Dome Ace Tucker

Tucker ヒース Heath
Art from Emerald
Gender	Male
Eye color	Red violet
Hair color	Red violet
Hometown	Unknown
Region	Hoenn*/Kanto*
Relatives	Unknown
Class	Dome Ace (Frontier Brain)
Generation	III
Games	Pokémon Emerald
Facility	Battle Dome
Symbol	Tactics Symbol
First episode	Tactics Theatrics!
English voice actor	Bill Rogers
Japanese voice actor	Kenta Miyake

Dome Ace Tucker (Japanese: ドームスーパースター ヒース Dome Superstar Heath) is the Frontier Brain and commissioner of the Battle Frontier's Battle Dome. He is the only character in the games to have the Trainer class Dome Ace (Japanese: ドームスーパースター Dome Superstar).

In the games

Tucker is a superstar and enjoys the sound of a crowd chanting his name. He prefaces battles with narcissistic comments, and if he loses, turns over the Tactics Symbol to the Trainer's Frontier Pass.

Pokémon

Silver Symbol challenge

13BP Dome Ace Tucker Emerald Battle Dome

Charizard Lv.100  Fire  Flying  Held item: White Herb Ability: Blaze Moves Overheat Fire Rock Slide Rock Aerial Ace Flying Earthquake Ground Swampert Lv.100  Water  Ground  Held item: Focus Band Ability: Torrent Moves Surf Water Earthquake Ground Ice Beam Ice Counter Fighting Salamence Lv.100  Dragon  Flying  Held item: Lum Berry Ability: Intimidate Moves Earthquake Ground Brick Break Fighting Dragon Claw Dragon Aerial Ace Flying

Gold Symbol challenge

??BP Dome Ace Tucker Emerald Battle Dome

Latias Lv.100  Dragon  Psychic  Held item: Chesto Berry Ability: Levitate Moves Thunderbolt Electric Psychic Psychic Calm Mind Psychic Rest Psychic Swampert Lv.100  Water  Ground  Held item: Leftovers Ability: Torrent Moves Surf Water Ice Beam Ice Earthquake Ground Mirror Coat Psychic Metagross Lv.100  Steel  Psychic  Held item: Quick Claw Ability: Clear Body Moves Psychic Psychic Meteor Mash Steel Earthquake Ground Protect Normal

Quotes

• First battle:

"Ahahah! Do you hear it? This crowd! They’re all itching to see our match! Ahahah! I bet you’re twitching all over from the tension of getting to battle me! But don’t worry about a thing! I’m the no.1 star of the Battle Dome! I, Tucker the Dome Ace, will bathe you in a brilliant glow! Your strategy! Let’s see it! The final match! <player> versus the Dome Ace, Tucker! Let the battle begin!"

"Grr… What the… Unbelievable! It’s incredible! The victor is <player>! Rules are rules! Let me see your Frontier Pass. … … … … … … I sorely underestimate you. I won’t make the same mistake next time…"

• Second battle:

"Ah… The pummeling roar of the crowd… Their furnace-like heat of excitement… This is a wonderful place… To the crowd, I am the Dome Ace… I represent their hopes and dreams… I must never fade from their sight… I must burn! Brighter and more brilliant! I must light all the gather here! I will unleash all the power that I possess! Right here and now! The final match! <player> versus the Dome Ace, Tucker! Let the battle begin!"

"Ahahaha! You’re inspiring! Unbelievable! It’s incredible! The victor is <player>! You’re genuinely fantastic! Never before! I haven’t ever lost in the times I’ve had to unleash my power. Yes, quite fantastic! Your Frontier Pass, please? You’re strong above all, you have a unique charm! In you, I see a definite potential for a superstar like me. I will very much look forward to our next encounter!"

In the anime

Tucker in the anime

Tucker's only anime appearance was in the episode Tactics Theatrics!!.

In the anime, he is a big superstar. He likes to entertain others, and he has many fans. Automatically before the battle, he allows challengers to send in their Pokémon from other locations. Even if Ash was allowed to do this, he still used two Pokémon from his current party, Corphish and Swellow.

He used an Arcanine and Swampert in a double battle against Ash Ketchum. The battle took place in the Battle Dome in front of a large audience. Tucker was defated by Ash although he held a strong start for a while with his Pokémon's teamwork and strategy.

Pokémon

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

Swampert

Swampert was one of the two Pokémon that battled against Ash's Corphish and Ash's Swellow, and gave Ash a run for his money. Swampert and Arcanine seemed like a perfect combination, taking advantage of Arcanine's speed and its defense as stated by Brock in the episode. In the double battle, Swampert's main target was Corphish. When it looked bad for Ash, Corphish and Swellow gained their fighting spirit and came back to win the match for Ash. Swampert was defeated by a devastating Aerial Ace from Swellow. Swampert was shown to use five different moves: Protect, Mud Shot, DynamicPunch, Water Gun, and Water Pulse. It was voiced by Kōichi Sakaguchi in Japanese and by Bill Rogers in English.

Arcanine
	The other Pokémon Tucker used was Arcanine. Swampert and Arcanine were a perfect combination, taking advantage of Arcanine's speed and Swampert's defense. When it looked bad for Ash, Corphish and Swellow gained their fighting spirit and with the help of some strategy of Ash's, they were able to win the match. Arcanine was defeated by a devastating Crabhammer from Ash's Corphish. Arcanine was shown to use four different moves: ExtremeSpeed, Flamethrower, Fire Blast, and Aerial Ace. It is voiced by Chie Satō in both Japanese and English.

Voice actors

In the Pokémon Special manga

Tucker in the Pokémon Special manga

At the beginning of the Battle Frontier saga, Tucker was assaulted by Emerald while riding to the Battle Frontier Opening Ceremony on his Salamence. Tucker was promptly tied up and thrown backstage during the opening ceremony, where he is found by the other Brains. They let him go and he starts yelling at Emerald, on stage. Scott tells him to be quiet, and Tucker grows a flaming grudge against Emerald. Tucker bears witness to Emerald's victory over Noland, and immediately makes the boy come to his facility. However, the Battle Dome is actually Emerald's fifth challenge.

Unlike the games, Tucker actually takes part in the tournaments rather than just challenging a trainer after winning a set number of tournaments.

Pokémon

Charizard

Salamence

Metagross

Names

External links

• Heath's Profile on Pokeani (Japanese)

Frontier Brains of Hoenn

Salon Maiden Anabel Palace Maven Spenser Factory Head Noland Pyramid King Brandon   Dome Ace Tucker Arena Tycoon Greta Pike Queen Lucy

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