Mars

Mars マーズ Mars
Art from Pokémon Diamond and Pearl
Gender	Female
Hometown	Unknown
Region	Sinnoh
Relatives	Unknown
Class	Commander
Generation	IV
Games	Diamond, Pearl, and Platinum
Team	Team Galactic
Rank	Commander
First episode	Losing Its Lustrous!
English voice actor	Lisa Ortiz
Japanese voice actor	Rie Tanaka

Mars (Japanese: マーズ Mars) is one of Team Galactic's four Commanders in Diamond, Pearl, and Platinum Versions.

In the anime

Mars in the anime

Mars made her debut appearance in Losing Its Lustrous!. She, along with Saturn attempted to steal the Lustrous Orb from the Celestic Town museum. She also appeared in Double Team Turnover! where she informed Cyrus that the Red Chain project is nearing completion.

Mars appeared again in Steeling Peace of Mind! along with her Purugly. She had brought the Spear Key to Iron Island where she activated the ruins in the island to find the exact location of the Spear Pillar in Mt. Coronet. After failing to complete the task in Saving the World From Ruins!, she attempted to blow up the island on Cyrus's orders but she failed due to Riley and his Lucario.

Pokémon

This listing is of Mars's known Pokémon in the anime:

Purugly

Bronzor

Voice actors

• Japanese
  • 田中理恵 Rie Tanaka

• English
  • Lisa Ortiz

• Spanish
  • Olga Velasco (Spain)

In the games

She is first seen leading the efforts of Team Galactic to control the Valley Windworks near Route 205. Mars is then seen at Lake Verity. She makes her final appearance (along with Jupiter) atop the Spear Pillar, in an attempt to slow down the player so Cyrus can awaken the legendary Pokémon, but as the player battles her and Jupiter, the rival assists him/her. In Pokémon Platinum she and Jupiter quit Team Galactic because Charon has different ideals from former boss Cyrus. It is also shown that Mars and Jupiter have a mutual dislike of each other. Mars mentions that she'll be going off to the Distortion World to find Cyrus after quitting the team.

Pokémon

Pokémon Diamond and Pearl

First battle

1280		Commander Mars Diamond and Pearl - Valley Windworks
Pokémon		Information			Pokémon		Information
Zubat ♀ Lv.14		Poison	Flying		Purugly ♀ Lv.16		Normal
		None					Oran Berry
		Inner Focus					Thick Fat
Moves					Moves
Bite		Leech Life			Fake Out		Scratch
Dark	Physical	Bug	Physical		Normal	Physical	Normal	Physical
Toxic		--			Faint Attack		--
Poison	Status				Dark	Physical
Notes: Mars's Purugly is severely underleveled; Glameow do not evolve until level 38.

Second battle

6240		Commander Mars Diamond and Pearl - Lake Verity
Pokémon		Information			Pokémon		Information			Pokémon		Information
Golbat ♀ Lv.37		Poison	Flying		Bronzor  Lv.37		Steel	Psychic		Purugly ♀ Lv.39		Normal
		None					None					Sitrus Berry
		Inner Focus					Levitate					Thick Fat
Moves					Moves					Moves
Air Cutter		Supersonic			Iron Defense		Gyro Ball			Fake Out		Slash
Flying	Special	Normal	Status		Steel	Status	Steel	Physical		Normal	Physical	Normal	Physical
Bite		Toxic			Confuse Ray		Extrasensory			Faint Attack		Hypnosis
Dark	Physical	Poison	Status		Ghost	Status	Psychic	Special		Dark	Physical	Psychic	Status

Third battle (Tag battle with Jupiter)

????		Commander Mars and Commander Jupiter Diamond and Pearl - Spear Pillar									????
Pokémon		Information			Pokémon		Information			Pokémon		Information
Bronzor  Lv.40		Steel	Psychic		Golbat ♀ Lv.42		Poison	Flying		Purugly ♀ Lv.45		Normal
		Unknown					Unknown					Sitrus Berry
		Levitate					Inner Focus					Thick Fat
Moves					Moves					Moves
Light Screen		Gyro Ball			Poison Fang		Confuse Ray			Aerial Ace		Shadow Claw
Psychic	Status	Steel	Physical		Poison	Physical	Ghost	Status		Flying	Physical	Ghost	Physical
Confuse Ray		Extrasensory			Bite		Air Cutter			Hypnosis		Slash
Ghost	Status	Psychic	Special		Dark	Physical	Flying	Special		Psychic	Status	Normal	Physical
Pokémon		Information			Pokémon		Information			Pokémon		Information
Bronzor  Lv.41		Steel	Psychic		Golbat ♀ Lv.41		Poison	Flying		Skuntank ♀ Lv.46		Poison	Dark
		Unknown					Unknown					Sitrus Berry
		Levitate					Inner Focus					Stench
Moves					Moves					Moves
Rock Slide		Reflect			Poison Fang		Sludge Bomb			Poison Jab		Flamethrower
Rock	Physical	Psychic	Status		Poison	Physical	Poison	Special		Poison	Physical	Fire	Special
Confuse Ray		Extrasensory			Mean Look		Air Cutter			Night Slash		SmokeScreen
Ghost	Status	Psychic	Special		Normal	Status	Flying	Special		Dark	Physical	Normal	Status

Pokémon Platinum

First battle

1360		Commander Mars Platinum - Valley Windworks
Pokémon		Information			Pokémon		Information
Zubat ♀ Lv.15		Poison	Flying		Purugly ♀ Lv.17		Normal
		None					Oran Berry
		Inner Focus					Thick Fat
Moves					Moves
Bite		Leech Life			Fake Out		Scratch
Dark	Physical	Bug	Physical		Normal	Physical	Normal	Physical
Toxic		--			Faint Attack		--
Poison	Status				Dark	Physical
Notes: Mars's Purugly is severely underleveled; Glameow do not evolve until level 38.

Second battle

3200		Commander Mars Platinum - Lake Verity
Pokémon		Information			Pokémon		Information			Pokémon		Information
Golbat ♀ Lv.38		Poison	Flying		Bronzor  Lv.38		Steel	Psychic		Purugly ♀ Lv.40		Normal
		None					None					Sitrus Berry
		Inner Focus					Levitate					Thick Fat
Moves					Moves					Moves
Bite		Supersonic			Iron Defense		Gyro Ball			Faint Attack		Slash
Dark	Physical	Normal	Status		Steel	Status	Steel	Physical		Dark	Physical	Normal	Physical
Toxic		Air Cutter			Confuse Ray		Extrasensory			Hypnosis		Fake Out
Poison	Status	Flying	Special		Ghost	Status	Psychic	Special		Psychic	Status	Normal	Physical

Third battle (tag battle with Jupiter)

????		Commander Mars and Commander Jupiter Platinum - Spear Pillar									????
Pokémon		Information			Pokémon		Information			Pokémon		Information
Bronzor  Lv.44		Steel	Psychic		Golbat ♀ Lv.44		Poison	Flying		Purugly ♀ Lv.46		Normal
		Unknown					Unknown					Sitrus Berry
		Levitate					Inner Focus					Thick Fat
Moves					Moves					Moves
Light Screen		Gyro Ball			Poison Fang		Confuse Ray			Aerial Ace		Shadow Claw
Psychic	Status	Steel	Physical		Poison	Physical	Ghost	Status		Flying	Physical	Ghost	Physical
Confuse Ray		Extrasensory			Bite		Air Cutter			Hypnosis		Slash
Ghost	Status	Psychic	Special		Dark	Physical	Flying	Special		Psychic	Status	Normal	Physical
Pokémon		Information			Pokémon		Information			Pokémon		Information
Bronzor  Lv.44		Steel	Psychic		Golbat ♀ Lv.44		Poison	Flying		Skuntank ♀ Lv.46		Poison	Dark
		Unknown					Unknown					Sitrus Berry
		Levitate					Inner Focus					Stench
Moves					Moves					Moves
Rock Slide		Reflect			Poison Fang		Sludge Bomb			Poison Jab		Flamethrower
Rock	Physical	Psychic	Status		Poison	Physical	Poison	Special		Poison	Physical	Fire	Special
Confuse Ray		Extrasensory			Mean Look		Air Cutter			Night Slash		SmokeScreen
Ghost	Status	Psychic	Special		Normal	Status	Flying	Special		Dark	Physical	Normal	Status

Fourth battle

4800		Commander Mars Platinum - Stark Mountain
Pokémon		Information			Pokémon		Information			Pokémon		Information
Golbat ♀ Lv.58		Poison	Flying		Bronzong  Lv.58		Steel	Psychic		Purugly ♀ Lv.60		Normal
		None					None					Oran Berry
		Inner Focus					Levitate					Thick Fat
Moves					Moves					Moves
Poison Fang		Confuse Ray			Light Screen		Gyro Ball			Shadow Claw		Slash
Poison	Physical	Ghost	Status		Psychic	Status	Steel	Physical		Ghost	Physical	Normal	Physical
Bite		Air Cutter			Confuse Ray		Extrasensory			Hypnosis		Aerial Ace
Dark	Physical	Flying	Special		Ghost	Status	Psychic	Special		Psychic	Status	Flying	Physical

In the manga

Pokémon Special

Mars made her first appearance (in silhouette) at the Valley Windworks. She was attempting to steal the power with her Electivire, and succeeded.

Interestingly, in the magazine version of the manga she used a Luxray. It was changed into an Electivire in the book version for unknown reason. One possible reason is that Pearl owns a Luxray, wild at the time.

Pokémon

Mars has these Pokémon:

Purugly	Luxray*	Electivire*
Zubat	Bronzor	Yanmega

Pokémon DP

Mars first appeared in this manga at the Valley Windworks, attempting to steal the energy from the power plant. Hareta and Jun managed to defeat her.

She later reappeared in a special chapter where she attempted and failed to capture a Deoxys. During her battle with it, her Kangaskhan went out of control, requiring the help of Hareta and the Deoxys.

Pokémon

Purugly

Zubat

Kangaskhan

Magnezone

In the TCG

Mars appears on the Team Galactic's Mars card from the Secret Wonders expansion.

Trivia

• Mars's name was changed to Venus in Spanish-language versions of the game, likely due to the fact that Mars is the name of a male Roman god. This also happened to Jupiter.
• At one point in the game, Mars assumes Lucas and Dawn are a couple.
• Mars is the Commander the player will battle the most times in Diamond, Pearl, and Platinum. The player will battle Saturn twice in each game, Jupiter twice in Diamond and Pearl but three times in Platinum, while Mars is battled three times in Diamond and Pearl and four times in Platinum, although it should be noted one of Jupiter and Mars's battles are together in a double battle.

Names

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