Hamilton

Craig redirects here. If you were looking for the PUSA voice actor, see Craig Blair.

Hamilton and Craig in the subsequent airings

Hamilton (Japanese: ヒロキ Hiroki [original airing], タクヤ Takuya [DVD release]) is the character of the day in Cream of the Croagunk Crop! of the Pokémon anime. He was the defending champion of the Croagunk Festival in Pastoria City. He is voiced by Yōko Sōmi in Japanese and Jason Griffith in English.

Hamilton first comes off as an arrogant boy. Brock overheard Hamilton talking about a marriage with Nurse Joy. Angered, Brock interrupts the conversation saying that he won't let him marry Nurse Joy. Joy then corrects him and tells him that Hamilton wants his Croagunk, Craig, to marry her Croagunk, Chrissy. Brock then decides to enter the competition with his Croagunk to defeat him and win the love of Nurse Joy.

Craig seemed equally matched to Brock's Croagunk and knew a variety of different moves. But the competition was interrupted by Team Rocket who began to steal all the Croagunk.

Setting their differences aside, Hamilton, Brock, and Nurse Joy teamed up with their Croagunk to help. Eventually it was Chrissy who saved the day. Crasher Wake decided that Nurse Joy was the winner for saving the festival, even though she didn't enter. Hamilton also agreed to Wake's choice.

Pokémon

This listing is of Hamilton's known Pokémon:

Craig (グレキチ Gurekichi) (グレッコ Gurekko)

Trivia

Hamilton and Craig in the original airing

• Hamilton is likely based off a character named Hiroshi from the anime and manga Dokonjō Gaeru. The story is about a boy who accidentally squishes a frog and now the frog's spirit lives on in an imprint on Hiroshi's shirt. Hamilton also bears an almost identical appearance to Hiroshi.
  • Craig might also be a reference to the frog, known as Pyonkichi, because it did spend a lot of time on the front of his shirt.
• Interestingly, Hamilton's appearance and even the Japanese names of both himself and Craig were changed shortly after the episode's initial airing in Japan. It is believed that it was to avoid the lawsuit with Dokonjō Gaeru producers.

External links

• The Hiroki/Takuya Change at Dogasu's Backpack

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.