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[[center:[[WMG:''[[Anime/PokemonTheSeries Pokémon anime]]'' [[Characters/PokemonTheSeries characters index]]\\
[-'''Series-wide:''' [[Characters/PokemonAnimeAshAndPikachu Ash Ketchum and Pikachu]] | [[Characters/PokemonAnimeTeamRocket Team Rocket Trio]] | [[Characters/PokemonAnimeTeamRocketOthers Team Rocket Organization]]\\
'''Original Series:''' [[Characters/PokemonAnimeOriginalSeriesPokemon Ash's Pokémon (Kanto, Orange Islands, Johto)]]\\
[[Characters/PokemonAnimeOriginalSeriesCast Supporting Cast]] | [[Characters/PokemonAnimeOriginalSeriesGymLeaders Gym Leaders]] | [[Characters/PokemonAnimeOriginalSeriesOneShotCharacters One-shot Characters]]\\
'''Advanced Generation:''' [[Characters/PokemonAdvancedGenerationPokemon Ash's Pokémon (Hoenn)]] | [[Characters/PokemonAdvancedGenerationCast Supporting Cast]] | [[Characters/PokemonAdvancedGenerationOpponents Gym Leaders and Frontier Brains]]\\
'''Diamond and Pearl:''' [[Characters/PokemonDiamondAndPearlAnimePokemon Ash's Pokémon (Sinnoh)]] | [[Characters/PokemonDiamondAndPearlAnimeCast Supporting Cast]] | [[Characters/PokemonDiamondAndPearlAnimeGymLeaders Gym Leaders]] | [[Characters/PokemonDiamondAndPearlAnimeVillains Villains]]\\
'''Black and White:''' [[Characters/PokemonBlackAndWhiteAnimePokemon Ash's Pokémon (Unova)]] | [[Characters/PokemonBlackAndWhiteAnimeCast Supporting Cast]] | [[Characters/PokemonBlackAndWhiteAnimeRivals Rivals]] | [[Characters/PokemonBlackAndWhiteAnimeGymLeaders Gym Leaders]] | [[Characters/PokemonBlackAndWhiteAnimeVillains Villains]]\\
'''XY:''' [[Characters/PokemonXYAnimePokemon Ash's Pokémon (Kalos)]] | '''''Supporting Cast''''' | [[Characters/PokemonXYAnimeGymLeaders Gym Leaders]] | [[Characters/PokemonXYMegaEvolutionSpecial Mega Evolution Special]] | [[Characters/PokemonXYAnimeRivals Rivals]] | [[Characters/PokemonXYAnimeVillains Villains]]\\
'''Sun and Moon:''' [[Characters/PokemonSunAndMoonAnimePokemon Ash's Pokémon (Alola)]] | [[Characters/PokemonSunAndMoonAnimeCast Supporting Cast]] | [[Characters/PokemonSunAndMoonAnimeKahunasAndGuardianDeities Kahunas and Guardian Deities]] | [[Characters/PokemonSunAndMoonAnimeAetherFoundation Aether Foundation]] | [[Characters/PokemonSunAndMoonAnimeVillains Villains]]\\
'''[[Characters/PokemonJourneysTheSeries Journeys]]'''\\
'''Movies:''' [[Characters/PokemonMovies Movies 1 to 19]] | [[Characters/PokemonIChooseYou I Choose You!]] | [[Characters/PokemonThePowerOfUs The Power of Us]]-]]]]]
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!!Main characters

[[folder:Clemont]]
!!'''Clemont (Citron)'''
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-->'''Voiced in Japanese by:''' Creator/YuukiKaji
-->'''Voiced in English by:''' Michael Liscio Jr.
-->'''Voiced in Latin American Spanish by:''' Creator/JoseAngelTorres, Humberto Vélez Jr. (flashback as a younger kid)

The new boy for the ''XY'' series, and Bonnie's older brother. GadgeteerGenius extraordinaire, his inventions have helped Ash on more than one occasion. He is also the true Gym Leader of Lumiose City.
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* AdaptedOut: His Emolga from the games is replaced with a Magnemite. This might be due to Iris having an Emolga during the ''Black and White'' saga.
* AgentScully: Played with. When Clemont gets scared of something illogical, he tries desperately to explain it from a scientific perspective, if just to relieve himself.
* AngerBornOfWorry: When Bonnie wants to go look for Squishy in the dead of the night and doesn't take "no" for an answer, Clemont briefly has to raise his voice and scream that, if she were to leave, HE would be worried sick.
* AwesomeBackpack: His backpack contains numerous scientific gadgets, including an [[ArtificialLimbs Aipom-Arm]] and an enormous airbag, among other things. On the downside, it is likely heavy, which makes his lack of athletic physique more apparent.
* AwesomenessByAnalysis: He basically managed to get a good fight out of Ash & Pikachu with a freshly-caught Bunnelby just by correctly anticipating how the two would battle, [[DidntSeeThatComing but didn't expect Ash to lure him in with Iron Tail to get in Electro Ball at point-blank range]].
* BadassBookworm: He's a GadgeteerGenius, but also a Gym Leader who is exceptionally skilled at Pokémon battles.
* BagOfHolding: Equipped his backpack with a function that lets out an enormous airbag.
* BerserkButton: Clemont can get very antsy if you diminish the importance and fascination of technology (even when it's sometimes more convoluted than just doing things manually). In one instance he was even willing to [[NotSoDifferent side with James]] when one of Team Rocket's inventions was debunked as pointless.
* BigBrotherInstinct: He cares for and protects Bonnie.
* BlindWithoutEm: When Pancham runs off with his glasses, we learn that he can't see a thing without them.
* BorrowedCatchphrase: He borrowed Ash's catchphrase about his excitement of science due to him gone after the events of the series.
* BunglingInventor: The Japanese opening shows one of his inventions exploding right in his face. Most of his other inventions are also shown to be less than flawless.
* ButtMonkey:
** Whether its his inventions failing or being the occasional butt of one joke or another, he seems to come out the worst in many situations.
** In "Awakening the Sleeping Giant!", the others needed to trade him to the princess for the [=PokéFlute=], but ended up forgetting about him until the last second. He has to put his jumpsuit on a robot as a decoy and escape in his undershirt and underwear, much to everyone's horror.
* {{Catchphrase}}:
** "The future is now, thanks to science!"
** When busting out his latest invention: "Clemontic Gear, ON!"
** "I thought we would encounter a situation precisely like this one."
** When dragging Bonnie away from her attempts to find him a wife: "Bonnie, I told you to stop this a million times!" and "This is so embarrassing!"
* CelibateHero: If his reactions to Bonnie's antics are anything to go by, romance is dead last in his list of priorities.
* ChildProdigy: He's managed to accomplish a lot: He's contributed research and developed various facilities that aid in energy production, such as Kalos' power plant and Lumiose Tower. He also comes up with a number of inventions that rivals UsefulNotes/ThomasEdison (even if most of them end up going haywire). He's also around the same age that Ash is.
* ComedicUnderwearExposure: In "Awakening the Sleeping Giant!", he has to escape from Princess Allie in his underwear, as his jumpsuit was used to dress up a decoy.
* CrazyPrepared: He has some kind of device built for ''every'' situation imaginable.
* CowardlySidekick: Somewhat downplayed. While not as brave as either Ash or Bonnie, Clemont does stand up. This is one of the reasons why he joined Ash's journey, to become a better person.
* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: As clumsy and dorky as he can be, he is not one to mess with when it comes to Pokémon battles.
* ElementalHairColors: A blond, lightning bolt-shaped cowlick to suit an Electric specialist.
* ForScience: "FOR THE FUTURE OF SCIENCE!"
* TheFriendsWhoNeverHang: He is rarely interacting with Serena. The closest thing is when they share a dance, but that's it ( and she clearly would have preferred Ash, anyway).
* GadgeteerGenius: He's an inventor and keeps a number of useful gadgets in his backpack (although they [[BunglingInventor backfire some of the time]]). To his credit, many of his gadgets ''do'' perform the task they're supposed to, just with the downside of malfunctioning and exploding straight afterwards. He also develops a gadget that assists Ash and Greninja [[spoiler:in mastering their unique SuperMode]].
* GoodCounterpart: Being a bungling and somewhat weedy strategist with a penchant for wacky inventions that don't always handle well, he is this to the Team Rocket trio. Games of one-upmanship with their gadgetry has sometimes occurred, with Clemont sometimes even shown to be impressed by their work. For an added bonus, one of Clemont's bungled inventions even sent him "blasting off".
* {{Hammerspace}}: As usual, it is left up to the viewer's imagination as to how Clemont manages to carry around all those machines.
* HeroWorshipper: In the first few points of the series, he expressed his amazement in Ash's abilities and his desire to also be able to get into the thick of things for others. Ash by amusing contrast is athletically strong and BookDumb, and takes complete amazement in Clemont's inventions.
* HeterosexualLifePartners: Arguably one of Ash's closest friends, immediately hitting it off with him and referring to himself as ''"Ash's Right Hand Man"''
* HonorBeforeReason: As a Gym Leader, Clemont knows that challengers have to overcome their flaws and mistakes on their own whenever they lost a Gym battle but can guide them or give advice to help them, especially Ash.
* IdiotHair: He has a lightning bolt-shaped ahoge, and while Clemont himself is quite intelligent, he is prone to silly situations where his machines unexpectedly backfire.
* IncomingHam: If he's showing off one of his inventions [[ChewingtheScenery don't expect him to leave any scenery for the rest of us.]]
* ImageSong: "Kirakira"[[labelnote:*]]Shining[[/labelnote]] sung by Tomohisa Sako. Has been used as an insert song.
* ImagineSpotting: In [=PokeTV=], Bonnie once fantasized about Dedenne transforming into ''Bonnie''-Dedenne and inflicting paralysis to Clemont via Nuzzle. Clemont's BlueWithShock reaction implies that he saw the whole thing.
* KingIncognito: Or rather Gym Leader Incognito. A definite case of ItWasHisSled if you've played the [[VideoGame/PokemonXAndY associated games]]. Turns out he created a robot that turned on him and kicked him out of the Gym because he programmed it badly and mistimed when to enter the override passcode.
* TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers: [=PokeTV=] 42 showcases the Kalos Gym Leaders, [[spoiler:obviously tying into their BigDamnHeroes in the same episode.]] The order is the same sequence the player must fight them in the games, although Lumiose Gym is depicted last, after Snowbelle. And the Gym Leader is...''Clembot''. Clemont complains why he isn't included in the lineup at all.
* LateArrivalSpoiler: If you've played the game, you should already know that he's the Gym Leader of Lumiose City. [[SpoilerOpening The opening also shows his silhouette in the lineup with the other regional Gym Leaders.]]
* MassOhCrap: His malfunctioning inventions would often result in this. In "A Frolicking Find in the Flowers!", all the human protagonists ''and'' ALL their Pokémon were scrambling to get as far away as possible.
* MeaningfulBackgroundEvent: He and Bonnie first appear walking behind Ash before he enters the Prism Tower. [[{{Foreshadowing}} And they're depressed over something, too.]]
* MeaningfulName: His Japanese and English names reference lemons [[note]]"Citron" is french for lemon. C'''lemon'''t[[/note]] as well as certain electrical terms.
* MeanwhileBackAtThe: He returns to the Lumiose Gym a few episodes before his and Ash's match. The in between episodes dedicate a minute or two showing what he's doing in that time.
* {{Meganekko}}: A male example. You've gotta admit, he ''is'' kinda cute.
* MissingMom: His father, Meyer, was introduced in "Clemont's Got a Secret!", but his mother doesn't seem to be present; not even a photo, flashback, fantasy, or cameo was shown.
* MissionControl: For a brief time, he invented a Mini-Clembot to monitor Ash and Greninja's pulse during battle.
* NiceGuy: Clemont has been shown to be very kind and polite, maybe even a bit of a pushover at times.
* NoOSHACompliance: See Clembot's entry. Note that this wasn't intentional on Clemont's part, either.
* NonActionGuy: In terms of his physical ability, but being a Gym Leader, he is certainly no pushover in Pokémon battles.
* OutOfFocus: Clemont suffered this big time after his Gym Battle was over. It's come to the point his ''little sister'' and even his own ''[[UpToEleven Chespin]]'' have more focus than he does. This is due to Clemont lacking a personal goal of his own other than just trying to be like Ash. He still gets a few focus episodes and does contribute to the overall group dynamic, but that's it.
* PerformanceAnxiety: He can become very camera-shy if he's put on the spot.
* PhraseCatcher: His inventions always get the line "Science is so amazing!" from Ash.
* PlayfulHacker: His Aipom Arm is able to effortlessly hack into a secured backdoor of the Prism Tower. Given the tower doubles as ''his'' Gym, it makes sense.
* PromotedToParent: Clemont has had to scold Bonnie, remind her of her manners, and essentially acts as her caretaker. She even directly asks for his permission in order to "keep" Dedenne as her future Pokémon. Subverted by their father being around, making Clemont more Bonnie's (mostly willing) caretaker than anything else. However, their father seems to be working all day and [[ActionDad all night]].
* PunnyName: His "Sticky Never Give Up Machine" is a [[FunWithHomophones very lame pun]] in Japanese; "neba neba" means "sticky", but also sounds like "never never."
* RobotMe: Clembot, if it wasn't obvious from the name, was made in his likeness. Clemont would later build another, smaller Clembot to monitor Ash and Greninja in battle.
* RockBeatsLaser: Almost literally. In "Giving Chase at the Rhyhorn Race!", after Team Rocket tries to capture all the Rhyhorn, the controller for the cages is dropped after Fennekin uses Ember. Clemont dives on the remote with a rock and smashes it.
-->''"FOR THE FUTURE OF SCIENCE!!!"''
* RunningGag:
** Any time he shows off an invention, which is followed by him boasting about it and revealing its often stupid name, which is followed by Bonnie going all DeadpanSnarker on it, ''which'' is followed by Ash commenting "Science is SO amazing!", [[OverlyLongGag which is followed by Serena either staring blankly at it]] or [[UpToEleven asking for more info]].
** His inventions working well, only to inevitably explode in his and everyone else's faces, leaving them with [[FunnyAfro Funny Afros]]. [[BoringButPractical The only time this does not happen is in "The Bonds of Evolution!" when the invention is used to evenly cut open a slice of cake]].
** He is also the victim of Bonnie's frequent attempts to find him a wife. In an inverse of how the gag worked with Brock, Clemont drags Bonnie away instead.
** His lack of athletic skill. Usually, it's shown by always being the last to arrive after the rest of his companions.
** He also sometimes annoys the others by complimenting one of Team Rocket's inventions.
** Do not put him in front of a camera. Even when he isn't the one in focus, he tends to freeze up.
* ScaryShinyGlasses: His glasses shine in this manner from time to time, instead of being OpaqueNerdGlasses 100% like his video game counterpart.
* ScienceHero: Whereas Ash solves his problems through sheer tenacity, Clemont has a variety of inventions to rely on for any situation.
* SensitiveGuyAndManlyMan: The Sensitive Guy to Ash's Manly Man.
* SharedFamilyQuirks: Has the same goofy grin and awkward run as his sister. Also, in episode 78, he appears to have the same emotional OcularGushers like his father.
* ShockAndAwe: His specialty as a Gym Leader is Electric-Types.
* TheSmartGuy: Is the team's resident technology expert and a ScienceHero.
* SmartPeopleBuildRobots: He built the Clembot to mind the gym while he's away. At one point it malfunctioned and locked him out of his own gym, but with his friend's help, he managed to beat it in a Pokémon battle and reprogram it to run the gym properly.
* SmartPeopleWearGlasses: The bespectacled Clemont is apparently quite the inventor, creating many ingenious, and occasionally unorthodox, devices.
* SquishyWizard: What he excels in intelligence, he lacks physically. It is made apparent right in the second episode that he is out of shape. Whenever the gang are running, Clemont always tails behind being short of breath.Lugging around that heavy AwesomeBackpack of his doesn't help. Bonnie calls him out on this many times.
* StatusQuoIsGod: Clemont's inventions will ''always'' malfunction and explode, but he will always try again. As a result, Clemont will never stop trying to improve himself.
* SupremeChef: The gang loves his cooking.
* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: Is the closest replacement to Brock than any other male companion. Being a Gym Leader, the older voice of reason to Ash with an dorky side, the TeamChef, and is very knowledgeable.
* TeamChef: He's a very good cook, and describes cooking as a kind of science.
* ATwinkleInTheSky: This happened to him when he demonstrated the Muscle Mass Magnifying Machine.
* WeNeedADistraction: During the second encounter with Sanpei, Clemont decided to build a marching machine with crude caricatures of the group so they can shake Team Rocket off their tail. Team Rocket actually fall for it, and when Jessie takes her frustration out on their "captive", the machine inevitably blows up.
* TheWorfEffect: While generally competent, usually whenever it's [[NotSoHarmlessVillain Team Rocket's turn to obliterate the twerps for once]], it's Clemont's team that get the worst of it. Poor Bunnelby has suffered some particularly nasty beatdowns.
* WorthyOpponent: Being his EvilCounterpart, he sometimes irritates the others by complimenting Team Rocket's scientific "endeavours".
-->'''Bonnie:''' "What is this, the Team Rocket fan club???"

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[[folder:Clemont's Pokémon]]
!!'''Bunnelby (Horubi)'''
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-->'''Voiced in Japanese by:''' Creator/ChinatsuAkasaki
-->'''Voiced in English by:''' Alyson Rosenfel

Bunnelby is a Pokémon that Clemont recently caught before meeting Ash. When asked by Ash what type of Pokémon he has, Clemont only showed him Bunnelby and he's the first Pokémon that Ash battled in the Kalos region.
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* BadassAdorable: A competent battler, despite being a fairly recent capture in its debut. And just ''look'' at him!
* BarehandedBladeBlock: During Clemont's battle with Ash in the first episode, Bunnelby catches Pikachu's Iron Tail between his ears.
* BecauseYouWereNiceToMe: The reason why, outside of Serena and her party, Bunnelby was able to approach Eevee without frightening the latter. When the gang was trying to lure Eevee out with Poképuffs, Bunnelby lets Eevee take one before Eevee was seen by the rest of the group.
* BelatedBackstory: An altercation with Team Rocket causes Clemont and Bonnie to reminisce and tell Ash and Serena about how they first met Bunnelby.
* BigBrotherMentor: Was this to Serena's Eevee being the first person of the group she was comfortable around.
* CastFromHitPoints: Clemont taught it Wild Charge during his brief time away from the group.
* ADayInTheLimelight:
** In "Adventures in Running Errands!", the episode mainly focuses on Chespin and Bunnelby's errand that Clemont gave to them. This episode shows more of Bunnelby's personality.
** "A Trip Down Memory Train!" is a WholeEpisodeFlashback about how Clemont met and caught Bunnelby.
* DishingOutDirt: Knows Mud Shot.
* DoppelgangerSpin: Knows Double Team.
* DudeWheresMyReward: At the end of "Adventures in Running Errands!", Clemont gives Chespin extra food even though Bunnelby had to keep Chespin focused on their errand. Even if Chespin didn't lose focus, it doesn't explain why Bunnelby doesn't receive extra food.
* FastTunnelling: Knows Dig, an attack that has been proven to be very useful in various situations.
* FoolishSiblingResponsibleSibling: In "Adventures in Running Errands!", he is shown to be the Responsible Sibling to Chespin's Foolish.
* GlassCannon: His attacks can [[PintsizedPowerhouse strike much harder]] than one would expect from a small rabbit, but a couple of good hits is often enough for him to go down.
* NiceGuy: He's generally kind and actively helpful, whether cleaning up after dinner or helping to protect the others against Team Rocket. He was also one of the few Pokémon that [[ShrinkingViolet Serena's Eevee]] was initially comfortable being around.
* NonElemental: A pure Normal-type, being Clemont's first non-Electric-Type Pokémon he ever caught. That doesn't stop Clemont from using Bunnelby in his Gym Battle against Ash. He did teach it Wild Charge during his brief absence from the group, however.
* OutGambitted: Ash was counting on the above-mentioned BarehandedBladeBlock so Pikachu can score an Electro Ball at point-blank range.
* OutOfFocus: Once Chespin joined Clemont's team, he quickly and greatly surpassed Bunnelby in terms of screentime. However, ever since the episode with Bunnelby's errand with Chespin, he's been getting a little bit more. He gets called upon frequently because Serena's Eevee feels comfortable around him, gets a flashback episode of how he and Clemont got together, and gets injured saving Bonnie falling from a ravine.
* PerformanceAnxiety: Although Bunnelby is a fierce battler, he is also extremely camera-shy, just like his trainer.
* PintsizedPowerhouse: His Dig and Double Slap attacks pack a punch. In his backstory episode showing how he joined Clemont, he sends a Diggersby flying into a wall.
* ShockAndAwe: Revealed to have learned Wild Charge during the time Clemont was away from the group.
* TunnelKing: True to his species' nature, he's a [[FastTunnelling fast, powerful digger]].

!!'''Dedenne'''
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->'''Voiced by:''' Megumi Sato

Dedenne first met the gang when he drops his food in front of them before getting stolen by a Fletching that Ash eventually captures. Dedenne was encountered again when he stole food from Bonnie. After a struggle with Team Rocket, he bonds with Pikachu and Bonnie. Bonnie wants Clemont to capture Dedenne for her which he agrees to. While Dedenne is technically owned by Clemont, he lets Bonnie take care of Dedenne since she's too young to be a trainer.
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* BizarreAlienSenses: Dedenne is able to track Pikachu after having exchanged electricity with him, as is typical of his species.
* ADayInTheLimelight: In "A Jolting Switcheroo!", where he was part of the focus during an accidental switch-up. Later, he got his own title card in "One for the Goomy!", where Dedenne was the definite star of the episode.
* DeadlyHug: His Nuzzle attack, which would be adorable if it weren't for all the electrocution.
* DeusExitMachina: He has a tendency to fall asleep just when he is needed the most.
* FireForgedFriends:
** Dedenne starts to admire Pikachu when he protects him from Team Rocket.
** The same goes with Goomy in "One for the Goomy!" where Dedenne protected it from Team Rocket, earning its trust and making it get over its fear of Dedenne.
** While originally Dedenne wasn't quite fond of Squishy, the two eventually got along well that they would even occupy the main pocket of Bonnie's pochette.
* FunnyBackgroundEvent: When Chespin and Pancham disappear chasing after a gallette they're fighting over, Dedenne makes the most hilarious face as if it was saying "Oh brother..." over their antics.
* HappilyAdopted: Despite Clemont capturing him, he is all but owned and commanded by Bonnie due to being a reserve of sorts for when she's old enough to be a trainer. He seems to have no problem with that at all.
* HeadPet: He's usually seen on Bonnie's head or in her pochette.
* HeavySleeper: He needs a lot of sleep to recharge his electricity.
* IOweYouMyLife: Gratefully joins Clemont's party after he helps save him after nearly drowning.
* LetsGetDangerous: He's small, and since Bonnie is (functionally) his trainer, he's rarely allowed to battle on the front lines. When he ''is'' the only Pokémon available, he's often [[HeavySleeper asleep]]. Yet, unlike other Pokémon who have taken on similar roles in the past (like Togepi and Axew), he's no infant, and is an effective battler on the rare occasions when he is called upon.
* OffModel: Somehow Dedenne has a tendency to be drawn in a really odd-looking shape. In fact fans have taken a note of it to look up [[https://i.imgur.com/Tg0apl4.jpg any instance where Dedenne has appeared off-model]].
* OurFairiesAreDifferent: A Fairy-Type. Goomy was initially scared of Dedenne because of his Fairy-Type. Valerie is also capable of speaking Dedenne's language because of his type.
* OutOfFocus: When Squishy appeared, he took over as TeamPet and occupying Bonnie's pouch, with Dedenne recalled into its ball and is absent more often. Dedenne did get a bit more focus after [[spoiler: Squishy's departure]], and helped out in Cilan's guest appearance.
* RidiculouslyCuteCritter: Bonnie's first reaction to Dedenne is exclaiming how cute he is. Dedenne effectively fills the role of the team's obligatory cute TeamPet.
* RunningOnAllFours: Like many real rodents, he regularly stands on two legs but runs on all fours.
* ShockAndAwe: Electric-Type, but his electric power is signifcantly lower than Pikachu's or Luxray's.
* TastesLikeFriendship:
** Though initially wanting no business with Pikachu, he is quickly bought over when Pikachu kindly feeds him.
** When Dedenne and Goomy become friends, the first thing Goomy does is nibble his ear.
* TertiarySexualCharacteristics: While earlier on he was referred to as "like Pikachu's sibling", his gender wasn't confirmed until the Tripokalon dance episode. He was wearing a blue ribbon which was found on all other male Pokémon, as the female ones were wearing tiaras.
* TookALevelInBadass: In "One for the Goomy!", he battled Team Rocket alongside Pancham and he did all he could to protect Goomy from Team Rocket.
* TunnelKing: Dedenne apparently lived in an underground tunnel system before being captured.

!!'''Chespin (Harimaron)'''
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->'''Voiced in Japanese by:''' Creator/HitomiNabatame
->'''Voiced in English by:''' Suzy Myers

Chespin is one of the starter Pokémon at Prof. Sycamore's lab. When Ash and the gang return back to Prof. Sycamore's lab, Chespin steals Serena's basket of macarons and eats them for itself. After he witnesses Team Rocket kidnap Prof. Sycamore and, unintentionally, Serena and Bonnie, Chespin helps Ash and Clemont track down Team Rocket. When Chespin's life becomes endangered by Team Rocket's mecha robot, Clemont saves him and they start to bond. After defeating Team Rocket, Chespin wishes to join Clemont's team which he accepts.
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* AbhorrentAdmirer: More than once, his attempts to befriend Eevee would lead to her hiding behind Serena or Bunnelby. The awkwardness of the situation is more on Eevee's shyness than on Chespin's forward approach.
* AchillesInHisTent: Enforced by Clemont making him stay in the sidelines during the Lumiose Gym battle, a situation that left Chespin sulking.
* BalloonBelly: As a consequence of being a BigEater, he at one point becomes overweight, which hinders him in battle.
* BigEater: Chespin is quite the glutton, and especially loves macarons and Poképuffs.
* ADayInTheLimelight: The episode "Adventures in Running Errands!" mainly focuses on Chespin and Bunnelby's errand that Clemont gave to them.
* CriticalStatusBuff: Its ability is Overgrow which kicks in when it's low on energy, giving its Grass-type moves a huge boost.
* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: Despite his bumbling and slacker attitude, Chespin proves quite efficient in battle when necessary. He has held his ground against Team Rocket and Xeroxic just as well, if not better than the more level headed Bunnelby and Luxray.
* {{Determinator}}: Even when his attacks have no effect, he refuses to give up against the Mega-Mega-Meowth mecha after being shown friendship.
* {{Expy}}: The Piplup of the team, succeeding Ash's Oshawott.
* FatalAttractor: To say that Chespin's unlucky in love is both an understatement and a misunderstanding. He can't be subtle around Eevee, to the point where he scared her when he lost control after he got too excited when she seemed to become confident around him. When Chespin tried to flirt with Buneary, she knocked him aside and went back to Bunnelby.
* FollowYourNose: His sense of smell is very acute when it comes to locating food.
* FoolishSiblingResponsibleSibling: In "Adventures in Running Errands!", he appears to be the Foolish to Bunnelby's Responsible.
* FunnyBackgroundEvent: As Professor Sycamore was expositing Bond Phenomenon to Ash and company, Chespin was seen asking Dedenne if he could possibly have the potential as well, only for Dedenne to shoot his hopes down, causing Chespin to pout in an annoyed manner.
* GreenEyedMonster: He seems to express jealousy and envy towards Bunnelby due to Eevee's trust in Bunnelby and in one episode where a Buneary developed a crush on Bunnelby.
* GreenThumb: He's Clemont's first and only Grass-Type Pokémon.
* HeroicSecondWind: His ability is Overgrow, which increases his Grass-Type attacks when his stamina is low. Has been used only once.
* IOweYouMyLife: Starts bonding with Clemont when he saves it from being crushed by Team Rocket's mecha.
* {{Keet}}: Has a very happy-go lucky attitude and a habit of popping out of his Pokéball on his own when something interests it.
* TheMcCoy: Chespin is very trusting and generous, and was even willing to offer help to Meowth when he needed it.
* ObsessedWithFood: His obsession with food helped him locate Team Rocket's hideout. The same obsession has also lead him into dangerous situations, such as nearly being crushed by Team Rocket's mecha as he tried to pick up some macarons, and becoming overweight in one episode.
* OvershadowedByAwesome: Not counting Dedenne who is just there to be kept by Bonnie, Chespin is by far the weakest of Clemont's Pokémon who travel with him, and arguably being weaker than all of his Gym Pokémon. This led to Chespin being excluded from Clemont's Gym Team, and even though Chespin is a non-Electric type, that didn't stop Bunnelby from being included in Clemont's team.
* SitcomArchNemesis: Anytime he and Pancham are together, expect bickering.
* SmarterThanYouLook: One might not expect a glutton and slacker like Chespin to be all that clever, but he has his moments. He once willingly entered one of Team Rocket's traps alongside Pikachu so he could pick the lock using his Vine Whip, eventually setting Pikachu free.
* SpikeShooter: Knows Pin Missile.
* SpotlightStealingSquad: Perhaps the only relevant team member from Clemont's side that gets much more screen time than ''his own trainer''.
* TastesLikeFriendship: After Clemont saves him, Chespin offers a macaron to Clemont for saving its life. After Team Rocket has been defeated, Clemont offers some of the macarons to Chespin but instead of eating them all it shares he with the rest of the gang.
* TookALevelInKindness: Started out as a greedy troublemaker, but soon gets better after bonding with Clemont.
* TrademarkFavoriteFood: He loves Macarons, going so far as to eat the group's entire supply if he gets a chance. Later on he gets more into Poképuffs.
* UseYourHead: His Tackle is a powerful headbutt.
* WhipItGood: Knows Vine Whip.
* WithFriendsLikeThese: With Pancham. The two frequently descend to bickering when they're allowed to be near each other.

!!'''Luxio --> Luxray (Rentorar)'''
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->'''Voiced in Japanese by:''' Creator/YukaTerasaki (Kolink and Luxio), Kensuke Sato (Rentorar)
->'''Voiced in English by:''' Emily Jenness (Shinx and Luxio), Billy Bob Thompson (Luxray)

Luxray is a Pokémon that Clemont used to play with in his younger years before evolving from a Shinx. They reunited in Kalos after he evolved into a Luxio.
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* TheAce: Luxray is Clemont's strongest Pokémon.
%%* CastFromHitPoints: Knows Wild Charge.
* ChildhoodFriends: Often played together with Clemont when Luxray was a Shinx, but he didn't captured him back then.
* ADayInTheLimelight: His evolution episode, "The Future is Now, Thanks to Determination". Luxray's time as a Luxio was always the Pokémon that was just kinda there with the rest of the cast ever since his capture episode.
* {{Forgiveness}}: Luxray, as a Luxio, thought Clemont abandoned him, while he was a Shinx, when he broke his word to meet up with him during his Trainer younger days. However, after saving him during a battle with Team Rocket and remembering the good times they shared, Luxray was convinced to forgive Clemont and even decided to travel with him.
* NotSoStoic: Luxio/Luxray is serious for most of the time, but he's shown to be lighthearted and friendly at times and even gets a few ComicallySerious moments.
* OlderAndWiser: In the (imprecise) amount of time spent separated from Clemont, he not only evolved, but developed a more serious and calmer personality and is more mature overall.
* OhCrap: Right before [[http://i.imgur.com/6ZSHt83.png getting hit by Goodra's Bide]].
* OutOfFocus: Much worse than Clemont after the Gym Battle. People often forget he even owns a Luxray.
* PerpetualFrowner: Luxio/Luxray doesn't smile that often and is frowning for the majority of time.
* ShockAndAwe: Electric-Type. When they first met, Shinx's lack of electricity inspired Clemont to build a system that allows Electric-Type Pokémon to take electric showers. The only offensive Eletric-Type attacks Luxio/Luxray seems to know are physical, Thunder Fang and Wild Charge.
* XRayVision: Luxray is shown to have a kind of those, useful for when the gang is trying to find some things.

!!'''Lumiose Gym Pokémon'''
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* AdaptedOut: Unlike the games Clemont does not have an Emolga.
* JustFollowingOrders: While Clemont's Pokémon were happy to see him back, they still have to battle Clemont and his friends due to being under Clembot's command.
* ShockAndAwe: It's an Electric-Type Gym. So everyone of them is this type.

!!!'''Magnemite (Coil)'''
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* CanonForeigner: In the games, Clemont has a Magneton, but no Magnemite.
* ExtraOreDinary: Its secondary type is Steel.
* FlatCharacter: It's mostly present to fill in Clemont's Gym team from before he starts travelling with Ash.
* OutOfFocus: It hasn't appeared since its first episode, with much more focus on Clemont's travelling team and on Heliolisk. It's not used in the Gym Battle with Ash, either.

!!!'''Magneton (Rarecoil)'''
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* ExtraOreDinary: Steel is its secondary type.
* OutOfFocus: While not as much as Magnemite, it's still not given as much focus as Heliolisk and Clemont's travelling team. It's not used in the Gym Battle with Ash, either.

!!!'''Heliolisk (Elezard)'''
->'''Voiced in Japanese by:''' Kiyotaka Furushima
->'''Voiced in English by:''' ????
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* TheAce: Heliolisk was Clemont's original ace prior to Luxray. Which makes sense, since Heliolisk is his ace in the games as well. As long as Clemont is travelling, it acts as Clembot's ace for the meantime. It is also the only one of Clemont's original three Pokémon to be used during the Gym Battle against Ash.
* AchillesHeel: It has to stop for a second and extend the frilled collar around its neck to attack, making it more vulnerable to damage by direct attacks. Ash notices and is able to exploit this by having Hawlucha use a point-blank Hi Jump Kick during the split second when it opens its frills.
* DemotedToExtra: Given that Heliolisk is based of its original game counterpart, it is a hard fall from being Clemont's signature Pokémon to a Pokémon who doesn't travel with its trainer.
%%* DishingOutDirt: Knows Bulldoze. It was actually taught this move by Clembot as a means of countering Dig and other Ground-type moves, and Clemont had to think outside the box like Ash would in order to defeat it in battle and reclaim the Gym from Clembot.
* FragileSpeedster: It's not able to take too much damage directly, but proves fast enough to be difficult to hit anyway. Ash counters this by using Hawlucha, who is not only fast enough to match it but who has super-effective Fighting-type moves.
* GlassCannon: Again, despite its frailty, Heliolisk compensates by having powerful moves that do impressive damage.
* {{Keet}}: It has an ''extraordinarily'' lively personality, as shown when it was first sent out against Clemont. It was also the most visibly happy to see him again of all three Gym Mons.
* LizardFolk: It is based on the frill-necked lizard after all, and it moves on its hind legs.
* LifeDrain: Unsurprisingly given that the move is primarily associated with the line in the games, it knows Parabolic Charge, a new move introduced in Generation VI that gives the Electric type a healing move.
* LightEmUp: It knows Flash.
* NonElemental: Its secondary type is Normal, which becomes its weakness when facing Hawlucha.
* StandardStatusEffects: It knows Thunder Wave, which it uses to paralyze Ash's Goodra, forcing him to substitute with Hawlucha.
* TailSlap: Knows Dragon Tail.
* TheWorfEffect: Given that Heliolisk was Clemont's strongest Pokémon and is still his #2, since Heliolisk is kept in the Lumiose Gym, its job is to lose against strong opponents.

[[/folder]]

[[folder:Bonnie (Eureka)]]
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-->'''Voiced in Japanese by:''' Creator/MariyaIse, Creator/MikaKanai[[labelnote:*]]temporary VA when former was in maternity leave[[/labelnote]]
-->'''Voiced in English by:''' Alyson Rosenfeld
-->'''Voiced in Latin American Spanish by:''' Jocelyn Robles

Clemont's little sister and another sidekick for the ''XY'' series. She's too young to own a Pokémon of her own yet, but has a willing spirit to help out in any way she can. With a bottomless curiosity and a burning passion for Pokémon, Bonnie loves to take care of and play with Pokémon of all kinds.
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* AnnoyingYoungerSibling: She doesn't pull her punches when pointing out Clemont's lack of athleticism, but seems mature enough to know when to apologize. Also, much to Clemont's exasperation, she asks just about any girl she meets to marry him.
* AscendedExtra: In the games, her only roles are hosting the Lumiose Gym/Prism Tower Pokémon Quiz. After becoming the champion, the player can get a ribbon from her if they have a Pokémon with maximum affection. In the anime, she's a main character alongside Clemont.
* TheBabyOfTheBunch: Like Max in ''Advanced Generation'', she is the youngest traveling companion of the series she appears in.
* BigBrotherWorship: She may snark at Clemont's lack of athletic skill, but she still looks up to him.
* BlushSticker: In her more genki moments.
* BorrowedCatchPhrase: In “A League of His Own,” Bonnie borrows Iris’ catchphrase “you’re such a kid” (she says it to Ash).
* BrattyHalfPint: Not a full on case, but it is made apparent that her younger age can make her ''incredibly'' tactless compared to the rest of the team. She usually lacks any form of filter in her criticizing of others for example, nonchalantly calling Goomy a coward and constantly snarking at her brother's hopelessness.
* BrutalHonesty: Has no problem telling Clemont how terrible some of the names he gives his inventions are.
* CatchPhrase:
** Bonnie's vocabulary is not terribly extensive, so she uses "keep" as a substitute for several verbs such as "capture" and "''marry''".
** In the English dub, whenever she tries to get a girl to marry Clemont, it's "You're a keeper!" and "Please take care of my brother!"
* CheerfulChild: Curious, energetic and innocent. Bonnie always sees things through a positive lens, and gives every new Pokémon a chance, regardless of their appearance or natures.
* ClingyJealousGirl: After spending most of the series trying to hook Clemont up with any girl the group meets, Bonnie suddenly becomes apprehensive when Clemont finds a potential match, and tries to drive them apart.
* CutenessProximity: She squees at the sight of every new Pokémon she meets, even a [[ThreateningShark Gar]][[OurDragonsAreDifferent chomp]].
* TheCutie: Her antics, affection for Pokémon, and youthful energy makes her a younger sibling all the characters want to look after.
* DeadpanSnarker: Bonnie shows shades of this, especially after her brother's inventions blow up.
* DoesNotLikeSpam: As a typical trait of small children in anime, she doesn't like carrots.
* DraggedByTheCollar:
** Repeatedly done by Clemont's mechanical Aipom Arm whenever she asks a girl to marry her brother.
** In the opening of ''XY&Z'', she's dragged off by Sqiushy's 10% Forme.
* EveryonesBabySister: Ash and Serena are just as protective of her as Clemont.
* FluffyTamer: While not an official trainer, she has a tendency to like even the scariest-looking Pokémon. She even manages to befriend ''and'' evolve the Pokémon equivalent of a TyrannosaurusRex. [[spoiler:And also befriending an EldritchAbomination]].
* {{Friendly Tickle Torture}}: She does this to Squishy and Z2.
* GenkiGirl: Getting zapped by Pikachu doesn't dampen her spirits one bit.
* GratuitousFrench: "S'il vous plait" in the Japanese version.
* HypocriticalHumor: Her attitude towards Clemont's invention names, when she's not exactly an imaginative sort herself. Squishy, anyone?
* ImageSong: One for both her and Squishy, aptly named "Squishy's Song". It is sung by her voice actress Mariya Ise and is used as [=XY&Z=]'s ending. She occassionally sings it in the anime, which has a calming effect on Squishy.
* InnocentBlueEyes: Huge, expressive blue eyes perfect for a young girl like Bonnie.
* ItsAllMyFault: When Bunnelby gets hurt during the search for Squishy, Bonnie blames herself because she insisted they go look for it. Clemont comforts her because they all want Squishy back, not just Bonnie.
* {{Leitmotif}}: She is sometimes heard humming or singing "Squishy's Song".
* LittleMissSnarker: Her brother's lame invention names, awkwardness, and tendency for his inventions to explode gives her plenty to work with. Even Meowth finds her insufferable.
* TheMatchmaker: Tries to find a future wife/girlfriend for Clemont, much to his embarrassment.
* MeaningfulName:
** Both her Japanese and English names refer to different varieties of lemon (the Eureka and Bonnie Brae, respectively).
** "Eureka" is also an expression used to declare when one has achieved an enlightened thought, complimenting her tinkering brother.
* ModestyShorts: Wears a pair under her little tutu skirt.
* MythologyGag: When she asks a girl to marry her brother, Clemont drags her away with the Aipom-Arm similar to how Brock gets dragged away when he flirts with a girl. She also seems to be the anime stand-in for the interactive part of Pokémon Amie.
* TheNicknamer: She calls the Zygarde Core Cell that the group found with the nickname Squishy/Puni-chan[[labelnote:*]]punipuni refers to something squishy[[/labelnote]].
* NightmareFetishist: She is the only character of the group who is not scared of ghosts or haunted houses. Instead, she gets excited about them.
* NoIndoorVoice: Is very loud and squeals at inopportune moments.
* PalsWithJesus: She takes a liking to Z1/Squishy, a Zygarde core. The Japanese ending theme "Puni-chan's Song" is about their friendship.
* PluckyGirl: She's certainly not afraid to stand up to villains.
* PsychicLink: It's never really explained, but Bonnie seems to develop when with Squishy during the final episodes of the Team Flare Arc, as she was able to feel Squishy was in trouble and that he was mind-controlled.
* SharedFamilyQuirks: Has the same goofy grin and awkward run as her brother.
* ShipperOnDeck: For Ash and Serena. She notices Serena gets unusually worried for Ash during his gym battle with Grant early on in the series, after the group encounters Miette for the 2nd time she's fully aware that Serena's in love with Ash with a knowing smirk calling Ash "dense". She'll even join Serena's rivals in teasing her about her feelings for Ash. At the end of the series when [[spoiler:Serena kisses Ash before she leaves for Hoenn]] she's initially VERY shocked but when bidding Serena farewell she winks at her and gives a "way to go" look and fistpump.
* SpotlightStealingSquad: Even when she's not of legal age to be a trainer yet, jarringly enough, she gets more episodes than Clemont does. This only becomes much more obvious during the third season where she [[spoiler:gets to take care of one Zygarde Core Cell]] and even gets her own ending theme.
* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: To Max. Being the AnnoyingYoungerSibling who isn't old enough to own any Pokémon, but still [[TagAlongKid accompanies]] Ash's team. Also the only one who's never scared in the Ghost/Psychic Pok&eacutemon;mon-centric episodes that terrify the older characters.
* SweetTooth: Bonnie loves her sweets. She even starts drooling just from Serena talking about the restaurants and bakeries in Lumiose City.
* TagalongKid: She sticks by Clemont's side whether he wants it or not, though generally he doesn't seem to mind.
* TenderTears: When she worries about Squishy and wants to go look for it in the dead of the night, Clemont tells her she can't because then HE would be worried sick. Bonnie's reaction is to cry her heart out to Clemont.
* ThirdPersonPerson: Sprinkled in here and there in the Japanese version, as per usual CharacterTics for Japanese children. This trait is absent in the English dub, where this convention isn't used.
* TookALevelInBadass: In "One for the Goomy!", she first stepped to the side when Serena was battling Team Rocket. After Pancham became confused due to Inkay's Psybeam, Dedenne used Nuzzle to make it snap out of confusion and she joined the battle, defeating Team Rocket by commanding Dedenne smoothly.
* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: While Clemont was programming Clembot to recognize him as its master, Bonnie rushes in and tells her brother of a challenger. Clemont never got to program the recognition password he wanted (Clembot registered "You can start today. I'm Clemont, the Gym Leader." instead of "Sandwich"). When Clembot went out of control (due to a "head injury"), Clemont couldn't get it to shut down with ''his'' password. He and Bonnie got booted out of his own gym, and putting many trainers (including Ash!) in danger until Clemont finally takes back his gym and fixes the 'bot.

[[/folder]]

[[folder:Bonnie's Holding Pokémon]]
%%!!'''All of Them''':
%%* RidiculouslyCuteCritter:
!!'''Z-1/Squishy (Puni-chan)'''
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->'''Voiced in Japanese by:''' Creator/YuukiKaji
->'''Voiced in English by:''' Billy Bob Thompson

A Zygarde Core that was being experimented on in Lysandre's secret laboratory, labeled by Team Flare as Z-1. Thanks to Mairin's Chespin, it was able to escape, and ends up running into Ash's group. Bonnie gave it the nickname Squishy due to its, well, squishiness. It hides from Team Flare scientists who are tailing it. There is another Zygarde Core labeled as Z-2, and the opening suggests the two will have a power struggle.
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* AbsurdlyDedicatedWorker: It generally chooses not to show its transformation powers in public, even in instances it would have faced near certain death without them.
* AdorableAbomination: It doesn't hide the fact that it ''is'' Zygarde (though the heroes don't know it yet). But it is still quite cute.
* AnimalisticAbomination: 10% and 50% are a dog and a snake respectively. With that said Bonnie seems to enjoy 10% Forme in the opening.
* BrainwashedAndCrazy: Suffers Z-2's fate after failing to stop its rampage.
* BreathWeapon: It can use Dragon Pulse in its larger forms. In its complete form, the attack doubles as a ConvergingStreamWeapon, as it uses all four wing-mouths to fire it.
* BrickJoke: Squishy hasn't forgotten who was responsible for setting it free. Once Chespie awakens from his coma, Squishy promptly thanks him. The thank you [[FriendshipMoment was enough]].
* ButNowIMustGo: [[spoiler: Both Squishy and Z-2 depart into space when Lysandre's threat is put down, with Z-1 and Bonnie bidding farewell to each other. They show up again a few episodes later to do it again, as they still need to clean up all the corrupted roots from Team Flare's experiment and require Ash-Greninja's help.]]
* ChestBlaster: Zygarde Complete's ultimate attack, Core Enforcer, is a WaveMotionGun fired from its BellyMouth.
* DeusExMachina: [[spoiler:In ''Volcanion and the Mechanical Marvel'', Zygarde's Complete Form appears for a couple of seconds to help wild Pokémon from a WaveMotionGun.]]
* EscapedFromTheLab: With the help of Mairin's Chespin, Squishy was able to escape Team Flare.
* FusionDance: It can combine with other Zygarde cells to make larger forms up to 50%, and can reach 100% by joining with Z-2.
* GodzillaThreshold: Since it spent most of the time in fear of Team Flare, Squishy rarely transforms into its other formes to draw attention to itself, and when cornered it prefers the 10% Forme, most probably for a speedy and stealthy getaway. Squishy only transformed into 50% Forme to confront the other Core, who is BrainwashedAndCrazy, and into 100% Forme [[spoiler:to save Navel Plateau in the 3rd Movie, and to finally finish off Lysandre when his Megalith had the heroes on the ropes (and only because the second Zygarde Core finally starts believing Squishy's words that HumansAreSpecial).]]
* IKnowYoureInThereSomewhereFight:
** When Lumiose City is getting attacked after the Kalos League, Squishy separated from Ash's group once more, to confront the one responsible, Z-2. All this time from running through the chaos to Prism Tower, and up to confronting Z-2 itself, had Squishy frantically trying to call out to its other half, only to fall upon deaf ears.
** [[spoiler:Squishy becomes the "receiver" itself when Bonnie tries (and succeeds, even) to get Squishy to wake up from Team Flare's control.]]
* ImageSong: Together with Bonnie, "Squishy's Song", which is the first ending of ''[=XY&Z=]''.
* IntriguedByHumanity: Z-2 tells it to cut all its ties to humans as they are the ones causing imbalance to Kalos. However, it tells Z2 that it found something different, and will continue to travel with the gang to observe more. It appears to take a strong interest in Bonnie in particular.
* IWillWaitForYou: Squishy happily obliges to the promise of meeting up with Bonnie again once the latter eventually comes of age to become a trainer.
* {{Leitmotif}}: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JSW13qiIxzE A short xylophone tune.]]
* MightyRoar: In its 10% Forme, it unleashes Land's Wrath with a loud howl, driving Team Flare off.
* MundaneUtility: With the threat of an approaching storm, Squishy uses the Zygarde Cells in the Winding Woods to help the heroes find a safe place to camp for the night. Later, Squishy would separate from Bonnie to look for Ash and Greninja on its own, making use of the Zygarde Cells again, this time to pinpoint their location. Squishy finds Greninja first, then points him in Ash's direction.
* MySignificanceSenseIsTingling: It felt something wrong when Z-2 was being captured, ultimately getting worried when the other Core wasn't responding.
* NotSoAboveItAll: While it's been travelling with Ash's group for dubious reasons, Squishy has been shown to participate in some of their activities. Like Dedenne, Squishy has often [[EmpathyPet mimicked Bonnie's behavior a couple of times]].
* ThePowerOfLove: [[spoiler:It was Squishy's bond with Bonnie ([[ChekhovsGun the same kind that Squishy's been telepathically]] [[CallBack preaching to Z-2 beforehand]]) that allowed the former to snap out of its brainwashed state.]]
* ThePowerOfTheSun: Recharges and heals itself by sunbathing.
* PowerStrainBlackout: Transforming into its various forms can take its toll on both Squishy and Z-2. [[spoiler:After transforming into Complete Forme to save Navel Plateau, it left Squishy incapacitated for the rest of the movie.]]
* PunnyName: Both English and Japaneses names are references to its squishiness (''punipuni'' is Japanese onomatopoeia for something squishy).
* RedAndBlackAndEvilAllOver: Squishy is transformed by Team Flare in the same manner as Z-2 after losing a battle to Z-2.
* RidiculouslyCuteCritter: It is the very reason why Bonnie was so taken with the creature, because "Squishy" is completely adorable.
* RoyalWe: During a dream where it was given a human voice, Squishy uses the first person pronoun ''Yo'' in the Japanese version, which is a rough equivalent to this trope. In the English dub, when Meowth asks who he is, he responds "I is I." It also speaks in this when talking telepathically with the blue Zygarde Core.
* ScarfOfAsskicking: In its 10% Forme, a green tendril-like appendage keeps fluttering about as Squishy runs. In ''Volcanion and the Mechanical Marvel'', Pikachu actually uses it to catch up to Squishy and hitch a ride!
* SleepModeSize: Squishy defaults to this as a Core, but when threatened it can summon other Zygarde Cells to empower itself
* {{Telepathy}}: While it can only make odd noises towards everyone, it can speak properly towards Z-2 through telepathy.
* TooManyMouths: Zygarde Complete has ''six'': one on each wing and the tail, and a sixth on its chest ([[{{Irony}} but, apparently, none on its actual face]]). All of them can be used for a BreathWeapon, and the ones on the wings and tail can also propel Zygarde's movements like a NitroBoost.
* UsingYouAllAlong: It joined the group to seek protection, and tagged along upon realizing that they were heading to Terminus Cave. In "Meeting at Terminus Cave!", it immediately went off on its own to communicate with the other Core, and during the commotion with Team Flare it left the main gang, much to Bonnie's disbelief. After witnessing the bonds between the gang and their Pokémon, it decides to join them for real, seeing them, and Ash and Bonnie in particular, as examples of how people and Pokémon ''can'' coexist, putting it at odds with Z2.
* WorldHealingWave:
** In "Dream a Little Dream from Me!", it restores a small portion of the forest that was razed by the "Fire Ghost" that was chasing Squishy.
** Zygarde Complete uses these powers again on Lumiose City at the end of the Team Flare saga. [[spoiler:Though it clears up the surface plants, the roots are still causing trouble and they have to individually kill those.]]
* YouAreNumberSix: Team Flare gave it the designation Z-1 (the second, blue-centered Core is labelled Z-2).

[[/folder]]

[[folder:Serena]]

!!'''Serena'''
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-->'''Voiced in Japanese by:''' Creator/MayukiMakiguchi
-->'''Voiced in English by:''' Haven Paschall
-->'''Voiced in Latin American Spanish by:''' Verania Ortiz

A girl who lives with her mother in the Kalos region. After seeing Ash's face on a news report, she's certain that he's the same boy she met when she was younger. Serena joins Ash on his quest despite not knowing to what end, though she eventually decided that her dream was to become a Pokémon Performer. Of note is that all her Pokémon are mammalian, owning two foxes and a panda cub. Both of her foxes are female, remarkable given only one out of eight specimens of those Pokémon are female.
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* AdaptationDyeJob: Her skin tone and hair color match the default version of her game counterpart (the one used for the NPC version if you choose Calem as your PC), but her eyes are blue like the lighter-skinned, blonde PC version. Eye color was, however, customizable in the games, so you could get the same combination.
* AgeLift: In the games, her age is [[VagueAge hard to pin down]]. In the anime, she's the same height as Ash and Clemont, and abiding by flashback, is of almost identical age, which would put her at the rough age of 10 like the rest of the anime's female companions.
* AngerBornOfWorry:
** While it [[DownplayedTrope doesn't amount to much]], Serena finally gets (justifiably) angry at Ash when [[spoiler:he dived into a volcano in order to save Talonflame, which, had it not been for Frogadier, would have been fatal for both of them.]]
** She also gets worried when Ash is having a HeroicBSOD after his loss against Wulfric, and when Ash angrily rebuffs her she finally gets very angry with him as well. They make up at the end of the episode, however.
* AnguishedDeclarationOfLove: She nearly did this during her argument with Ash when he snapped at her for trying to cheer him up.
* BewareTheNiceOnes: Like most of Ash's companions, Serena is sweet-natured, but not a doormat. The one time Ash snapped at her, she very angrily [[WhatTheHellHero dressed him down]] over it, while also [[YouAreBetterThanYouThinkYouAre reminding him that he is better than that]]. Like with so many others, Team Rocket also regularly pay the price for crossing her. In "So You're Having a Bad Day" she is willing to cooperate with Meowth, but after finding out everything they suffered from the Pokémon of the Day was ''his'' fault, she is the one that exposes him, coldly telling him to [[DoWithHimAsYouWill deal with the three angry Pangoro himself]].
* BettyAndVeronica: The Betty to Miette's Veronica for Ash's Archie.
* BorrowedCatchPhrase:
** While teaching Ash how to ride a Rhyhorn, Serena surprises herself when she habitually uses her mother's "Go for broke" motto.
** When Bonnie tries to find a girlfriend for Clemont when the latter isn’t present at the scene, Serena is the one who steps in and has to tell Bonnie to cut it out.
* BoundAndGagged: The former only in "Mega Meowth Mega Madness" after Team Rocket catch her and Bonnie in the act of rescuing Prof. Sycamore from them. [[RescueRomance Predictably, Ash frees her.]]
* BreakTheCutie: Subverted. She breaks down into tears in front of her Pokémon the next day, early in the morning at a boardwalk, after losing the first round in her first Pokémon Showcase earlier in the episode. Fennekin and Pancham also held tears over their distraught Trainer and attempted to comfort her. However, she was crying because she was grateful for the opportunity to start her dream as a Performer despite the loss and renewed her resolve to become Kalos Queen with [[ImportantHaircut a change in style and wardrobe]].
* CatchPhrase: "Ta-dah!", every time she wants to show something off to her friends. When Jessie impersonated her, Serena was a wee bit mad that Jessie exaggerated the CatchPhrase bit.
-->'''Serena:''' ''*pouty*'' I don't do that EVER!!!
* CatapultNightmare: At the dawn of Ash's 4th gym battle, she dreams of tripping and falling during her Showcase debut, and wakes up the same way. That dream proves to be [[{{Foreshadowing}} prophetic]] of what would eventually happen.
* CavalierCompetitor: By the end of her showcase run, she had become a rather good natured performer and took any losses in stride. She doesn't expect any higher standards from her Pokémon either.
* CharacterTics: Since wearing the ribbon Ash gave her, Serena is sometimes shown grasping onto it whenever insecure or trying to muster courage in a daunting situation.
* ChildhoodFriends: Knew Ash years ago when they were younger and went to a Pokémon Summer Camp together.
* ChildhoodFriendRomance: With Ash. Her crush began when they met as kids. As she [[CharacterDevelopment matured as a character]], so did her feelings, showing that she genuinely is in love with him. She shows this by wearing the ribbon he gave her on her chest, and staying by his side and supporting him through thick and thin. Her feelings for Ash are so strong than, in her first argument with Ash, she ran away from him crying after [[AnguishedDeclarationofLove she almost blurts out her feelings for him]] because she couldn't take seeing him so broken and depressed that [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness he was a completely different person]] from the guy she fell in love with.
* CharacterDevelopment: Serena has gain a great amount of assertiveness and confidence over the series, particularity thanks to Ash and her Pokémon. It eventually grew to the point that she not only found her own dream to follow, but vowed to be a more gorgeous lady for Ash when they meet again, sealing it with a kiss.
* ClingyJealousGirl:
** {{Invoked|Trope}} when Miette asks Ash if he has a bride to see if Serena would have this reaction. [[DownplayedTrope Serena expresses slight annoyance]]. At the end of the episode, Miette also "threatens" to take Ash away next time if Serena hasn't made her move by then. Serena blushes furiously in response, but nothing more. Whenever the group meets Miette again, she naturally tries to get a rise out of Serena this way.
** Downplayed in general. She isn't overtly possessive over Ash, but she displays obvious discomfort whenever he receives any female attention. After all, she was '''clearly''' not fond of [[YankTheDogsChain Ash accepting Miette's invitation to be her dance partner]].
** Also played for laughs due to the facial expressions and responses she makes, mostly due to Miette's meddling.
* CoolBigSis: To Bonnie, treating her like a younger sibling of sorts. Makes sense since as they are both children and the same sex - they would gravitate towards each other in a way that they won't to the boys (who in turn have another sibling-like bond).
** She also hits it off with Mairin, and in their time together, Serena always thinks of the younger girl's welfare. As a result, Mairin has developed a bit of minor HeroWorshipper toward Serena.
* CrossdressingVoices: InUniverse example. In the movie ''The Lightning-fast Hero! Super Pikachu!!'', Serena voices a male Pikachu who appears at the beginning of said movie. (Similar like Ash, who voices a female Pikachu in the middle of the movie.)
* CrushBlush: This tends to happen whenever her feelings concerning Ash are brought up.
* CutenessProximity: Actually a pivot for one. Rhyhorn ''love'' her as they [[RunningGag nuzzle and lick her mercilessly on sight]].
* DamselInDistress: Not an exaggerated case, but Serena has required protecting a fair few times. Expectedly, these are usually RescueRomance on Ash's part. Jessie, being TheRival in showcases, is also sometimes as obsessed with capturing Serena's Pokémon as Pikachu.
* {{Determinator}}: She grew towards this, showing how she is willing to take hits for her Pokémon and her continuing the performance despite Eevee having just tripped. You have Ash to thank for that!
* DesperatelyLookingForAPurposeInLife: For the first 40 episodes of the ''XY'' series, she was unsure of what she wants out of her Pokémon journey. She finally decides to become a Pokémon Performer in episode 41.
* {{Deuteragonist}}: Although not apparent for most of the ''XY'' series' first half, her Performance arc becomes an important part, alternating with Ash's own quest.
* DiabolusExMachina:
** She loses two showcases because of her Pokémon tripping unexpectedly, the first because Fennekin's ribbon was too long during the costume portion and the second because Eevee lost her balance after being intimidated by the crowd during the freestyle portion.
** The universe itself won't allow her and Ash to have subtle romantic scenes, be it by outside interference or Ash's interests blinding him from telling that apart. It doesn't help much the writers indirectly tease their relationship so much with poorly-written titles that suggest so and later they apologize for getting the fans' hopes up for nothing.
* DidIJustSayThatOutLoud: Sometimes when Serena makes comments under her breath, whether scared/annoyed/etc, it'll either get reactions she didn't intend or backfire on her, leading to embarrassment. It appears to be on its way to becoming a RunningGag.
* DisguisedInDrag: In a reversal of the usual once-a-series running gag, she has to masquerade as Ash when he's incapacitated in one episode.
* DudeMagnet: She attracts Tierno, Trevor and Jimmy unintentionally.
* EmergencyImpersonation: When a rocker named Jimmy appears looking to challenge Ash and Pikachu, the former currently too sick to battle, Serena dressed as him to keep Jimmy's {{Keet}} behavior from waking Ash, as she knew he would insist on battling if he found out about the challenge.
* EveryoneCanSeeIt: Her crush on Ash is approaching this territory; so far Miette, Bonnie, Shauna, and Nini have made comments about it, resulting in a LuminescentBlush from Serena. Of course, Ash and Clemont are more ObliviousToLove.
* {{Expy}}: To Yellow from Manga/PokemonAdventures (though her first look coincidentally bears a close resemblance to Blue/Leaf). Girl being saved in a forest by TheHero (and coincidentally enough, Ash is based on the original Red), thus falling into a devoted RescueRomance with him? Yup. She's even wearing a straw hat in her introduction, something Yellow is very known for, and does not focus on Pokémon battles.
* TheFashionista: She is very enthusiastic about fashion and is eager to see what kind of shops the gang will come across. As a stand-in for Trainer Customization, Serena also carries around a small straw basket with which she can make dresses and costumes.
* FeetFirstIntroduction: Played with. The beginning scene of the series shows Grace's Fletchling flying into Serena's room to wake her up. Granted, part of her hair was visible from underneath her blanket for a very brief moment before the camera focused on Fletchling about to peck her awake. The next scene goes outside her house with her screaming from receiving her "wake-up call" before going back inside, her legs and feet sticking out in the air (the first parts of her body we officially see as she's "introduced") as a result of her rude awakening.
* FeminineWomenCanCook: Serena is [[SweetBaker good at baking]], and often prepares confections for her friends.
* FirstKiss: [[spoiler: She's the first of Ash's female companions to kiss him.]]
* ForgottenFirstMeeting: Ash completely forgot about meeting her during a summer camp years ago.
* GenerationXerox: Her mother wants her to be a Rhyhorn racer, though Serena herself has said she hates it. She later finds that her mother has rubbed off on her more than she thought.
* FigureItOutYourself: Serena finds out through a former Pokémon performer and Kalos Queen that she lacks something to become the next Queen and until she figured out what that was she would never defeat the current Queen. Although she took her words into consideration, Serena made the choice to not worry about it and keep moving ahead. However, during the Master Class finals, Serena not only figured out for herself what she lacks to become Kalos Queen when she witness the current Queen's performances but also realized that she should't have brushed it off and tried to figure it out before the Showcase. Having learn her lesson and understanding what she needs to do, Serena vowed to work harder and become a great Queen one day.
* GetAHoldOfYourselfMan: In the form of three snowballs, after yelling at Ash for yelling at her when she tries to cheer him up, while telling him how he wasn't being the amazing guy she knows he is.
* GlassCannon: While her Pokémon know some impressive abilities, Serena doesn't show a great amount of improvisation and composure when she starts losing the upper hand and very often requires assistance against a stronger opponent.
* GoThroughMe: Compared to most Team Rocket face offs, where the heroes talk with their Pokémon, Serena has on occasion shown willingness to intervene physically on her own, usually when they risk harming her Pokémon. Naturally in such cases she ends up outmatched, though this gesture of sacrifice always gets the intended Pokémon a HeroicSecondWind.
* HeavySleeper: Implied, given that her mother had to use a Fletchling to force her out of bed.
* HeldGaze: Has done this multiple times with Ash when he encourages her or gives her advice, however [[spoiler:after their kiss]] they're staring at each other with both of their eyes lit up before exchanging happy warm smiles.
* HighPressureEmotion: Serena starts with the standard LuminescentBlush when Shauna tells her that she knows about Serena's crush on Ash, only to spout steam like a kettle when she thought that their friends (including Ash) had heard the two of them. In fact, this has become somewhat more frequent.
* IUhYouToo: [[spoiler:In the final episode of ''[=XY&Z=]'', Serena gives what is essentially a LoveConfession to Ash, telling him that "You're my goal" and parting ways with him with a kiss]].
* ImageSong: "[=DreamDream=]", the third ''XY'' ending, pops up as an insert song whenever something major happens with her or her Pokémon, e.g. Fennekin's evolution or Serena winning or performing in Showcases. Also "Candy Girl", although unlike [=DreamDream=], this song is about her feelings for Ash.
* ImpliedLoveInterest:
** For Ash. "Implied" is an {{Understatement}}, since the anime makes her crush so obvious that some episodes have explicit romantically themed titles.
** Also a notable subversion for the anime: while there have been [[ShipTease hints]] of a romantic interest between [[ChasteHero Ash]] and each of his female companions, Serena is the first of them (aside from arguably Misty) to ''explicitly'' be interested in Ash.
* ImportantHaircut: Serena cuts her hair short and changes outfits after losing her first Pokémon Showcase.
* InTheHood: She is shown to wear a hoodie on occasion.
* InvincibleIncompetent: As a battler, Serena has advanced far less than previous female companions and remained a GlassCannon with a rather novice strategy output, yet she is the only one to have a clean winning streak, her Pokémon having never fainted in battle [[note]]with the exception of the 3 vs. 3 battle in "Battling into the Hall of Fame!", where Serena's Fennekin was the first Pokémon to faint, even then though Serena didn't lose the overall battle[[/note]]. This is either because her opponent is always [[IneffectualSympatheticVillain Team Rocket or lower]], due to being accompanied by a stronger trainer such as Ash, or just [[DeusExMachina random interference such as one of her Pokémon evolving]].
* ItsAllMyFault:
** During a Pokémon summer camp she and her friends attended, Serena fell when a piece of rock broke but Ash tried to save her from falling. However, after falling down together and seeing that Ash got hurt for trying to help her, Serena blamed herself for his injury and did everything she can to help him while their friends went to get help.
** After an argument with Ash and could't find him in a blizzard, Serena felt at fault as she believed that he ran away further into the Winding Woods more depressed was because of her.
* JerkassRealization: After getting angry and hurt at Ash when he yelled at her for attempting to cheer him up then failed to find him in a snowstorm, Serena realized how badly she lost her temper as she believed to be the reason why he took off further into the Winding woods was because of her. Once she met back up with Ash, Serena tried to apologizes to him but he stopped her from saying anything as he assured her that he was the one who lost it and showed her how truly sorry he was for hurting her.
* KissingDiscretionShot: When Serena bids farewell to Ash, [[spoiler:she runs back up the escalator to him and leans in, then the camera cuts to their feet as the escalator pulls them apart. Pikachu, Serena, Bonnie, Dedenne and Clemont are all blushing after it's done. The ambiguity lies in whether it was a kiss on the cheek or on the lips.]]
* LaughOfLove: This sometimes happens when she's with Ash. For instance, in "[[Recap/PokemonS18E10UnderThePledgingTree Under the Pledging Tree]]", when Ash asks Serena what gifts she's planning to get while she's thinking that the two of them are on a date, she quickly replies "I'm not sure yet!", while chuckling nervously.
* LuminescentBlush: This happens when she's being teased about her feelings for Ash or when offered a chance for a romantic moment with him.
* MeanwhileBackAtThe: The first few episodes devote some time to developing Serena as she leaves her home town to begin her Pokémon adventure. It is not until near the end of "A Blustery Santalune Gym Battle!" that during the time Ash is training for his rematch against Viola, Serena actually meets him, asking Ash if he remembers her.
* MeetCute: When they were younger, Ash saved Serena when she was hurt and lost in the forest, teaching her to never give up.
* MementoMacGuffin: Kept the handkerchief Ash used to bandage her leg all those years ago. Upon returning it to him, Ash immediately remembers her.
* MythologyGag:
** Just like the games, a Fletchling wakes her up in her first appearance.
** Her heavy makeover alludes to ''X and Y''s'' [[VirtualPaperDoll trainer customisation]].
* NaiveNewcomer: She knows very little about Pokémon training at first; and like May and Dawn, didn't know about the [[InexplicablyIdenticalIndividuals Inexplicably Identical Nurse Joys and Officer Jennys]].
* TheNavigator: To remedy Ash's NoSenseOfDirection, Serena is in possession of the gang's town map.
* NiceGirl:
** She is very thoughtful, and plays a supportive role in the group. Also, it really says something about her when she is the only one of Ash's female companions not to get ''immediately'' annoyed by his actions. Even when scolding him, she's much gentler, and doesn't lose her temper with Ash.
** The first time she gets into an argument with Ash is mostly because he wasn't being the amazing guy she knows he is after losing to Wulfric, along with the fact he yelled at her when she tried to cheer him up. This argument helps Ash come back to his senses, and even then, Serena started [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone feeling horrible over it]] after all of a couple of minutes trying to play firm.
* NiceHat: She starts to wear one after beginning her journey. After her costume switch, she wears a different one, but it has the same color scheme as the previous one.
* NonActionGuy: Female version. Compared to previous female companions, Serena is less focused on battling. Most her battles would end up getting interrupted by outside interference or her team evolving during a match to give them enough of a power boost, though on the occasions she does battle on her own, she’s able to hold her own until they get interrupted.
** Justified, as her goal has very little to do with battling and more on performing.
* OpeningShoutOut:
** Serena and her Pokémon spying on a dancing Eevee is played out the same way in "Mad-Paced Getter" and in the very episode Eevee debuts (except Serena is wearing her sleepwear in the latter).
** [[spoiler:Serena's routine for the Master Class Showcase incorporates some of the dance moves she performs in "[=DreamDream=]".]]
* PatientChildhoodLoveInterest: Serena's feelings for Ash developed when they were kids and after an undetermined number of years of not seeing each other, she still has feelings for him. After immediately recognizing him as the boy that saved her in a forest in her childhood, she immediately decided to start her own journey for the sole purpose of seeing him again. Once the series ends and she has leave Ash to start her on journey she makes clear she'll keep waiting for him telling him [[IUhYouToo he's her ultimate goal in life]] and [[spoiler:vows to become a stronger and more attractive woman specifically for him, then kisses him for good measure]].
* PinkGirlBlueBoy: Outside her usual outfit, Serena, in contrast to Ash and Clemont's blue, is most associated with pink.
* PinkMeansFeminine: Serena's second main outfit and her favorite performance dress are pink-based. She also has one pink Pokémon (Sylveon) and one she dresses in pink for performances (Braixen). She's also one of Ash's most feminine companions.
* ProperTightsWithASkirt: Sometimes, including in "Pathways to Performance Partnering!".
* RedHerring: It took so long for Serena to find what she wants out of her travels that several viable choices popped up (Rhyhorn racing, Poképuff baking, [=PokéVision=], Sky Battles[[note]]not unlike Y, her ''Adventures'' counterpart[[/note]]), all of which she had valid interest and talent in. Most of these ended up being a ChekhovsSkill during the Showcases.
* RefusalOfTheCall: Subverted; at the end of the Master Class Showcase, Palermo offered to mentor Serena for Showcases, but Serena turned it down so she could keep travelling with Ash. Palermo tells Serena to call her if and when she is ready, but when Serena finally contacted Palermo, she ultimately turned it down again, wanting to continue improving through traveling. However, Palermo is still the one who offered what course of action Serena should take next: to perform in Contests instead.
* RememberTheNewGuy: Despite apparently being ChildhoodFriends with Ash from before the start of the anime itself, she has not been mentioned or encountered at all until the ''XY'' series[[note]]read: '''fifteen years''' of material[[/note]]. It is eventually revealed that this is due to a ForgottenFirstMeeting on Ash's part.
* RescueRomance: Serena's infatuation with Ash originated from a rather young memory where he helped her out of a forest after she injured her leg. To exacerbate it, Ash has naturally saved her a good few more times throughout the series (as well as vice versa).
* ReverseArmFold: A common default pose for Serena is for her to have her hands folded behind her back.
* RightForTheWrongReasons: After Ash lost his first attempt to get his last Kalos gym badge, Serena was right that something was bothering him but had the conclusion wrong as she thought he was upset about the loss and didn't consider the performances in the battle, which led him to lash out at her for not understanding his emotions and an argument between them. Although Ash was also right and wrong during their argument, Serena was shown to be more right then he was when she called him out for his actions then reminded him of who he is and got him to get his act together.
* RunningGag:
** Rhyhorn are easily attracted to her. Put her in front of a herd, and watch them swam towards her with hearts on their eyes. This paid off in a contest which involved herding Rhyhorn; she won with virtually no effort.
** A minor example prominently featured in horror-themed episodes is when she gets scared out of her mind, in which her imagination runs wild and inadvertently shares her beliefs on supernatural entities that devour children, scaring the others before covering her mouth, apparently having scared herself even more.
* SecurityBlanket: A downplayed case for the ribbon Ash gave her, which she sometimes clenches onto when worrisome (see CharacterTics above). More primarily however, she wears it because ItWasAGift.
* ShipTease: Serena's feelings for Ash are pretty strong. There were even a couple of {{Love Chart}}s confirming the canonicity of her crush. It all started with their meeting as young children, and more hints would pop up as the series progresses. The teasing went ''[[UpToEleven nuclear]]'' during her last scene before she separated from the team, where she [[spoiler:not only as good as confessed to Ash, she ''kissed him!'']]
* ShrinkingViolet: A mild example, but Serena often gets embarrassed whenever she's praised or someone compliments her appearance. [[ShipTease Especially if it's coming from Ash.]] Her personality is also the most demure of all the female companions thus far.
* SignificantWardrobeShift: In "A Showcase Debut!", after losing her first Pokémon Showcase, Serena dons a new outfit to go with her [[ImportantHaircut new shorter haircut]]. The new outfit consists of a pink dress, a red sleeveless jacket, a dark pink fedora hat, short brown boots and a new bag. The blue ribbon she received as a present from Ash in the previous episode is now also worn, tied around her collar.
* SingleWomanSeeksGoodMan: She has feelings for Ash, the NiceGuy and someone who encourages her to follow her dreams.
* SlapstickKnowsNoGender: The fact she suffered two cases of AmusingInjuries in the first episode alone indicates this.
* SnowballFight: After having a serious argument with Ash in the Winding Woods, she expresses her anger this way, bombarding him with enough to knock him onto the ground.
* StatusQuoIsGod: [[spoiler:Like all the previous female leads pursuing their dreams onscreen, Serena comes short of becoming Kalos Queen against Aria, just barely getting a little more than a half of her votes. She does get an offer to go pro from Palermo, but only will consider it after her journey with Ash ends]].
* SupremeChef: Almost everyone loves her macarons.
* ATasteOfDefeat: Along with Dawn, she is one of few "twerps" to suffer an unnegated defeat by Team Rocket in an episode. "A Dancing Debut!" has Serena lose a Showcase to Jessie and her Pokémon (along with Meowth). Like Dawn, however, she had become a GracefulLoser by this time. (Though she had lost on the technicality of her Eevee tripping, not because Jessie's performance was better).
* ThroughHisStomach: After joining the team, Serena bakes cookies for everyone, but specifically presents them to Ash first. Any intention she may have had clearly fails due to [[ObliviousToLove Ash]] being more impressed with the taste than the thought.
* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: The girly girl to Shauna's tomboy.
* TookALevelInBadass: A downplayed example. Team Rocket's VillainDecay aside, Serena's battle performance doesn’t see much improvement throughout most of the series, remaining a GlassCannon whose best tactic was spamming her Pokémon's best attacks. Near the end of the series, she sees a slight improvement, such as when she once battled with Ash’s Pikachu while disguised as him or I n her final battle with Ash, where she has a greater display of strategy, having Braixen take on a unique battle style to resist and briefly gain the upper hand against Pikachu.
** Played straight in her Showcase Performances, where she makes it to the finals of the Master Class and gets to compete against the current Kalos Queen.
* UncattyResemblance: In "[=DreamDream=]", both Fennekin's and Pancham's costumes change to match her various outfit changes.
* WartsAndAll: Serena was slightly blindly smitten with Ash initially. As time passed, she is still in love with him, if not even moreso, but more aware of his shortcomings and willing to set him straight over it, if in a mostly civil manner compared to those he had traveled with before.
* WasTooHardOnHim: Serena felt that she might off been harsh towards Ash, after an argument between them, but he was the one who gave her the apology, which she accepts.
* WetBlanketWife:
** As much as Serena loves Ash, she is ''not'' a fan of Ash's typical reckless behavior. Think about it: the very first time she saw him in years was just moments after his leap of faith from the top of Prism Tower. She occasionally tries to curb his recklessness at various points in the series, to little success, though he has become more apologetic about it.
** She does successfully stop Ash from carelessly engaging into a Pokémon battle that would have made him late in registering for the Lumiose Conference and thus render all of his progress moot.
* WhatTheHellHero: Played straight and subverted. After Ash loses to Wulfric, [[LeaveMeAlone he gets a mad at Serena]], leading her to chew him out furiously and declare his current state to be nothing like the Ash she knew before this. [[WasTooHardOnHim She starts regretting this afterwards]], admitting she has [[WartsAndAll rather high expectations of Ash from how much she admires him]]. Just as she accepts this as unrealistic however, Ash later admits she was right, with Serena just content she once again has the happy Ash she admires exactly like before.
* WorthyOpponent: Aria definitely considers Serena this.
* YankTheDogsChain: Circumstances prevent Serena from partnering up with Ash for a dance party, Miette was only the tip of the iceberg. They later learn it's a rotation dance, so Serena gets to dance with almost everyone, but just when she and Ash are finally going to pair up, the dance ends. She immediately laments the fact.
* YouAreBetterThanYouThinkYouAre: Much like the times he did for her, she does for him, even when she was angry at Ash for yelling at her for trying to cheer him up after losing to Wulfric, she does this by saying that he isn't being himself right then, which actually helps him snap out of his depression.
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[[folder:Serena's Pokémon]]
* AccessoryWearingCartoonAnimal: Braixen and Pancham are all given ones as gifts from Serena (a red ribbon and CoolShades respectively), while Sylveon inherits a set of bow ties naturally as regular for her species.
* TheFashionista: All of them take to wearing accessories or dresses for performances.
* GlassCannon: They can supply a lot of damage but aren't very resistant.
* TwoGirlsAndAGuy: Pancham (male), Braixen and Sylveon (female).
* SugarAndIcePersonality: Both Braixen and Pancham are loyal and caring to Serena but moody and headstrong. Downplayed for Sylveon, who was good natured but shy and insociable as an Eevee.

!!'''Fennekin (Fokko) --> Braixen (Tairenar)'''
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->'''Voiced in Japanese by:''' Music/MegumiHayashibara
->'''Voiced in English by:''' Eileen Stevens

Fennekin is the starter Pokémon Serena chose from Professor Sycamore. She is a tidy Pokémon that takes great pride in her well-groomed appearance. However, the one thing Fennekin loves more than looking her best is her trainer, Serena.
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* AccessoryWearingCartoonAnimal: From "Mending a Broken Spirit!" onward, Braixen's wand is decorated with a red ribbon.
* BadassAdorable: Amps up when she evolves into Braixen.
* BeautyIsNeverTarnished: [[SlapstickKnowsNoGender Subverted a fair few times]] for Fennekin. Played mostly straight for Braixen however, who [[CurbstompBattle sparsely takes hits in battle]] or is involved in heavy slapstick like the other Pokémon. She is one of very few off-screen for the group electrocution gag in ''Pikachu and the Pokémon Band'' for example.
* BerserkButton: It ''hates'' getting dirty and it will attack anyone who get it dirty.
* DamselInDistress: Early on, Jessie was almost as obsessed with capturing her as with Pikachu. This lessened as time passed and even odd times it returns, she's more a BadassInDistress.
* CaneFu: Develops prowess using her stick to block and thrust attacks in the final points of the series, in particular her battle with Pikachu in Lumoise City.
* CanonImmigrant: Serena's Fennekin was made a downloadable character via a promotion code for both ''Videogame/PokemonXAndY'' and ''[[VideoGame/PokemonRubyAndSapphire Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire]]''.
* CharmPoint: Fennekin takes great pride in her well-groomed tail, becoming uneasy if it is tarnished.
* CuteLittleFangs: Being a fox, Fennekin has these.
* DramaQueen: While making a [=PokéVision=] video with Serena, she repeatedly attacks Ash and Pikachu because they accidentally dirtied her fur.
* FantasticFoxes: It's based on the Fennec fox.
* TheFashionista: Like Serena, Fennekin loves to get dressed up and appear her best.
* JerkassBall: In most episodes she is a [[MsViceGirl fussy but good natured]] Pokémon. In Episode 21, when she became [[GreenEyedMonster jealous]] of another, more popular Fennekin, and became obsessed with creating a perfect [=PokéVision=] video with Serena, often rather violently taking out her frustrations on Ash.
* NeatFreak: Downplayed in that Fennekin is only worried about becoming dirty. Downplayed significantly as Braixen.
* OffModel: Back when she was still a Fennekin, her neck would often be drawn extremely long.
* PlayingWithFire: Fire-type.
* RidiculouslyCuteCritter: As Fennekin.
* ShipTease: Early in the season with Ash's Froakie due to him having cleaned her tail with his Frubbles, generally being around each other whenever the group is taking a break, and as a result of the relationship their Trainers have (at least where Serena's feelings for Ash are concerned).
* TookALevelInBadass: Early on she was a DamselInDistress, getting kidnapped frequently by Team Rocket and even overpowered by ''Meowth'' in one of her first battles. As time passed her fire abilities were displayed more fully and, especially after she evolved into Braixen, she's one of the most active Pokémon after Pikachu.
* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Like the rest of her species, she enjoys eating twigs.
* UncattyResemblance: In the third ''XY'' ending theme, any clothes Fennekin wears will also match that of Serena.
* UndyingLoyalty: Eventually develops great loyalty towards Serena, overcoming her crippling aversion to filth to protect her.

!!'''Pancham (Yancham)'''
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->'''Voiced in Japanese by:''' Creator/NorikoShitaya
->'''Voiced in English by:''' Creator/EricaSchroeder

Pancham is a Pokémon that took a liking to [=PokéVision=], and joins Serena's team to become an entertainer.
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* AccessoryWearingCartoonAnimal: Wears a pair of shades that Serena gave him after capture. During Showcases he swaps it for a more stylized one she gave him during the Coumarine Festival.
* BadassAdorable: He's more dashing than Chespin.
* BareFistedMonk: A pure Fighting-Type. The only Fighting-Type attack he knows is Arm Thrust.
* BerserkButton: A mild case, but he does NOT like Chespin trying to steal his food. Mild because he and Chespin are seldom ''not'' annoying each other anyway.
* CastingAShadow: Knows Dark Pulse, and has been seen using [[DualWielding two at once]].
* CanonImmigrant: Serena's Pancham was made a downloadable character via a promotion code for both ''VideoGame/PokemonXAndY'' and ''[[VideoGame/PokemonRubyAndSapphire Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire]]''. As a MythologyGag, it held Black Glasses as an item.
* CoolShades: Is very fond of sunglasses, and is rarely seen without some sort of pair on his forehead.
* DanceBattler: He uses a lot of its performing techniques in its battles.
* DishingOutDirt: Knows Stone Edge.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: His characterisation pretty much replicates Pancham's dex entries, acting tough and bratty to attempt a badass image, but being undyingly loyal to Serena deep down.
* MythologyGag: The shades he gets from Serena are similar to the ones on the hat of her game counterpart.
* TheOneGuy: He is the only guy to Serena's team of females.
* OralFixation: The leaf he carries in his mouth.
* PandaingToTheAudience: Pancham has the appearance of a cute adolescent panda.
* PostKissCatatonia: Nini's Smoochum bids him farewell with one huge kiss. Pancham was completely unresponsive afterward.
* TheReliableOne: Despite his mischief otherwise, Pancham is the only one of Serena's team (including even Serena herself) who did not stumble or make a mistake on stage at any point during their Showcase run.
* SitcomArchNemesis: He and Chespin are nearly always bickering.
* {{Tsundere}}: Pancham is very prideful and has some difficulty showing affection and gratitude, but he truly cares for his trainer and friends.
* UnmanlySecret: Initially, Pancham was insecure about his love of performing, but has since gotten over it thanks to Serena's support.
* WithFriendsLikeThese: With Chespin. The two frequently descend to bickering when they're allowed to be near each other.

!!'''Eevee (Eievui) --> Sylveon (Nymphia)'''
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->'''Voiced in Japanese by:''' Creator/MikaKanai
->'''Voiced in English by:''' Creator/MikaKanai and Kayzie Rogers (Eevee), Creator/EricaSchroeder (Sylveon)

Eevee is an extremely shy Pokémon that was first seen by the gang performing a dance routine on a nearby rock. Impressed by the dance, Serena befriends Eevee, and joins her team soon after.
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* ChekhovsSkill: Her dancing, which consists of wildly prancing and jumping, has made for a good evasion tactic in battle.
* CoolCrown: A flower crown given by Serena when Eevee warned her of a nearby cliff she almost fell into. During the dance ball episode, it also wore a tiara.
* CowerPower: When frightened, Eevee will frequently hide behind either Serena or Clemont's Bunnelby.
* DancingWithMyself: A defining trait is Eevee's love for dancing, which catches Serena's attention to want Eevee as one of her performance Pokémon.
* DoppelgangerAttack: Knows Double Team, which in the anime is consistently portrayed as this to visually represent the speed increase the status move provides in the game. She once used it to make a wild Quilladin that was hot for her faint from seeing several of her.
* HoldingHands: One of Eevee's feelers reaches out to hold Serena's hand as it evolves into Sylveon. Sylveon has occasionally held to Serena this way.
* LateArrivalSpoiler:
** Similar to Ash's Noibat, Serena's Eevee was teased in the fourth ''XY'' ending and third ''XY'' opening, before officially debuting.
** The 2016 preview shows Eevee evolving during the Dance Party episode, sprouting feelers during the TransformationSequence. A magazine scan would later confirm it to be Sylveon.
* LovableCoward: As an Eevee, she was often very timid and self doubting. This was downplayed when ThePowerOfLove evolved her into Sylveon.
* NonElemental: As a Normal-type Pokémon. In addition, Eevee has not been seen with any attack moves outside its Normal-typing. Subverted with Sylveon, that near exclusively uses Fairy-type attacks.
* OurFairiesAreDifferent: Upon becoming a Sylveon, it becomes a Fairy-Type Pokémon.
* OutOfFocus: After evolving into Sylveon, she appeared far less often than Braixen and Pancham. With her NervousWreck persona gone, she was no longer ripe for antics with the other Pokemon.
* ThePowerOfLove: It evolved thanks to Serena's words of encouragement.
* PlatonicLifePartners: Is this with Clemont's Bunnelby.
* RidiculouslyCuteCritter: The Eevee family has always been considered to be a group of cuteness, and this one is no different. Her shy persona giving the Pokémon kind of a {{Moe}} vibe makes this even more so.
* ShrinkingViolet: Very shy around strangers, to the point that Eevee will end up hiding behind Serena or Bunnelby when startled. Lessened as Sylveon, though she retains some subtle nervous moments.
* TookALevelInBadass: As Sylveon, she became a far more confident performer and battler, hindered far less by her nerves.
[[/folder]]

!!Supporting characters

[[folder:Alexa (Pansy)]]
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-->'''Voiced in Japanese by:''' Creator/AyaEndo
-->'''Voiced in English by:''' Jessica Paquet
-->'''Voiced in Latin American Spanish by:''' Nallely Solís

A journalist from the Kalos region and older sister to one of its Gym Leaders, she makes her debut during the Decolore Archipelago story arc, joining Ash as a temporary travelling companion, later telling him about the Kalos region and inspiring him to travel there.
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* AdaptationalBadass: In the games, she has no Pokémon. Here, including her shoulder pet Helioptile, she has a ''Noivern'', which is considered to be one of the strongest Pokémon of Gen VI.
* ArtEvolution: While all the human characters ended up gaining visible fingernails in the transition from the ''Black and White'' series to the ''XY'' one, it's most notable with her because she ends up gaining painted nails between each series.
* AscendedExtra: In the games, she's simply Viola's older sister who simply helps the player find their way around Lumiose City. In the anime, she is promoted to one of Ash's companions that sticks around for quite a while and even gets some characterization too.
* BlowYouAway: Noivern knows Gust, which is used to help Ash's training for his rematch against Viola and her Vivillon.
* BookEnds: In the US, the ''XY'' saga begins with her on a trip with Ash, and it ends with her on a trip with Professor Sycamore.
* TheCameo: [[spoiler:She and Viola are seen watching the Master Class Showcase]].
* CameraFiend: Uses a video camera very, very often.
* CoolBigSis: Acts as one to Ash, and she's also one to her ''actual'' sibling, Santalune Gym Leader Viola, whom she gives counsel and advice to while still supporting her.
* EarlyBirdCameo: Everything about her in BW, given she and the Pokémon she use are part of Gen VI and the Kalos region. Somewhat averted for the US though where her debut episode premieres on the same day Gen VI kicks off and the games start getting sold.
* FailedASpotCheck: Got hit with this trope hard in [=BW141=]. She was so hard at work, Alexa was downright ''oblivious'' to the panic and commotion caused by Team Rocket hoisting ''an entire cruise ship in the air'' and didn't even notice its descent.
* ForgetfulJones: Not too much, but she is prone to it at times, such as locating the contents of her bag. Thankfully, Gogoat is there to help her.
%%* GreenThumb: Gogoat.
* GuestStarPartyMember: Joins Ash's group for the last leg of ''Best Wishes'' and up to the ''XY'' saga's first episode. She also occasionally rejoins the group during the ''XY'' series.
* HeadphonesEqualIsolation: She didn't know what was going on with Ash, Team Rocket, and the ship because she was listening to music while working.
%%* HealingFactor: Gogoat knows Synthesis.
* MrExposition: She is the one who introduces Ash to the Kalos region. During the ''Decolora Adventure'' arc, she basically tells him about every island and myth she and the kids are going to land on.
* MundaneUtility: Uses Helioptile's Parabolic Charge to recharge her equipment, and Gogoat as a mount to carry it.
%%* NonElemental: Helioptile's secondary type.
%%* OurDragonsAreDifferent: Noivern's secondary type.
* OrificeInvasion: Poor Helioptile, when Professor Oak decided to [[NoSenseOfPersonalSpace get up close and personal]], ''literally'', with its ears. Professor Oak would immediately try the same thing to ''Noivern''; needless to say, the dragon didn't take it well.
* ParrotPetPosition: Helioptile is usually clinging to her back with its head over her shoulder.
* ThePollyanna: Always so bright and happy - not in [[GenkiGirl the over-energised way]], she's just got a positive outlook on things.
* PowerUpMount: Gogoat - Alexa's ''introduction'' is to appear riding on his back.
* RunningGag: She has a habit of forgetting where she puts her things in the saddle pouches around Gogoat.
%%* ShockAndAwe: Helioptile's primary type.
* ShipperOnDeck: In the earlier episodes of ''XY'', she seemed to enjoy seeing Ash and Serena together, even giving a happy smile to the two of them when they reunite. She gives Serena a knowing look when she tells her that she was the "inspiration" Ash needed to be more motivated to train harder so he could defeat Viola. The next time she meets the group, she's not at all surprised to see Serena telling her she expected her and Ash to travel together.
* ShrinkingViolet: Helioptile tends to hide behind her back whenever it encounters something unknown. It eventually grows out of it.
* SixthRanger: For the Decolore Arc. Points for traveling with Ash for a longer time straight than ''anyone'' outside his main supporting cast (10 episodes), and for sticking with him even after Iris and Cilan leave (in the penultimate BW episode) and right into the ''XY'' Series.
%%* WindFromBeneathMyWings: Noivern's primary type.

[[/folder]]

[[folder:Professor Augustine Sycamore (Dr. Platane)]]
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-->'''Voiced in Japanese by:''' Creator/HiroshiTsuchida
-->'''Voiced in English by:''' Jake Paque
-->'''Voiced in Latin American Spanish by:''' Manuel Campuzano

The Pokémon professor of the Kalos region. Sycamore's main field of research is on the newly discovered theory that certain Pokémon have an evolution beyond their final stage -- Mega-Evolution as it is called. He gets to see firsthand that such evolutions exist when a Mega Blaziken assists Ash in recovering an out of control Garchomp from the Professor's lab. He is also in charge of running the Summer Camp that many young trainers attend.
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* BadassBookworm: Just as eager to join in on the action as Professor Birch (maybe even moreso), and capable of handling his own in battle; after all, he has a loyal ''Mega Garchomp'' at his command.
* DamselInDistress: His Garchomp has to be rescued twice, the first time being in the second episode of ''XY''.
* CatchPhrase: "Marvelous!"
* DistressedDude: He gets kidnapped by Team Rocket at one point for his knowledge on Mega Evolution.
* GentleGiant: Not him, but the Garchomp he takes care of in his lab to study on Mega Evolution is an absolute sweetheart.
* HandsomeLech: He tried to flirt with Diantha's manager only to be rejected by her.
* HotScientist: Just like the games, he doesn't skimp on the looks.
* NiceGuy: Like other important professors, [[FriendToAllLivingThings he loves Pokémon]] and is friendly to humans as well.
* PapaWolf:
** To Garchomp. When Garchomp is kidnapped by Team Rocket, Sycamore and the kids go to help.
** His response to a Team Flare grunt trying to grab Manon is to grab the grunt's arm with a slightly terrifying grin, scold the grunt, and then shove him away. Then send out Garchomp.
* RooflessRenovation: Sycamore must have great insurance because his lab has been busted in and rebuilt several times.
* RunningGag: If ever Ash and his friends show up at his lab, he's going to be replacing the walls and/or ceiling by the end of the episode.
* SecretKeeper: Eventually learns that Meyer and Blaziken Mask are the same person, a fact that not even Meyer's kids are aware of.
* VocalDissonance: Like other female Garchomps, his Garchomp has a deep, male voice despite her gender.

[[/folder]]

[[folder:Grace (Saki)]]
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-->'''Voiced in Japanese by:''' Creator/HitomiNabatame
-->'''Voiced in English by:''' Creator/EricaSchroeder
-->'''Voiced in Latin American Spanish by:''' Alina Galindo

The mother of Serena. She used to compete in Rhyhorn races.
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* BrickJoke: She later gives Serena her Pokémon Showcase dress, stating that she chose the opposite of what she would normally pick because Serena doesn't like her definition of cute.
* CatchPhrase: "Go for broke."
* GoodParents: Grace does such thoughtful things for Serena it regularly reduces her daughter to tears.
* JockDadNerdSon: In this case, it's a GenderFlip of the usual trope while keeping the spirit, and is thus "Tomboy Mom & Girly Daughter". Grace actually tries to enforce GenerationXerox upon Serena, who does not want anything to do with it (she does realise that she appreciates Rhyhorn Racing more than she'd previously thought, but wanted to try and find something she loved even more). Then, when she shows up in "A Race for Home!", she is skeptical of Serena's dedication to Pokémon Showcases and challenges her to a Skiddo race to prove herself; when Serena succeeds at the assigned task, her mother becomes more open to her daughter's choice of dreams. Also, in "Giving Chase at the Rhyhorn Race!" we learn that she actually sent Serena to the Summer Camp in Pallet Town against her tender-hearted daughter's (initial) wishes, and she seems to have shown a bit of pressure in her parenting style overall.
* MundaneUtility: Uses Fletchling as a sort of "alarm clock", much to Serena's chagrin.
%%* NonElemental: She has a Fletchling, which is part Normal.
* OpenMindedParent: When Serena reveals she is journeying with Ash, and not specifically pursuing Rhyhorn racing, Grace responds positively, just glad that her daughter will be having fun.
* RetiredBadass: She was quite an accomplished Rhyhorn racer in her youth, but has since settled down and started a family.
* RhinoRampage: She has a Rhyhorn who is nice. She has her daughter practice on it to train her as a Rhyhorn racer.
* {{Tomboy}}: Lampshaded by Serena when she asks her mother to pick a hat, only to choose the opposite because she knows Grace picks the "less cuter items". Tellingly, despite [[TomboyWithAGirlyStreak having a feminine streak with keeping house and cooking]], Grace is evidently quite strong in character, and it's easy to see her younger self - an accomplished Rhyhorn Racer in her own right - as being a {{Hotblooded}} Tomboy back in the day. She's certainly more confrontational and (at times) sarcastic than previous mothers who appeared in the series.
* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: The Tomboy to her daughter's girly girl.
* SupremeChef: Serena mentions that Grace's cooking is one of the things she misses ever since she started her adventure.
%%* WindFromBeneathMyWings: Fletchling again, as it's part Flying-type.

[[/folder]]

[[folder:Meyer (Limone)/Blaziken Mask (Mega Blaziken's Trainer)]]
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-->'''Voiced in Japanese by:''' Kensuke Sato
-->'''Voiced in English by:''' Tom Wayland
-->'''Voiced in Latin American Spanish by:''' Christian Strempler (season 17), Julio Bernal (season 18)

The father of Clemont and Bonnie. Also has a secret alter-ego in the form of Blaziken Mask.
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* ActionDad: Clemont and Bonnie's father, who also happens to be a masked superhero-esque trainer in his spare time.
* AdultFear: When Team Flare executes their scheme at Lumiose City, he (as Blaziken Mask) tells his children to stay out of it. It takes Bonnie saying she wants to help Squishy and Clemont professing his concern for his Gym to talk him into letting them come along, and even then he tells them to flee the moment things get dangerous.
* AmazinglyEmbarrassingParents: Meyer is absolutely giddy when he officially meets Ash and Serena. He even assumes that Serena is ''Clemont's'' girlfriend.
%%* BareFistedMonk: Blaziken's secondary type.
* BigDamnHeroes:
** Saves Ash and Pikachu as they fell from Prism Tower.
** Happens again when the heroes are cornered by Team Rocket's HumongousMecha.
* CoolMask: Styled to look like Mega Blaziken.
* EmotionalBruiser: Despite his tough appearance, he cries tears of joy to find that Clemont and Bonnie have made friends and have decided to travel with them.
* InASingleBound: Mega Blaziken and, inexplicably, its trainer are able to jump great heights in the blink of an eye.
* LateArrivalSpoiler: His second appearance pretty much gives away Blaziken Mask's identity, however, most of the cast haven't figured it out yet (apart from Professor Sycamore).
* ManlyTears: Cried when hugging Clemont and Bonnie.
* MeaningfulName: His Japanese and English name refers to lemons. His Japanese name is Italian for lemon, and his English name refers to the Meyer lemon.
* MysteriousProtector: He has helped save the protagonists several times, but not even his own children seem to know his true identity.
* OpenMindedParent: Meyer, rather than being disappointed like Clemont expected, is happy and proud of his son and daughter for adventuring.
* PapaWolf: When Bonnie goes off alone to [[spoiler:get Squishy to come back to its senses]], Meyer and Mega Blaziken are in hot pursuit, personally ensuring that his daughter would not get in harm's way. [[spoiler:They are even ready to [[TakingTheBullet shield Bonnie]] as Squishy readies an attack point-blank, but fortunately, it was at the point when Bonnie is finally getting through to Squishy.]]
%%* PlayingWithFire: Blaziken's primary type.
* ProductPlacement: He exists to promote Mega Evolution before Ash can find/face one on his own, and the event Torchic.
* RiddleForTheAges: [[spoiler:Despite his kids finding out about his identity, it is never elaborated on. Good luck trying to make sense why he of all people pretends to be a masked hero with a Mega Blaziken - which is also not explained at all - for Lumiose City]].
* SecretIdentity: God knows why he dresses as a super hero behind his children.
* ShockAndAwe: Is usually seen with his Ampharos in his day job. There is an implication that it can Mega Evolve, too.
* SuperMode: Mega Blaziken is the first Mega Evolved Pokémon we and Ash are introduced to.
* SuperSpeed: So fast that Ash loses sight of Mega Blaziken in the middle of an empty airstrip.
* TripleShifter: Electrician and compassionate father by day, Mega Evolving hero by night!

[[/folder]]

[[folder:Monsieur Pierre]]
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-->'''Voiced in Japanese by:''' Kenta Miyake
-->'''Voiced in English by:''' Gilles Motais
-->'''Voiced in Latin American Spanish by:''' Arturo Castañeda (season 17), Ricardo Bautista (season 18)

The host of various Pokémon Performances.
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* ChickMagnet: Definitely has plenty of female fans in the Kalos region.
* ClassyCane: Holds one, where his Pokémon Klefki sits as the head.
* TheDandy: His attire when hosting is a coat with neon lights and asymmetric coloring. He also sports a necklace with a large key for a medallion.
* GratuitousFrench: Enjoys saying stuff like "Très bien!" and "S'il vous plaît!" among other things.
* MundaneUtility: He uses Klefki, a living keyring, as a keyring to hold the Princess Key that will be given to the victor.
* NiceHat: Always seen wearing one.
* SymbolMotifClothing: Has a keyhole integrated in his wardrobe, and has a key for his medallion. One time when he was introduced, he wore a mask resembling that of a certain keyring Pokémon. And the fact that the Performance competition relied on getting keys. And he owns a Klefki.
* TinyGuyHugeGirl: In "Party Dancecapades!", Pierre's Klefki is the dance partner to Aria's Delphox. Delphox is the size of a human, while Klefki is a ''sentient keyring''.
* TronLines: The coat he wears has glowing outlines. And in certain scenes they glow in the dark!

[[/folder]]

[[folder:Sanpei]]
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-->'''Voiced in Japanese by:''' Creator/YukoSanpei
-->'''Voiced in English by:''' Creator/ChrisPatton
-->'''Voiced in Latin American Spanish by:''' Luis Leonardo Suárez (season 17), Miguel Ángel Ruiz (season 18)

A young ninja who Ash and company run into along their journey a few times. His appearances have primarily been a means to help Ash train his Froakie.
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* BigBrotherMentor: Sanpei's Frogadier/Greninja can be seen as such for Ash's Froakie such as helping it learn Quick Attack.
%%* BubbleGun: Greninja knows Bubble.
%%* DoppelgangerSpin: Greninja knows Double Team.
%%* {{Kamehamehadoken}}: Greninja knows Water Pulse.
%%* MakingASplash: Sanpei owns a Frogadier which later evolves into a Greninja.
* TheGreatestStoryNeverTold: The viewer audience never quite finds out how the battle between his Greninja and Ash's newly evolved Frogadier went down.
* {{Ninja}}: Sanpei not only acts like one, but dresses as one as well. Frogadier/Greninja's actions also play on the ninja theme.
* NumericalThemeNaming: '''San'''pei is the ''third'' of a family of ninjas, with '''I'''ppei and '''Ni'''hei as the eldest and second brothers, respectively.
* SamuraiPonytail: Sanpei's hairstyle.
* ScarfOfAsskicking: Wears a yellow ninja-scarf.
* SmokeOut: Greninja knows Smokescreen. Sanpei himself can do such a thing.
* SurpassedTheTeacher: In their first appearance, Sanpei and his Frogadier are mentors to Froakie (and Ash, to an extent), giving them physical training (all to teach Froakie Quick Attack, although he learned Double Team instead). Ash and his mon would eventually become better at the art, while Sanpei and his Greninja become victim to TheWorfEffect.
* TookALevelInBadass: His Frogadier had already evolved into a Greninja by the time Ash and company run into him a second time along their journey. However...
* TheWorfEffect: Unlike how they were at the top of their game in their debut episode, the show suddenly started to give a lot of flak his way by making him and his Greninja perform poorly against all battles they participated in, to the point they ''need'' the main four to keep them safe from harm. Their latest appearance at their home land just drives it even further where they are incapable of keeping up with Sanpei's older brother and Ash's ''Frogadier''. They even ''lose'' in the war everyone else won.
* {{Wutai}}: It's best not to ask how or why a ninja village and culture exists in a region based on France.

[[/folder]]

[[folder:Palermo (Yashio)]]
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-->'''Voiced in Japanese:''' Rei Sakuma
-->'''Voiced in English:''' Eileen Stevens
-->'''Voiced in Latin American Spanish by:''' Creator/LauraTorres

The former Kalos Queen who now works as a producer for Pokémon Showcases. She was Aria's mentor and she has taken interest in Serena since she witnessed the latter's ImportantHairCut.
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* CoolShades: She is always wearing black sunglasses.
* TheMentor: Known to Aria as "Maestra" (or simply "Sensei" in Japanese).
* MythologyGag: Her outfit is based on design of female Veterans in ''Pokémon X and Y''.
* PerpetualFrowner: She is certainly hard to impress when it comes to scouting for Performers with potential, but is likely just being very professional about her job.
* YouRemindMeOfX: She notes a lot of similarities between Serena and Aria, particularly when the latter first started out learning under her.

[[/folder]]

[[folder:Z-2]]
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-->'''Voiced in Japanese:''' Creator/YukiKaji
-->'''Voiced in English:''' Billy Bob Thompson

The other Zygarde Core. Rather than having a red core color, it instead has a blue one. It was being hunted down by Team Flare, but it managed to escape them multiple times due to its sheer strength with its 50% Forme. It remained in hiding until Z-1/Squishy contacted it, alerting Team Flare of its location. It tried to fend off its chasers, but even with the help of Team Rocket, it still ended up being caught because of the arrival of Alain. It ended up being a captive of Lysandre and experimented on.
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* BrickJoke: What happens to Z-2 after Bonnie has earned its trust? Bonnie tickles its blue core, just like what she did to Squishy in their first meeting.
* CreepyMonotone: In contrast to Squishy, it speaks with a rather straightforward, unchanging tone.
* FusionDance: It can combine with other Zygarde cells to make larger forms up to 50%, and can reach 100% by joining with Z-1.
* GreenThumb: It creates destructive vines which tear through buildings effortlessly.
* GuestStarPartyMember: Spends a very very brief time under Team Rocket's care, as the TerribleTrio resolve to protect Z-2 from Team Flare ([[PragmaticVillainy though not without ulterior motives]]).
* HumansAreBastards: Sees humans as the source of the constant imbalance of Kalos that will ultimately leads to its destruction.
* TheJuggernaut: It can take Mega-Charizard X's attacks and dish them out even harder, with its Extremespeed turning it into a full-on LightningBruiser. Had Team Flare not interfered, it might have won.
* ThePowerOfTheSun: Recharges through sunlight.
* RedAndBlackAndEvilAllOver: When it is forced to transform at the end of the Kalos League, it takes on a red coloring as opposed to green.
* RedOniBlueOni: Aside from the obvious (the core colors), Z-2 has a different [[HumansAreBastards opinion]] towards humans and has a different way of talking.
* RestoredMyFaithInHumanity: [[spoiler:Seeing Ash and the other heroes continue the fight against the Megalith, which Z-2 believes is unbeatable, to protect Kalos, allows Squishy's words of HumansAreSpecial to open Z-2's eyes. The Cores reach an understanding, allowing them to finally transform into Zygarde Complete Forme.]]
* RoyalWe: Like Squishy, it speaks like this.
* {{Telepathy}}: Like Squishy, it has limited telepathy in that it can talk to the other core fine but otherwise can only make grumbling noises.
* WorfHadTheFlu: It may have been somewhat weaker when fighting Alain's Charizard, as it was exhausted from running from Team Flare. To what extent this impacted its performance is unknown, as it didn't seem any weaker than in its earlier appearances. Team Rocket's interference also gave it a chance to rest and recover using sunlight, albeit probably not as long as it would need to fully recuperate.

[[/folder]]

[[folder:Florges]]
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-->'''Voiced in Japanese:''' Creator/HitomiNabatame
-->'''Voiced in English''' Aurora Bea

A war leader Florges that was responsible for Goomy meeting Ash, having previously taken over its homeland to preserve her infant Floette with its healing water.
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* ArcVillain: For Ash's Goodra, her invasion of the wetlands causing Goomy's exile and eventually meeting with Ash.
* TheComicallySerious: In her second appearance, the mischief of a rampaging Carbink led Florges to have humorous snit fits at a resident Quagsire.
* DarkActionGirl: At first. Becomes a standard ActionGirl after her HeelFaceTurn.
* DenserAndWackier: Was the ArcVillain for most of Goodra's character arc and even post HeelFaceTurn was a serious DarkActionGirl. She and her army return as comic relief in "A Diamond In The Rough".
* EasilyForgiven: All the pain and trauma she caused seems forgotten after discovering her real motive.
* {{Expy}}: Her war embittered persona and motive (even directly driven by a beloved Floette) make her something of a LighterAndSofter SpiritualAdaptation of [=AZ=].
* HeelFaceTurn: Following an EnemyMine with [[spoiler:Ash and Goodra against Team Rocket]].
* HeelRealization: Downplayed. After finding out Team Rocket duped her and the lengths the Goodra she bullied away as a Goomy was willing to help her, she shows visible humility.
* LadyOfWar: Elegant and dignified as her species are commonly renowned for. Also a powerful fighter Pokémon with an entire army at her bidding.
* MamaBear: The lengths she took to cure her ill baby Floette.
* MustMakeAmends: Helps Ash and Goodra recover Pikachu and the others after obliviously helping Team Rocket capture them. It makes peace with Goodra and the other wetland inhabitants afterwards.
* UnwittingPawn: For the Team Rocket trio in one of their most NotSoHarmless schemes, convincing her to help capture Pikachu and attack the heroes, blaming them for the drayage of the wetland's water they were secretly draining.
* ViolenceIsTheOnlyOption: After suspecting the other wetland inhabitants of draining the water needed to heal her child, rather than making any attempts at interrogation, she leads her army into attacking and exiling them.
* WalkingSpoiler: Ties in to nearly all of Goodra's backstory and pivoted how he met Ash.
* TheWorfEffect: During Team Rocket's second rampage on the wetlands, Florges and her army (along with Pikachu) prove useless against their new mech, leaving Goodra to team up with a flock of Carbink to stop them.

[[/folder]]

!!Kalos League

[[folder: Diantha (Carnet)]]
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-->'''Voiced in Japanese by:''' Creator/FumikoOrikasa
-->'''Voiced in English by:''' Vanessa Gardner
-->'''Voiced in Latin American Spanish by:''' Analiz Sánchez

The Kalos League Champion, and a famous movie star.
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* TheAce: She's both the champion, and a famous actress.
* AscendedExtra: Diantha stands out as the first and only champion in the video game series that doesn't get too much involvement in the plot, let alone the Team Flare story. In the anime, she openly investigates the upcoming crisis in Kalos (first by consulting with Olympia, then trying to find Ash and friends when she finds out they have a role to play). During the crisis itself, she helps in evacuating citizens fleeing Lumiose City, protecting them from Z-2's rampage, and in the finale of the storyline, rallies the Gym Leaders in order to help stop Team Flare's Megalith.
* BackToBackBadasses: During the Team Flare Arc with Champion from the Hoenn Region Steven Stone when buying Ash and Alain time to [[spoiler:rescue Mairin's Chespin from the Megalith.]]
* TheCameo: She and (Mega) Gardevoir make a cameo appearance in ''Diancie and the Cocoon of Destruction'' where they [[CurbStompBattle curb-stomp]] Wikstrom and his Mega Scizor with a single Moonblast.
* ClarkKenting: This is [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded]] in the second ''XY'' opening, which shows Serena fawning over a poster of the actress as an [[PaperThinDisguise incognito]] Diantha passes her.
* CurbStompBattle: As fitting for the Champion, Diantha hands them out like candy and doesn't need to use Mega Evolution most of the time. [[spoiler:The first time she actually has to put effort into fighting an opponent is against a ''completed'' Ash-Greninja Form, and even then Ash and Greninja pass out from the PowerStrainBlackout from fighting her.]]
* FamedInStory: She's a famous actress as well as the most powerful trainer in Kalos. She actually has to resort to ClarkKenting in public situations.
* FinishingMove: Gardevoir tends to end battles with Moon Blast.
* FlashStep: How Gardevoir evades attacks. She flash-steps out of reach of the opponent because she is in sync with Diantha.
* FreezeFrameBonus: At the end of the Summer Camp sub-arc, when the camera moves through the camp's Hall of Fame, you can see a photo of a young Diantha and her Ralts with two friends and their Pokémon.
* OurFairiesAreDifferent: Gardevoir's secondary type. Her Moon Blast might be her most powerful move.
* LadyOfWar: She and Gardevoir always battle with grace.
* LateArrivalSpoiler: While the games make a [[CaptainObviousReveal half-hearted attempt]] to hide the fact that Diantha is the champion, she's first introduced as such in the anime.
* NonchalantDodge: Given many experienced Pokémon can already handily dodge attacks in the anime, Gardevoir spams FlashStep versions of these like crazy. It was considered a feat that Greninja was able to land a single attack on her at first.
* OhCrap: Gives a few of these when she realizes [[LetsGetDangerous that getting serious]] with Ash-Greninja is now ''too little too late''. The battle was not going well for her, until they had their PowerStrainBlackout. This leaves her to ponder afterwards what this new evolution is.
* PrimAndProperBun: Diantha's hairstyle, which alludes to her refined, mature personality.
* PsychicPowers: Gardevoir's primary type, but she doesn't use Psychic-Type moves a lot.
* SignatureMove: Gardevoir uses Shadow Ball ''a lot''.
* SupportingLeader: Leads the charge of the Kalos Leaders against the Megalith, but ultimately places the duty of saving the whole world upon Ash and Alain.
* SuperMode: Diantha's Gardevoir can Mega Evolve into Mega Gardevoir.
* SweetTooth: She has a loving for desserts and always tries their most popular one when she goes somewhere for work.
* WorldsBestWarrior: As the Champion, she's ''the'' most skilled trainer in the Kalos region. [[spoiler:And while she may be as strong as that description entails, she is also the first Champion whom Ash managed to give a hard time , because of his and Greninja's unique power.]]
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[[folder: Siebold (Zumi)]]
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->'''Voiced in Japanese by:''' Creator/HiroyukiYoshino
-->'''Voiced in English by:''' Eli James

One of the Elite Four members of Kalos who specializes in Water-types. He is introduced in the first Mega Evolution special.
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* AlwaysSomeoneBetter: Is this to Alain. Despite Alain’s track record of winning nearly every fight he gets into, he ends up being the only trainer who ever defeats him on screen.
* AstonishinglyAppropriateAppearance: Dresses in white clothes, it probably relates to his profession as a chef.
* ChefOfIron: He is a Top-class chef in addition to being a member of the Elite Four.
* CurbStompCushion: Alain's Charizard manages to get a few good hits in and endure several as well, but in the end Siebold wins without too much trouble.
* EstablishingCharacterMoment: He defeats Alain and his Mega Charizard X with his powerful Mega Blastoise while using Water-Type and Dragon-Type attacks, establishing how powerful he is as an Elite Four member. And he doesn't look down on Alain, despite the type disadvantage.
* HairOfGoldHeartOfGold: He has blonde hair and is a very sportsman-like person; after defeating Alain, he congratulates him on putting up a good fight.
* IAmNotLeftHanded: He doesn't Mega Evolve his Blastoise from the start, holding his own against Mega Charizard X with just his regular Blastoise. He then Mega Evolves it to show off how powerful it really is.
* KiManipulation: Mega Blastoise's Mega Launcher boosts Pulse attacks such as Dragon Pulse.
* MakingASplash: He specializes in Water-Types and is very proud of his Water-Type team.
* MoreDakka: His Blastoise develops a third cannon when it Mega Evolves.
* TransformationTrinket: Owns a Key Stone and Blastoisinite.
* UseYourHead: His Blastoise knows Skull Bash and hits Mega Charizard X on the stomach.
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[[folder: Wikstrom (Gampi)]]
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One of the Elite Four members of Kalos who specializes in Steel-types. He first had a cameo appearance in the 17th movie, ''Diancie and the Cocoon of Destruction''. He would later make a full appearance in ''[=JN056=]'' of ''Pokémon Journeys''.

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* TheCameo: In ''Diancie and the Cocoon of Destruction'', he appears in the final section of the prologue along with Diantha. He doesn't get a close-up, though.
* BigCreepyCrawlies: His first shown Pokémon is (Mega) Scizor, a Bug-Type Pokémon around the size of a human that has pincers for hands.
* TheBusCameBack: He makes his return and official series appearance in ''[=JN056=]''.
* CurbStompBattle: His entire battle with Diantha during their cameo consists of her Mega Gardevoir dodging his Mega Scizor's Shadow Claw and then getting one-shotted by a Moonblast.
* DishingOutDirt: He owns a Probopass that is part Rock-Type.
* ExtraOreDinary: Wikstrom is a Steel-Type specialist.
* KnightInShiningArmor: Wikstrom wears an armor because he is a knight.
* TheFairFolk: He owns a Klefki that knows Fairy Wind and also a Dedenne, both of which are part Fairy-type.
* PowerPincers: His Mega Scizor has large pincers that can also be described as brutal-looking [[ShearMenace scissors]].
* ShockAndAwe: He owns a Dedenne that knows Nuzzle.
* SoulPower: His Mega Scizor's only shown move is the Ghost-Type Shadow Claw, which normally is super effective against Psychic-Types like Mega Gardevoir, but it doesn't hit at all.
* SuperMode: His Scizor can Mega Evolve into Mega Scizor and is only shown in that form.
* TearsOfJoy: He starts crying severall times in ''[=JN056=]'' because of Ash and Goh's dedication.
* TheWorfEffect: Being a Bug/Steel-Type Pokémon, Mega Scizor should have the advantage over Mega Gardevoir with its Steel-typing and its Steel- and Ghost-Type moves, but Mega Gardevoir isn't the Champion's ace for show, as it easily defeats Mega Scizor with [[ScissorsCutsRock Moonblast]].
* WorthyOpponent: Just from the start of meeting them, he views Ash and his Farfetch'd as worthy students for their sheer determination and fearlessness throughout their training.
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[[folder: Malva (Pachira)]]
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->'''Voiced in Japanese by:''' Creator/AkenoWatanabe
-->'''Voiced in English by:''' Samara Naeymi
-->'''Voiced in Latin American Spanish by:''' Angélica Villa

One of the Elite Four members of Kalos who specializes in Fire-types. [[TokenEvilTeammate There's more to her]] than being just one of the Kalos League's top Pokémon trainers.
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* AdaptationalHeroism: [[spoiler:In the games, she despises the Player Character for defeating Team Flare and seems to have been aware of [[FantasticNuke what]] they were planning. In the anime, she ends up siding with Ash and Alain against Lysandre because she is disgusted by his true plans.]]
* TheAce: She is the final trainer Alain faces in his challenge, and she is easily stronger than the 9 trainers preceding her. Her Houndoom holds the upper hand for most of the battle against Alain's Charizard. As a member of the Elite Four, she may very well be the strongest trainer in Team Flare.
* TheAtoner: Even after helping defeat Lysandre and stopping the Megalith, Malva nonchalantly tells Steven that she'll be taking care of the rest of the Team Flare dissidents, after that of which she'll turn herself over to the authorities.
* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: She is close acquaintance of Lysandre, which puts her pretty high in Team Flare Rankings, and she is an Elite Four member to boot. Aside from Lysandre, she is also the only member capable of Mega Evolving her Pokémon.
* BadBoss: PlayedForLaughs. She is very demanding of her camera crew, who happen to be [[ButtMonkey Team Rocket]] in disguise.
* CoolShades: She wears a pair of transparent violet shades.
* CastingAShadow: Her Houndoom's primary type, hinting her affiliation with Team Flare who have a preference for Dark-types.
* EarlyBirdCameo: She shows up in the penultimate episode of ''XY'', as a news reporter.
* EvenEvilHasStandards:
** {{Downplayed|Trope}}, but she half-jokingly calls out Lysandre on being a bad influence towards Alain.
** She was completely shocked when Team Flare showed up after the Kalos League and have Z-2 rampage across Lumiose City. [[spoiler:And she ultimately sides with the heroes, even [[BigDamnHeroes saving]] Pikachu, Greninja and Charizard when she and Mega Houndoom show up to aid Ash and Alain against Lysandre.]]
* FinalBoss: Is Alain's final opponent in the 10-man gauntlet during the fourth Mega Evolution special.
* GraceFulLoser: After losing, she teasingly claims that she despises Alain for defeating her before saying that he really is remarkable.
* HeelFaceTurn: [[spoiler: She turns against Lysandre and joins Ash and Alain in their battle against him.]]
* KarmaHoudini: [[spoiler: Defied. Although Malva was not fully aware of Lysandre's true plan, performed a HeelFaceTurn and ultimately helped save the world from destruction, she does not use any of them to escape punishment for being part of Team Flare. In fact, she states she'll turn herself to the authorities after disbanding Team Flare for good. Given all the above, however, it's unlikely she'll suffer any serious consequences.]]
* NoSell: Base Houndoom has Flash Fire as its ability, allowing it to absorb Fire-Type attacks. Key word being BASE Houndoom, as it loses this ability upon Mega Evolving, which ironically allows Charizard to knock it out with Blast Burn.
* ThePiratesWhoDontDoAnything: Despite her allegiance to Team Flare, Malva really didn't do anything in the organization's name; the only time we see her do anything on Lysandre's behalf was as a volunteer in the ten-man gauntlet Lysandre puts Alain through. She would probably fit for OrcusOnHisThrone, but she spends half her time onscreen as a reporter, and the other half going up ''against'' Team Flare.
* PlayingWithFire: She specializes in Fire-types.
* RedAndBlackAndEvilAllOver: In true Team Flare fashion.
* TransformationTrinket: Owns a Key stone and Houndoominite.
* TokenEvilTeammate: Despite being an Elite Four member, she is allied with Team Flare. [[spoiler: Eventually [[TokenGoodTeammate inverted]], as she is the only member of Team Flare ''not'' to be evil...or at the very least, [[EvenEvilHasStandards less evil than the rest.]]]]
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!!Main characters

[[folder:Clemont]]
!!'''Clemont (Citron)'''
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-->'''Voiced in Japanese by:''' Creator/YuukiKaji
-->'''Voiced in English by:''' Michael Liscio Jr.
-->'''Voiced in Latin American Spanish by:''' Creator/JoseAngelTorres, Humberto Vélez Jr. (flashback as a younger kid)

The new boy for the ''XY'' series, and Bonnie's older brother. GadgeteerGenius extraordinaire, his inventions have helped Ash on more than one occasion. He is also the true Gym Leader of Lumiose City.
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* AdaptedOut: His Emolga from the games is replaced with a Magnemite. This might be due to Iris having an Emolga during the ''Black and White'' saga.
* AgentScully: Played with. When Clemont gets scared of something illogical, he tries desperately to explain it from a scientific perspective, if just to relieve himself.
* AngerBornOfWorry: When Bonnie wants to go look for Squishy in the dead of the night and doesn't take "no" for an answer, Clemont briefly has to raise his voice and scream that, if she were to leave, HE would be worried sick.
* AwesomeBackpack: His backpack contains numerous scientific gadgets, including an [[ArtificialLimbs Aipom-Arm]] and an enormous airbag, among other things. On the downside, it is likely heavy, which makes his lack of athletic physique more apparent.
* AwesomenessByAnalysis: He basically managed to get a good fight out of Ash & Pikachu with a freshly-caught Bunnelby just by correctly anticipating how the two would battle, [[DidntSeeThatComing but didn't expect Ash to lure him in with Iron Tail to get in Electro Ball at point-blank range]].
* BadassBookworm: He's a GadgeteerGenius, but also a Gym Leader who is exceptionally skilled at Pokémon battles.
* BagOfHolding: Equipped his backpack with a function that lets out an enormous airbag.
* BerserkButton: Clemont can get very antsy if you diminish the importance and fascination of technology (even when it's sometimes more convoluted than just doing things manually). In one instance he was even willing to [[NotSoDifferent side with James]] when one of Team Rocket's inventions was debunked as pointless.
* BigBrotherInstinct: He cares for and protects Bonnie.
* BlindWithoutEm: When Pancham runs off with his glasses, we learn that he can't see a thing without them.
* BorrowedCatchphrase: He borrowed Ash's catchphrase about his excitement of science due to him gone after the events of the series.
* BunglingInventor: The Japanese opening shows one of his inventions exploding right in his face. Most of his other inventions are also shown to be less than flawless.
* ButtMonkey:
** Whether its his inventions failing or being the occasional butt of one joke or another, he seems to come out the worst in many situations.
** In "Awakening the Sleeping Giant!", the others needed to trade him to the princess for the [=PokéFlute=], but ended up forgetting about him until the last second. He has to put his jumpsuit on a robot as a decoy and escape in his undershirt and underwear, much to everyone's horror.
* {{Catchphrase}}:
** "The future is now, thanks to science!"
** When busting out his latest invention: "Clemontic Gear, ON!"
** "I thought we would encounter a situation precisely like this one."
** When dragging Bonnie away from her attempts to find him a wife: "Bonnie, I told you to stop this a million times!" and "This is so embarrassing!"
* CelibateHero: If his reactions to Bonnie's antics are anything to go by, romance is dead last in his list of priorities.
* ChildProdigy: He's managed to accomplish a lot: He's contributed research and developed various facilities that aid in energy production, such as Kalos' power plant and Lumiose Tower. He also comes up with a number of inventions that rivals UsefulNotes/ThomasEdison (even if most of them end up going haywire). He's also around the same age that Ash is.
* ComedicUnderwearExposure: In "Awakening the Sleeping Giant!", he has to escape from Princess Allie in his underwear, as his jumpsuit was used to dress up a decoy.
* CrazyPrepared: He has some kind of device built for ''every'' situation imaginable.
* CowardlySidekick: Somewhat downplayed. While not as brave as either Ash or Bonnie, Clemont does stand up. This is one of the reasons why he joined Ash's journey, to become a better person.
* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: As clumsy and dorky as he can be, he is not one to mess with when it comes to Pokémon battles.
* ElementalHairColors: A blond, lightning bolt-shaped cowlick to suit an Electric specialist.
* ForScience: "FOR THE FUTURE OF SCIENCE!"
* TheFriendsWhoNeverHang: He is rarely interacting with Serena. The closest thing is when they share a dance, but that's it ( and she clearly would have preferred Ash, anyway).
* GadgeteerGenius: He's an inventor and keeps a number of useful gadgets in his backpack (although they [[BunglingInventor backfire some of the time]]). To his credit, many of his gadgets ''do'' perform the task they're supposed to, just with the downside of malfunctioning and exploding straight afterwards. He also develops a gadget that assists Ash and Greninja [[spoiler:in mastering their unique SuperMode]].
* GoodCounterpart: Being a bungling and somewhat weedy strategist with a penchant for wacky inventions that don't always handle well, he is this to the Team Rocket trio. Games of one-upmanship with their gadgetry has sometimes occurred, with Clemont sometimes even shown to be impressed by their work. For an added bonus, one of Clemont's bungled inventions even sent him "blasting off".
* {{Hammerspace}}: As usual, it is left up to the viewer's imagination as to how Clemont manages to carry around all those machines.
* HeroWorshipper: In the first few points of the series, he expressed his amazement in Ash's abilities and his desire to also be able to get into the thick of things for others. Ash by amusing contrast is athletically strong and BookDumb, and takes complete amazement in Clemont's inventions.
* HeterosexualLifePartners: Arguably one of Ash's closest friends, immediately hitting it off with him and referring to himself as ''"Ash's Right Hand Man"''
* HonorBeforeReason: As a Gym Leader, Clemont knows that challengers have to overcome their flaws and mistakes on their own whenever they lost a Gym battle but can guide them or give advice to help them, especially Ash.
* IdiotHair: He has a lightning bolt-shaped ahoge, and while Clemont himself is quite intelligent, he is prone to silly situations where his machines unexpectedly backfire.
* IncomingHam: If he's showing off one of his inventions [[ChewingtheScenery don't expect him to leave any scenery for the rest of us.]]
* ImageSong: "Kirakira"[[labelnote:*]]Shining[[/labelnote]] sung by Tomohisa Sako. Has been used as an insert song.
* ImagineSpotting: In [=PokeTV=], Bonnie once fantasized about Dedenne transforming into ''Bonnie''-Dedenne and inflicting paralysis to Clemont via Nuzzle. Clemont's BlueWithShock reaction implies that he saw the whole thing.
* KingIncognito: Or rather Gym Leader Incognito. A definite case of ItWasHisSled if you've played the [[VideoGame/PokemonXAndY associated games]]. Turns out he created a robot that turned on him and kicked him out of the Gym because he programmed it badly and mistimed when to enter the override passcode.
* TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers: [=PokeTV=] 42 showcases the Kalos Gym Leaders, [[spoiler:obviously tying into their BigDamnHeroes in the same episode.]] The order is the same sequence the player must fight them in the games, although Lumiose Gym is depicted last, after Snowbelle. And the Gym Leader is...''Clembot''. Clemont complains why he isn't included in the lineup at all.
* LateArrivalSpoiler: If you've played the game, you should already know that he's the Gym Leader of Lumiose City. [[SpoilerOpening The opening also shows his silhouette in the lineup with the other regional Gym Leaders.]]
* MassOhCrap: His malfunctioning inventions would often result in this. In "A Frolicking Find in the Flowers!", all the human protagonists ''and'' ALL their Pokémon were scrambling to get as far away as possible.
* MeaningfulBackgroundEvent: He and Bonnie first appear walking behind Ash before he enters the Prism Tower. [[{{Foreshadowing}} And they're depressed over something, too.]]
* MeaningfulName: His Japanese and English names reference lemons [[note]]"Citron" is french for lemon. C'''lemon'''t[[/note]] as well as certain electrical terms.
* MeanwhileBackAtThe: He returns to the Lumiose Gym a few episodes before his and Ash's match. The in between episodes dedicate a minute or two showing what he's doing in that time.
* {{Meganekko}}: A male example. You've gotta admit, he ''is'' kinda cute.
* MissingMom: His father, Meyer, was introduced in "Clemont's Got a Secret!", but his mother doesn't seem to be present; not even a photo, flashback, fantasy, or cameo was shown.
* MissionControl: For a brief time, he invented a Mini-Clembot to monitor Ash and Greninja's pulse during battle.
* NiceGuy: Clemont has been shown to be very kind and polite, maybe even a bit of a pushover at times.
* NoOSHACompliance: See Clembot's entry. Note that this wasn't intentional on Clemont's part, either.
* NonActionGuy: In terms of his physical ability, but being a Gym Leader, he is certainly no pushover in Pokémon battles.
* OutOfFocus: Clemont suffered this big time after his Gym Battle was over. It's come to the point his ''little sister'' and even his own ''[[UpToEleven Chespin]]'' have more focus than he does. This is due to Clemont lacking a personal goal of his own other than just trying to be like Ash. He still gets a few focus episodes and does contribute to the overall group dynamic, but that's it.
* PerformanceAnxiety: He can become very camera-shy if he's put on the spot.
* PhraseCatcher: His inventions always get the line "Science is so amazing!" from Ash.
* PlayfulHacker: His Aipom Arm is able to effortlessly hack into a secured backdoor of the Prism Tower. Given the tower doubles as ''his'' Gym, it makes sense.
* PromotedToParent: Clemont has had to scold Bonnie, remind her of her manners, and essentially acts as her caretaker. She even directly asks for his permission in order to "keep" Dedenne as her future Pokémon. Subverted by their father being around, making Clemont more Bonnie's (mostly willing) caretaker than anything else. However, their father seems to be working all day and [[ActionDad all night]].
* PunnyName: His "Sticky Never Give Up Machine" is a [[FunWithHomophones very lame pun]] in Japanese; "neba neba" means "sticky", but also sounds like "never never."
* RobotMe: Clembot, if it wasn't obvious from the name, was made in his likeness. Clemont would later build another, smaller Clembot to monitor Ash and Greninja in battle.
* RockBeatsLaser: Almost literally. In "Giving Chase at the Rhyhorn Race!", after Team Rocket tries to capture all the Rhyhorn, the controller for the cages is dropped after Fennekin uses Ember. Clemont dives on the remote with a rock and smashes it.
-->''"FOR THE FUTURE OF SCIENCE!!!"''
* RunningGag:
** Any time he shows off an invention, which is followed by him boasting about it and revealing its often stupid name, which is followed by Bonnie going all DeadpanSnarker on it, ''which'' is followed by Ash commenting "Science is SO amazing!", [[OverlyLongGag which is followed by Serena either staring blankly at it]] or [[UpToEleven asking for more info]].
** His inventions working well, only to inevitably explode in his and everyone else's faces, leaving them with [[FunnyAfro Funny Afros]]. [[BoringButPractical The only time this does not happen is in "The Bonds of Evolution!" when the invention is used to evenly cut open a slice of cake]].
** He is also the victim of Bonnie's frequent attempts to find him a wife. In an inverse of how the gag worked with Brock, Clemont drags Bonnie away instead.
** His lack of athletic skill. Usually, it's shown by always being the last to arrive after the rest of his companions.
** He also sometimes annoys the others by complimenting one of Team Rocket's inventions.
** Do not put him in front of a camera. Even when he isn't the one in focus, he tends to freeze up.
* ScaryShinyGlasses: His glasses shine in this manner from time to time, instead of being OpaqueNerdGlasses 100% like his video game counterpart.
* ScienceHero: Whereas Ash solves his problems through sheer tenacity, Clemont has a variety of inventions to rely on for any situation.
* SensitiveGuyAndManlyMan: The Sensitive Guy to Ash's Manly Man.
* SharedFamilyQuirks: Has the same goofy grin and awkward run as his sister. Also, in episode 78, he appears to have the same emotional OcularGushers like his father.
* ShockAndAwe: His specialty as a Gym Leader is Electric-Types.
* TheSmartGuy: Is the team's resident technology expert and a ScienceHero.
* SmartPeopleBuildRobots: He built the Clembot to mind the gym while he's away. At one point it malfunctioned and locked him out of his own gym, but with his friend's help, he managed to beat it in a Pokémon battle and reprogram it to run the gym properly.
* SmartPeopleWearGlasses: The bespectacled Clemont is apparently quite the inventor, creating many ingenious, and occasionally unorthodox, devices.
* SquishyWizard: What he excels in intelligence, he lacks physically. It is made apparent right in the second episode that he is out of shape. Whenever the gang are running, Clemont always tails behind being short of breath.Lugging around that heavy AwesomeBackpack of his doesn't help. Bonnie calls him out on this many times.
* StatusQuoIsGod: Clemont's inventions will ''always'' malfunction and explode, but he will always try again. As a result, Clemont will never stop trying to improve himself.
* SupremeChef: The gang loves his cooking.
* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: Is the closest replacement to Brock than any other male companion. Being a Gym Leader, the older voice of reason to Ash with an dorky side, the TeamChef, and is very knowledgeable.
* TeamChef: He's a very good cook, and describes cooking as a kind of science.
* ATwinkleInTheSky: This happened to him when he demonstrated the Muscle Mass Magnifying Machine.
* WeNeedADistraction: During the second encounter with Sanpei, Clemont decided to build a marching machine with crude caricatures of the group so they can shake Team Rocket off their tail. Team Rocket actually fall for it, and when Jessie takes her frustration out on their "captive", the machine inevitably blows up.
* TheWorfEffect: While generally competent, usually whenever it's [[NotSoHarmlessVillain Team Rocket's turn to obliterate the twerps for once]], it's Clemont's team that get the worst of it. Poor Bunnelby has suffered some particularly nasty beatdowns.
* WorthyOpponent: Being his EvilCounterpart, he sometimes irritates the others by complimenting Team Rocket's scientific "endeavours".
-->'''Bonnie:''' "What is this, the Team Rocket fan club???"

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[[folder:Clemont's Pokémon]]
!!'''Bunnelby (Horubi)'''
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-->'''Voiced in Japanese by:''' Creator/ChinatsuAkasaki
-->'''Voiced in English by:''' Alyson Rosenfel

Bunnelby is a Pokémon that Clemont recently caught before meeting Ash. When asked by Ash what type of Pokémon he has, Clemont only showed him Bunnelby and he's the first Pokémon that Ash battled in the Kalos region.
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* BadassAdorable: A competent battler, despite being a fairly recent capture in its debut. And just ''look'' at him!
* BarehandedBladeBlock: During Clemont's battle with Ash in the first episode, Bunnelby catches Pikachu's Iron Tail between his ears.
* BecauseYouWereNiceToMe: The reason why, outside of Serena and her party, Bunnelby was able to approach Eevee without frightening the latter. When the gang was trying to lure Eevee out with Poképuffs, Bunnelby lets Eevee take one before Eevee was seen by the rest of the group.
* BelatedBackstory: An altercation with Team Rocket causes Clemont and Bonnie to reminisce and tell Ash and Serena about how they first met Bunnelby.
* BigBrotherMentor: Was this to Serena's Eevee being the first person of the group she was comfortable around.
* CastFromHitPoints: Clemont taught it Wild Charge during his brief time away from the group.
* ADayInTheLimelight:
** In "Adventures in Running Errands!", the episode mainly focuses on Chespin and Bunnelby's errand that Clemont gave to them. This episode shows more of Bunnelby's personality.
** "A Trip Down Memory Train!" is a WholeEpisodeFlashback about how Clemont met and caught Bunnelby.
* DishingOutDirt: Knows Mud Shot.
* DoppelgangerSpin: Knows Double Team.
* DudeWheresMyReward: At the end of "Adventures in Running Errands!", Clemont gives Chespin extra food even though Bunnelby had to keep Chespin focused on their errand. Even if Chespin didn't lose focus, it doesn't explain why Bunnelby doesn't receive extra food.
* FastTunnelling: Knows Dig, an attack that has been proven to be very useful in various situations.
* FoolishSiblingResponsibleSibling: In "Adventures in Running Errands!", he is shown to be the Responsible Sibling to Chespin's Foolish.
* GlassCannon: His attacks can [[PintsizedPowerhouse strike much harder]] than one would expect from a small rabbit, but a couple of good hits is often enough for him to go down.
* NiceGuy: He's generally kind and actively helpful, whether cleaning up after dinner or helping to protect the others against Team Rocket. He was also one of the few Pokémon that [[ShrinkingViolet Serena's Eevee]] was initially comfortable being around.
* NonElemental: A pure Normal-type, being Clemont's first non-Electric-Type Pokémon he ever caught. That doesn't stop Clemont from using Bunnelby in his Gym Battle against Ash. He did teach it Wild Charge during his brief absence from the group, however.
* OutGambitted: Ash was counting on the above-mentioned BarehandedBladeBlock so Pikachu can score an Electro Ball at point-blank range.
* OutOfFocus: Once Chespin joined Clemont's team, he quickly and greatly surpassed Bunnelby in terms of screentime. However, ever since the episode with Bunnelby's errand with Chespin, he's been getting a little bit more. He gets called upon frequently because Serena's Eevee feels comfortable around him, gets a flashback episode of how he and Clemont got together, and gets injured saving Bonnie falling from a ravine.
* PerformanceAnxiety: Although Bunnelby is a fierce battler, he is also extremely camera-shy, just like his trainer.
* PintsizedPowerhouse: His Dig and Double Slap attacks pack a punch. In his backstory episode showing how he joined Clemont, he sends a Diggersby flying into a wall.
* ShockAndAwe: Revealed to have learned Wild Charge during the time Clemont was away from the group.
* TunnelKing: True to his species' nature, he's a [[FastTunnelling fast, powerful digger]].

!!'''Dedenne'''
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->'''Voiced by:''' Megumi Sato

Dedenne first met the gang when he drops his food in front of them before getting stolen by a Fletching that Ash eventually captures. Dedenne was encountered again when he stole food from Bonnie. After a struggle with Team Rocket, he bonds with Pikachu and Bonnie. Bonnie wants Clemont to capture Dedenne for her which he agrees to. While Dedenne is technically owned by Clemont, he lets Bonnie take care of Dedenne since she's too young to be a trainer.
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* BizarreAlienSenses: Dedenne is able to track Pikachu after having exchanged electricity with him, as is typical of his species.
* ADayInTheLimelight: In "A Jolting Switcheroo!", where he was part of the focus during an accidental switch-up. Later, he got his own title card in "One for the Goomy!", where Dedenne was the definite star of the episode.
* DeadlyHug: His Nuzzle attack, which would be adorable if it weren't for all the electrocution.
* DeusExitMachina: He has a tendency to fall asleep just when he is needed the most.
* FireForgedFriends:
** Dedenne starts to admire Pikachu when he protects him from Team Rocket.
** The same goes with Goomy in "One for the Goomy!" where Dedenne protected it from Team Rocket, earning its trust and making it get over its fear of Dedenne.
** While originally Dedenne wasn't quite fond of Squishy, the two eventually got along well that they would even occupy the main pocket of Bonnie's pochette.
* FunnyBackgroundEvent: When Chespin and Pancham disappear chasing after a gallette they're fighting over, Dedenne makes the most hilarious face as if it was saying "Oh brother..." over their antics.
* HappilyAdopted: Despite Clemont capturing him, he is all but owned and commanded by Bonnie due to being a reserve of sorts for when she's old enough to be a trainer. He seems to have no problem with that at all.
* HeadPet: He's usually seen on Bonnie's head or in her pochette.
* HeavySleeper: He needs a lot of sleep to recharge his electricity.
* IOweYouMyLife: Gratefully joins Clemont's party after he helps save him after nearly drowning.
* LetsGetDangerous: He's small, and since Bonnie is (functionally) his trainer, he's rarely allowed to battle on the front lines. When he ''is'' the only Pokémon available, he's often [[HeavySleeper asleep]]. Yet, unlike other Pokémon who have taken on similar roles in the past (like Togepi and Axew), he's no infant, and is an effective battler on the rare occasions when he is called upon.
* OffModel: Somehow Dedenne has a tendency to be drawn in a really odd-looking shape. In fact fans have taken a note of it to look up [[https://i.imgur.com/Tg0apl4.jpg any instance where Dedenne has appeared off-model]].
* OurFairiesAreDifferent: A Fairy-Type. Goomy was initially scared of Dedenne because of his Fairy-Type. Valerie is also capable of speaking Dedenne's language because of his type.
* OutOfFocus: When Squishy appeared, he took over as TeamPet and occupying Bonnie's pouch, with Dedenne recalled into its ball and is absent more often. Dedenne did get a bit more focus after [[spoiler: Squishy's departure]], and helped out in Cilan's guest appearance.
* RidiculouslyCuteCritter: Bonnie's first reaction to Dedenne is exclaiming how cute he is. Dedenne effectively fills the role of the team's obligatory cute TeamPet.
* RunningOnAllFours: Like many real rodents, he regularly stands on two legs but runs on all fours.
* ShockAndAwe: Electric-Type, but his electric power is signifcantly lower than Pikachu's or Luxray's.
* TastesLikeFriendship:
** Though initially wanting no business with Pikachu, he is quickly bought over when Pikachu kindly feeds him.
** When Dedenne and Goomy become friends, the first thing Goomy does is nibble his ear.
* TertiarySexualCharacteristics: While earlier on he was referred to as "like Pikachu's sibling", his gender wasn't confirmed until the Tripokalon dance episode. He was wearing a blue ribbon which was found on all other male Pokémon, as the female ones were wearing tiaras.
* TookALevelInBadass: In "One for the Goomy!", he battled Team Rocket alongside Pancham and he did all he could to protect Goomy from Team Rocket.
* TunnelKing: Dedenne apparently lived in an underground tunnel system before being captured.

!!'''Chespin (Harimaron)'''
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->'''Voiced in Japanese by:''' Creator/HitomiNabatame
->'''Voiced in English by:''' Suzy Myers

Chespin is one of the starter Pokémon at Prof. Sycamore's lab. When Ash and the gang return back to Prof. Sycamore's lab, Chespin steals Serena's basket of macarons and eats them for itself. After he witnesses Team Rocket kidnap Prof. Sycamore and, unintentionally, Serena and Bonnie, Chespin helps Ash and Clemont track down Team Rocket. When Chespin's life becomes endangered by Team Rocket's mecha robot, Clemont saves him and they start to bond. After defeating Team Rocket, Chespin wishes to join Clemont's team which he accepts.
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* AbhorrentAdmirer: More than once, his attempts to befriend Eevee would lead to her hiding behind Serena or Bunnelby. The awkwardness of the situation is more on Eevee's shyness than on Chespin's forward approach.
* AchillesInHisTent: Enforced by Clemont making him stay in the sidelines during the Lumiose Gym battle, a situation that left Chespin sulking.
* BalloonBelly: As a consequence of being a BigEater, he at one point becomes overweight, which hinders him in battle.
* BigEater: Chespin is quite the glutton, and especially loves macarons and Poképuffs.
* ADayInTheLimelight: The episode "Adventures in Running Errands!" mainly focuses on Chespin and Bunnelby's errand that Clemont gave to them.
* CriticalStatusBuff: Its ability is Overgrow which kicks in when it's low on energy, giving its Grass-type moves a huge boost.
* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: Despite his bumbling and slacker attitude, Chespin proves quite efficient in battle when necessary. He has held his ground against Team Rocket and Xeroxic just as well, if not better than the more level headed Bunnelby and Luxray.
* {{Determinator}}: Even when his attacks have no effect, he refuses to give up against the Mega-Mega-Meowth mecha after being shown friendship.
* {{Expy}}: The Piplup of the team, succeeding Ash's Oshawott.
* FatalAttractor: To say that Chespin's unlucky in love is both an understatement and a misunderstanding. He can't be subtle around Eevee, to the point where he scared her when he lost control after he got too excited when she seemed to become confident around him. When Chespin tried to flirt with Buneary, she knocked him aside and went back to Bunnelby.
* FollowYourNose: His sense of smell is very acute when it comes to locating food.
* FoolishSiblingResponsibleSibling: In "Adventures in Running Errands!", he appears to be the Foolish to Bunnelby's Responsible.
* FunnyBackgroundEvent: As Professor Sycamore was expositing Bond Phenomenon to Ash and company, Chespin was seen asking Dedenne if he could possibly have the potential as well, only for Dedenne to shoot his hopes down, causing Chespin to pout in an annoyed manner.
* GreenEyedMonster: He seems to express jealousy and envy towards Bunnelby due to Eevee's trust in Bunnelby and in one episode where a Buneary developed a crush on Bunnelby.
* GreenThumb: He's Clemont's first and only Grass-Type Pokémon.
* HeroicSecondWind: His ability is Overgrow, which increases his Grass-Type attacks when his stamina is low. Has been used only once.
* IOweYouMyLife: Starts bonding with Clemont when he saves it from being crushed by Team Rocket's mecha.
* {{Keet}}: Has a very happy-go lucky attitude and a habit of popping out of his Pokéball on his own when something interests it.
* TheMcCoy: Chespin is very trusting and generous, and was even willing to offer help to Meowth when he needed it.
* ObsessedWithFood: His obsession with food helped him locate Team Rocket's hideout. The same obsession has also lead him into dangerous situations, such as nearly being crushed by Team Rocket's mecha as he tried to pick up some macarons, and becoming overweight in one episode.
* OvershadowedByAwesome: Not counting Dedenne who is just there to be kept by Bonnie, Chespin is by far the weakest of Clemont's Pokémon who travel with him, and arguably being weaker than all of his Gym Pokémon. This led to Chespin being excluded from Clemont's Gym Team, and even though Chespin is a non-Electric type, that didn't stop Bunnelby from being included in Clemont's team.
* SitcomArchNemesis: Anytime he and Pancham are together, expect bickering.
* SmarterThanYouLook: One might not expect a glutton and slacker like Chespin to be all that clever, but he has his moments. He once willingly entered one of Team Rocket's traps alongside Pikachu so he could pick the lock using his Vine Whip, eventually setting Pikachu free.
* SpikeShooter: Knows Pin Missile.
* SpotlightStealingSquad: Perhaps the only relevant team member from Clemont's side that gets much more screen time than ''his own trainer''.
* TastesLikeFriendship: After Clemont saves him, Chespin offers a macaron to Clemont for saving its life. After Team Rocket has been defeated, Clemont offers some of the macarons to Chespin but instead of eating them all it shares he with the rest of the gang.
* TookALevelInKindness: Started out as a greedy troublemaker, but soon gets better after bonding with Clemont.
* TrademarkFavoriteFood: He loves Macarons, going so far as to eat the group's entire supply if he gets a chance. Later on he gets more into Poképuffs.
* UseYourHead: His Tackle is a powerful headbutt.
* WhipItGood: Knows Vine Whip.
* WithFriendsLikeThese: With Pancham. The two frequently descend to bickering when they're allowed to be near each other.

!!'''Luxio --> Luxray (Rentorar)'''
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->'''Voiced in Japanese by:''' Creator/YukaTerasaki (Kolink and Luxio), Kensuke Sato (Rentorar)
->'''Voiced in English by:''' Emily Jenness (Shinx and Luxio), Billy Bob Thompson (Luxray)

Luxray is a Pokémon that Clemont used to play with in his younger years before evolving from a Shinx. They reunited in Kalos after he evolved into a Luxio.
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* TheAce: Luxray is Clemont's strongest Pokémon.
%%* CastFromHitPoints: Knows Wild Charge.
* ChildhoodFriends: Often played together with Clemont when Luxray was a Shinx, but he didn't captured him back then.
* ADayInTheLimelight: His evolution episode, "The Future is Now, Thanks to Determination". Luxray's time as a Luxio was always the Pokémon that was just kinda there with the rest of the cast ever since his capture episode.
* {{Forgiveness}}: Luxray, as a Luxio, thought Clemont abandoned him, while he was a Shinx, when he broke his word to meet up with him during his Trainer younger days. However, after saving him during a battle with Team Rocket and remembering the good times they shared, Luxray was convinced to forgive Clemont and even decided to travel with him.
* NotSoStoic: Luxio/Luxray is serious for most of the time, but he's shown to be lighthearted and friendly at times and even gets a few ComicallySerious moments.
* OlderAndWiser: In the (imprecise) amount of time spent separated from Clemont, he not only evolved, but developed a more serious and calmer personality and is more mature overall.
* OhCrap: Right before [[http://i.imgur.com/6ZSHt83.png getting hit by Goodra's Bide]].
* OutOfFocus: Much worse than Clemont after the Gym Battle. People often forget he even owns a Luxray.
* PerpetualFrowner: Luxio/Luxray doesn't smile that often and is frowning for the majority of time.
* ShockAndAwe: Electric-Type. When they first met, Shinx's lack of electricity inspired Clemont to build a system that allows Electric-Type Pokémon to take electric showers. The only offensive Eletric-Type attacks Luxio/Luxray seems to know are physical, Thunder Fang and Wild Charge.
* XRayVision: Luxray is shown to have a kind of those, useful for when the gang is trying to find some things.

!!'''Lumiose Gym Pokémon'''
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* AdaptedOut: Unlike the games Clemont does not have an Emolga.
* JustFollowingOrders: While Clemont's Pokémon were happy to see him back, they still have to battle Clemont and his friends due to being under Clembot's command.
* ShockAndAwe: It's an Electric-Type Gym. So everyone of them is this type.

!!!'''Magnemite (Coil)'''
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* CanonForeigner: In the games, Clemont has a Magneton, but no Magnemite.
* ExtraOreDinary: Its secondary type is Steel.
* FlatCharacter: It's mostly present to fill in Clemont's Gym team from before he starts travelling with Ash.
* OutOfFocus: It hasn't appeared since its first episode, with much more focus on Clemont's travelling team and on Heliolisk. It's not used in the Gym Battle with Ash, either.

!!!'''Magneton (Rarecoil)'''
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* ExtraOreDinary: Steel is its secondary type.
* OutOfFocus: While not as much as Magnemite, it's still not given as much focus as Heliolisk and Clemont's travelling team. It's not used in the Gym Battle with Ash, either.

!!!'''Heliolisk (Elezard)'''
->'''Voiced in Japanese by:''' Kiyotaka Furushima
->'''Voiced in English by:''' ????
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* TheAce: Heliolisk was Clemont's original ace prior to Luxray. Which makes sense, since Heliolisk is his ace in the games as well. As long as Clemont is travelling, it acts as Clembot's ace for the meantime. It is also the only one of Clemont's original three Pokémon to be used during the Gym Battle against Ash.
* AchillesHeel: It has to stop for a second and extend the frilled collar around its neck to attack, making it more vulnerable to damage by direct attacks. Ash notices and is able to exploit this by having Hawlucha use a point-blank Hi Jump Kick during the split second when it opens its frills.
* DemotedToExtra: Given that Heliolisk is based of its original game counterpart, it is a hard fall from being Clemont's signature Pokémon to a Pokémon who doesn't travel with its trainer.
%%* DishingOutDirt: Knows Bulldoze. It was actually taught this move by Clembot as a means of countering Dig and other Ground-type moves, and Clemont had to think outside the box like Ash would in order to defeat it in battle and reclaim the Gym from Clembot.
* FragileSpeedster: It's not able to take too much damage directly, but proves fast enough to be difficult to hit anyway. Ash counters this by using Hawlucha, who is not only fast enough to match it but who has super-effective Fighting-type moves.
* GlassCannon: Again, despite its frailty, Heliolisk compensates by having powerful moves that do impressive damage.
* {{Keet}}: It has an ''extraordinarily'' lively personality, as shown when it was first sent out against Clemont. It was also the most visibly happy to see him again of all three Gym Mons.
* LizardFolk: It is based on the frill-necked lizard after all, and it moves on its hind legs.
* LifeDrain: Unsurprisingly given that the move is primarily associated with the line in the games, it knows Parabolic Charge, a new move introduced in Generation VI that gives the Electric type a healing move.
* LightEmUp: It knows Flash.
* NonElemental: Its secondary type is Normal, which becomes its weakness when facing Hawlucha.
* StandardStatusEffects: It knows Thunder Wave, which it uses to paralyze Ash's Goodra, forcing him to substitute with Hawlucha.
* TailSlap: Knows Dragon Tail.
* TheWorfEffect: Given that Heliolisk was Clemont's strongest Pokémon and is still his #2, since Heliolisk is kept in the Lumiose Gym, its job is to lose against strong opponents.

[[/folder]]

[[folder:Bonnie (Eureka)]]
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-->'''Voiced in Japanese by:''' Creator/MariyaIse, Creator/MikaKanai[[labelnote:*]]temporary VA when former was in maternity leave[[/labelnote]]
-->'''Voiced in English by:''' Alyson Rosenfeld
-->'''Voiced in Latin American Spanish by:''' Jocelyn Robles

Clemont's little sister and another sidekick for the ''XY'' series. She's too young to own a Pokémon of her own yet, but has a willing spirit to help out in any way she can. With a bottomless curiosity and a burning passion for Pokémon, Bonnie loves to take care of and play with Pokémon of all kinds.
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* AnnoyingYoungerSibling: She doesn't pull her punches when pointing out Clemont's lack of athleticism, but seems mature enough to know when to apologize. Also, much to Clemont's exasperation, she asks just about any girl she meets to marry him.
* AscendedExtra: In the games, her only roles are hosting the Lumiose Gym/Prism Tower Pokémon Quiz. After becoming the champion, the player can get a ribbon from her if they have a Pokémon with maximum affection. In the anime, she's a main character alongside Clemont.
* TheBabyOfTheBunch: Like Max in ''Advanced Generation'', she is the youngest traveling companion of the series she appears in.
* BigBrotherWorship: She may snark at Clemont's lack of athletic skill, but she still looks up to him.
* BlushSticker: In her more genki moments.
* BorrowedCatchPhrase: In “A League of His Own,” Bonnie borrows Iris’ catchphrase “you’re such a kid” (she says it to Ash).
* BrattyHalfPint: Not a full on case, but it is made apparent that her younger age can make her ''incredibly'' tactless compared to the rest of the team. She usually lacks any form of filter in her criticizing of others for example, nonchalantly calling Goomy a coward and constantly snarking at her brother's hopelessness.
* BrutalHonesty: Has no problem telling Clemont how terrible some of the names he gives his inventions are.
* CatchPhrase:
** Bonnie's vocabulary is not terribly extensive, so she uses "keep" as a substitute for several verbs such as "capture" and "''marry''".
** In the English dub, whenever she tries to get a girl to marry Clemont, it's "You're a keeper!" and "Please take care of my brother!"
* CheerfulChild: Curious, energetic and innocent. Bonnie always sees things through a positive lens, and gives every new Pokémon a chance, regardless of their appearance or natures.
* ClingyJealousGirl: After spending most of the series trying to hook Clemont up with any girl the group meets, Bonnie suddenly becomes apprehensive when Clemont finds a potential match, and tries to drive them apart.
* CutenessProximity: She squees at the sight of every new Pokémon she meets, even a [[ThreateningShark Gar]][[OurDragonsAreDifferent chomp]].
* TheCutie: Her antics, affection for Pokémon, and youthful energy makes her a younger sibling all the characters want to look after.
* DeadpanSnarker: Bonnie shows shades of this, especially after her brother's inventions blow up.
* DoesNotLikeSpam: As a typical trait of small children in anime, she doesn't like carrots.
* DraggedByTheCollar:
** Repeatedly done by Clemont's mechanical Aipom Arm whenever she asks a girl to marry her brother.
** In the opening of ''XY&Z'', she's dragged off by Sqiushy's 10% Forme.
* EveryonesBabySister: Ash and Serena are just as protective of her as Clemont.
* FluffyTamer: While not an official trainer, she has a tendency to like even the scariest-looking Pokémon. She even manages to befriend ''and'' evolve the Pokémon equivalent of a TyrannosaurusRex. [[spoiler:And also befriending an EldritchAbomination]].
* {{Friendly Tickle Torture}}: She does this to Squishy and Z2.
* GenkiGirl: Getting zapped by Pikachu doesn't dampen her spirits one bit.
* GratuitousFrench: "S'il vous plait" in the Japanese version.
* HypocriticalHumor: Her attitude towards Clemont's invention names, when she's not exactly an imaginative sort herself. Squishy, anyone?
* ImageSong: One for both her and Squishy, aptly named "Squishy's Song". It is sung by her voice actress Mariya Ise and is used as [=XY&Z=]'s ending. She occassionally sings it in the anime, which has a calming effect on Squishy.
* InnocentBlueEyes: Huge, expressive blue eyes perfect for a young girl like Bonnie.
* ItsAllMyFault: When Bunnelby gets hurt during the search for Squishy, Bonnie blames herself because she insisted they go look for it. Clemont comforts her because they all want Squishy back, not just Bonnie.
* {{Leitmotif}}: She is sometimes heard humming or singing "Squishy's Song".
* LittleMissSnarker: Her brother's lame invention names, awkwardness, and tendency for his inventions to explode gives her plenty to work with. Even Meowth finds her insufferable.
* TheMatchmaker: Tries to find a future wife/girlfriend for Clemont, much to his embarrassment.
* MeaningfulName:
** Both her Japanese and English names refer to different varieties of lemon (the Eureka and Bonnie Brae, respectively).
** "Eureka" is also an expression used to declare when one has achieved an enlightened thought, complimenting her tinkering brother.
* ModestyShorts: Wears a pair under her little tutu skirt.
* MythologyGag: When she asks a girl to marry her brother, Clemont drags her away with the Aipom-Arm similar to how Brock gets dragged away when he flirts with a girl. She also seems to be the anime stand-in for the interactive part of Pokémon Amie.
* TheNicknamer: She calls the Zygarde Core Cell that the group found with the nickname Squishy/Puni-chan[[labelnote:*]]punipuni refers to something squishy[[/labelnote]].
* NightmareFetishist: She is the only character of the group who is not scared of ghosts or haunted houses. Instead, she gets excited about them.
* NoIndoorVoice: Is very loud and squeals at inopportune moments.
* PalsWithJesus: She takes a liking to Z1/Squishy, a Zygarde core. The Japanese ending theme "Puni-chan's Song" is about their friendship.
* PluckyGirl: She's certainly not afraid to stand up to villains.
* PsychicLink: It's never really explained, but Bonnie seems to develop when with Squishy during the final episodes of the Team Flare Arc, as she was able to feel Squishy was in trouble and that he was mind-controlled.
* SharedFamilyQuirks: Has the same goofy grin and awkward run as her brother.
* ShipperOnDeck: For Ash and Serena. She notices Serena gets unusually worried for Ash during his gym battle with Grant early on in the series, after the group encounters Miette for the 2nd time she's fully aware that Serena's in love with Ash with a knowing smirk calling Ash "dense". She'll even join Serena's rivals in teasing her about her feelings for Ash. At the end of the series when [[spoiler:Serena kisses Ash before she leaves for Hoenn]] she's initially VERY shocked but when bidding Serena farewell she winks at her and gives a "way to go" look and fistpump.
* SpotlightStealingSquad: Even when she's not of legal age to be a trainer yet, jarringly enough, she gets more episodes than Clemont does. This only becomes much more obvious during the third season where she [[spoiler:gets to take care of one Zygarde Core Cell]] and even gets her own ending theme.
* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: To Max. Being the AnnoyingYoungerSibling who isn't old enough to own any Pokémon, but still [[TagAlongKid accompanies]] Ash's team. Also the only one who's never scared in the Ghost/Psychic Pok&eacutemon;mon-centric episodes that terrify the older characters.
* SweetTooth: Bonnie loves her sweets. She even starts drooling just from Serena talking about the restaurants and bakeries in Lumiose City.
* TagalongKid: She sticks by Clemont's side whether he wants it or not, though generally he doesn't seem to mind.
* TenderTears: When she worries about Squishy and wants to go look for it in the dead of the night, Clemont tells her she can't because then HE would be worried sick. Bonnie's reaction is to cry her heart out to Clemont.
* ThirdPersonPerson: Sprinkled in here and there in the Japanese version, as per usual CharacterTics for Japanese children. This trait is absent in the English dub, where this convention isn't used.
* TookALevelInBadass: In "One for the Goomy!", she first stepped to the side when Serena was battling Team Rocket. After Pancham became confused due to Inkay's Psybeam, Dedenne used Nuzzle to make it snap out of confusion and she joined the battle, defeating Team Rocket by commanding Dedenne smoothly.
* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: While Clemont was programming Clembot to recognize him as its master, Bonnie rushes in and tells her brother of a challenger. Clemont never got to program the recognition password he wanted (Clembot registered "You can start today. I'm Clemont, the Gym Leader." instead of "Sandwich"). When Clembot went out of control (due to a "head injury"), Clemont couldn't get it to shut down with ''his'' password. He and Bonnie got booted out of his own gym, and putting many trainers (including Ash!) in danger until Clemont finally takes back his gym and fixes the 'bot.

[[/folder]]

[[folder:Bonnie's Holding Pokémon]]
%%!!'''All of Them''':
%%* RidiculouslyCuteCritter:
!!'''Z-1/Squishy (Puni-chan)'''
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->'''Voiced in Japanese by:''' Creator/YuukiKaji
->'''Voiced in English by:''' Billy Bob Thompson

A Zygarde Core that was being experimented on in Lysandre's secret laboratory, labeled by Team Flare as Z-1. Thanks to Mairin's Chespin, it was able to escape, and ends up running into Ash's group. Bonnie gave it the nickname Squishy due to its, well, squishiness. It hides from Team Flare scientists who are tailing it. There is another Zygarde Core labeled as Z-2, and the opening suggests the two will have a power struggle.
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* AbsurdlyDedicatedWorker: It generally chooses not to show its transformation powers in public, even in instances it would have faced near certain death without them.
* AdorableAbomination: It doesn't hide the fact that it ''is'' Zygarde (though the heroes don't know it yet). But it is still quite cute.
* AnimalisticAbomination: 10% and 50% are a dog and a snake respectively. With that said Bonnie seems to enjoy 10% Forme in the opening.
* BrainwashedAndCrazy: Suffers Z-2's fate after failing to stop its rampage.
* BreathWeapon: It can use Dragon Pulse in its larger forms. In its complete form, the attack doubles as a ConvergingStreamWeapon, as it uses all four wing-mouths to fire it.
* BrickJoke: Squishy hasn't forgotten who was responsible for setting it free. Once Chespie awakens from his coma, Squishy promptly thanks him. The thank you [[FriendshipMoment was enough]].
* ButNowIMustGo: [[spoiler: Both Squishy and Z-2 depart into space when Lysandre's threat is put down, with Z-1 and Bonnie bidding farewell to each other. They show up again a few episodes later to do it again, as they still need to clean up all the corrupted roots from Team Flare's experiment and require Ash-Greninja's help.]]
* ChestBlaster: Zygarde Complete's ultimate attack, Core Enforcer, is a WaveMotionGun fired from its BellyMouth.
* DeusExMachina: [[spoiler:In ''Volcanion and the Mechanical Marvel'', Zygarde's Complete Form appears for a couple of seconds to help wild Pokémon from a WaveMotionGun.]]
* EscapedFromTheLab: With the help of Mairin's Chespin, Squishy was able to escape Team Flare.
* FusionDance: It can combine with other Zygarde cells to make larger forms up to 50%, and can reach 100% by joining with Z-2.
* GodzillaThreshold: Since it spent most of the time in fear of Team Flare, Squishy rarely transforms into its other formes to draw attention to itself, and when cornered it prefers the 10% Forme, most probably for a speedy and stealthy getaway. Squishy only transformed into 50% Forme to confront the other Core, who is BrainwashedAndCrazy, and into 100% Forme [[spoiler:to save Navel Plateau in the 3rd Movie, and to finally finish off Lysandre when his Megalith had the heroes on the ropes (and only because the second Zygarde Core finally starts believing Squishy's words that HumansAreSpecial).]]
* IKnowYoureInThereSomewhereFight:
** When Lumiose City is getting attacked after the Kalos League, Squishy separated from Ash's group once more, to confront the one responsible, Z-2. All this time from running through the chaos to Prism Tower, and up to confronting Z-2 itself, had Squishy frantically trying to call out to its other half, only to fall upon deaf ears.
** [[spoiler:Squishy becomes the "receiver" itself when Bonnie tries (and succeeds, even) to get Squishy to wake up from Team Flare's control.]]
* ImageSong: Together with Bonnie, "Squishy's Song", which is the first ending of ''[=XY&Z=]''.
* IntriguedByHumanity: Z-2 tells it to cut all its ties to humans as they are the ones causing imbalance to Kalos. However, it tells Z2 that it found something different, and will continue to travel with the gang to observe more. It appears to take a strong interest in Bonnie in particular.
* IWillWaitForYou: Squishy happily obliges to the promise of meeting up with Bonnie again once the latter eventually comes of age to become a trainer.
* {{Leitmotif}}: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JSW13qiIxzE A short xylophone tune.]]
* MightyRoar: In its 10% Forme, it unleashes Land's Wrath with a loud howl, driving Team Flare off.
* MundaneUtility: With the threat of an approaching storm, Squishy uses the Zygarde Cells in the Winding Woods to help the heroes find a safe place to camp for the night. Later, Squishy would separate from Bonnie to look for Ash and Greninja on its own, making use of the Zygarde Cells again, this time to pinpoint their location. Squishy finds Greninja first, then points him in Ash's direction.
* MySignificanceSenseIsTingling: It felt something wrong when Z-2 was being captured, ultimately getting worried when the other Core wasn't responding.
* NotSoAboveItAll: While it's been travelling with Ash's group for dubious reasons, Squishy has been shown to participate in some of their activities. Like Dedenne, Squishy has often [[EmpathyPet mimicked Bonnie's behavior a couple of times]].
* ThePowerOfLove: [[spoiler:It was Squishy's bond with Bonnie ([[ChekhovsGun the same kind that Squishy's been telepathically]] [[CallBack preaching to Z-2 beforehand]]) that allowed the former to snap out of its brainwashed state.]]
* ThePowerOfTheSun: Recharges and heals itself by sunbathing.
* PowerStrainBlackout: Transforming into its various forms can take its toll on both Squishy and Z-2. [[spoiler:After transforming into Complete Forme to save Navel Plateau, it left Squishy incapacitated for the rest of the movie.]]
* PunnyName: Both English and Japaneses names are references to its squishiness (''punipuni'' is Japanese onomatopoeia for something squishy).
* RedAndBlackAndEvilAllOver: Squishy is transformed by Team Flare in the same manner as Z-2 after losing a battle to Z-2.
* RidiculouslyCuteCritter: It is the very reason why Bonnie was so taken with the creature, because "Squishy" is completely adorable.
* RoyalWe: During a dream where it was given a human voice, Squishy uses the first person pronoun ''Yo'' in the Japanese version, which is a rough equivalent to this trope. In the English dub, when Meowth asks who he is, he responds "I is I." It also speaks in this when talking telepathically with the blue Zygarde Core.
* ScarfOfAsskicking: In its 10% Forme, a green tendril-like appendage keeps fluttering about as Squishy runs. In ''Volcanion and the Mechanical Marvel'', Pikachu actually uses it to catch up to Squishy and hitch a ride!
* SleepModeSize: Squishy defaults to this as a Core, but when threatened it can summon other Zygarde Cells to empower itself
* {{Telepathy}}: While it can only make odd noises towards everyone, it can speak properly towards Z-2 through telepathy.
* TooManyMouths: Zygarde Complete has ''six'': one on each wing and the tail, and a sixth on its chest ([[{{Irony}} but, apparently, none on its actual face]]). All of them can be used for a BreathWeapon, and the ones on the wings and tail can also propel Zygarde's movements like a NitroBoost.
* UsingYouAllAlong: It joined the group to seek protection, and tagged along upon realizing that they were heading to Terminus Cave. In "Meeting at Terminus Cave!", it immediately went off on its own to communicate with the other Core, and during the commotion with Team Flare it left the main gang, much to Bonnie's disbelief. After witnessing the bonds between the gang and their Pokémon, it decides to join them for real, seeing them, and Ash and Bonnie in particular, as examples of how people and Pokémon ''can'' coexist, putting it at odds with Z2.
* WorldHealingWave:
** In "Dream a Little Dream from Me!", it restores a small portion of the forest that was razed by the "Fire Ghost" that was chasing Squishy.
** Zygarde Complete uses these powers again on Lumiose City at the end of the Team Flare saga. [[spoiler:Though it clears up the surface plants, the roots are still causing trouble and they have to individually kill those.]]
* YouAreNumberSix: Team Flare gave it the designation Z-1 (the second, blue-centered Core is labelled Z-2).

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[[folder:Serena]]

!!'''Serena'''
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-->'''Voiced in Japanese by:''' Creator/MayukiMakiguchi
-->'''Voiced in English by:''' Haven Paschall
-->'''Voiced in Latin American Spanish by:''' Verania Ortiz

A girl who lives with her mother in the Kalos region. After seeing Ash's face on a news report, she's certain that he's the same boy she met when she was younger. Serena joins Ash on his quest despite not knowing to what end, though she eventually decided that her dream was to become a Pokémon Performer. Of note is that all her Pokémon are mammalian, owning two foxes and a panda cub. Both of her foxes are female, remarkable given only one out of eight specimens of those Pokémon are female.
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* AdaptationDyeJob: Her skin tone and hair color match the default version of her game counterpart (the one used for the NPC version if you choose Calem as your PC), but her eyes are blue like the lighter-skinned, blonde PC version. Eye color was, however, customizable in the games, so you could get the same combination.
* AgeLift: In the games, her age is [[VagueAge hard to pin down]]. In the anime, she's the same height as Ash and Clemont, and abiding by flashback, is of almost identical age, which would put her at the rough age of 10 like the rest of the anime's female companions.
* AngerBornOfWorry:
** While it [[DownplayedTrope doesn't amount to much]], Serena finally gets (justifiably) angry at Ash when [[spoiler:he dived into a volcano in order to save Talonflame, which, had it not been for Frogadier, would have been fatal for both of them.]]
** She also gets worried when Ash is having a HeroicBSOD after his loss against Wulfric, and when Ash angrily rebuffs her she finally gets very angry with him as well. They make up at the end of the episode, however.
* AnguishedDeclarationOfLove: She nearly did this during her argument with Ash when he snapped at her for trying to cheer him up.
* BewareTheNiceOnes: Like most of Ash's companions, Serena is sweet-natured, but not a doormat. The one time Ash snapped at her, she very angrily [[WhatTheHellHero dressed him down]] over it, while also [[YouAreBetterThanYouThinkYouAre reminding him that he is better than that]]. Like with so many others, Team Rocket also regularly pay the price for crossing her. In "So You're Having a Bad Day" she is willing to cooperate with Meowth, but after finding out everything they suffered from the Pokémon of the Day was ''his'' fault, she is the one that exposes him, coldly telling him to [[DoWithHimAsYouWill deal with the three angry Pangoro himself]].
* BettyAndVeronica: The Betty to Miette's Veronica for Ash's Archie.
* BorrowedCatchPhrase:
** While teaching Ash how to ride a Rhyhorn, Serena surprises herself when she habitually uses her mother's "Go for broke" motto.
** When Bonnie tries to find a girlfriend for Clemont when the latter isn’t present at the scene, Serena is the one who steps in and has to tell Bonnie to cut it out.
* BoundAndGagged: The former only in "Mega Meowth Mega Madness" after Team Rocket catch her and Bonnie in the act of rescuing Prof. Sycamore from them. [[RescueRomance Predictably, Ash frees her.]]
* BreakTheCutie: Subverted. She breaks down into tears in front of her Pokémon the next day, early in the morning at a boardwalk, after losing the first round in her first Pokémon Showcase earlier in the episode. Fennekin and Pancham also held tears over their distraught Trainer and attempted to comfort her. However, she was crying because she was grateful for the opportunity to start her dream as a Performer despite the loss and renewed her resolve to become Kalos Queen with [[ImportantHaircut a change in style and wardrobe]].
* CatchPhrase: "Ta-dah!", every time she wants to show something off to her friends. When Jessie impersonated her, Serena was a wee bit mad that Jessie exaggerated the CatchPhrase bit.
-->'''Serena:''' ''*pouty*'' I don't do that EVER!!!
* CatapultNightmare: At the dawn of Ash's 4th gym battle, she dreams of tripping and falling during her Showcase debut, and wakes up the same way. That dream proves to be [[{{Foreshadowing}} prophetic]] of what would eventually happen.
* CavalierCompetitor: By the end of her showcase run, she had become a rather good natured performer and took any losses in stride. She doesn't expect any higher standards from her Pokémon either.
* CharacterTics: Since wearing the ribbon Ash gave her, Serena is sometimes shown grasping onto it whenever insecure or trying to muster courage in a daunting situation.
* ChildhoodFriends: Knew Ash years ago when they were younger and went to a Pokémon Summer Camp together.
* ChildhoodFriendRomance: With Ash. Her crush began when they met as kids. As she [[CharacterDevelopment matured as a character]], so did her feelings, showing that she genuinely is in love with him. She shows this by wearing the ribbon he gave her on her chest, and staying by his side and supporting him through thick and thin. Her feelings for Ash are so strong than, in her first argument with Ash, she ran away from him crying after [[AnguishedDeclarationofLove she almost blurts out her feelings for him]] because she couldn't take seeing him so broken and depressed that [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness he was a completely different person]] from the guy she fell in love with.
* CharacterDevelopment: Serena has gain a great amount of assertiveness and confidence over the series, particularity thanks to Ash and her Pokémon. It eventually grew to the point that she not only found her own dream to follow, but vowed to be a more gorgeous lady for Ash when they meet again, sealing it with a kiss.
* ClingyJealousGirl:
** {{Invoked|Trope}} when Miette asks Ash if he has a bride to see if Serena would have this reaction. [[DownplayedTrope Serena expresses slight annoyance]]. At the end of the episode, Miette also "threatens" to take Ash away next time if Serena hasn't made her move by then. Serena blushes furiously in response, but nothing more. Whenever the group meets Miette again, she naturally tries to get a rise out of Serena this way.
** Downplayed in general. She isn't overtly possessive over Ash, but she displays obvious discomfort whenever he receives any female attention. After all, she was '''clearly''' not fond of [[YankTheDogsChain Ash accepting Miette's invitation to be her dance partner]].
** Also played for laughs due to the facial expressions and responses she makes, mostly due to Miette's meddling.
* CoolBigSis: To Bonnie, treating her like a younger sibling of sorts. Makes sense since as they are both children and the same sex - they would gravitate towards each other in a way that they won't to the boys (who in turn have another sibling-like bond).
** She also hits it off with Mairin, and in their time together, Serena always thinks of the younger girl's welfare. As a result, Mairin has developed a bit of minor HeroWorshipper toward Serena.
* CrossdressingVoices: InUniverse example. In the movie ''The Lightning-fast Hero! Super Pikachu!!'', Serena voices a male Pikachu who appears at the beginning of said movie. (Similar like Ash, who voices a female Pikachu in the middle of the movie.)
* CrushBlush: This tends to happen whenever her feelings concerning Ash are brought up.
* CutenessProximity: Actually a pivot for one. Rhyhorn ''love'' her as they [[RunningGag nuzzle and lick her mercilessly on sight]].
* DamselInDistress: Not an exaggerated case, but Serena has required protecting a fair few times. Expectedly, these are usually RescueRomance on Ash's part. Jessie, being TheRival in showcases, is also sometimes as obsessed with capturing Serena's Pokémon as Pikachu.
* {{Determinator}}: She grew towards this, showing how she is willing to take hits for her Pokémon and her continuing the performance despite Eevee having just tripped. You have Ash to thank for that!
* DesperatelyLookingForAPurposeInLife: For the first 40 episodes of the ''XY'' series, she was unsure of what she wants out of her Pokémon journey. She finally decides to become a Pokémon Performer in episode 41.
* {{Deuteragonist}}: Although not apparent for most of the ''XY'' series' first half, her Performance arc becomes an important part, alternating with Ash's own quest.
* DiabolusExMachina:
** She loses two showcases because of her Pokémon tripping unexpectedly, the first because Fennekin's ribbon was too long during the costume portion and the second because Eevee lost her balance after being intimidated by the crowd during the freestyle portion.
** The universe itself won't allow her and Ash to have subtle romantic scenes, be it by outside interference or Ash's interests blinding him from telling that apart. It doesn't help much the writers indirectly tease their relationship so much with poorly-written titles that suggest so and later they apologize for getting the fans' hopes up for nothing.
* DidIJustSayThatOutLoud: Sometimes when Serena makes comments under her breath, whether scared/annoyed/etc, it'll either get reactions she didn't intend or backfire on her, leading to embarrassment. It appears to be on its way to becoming a RunningGag.
* DisguisedInDrag: In a reversal of the usual once-a-series running gag, she has to masquerade as Ash when he's incapacitated in one episode.
* DudeMagnet: She attracts Tierno, Trevor and Jimmy unintentionally.
* EmergencyImpersonation: When a rocker named Jimmy appears looking to challenge Ash and Pikachu, the former currently too sick to battle, Serena dressed as him to keep Jimmy's {{Keet}} behavior from waking Ash, as she knew he would insist on battling if he found out about the challenge.
* EveryoneCanSeeIt: Her crush on Ash is approaching this territory; so far Miette, Bonnie, Shauna, and Nini have made comments about it, resulting in a LuminescentBlush from Serena. Of course, Ash and Clemont are more ObliviousToLove.
* {{Expy}}: To Yellow from Manga/PokemonAdventures (though her first look coincidentally bears a close resemblance to Blue/Leaf). Girl being saved in a forest by TheHero (and coincidentally enough, Ash is based on the original Red), thus falling into a devoted RescueRomance with him? Yup. She's even wearing a straw hat in her introduction, something Yellow is very known for, and does not focus on Pokémon battles.
* TheFashionista: She is very enthusiastic about fashion and is eager to see what kind of shops the gang will come across. As a stand-in for Trainer Customization, Serena also carries around a small straw basket with which she can make dresses and costumes.
* FeetFirstIntroduction: Played with. The beginning scene of the series shows Grace's Fletchling flying into Serena's room to wake her up. Granted, part of her hair was visible from underneath her blanket for a very brief moment before the camera focused on Fletchling about to peck her awake. The next scene goes outside her house with her screaming from receiving her "wake-up call" before going back inside, her legs and feet sticking out in the air (the first parts of her body we officially see as she's "introduced") as a result of her rude awakening.
* FeminineWomenCanCook: Serena is [[SweetBaker good at baking]], and often prepares confections for her friends.
* FirstKiss: [[spoiler: She's the first of Ash's female companions to kiss him.]]
* ForgottenFirstMeeting: Ash completely forgot about meeting her during a summer camp years ago.
* GenerationXerox: Her mother wants her to be a Rhyhorn racer, though Serena herself has said she hates it. She later finds that her mother has rubbed off on her more than she thought.
* FigureItOutYourself: Serena finds out through a former Pokémon performer and Kalos Queen that she lacks something to become the next Queen and until she figured out what that was she would never defeat the current Queen. Although she took her words into consideration, Serena made the choice to not worry about it and keep moving ahead. However, during the Master Class finals, Serena not only figured out for herself what she lacks to become Kalos Queen when she witness the current Queen's performances but also realized that she should't have brushed it off and tried to figure it out before the Showcase. Having learn her lesson and understanding what she needs to do, Serena vowed to work harder and become a great Queen one day.
* GetAHoldOfYourselfMan: In the form of three snowballs, after yelling at Ash for yelling at her when she tries to cheer him up, while telling him how he wasn't being the amazing guy she knows he is.
* GlassCannon: While her Pokémon know some impressive abilities, Serena doesn't show a great amount of improvisation and composure when she starts losing the upper hand and very often requires assistance against a stronger opponent.
* GoThroughMe: Compared to most Team Rocket face offs, where the heroes talk with their Pokémon, Serena has on occasion shown willingness to intervene physically on her own, usually when they risk harming her Pokémon. Naturally in such cases she ends up outmatched, though this gesture of sacrifice always gets the intended Pokémon a HeroicSecondWind.
* HeavySleeper: Implied, given that her mother had to use a Fletchling to force her out of bed.
* HeldGaze: Has done this multiple times with Ash when he encourages her or gives her advice, however [[spoiler:after their kiss]] they're staring at each other with both of their eyes lit up before exchanging happy warm smiles.
* HighPressureEmotion: Serena starts with the standard LuminescentBlush when Shauna tells her that she knows about Serena's crush on Ash, only to spout steam like a kettle when she thought that their friends (including Ash) had heard the two of them. In fact, this has become somewhat more frequent.
* IUhYouToo: [[spoiler:In the final episode of ''[=XY&Z=]'', Serena gives what is essentially a LoveConfession to Ash, telling him that "You're my goal" and parting ways with him with a kiss]].
* ImageSong: "[=DreamDream=]", the third ''XY'' ending, pops up as an insert song whenever something major happens with her or her Pokémon, e.g. Fennekin's evolution or Serena winning or performing in Showcases. Also "Candy Girl", although unlike [=DreamDream=], this song is about her feelings for Ash.
* ImpliedLoveInterest:
** For Ash. "Implied" is an {{Understatement}}, since the anime makes her crush so obvious that some episodes have explicit romantically themed titles.
** Also a notable subversion for the anime: while there have been [[ShipTease hints]] of a romantic interest between [[ChasteHero Ash]] and each of his female companions, Serena is the first of them (aside from arguably Misty) to ''explicitly'' be interested in Ash.
* ImportantHaircut: Serena cuts her hair short and changes outfits after losing her first Pokémon Showcase.
* InTheHood: She is shown to wear a hoodie on occasion.
* InvincibleIncompetent: As a battler, Serena has advanced far less than previous female companions and remained a GlassCannon with a rather novice strategy output, yet she is the only one to have a clean winning streak, her Pokémon having never fainted in battle [[note]]with the exception of the 3 vs. 3 battle in "Battling into the Hall of Fame!", where Serena's Fennekin was the first Pokémon to faint, even then though Serena didn't lose the overall battle[[/note]]. This is either because her opponent is always [[IneffectualSympatheticVillain Team Rocket or lower]], due to being accompanied by a stronger trainer such as Ash, or just [[DeusExMachina random interference such as one of her Pokémon evolving]].
* ItsAllMyFault:
** During a Pokémon summer camp she and her friends attended, Serena fell when a piece of rock broke but Ash tried to save her from falling. However, after falling down together and seeing that Ash got hurt for trying to help her, Serena blamed herself for his injury and did everything she can to help him while their friends went to get help.
** After an argument with Ash and could't find him in a blizzard, Serena felt at fault as she believed that he ran away further into the Winding Woods more depressed was because of her.
* JerkassRealization: After getting angry and hurt at Ash when he yelled at her for attempting to cheer him up then failed to find him in a snowstorm, Serena realized how badly she lost her temper as she believed to be the reason why he took off further into the Winding woods was because of her. Once she met back up with Ash, Serena tried to apologizes to him but he stopped her from saying anything as he assured her that he was the one who lost it and showed her how truly sorry he was for hurting her.
* KissingDiscretionShot: When Serena bids farewell to Ash, [[spoiler:she runs back up the escalator to him and leans in, then the camera cuts to their feet as the escalator pulls them apart. Pikachu, Serena, Bonnie, Dedenne and Clemont are all blushing after it's done. The ambiguity lies in whether it was a kiss on the cheek or on the lips.]]
* LaughOfLove: This sometimes happens when she's with Ash. For instance, in "[[Recap/PokemonS18E10UnderThePledgingTree Under the Pledging Tree]]", when Ash asks Serena what gifts she's planning to get while she's thinking that the two of them are on a date, she quickly replies "I'm not sure yet!", while chuckling nervously.
* LuminescentBlush: This happens when she's being teased about her feelings for Ash or when offered a chance for a romantic moment with him.
* MeanwhileBackAtThe: The first few episodes devote some time to developing Serena as she leaves her home town to begin her Pokémon adventure. It is not until near the end of "A Blustery Santalune Gym Battle!" that during the time Ash is training for his rematch against Viola, Serena actually meets him, asking Ash if he remembers her.
* MeetCute: When they were younger, Ash saved Serena when she was hurt and lost in the forest, teaching her to never give up.
* MementoMacGuffin: Kept the handkerchief Ash used to bandage her leg all those years ago. Upon returning it to him, Ash immediately remembers her.
* MythologyGag:
** Just like the games, a Fletchling wakes her up in her first appearance.
** Her heavy makeover alludes to ''X and Y''s'' [[VirtualPaperDoll trainer customisation]].
* NaiveNewcomer: She knows very little about Pokémon training at first; and like May and Dawn, didn't know about the [[InexplicablyIdenticalIndividuals Inexplicably Identical Nurse Joys and Officer Jennys]].
* TheNavigator: To remedy Ash's NoSenseOfDirection, Serena is in possession of the gang's town map.
* NiceGirl:
** She is very thoughtful, and plays a supportive role in the group. Also, it really says something about her when she is the only one of Ash's female companions not to get ''immediately'' annoyed by his actions. Even when scolding him, she's much gentler, and doesn't lose her temper with Ash.
** The first time she gets into an argument with Ash is mostly because he wasn't being the amazing guy she knows he is after losing to Wulfric, along with the fact he yelled at her when she tried to cheer him up. This argument helps Ash come back to his senses, and even then, Serena started [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone feeling horrible over it]] after all of a couple of minutes trying to play firm.
* NiceHat: She starts to wear one after beginning her journey. After her costume switch, she wears a different one, but it has the same color scheme as the previous one.
* NonActionGuy: Female version. Compared to previous female companions, Serena is less focused on battling. Most her battles would end up getting interrupted by outside interference or her team evolving during a match to give them enough of a power boost, though on the occasions she does battle on her own, she’s able to hold her own until they get interrupted.
** Justified, as her goal has very little to do with battling and more on performing.
* OpeningShoutOut:
** Serena and her Pokémon spying on a dancing Eevee is played out the same way in "Mad-Paced Getter" and in the very episode Eevee debuts (except Serena is wearing her sleepwear in the latter).
** [[spoiler:Serena's routine for the Master Class Showcase incorporates some of the dance moves she performs in "[=DreamDream=]".]]
* PatientChildhoodLoveInterest: Serena's feelings for Ash developed when they were kids and after an undetermined number of years of not seeing each other, she still has feelings for him. After immediately recognizing him as the boy that saved her in a forest in her childhood, she immediately decided to start her own journey for the sole purpose of seeing him again. Once the series ends and she has leave Ash to start her on journey she makes clear she'll keep waiting for him telling him [[IUhYouToo he's her ultimate goal in life]] and [[spoiler:vows to become a stronger and more attractive woman specifically for him, then kisses him for good measure]].
* PinkGirlBlueBoy: Outside her usual outfit, Serena, in contrast to Ash and Clemont's blue, is most associated with pink.
* PinkMeansFeminine: Serena's second main outfit and her favorite performance dress are pink-based. She also has one pink Pokémon (Sylveon) and one she dresses in pink for performances (Braixen). She's also one of Ash's most feminine companions.
* ProperTightsWithASkirt: Sometimes, including in "Pathways to Performance Partnering!".
* RedHerring: It took so long for Serena to find what she wants out of her travels that several viable choices popped up (Rhyhorn racing, Poképuff baking, [=PokéVision=], Sky Battles[[note]]not unlike Y, her ''Adventures'' counterpart[[/note]]), all of which she had valid interest and talent in. Most of these ended up being a ChekhovsSkill during the Showcases.
* RefusalOfTheCall: Subverted; at the end of the Master Class Showcase, Palermo offered to mentor Serena for Showcases, but Serena turned it down so she could keep travelling with Ash. Palermo tells Serena to call her if and when she is ready, but when Serena finally contacted Palermo, she ultimately turned it down again, wanting to continue improving through traveling. However, Palermo is still the one who offered what course of action Serena should take next: to perform in Contests instead.
* RememberTheNewGuy: Despite apparently being ChildhoodFriends with Ash from before the start of the anime itself, she has not been mentioned or encountered at all until the ''XY'' series[[note]]read: '''fifteen years''' of material[[/note]]. It is eventually revealed that this is due to a ForgottenFirstMeeting on Ash's part.
* RescueRomance: Serena's infatuation with Ash originated from a rather young memory where he helped her out of a forest after she injured her leg. To exacerbate it, Ash has naturally saved her a good few more times throughout the series (as well as vice versa).
* ReverseArmFold: A common default pose for Serena is for her to have her hands folded behind her back.
* RightForTheWrongReasons: After Ash lost his first attempt to get his last Kalos gym badge, Serena was right that something was bothering him but had the conclusion wrong as she thought he was upset about the loss and didn't consider the performances in the battle, which led him to lash out at her for not understanding his emotions and an argument between them. Although Ash was also right and wrong during their argument, Serena was shown to be more right then he was when she called him out for his actions then reminded him of who he is and got him to get his act together.
* RunningGag:
** Rhyhorn are easily attracted to her. Put her in front of a herd, and watch them swam towards her with hearts on their eyes. This paid off in a contest which involved herding Rhyhorn; she won with virtually no effort.
** A minor example prominently featured in horror-themed episodes is when she gets scared out of her mind, in which her imagination runs wild and inadvertently shares her beliefs on supernatural entities that devour children, scaring the others before covering her mouth, apparently having scared herself even more.
* SecurityBlanket: A downplayed case for the ribbon Ash gave her, which she sometimes clenches onto when worrisome (see CharacterTics above). More primarily however, she wears it because ItWasAGift.
* ShipTease: Serena's feelings for Ash are pretty strong. There were even a couple of {{Love Chart}}s confirming the canonicity of her crush. It all started with their meeting as young children, and more hints would pop up as the series progresses. The teasing went ''[[UpToEleven nuclear]]'' during her last scene before she separated from the team, where she [[spoiler:not only as good as confessed to Ash, she ''kissed him!'']]
* ShrinkingViolet: A mild example, but Serena often gets embarrassed whenever she's praised or someone compliments her appearance. [[ShipTease Especially if it's coming from Ash.]] Her personality is also the most demure of all the female companions thus far.
* SignificantWardrobeShift: In "A Showcase Debut!", after losing her first Pokémon Showcase, Serena dons a new outfit to go with her [[ImportantHaircut new shorter haircut]]. The new outfit consists of a pink dress, a red sleeveless jacket, a dark pink fedora hat, short brown boots and a new bag. The blue ribbon she received as a present from Ash in the previous episode is now also worn, tied around her collar.
* SingleWomanSeeksGoodMan: She has feelings for Ash, the NiceGuy and someone who encourages her to follow her dreams.
* SlapstickKnowsNoGender: The fact she suffered two cases of AmusingInjuries in the first episode alone indicates this.
* SnowballFight: After having a serious argument with Ash in the Winding Woods, she expresses her anger this way, bombarding him with enough to knock him onto the ground.
* StatusQuoIsGod: [[spoiler:Like all the previous female leads pursuing their dreams onscreen, Serena comes short of becoming Kalos Queen against Aria, just barely getting a little more than a half of her votes. She does get an offer to go pro from Palermo, but only will consider it after her journey with Ash ends]].
* SupremeChef: Almost everyone loves her macarons.
* ATasteOfDefeat: Along with Dawn, she is one of few "twerps" to suffer an unnegated defeat by Team Rocket in an episode. "A Dancing Debut!" has Serena lose a Showcase to Jessie and her Pokémon (along with Meowth). Like Dawn, however, she had become a GracefulLoser by this time. (Though she had lost on the technicality of her Eevee tripping, not because Jessie's performance was better).
* ThroughHisStomach: After joining the team, Serena bakes cookies for everyone, but specifically presents them to Ash first. Any intention she may have had clearly fails due to [[ObliviousToLove Ash]] being more impressed with the taste than the thought.
* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: The girly girl to Shauna's tomboy.
* TookALevelInBadass: A downplayed example. Team Rocket's VillainDecay aside, Serena's battle performance doesn’t see much improvement throughout most of the series, remaining a GlassCannon whose best tactic was spamming her Pokémon's best attacks. Near the end of the series, she sees a slight improvement, such as when she once battled with Ash’s Pikachu while disguised as him or I n her final battle with Ash, where she has a greater display of strategy, having Braixen take on a unique battle style to resist and briefly gain the upper hand against Pikachu.
** Played straight in her Showcase Performances, where she makes it to the finals of the Master Class and gets to compete against the current Kalos Queen.
* UncattyResemblance: In "[=DreamDream=]", both Fennekin's and Pancham's costumes change to match her various outfit changes.
* WartsAndAll: Serena was slightly blindly smitten with Ash initially. As time passed, she is still in love with him, if not even moreso, but more aware of his shortcomings and willing to set him straight over it, if in a mostly civil manner compared to those he had traveled with before.
* WasTooHardOnHim: Serena felt that she might off been harsh towards Ash, after an argument between them, but he was the one who gave her the apology, which she accepts.
* WetBlanketWife:
** As much as Serena loves Ash, she is ''not'' a fan of Ash's typical reckless behavior. Think about it: the very first time she saw him in years was just moments after his leap of faith from the top of Prism Tower. She occasionally tries to curb his recklessness at various points in the series, to little success, though he has become more apologetic about it.
** She does successfully stop Ash from carelessly engaging into a Pokémon battle that would have made him late in registering for the Lumiose Conference and thus render all of his progress moot.
* WhatTheHellHero: Played straight and subverted. After Ash loses to Wulfric, [[LeaveMeAlone he gets a mad at Serena]], leading her to chew him out furiously and declare his current state to be nothing like the Ash she knew before this. [[WasTooHardOnHim She starts regretting this afterwards]], admitting she has [[WartsAndAll rather high expectations of Ash from how much she admires him]]. Just as she accepts this as unrealistic however, Ash later admits she was right, with Serena just content she once again has the happy Ash she admires exactly like before.
* WorthyOpponent: Aria definitely considers Serena this.
* YankTheDogsChain: Circumstances prevent Serena from partnering up with Ash for a dance party, Miette was only the tip of the iceberg. They later learn it's a rotation dance, so Serena gets to dance with almost everyone, but just when she and Ash are finally going to pair up, the dance ends. She immediately laments the fact.
* YouAreBetterThanYouThinkYouAre: Much like the times he did for her, she does for him, even when she was angry at Ash for yelling at her for trying to cheer him up after losing to Wulfric, she does this by saying that he isn't being himself right then, which actually helps him snap out of his depression.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Serena's Pokémon]]
* AccessoryWearingCartoonAnimal: Braixen and Pancham are all given ones as gifts from Serena (a red ribbon and CoolShades respectively), while Sylveon inherits a set of bow ties naturally as regular for her species.
* TheFashionista: All of them take to wearing accessories or dresses for performances.
* GlassCannon: They can supply a lot of damage but aren't very resistant.
* TwoGirlsAndAGuy: Pancham (male), Braixen and Sylveon (female).
* SugarAndIcePersonality: Both Braixen and Pancham are loyal and caring to Serena but moody and headstrong. Downplayed for Sylveon, who was good natured but shy and insociable as an Eevee.

!!'''Fennekin (Fokko) --> Braixen (Tairenar)'''
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->'''Voiced in Japanese by:''' Music/MegumiHayashibara
->'''Voiced in English by:''' Eileen Stevens

Fennekin is the starter Pokémon Serena chose from Professor Sycamore. She is a tidy Pokémon that takes great pride in her well-groomed appearance. However, the one thing Fennekin loves more than looking her best is her trainer, Serena.
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* AccessoryWearingCartoonAnimal: From "Mending a Broken Spirit!" onward, Braixen's wand is decorated with a red ribbon.
* BadassAdorable: Amps up when she evolves into Braixen.
* BeautyIsNeverTarnished: [[SlapstickKnowsNoGender Subverted a fair few times]] for Fennekin. Played mostly straight for Braixen however, who [[CurbstompBattle sparsely takes hits in battle]] or is involved in heavy slapstick like the other Pokémon. She is one of very few off-screen for the group electrocution gag in ''Pikachu and the Pokémon Band'' for example.
* BerserkButton: It ''hates'' getting dirty and it will attack anyone who get it dirty.
* DamselInDistress: Early on, Jessie was almost as obsessed with capturing her as with Pikachu. This lessened as time passed and even odd times it returns, she's more a BadassInDistress.
* CaneFu: Develops prowess using her stick to block and thrust attacks in the final points of the series, in particular her battle with Pikachu in Lumoise City.
* CanonImmigrant: Serena's Fennekin was made a downloadable character via a promotion code for both ''Videogame/PokemonXAndY'' and ''[[VideoGame/PokemonRubyAndSapphire Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire]]''.
* CharmPoint: Fennekin takes great pride in her well-groomed tail, becoming uneasy if it is tarnished.
* CuteLittleFangs: Being a fox, Fennekin has these.
* DramaQueen: While making a [=PokéVision=] video with Serena, she repeatedly attacks Ash and Pikachu because they accidentally dirtied her fur.
* FantasticFoxes: It's based on the Fennec fox.
* TheFashionista: Like Serena, Fennekin loves to get dressed up and appear her best.
* JerkassBall: In most episodes she is a [[MsViceGirl fussy but good natured]] Pokémon. In Episode 21, when she became [[GreenEyedMonster jealous]] of another, more popular Fennekin, and became obsessed with creating a perfect [=PokéVision=] video with Serena, often rather violently taking out her frustrations on Ash.
* NeatFreak: Downplayed in that Fennekin is only worried about becoming dirty. Downplayed significantly as Braixen.
* OffModel: Back when she was still a Fennekin, her neck would often be drawn extremely long.
* PlayingWithFire: Fire-type.
* RidiculouslyCuteCritter: As Fennekin.
* ShipTease: Early in the season with Ash's Froakie due to him having cleaned her tail with his Frubbles, generally being around each other whenever the group is taking a break, and as a result of the relationship their Trainers have (at least where Serena's feelings for Ash are concerned).
* TookALevelInBadass: Early on she was a DamselInDistress, getting kidnapped frequently by Team Rocket and even overpowered by ''Meowth'' in one of her first battles. As time passed her fire abilities were displayed more fully and, especially after she evolved into Braixen, she's one of the most active Pokémon after Pikachu.
* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Like the rest of her species, she enjoys eating twigs.
* UncattyResemblance: In the third ''XY'' ending theme, any clothes Fennekin wears will also match that of Serena.
* UndyingLoyalty: Eventually develops great loyalty towards Serena, overcoming her crippling aversion to filth to protect her.

!!'''Pancham (Yancham)'''
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->'''Voiced in Japanese by:''' Creator/NorikoShitaya
->'''Voiced in English by:''' Creator/EricaSchroeder

Pancham is a Pokémon that took a liking to [=PokéVision=], and joins Serena's team to become an entertainer.
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* AccessoryWearingCartoonAnimal: Wears a pair of shades that Serena gave him after capture. During Showcases he swaps it for a more stylized one she gave him during the Coumarine Festival.
* BadassAdorable: He's more dashing than Chespin.
* BareFistedMonk: A pure Fighting-Type. The only Fighting-Type attack he knows is Arm Thrust.
* BerserkButton: A mild case, but he does NOT like Chespin trying to steal his food. Mild because he and Chespin are seldom ''not'' annoying each other anyway.
* CastingAShadow: Knows Dark Pulse, and has been seen using [[DualWielding two at once]].
* CanonImmigrant: Serena's Pancham was made a downloadable character via a promotion code for both ''VideoGame/PokemonXAndY'' and ''[[VideoGame/PokemonRubyAndSapphire Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire]]''. As a MythologyGag, it held Black Glasses as an item.
* CoolShades: Is very fond of sunglasses, and is rarely seen without some sort of pair on his forehead.
* DanceBattler: He uses a lot of its performing techniques in its battles.
* DishingOutDirt: Knows Stone Edge.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: His characterisation pretty much replicates Pancham's dex entries, acting tough and bratty to attempt a badass image, but being undyingly loyal to Serena deep down.
* MythologyGag: The shades he gets from Serena are similar to the ones on the hat of her game counterpart.
* TheOneGuy: He is the only guy to Serena's team of females.
* OralFixation: The leaf he carries in his mouth.
* PandaingToTheAudience: Pancham has the appearance of a cute adolescent panda.
* PostKissCatatonia: Nini's Smoochum bids him farewell with one huge kiss. Pancham was completely unresponsive afterward.
* TheReliableOne: Despite his mischief otherwise, Pancham is the only one of Serena's team (including even Serena herself) who did not stumble or make a mistake on stage at any point during their Showcase run.
* SitcomArchNemesis: He and Chespin are nearly always bickering.
* {{Tsundere}}: Pancham is very prideful and has some difficulty showing affection and gratitude, but he truly cares for his trainer and friends.
* UnmanlySecret: Initially, Pancham was insecure about his love of performing, but has since gotten over it thanks to Serena's support.
* WithFriendsLikeThese: With Chespin. The two frequently descend to bickering when they're allowed to be near each other.

!!'''Eevee (Eievui) --> Sylveon (Nymphia)'''
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->'''Voiced in Japanese by:''' Creator/MikaKanai
->'''Voiced in English by:''' Creator/MikaKanai and Kayzie Rogers (Eevee), Creator/EricaSchroeder (Sylveon)

Eevee is an extremely shy Pokémon that was first seen by the gang performing a dance routine on a nearby rock. Impressed by the dance, Serena befriends Eevee, and joins her team soon after.
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* ChekhovsSkill: Her dancing, which consists of wildly prancing and jumping, has made for a good evasion tactic in battle.
* CoolCrown: A flower crown given by Serena when Eevee warned her of a nearby cliff she almost fell into. During the dance ball episode, it also wore a tiara.
* CowerPower: When frightened, Eevee will frequently hide behind either Serena or Clemont's Bunnelby.
* DancingWithMyself: A defining trait is Eevee's love for dancing, which catches Serena's attention to want Eevee as one of her performance Pokémon.
* DoppelgangerAttack: Knows Double Team, which in the anime is consistently portrayed as this to visually represent the speed increase the status move provides in the game. She once used it to make a wild Quilladin that was hot for her faint from seeing several of her.
* HoldingHands: One of Eevee's feelers reaches out to hold Serena's hand as it evolves into Sylveon. Sylveon has occasionally held to Serena this way.
* LateArrivalSpoiler:
** Similar to Ash's Noibat, Serena's Eevee was teased in the fourth ''XY'' ending and third ''XY'' opening, before officially debuting.
** The 2016 preview shows Eevee evolving during the Dance Party episode, sprouting feelers during the TransformationSequence. A magazine scan would later confirm it to be Sylveon.
* LovableCoward: As an Eevee, she was often very timid and self doubting. This was downplayed when ThePowerOfLove evolved her into Sylveon.
* NonElemental: As a Normal-type Pokémon. In addition, Eevee has not been seen with any attack moves outside its Normal-typing. Subverted with Sylveon, that near exclusively uses Fairy-type attacks.
* OurFairiesAreDifferent: Upon becoming a Sylveon, it becomes a Fairy-Type Pokémon.
* OutOfFocus: After evolving into Sylveon, she appeared far less often than Braixen and Pancham. With her NervousWreck persona gone, she was no longer ripe for antics with the other Pokemon.
* ThePowerOfLove: It evolved thanks to Serena's words of encouragement.
* PlatonicLifePartners: Is this with Clemont's Bunnelby.
* RidiculouslyCuteCritter: The Eevee family has always been considered to be a group of cuteness, and this one is no different. Her shy persona giving the Pokémon kind of a {{Moe}} vibe makes this even more so.
* ShrinkingViolet: Very shy around strangers, to the point that Eevee will end up hiding behind Serena or Bunnelby when startled. Lessened as Sylveon, though she retains some subtle nervous moments.
* TookALevelInBadass: As Sylveon, she became a far more confident performer and battler, hindered far less by her nerves.
[[/folder]]

!!Supporting characters

[[folder:Alexa (Pansy)]]
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-->'''Voiced in Japanese by:''' Creator/AyaEndo
-->'''Voiced in English by:''' Jessica Paquet
-->'''Voiced in Latin American Spanish by:''' Nallely Solís

A journalist from the Kalos region and older sister to one of its Gym Leaders, she makes her debut during the Decolore Archipelago story arc, joining Ash as a temporary travelling companion, later telling him about the Kalos region and inspiring him to travel there.
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* AdaptationalBadass: In the games, she has no Pokémon. Here, including her shoulder pet Helioptile, she has a ''Noivern'', which is considered to be one of the strongest Pokémon of Gen VI.
* ArtEvolution: While all the human characters ended up gaining visible fingernails in the transition from the ''Black and White'' series to the ''XY'' one, it's most notable with her because she ends up gaining painted nails between each series.
* AscendedExtra: In the games, she's simply Viola's older sister who simply helps the player find their way around Lumiose City. In the anime, she is promoted to one of Ash's companions that sticks around for quite a while and even gets some characterization too.
* BlowYouAway: Noivern knows Gust, which is used to help Ash's training for his rematch against Viola and her Vivillon.
* BookEnds: In the US, the ''XY'' saga begins with her on a trip with Ash, and it ends with her on a trip with Professor Sycamore.
* TheCameo: [[spoiler:She and Viola are seen watching the Master Class Showcase]].
* CameraFiend: Uses a video camera very, very often.
* CoolBigSis: Acts as one to Ash, and she's also one to her ''actual'' sibling, Santalune Gym Leader Viola, whom she gives counsel and advice to while still supporting her.
* EarlyBirdCameo: Everything about her in BW, given she and the Pokémon she use are part of Gen VI and the Kalos region. Somewhat averted for the US though where her debut episode premieres on the same day Gen VI kicks off and the games start getting sold.
* FailedASpotCheck: Got hit with this trope hard in [=BW141=]. She was so hard at work, Alexa was downright ''oblivious'' to the panic and commotion caused by Team Rocket hoisting ''an entire cruise ship in the air'' and didn't even notice its descent.
* ForgetfulJones: Not too much, but she is prone to it at times, such as locating the contents of her bag. Thankfully, Gogoat is there to help her.
%%* GreenThumb: Gogoat.
* GuestStarPartyMember: Joins Ash's group for the last leg of ''Best Wishes'' and up to the ''XY'' saga's first episode. She also occasionally rejoins the group during the ''XY'' series.
* HeadphonesEqualIsolation: She didn't know what was going on with Ash, Team Rocket, and the ship because she was listening to music while working.
%%* HealingFactor: Gogoat knows Synthesis.
* MrExposition: She is the one who introduces Ash to the Kalos region. During the ''Decolora Adventure'' arc, she basically tells him about every island and myth she and the kids are going to land on.
* MundaneUtility: Uses Helioptile's Parabolic Charge to recharge her equipment, and Gogoat as a mount to carry it.
%%* NonElemental: Helioptile's secondary type.
%%* OurDragonsAreDifferent: Noivern's secondary type.
* OrificeInvasion: Poor Helioptile, when Professor Oak decided to [[NoSenseOfPersonalSpace get up close and personal]], ''literally'', with its ears. Professor Oak would immediately try the same thing to ''Noivern''; needless to say, the dragon didn't take it well.
* ParrotPetPosition: Helioptile is usually clinging to her back with its head over her shoulder.
* ThePollyanna: Always so bright and happy - not in [[GenkiGirl the over-energised way]], she's just got a positive outlook on things.
* PowerUpMount: Gogoat - Alexa's ''introduction'' is to appear riding on his back.
* RunningGag: She has a habit of forgetting where she puts her things in the saddle pouches around Gogoat.
%%* ShockAndAwe: Helioptile's primary type.
* ShipperOnDeck: In the earlier episodes of ''XY'', she seemed to enjoy seeing Ash and Serena together, even giving a happy smile to the two of them when they reunite. She gives Serena a knowing look when she tells her that she was the "inspiration" Ash needed to be more motivated to train harder so he could defeat Viola. The next time she meets the group, she's not at all surprised to see Serena telling her she expected her and Ash to travel together.
* ShrinkingViolet: Helioptile tends to hide behind her back whenever it encounters something unknown. It eventually grows out of it.
* SixthRanger: For the Decolore Arc. Points for traveling with Ash for a longer time straight than ''anyone'' outside his main supporting cast (10 episodes), and for sticking with him even after Iris and Cilan leave (in the penultimate BW episode) and right into the ''XY'' Series.
%%* WindFromBeneathMyWings: Noivern's primary type.

[[/folder]]

[[folder:Professor Augustine Sycamore (Dr. Platane)]]
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-->'''Voiced in Japanese by:''' Creator/HiroshiTsuchida
-->'''Voiced in English by:''' Jake Paque
-->'''Voiced in Latin American Spanish by:''' Manuel Campuzano

The Pokémon professor of the Kalos region. Sycamore's main field of research is on the newly discovered theory that certain Pokémon have an evolution beyond their final stage -- Mega-Evolution as it is called. He gets to see firsthand that such evolutions exist when a Mega Blaziken assists Ash in recovering an out of control Garchomp from the Professor's lab. He is also in charge of running the Summer Camp that many young trainers attend.
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* BadassBookworm: Just as eager to join in on the action as Professor Birch (maybe even moreso), and capable of handling his own in battle; after all, he has a loyal ''Mega Garchomp'' at his command.
* DamselInDistress: His Garchomp has to be rescued twice, the first time being in the second episode of ''XY''.
* CatchPhrase: "Marvelous!"
* DistressedDude: He gets kidnapped by Team Rocket at one point for his knowledge on Mega Evolution.
* GentleGiant: Not him, but the Garchomp he takes care of in his lab to study on Mega Evolution is an absolute sweetheart.
* HandsomeLech: He tried to flirt with Diantha's manager only to be rejected by her.
* HotScientist: Just like the games, he doesn't skimp on the looks.
* NiceGuy: Like other important professors, [[FriendToAllLivingThings he loves Pokémon]] and is friendly to humans as well.
* PapaWolf:
** To Garchomp. When Garchomp is kidnapped by Team Rocket, Sycamore and the kids go to help.
** His response to a Team Flare grunt trying to grab Manon is to grab the grunt's arm with a slightly terrifying grin, scold the grunt, and then shove him away. Then send out Garchomp.
* RooflessRenovation: Sycamore must have great insurance because his lab has been busted in and rebuilt several times.
* RunningGag: If ever Ash and his friends show up at his lab, he's going to be replacing the walls and/or ceiling by the end of the episode.
* SecretKeeper: Eventually learns that Meyer and Blaziken Mask are the same person, a fact that not even Meyer's kids are aware of.
* VocalDissonance: Like other female Garchomps, his Garchomp has a deep, male voice despite her gender.

[[/folder]]

[[folder:Grace (Saki)]]
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-->'''Voiced in Japanese by:''' Creator/HitomiNabatame
-->'''Voiced in English by:''' Creator/EricaSchroeder
-->'''Voiced in Latin American Spanish by:''' Alina Galindo

The mother of Serena. She used to compete in Rhyhorn races.
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* BrickJoke: She later gives Serena her Pokémon Showcase dress, stating that she chose the opposite of what she would normally pick because Serena doesn't like her definition of cute.
* CatchPhrase: "Go for broke."
* GoodParents: Grace does such thoughtful things for Serena it regularly reduces her daughter to tears.
* JockDadNerdSon: In this case, it's a GenderFlip of the usual trope while keeping the spirit, and is thus "Tomboy Mom & Girly Daughter". Grace actually tries to enforce GenerationXerox upon Serena, who does not want anything to do with it (she does realise that she appreciates Rhyhorn Racing more than she'd previously thought, but wanted to try and find something she loved even more). Then, when she shows up in "A Race for Home!", she is skeptical of Serena's dedication to Pokémon Showcases and challenges her to a Skiddo race to prove herself; when Serena succeeds at the assigned task, her mother becomes more open to her daughter's choice of dreams. Also, in "Giving Chase at the Rhyhorn Race!" we learn that she actually sent Serena to the Summer Camp in Pallet Town against her tender-hearted daughter's (initial) wishes, and she seems to have shown a bit of pressure in her parenting style overall.
* MundaneUtility: Uses Fletchling as a sort of "alarm clock", much to Serena's chagrin.
%%* NonElemental: She has a Fletchling, which is part Normal.
* OpenMindedParent: When Serena reveals she is journeying with Ash, and not specifically pursuing Rhyhorn racing, Grace responds positively, just glad that her daughter will be having fun.
* RetiredBadass: She was quite an accomplished Rhyhorn racer in her youth, but has since settled down and started a family.
* RhinoRampage: She has a Rhyhorn who is nice. She has her daughter practice on it to train her as a Rhyhorn racer.
* {{Tomboy}}: Lampshaded by Serena when she asks her mother to pick a hat, only to choose the opposite because she knows Grace picks the "less cuter items". Tellingly, despite [[TomboyWithAGirlyStreak having a feminine streak with keeping house and cooking]], Grace is evidently quite strong in character, and it's easy to see her younger self - an accomplished Rhyhorn Racer in her own right - as being a {{Hotblooded}} Tomboy back in the day. She's certainly more confrontational and (at times) sarcastic than previous mothers who appeared in the series.
* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: The Tomboy to her daughter's girly girl.
* SupremeChef: Serena mentions that Grace's cooking is one of the things she misses ever since she started her adventure.
%%* WindFromBeneathMyWings: Fletchling again, as it's part Flying-type.

[[/folder]]

[[folder:Meyer (Limone)/Blaziken Mask (Mega Blaziken's Trainer)]]
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-->'''Voiced in Japanese by:''' Kensuke Sato
-->'''Voiced in English by:''' Tom Wayland
-->'''Voiced in Latin American Spanish by:''' Christian Strempler (season 17), Julio Bernal (season 18)

The father of Clemont and Bonnie. Also has a secret alter-ego in the form of Blaziken Mask.
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* ActionDad: Clemont and Bonnie's father, who also happens to be a masked superhero-esque trainer in his spare time.
* AdultFear: When Team Flare executes their scheme at Lumiose City, he (as Blaziken Mask) tells his children to stay out of it. It takes Bonnie saying she wants to help Squishy and Clemont professing his concern for his Gym to talk him into letting them come along, and even then he tells them to flee the moment things get dangerous.
* AmazinglyEmbarrassingParents: Meyer is absolutely giddy when he officially meets Ash and Serena. He even assumes that Serena is ''Clemont's'' girlfriend.
%%* BareFistedMonk: Blaziken's secondary type.
* BigDamnHeroes:
** Saves Ash and Pikachu as they fell from Prism Tower.
** Happens again when the heroes are cornered by Team Rocket's HumongousMecha.
* CoolMask: Styled to look like Mega Blaziken.
* EmotionalBruiser: Despite his tough appearance, he cries tears of joy to find that Clemont and Bonnie have made friends and have decided to travel with them.
* InASingleBound: Mega Blaziken and, inexplicably, its trainer are able to jump great heights in the blink of an eye.
* LateArrivalSpoiler: His second appearance pretty much gives away Blaziken Mask's identity, however, most of the cast haven't figured it out yet (apart from Professor Sycamore).
* ManlyTears: Cried when hugging Clemont and Bonnie.
* MeaningfulName: His Japanese and English name refers to lemons. His Japanese name is Italian for lemon, and his English name refers to the Meyer lemon.
* MysteriousProtector: He has helped save the protagonists several times, but not even his own children seem to know his true identity.
* OpenMindedParent: Meyer, rather than being disappointed like Clemont expected, is happy and proud of his son and daughter for adventuring.
* PapaWolf: When Bonnie goes off alone to [[spoiler:get Squishy to come back to its senses]], Meyer and Mega Blaziken are in hot pursuit, personally ensuring that his daughter would not get in harm's way. [[spoiler:They are even ready to [[TakingTheBullet shield Bonnie]] as Squishy readies an attack point-blank, but fortunately, it was at the point when Bonnie is finally getting through to Squishy.]]
%%* PlayingWithFire: Blaziken's primary type.
* ProductPlacement: He exists to promote Mega Evolution before Ash can find/face one on his own, and the event Torchic.
* RiddleForTheAges: [[spoiler:Despite his kids finding out about his identity, it is never elaborated on. Good luck trying to make sense why he of all people pretends to be a masked hero with a Mega Blaziken - which is also not explained at all - for Lumiose City]].
* SecretIdentity: God knows why he dresses as a super hero behind his children.
* ShockAndAwe: Is usually seen with his Ampharos in his day job. There is an implication that it can Mega Evolve, too.
* SuperMode: Mega Blaziken is the first Mega Evolved Pokémon we and Ash are introduced to.
* SuperSpeed: So fast that Ash loses sight of Mega Blaziken in the middle of an empty airstrip.
* TripleShifter: Electrician and compassionate father by day, Mega Evolving hero by night!

[[/folder]]

[[folder:Monsieur Pierre]]
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-->'''Voiced in Japanese by:''' Kenta Miyake
-->'''Voiced in English by:''' Gilles Motais
-->'''Voiced in Latin American Spanish by:''' Arturo Castañeda (season 17), Ricardo Bautista (season 18)

The host of various Pokémon Performances.
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* ChickMagnet: Definitely has plenty of female fans in the Kalos region.
* ClassyCane: Holds one, where his Pokémon Klefki sits as the head.
* TheDandy: His attire when hosting is a coat with neon lights and asymmetric coloring. He also sports a necklace with a large key for a medallion.
* GratuitousFrench: Enjoys saying stuff like "Très bien!" and "S'il vous plaît!" among other things.
* MundaneUtility: He uses Klefki, a living keyring, as a keyring to hold the Princess Key that will be given to the victor.
* NiceHat: Always seen wearing one.
* SymbolMotifClothing: Has a keyhole integrated in his wardrobe, and has a key for his medallion. One time when he was introduced, he wore a mask resembling that of a certain keyring Pokémon. And the fact that the Performance competition relied on getting keys. And he owns a Klefki.
* TinyGuyHugeGirl: In "Party Dancecapades!", Pierre's Klefki is the dance partner to Aria's Delphox. Delphox is the size of a human, while Klefki is a ''sentient keyring''.
* TronLines: The coat he wears has glowing outlines. And in certain scenes they glow in the dark!

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[[folder:Sanpei]]
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-->'''Voiced in Japanese by:''' Creator/YukoSanpei
-->'''Voiced in English by:''' Creator/ChrisPatton
-->'''Voiced in Latin American Spanish by:''' Luis Leonardo Suárez (season 17), Miguel Ángel Ruiz (season 18)

A young ninja who Ash and company run into along their journey a few times. His appearances have primarily been a means to help Ash train his Froakie.
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* BigBrotherMentor: Sanpei's Frogadier/Greninja can be seen as such for Ash's Froakie such as helping it learn Quick Attack.
%%* BubbleGun: Greninja knows Bubble.
%%* DoppelgangerSpin: Greninja knows Double Team.
%%* {{Kamehamehadoken}}: Greninja knows Water Pulse.
%%* MakingASplash: Sanpei owns a Frogadier which later evolves into a Greninja.
* TheGreatestStoryNeverTold: The viewer audience never quite finds out how the battle between his Greninja and Ash's newly evolved Frogadier went down.
* {{Ninja}}: Sanpei not only acts like one, but dresses as one as well. Frogadier/Greninja's actions also play on the ninja theme.
* NumericalThemeNaming: '''San'''pei is the ''third'' of a family of ninjas, with '''I'''ppei and '''Ni'''hei as the eldest and second brothers, respectively.
* SamuraiPonytail: Sanpei's hairstyle.
* ScarfOfAsskicking: Wears a yellow ninja-scarf.
* SmokeOut: Greninja knows Smokescreen. Sanpei himself can do such a thing.
* SurpassedTheTeacher: In their first appearance, Sanpei and his Frogadier are mentors to Froakie (and Ash, to an extent), giving them physical training (all to teach Froakie Quick Attack, although he learned Double Team instead). Ash and his mon would eventually become better at the art, while Sanpei and his Greninja become victim to TheWorfEffect.
* TookALevelInBadass: His Frogadier had already evolved into a Greninja by the time Ash and company run into him a second time along their journey. However...
* TheWorfEffect: Unlike how they were at the top of their game in their debut episode, the show suddenly started to give a lot of flak his way by making him and his Greninja perform poorly against all battles they participated in, to the point they ''need'' the main four to keep them safe from harm. Their latest appearance at their home land just drives it even further where they are incapable of keeping up with Sanpei's older brother and Ash's ''Frogadier''. They even ''lose'' in the war everyone else won.
* {{Wutai}}: It's best not to ask how or why a ninja village and culture exists in a region based on France.

[[/folder]]

[[folder:Palermo (Yashio)]]
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-->'''Voiced in Japanese:''' Rei Sakuma
-->'''Voiced in English:''' Eileen Stevens
-->'''Voiced in Latin American Spanish by:''' Creator/LauraTorres

The former Kalos Queen who now works as a producer for Pokémon Showcases. She was Aria's mentor and she has taken interest in Serena since she witnessed the latter's ImportantHairCut.
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* CoolShades: She is always wearing black sunglasses.
* TheMentor: Known to Aria as "Maestra" (or simply "Sensei" in Japanese).
* MythologyGag: Her outfit is based on design of female Veterans in ''Pokémon X and Y''.
* PerpetualFrowner: She is certainly hard to impress when it comes to scouting for Performers with potential, but is likely just being very professional about her job.
* YouRemindMeOfX: She notes a lot of similarities between Serena and Aria, particularly when the latter first started out learning under her.

[[/folder]]

[[folder:Z-2]]
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-->'''Voiced in Japanese:''' Creator/YukiKaji
-->'''Voiced in English:''' Billy Bob Thompson

The other Zygarde Core. Rather than having a red core color, it instead has a blue one. It was being hunted down by Team Flare, but it managed to escape them multiple times due to its sheer strength with its 50% Forme. It remained in hiding until Z-1/Squishy contacted it, alerting Team Flare of its location. It tried to fend off its chasers, but even with the help of Team Rocket, it still ended up being caught because of the arrival of Alain. It ended up being a captive of Lysandre and experimented on.
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* BrickJoke: What happens to Z-2 after Bonnie has earned its trust? Bonnie tickles its blue core, just like what she did to Squishy in their first meeting.
* CreepyMonotone: In contrast to Squishy, it speaks with a rather straightforward, unchanging tone.
* FusionDance: It can combine with other Zygarde cells to make larger forms up to 50%, and can reach 100% by joining with Z-1.
* GreenThumb: It creates destructive vines which tear through buildings effortlessly.
* GuestStarPartyMember: Spends a very very brief time under Team Rocket's care, as the TerribleTrio resolve to protect Z-2 from Team Flare ([[PragmaticVillainy though not without ulterior motives]]).
* HumansAreBastards: Sees humans as the source of the constant imbalance of Kalos that will ultimately leads to its destruction.
* TheJuggernaut: It can take Mega-Charizard X's attacks and dish them out even harder, with its Extremespeed turning it into a full-on LightningBruiser. Had Team Flare not interfered, it might have won.
* ThePowerOfTheSun: Recharges through sunlight.
* RedAndBlackAndEvilAllOver: When it is forced to transform at the end of the Kalos League, it takes on a red coloring as opposed to green.
* RedOniBlueOni: Aside from the obvious (the core colors), Z-2 has a different [[HumansAreBastards opinion]] towards humans and has a different way of talking.
* RestoredMyFaithInHumanity: [[spoiler:Seeing Ash and the other heroes continue the fight against the Megalith, which Z-2 believes is unbeatable, to protect Kalos, allows Squishy's words of HumansAreSpecial to open Z-2's eyes. The Cores reach an understanding, allowing them to finally transform into Zygarde Complete Forme.]]
* RoyalWe: Like Squishy, it speaks like this.
* {{Telepathy}}: Like Squishy, it has limited telepathy in that it can talk to the other core fine but otherwise can only make grumbling noises.
* WorfHadTheFlu: It may have been somewhat weaker when fighting Alain's Charizard, as it was exhausted from running from Team Flare. To what extent this impacted its performance is unknown, as it didn't seem any weaker than in its earlier appearances. Team Rocket's interference also gave it a chance to rest and recover using sunlight, albeit probably not as long as it would need to fully recuperate.

[[/folder]]

[[folder:Florges]]
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-->'''Voiced in Japanese:''' Creator/HitomiNabatame
-->'''Voiced in English''' Aurora Bea

A war leader Florges that was responsible for Goomy meeting Ash, having previously taken over its homeland to preserve her infant Floette with its healing water.
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* ArcVillain: For Ash's Goodra, her invasion of the wetlands causing Goomy's exile and eventually meeting with Ash.
* TheComicallySerious: In her second appearance, the mischief of a rampaging Carbink led Florges to have humorous snit fits at a resident Quagsire.
* DarkActionGirl: At first. Becomes a standard ActionGirl after her HeelFaceTurn.
* DenserAndWackier: Was the ArcVillain for most of Goodra's character arc and even post HeelFaceTurn was a serious DarkActionGirl. She and her army return as comic relief in "A Diamond In The Rough".
* EasilyForgiven: All the pain and trauma she caused seems forgotten after discovering her real motive.
* {{Expy}}: Her war embittered persona and motive (even directly driven by a beloved Floette) make her something of a LighterAndSofter SpiritualAdaptation of [=AZ=].
* HeelFaceTurn: Following an EnemyMine with [[spoiler:Ash and Goodra against Team Rocket]].
* HeelRealization: Downplayed. After finding out Team Rocket duped her and the lengths the Goodra she bullied away as a Goomy was willing to help her, she shows visible humility.
* LadyOfWar: Elegant and dignified as her species are commonly renowned for. Also a powerful fighter Pokémon with an entire army at her bidding.
* MamaBear: The lengths she took to cure her ill baby Floette.
* MustMakeAmends: Helps Ash and Goodra recover Pikachu and the others after obliviously helping Team Rocket capture them. It makes peace with Goodra and the other wetland inhabitants afterwards.
* UnwittingPawn: For the Team Rocket trio in one of their most NotSoHarmless schemes, convincing her to help capture Pikachu and attack the heroes, blaming them for the drayage of the wetland's water they were secretly draining.
* ViolenceIsTheOnlyOption: After suspecting the other wetland inhabitants of draining the water needed to heal her child, rather than making any attempts at interrogation, she leads her army into attacking and exiling them.
* WalkingSpoiler: Ties in to nearly all of Goodra's backstory and pivoted how he met Ash.
* TheWorfEffect: During Team Rocket's second rampage on the wetlands, Florges and her army (along with Pikachu) prove useless against their new mech, leaving Goodra to team up with a flock of Carbink to stop them.

[[/folder]]

!!Kalos League

[[folder: Diantha (Carnet)]]
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-->'''Voiced in Japanese by:''' Creator/FumikoOrikasa
-->'''Voiced in English by:''' Vanessa Gardner
-->'''Voiced in Latin American Spanish by:''' Analiz Sánchez

The Kalos League Champion, and a famous movie star.
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* TheAce: She's both the champion, and a famous actress.
* AscendedExtra: Diantha stands out as the first and only champion in the video game series that doesn't get too much involvement in the plot, let alone the Team Flare story. In the anime, she openly investigates the upcoming crisis in Kalos (first by consulting with Olympia, then trying to find Ash and friends when she finds out they have a role to play). During the crisis itself, she helps in evacuating citizens fleeing Lumiose City, protecting them from Z-2's rampage, and in the finale of the storyline, rallies the Gym Leaders in order to help stop Team Flare's Megalith.
* BackToBackBadasses: During the Team Flare Arc with Champion from the Hoenn Region Steven Stone when buying Ash and Alain time to [[spoiler:rescue Mairin's Chespin from the Megalith.]]
* TheCameo: She and (Mega) Gardevoir make a cameo appearance in ''Diancie and the Cocoon of Destruction'' where they [[CurbStompBattle curb-stomp]] Wikstrom and his Mega Scizor with a single Moonblast.
* ClarkKenting: This is [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded]] in the second ''XY'' opening, which shows Serena fawning over a poster of the actress as an [[PaperThinDisguise incognito]] Diantha passes her.
* CurbStompBattle: As fitting for the Champion, Diantha hands them out like candy and doesn't need to use Mega Evolution most of the time. [[spoiler:The first time she actually has to put effort into fighting an opponent is against a ''completed'' Ash-Greninja Form, and even then Ash and Greninja pass out from the PowerStrainBlackout from fighting her.]]
* FamedInStory: She's a famous actress as well as the most powerful trainer in Kalos. She actually has to resort to ClarkKenting in public situations.
* FinishingMove: Gardevoir tends to end battles with Moon Blast.
* FlashStep: How Gardevoir evades attacks. She flash-steps out of reach of the opponent because she is in sync with Diantha.
* FreezeFrameBonus: At the end of the Summer Camp sub-arc, when the camera moves through the camp's Hall of Fame, you can see a photo of a young Diantha and her Ralts with two friends and their Pokémon.
* OurFairiesAreDifferent: Gardevoir's secondary type. Her Moon Blast might be her most powerful move.
* LadyOfWar: She and Gardevoir always battle with grace.
* LateArrivalSpoiler: While the games make a [[CaptainObviousReveal half-hearted attempt]] to hide the fact that Diantha is the champion, she's first introduced as such in the anime.
* NonchalantDodge: Given many experienced Pokémon can already handily dodge attacks in the anime, Gardevoir spams FlashStep versions of these like crazy. It was considered a feat that Greninja was able to land a single attack on her at first.
* OhCrap: Gives a few of these when she realizes [[LetsGetDangerous that getting serious]] with Ash-Greninja is now ''too little too late''. The battle was not going well for her, until they had their PowerStrainBlackout. This leaves her to ponder afterwards what this new evolution is.
* PrimAndProperBun: Diantha's hairstyle, which alludes to her refined, mature personality.
* PsychicPowers: Gardevoir's primary type, but she doesn't use Psychic-Type moves a lot.
* SignatureMove: Gardevoir uses Shadow Ball ''a lot''.
* SupportingLeader: Leads the charge of the Kalos Leaders against the Megalith, but ultimately places the duty of saving the whole world upon Ash and Alain.
* SuperMode: Diantha's Gardevoir can Mega Evolve into Mega Gardevoir.
* SweetTooth: She has a loving for desserts and always tries their most popular one when she goes somewhere for work.
* WorldsBestWarrior: As the Champion, she's ''the'' most skilled trainer in the Kalos region. [[spoiler:And while she may be as strong as that description entails, she is also the first Champion whom Ash managed to give a hard time , because of his and Greninja's unique power.]]
[[/folder]]

[[folder: Siebold (Zumi)]]
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->'''Voiced in Japanese by:''' Creator/HiroyukiYoshino
-->'''Voiced in English by:''' Eli James

One of the Elite Four members of Kalos who specializes in Water-types. He is introduced in the first Mega Evolution special.
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* AlwaysSomeoneBetter: Is this to Alain. Despite Alain’s track record of winning nearly every fight he gets into, he ends up being the only trainer who ever defeats him on screen.
* AstonishinglyAppropriateAppearance: Dresses in white clothes, it probably relates to his profession as a chef.
* ChefOfIron: He is a Top-class chef in addition to being a member of the Elite Four.
* CurbStompCushion: Alain's Charizard manages to get a few good hits in and endure several as well, but in the end Siebold wins without too much trouble.
* EstablishingCharacterMoment: He defeats Alain and his Mega Charizard X with his powerful Mega Blastoise while using Water-Type and Dragon-Type attacks, establishing how powerful he is as an Elite Four member. And he doesn't look down on Alain, despite the type disadvantage.
* HairOfGoldHeartOfGold: He has blonde hair and is a very sportsman-like person; after defeating Alain, he congratulates him on putting up a good fight.
* IAmNotLeftHanded: He doesn't Mega Evolve his Blastoise from the start, holding his own against Mega Charizard X with just his regular Blastoise. He then Mega Evolves it to show off how powerful it really is.
* KiManipulation: Mega Blastoise's Mega Launcher boosts Pulse attacks such as Dragon Pulse.
* MakingASplash: He specializes in Water-Types and is very proud of his Water-Type team.
* MoreDakka: His Blastoise develops a third cannon when it Mega Evolves.
* TransformationTrinket: Owns a Key Stone and Blastoisinite.
* UseYourHead: His Blastoise knows Skull Bash and hits Mega Charizard X on the stomach.
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[[folder: Wikstrom (Gampi)]]
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One of the Elite Four members of Kalos who specializes in Steel-types. He first had a cameo appearance in the 17th movie, ''Diancie and the Cocoon of Destruction''. He would later make a full appearance in ''[=JN056=]'' of ''Pokémon Journeys''.

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* TheCameo: In ''Diancie and the Cocoon of Destruction'', he appears in the final section of the prologue along with Diantha. He doesn't get a close-up, though.
* BigCreepyCrawlies: His first shown Pokémon is (Mega) Scizor, a Bug-Type Pokémon around the size of a human that has pincers for hands.
* TheBusCameBack: He makes his return and official series appearance in ''[=JN056=]''.
* CurbStompBattle: His entire battle with Diantha during their cameo consists of her Mega Gardevoir dodging his Mega Scizor's Shadow Claw and then getting one-shotted by a Moonblast.
* DishingOutDirt: He owns a Probopass that is part Rock-Type.
* ExtraOreDinary: Wikstrom is a Steel-Type specialist.
* KnightInShiningArmor: Wikstrom wears an armor because he is a knight.
* TheFairFolk: He owns a Klefki that knows Fairy Wind and also a Dedenne, both of which are part Fairy-type.
* PowerPincers: His Mega Scizor has large pincers that can also be described as brutal-looking [[ShearMenace scissors]].
* ShockAndAwe: He owns a Dedenne that knows Nuzzle.
* SoulPower: His Mega Scizor's only shown move is the Ghost-Type Shadow Claw, which normally is super effective against Psychic-Types like Mega Gardevoir, but it doesn't hit at all.
* SuperMode: His Scizor can Mega Evolve into Mega Scizor and is only shown in that form.
* TearsOfJoy: He starts crying severall times in ''[=JN056=]'' because of Ash and Goh's dedication.
* TheWorfEffect: Being a Bug/Steel-Type Pokémon, Mega Scizor should have the advantage over Mega Gardevoir with its Steel-typing and its Steel- and Ghost-Type moves, but Mega Gardevoir isn't the Champion's ace for show, as it easily defeats Mega Scizor with [[ScissorsCutsRock Moonblast]].
* WorthyOpponent: Just from the start of meeting them, he views Ash and his Farfetch'd as worthy students for their sheer determination and fearlessness throughout their training.
[[/folder]]

[[folder: Malva (Pachira)]]
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->'''Voiced in Japanese by:''' Creator/AkenoWatanabe
-->'''Voiced in English by:''' Samara Naeymi
-->'''Voiced in Latin American Spanish by:''' Angélica Villa

One of the Elite Four members of Kalos who specializes in Fire-types. [[TokenEvilTeammate There's more to her]] than being just one of the Kalos League's top Pokémon trainers.
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* AdaptationalHeroism: [[spoiler:In the games, she despises the Player Character for defeating Team Flare and seems to have been aware of [[FantasticNuke what]] they were planning. In the anime, she ends up siding with Ash and Alain against Lysandre because she is disgusted by his true plans.]]
* TheAce: She is the final trainer Alain faces in his challenge, and she is easily stronger than the 9 trainers preceding her. Her Houndoom holds the upper hand for most of the battle against Alain's Charizard. As a member of the Elite Four, she may very well be the strongest trainer in Team Flare.
* TheAtoner: Even after helping defeat Lysandre and stopping the Megalith, Malva nonchalantly tells Steven that she'll be taking care of the rest of the Team Flare dissidents, after that of which she'll turn herself over to the authorities.
* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: She is close acquaintance of Lysandre, which puts her pretty high in Team Flare Rankings, and she is an Elite Four member to boot. Aside from Lysandre, she is also the only member capable of Mega Evolving her Pokémon.
* BadBoss: PlayedForLaughs. She is very demanding of her camera crew, who happen to be [[ButtMonkey Team Rocket]] in disguise.
* CoolShades: She wears a pair of transparent violet shades.
* CastingAShadow: Her Houndoom's primary type, hinting her affiliation with Team Flare who have a preference for Dark-types.
* EarlyBirdCameo: She shows up in the penultimate episode of ''XY'', as a news reporter.
* EvenEvilHasStandards:
** {{Downplayed|Trope}}, but she half-jokingly calls out Lysandre on being a bad influence towards Alain.
** She was completely shocked when Team Flare showed up after the Kalos League and have Z-2 rampage across Lumiose City. [[spoiler:And she ultimately sides with the heroes, even [[BigDamnHeroes saving]] Pikachu, Greninja and Charizard when she and Mega Houndoom show up to aid Ash and Alain against Lysandre.]]
* FinalBoss: Is Alain's final opponent in the 10-man gauntlet during the fourth Mega Evolution special.
* GraceFulLoser: After losing, she teasingly claims that she despises Alain for defeating her before saying that he really is remarkable.
* HeelFaceTurn: [[spoiler: She turns against Lysandre and joins Ash and Alain in their battle against him.]]
* KarmaHoudini: [[spoiler: Defied. Although Malva was not fully aware of Lysandre's true plan, performed a HeelFaceTurn and ultimately helped save the world from destruction, she does not use any of them to escape punishment for being part of Team Flare. In fact, she states she'll turn herself to the authorities after disbanding Team Flare for good. Given all the above, however, it's unlikely she'll suffer any serious consequences.]]
* NoSell: Base Houndoom has Flash Fire as its ability, allowing it to absorb Fire-Type attacks. Key word being BASE Houndoom, as it loses this ability upon Mega Evolving, which ironically allows Charizard to knock it out with Blast Burn.
* ThePiratesWhoDontDoAnything: Despite her allegiance to Team Flare, Malva really didn't do anything in the organization's name; the only time we see her do anything on Lysandre's behalf was as a volunteer in the ten-man gauntlet Lysandre puts Alain through. She would probably fit for OrcusOnHisThrone, but she spends half her time onscreen as a reporter, and the other half going up ''against'' Team Flare.
* PlayingWithFire: She specializes in Fire-types.
* RedAndBlackAndEvilAllOver: In true Team Flare fashion.
* TransformationTrinket: Owns a Key stone and Houndoominite.
* TokenEvilTeammate: Despite being an Elite Four member, she is allied with Team Flare. [[spoiler: Eventually [[TokenGoodTeammate inverted]], as she is the only member of Team Flare ''not'' to be evil...or at the very least, [[EvenEvilHasStandards less evil than the rest.]]]]
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* BorrowedCatchPhrase: While teaching Ash how to ride a Rhyhorn, Serena surprises herself when she habitually uses her mother's "Go for broke" motto.

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* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: As clumsy and adorkable as he can be, he is not one to mess with when it comes to Pokémon battles.

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* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: As clumsy and adorkable dorky as he can be, he is not one to mess with when it comes to Pokémon battles.



* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: Is the closest replacement to Brock than any other male companion. Being a Gym Leader, the older voice of reason to Ash with an adorkable side, the TeamChef, and is very knowledgeable.

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* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: Is the closest replacement to Brock than any other male companion. Being a Gym Leader, the older voice of reason to Ash with an adorkable dorky side, the TeamChef, and is very knowledgeable.



* AmazinglyEmbarrassingParents: Meyer is absolutely {{Adorkable}} when he officially meets Ash and Serena. He even assumes that Serena is ''Clemont's'' girlfriend.

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* AmazinglyEmbarrassingParents: Meyer is absolutely {{Adorkable}} giddy when he officially meets Ash and Serena. He even assumes that Serena is ''Clemont's'' girlfriend.
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* BigCreepyCrawlies: His only shown Pokémon is (Mega) Scizor, a Bug-Type Pokémon around the size of a human that has pincers for hands.

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* BigCreepyCrawlies: His only first shown Pokémon is (Mega) Scizor, a Bug-Type Pokémon around the size of a human that has pincers for hands.



* CurbStompBattle: His entire battle with Diantha during their cameo consists of her Mega Gardevoir dodging his Mega Scizor's Shadow Claw and then getting one-shotted by a Moon Blast.

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* CurbStompBattle: His entire battle with Diantha during their cameo consists of her Mega Gardevoir dodging his Mega Scizor's Shadow Claw and then getting one-shotted by a Moon Blast.Moonblast.



* TheWorfEffect: Being a Bug/Steel-Type Pokémon, Mega Scizor should have the advantage over Mega Gardevoir with its Steel-typing and its Steel- and Ghost-Type moves, but Mega Gardevoir isn't the Champion's ace for show, as it easily defeats Mega Scizor with [[ScissorsCutsRock Moon Blast]].

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* TheWorfEffect: Being a Bug/Steel-Type Pokémon, Mega Scizor should have the advantage over Mega Gardevoir with its Steel-typing and its Steel- and Ghost-Type moves, but Mega Gardevoir isn't the Champion's ace for show, as it easily defeats Mega Scizor with [[ScissorsCutsRock Moon Blast]].Moonblast]].
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* MarilynManeuver: Happens periodically either from wind, or falling from a great height.

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