Pokémon Breeder (Trainer class)

Pokémon Breeder ポケモンブリーダー Pokémon Breeder
Male and female Pokémon Breeder sprites from Black and White
Other names
Introduced in	Generation III
Appears in	Ruby, Sapphire, Emerald, FireRed, and LeafGreen Diamond, Pearl, Platinum, HeartGold, and SoulSilver Black and White
Gender	Both
counterpart	{{{counterpart}}}
Notable members	Day-Care Couple (for anime breeders, please see the list below)
Anime debut	Showdown in Pewter City
TCG debut	Base Set
TCG Card	Pokémon Breeder, Pokémon Breeder Fields
Manga debut	{{{manga}}}

A Pokémon Breeder (Japanese: ポケモンブリーダー Pokémon Breeder) is primarily a Pokémon Trainer who raises and mates carefully selected Pokémon to reproduce specific improvements in future generations of Pokémon, such as moves, individual values, or natures.

In the games

Pokémon Breeders (written as "^P_K^M_N Breeder" in-game) first appeared as a Trainer class in Generation III, and they can often be found near Pokémon Day Cares. They raise a large number of varied Pokémon, generally maintaining a balanced team, although they are often weak compared to other trainers in the area they reside in.

In Pokémon Emerald, there is a stats judge known as the Legendary Top Pokémon Breeder in the Battle Frontier.

Also, a few people playing the games themselves consider themselves Pokémon Breeders, breeding certain Pokémon together to receive maximum opportunity for good egg moves, natures, and IV spread.

Appearance

Image from Ruby, Sapphire, and Emerald	Image from FireRed and LeafGreen	Image from Diamond, Pearl, Platinum, HeartGold, and SoulSilver	Image from Black and White

Trainer List

Pokémon Ruby/Sapphire

Trainer name	Battle	Winnings	Pokémon
Pokémon Breeder♂ Isaac	Initial battle	480	Lv.12	Lv.12	Lv.12	Lv.12	Lv.12	Lv.12
	First rematch	880	Lv.22	Lv.22	Lv.22	Lv.22	Lv.22	Lv.22
	Second rematch	1000	Lv.25	Lv.25	Lv.25	Lv.25	Lv.25	Lv.25
	Third rematch	1120	Lv.28	Lv.28	Lv.28	Lv.28	Lv.28	Lv.28
	Fourth rematch	1240	Lv.31	Lv.31	Lv.31	Lv.31	Lv.31	Lv.31
Pokémon Breeder♀ Lydia	Initial battle	480	Lv.12	Lv.12	Lv.12	Lv.12	Lv.12	Lv.12
	First rematch	880	Lv.22	Lv.22	Lv.22	Lv.22	Lv.22	Lv.22
	Second rematch	1000	Lv.25	Lv.25	Lv.25	Lv.25	Lv.25	Lv.25
	Third rematch	1120	Lv.28	Lv.28	Lv.28	Lv.28	Lv.28	Lv.28
	Fourth rematch	1240	Lv.31	Lv.31	Lv.31	Lv.31	Lv.31	Lv.31

Pokémon Emerald

Trainer name	Battle	Winnings	Pokémon
Pokémon Breeder♀ Gabrielle	Initial battle	1040	Lv.26	Lv.26	Lv.26	Lv.26	Lv.26	Lv.26
	First rematch	1240	Lv.31	Lv.31	Lv.31	Lv.31	Lv.31	Lv.31
	Second rematch	1320	Lv.33	Lv.33	Lv.33	Lv.33	Lv.33	Lv.33
	Third rematch	1400	Lv.35	Lv.35	Lv.35	Lv.35	Lv.35	Lv.35
	Fourth rematch	1480	Lv.37	Lv.37	Lv.37	Lv.37	Lv.37	Lv.37
Pokémon Breeder♂ Isaac	Initial battle	440	Lv.11	Lv.11	Lv.11	Lv.11	Lv.11	Lv.11
	First rematch	880	Lv.22	Lv.22	Lv.22	Lv.22	Lv.22	Lv.22
	Second rematch	1000	Lv.25	Lv.25	Lv.25	Lv.25	Lv.25	Lv.25
	Third rematch	1120	Lv.28	Lv.28	Lv.28	Lv.28	Lv.28	Lv.28
	Fourth rematch	1240	Lv.31	Lv.31	Lv.31	Lv.31	Lv.31	Lv.31
Pokémon Breeder♀ Lydia	Initial battle	440	Lv.11	Lv.11	Lv.11	Lv.11	Lv.11	Lv.11
	First rematch	880	Lv.22	Lv.22	Lv.22	Lv.22	Lv.22	Lv.22
	Second rematch	1000	Lv.25	Lv.25	Lv.25	Lv.25	Lv.25	Lv.25
	Third rematch	1120	Lv.28	Lv.28	Lv.28	Lv.28	Lv.28	Lv.28
	Fourth rematch	1240	Lv.31	Lv.31	Lv.31	Lv.31	Lv.31	Lv.31
Pokémon Breeder♂ Myles	Initial battle	1000	Lv.25	Lv.25	Lv.25	Lv.25	Lv.25	Lv.25
Pokémon Breeder♀ Pat	Initial battle	1000	Lv.25	Lv.25	Lv.25	Lv.25	Lv.25	Lv.25

Pokémon FireRed/LeafGreen

Trainer name	Battle	Winnings	Pokémon
Pokémon Breeder Allison	Initial battle	1344	Lv.48	Lv.48	Lv.48	-------	-------	-------
Pokémon Breeder Alize	Initial battle	1344	Lv.48	Lv.48	Lv.48	-------	-------	-------
Pokémon Breeder Bethany	Initial battle	1400	Lv.50	-------	-------	-------	-------	-------
Pokémon Breeder Lily	Initial battle	---	Lv.100	Lv.100	-------	-------	-------	-------

Pokémon Diamond/Pearl

Trainer name	Battle	Winnings	Pokémon
Pokémon Breeder♂ Albert	Initial battle	720	Lv.16	Lv.17	Lv.15	-------	-------	-------
Pokémon Breeder♀ Amber	Initial battle	864	Lv.19	Lv.17	Lv.18	-------	-------	-------
Pokémon Breeder♀ Jennifer	Initial battle	720	Lv.16	Lv.17	Lv.15	-------	-------	-------
Pokémon Breeder♂ Kahlil	Initial battle	816	Lv.18	Lv.19	Lv.17	-------	-------	-------
Pokémon Breeder♀ Kaylee (Tag battle)	Initial battle	2112	Lv.21	Lv.21	-------	-------	-------	-------

Pokémon Platinum

Trainer name	Battle	Winnings	Pokémon
Pokémon Breeder♂ Albert (Rematch)	Initial battle	960	Lv.20	Lv.20	Lv.20	Lv.20	-------	-------
Pokémon Breeder♀ Amber	Initial battle	1104	Lv.23	Lv.23	-------	-------	-------	-------
Pokémon Breeder♀ Jennifer (Rematch)	Initial battle	960	Lv.20	Lv.20	Lv.20	Lv.20	-------	-------
Pokémon Breeder♂ Kahlil	Initial battle	1104	Lv.23	Lv.23	-------	-------	-------	-------
Pokémon Breeder♀ Kaylee (Tag battle)	Initial battle	2544	Lv.26	Lv.26	Lv.26	-------	-------	-------

Pokémon Black/White

Trainer name	Battle	Winnings	Pokémon
Pokémon Breeder♀ Adelaide	Initial battle	432	Lv.9	Lv.9	Lv.9	-------	-------	-------
Pokémon Breeder♀ Brooke	Initial battle	2880	Lv.60	Lv.60	Lv.60	Lv.60	Lv.60	Lv.60
Pokémon Breeder♀ Ethel	Initial battle	2928	Lv.61	Lv.61	Lv.61	Lv.61	Lv.61	-------
Pokémon Breeder♂ Eustace	Initial battle	3024	Lv.63	Lv.63	Lv.63	-------	-------	-------
Pokémon Breeder♂ Galen	Initial battle	1792	Lv.32	Lv.32	Lv.32	-------	-------	-------
Pokémon Breeder♂ Owen	Initial battle	2880	Lv.60	Lv.60	Lv.60	Lv.60	Lv.60	Lv.60

In the anime

Reggie

Pokémon breeders typically concern themselves with raising Pokémon for health and happiness, rather than for Pokémon battles. They also participate in beauty contests and related competitions—not to be confused with Pokémon Contests, though it is common for them to take interest in these as well.

Aspects of Pokémon breeders in the anime typically also handle or cover include:

• Monitoring, taking care of, and hatching Pokémon eggs
• Pokémon grooming
• Pokémon nutrition

The first, however, is mostly based on assumption. Breeders in the anime have not been seen helping Pokémon breed.

Notable breeders

• Brock
• Suzy
• Zane
• Edna
• Jonathan
• Katrina
• Yuma
• Jaco
• Isis
• Reggie
• Khoury

In the manga

In the Pokémon Adventures manga

Gold, although never officially called breeder, specializes in hatching Pokémon in Pokémon Adventures manga. Other characters who can be called "breeders" in this manga are the Day Care couple.

In the TCG

In the TCG, a Pokémon Breeder appears on a card in the Base Set. In the Neo Revelation expansion, Breeders are also featured in a card called Pokémon Breeder Fields.

Trivia

• While Brock has mentioned his interest in being a Pokémon Breeder since he was introduced, the Trainer class did not appear until Generation III. Just the same, the only Pokémon Breeders found in Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen are female.
• For Like It or Lup It!, Professor Oak's lecture is about the Breeders. He writes this Pokémon senryū about them: ポケモンに　つくしてそだてる　ブリーダー Pokémon ni tsukushite sodateru Burīdā "The breeder who raises and devotes himself to Pokémon."

In other languages

Language Title Mandarin Chinese 神奇寶貝飼育家 / 神奇宝贝饲育家 Shénqíbǎobèi Sìyùjiā French Éleveur (♂) Éleveuse (♀) German Pokémonzüchter Italian Alleva PKMN Spanish Criapokémon

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