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!Iris
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->"''You're such a kid.''"
-->--'''[[SmallNameBigEgo Iris]]''', to [[IdiotHero Ash]]. [[RunningGag Frequently]].

-->'''Voiced in Japanese by:''' Creator/AoiYuuki
-->'''Voiced in English by:''' Eileen Stevens (BW Episode 1 - JN Episode 65), Creator/AnairisQuinones (JN Episode 115 onwards)
-->'''Voiced in Latin American Spanish by:''' Susana Moreno
-->'''Voiced in European Spanish by:''' Belén Rodríguez
-->'''Voiced in Polish by:''' Creator/JustynaBojczuk

New girl for ''Black and White''. She is basically described as an outgoing Jungle Girl. She has a Dragon-Type Pokémon with her named Axew, which tends to camp in her hair. She is apparently skilled at being in the outdoors. Her ultimate desire is to become a "Dragon Master", an expert in Dragon-Type Pokémon.
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[[folder:Tropes related to Iris]]
* TheAce: By ''Journeys'', Iris would [[spoiler:dethrone Alder, become the reigning Champion of Unova and join the Masters Eight, which consists of the best trainers in the world]].
* ActionGirl: Iris is the most active female main character, being more acrobatic and athletic than the entire main cast and she is the most competitive battler among the main girls in terms of actual Pokémon battles. [[spoiler:She's also by far the strongest trainer that Ash has traveled with long-term at one point, becoming the Champion of Unova and joining the Masters Eight, which consists of the best trainers in the world.]]
* AdaptationalJerkass: Iris in the games is very peppy and nice; here however, while she's still heroic, her CatchPhrase is telling Ash that he is "such a kid" due to his immaturity ([[HypocriticalHumor despite being the same age as him]]) and she's brattier and more condescending than in the games, although by the end of her CharacterDevelopment, she's grown to become more like her game counterpart.
* AdaptationalWimp: In the games, Iris is one of the greatest trainers in Unova. Here, she's much less formidable. Justified, because this version of her is still a rookie. [[spoiler:By the time of ''Journeys'', however, she's already become Unova's Champion and greatest trainer. [=JN109=] takes it further by showing that she's now part of the Masters Eight, the best trainers in the world overall.]]
* AgentMulder: She believes in the supernatural aspect of mysterious cases, contrasting Cilan's AgentScully.
* AllOfTheOtherReindeer: Due to her wild, eccentric behavior, she couldn't bond with her classmates and was isolated by them.
* AGirlAndHerX: Iris has this relationship with her Axew.
* AlwaysSomeoneBetter: Cynthia serves as this to her. Iris idolizes her in ''Best Wishes'' due to her ace being a famously powerful Dragon-type, and although Cynthia doesn't necessarily specialize in Dragons, she proves to be a vastly superior trainer regardless, mentoring her in calming her Dragonite and effortlessly toying with Axew in a practice battle. [[spoiler:The two have a rematch in ''Journeys'' after Iris becomes Unova Champion, but for all her efforts Cynthia still outclasses her in skill and ability.]]
* AmbiguouslyBrown: She is notably darker skinned than the rest of the cast. Interestingly, her official artwork from the games gives her a darker skintone than shown in the games and anime. But see NobleSavage below.
* AmbiguousSituation:
** Her return in ''Journeys'' features a brief flashback shot with a Goodra alongside her Gible and Clair, but it's never made clear if she caught at some point on her journey after catching Gible. She's implied to own at least one more Pokémon by ''Journeys'', as she's [[spoiler:a regional Champion and competed in the Masters Tournament]], both of which require full teams of six, but whether or not that Goodra is her sixth Pokémon is never addressed.
* ArtEvolution: In ''Journeys'', she has slightly wider eyebrows than before and only one visible eyelash instead of two previously.
* AuraVision: Iris seems to read the Aura's of Dragon-type Pokémon.
* BadassAdorable: By her appearance, she looks to be the youngest of all the female travel companions and can back things up being an ActionGirl and all.
* BadassNormal: Aside from her vine swinging and tree climbing, we get to see that before she had any Pokémon, she caught Drilbur by ''physically fighting'' him herself.
* BerserkButton: Teasing Axew about it not mastering Dragon Rage by calling any failed attempts a "Dragon Sneeze" is the best way to piss off Iris.
* {{Bifauxnen}}: [[http://31.media.tumblr.com/601cfd54164acded95b04b7b1a30b2de/tumblr_n4xhh11zAp1rsrk2xo1_1280.png One piece of magazine art]] shows her wearing a vest, bow tie and mini top hat while dancing with Cilan.
* BookDumb: She's shown to not do well academically at school, but that doesn't change the fact that she is a competent trainer.
* BreakTheHaughty:
** Having developed an ego after winning 99 consecutive battles, challenging Drayden knocked Iris down a peg or two.
** Her humiliating loss to Georgia in the latter's debut forced Iris to reflect on herself. She ends up apologizing and making amends with her Excadrill before helping it train for a rematch.
** Also implied with her match with Ash at the Cup. After suffering a humiliating defeat with her Dragonite disobeying her and throwing a massive tantrum, Cynthia tells her that she needs to get Dragonite to have faith in her as a trainer. This gets Iris to realize that she has a lot more learning to do and it also motivates her to become a much better dragon trainer.
* BreakingOldTrends: She was the first female companion of Ash's team to not appear in the next series as a GuestStarPartyMember (though she does return in ''Journeys''). She was also the first of Ash's female companions to not have a bike for Pikachu to roast electrically, instead ''Iris plays the bike's gag'' as Pikachu zaps her silly.
* TheBusCameBack: She returns in episode 65 of ''Journeys'', [[spoiler:having become Unova's Champion offscreen. Following that, she's became one of the Masters Eight and is a participant in the Masters Tournament fifty episodes later]].
* CharacterCatchphrase: "You're such a kid", which she primarily uses to mock Ash and Georgia. To Ash, it's like a sister teasing a brother. To Georgia, it's part of their rivalry, though it doesn't really phase Georgia, and she's one of the few who actually can throw it back at Iris. Iris also calls Trip a kid on a few occasions.
* CharacterDevelopment:
** When we first see her she acts like she's some hotshot trainer who could beat Ash handily, but she's really a coward who refuses to actually battle him, and she doesn't open up to anyone. Then we steadily learn more about her past, including that one of her Pokémon refuses to obey her and the other can hardly battle (one ineffectual attack and another unperfected). As she travels with Ash and Cilan she steadily grows out of her insecurities, rebuilds her bond with Excadrill, bonds with the unruly Dragonite and Emolga, helps Axew begin to grow up, and overall develops into a talented and stronger trainer as well as a confident young woman.
** She later returns in ''Journeys'', [[spoiler: having become Unova's reigning Champion]]. However, she still doesn't consider herself a Dragon Master yet, and seeks to grow even stronger.
* ChildProdigy: She didn't have anyone teach her how to battle. As a result, she learned with her Drilbur on how to fight on her own as well as learn enough battle skills to defeat 99 trainers before losing to Drayden and causing her Excadrill to ignore her shortly afterward. This might be the reason for her SmallNameBigEgo at the start of the series.
* ContrastingSequelMainCharacter: While she serves as a SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute to Misty, Iris is very different from her immediate predecessor, Dawn. Dawn is a sociable, [[TheFashionista fashionable]] NiceGirl who had a mutually supportive relationship with Ash, while Iris is a WildChild {{Tsundere}} who regularly bickered with Ash and had NoSocialSkills.
* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass:
** {{Double Subver|sion}}ted! She seems at first to be a poor battler, but that's only because at the point her Pokémon were either too weak, too lazy, or (apparently) disobedient. It turns out that she once got 99 wins in a row using only Drilbur. Now that Axew has [[TookALevelInBadass become stronger]] and she has made up with Excadrill, she's showing signs of her former competency.
** Taken up a notch as of ''Journeys'' - she still retains her athleticism (see: napping in a tree) and many of her quirks, but she's also [[spoiler: ''the friggin' Champion of Unova!'']]
* CutenessProximity:
** From her first meeting with Ash: *sees Pikachu* "Oh, Pikachu? *[[TheGlomp glomps]]* AAAHH!! KAWAIIIIIII!!!" [[{{And Call Him George}} *hugs Pikachu half to death*]]
** She does the same when she first sees Oshawott, Tepig, Darumaka and Lillipup. Then, however, [[CharacterizationMarchesOn she stops altogether and this trait is transferred to Bianca]].
** It pops up again when she meets Dawn's Piplup though, and when she meets Ash's Dracovish and Hop's Wooloo in ''Journeys''.
** Ironically, she's terrified of Trip's Vanillite who in itself is the [[RidiculouslyCuteCritter type of Pokémon]] you would expect Iris to cuddle with...but it IS an Ice-Type...
* DeadpanSnarker: Very snarky towards Ash.
* DragonTamer: Iris strives to become a master Dragon-type trainer. Her SignatureMon is the child-like Axew, and most of her troubles with her Pokémon stems from trying to train the rebellious Excadrill, who isn't even a Dragon-type. She later catches a Dragonite, who proves to be her strongest Pokémon and the hardest test of her resolve.
* DubInducedPlotHole: In the original Japanese version of ''Journeys'', while she is the champion of Unova, it is stated numerous times she is still not a Dragon Master and that she sees doing the World Championship Series as something on the path to being one. While the dub of her first appearance in the series keeps her line to Ash clarifying that, in the opening of the Masters' Tournament, the announcer calls her a Dragon Master, seemingly doing a 180 and going for an interpretation that becoming Unova Champion made her that, despite the original version's insistance that it didn't, making her reason for joining the World Championship series more murky in the dub (as well as it being a {{Retcon}} due to the earlier episode still saying she wasn't one yet).
* TheEmpath: Although its similar to Ash and Dawn's ability, Iris' ability is different as she mostly understands the feelings of Dragon-type Pokémon as she can see through their thoughts and memories. In her return episode, Iris' ability increased as she can now communicate with Dragon-type Pokémon much better than she did before.
* {{Fanservice}}: {{Averted|Trope}} for the most part, unlike Dawn and May she actually looks like she is around 10. Her outfit is less revealing of all the previous female companions. However, her bathing suit debuted in episode ''3'', earlier than any of the other three girls'.
* FatalFlaw: Iris' immaturity hinders her dream of becoming a Dragon Master. Despite frequently criticizing Ash for being a kid, she herself lacks the knowledge and experience required for the title. She struggles to control her Pokémon due to a lack of understanding. For example, her Axew is still young, her Excadrill loses respect for her after she pushes it too hard in a battle without considering its feelings, Emolga is too spoiled to obey her, and her Dragonite is a BloodKnight who won't listen to her commands. However, over time, Iris takes the initiative to understand her Pokémon better, and they begin to obey her. This character development leads to her becoming the Champion of Unova by the time of the 'Journeys' series.
* FriendlessBackground: She didn't adapt well to a school-based environment, and her uncivilized but good-natured attempts at befriending the other students scared other kids away. Thus, she spent a lot of her time in Opelucid City alone and depressed. Her present-day attempts to seem more mature and not be "such a kid" directly result from this bad experience. However, Iris does realize that she should be herself as Ash and Cilan accept her for who she is not for who she was trying to be.
* GenkiGirl: Very, ''very'' hyperactive. Almost always talking and on the move. This is to be expected with her being a WildChild. [[spoiler:Even after becoming Champion, her love for Dragon types still remains.]]
* GracefulLoser: Iris actually accepted her loss to Ash in the Pokémon World Tournament Junior Cup and asked Cynthia why Dragonite always disobeyed her. That was the first step Iris took to improve her training skills.
* GranolaGirl: Vegetarian who only ate raw fruits and vegetables prior to meeting [[TeamChef Cilan]].
* HairyHammerspace: How Axew camps in her hair is a mystery.
* HiddenDepths: In "Capacia Island UFO!", a group of Beheeyem brainwash an entire city to help fix their ship. They note Ash and Team Rocket's immunity was because "idiots are harder to hypnotise". Note that Iris and Axew ''did'' get brainwashed.
* HypocrisyNod:
** Implied. When Ash responds to Iris' catchphrase by mentioning that Iris is a kid too, Iris never argues back. Even Cilan mentions in one scene that Iris is just as childish as Ash is.
** In one scene when Georgia calls Iris a kid, Iris responds "at least this little kid has impressive hair!"
** Cilan even calls Iris out on her hypocrisy, albeit rarely.
* HypocriteHasAPoint: As infuriating as she can be with her catchphrase, and even though she engages in many of these acts herself, Iris is correct that Ash can engage in rather childish and idiotic antics (like only relying on one Pokémon against Elesa).
* HypocriticalHeartwarming: Despite her teasing Ash for being a kid, Iris isn't okay with others being a complete jerk to Ash.
* HypocriticalHumor:
** Gets on Ash for acting inexperienced at battling, but it's later revealed she's not so hot herself. Ash even lampshades this occasionally.
** A later example is when they were trying out ''very'' spicy foods made by Cilan. Iris calls Ash out on his complaining about the food, when she herself was having much more trouble eating it (evidenced by OcularGushers and sweating).
** An episode has Iris scoffing at Ash for getting too eager to practice battle. But Cilan calls her bluff, saying that she thought of the same thing too.
** She mocks Ash for his supposed lack of knowledge, yet she thought his Charizard was a Dragon-type (which, to be fair, is an understandable mistake to make). And technically speaking, [[VideoGame/PokemonXandY Charizard can become Dragon-typed]].
* ImmuneToSlapstick: Zigzagged for RunningGag purposes. Her athleticism sometimes allows her to evade comical pain that befalls the others. She even dodges Bianca on many occasions when she hears Bianca shout "outta my way!". She still suffers slapstick humiliation in many other episodes, however.
* InelegantBlubbering: After she [[spoiler:lost to Cynthia]] in the Masters Eight tournament, she began loudly bawling her eyes out. She eventually cheers up after this.
* ImprobableHairstyle: How she gets her hair like that is a mystery.
* ImTakingHerHomeWithMe: Almost towards any [[MonsterOfTheWeek Pokémon of the week]] originally [[CharacterizationMarchesOn before this role was given to Bianca]].
* InferioritySuperiorityComplex: Despite her hubris, she is often made to face her dysfunctions as a trainer, with nearly all of her Pokémon having issues obeying her. At the same time, it may also explain her usual JustAKid comments towards Ash in a different light.
* JerkassHasAPoint: In the episode "Evolution by Fire", she criticizes Ash's Tepig for being too nice regarding its former {{jerkass}} of a trainer. Iris is proven right when Snivy tries to verbally talk some sense into Tepig [[GetAHoldOfYourselfMan and also by using Vine Whip on it]].
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: She can be condescending, hypocritical, and inconsiderate (especially with CutenessProximity in play), not to mention her snarkiness. She's also sweet-natured (sometimes), compassionate, and caring to her friends (whether she admits it or not), and has a strong sense of fair play and justice (even as a child, her meeting with Drilbur was due to her wanting to punish him for stealing another Pokémon's food, yet she ended up saving his life and bonding with him ''very'' firmly).
* LittleMissBadass: She leaps up trees like she's been training in [[Manga/{{Naruto}} Konoha]], and has no problems jumping down a long-distance and swinging on vines. There's also a running joke that when something bad is coming at the group, it'll happen to Ash and Cilan, but Iris will jump or move out of the way with agility, such as when children were throwing mud balls at them or when Bianca tripped and ran over the group.
** And, of course, she trains Dragon-types.
** As a child, she won 99 battles in a row with just a Drilbur.
** And as of ''Journeys'', [[spoiler: she's dethroned Alder, become Champion of Unova, and eventually managed to reach the Masters Eight of the World Coronation Series]].
* LongBusTrip: It took Iris eight years and over 300 episodes to return after leaving the show.
* MasculineGirlFeminineBoy: The Masculine Girl (outgoing, abrasive to Ash, and outdoorsy) to Cilan's Feminine Boy (reserved and polite).
* TheMedic: Not like Nurse Joy is, but Iris does have some knowledge of herbal remedies.
* TheMentor: Parodied when she plays the 'Legendary Dragon Master' in Luke's film, in [=BW038=].
* MirrorCharacter:
** To her rival Georgia, both being rather hypocritical and immature despite constantly asserting otherwise. They come to respect each other more and more as time goes on.
** Ash sympathizes with Iris' cocky attitude and lack of openness, having been like her when starting his journey. However, he sometimes argues with her when she calls him out on his immaturity. They both aspire beyond their Champion titles, with Ash wanting to be a Pokémon Master and Iris aspiring to be a Dragon Master.
* NiceMeanAndInbetween: Iris is the Mean to Ash's In-Between and Cilan's Nice. Though she's good at heart, she's also a hypocritical {{Tsundere}} who often starts arguments with her friends over small things. Ash, though HotBlooded and stubborn, mostly just argues with Iris in response to her prodding, while Cilan acts as the mediator between the two.
* NobleSavage: Between her aforementioned GranolaGirl tendencies, her preference towards [[BuildingSwing swinging from vines]], her [[RaisedByWolves childhood]], and her using drums and face paint in Ash's battle against Roxie to counter the latter's (punk) band, it seems like the anime favors the "Native American" interpretation of "brown". Especially when we finally see the Village of Dragons.
* NoblewomansLaugh: In the first episode of season 16, she laughs a lot like this when disguised as a ProperLady, mocking the actual Proper Ladies.
* NoSocialSkills: Due to being RaisedByWolves, it's shown that she wasn't always good at socializing with her peers.
* OffscreenMomentOfAwesome: [[spoiler:After leaving Ash's group, she ended up eventually '''becoming the Champion of Unova'''.]]
** [[spoiler:In [=JN109=], she's revealed to have risen to The Master's Eight before Ash did, even after her earlier loss to him.]]
* ParentalAbandonment: She never mentions anything about her parents and is obviously an orphan. Martha is probably enough as a parent.
* ParentalSubstitute: She's essentially Axew's mother in every way that counts.
* PimpedOutDress: Wears one in ''Journeys'' for her battle against Ash. [[spoiler:Specifically, her Champion dress.]]
* PluckyGirl: As a child, she ''never'' gave up on her goal especially when it came to defeating and later befriending Drilbur. However, [[BreakTheCutie she loses it almost instantly]] when she loses to Drayden and her Excadrill no longer listened to her. This clearly shows in her first appearance in the series.
* RaisedbyWolves: In the flashback, she is shown to be playing with Pokémon and doesn't seem to have a family as she sees the Pokémon as family, friends, and teachers for how to battle.
%%* {{Shorttank}}: Wears a pinkish one.
* SmallNameBigEgo: [[BlatantLies She knows what she's doing]], don't question her! While she's later revealed to be a lot more experienced than she initially seemed, she's still a young trainer with much to learn, and despite her claims is no less prone to humiliating mistakes than Ash. This fact turns up a lot in her arguments against Georgia, further solidifying that they are {{Mirror Character}}s.
* SpeaksFluentAnimal: As she aspires to become a Dragon Pokémon Master, she learns to develop her skills [[PsychicLink in reading the hearts and minds]] of Dragon Pokémon to understand them better. [[spoiler:She later puts this to good use to help Ash's Dragonite love battling, as it [[{{Determinator}} didn't want to lose]] for its trainer's sake, and [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness was taking the stakes]] far too seriously. This cost her the World Championships battle, but brought her closer to her dream]].
* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: Though their personalities are distinct, her role is quite similar to Misty's - even moreso than the comparison between Cilan and Brock. To wit: both are - or otherwise connected to, a Gym Leader; both want to master a specific Pokémon type; both often function as the OnlySaneWoman of their group, claiming to be more mature than Ash ([[NotSoAboveItAll though she clearly isn't at times]]); and finally, both have a crippling fear of an entire Pokémon 'Type'.
* TaughtByExperience: Iris clearly states to Drayden that her training experience comes from training in the forests all of her life. As a result, she has been able to win 99 battles in a row.
%%* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: Tomboy to Bianca and Dawn's Girly Girl.
* TookALevelInBadass: In ''Best Wishes'', Iris was an above average trainer, but was decisively weaker than Gym Leaders such as Drayden and Clair. By ''Journeys'', [[spoiler:she's become the ''Unova League Champion''. In [=JN109=], it's revealed that she's climbed up to the Masters Eight, managing to reach it before Ash in spite of her earlier loss to him, and in [=JN117=], she managed to knock down 2 of Cynthia's Pokemon before losing to Garchomp. This is in stark contrast to her first battle with Cynthia in ''Best Wishes'', where Garchomp was plainly toying with Axew even in a practice match.]]
* TragicDropout: {{Subverted|Trope}}. In the past, she originally attended Opelucid Academy in order to learn more to become a Dragon Master. But the [[CultureClash school's environment clashing with her usual free-spiritedness]], and the fact that she was RaisedByWolves, left her with an inability to transition to urban city life. After failing to make friends with the other students, struggling academically, and losing many Pokémon battles, she decided to drop out entirely and went back to the Dragon Village.
* {{Tsundere}}: She genuinely does care for her friends, but her insecurities lead her to hide it through insults and hypocrisy. She softens up as the series on, though she's not immune from falling back into old habits.
* VitriolicBestBuds: Her main dynamic with Ash and Cilan. While it's clear they're all friends, she often berates them for their IdiotHero[=/=]LargeHam tendencies. Ash will usually argue back, while Cilan will try to calm things down.
* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: Is absolutely terrified of Ice types. This first showed up with one of the sweetest and least threatening of them all, proving what a little wimp she can really be at times. She seems to have gotten over her fear by ''Journeys'' judging from her amazed reaction to Diantha's Aurorus, though this isn't commented on.
* WildHair: That hair is VERY long, don't you think? Also, take a look [[http://a.imageshack.us/img340/9972/irisvine.png literally]].
* TheWorfEffect: [[spoiler:Despite becoming a Champion, Iris's status in ''Journeys'' is mainly used to show off how powerful her opponents are, losing to Ash in the Great Class and then Cynthia in the first round of the Masters Tournament]].
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!Iris' Pokémon

[[folder:In General]]
* FourTemperamentEnsemble: In ''Black and White'':
** Axew is Sanguine.
** Excadrill is Phlegmatic.
** Emolga is Choleric.
** Dragonite is Melancholic.
* FreudianTrio: In the first season of ''Black and White''.
** TheKirk: Axew.
** TheMcCoy: Emolga.
** TheSpock: Excadrill.
* PoorPredictableRock: Averted, most likely because Dragon-types are one of the rarest (second only to Ghost ''and'' that's only when counting Legendary Pokémon). Excadrill was also her first Pokémon, though Axew really kind of qualifies as her 'Starter'. With Dragonite's capture, she ''finally'' has a second Dragon-type on her team.
** In her Side Story episode, where she travels to Johto to have a battle with Clair, she captures a Gible - now 60% of her Mons are Dragon-types.
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[[folder:Axew-Fraxure-Haxorus (Kibago-Onondo-Ononokus)]]
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-->'''Voiced in Japanese by:''' Creator/MinamiTsuda (Kibago), Tatsuki Kobe (Ononokus)
-->'''Voiced in English by:''' Kayzie Rodgers (Axew), Creator/MarcThompson (Haxorus)

Axew is Iris' first Dragon, and was given to Iris a few days after hatching so she could quest with him, ultimately to evolve him into a Haxorus. He's very friendly and caring, though a little childish at times. While starting off as a weak Pokémon, Axew shows promise of great potential as it learns several powerful attacks during the ''Best Wishes'' series.
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In ''Journeys'', Axew has been revealed to have fulfilled his dream of becoming a Haxorus. Since then he has become Iris's Ace Pokémon.
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* EleventhHourSuperpower: Axew learns a new, powerful move once per every major battle, first learning Outrage when facing Luke's Golett, and later Giga Impact when facing Cynthia's Garchomp. Played very straight with Outrage, an attack he has never uses again for the rest of ''Best Wishes''. But in ''Journeys'', Outrage has become Haxorus's SignatureMove.
* TheAce: By the time of ''Journeys'' he has become this to Iris now that he evolved into a Haxorus.
* AttackBackfire: Before it was mastered, his Dragon Rage often recoiled and caused huge craters where he was.
* TheBabyOfTheBunch: His position in TheTeam -- he was a day old when Iris first obtained him. He slowly grows a lot stronger though, [[spoiler:and by ''Journeys'' is out of this role completely]].
* BigBrotherInstinct: Towards Ash's Scraggy, which evolved later into HeterosexualLifePartners; he was certainly very happy to have someone younger to look after.
* BreathWeapon: Unsurprisingly, Axew's Dragon Rage is fired from his mouth. As a Haxorus, he has gained a new one; Dragon Pulse.
* ButtMonkey: Rarely. Axew can be a victim of some slapstick.
* CheerfulChild: Axew is quite young and he is a very cheerful and playful Pokémon.
* CurbStompCushion: He gets one against [[spoiler:Cynthia's Garchomp in ''Journeys''. While Haxorus puts up a good fight and gets in a few attacks, Garchomp ultimately proves to be superior after Mega Evolving, with no visible damage by the end in contrast to the badly bruised and exhausted Haxorus]].
* DemotedToExtra: Played with. While he remains Iris's SignatureMon in ''Journeys'' and is now her [[TheAce strongest Pokémon]] as well, due to his much larger size as a Haxorus, he now stays in his Poké Ball outside of battle and is no longer treated as a major cast member such as Pikachu or Piplup. Not much is known about his new personality after evolving.
* DistressedDude: He gets kidnapped a lot. And unlike Togepi, he's aware of the distress when he isn't sleeping.
* ForgotAboutHisPowers: Despite learning Outrage in his battle against Luke, Axew never uses it again for the remainder of ''Best Wishes''. At one point, Cilan even indicated that Axew's only two moves were Scratch and Dragon Rage, suggesting that everyone really had forgotten he could use the move. He finally uses the move again as a Haxorus in ''Journeys'', averting this.
* GenderFlip: Kinda. In the games, Iris had only a female Fraxure and a female Haxorus, but this Axew is a male. After Axew's final evolution into Haxorus and having taken the role of Iris's Ace Pokémon, this Haxorus is effectively a male version of his game counterpart.
* HeadPet: Axew likes to hide in Iris's ginormous hair. Now as an Haxorus, he is too big to fulfill this role and resides in a Poké Ball now.
* HeterosexualLifePartners: Increasingly so with Ash's Scraggy. The two are friendly enough and equal enough that they clearly have a very close relationship, to the extent that Axew has nightmares about Scraggy leaving the group. During Scraggy's Clubsplosion battle in [=BW070=], he watches Scraggy use Focus Blast with glistening eyes.
* IJustWantToBeBadass: His dream was revealed to be to evolve to its final stage, Haxorus. However, considering he couldn't even defeat a newborn Pokémon, he evidently has a-ways to go. Subverted as of [=BW029=] where Axew is able to dodge Scraggy's attack and defeat it with Dragon Rage. Strangely enough, Axew never showed signs of evolving even once during the entirety of ''Best Wishes''. He achieves his goal off-screen between Iris's appearance in the second ''Best Wishes'' special and her return to the series in ''Journeys''.
* {{Irony}}: He only uses Outrage once in the entirety of ''Best Wishes''. In ''Journeys'', it's the only one of his original moveset that has stuck around.
* MythologyGag: Axew's dream of evolving is a nod to Iris's team in the games, who owns both of Axew's evolved forms as a Gym Leader in ''Pokémon White''. In ''Journeys'', he has finally accomplished this dream, matching the ace Haxorus she uses in ''Black 2 and White 2''.
* NiceGuy: Very mellow compared to Iris' other Pokémon. Of course, there was that one time he fought with Pikachu because a Darumaka had stolen his food; and that other time where he accidentally beans both Oshawott and Pansage in the head with maracas, causing a fight between them and Pikachu. In fairness, he was still just a kid.
* NotAllowedToGrowUp:
** Like Piplup before him, though it defeats the premise of Iris' reason for training him, ''especially'' considering it was established early on that Axew ''wanted'' to become a Haxorus one day. Also, like Pikachu, he never goes inside a Poké Ball and always rests inside Iris's hair, to the point where his scene where he's given to Iris shows him hatching out of his egg.
** DefiedTrope in ''Pokémon Journeys'' which shows that Iris's Axew was revealed to have fully evolved into Haxorus in ''[=JN065=]''.
* OurDragonsAreDifferent: Axew is a pure Dragon-Type. He keeps his typing after evolving all the way to Haxorus.
** Axew's Dragon-type moves were Dragon Rage and Outrage. He has forgotten Dragon Rage and Haxorus has learned Dragon Pulse and Breaking Swipe.
* ManChild: Subtly implied; after Haxorus's lost to Ash's Dragonite, Haxorus is sitting in an oddly childish manner, suggesting that a little bit of his Axew personality is still in him.
* NasalWeapon: Before he could master Dragon Rage, his attempts came off as sneezes. Cilan (and Ash) even playfully calls it a "dragon sneeze", much to Iris' chagrin.
* PintsizedPowerhouse: Even ''before'' mastering Dragon Rage; as a matter of fact, he can cause a lot of damage ''because'' he couldn't use it properly (this prompting Cilan to call it a "Dragon Sneeze", much to Iris' chagrin). He does learn Outrage and Giga Impact.
* RedEyesTakeWarning: When he uses Outrage, his eyes glow red as he beats the opponent up.
* SignatureMon: Iris's overall Signature Mon throughout the entire series. Even when he served mainly as Iris's little mascot while Excadrill and later Dragonite served as her aces, Axew's position as the Signature Mon was unchallenged. His evolution to Haxorus cemented him as Iris's new ace, completely overshadowing the other two in the process.
* SignatureMove: Initially, Axew's Signature Move was Dragon Rage, but later it became Giga Impact, signifying that it went from a weak little dragon to much more potent Pokémon. As Haxorus, Outrage has become his Signature Move which he has completely mastered unlike his younger self.
* SwordBeam: Axe beam, actually, which is how Haxorus uses Psycho Cut. He fires that move from his axe-shaped tusks.
* TailSlap: Knows Breaking Swipe in ''Journeys''.
* TookALevelInBadass:
** It first took one once it had finally mastered Dragon Rage, allowing it to become a better battler.
** Later on in [=BW042=], Axew learns [[UnstoppableRage Outrage]] and beats the crap out of Luke's Golett.
** And again when he learns Giga Impact during his fight against Cynthia's Garchomp.
** Strangely enough, during the entirety of ''Best Wishes'', Axew ''never'' showed signs of evolution in spite of all the levels he took. ''Journeys'' changes that, where he's evolved all the way into a Haxorus. And Iris helped him developed a tactic to get rid of the confusion status from Outrage by bashing his head on the ground immediately after suffering the effect.
* UnstoppableRage: Axew learns Outrage during his battle with Luke's Golett and demolishes it while using that move. He doesn't stop even after the battle is already over for a minute.
* WimpFight: The sparring matches between Axew and Ash's Scraggy. Subverted later on as Axew starts holding his own in battle.
* TheWorfEffect:
** Though he initially puts up a fight and takes down Ash's Dracovish with one attack, he ultimately loses his first onscreen battle as Haxorus to Ash's Dragonite in order to establish the power of Ash's Dragon-type. [[DownplayedTrope Downplayed]] in that Iris pausing the battle to calm down Dragonite may have contributed to his loss.
** [[spoiler:He loses again against Cynthia's Mega Garchomp as another reminder of how immensely powerful she is. While he puts up a much, much better fight than he did in ''Best Wishes'', he's ultimately outmatched and overpowered after going all out.]]
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[[folder:Drilbur-Excadrill (Mogurew-Doryuzu)]]
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-->'''Voiced in Japanese by:''' Creator/KiyotakaFurushima
-->'''Voiced in English by:''' Creator/TomWayland, Billy Bob Thompson (''Journeys'')

As a Drilbur, he was Iris' Ace, racking up an enormous winning streak. On introduction as an Excadrill, however, he had lost his edge, and refused to obey Iris. This turned out to be because he felt the end of his winning streak was a failure to Iris. Once he opens back up, his determination, very similar to Ash's Snivy, returns.
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* TheAce: 99 victories in a row alongside Iris, and consistently shown to be powerful afterward. His position has been taken by Dragonite, though.
* ApatheticPet: He usually ignores Iris and spends most of his time curled up in "drilling" pose. This is later subverted when it's revealed that [[HiddenHeartOfGold he only ignores Iris because he's afraid of disappointing her]], and he becomes obedient to her again after they make amends with each other.
* BareFistedMonk: Knows [[KamehameHadoken Focus Blast]].
* BrilliantButLazy: Worse than Emolga at this; he wouldn't take any of Iris' attitude and outright refused to fight at first. That said, when Scolipede knocked it aside, he ''wrecked that shit'' and went right back to sleep afterwards. Now if Iris can actually command '''that'''.
** Averted as of "Iris and Excadrill Against the Dragon Buster!". Excadrill's reasons for not listening to Iris were due to his thoughts of being a failure to her.
* CloseRangeCombatant: Initially, Excadrill knew four direct contact moves: Dig, Drill Run, Metal Claw, and Fury Swipes. This plays a role in Excadrill's disobedience arc, as Iris learns that he would have benefited from learning a long-range attack against Drayden. As a result, they train to teach Excadrill Focus Blast, averting this.
* DavidVersusGoliath: In the Club Battle tournament, Excadrill fights Pikachu in the finals. Being bigger and having a huge type advantage, Excadrill is the Goliath. And despite Pikachu's high amount of skills, Excadrill wins.
* DemotedToExtra: He suffered from this after Iris caught Dragonite, rarely being used from that point onward.
* DishingOutDirt: Primary type (Ground), knowing Dig, Mud Slap, and Drill Run.
* ExtraOreDinary: Secondary type is Steel and he knows Metal Claw.
* FastTunnelling: Knows Dig.
* {{Forgiveness}}: Excadrill distrusted Iris after an incident involving Drayden's Haxorus as he feared of letting her down again and didn't listen to her guidances. Also, during the battle, Excadrill realized that Haxorus was too strong and would lose but Iris kept pressuring him to fight. However, in ''Iris Against the Dragon Buster'', Iris realized why Excadrill lost faith in her and apologized to him for her hasty actions. Touched by her apology and realizing that learning a long range move would help in battle, Excadrill left to train in order to learn Focus Blast but was joined by Iris as they spent the whole night perfecting the move. After fully mastering Focus Blast, Excadrill fully forgives Iris and regains his loyalty to her.
* HiddenHeartOfGold: Excadrill is a huge softie and actually disobeyed Iris because he didn't want to let her down.
* IOweYouMyLife: Why he bonded with Iris initially because she saved him when he fell down from a cliff.
* {{Keet}}: Formerly as Drilbur.
* LostInTranslation: Excadrill is based on a mole, which translates to "earth dragon" in Japanese as a StealthPun reference to her goal.
* MyGreatestFailure: In a flashback during "Iris and Excadrill Against the Dragon Buster!", it's revealed that after losing a battle against Drayden, Excadrill feels that he has failed Iris as a Pokémon. This is also the reason he refused to listen to her in fear that he'll fail her again.
* OneHitKill: In ''Journeys'', he defeats [[spoiler:Cynthia's]] Gastrodon with the DeathOrGloryAttack Horn Drill.
* NoSell: As a Steel-Type, his Poison-Type immunity was brought up during his introduction. As a Ground-Type, his Electric-Type immunity has been brought up at least twice.
* SignatureMove: Drill Run and Focus Blast.
* SoreLoser: This is the main reason he started disobeying Iris. He felt that since he lost, he let Iris down and disobeyed her as a coping mechanism.
* SpamAttack: Formerly knew Fury Swipes.
* SugarAndIcePersonality: As Excadrill - before evolving, he was more openly emotional.
* ThirdOptionAdaptation: Was Iris' starter as a Drilbur, or at least the first Pokémon that she considered hers.
* ThisIsADrill: Has claws that are like drills.
* WellDoneSonGuy: Had this relationship with Iris. When he failed to defeat Drayden's Haxorus, he was disappointed and it closed himself off from Iris until the latter apologized for her inconsideration. The poor thing was also sad after he lost to Throh.
* WhenHeSmiles: After spending many episodes hiding his face from Iris and her friends, he finally cracks a smile after he finally starts obeying her again.
* WolverineClaws: Knows Metal Claw.
* TheWorfEffect: He was utterly demolished in the Donamite in order to reinforce what a ''beast'' Montgomery's Throh is.
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[[folder:Emolga (Emonga)]]
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-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/MikaKanai

Emolga is a cute Electric-Type with some rather nasty habits, a taste for apples, and a distaste for hard work and responsibility.
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* AlphaBitch: Ultimately leaning towards LovableAlphaBitch, as she's quite the snob at times.
* BadassAdorable: A RidiculouslyCuteCritter who also happens to be a fierce battler.
* BigEater: And often manipulates others into getting food for her.
* BitchInSheepsClothing: Acts all kind and innocent but underneath her cute side, [[AlphaBitch she's kind of a bitch]]. She uses Attract to steal food from others, spontaneously uses Volt Switch to get out of fights, and tries to use her cuteness to get out of trouble or get others to do things for her. Snivy won't fall for it though.
* BrattyHalfPint: Emolga acts like a spoiled brat sometimes.
* BrilliantButLazy: Just like Ash's Charizard, she's a competent enough battler. It's just that she doesn't like to take orders for long.
* BullyingTheDragon: Once pretended to defect to Team Rocket just to annoy Iris. Despite their return to bumbling villains, [[NotSoHarmlessVillain the trio's retaliation]] once they found out made quite clear that using them for a prank was a very, ''very'' bad idea.
* CombatPragmatist: Uses Attract to incapacitate male Pokémon.
* DesignatedGirlFight: With Ash's Snivy when they both appear on screen.
* EmotionBomb: Knows Attract.
* {{Flight}}: Her secondary typing.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: In later episodes, she has a hidden nice side, if still having an occasionally nasty sense of humour.
* LazyBum: Began as this, as she would use Volt Switch send out others to battle for her.
* LittleMissBadass: Emolga is pint-sized and a fierce battler.
* LovableCoward: Will instantly bail when faced with something dangerous.
* OutOfFocus: Next to Axew being a mascot and Excadrill and Dragonite having roles as Charizard analogues, Emolga's been getting next to no screentime to compensate. Even her stated rivalry with Ash's Snivy ends up as little more than a cliffnote due to how few times they interact. It's especially strange when you remember that Emolga is supposed to be another [[KidAppealCharacter Pikaclone]]. She did get ADayInTheLimelight during one of the very last episodes of the region however.
* TheRival: To Ash's Snivy.
* ShockAndAwe: She's an electric flying squirrel.
* SignatureMove: Volt Switch, which allows her to switch out with a teammate if she isn't bothered to fight.
* TheSmurfettePrinciple: Iris' only female team member.
* TookALevelInKindness: Has become kinder and less selfish over the course of the show, though she still retains some of her more snobbish tendencies and her enmity with Snivy.
* TrademarkFavoriteFood: She loves apples.
* WoundedGazelleGambit: Emolga uses this on everyone if she's accused of anything. Naturally, it works half the time but does not work on Ash's Snivy due to also being a female.
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[[folder:Dragonite (Kairyu)]]
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-->'''Voiced by:''' Kensuke Sato

Dragonite was caught at Undella Town after the twerps helped him when he was raging after an injury. He is like no other Dragonite, as he has a salty attitude, a very short temper, and a distaste for losing. It took a while for him to trust Iris, and even once he became obedient, his rebel streak remained.
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* TheAce: He has become Iris' ace Pokémon after his capture, taking Excadrill's position. Later on it drops out of this trope following a rather embarrassing losing record and having this position firmly taken by [[spoiler:Axew when he evolves into Haxorus]].
* AlwaysSomeoneBetter: Ash's Charizard serves as this to him in their short-lived rivalry, as Charizard completely dominates their first battle and {{No|Sell}}-Sells every single one of Dragonite's attacks. Had N not called it off, it's safe to assume he would have easily won.
* BadassArmfold: Gives us one of this after [=OHKOing=] Dawn's Mamoswine with Dragon Rush, just to emphasize to the audience "I AM THE BOSS!"
* BashBrothers: On occasion with Ash's Charizard.
* TheBerserker: Fights like this when he loses his temper: throwing his full weight at the offending party with reckless abandon and sometimes taking his fury out on the environment, heedless of any of Iris' commands. [[{{Deconstruct|ion}}ed This actually works to his detriment]]: without Iris' guidance or any semblance of self-control, Dragonite's raging comes off as an aimless, frantic tantrum rather than Shonen-style UnstoppableRage. Krookodile attacks him while he's having one of his fits and not paying attention, and then easily counters a sloppily-executed Dragon Rush for the finishing blow.
* BloodKnight: Dragonite is obsessed with fighting strong opponents and tends to lend them some hits on him.
* BrokenBird: Despite his tough demeanor, Dragonite is still hurting from his horrible experience with humans. Even Cynthia comments that he can be this.
* ContrastingSequelMainCharacter: To Ash's Dragonite. While Ash's is a [[CuddleBug loving and affectionate]] GentleGiant who was obedient from the get-go, and had no problem accepting help from humans; Iris' is an uncooperative BloodKnight who was distrustful of humans and had a horrible [[TheBerserker temper]].
* DidntSeeThatComing: He had prepared himself to intimidate and [[spoiler:take down [[GentleGiant Ash's Dragonite]], but was unnerved when they were swapped out for Ash's Dracovish, a genderless hybrid fossil resurrection. It's [[WhatMeasureIsANonCute bizarre appearance disturbed him]], allowing Dracovish to gain the upper hand quickly. It grabbed ahold of Dragonite's head [[CloseRangeCombatant with its jaws]]. Unable to wriggle free or hear commands from Iris, Dracovish takes him down with [[CurbStompBattle Ice Fang very quickly]].]]
* {{Expy}}:
** Of Ash's Charizard, as the extremely powerful but disobedient hothead of the group. Dawn likens his attitude to her Mamoswine as well, surprising Iris.
** His debut episode and backstory makes it an expy of an earlier, equally vicious Dragonite that went on a rampage after injuries from a fierce battle.
* FightOffTheKryptonite: Doesn't get intimidated by Ice-type attacks and powers through them in his bouts with Mamoswine and Beartic. Oddly doesn't take his other weaknesses, Rock and Dragon, anywhere near as well, though. [[spoiler:He's knocked out by Ash's Dracovish's Ice Fang in Journeys]].
* FireIceLightning: Knows [[PlayingWithFire Flamethrower]], [[AnIcePerson Ice Beam]], and [[ShockAndAwe Thunder Punch]] all in one package.
* {{Flight}}: Secondary type.
* FlyingFirepower: Able to breathe fire and fly.
* HairTriggerTemper: Which is very different from [[BewareTheNiceOnes others of his kind]]. This is shown perfectly against his battle with Ash's Krookodile.
* HonorBeforeReason: During his battle with Drayden's Druddigon, he initially chose not to fly so it would be a fair fight (despite having wings itself, Druddigon can't fly).
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Very subtly implied in his introduction episode, where he shields a flock of Pidove from an attack by a Hydreigon he was battling at the time. Over time, he shows a bit more kindness [[{{Tsundere}} in spite of himself]].
* TheJuggernaut: He bats aside Hidden Power spheres like they're nothing, breaks out of an ice coffin made from two Ice Beams in a second, a direct Blizzard attack barely slows him down, and even takes a close-range Ice Shard with minimal damage. This is heavily downplayed after he loses to Ash's Krookodile; when he battles Ash's Charizard, even Dragon Rush doesn't leave a scratch on him, and his battles against other Pokémon treat him as far less overpowered than he was initially built up to be.
* LuminescentBlush: Has a small one after Iris praises him when she returns to her home village sometime before the Unova League.
* NonStandardCharacterDesign: His eyes are distinctly sharp and aggressive-looking when compared to other Dragonite, which is the first hint toward his personality.
* PerpetualFrowner: As a ''sharp'' contrast to most of his species, which embody the GentleGiant archetype. Dragonite is always frowning and is grumpy and angry 99% of the time and is highly aggressive.
* RedemptionDemotion: Sort of. While Dragonite wasn't a villain, he initially had a nasty temper and was highly disobedient, yet was so powerful he could shrug off Ice-type moves with ease and one-shot powerhouses such as Dawn's Mamoswine. Ironically, after he started obeying Iris, he completely lost his status as TheJuggernaut, becoming ''significantly'' less tanky and [[TheWorfEffect failing to get any official wins in battle]].
* ReplacementFlatCharacter: Somewhat akin to Ash's Charizard, starting off a very unruly and disobedient powerhouse. Making it even more poetic when he made a rival out of the latter, who by that point had {{Undying Loyalty}} to Ash.
* TheRival: Becomes this with Ash's Charizard immediately upon meeting him.
* SignatureMove: Dragon Rush, which is his strongest move and only Dragon-type move.
* SoreLoser: Oh boy, is he ever! One attack from Krookodile's newly learned Dragon Claw, and he realizes that he's outmatched. He starts getting angry and using three of his four attacks all over the place.
* StrongAsTheyNeedToBe: In his early appearances in ''Black/White'', he was able to shrug off Ice-type attacks with minimal damage despite having a double weakness. Yet in ''Journeys'', [[spoiler:he gets taken out by an Ice Fang from Ash's Dracovish.]]
* TooAwesomeToUse: Even though he allowed himelf to be caught by Iris, he initially refused to obey her. Considering he fought off two Ice Beams and a Blizzard from Georgia's Beartic and multiple Ice Shards and an Ice Fang from Dawn's Mamoswine -- moves that all of which Dragonite specifically is profoundly weak to -- he was likely too high a level to take her seriously. She eventually did earn his trust, though ironically, he never won any battles after becoming obedient.
* UnderestimatingBadassery: Implied to be the reason why he initially obeyed Iris while battling Krokorok. This comes back to bite him when Krokorok evolves into Krookodile and attacks him with Dragon Claw.
* UnskilledButStrong: Especially when he first appeared, Dragonite refused to do anything other than just overpower whoever he fought. Learned some humility when he lost to Krookodile and when Iris defended him in the fight with the Kami Trio.
* UnstoppableRage: Takes defeats very, very poorly. The kind of 'poorly' that screams like a bloody psychopath, blasts craters in the ground with Thunder Punch, freezes the walls with Ice Beams and tries to roast everything around him with Flamethrower.
* TheWorfBarrage: Dragon Rush, his most powerful attack, has failed to defeat anyone after Mamoswine.
* TheWorfEffect: Any defeats seem to enforce how badass his opponent is, such as Ash's Krookodile, Charizard and [[spoiler:Dracovish]]; Drayden's and Clair's Druddigon; Cynthia's [[spoiler:Milotic]]. Any of the battles he's actually won were when he wasn't obeying Iris.
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[[folder:Gible (Fukamaru)]]
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-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/KiyotakaFurushima
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* CharacterTics: Like Ash's Gible before him, he seems to like biting people on the head - mostly Axew, in this case.
* CloudCuckoolander: He seems very much unaware of his surrounding and all around him, simply doing his own thing and not always aware of the trouble he might be causing.
* DishingOutDirt: Knows Dig, which is also his only confirmed move as of yet.
* FastTunnelling: Knows Dig.
* HeroOfAnotherStory: Both he and his new trainer, when they first met. As Iris finds out, Gible had just been sleeping in a tree and minding his own business, when he accidentally fell out and landed on a Skarmory. Startled, the Steel/Flying Mon flew away with him stuck on its back, until he was dropped into Blackthorn City; the unfamiliar surroundings confused him for being so different from his peacful forest home. He causes damage to the city and is nearly run out of town when Iris helps him out, and she takes him to see Clair. He is then given the chance to live in peace at the Dragon's Den, but decides that he wants to accompany Iris on her personal journey.
* IOweYouMyLife: He falls off a clock tower in Blackthorn while trying to use the height to get a good look at the city; thankfully, he manages to catch one of the clock's arms, and upon spotting him Iris climbs the tower to save his life. This makes him fond of her, and he ultimately decides to join her before she leaves.
* LastEpisodeNewCharacter: Iris meets him in a post-series special while she's on business in Blackthorn City and after she's parted company with Ash.
* OneShotCharacter: He only appears in a brief {{Flashback}} in ''Journeys'', so his only proper appearance is in the undubbed post-Unova Iris special.
* TertiarySexualCharacteristics: The notch in the fin indicates this is a male Gible.
* TunnelKing: Typical of his species.
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** When we first see her she acts like she's some hotshot trainer who could beat Ash handily, but she's really a coward who refuses to actually battle him, and she doesn't open up to anyone. Then we steadily learn more about her past, including that one of her Pokémon refuses to obey her and the other can hardly battle (one ineffectual attack and another unperfected). As she travels with Ash and Cilan she steadily grows out of her insecurities, rebuilds her bond with Excadrill, bonds with the unruly Dragonite and Emolga, helps Axew begin to grow up, and overall develops into a talented and stronger trainer as well as a confident young woman. As of this writing, her arc is not yet finished either. Especially since Drayden hopes to make her his successor as Opelucid Gym Leader one day.

* FightOffTheKryptonite: Doesn't get intimidated by Ice-type attacks and powers through them in his bouts with Mamoswine and Beartic. Oddly doesn't take his other weaknesses, Rock and Dragon, anywhere near as well, though.

* SoreLoser: Broke down crying in despair after [[spoiler:losing against Cynthia in the Masters Eight]]. She gets better though.

* CharacterizationMarchesOn: Originally a very extreme, hyperactive JerkAss. But after she officially decided to join Ash in travelling, these have been greatly toned down to make her more of a {{Cloudcuckoolander}}, comically [[SmallNameBigEgo boastful]] ButtMonkey (her "such a kid" moments with Ash are now akin to family squabbling than actual insults), and AgentMulder in contrast with Cilan's AgentScully.

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

* {{Tsundere}}: She's a Type B, usually pretty nice and relaxed, but with a ''fierce'' temper when provoked.
* VitriolicBestBuds: A mild Type 1 with Ash and Cilan. While it's clear they're all friends, she often calls their IdiotHero[=/=]LargeHam tendencies out for silly, while they have no problem arguing back.

* FriendlessBackground: She didn't adapt well to a school-based environment, and her uncivilized but good-natured attempts at befriending the other students scared other kids away. Thus, she spent a lot of her time in Opelucid City alone and depressed. Her present-day attempts to seem more mature and not be "such a kid" are a direct result of this bad experience. However, Iris does realize that she should be herself as Ash and Cilan accept her for who she is not for who she was trying to be.

* CharacterCatchphrase: "You're such a kid", which primarily uses to mock Ash and Georgia. To Ash, it's like a sister teasing a brother. To Georgia, it's part of their rivalry, though it doesn't really phase Georgia, and she's one of the few who actually can throw it back at Iris. Iris also calls Trip a kid on a few occasions.

** After a bonding experience with Georgia's Vanilluxe, however, she's at least ''started'' to overcome this fear.

* CatchPhrase: Said to Ash and Georgia, "You're such a kid." To Ash, it's like a sister teasing a brother. To Georgia, it's part of their rivalry, though it doesn't really phase Georgia, and she's one of the few who actually can throw it back at Iris. Iris also calls Trip a kid on a few occasions.

* SmallNameBigEgo: [[BlatantLies She knows what she's doing]], don't question her!
** However, this can be subverted if you look at {{Taught by Experience}} and [[RaisedbyWolves Raised by Pokémon]] where this ego can come from not learning any manners for those that are stronger than her as well as living with Pokémon ''and'' winning her first 99 battles in a row.
** Turns up a lot in her arguments against Georgia, further solidifying that they are {{Mirror Character}}s.

* WeaksauceWeakness: Is absolutely terrified of Ice types. This first showed up with one of the sweetest and least threatening of them all, proving what a little wimp she can really be at times.
* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: Since Ice beats Dragons, and Iris has brought herself up to BE like a Dragon Pokémon, not just a trainer of them. This brings to question how will she react to Kyurem.

* OutOfFocus: He only appears in a brief {{Flashback}} in ''Journeys''.

** [[spoiler: While they both re-appear in ''Journeys'', Cilan is shown to still have not returned to Unova, and neither she nor him mention each other when they appear, and he is not shown watching her battle against Cynthia, so it's unknown if they're still friends or not.]]

* InformedFlaw: In her backstory, she dropped out of school and some characters make snarky comment about her not being very intelligent, but she's never really shown being dumb, and in fact often seemed to be the most intellegent of the trio in ''Black and White'' a lot of the time, and several of her battles have an argument for being the best showing of strategy by a kid in the series. Perhaps because of this, ''Journeys'' does not mention her dropping out or show any indication she's an idiot.

* AmbiguousSituation: Her return in ''Journeys'' features a brief flashback shot with a Goodra alongside her Gible and Clair, but it’s never made clear if she caught at some point on her journey after catching Gible. She’s implied to own at least one more Pokémon by ''Journeys'', as she's [[spoiler:a regional Champion and competed in the Masters Tournament]], both of which require full teams of six, but whether or not that Goodra is her sixth Pokémon is never addressed.

%%* GenkiGirl: Very, ''very'' genki. [[spoiler:Even after becoming Champion, her love for Dragon types still remains.]]

* InformedFlaw: In her backstory, she dropped out of school and some characters make snarky comment about her not being very intelligent, but she's never really shown being dumb, and in fact often seemed to be the most intellegent of the trio in ''Black and White'' a lot of the time, and several of her battles have an argument for being the best showing of strategy by a kid in the series. Perhaps because of this, ''Journeys'' does not mention her dropping out or show any indication she's an idiot.

-->'''Voiced in English by:''' Kayzie Rodgers

-->'''Voiced in Japanese by:''' Kiyotaka Furushima
-->'''Voiced in English by:''' Tom Wayland

* BadassNormal:
** Aside from her vine swinging and tree climbing, we get to see that before she had any Pokémon, she caught Drilbur by ''physically fighting'' him herself.
** in ''Journeys'', unlike the other seven contestants who got into the Masters' Eight, she doesn't use Mega Evolution, Dynamax, or a Z-Move.

* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute:
** Though their personalities are distinct, her role is quite similar to Misty's - even moreso than the comparison between Cilan and Brock. To wit: both are - or otherwise connected to, a Gym Leader; both want to master a specific Pokémon type; both often function as the OnlySaneWoman of their group, claiming to be more mature than Ash ([[NotSoAboveItAll though she clearly isn't at times]]); and finally, both have a crippling fear of an entire Pokémon 'Type'.
** While she isn't anything like him, Iris getting very far in the PWC and making a memorable moment in the tournament without using any gimmicks like the other characters who got into Masters' Eight is similar to how in the previous series, ''Sun and Moon'', Guzma got far in the Alola tournament without using a Z-move like everyone else did and made sure everyone remembered he was in it.

* BadassNormal: Aside from her vine swinging and tree climbing, we get to see that before she had any Pokémon, she caught Drilbur by ''physically fighting'' him herself.

* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: Though their personalities are distinct, her role is quite similar to Misty's - even moreso than the comparison between Cilan and Brock. To wit: both are - or otherwise connected to, a Gym Leader; both want to master a specific Pokémon type; both often function as the OnlySaneWoman of their group, claiming to be more mature than Ash ([[NotSoAboveItAll though she clearly isn't at times]]); and finally, both have a crippling fear of an entire Pokémon 'Type'.

* To her rival Georgia, both being rather hypocritical and immature despite constantly asserting otherwise. They come to respect each other more and more as time goes on.
* Ash sympathizes with Iris' cocky attitude and lack of openness, having been like her when starting his journey. However, he sometimes argues with her when she calls him out on his immaturity. They both aspire beyond their Champion titles, with Ash wanting to be a Pokémon Master and Iris aspiring to be a Dragon Master.

* MirrorCharacter: To her rival Georgia, both being rather hypocritical and immature despite constantly asserting otherwise. They come to respect each other more and more as time goes on.

* TragicDropout: {{Subverted|Trope}}. In the past, she originally attended Opelucid Academy in order to learn more to become a Dragon Master. But the school's environment clashing with her usual free-spiritedness and being RaisedByWolves left her with an inability to transition to urban city life. After failing to make friends with the other students, struggling academically, and losing many Pokémon battles, she dropped out entirely and went back to the Dragon Village.

-->"''You're such a kid.''"

* CharacterDevelopment: When we first see her she acts like she's some hotshot trainer who could beat Ash handily, but she's really a coward who refuses to actually battle him, and she doesn't open up to anyone. Then we steadily learn more about her past, including that one of her Pokémon refuses to obey her and the other can hardly battle (one ineffectual attack and another unperfected). As she travels with Ash and Cilan she steadily grows out of her insecurities, rebuilds her bond with Excadrill, bonds with the unruly Dragonite and Emolga, helps Axew begin to grow up, and overall develops into a talented and stronger trainer as well as a confident young woman. As of this writing, her arc is not yet finished either. Especially since Drayden hopes to make her his successor as Opelucid Gym Leader one day.

* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: {{Double Subver|sion}}ted! She seems at first to be a poor battler, but that's only because at the point her Pokémon were either too weak, too lazy, or (apparently) disobedient. It turns out that she once got 99 wins in a row using only Drilbur. Now that Axew has [[TookALevelInBadass become stronger]] and she has made up with Excadrill, she's showing signs of her former competency.

* CutenessProximity: From her first meeting with Ash: *sees Pikachu* "Oh, Pikachu? *[[TheGlomp glomps]]* AAAHH!! KAWAIIIIIII!!!" [[{{And Call Him George}} *hugs Pikachu half to death*]]

*** It pops up again when she meets Dawn's Piplup though, and when she meets Ash's Dracovish and Hop's Wooloo in ''Journeys''.

* ImmuneToSlapstick: Zigzagged for RunningGag purposes. Her athleticism sometimes allowed her to evade comical pain that befell the others. She even dodges Bianca on many occasions when she hears Bianca shout "outta my way!". She still suffered slapstick humiliation in many other episodes, however.

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