Tamer (Trainer class)

Tamer もうじゅうつかい Tamer
Tamer sprite from FireRed and LeafGreen
Other names
Introduced in	Generation I
Appears in	Red, Blue, and Yellow FireRed and LeafGreen
Gender	Male
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A Tamer (Japanese: もうじゅうつかい Tamer) is a type of Pokémon Trainer that first debuted in the Generation I games. They are young men with whips and lollipops.

They generally use version-exclusive Pokémon, such as Arbok and Sandslash.

In the Generation I games, other Trainer classes are also seen with a whip, but, in their case, it is a leftover from the development of Pokémon Red and Green since Game Freak considered the idea of humans fighting against Pokémon themselves at one point, according to Ken Sugimori.^[1]

Appearance

Sprite from Generation I	Sprite from FireRed and LeafGreen	Portrait from Stadium
File:Tamer I OD.png
Overworld sprite from Generation I	Overworld sprite from FireRed and LeafGreen

Trainer list

Pokémon Red, Blue, and Yellow

Trainer name	Battle	Winnings	Pokémon
Tamer	Initial battle	$1560	Lv.39	Lv.39	-------	-------	-------	-------
Tamer	Initial battle	$1320	Lv.33	Lv.33	Lv.33	-------	-------	-------
Tamer	Initial battle	$1720	Lv.43	-------	-------	-------	-------	-------
Tamer	Initial battle	$1360	Lv.34	Lv.34	-------	-------	-------	-------
Tamer	Initial battle	$1760	Lv.44	Lv.44	-------	-------	-------	-------

Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen

Trainer name	Battle	Winnings	Pokémon
Tamer Cole	Initial battle	$1560	Lv.39	Lv.39	-------	-------	-------	-------
Tamer Edgar	Initial battle	$1320	Lv.33	Lv.33	Lv.33	-------	-------	-------
Tamer Evan	Initial battle	$1960	Lv.48	Lv.48	Lv.49	-------	-------	-------
	First rematch	$2200	Lv.52	Lv.52	Lv.55	-------	-------	-------
Tamer Jason	Initial battle	$1720	Lv.43	-------	-------	-------	-------	-------
Tamer Phil	Initial battle	$1360	Lv.34	Lv.34	-------	-------	-------	-------
Tamer Vincent	Initial battle	$1760	Lv.44	Lv.44	-------	-------	-------	-------

In other languages

Language Title French Dompteur German Dompteur Italian Domatore Spanish Domador

References

This Trainer Class article is part of Project CharacterDex, a Bulbapedia project that aims to write comprehensive articles on each character found in the Pokémon games.