History Characters / PokemonTheSeriesBrock

* MiseryTrigger: Mention Professor Ivy around him and he'll curl up in a TroubledFetalPosition.

* MissingMom: The subject of a SeriesContinuityError in the English Dub only, Brock's Mom was mentioned in his debut episode to have died from heartbreak in trying to hold the family together after Flint ran off, but she later showed up in ''Advanced Generation'' alive and well.

* ChivalrousPervert: G-rated. Despite all his horndogging and flirtations, he never goes beyond attempting to swoon women with flattery or doing what they ask, he's ultimately very respectful of their wishes no matter how heartbroken he may be afterwards, and when called out on his admirations of Jennys and Joys, because they are all identical, Brock actually lists subtle difference in some of their personalities, meaning he actually is one of the few people who doesn't see them that way. In addition, if a cute girl is actively in trouble, he throws any flirting aside and works on helping them like he would anyone else.

* SelfServingMemory: When it's brought up that Ash won all eight gym badges in Kanto, Brock agrees with Misty's assessment that Ash only got their badges out of pity--ignoring the fact that Brock ''gave'' Ash his badge because he refused to fight with a dishonorable tactic and was impressed with his willingness to fight fair.

->'''Voiced in Canadian French by:''' Creator/MartinWatier (Movies ''The First Movie'', 3-7 + ''Mewtwo Returns'')

->'''Voiced in Canadian French by:''' Creator/MartinWatier (first seven movies [minus the second one] and ''Mewtwo Returns'')

* NooodleIncident: Unlike Brock's other Pokémon, Geodude is the only one with no explanation on how it was caught.

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

->'''Voiced in European French by:''' Antoni Lo Presti (Season 1-3 + 8-current, Movies 1-3 + 8-current, ''The Mastermind of Mirage Pokémon'', ''Pokémon Chronicles''), Laurent Sao (Episode 22-51 from Season 1, Season 4-7, ''Mewtwo Returns'', Movie ''Pokémon Heroes''), Pascal Nowak (Movies ''Pokémon 4Ever'' and ''Destiny Deoxys'')

* SignatureMon: Onix/Steelix is Brock's one of two Signature Mon as a whole, although it suffered through being OutOfFocus and being PutOnABus. By the time of ''Sun & Moon'', Steelix has come back as Brock's regular Pokémon, having finally catching up to Croagunk's status, the other Signature Mon.

->'''Voiced in European French by:''' Antoni Lo Presti (Season 1-3 + 8-current, Movies 1-3 + 8-current, ''The Mastermind of Mirage Pokémon'', ''Pokémon Chronicles''), Laurent Chauvet (Episode 22-51 from Season 1, Season 4-7, ''Mewtwo Returns'', Movie ''Pokémon Heroes''), Pascal Nowak (Movies ''Pokémon 4Ever'' and ''Destiny Deoxys'')

* VagueAge: Unlike Ash and Misty who are established as both being 10 (although Misty is ''12'' according to some sources), Brock's age is never really stated apart from the fact he's clearly older than his traveling companions. Some sources state he's 15 which would go in line with the fact that due to Pokemon's general following of the TeensAreShort rule, he's implied to not ''quite'' be an an adult yet, with Brock often being ''shorter'' or around the same height as characters who are clearly adults. Other situations treat him as older however, particularly the fact a vast majority of the people he flirts with are adults themselves, with the few who reciprocate almost always in the 'adult' category.

* TheBusCameBack: Croagunk reappears in ''[=JNS02=]'' after his absence from ''Sun and Moon''. He is revealed to be one of Brock's medical assistants, helps battle against Team Galactic, and resumes his usual role of jabbing Brock.
* EveryoneHasStandards: While he takes delight in his violence towards Brock whenever he flirts with a girl, he tends to back off in scenarios where the girl is either ok with it (such as Cynthia) or when the girl shuts him down (such as when Brock first meets Holly).

** Taken a lot more personally in the ''Journeys'' Special Episode ''"Arceus, the One Called a God"'' where Croagunk would instantly pop out of his Pokeball when Toxicroak was responsible for the chaos.

** Also the whole "stab and drag Brock away from girls" thing, of course.

* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Borders between this and ChuckCunninghamSyndrome in ''Sun & Moon'', where he's not seen or mentioned at all during either of Brock's return appearances, with Brock only using his Kanto Pokemon and Sudowoodo. Justified since Misty was there to reel him in whenever he started fawning over a pretty girl. Averted when he reappears in ''[=JNS02=]''.

* RagingStiffie: G-rated version, obviously. Basically it's gotten to the point that when he ''doesn't'' have this around InexplicablyIdenticalIndividuals, regardless if they're male or female, he starts getting suspicious (often he's ''right''; it's Team Rocket or someone else disguised as the nurse or officer).

* OverusedRunningGag: Brock [[CasanovaWannabe throwing himself]] at the GirlOfTheWeek and [[DidNotGetTheGirl failing to succeed]] has happened OncePerEpisode since Recap/PokemonS1E9TheSchoolOfHardKnocks. The gag has been around so long it's gone through several evolutions.

* OverusedRunningGag: Thankfully, they tend to mix it up, especially with Bonsly (in a brief stint [[note]]he uses ''Double-Edge''[[/note]]) and Croagunk.

* RunningGag: Whenever he sees a beautiful woman and reacts in a typical fashion, someone in the group will haul him away angrily. It was generally Misty in the original series, Max in ''Advanced Generation'', and his Croagunk in ''Diamond & Pearl'', but others, such as May and even [[ChasteHero Ash]] have done it as well.

* WeNeedADistraction: A minor RunningGag, and he sometimes convinces others to join him in the act (Corphish [twice!], Lombre, ''Dawn'')...

* CampStraight: Brock handles most of the stereotypically 'feminine' chores when traveling, like cooking, laundry, sewing, etc. and he's shown to enjoy them immensely to the point they're practically hobbies for him. To top it off, he's even occasionally wearing a frilly pink apron. The whole thing is Lampshaded though because Brock learned these domestic tasks in order to take care of his younger siblings at Pewter City after his parents effectively abandoned their children to fend for themselves for several years before returning. Apart from domestic chores, Brock also has an interest in aesthetic pursuits, showing a lot of interest in grooming, dressing, and showing Pokémon, and he's helped out his traveling companions with their costuming for contests. That said, he's always on the search for a girlfriend, flirting with virtually every pretty girl he meets.

* PutOnABus: ''Four times!'' He departed the show at the beginning of the ''Orange Islands'' arc because the anime crew thought he might be considered an Asian stereotype to a global audience (it's his eyes). He was promptly brought back for Johto because, as it turns out, nobody cared about that. He and Ash then briefly parted ways again at the end of Johto and the Battle Frontier, but they quickly reunited both times. It finally happened permanently at the end of ''Diamond & Pearl'' after Brock decided to become a Pokémon doctor, meaning his studies preclude him from traveling anymore with Ash.

* RealMenWearPink: Aside from being TeamDad, he can also be classified as a [[TeamMom Team]] '''[[TeamMom Mom]]''', with good reason.

* TheWorfEffect: Introduced as being extremely powerful, but is rarely shown winning an actual battle. In "Princess Vs. Princess", it lost to Jessie's Lickitung in ''seconds''.

'''Advanced Generation:''' [[Characters/PokemonTheSeriesRubyAndSapphireAshsPokemon Ash's Pokémon (Hoenn)]] | [[Characters/PokemonTheSeriesRubyAndSapphireCast Supporting Cast]] | [[Characters/PokemonTheSeriesRubyAndSapphireGymLeadersAndFrontierBrains Gym Leaders and Frontier Brains]]\\

* OvershadowedByAwesome: Increasingly so, particularly in most of Sinnoh in comparison to Ash and Dawn. Lampshaded in the 11th movie, where Ash and Dawn both spring into action against the BigBad, and Brock briefly gets depressed over being left behind...literally.

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* GentleGiant: Outside of battle. Especially prominent when ie reappeared as Steelix.

Ash, Brock and Dawn attended Prof. Rowan's Summer Academy in ''Diamond & Pearl'' Episodes 88-91, during which they were assigned different Pokémon to partner up. In Brock's case they're Magnemite, Onyx and Feraligtr.

* CallBack: Brock's original SignatureMon was an Onyx too, though he doesn't comment on this.

* ReplacementFlatCharacter: The Onyx Brock was assigned to is notably smaller than his SignatureMon (who has since evolved into a Steelix).

* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: Brock being assigned an Onyx is an obvious CallBack to the original series.
* UtilityPartyMember: Onyx and Feraligtr are mainly used for the camp's final triathlon activity.

-->'''Voiced in European Spanish by:''' Javier Balas, Sergio Sánchez Sánchez (Movie ''Pokemon 3'' and special ''Mewtwo Returns'')

* SignatureMon: Up until Brock returned it to Suzy, it was Brock's. It was his Pokémon to be seen outside of battle the most, and often time was seen as a parallel to Misty's Psyduck, having both been received an episode apart. Point of fact it was Brock's Pokémon that Mewtwo cloned in "Mewtwo Strikes Back".

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