James. He initially found her quite attractive, but she became this when he realized how rigid, abusive and psychotic she was. She and James' parents still expects that she'll marry him, but he'd rather be with Jessie.
* AndNowYouMustMarryMe: Her goal is to marry James by any means necessary.
* TheBaroness: Jessebelle is well-trained in the use of a whip, and she uses it in conjunction with her Vileplume's Stun Spore to simultaneously paralyze targets and whip them into submission.
* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: Her latest appearance was [=DP153=], which is 571 episodes between her first appearance in the anime and this one (not counting DP 002 of course).
* CreepyChild: Even in her youth, she tried to control James. It's heavily implied that she already began abusing and manipulating James as a child. His remark after she tried to hit him with a whip and paralyze him is "This is just like last time!".
* DoubleStandardAbuseFemaleOnMale: Jessebelle is shown as shockingly violent towards James, paralyzing him with her Vileplume and [[WhipOfDominance beating him with a whip.]] James is not happy about it, but mostly complains about how controlling she is, and his parents seems to think it's great. There is a lot of slapstick comedy in Pokemon in general, but they certainly have never portrayed James smacking a woman around like Jessebelle is shown smacking him around. [[SubvertedTrope On the other hand, everyone except James' parents and their butler think Jessebelle is horrible.]]
* DressedLikeADominatrix: Played down for the young audience, but after luring James and company down to the family's torture dungeon, Jessebelle appears in the foxhunting costume of RealLife English nobility, plus a whip and thigh-high boots.
* EvilCounterpart: While Jessie isn't a hero, Jessebelle is certainly a more evil version of her. She's Jessie without any standards or redeeming qualities.
* EvilRedhead: She is an arrogant, abusive psycho with red hair who ''enjoys'' tormenting her poor fiance.
* FieryRedhead: Much like Jessie, she's loud and temperamental.
* GoldDigger: Possibly the reason she wants to marry James is for his family's money. Zigzagged since she herself is very wealthy and has access to an army of servants.
* GreenThumb: Owns a Vileplume, her only known Pokémon, which knows Stun Spore and Solar Beam to catch James.
* HayseedName: Of the Southern belle variety.
* HighClassFan: She's sometimes seen hiding her face behind a fan, even when she was a child.
* ICanChangeMyBeloved: She is determined to marry James and turn him into her idea of a "proper" gentleman.
* IdenticalStranger: She looks almost exactly like Jessie, except for the ringlets and slight differences in hair and eye color.
* LikeParentLikeSpouse: Jessebelle, James's [[DownplayedTrope fiancée]], has similar features to James's mother.
* MeaningfulName: A double-layered and doubly fitting one. Jessebelle is a SouthernBelle version of Jessie, but her name is also a clever wordplay on the old-fashioned idiom ''Jezebel'', meaning an evil, scheming woman, taken from the name of the unjust and domineering Queen Jezebel from Literature/TheBible.
* MirrorCharacter: She's very similar to Jessie, essentially a dark(er) reflection of her. Essentially, she shows what Jessie could be if she had no moral restraint.
* OjouRinglets: Three very large ones, two on the sides and one in back.
* RichBitch: She is a very wealthy and despicable person.
* ShadowArchetype: Jessie of Team Rocket tends to overwhelm James and Meowth with raw force of personality just to get her way, but Jessebelle dials that tendency up to eleven by wanting to completely reshape others to suit her liking.
* SignatureMon: Jessebelle's main Pokémon partner is Vileplume, whom she raised since it was an Oddish. She uses Vileplume to hinder James' attempt to escape, and its Grass/Poison-type is the perfect antithesis to James' [[PlayingWithFire Growlie]], highlighting the couple's incompatibility.
* SouthernBelle: The English dub adds a Southern accent and HayseedName to her wealthy background, appearance, style of dress and fixation on proper behavior to cast her as one of these.
* WhipOfDominance: On her debut episode, she uses a whip while trying to forcibly (and violently) make him act like a proper gentleman, further illustrating her ridiculously controlling nature.
* {{Yandere}}: Of the non-murderous type, although she is willing to hurt James into obeying her.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Duplica (Imite)]]
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->'''Voiced in Japanese by:''' Orine Fukushima
->'''Voiced in English by:''' Creator/MeganHollingshead
->'''Voiced in Latin American Spanish by''': Mayra Arellano
-> '''Voiced in European Spanish by:''' Sandra Jara (EP 037), Cristina Yuste (EP 174)

A girl who manages her own theater, putting on performances for any travelers who happen to stop by.
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* AscendedExtra: Kind of. While she only made two anime appearances, she showed up in the game ''Pokémon Zany Cards'' and the manga ''Manga/TheElectricTaleOfPikachu.''
* BigOlEyebrows: At least as far as the Pokémon art style goes, she has more more prominent eyebrows than the females of the show usually do.
* TheBusCameBack: Duplica was upgraded from OneShotCharacter to RecurringCharacter in [=EP174=], where she got [[DownplayedTrope a second appearance]] during the gang's journeys in Johto for another episode featuring Ditto.
* CanonImmigrant: Downplayed with her Ditto. While the episode indicates Ditto's inability to properly disguise its face is a flaw in its transformation ability, the franchise has since adopted the untransformed face as the signature indicator of all transformed Ditto.
* ChangingClothesIsAFreeAction: She can swap costumes at the drop of a hat.
* CostumeCopycat: She has a gigantic room filled with clothes that add to her impressions.
* DittoFighter: She owns two Ditto. One is a regular one, the other is a tiny one named Mini-Dit that can transform into a tiny version of any Pokémon.
* {{Expy}}: Duplica is for all intents and purposes a {{Retool}} of Copycat from ''VideoGame/PokemonRedAndBlue''. In turn, Duplica may have influenced Copycat, who is a generic {{NPC}} in the games [[https://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Copycat_(Expedition_138) but is often depicted with green pigtails]].
* MeaningfulName: "Imite" comes from "imitate," and "Duplica" comes from "duplicate".
* MinorLivingAlone: Her parents are never seen and she seems to run the theatre where she lives all by herself.
* MorphicResonance: A problem with her first Ditto was that it couldn't Transform into Pokémon properly due to still having the same Ditto face when it transformed (which ironically Jessie fixed by ''threatening'' it). Another Ditto could render a perfect transformation...except for its size, which she demonstrated by having it transform into a tiny Onix.
* SignatureMon: Ditto, of course. More specifically, the Ditto who initially cannot change its default face, [[PlanetOfCopyhats which ironically became the defining trait of Ditto in other media]], even though Duplicate herself states it's only this Ditto that has this issue. The other Ditto she has, Mini-Dit, is not as iconic even though it has the unique quirk of perfect transformation minus size.
* VoiceChangeling: She's able to perfectly imitate the voices of others.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:The Magikarp Salesman]]
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->'''Voiced in Japanese by:''' Creator/UnshoIshizuka
->'''Voiced in English by:''' Creator/EricStuart (Original series to Ruby & Sapphire), David Lapkin (Diamond & Pearl), Creator/TomWayland (Black & White)
->'''Voiced in Latin American Spanish by:''' Carlos Enrique Bonilla ([=EP015=]), Creator/CarlosInigo ([=EP146=]), Hugo Navarrete ([=EP201=]), Luis Alfonso Padilla ([=EP261=]), Alejandro Mayén ([=AG079=]). Creator/CesarArias ([=AG084, HS04=]), Enrique Cervantes ([=BW116=])
-> '''Voiced in European Spanish by:''' Manuel Bellido (first appearance), José Escobosa (Episodes 146-261), Eduardo del Hoyo (AG Series-DP Series, Pokemon Chronicles), César Martín (BW Series)

[[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin A salesman who sells Magikarp]] and other useless Pokémon in an attempt to scam his customers, usually Team Rocket.
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* TheBarnum: He shamelessly cons Team Rocket out of their money several times, sometimes with the exact same scam, knowing that they'll fall for his ploy even when they should know better. And when he's not conning Team Rocket, he's out looking for new customers to cheat their money out of. And like P.T. Barnum, he's not above disguising common Pokémon as rare and valuable Pokémon as seen with his schemes in Hoenn.
* DemotedToExtra: Though he made sporadic appearances, the Magikarp Salesman was a prominent character in Team Rocket focused episodes, often serving as the antagonist who swindles money out of them before leaving. After ''Diamond and Pearl'', however, the Magikarp Salesman got demoted as a background character who never again interacted with Team Rocket.
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: He managed to convince Team Rocket to trade their Victreebel for a Weepinbel (''Victreebel's pre-evolved form''). He quickly regrets it when Victreebel shows its usual affection...
* HonestJohnsDealership: All of his products are worthless, yet he keeps scamming people (usually Team Rocket) out of their money.
* KarmaHoudini: He almost always gets away with his schemes, with his biggest loss being Ash's group and Team Rocket exposing his Feebas scam. But even then, he manages slip their grasp and later reappears in future episodes, conning Team Rocket ''again'' out of their money. By the time of ''Journeys'', the Magikarp Salesman's business is still thriving as a market stand in the background.
* NeverNeedsSharpening: In the episode "Ya See We Want An Evolution!", he claims to have obtained an evolution-inducing machine prototype kit from a company that went bankrupt not too long ago. He sells it to Team Rocket on the promise that they can evolve any Pokémon they want, but then warns them to wait for a week after they built the machine. It's all but implied that the reason why the alleged company went bankrupt is because the machine didn't work in the first place.
* NoNameGiven: He is technically an unnamed salesman, with no official name in the anime or even the games. Fans call him the Magikarp Salesman to distinguish him from other salesman con-artists encountered in the series.
* PaymentPlanPitch: He first swindles James with this pitch. He normally charges $100 for just Magikarp, but entices James to pay $300 for the egg-laying set, child care set, and education set bundle. This pisses off Jessie and Meowth because it means that James, who didn't have enough cash on his own, took their hard-earned money to pay for such a ludicrous price.
* RightForTheWrongReasons: Oh, he's right about Magikarp being a valuable Pokémon, but not for the reasons he pitched. [[MagikarpPower Magikarp's true value is that it can evolve into Gyarados]], one of the most powerful and dangerous Pokémon in the world. And [[OhCrap James realizes this too late]].
* SignatureMon: All his Pokémon he offers to sell are worthless or frauds, but he is most infamous with Magikarp scams, hence why he's only known as the Magikarp Salesman.
* SmallRoleBigImpact: He is a fairly minor character, though has cost Team Rocket ''two'' of their Pokemon. He took James' Victreebel in a trade, and accidentally caused the chain of events that got Jessie's Lickitung switched with a certain Wobbuffet.
* SnakeOilSalesman: None of his products are legit, usually disguising Magikarp as rare Pokémon or claiming that Magikarp is actually super strong. He even once gave a faulty mecha to Team Rocket, claiming it was an evolution machine.
* StupidCrooks: He once made the mistake of trying his Golden Magikarp scam at Professor Oak's lab, without bothering to check who lived there first. He has also tried to play the ''exact same'' Magikarp scam on James as the first time they met, lines and all, causing James to remember and turn on him.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Cleavon Schpielbunk (Heat Minamino)]]

->'''Voiced in Japanese by:''' Kobuhei Hayashiya
->'''Voiced in English by:''' Creator/JimmyZoppi
->'''Voiced in Latin American Spanish by''': Enrique Mederos
-> '''Voiced in European Spanish by:''' Juan Lombardero

An award-winning director with an over-the-top personality. While he dreams of fame and fortune, his actual filmography seems to be hit-or-miss.
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* LargeHam: He's very loud, very excitable, and always seems to find a way to be the center of attention.
* NamedAfterSomebodyFamous:
** His Japanese name is a reference to the Japanese comedian and filmmaker Beat Takeshi, real name Takeshi Kitano.
** His English name, meanwhile, is an obvious riff on Creator/StevenSpielberg
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Ritchie (Hiroshi)]]

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->'''Voiced in Japanese by:''' Creator/MinamiTakayama
->'''Voiced in English by:''' [[Creator/TaraSands Tara Jayne]]
->'''Voiced in Latin American Spanish by''': Ana Lobo (Original Series), Manuel Díaz (Chronicles)
-> '''Voiced in European Spanish by:''' Creator/CheloVivares

One of Ash's first rivals in the Indigo League and the first one that Ash would lose to in a league. Ritchie is similar to Ash in appearance but is more grounded and calm by comparison. He later appears in the three-part Lugia arc in Master Quest and would later appear again in Chronicles.
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* BlowYouAway: Happy's Whirlwind.
* BigCreepyCrawlies: Happy (Butterfree) is a giant butterfly.
* TheCameo: He makes a brief appearance during the World Coronation Series arc of ''Journeys'', where he (along with Sparky) witnesses the match between Lance and Diantha.
* ADayInTheLimelight: Had a few episodes to himself in ''Chronicles''.
* DishingOutDirt: Cruise, a Rock, and Ground-type Pupitar. It also knows Sandstorm.
* DoppelgangerSpin: Rose's Double Team.
* {{Fauxshadow}}: Ritchie is not shown competing in the Silver Conference, despite heavy implications that he would be (not only does he reappear for a few episodes in Johto, but he was pictured alongside Gary and Casey in front of the league stadium in one of the openings).
* {{Foil}}: To Ash himself, right down to the similarity of his team. If anything, Ritchie shows himself to be a more positive version of Ash if the latter were less bratty, more grounded, and actually took training seriously. As shown later on in the series with Ash's character through his later journeys, both of them are not that different from each other.
* FriendlyRivalry: With Ash during the Indigo League.
* GuestStarPartyMember: During the three-part Lugia arc in the Whirl Islands.
* HeroOfAnotherStory: Appears in a few episodes of ''Pokémon Chronicles''.
* HumbleHero: Ritchie insists that his Pokemon should get the credit instead of him when thanked for his deeds. He also takes his Indigo League loss ''much'' better than Ash does, causing Ash to realize how immature he was being.
* InformedAbility: According to Brock, he was good enough as a trainer to get through the first four rounds without losing a single Pokémon, but none of his matches were shown.
* LostInTranslation: Ritchie's name doesn't carry the MythologyGag of his original Japanese name Hiroshi.
* MirrorCharacter: Ritchie is a reflection of who Ash would be if he were a little bit more mature and competent. Their Pokemon rosters are very similar (both using a Pikachu, a member of the Charizard line, a Butterfree, a member of the Taillow line and if counting unofficially owned Pokemon, a member of the Larvitar line), they have similar appearances aside from wearing contrasting colors, and they managed to have a very close championship battle. Ritchie confides in Ash that they both ended up underestimating how difficult and competitive winning a Pokemon League can be and they both resolve to learn from their mistakes in order to become better trainers in the long run.
* MythologyGag: Hiroshi is the non-color optional name for the rival in the original Japanese release of ''Pokémon Blue'', for Hiroshi Yamauchi, like Shigeru (Gary's Japanese name, after Shigeru Miyamoto).
* NamedAfterSomebodyFamous: Like Satoshi (Ash) and Shigeru (Gary), [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hiroshi_Yamauchi Hiroshi should ring a bell, especially for old-time Nintendo fans since the 1990s.]]
* NiceGuy: The first of Ash's many Pokemon League rivals. He is the only trainer to help Ash get back the stolen Pokemon. Later when he eventually has to face off against Ash and he doesn't show, he pleads with the referee to wait for Ash when he almost declared him the winner.
* TheNicknamer: Every single one of his Pokémon in his team has a nickname.
* PlayingWithFire: Zippo, a Fire-type Charmeleon.
* RummageFail: So far the only character to put stickers on his Pokéballs to avert this.
* ShockAndAwe: Sparky, an Electric-type Pikachu.
* SignatureMon: Befitting of a MirrorCharacter to Ash, his main Pokémon partner is a Pikachu named Sparky, whom always sits on Ritchie's shoulder just like Ash's, even though Sparky doesn't have a dislike of being in a Poké Ball.
* SimilarSquad: He owns three Pokémon resembling Ash's original team, and he himself is a MirrorCharacter to Ash. ''Chronicles'' reveals he caught a Taillow as well, causing him to {{lampshade|Hanging}} the fact that he and Ash tend to catch many of the same Pokémon. The only Pokémon he has that Ash doesn't is his Pupitar.
* SixthRanger: At the end of the Indigo League arc/season, and during the three-part Lugia arc in Johto.
* TimeTravelEscape: In one episode of ''Pokémon Chronicles'', he goes back in time with help from Celebi to save Nurse Joy's friend Nick and succeeds in not only saving him but a Pokemon Center that was going to be demolished.
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!!!Introduced in Orange Islands

[[folder:Professor Philena Ivy (Dr. Uchikido)]]
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->'''Voiced in Japanese by:''' Creator/KeikoHan
->'''Voiced in English by:''' Creator/KayzieRogers
->'''Voiced in Latin American Spanish by''': Jacqueline Castañeda (Series), Carola Vásquez (Movie 2)
-> '''Voiced in European Spanish by:''' Mayte Tajadura (Series), Gloria Armesto (Movie 2)

Professor Ivy lives in the Orange Islands. She was introduced for little more reason than to give the [[{{MacGuffin}} GS Ball]] to Ash. Brock also stays with her at her lab temporarily and returns traumatized by whatever happened between them. Ivy studies regional differences in Pokémon physiology.
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* TheAce: Ivy seems like the complete package--she's gorgeous, she's brilliant, and she's so good with pokémon that her [[TheBerserker Gyarados]] is as docile as a kitten (apparently she raised all the pokémon on the island, or at least the ones who live near her lab). It's only later that Ash and the gang learns what a GeniusSlob she is.
* ActionGirl: She's introduced riding on a Gyarados with only one hand holding on, disembarking with a giant leap and catching her LabcoatOfScienceAndMedicine in midair after having her assistants throw it to her. Later on she's seen charging into action trying to rescue a Raticate from Vileplume pollen.
* ColdHam: Ivy can act with theatrics (''e.g.'', riding a charging Gyarados and leaping from its head), but she has DrearyHalfLiddedEyes and emotes like a MellowFellow.
* TheDividual: [[ExaggeratedTrope The Trividual]]. Ivy's three assistants Faith, Hope, and Charity not only look identical, they often have the same thoughts at the same time.
* DrearyHalfLiddedEyes: Despite her theatrics, Philena has perpetually sleepy eyes. Perhaps--in addition to all the other things in her lab that have been neglected--she's neglecting her sleep schedule.
* EstablishingCharacterMoment: Ivy in the bay--Ash and friends find the professor being a MotherlyScientist, but when she learns they've arrived, she rides a charging Gyarados towards them and leaps off. One of her assistants throws her a labcoat, which she catches in midair, and the instant she lands she gives the gang a mellow greeting as if it were perfectly normal.
* {{Foil}}: Professor Oak is an man who's too old for most action, Professor Ivy is a young woman who rides around on a Gyarados.
* FluffyTamer: Philena's {{Berserk|er}} {{Sea Serpent|s}} Gyarados is as docile as a kitten when Ivy is giving it a check-up in the bay.
* GeniusSlob: By the time the heroes first meet her, Philena's lab has fallen into complete disrepair--the place is a huge mess and the roof leaks. Ivy claims this is because she and the her aides are too busy with research and pokémon care to keep things clean, but when Brock cooks them a meal they [[JabbaTableManners throw themselves at it like animals]]. Half the reason Brock stays is because the opportunity to cook and clean for everyone reminds him of home.
* IconicOutfit: Ivy wearing her LabcoatOfScienceAndMedicine during her SwimsuitScene.
* ImpossiblyLowNeckline: Ivy's swimsuit [[DownplayedTrope just barely skirts around this]]--her neckline appears to be held in place by a pendant on a string fastened to the front of her swimsuit.
* IncomingHam: When Professor Ivy, swimming around in the bay by her lab while checking up on some of her Water-type pokémon, is told by her assistants that Ash and the gang have arrived to meet her, she doesn't swim over. She instead rides her charging {{Sea Serpent|s}} Gyarados towards them and leaps to shore--one of her assistants throws her her labcoat, she catches it in midair, and she's already wearing it by the time she lands.
* InconsistentSpelling: For a long time, her Bulbapedia article spelled her first name as "Felina" instead of "Philena."
* LabcoatOfScienceAndMedicine: Ivy's such a MsFanservice that the labcoat is a big visual reminder that she is, in fact, a pokémon professor. A handy side-effect of the labcoat is that it diminishes just how skimpy her actual clothes are.
* MaternallyChallenged: Philena is a MotherlyScientist, but she and the girls live in a pigsty, can barely cook, and when she's puzzled over why her Butterfree won't eat the highly nutritious meal she prepared for it, Brock's solution is to make something that Butterfree thinks actually tastes good.
* MellowFellow: Professor Ivy has very little emotional range, even when displeased. The only time she's ever really shown excitement is when she got her first eyeful of Brock's cooking.
* MotherlyScientist: Philena is quite gentle with her pokémon, produces highly nutritious food, and appears to be the ''de facto'' guardian of her three child assistants Faith, Hope, and Charity, whom she eats dinner with.
* MsFanservice: Ivy's a curvaceous girl who wears a sexy swimsuit when she first appears--the camera lavishes some MaleGaze on her after she's been given her LabcoatOfScienceAndMedicine to diminish how little she's wearing. When she's not in her swimsuit, her typical uniform appears to be a tube top and microskirt.
* NoodleIncident: After returning at the end of the Orange Islands saga, the mere mention of Ivy's name is enough to turn Brock BlueWithShock, make him retreat to a CornerOfWoe, and demand that nobody mention her name. Nobody knows why he does this, and he certainly won't tell.
* OddNameOut: A function of EarlyInstallmentWeirdness--Professor Ivy's name was picked before the tree-based ThemeNaming of pokémon professors was established (as it would be by Professor Elm in ''VideoGame/PokemonGoldAndSilver'')--her Japanese name Uchikido also falls a little short, though it's thematically closer to trees ("uchiki" is a reading of 内木, which means "in the wood").
* OneSteveLimit: In the French translation, her name is Dr. Flora--Flora is also the French name for May, the female protagonist of ''Anime/PokemonTheSeriesRubyAndSapphire''.
* RiddleForTheAges: What happened between Brock and Professor Ivy, and why does her name make him go BlueWithShock? (The first time he does it, Misty decides it must be that she dumped him, but the question is never settled to any extent further than that.)
* ShamelessFanserviceGirl: Ivy's debut SwimsuitScene features her in a glamorous swimsuit with cut-outs and an ImpossiblyLowNeckline, [[RuleOfSexy not something worn for its practicality in the water]]. She's quite content to wear her LabcoatOfScienceAndMedicine unbuttoned to show it off.
* TheStoic: ''Anime/Pokemon2000'' appears to give her mellow demeanor some exaggeration to a near lack of emotion--while she's on the phone with Professor Oak, she's all but numb to [[FunnyBackgroundEvent the chaos rampaging behind her]], and later, when she and Professor Oak are flying in a helicopter trying to reach the center of the storm, Oak seizes his seat to hold on for dear life while Ivy only has a mild frown.
* ThemeNaming: With Professor Oak. In Japan, Uchikido is a riff on Ookido--in English, poison oak and poison ivy are plants known for causing harsh skin rashes.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: After Brock parts ways with her, she vanishes from the anime, and [[AmbiguousSituation whether or not she's doing okay goes unmentioned as well]].
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!!!Introduced in Johto

[[folder:Casey (Nanako)]]
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[[caption-width-right:350:"The one and only!"]]
->'''Voiced in Japanese by:''' Nina Kumagaya
->'''Voiced in English by:''' Creator/KerryWilliams
->'''Voiced in Latin American Spanish by''': Rommy Mendoza (Original Series), Creator/GabyUgarte and Georgina Sánchez (Chronicles)
-> '''Voiced in European Spanish by:''' Creator/IsachaMengibar (Series), Sandra Jara (Pokemon Chronicles)

Casey is a trainer from Johto and [[FanGirl a huge fan of the Electabuzz baseball team]]. She appeared in three episodes of the Johto saga of the anime, in the opening of ''Master Quest'' next to Gary and Ritchie, and also appeared in two episodes of ''{{Anime/Pokemon Chronicles}}'', one of which as the main character.
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* TheAce: Incredible at baseball, in her debut episode she manages to hit dozens and dozens of baseballs with her baseball bat '''in less than ten seconds!'''
* BerserkButton: She is easily angered when someone talks bad about the Electabuzz baseball team. Or when someone wants to get revenge on one of her friends. She thought that Georgio was going to hurt Misty, and was protective of her.
* BigCreepyCrawlies: Beedrill is a giant bee. She got it from Ash.
* BullyingADragon: Even if Ash did make her angry by insulting her favorite baseball team, it still wasn't smart of Casey to insult his skills as a trainer and challenge him, since she had only been on her journey for a day or two. She gets her ass handed to her instantly by Ash's ''Charizard'' going light on her.
* CurbStompBattle: Suffers one against Ash, when all three of her Pokémon fall to '''Charizard''' without him even trying.
* CuteButCacophonic: She loves to sing the Electabuzz baseball theme song... but she's not very good at it. Her friends usually look in embarrassment and on one occasion her singing was so off-key that Misty had to stop her.
* ADayInTheLimelight: Is the main character in the ''Chronicles'' episode ''Those Darn Electabuzz''.
* TheDitz: She's cute but not too bright.
* FanGirl: To the Electabuzz baseball team, which are [[{{Expy}} expies]] of the Osaka Hanshin Tigers, a RealLife baseball team which is much loved in Japan. Parts of [[http://baseballcontinuum.com/2013/03/17/bizarre-baseball-culture-crummy-teams-fanatics-and-pokemon-in-the-double-trouble-header/ her debut episode make this very obvious to people familiar with Japanese baseball]].
* {{Fauxshadow}}: Casey is implied to be a future Silver Conference opponent for Ash, appearing in the league stadium alongside Gary and Ritchie in one of the openings. However, it's revealed a few episodes before the Silver Conference that she only has four badges, and thus is not shown competing.
* {{Flight}}: Pidgey and Beedrill can fly around.
* {{Foil}}: To Ash. Her personality is a lot like Ash's when he started his journey, and it helps highlight how far he's come since then, as well as show that some of his own faults (such as [[AcquiredSituationalNarcissism his own ego getting easily inflated]]) are still things he needs to work on.
* GenderBlenderName: In the English dub, she's named Casey which technically a unisex name, but is often associated with boys. Casey is tomboyish and thus the name fits well.
* GenkiGirl: Casey is very cheerful and energetic.
* GirlishPigtails: Casey has long, purple pigtails.
* GreenThumb: Her Meganium is a grass-type and her starter Pokémon.
* HiddenDepths: ''Those Darn Electabuzz'' shows that she's actually really good at motivating and cheering up others, as she helps Don and Corey both tackle their self-doubt issues. She even deliberately gets under Corey's skin, riling him up enough to start giving it his all out of pure spite. By the end of the episode, they're back in their prime.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: While Casey is at times arrogant and stubborn, her heart is in the right place.
* LovableJock: She can [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold get quite angry and brash]] but she's still a good and loyal kid.
* MeaningfulName: She's a fan of a baseball team, and thus named after the poem "[[Literature/CaseyAtTheBat Casey At The Bat]]".
* PomPomGirl: In ''Those Darn Electabuzz'', she changes into an Electabuzz cheerleading uniform and forces Don, Corey and Benny Demario to cheerlead with her.
* RunningGag: Her appearances to the gang is never complete without her (and her team) singing the Electabuzz theme song.
* SignatureMon: Ironically, despite having both Beedrill and Elekid on her team to match her love of yellow and black-stripes, her main Pokémon partner is Meganium, who has neither and is a Grass-type Pokémon rather than an Electric-type, which yellow is commonly associated with.
* ShipTease: In ''A Date With Delcatty'', when Georgio fails to take Misty on a date to watch a baseball game, he ends up taking Casey instead as thanks for her help dealing with Cassidy and Butch earlier. At that point it's not explicitly treated as romantic, but the hints are there, and we last see them walking towards the stadium, singing the Electabuzz theme song together.
* ShockAndAwe: She has an Elekid, no doubt because she loves its future evolution Electabuzz.
* TookALevelInBadass: Implied. When Casey meets Ash & co again, her Chikorita has fully evolved into a Meganium.
** In the dub version of ''Those Darn Electabuzz'' she comments about having a Magmar and a Rapidash, meaning her team is pretty powerful and well-rounded for someone who started out with a Pidgey and Rattata.
* WhatTheHellHero: She pushed her Chikorita in her second appearance (during the Bug-Catching Contest) so she could beat Ash. Thankfully she learned her lesson afterwards, her Chikorita evolved into Bayleef and Ash giving her the Beedrill he won the Contest with helped her appreciate the lesson all the more.
** Subverted in ''Those Darn Electabuzz'' - it seems like she's grabbed the JerkassBall and is rudely insulting both Corey and Don, but it turns out she was deliberately riling them up to make them do better and didn't mean a word she said.
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[[folder:Madame Muchmoney (Kaneyo)]]
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->'''Voiced in Japanese by:''' Kazuko Yanaga
->'''Voiced in English by:''' Carol Jacobanis
->'''Voiced in Latin American Spanish by''': Ángeles Bravo
-> '''Voiced in European Spanish by:''' Isabel Donate

A wealthy woman who owns an 86-room mansion in Palm Hills. Muchmoney owns a Snubbull that keeps trying to run away due to being unhappy with being cooped up in the mansion and constantly smothered by its trainer. The Snubbull eventually runs away to the point of chasing after Team Rocket's Meowth, who in turn is chasing after Ash and the gang during their journey around Johto. This leads to Muchmoney finally heading out to search for Snubbull herself.
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* {{Acrofatic}}: What she becomes after going through some strength exercise during her search for her lost Snubbull.
* TheCameo: She makes a brief flashback cameo in [=EP149=] when Ash and the gang realize that they've stumbled upon her Snubbull again near Onix Tunnel.
* CharacterDevelopment: She eventually learns to let her Snubbull have some outdoor freedom thanks to her encounter with Ash and the gang. Particularly Brock, who was the first to notice Snubbull's unhappiness. She then learns that she actually likes traveling around outside during her own Snubbull search.
* FatalFlaw: Before meeting Ash and the gang, she wasn't able to see that spoiling her Snubbull to the point of keeping it cooped up in her mansion, and smothering it with her love and affection, was making it unhappy.
* MeaningfulName: Named "Muchmoney" in the English dub. She has [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin a lot of money]].
* RichPeople: Has the rich look to her, and owns a massive mansion.
* StoutStrength: By the time of her reappearance in [=EP175=], she's put on some muscle.
* TookALevelInBadass: Gains a lot of muscle during her search for her lost Snubbull to the point of being able to tank a shot from her charging newly evolved Granbull.

[[/folder]]

[[folder:Jeeves]]
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->'''Voiced in Japanese by:''' Creator/HidenariUgaki
->'''Voiced in English by:''' Creator/DanGreen
-> '''Voiced in Latin American Spanish by:''' Creator/EnzoFortuny and Antonio Gálvez
-> '''Voiced in European Spanish by:''' Eduardo del Hoyo

Muchmoney's primary butler.
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* ButtMonkey: Having to put up with Madame Muchmoney's antics brings him a lot of misery. When Ash and the gang encounter him again in [=EP175=], his clothes are a wreck, and he's completely exhausted trying to keep up with Muchmoney, who went through a lot of muscle training during her search for her Snubbull.
* TheJeeves: He works as a butler for Madame Muchmoney. If it wasn't already obvious enough, the [=4Kids=] english dub even gives him the name "Jeeves."
* TheLeader: Of Madame Muchmoney's 3 butlers.
* MeaningfulName: Named "Jeeves" in the english dub, which tends to be a nickname for butlers.
* NoNameGiven: He was unnamed in the original Japanese version.
* SharpDressedMan: Wears a nice black butler suit. It ends up a mess during Jeeves' reappearance.
* UndyingLoyalty: To Madame Muchmoney. He continues to happily serve for her even though some of her antics bring him a lot of problems.
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[[folder:Sakura]]
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->'''Voiced in Japanese by:''' Creator/MarikoKouda
->'''Voiced in English by:''' Creator/KerryWilliams
-> '''Voiced in Latin American Spanish by:''' Ana Lobo (Series), Creator/AlondraHidalgo (Pokemon Chronicles)
-> '''Voiced in European Spanish by:''' Sandra Jara (Series), Carmen Cervantes (Pokemon Chronicles)

A young Kimono Girl who desires to become a Pokémon trainer. While befriending Ash and the gang, she bonds with Misty over their similar backgrounds.
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* AdaptationNameChange: It's implied pretty heavily that Sakura is based on Sayo, a Kimono Girl trainer from the ''VideoGame/PokemonGoldAndSilver'' games who uses an Espeon.
* AllOfTheOtherReindeer: The main reason she befriends Misty, which is their shared background of being the youngest of many sisters that the older siblings don't take all that seriously.
* ADayInTheLimelight: Sakura gets a ''Pokémon Chronicles'' episode centered around her challenging Misty to a gym battle.
* GirlishPigtails: Has this hair-style.
* GoalInLife: Her dream is to become a Pokémon trainer, which Sakura's eventually allowed by her older Kimono Girl sisters to head off and begin her journey at the end of [=EP226=]. She's later shown having won several Johto gym badges in her ''Pokémon Chronicles'' appearance.
* PinkMeansFeminine: Whether it's her normal attire or her Kimono Girl clothing, Sakura tends to be wearing a lot of pink.
* TookALevelInBadass: By Sakura's second appearance, her Eevee has evolved into Espeon, and by the time of her appearance in ''Pokémon Chronicles'', she's shown taking on the gym challenge.

[[/folder]]

[[folder:Harrison (Hazuki)]]
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->'''Voiced in Japanese by:''' Creator/KatsumiToriumi\\
'''Voiced in English by:''' Creator/WayneGrayson\\
'''Voiced in Latin American Spanish by:''' Noé Velásquez\\
'''Voiced in European Spanish by:''' Juan Antonio García Sainz de la Maza\\
'''Voiced in European French by:''' Bruno Mullenaerts

One of the participants of the Silver Conference. Originates from Hoenn and was responsible for defeating Ash.
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* TheAce: His Blaziken is his powerful Pokémon, able to stand on equal footing with Ash's Charizard despite the latter having a type-advantage. Its absence from Harrison's team in the semi-finals ends up being the reason for Harrison's defeat in the Silver Conference.
* AttackReflector: Houndoom's Counter.
* CanineCompanion: He has a Houndoom, a canine-like Pokémon.
* ExtraOreDinary: Sneasel's [[WolverineClaws Metal Claw]].
* FragileSpeedster: Kecleon -- swift and agile with unique natural abilities that provide a challenge for Pikachu, but not the highest endurance overall.
* GlassCannon: Sneasel -- powerful striking ability, yet goes down when Totodile gives it a steady beatdown.
* JackOfAllStats: Houndoom -- the most even-balanced of the team, with considerable strength and states. Beaten when Bayleef clamps its jaws shut, ending its normal advantage.
* LightningBruiser: Blaziken -- overall the strongest with great abilities all-around, able to casually defeat Bayleef and fight Charizard to a near-standstill despite the latter's type advantage.
* ManBitesMan: Houndoom's Bite.
* MightyGlacier: Steelix -- the highest defense and raw strength (but not the fastest), taking out the much smaller Noctowl. Snorlax's similar constitution counters it.
* OhCrap: When Hypno realized what a bad idea it was to wake [[HeavySleeper Snorlax]] using Dream Eater, its face became a case study of this trope.
* PlayingWithFire: He has the Fire-type Houndoom and Blaziken
* PsychicPowers: Kecleon's Psybeam.
* SignatureMon: Blaziken is his starter Pokémon and ace, being given to him by Professor Birch as a Torchic. Blaziken not only defeated Ash's Charizard and gave Harrison the win in the one of the closest League Conference matches, but its absence from Harrison's team in the semi-finals (due to being injured from its fight with Charizard) was stated to be the reason why Harrison lost in the Top 4.
* SoulPower: His Sneasel knows [[EnergyBall Shadow Ball]], and his Kecleon knows Lick.
* SquishyWizard: Hypno -- relies on its psychic abilities to provide unexpectedly strong attacks, but not fast and taken down by a single point-blank Hyper Beam.
* RightHandAttackDog: Houndoom, one of his main battlers, who appears occasionally outside its ball with its trainer.
* UseYourHead: Houndoom's Headbutt.
* WorfHadTheFlu: After being too injured from fighting Ash's Charizard, Blaziken was unable to participate in Harrison's next battle, costing him the win.
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!!Original Series Recurring Pokèmon

[[folder:Ho-Oh]]
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A [[OlympusMons Legendary Pokémon]] Ash saw on his first day as a Pokémon trainer. Seeing it causes Ash to realize just how vast the world is and how many Pokémon there are to meet. It has reappeared before him a few times since.
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* {{Bookend}}: [[spoiler:It appears in the first and last episode of the main Pokémon series featuring Ash Ketchum as the main protagonist.]]
* TheBusCameBack:
** In the second-to-last final episode of the original series, after Ash parted ways with Misty and Brock, Ho-Oh makes another cameo appearance and Ash and Pikachu get to see it again, inspiring the young trainer to set off to Hoenn.
** In ''Advance Generation'', after a possessed Ash lost to Pyramid King Brandon, Ash, May, Brock and Max see Ho-Oh flying in the sky, which encourages Ash to do it better next time.
** In ''Journeys'', Ho-Oh finally reappears at the end of "Finding a Legend!", this time only being seen by Jaye.
* EarlyBirdCameo: A very literal example, too. Ho-Oh appeared over two years before Pokémon Gold and Silver were released, and in fact its appearance was the ''very'' first hint that the franchise would continue.
* EverythingsBetterWithRainbows: When it first appears before Ash, it flies past a rainbow. While it's an InUniverse fact Ho-Oh creates rainbows, this was obviously not known at the time it appeared, making it seem like a coincidence as Ho-Oh appeared shortly after a rainstorm.
* {{Foreshadowing}}: A Meta-example, but Ho-Oh's appearance was the first implication that the franchise would go beyond the first 151 Pokémon.
* GoldAndWhiteAreDivine: In its debut, it was colored completely gold and had white sparkles surrounding it, presumably because its ''actual'' color scheme hadn't been thought up yet.
* {{Irony}}: Even though Ho-Oh is a Johto legendary, it takes until ''Journeys'' for Ho-Oh to finally appear in the region. Instead, Ash usually sees it in the Kanto region.
* OlympusMons: Discounting the opening, Ho-Oh is the ''first'' Legendary Pokémon to appear, long before anything about it was known. Ash didn't know it was a Legendary Pokémon until he arrived at Ecruteak City.
* PlayingWithFire: Ho-Oh is part Fire-Type, being based on the Chinese Phoenix. Its sacred flame is also part of the Silver Conference's ceremonial torch.
* SeriesContinuityError: Is a mysterious, unidentified creature in its debut, but later episodes depict Ho-Oh as just another commonly known legendary Pokémon.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Jigglypuff (Purin)]]
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->'''Voiced in Japanese by:''' Creator/MikaKanai
->'''Voiced in English by:''' Creator/RachaelLillis (4Kids), Creator/MicheleKnotz (present)

A cute, pink, balloon-like Pokémon who becomes a recurring character up until the Hoenn arc, and later reappeared in the Sun & Moon arc. Desiring to sing its beautiful song, Jigglypuff randomly pops up now and again to attempt its dream. However, its power causes people to fall asleep, and oblivious to this side effect, Jigglypuff assumes its victims are uninterested in it, prompting it to get angry and use its marker pen/microphone to draw on their faces.
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* AscendedExtra: Jigglypuff are of little significance in the core games, yet this one became a recurring gag character. In turn, its popularity led to it featuring in every ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros'' entry.
* ATasteOfTheirOwnMedicine: Has its face doodled on by Samson Oak's Komala in [=SM056=], although Jigglypuff thought it was ActuallyPrettyFunny.
* AmbiguousGender: Though it's stated to be female in the Brazilian Portuguese dub, its gender is not made clear in the English or Japanese versions.
* AngryCheekPuff: Jigglypuff is a cute, pink, round Pokémon that tends to puff up like a balloon whenever it gets upset (with an audible "honk"), which is usually due to people falling asleep to its singing, as it's an AttentionWhore and sees it as an insult, seemingly unaware that its singing causes ForcedSleep.
* AttentionWhore: It wants someone to listen to its song, and will go to any lengths to make itself heard. It also doesn't appreciate it when other members of its family or species are praised instead of it.
* BadassAdorable: Proven when it gets its marker taken by the Clefairy. It took out at least six in a row with Pound and Double-Slap.
* BecauseYouWereNiceToMe: Misty attacks Jigglypuff in its debut episode, unaware it couldn't defend itself because [[BroughtDownToNormal it couldn't sing]]. After Misty apologizes and Ash and friends help it regain its voice, it finally sings for them, making it its goal to have them listen to its song without falling asleep.
* BerserkButton:
** Falling asleep during its song, itself a RunningGag. Expect lots of FaceDoodling in reaction. Unfortunately, Jigglypuff seems unaware that [[PoorCommunicationKills its song does this to]] ''[[PoorCommunicationKills everyone]]''.
** A {{zig|Zagging Trope}}-zagged example is taking its marker microphone away. A bunch of Clefairy that did that [[TheDogBitesBack got curb-stomped by it]]; however, when a recurring Snubbull does it, Jigglypuff can only watch in distress as that happens.
* BroughtDownToNormal: Starts off as this in its debut episode, being unable to perform its main schtick, singing. Ash and co. help it regain its singing voice.
* TheBusCameBack: Reappears for at least one episode in the ''Sun and Moon'' series when Ash and his classmates visit Kanto. It then is seen stowing away on the plane back to Alola...
* CharacterSignatureSong: [[https://youtu.be/d2NTtbusUso "Jigglypuff! Jigglyyyyypuff!!"]]...zzzzz...
* CharacterTics: [[MeaningfulName Puffing up]] whenever upset, with an audible "honk".
* CurbStompBattle: Delivered one to a horde of Clefairy for stealing its microphone. ''With Double-Slap.''
* DefeatMeansFriendship: Jigglypuff ultimately fails to doodle on Komala's face and ends up being put to sleep by Komala's own Sing. And then Komala doodles Jigglypuff's face, which ends up amusing Jigglypuff enough to befriend the Drowsing Pokémon.
* DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu: Thus far the only Pokémon (or living being... or much ''anything'') that has managed to neutralize the otherwise unstoppable Bewear stalking Team Rocket.
* DramaticIrony: It ''never'' realizes that its singing lulls people into slumber. Because the first thing it does when finding someone is singing for them, it thus never realizes this or lets people explain it to Jigglypuff, and thus its BerserkButton is constantly pressed.
* TheDreaded: PlayedForLaughs. After a while, Ash and his pals become ''terrified'' when Jigglypuff shows up, because they know exactly what it's about to do to them. Who knew such a RidiculouslyCuteCritter could be scary when it realizes people have fallen asleep?
** In "The Joy of Pokémon", Ash and his companions are looking for the Orange Islands Nurse Joy and Chansey in the ocean, Jigglypuff somehow makes it there too and before it utters a note Ash and his friends immediately paddle their kayaks away.
** In its one appearance in Hoenn, Ash, Brock, and Pikachu all have "ThisIsGonnaSuck" reactions when they see it again and keep trying to warn May and Max that its presence is ''not'' as fun as it seems.
** Team Rocket even more so, and they're the victims of Jigglypuff's singing slightly more often than Ash's gang.
** When Jigglypuff re-appears in ''Sun and Moon'', Ash's classmates from Alola get excited over it, while Ash, Pikachu, Brock, and Misty recognize it and panic. It finally makes peace with Ash and co. in [=SM056=], though, with Ash now being excited to see it again someday.
* FaceDoodling: Resorts to doing this to its sleeping victims whenever angered. It ends up on the receiving end of this by Komala in [=SM056=], but it likes the doodles and finally makes peace with Ash and friends.
* FailedASpotCheck: It doesn't seem to realize that people and Pokémon are simply incapable of staying awake when it sings and that they are not trying to insult it. It also frequently sings in situations where putting everyone to sleep would be extremely dangerous, and [[TheDitz doesn't seem to realize this]].
* GoalInLife: It will stop at nothing to find a human or Pokémon that can listen to the entirety of its song without falling asleep.
* IconicItem: The marker it stole from Ash. It uses it as a microphone during its song, and to scribble on people's faces when it gets mad.
* ImagineSpot: Early in their run as a recurring character, Jigglypuff would reimagine mundane platforms as professional stages for it to sing on.
* InfiniteSupplies: Its beloved marker never seems to run out of ink.
* LongBusTrip: There was a ''13 year'' gap between its appearance in Hoenn, and its return in ''Sun and Moon'', where it became a recurring character once again.
* InstantSedation: Its song can put anyone to sleep in a matter of seconds.
* RecurringCharacter: Was a frequent RunningGag through Kanto to Johto in the original series. Later made one reappearance in Hoenn and had a long absence, though it has returned to making regular appearances in Alola.
* SignatureMove: [[MagicMusic Sing]], of course. Jigglypuff uses it as a talent rather than an attack, though.
* SpannerInTheWorks: Its random interruptions to sing at everyone sometimes come right at the climax of Team Rocket or another antagonists' schemes. One such accidental sabotage was the reason Ash and Misty ended up stranded on the Orange Islands.
* SustainedMisunderstanding: Because of how Jigglypuff uses its SignatureMove, it seems not to understand that people and Pokémon falling asleep when it sings is ''what is supposed to happen''. So, in DramaticIrony, it's constantly [[BerserkButton angered]] when they do fall asleep, and reacts by drawing on their faces.
* WorthyOpponent: At first Jigglypuff is angry that Komala is a permanent sleeper, making the Drowsing Pokémon the ultimate mockery of Jigglypuff's singing career. But Jigglypuff is unable to to doodle on Komala's face because while it may be asleep, it is aware of Jigglypuff. Eventually, the Komala learns Sing and the two compete in a singing contest which ultimatly ends with Jigglypuff falling asleep and Komala doodling its face. Jigglypuff ends up parting ways with Komala on good terms because it finally meets its match.
* YankTheDogsChain: It never did find someone to stay with who could listen to its song all the way; the Whismur in its last appearance (whose Soundproof ability negated the effects of Sing) fell asleep from exhaustion. Naturally, it got cross and left, and [[LongBusTrip wouldn't be seen again]] until ''Sun and Moon'' where it finally meet its match with Komala.
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[[folder:Mimey (Barri-chan)]]
!!Mr. Mime/"Mimey" (Barrierd/"Barri-chan")
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->'''Voiced in Japanese by:''' Creator/YujiUeda
->'''Voiced in English by:''' Kayzie Rogers (Original series to Sun and Moon, episode 1), Creator/MicheleKnotz (present)
A wild Mr. Mime that has more or less come into Delia's possession since arriving at her doorstep.
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* AllThereInTheManual: [[https://www.pokemon.jp/special/satoshi_pokemon/pm/ Japanese supplementary materials]] actually list Mimey as one of Ash's Pokémon for years, but this was never properly shown until ''Journeys'', where it was used by Ash in a proper Pokémon battle in [=JN007=]. For the longest time, it seems to be Delia's Pokémon as it spends most of the time with her helping with the chores.
* AscendedExtra: Has a bigger role in the ''Pokémon Journeys'' series, as Delia assigns it to watch over Ash and Goh at the lab.
* BattleButler: Well, what else can we call Mimey? A powerful Psychic-type that just randomly appeared at her door, and now it's part of the family, helping keep the house. In [=JN007=], it even battles for Ash and manages to defeat a Hariyama.
* BewareTheSillyOnes: Acts generally how you'd expect a mime to act, but is shown to be a powerhouse when put into battle.
* BringIt: He does this to Goh's Grookey in its debut episode once it's regained its energy and tries to beat his head like a drum. Being said, he manages to defeat and wear out Grookey.
* CowardlyLion: Normally, it tends to shy away from Pokemon battles. Though in [=JN007=], Ash does use it in a battle tournament where it defeats a Hariyama. Granted, it does refuse to battle the Mightyena, but it does show Mimey is capable of battles.
* {{Flanderization}}: The ''Journeys'' series exaggerates his mime-like traits by having do things like mime food and a vacuum cleaner (that actually works, no less).
* FurryReminder: At least one episode has him sitting on the floor and eating Pokémon food out of a bowl.
* GuestStarPartyMember: Joins Ash's team in [=JN007=] for a tournament. He has also fought under Delia on occasion.
* MistakenIdentity: Joined the family because Delia mistook him for Ash (who was wearing a Mr. Mime costume at the time). Mimey ended up adoring her so much he helped her stop Team Rocket and has been a part of the family ever since.
* NeatFreak: He once vacuumed Ash's face because he apparently hadn't taken a bath for so long.
* PsychicPowers: Being a Mr. Mime, he battles with Psychic-type attacks.
* {{Retcon}}: Fairy-types weren't introduced until Generation VI. In the ''Sun & Moon'' anime, Mimey's typing has been officially confirmed to be Psychic/Fairy, specifically in episode [=SM024=].
* SignatureMon: Though technically owned by Ash, it's more associated with Delia to the point that fans for the longest time thought that Delia was Mimey's official trainer until Ash calls out Mimey for one battle in ''Journeys''.
* SmallRoleBigImpact: Mimey only makes the odd recurring appearance, but starts off Ash's journey to Alola by winning a free vacation for the family there at the start of the ''Sun and Moon'' series.
* YourMimeMakesItReal: Becomes a thing in the ''Journeys'' anime; in [=JN003=], it mimes vacuuming in Ash and Goh's dorm room while they're sleeping, and really sucks the sheets off their beds.
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[[folder:Snubbull (Bulu) -> Granbull (Granbulu)]]
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->'''Voiced in Japanese by:''' Creator/RikakoAikawa (Snubbull and Granbull)
->'''Voiced in English by:''' Jerry Lobozzo (Snubbull)

A Granbull owned by Madame Muchmoney that likes to bite down on the tails of other Pokémon. Ash and the gang first encounter her as a Snubbull biting down on the tail of a Growlithe, but after returning her to Muchmoney, Snubbull is shown to be unhappy with its cooped up life-style; having tried to run away multiple times beforehand. Muchmoney eventually learns to let her Snubbull enjoy the outside, but she runs away again after taking a liking to the tail of Team Rocket's Meowth, and desires to bite it. The result is Snubbull following around Ash and the gang during her search for Meowth. In her final appearance, Snubbull evolves into Granbull during a battle against Team Rocket, and finally goes home after reuniting with Muchmoney.
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* ArrangedMarriage: Snubbull was arranged to marry another wealthy owner's Snubbull named Winthrop Snubbullfeller. It can be assumed that the marriage was called off after Muchmoney realized that her Snubbull desired more freedom.
* DefectorFromDecadence: She was tired of getting pampered, so she ran away from home to seek adventure...and Meowth's tail.
* {{Determinator}}: Biting onto the tails of other Pokémon. So much so that Snubbull truly ran away from home, and chased after Team Rocket's Meowth around Johto just to bite his tail.
* EnhancedPunch: Learns the powerful Dynamic Punch upon evolving into Granbull.
* {{Expy}}: The Johto journey's version of the recurring Jigglypuff where they're both little pink Pokémon following around Ash and the gang.
* IconicItem: The bows tied on both her ears.
* IJustWantToBeFree: The main reason Snubbull keeps running away from Muchmoney is because she's unhappy with being cooped up in her owner's mansion, and being smothered by Muchmoney.
* RecurringCharacter: Like Jigglypuff before it, Snubbull follows around the journey of Ash and the gang searching around for Team Rocket's Meowth in order to bite his tail.
* TertiarySexualCharacteristics: Muchmoney gave it two red hair bows to show that Snubbull/Granbull's a girl.
* TookALevelInBadass: Evolves into Granbull during its final appearance.
* TropeyComeHome: As Snubbull is a canine Pokémon, her running away crosses this trope.

[[/folder]]

!!Kanto Elite Four

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->'''Voiced in Japanese by:''' Creator/MariaKawamura
->'''Voiced in English by:''' Creator/JessicaCalvello
->'''Voiced in Latin American Spanish by:''' Gaby Willert
-> '''Voiced in European Spanish by:''' Olga Cano
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* AdaptationDyeJob: Lorelei's anime design was used in ''VideoGame/PokemonStadium'', but she had sandy-blonde hair and a purple jacket.
* AdaptationNameChange: The English dub of the anime gave her a DubNameChange to match the LipLock.
* AdaptationalCurves: In ''VideoGame/PokemonRedAndBlue'', Lorelei's sex appeal was limited wearing a LittleBlackDress with a subtle slit to show off her legs. The anime gave her large breasts to go with them.
* AdaptationalNiceGuy: In ''VideoGame/PokemonRedAndBlue'', Lorelei was a haughty snob of an IceQueen who took offense to being beaten. In the anime, she's normally a pleasant and calm woman who only becomes an IceQueen in battle, and even then she's no snob.
* AnIcePerson: She has Ice Pokémon.
* BreakTheHaughty: Ash had been getting a pretty big head about his winning streak, and even tries to goad Lorelei by claiming she is afraid to battle him. [[SarcasmMode Sure, one of the best trainers in the region is intimidated by a random big mouth]].
* CurbStompBattle: Lorelei's Slowbro makes quick work of Charizard.
* CurbStompCushion: Ash's team gets a few hits in, but she still demolishes him.
* DubNameChange: Was called Prima in the English dub of the series in order to [[LipLock match the mouth movements]]--"Prima" has the same amount of syllables as "Kanna", her name in the Japanese version.
* EvenTheGirlsWantHer: People often joke that this is how Misty reacted to her in Lorelei's episode in the series.
** A little hero-worship was definitely involved, given how she gushes over the Water-types which Lorelei has trained.
* HotTeacher: Ash and company encounter Lorelei on Mandarin Island, where she has come to give a lecture and demonstration on pokémon battling.
* HotterAndSexier: Lorelei was hardly ugly in the original ''VideoGame/PokemonRedAndBlue'', but the anime upgrades her to a full MsFanservice, and the color contrast of her outfit highlights her AdaptationalCurves. ''Pokémon Puzzle League'' for the N64 takes it even further by making her personality a little bit flirty.
* InconsistentDub: [=4Kids=] opted to call her Prima in order to match the two-syllable LipLock the anime gave them to work with. In ''Pokémon Puzzle League'' for the N64, her name was restored to Lorelei.
* MakingASplash: She is admired by Misty because of her Water-Type Pokémon.
* MaleGaze: At one point during a conversation with Ash, Lorelei leans over exactly enough to aim her cleavage at the camera.
* MeaningfulName:
** Lorelei is the name of a famous, legendary siren who bewitched men and lured them to their deaths--which is even more appropriate since the anime made her a MsFanservice.
** Kanna, her Japanese name, means "Well Blossomed Flower", which has led to some dirty jokes about how "Well Blossomed" she is.
* MsFanservice: The anime gives Lorelei AdaptationalCurves and subjects her to MaleGaze.
* SignatureMon: Lorelei uses many Ice-type and Water-type Pokémon, but her Cloyster is her main Pokémon powerhouse, and she uses it to beat Ash's Pikachu to teach Ash a lesson.
* SmugSmiler: [[https://archives.bulbagarden.net/wiki/File:Lorelei_and_Cloyster.png Lorelei's cocky Cloyster]].
* SugarAndIcePersonality: {{Invoked}}. Outside of battles she's very kind and warm with everyone. In battle, she turns cold and merciless like ice.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Bruno (Shiba)]]
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->'''Voiced in Japanese by:''' Creator/ToshiyukiMorikawa
->'''Voiced in English by:''' Creator/MaddieBlaustein
->'''Voiced in Latin American Spanish by:''' Carlos Hugo Hidalgo
-> '''Voiced in European Spanish by:''' Miguel Ángel Montero
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* BadassNormal: Doesn't even use a single Pokémon to stop a giant rampaging Onix...in fact, we only see one of his other Pokémon, Hitmonchan, for about five seconds early into the episode.
* BrokenPedestal: A subversion, after Ash and Brock begged Bruno to take them as students Bruno agreed to it as long as they do what he says. However to Bruno it was a rather transparent plot to get Ash and Brock to do some chores for him in which he inevitably admitted to that. Brock tried to do a sneak attack on Bruno in which Brock almost knocked Bruno out and over the course of the episode Misty suspects that Bruno is a phony. However Bruno definitely proves how powerful he is while giving them a lesson in ThePowerOfFriendship while taming a wild Onix and quickly becomes a RebuiltPedestal instead.
* TheCameo: Bruno appears in the very first episode as the trainer of the Nidorino in the match Ash is watching on TV.
* CharlesAtlasSuperpower: His strength and agility does slightly border on being superhuman.
* DishingOutDirt: His Onix is Rock-type.
* EarlyBirdCameo: Is the only Elite Four member mentioned here in this page whom Ash got to meet before he went through the Kanto Pokémon League.
* GentleGiant: Large as he may be, he is quite gentle and prefers to use friendship to calm a rampaging Onix than doing a straight up battle.
* HumbleHero: Who would have thought one of the Elite Four could be this down-to-Earth?
* ManlyMan: A shirtless, badass, muscular martial artist and an Elite Four trainer. Ash and Brock wanted to become his students because of this.
* SignatureMon: He is greatly associated with Onix, despite being an Elite Four that specializes Fighting-types.
* ShockAndAwe: His Hitmonchan knows Thunderpunch.
* WaxOnWaxOff: Subverted. Brock ''thinks'' he was doing special training by doing Burno's chores but in reality, Bruno really wants his chores done and has no special training in mind.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Agatha (Kikuko)]]
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->'''Voiced in Japanese by:''' Creator/KazukoSugiyama
->'''Voiced in English by:''' Allyson Johnson
->'''Voiced in Latin American Spanish by:''' Gabriela Gómez
-> '''Voiced in European Spanish by:''' María Romero

The third member of the Elite Four. Agatha was surprisingly absent compared with the other three during the original series, but by the [[Anime/PokemonTheSeriesRubyAndSapphire Hoenn season]], she is shown to be the temporary Viridian Gym Leader.
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* AdaptationalLateAppearance: The only member of the Kanto Elite Four not to appear in the original series, being saved for the Battle Frontier arc of ''Advanced Generation''.
* CompositeCharacter: Kinda. Her taking over the Viridian Gym after Giovanni is taken from Gary, but even then, is a temporary role.
* CoolOldLady: She may have been a really late cameo as a temporary gym leader of Viridian City and does not do all that much more than that but at least she certainly gets to show off her skills as a Pokémon Trainer.
* DoppelgangerSpin: Gengar's Double Team.
* GorgeousPeriodDress: It looks quite Victorian.
* GracefulLadiesLikePurple: Heck, her Pokémon also have purple in them!
* KickedUpstairs: When Ash meets her, she's substituting at the Viridian Gym until a new official Gym Leader is found.
* PsychicPowers: Gengar's Hypnosis and Dream Eater combo.
* SignatureMon: Her Gengar is her main Pokémon ace as she specializes in Ghost-type Pokémon (though like in the games, she also has a Golbat, which is Poison/Flying-type).
* SoulPower: She's officially a Ghost-type trainer, although only one of her two known Pokémon is a Ghost-type.
* SuperScream: Golbat's Supersonic.
* OutOfFocus: She was the only member of the Elite 4 to not appear in the original series besides being shown as a silhouette, it took until Battle Frontier where she finally appeared.
* WorthyOpponent: She compliments Ash for a well-fought battle and indicates that although he lost, he's got plenty of potential. She also supports his decision to challenge the Battle Frontier, which Scott claims to be just as tough as Agatha herself.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Lance (Wataru)]]
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->'''Voiced in Japanese by:''' Creator/SusumuChiba
->'''Voiced in English by:''' Creator/WayneGrayson
->'''Voiced in Latin American Spanish by:''' Creator/EnzoFortuny (Original Series), Creator/HectorEmmanuelGomez (Advance Generation Episode 98), Creator/VictorUgarte (Advance Generation Episode 97 and Journeys)
-> '''Voiced in European Spanish by:''' Creator/JorgeSaudinos (OG Series), Miguel Ángel Garzón (AG Series), Creator/JuanAmadorPulido (Journeys Series)

The Champion of the Kanto and Johto regions.
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* TheAce: Has about the highest number of high-prestige titles attributed to out of any character so far, being the Champion, one of the Elite Four, a member of the Pokémon G-Men, the Pokémon World Tournament winner, and a finalist of the World Coronation Series. He was also called "a great Pokémon Master", a title stated to be above Champion. Even after his loss to Leon, [[spoiler:he is still in the Masters Eight as of [=JN109=]]].
* AttackAttackAttack: Lance relies on brute force in battles, believing that the best defense is a good offense.
* BlowYouAway: Dragonite's Whirlwind.
* TheBusCameBack: Makes a return in the 2019 series to have a match with Leon in Galar, [[LongBusTrip after last appearing over]] ''[[LongBusTrip 700]]'' [[LongBusTrip episodes ago]].
* EnergyWeapon: Dragonite and Gyarados' Hyper Beam.
* {{Fauxshadow}}: He's repeatedly hinted throughout ''Journeys'' to be one of [[spoiler:Ash's future opponents in the Master Class, with his battle against Leon establishing the World Coronation Series and Lance appearing in several fantasy sequences that tease Ash's upcoming opponents. Paul also battles Ash in [=JN114=] with a Gyarados that specifically mirrors Lance's. However, he ultimately ends up losing to Diantha on the opposite end of the bracket, making him the only Champion that Ash has never battled.]]
* {{Flanderization}}: While his battle style from [=JN012=] was power-oriented in nature, he was still tactical in his choice of moves against Leon and willing to go on the defensive when necessary. [[spoiler:Come his battle with Diantha in the next season, he's unwilling to engage in any strategy beyond spamming brute force attacks, a mindset that does not fare well against Diantha.]]
* ForgotAboutHisPowers: In [=JN012=], he was well prepared for Hyper Beam's recharge drawback and had Gyarados use the battlefield to block attacks while immobile. [[spoiler:Unfortunately for him, he never thinks to use this strategy against Diantha in the Masters Tournament, which ultimately costs him the battle.]]
* GuestStarPartyMember: Essentially this during both of his two-parter appearances.
* GracefulLoser: Like in the games, he's not angry at losing to Leon, but instead happy to see the rise of a new champion.
* AnIcePerson: His Gyarados is revealed to have learned Ice Fang when he returns in Journeys.
* TheLeader: He's both a member of the Elite Four ''and'' Champion. Additionally, he's a member of the Pokémon G-Men.
* MakingASplash: He catches and trains the Water-type Red Gyarados.
* NinjaPirateZombieRobot: A Dragon-trainer who is also a SecretPolice agent in the anime.
* OneshotCharacter: The only member of the Kanto Elite Four to avert this, appearing in multiple episodes.
* RecurringCharacter: Unlike the other Elite Four members mentioned here he actually appeared in more than one episode (granted his episodes are far apart, but still).
* SeriesContinuityError: His return episode in Journeys only calls him a member of the Elite Four, despite him having been established him as a Champion as early as the original series. [[spoiler:When the Masters Eight is revealed in [=JN109=], he's referred to as a Champion again. In [=JN115=], he's referred to as the ''new'' Champion of Kanto and Johto.]]
* SignatureMon: While he still owns a Dragonite, his Red Gyarados gets more attention here, and by ''Journeys'', has become his de facto ace, being featured in his battle Leon, appearing alongside Lance in all promotional material for the [[spoiler:Masters Tournament, along with a Gyarados being used in Paul's new team alongside a Metagross and a Garchomp, two other Champions' aces]].
* ShockAndAwe: Dragonite's Thunder Wave.
* TheUnfought: As of the end of Journeys, he's the only champion, and the only member of the Masters Eight, that Ash hasn't fought in any capacity.
* TheWorfEffect:
** He and Gyarados put up an incredible fight against Leon's Charizard at the World Coronation Series, but ultimately lost to Galar's Champion.
** [[spoiler:Implied to happen offscreen between [=JN012=] and [=JN109=]. At the end of the previous WCS series, he was ranked 2nd. When the final Masters Eight lineup for the following season is revealed, he's in 4th place, with Cynthia and Steven in 2nd and 3rd, respectively.]]
** [[spoiler:He loses again to Diantha in the first round of the Masters Tournament.]]
[[/folder]]

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[[folder:Gary's Pokémon]]
!!Squirtle-Wartortle-Blastoise
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* MakingASplash: It is a pure water type And knows Water Gun, Hydro Cannon, Water Pulse, and Hydro Pump.
* ManBitesMan: Or rather Mon Bites Mon. It knows the dark typ move bite and uses it when Charizard lifts it off the ground.
* SpinToDeflectStuff: Gary's Blastoise was an expert in using Rapid Spin to deflect Ash's attacks, like Muk's Sludge Bomb and Bayleef's Razor Leaf.
* ScissorsCutsRock: Notably on the receiving end to showcase how much Ash's Charizard has [[TookALevelInBadass taken a level in badass]] and the second to showcase how strong Moltress is. Both were fire types which are normally weak to Blastoise's water typing. It is on the delivering end however when it defeats Ash's Bayleef.
* StarterMon: Was Gary's first Pokémon's
!!Eevee-Umbreon
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* BadassNormal: Was a Normal Type as Eevee and defeated Ash's Pikachu using only normal type attacks.
* MythologyGag: Eevee is Blue Oaks Starter in Pokémon Yellow.
* SignatureMon: Is Gary's most well known mon and the one he's seen with the most.
* WorfEffect: Defeated Ash's Pikachu shortly after the the latter's victory in the Orange League against a Dragonite. This was as an Eevee.
!!Arcanine
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* CurbStompBattle: Gary tries using both Arcanine and Nidoking against Mewtwo to a co plate and utter failure.
* PlayingWithFire: Is Fire Type.
* SuperSpeed: Arcanine is one of his fastest Pokémon on his team and thus it's Gary's chosen racer in the Extreme Pokémon Race. Despite its tremendous speed, it narrowly lost to Ash's Bayleef who came in first place.
!!Electrivire
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* EarlyBirdCameo: Debuted in the last episode of Battle Frontier just before Diamond and Pearl began.
* SmallRoleBigImpact: It's debut informed Ash of the Sinnoh region.
[[/folder]]

'''Movies:''' [[Characters/PokemonMovies Movies 1 to 19]] | [[Characters/PokemonIChooseYou I Choose You!]] ([[Characters/PokemonIChooseYouAshKetchum Ash Ketchum]]) | [[Characters/PokemonThePowerOfUs The Power of Us]] | [[Characters/PokemonSecretsOfTheJungle Secrets of the Jungle]]-]]]]]

* SpellMyNameWithAnS: It's "Tracey", not "Tracy".

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* MakeMeWannaShout: Golbat's Supersonic.

* OutOfFocus: She was the only member of the Elite 4 to not appear in the original series besides being shown as a silhouette, it took until Battle Frontier where she finally appears.

** At the start of the ''Gold & Silver'' series, when Brock first returns and the story of how he came to be at Ash's home is told, Delia relates that she found him on a walk home from the market with Mimey--as she was walking, she heard a noise, and wandered back in the direction she'd first come to look for it, heard the noise a second time in the other direction, and turned back only to hear the noise again. She and Mimey wound up walking in a circle, hearing the noise over and over again, and [[FailedASpotCheck only belatedly realized that the noises were coming from below her]]--because she'd trodden on [[ButtMonkey Brock]], who was lying in the dirt, no less than half a dozen times each.

* TheDitz: Downplayed, but, early on at least, Delia sometimes comes off as slightly dense in terms of Pokémon-related concepts. May lean into GeniusDitz however, since she can actually battle formidably in spite of it.

* RiddleForTheAges: What happened between Brock and Professor Ivy, and why does her name make him go BlueWithShock?

* ScissorCutsRock: Notably on the receiving end to showcase how much Ash’s Charizard has [[TookALevelInBadass taken a level in badass]] and the second to showcase how strong Moltress is. Both were fire types which are normally weak to Blastoise’s water typing. It is on the delivering end however when it defeats Ash’s Bayleef.

* SpinToDeflectStuff: Gary's Blastoise was an expert in using Rapid Spin to deflect Ash's attacks, like Muk's Sludge Bomb and Bayleef's Razor Leaf.
* SuperSpeed: Arcanine is one of his fastest Pokémon on his team and thus it's Gary's chosen racer in the Extreme Pokémon Race. Despite its tremendous speed, it narrowly lost to Ash's Bayleef who came in first place.

-> '''Voiced in European Spanish by:''' Ricardo Escobar

[-'''Series-wide:''' [[Characters/PokemonTheSeriesAshKetchum Ash Ketchum]] | [[Characters/PokemonTheSeriesPikachu Pikachu]] | [[Characters/PokemonTheSeriesTeamRocketTrio Team Rocket Trio]] | [[Characters/PokemonTheSeriesTeamRocketTriosPokemon Team Rocket Trio's Pokemon]] | [[Characters/PokemonTheSeriesTeamRocketOrganization Team Rocket Organization]]\\

The third member of the Elite Four. Agatha was surprisingly absent compared with the other three during the original series, but by the [[Anime/PokemonTheSeriesRubyAndSapphire Hoenn season]], she is shown to be the temporary Viridian gym leader.

* GuestStarPartyMember: He has the dubious honor of being the friend who Ash traveled with the least: he was only part of the group for the ''Adventures In The Orange Islands''[[note]] around 30 episodes [[/note]], and Brock (who he was intended to replace) [[TheBusCameBack returned and reclaimed his position in the group]] just in time for Tracey's departure.

* BigCreepyCrawlies: It is a giant fly, albeit a cute one.
* GreenThumb: Knows Sleep Powder to put Pokémon asleep, so that Tracey can observe them easier.

* OutOfFocus: It's the least prominent of Tracey's Pokémon, and is rarely seen fighting. The fact that it has evolved off-screen is quite a surprise.

* WalkingSpoiler: The fact that it has evolved into a Venomoth is this. Between its last appearance as a Venonat and its reappearance as a Venomoth, it was absent for 1007 episodes.

Tracey's second Pokémon to be introduced. Like Venonat's eyes, Marill's ear are very useful to detect other Pokémon. Marill is more used in battle than Venonat. At Professor Oak's laboratory, Marill gave birth to Misty's Azurill.

* MakingASplash: Marill is a Water-type Pokémon, and prior to the introduction of Fairy-types, it was a pure Water-type. Being able to swim in waters is very handy in the Orange Archipelago. Its only known move is Water Gun.

This old Scyther used to be a leader of a tribe of Scythers at the Orange Islands, but lost its position to a younger Scyther. Tracey brought it to the Pokémon Center to have it recover its wounds from the battle, but it goes straight back to its tribe to save them from Team Rocket despite still being injured. After saving its former tribe and giving its blessing to its young successor, Scyther allows Tracey to catch it. Despite its old age and lack of stamina, it still retains its warrior's pride and would develop soon a sort of rivalry with Ash's Charizard.

* CurbStompBattle: Manages to defeat Arbok, Lickitung, Victreebel, Weezing, and even Meowth in battle by itself. Before the battle between Scyther vs Team Rocket's Pokemon got underway, Pikachu is quick to rush to Scyther's aid and offer to fight Team Rocket's Pokemon with Scyther, an offer of which Scyther politely declines.
* DentedIron: Tracey's Scyther appears scruffier and more worn down compared to other Scyther seen in the series, with sideburns, faded scars on its body, and slightly tattered wings. Despite this, it was no less dangerous.

* FeelingTheirAge: It's an absolute powerhouse, but its age is definitely catching up to it. Its frequent biggest drawback is its lack of stamina for longer battles due to being rather old for its species. Tracey never pushed it too hard for the same reason.
* GlassCannon: Can absolutely tear apart its opponents, but can only fight for a short while before getting winded.
* MundaneUtility: Used Swords Dance to blow away Weezing's poisonous gas after Team Rocket attacks.
* NoSell: It is thanks to Scyther that Ash's group was able to face the Rocket Trio with less effort during the Orange Islands, by blowing away Weezing's Smog or Smoke-Screen with its Swords Dance.

* RunningGag: Would break into a pant after working, since it left the Pokémon Center before healing properly. It's lampshaded the first time.
* SignatureMon: It shares this trope with Marill. Despite being less prominent than Marill, Scyther has the role of Tracey's powerhouse, and was usually given more characterization than Tracey's other Pokémon.
* TeamDad: To a degree towards the other Pokémon. Definitely towards its tribe, given it left the Pokémon Center (still injured) to save them from Team Rocket.
* ThisIsSomethingHesGotToDoHimself: Tracey stops Ash from helping Scyther fight off Team Rocket, saying that Scyther needs to prove to itself that it could defeat them and protect the tribe.

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

->'''Voiced in Latin American Spanish by:''' Carlos Enrique Bonilla (EP015), Creator/CarlosInigo (EP146), Hugo Navarrete (EP201), Luis Alfonso Padilla (EP261), Alejandro Mayén (AG079). Creator/CesarArias (AG084, HS04), Enrique Cervantes (BW116)

* BecauseYouWereNiceToMe: Misty attacks Jigglypuff in its edebut episode, unaware it couldn't defend itself because [[BroughtDownToNormal it couldn't sing]]. After Misty apologizes and Ash and friends help it regain its voice, it finally sings for them, making it its goal to have them listen to its song without falling asleep.

** Falling asleep during its song, itself a RunningGag. Unfortunately, Jigglypuff seems unaware that [[PoorCommunicationKills its song does this to]] ''[[PoorCommunicationKills everyone]]''.
** It's even scarier if you take its marker microphone away. [[TheDogBitesBack Just ask the bunch of Clefairy!]]

* DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu: Thus far the only Pokémon (or living being...or much ''anything'') that has managed to neutralize the otherwise unstoppable Bewear stalking Team Rocket.

** In “The Joy of Pokémon”, Ash and his companions are looking for the Orange Islands Nurse Joy and Chansey in the ocean, Jigglypuff somehow makes it there too and before it utters a note Ash and his friends immediately paddle their kayaks away.

* FailedASpotCheck: It doesn't seem to realize that people and Pokémon are simply incapable of staying awake when it sings and that they are not trying to insult it. It also frequently sings in situations where putting everyone to sleep would be extremely dangerous, and doesn't seem to realize this.

* SustainedMisunderstanding: Because of how Jigglypuff uses its SignatureMove, it seems not to understand that people and Pokémon falling asleep when it sings is ''what is supposed to happen''. So it's constantly [[BerserkButton angered]] when they do fall asleep, and reacts by drawing on their faces.

* YankTheDogsChain: It never did find someone to stay with who could listen to its song all the way: the Whismur in its last appearance (whose Soundproof ability negated the effects of Sing) fell asleep from exhaustion. Naturally, it got cross and left, and [[LongBusTrip wouldn't be seen again]] until ''Sun and Moon'' where it finally meet its match with Komala.

* ButtMonkey: Somewhat. He seems to always get attacked by the Pokémon he looks after. He got attacked by Ash’s (then) Aipom, his Bayleef, his Meltan, and throughout the Japanese version's segments, he is perpetually attacked by his sample Pokemon, even normally tranquil ones like a Sylveon turn vicious when he gets too close. Even Pokemon that ''do'' like Oak's affection, he wishes they didn't, particularly Muk.
* CharacterizationMarchesOn: In the first episode, he was a bit of a grumpy DeadpanSnarker and he was visibly annoyed with Ash who came too late to get his first Pokémon. Later on, he would become an eccentric NiceGuy with a warm, almost fatherly relationship with Ash.

* TheHyena: His Rotom laughs at all the AmusingInjuries he suffers in later Pokemon segments.

->'''Voiced in Latin American Spanish by:''' Alfredo Leal (Season 2), Javier Olguín (Season 5), Ricardo Bautista (one episode of ''Chronicles'' and another in Season 8), Gerardo García (rest of ''Chronicles''), Christian Strempler (Season 9)

* CharacterizationMarchesOn: Early on she was pretty clueless about Pokémon, but the third film reveals that she was one of Oak's top students.

->'''Voiced in English by:''' Lee Quick (Original series to Advanced Generation, episode 65), Jamie Davyous Owens (Advanced Generation, episodes 119-142), Kayzie Rogers (The Mastermind of Mirage Pokémon), Maya Rosewood (Advanced Generation, episode 155), Emily Williams (Advanced Generation, episode 188 to Diamond and Pearl, episode 166) and Emily Jenness (Anime/MewtwoStrikesBackEvolution; ''Journeys'')

->'''Voiced in Japanese by:''' Emi Shinohara

->'''Voiced in English by:''' Creator/EricStuart (Original series to Ruby & Sapphire), David Lapkin (Diamond & Pearl), Tom Wayland (Black & White)

->'''Voiced in English by:''' Kerry Williams

* MeaningfulName: Named "Muchmoney" in the english dub. She has [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin a lot of money]].

->'''Voiced in English by:''' Creator/RachaelLillis (4Kids), Michele Knotz (present)

->'''Voiced in English by:''' Kayzie Rogers (Original series to Sun and Moon, episode 1), Michele Knotz (present)

->'''Voiced in English by:''' Jessica Calvello