Jimmy (Johto)

Jimmy ケンタ Kenta
Jimmy
Gender	Male
Hometown	New Bark Town
Region	Johto
Relatives	Unknown
Class	Trainer
Game counterpart	Gold
First episode	The Legend of Thunder!
English voice actor	Sean Schemmel
Japanese voice actor	Kenji Nojima

Jimmy (Japanese: ケンタ Kenta) is the main protagonist of The Legend of Thunder!. His starter Pokémon was Cyndaquil, received from Professor Elm of New Bark Town at the same time as Vincent and Marina.

He has a habit of saying "You rock and you rule!" ("OK! Perfect!" in original) to his Pokémon and giving them a thumbs-up after winning a battle. Jimmy is similar in many ways to Ash. He also cares for Pokémon very much. This can be seen in his concern for Raikou when it was injured. He is also determined and never gives up in battle. Like Ash, he is also close to his starter Pokémon, which is now a Typhlosion. He has a battle style that focuses on offense. As such, his Pokémon are trained to take attacks and still keep fighting.

His main goal was to become a strong Pokémon Trainer so that he could protect the kids in New Bark Town, his home town. He also has a crush on Marina which appears to be mutual. Both of them participated in the Silver Conference a full year before Vincent did.

Pokémon

This is a listing of Jimmy's known Pokémon:

Typhlosion
	Main article: Jimmy's Typhlosion Typhlosion was Jimmy's starter Pokémon, given to him as a Cyndaquil by Professor Elm. He obtained it on the same day that Vincent got his Chikorita and Marina got her Totodile. Jimmy and Typhlosion are very close to each other. It is voiced by 千葉進歩 Susumu Chiba in English and Japanese.

Beedrill
	Jimmy had Beedrill as a Weedle early on, even before he started his Pokémon journey. It had already evolved twice before The Legend of Thunder!. He used it in a battle against Marina's Jigglypuff, Little Pink, in which Beedrill won. Jimmy relies on Beedrill's speed during battles and flight situations where it proves itself very useful. Beedrill was shown to know three moves: Agility, Twineedle, and Pin Missile.

He has four other Pokémon that Nurse Joy heals at the Pokémon Center, but are not seen outside of their Poké Balls at any time.

Voice actors

Trivia

• Much like Ash is based off of Red, Jimmy is based off of Gold.
• When Vincent appeared in the Silver Conference (known then as Jackson in the dub), Marina and Jimmy were referred to "Dani and Yoshi" respectively, leading many to believe that "Yoshi" was the official English name for Jimmy, and "Dani" was the official English name for Marina. Whether this was the original intention remains unknown. However, in The Legend of Thunder!, they're identified as Jimmy and Marina.
• Jimmy's English name may come directly from Pokémon Gold and Silver. There is a minor Trainer named "Kenta" in the Japanese version whose name was localized as "Jimmy" in the English translation - a Youngster on Route 3 with a Raticate and Arbok. The dubbers may have mistaken this character for an unrelated anime character. The same thing happened to Vincent.
• Despite taking Ash's place in The Legend of Thunder!, of the trio comprised of him, Marina, and Vincent, he has the least of his Pokémon known by viewers.
• Jimmy is the only male lead that has met (one of) his female counterparts, Marina.
• His Brazilian voice actor is the same as his homonym's.

External links

• Kenta's Profile on Pokeani (Japanese)

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