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[-'''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]]\\
'''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)]]\\
[[Characters/PokemonTheOriginalSeriesCast Supporting Cast]] | '''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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!!Kanto Gym Leaders
[[folder: As Whole]]
* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: Kanto Gym Leaders have unique designs and different Pokémon team set ups compared to the games, [[OneShotCharacter only appear once or twice before disappearing from the show]], and have arbitrary rules that seem to be at the Gym Leader's personal whims. This is a stark contrast to future Gym Leaders who are dead ringers to their game counterparts, have much larger screen time in the series outside of Gym Battle, and have a standardized rules with only one or two gimmicks. This is far more prominent when some of the Kanto Gym Leaders return for ''Anime/PokemonJourneysTheSeries'' and their designs are changed to better reflect the games.
* LongBusTrip: The only Gym that was visited during [[Anime/PokemonTheSeriesRubyAndSapphire the Battle Frontier saga]] (which was placed in Kanto instead of Hoenn [[note]][[MerchandiseDriven to advertise FireRed/LeafGreen]][[/note]]) was the Pewter Gym. Misty ''did'' travel with the group at the beginning of the arc, but she parted ways just outside of Cerulean City. ''Journeys'' did bring back Vermillion's Gym (except with Surge's right hand acting in his stead) as well as Erika.
* {{Leitmotif}}: {{Played with}}. Expectedly, an arrangement of the Red, Blue, and Yellow's gym battle theme is used in the anime, though is more directly linked to {{Determinator}} moments. As such though, it is still played during a few gym battles.
* OneShotCharacter: Lt. Surge & Koga.
* OutOfFocus: In the anime, compared to several other mediums (most notably ''Manga/PokemonAdventures'', where several were even ''Team Rocket agents''). Even the Johto Gym Leaders (most of them, anyway) didn't get it this bad.
* WakeUpCallBoss: Ash got his first two badges without actually battling for them, and was able to use Pikachu's electricity as a fail safe (he ''did'' battle Brock, but surrendered before he got the badge anyway for good sportsmanship). Lt. Surge's Raichu beat them badly, forcing them to improve their technique and truly earn their victories.
* YouDontLookLikeYou: Unlike [[EarlyInstallmentWeirdness other Gym Leaders in future regions]], the Kanto Gym Leaders take artistic liberties with the character designs rather than being a dead-ringer of their game counterparts. Lt. Surge has a tan and an open shirt, Sabrina's outfit is more school-like, Erika has blue hair and wears a garden outfit at the Gym rather than a kimono, and Blaine's real look is based on his original design with a hippie aesthetic rather than the bald MadScientist from the games. Even Brock and Misty aren't immune to this as their anime outfits are distinctly different from their game counterparts.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Pewter Gym]]
!!Forrest (Jiro)
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->'''Voiced in Japanese by:''' Creator/RomiPark
->'''Voiced in English by:''' [[Creator/AndrewRannells Andy Rannells]] (4Kids), Joanna Burns (current).
->'''Voiced in Latin American Spanish by:''' Creator/EduardoGarza (Chronicles), Héctor Emmanuel Gómez (Advance Generation)
-> '''Voiced in European Spanish by:''' Creator/BlancaRada (Series), Creator/CheloMolina (Chronicles)
The oldest of Brock's siblings after Brock, Forrest is one of Pewter City's gym leaders, sharing the position with his parents. He finally becomes the sole official Gym Leader after passing a test posited by the PIA.
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* AddedAlliterativeAppeal: Forrest's name alliterates with Flint's.
* AscendedExtra: When he first appeared, Forrest was just one among many of Brock's young siblings, but since then he's stepped up as Brock's replacement as the Pewter Gym Leader.
* DishingOutDirt : As the Pewter Gym Leader, he's a specialist in rock type Pokémon.
* ExtraOreDinary: Steelix is a Steel-type.
* EyesAlwaysShut: Per the rest of his family, he has the distinct squinty eyes.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Takes his role as Gym Leader seriously, much more than his parents and still more than his brother does
* TookALevelInBadass: In his debut, he was a newbie Gym Leader who had to rely on his big brother's veteran Pokémon like Onix/Steelix. In a spin-off episode which first aired during ''Best Wishes'', he gains a Rhyperior which puts up a damn good fight against [[spoiler:a Nurse Joy's ''Latias'']].
!!Flint (Muno)
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->'''Voiced in Japanese by:''' Creator/TakayaHashi
->'''Voiced in English by:''' Creator/TedLewis, Creator/EricStuart (4Kids), Rodger Parsons (current)
->'''Voiced in Latin American Spanish by:''' Martín Soto (Original Series), Alfonso Ramírez (Chronicles), Alfredo Gabriel Basurto (Advance Generation)
-> '''Voiced in European Spanish by:''' Juan Lombardero (OG Series), Eduardo del Hoyo (Advance Generation), Miguel Ángel Montero (Chronicles)
->'''Voiced in European French by:''' Jean-Marc Delhausse
Brock's father, who helped Ash's Pikachu to become stronger. He kept the Gym running while Brock was traveling until his second son Forrest took over.
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* AdaptedOut: ''Literature/PocketMonstersTheAnimation'' {{Rewrite}}s Brock's backstory to have it that Brock's siblings are all the result of his mother going through nine individual husbands, none of whom are indicated to be Flint.
* AmbitionIsEvil: {{Deconstructed|Trope}}. While Flint isn't evil nor cruel, he ''did'' leave his family to pursue his ambition of becoming a powerful Pokémon Trainer. Unfortunately, Flint isn't able to achieve this due to being well past his prime, and by the time he comes back, Lola already left the family while Brock is forced to take care of his ten younger siblings alone. Unfortunately, Flint was too ashamed to truly reconcile with Brock and lived afar until he gained the courage after Ash came along.
* BrickJoke: His debut has him sitting on the outskirts of Pewter City in a LotusPosition. In the ''Chronicles'' episode showing Brock's return to Pewter City, he's back in the same spot again. He even has the same disguise!
* DidntThinkThisThrough: As Flint learns the hard way in his backstory, having ambitions of becoming a Pokémon Trainer despite being past his prime, never mind fathering ''11 children'', isn't the best way to do it. Instead, all he gains is the shame of abandoning his children in the first place.
* DirtyCoward: Despite both abandoning his family and returning to Pewter City years before Ash's arrival, he was too scared to approach the family and ask forgiveness, instead adopting a false identity and watching Brock labor in his absence from the sidelines.
* DisappearedDad: Who came back. While he's ''certainly'' proven himself a bit more responsible than his wife, she can still drag him along into irresponsibility. Most notable is when he's pulled along on vacation with her (taking Ludicolo to carry the bags), leaving Brock to clean up their mess.
* DishingOutDirt: Rock-Type specialist. His Golem is proof of this.
* EpicFail: In a battle to decide the fate of the Pewter gym, Flint uses his Golem...on a battlefield that was a ''pool of water''. Obviously, Lola didn't have to put too much effort into winning the battle...
* EyesAlwaysShut: Passed this on to all his kids.
* FamilyThemeNaming: Flint's name shares the same DishingOutDirt {{Elemental Motif|s}} as his son Brock's.
* LikeFatherLikeSon: Apparently, Brock takes his weakness for girls from him, although this was only shown around Lola.
* LovableCoward: When he reappears in ''Anime/PokemonChronicles'', he's returned to hiding for the much cuter reason of having been driven out by his overwhelming KiddieKid wife.
* MeaningfulName: His Japanese name, ''Muno'', sounds similar to 無能 (''munō'') meaning inefficiency[=/=]incompetence. Not only did he abandon his family to act on his ambition of becoming a powerful Pokémon Trainer, but he failed to achieve it mainly due to being well past his prime. Afterward, he couldn't bring himself to go back to his family due to the shame and guilt of leaving them in the first place.
* MyGreatestFailure: Flint left to go on a trainer's journey but came home a failure. The shame of it was so bad he couldn't bring himself to finish going home, instead adopting a disguise and selling rocks on the outskirts of town while watching Brock and his siblings from afar. It takes Ash's arrival and determination to shake him out of it.
* OneSteveLimit: {{Averted|Trope}}: we also have Flint of the Sinnoh Elite Four.
* ParentsAsPeople: A surprisingly good example - when he's not being neglectful or just plain stupid, he can actually be a thoughtful and loving father. For instance, according to Brock ''he's'' the one who gifted Brock his Onix on his son's tenth birthday - the two of them sat together on Onix's head to watch the sunrise, and Flint's Happy Birthday message made Brock feel it was the first time he truly had his father's recognition.
* SickeninglySweethearts: with Lola, to the point that even their own children are creeped out.
* StrongFamilyResemblance: Underneath the knit cap and beard, Flint is just Brock with faded hair color and some wrinkles around the mouth. [[ExaggeratedTrope Better still]], all of Brock's siblings have inherited their dad's face, too.
!!Lola (Mizuho)
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->'''Voiced in Japanese by:''' Mako Hyoudou
->'''Voiced in English by:''' Carol Jacobanis (4Kids), Annie Silver (current)
->'''Voiced in Latin American Spanish by:''' Creator/PatriciaAcevedo (Chronicles), Gabriela Gómez (Advance Generation)
-> '''Voiced in European Spanish by:''' Alicia Sainz de la Maza (Series), Gemma Martín (Chronicles)
Brock's mother, who has attempted several times to turn the Gym into a Water-Type Gym.
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* AbsurdlyYouthfulMother: Despite being the mother of teenage Brock and nine other children, she looks like she could be in her early twenties at best.
* AdaptationalSympathy: In the original Japanese version of ''Anime/PokemonTheOriginalSeries'', both parents abandoned the family to Brock, but in the dub Brock's mother stuck with the family after Flint left and instead died from overwork.
* ComicallyMissingThePoint: Her number-one priority with the Pewter Gym: making it cute.
* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: Lola is an immature and flighty KiddieKid, but raises full-grown and fearsome Water-types like Blastoise, Gyarados, and Tentacruel.
* DubInducedPlotHole: The dub claimed she was dead, then she appeared later with nary an explanation or even a HandWave.
* DubPersonalityChange: The dub claimed that Lola died from heartbreak trying to keep the family together after Flint's [[DisappearedDad absence]], whereas the original Japanese version has her leaving the family after being sick of waiting for him. Possibly justified the change of personality was to prevent her from seeming heartless or neglectful and given how early the anime was at the time, the translators believe that she wouldn't make a physical appearance.
* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: In ''Literature/PocketMonstersTheAnimation'' by Creator/TakeshiShudo, Brock's backstory was almost entirely rewritten, and his siblings were all the result of his mother [[ReallyGetsAround going through nine husbands]] trying to find a man to help keep the gym afloat. (Lola as a character did not exist until ''Anime/PokemonTheSeriesRubyAndSapphire'').
* ItsAllAboutMe: She does not take into consideration ''anyone else'' when she turns the Pewter Gym into a Water-type gym, against the wishes of her entire family, and Brock has to yell at her several times just to make her even realize he doesn't approve. And when she battles Flint, she declares that if she wins, all her kids have to become Water-type Pokémon users, just because ''she'' likes them.
* KiddieKid: Despite being an adult woman who mothered ten children, Lola acts like a spoiled and flighty little girl, even wearing lots of pink and using the [[MonsAsCharacterization cute and unevolved]] Marill for one of her battling pokémon. Unfortunately, Flint being [[LoserArchetype Flint]], she gets her way easily and often.
* MakingASplash: She specializes in Water-Types and has attempted several times to turn the Gym into a Water-Type Gym.
* MeaningfulName: Her Japanese name, Mizuho, is written in katakana, but some variants of the name are written in kanji, sometimes including the specific kanji for water.
* MissingMom: Until she suddenly came back...with every intent of ''remodeling the Gym'', against the wishes of pretty much her entire family.
* ParentsAsPeople: She loves her children, but was clearly not fit to ever be a parent, as her mental state is too flighty and immature, causing her to become distracted with other things too easily, and doing things like leaving Brock in charge of his siblings without even considering the strain it would put on him.
* PlayfulCatSmile: A more subtle example, as only the corners of her upper lip curl upwards. It gives her more of a childish expression than specifically resembling a cat.
* PunnyName: Her Japanese name, Mizuho--''mizu'' is the most common pronunciation of the Japanese word for water.
* {{Revision}}: In the Japanese version of ''Anime/PokemonTheOriginalSeries'', Brock's mother abandoned the family as well, so Lola's belated appearance, years later, in ''Anime/PokemonChronicles'' was not technically in contradiction with previous events.
* SchrodingersCast: Lola was far enough out of the picture in ''Anime/PokemonTheOriginalSeries'' that the dub pronouncing Brock's mother dead wasn't an issue for years... and then she came roaring back from out of nowhere in ''Anime/PokemonChronicles''.
* SickeninglySweethearts: With Flint.
* SignatureMon: [[DownplayedTrope She doesn't have much in the way of clear favorites]], but it shouldn't go unnoticed that the first pokémon she uses in battle is Marill, a cute and unevolved pokémon [[MonsAsCharacterization that makes a good fit]] for a KiddieKid like Lola.
* SocialServicesDoesNotExist: Or else she (and even her husband) would have already received a call from them a long time ago.
* StrongFamilyResemblance: [[InvertedTrope As a matter of fact]], she doesn't look like her children at all, and she alone specializes in the Water-type.
* TroubleFollowsYouHome: After all their toil and trouble in ''Anime/PokemonTheOriginalSeries'', Brock parts ways with Ash and Misty and returns home, only to find his mother is back, has seized control of the gym, and has remade it in her own image.
* VanityIsFeminine: Lola is the most feminine and most self-absorbed member of Brock's family.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Cerulean Gym]]
!! The Sensational Sisters (ハナダ水姉妹 Hanada Water Sisters)
A trio of {{Head Turning|Beauty}} but {{Brainless Beaut|y}}ies in charge of Cerulean Gym who are less known for their battling than they are for their ballet--as a matter of fact, they are also Misty's big sisters, with whom she has a strained relationship.
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* AmbiguousSituation: Though Daisy is still recognized as the eldest, it's all ''but'' confirmed that the trio are triplets.
* AscendedExtra: Misty's sisters, with their long and wavy hair, short dresses, and vanity, appear to be named examples of the generic Beauty trainer-class of ''VideoGame/PokemonRedAndBlue'', or at least designed after them. Daisy's long blonde hair gives her the greatest resemblance. This may have influenced their appearance as bikini-beauties in ''VideoGame/PokemonLetsGoPikachuAndLetsGoEevee''.
* BigSisterBully: Daisy, Violet, and Lily were openly disdainful of Misty in their debut and willing to exploit her for their own convenience in later episodes. According to Misty, they were worse when they were younger.
* BlondeBrunetteRedhead: The Sensational Sisters are [[DownplayedTrope blonde, bluenette, and pinkhead]].
* BrainlessBeauty: The sisters are each a HeadTurningBeauty and TheDitz. The dub leans into this and even gives them a ValleyGirl accent. Later appearances tone down the brainless element.
* CanonImmigrant: Daisy, Violet, and Lily became Beauty-class trainers who can be fought at the Cerulean Gym in ''Let's Go, Pikachu!'' and ''Let's Go, Eevee!''
* ChromaticArrangement: Misty's sisters use color schemes that hover near the standard triadic color arrangements.
** Daisy's blonde hair, Violet's blue, and Lily's pink hovers between a Cyan-Magenta-Yellow and a Red-Yellow-Blue color scheme.
** Daisy's swimdress is red, Violet's is green, and Lily's is muted yellow (which is a common arrangement of adjacent colors), but Lily's also has a blue bow (which completes the positive color triangle of red-green-blue).
* TheDividual: Misty's sisters were all nearly identical BrainlessBeauty BigSisterBully {{Flat Character}}s when they first appeared--at one point in their debut episode all three even burst into synchronous ditzy laughter--but Daisy underwent notable DivergentCharacterEvolution in return appearances and especially in ''Anime/PokemonChronicles''.
* DubPersonalityChange: The ValleyGirl element of their characters is added in the dub.
* FamilyThemeNaming: In the original Japanese, Misty and her sisters all share FloralThemeNaming, while Misty's Japanese name Kasumi doubles as a highlight of her MakingASplash {{Elemental Motif|s}}. In the English dub, Misty's name loses the floral connotation, but [[IncidentalMultilingualWordplay this works out anyway]], as it highlights her contrasting characterization.
* ItsAllAboutMe: Misty's sisters show a willingness to exploit Misty for their own convenience, such as when they need her to be the mermaid in their water ballet, or when they dump the burden of managing the family gym in her lap so they can travel.
* MsFanservice: A trio of {{Head Turning Beaut|y}}ies introduced in a collective WalkingSwimsuitScene.
* ProfessionalSlacker: Misty's sisters are all gym leaders, but unlike Misty they have no interest in battle and neglect their duties as gym leaders in favor of water ballet. By the time Ash meets them, they're willing to simply give their gym badge away.
* ProudBeauty: Each of them are a HeadTurningBeauty, and each of them sure damn well knows it.
* ShipperOnDeck: Albeit in the most teasing, backhanded way possible. In the Cerulean gym's debut, all three sisters instantly ask Ash if he's Misty's boyfriend.
* SignatureMon: Seel and Dewgong; Dewgong's picture is plastered across the entrance of the Cerulean Gym and the sisters use the gym's Seel as a mascot who gives trainers the Cascade Badge. Having never used it in battle, the sisters were caught off guard when it turned out that it was actually quite powerful and [[TookALevelInBadass then evolved into Dewgong]] to protect the Water-type Pokémon from Team Rocket's raid during the Magical Mermaid ballet.
* StrongFamilyResemblance: Daisy, Violet, and Lily all have the same basic design elements (''e.g.,'' long wavy hair and short dresses) though they differ in some details. The only thing that the three of them and Misty have in common appearance-wise are their similar facial structures.
* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: Misty is the tomboy to all three of her girly girl sisters, who pursue far more feminine things like water ballet and romance.
* VanityIsFeminine: Misty's sisters are much more feminine than she is and likewise all the more vain. (Misty has a high-opinion of herself as well, but this is driven by the InferioritySuperiorityComplex her sisters give her).
!!! Daisy (Sakura)
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->'''Voiced in Japanese by:''' Creator/ReiSakuma
->'''Voiced in English by:''' Creator/LisaOrtiz
->'''Voiced in Latin American Spanish by:''' Jacqueline Castañeda (OG Series, first episodes), Creator/RossyAguirre (OG Series, EP 275), Circe Luna (OG series, EP 007 redub), Claudia Aline (Chronicles), Creator/MildredBarrera (Advance Generation)
-> '''Voiced in European Spanish by:''' Carmen Cervantes (OG Series, first episodes), Felicidad Barrio (OG Series, EP 275), Olga Velasco (Chronicles), Beatriz Berciano (Advance Generation)
Misty's eldest sister. Got a large role in two of the ''Chronicles'' specials, proving surprisingly popular in the process.
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* AdventureDuo: With Tracey.
* AnIcePerson: Dewgong is an actual ice type, and her Luvdisc uses Ice Beam.
* AscendedExtra: ''Anime/PokemonChronicles'' gave Daisy some spotlight as a supporting cast member for Misty.
* {{Bifauxnen}}: She plays the "handsome prince" in the water show from the first season.
* BrilliantButLazy: Daisy is introduced as a BrainlessBeauty, but in later appearances she's presented as the most competent of the Sensational Sisters and able to keep up with the more experienced Misty in battle and adventure.
* CanonImmigrant: Daisy, Violet, and Lily became Beauty-class trainers who can be fought at the Cerulean Gym in ''Let's Go, Pikachu!'' and ''Let's Go, Eevee!''
* CharacterDevelopment: Started off as a FlatCharacter like her sisters, but eventually developed her own unique personality.
* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: Sure, as the oldest, [[YoungestChildWins she didn't win]] [[SeriousBusiness the battling skills]], but throw a pair of CoolShades on her and suddenly she's an [[ActionGirl action heroine]] to be reckoned with, spearheading the mission to chase down Butch and Cassidy with her driving skills. Once the glasses come off, she of course freaks out and needs to team up with Misty in order to battle effectively.
* {{Dismotivation}}: Does not wish to do actual work, and is not above bribing gym challengers into completing household chores.
* FoolishSiblingResponsibleSibling: [[DependingOnTheWriter She and Misty tend to swap roles often]]. But overall, while she can be irresponsible with many Gym Leader duties, she is the most experienced out of the three older sister and thus is the most helpful to Misty in her times of need.
* HeadTurningBeauty: One-third of the Sensational Sisters.
* ImagineSpot: Notable for setting up a [[TrailersAlwaysLie blatantly lying episode trailer]] that sent the shippers into conniption fits.
* TheLeader: Of the Sensational Sisters.
* MakingASplash: Water-type gym leader.
* SavvyGuyEnergeticGirl: Energetic Girl to Tracey's Savvy Guy.
* SmashSisters: We've only seen her battle once, and she holds her own quite well teamed up with Misty. Maybe it's just [[BrilliantButLazy lack of effort]]?
* TookALevelInBadass: With help from Misty, she is able to work with her to take down Butch and Cassidy when they go to save their Luvdisc.
* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: Like all her sisters, Daisy is a Girly Girl to Misty's Tomboy, with a preference for water ballets and romances compared to Misty's fierce appetite for battling with grace, but in later appearances Daisy becomes a GirlyGirlWithATomboyStreak, making her a midpoint between Misty and the other two.
* TownGirls: The Neither to Violet's Femme and Lily's Butch.
!!!Violet (Ayame)''' & '''Lily (Botan)
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[[caption-width-right:350:Lily]]
->'''Voiced in Japanese by:''' Creator/TomokoKawakami (Ayame), Creator/YokoAsada (Botan)
->'''Voiced in English by:''' Creator/RachaelLillis (Violet), Creator/MeganHollingshead (Lily)
->'''Voiced in Latin American Spanish by:''' Rommy Mendoza (Violet)[[labelnote:*]]replaced by Nycolle González in the EP 007 redub[[/labelnote]], Christine Byrd (Lily)
-> '''Voiced in European Spanish by:''' Isabel Fernández Avanthay (Violet, first appearance), Ana Isabel Hernando (Violet, second appearance); Pilar Martín (Lily, first appearance), Creator/IsachaMengibar (Lily, second appearance)
The middle siblings in Misty's family. Share several tropes with Daisy (above).
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* {{Ballet}}: Violet is stated to be taking lessons in preparation for a stint as a model at the start of "A Date with Delcatty".
* BigSisterBully: Are this when we first meet them, though their bullying is with their words and positions rather than anything physical. Lily in particular, being the second youngest and thus the most eager to assert their superiority.
* FloralThemeNaming: "Violet" and "Lily".
* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: Lily is the Tomboy to Violet's Girly Girl, if their different approaches to preparing for modeling careers (Lily has taken up weightlifting, while Violet has taken up classical ballet) is anything to go by.
* TownGirls: To Daisy's Neither, with Violet being the Femme and Lily being the Butch.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Lt. Surge (Mathis)]]
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->'''Voiced in Japanese by:''' Creator/FumihikoTachiki
->'''Voiced in English by:''' Creator/MaddieBlaustein
->'''Voiced in Latin American Spanish by:''' Gerardo Vásquez
-> '''Voiced in European Spanish by:''' Juan Luis Rovira
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* AdaptationalBadass: Raichu is certainly powerful in ''Red and Blue'', but it only knows Thunder Shock, Thunderbolt, and Growl, making it a total pushover if confronted with a Ground-type Pokémon. Here, Raichu knows Normal-type attacks such as Mega Punch, Mega Kick, Body Slam, and Take Down alongside its Electric-type moves. Fittingly, ''Yellow'' updated [[RetCanon Raichu's moveset]] to better match the anime as well as making it a pain to defeat even with Ground-types.
* AdaptationalJerkass: In the original games, he was a genuinely patriotic, if somewhat boastful, Flavor 1 {{Eagleland}}er. Here, he's just a flat-out bully. Even his ''Yellow'' Version counterpart is comparatively more mellow than that.
* AdaptedOut: He doesn't have Voltorb or Pikachu like he does in Red and Blue and the remakes. Averted in ''Yellow'' where only Raichu is used (and beefed up).
* AffectionateGestureToTheHead: Pats Ash's head when he announces himself as the next gym challenger.
* TheBrute: Surge is practically the largest human in the anime; his [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown fighting style]] with his Raichu also reflects this.
* TheCameo: In ''Pokémon Journeys'', over twenty years later, Ash visits the gym again for a [=PWC=] match. While Surge himself only appears in flashbacks due to being currently away, his subordinates tell Ash their gym battle has left quite the impression on their leader.
* CatchphraseInsult: He loves calling his challengers "babies". When Ash and Pikachu finally defeat him and win a Thunder Badge, he congratulations them by saying, "Congratulations, Ash. You're no baby!"
* CompositeCharacter: In Visquez's flashback in Journeys, Surge has his [=HGSS=] look, but has his open vest with no shirt and doesn't have his sunglasses.
* CrossdressingVoices: Retroactively. At the time of the episode's dubbing, Maddie Blaustein had not yet come out as transgender.
* DefeatMeansRespect: In ''Pokémon Journeys'', this is apparently how Surge sees Ash nowadays. Surge's disciple and temporary gym leader, Visquez, says Ash's battle against Surge is an example to everyone at the Gym and Ash is considered a [[WorthyOpponent respectable opponent]].
* DidNotThinkThisThrough: As a gym leader, you'd expect him to have some understanding of the mechanics of stone evolution, namely that once Pikachu evolves into Raichu its moveset is stunted.
* TheDreaded: Ash's first taste of Lt. Surge's power? Seeing several trainers rushing their Pokémon to the Pokémon Center. And the culprit? One powerful Raichu. The only reason why Ash's Pikachu manage to overcome his fear of facing Lt. Surge is because he hears Surge mocking him for not evolving so soon.
* DrillSergeantNasty: Possibly, judging by his attitude towards strength and power.
* {{Eagleland}}: Flavor 2. His new-earned respect for Ash (after defeating him) shows some Flavor 1, though - he's a bit of both with emphasis on the 2nd.
* GracefulLoser: All Gym Leaders tend to be this in the anime, but even now Surge's attitude made him the most surprising of the bunch.
* GratuitousEnglish: In the original Japanese.
* {{Jerkass}}: Insults Ash and his Pikachu, calling them weak and worthless.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: After Ash defeats him, he gains respect for the former.
* LargeAndInCharge: Is abnormally tall in the anime. Assuming his Raichu is drawn to scale (it's 2'07" according to the Pokédex), his height would be over ''eight feet''. Some scales [[https://i.imgur.com/c4QJFVO.jpg go to even being over ten feet tall]].
* MightyGlacier: While his Raichu is incredibly strong, Ash and Pikachu also figure out that it evolved too quickly and didn't learn the speed attacks it only could have learned in its previous stage, letting Pikachu run rings around it with Agility.
* PrecisionFStrike: Lets off a "Goddamn!" in the Japanese version.
* ShockAndAwe: Raichu is Electric-type.
* SignatureMon: Raichu, of course. Not only is Surge proud of its power, but he goes as far as using Raichu as his only Pokémon in Gym Battles, mainly because that's all he needs to send his challengers running their Pokémon back to the Pokémon Center. Many trainers like Visquez use Raichu in honor of his.
* SoProudOfYou: How he feels about Ash and Pikachu managing to defeat him, out of the many challengers who couldn't.
-->'''Lt. Surge:''' Congratulations, Ash. You're no baby!
* WalkingShirtlessScene: Wears no shirt under his open vest. The original anime game sprite and official art work had him drawn from an angle where the front of his torso wasn't visible. He keeps this in Journeys in Visquez's flashback even after he's been updated to his [=HGSS=] look.
* WakeUpCallBoss: Surge is remembered as the first Gym Leader who makes Ash work for his victory and doesn't just give him a badge for a good deed. The sheer intensity of Raichu's electric attacks demands that Ash strategize to defeat Surge.
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[[folder: Sabrina (Natsume)]]
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->'''Voiced in Japanese by:''' Creator/KaeAraki
->'''Voiced in English by:''' Creator/LisaOrtiz
->'''Voiced in Latin American Spanish by:''' Dulce Guerrero, Mayra Arellano (her doll self)
-> '''Voiced in European Spanish by:''' Adelaida López
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* AdaptationDyeJob: From the games' blue/black hair to dark green.
* AdaptationalSkimpiness: She wears a miniskirt with thigh high boots, whereas she wears regular clothes in the game.
* AdaptationalVillainy: In the games, Sabrina is not at all malevolent and actually dislikes battling. Here, she has SplitPersonality issues, nearly trapped the group in her dollhouse for the rest of their lives and at the start of the episode nearly made Ash fall to his death.
* AdaptedOut: She doesn't have Mr. Mime or Venomoth from ''Red and Blue'' and the remakes, and her only Kadabra has not yet evolved into Alakazam.
* TheBaroness: Sabrina's anime incarnation has a forceful, militaristic element in her design that her original self from ''VideoGame/PokemonRedAndBlue'' does not and is vastly more cruel and unfeeling. The anime version also has more sex appeal, via her ZettaiRyouiki.
* CreepyDoll: Her younger self looks like a doll, but is really the physical manifestation of the childhood she gave up when she discovered her psychic powers.
* CreepyMonotone: In the English dub she doesn't emote.
* CurbStompBattle: She handily beats Ash's team with just her Kadabra.
* DefeatMeansFriendship: Or to explain it in episodes in which Ash faces her in battle: Defeat means being doomed to spend an eternity playing with her SplitPersonality doll. Defeating ''Sabrina'', on the other hand, [[RedemptionEarnsLife ends up redeeming her (though it was done unconventionally - due to her telepathic link with Kadabra, neither of them were able to continue battling after Haunter made her laugh and reignited the flame of her human soul)]].
* TheDreaded: Sabrina's father makes it clear that trainers are better off not facing Sabrina due to her unstable split personality and psychic powers. Ash and his friends got traumatized by their experience in Saffron Gym that even when they got Haunter as their secret weapon, everyone except Ash wants to back out from a rematch.
* EasilyForgiven: Despite pulling a HeelFaceTurn, she's never punished for any of the evil she committed, likely because most writers and viewers don't think it right to punish someone for something their "evil side" did.
* EeriePaleSkinnedBrunette: Part of her menacing demeanor.
* EmotionlessGirl: Her state of being until Haunter and Ash helped her reconnect with her humanity, causing a SplitPersonalityMerge.
* EnfantTerrible: When she was a child, after developing psychic powers. [[{{Deconstruction}} She drove away her father, turned her mother into a doll]], [[ExaggeratedTrope and became such a cold, emotionless perfectionist that even her childlike side split from her]].
* FromBadToWorse: The first time Ash loses to her, she shrinks him, along with Brock and Misty, and toys with them in her dollhouse. The second time, she turns Brock and Misty into ''dolls'' and stuffs them back in the dollhouse, just as small, but now unable to move, [[AndIMustScream despite still being self-aware]]. She intends to do the same to Ash the third time, though Haunter prevents another loss.
* HeelFaceTurn: She's an outright villain in her showcase episodes but when Haunter gives the slapstick comedy of a lifetime, she breaks her stoic behavior and becomes a normal person again, causing her split personality doll to disappear.
* InvincibleVillain: She is never actually beaten. She (actually, her dad) gives Ash the Marsh Badge because Haunter made her laugh and gave her back the human side that she lost years ago.
* KnightOfCerebus: No mistake, Sabrina was the first antagonist to appear as a genuinely ''evil'' and dangerous threat to Ash and his friends. Telling is how it took three episodes for Ash to get a badge from her and even then it was the typical "gesture of thanks", when Pikachu still struggled to put a dent in Kadabra. Even Blaine - whose pokemon are meant to be stronger than Sabrina's - was beaten fairly in only two episodes, and was not nearly as malevolent as Sabrina, who made ''Misty and Brock's souls'' stakes for Ash losing.
* ObviouslyEvil: As several tropes listed above indicate. Friendly looking she is not...until she turns good, that is.
* PsychicPowers: Yep. Not just simple spoon-bending, but teleportation and [[ForcedTransformation transmutation]], as well.
* PsychopathicManchild: Her split personality, manifested by a CreepyDoll.
* RedemptionEarnsLife: In more than one way - Ash's determination to beat her not only turned her good, but essentially ''saved her soul'' as well.
* SignatureMon: Abra which later evolves into Kadabra. She is psychically-linked to Kabadra, giving her the advantage to anticipate her opponent's attack and plan her counter attack instantaneously. And just like Kadabra, Sabrina is also associated with spoon bending.
* SplitPersonality: The CreepyDoll she has in the anime is actually what Sabrina was like before she discovered her psychic powers (cheerful, smiling, and always wanting to play).
* SpoonBending: As a child, she practice her telepathic powers by bending spoons in her parents' house, much to her parents' dismay.
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[[folder: Erika]]
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->'''Voiced in Japanese by:''' Creator/KyokoHikami
->'''Voiced in English by:''' Leah Applebaum (4Kids), Nathalie Gorham (Anime/PokemonIChooseYou), Creator/LaurenLanda (Journeys)
->'''Voiced in Latin American Spanish by:''' Creator/MarianaOrtiz
-> '''Voiced in European Spanish by:''' Gloria Núñez (Series), Mayte Mira (Movie 20)
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* AdaptationalNiceGuy: In the original Japanese version, where Erika almost ends Ash's journey to the Pokémon league by banning him from the gym after he insulted her perfume. When he proves resilient about it, she submits to a battle and, after Ash saves Gloom, proves quite friendly (especially considering he got it in danger in the first place). In the English dub, it's her subordinates being too overzealous, and Erika herself says it's her duty as a Gym Leader to accept all challenges.
* AdaptationDyeJob: From black hair in the games to blue. Perhaps as a MythologyGag, her disguise as a store owner does have black hair however. She also has black hair when she returns in ''Journeys'' in place of her blue hair.
* BaitAndSwitch: In ''Journeys'', when she overhears Goh wanting to use flower arrangement to make Heracross fall in love with Pinsir, she initially acts like she did to Ash when he insulted her perfume, causing Goh to panic because he thinks he said something wrong. Then it turns out that Erika loves this idea and ''doesn't'' ban Goh from her place.
* BerserkButton: Being very sensitive about perfume, talking about it in a negative manner is not only enough to earn her ire and violent dismissal, but also indirectly get banned from her Gym, as Ash had learned the hard way.
* BreakingLecture: ''Tries'' this with Ash during their Gym Battle by criticizing his "lack of compassion" towards his Pokémon, either to demoralise him or to teach him a lesson.
* TheBusCameBack: A truly astounding example in terms of sheer length-of-absence. She makes her return in Pokemon Journeys in ''[=JN094=]'', 1,153 episodes, and ''25 real-world years'' since her debut appearance in the Original Series.
* TheCameo: Appears briefly in the 20th movie battling Ash.
* CanonWelding: She has a Leafeon in Journeys which she has only in ''VideoGame/PokemonMasters'' and in her Sygna Suit at that.
* DefrostingIceQueen: Towards Ash. She initially thinks Ash is callous due to hating perfume and his supposedly harsh treatment of his Pokémon. Then he risks his life to save her beloved Gloom.
* DisproportionateRetribution: Apparently thinks that badmouthing her perfume shop is enough reason to ban challengers access to her Gym, [[AmbiguousSituation or at least her staff do]]. She ''does'' accept Ash's direct challenge (and implies she ''has'' to), though, and give him the badge in gratitude for saving her Gloom's life.
* DubPersonalityChange: Originally she was the one who ordered Ash to be banned from the gym, in the dub this is changed to her banning him from her store without it ever stating if she had banned him from the gym or if it was just her subordinates.
* EarlyInstallmentCharacterDesignDifference: Although anime Erika is infamous for having blue hair and a gardener's outfit, it only appeared in her debut appearance. In her subsequent appearances decades later, including the [[AlternateUniverse alternative movie continuity]], she uses her modern game design.
* FormalCharactersUseKeigo: Her polite speech patterns in the Japanese version help reflect her status as a YamatoNadeshiko.
* GreenThumb: She specializes in Grass types.
* KimonoIsTraditional: In her public appearances, she wears a kimono, representing her adherence to traditional beauty perfume and distaste for any youngster who disrespects it. She doesn't wear when she works in the Gym, opting for a simple gardener's outfit instead. In ''Journeys'', Erika wears a kimono full time.
* LongBusTrip: With 1,153 episodes between her appearance in the Original Series and ''Pokemon Journeys'', Erika now holds the record for longest absence between her first two appearances for human characters.
* {{Retcanon}}: Reversed. Her appearances after her initial one in the original series [[TruerToTheText make her more uniform in design to the video games]].
* SensoryOverload: Her main Pokémon is Gloom, which invokes this with its horrible smell. This poses a problem Ash, as said smell is bad enough to knock Pokémon out.
* ShamedByAMob: A bad example. While Ash was certainly rude insulting Erika's perfume, to have not only her, but her employees, Brock, Misty ''and Pikachu'' shaming him on it was certainly uncalled for and excessive.
* ShipperOnDeck: Upon learning that Goh chose Pinsir as his partner to help it to win Heracross's heart back, she becomes very supportive of them and wants to help them out.
* SignatureMon: Gloom is her most well-known and favorite Pokémon, as Erika describes how Gloom once saved her from a Grimer when she was a child with its awful smell. Ash saving Gloom from the fire is what convinces her to give him the Rainbow Badge. Curiously, Gloom is nowhere to be seen when Erika returns in ''[=JN094=]'', only appearing in flashbacks of ''[=EP026=]'' with Leafeon serving as Erika's main Pokémon instead.
* TeamRocketWins: Actually fell victim to a rare instance, as the trio blasted her Gym on fire and stole her perfume (only an essence of it however, [[PyrrhicVictory namely Gloom's, which they did not appreciate]]). Since Ash had indirectly helped them trying to get into the Gym, he took this badly.
* TookALevelInKindness: By the time of her return in ''[=JN094=]'', she's become an all-out NiceGirl, giving Ash a warm welcome back and a genuine thank you for saving her gym when it caught on fire during ''[=EP026=]''.
* YamatoNadeshiko: The looks and the outfit are played straight but the rest is played with. Being a Gym Leader, she can't be the subtle, submissive type and instead of arranging flowers, she battles with them.
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[[folder: Koga (Kyou)]]
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->'''Voiced in Japanese by:''' Creator/HochuOtsuka
->'''Voiced in English by:''' Stan Hart
->'''Voiced in Latin American Spanish by:''' Enrique Cervantes (Original Series), Jorge Badillo (Best Wishes flashback)
-> '''Voiced in European Spanish by:''' Juan Fernández Mejías (OG Series), César Martín (BW Series)
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* AdaptationalNiceGuy: In a rare contrast to most of the other Kanto gym leaders, he's a lot more reasonable than his TortureTechnician game counterpart, if still something of a trickster.
* AdaptedOut: An extreme case, as none of his Pokémon in ''Red and Blue'' and the remakes match his anime team. Averted/subverted when ''Yellow'' is considered, as he has a Venomoth that evolved from Venonat on-screen, and Golbat became a CanonImmigrant when in the Gen II games, his Elite Four team included Crobat.
* BigBrotherMentor: Towards Aya, his younger sister.
* BigCreepyCrawlies: Venonat/Venomoth's is a giant gnat/moth.
* TheCameo: Receives a very brief dubbed one in ''BW 116'', during a flashback about Charizard's past. Probably the very first time we saw one of the original Kanto gym leaders that aren't Brock, Misty or Giovanni.
* {{Flight}}: Both Venomoth and Golbat.
* HighlyVisibleNinja: [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] by Misty.
** Actually he called his younger sister Aya out on this. Though Koga's anime attire still wasn't particularly shady.
* PoisonousPerson: He specialises in Poison types.
* SignatureMon: Subverted. Koga at first used Venomoth against Ash before their match was interrupted by Team Rocket. When they managed to resume their match outside in a courtyard, Koga inexplicably switched to Golbat despite Venomoth not being defeated yet, and Golbat's defeat was enough for Koga to declare Ash the victor. ''Yellow'' would later clarify that Koga's intended Signature Mon was meant to be Venomoth.
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[[folder: Blaine (Katsura)]]
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->'''Voiced in Japanese by:''' Toshiya Ueda
->'''Voiced in English by:''' Michael Haigney
->'''Voiced in Latin American Spanish by:''' Bardo Miranda
-> '''Voiced in European Spanish by:''' Luis Mas
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* AdaptedOut: One of the most extreme examples of all the Kanto Gym Leaders. None of the Pokémon in Red and Blue and the remakes match his anime team. In Yellow, the only Pokémon he has from the anime is Ninetales. In GSC and the remakes, the only Pokémon he has from the anime is Magmar.
* AimForTheHorn: How Pikachu took down his Rhydon. Its in fact the TropeNamer.
* BaitAndSwitch: When Ash and company helped Blaine save the volcano from exploding due to Team Rocket's freezing it, he offered Ash something special. Ash thought Blaine was going to give him a Volcano Badge, to which Blaine {{Face Fault}}ed. Instead, Blaine offered to give him a rematch for the Badge.
* DishingOutDirt: Has Rhydon, a Ground/Rock type, to go against Ash's Charizard.
* HornAttack: Rhydon's [[ThisIsADrill Horn Drill]].
* MythologyGag: A subtle one with his disguise: take away his wig and balding hair, keep the glasses and paint the fake mustache white. You get [[VideoGame/PokemonRedAndBlue videogame Blaine]]! Justified since his design had reportedly changed several times during the development of the games.
* OnlyTheWorthyMayPass: Blaine got sick of all the second-rate trainers who challenged the Cinnabar Gym when the island became a tourist trap, so he burned it to the ground. He now tests trainers with riddles to see if they're worthy of facing him. If they can solve the riddles, they get to face him.
* PhraseCatcher: "Not another riddle!"
* PlayingWithFire: He specializes in Fire types.
* PunnyName: His Japanese name is Katsura, which can also mean wig or hairpiece. He's wearing a hippie wig, and the answer to his final riddle is wig, which is his way of saying he is the Gym Leader Katsura all along. Of course, [[LostInTranslation this pun doesn't work in the English dub where his name was changed to Blaine]].
* SignatureMon: Magmar, of course. What other Fire-type Pokémon gets to rise out of the magma for its introduction, nearly sweeps Pikachu off the battlefield, and then becomes a WorthyOpponent to Ash's Charizard in the rematch? What's stranger is that despite the anime making Magmar Blaine's most iconic Pokémon on his team, his real signature Pokémon in the games is Arcanine, which never appears in here.
* StealthMentor: Blaine revealed it is not only a gym leader's job to test battle competence, but their judgment as owners of Pokémon, stating gym leaders may indeed disqualify trainers if they push their Pokémon past the limit, such as when he already had Ash beat in their first battle when he had Magmar curbstomp Pikachu in a losing battle, he was waiting for Ash to throw in the towel and commended him for doing so.
* UseYourHead: Magmar's Skull Bash.
* WakeUpCallBoss: Just like Lt. Surge, Blaine was by far the strongest Gym Leader Ash faced to that point. Even before he brought out Magmar, Blaine already had the upper hand as his Ninetales curb-stomped Squirtle and Charizard refused to battle. If Pikachu had somehow defeated Magmar, he likely would have lost to Ninetales.
* YouHaveGotToBeKiddingMe: Blaine's reaction when Ash thinks that Blaine's going to give him a Volcano Badge for stopping the volcano from exploding. Blaine actually gives Ash a rematch for the Badge.
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!!Orange Islands Gym Leaders
[[folder: Cissy (Atsumi)]]
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->'''Voiced in Japanese by:''' Creator/MikiNagasawa
->'''Voiced in English by:''' [[Creator/TaraSands Tara Jayne]]
->'''Voiced in Latin American Spanish by:''' Creator/LauraTorres
-> '''Voiced in European Spanish by:''' Sandra Jara
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* AnnoyingYoungerSibling: Her little brother is downright obnoxious and she's the only person who can keep him in line.
* MakingASplash: Blastoise and Seadra are Water-Types.
* SamusIsAGirl: "I was expecting a ''guy'' trainer".
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[[folder: Danny (Dan)]]
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->'''Voiced in Japanese by:''' Creator/YasunoriMatsumoto
->'''Voiced in English by:''' Jim Malone
->'''Voiced in Latin American Spanish by:''' Creator/YamilAtala
-> '''Voiced in European Spanish by:''' Jesús Maniega
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* ActionBomb: His Electrode knows explosion.
* ActuallyIAmHim: he reveals himself as the Navel Island gym leader after accompanying Ash on a climb up a mountain enclosed on the grounds. Misty and Tracey said they figured it out when they took the lift to the top of the mountain and didn't find anybody there.
* AnIcePerson: His Nidoqueen knows Ice Beam.
* BigCreepyCrawlies: Has a Scyther, a giant mantis.
* NiceGuy: He's very supportive of Ash, giving him pointers on how to pass the trials needed to qualify for his own gym and warning him when he was about to break the rules.
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[[folder: Rudy (Ziggy)]]
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->'''Voiced in Japanese by:''' Creator/RyoHorikawa
->'''Voiced in English by:''' Matthew Mitler
->'''Voiced in Latin American Spanish by:''' Creator/VictorUgarte
-> '''Voiced in European Spanish by:''' Pablo Sevilla
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* BettyAndVeronica: In the Orange Islands episode where the trio meet Rudy, Misty is Archie, Ash is Betty and Rudy is Veronica when Rudy tries to flirt with Misty and Ash gets jealous.
* BigCreepyCrawlies: His Venomoth is a giant moth.
* DanceBattler: Something he's trained all his team to do.
* DemotedToExtra: Averted in ''Manga/TheElectricTaleOfPikachu''; he and Drake are the only members of the Orange Crew shown in that adaptation.
* DittoFighter (Type 3): All of the Pokémon he uses in battle are intended to match the types of his opponent.[[note]]Of all the types in [[Videogame/PokemonRedAndBlue Gen 1]], the only ones he can't directly counter are Ghost, Dragon and Normal.[[/note]] [[spoiler:The ''attacks'' of said Pokémon [[ElementalRockPaperScissors need not apply]], however...]]
* GracefulLoser: Rather graceful for losing to Ash in both the battle and for Misty (though [[ChasteHero Ash doesn't get the second one]]).[[note]]Rudy dedicated the tie-breaking bout between Starmie and Squirtle to Misty and when she encourages Ash, [[VitriolicBestBuds in her own special way]], Rudy [[FunctionalGenreSavvy surmises]] his own status as a RomanticFalseLead.[[/note]]
* GreenThumb: His Exeggutor (used to fight Bulbasaur) is grass-type.
* KnightTemplarBigBrother: Part of the reason why he was so adamant about marrying Misty is because his sister wanted her in the family after Misty saved her from drowning.
* MakingASplash: His Water-type Starmie (used to fight Squirtle)
* PlayingWithFire: Has a Fire-type Ninetails at the Gym
* PsychicPowers: Has a Psychic-type Alakazam at the Gym.
* ShockAndAwe: Electabuzz (used to fight Pikachu). Starmie also uses Thunderbolt.
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[[folder: Luana (Ruriko)]]
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->'''Voiced in Japanese by:''' Creator/MamiKoyama
->'''Voiced in English by:''' Kayzie Rogers
->'''Voiced in Latin American Spanish by:''' Elena Ramírez
-> '''Voiced in European Spanish by:''' Gemma Martín
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* ActionMom: Has a son on his own journey (Who is an Expy of Ash down to a Pikachu and InexplicablyIdenticalIndividuals syndrome), and is a Gym leader.
* DishingOutDirt: Has a Marowak, a Ground-type knows that knows the Ground-type move Bonemerang.
* EarlyBirdCameo: Odd gameplay example, she did a double battle with Ash well before the mechanic was introduced in the games.
* EnergyWeapon: Alakazam's Hyper Beam.
* IdenticalStranger: Mistook Ash for her son Travis.
* PsychicPowers: She has an Alakazam, which knows Psychic-type moves such as Teleport, Reflect, and Psychic.
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[[folder: Drake (Yuji)]]
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->'''Voiced in Japanese by:''' Creator/KojiYusa
->'''Voiced in English by:''' Scottie Ray
->'''Voiced in Latin American Spanish by:''' Creator/YamilAtala
-> '''Voiced in European Spanish by:''' Alejandro Peyo García
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Leader of the Orange Islands Gyms - and he proves it in Ash's longest-at-the-time fight (the ''first'' 6-on-6 ever seen in the show, to boot). His Dragonite as well, being the Pokémon that took on four members of Ash's team (including Charizard and Pikachu) and nearly winning.\\
Dragonite also has 10 moves, which exceeded the limit of anyone at the time before the anime started to enforce the move-limit. This was done ''on purpose'' by the writers to make it seem even more undefeatable.
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* TheAce: Besides being Ash's toughest challenge in the Orange League, Drake has a Dragonite that is simply a beast in battle. It uses 10 moves in a single match, breaking the limit of 4, just to show how unstoppable it is, and it's a powerful team-sweeper, wiping out Charizard, Squirtle, and Tauros in a row. The only reason why Dragonite finally lost to Pikachu is due to fatigue and Pikachu's determination.
* BeamOWar: His Gengar and Ash's Lapras get into one. It ends in a double knock-out, the first one in the series.
* BrokenWinLossStreak: Drake, the esteemed Leader of the Orange Islands Gyms, has gained a reputation for being unbeatable in battles. It is said that numerous trainers have tried to challenge him, but none have succeeded in defeating him. However, this all changes when a young and determined trainer named Ash appears on the scene. Ash manages to do what no one else has ever done before - defeat Drake in a thrilling and unforgettable battle.
* DishingOutDirt: His Onix knows Dig.
* DittoFighter: In the first round of six-on-six battling, Drake's Ditto takes on Ash's Pikachu. Pikachu wins because it has more stamina. It is implied that many trainers who faced Drake in the past lost to his Ditto alone from being unable to defeat a copy of their own Pokemon.
--> '''Ash''': They can copy Pikachu, but there's nothing like the real thing!
* EnergyWeapon: Dragonite's Hyper Beam.
* {{Expy}}: Rather obviously based on Lance of the Elite Four.
* MeaningfulName: Drake is another word to describe a dragon, which is appropriate since his signature Pokemon is a Dragonite.
* ShockAndAwe: Electabuzz is an Electric-type.
* SignatureMon: Dragonite is Drake's most powerful Pokémon and Pummelo Island makes that crystal clear with stone statues of Dragonite featured across the island. Because of this, Dragonite is only used when Drake's other Pokémon fell, and forces Ash to earn his victory in his first Full Battle match.
* SoulPower: Gengar knows the Ghost-type attack Night Shade.
* VictoryIsBoring: When introduced, he's become tired of his own invincibility and that no challenger has ever beaten him since his ascension. So you can imagine that when Ash defeats him, he gracefully praises the young trainer on his victory.
* WorfHadTheFlu: Ash's Pikachu was only to defeat Drake insanely powerful Dragonite after it had already battled his Charizard, Squirtle, Tauros in a row and was visibly exhausted.
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!!Johto Gym Leaders
[[folder: Falkner (Hayato)]]
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->'''Voiced in Japanese by:''' Creator/AkiraIshida
->'''Voiced in English by:''' Matthew Mitler
->'''Voiced in Latin American Spanish by:''' Creator/EduardoGarza
-> '''Voiced in European Spanish by:''' Pablo Sevilla
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* AdaptationalBadass: As the first gym leader in the games, he was a real pushover (infamously he is the only gym leader who sports a team still in the single digits). Here he boasts an exceptional team that made Ash sweat to win his victory. His Pidgeot was actually ''winning'' against Charizard until Ash figured out its attack patterns.
* BigDamnHeroes: He first appears on a hang-glider, rescues Pikachu, and blasts off Team Rocket. ''Then'' introductions are made.
* BreakTheHaughty: Ash's victory is implied to have humbled him somewhat.
* FireIceLightning: His Dodrio knows Tri Attack, which can either burn, freeze, or paralyze its opponent.
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: In the final part of his match with Ash, his Pidgeot had Charizard outclassed in terms of speed. It moved too fast for Charizard to be able to counterattack...but it kept using the same attack pattern. That helped Ash figure it out, and when he had Charizard trap Pidgeot with a Fire Spin, it was all over.
* {{Hypocrite}}: He states how he hates the consensus that Flying types would always lose to Electric types due to a type disadvantage...and then subsequently patronizes Ash for using Chikorita, for no reason besides ''her'' type disadvantage. [[HiddenHeartOfGold He backed it up]], but it was still an egotistical thing to do, and was followed by LaserGuidedKarma (below).
* InASingleBound: His Dodrio is a very good jumper.
* InertiaIsACruelMistress: Ash beat him using the old "attack where he's going" shtick.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: He's boastful of the superiority of his chosen Pokémon type and self-righteous about his methods, but he's good at heart and even went out of his way to save Pikachu with no personal gain involved. He also gracefully accepted his defeat.
* LaserGuidedKarma: After boasting of the strength of his Flying types, his Hoothoot takes out Ash's Chikorita easily; following that, his first ''two'' Pokémon are both defeated by Pikachu.
* MultipleHeadCase: One of his Pokémon is the three-headed Dodrio.
* SignatureMon: Pidgeot. Not only is Pidgeot a necessary upgrade to Falkner's game team (only consisted of Pidgey and Pidgeotto), but it's also going against [[TheAce Ash's Charizard]], who was already making Ash's challenges way too easy. Naturally, Falkner needs an iconic Pokémon on his team that could fight a seasoned Pokémon.
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[[folder: Bugsy (Tsukushi)]]
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->'''Voiced in Japanese by:''' Hiromi Ishikawa
->'''Voiced in English by:''' [[Creator/TaraSands Tara Jayne]]
->'''Voiced in Latin American Spanish by:''' Creator/MariaFernandaMorales
-> '''Voiced in European Spanish by:''' Amelia Jara
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* AchillesHeel: His Scyther can use Swords Dance to create the perfect shield from Fire type attacks, except those coming from directly above, which Ash exploits to defeat him.
* AdaptedOut: His Kakuna in the games is replaced by a Spinarak in the anime.
* ArrogantKungFuGuy: As Falkner, Bugsy boasts about his Pokémon specialty's superiority.
* BigCreepyCrawlies: He raises Bug type Pokémon, bigger than normal bugs.
* DidntSeeThatComing: Bugsy is shocked when Ash exploits the vulnerability resulting from Scyther's use of Swords Dance.
* SignatureMon: Scyther is Bugsy's final and toughest Pokémon, and featured alongside Bugsy in the openings, though this is not a hard feat considering that Bugsy's other Pokémon are [[ComMon Spinarak and Metapod]].
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[[folder: Whitney (Akane)]]
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->'''Voiced in Japanese by:''' Creator/YukoMiyamura
->'''Voiced in English by:''' Creator/MeganHollingshead
->'''Voiced in Latin American Spanish by:''' Creator/LilianaBarba
-> '''Voiced in European Spanish by:''' Cristina Yuste
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* TheAce: Not only did Miltank sweep Ash's entire team, but Whitney deems defeating her Miltank in a ''practice'' session on her farm to be good enough for Ash to get a Plain Badge, with no need to face her Clefairy or Nidorina. Yeah, her Miltank is that powerful.
* AdaptationalNiceGuy: In the games, Whitney was even more insufferable due to throwing a tantrum and initially refusing to give you a badge when you defeated her. Here, she's a GracefulLoser and willingly gives Ash the Plain Badge.
* AscendedMeme: Rarely was there ever a player who ''didn't'' get through her Clefairy on the first try, only to have their entire team ''clobbered'' by Miltank. [[TemptingFate Guess what happened to Ash the first time he battled her?]]
* BadassAdorable: A cute, ditzy girl who is also one tough gym leader.
* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: She seems silly and playful, and her Nidorina and Clefairy go down quickly, but she's still the only Johto Gym Leader who Ash ever actually lost against in an official battle (his first battle with Pryce was unofficial and his first bout with Clair was interrupted by Team Rocket's thievery, so it doesn't technically count despite her having the edge).
* DidntThinkThisThrough: Reuses her "have Miltank spam Rollout" strategy in her rematch, not realizing Ash would come up with a counter strategy.
* ItOnlyWorksOnce: Her "Miltank uses Rollout over and over again" strategy doesn't work as well in the rematch because Ash, inspired by Team Rocket's barrel-bot battle, comes up with a counter strategy to beat Miltank.
* LightningBruiser: Good God, Miltank. She's just as bad in the anime as she is in the games, effortlessly sweeping Ash's entire team without breaking a sweat. Part of the reason why she's so formidable is her unmatched speed combined with raw power of Rollout. The only way for Ash to defeat the Milk Cow Pokémon is having his Pokémon dig a trench to slow down Miltank's Rollout speed so they can have an easy window to attack.
* NiceGirl: She's a bit a ditz, but she's a real sweetheart, and even though her second match with Ash had taken place outside the Gym, Whitney still accepted her defeat as official and awarded Ash the Plain Badge.
* NonElemental: Clefairy and Miltank. Clefairy would become a Fairy type later.
* NoSenseOfDirection: Gets lost in her own home town.
* PoisonousPerson: Despite being a Normal-type Gym Leader, Whitney has Nidorina on her team, which is pure Poison-type.
* SignatureMon: Miltank, who else? A notorious team sweeper like Miltank is sure going to make Whitney memorable in the anime, to the point Whitney only uses Miltank in Ash's "unofficial" rematch. Naturally, whenever Whitney is show in Pokémon openings or flashbacks, her Miltank is always there beside her.
* WakeUpCallBoss: The only Johto Gym Leader to defeat Ash in an official battle.
* WhenAllYouHaveIsAHammer: Whitney's strategy with Miltank boils down to using Rollout again and again. While this does let her beat Ash in the first Gym Battle, in the rematch [[ItOnlyWorksOnce Ash is able to come up with a strategy to beat Miltank]].
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[[folder: Morty (Matsuba)]]
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->'''Voiced in Japanese by:''' Creator/MasayaMatsukaze
->'''Voiced in English by:''' Creator/AndrewRannells
->'''Voiced in Latin American Spanish by:''' Creator/ArturoMercadoJr (Season 3), Rolando de la Fuente (Season 5)
-> '''Voiced in European Spanish by:''' Juan Antonio García Sainz de la Maza
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* TheBusCameBack: Returned in "For Ho-Oh The Bells Toll".
* PsychicPowers: Gastly's Confusion and Haunter's Hypnosis.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: He has little reason to believe that Ash truly saw Ho-Oh (a Pokémon last seen three centuries ago), but he doesn't completely dismiss the notion and later, impressed by Ash's victory and "spirit", he concedes his challenger may indeed have seen Ho-Oh. He's also quite forgiving of their disturbing the Pokémon that live at the Burned Tower.
* RecurringCharacter: He even gets one guest appearance in the "Master Quest" season.
* RedOniBlueOni: The calm blue to his friend Eusine's hot-blooded red, especially when it comes to skepticism to Ash's claim that he saw a Ho-Oh.
* SignatureMon: He only has the Gastly line on his team, and thus Gengar is his most powerful and iconic Pokémon of the bunch, serving as the final boss to Ash's Noctowl.
* SoulPower: He uses Ghost type Pokémon.
* SpeaksFluentAnimal: Though unlike most examples, Morty mastered this through practice rather than inherent talent.
* SquishyWizard: Ghost Pokemon know plenty of cunning tricks, and Morty uses every one of them in his match with Ash. Unfortunately, like most Ghosts, Morty's Pokemon can't take much punishment. Once Ash figures out how to hit Morty's Pokemon, they go straight down.
* TheStoic: He doesn't show an excess of emotion and mostly expresses himself with controlled smiles or frowns.
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[[folder: Chuck (Shijima)]]
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->'''Voiced in Japanese by:''' Nobuaki Kakuda (original series), Takahiro Fujiwara (''Journeys'')
->'''Voiced in English by:''' Creator/DanGreen
->'''Voiced in Latin American Spanish by:''' Luis Alfonso Padilla (original series), Víctor Manuel Espinoza (''Journeys'')
-> '''Voiced in European Spanish by:''' Iñaki Crespo
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* AdaptedOut: Chuck's Primeape in the games was replaced by a Machoke in the anime.
* BadassNormal: He can fight and train with his own Pokémon, but he's also...
* BrilliantButLazy: Thus, he's let himself go, tiring easily and having put on a little weight.
* BruiserWithASoftCentre: Chuck and his Machoke not only embody this trope, they're proud of it.
* TheBusCameBack: He returns from a [[LongBusTrip '''LONG''' bus trip]] and reappears in Journeys Episode #39.
* CatchPhrase: He constantly tells his Pokemon to "focus their energy" and not give up when they're weakening.
* DudeWheresMyRespect: He gets teased about his weight and tendency to tire out from ''his own wife'' despite being a famous teacher and Gym Leader.
* HotBlooded: Likely one of the most hot-blooded Gym Leaders in the entire series.
* ImprobableHairstyle: The way the hair on the back of his head sticks up.
* LongBusTrip: With 915 episodes between his appearance in the Original Series and ''Pokemon Journeys'', Second to Erika in record for longest absence between appearances for human characters.
* MakingASplash: Poliwrath is a Water-type.
* TheMentor: Has many students, the most notable two we know of being Brawly the Gym Leader of Dewford Town (in Hoenn) and Bea.
* SignatureMon: Poliwrath by virtue of being Chuck's only recurring Pokémon despite Machoke being his last Pokémon used in the Gym Battle against Ash. As well as being Chuck's only Pokémon actually adapted from the games.
* WalkingShirtlessScene: He goes shirtless All the damn time!
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[[folder: Jasmine (Mikan)]]
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->'''Voiced in Japanese by:''' Creator/YumiKakazu
->'''Voiced in English by:''' [[Creator/TaraSands Tara Jayne]] (4Kids), Creator/AlysonLeighRosenfeld (current)
->'''Voiced in Latin American Spanish by:''' Creator/GabyUgarte
-> '''Voiced in European Spanish by:''' Conchi López (OG Series, first appearance), Pepa Castro (OG Series, second appearance), María Blanco (DP Series)
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* AdaptedOut: Sort of. She only uses one Magnemite in the anime, rather than two as in the games.
* AdaptationalBadass: In the games, she's really shy and has trouble speaking. In the episode "Nerves of Steelix" of the anime, she jumps off from a ''cliff'' straight onto her Steelix's head, and doesn't even show a scratch. She's also a very aggresive Pokémon trainer, something you would never think of when playing the games. [[BadassAdorable She's still a nice, cute girl outside of battle, though.]]
* BadassAdorable: She's a cute, gentle girl, but don't let that fool you. She doesn't hesitate to try and wipe out Ash's Pokémon party with her almighty Steelix. And even that of Flint from the Sinnoh Elite Four.
* BigDamnHeroes: For once, Team Rocket succesfully kidnap Ash's Pikachu near Olivine City, and Ash can't do anything about it. Seems like Jessie, James and Meowth are being [[ThrowTheDogABone thrown a bone]] after all these episodes, right? ''Wrong!'' Suddenly, a Steelix [[DeusExMachina appears out of nowhere]] to stop these guys on their feet. Right after that, Jasmine joins in by making a jump that would destroy any normal person's legs and orders Steelix to send Team Rocket flying with an overpowered Iron Tail attack. Ash gets Pikachu back and thanks Jasmine, who reminds him there's a [[OhCrap heated battle awaiting both of them back at the gym.]]
* TheBusCameBack: Makes a one-episode appearance in the "Diamond and Pearl" series.
* CharacterisationMarchesOn: Was a borderline ShrinkingViolet in her first episode. When she reappears, she's clearly [[TookALevelInBadass taken a level in confidence and is more headstrong than before]]. [[JustifiedTrope Justified]] in that her Ampharos was terribly sick at first, leaving her concerned for its safety above all else.
* ExtraOreDinary: She trains Steel types.
* HeadTurningBeauty: It's implied InUniverse that a chunk of the trainer community sees her as a good-looking gym leader, because she's nicknamed as "the fighting beauty" or something along those lines. Apart from the alias, [[DownplayedTrope no one ever comments on her beauty]], though (besides [[InLoveWithLove Brock]], that is).
* HotBlooded: Depending on the situation. She's calm and polite most of the time, but when it comes to a Pokémon battle, it's like someone put her on flames. She seems a totally different person.
* MadeOfIron: She seems unfazed when she jumps on top of her Steelix's hard head from a cliff. But what did you expect? Her specialty is Steel types.
* TheMentor: To Janina and she's confirmed to have other apprentices though they never appear.
* ParrotPetPosition: When she debuts, her Magnemite is perched on her shoulder but is never seen doing this in her later appearances.
* RecurringCharacter: She appeared multiple times in Johto, and even had a guest appearance in Sinnoh (to correspond with her cameo in the games).
* ShockAndAwe: Her Steel-type Magnemite is also an Electric-type.
* ShrinkingViolet: {{Played with}}. She only acts hesitant and reserved when her Ampharos is sick (that is, in the episode "Fight for the Light"). In the other episodes, she's surprisingly outgoing and even [[SeriousBusiness aggresive]] when it comes to Pokémon battles.
* SignatureHeadgear: She wears a pair of cute, spiked pigtails pointing upward. Always pointing upward, no matter the pose or situation. She uses orange orbs to set them in place. These orbs being orange is no coincidence: Jasmine's name in Japanese is ''Mikan'', which means [[MeaningfulName "orange".]]
* SignatureMon: Steelix is her main Pokémon, which she uses in her Gym Battle against Ash and later in a friendly battle against Elite Four Member Flint in ''Diamond and Pearl''.
* SilkHidingSteel: Puns aside, she's an elegant GirlyGirl with the willpower to slaughter any Pokémon trainer she comes across. Even if they're supposed to be stronger than her (Flint from Sinnoh's Elite 4).
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[[folder: Pryce (Yanagi)]]
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->'''Voiced in Japanese by:''' Creator/MotomuKiyokawa
->'''Voiced in English by:''' Creator/JimmyZoppi
->'''Voiced in Latin American Spanish by:''' Creator/CesarArias
-> '''Voiced in European Spanish by:''' Julio Núñez, Eduardo del Hoyo (as a young man)
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* AdaptationalJerkass: In the games, he's a perfectly pleasant and decent man. Here, he's a JerkWithAHeartOfGold.
* CoolOldGuy: Once he mellows out a little.
* DefrostingIceKing: He was a cold trainer due to his FreudianExcuse, but once he reunites with his Piloswine, he mellows out.
* DishingOutDirt: Piloswine is a Ground-Type.
* EarlyBirdCameo: He appears briefly in "Rage of Innocence" before having his full introduction in the following episode.
* FreudianExcuse: As a boy, he loved Pokémon dearly and was a skilled trainer. One day, he and Piloswine faced a tough Magmar, and Pryce's attempt to keep his friend from getting hurt only resulted in ''both'' of them being badly burned. While he was recovering, Piloswine up and left and never returned, leading Pryce to believe it had abandoned him for losing and subsequently hardening his heart towards Pokémon. Only after meeting Ash was it revealed that Piloswine had actually gone to get special herbs for healing burns, but [[HumanPopsicle ended up frozen in ice for years]], leading to Pryce's MyGodWhatHaveIDone realisation.
* HumanPopsicle: His Piloswine was frozen for decades in a block of ice.
* AnIcePerson: He specializes in Ice-Type Pokémon.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Even in his "hating Pokémon" period, his softer side wasn't gone, just...buried, way deep down.
* SignatureMon: Piloswine was his main Pokémon partner until it disappeared years ago, causing Pryce to believe it abandoned him for losing and thus hardening his heart. Once he learns that Piloswine was actually frozen in ice attempt to return home, Pryce realizes his mistake and the two reconcile. Piloswine thus returns as Pryce's final Pokémon in the Gym Battle against Ash, and even forfeits the battle once he notices Piloswine tiring out.
* TenderTears: When he realizes that he was wrong about Piloswine, and again when Piloswine recognizes him despite his changed appearance.
* UseYourHead: Dewgong's Skull Bash.
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[[folder: Clair (Ibuki)]]
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->'''Voiced in Japanese by:''' Yuko Mita
->'''Voiced in English by:''' Creator/MeganHollingshead (4Kids), Creator/EvaChristensen (current)
->'''Voiced in Latin American Spanish by:''' Creator/LilianaBarba (Original Series), Maggie Vera (Best Wishes)
-> '''Voiced in European Spanish by:''' María Antonia Rodríguez
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* TenMinuteRetirement: In her first episode, she refused to do anything (including perform the tri-annual ritual required of her) while her Dratini was shedding. It actually turned out to be in the process of evolving.
* TheAce: The best of the best in Johto Gym Leaders, and arguably the most powerful trainer Ash faced up to that point aside from Prima. She's shown to be too strong for Ash's normal team, and he has to call in some of his most powerful EleventhHourRanger Pokemon to stand a chance.
** She also wins decisively in a much later episode where Iris visits Blackthorn City and challenges her to a match.
* AdaptationalNiceGuy: Her anime personality is far nicer than her [[{{Jerkass}} game one]], complimenting Ash during their battle and [[GracefulLoser congratulating him after he beats her]].
* TheBusCameBack: Returns for a guest appearance in [=BW136=], and battles Iris at the end of the ''Best Wishes!'' Saga. Interestingly, she is the first Gym Leader guest character to return and have met with all different traveling companions of Ash because Brock is no longer a main companion after the end of Diamond and Pearl.
* ADayInTheLimelight: She has a five-episode arc.
* CurbStompBattle: In Ash's first match with Clair, he used his regular team. Although Team Rocket interrupted the match, it was clearly heading this way in Clair's favor. When they had a rematch, Ash had to change up his team and bring in some of his best EleventhHourRanger Pokemon to have any hope of winning. Even then, he only won through some very creative tactics.
** She inflicts this on Iris in their match much later in the series, but she commends Iris for the latter's skill and dedication.
* EnergyWeapon: Gyarados, Dragonair's and Kindgra's Hyper Beam.
* ExtraOreDinary: Dragonair's Iron Tail.
* MakingASplash: Kingdra & Gyarados are water-types and Dragonair's Rain Dance causes raining.
* PaletteSwap: Her Druddigon is shiny.
* ShockAndAwe: Dragonair's Thunder Wave.
* SignatureMon: Her Dratini, which then evolved into Dragonair after Clair protect it from Team Rocket. Dragonair is the last Pokémon Clair sends out in the Gym Battle against Ash, and it proves to be a formidable foe by taking Pikachu out with ease, requiring Charizard to finish the job. Clair is regularly seen with Dragonair by her side in fantasies and Pokémon openings, though strangely absent when Clair returns in ''Black & White''.[[note]]The Dragonite on her team is actually the Dragonite from the Dragon Holy Land rather than Dragonair fully evolved.[[/note]]
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[-'''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]]\\
'''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)]]\\
[[Characters/PokemonTheOriginalSeriesCast Supporting Cast]] | '''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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!!Kanto Gym Leaders
[[folder: As Whole]]
* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: Kanto Gym Leaders have unique designs and different Pokémon team set ups compared to the games, [[OneShotCharacter only appear once or twice before disappearing from the show]], and have arbitrary rules that seem to be at the Gym Leader's personal whims. This is a stark contrast to future Gym Leaders who are dead ringers to their game counterparts, have much larger screen time in the series outside of Gym Battle, and have a standardized rules with only one or two gimmicks. This is far more prominent when some of the Kanto Gym Leaders return for ''Anime/PokemonJourneysTheSeries'' and their designs are changed to better reflect the games.
* LongBusTrip: The only Gym that was visited during [[Anime/PokemonTheSeriesRubyAndSapphire the Battle Frontier saga]] (which was placed in Kanto instead of Hoenn [[note]][[MerchandiseDriven to advertise FireRed/LeafGreen]][[/note]]) was the Pewter Gym. Misty ''did'' travel with the group at the beginning of the arc, but she parted ways just outside of Cerulean City. ''Journeys'' did bring back Vermillion's Gym (except with Surge's right hand acting in his stead) as well as Erika.
* {{Leitmotif}}: {{Played with}}. Expectedly, an arrangement of the Red, Blue, and Yellow's gym battle theme is used in the anime, though is more directly linked to {{Determinator}} moments. As such though, it is still played during a few gym battles.
* OneShotCharacter: Lt. Surge & Koga.
* OutOfFocus: In the anime, compared to several other mediums (most notably ''Manga/PokemonAdventures'', where several were even ''Team Rocket agents''). Even the Johto Gym Leaders (most of them, anyway) didn't get it this bad.
* WakeUpCallBoss: Ash got his first two badges without actually battling for them, and was able to use Pikachu's electricity as a fail safe (he ''did'' battle Brock, but surrendered before he got the badge anyway for good sportsmanship). Lt. Surge's Raichu beat them badly, forcing them to improve their technique and truly earn their victories.
* YouDontLookLikeYou: Unlike [[EarlyInstallmentWeirdness other Gym Leaders in future regions]], the Kanto Gym Leaders take artistic liberties with the character designs rather than being a dead-ringer of their game counterparts. Lt. Surge has a tan and an open shirt, Sabrina's outfit is more school-like, Erika has blue hair and wears a garden outfit at the Gym rather than a kimono, and Blaine's real look is based on his original design with a hippie aesthetic rather than the bald MadScientist from the games. Even Brock and Misty aren't immune to this as their anime outfits are distinctly different from their game counterparts.
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[[folder: Pewter Gym]]
!!Forrest (Jiro)
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->'''Voiced in Japanese by:''' Creator/RomiPark
->'''Voiced in English by:''' [[Creator/AndrewRannells Andy Rannells]] (4Kids), Joanna Burns (current).
->'''Voiced in Latin American Spanish by:''' Creator/EduardoGarza (Chronicles), Héctor Emmanuel Gómez (Advance Generation)
-> '''Voiced in European Spanish by:''' Creator/BlancaRada (Series), Creator/CheloMolina (Chronicles)
The oldest of Brock's siblings after Brock, Forrest is one of Pewter City's gym leaders, sharing the position with his parents. He finally becomes the sole official Gym Leader after passing a test posited by the PIA.
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* AddedAlliterativeAppeal: Forrest's name alliterates with Flint's.
* AscendedExtra: When he first appeared, Forrest was just one among many of Brock's young siblings, but since then he's stepped up as Brock's replacement as the Pewter Gym Leader.
* DishingOutDirt : As the Pewter Gym Leader, he's a specialist in rock type Pokémon.
* ExtraOreDinary: Steelix is a Steel-type.
* EyesAlwaysShut: Per the rest of his family, he has the distinct squinty eyes.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Takes his role as Gym Leader seriously, much more than his parents and still more than his brother does
* TookALevelInBadass: In his debut, he was a newbie Gym Leader who had to rely on his big brother's veteran Pokémon like Onix/Steelix. In a spin-off episode which first aired during ''Best Wishes'', he gains a Rhyperior which puts up a damn good fight against [[spoiler:a Nurse Joy's ''Latias'']].
!!Flint (Muno)
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->'''Voiced in Japanese by:''' Creator/TakayaHashi
->'''Voiced in English by:''' Creator/TedLewis, Creator/EricStuart (4Kids), Rodger Parsons (current)
->'''Voiced in Latin American Spanish by:''' Martín Soto (Original Series), Alfonso Ramírez (Chronicles), Alfredo Gabriel Basurto (Advance Generation)
-> '''Voiced in European Spanish by:''' Juan Lombardero (OG Series), Eduardo del Hoyo (Advance Generation), Miguel Ángel Montero (Chronicles)
->'''Voiced in European French by:''' Jean-Marc Delhausse
Brock's father, who helped Ash's Pikachu to become stronger. He kept the Gym running while Brock was traveling until his second son Forrest took over.
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* AdaptedOut: ''Literature/PocketMonstersTheAnimation'' {{Rewrite}}s Brock's backstory to have it that Brock's siblings are all the result of his mother going through nine individual husbands, none of whom are indicated to be Flint.
* AmbitionIsEvil: {{Deconstructed|Trope}}. While Flint isn't evil nor cruel, he ''did'' leave his family to pursue his ambition of becoming a powerful Pokémon Trainer. Unfortunately, Flint isn't able to achieve this due to being well past his prime, and by the time he comes back, Lola already left the family while Brock is forced to take care of his ten younger siblings alone. Unfortunately, Flint was too ashamed to truly reconcile with Brock and lived afar until he gained the courage after Ash came along.
* BrickJoke: His debut has him sitting on the outskirts of Pewter City in a LotusPosition. In the ''Chronicles'' episode showing Brock's return to Pewter City, he's back in the same spot again. He even has the same disguise!
* DidntThinkThisThrough: As Flint learns the hard way in his backstory, having ambitions of becoming a Pokémon Trainer despite being past his prime, never mind fathering ''11 children'', isn't the best way to do it. Instead, all he gains is the shame of abandoning his children in the first place.
* DirtyCoward: Despite both abandoning his family and returning to Pewter City years before Ash's arrival, he was too scared to approach the family and ask forgiveness, instead adopting a false identity and watching Brock labor in his absence from the sidelines.
* DisappearedDad: Who came back. While he's ''certainly'' proven himself a bit more responsible than his wife, she can still drag him along into irresponsibility. Most notable is when he's pulled along on vacation with her (taking Ludicolo to carry the bags), leaving Brock to clean up their mess.
* DishingOutDirt: Rock-Type specialist. His Golem is proof of this.
* EpicFail: In a battle to decide the fate of the Pewter gym, Flint uses his Golem...on a battlefield that was a ''pool of water''. Obviously, Lola didn't have to put too much effort into winning the battle...
* EyesAlwaysShut: Passed this on to all his kids.
* FamilyThemeNaming: Flint's name shares the same DishingOutDirt {{Elemental Motif|s}} as his son Brock's.
* LikeFatherLikeSon: Apparently, Brock takes his weakness for girls from him, although this was only shown around Lola.
* LovableCoward: When he reappears in ''Anime/PokemonChronicles'', he's returned to hiding for the much cuter reason of having been driven out by his overwhelming KiddieKid wife.
* MeaningfulName: His Japanese name, ''Muno'', sounds similar to 無能 (''munō'') meaning inefficiency[=/=]incompetence. Not only did he abandon his family to act on his ambition of becoming a powerful Pokémon Trainer, but he failed to achieve it mainly due to being well past his prime. Afterward, he couldn't bring himself to go back to his family due to the shame and guilt of leaving them in the first place.
* MyGreatestFailure: Flint left to go on a trainer's journey but came home a failure. The shame of it was so bad he couldn't bring himself to finish going home, instead adopting a disguise and selling rocks on the outskirts of town while watching Brock and his siblings from afar. It takes Ash's arrival and determination to shake him out of it.
* OneSteveLimit: {{Averted|Trope}}: we also have Flint of the Sinnoh Elite Four.
* ParentsAsPeople: A surprisingly good example - when he's not being neglectful or just plain stupid, he can actually be a thoughtful and loving father. For instance, according to Brock ''he's'' the one who gifted Brock his Onix on his son's tenth birthday - the two of them sat together on Onix's head to watch the sunrise, and Flint's Happy Birthday message made Brock feel it was the first time he truly had his father's recognition.
* SickeninglySweethearts: with Lola, to the point that even their own children are creeped out.
* StrongFamilyResemblance: Underneath the knit cap and beard, Flint is just Brock with faded hair color and some wrinkles around the mouth. [[ExaggeratedTrope Better still]], all of Brock's siblings have inherited their dad's face, too.
!!Lola (Mizuho)
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->'''Voiced in Japanese by:''' Mako Hyoudou
->'''Voiced in English by:''' Carol Jacobanis (4Kids), Annie Silver (current)
->'''Voiced in Latin American Spanish by:''' Creator/PatriciaAcevedo (Chronicles), Gabriela Gómez (Advance Generation)
-> '''Voiced in European Spanish by:''' Alicia Sainz de la Maza (Series), Gemma Martín (Chronicles)
Brock's mother, who has attempted several times to turn the Gym into a Water-Type Gym.
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* AbsurdlyYouthfulMother: Despite being the mother of teenage Brock and nine other children, she looks like she could be in her early twenties at best.
* AdaptationalSympathy: In the original Japanese version of ''Anime/PokemonTheOriginalSeries'', both parents abandoned the family to Brock, but in the dub Brock's mother stuck with the family after Flint left and instead died from overwork.
* ComicallyMissingThePoint: Her number-one priority with the Pewter Gym: making it cute.
* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: Lola is an immature and flighty KiddieKid, but raises full-grown and fearsome Water-types like Blastoise, Gyarados, and Tentacruel.
* DubInducedPlotHole: The dub claimed she was dead, then she appeared later with nary an explanation or even a HandWave.
* DubPersonalityChange: The dub claimed that Lola died from heartbreak trying to keep the family together after Flint's [[DisappearedDad absence]], whereas the original Japanese version has her leaving the family after being sick of waiting for him. Possibly justified the change of personality was to prevent her from seeming heartless or neglectful and given how early the anime was at the time, the translators believe that she wouldn't make a physical appearance.
* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: In ''Literature/PocketMonstersTheAnimation'' by Creator/TakeshiShudo, Brock's backstory was almost entirely rewritten, and his siblings were all the result of his mother [[ReallyGetsAround going through nine husbands]] trying to find a man to help keep the gym afloat. (Lola as a character did not exist until ''Anime/PokemonTheSeriesRubyAndSapphire'').
* ItsAllAboutMe: She does not take into consideration ''anyone else'' when she turns the Pewter Gym into a Water-type gym, against the wishes of her entire family, and Brock has to yell at her several times just to make her even realize he doesn't approve. And when she battles Flint, she declares that if she wins, all her kids have to become Water-type Pokémon users, just because ''she'' likes them.
* KiddieKid: Despite being an adult woman who mothered ten children, Lola acts like a spoiled and flighty little girl, even wearing lots of pink and using the [[MonsAsCharacterization cute and unevolved]] Marill for one of her battling pokémon. Unfortunately, Flint being [[LoserArchetype Flint]], she gets her way easily and often.
* MakingASplash: She specializes in Water-Types and has attempted several times to turn the Gym into a Water-Type Gym.
* MeaningfulName: Her Japanese name, Mizuho, is written in katakana, but some variants of the name are written in kanji, sometimes including the specific kanji for water.
* MissingMom: Until she suddenly came back...with every intent of ''remodeling the Gym'', against the wishes of pretty much her entire family.
* ParentsAsPeople: She loves her children, but was clearly not fit to ever be a parent, as her mental state is too flighty and immature, causing her to become distracted with other things too easily, and doing things like leaving Brock in charge of his siblings without even considering the strain it would put on him.
* PlayfulCatSmile: A more subtle example, as only the corners of her upper lip curl upwards. It gives her more of a childish expression than specifically resembling a cat.
* PunnyName: Her Japanese name, Mizuho--''mizu'' is the most common pronunciation of the Japanese word for water.
* {{Revision}}: In the Japanese version of ''Anime/PokemonTheOriginalSeries'', Brock's mother abandoned the family as well, so Lola's belated appearance, years later, in ''Anime/PokemonChronicles'' was not technically in contradiction with previous events.
* SchrodingersCast: Lola was far enough out of the picture in ''Anime/PokemonTheOriginalSeries'' that the dub pronouncing Brock's mother dead wasn't an issue for years... and then she came roaring back from out of nowhere in ''Anime/PokemonChronicles''.
* SickeninglySweethearts: With Flint.
* SignatureMon: [[DownplayedTrope She doesn't have much in the way of clear favorites]], but it shouldn't go unnoticed that the first pokémon she uses in battle is Marill, a cute and unevolved pokémon [[MonsAsCharacterization that makes a good fit]] for a KiddieKid like Lola.
* SocialServicesDoesNotExist: Or else she (and even her husband) would have already received a call from them a long time ago.
* StrongFamilyResemblance: [[InvertedTrope As a matter of fact]], she doesn't look like her children at all, and she alone specializes in the Water-type.
* TroubleFollowsYouHome: After all their toil and trouble in ''Anime/PokemonTheOriginalSeries'', Brock parts ways with Ash and Misty and returns home, only to find his mother is back, has seized control of the gym, and has remade it in her own image.
* VanityIsFeminine: Lola is the most feminine and most self-absorbed member of Brock's family.
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[[folder: Cerulean Gym]]
!! The Sensational Sisters (ハナダ水姉妹 Hanada Water Sisters)
A trio of {{Head Turning|Beauty}} but {{Brainless Beaut|y}}ies in charge of Cerulean Gym who are less known for their battling than they are for their ballet--as a matter of fact, they are also Misty's big sisters, with whom she has a strained relationship.
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* AmbiguousSituation: Though Daisy is still recognized as the eldest, it's all ''but'' confirmed that the trio are triplets.
* AscendedExtra: Misty's sisters, with their long and wavy hair, short dresses, and vanity, appear to be named examples of the generic Beauty trainer-class of ''VideoGame/PokemonRedAndBlue'', or at least designed after them. Daisy's long blonde hair gives her the greatest resemblance. This may have influenced their appearance as bikini-beauties in ''VideoGame/PokemonLetsGoPikachuAndLetsGoEevee''.
* BigSisterBully: Daisy, Violet, and Lily were openly disdainful of Misty in their debut and willing to exploit her for their own convenience in later episodes. According to Misty, they were worse when they were younger.
* BlondeBrunetteRedhead: The Sensational Sisters are [[DownplayedTrope blonde, bluenette, and pinkhead]].
* BrainlessBeauty: The sisters are each a HeadTurningBeauty and TheDitz. The dub leans into this and even gives them a ValleyGirl accent. Later appearances tone down the brainless element.
* CanonImmigrant: Daisy, Violet, and Lily became Beauty-class trainers who can be fought at the Cerulean Gym in ''Let's Go, Pikachu!'' and ''Let's Go, Eevee!''
* ChromaticArrangement: Misty's sisters use color schemes that hover near the standard triadic color arrangements.
** Daisy's blonde hair, Violet's blue, and Lily's pink hovers between a Cyan-Magenta-Yellow and a Red-Yellow-Blue color scheme.
** Daisy's swimdress is red, Violet's is green, and Lily's is muted yellow (which is a common arrangement of adjacent colors), but Lily's also has a blue bow (which completes the positive color triangle of red-green-blue).
* TheDividual: Misty's sisters were all nearly identical BrainlessBeauty BigSisterBully {{Flat Character}}s when they first appeared--at one point in their debut episode all three even burst into synchronous ditzy laughter--but Daisy underwent notable DivergentCharacterEvolution in return appearances and especially in ''Anime/PokemonChronicles''.
* DubPersonalityChange: The ValleyGirl element of their characters is added in the dub.
* FamilyThemeNaming: In the original Japanese, Misty and her sisters all share FloralThemeNaming, while Misty's Japanese name Kasumi doubles as a highlight of her MakingASplash {{Elemental Motif|s}}. In the English dub, Misty's name loses the floral connotation, but [[IncidentalMultilingualWordplay this works out anyway]], as it highlights her contrasting characterization.
* ItsAllAboutMe: Misty's sisters show a willingness to exploit Misty for their own convenience, such as when they need her to be the mermaid in their water ballet, or when they dump the burden of managing the family gym in her lap so they can travel.
* MsFanservice: A trio of {{Head Turning Beaut|y}}ies introduced in a collective WalkingSwimsuitScene.
* ProfessionalSlacker: Misty's sisters are all gym leaders, but unlike Misty they have no interest in battle and neglect their duties as gym leaders in favor of water ballet. By the time Ash meets them, they're willing to simply give their gym badge away.
* ProudBeauty: Each of them are a HeadTurningBeauty, and each of them sure damn well knows it.
* ShipperOnDeck: Albeit in the most teasing, backhanded way possible. In the Cerulean gym's debut, all three sisters instantly ask Ash if he's Misty's boyfriend.
* SignatureMon: Seel and Dewgong; Dewgong's picture is plastered across the entrance of the Cerulean Gym and the sisters use the gym's Seel as a mascot who gives trainers the Cascade Badge. Having never used it in battle, the sisters were caught off guard when it turned out that it was actually quite powerful and [[TookALevelInBadass then evolved into Dewgong]] to protect the Water-type Pokémon from Team Rocket's raid during the Magical Mermaid ballet.
* StrongFamilyResemblance: Daisy, Violet, and Lily all have the same basic design elements (''e.g.,'' long wavy hair and short dresses) though they differ in some details. The only thing that the three of them and Misty have in common appearance-wise are their similar facial structures.
* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: Misty is the tomboy to all three of her girly girl sisters, who pursue far more feminine things like water ballet and romance.
* VanityIsFeminine: Misty's sisters are much more feminine than she is and likewise all the more vain. (Misty has a high-opinion of herself as well, but this is driven by the InferioritySuperiorityComplex her sisters give her).
!!! Daisy (Sakura)
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->'''Voiced in Japanese by:''' Creator/ReiSakuma
->'''Voiced in English by:''' Creator/LisaOrtiz
->'''Voiced in Latin American Spanish by:''' Jacqueline Castañeda (OG Series, first episodes), Creator/RossyAguirre (OG Series, EP 275), Circe Luna (OG series, EP 007 redub), Claudia Aline (Chronicles), Creator/MildredBarrera (Advance Generation)
-> '''Voiced in European Spanish by:''' Carmen Cervantes (OG Series, first episodes), Felicidad Barrio (OG Series, EP 275), Olga Velasco (Chronicles), Beatriz Berciano (Advance Generation)
Misty's eldest sister. Got a large role in two of the ''Chronicles'' specials, proving surprisingly popular in the process.
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* AdventureDuo: With Tracey.
* AnIcePerson: Dewgong is an actual ice type, and her Luvdisc uses Ice Beam.
* AscendedExtra: ''Anime/PokemonChronicles'' gave Daisy some spotlight as a supporting cast member for Misty.
* {{Bifauxnen}}: She plays the "handsome prince" in the water show from the first season.
* BrilliantButLazy: Daisy is introduced as a BrainlessBeauty, but in later appearances she's presented as the most competent of the Sensational Sisters and able to keep up with the more experienced Misty in battle and adventure.
* CanonImmigrant: Daisy, Violet, and Lily became Beauty-class trainers who can be fought at the Cerulean Gym in ''Let's Go, Pikachu!'' and ''Let's Go, Eevee!''
* CharacterDevelopment: Started off as a FlatCharacter like her sisters, but eventually developed her own unique personality.
* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: Sure, as the oldest, [[YoungestChildWins she didn't win]] [[SeriousBusiness the battling skills]], but throw a pair of CoolShades on her and suddenly she's an [[ActionGirl action heroine]] to be reckoned with, spearheading the mission to chase down Butch and Cassidy with her driving skills. Once the glasses come off, she of course freaks out and needs to team up with Misty in order to battle effectively.
* {{Dismotivation}}: Does not wish to do actual work, and is not above bribing gym challengers into completing household chores.
* FoolishSiblingResponsibleSibling: [[DependingOnTheWriter She and Misty tend to swap roles often]]. But overall, while she can be irresponsible with many Gym Leader duties, she is the most experienced out of the three older sister and thus is the most helpful to Misty in her times of need.
* HeadTurningBeauty: One-third of the Sensational Sisters.
* ImagineSpot: Notable for setting up a [[TrailersAlwaysLie blatantly lying episode trailer]] that sent the shippers into conniption fits.
* TheLeader: Of the Sensational Sisters.
* MakingASplash: Water-type gym leader.
* SavvyGuyEnergeticGirl: Energetic Girl to Tracey's Savvy Guy.
* SmashSisters: We've only seen her battle once, and she holds her own quite well teamed up with Misty. Maybe it's just [[BrilliantButLazy lack of effort]]?
* TookALevelInBadass: With help from Misty, she is able to work with her to take down Butch and Cassidy when they go to save their Luvdisc.
* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: Like all her sisters, Daisy is a Girly Girl to Misty's Tomboy, with a preference for water ballets and romances compared to Misty's fierce appetite for battling with grace, but in later appearances Daisy becomes a GirlyGirlWithATomboyStreak, making her a midpoint between Misty and the other two.
* TownGirls: The Neither to Violet's Femme and Lily's Butch.
!!!Violet (Ayame)''' & '''Lily (Botan)
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->'''Voiced in Japanese by:''' Creator/TomokoKawakami (Ayame), Creator/YokoAsada (Botan)
->'''Voiced in English by:''' Creator/RachaelLillis (Violet), Creator/MeganHollingshead (Lily)
->'''Voiced in Latin American Spanish by:''' Rommy Mendoza (Violet)[[labelnote:*]]replaced by Nycolle González in the EP 007 redub[[/labelnote]], Christine Byrd (Lily)
-> '''Voiced in European Spanish by:''' Isabel Fernández Avanthay (Violet, first appearance), Ana Isabel Hernando (Violet, second appearance); Pilar Martín (Lily, first appearance), Creator/IsachaMengibar (Lily, second appearance)
The middle siblings in Misty's family. Share several tropes with Daisy (above).
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* {{Ballet}}: Violet is stated to be taking lessons in preparation for a stint as a model at the start of "A Date with Delcatty".
* BigSisterBully: Are this when we first meet them, though their bullying is with their words and positions rather than anything physical. Lily in particular, being the second youngest and thus the most eager to assert their superiority.
* FloralThemeNaming: "Violet" and "Lily".
* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: Lily is the Tomboy to Violet's Girly Girl, if their different approaches to preparing for modeling careers (Lily has taken up weightlifting, while Violet has taken up classical ballet) is anything to go by.
* TownGirls: To Daisy's Neither, with Violet being the Femme and Lily being the Butch.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Lt. Surge (Mathis)]]
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->'''Voiced in Japanese by:''' Creator/FumihikoTachiki
->'''Voiced in English by:''' Creator/MaddieBlaustein
->'''Voiced in Latin American Spanish by:''' Gerardo Vásquez
-> '''Voiced in European Spanish by:''' Juan Luis Rovira
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* AdaptationalBadass: Raichu is certainly powerful in ''Red and Blue'', but it only knows Thunder Shock, Thunderbolt, and Growl, making it a total pushover if confronted with a Ground-type Pokémon. Here, Raichu knows Normal-type attacks such as Mega Punch, Mega Kick, Body Slam, and Take Down alongside its Electric-type moves. Fittingly, ''Yellow'' updated [[RetCanon Raichu's moveset]] to better match the anime as well as making it a pain to defeat even with Ground-types.
* AdaptationalJerkass: In the original games, he was a genuinely patriotic, if somewhat boastful, Flavor 1 {{Eagleland}}er. Here, he's just a flat-out bully. Even his ''Yellow'' Version counterpart is comparatively more mellow than that.
* AdaptedOut: He doesn't have Voltorb or Pikachu like he does in Red and Blue and the remakes. Averted in ''Yellow'' where only Raichu is used (and beefed up).
* AffectionateGestureToTheHead: Pats Ash's head when he announces himself as the next gym challenger.
* TheBrute: Surge is practically the largest human in the anime; his [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown fighting style]] with his Raichu also reflects this.
* TheCameo: In ''Pokémon Journeys'', over twenty years later, Ash visits the gym again for a [=PWC=] match. While Surge himself only appears in flashbacks due to being currently away, his subordinates tell Ash their gym battle has left quite the impression on their leader.
* CatchphraseInsult: He loves calling his challengers "babies". When Ash and Pikachu finally defeat him and win a Thunder Badge, he congratulations them by saying, "Congratulations, Ash. You're no baby!"
* CompositeCharacter: In Visquez's flashback in Journeys, Surge has his [=HGSS=] look, but has his open vest with no shirt and doesn't have his sunglasses.
* CrossdressingVoices: Retroactively. At the time of the episode's dubbing, Maddie Blaustein had not yet come out as transgender.
* DefeatMeansRespect: In ''Pokémon Journeys'', this is apparently how Surge sees Ash nowadays. Surge's disciple and temporary gym leader, Visquez, says Ash's battle against Surge is an example to everyone at the Gym and Ash is considered a [[WorthyOpponent respectable opponent]].
* DidNotThinkThisThrough: As a gym leader, you'd expect him to have some understanding of the mechanics of stone evolution, namely that once Pikachu evolves into Raichu its moveset is stunted.
* TheDreaded: Ash's first taste of Lt. Surge's power? Seeing several trainers rushing their Pokémon to the Pokémon Center. And the culprit? One powerful Raichu. The only reason why Ash's Pikachu manage to overcome his fear of facing Lt. Surge is because he hears Surge mocking him for not evolving so soon.
* DrillSergeantNasty: Possibly, judging by his attitude towards strength and power.
* {{Eagleland}}: Flavor 2. His new-earned respect for Ash (after defeating him) shows some Flavor 1, though - he's a bit of both with emphasis on the 2nd.
* GracefulLoser: All Gym Leaders tend to be this in the anime, but even now Surge's attitude made him the most surprising of the bunch.
* GratuitousEnglish: In the original Japanese.
* {{Jerkass}}: Insults Ash and his Pikachu, calling them weak and worthless.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: After Ash defeats him, he gains respect for the former.
* LargeAndInCharge: Is abnormally tall in the anime. Assuming his Raichu is drawn to scale (it's 2'07" according to the Pokédex), his height would be over ''eight feet''. Some scales [[https://i.imgur.com/c4QJFVO.jpg go to even being over ten feet tall]].
* MightyGlacier: While his Raichu is incredibly strong, Ash and Pikachu also figure out that it evolved too quickly and didn't learn the speed attacks it only could have learned in its previous stage, letting Pikachu run rings around it with Agility.
* PrecisionFStrike: Lets off a "Goddamn!" in the Japanese version.
* ShockAndAwe: Raichu is Electric-type.
* SignatureMon: Raichu, of course. Not only is Surge proud of its power, but he goes as far as using Raichu as his only Pokémon in Gym Battles, mainly because that's all he needs to send his challengers running their Pokémon back to the Pokémon Center. Many trainers like Visquez use Raichu in honor of his.
* SoProudOfYou: How he feels about Ash and Pikachu managing to defeat him, out of the many challengers who couldn't.
-->'''Lt. Surge:''' Congratulations, Ash. You're no baby!
* WalkingShirtlessScene: Wears no shirt under his open vest. The original anime game sprite and official art work had him drawn from an angle where the front of his torso wasn't visible. He keeps this in Journeys in Visquez's flashback even after he's been updated to his [=HGSS=] look.
* WakeUpCallBoss: Surge is remembered as the first Gym Leader who makes Ash work for his victory and doesn't just give him a badge for a good deed. The sheer intensity of Raichu's electric attacks demands that Ash strategize to defeat Surge.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Sabrina (Natsume)]]
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->'''Voiced in Japanese by:''' Creator/KaeAraki
->'''Voiced in English by:''' Creator/LisaOrtiz
->'''Voiced in Latin American Spanish by:''' Dulce Guerrero, Mayra Arellano (her doll self)
-> '''Voiced in European Spanish by:''' Adelaida López
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* AdaptationDyeJob: From the games' blue/black hair to dark green.
* AdaptationalSkimpiness: She wears a miniskirt with thigh high boots, whereas she wears regular clothes in the game.
* AdaptationalVillainy: In the games, Sabrina is not at all malevolent and actually dislikes battling. Here, she has SplitPersonality issues, nearly trapped the group in her dollhouse for the rest of their lives and at the start of the episode nearly made Ash fall to his death.
* AdaptedOut: She doesn't have Mr. Mime or Venomoth from ''Red and Blue'' and the remakes, and her only Kadabra has not yet evolved into Alakazam.
* TheBaroness: Sabrina's anime incarnation has a forceful, militaristic element in her design that her original self from ''VideoGame/PokemonRedAndBlue'' does not and is vastly more cruel and unfeeling. The anime version also has more sex appeal, via her ZettaiRyouiki.
* CreepyDoll: Her younger self looks like a doll, but is really the physical manifestation of the childhood she gave up when she discovered her psychic powers.
* CreepyMonotone: In the English dub she doesn't emote.
* CurbStompBattle: She handily beats Ash's team with just her Kadabra.
* DefeatMeansFriendship: Or to explain it in episodes in which Ash faces her in battle: Defeat means being doomed to spend an eternity playing with her SplitPersonality doll. Defeating ''Sabrina'', on the other hand, [[RedemptionEarnsLife ends up redeeming her (though it was done unconventionally - due to her telepathic link with Kadabra, neither of them were able to continue battling after Haunter made her laugh and reignited the flame of her human soul)]].
* TheDreaded: Sabrina's father makes it clear that trainers are better off not facing Sabrina due to her unstable split personality and psychic powers. Ash and his friends got traumatized by their experience in Saffron Gym that even when they got Haunter as their secret weapon, everyone except Ash wants to back out from a rematch.
* EasilyForgiven: Despite pulling a HeelFaceTurn, she's never punished for any of the evil she committed, likely because most writers and viewers don't think it right to punish someone for something their "evil side" did.
* EeriePaleSkinnedBrunette: Part of her menacing demeanor.
* EmotionlessGirl: Her state of being until Haunter and Ash helped her reconnect with her humanity, causing a SplitPersonalityMerge.
* EnfantTerrible: When she was a child, after developing psychic powers. [[{{Deconstruction}} She drove away her father, turned her mother into a doll]], [[ExaggeratedTrope and became such a cold, emotionless perfectionist that even her childlike side split from her]].
* FromBadToWorse: The first time Ash loses to her, she shrinks him, along with Brock and Misty, and toys with them in her dollhouse. The second time, she turns Brock and Misty into ''dolls'' and stuffs them back in the dollhouse, just as small, but now unable to move, [[AndIMustScream despite still being self-aware]]. She intends to do the same to Ash the third time, though Haunter prevents another loss.
* HeelFaceTurn: She's an outright villain in her showcase episodes but when Haunter gives the slapstick comedy of a lifetime, she breaks her stoic behavior and becomes a normal person again, causing her split personality doll to disappear.
* InvincibleVillain: She is never actually beaten. She (actually, her dad) gives Ash the Marsh Badge because Haunter made her laugh and gave her back the human side that she lost years ago.
* KnightOfCerebus: No mistake, Sabrina was the first antagonist to appear as a genuinely ''evil'' and dangerous threat to Ash and his friends. Telling is how it took three episodes for Ash to get a badge from her and even then it was the typical "gesture of thanks", when Pikachu still struggled to put a dent in Kadabra. Even Blaine - whose pokemon are meant to be stronger than Sabrina's - was beaten fairly in only two episodes, and was not nearly as malevolent as Sabrina, who made ''Misty and Brock's souls'' stakes for Ash losing.
* ObviouslyEvil: As several tropes listed above indicate. Friendly looking she is not...until she turns good, that is.
* PsychicPowers: Yep. Not just simple spoon-bending, but teleportation and [[ForcedTransformation transmutation]], as well.
* PsychopathicManchild: Her split personality, manifested by a CreepyDoll.
* RedemptionEarnsLife: In more than one way - Ash's determination to beat her not only turned her good, but essentially ''saved her soul'' as well.
* SignatureMon: Abra which later evolves into Kadabra. She is psychically-linked to Kabadra, giving her the advantage to anticipate her opponent's attack and plan her counter attack instantaneously. And just like Kadabra, Sabrina is also associated with spoon bending.
* SplitPersonality: The CreepyDoll she has in the anime is actually what Sabrina was like before she discovered her psychic powers (cheerful, smiling, and always wanting to play).
* SpoonBending: As a child, she practice her telepathic powers by bending spoons in her parents' house, much to her parents' dismay.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Erika]]
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->'''Voiced in Japanese by:''' Creator/KyokoHikami
->'''Voiced in English by:''' Leah Applebaum (4Kids), Nathalie Gorham (Anime/PokemonIChooseYou), Creator/LaurenLanda (Journeys)
->'''Voiced in Latin American Spanish by:''' Creator/MarianaOrtiz
-> '''Voiced in European Spanish by:''' Gloria Núñez (Series), Mayte Mira (Movie 20)
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* AdaptationalNiceGuy: In the original Japanese version, where Erika almost ends Ash's journey to the Pokémon league by banning him from the gym after he insulted her perfume. When he proves resilient about it, she submits to a battle and, after Ash saves Gloom, proves quite friendly (especially considering he got it in danger in the first place). In the English dub, it's her subordinates being too overzealous, and Erika herself says it's her duty as a Gym Leader to accept all challenges.
* AdaptationDyeJob: From black hair in the games to blue. Perhaps as a MythologyGag, her disguise as a store owner does have black hair however. She also has black hair when she returns in ''Journeys'' in place of her blue hair.
* BaitAndSwitch: In ''Journeys'', when she overhears Goh wanting to use flower arrangement to make Heracross fall in love with Pinsir, she initially acts like she did to Ash when he insulted her perfume, causing Goh to panic because he thinks he said something wrong. Then it turns out that Erika loves this idea and ''doesn't'' ban Goh from her place.
* BerserkButton: Being very sensitive about perfume, talking about it in a negative manner is not only enough to earn her ire and violent dismissal, but also indirectly get banned from her Gym, as Ash had learned the hard way.
* BreakingLecture: ''Tries'' this with Ash during their Gym Battle by criticizing his "lack of compassion" towards his Pokémon, either to demoralise him or to teach him a lesson.
* TheBusCameBack: A truly astounding example in terms of sheer length-of-absence. She makes her return in Pokemon Journeys in ''[=JN094=]'', 1,153 episodes, and ''25 real-world years'' since her debut appearance in the Original Series.
* TheCameo: Appears briefly in the 20th movie battling Ash.
* CanonWelding: She has a Leafeon in Journeys which she has only in ''VideoGame/PokemonMasters'' and in her Sygna Suit at that.
* DefrostingIceQueen: Towards Ash. She initially thinks Ash is callous due to hating perfume and his supposedly harsh treatment of his Pokémon. Then he risks his life to save her beloved Gloom.
* DisproportionateRetribution: Apparently thinks that badmouthing her perfume shop is enough reason to ban challengers access to her Gym, [[AmbiguousSituation or at least her staff do]]. She ''does'' accept Ash's direct challenge (and implies she ''has'' to), though, and give him the badge in gratitude for saving her Gloom's life.
* DubPersonalityChange: Originally she was the one who ordered Ash to be banned from the gym, in the dub this is changed to her banning him from her store without it ever stating if she had banned him from the gym or if it was just her subordinates.
* EarlyInstallmentCharacterDesignDifference: Although anime Erika is infamous for having blue hair and a gardener's outfit, it only appeared in her debut appearance. In her subsequent appearances decades later, including the [[AlternateUniverse alternative movie continuity]], she uses her modern game design.
* FormalCharactersUseKeigo: Her polite speech patterns in the Japanese version help reflect her status as a YamatoNadeshiko.
* GreenThumb: She specializes in Grass types.
* KimonoIsTraditional: In her public appearances, she wears a kimono, representing her adherence to traditional beauty perfume and distaste for any youngster who disrespects it. She doesn't wear when she works in the Gym, opting for a simple gardener's outfit instead. In ''Journeys'', Erika wears a kimono full time.
* LongBusTrip: With 1,153 episodes between her appearance in the Original Series and ''Pokemon Journeys'', Erika now holds the record for longest absence between her first two appearances for human characters.
* {{Retcanon}}: Reversed. Her appearances after her initial one in the original series [[TruerToTheText make her more uniform in design to the video games]].
* SensoryOverload: Her main Pokémon is Gloom, which invokes this with its horrible smell. This poses a problem Ash, as said smell is bad enough to knock Pokémon out.
* ShamedByAMob: A bad example. While Ash was certainly rude insulting Erika's perfume, to have not only her, but her employees, Brock, Misty ''and Pikachu'' shaming him on it was certainly uncalled for and excessive.
* ShipperOnDeck: Upon learning that Goh chose Pinsir as his partner to help it to win Heracross's heart back, she becomes very supportive of them and wants to help them out.
* SignatureMon: Gloom is her most well-known and favorite Pokémon, as Erika describes how Gloom once saved her from a Grimer when she was a child with its awful smell. Ash saving Gloom from the fire is what convinces her to give him the Rainbow Badge. Curiously, Gloom is nowhere to be seen when Erika returns in ''[=JN094=]'', only appearing in flashbacks of ''[=EP026=]'' with Leafeon serving as Erika's main Pokémon instead.
* TeamRocketWins: Actually fell victim to a rare instance, as the trio blasted her Gym on fire and stole her perfume (only an essence of it however, [[PyrrhicVictory namely Gloom's, which they did not appreciate]]). Since Ash had indirectly helped them trying to get into the Gym, he took this badly.
* TookALevelInKindness: By the time of her return in ''[=JN094=]'', she's become an all-out NiceGirl, giving Ash a warm welcome back and a genuine thank you for saving her gym when it caught on fire during ''[=EP026=]''.
* YamatoNadeshiko: The looks and the outfit are played straight but the rest is played with. Being a Gym Leader, she can't be the subtle, submissive type and instead of arranging flowers, she battles with them.
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[[folder: Koga (Kyou)]]
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->'''Voiced in Japanese by:''' Creator/HochuOtsuka
->'''Voiced in English by:''' Stan Hart
->'''Voiced in Latin American Spanish by:''' Enrique Cervantes (Original Series), Jorge Badillo (Best Wishes flashback)
-> '''Voiced in European Spanish by:''' Juan Fernández Mejías (OG Series), César Martín (BW Series)
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* AdaptationalNiceGuy: In a rare contrast to most of the other Kanto gym leaders, he's a lot more reasonable than his TortureTechnician game counterpart, if still something of a trickster.
* AdaptedOut: An extreme case, as none of his Pokémon in ''Red and Blue'' and the remakes match his anime team. Averted/subverted when ''Yellow'' is considered, as he has a Venomoth that evolved from Venonat on-screen, and Golbat became a CanonImmigrant when in the Gen II games, his Elite Four team included Crobat.
* BigBrotherMentor: Towards Aya, his younger sister.
* BigCreepyCrawlies: Venonat/Venomoth's is a giant gnat/moth.
* TheCameo: Receives a very brief dubbed one in ''BW 116'', during a flashback about Charizard's past. Probably the very first time we saw one of the original Kanto gym leaders that aren't Brock, Misty or Giovanni.
* {{Flight}}: Both Venomoth and Golbat.
* HighlyVisibleNinja: [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] by Misty.
** Actually he called his younger sister Aya out on this. Though Koga's anime attire still wasn't particularly shady.
* PoisonousPerson: He specialises in Poison types.
* SignatureMon: Subverted. Koga at first used Venomoth against Ash before their match was interrupted by Team Rocket. When they managed to resume their match outside in a courtyard, Koga inexplicably switched to Golbat despite Venomoth not being defeated yet, and Golbat's defeat was enough for Koga to declare Ash the victor. ''Yellow'' would later clarify that Koga's intended Signature Mon was meant to be Venomoth.
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[[folder: Blaine (Katsura)]]
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->'''Voiced in Japanese by:''' Toshiya Ueda
->'''Voiced in English by:''' Michael Haigney
->'''Voiced in Latin American Spanish by:''' Bardo Miranda
-> '''Voiced in European Spanish by:''' Luis Mas
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* AdaptedOut: One of the most extreme examples of all the Kanto Gym Leaders. None of the Pokémon in Red and Blue and the remakes match his anime team. In Yellow, the only Pokémon he has from the anime is Ninetales. In GSC and the remakes, the only Pokémon he has from the anime is Magmar.
* AimForTheHorn: How Pikachu took down his Rhydon. Its in fact the TropeNamer.
* BaitAndSwitch: When Ash and company helped Blaine save the volcano from exploding due to Team Rocket's freezing it, he offered Ash something special. Ash thought Blaine was going to give him a Volcano Badge, to which Blaine {{Face Fault}}ed. Instead, Blaine offered to give him a rematch for the Badge.
* DishingOutDirt: Has Rhydon, a Ground/Rock type, to go against Ash's Charizard.
* HornAttack: Rhydon's [[ThisIsADrill Horn Drill]].
* MythologyGag: A subtle one with his disguise: take away his wig and balding hair, keep the glasses and paint the fake mustache white. You get [[VideoGame/PokemonRedAndBlue videogame Blaine]]! Justified since his design had reportedly changed several times during the development of the games.
* OnlyTheWorthyMayPass: Blaine got sick of all the second-rate trainers who challenged the Cinnabar Gym when the island became a tourist trap, so he burned it to the ground. He now tests trainers with riddles to see if they're worthy of facing him. If they can solve the riddles, they get to face him.
* PhraseCatcher: "Not another riddle!"
* PlayingWithFire: He specializes in Fire types.
* PunnyName: His Japanese name is Katsura, which can also mean wig or hairpiece. He's wearing a hippie wig, and the answer to his final riddle is wig, which is his way of saying he is the Gym Leader Katsura all along. Of course, [[LostInTranslation this pun doesn't work in the English dub where his name was changed to Blaine]].
* SignatureMon: Magmar, of course. What other Fire-type Pokémon gets to rise out of the magma for its introduction, nearly sweeps Pikachu off the battlefield, and then becomes a WorthyOpponent to Ash's Charizard in the rematch? What's stranger is that despite the anime making Magmar Blaine's most iconic Pokémon on his team, his real signature Pokémon in the games is Arcanine, which never appears in here.
* StealthMentor: Blaine revealed it is not only a gym leader's job to test battle competence, but their judgment as owners of Pokémon, stating gym leaders may indeed disqualify trainers if they push their Pokémon past the limit, such as when he already had Ash beat in their first battle when he had Magmar curbstomp Pikachu in a losing battle, he was waiting for Ash to throw in the towel and commended him for doing so.
* UseYourHead: Magmar's Skull Bash.
* WakeUpCallBoss: Just like Lt. Surge, Blaine was by far the strongest Gym Leader Ash faced to that point. Even before he brought out Magmar, Blaine already had the upper hand as his Ninetales curb-stomped Squirtle and Charizard refused to battle. If Pikachu had somehow defeated Magmar, he likely would have lost to Ninetales.
* YouHaveGotToBeKiddingMe: Blaine's reaction when Ash thinks that Blaine's going to give him a Volcano Badge for stopping the volcano from exploding. Blaine actually gives Ash a rematch for the Badge.
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!!Orange Islands Gym Leaders
[[folder: Cissy (Atsumi)]]
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->'''Voiced in Japanese by:''' Creator/MikiNagasawa
->'''Voiced in English by:''' [[Creator/TaraSands Tara Jayne]]
->'''Voiced in Latin American Spanish by:''' Creator/LauraTorres
-> '''Voiced in European Spanish by:''' Sandra Jara
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* AnnoyingYoungerSibling: Her little brother is downright obnoxious and she's the only person who can keep him in line.
* MakingASplash: Blastoise and Seadra are Water-Types.
* SamusIsAGirl: "I was expecting a ''guy'' trainer".
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[[folder: Danny (Dan)]]
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->'''Voiced in Japanese by:''' Creator/YasunoriMatsumoto
->'''Voiced in English by:''' Jim Malone
->'''Voiced in Latin American Spanish by:''' Creator/YamilAtala
-> '''Voiced in European Spanish by:''' Jesús Maniega
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* ActionBomb: His Electrode knows explosion.
* ActuallyIAmHim: he reveals himself as the Navel Island gym leader after accompanying Ash on a climb up a mountain enclosed on the grounds. Misty and Tracey said they figured it out when they took the lift to the top of the mountain and didn't find anybody there.
* AnIcePerson: His Nidoqueen knows Ice Beam.
* BigCreepyCrawlies: Has a Scyther, a giant mantis.
* NiceGuy: He's very supportive of Ash, giving him pointers on how to pass the trials needed to qualify for his own gym and warning him when he was about to break the rules.
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[[folder: Rudy (Ziggy)]]
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->'''Voiced in Japanese by:''' Creator/RyoHorikawa
->'''Voiced in English by:''' Matthew Mitler
->'''Voiced in Latin American Spanish by:''' Creator/VictorUgarte
-> '''Voiced in European Spanish by:''' Pablo Sevilla
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* BettyAndVeronica: In the Orange Islands episode where the trio meet Rudy, Misty is Archie, Ash is Betty and Rudy is Veronica when Rudy tries to flirt with Misty and Ash gets jealous.
* BigCreepyCrawlies: His Venomoth is a giant moth.
* DanceBattler: Something he's trained all his team to do.
* DemotedToExtra: Averted in ''Manga/TheElectricTaleOfPikachu''; he and Drake are the only members of the Orange Crew shown in that adaptation.
* DittoFighter (Type 3): All of the Pokémon he uses in battle are intended to match the types of his opponent.[[note]]Of all the types in [[Videogame/PokemonRedAndBlue Gen 1]], the only ones he can't directly counter are Ghost, Dragon and Normal.[[/note]] [[spoiler:The ''attacks'' of said Pokémon [[ElementalRockPaperScissors need not apply]], however...]]
* GracefulLoser: Rather graceful for losing to Ash in both the battle and for Misty (though [[ChasteHero Ash doesn't get the second one]]).[[note]]Rudy dedicated the tie-breaking bout between Starmie and Squirtle to Misty and when she encourages Ash, [[VitriolicBestBuds in her own special way]], Rudy [[FunctionalGenreSavvy surmises]] his own status as a RomanticFalseLead.[[/note]]
* GreenThumb: His Exeggutor (used to fight Bulbasaur) is grass-type.
* KnightTemplarBigBrother: Part of the reason why he was so adamant about marrying Misty is because his sister wanted her in the family after Misty saved her from drowning.
* MakingASplash: His Water-type Starmie (used to fight Squirtle)
* PlayingWithFire: Has a Fire-type Ninetails at the Gym
* PsychicPowers: Has a Psychic-type Alakazam at the Gym.
* ShockAndAwe: Electabuzz (used to fight Pikachu). Starmie also uses Thunderbolt.
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[[folder: Luana (Ruriko)]]
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->'''Voiced in Japanese by:''' Creator/MamiKoyama
->'''Voiced in English by:''' Kayzie Rogers
->'''Voiced in Latin American Spanish by:''' Elena Ramírez
-> '''Voiced in European Spanish by:''' Gemma Martín
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* ActionMom: Has a son on his own journey (Who is an Expy of Ash down to a Pikachu and InexplicablyIdenticalIndividuals syndrome), and is a Gym leader.
* DishingOutDirt: Has a Marowak, a Ground-type knows that knows the Ground-type move Bonemerang.
* EarlyBirdCameo: Odd gameplay example, she did a double battle with Ash well before the mechanic was introduced in the games.
* EnergyWeapon: Alakazam's Hyper Beam.
* IdenticalStranger: Mistook Ash for her son Travis.
* PsychicPowers: She has an Alakazam, which knows Psychic-type moves such as Teleport, Reflect, and Psychic.
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[[folder: Drake (Yuji)]]
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->'''Voiced in Japanese by:''' Creator/KojiYusa
->'''Voiced in English by:''' Scottie Ray
->'''Voiced in Latin American Spanish by:''' Creator/YamilAtala
-> '''Voiced in European Spanish by:''' Alejandro Peyo García
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Leader of the Orange Islands Gyms - and he proves it in Ash's longest-at-the-time fight (the ''first'' 6-on-6 ever seen in the show, to boot). His Dragonite as well, being the Pokémon that took on four members of Ash's team (including Charizard and Pikachu) and nearly winning.\\
Dragonite also has 10 moves, which exceeded the limit of anyone at the time before the anime started to enforce the move-limit. This was done ''on purpose'' by the writers to make it seem even more undefeatable.
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* TheAce: Besides being Ash's toughest challenge in the Orange League, Drake has a Dragonite that is simply a beast in battle. It uses 10 moves in a single match, breaking the limit of 4, just to show how unstoppable it is, and it's a powerful team-sweeper, wiping out Charizard, Squirtle, and Tauros in a row. The only reason why Dragonite finally lost to Pikachu is due to fatigue and Pikachu's determination.
* BeamOWar: His Gengar and Ash's Lapras get into one. It ends in a double knock-out, the first one in the series.
* BrokenWinLossStreak: Drake, the esteemed Leader of the Orange Islands Gyms, has gained a reputation for being unbeatable in battles. It is said that numerous trainers have tried to challenge him, but none have succeeded in defeating him. However, this all changes when a young and determined trainer named Ash appears on the scene. Ash manages to do what no one else has ever done before - defeat Drake in a thrilling and unforgettable battle.
* DishingOutDirt: His Onix knows Dig.
* DittoFighter: In the first round of six-on-six battling, Drake's Ditto takes on Ash's Pikachu. Pikachu wins because it has more stamina. It is implied that many trainers who faced Drake in the past lost to his Ditto alone from being unable to defeat a copy of their own Pokemon.
--> '''Ash''': They can copy Pikachu, but there's nothing like the real thing!
* EnergyWeapon: Dragonite's Hyper Beam.
* {{Expy}}: Rather obviously based on Lance of the Elite Four.
* MeaningfulName: Drake is another word to describe a dragon, which is appropriate since his signature Pokemon is a Dragonite.
* ShockAndAwe: Electabuzz is an Electric-type.
* SignatureMon: Dragonite is Drake's most powerful Pokémon and Pummelo Island makes that crystal clear with stone statues of Dragonite featured across the island. Because of this, Dragonite is only used when Drake's other Pokémon fell, and forces Ash to earn his victory in his first Full Battle match.
* SoulPower: Gengar knows the Ghost-type attack Night Shade.
* VictoryIsBoring: When introduced, he's become tired of his own invincibility and that no challenger has ever beaten him since his ascension. So you can imagine that when Ash defeats him, he gracefully praises the young trainer on his victory.
* WorfHadTheFlu: Ash's Pikachu was only to defeat Drake insanely powerful Dragonite after it had already battled his Charizard, Squirtle, Tauros in a row and was visibly exhausted.
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!!Johto Gym Leaders
[[folder: Falkner (Hayato)]]
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->'''Voiced in Japanese by:''' Creator/AkiraIshida
->'''Voiced in English by:''' Matthew Mitler
->'''Voiced in Latin American Spanish by:''' Creator/EduardoGarza
-> '''Voiced in European Spanish by:''' Pablo Sevilla
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* AdaptationalBadass: As the first gym leader in the games, he was a real pushover (infamously he is the only gym leader who sports a team still in the single digits). Here he boasts an exceptional team that made Ash sweat to win his victory. His Pidgeot was actually ''winning'' against Charizard until Ash figured out its attack patterns.
* BigDamnHeroes: He first appears on a hang-glider, rescues Pikachu, and blasts off Team Rocket. ''Then'' introductions are made.
* BreakTheHaughty: Ash's victory is implied to have humbled him somewhat.
* FireIceLightning: His Dodrio knows Tri Attack, which can either burn, freeze, or paralyze its opponent.
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: In the final part of his match with Ash, his Pidgeot had Charizard outclassed in terms of speed. It moved too fast for Charizard to be able to counterattack...but it kept using the same attack pattern. That helped Ash figure it out, and when he had Charizard trap Pidgeot with a Fire Spin, it was all over.
* {{Hypocrite}}: He states how he hates the consensus that Flying types would always lose to Electric types due to a type disadvantage...and then subsequently patronizes Ash for using Chikorita, for no reason besides ''her'' type disadvantage. [[HiddenHeartOfGold He backed it up]], but it was still an egotistical thing to do, and was followed by LaserGuidedKarma (below).
* InASingleBound: His Dodrio is a very good jumper.
* InertiaIsACruelMistress: Ash beat him using the old "attack where he's going" shtick.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: He's boastful of the superiority of his chosen Pokémon type and self-righteous about his methods, but he's good at heart and even went out of his way to save Pikachu with no personal gain involved. He also gracefully accepted his defeat.
* LaserGuidedKarma: After boasting of the strength of his Flying types, his Hoothoot takes out Ash's Chikorita easily; following that, his first ''two'' Pokémon are both defeated by Pikachu.
* MultipleHeadCase: One of his Pokémon is the three-headed Dodrio.
* SignatureMon: Pidgeot. Not only is Pidgeot a necessary upgrade to Falkner's game team (only consisted of Pidgey and Pidgeotto), but it's also going against [[TheAce Ash's Charizard]], who was already making Ash's challenges way too easy. Naturally, Falkner needs an iconic Pokémon on his team that could fight a seasoned Pokémon.
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[[folder: Bugsy (Tsukushi)]]
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->'''Voiced in Japanese by:''' Hiromi Ishikawa
->'''Voiced in English by:''' [[Creator/TaraSands Tara Jayne]]
->'''Voiced in Latin American Spanish by:''' Creator/MariaFernandaMorales
-> '''Voiced in European Spanish by:''' Amelia Jara
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* AchillesHeel: His Scyther can use Swords Dance to create the perfect shield from Fire type attacks, except those coming from directly above, which Ash exploits to defeat him.
* AdaptedOut: His Kakuna in the games is replaced by a Spinarak in the anime.
* ArrogantKungFuGuy: As Falkner, Bugsy boasts about his Pokémon specialty's superiority.
* BigCreepyCrawlies: He raises Bug type Pokémon, bigger than normal bugs.
* DidntSeeThatComing: Bugsy is shocked when Ash exploits the vulnerability resulting from Scyther's use of Swords Dance.
* SignatureMon: Scyther is Bugsy's final and toughest Pokémon, and featured alongside Bugsy in the openings, though this is not a hard feat considering that Bugsy's other Pokémon are [[ComMon Spinarak and Metapod]].
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[[folder: Whitney (Akane)]]
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->'''Voiced in Japanese by:''' Creator/YukoMiyamura
->'''Voiced in English by:''' Creator/MeganHollingshead
->'''Voiced in Latin American Spanish by:''' Creator/LilianaBarba
-> '''Voiced in European Spanish by:''' Cristina Yuste
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* TheAce: Not only did Miltank sweep Ash's entire team, but Whitney deems defeating her Miltank in a ''practice'' session on her farm to be good enough for Ash to get a Plain Badge, with no need to face her Clefairy or Nidorina. Yeah, her Miltank is that powerful.
* AdaptationalNiceGuy: In the games, Whitney was even more insufferable due to throwing a tantrum and initially refusing to give you a badge when you defeated her. Here, she's a GracefulLoser and willingly gives Ash the Plain Badge.
* AscendedMeme: Rarely was there ever a player who ''didn't'' get through her Clefairy on the first try, only to have their entire team ''clobbered'' by Miltank. [[TemptingFate Guess what happened to Ash the first time he battled her?]]
* BadassAdorable: A cute, ditzy girl who is also one tough gym leader.
* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: She seems silly and playful, and her Nidorina and Clefairy go down quickly, but she's still the only Johto Gym Leader who Ash ever actually lost against in an official battle (his first battle with Pryce was unofficial and his first bout with Clair was interrupted by Team Rocket's thievery, so it doesn't technically count despite her having the edge).
* DidntThinkThisThrough: Reuses her "have Miltank spam Rollout" strategy in her rematch, not realizing Ash would come up with a counter strategy.
* ItOnlyWorksOnce: Her "Miltank uses Rollout over and over again" strategy doesn't work as well in the rematch because Ash, inspired by Team Rocket's barrel-bot battle, comes up with a counter strategy to beat Miltank.
* LightningBruiser: Good God, Miltank. She's just as bad in the anime as she is in the games, effortlessly sweeping Ash's entire team without breaking a sweat. Part of the reason why she's so formidable is her unmatched speed combined with raw power of Rollout. The only way for Ash to defeat the Milk Cow Pokémon is having his Pokémon dig a trench to slow down Miltank's Rollout speed so they can have an easy window to attack.
* NiceGirl: She's a bit a ditz, but she's a real sweetheart, and even though her second match with Ash had taken place outside the Gym, Whitney still accepted her defeat as official and awarded Ash the Plain Badge.
* NonElemental: Clefairy and Miltank. Clefairy would become a Fairy type later.
* NoSenseOfDirection: Gets lost in her own home town.
* PoisonousPerson: Despite being a Normal-type Gym Leader, Whitney has Nidorina on her team, which is pure Poison-type.
* SignatureMon: Miltank, who else? A notorious team sweeper like Miltank is sure going to make Whitney memorable in the anime, to the point Whitney only uses Miltank in Ash's "unofficial" rematch. Naturally, whenever Whitney is show in Pokémon openings or flashbacks, her Miltank is always there beside her.
* WakeUpCallBoss: The only Johto Gym Leader to defeat Ash in an official battle.
* WhenAllYouHaveIsAHammer: Whitney's strategy with Miltank boils down to using Rollout again and again. While this does let her beat Ash in the first Gym Battle, in the rematch [[ItOnlyWorksOnce Ash is able to come up with a strategy to beat Miltank]].
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[[folder: Morty (Matsuba)]]
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->'''Voiced in Japanese by:''' Creator/MasayaMatsukaze
->'''Voiced in English by:''' Creator/AndrewRannells
->'''Voiced in Latin American Spanish by:''' Creator/ArturoMercadoJr (Season 3), Rolando de la Fuente (Season 5)
-> '''Voiced in European Spanish by:''' Juan Antonio García Sainz de la Maza
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* TheBusCameBack: Returned in "For Ho-Oh The Bells Toll".
* PsychicPowers: Gastly's Confusion and Haunter's Hypnosis.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: He has little reason to believe that Ash truly saw Ho-Oh (a Pokémon last seen three centuries ago), but he doesn't completely dismiss the notion and later, impressed by Ash's victory and "spirit", he concedes his challenger may indeed have seen Ho-Oh. He's also quite forgiving of their disturbing the Pokémon that live at the Burned Tower.
* RecurringCharacter: He even gets one guest appearance in the "Master Quest" season.
* RedOniBlueOni: The calm blue to his friend Eusine's hot-blooded red, especially when it comes to skepticism to Ash's claim that he saw a Ho-Oh.
* SignatureMon: He only has the Gastly line on his team, and thus Gengar is his most powerful and iconic Pokémon of the bunch, serving as the final boss to Ash's Noctowl.
* SoulPower: He uses Ghost type Pokémon.
* SpeaksFluentAnimal: Though unlike most examples, Morty mastered this through practice rather than inherent talent.
* SquishyWizard: Ghost Pokemon know plenty of cunning tricks, and Morty uses every one of them in his match with Ash. Unfortunately, like most Ghosts, Morty's Pokemon can't take much punishment. Once Ash figures out how to hit Morty's Pokemon, they go straight down.
* TheStoic: He doesn't show an excess of emotion and mostly expresses himself with controlled smiles or frowns.
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[[folder: Chuck (Shijima)]]
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->'''Voiced in Japanese by:''' Nobuaki Kakuda (original series), Takahiro Fujiwara (''Journeys'')
->'''Voiced in English by:''' Creator/DanGreen
->'''Voiced in Latin American Spanish by:''' Luis Alfonso Padilla (original series), Víctor Manuel Espinoza (''Journeys'')
-> '''Voiced in European Spanish by:''' Iñaki Crespo
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* AdaptedOut: Chuck's Primeape in the games was replaced by a Machoke in the anime.
* BadassNormal: He can fight and train with his own Pokémon, but he's also...
* BrilliantButLazy: Thus, he's let himself go, tiring easily and having put on a little weight.
* BruiserWithASoftCentre: Chuck and his Machoke not only embody this trope, they're proud of it.
* TheBusCameBack: He returns from a [[LongBusTrip '''LONG''' bus trip]] and reappears in Journeys Episode #39.
* CatchPhrase: He constantly tells his Pokemon to "focus their energy" and not give up when they're weakening.
* DudeWheresMyRespect: He gets teased about his weight and tendency to tire out from ''his own wife'' despite being a famous teacher and Gym Leader.
* HotBlooded: Likely one of the most hot-blooded Gym Leaders in the entire series.
* ImprobableHairstyle: The way the hair on the back of his head sticks up.
* LongBusTrip: With 915 episodes between his appearance in the Original Series and ''Pokemon Journeys'', Second to Erika in record for longest absence between appearances for human characters.
* MakingASplash: Poliwrath is a Water-type.
* TheMentor: Has many students, the most notable two we know of being Brawly the Gym Leader of Dewford Town (in Hoenn) and Bea.
* SignatureMon: Poliwrath by virtue of being Chuck's only recurring Pokémon despite Machoke being his last Pokémon used in the Gym Battle against Ash. As well as being Chuck's only Pokémon actually adapted from the games.
* WalkingShirtlessScene: He goes shirtless All the damn time!
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[[folder: Jasmine (Mikan)]]
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->'''Voiced in Japanese by:''' Creator/YumiKakazu
->'''Voiced in English by:''' [[Creator/TaraSands Tara Jayne]] (4Kids), Creator/AlysonLeighRosenfeld (current)
->'''Voiced in Latin American Spanish by:''' Creator/GabyUgarte
-> '''Voiced in European Spanish by:''' Conchi López (OG Series, first appearance), Pepa Castro (OG Series, second appearance), María Blanco (DP Series)
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* AdaptedOut: Sort of. She only uses one Magnemite in the anime, rather than two as in the games.
* AdaptationalBadass: In the games, she's really shy and has trouble speaking. In the episode "Nerves of Steelix" of the anime, she jumps off from a ''cliff'' straight onto her Steelix's head, and doesn't even show a scratch. She's also a very aggresive Pokémon trainer, something you would never think of when playing the games. [[BadassAdorable She's still a nice, cute girl outside of battle, though.]]
* BadassAdorable: She's a cute, gentle girl, but don't let that fool you. She doesn't hesitate to try and wipe out Ash's Pokémon party with her almighty Steelix. And even that of Flint from the Sinnoh Elite Four.
* BigDamnHeroes: For once, Team Rocket succesfully kidnap Ash's Pikachu near Olivine City, and Ash can't do anything about it. Seems like Jessie, James and Meowth are being [[ThrowTheDogABone thrown a bone]] after all these episodes, right? ''Wrong!'' Suddenly, a Steelix [[DeusExMachina appears out of nowhere]] to stop these guys on their feet. Right after that, Jasmine joins in by making a jump that would destroy any normal person's legs and orders Steelix to send Team Rocket flying with an overpowered Iron Tail attack. Ash gets Pikachu back and thanks Jasmine, who reminds him there's a [[OhCrap heated battle awaiting both of them back at the gym.]]
* TheBusCameBack: Makes a one-episode appearance in the "Diamond and Pearl" series.
* CharacterisationMarchesOn: Was a borderline ShrinkingViolet in her first episode. When she reappears, she's clearly [[TookALevelInBadass taken a level in confidence and is more headstrong than before]]. [[JustifiedTrope Justified]] in that her Ampharos was terribly sick at first, leaving her concerned for its safety above all else.
* ExtraOreDinary: She trains Steel types.
* HeadTurningBeauty: It's implied InUniverse that a chunk of the trainer community sees her as a good-looking gym leader, because she's nicknamed as "the fighting beauty" or something along those lines. Apart from the alias, [[DownplayedTrope no one ever comments on her beauty]], though (besides [[InLoveWithLove Brock]], that is).
* HotBlooded: Depending on the situation. She's calm and polite most of the time, but when it comes to a Pokémon battle, it's like someone put her on flames. She seems a totally different person.
* MadeOfIron: She seems unfazed when she jumps on top of her Steelix's hard head from a cliff. But what did you expect? Her specialty is Steel types.
* TheMentor: To Janina and she's confirmed to have other apprentices though they never appear.
* ParrotPetPosition: When she debuts, her Magnemite is perched on her shoulder but is never seen doing this in her later appearances.
* RecurringCharacter: She appeared multiple times in Johto, and even had a guest appearance in Sinnoh (to correspond with her cameo in the games).
* ShockAndAwe: Her Steel-type Magnemite is also an Electric-type.
* ShrinkingViolet: {{Played with}}. She only acts hesitant and reserved when her Ampharos is sick (that is, in the episode "Fight for the Light"). In the other episodes, she's surprisingly outgoing and even [[SeriousBusiness aggresive]] when it comes to Pokémon battles.
* SignatureHeadgear: She wears a pair of cute, spiked pigtails pointing upward. Always pointing upward, no matter the pose or situation. She uses orange orbs to set them in place. These orbs being orange is no coincidence: Jasmine's name in Japanese is ''Mikan'', which means [[MeaningfulName "orange".]]
* SignatureMon: Steelix is her main Pokémon, which she uses in her Gym Battle against Ash and later in a friendly battle against Elite Four Member Flint in ''Diamond and Pearl''.
* SilkHidingSteel: Puns aside, she's an elegant GirlyGirl with the willpower to slaughter any Pokémon trainer she comes across. Even if they're supposed to be stronger than her (Flint from Sinnoh's Elite 4).
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[[folder: Pryce (Yanagi)]]
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->'''Voiced in Japanese by:''' Creator/MotomuKiyokawa
->'''Voiced in English by:''' Creator/JimmyZoppi
->'''Voiced in Latin American Spanish by:''' Creator/CesarArias
-> '''Voiced in European Spanish by:''' Julio Núñez, Eduardo del Hoyo (as a young man)
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* AdaptationalJerkass: In the games, he's a perfectly pleasant and decent man. Here, he's a JerkWithAHeartOfGold.
* CoolOldGuy: Once he mellows out a little.
* DefrostingIceKing: He was a cold trainer due to his FreudianExcuse, but once he reunites with his Piloswine, he mellows out.
* DishingOutDirt: Piloswine is a Ground-Type.
* EarlyBirdCameo: He appears briefly in "Rage of Innocence" before having his full introduction in the following episode.
* FreudianExcuse: As a boy, he loved Pokémon dearly and was a skilled trainer. One day, he and Piloswine faced a tough Magmar, and Pryce's attempt to keep his friend from getting hurt only resulted in ''both'' of them being badly burned. While he was recovering, Piloswine up and left and never returned, leading Pryce to believe it had abandoned him for losing and subsequently hardening his heart towards Pokémon. Only after meeting Ash was it revealed that Piloswine had actually gone to get special herbs for healing burns, but [[HumanPopsicle ended up frozen in ice for years]], leading to Pryce's MyGodWhatHaveIDone realisation.
* HumanPopsicle: His Piloswine was frozen for decades in a block of ice.
* AnIcePerson: He specializes in Ice-Type Pokémon.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Even in his "hating Pokémon" period, his softer side wasn't gone, just...buried, way deep down.
* SignatureMon: Piloswine was his main Pokémon partner until it disappeared years ago, causing Pryce to believe it abandoned him for losing and thus hardening his heart. Once he learns that Piloswine was actually frozen in ice attempt to return home, Pryce realizes his mistake and the two reconcile. Piloswine thus returns as Pryce's final Pokémon in the Gym Battle against Ash, and even forfeits the battle once he notices Piloswine tiring out.
* TenderTears: When he realizes that he was wrong about Piloswine, and again when Piloswine recognizes him despite his changed appearance.
* UseYourHead: Dewgong's Skull Bash.
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[[folder: Clair (Ibuki)]]
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->'''Voiced in Japanese by:''' Yuko Mita
->'''Voiced in English by:''' Creator/MeganHollingshead (4Kids), Creator/EvaChristensen (current)
->'''Voiced in Latin American Spanish by:''' Creator/LilianaBarba (Original Series), Maggie Vera (Best Wishes)
-> '''Voiced in European Spanish by:''' María Antonia Rodríguez
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* TenMinuteRetirement: In her first episode, she refused to do anything (including perform the tri-annual ritual required of her) while her Dratini was shedding. It actually turned out to be in the process of evolving.
* TheAce: The best of the best in Johto Gym Leaders, and arguably the most powerful trainer Ash faced up to that point aside from Prima. She's shown to be too strong for Ash's normal team, and he has to call in some of his most powerful EleventhHourRanger Pokemon to stand a chance.
** She also wins decisively in a much later episode where Iris visits Blackthorn City and challenges her to a match.
* AdaptationalNiceGuy: Her anime personality is far nicer than her [[{{Jerkass}} game one]], complimenting Ash during their battle and [[GracefulLoser congratulating him after he beats her]].
* TheBusCameBack: Returns for a guest appearance in [=BW136=], and battles Iris at the end of the ''Best Wishes!'' Saga. Interestingly, she is the first Gym Leader guest character to return and have met with all different traveling companions of Ash because Brock is no longer a main companion after the end of Diamond and Pearl.
* ADayInTheLimelight: She has a five-episode arc.
* CurbStompBattle: In Ash's first match with Clair, he used his regular team. Although Team Rocket interrupted the match, it was clearly heading this way in Clair's favor. When they had a rematch, Ash had to change up his team and bring in some of his best EleventhHourRanger Pokemon to have any hope of winning. Even then, he only won through some very creative tactics.
** She inflicts this on Iris in their match much later in the series, but she commends Iris for the latter's skill and dedication.
* EnergyWeapon: Gyarados, Dragonair's and Kindgra's Hyper Beam.
* ExtraOreDinary: Dragonair's Iron Tail.
* MakingASplash: Kingdra & Gyarados are water-types and Dragonair's Rain Dance causes raining.
* PaletteSwap: Her Druddigon is shiny.
* ShockAndAwe: Dragonair's Thunder Wave.
* SignatureMon: Her Dratini, which then evolved into Dragonair after Clair protect it from Team Rocket. Dragonair is the last Pokémon Clair sends out in the Gym Battle against Ash, and it proves to be a formidable foe by taking Pikachu out with ease, requiring Charizard to finish the job. Clair is regularly seen with Dragonair by her side in fantasies and Pokémon openings, though strangely absent when Clair returns in ''Black & White''.[[note]]The Dragonite on her team is actually the Dragonite from the Dragon Holy Land rather than Dragonair fully evolved.[[/note]]
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[-'''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]]\\
'''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)]]\\
[[Characters/PokemonTheOriginalSeriesCast Supporting Cast]] | '''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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!!Kanto Gym Leaders
[[folder: As Whole]]
* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: Kanto Gym Leaders have unique designs and different Pokémon team set ups compared to the games, [[OneShotCharacter only appear once or twice before disappearing from the show]], and have arbitrary rules that seem to be at the Gym Leader's personal whims. This is a stark contrast to future Gym Leaders who are dead ringers to their game counterparts, have much larger screen time in the series outside of Gym Battle, and have a standardized rules with only one or two gimmicks. This is far more prominent when some of the Kanto Gym Leaders return for ''Anime/PokemonJourneysTheSeries'' and their designs are changed to better reflect the games.
* LongBusTrip: The only Gym that was visited during [[Anime/PokemonTheSeriesRubyAndSapphire the Battle Frontier saga]] (which was placed in Kanto instead of Hoenn [[note]][[MerchandiseDriven to advertise FireRed/LeafGreen]][[/note]]) was the Pewter Gym. Misty ''did'' travel with the group at the beginning of the arc, but she parted ways just outside of Cerulean City. ''Journeys'' did bring back Vermillion's Gym (except with Surge's right hand acting in his stead) as well as Erika.
* {{Leitmotif}}: {{Played with}}. Expectedly, an arrangement of the Red, Blue, and Yellow's gym battle theme is used in the anime, though is more directly linked to {{Determinator}} moments. As such though, it is still played during a few gym battles.
* OneShotCharacter: Lt. Surge & Koga.
* OutOfFocus: In the anime, compared to several other mediums (most notably ''Manga/PokemonAdventures'', where several were even ''Team Rocket agents''). Even the Johto Gym Leaders (most of them, anyway) didn't get it this bad.
* WakeUpCallBoss: Ash got his first two badges without actually battling for them, and was able to use Pikachu's electricity as a fail safe (he ''did'' battle Brock, but surrendered before he got the badge anyway for good sportsmanship). Lt. Surge's Raichu beat them badly, forcing them to improve their technique and truly earn their victories.
* YouDontLookLikeYou: Unlike [[EarlyInstallmentWeirdness other Gym Leaders in future regions]], the Kanto Gym Leaders take artistic liberties with the character designs rather than being a dead-ringer of their game counterparts. Lt. Surge has a tan and an open shirt, Sabrina's outfit is more school-like, Erika has blue hair and wears a garden outfit at the Gym rather than a kimono, and Blaine's real look is based on his original design with a hippie aesthetic rather than the bald MadScientist from the games. Even Brock and Misty aren't immune to this as their anime outfits are distinctly different from their game counterparts.
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[[folder: Pewter Gym]]
!!Forrest (Jiro)
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->'''Voiced in Japanese by:''' Creator/RomiPark
->'''Voiced in English by:''' [[Creator/AndrewRannells Andy Rannells]] (4Kids), Joanna Burns (current).
->'''Voiced in Latin American Spanish by:''' Creator/EduardoGarza (Chronicles), Héctor Emmanuel Gómez (Advance Generation)
-> '''Voiced in European Spanish by:''' Creator/BlancaRada (Series), Creator/CheloMolina (Chronicles)
The oldest of Brock's siblings after Brock, Forrest is one of Pewter City's gym leaders, sharing the position with his parents. He finally becomes the sole official Gym Leader after passing a test posited by the PIA.
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* AddedAlliterativeAppeal: Forrest's name alliterates with Flint's.
* AscendedExtra: When he first appeared, Forrest was just one among many of Brock's young siblings, but since then he's stepped up as Brock's replacement as the Pewter Gym Leader.
* DishingOutDirt : As the Pewter Gym Leader, he's a specialist in rock type Pokémon.
* ExtraOreDinary: Steelix is a Steel-type.
* EyesAlwaysShut: Per the rest of his family, he has the distinct squinty eyes.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Takes his role as Gym Leader seriously, much more than his parents and still more than his brother does
* TookALevelInBadass: In his debut, he was a newbie Gym Leader who had to rely on his big brother's veteran Pokémon like Onix/Steelix. In a spin-off episode which first aired during ''Best Wishes'', he gains a Rhyperior which puts up a damn good fight against [[spoiler:a Nurse Joy's ''Latias'']].
!!Flint (Muno)
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->'''Voiced in Japanese by:''' Creator/TakayaHashi
->'''Voiced in English by:''' Creator/TedLewis, Creator/EricStuart (4Kids), Rodger Parsons (current)
->'''Voiced in Latin American Spanish by:''' Martín Soto (Original Series), Alfonso Ramírez (Chronicles), Alfredo Gabriel Basurto (Advance Generation)
-> '''Voiced in European Spanish by:''' Juan Lombardero (OG Series), Eduardo del Hoyo (Advance Generation), Miguel Ángel Montero (Chronicles)
->'''Voiced in European French by:''' Jean-Marc Delhausse
Brock's father, who helped Ash's Pikachu to become stronger. He kept the Gym running while Brock was traveling until his second son Forrest took over.
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* AdaptedOut: ''Literature/PocketMonstersTheAnimation'' {{Rewrite}}s Brock's backstory to have it that Brock's siblings are all the result of his mother going through nine individual husbands, none of whom are indicated to be Flint.
* AmbitionIsEvil: {{Deconstructed|Trope}}. While Flint isn't evil nor cruel, he ''did'' leave his family to pursue his ambition of becoming a powerful Pokémon Trainer. Unfortunately, Flint isn't able to achieve this due to being well past his prime, and by the time he comes back, Lola already left the family while Brock is forced to take care of his ten younger siblings alone. Unfortunately, Flint was too ashamed to truly reconcile with Brock and lived afar until he gained the courage after Ash came along.
* BrickJoke: His debut has him sitting on the outskirts of Pewter City in a LotusPosition. In the ''Chronicles'' episode showing Brock's return to Pewter City, he's back in the same spot again. He even has the same disguise!
* DidntThinkThisThrough: As Flint learns the hard way in his backstory, having ambitions of becoming a Pokémon Trainer despite being past his prime, never mind fathering ''11 children'', isn't the best way to do it. Instead, all he gains is the shame of abandoning his children in the first place.
* DirtyCoward: Despite both abandoning his family and returning to Pewter City years before Ash's arrival, he was too scared to approach the family and ask forgiveness, instead adopting a false identity and watching Brock labor in his absence from the sidelines.
* DisappearedDad: Who came back. While he's ''certainly'' proven himself a bit more responsible than his wife, she can still drag him along into irresponsibility. Most notable is when he's pulled along on vacation with her (taking Ludicolo to carry the bags), leaving Brock to clean up their mess.
* DishingOutDirt: Rock-Type specialist. His Golem is proof of this.
* EpicFail: In a battle to decide the fate of the Pewter gym, Flint uses his Golem...on a battlefield that was a ''pool of water''. Obviously, Lola didn't have to put too much effort into winning the battle...
* EyesAlwaysShut: Passed this on to all his kids.
* FamilyThemeNaming: Flint's name shares the same DishingOutDirt {{Elemental Motif|s}} as his son Brock's.
* LikeFatherLikeSon: Apparently, Brock takes his weakness for girls from him, although this was only shown around Lola.
* LovableCoward: When he reappears in ''Anime/PokemonChronicles'', he's returned to hiding for the much cuter reason of having been driven out by his overwhelming KiddieKid wife.
* MeaningfulName: His Japanese name, ''Muno'', sounds similar to 無能 (''munō'') meaning inefficiency[=/=]incompetence. Not only did he abandon his family to act on his ambition of becoming a powerful Pokémon Trainer, but he failed to achieve it mainly due to being well past his prime. Afterward, he couldn't bring himself to go back to his family due to the shame and guilt of leaving them in the first place.
* MyGreatestFailure: Flint left to go on a trainer's journey but came home a failure. The shame of it was so bad he couldn't bring himself to finish going home, instead adopting a disguise and selling rocks on the outskirts of town while watching Brock and his siblings from afar. It takes Ash's arrival and determination to shake him out of it.
* OneSteveLimit: {{Averted|Trope}}: we also have Flint of the Sinnoh Elite Four.
* ParentsAsPeople: A surprisingly good example - when he's not being neglectful or just plain stupid, he can actually be a thoughtful and loving father. For instance, according to Brock ''he's'' the one who gifted Brock his Onix on his son's tenth birthday - the two of them sat together on Onix's head to watch the sunrise, and Flint's Happy Birthday message made Brock feel it was the first time he truly had his father's recognition.
* SickeninglySweethearts: with Lola, to the point that even their own children are creeped out.
* StrongFamilyResemblance: Underneath the knit cap and beard, Flint is just Brock with faded hair color and some wrinkles around the mouth. [[ExaggeratedTrope Better still]], all of Brock's siblings have inherited their dad's face, too.
!!Lola (Mizuho)
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->'''Voiced in Japanese by:''' Mako Hyoudou
->'''Voiced in English by:''' Carol Jacobanis (4Kids), Annie Silver (current)
->'''Voiced in Latin American Spanish by:''' Creator/PatriciaAcevedo (Chronicles), Gabriela Gómez (Advance Generation)
-> '''Voiced in European Spanish by:''' Alicia Sainz de la Maza (Series), Gemma Martín (Chronicles)
Brock's mother, who has attempted several times to turn the Gym into a Water-Type Gym.
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* AbsurdlyYouthfulMother: Despite being the mother of teenage Brock and nine other children, she looks like she could be in her early twenties at best.
* AdaptationalSympathy: In the original Japanese version of ''Anime/PokemonTheOriginalSeries'', both parents abandoned the family to Brock, but in the dub Brock's mother stuck with the family after Flint left and instead died from overwork.
* ComicallyMissingThePoint: Her number-one priority with the Pewter Gym: making it cute.
* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: Lola is an immature and flighty KiddieKid, but raises full-grown and fearsome Water-types like Blastoise, Gyarados, and Tentacruel.
* DubInducedPlotHole: The dub claimed she was dead, then she appeared later with nary an explanation or even a HandWave.
* DubPersonalityChange: The dub claimed that Lola died from heartbreak trying to keep the family together after Flint's [[DisappearedDad absence]], whereas the original Japanese version has her leaving the family after being sick of waiting for him. Possibly justified the change of personality was to prevent her from seeming heartless or neglectful and given how early the anime was at the time, the translators believe that she wouldn't make a physical appearance.
* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: In ''Literature/PocketMonstersTheAnimation'' by Creator/TakeshiShudo, Brock's backstory was almost entirely rewritten, and his siblings were all the result of his mother [[ReallyGetsAround going through nine husbands]] trying to find a man to help keep the gym afloat. (Lola as a character did not exist until ''Anime/PokemonTheSeriesRubyAndSapphire'').
* ItsAllAboutMe: She does not take into consideration ''anyone else'' when she turns the Pewter Gym into a Water-type gym, against the wishes of her entire family, and Brock has to yell at her several times just to make her even realize he doesn't approve. And when she battles Flint, she declares that if she wins, all her kids have to become Water-type Pokémon users, just because ''she'' likes them.
* KiddieKid: Despite being an adult woman who mothered ten children, Lola acts like a spoiled and flighty little girl, even wearing lots of pink and using the [[MonsAsCharacterization cute and unevolved]] Marill for one of her battling pokémon. Unfortunately, Flint being [[LoserArchetype Flint]], she gets her way easily and often.
* MakingASplash: She specializes in Water-Types and has attempted several times to turn the Gym into a Water-Type Gym.
* MeaningfulName: Her Japanese name, Mizuho, is written in katakana, but some variants of the name are written in kanji, sometimes including the specific kanji for water.
* MissingMom: Until she suddenly came back...with every intent of ''remodeling the Gym'', against the wishes of pretty much her entire family.
* ParentsAsPeople: She loves her children, but was clearly not fit to ever be a parent, as her mental state is too flighty and immature, causing her to become distracted with other things too easily, and doing things like leaving Brock in charge of his siblings without even considering the strain it would put on him.
* PlayfulCatSmile: A more subtle example, as only the corners of her upper lip curl upwards. It gives her more of a childish expression than specifically resembling a cat.
* PunnyName: Her Japanese name, Mizuho--''mizu'' is the most common pronunciation of the Japanese word for water.
* {{Revision}}: In the Japanese version of ''Anime/PokemonTheOriginalSeries'', Brock's mother abandoned the family as well, so Lola's belated appearance, years later, in ''Anime/PokemonChronicles'' was not technically in contradiction with previous events.
* SchrodingersCast: Lola was far enough out of the picture in ''Anime/PokemonTheOriginalSeries'' that the dub pronouncing Brock's mother dead wasn't an issue for years... and then she came roaring back from out of nowhere in ''Anime/PokemonChronicles''.
* SickeninglySweethearts: With Flint.
* SignatureMon: [[DownplayedTrope She doesn't have much in the way of clear favorites]], but it shouldn't go unnoticed that the first pokémon she uses in battle is Marill, a cute and unevolved pokémon [[MonsAsCharacterization that makes a good fit]] for a KiddieKid like Lola.
* SocialServicesDoesNotExist: Or else she (and even her husband) would have already received a call from them a long time ago.
* StrongFamilyResemblance: [[InvertedTrope As a matter of fact]], she doesn't look like her children at all, and she alone specializes in the Water-type.
* TroubleFollowsYouHome: After all their toil and trouble in ''Anime/PokemonTheOriginalSeries'', Brock parts ways with Ash and Misty and returns home, only to find his mother is back, has seized control of the gym, and has remade it in her own image.
* VanityIsFeminine: Lola is the most feminine and most self-absorbed member of Brock's family.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Cerulean Gym]]
!! The Sensational Sisters (ハナダ水姉妹 Hanada Water Sisters)
A trio of {{Head Turning|Beauty}} but {{Brainless Beaut|y}}ies in charge of Cerulean Gym who are less known for their battling than they are for their ballet--as a matter of fact, they are also Misty's big sisters, with whom she has a strained relationship.
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* AmbiguousSituation: Though Daisy is still recognized as the eldest, it's all ''but'' confirmed that the trio are triplets.
* AscendedExtra: Misty's sisters, with their long and wavy hair, short dresses, and vanity, appear to be named examples of the generic Beauty trainer-class of ''VideoGame/PokemonRedAndBlue'', or at least designed after them. Daisy's long blonde hair gives her the greatest resemblance. This may have influenced their appearance as bikini-beauties in ''VideoGame/PokemonLetsGoPikachuAndLetsGoEevee''.
* BigSisterBully: Daisy, Violet, and Lily were openly disdainful of Misty in their debut and willing to exploit her for their own convenience in later episodes. According to Misty, they were worse when they were younger.
* BlondeBrunetteRedhead: The Sensational Sisters are [[DownplayedTrope blonde, bluenette, and pinkhead]].
* BrainlessBeauty: The sisters are each a HeadTurningBeauty and TheDitz. The dub leans into this and even gives them a ValleyGirl accent. Later appearances tone down the brainless element.
* CanonImmigrant: Daisy, Violet, and Lily became Beauty-class trainers who can be fought at the Cerulean Gym in ''Let's Go, Pikachu!'' and ''Let's Go, Eevee!''
* ChromaticArrangement: Misty's sisters use color schemes that hover near the standard triadic color arrangements.
** Daisy's blonde hair, Violet's blue, and Lily's pink hovers between a Cyan-Magenta-Yellow and a Red-Yellow-Blue color scheme.
** Daisy's swimdress is red, Violet's is green, and Lily's is muted yellow (which is a common arrangement of adjacent colors), but Lily's also has a blue bow (which completes the positive color triangle of red-green-blue).
* TheDividual: Misty's sisters were all nearly identical BrainlessBeauty BigSisterBully {{Flat Character}}s when they first appeared--at one point in their debut episode all three even burst into synchronous ditzy laughter--but Daisy underwent notable DivergentCharacterEvolution in return appearances and especially in ''Anime/PokemonChronicles''.
* DubPersonalityChange: The ValleyGirl element of their characters is added in the dub.
* FamilyThemeNaming: In the original Japanese, Misty and her sisters all share FloralThemeNaming, while Misty's Japanese name Kasumi doubles as a highlight of her MakingASplash {{Elemental Motif|s}}. In the English dub, Misty's name loses the floral connotation, but [[IncidentalMultilingualWordplay this works out anyway]], as it highlights her contrasting characterization.
* ItsAllAboutMe: Misty's sisters show a willingness to exploit Misty for their own convenience, such as when they need her to be the mermaid in their water ballet, or when they dump the burden of managing the family gym in her lap so they can travel.
* MsFanservice: A trio of {{Head Turning Beaut|y}}ies introduced in a collective WalkingSwimsuitScene.
* ProfessionalSlacker: Misty's sisters are all gym leaders, but unlike Misty they have no interest in battle and neglect their duties as gym leaders in favor of water ballet. By the time Ash meets them, they're willing to simply give their gym badge away.
* ProudBeauty: Each of them are a HeadTurningBeauty, and each of them sure damn well knows it.
* ShipperOnDeck: Albeit in the most teasing, backhanded way possible. In the Cerulean gym's debut, all three sisters instantly ask Ash if he's Misty's boyfriend.
* SignatureMon: Seel and Dewgong; Dewgong's picture is plastered across the entrance of the Cerulean Gym and the sisters use the gym's Seel as a mascot who gives trainers the Cascade Badge. Having never used it in battle, the sisters were caught off guard when it turned out that it was actually quite powerful and [[TookALevelInBadass then evolved into Dewgong]] to protect the Water-type Pokémon from Team Rocket's raid during the Magical Mermaid ballet.
* StrongFamilyResemblance: Daisy, Violet, and Lily all have the same basic design elements (''e.g.,'' long wavy hair and short dresses) though they differ in some details. The only thing that the three of them and Misty have in common appearance-wise are their similar facial structures.
* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: Misty is the tomboy to all three of her girly girl sisters, who pursue far more feminine things like water ballet and romance.
* VanityIsFeminine: Misty's sisters are much more feminine than she is and likewise all the more vain. (Misty has a high-opinion of herself as well, but this is driven by the InferioritySuperiorityComplex her sisters give her).
!!! Daisy (Sakura)
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->'''Voiced in Japanese by:''' Creator/ReiSakuma
->'''Voiced in English by:''' Creator/LisaOrtiz
->'''Voiced in Latin American Spanish by:''' Jacqueline Castañeda (OG Series, first episodes), Creator/RossyAguirre (OG Series, EP 275), Circe Luna (OG series, EP 007 redub), Claudia Aline (Chronicles), Creator/MildredBarrera (Advance Generation)
-> '''Voiced in European Spanish by:''' Carmen Cervantes (OG Series, first episodes), Felicidad Barrio (OG Series, EP 275), Olga Velasco (Chronicles), Beatriz Berciano (Advance Generation)
Misty's eldest sister. Got a large role in two of the ''Chronicles'' specials, proving surprisingly popular in the process.
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* AdventureDuo: With Tracey.
* AnIcePerson: Dewgong is an actual ice type, and her Luvdisc uses Ice Beam.
* AscendedExtra: ''Anime/PokemonChronicles'' gave Daisy some spotlight as a supporting cast member for Misty.
* {{Bifauxnen}}: She plays the "handsome prince" in the water show from the first season.
* BrilliantButLazy: Daisy is introduced as a BrainlessBeauty, but in later appearances she's presented as the most competent of the Sensational Sisters and able to keep up with the more experienced Misty in battle and adventure.
* CanonImmigrant: Daisy, Violet, and Lily became Beauty-class trainers who can be fought at the Cerulean Gym in ''Let's Go, Pikachu!'' and ''Let's Go, Eevee!''
* CharacterDevelopment: Started off as a FlatCharacter like her sisters, but eventually developed her own unique personality.
* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: Sure, as the oldest, [[YoungestChildWins she didn't win]] [[SeriousBusiness the battling skills]], but throw a pair of CoolShades on her and suddenly she's an [[ActionGirl action heroine]] to be reckoned with, spearheading the mission to chase down Butch and Cassidy with her driving skills. Once the glasses come off, she of course freaks out and needs to team up with Misty in order to battle effectively.
* {{Dismotivation}}: Does not wish to do actual work, and is not above bribing gym challengers into completing household chores.
* FoolishSiblingResponsibleSibling: [[DependingOnTheWriter She and Misty tend to swap roles often]]. But overall, while she can be irresponsible with many Gym Leader duties, she is the most experienced out of the three older sister and thus is the most helpful to Misty in her times of need.
* HeadTurningBeauty: One-third of the Sensational Sisters.
* ImagineSpot: Notable for setting up a [[TrailersAlwaysLie blatantly lying episode trailer]] that sent the shippers into conniption fits.
* TheLeader: Of the Sensational Sisters.
* MakingASplash: Water-type gym leader.
* SavvyGuyEnergeticGirl: Energetic Girl to Tracey's Savvy Guy.
* SmashSisters: We've only seen her battle once, and she holds her own quite well teamed up with Misty. Maybe it's just [[BrilliantButLazy lack of effort]]?
* TookALevelInBadass: With help from Misty, she is able to work with her to take down Butch and Cassidy when they go to save their Luvdisc.
* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: Like all her sisters, Daisy is a Girly Girl to Misty's Tomboy, with a preference for water ballets and romances compared to Misty's fierce appetite for battling with grace, but in later appearances Daisy becomes a GirlyGirlWithATomboyStreak, making her a midpoint between Misty and the other two.
* TownGirls: The Neither to Violet's Femme and Lily's Butch.
!!!Violet (Ayame)''' & '''Lily (Botan)
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->'''Voiced in Japanese by:''' Creator/TomokoKawakami (Ayame), Creator/YokoAsada (Botan)
->'''Voiced in English by:''' Creator/RachaelLillis (Violet), Creator/MeganHollingshead (Lily)
->'''Voiced in Latin American Spanish by:''' Rommy Mendoza (Violet)[[labelnote:*]]replaced by Nycolle González in the EP 007 redub[[/labelnote]], Christine Byrd (Lily)
-> '''Voiced in European Spanish by:''' Isabel Fernández Avanthay (Violet, first appearance), Ana Isabel Hernando (Violet, second appearance); Pilar Martín (Lily, first appearance), Creator/IsachaMengibar (Lily, second appearance)
The middle siblings in Misty's family. Share several tropes with Daisy (above).
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* {{Ballet}}: Violet is stated to be taking lessons in preparation for a stint as a model at the start of "A Date with Delcatty".
* BigSisterBully: Are this when we first meet them, though their bullying is with their words and positions rather than anything physical. Lily in particular, being the second youngest and thus the most eager to assert their superiority.
* FloralThemeNaming: "Violet" and "Lily".
* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: Lily is the Tomboy to Violet's Girly Girl, if their different approaches to preparing for modeling careers (Lily has taken up weightlifting, while Violet has taken up classical ballet) is anything to go by.
* TownGirls: To Daisy's Neither, with Violet being the Femme and Lily being the Butch.
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[[folder: Lt. Surge (Mathis)]]
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->'''Voiced in Japanese by:''' Creator/FumihikoTachiki
->'''Voiced in English by:''' Creator/MaddieBlaustein
->'''Voiced in Latin American Spanish by:''' Gerardo Vásquez
-> '''Voiced in European Spanish by:''' Juan Luis Rovira
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* AdaptationalBadass: Raichu is certainly powerful in ''Red and Blue'', but it only knows Thunder Shock, Thunderbolt, and Growl, making it a total pushover if confronted with a Ground-type Pokémon. Here, Raichu knows Normal-type attacks such as Mega Punch, Mega Kick, Body Slam, and Take Down alongside its Electric-type moves. Fittingly, ''Yellow'' updated [[RetCanon Raichu's moveset]] to better match the anime as well as making it a pain to defeat even with Ground-types.
* AdaptationalJerkass: In the original games, he was a genuinely patriotic, if somewhat boastful, Flavor 1 {{Eagleland}}er. Here, he's just a flat-out bully. Even his ''Yellow'' Version counterpart is comparatively more mellow than that.
* AdaptedOut: He doesn't have Voltorb or Pikachu like he does in Red and Blue and the remakes. Averted in ''Yellow'' where only Raichu is used (and beefed up).
* AffectionateGestureToTheHead: Pats Ash's head when he announces himself as the next gym challenger.
* TheBrute: Surge is practically the largest human in the anime; his [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown fighting style]] with his Raichu also reflects this.
* TheCameo: In ''Pokémon Journeys'', over twenty years later, Ash visits the gym again for a [=PWC=] match. While Surge himself only appears in flashbacks due to being currently away, his subordinates tell Ash their gym battle has left quite the impression on their leader.
* CatchphraseInsult: He loves calling his challengers "babies". When Ash and Pikachu finally defeat him and win a Thunder Badge, he congratulations them by saying, "Congratulations, Ash. You're no baby!"
* CompositeCharacter: In Visquez's flashback in Journeys, Surge has his [=HGSS=] look, but has his open vest with no shirt and doesn't have his sunglasses.
* CrossdressingVoices: Retroactively. At the time of the episode's dubbing, Maddie Blaustein had not yet come out as transgender.
* DefeatMeansRespect: In ''Pokémon Journeys'', this is apparently how Surge sees Ash nowadays. Surge's disciple and temporary gym leader, Visquez, says Ash's battle against Surge is an example to everyone at the Gym and Ash is considered a [[WorthyOpponent respectable opponent]].
* DidNotThinkThisThrough: As a gym leader, you'd expect him to have some understanding of the mechanics of stone evolution, namely that once Pikachu evolves into Raichu its moveset is stunted.
* TheDreaded: Ash's first taste of Lt. Surge's power? Seeing several trainers rushing their Pokémon to the Pokémon Center. And the culprit? One powerful Raichu. The only reason why Ash's Pikachu manage to overcome his fear of facing Lt. Surge is because he hears Surge mocking him for not evolving so soon.
* DrillSergeantNasty: Possibly, judging by his attitude towards strength and power.
* {{Eagleland}}: Flavor 2. His new-earned respect for Ash (after defeating him) shows some Flavor 1, though - he's a bit of both with emphasis on the 2nd.
* GracefulLoser: All Gym Leaders tend to be this in the anime, but even now Surge's attitude made him the most surprising of the bunch.
* GratuitousEnglish: In the original Japanese.
* {{Jerkass}}: Insults Ash and his Pikachu, calling them weak and worthless.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: After Ash defeats him, he gains respect for the former.
* LargeAndInCharge: Is abnormally tall in the anime. Assuming his Raichu is drawn to scale (it's 2'07" according to the Pokédex), his height would be over ''eight feet''. Some scales [[https://i.imgur.com/c4QJFVO.jpg go to even being over ten feet tall]].
* MightyGlacier: While his Raichu is incredibly strong, Ash and Pikachu also figure out that it evolved too quickly and didn't learn the speed attacks it only could have learned in its previous stage, letting Pikachu run rings around it with Agility.
* PrecisionFStrike: Lets off a "Goddamn!" in the Japanese version.
* ShockAndAwe: Raichu is Electric-type.
* SignatureMon: Raichu, of course. Not only is Surge proud of its power, but he goes as far as using Raichu as his only Pokémon in Gym Battles, mainly because that's all he needs to send his challengers running their Pokémon back to the Pokémon Center. Many trainers like Visquez use Raichu in honor of his.
* SoProudOfYou: How he feels about Ash and Pikachu managing to defeat him, out of the many challengers who couldn't.
-->'''Lt. Surge:''' Congratulations, Ash. You're no baby!
* WalkingShirtlessScene: Wears no shirt under his open vest. The original anime game sprite and official art work had him drawn from an angle where the front of his torso wasn't visible. He keeps this in Journeys in Visquez's flashback even after he's been updated to his [=HGSS=] look.
* WakeUpCallBoss: Surge is remembered as the first Gym Leader who makes Ash work for his victory and doesn't just give him a badge for a good deed. The sheer intensity of Raichu's electric attacks demands that Ash strategize to defeat Surge.
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[[folder: Sabrina (Natsume)]]
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->'''Voiced in Japanese by:''' Creator/KaeAraki
->'''Voiced in English by:''' Creator/LisaOrtiz
->'''Voiced in Latin American Spanish by:''' Dulce Guerrero, Mayra Arellano (her doll self)
-> '''Voiced in European Spanish by:''' Adelaida López
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* AdaptationDyeJob: From the games' blue/black hair to dark green.
* AdaptationalSkimpiness: She wears a miniskirt with thigh high boots, whereas she wears regular clothes in the game.
* AdaptationalVillainy: In the games, Sabrina is not at all malevolent and actually dislikes battling. Here, she has SplitPersonality issues, nearly trapped the group in her dollhouse for the rest of their lives and at the start of the episode nearly made Ash fall to his death.
* AdaptedOut: She doesn't have Mr. Mime or Venomoth from ''Red and Blue'' and the remakes, and her only Kadabra has not yet evolved into Alakazam.
* TheBaroness: Sabrina's anime incarnation has a forceful, militaristic element in her design that her original self from ''VideoGame/PokemonRedAndBlue'' does not and is vastly more cruel and unfeeling. The anime version also has more sex appeal, via her ZettaiRyouiki.
* CreepyDoll: Her younger self looks like a doll, but is really the physical manifestation of the childhood she gave up when she discovered her psychic powers.
* CreepyMonotone: In the English dub she doesn't emote.
* CurbStompBattle: She handily beats Ash's team with just her Kadabra.
* DefeatMeansFriendship: Or to explain it in episodes in which Ash faces her in battle: Defeat means being doomed to spend an eternity playing with her SplitPersonality doll. Defeating ''Sabrina'', on the other hand, [[RedemptionEarnsLife ends up redeeming her (though it was done unconventionally - due to her telepathic link with Kadabra, neither of them were able to continue battling after Haunter made her laugh and reignited the flame of her human soul)]].
* TheDreaded: Sabrina's father makes it clear that trainers are better off not facing Sabrina due to her unstable split personality and psychic powers. Ash and his friends got traumatized by their experience in Saffron Gym that even when they got Haunter as their secret weapon, everyone except Ash wants to back out from a rematch.
* EasilyForgiven: Despite pulling a HeelFaceTurn, she's never punished for any of the evil she committed, likely because most writers and viewers don't think it right to punish someone for something their "evil side" did.
* EeriePaleSkinnedBrunette: Part of her menacing demeanor.
* EmotionlessGirl: Her state of being until Haunter and Ash helped her reconnect with her humanity, causing a SplitPersonalityMerge.
* EnfantTerrible: When she was a child, after developing psychic powers. [[{{Deconstruction}} She drove away her father, turned her mother into a doll]], [[ExaggeratedTrope and became such a cold, emotionless perfectionist that even her childlike side split from her]].
* FromBadToWorse: The first time Ash loses to her, she shrinks him, along with Brock and Misty, and toys with them in her dollhouse. The second time, she turns Brock and Misty into ''dolls'' and stuffs them back in the dollhouse, just as small, but now unable to move, [[AndIMustScream despite still being self-aware]]. She intends to do the same to Ash the third time, though Haunter prevents another loss.
* HeelFaceTurn: She's an outright villain in her showcase episodes but when Haunter gives the slapstick comedy of a lifetime, she breaks her stoic behavior and becomes a normal person again, causing her split personality doll to disappear.
* InvincibleVillain: She is never actually beaten. She (actually, her dad) gives Ash the Marsh Badge because Haunter made her laugh and gave her back the human side that she lost years ago.
* KnightOfCerebus: No mistake, Sabrina was the first antagonist to appear as a genuinely ''evil'' and dangerous threat to Ash and his friends. Telling is how it took three episodes for Ash to get a badge from her and even then it was the typical "gesture of thanks", when Pikachu still struggled to put a dent in Kadabra. Even Blaine - whose pokemon are meant to be stronger than Sabrina's - was beaten fairly in only two episodes, and was not nearly as malevolent as Sabrina, who made ''Misty and Brock's souls'' stakes for Ash losing.
* ObviouslyEvil: As several tropes listed above indicate. Friendly looking she is not...until she turns good, that is.
* PsychicPowers: Yep. Not just simple spoon-bending, but teleportation and [[ForcedTransformation transmutation]], as well.
* PsychopathicManchild: Her split personality, manifested by a CreepyDoll.
* RedemptionEarnsLife: In more than one way - Ash's determination to beat her not only turned her good, but essentially ''saved her soul'' as well.
* SignatureMon: Abra which later evolves into Kadabra. She is psychically-linked to Kabadra, giving her the advantage to anticipate her opponent's attack and plan her counter attack instantaneously. And just like Kadabra, Sabrina is also associated with spoon bending.
* SplitPersonality: The CreepyDoll she has in the anime is actually what Sabrina was like before she discovered her psychic powers (cheerful, smiling, and always wanting to play).
* SpoonBending: As a child, she practice her telepathic powers by bending spoons in her parents' house, much to her parents' dismay.
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[[folder: Erika]]
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->'''Voiced in Japanese by:''' Creator/KyokoHikami
->'''Voiced in English by:''' Leah Applebaum (4Kids), Nathalie Gorham (Anime/PokemonIChooseYou), Creator/LaurenLanda (Journeys)
->'''Voiced in Latin American Spanish by:''' Creator/MarianaOrtiz
-> '''Voiced in European Spanish by:''' Gloria Núñez (Series), Mayte Mira (Movie 20)
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* AdaptationalNiceGuy: In the original Japanese version, where Erika almost ends Ash's journey to the Pokémon league by banning him from the gym after he insulted her perfume. When he proves resilient about it, she submits to a battle and, after Ash saves Gloom, proves quite friendly (especially considering he got it in danger in the first place). In the English dub, it's her subordinates being too overzealous, and Erika herself says it's her duty as a Gym Leader to accept all challenges.
* AdaptationDyeJob: From black hair in the games to blue. Perhaps as a MythologyGag, her disguise as a store owner does have black hair however. She also has black hair when she returns in ''Journeys'' in place of her blue hair.
* BaitAndSwitch: In ''Journeys'', when she overhears Goh wanting to use flower arrangement to make Heracross fall in love with Pinsir, she initially acts like she did to Ash when he insulted her perfume, causing Goh to panic because he thinks he said something wrong. Then it turns out that Erika loves this idea and ''doesn't'' ban Goh from her place.
* BerserkButton: Being very sensitive about perfume, talking about it in a negative manner is not only enough to earn her ire and violent dismissal, but also indirectly get banned from her Gym, as Ash had learned the hard way.
* BreakingLecture: ''Tries'' this with Ash during their Gym Battle by criticizing his "lack of compassion" towards his Pokémon, either to demoralise him or to teach him a lesson.
* TheBusCameBack: A truly astounding example in terms of sheer length-of-absence. She makes her return in Pokemon Journeys in ''[=JN094=]'', 1,153 episodes, and ''25 real-world years'' since her debut appearance in the Original Series.
* TheCameo: Appears briefly in the 20th movie battling Ash.
* CanonWelding: She has a Leafeon in Journeys which she has only in ''VideoGame/PokemonMasters'' and in her Sygna Suit at that.
* DefrostingIceQueen: Towards Ash. She initially thinks Ash is callous due to hating perfume and his supposedly harsh treatment of his Pokémon. Then he risks his life to save her beloved Gloom.
* DisproportionateRetribution: Apparently thinks that badmouthing her perfume shop is enough reason to ban challengers access to her Gym, [[AmbiguousSituation or at least her staff do]]. She ''does'' accept Ash's direct challenge (and implies she ''has'' to), though, and give him the badge in gratitude for saving her Gloom's life.
* DubPersonalityChange: Originally she was the one who ordered Ash to be banned from the gym, in the dub this is changed to her banning him from her store without it ever stating if she had banned him from the gym or if it was just her subordinates.
* EarlyInstallmentCharacterDesignDifference: Although anime Erika is infamous for having blue hair and a gardener's outfit, it only appeared in her debut appearance. In her subsequent appearances decades later, including the [[AlternateUniverse alternative movie continuity]], she uses her modern game design.
* FormalCharactersUseKeigo: Her polite speech patterns in the Japanese version help reflect her status as a YamatoNadeshiko.
* GreenThumb: She specializes in Grass types.
* KimonoIsTraditional: In her public appearances, she wears a kimono, representing her adherence to traditional beauty perfume and distaste for any youngster who disrespects it. She doesn't wear when she works in the Gym, opting for a simple gardener's outfit instead. In ''Journeys'', Erika wears a kimono full time.
* LongBusTrip: With 1,153 episodes between her appearance in the Original Series and ''Pokemon Journeys'', Erika now holds the record for longest absence between her first two appearances for human characters.
* {{Retcanon}}: Reversed. Her appearances after her initial one in the original series [[TruerToTheText make her more uniform in design to the video games]].
* SensoryOverload: Her main Pokémon is Gloom, which invokes this with its horrible smell. This poses a problem Ash, as said smell is bad enough to knock Pokémon out.
* ShamedByAMob: A bad example. While Ash was certainly rude insulting Erika's perfume, to have not only her, but her employees, Brock, Misty ''and Pikachu'' shaming him on it was certainly uncalled for and excessive.
* ShipperOnDeck: Upon learning that Goh chose Pinsir as his partner to help it to win Heracross's heart back, she becomes very supportive of them and wants to help them out.
* SignatureMon: Gloom is her most well-known and favorite Pokémon, as Erika describes how Gloom once saved her from a Grimer when she was a child with its awful smell. Ash saving Gloom from the fire is what convinces her to give him the Rainbow Badge. Curiously, Gloom is nowhere to be seen when Erika returns in ''[=JN094=]'', only appearing in flashbacks of ''[=EP026=]'' with Leafeon serving as Erika's main Pokémon instead.
* TeamRocketWins: Actually fell victim to a rare instance, as the trio blasted her Gym on fire and stole her perfume (only an essence of it however, [[PyrrhicVictory namely Gloom's, which they did not appreciate]]). Since Ash had indirectly helped them trying to get into the Gym, he took this badly.
* TookALevelInKindness: By the time of her return in ''[=JN094=]'', she's become an all-out NiceGirl, giving Ash a warm welcome back and a genuine thank you for saving her gym when it caught on fire during ''[=EP026=]''.
* YamatoNadeshiko: The looks and the outfit are played straight but the rest is played with. Being a Gym Leader, she can't be the subtle, submissive type and instead of arranging flowers, she battles with them.
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[[folder: Koga (Kyou)]]
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->'''Voiced in Japanese by:''' Creator/HochuOtsuka
->'''Voiced in English by:''' Stan Hart
->'''Voiced in Latin American Spanish by:''' Enrique Cervantes (Original Series), Jorge Badillo (Best Wishes flashback)
-> '''Voiced in European Spanish by:''' Juan Fernández Mejías (OG Series), César Martín (BW Series)
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* AdaptationalNiceGuy: In a rare contrast to most of the other Kanto gym leaders, he's a lot more reasonable than his TortureTechnician game counterpart, if still something of a trickster.
* AdaptedOut: An extreme case, as none of his Pokémon in ''Red and Blue'' and the remakes match his anime team. Averted/subverted when ''Yellow'' is considered, as he has a Venomoth that evolved from Venonat on-screen, and Golbat became a CanonImmigrant when in the Gen II games, his Elite Four team included Crobat.
* BigBrotherMentor: Towards Aya, his younger sister.
* BigCreepyCrawlies: Venonat/Venomoth's is a giant gnat/moth.
* TheCameo: Receives a very brief dubbed one in ''BW 116'', during a flashback about Charizard's past. Probably the very first time we saw one of the original Kanto gym leaders that aren't Brock, Misty or Giovanni.
* {{Flight}}: Both Venomoth and Golbat.
* HighlyVisibleNinja: [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] by Misty.
** Actually he called his younger sister Aya out on this. Though Koga's anime attire still wasn't particularly shady.
* PoisonousPerson: He specialises in Poison types.
* SignatureMon: Subverted. Koga at first used Venomoth against Ash before their match was interrupted by Team Rocket. When they managed to resume their match outside in a courtyard, Koga inexplicably switched to Golbat despite Venomoth not being defeated yet, and Golbat's defeat was enough for Koga to declare Ash the victor. ''Yellow'' would later clarify that Koga's intended Signature Mon was meant to be Venomoth.
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[[folder: Blaine (Katsura)]]
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->'''Voiced in Japanese by:''' Toshiya Ueda
->'''Voiced in English by:''' Michael Haigney
->'''Voiced in Latin American Spanish by:''' Bardo Miranda
-> '''Voiced in European Spanish by:''' Luis Mas
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* AdaptedOut: One of the most extreme examples of all the Kanto Gym Leaders. None of the Pokémon in Red and Blue and the remakes match his anime team. In Yellow, the only Pokémon he has from the anime is Ninetales. In GSC and the remakes, the only Pokémon he has from the anime is Magmar.
* AimForTheHorn: How Pikachu took down his Rhydon. Its in fact the TropeNamer.
* BaitAndSwitch: When Ash and company helped Blaine save the volcano from exploding due to Team Rocket's freezing it, he offered Ash something special. Ash thought Blaine was going to give him a Volcano Badge, to which Blaine {{Face Fault}}ed. Instead, Blaine offered to give him a rematch for the Badge.
* DishingOutDirt: Has Rhydon, a Ground/Rock type, to go against Ash's Charizard.
* HornAttack: Rhydon's [[ThisIsADrill Horn Drill]].
* MythologyGag: A subtle one with his disguise: take away his wig and balding hair, keep the glasses and paint the fake mustache white. You get [[VideoGame/PokemonRedAndBlue videogame Blaine]]! Justified since his design had reportedly changed several times during the development of the games.
* OnlyTheWorthyMayPass: Blaine got sick of all the second-rate trainers who challenged the Cinnabar Gym when the island became a tourist trap, so he burned it to the ground. He now tests trainers with riddles to see if they're worthy of facing him. If they can solve the riddles, they get to face him.
* PhraseCatcher: "Not another riddle!"
* PlayingWithFire: He specializes in Fire types.
* PunnyName: His Japanese name is Katsura, which can also mean wig or hairpiece. He's wearing a hippie wig, and the answer to his final riddle is wig, which is his way of saying he is the Gym Leader Katsura all along. Of course, [[LostInTranslation this pun doesn't work in the English dub where his name was changed to Blaine]].
* SignatureMon: Magmar, of course. What other Fire-type Pokémon gets to rise out of the magma for its introduction, nearly sweeps Pikachu off the battlefield, and then becomes a WorthyOpponent to Ash's Charizard in the rematch? What's stranger is that despite the anime making Magmar Blaine's most iconic Pokémon on his team, his real signature Pokémon in the games is Arcanine, which never appears in here.
* StealthMentor: Blaine revealed it is not only a gym leader's job to test battle competence, but their judgment as owners of Pokémon, stating gym leaders may indeed disqualify trainers if they push their Pokémon past the limit, such as when he already had Ash beat in their first battle when he had Magmar curbstomp Pikachu in a losing battle, he was waiting for Ash to throw in the towel and commended him for doing so.
* UseYourHead: Magmar's Skull Bash.
* WakeUpCallBoss: Just like Lt. Surge, Blaine was by far the strongest Gym Leader Ash faced to that point. Even before he brought out Magmar, Blaine already had the upper hand as his Ninetales curb-stomped Squirtle and Charizard refused to battle. If Pikachu had somehow defeated Magmar, he likely would have lost to Ninetales.
* YouHaveGotToBeKiddingMe: Blaine's reaction when Ash thinks that Blaine's going to give him a Volcano Badge for stopping the volcano from exploding. Blaine actually gives Ash a rematch for the Badge.
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!!Orange Islands Gym Leaders
[[folder: Cissy (Atsumi)]]
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->'''Voiced in Japanese by:''' Creator/MikiNagasawa
->'''Voiced in English by:''' [[Creator/TaraSands Tara Jayne]]
->'''Voiced in Latin American Spanish by:''' Creator/LauraTorres
-> '''Voiced in European Spanish by:''' Sandra Jara
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* AnnoyingYoungerSibling: Her little brother is downright obnoxious and she's the only person who can keep him in line.
* MakingASplash: Blastoise and Seadra are Water-Types.
* SamusIsAGirl: "I was expecting a ''guy'' trainer".
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[[folder: Danny (Dan)]]
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->'''Voiced in Japanese by:''' Creator/YasunoriMatsumoto
->'''Voiced in English by:''' Jim Malone
->'''Voiced in Latin American Spanish by:''' Creator/YamilAtala
-> '''Voiced in European Spanish by:''' Jesús Maniega
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* ActionBomb: His Electrode knows explosion.
* ActuallyIAmHim: he reveals himself as the Navel Island gym leader after accompanying Ash on a climb up a mountain enclosed on the grounds. Misty and Tracey said they figured it out when they took the lift to the top of the mountain and didn't find anybody there.
* AnIcePerson: His Nidoqueen knows Ice Beam.
* BigCreepyCrawlies: Has a Scyther, a giant mantis.
* NiceGuy: He's very supportive of Ash, giving him pointers on how to pass the trials needed to qualify for his own gym and warning him when he was about to break the rules.
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[[folder: Rudy (Ziggy)]]
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->'''Voiced in Japanese by:''' Creator/RyoHorikawa
->'''Voiced in English by:''' Matthew Mitler
->'''Voiced in Latin American Spanish by:''' Creator/VictorUgarte
-> '''Voiced in European Spanish by:''' Pablo Sevilla
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* BettyAndVeronica: In the Orange Islands episode where the trio meet Rudy, Misty is Archie, Ash is Betty and Rudy is Veronica when Rudy tries to flirt with Misty and Ash gets jealous.
* BigCreepyCrawlies: His Venomoth is a giant moth.
* DanceBattler: Something he's trained all his team to do.
* DemotedToExtra: Averted in ''Manga/TheElectricTaleOfPikachu''; he and Drake are the only members of the Orange Crew shown in that adaptation.
* DittoFighter (Type 3): All of the Pokémon he uses in battle are intended to match the types of his opponent.[[note]]Of all the types in [[Videogame/PokemonRedAndBlue Gen 1]], the only ones he can't directly counter are Ghost, Dragon and Normal.[[/note]] [[spoiler:The ''attacks'' of said Pokémon [[ElementalRockPaperScissors need not apply]], however...]]
* GracefulLoser: Rather graceful for losing to Ash in both the battle and for Misty (though [[ChasteHero Ash doesn't get the second one]]).[[note]]Rudy dedicated the tie-breaking bout between Starmie and Squirtle to Misty and when she encourages Ash, [[VitriolicBestBuds in her own special way]], Rudy [[FunctionalGenreSavvy surmises]] his own status as a RomanticFalseLead.[[/note]]
* GreenThumb: His Exeggutor (used to fight Bulbasaur) is grass-type.
* KnightTemplarBigBrother: Part of the reason why he was so adamant about marrying Misty is because his sister wanted her in the family after Misty saved her from drowning.
* MakingASplash: His Water-type Starmie (used to fight Squirtle)
* PlayingWithFire: Has a Fire-type Ninetails at the Gym
* PsychicPowers: Has a Psychic-type Alakazam at the Gym.
* ShockAndAwe: Electabuzz (used to fight Pikachu). Starmie also uses Thunderbolt.
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[[folder: Luana (Ruriko)]]
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->'''Voiced in Japanese by:''' Creator/MamiKoyama
->'''Voiced in English by:''' Kayzie Rogers
->'''Voiced in Latin American Spanish by:''' Elena Ramírez
-> '''Voiced in European Spanish by:''' Gemma Martín
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* ActionMom: Has a son on his own journey (Who is an Expy of Ash down to a Pikachu and InexplicablyIdenticalIndividuals syndrome), and is a Gym leader.
* DishingOutDirt: Has a Marowak, a Ground-type knows that knows the Ground-type move Bonemerang.
* EarlyBirdCameo: Odd gameplay example, she did a double battle with Ash well before the mechanic was introduced in the games.
* EnergyWeapon: Alakazam's Hyper Beam.
* IdenticalStranger: Mistook Ash for her son Travis.
* PsychicPowers: She has an Alakazam, which knows Psychic-type moves such as Teleport, Reflect, and Psychic.
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[[folder: Drake (Yuji)]]
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->'''Voiced in Japanese by:''' Creator/KojiYusa
->'''Voiced in English by:''' Scottie Ray
->'''Voiced in Latin American Spanish by:''' Creator/YamilAtala
-> '''Voiced in European Spanish by:''' Alejandro Peyo García
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Leader of the Orange Islands Gyms - and he proves it in Ash's longest-at-the-time fight (the ''first'' 6-on-6 ever seen in the show, to boot). His Dragonite as well, being the Pokémon that took on four members of Ash's team (including Charizard and Pikachu) and nearly winning.\\
Dragonite also has 10 moves, which exceeded the limit of anyone at the time before the anime started to enforce the move-limit. This was done ''on purpose'' by the writers to make it seem even more undefeatable.
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* TheAce: Besides being Ash's toughest challenge in the Orange League, Drake has a Dragonite that is simply a beast in battle. It uses 10 moves in a single match, breaking the limit of 4, just to show how unstoppable it is, and it's a powerful team-sweeper, wiping out Charizard, Squirtle, and Tauros in a row. The only reason why Dragonite finally lost to Pikachu is due to fatigue and Pikachu's determination.
* BeamOWar: His Gengar and Ash's Lapras get into one. It ends in a double knock-out, the first one in the series.
* BrokenWinLossStreak: Drake, the esteemed Leader of the Orange Islands Gyms, has gained a reputation for being unbeatable in battles. It is said that numerous trainers have tried to challenge him, but none have succeeded in defeating him. However, this all changes when a young and determined trainer named Ash appears on the scene. Ash manages to do what no one else has ever done before - defeat Drake in a thrilling and unforgettable battle.
* DishingOutDirt: His Onix knows Dig.
* DittoFighter: In the first round of six-on-six battling, Drake's Ditto takes on Ash's Pikachu. Pikachu wins because it has more stamina. It is implied that many trainers who faced Drake in the past lost to his Ditto alone from being unable to defeat a copy of their own Pokemon.
--> '''Ash''': They can copy Pikachu, but there's nothing like the real thing!
* EnergyWeapon: Dragonite's Hyper Beam.
* {{Expy}}: Rather obviously based on Lance of the Elite Four.
* MeaningfulName: Drake is another word to describe a dragon, which is appropriate since his signature Pokemon is a Dragonite.
* ShockAndAwe: Electabuzz is an Electric-type.
* SignatureMon: Dragonite is Drake's most powerful Pokémon and Pummelo Island makes that crystal clear with stone statues of Dragonite featured across the island. Because of this, Dragonite is only used when Drake's other Pokémon fell, and forces Ash to earn his victory in his first Full Battle match.
* SoulPower: Gengar knows the Ghost-type attack Night Shade.
* VictoryIsBoring: When introduced, he's become tired of his own invincibility and that no challenger has ever beaten him since his ascension. So you can imagine that when Ash defeats him, he gracefully praises the young trainer on his victory.
* WorfHadTheFlu: Ash's Pikachu was only to defeat Drake insanely powerful Dragonite after it had already battled his Charizard, Squirtle, Tauros in a row and was visibly exhausted.
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!!Johto Gym Leaders
[[folder: Falkner (Hayato)]]
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->'''Voiced in Japanese by:''' Creator/AkiraIshida
->'''Voiced in English by:''' Matthew Mitler
->'''Voiced in Latin American Spanish by:''' Creator/EduardoGarza
-> '''Voiced in European Spanish by:''' Pablo Sevilla
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* AdaptationalBadass: As the first gym leader in the games, he was a real pushover (infamously he is the only gym leader who sports a team still in the single digits). Here he boasts an exceptional team that made Ash sweat to win his victory. His Pidgeot was actually ''winning'' against Charizard until Ash figured out its attack patterns.
* BigDamnHeroes: He first appears on a hang-glider, rescues Pikachu, and blasts off Team Rocket. ''Then'' introductions are made.
* BreakTheHaughty: Ash's victory is implied to have humbled him somewhat.
* FireIceLightning: His Dodrio knows Tri Attack, which can either burn, freeze, or paralyze its opponent.
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: In the final part of his match with Ash, his Pidgeot had Charizard outclassed in terms of speed. It moved too fast for Charizard to be able to counterattack...but it kept using the same attack pattern. That helped Ash figure it out, and when he had Charizard trap Pidgeot with a Fire Spin, it was all over.
* {{Hypocrite}}: He states how he hates the consensus that Flying types would always lose to Electric types due to a type disadvantage...and then subsequently patronizes Ash for using Chikorita, for no reason besides ''her'' type disadvantage. [[HiddenHeartOfGold He backed it up]], but it was still an egotistical thing to do, and was followed by LaserGuidedKarma (below).
* InASingleBound: His Dodrio is a very good jumper.
* InertiaIsACruelMistress: Ash beat him using the old "attack where he's going" shtick.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: He's boastful of the superiority of his chosen Pokémon type and self-righteous about his methods, but he's good at heart and even went out of his way to save Pikachu with no personal gain involved. He also gracefully accepted his defeat.
* LaserGuidedKarma: After boasting of the strength of his Flying types, his Hoothoot takes out Ash's Chikorita easily; following that, his first ''two'' Pokémon are both defeated by Pikachu.
* MultipleHeadCase: One of his Pokémon is the three-headed Dodrio.
* SignatureMon: Pidgeot. Not only is Pidgeot a necessary upgrade to Falkner's game team (only consisted of Pidgey and Pidgeotto), but it's also going against [[TheAce Ash's Charizard]], who was already making Ash's challenges way too easy. Naturally, Falkner needs an iconic Pokémon on his team that could fight a seasoned Pokémon.
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[[folder: Bugsy (Tsukushi)]]
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->'''Voiced in Japanese by:''' Hiromi Ishikawa
->'''Voiced in English by:''' [[Creator/TaraSands Tara Jayne]]
->'''Voiced in Latin American Spanish by:''' Creator/MariaFernandaMorales
-> '''Voiced in European Spanish by:''' Amelia Jara
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* AchillesHeel: His Scyther can use Swords Dance to create the perfect shield from Fire type attacks, except those coming from directly above, which Ash exploits to defeat him.
* AdaptedOut: His Kakuna in the games is replaced by a Spinarak in the anime.
* ArrogantKungFuGuy: As Falkner, Bugsy boasts about his Pokémon specialty's superiority.
* BigCreepyCrawlies: He raises Bug type Pokémon, bigger than normal bugs.
* DidntSeeThatComing: Bugsy is shocked when Ash exploits the vulnerability resulting from Scyther's use of Swords Dance.
* SignatureMon: Scyther is Bugsy's final and toughest Pokémon, and featured alongside Bugsy in the openings, though this is not a hard feat considering that Bugsy's other Pokémon are [[ComMon Spinarak and Metapod]].
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[[folder: Whitney (Akane)]]
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->'''Voiced in Japanese by:''' Creator/YukoMiyamura
->'''Voiced in English by:''' Creator/MeganHollingshead
->'''Voiced in Latin American Spanish by:''' Creator/LilianaBarba
-> '''Voiced in European Spanish by:''' Cristina Yuste
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* TheAce: Not only did Miltank sweep Ash's entire team, but Whitney deems defeating her Miltank in a ''practice'' session on her farm to be good enough for Ash to get a Plain Badge, with no need to face her Clefairy or Nidorina. Yeah, her Miltank is that powerful.
* AdaptationalNiceGuy: In the games, Whitney was even more insufferable due to throwing a tantrum and initially refusing to give you a badge when you defeated her. Here, she's a GracefulLoser and willingly gives Ash the Plain Badge.
* AscendedMeme: Rarely was there ever a player who ''didn't'' get through her Clefairy on the first try, only to have their entire team ''clobbered'' by Miltank. [[TemptingFate Guess what happened to Ash the first time he battled her?]]
* BadassAdorable: A cute, ditzy girl who is also one tough gym leader.
* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: She seems silly and playful, and her Nidorina and Clefairy go down quickly, but she's still the only Johto Gym Leader who Ash ever actually lost against in an official battle (his first battle with Pryce was unofficial and his first bout with Clair was interrupted by Team Rocket's thievery, so it doesn't technically count despite her having the edge).
* DidntThinkThisThrough: Reuses her "have Miltank spam Rollout" strategy in her rematch, not realizing Ash would come up with a counter strategy.
* ItOnlyWorksOnce: Her "Miltank uses Rollout over and over again" strategy doesn't work as well in the rematch because Ash, inspired by Team Rocket's barrel-bot battle, comes up with a counter strategy to beat Miltank.
* LightningBruiser: Good God, Miltank. She's just as bad in the anime as she is in the games, effortlessly sweeping Ash's entire team without breaking a sweat. Part of the reason why she's so formidable is her unmatched speed combined with raw power of Rollout. The only way for Ash to defeat the Milk Cow Pokémon is having his Pokémon dig a trench to slow down Miltank's Rollout speed so they can have an easy window to attack.
* NiceGirl: She's a bit a ditz, but she's a real sweetheart, and even though her second match with Ash had taken place outside the Gym, Whitney still accepted her defeat as official and awarded Ash the Plain Badge.
* NonElemental: Clefairy and Miltank. Clefairy would become a Fairy type later.
* NoSenseOfDirection: Gets lost in her own home town.
* PoisonousPerson: Despite being a Normal-type Gym Leader, Whitney has Nidorina on her team, which is pure Poison-type.
* SignatureMon: Miltank, who else? A notorious team sweeper like Miltank is sure going to make Whitney memorable in the anime, to the point Whitney only uses Miltank in Ash's "unofficial" rematch. Naturally, whenever Whitney is show in Pokémon openings or flashbacks, her Miltank is always there beside her.
* WakeUpCallBoss: The only Johto Gym Leader to defeat Ash in an official battle.
* WhenAllYouHaveIsAHammer: Whitney's strategy with Miltank boils down to using Rollout again and again. While this does let her beat Ash in the first Gym Battle, in the rematch [[ItOnlyWorksOnce Ash is able to come up with a strategy to beat Miltank]].
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[[folder: Morty (Matsuba)]]
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->'''Voiced in Japanese by:''' Creator/MasayaMatsukaze
->'''Voiced in English by:''' Creator/AndrewRannells
->'''Voiced in Latin American Spanish by:''' Creator/ArturoMercadoJr (Season 3), Rolando de la Fuente (Season 5)
-> '''Voiced in European Spanish by:''' Juan Antonio García Sainz de la Maza
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* TheBusCameBack: Returned in "For Ho-Oh The Bells Toll".
* PsychicPowers: Gastly's Confusion and Haunter's Hypnosis.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: He has little reason to believe that Ash truly saw Ho-Oh (a Pokémon last seen three centuries ago), but he doesn't completely dismiss the notion and later, impressed by Ash's victory and "spirit", he concedes his challenger may indeed have seen Ho-Oh. He's also quite forgiving of their disturbing the Pokémon that live at the Burned Tower.
* RecurringCharacter: He even gets one guest appearance in the "Master Quest" season.
* RedOniBlueOni: The calm blue to his friend Eusine's hot-blooded red, especially when it comes to skepticism to Ash's claim that he saw a Ho-Oh.
* SignatureMon: He only has the Gastly line on his team, and thus Gengar is his most powerful and iconic Pokémon of the bunch, serving as the final boss to Ash's Noctowl.
* SoulPower: He uses Ghost type Pokémon.
* SpeaksFluentAnimal: Though unlike most examples, Morty mastered this through practice rather than inherent talent.
* SquishyWizard: Ghost Pokemon know plenty of cunning tricks, and Morty uses every one of them in his match with Ash. Unfortunately, like most Ghosts, Morty's Pokemon can't take much punishment. Once Ash figures out how to hit Morty's Pokemon, they go straight down.
* TheStoic: He doesn't show an excess of emotion and mostly expresses himself with controlled smiles or frowns.
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[[folder: Chuck (Shijima)]]
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->'''Voiced in Japanese by:''' Nobuaki Kakuda (original series), Takahiro Fujiwara (''Journeys'')
->'''Voiced in English by:''' Creator/DanGreen
->'''Voiced in Latin American Spanish by:''' Luis Alfonso Padilla (original series), Víctor Manuel Espinoza (''Journeys'')
-> '''Voiced in European Spanish by:''' Iñaki Crespo
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* AdaptedOut: Chuck's Primeape in the games was replaced by a Machoke in the anime.
* BadassNormal: He can fight and train with his own Pokémon, but he's also...
* BrilliantButLazy: Thus, he's let himself go, tiring easily and having put on a little weight.
* BruiserWithASoftCentre: Chuck and his Machoke not only embody this trope, they're proud of it.
* TheBusCameBack: He returns from a [[LongBusTrip '''LONG''' bus trip]] and reappears in Journeys Episode #39.
* CatchPhrase: He constantly tells his Pokemon to "focus their energy" and not give up when they're weakening.
* DudeWheresMyRespect: He gets teased about his weight and tendency to tire out from ''his own wife'' despite being a famous teacher and Gym Leader.
* HotBlooded: Likely one of the most hot-blooded Gym Leaders in the entire series.
* ImprobableHairstyle: The way the hair on the back of his head sticks up.
* LongBusTrip: With 915 episodes between his appearance in the Original Series and ''Pokemon Journeys'', Second to Erika in record for longest absence between appearances for human characters.
* MakingASplash: Poliwrath is a Water-type.
* TheMentor: Has many students, the most notable two we know of being Brawly the Gym Leader of Dewford Town (in Hoenn) and Bea.
* SignatureMon: Poliwrath by virtue of being Chuck's only recurring Pokémon despite Machoke being his last Pokémon used in the Gym Battle against Ash. As well as being Chuck's only Pokémon actually adapted from the games.
* WalkingShirtlessScene: He goes shirtless All the damn time!
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[[folder: Jasmine (Mikan)]]
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->'''Voiced in Japanese by:''' Creator/YumiKakazu
->'''Voiced in English by:''' [[Creator/TaraSands Tara Jayne]] (4Kids), Creator/AlysonLeighRosenfeld (current)
->'''Voiced in Latin American Spanish by:''' Creator/GabyUgarte
-> '''Voiced in European Spanish by:''' Conchi López (OG Series, first appearance), Pepa Castro (OG Series, second appearance), María Blanco (DP Series)
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* AdaptedOut: Sort of. She only uses one Magnemite in the anime, rather than two as in the games.
* AdaptationalBadass: In the games, she's really shy and has trouble speaking. In the episode "Nerves of Steelix" of the anime, she jumps off from a ''cliff'' straight onto her Steelix's head, and doesn't even show a scratch. She's also a very aggresive Pokémon trainer, something you would never think of when playing the games. [[BadassAdorable She's still a nice, cute girl outside of battle, though.]]
* BadassAdorable: She's a cute, gentle girl, but don't let that fool you. She doesn't hesitate to try and wipe out Ash's Pokémon party with her almighty Steelix. And even that of Flint from the Sinnoh Elite Four.
* BigDamnHeroes: For once, Team Rocket succesfully kidnap Ash's Pikachu near Olivine City, and Ash can't do anything about it. Seems like Jessie, James and Meowth are being [[ThrowTheDogABone thrown a bone]] after all these episodes, right? ''Wrong!'' Suddenly, a Steelix [[DeusExMachina appears out of nowhere]] to stop these guys on their feet. Right after that, Jasmine joins in by making a jump that would destroy any normal person's legs and orders Steelix to send Team Rocket flying with an overpowered Iron Tail attack. Ash gets Pikachu back and thanks Jasmine, who reminds him there's a [[OhCrap heated battle awaiting both of them back at the gym.]]
* TheBusCameBack: Makes a one-episode appearance in the "Diamond and Pearl" series.
* CharacterisationMarchesOn: Was a borderline ShrinkingViolet in her first episode. When she reappears, she's clearly [[TookALevelInBadass taken a level in confidence and is more headstrong than before]]. [[JustifiedTrope Justified]] in that her Ampharos was terribly sick at first, leaving her concerned for its safety above all else.
* ExtraOreDinary: She trains Steel types.
* HeadTurningBeauty: It's implied InUniverse that a chunk of the trainer community sees her as a good-looking gym leader, because she's nicknamed as "the fighting beauty" or something along those lines. Apart from the alias, [[DownplayedTrope no one ever comments on her beauty]], though (besides [[InLoveWithLove Brock]], that is).
* HotBlooded: Depending on the situation. She's calm and polite most of the time, but when it comes to a Pokémon battle, it's like someone put her on flames. She seems a totally different person.
* MadeOfIron: She seems unfazed when she jumps on top of her Steelix's hard head from a cliff. But what did you expect? Her specialty is Steel types.
* TheMentor: To Janina and she's confirmed to have other apprentices though they never appear.
* ParrotPetPosition: When she debuts, her Magnemite is perched on her shoulder but is never seen doing this in her later appearances.
* RecurringCharacter: She appeared multiple times in Johto, and even had a guest appearance in Sinnoh (to correspond with her cameo in the games).
* ShockAndAwe: Her Steel-type Magnemite is also an Electric-type.
* ShrinkingViolet: {{Played with}}. She only acts hesitant and reserved when her Ampharos is sick (that is, in the episode "Fight for the Light"). In the other episodes, she's surprisingly outgoing and even [[SeriousBusiness aggresive]] when it comes to Pokémon battles.
* SignatureHeadgear: She wears a pair of cute, spiked pigtails pointing upward. Always pointing upward, no matter the pose or situation. She uses orange orbs to set them in place. These orbs being orange is no coincidence: Jasmine's name in Japanese is ''Mikan'', which means [[MeaningfulName "orange".]]
* SignatureMon: Steelix is her main Pokémon, which she uses in her Gym Battle against Ash and later in a friendly battle against Elite Four Member Flint in ''Diamond and Pearl''.
* SilkHidingSteel: Puns aside, she's an elegant GirlyGirl with the willpower to slaughter any Pokémon trainer she comes across. Even if they're supposed to be stronger than her (Flint from Sinnoh's Elite 4).
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[[folder: Pryce (Yanagi)]]
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->'''Voiced in Japanese by:''' Creator/MotomuKiyokawa
->'''Voiced in English by:''' Creator/JimmyZoppi
->'''Voiced in Latin American Spanish by:''' Creator/CesarArias
-> '''Voiced in European Spanish by:''' Julio Núñez, Eduardo del Hoyo (as a young man)
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* AdaptationalJerkass: In the games, he's a perfectly pleasant and decent man. Here, he's a JerkWithAHeartOfGold.
* CoolOldGuy: Once he mellows out a little.
* DefrostingIceKing: He was a cold trainer due to his FreudianExcuse, but once he reunites with his Piloswine, he mellows out.
* DishingOutDirt: Piloswine is a Ground-Type.
* EarlyBirdCameo: He appears briefly in "Rage of Innocence" before having his full introduction in the following episode.
* FreudianExcuse: As a boy, he loved Pokémon dearly and was a skilled trainer. One day, he and Piloswine faced a tough Magmar, and Pryce's attempt to keep his friend from getting hurt only resulted in ''both'' of them being badly burned. While he was recovering, Piloswine up and left and never returned, leading Pryce to believe it had abandoned him for losing and subsequently hardening his heart towards Pokémon. Only after meeting Ash was it revealed that Piloswine had actually gone to get special herbs for healing burns, but [[HumanPopsicle ended up frozen in ice for years]], leading to Pryce's MyGodWhatHaveIDone realisation.
* HumanPopsicle: His Piloswine was frozen for decades in a block of ice.
* AnIcePerson: He specializes in Ice-Type Pokémon.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Even in his "hating Pokémon" period, his softer side wasn't gone, just...buried, way deep down.
* SignatureMon: Piloswine was his main Pokémon partner until it disappeared years ago, causing Pryce to believe it abandoned him for losing and thus hardening his heart. Once he learns that Piloswine was actually frozen in ice attempt to return home, Pryce realizes his mistake and the two reconcile. Piloswine thus returns as Pryce's final Pokémon in the Gym Battle against Ash, and even forfeits the battle once he notices Piloswine tiring out.
* TenderTears: When he realizes that he was wrong about Piloswine, and again when Piloswine recognizes him despite his changed appearance.
* UseYourHead: Dewgong's Skull Bash.
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[[folder: Clair (Ibuki)]]
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->'''Voiced in Japanese by:''' Yuko Mita
->'''Voiced in English by:''' Creator/MeganHollingshead (4Kids), Creator/EvaChristensen (current)
->'''Voiced in Latin American Spanish by:''' Creator/LilianaBarba (Original Series), Maggie Vera (Best Wishes)
-> '''Voiced in European Spanish by:''' María Antonia Rodríguez
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* TenMinuteRetirement: In her first episode, she refused to do anything (including perform the tri-annual ritual required of her) while her Dratini was shedding. It actually turned out to be in the process of evolving.
* TheAce: The best of the best in Johto Gym Leaders, and arguably the most powerful trainer Ash faced up to that point aside from Prima. She's shown to be too strong for Ash's normal team, and he has to call in some of his most powerful EleventhHourRanger Pokemon to stand a chance.
** She also wins decisively in a much later episode where Iris visits Blackthorn City and challenges her to a match.
* AdaptationalNiceGuy: Her anime personality is far nicer than her [[{{Jerkass}} game one]], complimenting Ash during their battle and [[GracefulLoser congratulating him after he beats her]].
* TheBusCameBack: Returns for a guest appearance in [=BW136=], and battles Iris at the end of the ''Best Wishes!'' Saga. Interestingly, she is the first Gym Leader guest character to return and have met with all different traveling companions of Ash because Brock is no longer a main companion after the end of Diamond and Pearl.
* ADayInTheLimelight: She has a five-episode arc.
* CurbStompBattle: In Ash's first match with Clair, he used his regular team. Although Team Rocket interrupted the match, it was clearly heading this way in Clair's favor. When they had a rematch, Ash had to change up his team and bring in some of his best EleventhHourRanger Pokemon to have any hope of winning. Even then, he only won through some very creative tactics.
** She inflicts this on Iris in their match much later in the series, but she commends Iris for the latter's skill and dedication.
* EnergyWeapon: Gyarados, Dragonair's and Kindgra's Hyper Beam.
* ExtraOreDinary: Dragonair's Iron Tail.
* MakingASplash: Kingdra & Gyarados are water-types and Dragonair's Rain Dance causes raining.
* PaletteSwap: Her Druddigon is shiny.
* ShockAndAwe: Dragonair's Thunder Wave.
* SignatureMon: Her Dratini, which then evolved into Dragonair after Clair protect it from Team Rocket. Dragonair is the last Pokémon Clair sends out in the Gym Battle against Ash, and it proves to be a formidable foe by taking Pikachu out with ease, requiring Charizard to finish the job. Clair is regularly seen with Dragonair by her side in fantasies and Pokémon openings, though strangely absent when Clair returns in ''Black & White''.[[note]]The Dragonite on her team is actually the Dragonite from the Dragon Holy Land rather than Dragonair fully evolved.[[/note]]
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* SquishyWizard: Ghost Pokemon know plenty of cunning tricks, and Morty uses every one of them in his match with Ash. Unfortunately, like most Ghosts, Morty's Pokemon can't take much punishment. Once Ash figures out how to hit Morty's Pokemon, they go straight down.
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'''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]]-]]]]]
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'''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]]-]]]]]
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* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: Kanto Gym Leaders have unique designs and different Pokémon team set ups compared to the games, [[OneShotCharacter only appear once or twice before disappearing from the show]], and have arbitrary rules that seem to be at the Gym Leader's personal whims. This is a stark contrast to future Gym Leaders who are dead ringers to their game counterparts, have much larger screen time in the series outside of Gym Battle, and have a standardized rules with only one or two gimmicks. This is far more prominent when some of the Kanto Gym Leaders return for ''Anime/PokemonJourneysTheSeries'' and their designs are changed to better reflect the games.
* YouDontLookLikeYou: Unlike [[EarlyInstallmentWeirdness other Gym Leaders in future regions]], the Kanto Gym Leaders take artistic liberties with the character designs rather than being a dead-ringer of their game counterparts. Lt. Surge has a tan and an open shirt, Sabrina's outfit is more school-like, Erika has blue hair and wears a garden outfit at the Gym rather than a kimono, and Blaine's real look is based on his original design with a hippie aesthetic rather than the bald MadScientist from the games. Even Brock and Misty aren't immune to this as their anime outfits are distinctly different from their game counterparts.
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* AdaptationDyeJob: From black hair in the games to blue. Perhaps as a MythologyGag, her disguise as a store owner does have black hair however. She also has black hair when she returns in Journeys in place of her blue hair.
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* AdaptationDyeJob: From black hair in the games to blue. Perhaps as a MythologyGag, her disguise as a store owner does have black hair however. She also has black hair when she returns in Journeys ''Journeys'' in place of her blue hair.
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* AdaptationalNiceGuy: In the original Japanese version, where Erika almost endsAsh's journey to the Pokémon league by banning him from the gym after he insulted her perfume. When he proves resilient about it, she submits to a battle and, after Ash saves Gloom, proves quite friendly (especially considering he got it in danger in the first place). In the English dub, it's her subordinates being too overzealous, and Erika herself says it's her duty as a Gym Leader to accept all challenges.
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* AdaptationalNiceGuy: In the original Japanese version, where Erika almost endsAsh's ends Ash's journey to the Pokémon league by banning him from the gym after he insulted her perfume. When he proves resilient about it, she submits to a battle and, after Ash saves Gloom, proves quite friendly (especially considering he got it in danger in the first place). In the English dub, it's her subordinates being too overzealous, and Erika herself says it's her duty as a Gym Leader to accept all challenges.
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* DubPersonalityChange: Originally she was the one who ordered Ash to be banned from the gym, in the dub this is changed to her banning him from her store without it ever stated if she had banned him from the gym or if it was just her subordinates.
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* DubPersonalityChange: Originally she was the one who ordered Ash to be banned from the gym, in the dub this is changed to her banning him from her store without it ever stated stating if she had banned him from the gym or if it was just her subordinates.
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* CatSmile: A more subtle example, as only the corners of her upper lip curl upwards. It gives her more of a childish expression than specifically resembling a cat.
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* DubPersonalityChange: The dub claimed that Lola died from heartbreak trying to keep the family together after Flint's [[DisappearedDad absence]], whereas the original Japanese version has her leaving the family after being sick of waiting for him. Possibly justified the change of personality was to prevent her from seeming heartless or neglectful and given how early the anime was at the time, the translators believe that she wouldn't make a physical appearance.
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* PlayfulCatSmile: A more subtle example, as only the corners of her upper lip curl upwards. It gives her more of a childish expression than specifically resembling a cat.
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Brock's father, who helped Ash's Pikachu to become stronger and he kept the Gym running while Brock was travelling until his second son Forrest took over.
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* BrickJoke: His debut has him sitting in the outskirts of Pewter City in a LotusPosition. In the ''Chronicles'' episode showing Brock's return to Pewter City, he's back in the same spot again. He even has the same disguise!
* DirtyCoward: Despite both abandoning his family and returning to Pewter City years prior to Ash's arrival, he was too scared to approach the family and ask forgiveness, instead adopting a false identity and watching Brock labor in his absence from the sidelines.
* DisappearedDad: Who came back. While he's ''certainly'' proven himself a bit more responsible than his wife, she can still drag him along into irresponsibility. Most notable when he's pulled along on vacation with her (taking Ludicolo to carry the bags), leaving Brock to clean up their mess.
* DirtyCoward: Despite both abandoning his family and returning to Pewter City years prior to Ash's arrival, he was too scared to approach the family and ask forgiveness, instead adopting a false identity and watching Brock labor in his absence from the sidelines.
* DisappearedDad: Who came back. While he's ''certainly'' proven himself a bit more responsible than his wife, she can still drag him along into irresponsibility. Most notable when he's pulled along on vacation with her (taking Ludicolo to carry the bags), leaving Brock to clean up their mess.
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* AmbitionIsEvil: {{Deconstructed|Trope}}. While Flint isn't evil nor cruel, he ''did'' leave his family to pursue his ambition of becoming a powerful Pokémon Trainer. Unfortunately, Flint isn't able to achieve this due to being well past his prime, and by the time he comes back, Lola already left the family while Brock is forced to take care of his ten younger siblings alone. Unfortunately, Flint was too ashamed to truly reconcile with Brock and lived afar until he gained the courage after Ash came along.
* BrickJoke: His debut has him sittingin on the outskirts of Pewter City in a LotusPosition. In the ''Chronicles'' episode showing Brock's return to Pewter City, he's back in the same spot again. He even has the same disguise!
* DidntThinkThisThrough: As Flint learns the hard way in his backstory, having ambitions of becoming a Pokémon Trainer despite being past his prime, never mind fathering ''11 children'', isn't the best way to do it. Instead, all he gains is the shame of abandoning his children in the first place.
* DirtyCoward: Despite both abandoning his family and returning to Pewter City yearsprior to before Ash's arrival, he was too scared to approach the family and ask forgiveness, instead adopting a false identity and watching Brock labor in his absence from the sidelines.
* DisappearedDad: Who came back. While he's ''certainly'' proven himself a bit more responsible than his wife, she can still drag him along into irresponsibility. Most notable is when he's pulled along on vacation with her (taking Ludicolo to carry the bags), leaving Brock to clean up their mess.
* BrickJoke: His debut has him sitting
* DidntThinkThisThrough: As Flint learns the hard way in his backstory, having ambitions of becoming a Pokémon Trainer despite being past his prime, never mind fathering ''11 children'', isn't the best way to do it. Instead, all he gains is the shame of abandoning his children in the first place.
* DirtyCoward: Despite both abandoning his family and returning to Pewter City years
* DisappearedDad: Who came back. While he's ''certainly'' proven himself a bit more responsible than his wife, she can still drag him along into irresponsibility. Most notable is when he's pulled along on vacation with her (taking Ludicolo to carry the bags), leaving Brock to clean up their mess.
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* MeaningfulName: His Japanese name, ''Muno'', sounds similar to 無能 (''munō'') meaning inefficiency[=/=]incompetence. Not only did he abandon his family to act on his ambition of becoming a powerful Pokémon Trainer, but he failed to achieve it mainly due to being well past his prime. Afterward, he couldn't bring himself to go back to his family due to the shame and guilt of leaving them in the first place.
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* BrokenWinLossStreak: Drake, the esteemed Leader of the Orange Islands Gyms, has gained a reputation for being unbeatable in battles. It is said that numerous trainers have tried to challenge him, but none have succeeded in defeating him. However, this all changes when a young and determined trainer named Ash appears on the scene. Ash manages to do what no one else has ever done before - defeat Drake in a thrilling and unforgettable battle.
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* StrongFamilyResemblance: Daisy, Violet, and Lily all have the same basic design elements (''e.g.,'' long wavy hair and short dresses) though they differ in some details; Misty doesn't look a thing like any of them.
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* StrongFamilyResemblance: Daisy, Violet, and Lily all have the same basic design elements (''e.g.,'' long wavy hair and short dresses) though they differ in some details; details. The only thing that the three of them and Misty doesn't look a thing like any of them.have in common appearance-wise are their similar facial structures.
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* DishingOutdirt: His Onix knows Dig.
* DittoFighter: In the first round of six-on-six battling, Drake's Ditto takes on Ash's Pikachu. Pikachu wins because it has more stamina.
* DittoFighter: In the first round of six-on-six battling, Drake's Ditto takes on Ash's Pikachu. Pikachu wins because it has more stamina.
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* DishingOutdirt: DishingOutDirt: His Onix knows Dig.
* DittoFighter: In the first round of six-on-six battling, Drake's Ditto takes on Ash's Pikachu. Pikachu wins because it has more stamina. It is implied that many trainers who faced Drake in the past lost to his Ditto alone from being unable to defeat a copy of their own Pokemon.
* DittoFighter: In the first round of six-on-six battling, Drake's Ditto takes on Ash's Pikachu. Pikachu wins because it has more stamina. It is implied that many trainers who faced Drake in the past lost to his Ditto alone from being unable to defeat a copy of their own Pokemon.
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* MeaningName: Drake is another word to describe a dragon, which is appropriate since his signature Pokemon is a Dragonite.
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* SilkHidingSteel: Puns aside, she's an elegant GirlyGirl with the willpower to slaughter any Pokémon trainer she comes across. Even if they're supposed to be stronger than her (Flint from Sinnoh's Elte 4).
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* SilkHidingSteel: Puns aside, she's an elegant GirlyGirl with the willpower to slaughter any Pokémon trainer she comes across. Even if they're supposed to be stronger than her (Flint from Sinnoh's Elte Elite 4).
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* ComicallyMissingThePoint: Her number-one priority with the Pewter Gym: making it cute.
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* ItsAllAboutMe: She does not take into consideration ''anyone else'' when she turns the Pewter Gym into a Water-type gym, against the wishes of her entire family, and Brock has to yell at her several times just to make her even realize he doesn't approve. And when she battles Flint, she declares that if she wins, all her kids have to become Water-type Pokémon users, just because ''she'' likes them.
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* CrossdressingVoices: Given that his VA is female in the Dub.
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* CrossdressingVoices: Given that his VA is female in Retroactively. At the Dub.time of the episode's dubbing, Maddie Blaustein had not yet come out as transgender.
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* AdaptationalJerkass: Played with in the English dub where it was more Erika's subordinates taking offense to Ash's insults but played straight in the original where Erika almost ended Ash's journey to the Pokémon league by banning him from the gym after he insulted her perfume. When he proves resilient about it, she submits to a battle and, after Ash saves Gloom, proves quite friendly (especially considering he got it in danger in the first place).
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* AdaptationalJerkass: Played with in the English dub where it was more Erika's subordinates taking offense to Ash's insults but played straight in AdaptationalNiceGuy: In the original Japanese version, where Erika almost ended Ash's endsAsh's journey to the Pokémon league by banning him from the gym after he insulted her perfume. When he proves resilient about it, she submits to a battle and, after Ash saves Gloom, proves quite friendly (especially considering he got it in danger in the first place). In the English dub, it's her subordinates being too overzealous, and Erika herself says it's her duty as a Gym Leader to accept all challenges.
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'''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]] \\
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'''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]] \\
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* AscendedExtra: When he first appeared, Forrest was just one among many of Brock's children, but since then he's stepped up as Brock's replacement as the Pewter Gym Leader.
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* AscendedExtra: When he first appeared, Forrest was just one among many of Brock's children, young siblings, but since then he's stepped up as Brock's replacement as the Pewter Gym Leader.
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* TheCameo: In ''Pokemon Journeys'', over twenty years later, Ash visits the gym again for a [=PWC=] match. While Surge himself only appears in flashbacks due to being currently away, his subordinates tell Ash their gym battle has left quite the impression on their leader.
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* TheCameo: In ''Pokemon ''Pokémon Journeys'', over twenty years later, Ash visits the gym again for a [=PWC=] match. While Surge himself only appears in flashbacks due to being currently away, his subordinates tell Ash their gym battle has left quite the impression on their leader.
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* DefeatMeansRespect: In ''Pokemon Journeys'', this is apparently how Surge sees Ash nowadays. Surge's disciple and temporary gym leader, Visquez, says Ash's battle against Surge is an example to everyone at the Gym and Ash is considered a [[WorthyOpponent respectable opponent]].
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* DefeatMeansRespect: In ''Pokemon ''Pokémon Journeys'', this is apparently how Surge sees Ash nowadays. Surge's disciple and temporary gym leader, Visquez, says Ash's battle against Surge is an example to everyone at the Gym and Ash is considered a [[WorthyOpponent respectable opponent]].
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* LargeAndInCharge: Is abnormally tall in the anime. Assuming his Raichu is drawn to scale, his height would be over ''eight feet''. Some scales [[https://i.imgur.com/c4QJFVO.jpg go to even being over ten feet tall]].
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* LargeAndInCharge: Is abnormally tall in the anime. Assuming his Raichu is drawn to scale, scale (it's 2'07" according to the Pokédex), his height would be over ''eight feet''. Some scales [[https://i.imgur.com/c4QJFVO.jpg go to even being over ten feet tall]].tall]].
* MightyGlacier: While his Raichu is incredibly strong, Ash and Pikachu also figure out that it evolved too quickly and didn't learn the speed attacks it only could have learned in its previous stage, letting Pikachu run rings around it with Agility.
* MightyGlacier: While his Raichu is incredibly strong, Ash and Pikachu also figure out that it evolved too quickly and didn't learn the speed attacks it only could have learned in its previous stage, letting Pikachu run rings around it with Agility.
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* TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers: The last member of Brock's family to debut on the show, Lola has no resemblance to anyone else in the family.
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* FamilyThemeNaming: In the original Japanese, Misty and her sisters all share FloralThemeNaming, while Misty's Japanese name Kasumi doubles as a highlight of her MakingASplash {{Elemental Motif|s}}. In the English dub, Misty's name loses the floral connotation, but [[IncidentalMultilingualWordplay this works out anyway]], as it highlights that TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers.
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* ParrotPetPosition: When she debuts, her Magnamite is perched on her shoulder but is never seen doing this in her later appearances.
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* TheMentor: To Janina and she's confirmed to have other apprentices though they never appear.
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* AmbiguousSituation: Though Daisy is still recognized as the eldest, it's all ''but'' confirmed that the trio are triplets.
* DubPersonalityChange: The ValleyGirl element of their characters is added in the dub.
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* MsFanservice: A trio of {{Head Turning Beaut|y}}ies introduced in a collective WalkingSwimsuitScene.
* MsFanservice: A trio of {{Head Turning Beaut|y}}ies introduced in a collective WalkingSwimsuitScene.
* ProudBeauty: Each of them are a HeadTurningBeauty, and each of them sure damn well knows it.
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* TheAce: Not only did Miltank sweep Ash's entire team, but Whitney deems defeating her Miltank in a ''practice'' session on her farm to be good enough for Ash to get a Plain Badge, with no need to face her Clefairy or Nidorina. Yeah, her Miltank is that powerful.
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* AdaptationalJerkass: Erika almost ended Ash's journey to the Pokémon league simply because he passively insulted her perfume. When he proves resilient about it, she submits to a battle and, after Ash saves Gloom, proves quite friendly (especially considering he got it in danger in the first place). PlayedWith, as the one who banned him from the Gym was her subordinates and Erika states that she ''has'' to accept his challenge when he issues it, implying they may simply have been acting without her say so.
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* AdaptationalJerkass: Played with in the English dub where it was more Erika's subordinates taking offense to Ash's insults but played straight in the original where Erika almost ended Ash's journey to the Pokémon league simply because by banning him from the gym after he passively insulted her perfume. When he proves resilient about it, she submits to a battle and, after Ash saves Gloom, proves quite friendly (especially considering he got it in danger in the first place). PlayedWith, as the one who banned him from the Gym was her subordinates and Erika states that she ''has'' to accept his challenge when he issues it, implying they may simply have been acting without her say so.
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