History Characters / PokemonTrialCaptainsAndKahunas

* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: He has light pink hair.

* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: She has green hair.

* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: She has purple hair.

* MulticoloredHair: His hair is dark brown with red streaks [[ElementalHairColors that resemble the center of a flame]].

* KindHeartedCatLover: Despite his gruff exterior, he's this. The police station he resides at has a horde of Alolan Meowth that he gives to kids as Starter Pokemons, and his strongest mon is an Alolan Persian (which only evolves from friendship/love), which is also the Pokémon he brings with him to ''Masters''.

'''Pokémon Human Characters:''' [[Characters/PokemonProtagonistsAndRivals Protagonists And Rivals]] ([[Characters/PokemonProtagonistsAndRivalsKanto Kanto]] / [[Characters/PokemonProtagonistsAndRivalsJohto Johto]] / [[Characters/PokemonProtagonistsAndRivalsHoenn Hoenn]] / [[Characters/PokemonProtagonistsAndRivalsSinnoh Sinnoh]] / [[Characters/PokemonProtagonistsAndRivalsUnova Unova]] / [[Characters/PokemonProtagonistsAndRivalsKalos Kalos]] / [[Characters/PokemonProtagonistsAndRivalsAlola Alola]] / [[Characters/PokemonProtagonistsAndRivalsGalar Galar]]) | [[Characters/PokemonProfessors Professors]] | [[Characters/PokemonGymLeaders Gym Leaders]] ([[Characters/PokemonGymLeadersKanto Kanto]] / [[Characters/PokemonGymLeadersJohto Johto]] / [[Characters/PokemonGymLeadersHoenn Hoenn]] / [[Characters/PokemonGymLeadersSinnoh Sinnoh]] / [[Characters/PokemonGymLeadersUnova Unova]] / [[Characters/PokemonGymLeadersKalos Kalos]] / [[Characters/PokemonGymLeadersGalar Galar]]) | '''Trial Captains and Kahunas''' | [[Characters/PokemonEliteFour Elite Four]] | [[Characters/PokemonChampions Champions]]\\

* KindHeartedCatLover: Despite his gruff exterior, he's this. The police station he resides at has a horde of Alolan Meowth, and his strongest mon is an Alolan Persian (which only evolves from friendship/love), which is also the Pokémon he brings with him to ''Masters''.

* ManlyFacialHair: He's the Kahuna of Melemele Island [[spoiler:and later a member of the Elite Four]] and has a big grey moustache.

* BadassMoustache: He's the Kahuna of Melemele Island [[spoiler:and later a member of the Elite Four]] and has a big grey moustache.

** As a successor to the Poni island trial, she contrasts greatly with what's established about the previous trials; she's a newcomer succeeding the oldest trial tradition in the Alola region, a fairy type specialist to the Totem Pokémon Kommo-o, which as a Dragon/Fighting type has a quadruple weakness to Fairy-type, speaking of which are ''still running'' the trial without their trial captain while she has yet to devise a trial of her own.

* NaiveNewcomer: She's only a new captain and hasn't quite got the hang of making a trial just yet.

* SignatureMon: In her faux-trial at Poni Gauntlet after beating her the first time around, her Ribombee is holding the Fairium Z. She uses a Granbull instead in ''Masters''.
* StealthPun: Mina is spacey, disorganized, and more than a little out of it. She's ''away with the fairies''.

* ZeroEffortBoss: Unlike the rest of the trial captains, she doesn't have a trial at all. When you first meet her, she just gives you the Fairium Z after briefly musing about the canyon's scenery. Her reasoning is that she's still trying to come up with ideas for her own trial. [[spoiler:She manages to figure out some ideas for a trial after you beat the game, setting up a number of trainers to beat before battling her like in a conventional Gym in the other regions and tying in to her trial in ''Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon''.]]

Despite the island challenge being stated to be comprised of seven trials and Mina having a proper trial this time around, the Totem Kommo-o, and its presumably its trial as well reappears in ''Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon''.

* MundaneSolution: Mina's trial grounds in ''Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon'' aren't some special landmark or facility. Rather, her trial just takes place in the corner of her house filled with her art equipment - a place rather fitting for a disorganised and artistic vagabond teen who was indecisive about what her trial should be located and about in her debut games.

* BadassBack: Her battle intro sequence shows her with her back facing the camera.

* HartmanHips: One of her more striking physical features.

* AstonishinglyAppropriateAppearance: Wears mostly black and constantly has a gloomy indifferent expression. Not hard to guess he's a dark type trainer.

* DeadpanSnarker: He doesn't mince his words [[spoiler:especially when it comes to reminding Looker in regards to Fallers]].

** To Hala. Hala is described as "looking like a Kahuna", he is known in his island and he embodies what means being a Kahuna, proudly helping his people even with the slightest problems. Nanu, on the other hand, never wanted to become a Kahuna, and his personality and actions don't seem to fit the job, preferring to be on his own and not liking intervening in his island's matters.

* PerpetualFrowner: His default facial expression.

* PoliceAreUseless: Allows Team Skull to do a lot of their activities on Ula'Ula, even though he lives close to their base of operations and can arrest the group on a whim. [[spoiler:Subverted in the Ultra Beast sidequest where he provides a great deal of help on the sidelines to finding the beasts and even lures out Guzzlord in Anabel's place. He also indicates he saw letting Team Skull have Po Town as a way to mitigate the damage they could do, that if they just stayed there then things would be fine (and indeed Acerola claims he lives near Po Town to make sure Team Skull doesn't do anything too extreme)]].

* RedEyesTakeWarning: He has red eyes, happens to be a Dark-type specialist, and also happens to be the Kahuna of Ula'ula Island.
* RedOniBlueOni: He's laid back and rather depressed Blue to Acerola's more energetic and cheerful Red.

* SignatureMon: Alolan Persian.

* SignatureMon: Her Mudsdale, both as her main during her Grand Trial and during [[spoiler:your Pokémon League Title Defense]].

->Voiced by: Creator/HochuOtsuka ([[VideoGame/PokemonMasters Pokémon Masters]] - JP),

* MixedAncestry: Implied since his father's model is that of a white-looking Breeder, while Kiawe's mother has a similar complexion to his.

** She happens to be a very adept businessgirl, as shown in ''Masters''s' Beachside Rivalry story event where she points out that even if Marney decides to help another eatery get its customers back, she won't be able to do so if she helps every other eatery and risk running out of business herself.

* BigDamnHeroes: [[spoiler:During the Team Rainbow Rocket invasion, he helps the player by booting all the RR grunts out of Festival Plaza while adopting the hacked theme colors [[EvilIsCool he considers cool]].]]

* ChildProdigy / TeenGenius: He's probably not that much older than the protagonists but happens to be a skilled inventor.

* {{Gonk}}: Granted, he has a fairly cute design, but his character model looks extremely ''off'' in comparison to the rest thanks to his rounder physique.

-->"S-S-S-Sorrocles! I mean I'm sophorry! I mean I'm sorry! No, I mean I'm Sophocles! I'm a very sorry Sophocles!"
* NoSocialSkills: He's noticeably socially awkward upon meeting the protagonist for the first time.

* ChekhovsGun: Well before the player encounters her in person, one of her paintings can be found in the Konikoni City restaurant. The player character's internal monologue mentions that the painting "sets your imagination on fire, but [[TrueArtIsIncomprehensible some people wouldn't understand it."]]

* {{Foil}}:
** To Nanu, in a way. Hala is described as "looking like a Kahuna", he is known in his island and he embodies what means being a Kahuna, proudly helping his people even with the slightest problems. Nanu, on the other hand, never wanted to become a Kahuna, and his personality and actions don't seem to fit the job, preferring to be on his own and not liking intervening in his island's matters.

* KindHeartedCatLover: Despite his gruff exterior, he's this. The police station he resides at has a horde of Alolan Meowth, and his strongest mon is an Alolan Persian (which only evolves from friendship/love).

* HiddenDepths: She seems outgoing, but when you talk to the Skull Grunt working at her family's restaurant in the postgame, you are handed some presents that Mallow had wanted to give you in congratulations for becoming the champion, but was apparently too shy to do so herself.

->Voiced by: Creator/HōchūŌtsuka ([[VideoGame/PokemonMasters Pokémon Masters]] - JP),

->Voiced by: Creator/Hōchū Ōtsuka ([[VideoGame/PokemonMasters Pokémon Masters]] - JP),

->Voiced by: Creator/AmandaLee ([[VideoGame/PokemonMasters Pokémon Masters]] - EN)

** Becomes a BrickJoke in VideoGame/PokemonMasters. Lana's appearance in the Alola event has her tricking the player character into fishing up a trio of trainers, including Marlon who is indeed a young and handsome swimmer.

* MeaningfulName: Lana is Hawaiian for afloat and lilia-lana-i-ka-wai (Hawaiian for water lily).

* EarlyBirdCameo: She's made appearances in a few story events in ''VideoGame/PokemonMasters'', but has yet to be added to the game as a playable character.

* InstantAwesomeJustAddDragons: This trial is the Dragon-type Trial, and the local Pokémon run it by themselves without a captain.

* TheGadfly: [[spoiler:She more or less teases you the whole trial, suggests Kyogre was the cause of the rain, and gets one more chance to joke by claiming she caught a Red Gyarados once just to see how you would react.]][[spoiler: No longer the case in ''Ultra Sun and Moon.'']]
** She repeatedly tells you BlatantLies just to see if you'll believe her (such as suggesting that the lake is home [[VideoGame/PokemonRubyAndSapphire to the legendary Pokémon Kyogre]] or claiming that she once caught a [[VideoGame/PokemonGoldAndSilver Red Gyarados]]). She also tricks you into starting her trial without preparing you first like the other trial captains, and reveals at the end that the whole thing was apparently a SecretTestOfCharacter (although more likely it was just to get a kick out of messing with you).]]

* TheGadfly: As detailed under TheTrickster. [[spoiler:She more or less teases you the whole trial, suggests Kyogre was the cause of the rain, and gets one more chance to joke by claiming she caught a Red Gyarados once just to see how you would react.]][[spoiler: No longer the case in ''Ultra Sun and Moon.'']]

* TheTrickster: [[spoiler:In addition to luring you away from what you're doing to help her investigate a mysterious source of splashing - that was actually just a bunch of Wishiwashi she herself set up for you -- she repeatedly tells you BlatantLies just to see if you'll believe her (such as suggesting that the lake is home [[VideoGame/PokemonRubyAndSapphire to the legendary Pokémon Kyogre]] or claiming that she once caught a [[VideoGame/PokemonGoldAndSilver Red Gyarados]]). She also tricks you into starting her trial without preparing you first like the other trial captains, and reveals at the end that the whole thing was apparently a SecretTestOfCharacter (although more likely it was just to get a kick out of messing with you).]]
** Downplayed in ''VideoGame/PokemonUltraSunAndMoon''. [[spoiler:She tells you outright that you have to startle Wishiwashi into School Forme to awaken the Totem Pokémon... but then you fight Totem Araquanid, which (allegedly) surprises Lana as well. She keeps her Red Gyarados joke afterwards, though Kyogre isn't mentioned this time. DoubleSubverted later when later dialogue reveals that Lana ''did'' in fact train the Totem Araquanid herself, and claimed she didn't know about it apparently to mess with you.]]

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'''Pokémon Human Characters:''' [[Characters/PokemonProtagonistsAndRivals Protagonists and Rivals]] ([[Characters/PokemonProtagonistsAndRivalsKanto Kanto]] / [[Characters/PokemonProtagonistsAndRivalsJohto Johto]] / [[Characters/PokemonProtagonistsAndRivalsHoenn Hoenn]] / [[Characters/PokemonProtagonistsAndRivalsSinnoh Sinnoh]] / [[Characters/PokemonProtagonistsAndRivalsUnova Unova]] / [[Characters/PokemonProtagonistsAndRivalsKalos Kalos]] / [[Characters/PokemonProtagonistsAndRivalsAlola Alola]] / [[Characters/PokemonProtagonistsAndRivalsGalar Galar]]) | [[Characters/PokemonProfessors Professors]] | [[Characters/PokemonGymLeaders Gym Leaders]] ([[Characters/PokemonGymLeadersKanto Kanto]] / [[Characters/PokemonGymLeadersJohto Johto]] / [[Characters/PokemonGymLeadersHoenn Hoenn]] / [[Characters/PokemonGymLeadersSinnoh Sinnoh]] / [[Characters/PokemonGymLeadersUnova Unova]] / [[Characters/PokemonGymLeadersKalos Kalos]] / [[Characters/PokemonGymLeadersGalar Galar]]) | '''Trial Captains and Kahunas''' | [[Characters/PokemonEliteFour Elite Four]] | [[Characters/PokemonChampions Champions]]\\

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* ElementalHair: Straight and blue, with sidebangs that fan out like waves. She's a Water-type user.

* ElementalHair: His hair is reminiscent of a flame, appropriate considering he's a Fire-type trainer.

* MulticoloredHair: His hair is dark brown with red streaks [[ElementalHair that resemble the center of a flame]].

* ElementalHair: Long and green, with a [[FlowersOfNature flower]]. She's a Grass-type user.

* ElementalHair: Short, rather spiky, and ginger, befitting an Electric-type user.

* ElementalHair: Or as elemental as the highly varied [[SoulPower Ghost-types]] can be, anyway. Her hair is puffy and purple, which fits with a common way the series depicts ghosts (think the Gastly or Drifloon lines).

* AstonishinglyAppropriateAppearance: [[ElementalHair Blue hair]], [[ColorCodedForYourConvenience blue clothes]] (with a wave motif on her pants), [[ElementalEyeColors blue eyes]], carries a fishing rod. It's not possible to be more obvious that she's a water type trainer.