Factory Head (Trainer class)

Factory Head ファクトリーヘッド Factory Head
Art of Noland and Thorton
Other names
Introduced in	Generation III
Appears in	Emerald, Platinum, HeartGold and SoulSilver
Gender	Male only
Female Counterpart	{{{counterpart}}}
Notable members	Noland, Thorton
Anime debut	Numero Uno Articuno*
TCG debut	[[(TCG)|]]
TCG card	{{{card}}}
Manga debut	Swanky Showdown with Swalot (Adventures)

Factory Head (Japanese: ファクトリーヘッド Factory Head) is a Trainer class that first debuted in Emerald Version. It is reserved for Frontier Brains of Battle Factories. Noland and Thorton are the only Trainers that have this Trainer class.

Gallery

Sprites

Noland's sprite from Emerald	Thorton's sprite from Platinum, HeartGold, and SoulSilver	Thorton's VS sprite from Platinum, HeartGold, and SoulSilver
Noland's overworld sprite from Emerald	Thorton's overworld sprite from Platinum, HeartGold, and SoulSilver

In the anime

Noland in the anime

Noland is the only Factory Head to appear in the anime, debuting in Numero Uno Articuno. Ash battled him in The Symbol Life, eventually defeating a wild Articuno that Noland befriended using his Charizard, thus securing his first Battle Frontier victory.

In the manga

Noland in Ash & Pikachu

Thorton in Pokémon Adventures

Ash & Pikachu

Like in the anime, Noland was the first Frontier Brain challenged by Ash, appearing in Off To The Battle Frontier!!.

Pokémon Adventures

Emerald arc

Noland appeared in this arc, where he, like his fellow Generation III Frontier Brains, was challenged by Emerald and helped in fighting against the villainous Guile Hideout.

Platinum arc

Thorton appeared in this arc as the Factory Head of Sinnoh's Battle Factory. Despite his great battling skills and knowledge about Pokémon, he still ended up getting defeated by Platinum, proving her superiority over him in said subjects.

Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire arc

Noland made a brief reappearance in this arc.

In the TCG

There are three FB Pokémon in the Pokémon Trading Card Game belonging to Factory Head Thorton.

Related cards Cards listed with a blue background are only legal to use in the current Expanded format. Cards listed with a green background are legal to use in both the current Standard and Expanded formats.
Card	Type	English Expansion	Rarity	#	Japanese Expansion	Rarity	#
Electivire		Supreme Victors		4/147	Beat of the Frontier		038/100
Skarmory		Supreme Victors		83/147	Beat of the Frontier		066/100
Electivire LV.X		Supreme Victors		144/147	Beat of the Frontier		039/100

In other languages

Language Title Mandarin Chinese 工廠頭目 / 工厂头目 Gōngchǎng Tóumù Finnish Tehtaanpäällikkö European French Chef d'Usine German Fabrikleiter Italian Boss Azienda Korean 팩토리헤드 Factory Head Brazilian Portuguese Cabeça da Fábrica European Spanish Jefe Fábrica Vietnamese Quản đốc Công xưởng

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.