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Charon is a leading Team Galactic officer introduced in Pokémon Platinum.

In the games

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Charon is first seen along with Mars at Valley Windworks during an attack. He does not have a speaking role during this time, though he can clearly be seen near Mars as a background character.

Gradually through the course of the game, the player discovers that Charon is, in fact, a commander, as well as discovering his actual name in the first place.

Charon's role in the game expands after the player defeats the Elite Four and obtains the National Pokédex. After Cyrus retreats into the Distortion World, Charon takes over Team Galactic and becomes the new leader. He takes Mars and Jupiter with him to the Battle Zone so he can retrieve the Magma Rock from inside Stark Mountain and capture Heatran. However, once the player encounters them, Mars and Jupiter quit because "things were more exciting when Cyrus was the leader." It is also at this time that the international police officer Looker, who had been hunting Team Galactic since the beginning of the game, arrests Charon. He is not seen or heard from since.

According to a journal in a secret room in the Eterna Galactic HQ, Charon discovered and named Rotom. When he was a child, Charon lost his toy robot. He spent hours looking for it to no avail. Suddenly a Rotom jumped out of his lawnmower and he was surprised to say the least. He named the Pokémon Rotom, and soon Charon and the Pokémon became good friends. Charon always wanted to hug his new friend, but he couldn't for obvious reasons. However, one day, Rotom got startled and zapped Charon, making him faint. When he awoke, Rotom was gone. Soon after, he found his toy robot in the garbage. When he picked it up, Charon realized that Rotom had entered his toy. He could then finally hug his new friend.

In the anime

Charon appears in DP111, albeit not in a speaking role. He is seen briefly in Team Galactic's base.

Trivia

• Charon is, along with Cyrus, the only character that is part of Team Galactic to not be named for a planet, though he was in the Japanese games. It is likely that, like Team Galactic's name itself, Charon was named as he was for the English version to prevent copyright lawsuits from Disney.

Names

Team Galactic
Team Galactic HQ • Team Galactic Eterna Building • Galaxy Team
Boss	Commanders				Other members
Cyrus (Masters)	Mars	Jupiter	Saturn	Charon	Team Galactic Grunts	Scientists
Manga
Advanced level Grunt • B-2 • Io • Lily • Mitsumi • Sird

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