Belmondo

Belmondo

Belmondo (Japanese:ベルモンド Belmondo) is a character of the day from Confronting the Darkness!.

Belmondo used to be a professor of the robotics division of the Lumiose University. He had a dream of building the best robot there was, and when he saw the Clembot, he knew he could use it to realize his dream. He hacked into the Lumiose Gym's computer database and stole the Clembot's blueprints. He knew the Clembot was incomplete, so by using the blueprints, he created a second Clembot he deemed superior. He programmed the robot so that it considered winning the most important aspect of Pokémon battles. Dubbing his creation the Dark Clembot, he used it to commit all sorts of crimes. He had planned to have the Dark Clembot then solve the cases of the crimes it had committed itself, so it could frame the original Clembot as the culprit and Belmondo would get the praise of creating a superior robot. However, this plan failed when Officer Jenny already framed the Clembot before them, based on security footage.

Belmondo's latest scheme involved having the Dark Clembot break into the Lumiose Museum. Meanwhile however, Ash and his friends had found out about the Clembot's blueprints having been hacked and discovered the truth. They proved the original Clembot's innocence, and had also found out about the attack on the Lumiose Museum. As such, when the Dark Clembot was about to break into the museum, it was kicked aside by the original Clembot. Belmondo then revealed himself to Ash and his friends, and explained to them why he had created the Dark Clembot. Getting into a disagreement with Clemont about who had built the best Clembot, the two had their Clembots face off against each other using their creator's Pokémon. During the battle, Clemont pointed out the Dark Clembot's weakness: it does not care about the Pokémon it uses, and only cares about winning, whereas his Clembot fights together with the Pokémon it uses. Hearing this, Belmondo broke out in laughter, stating there is nothing more important than winning.

After this, both the original and the Dark Clembot were attracted to a magnet used by Team Rocket. Although they were quickly freed by Blaziken Mask, both the robots had become worn out, so their creators decided to let them rest and took over the battle themselves. Belmondo used his Magnezone against Clemont's Luxray, but quickly lost. Clemont stated he had observed the Dark Clembot's battling style and as such was able to quickly defeat Belmondo, as he had programmed the Dark Clembot after his own battling style. Following this, Belmondo was arrested by Officer Jenny.

Pokémon

		Magneton
		Magneton was first used by the Dark Clembot to destroy electric appliances in a storehouse using Discharge. Next, it was used against the original Clembot, in a battle to decide which Clembot was the best. The original Clembot used Clemont's Heliolisk to face off against Magneton. After a hard fought battle, it was recalled by Belmondo after the battle had been interrupted by Team Rocket. Magneton's known moves are Discharge, Thunder Shock, Electro Ball, Tackle, and Flash Cannon.
Debut	Confronting the Darkness!
Voice actors
Japanese
English	Bill Rogers

		Magnezone
		Belmondo used Magnezone to battle Clemont, after they decided to take over the battle from their worn out robots. It faced off against Clemont's Luxray, but was quickly defeated. Magnezone's known moves are Zap Cannon, Electro Ball, and Tackle.
Debut	Confronting the Darkness!
Voice actors
Japanese
English	Bill Rogers

Voice actors

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