Crasher Wake
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| Crasher Wake マキシマム仮面 Maximum Mask | |
| The Torrential Masked Master! | |
 Artwork from Diamond/Pearl | |
| Gender | Male |
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| Hometown | Pastoria City |
| Region | Sinnoh |
| Relatives | Unknown |
| Class | Gym Leader |
| Generation | IV |
| Games | Diamond, Pearl |
| Gym | Pastoria Gym |
| Type | Water |
| Badge | Fen Badge |
Crasher Wake (Japanese: マキシマム仮面 Maximum Mask), otherwise known simply as Wake (Japanese: マキシ Maxi), is the Gym Leader of Pastoria City's Gym, known officially as the Pastoria Gym. He hands out the Fen Badge to trainers who defeat him. He specializes in Water-type Pokémon.
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In the animé
Although Crasher Wake has yet to appear, he is set to debut in a soon-to-be-aired episode.
In the games
Crasher Wake uses Water-type Pokémon in his battles. Trainers receive the Fen Badge, TM55 (Brine) and are able to use Defog outside of battle. Wake has a jovial, enthusiastic, and bombastic personality. Wake's strategy is nothing more than choosing moves that will make his battles more fun, and encourages everyone not to take battles too seriously, and to remember they're supposed to be fun. Crasher Wake uses the prize money he gets from competitive Pokémon battles to help the unfortunate. Crasher Wake has his Pokémon use Defog to keep the weather of Pastoria City clear.
He later appears in the Battle Zone, talking to the player's rival, Pearl. The rival also mentions that Wake was born overseas. However, he speaks clearly, without any foreign accent. This may mean he is simply from another region, but this has little evidence.
Pokémon
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Quotes
Before battle
"Welcome! I don't get challenged very often! The glory you are now beholding is the Pastoria Gym Leader! That's right, I'm Crasher Wake! My Pokémon were toughened up by stormy white waters! They'll take everything you can throw at them and then pull you under! Victory will be ours! Come on, let's get it done!"
After sending out last Pokémon
"Hey! That there! That was a good move!"
During battle
"This is where it gets exciting!"
When defeated
"Hunwah! It's gone and ended! How will I say... I want more! I wanted to battle a lot more!"
After being defeated
"It seems the undertow pulled me under... But I had a great time battling with you! You've earned this!"
In the Pokémon Special manga
He uses the following Pokémon:
 Gyarados |  Quagsire |  Floatzel |
Trivia
- Crasher Wake's use of his prize money to help the disadvantaged is a common cliché in tales of fictional lucha libre, inspired by the real-life Lucha Libre, Fray Tormenta.
- Crasher Wake is a Water-type trainer with a pastime involving fighting, in comparison with Brawly, a Fighting-type trainer with a pastime involving water.
- Crasher Wake is the last Sinnoh Gym Leader to have all the Pokémon he uses know the move from the TM he gives away.
Names
| Language | Name | Origin |
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| Japanese | マキシ (Maxi) / マキシマム仮面 (Maximum Mask) | Probably referring to his lucha libre mask. |
| English | Crasher Wake | Perhaps based off of lucha libre names, as his appearance suggests. Sounds similar to crashing wave. A wake is also the set of triangular waves left by something traveling through water (a boat, etc.). |
| French | Lovis | From the title of a childish French song "L'eau vive" (Living Water), or a derivation of the name of the French emperor Clovis who was well known for his baptism. |
| German | Wellenbrecher Marinus | Marinus means of the sea in Latin. |
| Italian | Omar | From mare, sea. |
| Spanish | Mananti | From manantial, the source of a river. |
| Korean | 맥실러 Maxiller / 맥시멈가면 Maximum Gamyeon | Same as Japanese name. |
External links
| Gym Leaders of Sinnoh |
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 Roark |  Gardenia |  Maylene |  Crasher Wake |  Fantina |  Byron |  Candice |  Volkner
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