Tad

Tad (Japanese: ヒデ Hide) is a character of the day of the Pokémon anime who appeared in Charizard Chills. His Japanese voice actor is 真殿光昭 Mitsuaki Madono and his English voice actress is Maddie Blaustein.

Ash and his friends were riding on Lapras when they met Tad. He almost ran them over with his boat, causing Misty to yell at him. Tad explained that he wanted to challenge Ash to a two-on-two battle, and Ash accepted.

Tad sent out his Poliwrath against Ash's Pikachu. Despite the type advantage, Pikachu ended up losing. Ash then proceeded to sent out his Charizard. Charizard refused to listen to Ash's orders, and kept using Flamethrower against the Template:Type2 Pokémon. The battle ended when Tad had his Poliwrath freeze Charizard with Ice Beam. He told Ash that he would accept a rematch with him when he learned how to train his Charizard.

The next day, Pikachu was stolen by Team Rocket. With Charizard now trusting him, Ash successfully rescued Pikachu. Tad, seeing what happened, asked Ash if he was ready for the rematch. Ash accepted, and was able to defeat Tad's Poliwrath with Charizard.

Tad told Ash that he hoped to meet him in the Orange League, but he hasn't been seen since his only appearance.

Pokémon

Poliwrath

Trivia

• Tad has a striking resemblence to Tracey Sketchit. Also, both of their dub names begin with a T and both wear headbands.
• Tad mentions that he hopes to compete against Ash in the Orange League, but it was later shown that the Orange League does not involve a championship competition like the Indigo League. This may be a dub error.

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.