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* MyGreatestFailure: [[spoiler: For unwittingly helping Team Flare devastate Lumoise City and bring the greatest crisis upon the Kalos region. Even after turning against Lysandre and saving Chespie from the Megalith Zygarde, Alain never forgives himself for his contribution to the whole mess. He gave up the Mega Ring and Mega Stone provided by Lysandre in order to start his life over with Mairin and Sycamore again.]]
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* MyGreatestFailure: [[spoiler: For unwittingly helping Team Flare devastate Lumoise City and bring the greatest crisis upon the Kalos region. Even after turning against Lysandre and saving Chespie from the Megalith Zygarde, Alain never forgives himself for his contribution to the whole mess. He gave gives up the Mega Ring and Mega Stone provided by Lysandre in order to start his life over with Mairin and Sycamore again.]]
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* BrokenAce: Alain is by far one of the strongest trainers in the Kalos regions, able to consecutively win a GauntletRun of 10 Mega Evolution battles with Mega Charizard X and making up to the finals of the Kalos League with relative ease. But thanks to Lysandre's influence, Alain essentially cuts off contact with his friends in a misguided attempt to protect them, rarely feels any kind of happiness until Ash came along, and his goal to become the strongest is manipulated to help Team Flare's agenda to destroy the Kalos region.
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* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Alain helping out Team Flare throughout the saga proves to be disastrous when [[spoiler: Lysandre decides to launch his attack on Lumiose City after the League. He couldn't have done it without Alain collecting the Mega Evolution energy for him as well as securing the capture of Z2.]]
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* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Alain helping out Team Flare throughout the saga proves to be disastrous when [[spoiler: Lysandre decides to launch his attack on Lumiose City after the League.He And he couldn't have done it without Alain collecting the Mega Evolution energy for him as well as securing the capture of Z2.]]
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* AlwaysSomeoneBetter: [[spoiler: PlayedWith and ultimately {{Subverted}}. Alain has always been victorious against Ash in the three separate battles they have; two times in a one-on-one match and a three time during the Kalos League finals. However, he is easily driven by guilt and his attempts to remedy situation only made things worse thanks to [[EvilMentor Lysandre's teachings and orders]]. Alain doesn't find happiness until he met Ash, whose battle prowess gave him a WorthyOpponent that Alain hasn't faced for a long time. It was Ash who snapped Alain out of his HeroicBSOD during the Team Flare climax, while also taking the power of Ash-Greninja to a shocking new level. And in the aftermath of Flare crisis, Alain privately sees as Ash as the one trainer that he could not hope to overcome.]]
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* BroughtDownToNormal: [[spoiler: After the Team Flare climax, Alain is no longer wearing the Mega Ring and Charizard no longer has the Charizardite X. In XY 147, Alain reveals that he had turned them in to the police as they were properties of Team Flare and he wishes to no longer be associated with them. He plans to start from scratch and find his own Keystone and Mega Stone.]]
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* AlwaysSomeoneBetter: [[spoiler: PlayedWith and ultimately {{Subverted}}. Alain has always been victorious against Ash in the three separate battles they have; two times in a one-on-one match and a three time during the Kalos League finals, and his routine battles are often a higher level of challenge than what Ash normally faced. However, he is easily driven by guilt and his attempts to remedy situation only makes made things worse thanks to [[EvilMentor Lysandre's teachings and orders]]. Alain doesn't find happiness until he met Ash, whose battle prowess gave Alain him a WorthyOpponent that he Alain hasn't faced for a long time. And it It was also Ash who snapped Alain out of his HeroicBSOD during the Team Flare climax, while also taking the power of Ash-Greninja to a shocking new level. In And in the aftermath of Flare crisis, Alain privately sees as Ash as the one trainer that he could not hope to overcome.]]
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* ActionHero: '''Supremely so.''' His adventures in Hoenn and as an UnwittingPawn of Team Flare pit him against some powerful opponents, and he finds himself in some dangerous spots, proving himself quite the {{Badass}} in the process. Unlike the adventures of Ash and Co., the Mega-Evolution specials make no attempt to hide Alain is occasionally putting his life at risk, during his battles against Primal Groudon and Zygarde.
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* ActionHero: '''Supremely so.''' His adventures in Hoenn and as an UnwittingPawn of Team Flare pit him against some powerful opponents, and he finds himself in some dangerous spots, proving himself quite the {{Badass}} badass in the process. Unlike the adventures of Ash and Co., the Mega-Evolution specials make no attempt to hide Alain is occasionally putting his life at risk, during his battles against Primal Groudon and Zygarde.
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* TookALevelInBadass: Sometime in between the Wallace Cup arc of the ''Diamond and Pearl'' series and the ''XY'' series, Steven became the Champion of the Hoenn region.region.
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* MadeOfIron: Charizard has become extremely tough, to the point that taking [[spoiler:Pikachu's and Greninja's super effective moves ''and'' Ash-Greninja's giant, orange Water Shuriken]] are not enough to take it down.
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* OurDragonsAreDifferent: Mega Charizard X's secondary type. He mocks his opponent Remo, a Dragon specialist, for not knowing that Mega Charizard X's typing is Fire/Dragon.
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* OurDragonsAreDifferent: Mega Charizard X's secondary type. He mocks his opponent Remo, a Dragon specialist, for not knowing that Mega Charizard X's typing is Fire/Dragon. Due to this, Charizard loses its Water-Type weakness, making him more resistant to said moves.
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* BloodKnight: Alain challenges every Trainer who has a Mega Evolving Pokémon whenever possible. Or other tough trainers like Ash. It is shown that both, Alain and his Charizard, enjoy battling hard opponents. [[spoiler:This trope is pretty much the reason why he enters the Kalos League.]]
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* BloodKnight: Alain challenges every Trainer who has a Mega Evolving Pokémon whenever possible. Or other tough trainers like Ash. It is shown that both, both Alain and his Charizard, Charizard enjoy battling hard opponents. [[spoiler:This trope is pretty much the reason why he enters the Kalos League.]]opponents.
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* BrokenPedestal: Alain has a bit of a HeroicBSOD when Team Flare, and Lysandre especially, finally shows its true colors.
* CanonForeigner: In ''[[VideoGame/PokemonRubyAndSapphire Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire]]'' if the player has Steven's promotional event shiny Metagross in their party during a certain scene of the ''Delta Episode'', Steven makes a nod to Alain and ''Act II'', saying that a long time ago he fought against Rayquaza alongside a young trainer who used a black Charizard. However, [[PlotHole it doesn't make any sense to the overall narrative]] and is merely promotion.
* CanonForeigner: In ''[[VideoGame/PokemonRubyAndSapphire Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire]]'' if the player has Steven's promotional event shiny Metagross in their party during a certain scene of the ''Delta Episode'', Steven makes a nod to Alain and ''Act II'', saying that a long time ago he fought against Rayquaza alongside a young trainer who used a black Charizard. However, [[PlotHole it doesn't make any sense to the overall narrative]] and is merely promotion.
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* BrokenPedestal: Alain has a bit of a HeroicBSOD when Team Flare, and Lysandre especially, finally shows its true colors.
* CanonForeigner: In ''[[VideoGame/PokemonRubyAndSapphire Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire]]'' if the player has Steven's promotional event shiny Metagross in their party during a certain scene of the ''Delta Episode'', Steven makes a nod to Alain and ''Act II'', saying that a long time ago he fought against Rayquaza alongside a young trainer who used a black Charizard. However, [[PlotHole it doesn't make any sense to the overall narrative]] and is merely promotion.
* CanonForeigner: In ''[[VideoGame/PokemonRubyAndSapphire Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire]]'' if the player has Steven's promotional event shiny Metagross in their party during a certain scene of the ''Delta Episode'', Steven makes a nod to Alain and ''Act II'', saying that a long time ago he fought against Rayquaza alongside a young trainer who used a black Charizard.
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* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: In the rare cases he's very thrilled to satisfy his thirst of battle, he...gets a little too excited.
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* HeelFaceTurn: Made his choice to team up with Ash to take Lysandre down after realizing his folly for helping Team Flare.
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* {{Jerkass}}: If you're not in his rather shallow amount of friends, you don't have a strong Mega Evolution or an exclusive SuperMode, or you tried to get revenge on him on a humiliating loss in the past, he is very prone to giving you the cold shoulder.
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* SociopathicHero: In regards to his overall personality, Alain is a serious social mess. His drive to becoming stronger revolves around hunting random Mega Evolutions to "protect the people close to him", which puts into question his drive. Said people only include Mairin, the Charizard that actually is put in danger on a daily basis, and possibly Sycamore. Beyond those three, Alain has no direct friendly connections to anyone else. During the battle with Malva, she even questioned him about his ideals to become stronger and wasn't all that interested with his doubtful response.
* StartOfDarkness: After Mairin's Chespin was hospitalized, the last we see of Alain after that is fully agreeing with Lysandre's plans to hunt down the Zygarde Core, which on itself is not much related to Alain's personal quest.
* StartOfDarkness: After Mairin's Chespin was hospitalized, the last we see of Alain after that is fully agreeing with Lysandre's plans to hunt down the Zygarde Core, which on itself is not much related to Alain's personal quest.
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* KarmaHoudini: [[spoiler:He isn't punished for [[UnwittingPawn unknowingly assisting]] Team Flare's EvilPlan. He just helps Ash as soon as he realizes he is on the wrong side and is EasilyForgiven, and he still keeps the Kalos League Champion title. While it makes sense in that anyone can hardly blame him for trying to cure Chespie, it's nonetheless a bit jarring to see him get off so easily when Malva, who ended up opposing Lysandre every bit as much as Alain, promised to turn herself in after dealing with the last remnants of Team Flare, although unlike Alain Malva at least had ''some'' involvement in Team Flare's regular activities.]]
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* UnexpectedCharacter: [[spoiler:She will participate participates in the Lumiose Conference.]]
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->'''Voiced in Japanese by:''' Rintaro Nishi (''Advance Generation''), Creator/KenichiSuzumura (''XY'')
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->'''Voiced in English by:''' Andrew Paul
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* {{Irony}}: In search of and defeating various Mega Evolutions, Alain sees the greatest challenge that he and Charizard are looking for is in a Pokémon that doesn't ''have'' a Mega Evolution (although it is still a SuperMode all the same).
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* YourPrincessIsInAnotherCastle: [[spoiler:Everyone thought rescuing Chespie is all that was needed to be done at Lysandre Labs. But then the Megalith awakens, and absorbs Chespie...]]
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* KarmaHoudini: [[spoiler:He isn't punished for [[UnwittingPawn unknowingly assisting]] Team Flare's EvilPlan. He just helps Ash as soon as he realizes he is on the wrong side and is EasilyForgiven, and he still keeps the Kalos League Champion title.]]
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* KarmaHoudini: [[spoiler:He isn't punished for [[UnwittingPawn unknowingly assisting]] Team Flare's EvilPlan. He just helps Ash as soon as he realizes he is on the wrong side and is EasilyForgiven, and he still keeps the Kalos League Champion title. While it makes sense in that anyone can hardly blame him for trying to cure Chespie, it's nonetheless a bit jarring to see him get off so easily when Malva, who ended up opposing Lysandre every bit as much as Alain, promised to turn herself in after dealing with the last remnants of Team Flare, although unlike Alain Malva at least had ''some'' involvement in Team Flare's regular activities.]]
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* OneShotCHaracter: In his debut in the ''Advanced Generation'' series.
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* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: ALain is [[spoiler: suitably horrified and guilt-ridden when he discovers Lysandre's real intentions.]]
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* PoweredByAForsakenChild: [[spoiler:Chespie, still comatose, becomes the power source that keeps the Megalith alive. When the heroes finally free Chespie from the Megalith's clutches, it actually shuts down, until Lysandre returns and powers it back up.]]
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!! '''Alain'''
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->'''Voiced in Japanese by:''' Creator/KenshoOno
->'''Voiced in English by:''' Jonathan Silver
The protagonist of the Mega Evolution specials. He seeks out Mega Stones and trainers with Mega Evolved Pokémon to defeat them under the guidance of a mysterious voice on his Holo Caster.
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* AndNowForSomeoneCompletelyDifferent: He was notable for being the first special-focused character since [[Anime/TheLegendOfThunder Jimmy]] ([[VideoGame/PokemonGoldAndSilver Ethan's]] counterpart) who didn't have anything to do with Ash. However, unlike Jimmy, he later became a recurring character in the main series, ultimately becoming one of Ash's major rivals.
* ActionHero: '''Supremely so.''' His adventures in Hoenn and as an UnwittingPawn of Team Flare pit him against some powerful opponents, and he finds himself in some dangerous spots, proving himself quite the {{Badass}} in the process. Unlike the adventures of Ash and Co., the Mega-Evolution specials make no attempt to hide Alain is occasionally putting his life at risk, during his battles against Primal Groudon and Zygarde.
** With his Charizard they defeat a Mega Absol and a Mega Garchomp (despite a type disadvantage) with minimal difficulty, only being defeated by Siebold and his Mega Blastoise and putting up a good fight in the process. They later hold their own against Steven and his Mega Metagross in Act II of the Mega Evolution series.
** This trend continues in the third Mega Evolution Special, where they hold their own against a Primal Groudon and Primal Kyogre, although Mega Charizard ends up nearly dying trying to prevent Groudon from grabbing the Megalith.
** And now in Mega Evolution Special 4 he is the first trainer in the anime who isn't a champion or another member of the Pokémon League to [[DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu defeat an Elite 4 member on-screen]] after he fought and defeated 9 other trainers with Mega Evolutions.
** He and his Charizard become the first opponents to defeat Ash-Greninja, which up until then dished out Curb-Stomp Battles like candy. It was a rather handy win, too.
** His Charizard does some serious damage against a 50% Zygarde before Mega Evolving using a well-placed Flamethrower and Dragon Claw. After Mega Evolving, Charizard proves itself to be able to give Zygarde its attention, matching it blow-for-blow without any signs of slowing down until Team Flare interrupts the fight. Granted, Zygarde may have been weakened beforehand a bit, but that's still a feat. And James gave Z2 a chance to recover using sunlight, so Alain may actually have gone toe-to-toe with Zygarde's full power.
* AlwaysSomeoneBetter: [[spoiler: Not only is Alain the HeroOfAnotherStory, but he also defeats Ash no less than ''three'' separate times; two times in a one-on-one match and a three time during the Kalos League finals.]]
* AudienceSurrogate: For ''Pokémon'''s PeripheryDemographic, specifically teenagers. Unlike [[Anime/PokemonOrigins Origins version of Giovanni]], Alain's characterization doesn't focus on ''Pokémon'' nostalgia, but he's quite a bit older and more serious than the main episodes' child protagonists, and his partner Pokémon is Charizard, a fan-favorite with the PeripheryDemographic. His mentor-student relationship with Mairin can be seen as an analogue to teenage and young adult ''Pokémon'' fans introducing their younger siblings to the franchise and teaching them how to play the games.
* BadassAndChildDuo: He's the Badass while Mairin is the child.
* BadassCrew: Alain has an impressive line-up of Pokémon, which are [[TheAce Mega Charizard X]], [[InfinityMinusOneSword Metagross]], [[spoiler:[[InfinityMinusOneSword Tyranitar]], [[FragileSpeedster Weavile]], [[OneHitKill Bisharp]]... [[MyFriendsAndZoidberg and Unfezant]]]].
* BigBrotherMentor: Reluctantly takes this role towards Mairin, but he ends up rejecting her out of fear she would get hurt following him. [[NiceJobBreakingItHero This backfires horribly.]]
* BigDamnHeroes: He saves Ash's Pikachu from Team Rocket, which is how he and Ash meet.
* BloodKnight: Alain challenges every Trainer who has a Mega Evolving Pokémon whenever possible. Or other tough trainers like Ash. It is shown that both, Alain and his Charizard, enjoy battling hard opponents. [[spoiler:This trope is pretty much the reason why he enters the Kalos League.]]
* ButtMonkey: In Mairin's Illustrated Mega Evolution Journal, Mega Charizard X gets its ass handed to basically every Mega Evolved Pokémon it battles. While we don't see the result of the battles, as it could easily have made a comeback, it is heavily implied that it has actually lost to a Mega Slowbro. It was also put asleep by a Mega Audino. The canonicity of these shorts, however, is unconfirmed.
* BrainyBrunette: Was formerly an assistant for Professor Sycamore studying Mega Evolution.
* BreakHisHeartToSaveHim: Tells Mairin to leave him be and travel on her own, in rather harsh words, because he fears that she will get hurt travelling with him. [[DeconstructedTrope This bites him in the ass]] as it sends [[TagalongKid Mairin]] in a depression, [[DespairEventHorizon which gets worse when Chespie falls into a coma]]. Alain ends up promising himself to do anything to get Mairin to smile again.
** And he does the same thing with Prof. Sycamore. As Lysandre told him to keep things a secret in order not to sully the professor's name, Alain had been avoiding any confrontation with the professor. In the league, the two met, but Alain merely acknowledged Sycamore before leaving, not wanting to shake hands and leaving the sad professor.
* BrokenPedestal: Alain has a bit of a HeroicBSOD when Team Flare, and Lysandre especially, finally shows its true colors.
* CanonForeigner: In ''[[VideoGame/PokemonRubyAndSapphire Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire]]'' if the player has Steven's promotional event shiny Metagross in their party during a certain scene of the ''Delta Episode'', Steven makes a nod to Alain and ''Act II'', saying that a long time ago he fought against Rayquaza alongside a young trainer who used a black Charizard. However, [[PlotHole it doesn't make any sense to the overall narrative]] and is merely promotion.
* CastingAShadow: Half of Alain's team are part Dark-Type: [[spoiler:Tyranitar, Weavile and Bisharp]]. Coincidently, they all have a secondary type that also makes them double weak to Fighting-Type moves, but that issue only comes to [[spoiler:Weavile]].
* CurbStompBattle:
** His battle with Astrid and Mega Absol was one-sided in his favor.
** He gets handily beaten by Siebold and his Mega Blastoise, though Charizard does enough to impress Siebold making it more of a CurbStompCushion.
** Heavily implied about all his [[spoiler:Gym battles to enter the league in the span of ''7 episodes'']].
** His first battle with Ash and Greninja is another CurbStompCushion, with him on the giving end.
** [[spoiler:His battle with Trevor in the Kalos League is also a curb-stomp in his favor. He only used Charizard to defeat all three of Trevor's Pokémon]]
** [[spoiler:He basically pulls a Tobias in his battle against Remo in the Semi-Finals, defeating the latters' whole team with just Metagross and Charizard.]]
* DeadpanSnarker: He snarks at Mairin's wording when she asks about Mega Evolution.
--> "Pokémon Mega Evolve, not people."
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* DefrostingIceKing: Even with his SugarAndIcePersonality in the ''Mega Evolution Specials'', Alain was cold and stoic for most of the time. After he finally met Ash in the main series, Alain's personality has become friendlier and now he smiles much more often than before. That being said, he is still ice cold to people who aren't Ash and his friends or Sycamore.
* {{Deuteragonist}}: Alain is arguably the closest the Kalos series has to one, being the focus of the Mega Evolution Specials and the primary rival of Ash in XYZ.
* DishingOutDirt: [[spoiler:Alain has a Tyranitar, which is primary a Rock-Type Pokémon, and it has the Sand Stream ability, which summons automatically a Sandstorm (and it's the first Tyranitar to display this ability in the anime). However, the Sandstorm vanishes when Pikachu splashes a lot of water. Aside from that, Tyranitar knows Stone Edge, and Metagross knows Rock Slide; the former is used defensively (and it backfires), while the latter is used offensively.]]
* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: In the rare cases he's very thrilled to satisfy his thirst of battle, he...gets a little too excited.
** The fact that [[spoiler:he immediately collected 8 badges in the span of 7 episodes just to fight Ash at the league and ''only'' for that reason]] further complicates things.
* DoubleKnockOut: [[spoiler:His Unfezant ties with Talonflame when they collide into each other with Sky Attack and Brave Bird.]]
* DramaticIrony: He keeps Professor Sycamore out of the loop because Lysandre tells him if the research on Mega Evolution is published then evil people will use it and ruin the professor's reputation. Knowing Lysandre's role in the games, he is one of those of people.
** Even more ironic is how his constant pushing of people is what leads them straight intro trouble and further fueling his goal to become stronger to protect them anyway, forever locking him in an endless loop. FailureIsTheOnlyOption in his many cases.
* ExtraOreDinary: His Charizard knows Steel Wing, but seems to have forgotten it in favor of [=ThunderPunch=]. He is later on shown to own a Metang, a Steel-type that resembles a floating metallic robot, which later evolves into Metagross, a SpiderTank. [[spoiler:He also has a Bisharp, and his Unfezant also knows Steel Wing.]]
* FindTheCure: His motivation at the end of the Mega Evolution specials to cure Chespie from his Zygarde-induced coma, leading to his appearance in the main anime.
* FinalBoss: [[spoiler:He's Ash's final opponent in the Kalos League, with the battle ultimately ending in a win for Alain.]]
* FinishingMove: Alain ends most of Mega Charizard X's toughest battles with Blast Burn.
* {{Foil}}: He and Ash contrast each other on many things.
** Ash is a {{Keet}}, while Alain is TheStoic. Also, Alain isn't keen on making friends but will give good, logical advice. Ash is a people person and gives more abstract life lessons.
** Both have a Charizard, but use them in different ways. Alain specializes in his and puts it in the front of his team. Ash puts his behind in the reserve spot so that he can train the other, lesser-experienced Pokémon.
** In the league, Ash uses primarily Kalos-origin Pokémon barring Pikachu, his ace. Alain uses Pokémon from all generations, one of each (except for Unova which has two)[[labelnote:*]]Charizard, Tyranitar, Metagross, Weavile, Bisharp, Unfezant[[/labelnote]]. His ace, Charizard, has a SuperMode that originated from Generation VI.
** His team focuses on raw power in comparison to Ash who prefers speedy Pokemon. Even his tactics are feats of strength compared to Ash who prefers misdirection and indirect tactics.
* {{Foreshadowing}}: [[spoiler:Ash telling him about the strong Pokémon Trainers in the Kalos League hinted that Alain would enter it as well, due to his BloodKnight nature. And he does eventually get eight badges ''seven episodes'' later.]]
* FriendlyRivalry: He and Ash have a friendly relationship with each other from the beginning. Which makes him different from the previous main rivals (Gary, Paul, Trip) who were very antagonistic towards him. Since Alain has met Ash, he has become a DefrostingIceKing.
* GenreSavvy: Alain always carries some Potions to heal his Charizard, so they can be ready to fight the next opponent if a Pokémon Center isn't available.
* GentleGiant: Outside of battles, his Charizard is rather friendly and a bit cheerful. And it isn't particularly aggressive.
* HeelFaceTurn: Made his choice to team up with Ash to take Lysandre down after realizing his folly for helping Team Flare.
* HeroicBSOD: He doesn't take the revelation of Flare's true purposes very well.
* IAmNotLeftHanded:
** In a sense, his Charizard. He Mega Evolves his Charizard most of the time, but it is more than capable of kicking ass without doing so. Ash's Greninja and Zygarde learn this the hard way in different battles. [[spoiler:During the Kalos League Semi-Final, it inflicts a CurbStompBattle on a [[ElementalRockPaperScissors Rhyperior]].]]
** He also isn't purely dependent on his Charizard to defeat strong trainers, as his Metang is strong enough to defeat Ash's Noivern, which had previously taken on a Legendary Pokémon and nearly won. It later evolves into [[InfinityMinusOneSword Metagross]].
** [[spoiler:During the final match, Alain sends out Charizard to fight Pikachu, even though he still has Bisharp left, which surprises Ash's friends in the audience who don't expect Alain to send his ace out so soon. It shows that he is playing safe and doesn't want to lose yet another Pokémon to Pikachu, [[LetsGetDangerous so he prefers choosing the one member that he can always rely on, rather than the other remaining member that is already damaged]].]]
* IcyBlueEyes: Representing his cool, collected personality. Also to match his black and blue Mega Charizard X motif.
* InTheNameOfTheMoon: "Key Stone, respond/listen to my heart. Beyond evolution -- Mega Evolve!" The word order slightly changed in the 2nd special.
* ItsAllMyFault: Blames himself ''heavily'' for Chespie's comatose state.
* {{Jerkass}}: If you're not in his rather shallow amount of friends, you don't have a strong Mega Evolution or an exclusive SuperMode, or you tried to get revenge on him on a humiliating loss in the past, he is very prone to giving you the cold shoulder.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Genuinely means well for the most part though. He mainly assists Lysandre because he believes Lysandre will use the Mega Evolution energy for peaceful purposes.
* KarmaHoudini: [[spoiler:He isn't punished for [[UnwittingPawn unknowingly assisting]] Team Flare's EvilPlan. He just helps Ash as soon as he realizes he is on the wrong side and is EasilyForgiven, and he still keeps the Kalos League Champion title.]]
* LightningBruiser:
** Charizard is quite fast, is pretty tough and is ''very'' strong.
** Metagross hits hard, can take a lot before it goes down and it moves really fast with Agility. Although, it is not as tough as Charizard.
* MightyGlacier: [[spoiler:Tyranitar]] usually hits hard, but is too slow to actually land a proper hit.
* MotifMerger: His team is comprised of Pokémon from Generation I to Generation V, and one could argue Mega Charizard X represents Generation VI.
* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Alain helping out Team Flare throughout the saga proves to be disastrous when [[spoiler: Lysandre decides to launch his attack on Lumiose City after the League. He couldn't have done it without Alain collecting the Mega Evolution energy for him as well as securing the capture of Z2.]]
* OneHitKill: [[spoiler:His Bisharp knows the OHKO move Guillotine. It knocks out both Hawlucha and Goodra with it.]]
* OurDragonsAreDifferent: Mega Charizard X's secondary type. He mocks his opponent Remo, a Dragon specialist, for not knowing that Mega Charizard X's typing is Fire/Dragon.
* PaperTiger: [[spoiler:His two pseudo-Legendary Pokémon, Tyranitar and Metagross, don't get a single win against any of Ash's Pokémon and both of them are knocked out by Pikachu. Tyranitar even gets it worse than Metagross, since the latter at least has an on-screen victory as a Metang and it got plenty of off-screen victories in the league. Tyranitar barely gets a hit on Pikachu, while Metagross does some major damage at least and it takes a lot to go down. Tyranitar is defeated in a faster fashion.]]
* PlayingWithFire: Alain has his Charizard since it was a Charmander. During his journey, when he met Lysandre, his Charmander had since evolved into a Charmeleon.
* TheRival: He becomes one to Ash. [[spoiler:After Ash tells him that there are a lot of other powerful trainers and Pokémon in the Kalos League, Alain quickly gathers eight badges and enters it as well, mostly to fight Ash in the league again.]] He quickly becomes Ash's strongest Kalos rival, right before Sawyer.
* SavvyGuyEnergeticGirl: The savvy guy to Mairin's energetic girl.
* TheStoic: He's very serious and mature, and rarely smiles.
* ShockAndAwe: His Charizard knows Thunderpunch to counter Water-Type Pokémon, and his [[spoiler:Bisharp]] knows Thunder Wave to slow down the opponent.
* SignatureMove: Charizard's Dragon Claw is used more often than any of its other moves, even Flamethrower. On this note; most of his moves are physically oriented, as he tends to mega evolve his Charizard to the more offensive Charizard X; the abilities are logical.
* SociopathicHero: In regards to his overall personality, Alain is a serious social mess. His drive to becoming stronger revolves around hunting random Mega Evolutions to "protect the people close to him", which puts into question his drive. Said people only include Mairin, the Charizard that actually is put in danger on a daily basis, and possibly Sycamore. Beyond those three, Alain has no direct friendly connections to anyone else. During the battle with Malva, she even questioned him about his ideals to become stronger and wasn't all that interested with his doubtful response.
* StartOfDarkness: After Mairin's Chespin was hospitalized, the last we see of Alain after that is fully agreeing with Lysandre's plans to hunt down the Zygarde Core, which on itself is not much related to Alain's personal quest.
* SugarAndIcePersonality: Discussed by Mairin who points out that he's intimidating but really cares about Pokémon and is supportive of her.
* SuperMode: His Charizard can Mega Evolve into Mega Charizard X. He also seeks out other trainers with Mega Evolutions to beat them.
* SurveillanceAsThePlotDemands: Seems to be unaware that Lysandre is observing the power of his Charizard when they Mega Evolve and battle. In ''Act II'', it's revealed that Lysandre is the one who provided Alain with the Mega Ring and Mega Stone, in return for Alain's aid to gather data for his research.
* ToBeAMaster: Sort of, he never calls his goal such but he does seek to beat every Mega Evolved Pokémon out there.
* TrainingFromHell: After returning from their adventures in the Hoenn Region, Alain and Charizard spend all their time training at Lysandre Labs, and eventually the results show as they are capable of defeating 10 Mega Evolution trainers back-to-back, the final one being an Elite Four member.
* TransformationTrinket: A Mega Ring for him and an armored collar for his Charizard to hold its Charizardite X.
* UncattyResemblance: His outfit resembles Mega Charizard X in color scheme and his scarf resembles the wisps of flame coming from Mega Charizard X's mouth.
* UnexpectedCharacter: While Alain's team in the Kalos League are powerful Pokémon from Generations I to V, one of them is a [[spoiler:male Unfezant]].
* UnwittingPawn: Currently works with Lysandre not knowing his true intentions.
* VictoryIsBoring: Despite his sudden interest in participating in the Kalos League, it becomes apparent that [[WorthyOpponent Ash is the only person]] Alain is actually interested in facing. Alain treats all his other opponents like they are a distraction.
* WhatTheHellHero: Gets a disapproving grunt from his own Charizard in response to driving away Mairin.
* WorthyOpponent: His rematch with Ash and Greninja fills him with an excitement he hasn't felt in many matches. After Greninja gets a few good hits in, he even calls Greninja ''worthy'' to face Charizard's Mega Evolution. He ended up enjoying the battle so much that he decided to quickly gather 8 badges so that he could have an opportunity to face off with Ash again in the Kalos League.
%%* WindFromBeneathMyWings: His Charizard's normal secondary type until it Mega Evolves. It has never used any Flying-Type moves.
!! '''Mairin (Manon)'''
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-->'''Voiced in Japanese by:''' Creator/MikakoKomatsu
-->'''Voiced in English by:''' Zoe Martin
A beginner trainer who recently started her journey. She becomes intrigued by Mega Evolution and travels with Alain.
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* AudienceSurrogate: For the younger players who have just started out.
* BadassAndChildDuo: She's the child while Alain is the Badass.
* BigBrotherWorship: Comes to think this way of Alain, which makes it all the more painful when he rejects her (to keep her safe).
* ButtMonkey: She falls on her face a lot, even when there's nothing to trip on.
* BreakTheCutie: When she finds out her Chespin is suddenly ill with no sign of recovery, she falls in to despair, crying her heart out.
* CloudcuckoolandersMinder: Her Chespin's relationship with her, picking her up when she falls.
* CuteClumsyGirl: She tends to trip and fall a lot, even when there isn't anything visible she could trip on.
* DamselInDistress: Rescuing Chespie from Team Flare is on the list of the heroes' priorities, with Professor Sycamore, Serena and Mairin taking on the mission (with assistance from Team Rocket [[spoiler:and Steven]]).
* DespairEventHorizon: Having Alain blow up at her and her Chespin fall ill in such a short time certainly isn't sitting well with her.
* FanGirl: Shows signs of it towards Siebold, gushing all over him by just only hearing his name.
* FieryRedHead: She has red hair fitting to her energetic and cheerful personality, and in contrast to Alain's black hair.
* GenkiGirl: She is very energetic, making her conversations with TheStoic Alain a bit odd.
%%* GreenThumb: Her Chespin's primary type.
* HeIsNotMyBoyfriend: Has one of these moments in the second special when Lysandre accuses her and Alain of being a couple.
* NiceHat: She is always wearing a hat.
* TheNicknamer: Her Pokémon are nicknamed "Chespie" for Chespin and "Bébé" for Flabébé (Hari-san and Fla-chan in Japan respectively).
%%* OurFairiesAreDifferent: Her Flabébé's type.
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* PoisonousPerson: Her Chespin knows Toxic, which Mairin uses to catch a Flabébé. Alain has to remember her to treat the poisoning.
* SavvyGuyEnergeticGirl: The energetic girl to Alain's savvy guy.
* SmallRoleBigImpact: Mairin's Chespin. For two reasons.
** It's the one who discovers the Zygarde Core being experimented on and frees it. The freed Core would eventually come across Ash and co., which draws them right into a conflict with Team Flare.
** Chespie would later fall ill after the rescue, causing Mairin to fall into despair. Following this Alain would be driven to gather more data to complete the Mega Evolution energy system, as Lysandre claimed it could cure Chespie.
* SpannerInTheWorks: As noted above, Lysandre was ''not amused'' that Chespie freed the Zygarde Core.
* TagalongKid: Much to Alain's chagrin as the specials progress.
* TryingNotToCry: When she finally meets the gang at the Kalos League, she is fighting back tears when Clemont's Chespin reminds her of Chespie.
* UncattyResemblance: The shape of her hat combined with her spiky hair make her resemble Chespin.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Her Flabébé has never been seen since her capture.
!!'''Astrid (Ayaka)'''
->'''Voiced in Japanese by:''' Miyuu Sawai
->'''Voiced in English by:''' Kate Bistrol
A trainer introduced in ''Mega Evolution Special I''. She was the first of the many opponents who Alain battles thoughout the four specials, which led to Mairin meeting Alain and learning from Mega Evolution. Astrid uses a Mega Absol.
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* TheCameo: At the beginning of Movie 17, she battles Ash in a 3-on-3 battle and Astrid wins with Meowstic and Mega Absol.
* CastingAShadow: Her ace is the pure Dark-Type Absol.
* EstablishingCharacterMoment: Her battle with Alain establishes the concept of the epic clash between Mega Evolved Pokémon.
* {{Expy}}: Astrid is designed after the female Ace Trainers from ''VideoGame/PokemonXAndY''.
* PantheraAwesome: She seems to have a preference over feline-like Pokémon, like Absol, a male Pyroar or a female Meowstic.
* SuperMode: Her Absol is capable of Mega Evolving. Its Mega Evolution is the very first to be shown in the first special.
* TransformationTrinket: She wears her Key Stone as an earring while her Absol wears a necklace containing an Absolite.
* UnexpectedCharacter: [[spoiler:She will participate in the Lumiose Conference.]]
!!'''Remo (Louie)'''
-->'''Voiced in Japanese by:''' Creator/KoichiYamadera
-->'''Voiced in English by:''' Marc Thompson
A Dragon-Type specialist introduced in ''Mega Evolution Special I''. He was ordered by somebody to look for the Mega Stone that was found by Alain and they battled over it, with Remo on the receiving end. He uses a Mega Garchomp.
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* BoisterousBruiser: A loud trainer boasting about his powerful Dragon-Type Pokémon and he likes doing poses.
* CurbStompBattle: [[spoiler:Come the Kalos League Semi-Finals, Alain defeats his whole team using ''just'' his Metagross and Charizard, and Charizard didn't even have to Mega Evolve until its battle with Garchoo.]]
* ExpositoryHairstyleChange: Between his appearance in ''Mega Evolution Special I'' and the main series, his hair has grown quite a bit.
* FacialMarkings: He has red markings resembling those of Kabuki dancers, with a matching gardrobe. Between his appearance in ''Mega Evolution Special I'' and the main series, he has got more markings on his face and body.
* InSeriesNickname: His Garchomp is known as "Garchoo" ("Gabunoji" in Japanese). And his Rhyperior is known as "Dodosuke" in Japanese.
* TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers: Remo is the first non-movie role of ''Creator/KoichiYamadera since his role as Keith's Farfetch'd in the original series.
* TheNicknamer: He seems to nickname all of his Pokémon.
* OurDragonsAreDifferent: He specializes in Dragon-Type Pokémon. At least, that's what he claims.
* SmugSnake: He is very confident about his Dragon-Type Pokémon and claims to know everything about Dragon-Types, yet he is unaware of Mega Charizard X's type change.
* SuperMode: Garchoo Mega Evolves into Mega Garchomp.
* TimePassageBeard: Between his appearance in ''Mega Evolution Special I'' and the main series, his beard has grown quite a bit.
* TransformationTrinket: He carries a parasol with a Key Stone on its tip while Garchoo wears prayer beads with a Garchompnite.
* UnexpectedCharacter: [[spoiler:He will participate in the Lumiose Conference.]]
* {{Wutai}}: Like Laverre City and the hidden ninja village, Remo's gardrobe is distinctively "Japanese", despite Kalos being based on France. His Japanese name isn't Japanese at all.
!!'''Steven'''
The Hoenn League Champion, whom Alain and Mairin meet during a trip to Hoenn. Aside from being a powerful trainer, he is also an expert when it comes to the various types of stones in the Pokémon world.
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* AscendedExtra: He was first mentioned in passing in the Advanced series, and when he finally showed up was ultimately just as a OneShotCharacter with little fanfare. For the XY series, he becomes an important character in the Mega Evolution Specials, has a part in Sawyer's backstory, [[spoiler:and eventually returning for the conclusion of the Team Flare saga.]]
* BigDamnHeroes: Shows up to save [[spoiler:the heroes during their raid on Lysandre Labs]].
* BrickJoke: Jessie was instantly smitten with Steven merely from seeing a photo of him in Sawyer's notebook. An infatuation that suddenly resurfaced out of nowhere when [[spoiler:Team Rocket and the twerps run into the real deal much later.]]
* TheBusCameBack:
** He shows up in the Mega Evolution Specials when Alain and Mairin take a trip to Hoenn, with more than ''three series'' in between this and his original debut.
** [[spoiler:Steven also returns to assist in the [[StormingTheCastle raid on Lysandre Labs]], handily tipping the odds in the heroes' favor.]]
* ChromeChampion: Steven's Metagross is a shiny variant, better alluding to its metallic structure.
* OneManArmy: [[spoiler:His Metagross tears through Lysandre Labs effortlessly, despite being heavily outnumbered.]]
* SuperMode: His Metagross can Mega Evolve.
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->'''Voiced in Japanese by:''' Creator/KenshoOno
->'''Voiced in English by:''' Jonathan Silver
The protagonist of the Mega Evolution specials. He seeks out Mega Stones and trainers with Mega Evolved Pokémon to defeat them under the guidance of a mysterious voice on his Holo Caster.
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* AndNowForSomeoneCompletelyDifferent: He was notable for being the first special-focused character since [[Anime/TheLegendOfThunder Jimmy]] ([[VideoGame/PokemonGoldAndSilver Ethan's]] counterpart) who didn't have anything to do with Ash. However, unlike Jimmy, he later became a recurring character in the main series, ultimately becoming one of Ash's major rivals.
* ActionHero: '''Supremely so.''' His adventures in Hoenn and as an UnwittingPawn of Team Flare pit him against some powerful opponents, and he finds himself in some dangerous spots, proving himself quite the {{Badass}} in the process. Unlike the adventures of Ash and Co., the Mega-Evolution specials make no attempt to hide Alain is occasionally putting his life at risk, during his battles against Primal Groudon and Zygarde.
** With his Charizard they defeat a Mega Absol and a Mega Garchomp (despite a type disadvantage) with minimal difficulty, only being defeated by Siebold and his Mega Blastoise and putting up a good fight in the process. They later hold their own against Steven and his Mega Metagross in Act II of the Mega Evolution series.
** This trend continues in the third Mega Evolution Special, where they hold their own against a Primal Groudon and Primal Kyogre, although Mega Charizard ends up nearly dying trying to prevent Groudon from grabbing the Megalith.
** And now in Mega Evolution Special 4 he is the first trainer in the anime who isn't a champion or another member of the Pokémon League to [[DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu defeat an Elite 4 member on-screen]] after he fought and defeated 9 other trainers with Mega Evolutions.
** He and his Charizard become the first opponents to defeat Ash-Greninja, which up until then dished out Curb-Stomp Battles like candy. It was a rather handy win, too.
** His Charizard does some serious damage against a 50% Zygarde before Mega Evolving using a well-placed Flamethrower and Dragon Claw. After Mega Evolving, Charizard proves itself to be able to give Zygarde its attention, matching it blow-for-blow without any signs of slowing down until Team Flare interrupts the fight. Granted, Zygarde may have been weakened beforehand a bit, but that's still a feat. And James gave Z2 a chance to recover using sunlight, so Alain may actually have gone toe-to-toe with Zygarde's full power.
* AlwaysSomeoneBetter: [[spoiler: Not only is Alain the HeroOfAnotherStory, but he also defeats Ash no less than ''three'' separate times; two times in a one-on-one match and a three time during the Kalos League finals.]]
* AudienceSurrogate: For ''Pokémon'''s PeripheryDemographic, specifically teenagers. Unlike [[Anime/PokemonOrigins Origins version of Giovanni]], Alain's characterization doesn't focus on ''Pokémon'' nostalgia, but he's quite a bit older and more serious than the main episodes' child protagonists, and his partner Pokémon is Charizard, a fan-favorite with the PeripheryDemographic. His mentor-student relationship with Mairin can be seen as an analogue to teenage and young adult ''Pokémon'' fans introducing their younger siblings to the franchise and teaching them how to play the games.
* BadassAndChildDuo: He's the Badass while Mairin is the child.
* BadassCrew: Alain has an impressive line-up of Pokémon, which are [[TheAce Mega Charizard X]], [[InfinityMinusOneSword Metagross]], [[spoiler:[[InfinityMinusOneSword Tyranitar]], [[FragileSpeedster Weavile]], [[OneHitKill Bisharp]]... [[MyFriendsAndZoidberg and Unfezant]]]].
* BigBrotherMentor: Reluctantly takes this role towards Mairin, but he ends up rejecting her out of fear she would get hurt following him. [[NiceJobBreakingItHero This backfires horribly.]]
* BigDamnHeroes: He saves Ash's Pikachu from Team Rocket, which is how he and Ash meet.
* BloodKnight: Alain challenges every Trainer who has a Mega Evolving Pokémon whenever possible. Or other tough trainers like Ash. It is shown that both, Alain and his Charizard, enjoy battling hard opponents. [[spoiler:This trope is pretty much the reason why he enters the Kalos League.]]
* ButtMonkey: In Mairin's Illustrated Mega Evolution Journal, Mega Charizard X gets its ass handed to basically every Mega Evolved Pokémon it battles. While we don't see the result of the battles, as it could easily have made a comeback, it is heavily implied that it has actually lost to a Mega Slowbro. It was also put asleep by a Mega Audino. The canonicity of these shorts, however, is unconfirmed.
* BrainyBrunette: Was formerly an assistant for Professor Sycamore studying Mega Evolution.
* BreakHisHeartToSaveHim: Tells Mairin to leave him be and travel on her own, in rather harsh words, because he fears that she will get hurt travelling with him. [[DeconstructedTrope This bites him in the ass]] as it sends [[TagalongKid Mairin]] in a depression, [[DespairEventHorizon which gets worse when Chespie falls into a coma]]. Alain ends up promising himself to do anything to get Mairin to smile again.
** And he does the same thing with Prof. Sycamore. As Lysandre told him to keep things a secret in order not to sully the professor's name, Alain had been avoiding any confrontation with the professor. In the league, the two met, but Alain merely acknowledged Sycamore before leaving, not wanting to shake hands and leaving the sad professor.
* BrokenPedestal: Alain has a bit of a HeroicBSOD when Team Flare, and Lysandre especially, finally shows its true colors.
* CanonForeigner: In ''[[VideoGame/PokemonRubyAndSapphire Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire]]'' if the player has Steven's promotional event shiny Metagross in their party during a certain scene of the ''Delta Episode'', Steven makes a nod to Alain and ''Act II'', saying that a long time ago he fought against Rayquaza alongside a young trainer who used a black Charizard. However, [[PlotHole it doesn't make any sense to the overall narrative]] and is merely promotion.
* CastingAShadow: Half of Alain's team are part Dark-Type: [[spoiler:Tyranitar, Weavile and Bisharp]]. Coincidently, they all have a secondary type that also makes them double weak to Fighting-Type moves, but that issue only comes to [[spoiler:Weavile]].
* CurbStompBattle:
** His battle with Astrid and Mega Absol was one-sided in his favor.
** He gets handily beaten by Siebold and his Mega Blastoise, though Charizard does enough to impress Siebold making it more of a CurbStompCushion.
** Heavily implied about all his [[spoiler:Gym battles to enter the league in the span of ''7 episodes'']].
** His first battle with Ash and Greninja is another CurbStompCushion, with him on the giving end.
** [[spoiler:His battle with Trevor in the Kalos League is also a curb-stomp in his favor. He only used Charizard to defeat all three of Trevor's Pokémon]]
** [[spoiler:He basically pulls a Tobias in his battle against Remo in the Semi-Finals, defeating the latters' whole team with just Metagross and Charizard.]]
* DeadpanSnarker: He snarks at Mairin's wording when she asks about Mega Evolution.
--> "Pokémon Mega Evolve, not people."
%%*DefeatMeansFriendship:
* DefrostingIceKing: Even with his SugarAndIcePersonality in the ''Mega Evolution Specials'', Alain was cold and stoic for most of the time. After he finally met Ash in the main series, Alain's personality has become friendlier and now he smiles much more often than before. That being said, he is still ice cold to people who aren't Ash and his friends or Sycamore.
* {{Deuteragonist}}: Alain is arguably the closest the Kalos series has to one, being the focus of the Mega Evolution Specials and the primary rival of Ash in XYZ.
* DishingOutDirt: [[spoiler:Alain has a Tyranitar, which is primary a Rock-Type Pokémon, and it has the Sand Stream ability, which summons automatically a Sandstorm (and it's the first Tyranitar to display this ability in the anime). However, the Sandstorm vanishes when Pikachu splashes a lot of water. Aside from that, Tyranitar knows Stone Edge, and Metagross knows Rock Slide; the former is used defensively (and it backfires), while the latter is used offensively.]]
* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: In the rare cases he's very thrilled to satisfy his thirst of battle, he...gets a little too excited.
** The fact that [[spoiler:he immediately collected 8 badges in the span of 7 episodes just to fight Ash at the league and ''only'' for that reason]] further complicates things.
* DoubleKnockOut: [[spoiler:His Unfezant ties with Talonflame when they collide into each other with Sky Attack and Brave Bird.]]
* DramaticIrony: He keeps Professor Sycamore out of the loop because Lysandre tells him if the research on Mega Evolution is published then evil people will use it and ruin the professor's reputation. Knowing Lysandre's role in the games, he is one of those of people.
** Even more ironic is how his constant pushing of people is what leads them straight intro trouble and further fueling his goal to become stronger to protect them anyway, forever locking him in an endless loop. FailureIsTheOnlyOption in his many cases.
* ExtraOreDinary: His Charizard knows Steel Wing, but seems to have forgotten it in favor of [=ThunderPunch=]. He is later on shown to own a Metang, a Steel-type that resembles a floating metallic robot, which later evolves into Metagross, a SpiderTank. [[spoiler:He also has a Bisharp, and his Unfezant also knows Steel Wing.]]
* FindTheCure: His motivation at the end of the Mega Evolution specials to cure Chespie from his Zygarde-induced coma, leading to his appearance in the main anime.
* FinalBoss: [[spoiler:He's Ash's final opponent in the Kalos League, with the battle ultimately ending in a win for Alain.]]
* FinishingMove: Alain ends most of Mega Charizard X's toughest battles with Blast Burn.
* {{Foil}}: He and Ash contrast each other on many things.
** Ash is a {{Keet}}, while Alain is TheStoic. Also, Alain isn't keen on making friends but will give good, logical advice. Ash is a people person and gives more abstract life lessons.
** Both have a Charizard, but use them in different ways. Alain specializes in his and puts it in the front of his team. Ash puts his behind in the reserve spot so that he can train the other, lesser-experienced Pokémon.
** In the league, Ash uses primarily Kalos-origin Pokémon barring Pikachu, his ace. Alain uses Pokémon from all generations, one of each (except for Unova which has two)[[labelnote:*]]Charizard, Tyranitar, Metagross, Weavile, Bisharp, Unfezant[[/labelnote]]. His ace, Charizard, has a SuperMode that originated from Generation VI.
** His team focuses on raw power in comparison to Ash who prefers speedy Pokemon. Even his tactics are feats of strength compared to Ash who prefers misdirection and indirect tactics.
* {{Foreshadowing}}: [[spoiler:Ash telling him about the strong Pokémon Trainers in the Kalos League hinted that Alain would enter it as well, due to his BloodKnight nature. And he does eventually get eight badges ''seven episodes'' later.]]
* FriendlyRivalry: He and Ash have a friendly relationship with each other from the beginning. Which makes him different from the previous main rivals (Gary, Paul, Trip) who were very antagonistic towards him. Since Alain has met Ash, he has become a DefrostingIceKing.
* GenreSavvy: Alain always carries some Potions to heal his Charizard, so they can be ready to fight the next opponent if a Pokémon Center isn't available.
* GentleGiant: Outside of battles, his Charizard is rather friendly and a bit cheerful. And it isn't particularly aggressive.
* HeelFaceTurn: Made his choice to team up with Ash to take Lysandre down after realizing his folly for helping Team Flare.
* HeroicBSOD: He doesn't take the revelation of Flare's true purposes very well.
* IAmNotLeftHanded:
** In a sense, his Charizard. He Mega Evolves his Charizard most of the time, but it is more than capable of kicking ass without doing so. Ash's Greninja and Zygarde learn this the hard way in different battles. [[spoiler:During the Kalos League Semi-Final, it inflicts a CurbStompBattle on a [[ElementalRockPaperScissors Rhyperior]].]]
** He also isn't purely dependent on his Charizard to defeat strong trainers, as his Metang is strong enough to defeat Ash's Noivern, which had previously taken on a Legendary Pokémon and nearly won. It later evolves into [[InfinityMinusOneSword Metagross]].
** [[spoiler:During the final match, Alain sends out Charizard to fight Pikachu, even though he still has Bisharp left, which surprises Ash's friends in the audience who don't expect Alain to send his ace out so soon. It shows that he is playing safe and doesn't want to lose yet another Pokémon to Pikachu, [[LetsGetDangerous so he prefers choosing the one member that he can always rely on, rather than the other remaining member that is already damaged]].]]
* IcyBlueEyes: Representing his cool, collected personality. Also to match his black and blue Mega Charizard X motif.
* InTheNameOfTheMoon: "Key Stone, respond/listen to my heart. Beyond evolution -- Mega Evolve!" The word order slightly changed in the 2nd special.
* ItsAllMyFault: Blames himself ''heavily'' for Chespie's comatose state.
* {{Jerkass}}: If you're not in his rather shallow amount of friends, you don't have a strong Mega Evolution or an exclusive SuperMode, or you tried to get revenge on him on a humiliating loss in the past, he is very prone to giving you the cold shoulder.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Genuinely means well for the most part though. He mainly assists Lysandre because he believes Lysandre will use the Mega Evolution energy for peaceful purposes.
* KarmaHoudini: [[spoiler:He isn't punished for [[UnwittingPawn unknowingly assisting]] Team Flare's EvilPlan. He just helps Ash as soon as he realizes he is on the wrong side and is EasilyForgiven, and he still keeps the Kalos League Champion title.]]
* LightningBruiser:
** Charizard is quite fast, is pretty tough and is ''very'' strong.
** Metagross hits hard, can take a lot before it goes down and it moves really fast with Agility. Although, it is not as tough as Charizard.
* MightyGlacier: [[spoiler:Tyranitar]] usually hits hard, but is too slow to actually land a proper hit.
* MotifMerger: His team is comprised of Pokémon from Generation I to Generation V, and one could argue Mega Charizard X represents Generation VI.
* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Alain helping out Team Flare throughout the saga proves to be disastrous when [[spoiler: Lysandre decides to launch his attack on Lumiose City after the League. He couldn't have done it without Alain collecting the Mega Evolution energy for him as well as securing the capture of Z2.]]
* OneHitKill: [[spoiler:His Bisharp knows the OHKO move Guillotine. It knocks out both Hawlucha and Goodra with it.]]
* OurDragonsAreDifferent: Mega Charizard X's secondary type. He mocks his opponent Remo, a Dragon specialist, for not knowing that Mega Charizard X's typing is Fire/Dragon.
* PaperTiger: [[spoiler:His two pseudo-Legendary Pokémon, Tyranitar and Metagross, don't get a single win against any of Ash's Pokémon and both of them are knocked out by Pikachu. Tyranitar even gets it worse than Metagross, since the latter at least has an on-screen victory as a Metang and it got plenty of off-screen victories in the league. Tyranitar barely gets a hit on Pikachu, while Metagross does some major damage at least and it takes a lot to go down. Tyranitar is defeated in a faster fashion.]]
* PlayingWithFire: Alain has his Charizard since it was a Charmander. During his journey, when he met Lysandre, his Charmander had since evolved into a Charmeleon.
* TheRival: He becomes one to Ash. [[spoiler:After Ash tells him that there are a lot of other powerful trainers and Pokémon in the Kalos League, Alain quickly gathers eight badges and enters it as well, mostly to fight Ash in the league again.]] He quickly becomes Ash's strongest Kalos rival, right before Sawyer.
* SavvyGuyEnergeticGirl: The savvy guy to Mairin's energetic girl.
* TheStoic: He's very serious and mature, and rarely smiles.
* ShockAndAwe: His Charizard knows Thunderpunch to counter Water-Type Pokémon, and his [[spoiler:Bisharp]] knows Thunder Wave to slow down the opponent.
* SignatureMove: Charizard's Dragon Claw is used more often than any of its other moves, even Flamethrower. On this note; most of his moves are physically oriented, as he tends to mega evolve his Charizard to the more offensive Charizard X; the abilities are logical.
* SociopathicHero: In regards to his overall personality, Alain is a serious social mess. His drive to becoming stronger revolves around hunting random Mega Evolutions to "protect the people close to him", which puts into question his drive. Said people only include Mairin, the Charizard that actually is put in danger on a daily basis, and possibly Sycamore. Beyond those three, Alain has no direct friendly connections to anyone else. During the battle with Malva, she even questioned him about his ideals to become stronger and wasn't all that interested with his doubtful response.
* StartOfDarkness: After Mairin's Chespin was hospitalized, the last we see of Alain after that is fully agreeing with Lysandre's plans to hunt down the Zygarde Core, which on itself is not much related to Alain's personal quest.
* SugarAndIcePersonality: Discussed by Mairin who points out that he's intimidating but really cares about Pokémon and is supportive of her.
* SuperMode: His Charizard can Mega Evolve into Mega Charizard X. He also seeks out other trainers with Mega Evolutions to beat them.
* SurveillanceAsThePlotDemands: Seems to be unaware that Lysandre is observing the power of his Charizard when they Mega Evolve and battle. In ''Act II'', it's revealed that Lysandre is the one who provided Alain with the Mega Ring and Mega Stone, in return for Alain's aid to gather data for his research.
* ToBeAMaster: Sort of, he never calls his goal such but he does seek to beat every Mega Evolved Pokémon out there.
* TrainingFromHell: After returning from their adventures in the Hoenn Region, Alain and Charizard spend all their time training at Lysandre Labs, and eventually the results show as they are capable of defeating 10 Mega Evolution trainers back-to-back, the final one being an Elite Four member.
* TransformationTrinket: A Mega Ring for him and an armored collar for his Charizard to hold its Charizardite X.
* UncattyResemblance: His outfit resembles Mega Charizard X in color scheme and his scarf resembles the wisps of flame coming from Mega Charizard X's mouth.
* UnexpectedCharacter: While Alain's team in the Kalos League are powerful Pokémon from Generations I to V, one of them is a [[spoiler:male Unfezant]].
* UnwittingPawn: Currently works with Lysandre not knowing his true intentions.
* VictoryIsBoring: Despite his sudden interest in participating in the Kalos League, it becomes apparent that [[WorthyOpponent Ash is the only person]] Alain is actually interested in facing. Alain treats all his other opponents like they are a distraction.
* WhatTheHellHero: Gets a disapproving grunt from his own Charizard in response to driving away Mairin.
* WorthyOpponent: His rematch with Ash and Greninja fills him with an excitement he hasn't felt in many matches. After Greninja gets a few good hits in, he even calls Greninja ''worthy'' to face Charizard's Mega Evolution. He ended up enjoying the battle so much that he decided to quickly gather 8 badges so that he could have an opportunity to face off with Ash again in the Kalos League.
%%* WindFromBeneathMyWings: His Charizard's normal secondary type until it Mega Evolves. It has never used any Flying-Type moves.
!! '''Mairin (Manon)'''
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-->'''Voiced in Japanese by:''' Creator/MikakoKomatsu
-->'''Voiced in English by:''' Zoe Martin
A beginner trainer who recently started her journey. She becomes intrigued by Mega Evolution and travels with Alain.
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* AudienceSurrogate: For the younger players who have just started out.
* BadassAndChildDuo: She's the child while Alain is the Badass.
* BigBrotherWorship: Comes to think this way of Alain, which makes it all the more painful when he rejects her (to keep her safe).
* ButtMonkey: She falls on her face a lot, even when there's nothing to trip on.
* BreakTheCutie: When she finds out her Chespin is suddenly ill with no sign of recovery, she falls in to despair, crying her heart out.
* CloudcuckoolandersMinder: Her Chespin's relationship with her, picking her up when she falls.
* CuteClumsyGirl: She tends to trip and fall a lot, even when there isn't anything visible she could trip on.
* DamselInDistress: Rescuing Chespie from Team Flare is on the list of the heroes' priorities, with Professor Sycamore, Serena and Mairin taking on the mission (with assistance from Team Rocket [[spoiler:and Steven]]).
* DespairEventHorizon: Having Alain blow up at her and her Chespin fall ill in such a short time certainly isn't sitting well with her.
* FanGirl: Shows signs of it towards Siebold, gushing all over him by just only hearing his name.
* FieryRedHead: She has red hair fitting to her energetic and cheerful personality, and in contrast to Alain's black hair.
* GenkiGirl: She is very energetic, making her conversations with TheStoic Alain a bit odd.
%%* GreenThumb: Her Chespin's primary type.
* HeIsNotMyBoyfriend: Has one of these moments in the second special when Lysandre accuses her and Alain of being a couple.
* NiceHat: She is always wearing a hat.
* TheNicknamer: Her Pokémon are nicknamed "Chespie" for Chespin and "Bébé" for Flabébé (Hari-san and Fla-chan in Japan respectively).
%%* OurFairiesAreDifferent: Her Flabébé's type.
%% * PluckyGirl
* PoisonousPerson: Her Chespin knows Toxic, which Mairin uses to catch a Flabébé. Alain has to remember her to treat the poisoning.
* SavvyGuyEnergeticGirl: The energetic girl to Alain's savvy guy.
* SmallRoleBigImpact: Mairin's Chespin. For two reasons.
** It's the one who discovers the Zygarde Core being experimented on and frees it. The freed Core would eventually come across Ash and co., which draws them right into a conflict with Team Flare.
** Chespie would later fall ill after the rescue, causing Mairin to fall into despair. Following this Alain would be driven to gather more data to complete the Mega Evolution energy system, as Lysandre claimed it could cure Chespie.
* SpannerInTheWorks: As noted above, Lysandre was ''not amused'' that Chespie freed the Zygarde Core.
* TagalongKid: Much to Alain's chagrin as the specials progress.
* TryingNotToCry: When she finally meets the gang at the Kalos League, she is fighting back tears when Clemont's Chespin reminds her of Chespie.
* UncattyResemblance: The shape of her hat combined with her spiky hair make her resemble Chespin.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Her Flabébé has never been seen since her capture.
!!'''Astrid (Ayaka)'''
->'''Voiced in Japanese by:''' Miyuu Sawai
->'''Voiced in English by:''' Kate Bistrol
A trainer introduced in ''Mega Evolution Special I''. She was the first of the many opponents who Alain battles thoughout the four specials, which led to Mairin meeting Alain and learning from Mega Evolution. Astrid uses a Mega Absol.
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* TheCameo: At the beginning of Movie 17, she battles Ash in a 3-on-3 battle and Astrid wins with Meowstic and Mega Absol.
* CastingAShadow: Her ace is the pure Dark-Type Absol.
* EstablishingCharacterMoment: Her battle with Alain establishes the concept of the epic clash between Mega Evolved Pokémon.
* {{Expy}}: Astrid is designed after the female Ace Trainers from ''VideoGame/PokemonXAndY''.
* PantheraAwesome: She seems to have a preference over feline-like Pokémon, like Absol, a male Pyroar or a female Meowstic.
* SuperMode: Her Absol is capable of Mega Evolving. Its Mega Evolution is the very first to be shown in the first special.
* TransformationTrinket: She wears her Key Stone as an earring while her Absol wears a necklace containing an Absolite.
* UnexpectedCharacter: [[spoiler:She will participate in the Lumiose Conference.]]
!!'''Remo (Louie)'''
-->'''Voiced in Japanese by:''' Creator/KoichiYamadera
-->'''Voiced in English by:''' Marc Thompson
A Dragon-Type specialist introduced in ''Mega Evolution Special I''. He was ordered by somebody to look for the Mega Stone that was found by Alain and they battled over it, with Remo on the receiving end. He uses a Mega Garchomp.
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* BoisterousBruiser: A loud trainer boasting about his powerful Dragon-Type Pokémon and he likes doing poses.
* CurbStompBattle: [[spoiler:Come the Kalos League Semi-Finals, Alain defeats his whole team using ''just'' his Metagross and Charizard, and Charizard didn't even have to Mega Evolve until its battle with Garchoo.]]
* ExpositoryHairstyleChange: Between his appearance in ''Mega Evolution Special I'' and the main series, his hair has grown quite a bit.
* FacialMarkings: He has red markings resembling those of Kabuki dancers, with a matching gardrobe. Between his appearance in ''Mega Evolution Special I'' and the main series, he has got more markings on his face and body.
* InSeriesNickname: His Garchomp is known as "Garchoo" ("Gabunoji" in Japanese). And his Rhyperior is known as "Dodosuke" in Japanese.
* TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers: Remo is the first non-movie role of ''Creator/KoichiYamadera since his role as Keith's Farfetch'd in the original series.
* TheNicknamer: He seems to nickname all of his Pokémon.
* OurDragonsAreDifferent: He specializes in Dragon-Type Pokémon. At least, that's what he claims.
* SmugSnake: He is very confident about his Dragon-Type Pokémon and claims to know everything about Dragon-Types, yet he is unaware of Mega Charizard X's type change.
* SuperMode: Garchoo Mega Evolves into Mega Garchomp.
* TimePassageBeard: Between his appearance in ''Mega Evolution Special I'' and the main series, his beard has grown quite a bit.
* TransformationTrinket: He carries a parasol with a Key Stone on its tip while Garchoo wears prayer beads with a Garchompnite.
* UnexpectedCharacter: [[spoiler:He will participate in the Lumiose Conference.]]
* {{Wutai}}: Like Laverre City and the hidden ninja village, Remo's gardrobe is distinctively "Japanese", despite Kalos being based on France. His Japanese name isn't Japanese at all.
!!'''Steven'''
The Hoenn League Champion, whom Alain and Mairin meet during a trip to Hoenn. Aside from being a powerful trainer, he is also an expert when it comes to the various types of stones in the Pokémon world.
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* AscendedExtra: He was first mentioned in passing in the Advanced series, and when he finally showed up was ultimately just as a OneShotCharacter with little fanfare. For the XY series, he becomes an important character in the Mega Evolution Specials, has a part in Sawyer's backstory, [[spoiler:and eventually returning for the conclusion of the Team Flare saga.]]
* BigDamnHeroes: Shows up to save [[spoiler:the heroes during their raid on Lysandre Labs]].
* BrickJoke: Jessie was instantly smitten with Steven merely from seeing a photo of him in Sawyer's notebook. An infatuation that suddenly resurfaced out of nowhere when [[spoiler:Team Rocket and the twerps run into the real deal much later.]]
* TheBusCameBack:
** He shows up in the Mega Evolution Specials when Alain and Mairin take a trip to Hoenn, with more than ''three series'' in between this and his original debut.
** [[spoiler:Steven also returns to assist in the [[StormingTheCastle raid on Lysandre Labs]], handily tipping the odds in the heroes' favor.]]
* ChromeChampion: Steven's Metagross is a shiny variant, better alluding to its metallic structure.
* OneManArmy: [[spoiler:His Metagross tears through Lysandre Labs effortlessly, despite being heavily outnumbered.]]
* SuperMode: His Metagross can Mega Evolve.
