History Characters / PokemonTheSeriesPaul

* TheBusCameBack: After a long absence since ''Diamond and Pearl'' and a brief flashback cameo appearance in [=JN068=], Paul is set to make a full physical return in ''Journeys'' in [=JN114=].

* FinalExamBoss: Invoked by Paul in ''Journeys'', as he joins Ash for one last training session before Ash enters the Masters Eight tournament and specifically uses Pokémon that are used by the opponents Ash will be facing in said tournament.

* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Despite having very limited redeeming traits as a person, Paul eventually does have a lighter side to him. He shows it especially later in the Diamond and Pearl Series. In ''Journeys'' he meets up with Ash again for the sole purpose of helping him prepare for the masters eight tournament.

* TookALevelInKindness: Incredibly slowly, but it seems like he finally starts to understand his errors by the end of ''Diamond & Pearl''. In ''Journeys'', Paul has soften up so much that he thanks every Pokémon for their good work in battle and he even tells Electivire to go play with Ash's and Goh's Pokémon.

* SignatureMon: Electivire is Paul's first revealed Pokemon and the one that best represents his personality and ideals. It's the final Pokemon that Paul uses in both his Full Battles with Ash, as well as being the only one from the Sinnoh League battle that Ash had previously faced. It's also the only one of Paul's Pokémon to return with him in 'Journeys'', displaying that both of them have become friendlier.

* TookALevelInKindness: In ''Diamond & Pearl'', Electivire has become less nasty towards Pikachu and Chimchar after spending sometime with Ash's group at Reggie's caretake. In ''Journeys'', it and Paul have soften up so much that Paul tells it to go play with Ash's and Goh's Pokémon.

* TakenALevelInKindness: In ''Diamond & Pearl'', Electivire has become less nasty towards Pikachu and Chimchar after spending sometime with Ash's friends at Reggie's caretake. In ''Journeys'', it and Paul have soften up so much that Paul tells it to go play with Ash's and Goh's Pokémon.

* BreathWeapon: Like all Dragon-type Pokémon, he launches Draco Meteor with its mouth.

* AmbiguousGender: With the exception of Froslass and Nidoking, who can only be one gender, none of their genders are known. Although, given their personalities, it can assumed that most of them tend to be male.

* DishingOutDirt: It's secondary typing is Ground, and it knows the Rock-type move Stone Edge, which is super effective against Flying-types.
* OurDragonsAreDifferent: A flying, anthropomorphic landshark that is primarily a Dragon-type Pokémon and knows Dragon Claw and Draco Meteor. It is pitted against fellow Dragon-type Dragonite.
* SpearCounterpart: It is the male counterpart to Cynthia's female Garchomp.

* TookALevelInKindness: Incredibly slowly, but it seems like he finally starts to understand his errors by the end.

* SignatureMon: Electivire is Paul's first revealed Pokemon and the one that best represents his personality and ideals. It's the final Pokemon that Paul uses in both his Full Battles with Ash, as well as being the only one from the Sinnoh League battle that Ash had previously faced.

[[folder:Garchomp (Gaburias)]]
A Pokémon introduced in ''Journeys''. It is used for Ash's special preparation training for the Master Tournament and emulates Cynthia's Garchomp. Paul's Garchomp fight's Ash's Dragonite during their sparring match.

* SpearCounterpart: It is the male counterpart to Cynthia's female Garchomp.

[[folder:Metagross]]
A Pokémon introduced in ''Journeys''. It is used for Ash's special preparation training for the Master Tournament and emulates Steven Stone's Metagross. Paul's Metagross fights Ash's Gengar during their sparring match.

* PaletteSwap: Despite being normal colored, Paul's Metragross serves as the PaletteSwap to Steven's Shiny Metagross.

[[folder:Gyarados]]
A Pokémon introduced in ''Journeys''. It is used for Ash's special preparation training for the Master Tournament and emulates Lance's Gyarados. Paul's Gyarados fights Ash's Lucario during their sparring match.

* PaletteSwap: Despite being normal colored, Paul's Gyarados serves as the PaletteSwap to Lance's Shiny Gyarados.

%%!!!''Journeys''

%%[[folder:Garchomp (Gaburias)]]
%%A Pokémon introduced in ''Journeys''. It is used for Ash's special preparation training for the Master Tournament and emulates Cynthia's Garchomp. Paul's Garchomp fight's Ash's Dragonite during their sparring match.
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%%* SpearCounterpart: It is the male counterpart to Cynthia's female Garchomp.
%%[[/folder]]

%%[[folder:Metagross]]
%%A Pokémon introduced in ''Journeys''. It is used for Ash's special preparation training for the Master Tournament and emulates Steven Stone's Metagross. Paul's Metagross fights Ash's Gengar during their sparring match.
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%%* PaletteSwap: Despite being normal colored, Paul's Metragross serves as the PaletteSwap to Steven's Shiny Metagross.
%%[[/folder]]

%%[[folder:Gyarados]]
%%A Pokémon introduced in ''Journeys''. It is used for Ash's special preparation training for the Master Tournament and emulates Lance's Gyarados. Paul's Gyarados fights Ash's Lucario during their sparring match.
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%%* PaletteSwap: Despite being normal colored, Paul's Gyarados serves as the PaletteSwap to Lance's Shiny Gyarados.
%%[[/folder]]

!!Formerly owned Pokémon

[[folder:Starly (3x) (Mukkuru)]]
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[[caption-width-right:350:Paul's first two Starly]]
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[[caption-width-right:350:Paul's third Starly]]
-->'''Voiced in Japanesed by:''' Kiyotaka Furushima\\
'''Voided in English by:''' Sarah Natochenny

During Paul's debut, he catches three Starly at once, but releases two of them right away once he checked their movesets. The third one is used against Ash's newly captured Starly, but despite its victory, Paul releases it as well.

* AlwaysSomeoneBetter: Two of the Starly were released right away after capturing, since they only knew Tackle and Sand-Attack, while the third at least knew Aerial Ace and Double Team. However, it didn't live up to Paul's standard and he could find a better Starly anyway.
* SacrificialLamb: Non-lethal example. They are released as soon as they are captured to demonstrate what kind of a trainer Paul is.
* WeHardlyKnewYe: All three are released before we knew anything about them.
* YouHaveFailedMe: The third Starly that has the luck to stay with Paul and manages to defeat Ash's Starly does not live up to Paul's standards and is released after the battle as well.

[[folder:Chimchar (Hikozaru)]]
A Pokémon that caught Paul's interest due to its abnormally powerful Blaze ability. After many failed attempts to draw out his potential, Paul's releases him after he failed him too many times. For more information see [[Characters/PokemonTheSeriesDiamondAndPearlAshsPokemon the page for Ash's Pokémon]].

[[folder:Stantler (Odishishi)]]
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-->'''Voiced in Japanese by:''' Creator/KatsuyukiKonishi\\
'''Voiced in English by:''' Creator/KatsuyukiKonishi

Another Pokémon caught and released right away.

* WeHardlyKnewYe: It is only shown being captured and released.
* YouHaveFailedMe: Another extreme example, since it was released immediately after its capture, just because it only knew Tackle.

[[folder:Azumarill (Marilli)]]
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-->'''Voiced in Japanese by:''' Creator/TomokoKawakami\\
'''Voiced in English by:''' Kayzie Rogers

A Water-type Pokémon that was caught by Paul for the Gym Battle against the Rock-type specialist Roark. However, it easily loses to Roark's Geodude, prompting Paul to give it away to a young boy after the match ended.

* BunniesForCuteness: Azumarill looks like an adorable egg-shaped bunny, but that is not the reason why Paul caught it, so no bonus points for being cute.
* {{Irony}}: Because of its type, Azumarill is used during the Rock-type Gym Battle to give Paul an advantage. Not only does it fail miserably, Paul wins the Gym Battle by using two Pokémon who have type disadvantages against Rock-type and/or Ground-type Pokémon.
* MakingASplash: It is a Water-type Pokémon and that is the whole reason why Paul even caught it. However, its Hydro Pump fails to inflict damage on Roark's Geodude and it gets defeated before it can even use Water Gun.
* WorfBarrage: Hydro Pump is one of the most powerful Water-type moves, but Roark's Geodude easily blocks and attacks through it with Hidden Power alone.
* TheWorfEffect: Despite its type advantage over Rock-type Pokémon, it loses to Geodude. Brock speculates that this is because Roark is ''that'' much of a skilled trainer, but Paul determines it's because Azumarill is unimprovably weak.
* YouHaveFailedMe: After Roark outmaneuvers him, Paul decides that the failure is Azumarill's and foists it onto a little boy while declaring it to be without potential.

** Him getting curb stomped by Brandon in one episode counts. Him learning that Ash had defeated Brandon counts.

This Gliscor used to be the leader of a flock of Gligar that were flying wild in a city. Before Ash manages to convince it to lead its flock out of the city, Paul catches it which causes the flock to fall into chaos. It is used against Ash's Gligar which used to be member of the flock as well and easily defeats the little guy, leading to its HeroicBSOD.

One of the Pokémon used in the battle against Pyramid King Brandon. It fights and loses to Brandon's Regice. It reappears later in the Lily of the Valley Conference during the match against Ash. It puts a good fight against Pikachu, but is ultimately defeated by Infernape.

An Eastern Gastrodon which is used as one of the two Pokémon to uncover Ash's strategy during their match in the Lily of the Valley Conference. It is one Paul's two Pokémon shown to use Counter Shield.

A powerful Poison/Dark-type Pokémon used during the battle against Ash in the Lily of the Valley Conference. It is another one of Paul's most competent Pokémon, defeating half of Ash's team with its traps and strength.

* StatusBuff: What Snow Cloak does is increase her evasiveness in Hail. This is shown as her disappearing and reappearing in battle and being more or less tangible.

%%A Pokémon introduced in ''Journeys''. It is used to for Ash's special preparation training for the Master Tournament and emulates Cynthia's Garchomp.

%%A Pokémon introduced in ''Journeys''. It is used to for Ash's special preparation training for the Master Tournament and emulates Steven Stone's Metagross.

%%%A Pokémon introduced in ''Journeys''. It is used to for Ash's special training for the Master Tournament and emulates Cynthia's Garchomp.

%%A Pokémon introduced in ''Journeys''. It is used to for Ash's special preparation training for the Master Tournament and emulates Lance's Gyarados.

%%%%A Pokémon introduced in ''Journeys''. It is used to for Ash's special training for the Master Tournament and emulates Lance's Shiny Gyarados.

* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Despite having very limited redeeming traits as a person, Paul eventually does have a lighter side to him. He shows it especially later in the Diamond and Pearl Series.

!!Released Pokémon or given away

!!Paul's Pokémon

[[folder:Starly (3x) (Mukkuru)]]
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[[caption-width-right:350:Paul's first two Starly]]
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[[caption-width-right:350:Paul's third Starly]]
-->'''Voiced in Japanesed by:''' Kiyotaka Furushima\\
'''Voided in English by:''' Sarah Natochenny

During Paul's debut, he catches three Starly at once, but releases two of them right away once he checked their movesets. The third one is used against Ash's newly captured Starly, but despite its victory, Paul releases it as well.

* AlwaysSomeoneBetter: Two of the Starly were released right away after capturing, since they only knew Tackle and Sand-Attack, while the third at least knew Aerial Ace and Double Team. However, it didn't live up to Paul's standard and he could find a better Starly anyway.
* SacrificialLamb: Non-lethal example. They are released as soon as they are captured to demonstrate what kind of a trainer Paul is.
* WeHardlyKnewYe: All three are released before we knew anything about them.
* YouHaveFailedMe: The third Starly that has the luck to stay with Paul and manages to defeat Ash's Starly does not live up to Paul's standards and is released after the battle as well.

[[folder:Chimchar (Hikozaru)]]
A Pokémon that caught Paul's interest due to its abnormally powerful Blaze ability. After many failed attempts to draw out his potential, Paul's releases him after he failed him too many times. For more information see [[Characters/PokemonTheSeriesDiamondAndPearlAshsPokemon the page for Ash's Pokémon]].
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Stantler (Odishishi)]]
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-->'''Voiced in Japanese by:''' Creator/KatsuyukiKonishi\\
'''Voiced in English by:''' Creator/KatsuyukiKonishi

Another Pokémon caught and released right away.

* WeHardlyKnewYe: It is only shown being captured and released.
* YouHaveFailedMe: Another extreme example, since it was released immediately after its capture, just because it only knew Tackle.

[[folder:Ursaring (Ringuma)]]
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-->'''Voiced in Japanese by:''' Creator/UnshoIshizuka\\
'''Voiced in English by:''' Creator/UnshoIshizuka

Ursaring is captured by Paul when it was chasing after Ash's group. Thanks to its immense brute strength, it has remained as one of Paul's most competent battlers.

* AbsurdlySharpClaws: Using its claws, it shreds its opponents with its Normal-type move Slash.
* BattleAura: When its Guts ability kicks in, it is covered in a red aura to show its activation.
%%* BareFistedMonk: Ursaring knows Hammer Arm.
* BearsAreBadNews: Ursaring is a bear and it is always aggressive and angry since its debut.
* BreathWeapon: Like most Pokémon, it fires Hyber Beam from its mouth.
* TheBrute: Ursaring is an absolute powerhouse and manages to defeat three of Ash's Pokémon during the Lake Acuity battle.
* EnergyWeapon: It used to know Hyper Beam, a powerful beam attack fired from its mouth.
* GlowingEyesOfDoom: When its Guts kicks in, its eyes glow in crimson red to show of how dangerous it is now.
* HotBlooded: Of the angry kind. Ursaring is rarely calm at all and is always angry for no particular reason. It also has the Guts ability to match its personality, which makes it even stronger, angrier and more hot-blooded once it suffers from status changes.
* KamehameHadouken: It knows the move Focus Blast. It concentrates its energy into a powerful energy ball and throws it at the opponent.
* MadeOfIron: During its battle against Barry's Hitmonlee, it gets hits by many Fighting-type moves and is even burned by Hitmonlee's Blaze Kick. Not only does Ursaring not lose, it completely defeats Hitmonlee thanks to its Guts ability. And during the battle against Pyramid King Brandon, Ursaring took the most hits before being taken down.
* NonElemental: Ursaring is a Normal-type Pokémon and thus very flexible in a wide array of matches. Because of this, it's one of Paul's most used and consistent battlers.
* OneManArmy: Ursaring takes down half of Ash's team during their Lake Acuity battle.
* RedEyesTakeWarning: Its eyes burn red when Guts is activated, which makes its already angry look even scarier.
* StatusBuff:
** It knows Bulk Up, a move that increases its attack and defensive power.
** Guts is an ability that kicks in when Ursaring is inflicted with a status change, which doubles its power.
* TurnRed: When it suffers from status changes, Ursaring's Guts kicks in which doubles its attack power.
* UnstoppableRage: It is already extremely angry from the get-go, but whenever its Guts ability kicks in, it gains [[RedEyesTakeWarning burning crimson eyes]] and [[BattleAura a visible aura]] that scream "be even more careful".
* TheWorfEffect:
** It has a tendency to lose to Chimchar every time they battle. Special mention goes to the episode "Chim-Charred!", where Ursaring is brutalizing the poor monkey until it activates its UnstoppableRage Blaze ability, after which it manhandles Ursaring. Paul states that the Flame Wheel that took Ursaring out was the most powerful one he'd ever seen.
** During the battle against Pyramid King Brandon, the very powerful Ursaring cannot take on Brandon's Regice and in the end, it is quickly finished off by Regirock while being paralyzed from Regice's Zap Cannon.

[[folder:Azumarill (Marilli)]]
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-->'''Voiced in Japanese by:''' Creator/TomokoKawakami\\
'''Voiced in English by:''' Kayzie Rogers

A Water-type Pokémon that was caught by Paul for the Gym Battle against the Rock-type specialist Roark. However, it easily loses to Roark's Geodude, prompting Paul to give it away to a young boy after the match ended.

* BunniesForCuteness: Azumarill looks like an adorable egg-shaped bunny, but that is not the reason why Paul caught it, so no bonus points for being cute.
* {{Irony}}: Because of its type, Azumarill is used during the Rock-type Gym Battle to give Paul an advantage. Not only does it fail miserably, Paul wins the Gym Battle by using two Pokémon who have type disadvantages against Rock-type and/or Ground-type Pokémon.
* MakingASplash: It is a Water-type Pokémon and that is the whole reason why Paul even caught it. However, its Hydro Pump fails to inflict damage on Roark's Geodude and it gets defeated before it can even use Water Gun.
* WorfBarrage: Hydro Pump is one of the most powerful Water-type moves, but Roark's Geodude easily blocks and attacks through it with Hidden Power alone.
* TheWorfEffect: Despite its type advantage over Rock-type Pokémon, it loses to Geodude. Brock speculates that this is because Roark is ''that'' much of a skilled trainer, but Paul determines it's because Azumarill is unimprovably weak.
* YouHaveFailedMe: After Roark outmaneuvers him, Paul decides that the failure is Azumarill's and foists it onto a little boy while declaring it to be without potential.

[[folder:Murkrow-->Honchkrow (Yamikarasu-->Donkarasu)]]
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-->'''Voiced in Japanese by:''' Creator/ShinichiroMiki\\
'''Voiced in English by:''' Bill Rogers

A Pokémon that has travelled with Paul through several regions, it is a reliable Pokémon that rarely fails him.

* BreathWeapon: It fires Shadow Ball from its mouth.
* CastingAShadow: It is part Dark-type and it knows the Dark-type move Night Slash; its wing glows purple and it strikes the opponent down with it.
* CreepyCrows: Murkrow and Honchkrow are crow-based Pokémon, who also happen to be Dark-type Pokémon. If Paul commands it to attack its own allies, it doesn't hesitate to do so.
* LateArrivalSpoiler: Since the first opening of ''Diamond & Pearl'' that started airing in episode [=DP002=], the viewers knew about Paul's Murkrow, but it didn't show up until [=DP040=].
* TheReliableOne: Although it lost to Cynthia's Garchomp and failed to win the [=PokéRinger=] competition against Ash's Staraptor, it hasn't lost any other battle it's participated in.
* TheRival:
** During [=PokéRinger=] competition, Honchkrow serves as the rival to Staravia/Staraptor, due to the rivalry of their respective trainers. They end up competing against each other in the final round.
** It serves as one to Grotle. Turtwig evolves during his battle against Honchkrow, but he loses because of his unexpected loss in mobility. During the Lake Acuity battle, Paul uses Grotle's resentment over Honchkrow to his advantage, preventing Ash from switching Grotle out to defeat it.
* SignatureAttack: Its most powerful move is Sky Attack, which it uses in every battle it is in.
* SoulPower: It knows the Ghost-type move Shadow Ball, firing a dark energy ball from its mouth.

[[folder:Weavile (Manyula)]]
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-->'''Voiced in Japanese by:''' Creator/ChinamiNishimura\\
'''Voiced in English by:''' Bill Rogers

A Pokémon that journeyed with Paul through Hoenn, Johto and Kanto. It tends to lose a lot, yet it hasn't been released yet.

* AbsurdlySharpClaws: It attacks the opponent with its claws by using the Steel-type move Metal Claw. It is the only close-range move it has.
* BreathWeapon: It breathes Blizzard from its mouth and fires Ice Beam with its mouth as well, making it mainly a LongRangeFighter.
* ButtMonkey: Weavile loses every battle it is in without defeating anyone. It is a miracle that Paul has not released it yet.
* ExtraOreDinary: It knows the Steel-type move Metal Claw, which makes its claws as hard as metal and very sharp.
* GlassCannon: One of the few of Paul's Pokémon to be this, since he prefers brute physical strength as a fighting style.
* AnIcePerson: Weavile is primary an Ice-type Pokémon and is shown to use Blizzard, Ice Beam and Ice Shard. Paul uses it against Pokémon who are weak to Ice-type moves, but it never works for him.
* InformedAbility: It's implied to be one of Paul's strongest Pokemon, since he chose it to battle Cynthia. Its onscreen performance suggests otherwise.
* OffscreenMomentOfAwesome: Not explicitly confirmed, but logically, it must be the case. Paul is known to release Pokemon he deems weak; on top of that, Weavile has failed Paul in both of its onscreen battles, and in his first Full Battle against Ash, Weavile was one of only two of Paul's Pokemon to be knocked out (note that the other one, Ursaring, knocked out half of Ash's team before falling, whereas Weavile didn't knock out one). It must be the case that Weavile is doing good things for Paul off-screen if he hasn't released it yet.
* SignatureMove: Its most prominent move is Blizzard, which is often the subject to WorfBarrage.
* StatusBuff: Weavile can sharply increase its attack power with Sword Dance. In the Lake Acuity battle, it doesn't really help, since it loses to Staraptor anyway.
* WorfBarrage: Its Blizzard never defeats anyone and it doesn't seem to deal that much damage either. Which is rather accurate to the games, since Weavile's Special Attack stat is pretty awful.
* TheWorfEffect: Despite Ice-type Pokémon having a huge advantage against Dragon/Ground-type Pokémon like Garchomp, Weavile gets curb-stomped like the others, showing off that Cynthia's Garchomp is beyond the level of ordinary ones. It also loses to Ash's Staraptor, despite its type advantage.

[[folder:Turtwig-->Grotle-->Torterra (Naetle-->Hayashigame-->Dodaitoise)]]
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-->'''Voiced in Japanese by:''' Creator/UnshoIshizuka\\
'''Voiced in English by:''' Billy Beach

Torterra is Paul's first Pokémon, as well as one of his strongest. He got it as his Starter Pokémon from Professor Rowan and it has been travelling with its trainer through four different regions. While it accepts Paul's harsh training regiment, Torterra does have a soft spot for Ash's Grotle.

* TheAce: While never outright stated to be his strongest, Torterra is clearly the most trusted and respected Pokémon that Paul owns. Almost every opponent it's ever battled has been defeated with ease, the only exception being [[TheJuggernaut Cynthia's Garchomp]], whose defeat of Torterra immediately causes Paul to forfeit knowing he stands no chance against her.
* BigBrotherMentor: In [=DP100=], after witnessing Ash's Turtwig evolving into a Grotle and seeing him struggle with his gained weight and loss in mobility, Torterra sympathizes him, properly because they share the same evolution line, and it teaches Grotle how to battle as a MightyGlacier...by ''almost'' beating the living crap out of Ash's Gliscor. From there on, Ash has to teach Grotle that new battle style by himself.
* BreathWeapon: Like most Pokémon, it fires Hyper Beam from its mouth as a long range attack.
* CurbStompBattle: Torterra wins the semi-final match of the Hearthome City Tag Battle Competition singlehandedly with no much difficulty while almost taking its tag partner (Ash's Staravia) out as well.
* CurbStompCushion: During Paul's battle against Cynthia, it's his ''only'' Pokémon that manages to land an attack that actually gives her Garchomp pause in its [[LifeDrain Giga Drain]]. Unfortunately for Torterra, when it tries to follow up with [[WorfBarrage Frenzy Plant]] Garchomp stops playing and crushes it too.
* DishingOutDirt: Torterra is part Ground-type and it knows the Rock-type move Stone Edge, throwing stone projectiles at the opponent which it can even control.
* {{Foil}}: Acts as a much more experienced one to Ash's Torterra. Paul's Torterra is a very powerful Pokémon that barely loses and is perfectly capable as a MightyGlacier. Ash's Torterra on the other hand, while still a powerful Pokémon, loses every battle it is in once it reaches its final stage (except against Team Rocket) and struggles quite a bit at adapting to battling as a MightyGlacier.
* GreenThumb: It is Paul's only known Grass-type Pokémon and is shown to know the most powerful Grass-type moves, Frenzy Plant and Leaf Storm. It also knows Giga Drain to suck the health out of the opponent to heal itself.
* HiddenHeartOfGold: Torterra is actually one of Paul's kinder Pokémon, despite the grumpy and jerky image they all represent. It helps Ash's Grotle how to change to a new battle style and how to adapt his MightyGlacier situation, all without Paul's permission.
* LifeDrain: It uses the Grass-type move Giga Drain to drain the health out of the opponent to heal itself. Noticeable for being the ''only'' move that actually gives Cynthia's [[TheJuggernaut Garchomp]] any trouble.
* ManBitesMan: It knows the Dark-type move Crunch, which it uses to trap its opponent with its teeth while damaging them and suck their health with Giga Drain while still biting them.
* MightyGlacier: Torterra barely moves in battles since its too heavy, but thanks to his high endurance, it takes hits from its opponent fairly easily until it is the perfect time to smash them with its powerful strength. One of the only times this worked against it was when it fought the LightningBruiser that is Cynthia's Garchomp, who, once she endured Torterra's Frenzy Plant, proceeded to close the distance faster than it could react and unleash a brutal counterattack that one-shotted it.
* MoralityPet: Paul once arranged for Torterra to be groomed, and in general it seems to be the only one of his Pokémon that he has even a slight amount of affection for, likely due to it also being his starter. Paul has never scolded or insulted Torterra even once, even after learning it had gone behind his back to help Ash's Grotle.
* TokenGoodTeammate: Torterra is the only one of Paul's Pokémon shown to be somewhat kindhearted, actually going against its Trainer's wishes to help Ash's team.
* TurtlePower: Torterra and his pre-evolved forms are based on the TurtleIsland. [[SturdyAndSteadyTurtles As expected from turtles]], Torterra is a MightyGlacier.
* WiseOldTurtle: It is Paul's oldest and calmest Pokémon, having complete understanding of how to battle as a MightyGlacier. It teaches Ash's Grotle how to battle defensively, and is highly respected by everyone who's met it -- whether it be Paul, Ash, his friends, his Pokémon, or even Cynthia.
* WorfBarrage: Its most powerful move, Frenzy Plant, does barely anything to Cynthia's Garchomp, leading to it being open for a brutal counterattack.
* TheWorfEffect: Despite being Paul's strongest Pokémon, it gets one-shotted by Cynthia's Garchomp just to show off how ridiculously powerful she is. This even applies retroactively, as Torterra never loses afterwards and wins its battles pretty easily, which makes Garchomp look even more impressive.

[[folder:Ninjask (Tekkanin)]]
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-->'''Voiced in Japanese by:''' N/A\\
'''Voiced in English by: Billy Beach

First introduced in a flashback, Ninjask was caught shortly before Chimchar's capture. In the present, it is used during the Lily of the Valley Conference against Ash's Gliscor and Infernape which used to be said Chimchar.

* BigCreepyCrawlies: Ninjask is primary a Bug-type Pokémon and its size would freak out many people if it was real. It also knows the Bug-type move Fury Cutter, which becomes stronger with each hit.
* ChekhovMIA: It first appeared in a flashback centred around Chimchar. It finally reappears in a battle against the fully evolved Infernape.
* FlashStep: With Agility, it manages to move so quick, it is nearly impossible to see its movements.
* {{Flight}}: Being part Flying-type Pokémon, Ninjask is capable of flying. It is used in sky battles against other flying opponents like Ash's Gliscor. With its immense speed and the growing power of Fury Cutter, Ninjask is specialized to take the opponent down on the ground and poison them with Drapion's Toxic Spikes.
* FragileSpeedster: Ninjask is extremely fast and is capable of increasing its speed with Agility and Speed Boost, but it's a very frail Pokémon.
* GreenThumb: It knows the Grass-type move Giga Drain, which drains the health out of the opponent to heal itself.
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: When Ninjask uses Giga Drain to heal itself, it has to circle around the opponent, but because of the damage it has taken from Infernape's Flare Drive, its movements drastically slow down, allowing Infernape to aim for Ninjask and defeat it with Mach Punch.
* LifeDrain: It uses Giga Drain by circling around the opponent to suck out their energy and heal itself with the stolen energy.
* StatusBuff:
** Its ability Speed Boost [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin boosts its speed]] over time.
** The move Agility increases Ninjask speed even further.
* SuperSpeed: While already very fast, it has Speed Boost as its ability which increases its speed over time. It even has Agility to make it even faster, making it to move so fast, it is almost impossible to hit it.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Averted. Ninjask was briefly shown being caught in a flashback, and for most of the series it was never alluded to again (knowing Paul, there was little way of knowing if he hadn't released it at some point). It finally reappears in the Sinnoh League, confirming that Paul still owns it.

[[folder:Gliscor (Glion)]]
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-->'''Voiced in Japanese by:''' Creator/YujiUeda\\
'''Voiced in English by:''' Marc Thompson

This Gliscor used to be the leader of a flock of Gligar that were flying wild in a city. Before Ash manages to convince it to lead its flock out of the city, Paul catches it which causes the flock to fall into chaos. It is used against Ash's Gligar which used to be member of the flock as well and easily defeats the little guy, leading to its HeroicBSOD.

* BigCreepyCrawlies: It is not a Bug-type Pokémon, but it looks like a giant flying scorpion, and it even has the Bug-type move X-Scissor to match.
* {{Fauxshadow}}: The opening ''Together'' alludes that Paul's Gliscor would become the rival to Ash's Gliscor, but this is never developed beyond their first battle.
* {{Foil}}: Just like Torterra, even in its brief appearances it manages to act as one towards Ash's Gligar, a younger member of its species. Ash's Gligar is a [[LovableCoward meek]], [[ProneToTears emotional Pokémon]] who struggles to learn to battle effectively, and although he [[TookALevelInBadass becomes easily one of Ash's strongest team members]], even as a Gliscor he never loses his charming and comical disposition. Paul's Gliscor, on the other hand, acts entirely competent from the start and maintains an unfazed and ruthless demeanor during battle.
* TheLeader: It used to lead a flock of Gligar prior to its capture. Its sudden capture led its flock to fall apart and fall into chaos, giving Ash's group a hard time to drive them out of the city.
* OneHitKill: It knows the OHKO move Guillotine, giving Ash's Gligar a crushing defeat that scarred it mentally.
* PowerPincers: Since Gliscor is partially based on scorpions, it has two big pincers.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: After [=DP100=], it is not seen again, unlike some of Paul's other Pokémon.

[[folder:Magmar-->Magmortar (Boober-->Booburn)]]
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-->'''Voiced in Japanese by:''' Creator/YujiUeda\\
'''Voiced in English by:''' Tom Wayland

A replacement for Chimchar, Magmar was used to deal with Maylene's Lucario, leading to the Gym Leader's HeroicBSOD. Unlike Chimchar, Magmar does manage to live up to Paul's standards and is shown to be even more effective as a Magmortar.

* BookEnd: The battle against Pyramid King Brandon starts with Magmar facing Regirock and ends with Magmar being defeated by Regirock.
* ContrastingReplacementCharacter: Magmar replaces Chimchar as Paul's new Fire-type, and unlike Chimchar, it's able to live up to his standards. Notably, it succeeds at everything that Chimchar could never do under Paul's command: it tanks super effective moves with little difficulty, makes use of its ability, and displays the ruthless attitude in battle shared by most of his roster.
* DishingOutDirt: Magmortar knows the Rock-type move Rock Tomb, which it launches from its arm cannons. Paul uses it to lead his fast opponents into a trap.
* ElementalPunch: Magmar was shown to know Fire Punch, a move that covers its fist in flames.
* MadeOfIron: It gets hit directly with Hydro Cannon from Barry's Empoleon. Hydro Cannon is one of the most powerful Water-type moves and is super effective against Magmortar, yet it doesn't get down.
* PlayingWithFire: It is a Fire-type Pokémon, replacing Chimchar and the perfect counter against Maylene's Lucario. It is shown to know the Fire-type moves Fire Spin, Fire Punch, Flamethrower and Will-o-Wisp.
* PoisonousPerson: It knows the move Smog, which it uses like [[SmokeOut Smokescreen]] to blind the opponent and to poison them.
* StatusEffects:
** It has Flame Body as its ability, which can burn the opponent while making contact. Pikachu suffers from that.
** Will-O-Wisp is a status move that burns the opponent. However, Magmar fails to use it against Brandon's Registeel due to flinching.
* WorfBarrage: Its super effective Flamethrower doesn't do much against Brandon's Registeel to everyone's surprise.

[[folder:Hariyama (Hariteyama)]]
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-->'''Voiced in Japanese by:''' Creator/UnshoIshizuka\\
'''Voiced in English by:''' Bill Rogers

One of the Pokémon used in the battle against Pyramid King Brandon. It fights and loses to Brandon's Regirock.

* BareFistedMonk: It is a Fighting-type Pokémon, thus it has a type advantage over the Rock-type Pokémon Regirock. It also knows the Fighting-type moves Arm Thrust and Force Palm, but it ultimately loses to Regirock.
* BlockingStopsAllDamage: Was able to stop Regirock's Stone Edge barrage with its hands alone. An impressive feat considering that Paul's Electabuzz ''failed'' to do the same when it attempted to guard itself with Protect.
* CurbStompBattle: It doesn't do too bad against Brandon's Regirock, but it loses quickly once it is put in close range, ironically enough.
* WorfBarrage: It hits Regirock multiple times with the super effect Arm Thrust, yet it did barely any damage.
* TheWorfEffect: It is actually quite strong, but despite its type advantage over Regirock, it loses, showing that more than type advantages is needed to defeat the Pyramid King.

[[folder:Nidoking]]
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-->'''Voiced in Japanesed by:''' Creator/KatsuyukiKonishi\\
'''Voided in English by:''' Creator/KatsuyukiKonishi

One of the Pokémon used in the battle against Pyramid King Brandon. He fights and loses to Brandon's Registeel.

* BareFistedMonk: He knows the Fighting-type move Double Kick, which is super effective against Steel-type moves like Registeel. He doesn't even manages to take it down on ground with it.
* CurbStompCushion: He actually puts a good fight against Brandon's Registeel at first, compared to his other team members, even landing hits on it but he still loses rather easily to the Legendary once it starts fighting better.
* DishingOutDirt: Since he is part Ground-type and knows the Ground-type move Earth Power, he has a type advantage over Registeel...which doesn't help at all.
* PoisonousPerson: Dawn notes that Poison-type Pokémon like Nidoking are usually in disadvantage against Steel-type Pokémon, but since Nidoking is also part Ground-type, he actually has the advantage.
* ShockAndAwe: He knows the Electric-type move Thunderbolt which he fires from his horn, but Registeel just shrugs it off while charging in with Iron Head and knocks Nidoking out.
* TheWorfBarrage: His super effective Earth Power merely slows Registeel down and his Thunderbolt doesn't do any damage against Registeel at all.
* TheWorfEffect: He has a type advantage over Registeel and out of all six Pokémon, Nidoking performed the best, but even he was defeated very easily, which shows how powerful the Pyramid King's Pokémon are.

[[folder:Lairon-->Aggron (Kodora-->Bossgodora)]]
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-->'''Voiced in Japanese by:''' Creator/KentaMiyake\\
'''Voiced in English by:''' Billy Beach

One of the Pokémon used in the battle against Pyramid King Brandon. It fights and loses to Brandon's Regice. It reappears later in the Lily of the Valley Conference during the match against Ash. It puts a good fight against Pikachu, but is ultimately defeated by Infernape.

* AbsurdlySharpClaws: It knows Metal Claw; it slashes its opponent with its claws in close combat situations.
* BreathWeapon: Its long range move is Flash Cannon, which it fires from its mouth.
* CurbStompBattle: Out of all six Pokémon, Lairon gets the worst performance against Pyramid King Brandon; being frozen by Regice's Ice Beam and finished off by its Zap Cannon in a matter of seconds.
* DangerousForbiddenTechnique: It knows the Normal-type move Double-Edge; the user smashes with its body full force at the opponent, but it receives recoil damage from that. However, since Aggron has Rock Head as its ability, it doesn't take damage from recoil moves.
* ExtraOreDinary: Aggron is part Steel-type and knows the Steel-type moves Iron Defense, Metal Claw, Metal Sound and Flash Cannon. It's type advantage over Regice doesn't help, though.
* MakeMeWannaShout: It makes a loud shriek when using Metal Sound, creating a soundwave with lots of air pressure, which not only weakens the opponent's (special) defense, but it also stops their movements temporarily.
* NoSell: Aggron has the ability Rock Head, which nullifies recoil damage from moves, allowing it to use Double-Edge without any risk.
* SacrificialLamb: Aggron and Gastrodon are used as expendable Pokémon to uncover Ash's strategy during their league match.
* StatusBuff: Lairon used Iron Defense to sharply raise its defensive power, a desperate move from Paul to stand a chance against Pyramid King Brandon. It didn't help at all. Even worse, it's the only move Lairon used during the battle.
* StatusEffects: Aggron knows Metal Sound which can decrease the (special) defense power of its opponent.
* TheWorfEffect: While it has a type advantage over Regice, even trying to defend itself only makes things worse, causing Lairon to be defeated really quickly.

[[folder:Gastrodon (Tritodon)]]
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-->'''Voiced in Japanese by:''' N/A\\
'''Voiced in English by:''' Tom Wayland

An Eastern Gastrodon which is used as one of the two Pokémon to uncover Ash's strategy during their match in the Lily of the Valley Conference. It is one Paul's two Pokémon shown to use Counter Shield.

* BreathWeapon: It fires Ice Beam and Water Pulse out of its mouth, making it primarily a LongRangeFighter.
* EverythingsBetterWithSpinning: Gastrodon uses Counter Shield with Muddy Water, spinning around on the ground to trap a flying opponent in the air with Muddy Water. If the opponent flies near the ground to avoid Counter Shield, it can be easily pinned down with Body Slam.
* FinishingMove: What Water Pulse is intended to be. When Gastrodon pins its opponent down with Body Slam, it fires Water Pulse directly into the air, planning to dodge the attack descending at an increased speed at the last second. It almost works, but Ash's Staraptor breaks free by using Close Combat on the ground. However, Paul had already predicted that maneuver and hits Staraptor with Ice Beam anyway.
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: Gastrodon freezes Buizel covered in Aqua Jet, but Paul doesn't know that Ash would improvise an Ice Aqua Jet, which leads to Gastrodon's defeat.
* AnIcePerson: It knows the Ice-type move Ice Beam, which is super effective against Flying-type Pokémon like Staraptor. It bites it in the ass though, since Paul is not prepared for an improvised Ice Aqua Jet from Ash's Buizel.
* MakingASplash: Gastrodon is part Water-type and knows the Water-type moves Muddy Water and Water Pulse. With Muddy Water, it is capable of utilizing Counter Shield, while Water Pulse is used as a FinishingMove.
* SacrificialLamb: Gastrodon and Aggron are used as expendable Pokémon to uncover Ash's strategy during their league match.

[[folder:Drapion (Dorapion)]]
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-->'''Voiced in Japanese by:''' Creator/UnshoIshizuka\\
'''Voiced in English by:''' Creator/UnshoIshizuka

A powerful Poison/Dark-type Pokémon used during the battle against Ash in the Lily of the Valley Conference. It is another one of Paul's most competent Pokémon, defeating half of Ash's team with its traps and strength.

* BigCreepyCrawlies: Drapion is not a Bug-type Pokémon, but it looks like a giant, purple poisonous scorpion and it appropriately knows the Bug-type move Pin Missile.
* TheBrute: A Pokémon who is designated to poison the opponent and make them suffer, and it has enough brute strength to take on powerful Pokémon like Ash's Torterra and Gliscor.
* EvilCounterpart: Drapion appears to be one to Ash's Gliscor. Both of them are used in the same league battle, both are purple scorpions yet neither of them are Bug-type Pokémon, but they do know Bug-type moves. Their moves are also similar; Drapion knows Cross Poison, Gliscor knows X-Scissor; Drapion knows Poison Fang, Gliscor knows Fire Fang; Drapion has the long range barrage attack Pin Missile, Gliscor has the long range barrage attack Stone Edge..
* KillItWithFire: After a long battle, Drapion is taken down by burn damage inflicted from Gliscor's Fire Fang.
* ManBitesMan: Subverted. It knows Poison Fang, a move that normally involves utilizing the user's teeth. But instead of biting the opponent with its teeth, Drapion transfers Poison Fang's power from its fangs to its claws while keeping the same effect.
* MacrossMissileMassacre: When using Pin Missile, it fires lots of missiles towards the opponent. Ash's Buizel and Torterra are taken down by barrages of Pin Missile. It also serves as Drapion's long range attack.
* OneManArmy: Drapion takes down half of Ash's Pokémon during his league match with Paul.
* PoisonousPerson: Drapion is primarily a Poison-type Pokémon and Paul uses its poison to great effects. Drapion lays out Toxic Spikes to poison any opponent touching the ground, and in close combat it strikes down with Cross Poison and Poison Fang.
* PrehensileTail: Drapion uses its tail to capture its opponents.
* StatusEffects: Drapion is all about poisoning the opponent. By laying Toxic Spikes on the field, it almost guarantees to poison the opponent's entire team.
* TrapMaster: Drapion can lay out Toxic Spikes on the field, which will poison any opposing Pokémon who touches the ground. It also tends to capture its opponents with its tail, slamming them on the ground to poison them with Toxic Spikes' effect and attacking them while still holding them with its tail.

[[folder:Froslass (Yukimenoko)]]
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-->'''Voiced in Japanese by:''' Creator/SatsukiYukino\\
'''Voiced in English by:''' Bella Hudson

An Ice/Ghost-type Pokémon used during the match against Ash in the Lily of the Valley Conference. It puts a tough fight against Pikachu, but she nevertheless defeated by the electric mouse. She is only one of Paul's Pokémon to fight only one of Ash's Pokémon during the match.

* BreathWeapon: She fires her Ice Beam from her mouth like many other Pokémon. She freezes Pikachu with it, but he breaks through the ice with his Volt Tackle and knocks her out.
* AnIcePerson: Froslass is primarily an Ice-type Pokémon, knowing the Ice-type moves Hail, Ice Shard and Ice Beam and has the ability Snow Cloak to match. With Hail, she not only creates a snowstorm, her Snow Cloak also activates, allowing her to disappear and reappear in battle, which makes it difficult to hit her while the opponent takes damage from Hail.
* KamehameHadouken: Her Ice Shard is an energy ball of ice which she throws at the opponent. Much like Focus Blast, it takes some time to charge it, which causes her to lose against Pikachu.
* LadyOfWar: An elegant female Pokémon, who has the graceful characteristics of a ''[[{{Yokai}} yuki onna]]'' and mercilessly freezes her opponent in ice.
* PowerFloats: Froslass is capable of floating in mid-air, which adds to her ghostly appearance.
* TheSmurfettePrinciple: She is the only known female Pokémon in Paul's possession.
* SoulPower: While part Ghost-type, Froslass is not shown to use Ghost-type moves. However, her Snow Cloak ability gives her the presence of a ghost, allowing her to disappear and reappear throughout the battle, which makes it harder to fight her, since attacks can go through her.
* StatusBuff: What Snow Cloak does is increase her evasiveness in Hail. This is shown as her disappearing and reappearing in battle and being more or less tangible.
* {{Yokai}}: Froslass is based on the ''yuki onna'' and she lives up to this trope. With her Snow Cloak ability, she can disappear and reappear during battle, giving her an elegant yet ghostly and mystical presence.

** Another catchphrase of his from the English dub is "pathetic." Interestingly, this catchphrase doesn't exist at all in the Japanese version despite being quite prominent in the dub. The closest it could get, based off accurate translations, is him describing the one in scorn as unskilled or incapable.

* LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters: Like Gary, Paul is one of the few rival characters to have such a high number of Pokémon, which often leads to many of them being under developed as characters. And the series does show Paul constantly capturing new ones.

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* TheBusCameBack: After a long absence since ''Diamond and Pearl'' and a brief flashback cameo appearance in [=JN068=], Paul is set to make a full physical return in ''Journeys''.

** In one episode, he criticized Ash for using his Grotle, a grass type Pokémon against an ice type in his gym battle against Candace. Considering the type advantage, Paul's complaint wasn't without merit.
** Barry keeps praising Sunyshore gym as one of the best which Paul criticizes as undeserving. It's later reveal the Sunyshore Gym leader gave badges without any challenge of any sort. Ash effectively agrees with Paul by demanding a proper battle.

* RunningGag: A minor one, but twice he was in the midst of capturing a Pokémon, only to be interrupted by Ash & friends, allowing the Pokémon to escape. The first time it was a Fearow, the second it was a Drapion.

** Another catchphrase of his from the English dub is "pathetic." Interestingly, this catchphrase doesn't exist at all in the Japanese version despite being quite prominent in the dub.

* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: Paul only values his Pokémon for their strength in battle, puts them through intense training, and releases the ones that don't perform up to his standards. Kind of like competitive players in the real-life Pokémon games, with the difference being that Paul is doing this to real, living Pokémon and not just pixels on a screen.

* BadPeopleAbuseAnimals: His cruel treatment of his Pokémon is what makes him so despicable. It really says something about him that even the more unpleasant and antagonistic rivals, most notably Harley, Ursula, and Burgundy, [[PetTheDog show more caring toward their Pokémon]] than he does to his own.

* DeadpanSnarker: Paul also had some more snarky and cynical moments. He was snarkier in the beginning of the series and becomes outright hateful later on, despite being and looking way more mature than the other characters.

* CharacterDevelopment: Paul starts off as arrogant, alienating, and cruel to the core. By the time he finally loses to Ash at the Pokémon League, he is significantly kinder. Even before that climatic loss he briefly admits that Barry put up a good battle after defeating him, and thanks his Electivire for trying his best after losing to Infernape. He's still distant and stoic, but he's come a long way.

* BattleAura: When its Guts kicks in, it is covered in a red aura to show its activation.

* MadeOfIron: During its battle against Barry's Hitmonlee, it gets hits by many Fighting-type moves and is even burned by Hitmonlee's Blaze Kick. Not only does Ursaring not lose, it completely defeats Hitmonlee thanks to its Guts. And during the battle against Pyramid King Brandon, Ursaring took the most hits before being taken down.

* TheWorfEffect: While it has a type advantage over Regice, even trying to defend itself makes things only worse, causing Lairon to be defeated really quickly.

* KamehameHadouken: Her Ice Shard is an energy ball of ice which she throws at the opponent. Similar like Focus Blast, it takes some time to charge it, which causes her to lose against Pikachu.
* LadyOfWar: An elegant female Pokémon, who has the graceful characteristics of a ''yuki onna'' and merciless freezes her opponent in ice.

* StatusBuff: What Snow Cloak does is increasing her evasiveness in Hail. This is shown as her disappearing and reappearing in battle and being more or less tangible.

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'''Diamond and Pearl:''' [[Characters/PokemonTheSeriesDiamondAndPearlAshsPokemon Ash's Pokémon (Sinnoh)]] | [[Characters/PokemonTheSeriesDiamondAndPearlCast Supporting Cast]] ([[Characters/PokemonTheSeriesDawn Dawn]], '''Paul''') | [[Characters/PokemonTheSeriesDiamondAndPearlGymLeaders Gym Leaders]] | [[Characters/PokemonTheSeriesDiamondAndPearlVillains Villains]]\\
'''Black and White:''' [[Characters/PokemonTheSeriesBlackAndWhiteAshsPokemon Ash's Pokémon (Unova)]] | [[Characters/PokemonTheSeriesBlackAndWhiteCast Supporting Cast]] ([[Characters/PokemonTheSeriesIris Iris]]) | [[Characters/PokemonTheSeriesBlackAndWhiteRivals Rivals]] | [[Characters/PokemonTheSeriesBlackAndWhiteGymLeaders Gym Leaders]] | [[Characters/PokemonTheSeriesBlackAndWhiteVillains Villains]]\\
'''XY:''' [[Characters/PokemonTheSeriesXYAshsPokemon Ash's Pokémon (Kalos)]] | [[Characters/PokemonTheSeriesXYCast Supporting Cast]] ([[Characters/PokemonTheSeriesSerena Serena]]) | [[Characters/PokemonTheSeriesXYRivals Rivals]] | [[Characters/PokemonTheSeriesXYGymLeaders Gym Leaders]] | [[Characters/PokemonTheSeriesXYMegaEvolutionSpecials Mega Evolution Special]] | [[Characters/PokemonTheSeriesXYVillains Villains]]\\

'''Journeys:''' [[Characters/PokemonJourneysTheSeriesAshsPokemon Ash's Pokémon (Journeys)]] | [[Characters/PokemonJourneysTheSeriesCast Supporting Cast]] ([[Characters/PokemonTheSeriesGoh Goh]]) | [[Characters/PokemonJourneysTheSeriesGalar Galar]] | [[Characters/PokemonJourneysTheSeriesOneShotCharacters One-shot Characters]]\\