Wally

Wally (Japanese: ミツル Mitsuru) is one of the two rival characters in Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire and Pokémon Emerald, the other being Brendan/May. He is the first rival not to be the player's first battle, and the first rival not to have a starter Pokémon.

Wally is a young, sickly boy who just moved to Petalburg City. Despite his illness, his dream is to train Pokémon.

His illness is never explained but his symptoms appear to clear up in clean air, so it may be asthma.

In the games

Wally was a sick young boy who asked Norman, the Petalburg Gym Leader, to help him catch a Pokémon before he moves to Verdanturf Town to live with his aunt and uncle.

Norman allowed his child, the player of Pokémon Ruby, Sapphire, and Emerald to assist Wally, and loaned Wally a Zigzagoon.

Using this, Wally was able to capture a Ralts. This is the catching tutorial of Ruby, Sapphire and Emerald. Ironically, it is the player who is teaching Wally to catch Pokémon.

Wally later shows up again in Mauville City, pleading with his uncle to let him challenge Wattson. He battles the player to prove his strength, but loses.

Wally eventually runs away from home and challenges the player at the end of Victory Road in Ever Grande City, seemingly totally recovered from his illness. He remains there, and it is possible to fight him several times per day.

According to the Trainer's Eyes, Wally's strategy is "We let it all hang out." Wally's favorite type of Pokémon is "The 1st Pokémon I caught", and his self-introduction is "Pokémon and I have grown stronger together".

Pokémon

This listing is for Wally's Pokémon in the video games in which he has appeared.

Cutscene

Norman loans this Pokémon to Wally to show him how to catch Pokémon.

File:RSE Wally back.png [[PKMN Trainer (Trainer class)|PKMN Trainer]] Wally [[Route 102|Route 102]] Ruby, Sapphire, and Emerald [[PKMN Trainer (Trainer class)|PKMN Trainer]] and Professor Wally Oak [[Route 102|Route 102]] Ruby, Sapphire, and Emerald Reward: None
Types: Normal Unknown Ability: Pickup Held item: None Zigzagoon♀ Lv.7 Tackle Normal   --       Unknown   --       Unknown   --       Unknown   --

First battle

File:Wally game.PNG [[PKMN Trainer (Trainer class)|PKMN Trainer]] Wally [[Mauville City|Mauville City]] Ruby, Sapphire, and Emerald [[PKMN Trainer (Trainer class)|PKMN Trainer]] and Professor Wally Oak [[Mauville City|Mauville City]] Ruby, Sapphire, and Emerald Reward: $960
Types: Psychic Unknown Ability: Synchronize Held item: None Ralts♂ Lv.16 Growl Normal   --       Confusion Psychic   --       Double Team Normal   --       Teleport Psychic   --

Second battle

File:Wally game.PNG [[PKMN Trainer (Trainer class)|PKMN Trainer]] Wally [[Victory Road|Victory Road]] Ruby, Sapphire, and Emerald [[PKMN Trainer (Trainer class)|PKMN Trainer]] and Professor Wally Oak [[Victory Road|Victory Road]] Ruby, Sapphire, and Emerald Reward: $5400

Types: Dragon Flying Ability: Natural Cure Held item: None Altaria♂ Lv.44 Safeguard Normal   --       Dragon Dance Dragon   --       Aerial Ace Flying   --       DragonBreath Dragon   --       Types: Normal Unknown Ability: Cute Charm Held item: None Delcatty♀ Lv.43 Sing Normal   --       Faint Attack Dark   --       Charm Normal   --       Assist Normal   --       Types: Grass Poison Ability: Poison Point Held item: None Roselia♂ Lv.44 Leech Seed Grass   --       Toxic Poison   --       Magical Leaf Grass   --       Giga Drain Grass   --       Types: Electric Steel Ability: Magnet Pull Held item: None Magneton Lv.41 Thunderbolt Electric   --       Tri Attack Normal   --       Screech Normal   --       Supersonic Normal   --       Types: Psychic Unknown Ability: Synchronize Held item: None Gardevoir♂ Lv.45 Psychic Psychic   --       Double Team Normal   --       Future Sight Psychic   --       Calm Mind Psychic   --

Third battle

File:Wally game.PNG [[PKMN Trainer (Trainer class)|PKMN Trainer]] Wally [[Victory Road|Victory Road]] Ruby, Sapphire, and Emerald [[PKMN Trainer (Trainer class)|PKMN Trainer]] and Professor Wally Oak [[Victory Road|Victory Road]] Ruby, Sapphire, and Emerald Reward: $????

Types: Dragon Flying Ability: Natural Cure Held item: None Altaria♂ Lv.47 Safeguard Normal   --       Dragon Dance Dragon   --       Aerial Ace Flying   --       DragonBreath Dragon   --       Types: Normal Unknown Ability: Cute Charm Held item: None Delcatty♀ Lv.46 Sing Normal   --       Faint Attack Dark   --       Charm Normal   --       Assist Normal   --       Types: Grass Poison Ability: Poison Point Held item: None Roselia♂ Lv.47 Leech Seed Grass   --       Toxic Poison   --       Magical Leaf Grass   --       Giga Drain Grass   --       Types: Electric Steel Ability: Magnet Pull Held item: None Magneton Lv.44 Thunderbolt Electric   --       Tri Attack Normal   --       Screech Normal   --       Supersonic Normal   --       Types: Psychic Unknown Ability: Synchronize Held item: None Gardevoir♂ Lv.48 Psychic Psychic   --       Double Team Normal   --       Future Sight Psychic   --       Calm Mind Psychic   --

Fourth battle

File:Wally game.PNG [[PKMN Trainer (Trainer class)|PKMN Trainer]] Wally [[Victory Road|Victory Road]] Ruby, Sapphire, and Emerald [[PKMN Trainer (Trainer class)|PKMN Trainer]] and Professor Wally Oak [[Victory Road|Victory Road]] Ruby, Sapphire, and Emerald Reward: $????

Types: Dragon Flying Ability: Natural Cure Held item: None Altaria♂ Lv.50 Safeguard Normal   --       Dragon Dance Dragon   --       Aerial Ace Flying   --       DragonBreath Dragon   --       Types: Normal Unknown Ability: Cute Charm Held item: None Delcatty♀ Lv.49 Sing Normal   --       Faint Attack Dark   --       Charm Normal   --       Assist Normal   --       Types: Grass Poison Ability: Poison Point Held item: None Roselia♂ Lv.50 Leech Seed Grass   --       Toxic Poison   --       Magical Leaf Grass   --       Giga Drain Grass   --       Types: Electric Steel Ability: Magnet Pull Held item: None Magneton Lv.47 Thunderbolt Electric   --       Tri Attack Normal   --       Screech Normal   --       Supersonic Normal   --       Types: Psychic Unknown Ability: Synchronize Held item: None Gardevoir♂ Lv.51 Psychic Psychic   --       Double Team Normal   --       Future Sight Psychic   --       Calm Mind Psychic   --

Fifth battle

File:Wally game.PNG [[PKMN Trainer (Trainer class)|PKMN Trainer]] Wally [[Victory Road|Victory Road]] Ruby, Sapphire, and Emerald [[PKMN Trainer (Trainer class)|PKMN Trainer]] and Professor Wally Oak [[Victory Road|Victory Road]] Ruby, Sapphire, and Emerald Reward: $????

Types: Dragon Flying Ability: Natural Cure Held item: None Altaria♂ Lv.53 Safeguard Normal   --       Dragon Dance Dragon   --       Aerial Ace Flying   --       DragonBreath Dragon   --       Types: Normal Unknown Ability: Cute Charm Held item: None Delcatty♀ Lv.52 Sing Normal   --       Faint Attack Dark   --       Charm Normal   --       Assist Normal   --       Types: Grass Poison Ability: Poison Point Held item: None Roselia♂ Lv.53 Leech Seed Grass   --       Toxic Poison   --       Magical Leaf Grass   --       Giga Drain Grass   --       Types: Electric Steel Ability: Magnet Pull Held item: None Magneton Lv.50 Thunderbolt Electric   --       Tri Attack Normal   --       Screech Normal   --       Supersonic Normal   --       Types: Psychic Unknown Ability: Synchronize Held item: None Gardevoir♂ Lv.54 Psychic Psychic   --       Double Team Normal   --       Future Sight Psychic   --       Calm Mind Psychic   --

Sixth battle

File:Wally game.PNG [[PKMN Trainer (Trainer class)|PKMN Trainer]] Wally [[Victory Road|Victory Road]] Ruby, Sapphire, and Emerald [[PKMN Trainer (Trainer class)|PKMN Trainer]] and Professor Wally Oak [[Victory Road|Victory Road]] Ruby, Sapphire, and Emerald Reward: $????

Types: Dragon Flying Ability: Natural Cure Held item: None Altaria♂ Lv.56 Safeguard Normal   --       Dragon Dance Dragon   --       Aerial Ace Flying   --       DragonBreath Dragon   --       Types: Normal Unknown Ability: Cute Charm Held item: None Delcatty♀ Lv.55 Sing Normal   --       Faint Attack Dark   --       Charm Normal   --       Assist Normal   --       Types: Grass Poison Ability: Poison Point Held item: None Roselia♂ Lv.56 Leech Seed Grass   --       Toxic Poison   --       Magical Leaf Grass   --       Giga Drain Grass   --       Types: Electric Steel Ability: Magnet Pull Held item: None Magneton Lv.53 Thunderbolt Electric   --       Tri Attack Normal   --       Screech Normal   --       Supersonic Normal   --       Types: Psychic Unknown Ability: Synchronize Held item: None Gardevoir♂ Lv.57 Psychic Psychic   --       Double Team Normal   --       Future Sight Psychic   --       Calm Mind Psychic   --

In the Pokémon Adventures manga

Wally's first Pokémon was a Ralts that Ruby loaned him, and a Kecleon he caught himself. His "starter" Pokémon was a Treecko which he rescued after Professor Birch lost it in a flood.

Wally asked Norman to teach him about Pokémon and help him catch one, but Norman refused after seeing how sickly Wally was.

Ruby seemed to take quickly to Wally, possibly because Norman didn't like Wally, and decided to help the other boy. Ruby loaned Wally his Ralts, nicknamed "Ruru", and Wally was able to capture a Kecleon.

Unfortunately, before Ruru could be returned to her rightful owner, an earthquake caused Ruby to fall into the sea.

The next time Wally is seen, he is rescuing the old man who looks for Mirage Island in Pacifidlog Town, from Kyogre's flood. It would seem that Wally had managed to recover much from his illness by then, and had been traveling around Hoenn for quite some time.

Norman, who had just been passing by, finally agreed to take Wally on as a student, and told him to come to the Sky Pillar.

There, Norman revealed that what he had been training Ruby for since he was very young was to help Norman awaken Rayquaza. Norman could only accomplish this with someone the size of a 10-year old boy.

Even though he's healthier, Wally wears a suit with a respirator built into it, showing that his sickness could be some form of asthma.

Wally acquired his Cacnea while traveling through the desert, his Roselia on Route 117, and Norman gave him his Flygon. Most of this occurred off-panel.

Wally was once believed to be a representation of Emerald because of his all-green team and mainly green wardrobe. However, he's not a Pokédex Holder and he debuted long before any announcements of Pokémon Emerald appeared, which means he was never intended to be Emerald representation. Due to that, a new character was created for that role.

Pokémon

This listing is for Wally's Pokémon in the Pokémon Adventures manga.

→ Cacnea → Cacturne
Roselia	Kecleon	Flygon

Released

→ Ralts → Kirlia♀ (nicknamed "Ruru", returned to Ruby)

→ Treecko → Grovyle♂ (Lost, but recovered by Emerald as a Sceptile)

In the TCG

This listing is of cards mentioning or featuring Wally or his Pokémon in the Pokémon Trading Card Game.

Name	Type	Level	Rarity	Set	Set no.
Wally's Training	T	-		EX Sandstorm	130/146
				EX Emerald	85/106

Trivia

• Though he is never classified as a "rival" in the games themselves, Wally essentially takes the place of Brendan/May as the player's rival after he/she decides to help with Professor Birch's studies rather than be a competitive Trainer.
  • This also makes him the only rival who is not related to a celebrity or well-known trainer, unlike Blue (Professor Oak), Silver (Giovanni), May/Brendan (Professor Birch), and Barry (Palmer).
• He shares the same Chinese name with Dawn.
• Wally is the only rival character to not have a Pokémon received from the professor of that region, not counting Silver, who stole his.
• All of Wally's Pokemon in Pokemon Adventures are the color green.

Names

Professor Birch • Mom • May • Brendan • Wally • Wanda • Steven Stone • Wallace • Scott • Mr. Briney • Mr. Stone • Gabby and Ty • Lanette
Brigette • Professor Cozmo • Pokémon Fan Club Chairman • Rydel • Winstrate family • Captain Stern • Trick Master • Treasure Hunter • Dock
Apprentice • Pokémon Center Ladies • Old guys • Mr. Bonding • Teala • Aarune • Lisia • Zinnia • Looker • Inver • Chaz • Fossil Maniac • Kiri • Memory Girl
Team Aqua • Team Magma • Gym Leaders • Elite Four • Frontier Brains • Battle Chatelaines • Gym guide • Name Rater • Day-Care Couple • Stats judge