Damian

Damian (Japanese: ダイスケ Daisuke) is a young boy who likes strong Pokémon. His name Damian is similar to the word 'demon', which reflects on how cruel he'd acted to Charmander in the anime.

In the anime

Damian is the character of the day in the episode Charmander The Stray Pokémon. He was voiced by 緑川光 Hikaru Midorikawa in Japanese and Maddie Blaustein in English.

Ash, Misty, and Brock got lost on their way to Vermilion City. They found a Charmander waiting on a rock, the flame on its tail indicating that it was in poor health. Ash tries to catch it, but Charmander batted away Ash's Poké Balls. Charmander explained to Pikachu that it already had a Trainer who it was waiting for. The trio left and went to the local Pokémon Center after it started to rain.

There, they overheard Damian bragging about how many Pokémon he caught. He then said that he left a Charmander in the forest because it was too weak. Brock yelled at Damian and ordered him to reclaim his Charmander because it might die in the rain. Damian laughed it off and Ash was about to challenge him to a battle when Nurse Joy prevents a confrontation - saying that using Pokémon to settle arguments is wrong.

Brock and the others recovered Charmander and had it taken care of at the Pokémon Center. After he was feeling better, Charmander left again to wait for Damian.

Team Rocket later tried to steal Pikachu, but Charmander chased them away with a Flamethrower attack. Ash asked Charmander to join them, but Damian showed up, having seen the fight, and said that he had purposely left Charmander alone to toughen it up. Damian was glad he didn't have to go through the trouble of raising Charmander himself. Damian ordered Charmander to return, but Charmander wanted to stay with Ash. Enraged, Damian tried to attack the group with his other Pokémon, but another Flamethrower from Charmander scared Damian away for good.

Pokémon

This listing is of Damian's known Pokémon in the anime:

Abandoned

He has many other Pokémon which were not shown.

In the Electric Tale of Pikachu manga

Damian makes an appearance in the Electric Tale of Pikachu manga, but with a much different, nicer personality. His Charmander had been waiting for him for ten days, so Squirtle convinced it and Ash's Pikachu to join him in a trip to the Hidden Village.

There, Charmander was reunited with Damian. Damian had gone shopping when an accident put him in a coma. He thought Charmander would end up at the Hidden Village and came looking for him. The tearful reunion inspired Squirtle to seek out his trainer.

Pokémon

This listing is for Damian's Pokémon in the Electric Tale of Pikachu manga.

Charmander

Voice actors

In the games

In Pokémon Yellow, a boy, possibly based on Damian, will give out a Charmander on Route 24. However, he noticeably regrets his poor treatment of Charmander, much like Damian did when he saw how powerful Charmander was under Ash's control.

Trivia

• Damian is similar to Paul in that they both like strong Pokémon only. Both trainers also released a Pokémon that Ash would take in.
  • Coincidentally, both Pokémon were the Template:Type2 starters of the respective region and in the Iberian Spanish dub both has the same voice actor.

This article is part of Project COD, a Bulbapedia project that aims to write comprehensive articles on each one-time character of the Pokémon anime.