Jeremy (AG151)
Jeremy (Japanese: オガタ Ogata) is a Pokémon Coordinator who appeared in Weekend Warrior. His older self is voiced by 宇垣秀成 Hidenari Ugaki and his younger self by Shin'ichirō Miki in the Japanese version, in English, he was voiced by Craig Blair, and in Norwegian, his older self was voiced by Trond Teigen.
Jeremy is a businessman who was a rocker and Trainer in his youth. He had lifelong dream of entering a Pokémon Contest. So, he dons his rocker persona again, and enters the Silver Town Contest. His wife Mandy and son Nicholas interrupt his appeal to convince him to give up the dream and come home. Jeremy replies with a speech about how he and his Pokémon spent countless hours training to achieve their dream, and what it means to be a Coordinator. After this speech the judges, fans and May cheer him on to continue competing. After seeing what this dream means to him, his family lets him finish his run in the Contest.
Jeremy and his Venusaur end up fighting against May and her Combusken in the final round. Venusaur launches powerful Frenzy Plant attacks, but in the end, May wins the contest.
Pokémon
The listing is of Jeremy's known Pokémon:
 →  Ivysaur → Venusaur |
 Butterfree |
Trivia
- Jeremy's rocker look may be based on the guitarist Trainer class from the Pokémon games.
- In his youth, Jeremy bears a strong resemblance to Giovanni.
- On another note, his other appearances look like other characters as well. He somewhat resembles Mr. Sukizo in his working clothes and Scott in his rocker clothes.
- Jeremy's guitar is based off a Gibson Flying V.
- Jeremy's Venusaur is the first Pokémon to use the most powerful moves for the Starter Pokémon in the anime.
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