Barry

For this character's game counterpart, see Pearl.

Barry ジュン Jun
Barry
Gender	Male
Eye color	Orange
Hair color	Blond
Hometown	Twinleaf Town
Region	Sinnoh
Relatives	Palmer (father)
Class	Trainer
Game counterpart	Pearl
First episode	Barry's Busting Out All Over!
English voice actor	Jamie McGonnigal
Japanese voice actor	Tatsuhisa Suzuki

Barry (Japanese: ジュン Jun) is a recurring character in the Pokémon anime whose debut appearance was in Barry's Busting Out All Over!. He is one of Ash's two rivals in Sinnoh.

History

He was shown to have a very hyperactive personality, much like his game counterpart. Barry admires Paul and his training methods, and wants to be a strong Trainer like him. He also has a slightly similar mentality as Paul's, as in capturing strong Pokémon for training. However, unlike Paul, he still cares for his Pokémon.

Dawn knew Barry back when they both lived in Twinleaf Town, however, Barry doesn't remember her. He only recognizes Ash, Brock, and Dawn due to the fact that they participated in the Sinnoh Double Battle Tournament with Paul. He then challenged Ash to a battle to prove his training methods wrong, but Ash came out the victor.

After Ash defeated him, Barry stayed to watch Ash challenge Fantina in A Shield with a Twist!. At times, Barry was skeptical about Ash's strategy in the battle, but by the end of the fight, he realized that his techniques were excellent. He later stated that he would be his rival if Ash could defeat Byron, whom Barry had previously beaten.

After staying with the group for the following episode, he departed to train at Iron Island, but appeared again in Steeling Peace of Mind! and Saving the World From Ruins! at Iron Island, where after being caught up in Team Galactic's plot to use the island as a radar to scan for Spear Pillar he and Ash put aside most of their differences and became friendly rivals. He also appeared in Stopped in the Name of Love! where he wanted to enter the Pokémon Ping Pong Tournament, which he later loses in To Thine Own Pokémon Be True!. It is also revealed that he is good friends with Dawn's rival, Kenny. He also appeared in Old Rivals, New Tricks! watching Dawn and Kenny participate in the Contest held in Sandalstraw Town.

Barry appeared again in DP140 where he then decided to have a battle with Ash, which was soon interrupted. He bumps into his father, Palmer at the end of the episode.

Barry will appear again in an as of yet unannouced future episode, where he will battle Ash again, who recently obtained a Gible.

Pokémon

Empoleon
	Main article: Barry's Empoleon Empoleon is Barry's main Pokémon. Empoleon was first seen in Barry's Busting Out All Over! in battle against Ash's Pikachu where he loses the match.

Staraptor
	Barry used a Staraptor in a battle against Ash's Chimchar in Barry's Busting Out All Over!. It appeared again in Steeling Peace of Mind!.

Roserade
	Barry's Roserade was used in his first battle against Ash. It defeated Chimchar with a barrage of Poison Jabs but was eventually knocked out by Ash's Gliscor, who was also knocked out in the process. It appeared again again in Steeling Peace of Mind.

Heracross
	Barry's Heracross first appears in Steeling Peace of Mind! on Iron Island alongside its trainer. In DP140, it was revealed that Barry caught Heracross by slathering honey on a tree.

Badges obtained

Barry's badges

This listing is of the badges Barry has obtained:

• Forest Badge (prior to Barry's Busting Out All Over!)
• Mine Badge (prior to Barry's Busting Out All Over!)
• An unknown Badge (prior to Barry's Busting Out All Over!)

Voice actors

Trivia

• Barry wears his game counterpart's clothes from Diamond and Pearl; however, his Pokétch is modeled after the one that appears in Platinum.
• Barry is the first anime character based on an in-game rival that has had more than a cameo since Gary Oak, whose starter, coincidentally, was also the Water-type choice of his region.
  • It is also seen that Brendan, in his cameo appearances, has the final form of the Water-type starter from his region.
  • Also, like Gary, his name is taken, in both Japanese and English, from the first-listed default name for his game counterpart in the primary version.
    • Their dub names also rhyme with one another.
      • Jun is a reference to Junichi Masuda, who also lent his name to another anime rival.
• Barry and Ash share two of the same Pokémon: Staraptor and Heracross.
• So far, Barry's team is made up of the same Pokémon his game counterpart has at the end of the game if the player has started with Chimchar. So far, the only ones not yet revealed to be in Barry's possession are Rapidash and Snorlax (though Pearl does not obtain his Munchlax until after the player meets him in Canalave City, and does not evolve it until the league).
• Barry's Japanese name (Jun) is the same as the manga character from Pokémon Diamond and Pearl Adventure!, Jun.
• Dawn once mentioned Barry singing a duet with an Exploud. This is similar to his manga counterpart.

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