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* DaddysGirl: Although her father doesn't appear as much in the series, she's still driven a lot by the fact he's a gym leader. In fact, the only reason she became a trainer was because of how famous her father was, feeling she needed to follow in his footsteps. Nevertheless, he supports her decision to become a Coordinator, and when Ash finally challenges himhim, she's conflicted about whether or not to root for him or Ash.
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* DaddysGirl: Although her father doesn't appear as much in the series, she's still driven a lot by the fact he's a gym leader. In fact, the only reason she became a trainer was because of how famous her father was, feeling she needed to follow in his footsteps. Nevertheless, he supports her decision to become a Coordinator, and when Ash finally challenges him
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* FatalFlaw: Her lack of confidence. She's never able to beat Drew aside from one time because she has little faith in herself. Even though she gets better, she's still very prone to self-doubt, causing her and her Pokémon to falter at inopportune moments. Notably, the one time she did beat Drew was because she cast her doubts aside and pushed to the end, but lost to him once more when losing the Kanto Grand Festival crushed her confidence ''hard''. Part of the reason she decides to journey out on her own is because she thinks it will help her find herself without being stuck in Ash's shadow.
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* HiddenDepths: ''Pokémon Ranger and the Temple of the Sea'' puts her in the position of the surrogate mother to Manaphy, which she manages to catch on quickly with. She even demonstrates that she's a pretty good singer while giving it a lullaby.
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* IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: She really doesn't want to let Manaphy go, having grown very fond of it, but she accepts that it needs to fulfill its destiny, no matter how much it hurts to let her "child" go.
* JerkassRealization: When she's disqualified from a contest for pushing her Bulbasaur too hard, she runs off in tears. She soon realizes how unfair she was to her Pokémon, and how much she let the fame go to her head.
* JerkassRealization: When she's disqualified from a contest for pushing her Bulbasaur too hard, she runs off in tears. She soon realizes how unfair she was to her Pokémon, and how much she let the fame go to her head.
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* LikeParentUnlikeChild: She starts off the series not really liking Pokémon, while her father is a dedicated Gym Leader specializing in Normal Types. She grows out of the disliking Pokémon part, but she notably declines to partake in Gym Battles and chooses to go into Contests instead.
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* SociallyAwkwardHero: As skilled of a coordinator she grows to become, she still gets a few moments of fluster and shyness, even around her rival Drew.
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* AuthorityInNameOnly: While she's called "The Princess of Hoenn", it's more of a formality to her fame than an actual indicator of royalty.
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* DidntThinkThisThrough: Part of her loss during her second contest loss (besides [[AcquiredSituationalNarcissism a swelled head]]) was that she decided to press her Bulbasaur into the competition despite the fact she only caught it a few days before, giving her little time to be properly trained in what to do. When May pushed her too hard, she was disqualified.
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* EstablishingCharacterMoment: When she's first introduced, May is shown riding her bike to get her starter, only to get frightened by a Duskull and [[WatchOutForThatTree slamming into a tree]] while the narration indicates she's not a big fan of Pokémon.
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* {{Foil}}: To several of the previous characters in the series.
** First, to Ash himself. Ash was an overeager, immature, and sometimes JerkWithAHeartOfGold who wanted to be a Pokémon trainer right off the bat, while she was a shy, somewhat mature, and more reserved NiceGirl who only became a trainer because of her father, only picking up on a career choice when she got the hang of traveling around. Ash overslept and missed getting his pick of a starter, leaving him with a disobedient Pikachu that only started listening to him when he saved his life, and the two remained inseparable since, while May arrived early and got her choice of a fully obedient Torchic that she often overlooked until it evolved. Both trainers got enough qualifying badges/ribbons to make it into their prospective competitions, but got eliminated by their rivals in the Top 8, the difference being that Tyson had only become Ash's brief rival recently, while Drew was May's rival since the beginning. Both trainers also got a Bulbasaur and a Squirtle, but Ash never evolved his, while May did. Meanwhile, Ash would achieve his goal [[spoiler:after he bested Leon]] 25 years in real-time after his journey begin, while May managed to become world-famous far earlier in the Pokémon universe (though it's not clear how much she's accomplished her goal). Both also met [[spoiler:Serena, the former as a child before traveling through Kalos with her, the latter when Serena went to Hoenn and became a Coordinator.]]
** Likewise, with Misty as Ash's female traveling companion. Misty was a gym leader and the youngest of four siblings, May was the daughter of a gym leader and the eldest of two. Misty often butted heads with Ash and held the fact that he destroyed her bike over his head, but she did care for him deep down, and even developed feelings for him later on. May, on the other hand, rarely got into a spat with Ash, never made an issue with him destroying her bike, and any sense of a crush was far more subtle. Misty couldn't stand her sisters, May loved Max in spite of the fact they bickered often. Misty chose to specialize in water types only, while May acquired several different types of Pokémon.
** On her ''Diamond and Pearl'' guest appearance, she's presented as one to Dawn. Unlike May, Dawn wanted to be a Coordinator the moment she could, but struggled far worse than May due to getting too focused on the performance itself and not having fun, while May's problem largely stemmed from a lack of confidence in herself. Both also picked the bird-themed starter of their respective regions, but Piplup is a feisty water type who doesn't want to evolve, while Blaziken is a mighty Fire[=/=]Fighting type who did evolve all the way.
** First, to Ash himself. Ash was an overeager, immature, and sometimes JerkWithAHeartOfGold who wanted to be a Pokémon trainer right off the bat, while she was a shy, somewhat mature, and more reserved NiceGirl who only became a trainer because of her father, only picking up on a career choice when she got the hang of traveling around. Ash overslept and missed getting his pick of a starter, leaving him with a disobedient Pikachu that only started listening to him when he saved his life, and the two remained inseparable since, while May arrived early and got her choice of a fully obedient Torchic that she often overlooked until it evolved. Both trainers got enough qualifying badges/ribbons to make it into their prospective competitions, but got eliminated by their rivals in the Top 8, the difference being that Tyson had only become Ash's brief rival recently, while Drew was May's rival since the beginning. Both trainers also got a Bulbasaur and a Squirtle, but Ash never evolved his, while May did. Meanwhile, Ash would achieve his goal [[spoiler:after he bested Leon]] 25 years in real-time after his journey begin, while May managed to become world-famous far earlier in the Pokémon universe (though it's not clear how much she's accomplished her goal). Both also met [[spoiler:Serena, the former as a child before traveling through Kalos with her, the latter when Serena went to Hoenn and became a Coordinator.]]
** Likewise, with Misty as Ash's female traveling companion. Misty was a gym leader and the youngest of four siblings, May was the daughter of a gym leader and the eldest of two. Misty often butted heads with Ash and held the fact that he destroyed her bike over his head, but she did care for him deep down, and even developed feelings for him later on. May, on the other hand, rarely got into a spat with Ash, never made an issue with him destroying her bike, and any sense of a crush was far more subtle. Misty couldn't stand her sisters, May loved Max in spite of the fact they bickered often. Misty chose to specialize in water types only, while May acquired several different types of Pokémon.
** On her ''Diamond and Pearl'' guest appearance, she's presented as one to Dawn. Unlike May, Dawn wanted to be a Coordinator the moment she could, but struggled far worse than May due to getting too focused on the performance itself and not having fun, while May's problem largely stemmed from a lack of confidence in herself. Both also picked the bird-themed starter of their respective regions, but Piplup is a feisty water type who doesn't want to evolve, while Blaziken is a mighty Fire[=/=]Fighting type who did evolve all the way.
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* {{Irony}}: She starts out the series not liking Pokémon, but is the daughter of one of Hoenn's premier Gym Leaders.
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* WatchOutForThatTree: She slams her bike into one after getting scared by a Duskull--in her ''debut episode'' no less!
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* AesopAmnesia: It takes her a few times before she realizes that Harley is not to be trusted, and is faking any apparent remorse he has for his past actions.
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** She was on the other side of the equation in regards to Drew, whom she only managed to beat once. While she grew into a skilled Coordinator in her own right, Drew proved to be a far superior trainer--even after she beat him in the Kanto Grand Festival, he managed to one-up her in a practice rematch (though it didn't help she was in a bad funk at the time). During her journey through Johto, she mentions that he was proving difficult to compete against.
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* BirdsOfAFeather: When she arrives in Sinnoh, she and fellow Coordinator Dawn hit it off almost instantly. It helps that both trainers have a "bird" for their starter.
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* CostumeEvolution: She goes from her ''Ruby and Sapphire'' outfit to her ''Emerald'' outfit by the time she rejoins the main group.
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* FamedInStory: Because she's Norman's daughter, the entirety of Petalberg City worships the very ground she walks on, which didn't help the one time that Team Rocket [[PaperThinDisguise rather unconvincingly]] disguised themselves as Norman's family and sicced the whole town on the Twerps. By the time of ''Diamond and Pearl'', her reputation had grown in the Coordinator circuit enough to where she was called "The Princess of Hoenn", which ''Journeys'' indicated held some serious respect amongst her competitors.
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* KarmicJackpot: May is nearly unable to compete in the Kanto Contest Circuit because Harley tricked her as to how registration actually worked. However, she's still able to get in anyway when a Nurse Joy witnesses her help to rescue a group of stolen Pokémon from Team Rocket, allowing her to compete (much to Harley's chagrin).
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* TheCameo: While May hasn't physically appeared since ''Diamond and Pearl'', she does make flashback cameos during "The Dream Continues!" and [=JN105=] [[spoiler:She would make a cameo in the flesh for [=JN132=] where she and Max join Serena and Lisa in watching Ash's match against Leon]].
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* TheCameo: While May hasn't physically appeared since ''Diamond and Pearl'', she does make flashback cameos during "The Dream Continues!" and [=JN105=] [=JN105=]. [[spoiler:She would make a cameo in the flesh for [=JN132=] where she and Max join Serena and Lisa Lisia in watching Ash's match against Leon]].
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* TheAce: Subverted during the Wallace Cup, when she returned in Diamond and Pearl. By then, she was pretty experienced and was known even in Sinnoh, where she had never been to until then, as "The Princess of Hoenn" and was implied to be the favorite of it (that is, most people predicted her to win), even being acknowledged by fellow Ace Zoey, and later defeating her, something Dawn never did. However, she did end up losing to Dawn at the Wallace Cup final round, and she admits when she first reunites with the gang that she was having some bumps in the road in the Johto contest circuit, showing that while she's pretty good, she has a long way to go to winning a grand festival and becoming a top coordinator, even if her fame is a bit elevated.
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* TheAce: Subverted during the Wallace Cup, when she returned in Diamond and Pearl. By then, she was pretty experienced and was known even in Sinnoh, where she had never been to until then, as "The Princess of Hoenn" and was implied to be the favorite of it (that is, most people predicted her to win), even being acknowledged by fellow Ace Zoey, and later defeating her, something Dawn never did. However, she did end up losing to Dawn at the Wallace Cup final round, and she admits when she first reunites with the gang that she was having some bumps in the road in the Johto contest circuit, showing that while she's pretty good, she has a long way to go to winning a grand festival and becoming a top coordinator, even if her fame is a bit elevated. ''Journeys'' suggests that she did eventually grow into this, as [[spoiler:Serena]] makes mention of May's title and implies it carries a lot of respect on the Contest Circuit.
* InSeriesNickname: ''Diamond and Pearl'' establishes her as "The Princess of Hoenn".
* OneDegreeOfSeparation: [[spoiler:''Journeys'' revealed she eventually met Serena, another former traveling companion of Ash's and a fellow trainer with an Eeveelution, as the two joined Max and Lisa in watching Ash's battle against Leon.]]
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* LongBusTrip: Between Misty, Dawn, Iris, Serena, Lana, Mallow, and Lillie, May has been absent from the series longest, having last shown up in "Strategy With A Smile!" back during the ''Diamond and Pearl'' era.[[note]]Though this is due to her Japanese voice actress, KAORI, having semi-retired due to spasmotic dysphonia, and a refusal to recast the role until she decides to return.[[/note]] It wouldn't be until [[spoiler:[[=JN132=]] that she would show up in the flesh alongside Max, and even then it's a silent cameo.]]
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* LongBusTrip: Between Misty, Dawn, Iris, Serena, Lana, Mallow, and Lillie, May has been absent from the series longest, having last shown up in "Strategy With A Smile!" back during the ''Diamond and Pearl'' era.[[note]]Though this is due to her Japanese voice actress, KAORI, having semi-retired due to spasmotic dysphonia, and a refusal to recast the role until she decides to return.[[/note]] It wouldn't be until [[spoiler:[[=JN132=]] [[spoiler:[=JN132=] that she would show up in the flesh alongside Max, and even then it's a silent cameo.]]
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* MythologyGag: Both of her outfits in ''Diamond and Pearl'' and [[spoiler:[=JN132=]]]] [[spoiler:[=JN132=]]] are taken from ''Emerald'' and ''Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire'' respectively.
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* AcquiredSituationalNarcissism: After going on a hot-streak with contest victories and garnering a fan club, May briefly lets her success go to her head. Naturally this immediately leads to a BreakTheHaughty moment.
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* AcquiredSituationalNarcissism: After going on a hot-streak with contest victories and garnering a fan club, May briefly lets her success go to her head. Naturally this immediately leads to a BreakTheHaughty moment.moment when she's disqualified for pushing her newly-caught Bulbasaur too hard during a match.
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** May let her two contests victory's [[AcquiredSituationalNarcissism go to her head]] during her fourth contest in Rubello Town, and she gets upset with Ash for trying to offer advice to one of her competitors/friends, noting that what they do as Trainers is entirely different. However, May ended up losing when she pushed her freshly caught Bulbasaur too hard and she gets scolded by the judges when she tries to contest it then is flat out told she's showing no care for the well being of the poor grass type, leaving her to run off in embarrassment. Seeing this, Ash, who was more than likely reminded of his younger days when he could have just as been haughty as she was, talks to May as he told that she was right that what they do as Trainers is different because he focus on collecting Gym Badges while she focus on getting contests ribbons. However, Ash also had a point as he told May that they may have different roles as Trainers but what they do with Pokémon and bonding with them will always be the same.
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** May let her two contests victory's [[AcquiredSituationalNarcissism go to her head]] during her fourth contest in Rubello Town, and she gets upset with Ash for trying to offer advice to one of her competitors/friends, noting that what they do as Trainers is entirely different. However, May ended up losing when she pushed her freshly caught Bulbasaur too hard and she gets scolded by the judges when she tries to contest it it, then is flat out told she's showing no care for the well being of the poor grass type, leaving her to run off in embarrassment. Seeing this, Ash, who was more than likely reminded of his younger days when he could have just as been haughty as she was, talks to May as he told that she was right that what they do as Trainers is different because he focus on collecting Gym Badges while she focus on getting contests ribbons. However, Ash also had a point as he told May that they may have different roles as Trainers but what they do with Pokémon and bonding with them will always be the same.
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* BrattyHalfPint: Downplayed case. While usually sweet-natured, May can sometimes have a very huffy temperament, especially when she starts to get too confident in her abilities.
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* BrattyHalfPint: Downplayed case. While usually sweet-natured, May can sometimes have a very huffy temperament, especially when she starts to get too confident in her abilities. Notably, the one time she acts like a brat towards Ash when he's just trying to offer genuine advice, her swelled head pops when she gets disqualified and chewed out by the judges for pushing her Bulbasaur too hard.
* ButtMonkey: Like Misty before her, May was prone to getting subject to a fair amount of slapstick, starting off with ramming her bike into a tree, getting soaked by a Mudkip when she neglects to tell it where to aim its Water Gun, having said bike fried by Pikachu, and getting decimated by the entire Azurill family on her first outing.
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* {{Deuteragonist}}: To Ash during "Advanced Generation" - even the final major battle (an unofficial contest they both enter) reflects this mindset.
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* {{Deuteragonist}}: To Ash during "Advanced Generation" - even the final major battle (an unofficial contest they both enter) reflects this mindset. Like Ash, she (eventually) wants to be the very best at a major Pokémon competition (in her case, contests), but she winds up getting put through the wringer more than once, including when she got as swelled a head as Ash did during his early days. Nevertheless, she persists hard until she achieves her dreams. For added bonus points, she even obtains two of the starters (Bulbasaur and Squirtle) that Ash himself got during his travels (albeit they didn't evolve like hers did).
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* GuestStarPartyMember: Briefly She briefly returns for the Wallace Cup arc in "Diamond and Pearl".Pearl" for four episodes.
* MythologyGag: Both of her outfits in ''Diamond and Pearl'' and [[spoiler:[=JN132=]]]] are taken from ''Emerald'' and ''Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire'' respectively.
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* PalsWithJesus: She becomes a surrogate mother to a baby Manaphy in ''Anime/PokemonRangerAndTheTempleOfTheSea.''
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* PalsWithJesus: She becomes a surrogate mother to a baby Manaphy in ''Anime/PokemonRangerAndTheTempleOfTheSea.'''' She bonded very closely with it, but was heartbroken when it came time to say goodbye.
* SignificantWardrobeShift: Her entire outfit changes from her more familiar red, white, and black clothes to the outfit she wears in ''Pokémon Emerald'' to signify she's out on her own.
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* TimeTravel: Encountered a rather random case in "Time Warp Heals All Wounds", where she teams up with Meowth of all people to undo a stranger's death in the past.
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* TimeTravel: Encountered a rather random case in "Time Warp Heals All Wounds", where she teams up with Meowth of all people to undo a stranger's death in the past. Said stranger being spared from his death results in her egg finally hatching into an Eevee.
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* AlwaysSomeoneBetter: He wins the Ever Grande Conference, his Meowth is much tougher than Team Rocket's (and defeats ''Pikachu''), and his entire team besides Meowth is fully evolved. And just to further the last point, half of his Pokémon are full evolutions of Pokémon Ash and Morrison have which ''haven't'' yet evolved - Sceptile and Donphan to Ash's Grovile and Phanpy, respectively; and Metagross to Morrison's Metang. One wouldn't necessarily ''need'' to know the show's history to realise Ash was going to lose this one.
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* AlwaysSomeoneBetter: He wins the Ever Grande Conference, his Meowth is much tougher than Team Rocket's (and defeats ''Pikachu''), and his entire team besides Meowth is fully evolved. And just to further the last point, half of his Pokémon are full evolutions of Pokémon Ash and Morrison have which ''haven't'' yet evolved - Sceptile and Donphan to Ash's Grovile Grovyle and Phanpy, respectively; and Metagross to Morrison's Metang. One wouldn't necessarily ''need'' to know the show's history to realise Ash was going to lose this one.
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* TheCameo: While May hasn't physically appeared since ''Diamond and Pearl'', she does make flashback cameos during "The Dream Continues!" and [=JN105=] [[spoiler:She would make a cameo in the flesh for [=JN132=]], and she and Max joined Serena and Lisa in watching Ash defeat Leon].
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* LongBusTrip: Between Misty, Dawn, Iris, Serena, Lana, Mallow, and Lillie, May has been absent from the series longest, having last shown up in "Strategy With A Smile!" back during the ''Diamond and Pearl'' era.[[note]]Though this is due to her Japanese voice actress, KAORI, having semi-retired due to spasmotic dysphonia, and a refusal to recast the role until she decides to return.[[/note]] It wouldn't be until [[spoiler:[[=JN132=]] that she would show up in the flesh, and even then it's a silent cameo.]]
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* BareYourMidriff: Her outfit during the Wallace Cup.Cup and [[spoiler:[=JN132=]]].
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* ContrastingSequelMainCharacter: To Misty as the show's female lead. While Misty was Ash's coach, mainly followed him to support his goal, and was a Type A {{Tsundere}} toward him, May is Ash's mentee, has her own independent goal that [[RotatingArcs rotates with his]], and a Type B {{Tsundere}} toward Drew.
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* ContrastingSequelMainCharacter: To Misty as the show's female lead. While Misty was Ash's coach, mainly followed him to support his goal, and was a Type A {{Tsundere}} toward him, May is Ash's mentee, has her own independent goal that [[RotatingArcs rotates with his]], and a Type B {{Tsundere}} toward Drew. Moreover, while Ash and Misty got into a lot of arguments due to the latter finding Ash to be a haughty and lazy trainer way in over his head, May and Ash very rarely got into a fight, and she looked up to him for guidance (albeit that Ash had mellowed out of his arrogant phase for the most part).
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* DamselInDistress: Ash has saved her life several times on the show.show, notably in ''Temple of the Sea'' when he put her and Pikachu in a torpedo tube to help them escape the sinking Sea Temple while he tried to undo the damage wrought by The Phantom.
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* FoolishSiblingResponsibleSibling: She can serve in either role with Max depending on the situation.
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* FoolishSiblingResponsibleSibling: She can serve in either role with Max depending on the situation. While she's the more experienced Pokémon Trainer on account of her reaching the age requirement to begin, he's far smarter than her on most things Pokémon in spite of not being able to become a trainer yet.
* HeroOfAnotherStory: [[spoiler:She and Serena evidently crossed paths with one another during their travels, and perform contests together in Hoenn, as the two are seen watching Ash's final match against Leon.]]
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* PutOnABus: She leaves for her own journey at the end of ''Advanced Generation'', and, aside from a four-part guest appearance in ''Diamond and Pearl'', she hasn't been seen outside of flashbacks or Ash reminiscing about his companions. This is even more glaring compared to Misty, Dawn, and Iris, as they've all come back, but May still has yet to reappear.[[labelnote:Explanation]]This is due to the fact that May's Japanese seiyū Kaori has been diagnosed with vocal cervical dystonia (spasmodic dysphonia) in 2012, which severely impairs her ability to speak. Due to the anime industry's reverence and respect to seiyū in general, replacing Kaori with another seiyū would be seen as disrespectful to her and thus [[RealLifeWritesThePlot May is simply relegated to non-speaking cameos until Kaori feels ready to reprise the role]].[[/labelnote]]
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* WhatTheHellHero: Received an earful from Nurse Joy and the other judges for pressuring her Bulbasaur in its first Contest.
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* BreakTheCutie: The Battle Frontier Arc eventually took its toll on May. After losing the Kanto Grand Festival (and having to say goodbye to Manaphy in ''Temple of the Sea''), she's become a StepfordSmiler by the time Ash defeats Brandon. She's able to bounce back somewhat by going on her own journey through Johto, but she's still struggling to keep up against Drew, Harley, and Solidad, and loses the Wallace Cup to Dawn during her guest appearance.
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* LivingLegend: By ''Diamond and Pearl'' and ''Journeys'', May is revered as "The Princess of Hoenn" for her various contest exploits.
* LongBusTrip: Between Misty, Dawn, Iris, Serena, Lana, Mallow, and Lillie, May has been absent from the series longest, having last shown up in "Strategy With A Smile!" back during the ''Diamond and Pearl'' era.[[note]]Though this is due to her Japanese voice actress, KAORI, having semi-retired due to spasmotic dysphonia, and a refusal to recast the role until she decides to return.[[/note]]
* LongBusTrip: Between Misty, Dawn, Iris, Serena, Lana, Mallow, and Lillie, May has been absent from the series longest, having last shown up in "Strategy With A Smile!" back during the ''Diamond and Pearl'' era.[[note]]Though this is due to her Japanese voice actress, KAORI, having semi-retired due to spasmotic dysphonia, and a refusal to recast the role until she decides to return.[[/note]]
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-->'''Voiced in European French by:''' Guylaine Gibert, Isabelle Volpé (Movie ''Jirachi Wish Maker''), Maia Baran Creator/MaiaBaran (Movies 8-9, ''The Mirage of Mastermind Pokémon'')
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* EvilIsPetty: Initiating a blood feud with a 10-year-old girl over a plate of cookies? Yeah, he qualifies. Doesn't help that her commenting that his Caturne was creepy only deepened his hatred towards her.
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* EvilIsPetty: Initiating a blood feud with a 10-year-old girl over a plate of cookies? Yeah, he qualifies. Doesn't help that her commenting that his Caturne Cacturne was creepy only deepened his hatred towards her.
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** He appears again ''Journeys'' with Harley and Professor Birch, watching Ash's battle with Steven in the Masters Eight Tournament.
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** He appears again in ''Journeys'' with Harley and Professor Birch, watching Ash's battle with Steven in the Masters Eight Tournament.
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* TheCameo: Drew made a couple of brief appearances during May's ''Diamond and Pearl'' return arc, where his Roselia was revealed to have evolved into Roserade.
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** Drew made a couple of brief appearances during May's ''Diamond and Pearl'' return arc, where his Roselia was revealed to have evolved intoRoserade.Roserade.
** He appears again ''Journeys'' with Harley and Professor Birch, watching Ash's battle with Steven in the Masters Eight Tournament.
** Drew made a couple of brief appearances during May's ''Diamond and Pearl'' return arc, where his Roselia was revealed to have evolved into
** He appears again ''Journeys'' with Harley and Professor Birch, watching Ash's battle with Steven in the Masters Eight Tournament.
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* TheCameo: He makes an appearance in ''Journeys'' with Drew and Professor Birch, watching Ash's battle with Steven in the Masters Eight Tournament.
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* CluckingFunny: When it was a Torchic, since it provided quite a bit of comic relief. Lessens on this trope after evolving.
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* MythologyGag: In "''Do I Hear a Ralts''", he befriends a sickly Ralts, a reference to the games in which [[IllBoy Wally]] gets a Ralts as his first Pokémon.
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* MythologyGag: In "''Do I Hear a Ralts''", he befriends a sickly Ralts, a reference to the games in which [[IllBoy Wally]] Wally gets a Ralts as his first Pokémon.
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* ThemeNaming: Drew's Japanese name Shuu is a possible reading of 秋, the Japanese character for Autumn or Fall, which plays off of May's Japanese name Haruka (a reading for 春花, "spring flowers"). In short, Haruka and Shuu refer to opposite seasons of the year.
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* NiceHat:
** The one he usually wears is shaped like the top of a Cacturne's head. It's a lovely shade of green that matches with the rest of his outfit.
** On another occasion, he wore May's bandanna while dressing up as her.
** The one he usually wears is shaped like the top of a Cacturne's head. It's a lovely shade of green that matches with the rest of his outfit.
** On another occasion, he wore May's bandanna while dressing up as her.
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An exuberant trainer who dresses much like a samurai, he meets Ash during the three-months leading up to the Ever Grande Conference, and they strike up a highly competitive friendly rivalry, which only builds up as the tournament itself does. Despite his late arrival, he is essentially TheRival in the vein of Gary, Paul and the rest.
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An exuberant trainer who dresses much like a samurai, he meets Ash during the three-months leading up to the Ever Grande Conference, and they strike up a highly competitive friendly rivalry, which only builds up as the tournament itself does. Despite his late arrival, he While Ash did not have a rival for the majority of the Hoenn Saga, Morrison is essentially the closest to TheRival in that he has for the vein of Gary, Paul and the rest.Ever Grande Conference arc.
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[-'''Series-wide:''' [[Characters/PokemonTheSeriesAshKetchum Ash Ketchum]] | [[Characters/PokemonTheSeriesPikachu Pikachu]] | [[Characters/PokemonTheSeriesTeamRocketTrio Team Rocket Trio]] | [[Characters/PokemonTheSeriesTeamRocketTriosPokemon Team Rocket Trio's Pokemon]] | [[Characters/PokemonTheSeriesTeamRocketOrganization Team Rocket Organization]]\\
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The trope has been renamed Spectacular Spinning. To many pages use the old name.
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* SpectacularSpinning: Knows Rapid Spin.
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I found it interesting that the "Princess of Hoenn" nickname was used to reference her in Journeys
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**[[spoiler: In Journeys, Serena tells Chloe the outfit she's suggesting Chloe to wear during her performance was formerly used by "The Princess of Hoenn" indicating May is still called that, and that the name still seems to carry some serious respect, though it isn't expanded upon]]
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Rewatched May in DP and realized they played with the expectation that she'd be really good and win something as part of her return
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* TheAce: Subverted during the Wallace Cup, when she returned in Diamond and Pearl. By then, she was pretty experienced and was known even in Sinnoh, where she had never been to until then, as "The Princess of Hoenn" and was implied to be the favorite of it (that is, most people predicted her to win), even being acknowledged by fellow Ace Zoey, and later defeating her, something Dawn never did. However, she did end up losing to Dawn at the Wallace Cup final round, and she admits when she first reunites with the gang that she was having some bumps in the road in the Johto contest circuit, showing that while she's pretty good, she has a long way to go to winning a grand festival and becoming a top coordinator, even if her fame is a bit elevated.
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%%* NiceMeanAndInBetween: He's the in between to Solidad's nice and Harley's mean.
%%* OurDragonsAreDifferent: Flygon
* RedOniBlueOni: The blue to May's red.
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* RedOniBlueOni: The blue to May's red. He's much more calm in contests and thinks before he acts.
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* AscendedExtra: Max is the young child who, in the ''RSEORAS'' games, was stationed at the entrance to Littleroot Town; now he and May are RelatedInTheAdaptation and he accompanies her on her travels.
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* AscendedExtra: Max is the young child who, in the ''RSEORAS'' Hoenn games, was stationed at the entrance to Littleroot Town; now he and May are RelatedInTheAdaptation and he accompanies her on her travels.
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* ADayInTheLimelight: Like his sister, a movie (''Anime/PokemonJirachiWishmaker'') focuses on him as a main character.
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** The episode ''Do I Hear a Ralts?'' focuses on him befriending an ill Ralts and having to take it to the Pokémon Center in order to be treated.
** Like his sister, a movie (''Anime/PokemonJirachiWishmaker'') focuses on him as a main character.
** The episode ''Do I Hear a Ralts?'' focuses on him befriending an ill Ralts and having to take it to the Pokémon Center in order to be treated.
** Like his sister, a movie (''Anime/PokemonJirachiWishmaker'') focuses on him as a main character.
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* OnlyOneWhoLikesSpam: When May first tries making Pokéblocks, only Beautifly likes them.
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* SignatureMove: After evolving into Beautifly, Silver Wind immediately became its Signature Move.
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