Wally (game)

Wally ミツル Mitsuru
Art from Ruby, Sapphire, and Emerald
Gender	Male
Eye color	Ice blue
Hair color	Chartreuse
Hometown	Petalburg City
Region	Hoenn
Relatives	Wanda (cousin), unnamed aunt and uncle, unnamed mother and father
Trainer class	Trainer, Rival
Generation	III
Games	Ruby, Sapphire, Emerald

Wally (Japanese: ミツル Mitsuru) is one of the two rival characters in Pokémon Ruby, Sapphire, and Emerald, the other being Brendan/May. He is the first rival not to be the player's first battle, and the first rival not to have a starter Pokémon.

Wally is a young, sickly boy who just moved to Petalburg City. Despite his illness, his dream is to train Pokémon.

His illness is never explained, but his symptoms appear to clear up in clean air, so it may be asthma.

In the games

Role

Wally is a sick young boy who asks Norman, the Petalburg Gym Leader, to help him catch a Pokémon before he moves to Verdanturf Town to live with his aunt and uncle.

Norman allowed his child, the player of Pokémon Ruby, Sapphire, and Emerald to assist Wally, and loaned Wally a Zigzagoon.

Using this, Wally was able to capture a Ralts. This is the catching tutorial of Ruby, Sapphire, and Emerald. Ironically, it is the player who is teaching Wally to catch Pokémon.

Wally shows up again later in Mauville City, pleading with his uncle to let him challenge Wattson. He battles the player to prove his strength, but loses. He decides his uncle is right but says he will train to get stronger.

Wally eventually runs away from home and challenges the player at the end of Victory Road in Ever Grande City, seemingly totally recovered from his illness. He remains there, and it is possible to fight him several times per day.

Pokémon

This listing is for Wally's Pokémon in the video games in which he has appeared.

Cutscene

Norman loans this Pokémon to Wally to show him how to catch Pokémon.

Pokémon Trainer Wally Route 102 Ruby, Sapphire, and Emerald Pokémon Trainer and Professor Wally Oak Route 102 Ruby, Sapphire, and Emerald Reward: None
Type:   Normal   Types:   Normal     Unknown   Ability: Pickup Held item: None Zigzagoon♀ Lv.7 Tackle Normal   --       Struggle Normal   --       Struggle Normal   --       Struggle Normal   --

Caught in tutorial

	Type:   Psychic   Types:   Psychic     Unknown   Ability: Synchronize Held item: None
Ralts♂ Lv.5
Growl Normal   --       Struggle Normal   --       Struggle Normal   --       Struggle Normal   --

First battle

Pokémon Trainer Wally Mauville City Ruby, Sapphire, and Emerald Pokémon Trainer and Professor Wally Oak Mauville City Ruby, Sapphire, and Emerald Reward: 960
Type:   Psychic   Types:   Psychic     Unknown   Ability: Synchronize Held item: None Ralts♂ Lv.16 Growl Normal   --       Confusion Psychic   --       Double Team Normal   --       Teleport Psychic   --

Second battle

Pokémon Trainer Wally Victory Road Ruby, Sapphire, and Emerald Pokémon Trainer and Professor Wally Oak Victory Road Ruby, Sapphire, and Emerald Reward: 2700

Type:   Dragon   Types:   Dragon     Flying   Ability: Natural Cure Held item: None Altaria♂ Lv.44 Safeguard Normal   --       Dragon Dance Dragon   --       Aerial Ace Flying   --       DragonBreath Dragon   --       Type:   Normal   Types:   Normal     Unknown   Ability: Cute Charm Held item: None Delcatty♀ Lv.43 Sing Normal   --       Faint Attack Dark   --       Charm Normal   --       Assist Normal   --       Type:   Grass   Types:   Grass     Poison   Ability: Poison Point Held item: None Roselia♂ Lv.44 Leech Seed Grass   --       Toxic Poison   --       Magical Leaf Grass   --       Giga Drain Grass   --       Type:   Electric   Types:   Electric     Steel   Ability: Magnet Pull Held item: None Magneton Lv.41 Thunderbolt Electric   --       Tri Attack Normal   --       Screech Normal   --       Supersonic Normal   --       Type:   Psychic   Types:   Psychic     Unknown   Ability: Synchronize Held item: None Gardevoir♂ Lv.45 Psychic Psychic   --       Double Team Normal   --       Future Sight Psychic   --       Calm Mind Psychic   --

Rematches

Each rematch with Wally on Victory Road increases his prize money by 180 and his party's levels by three without modifications to movesets. By the fourth rematch, his prize money is 3420 and his party has increased by twelve levels.

Quotes

Petalburg Gym

"Um… I… I'd like to get a Pokémon, please…

"I'm going to go stay with my relatives in Verdanturf Town. I thought I would be lonely by myself, so I wanted to take a Pokémon along. But I've never caught a Pokémon before. I don't know how…

"Oh, wow! A Pokémon!

"Oh, wow! Thank you!

"<Player>… Would you really come with me?

Route 102

"<Player>… Pokémon hide in tall grass like this, don't they? Please watch me and see if I can catch one properly. …Whoa!

"I did it… It's my… My Pokémon! <Player>, thank you! Let's go back to the Gym!

Petalburg Gym

"Thank you, yes, it did. Here's your Pokémon back. <Player>, thank you for coming along with me. You two are why I was able to catch my Pokémon. I promise I'll take really good care of it. Oh! My mom's waiting for me, so I have to go! By, <player>!

Mauville City

• Before battle

"Aww, Uncle, please? I want to challenge this Gym and see how much better I've become. Please? May I, please?"

"I'm not pushing it. If I combine forces with Ralts, we can beat anyone!"

"Oh! Hi, <player>! I've gotten a lot stronger since we met. <Player>, I want you and my Uncle to understand that. <Player>, please, will you have a battle with me?"

Yes: "<Player>, thank you. Okay… Here I come!"

No: "Oh… If you won't battle me, <player>, my Uncle won't know that I've become really strong."

• When defeated

"I lost…"

• After being defeated

"Uncle… I'll go back to Verdanturf…"

"<Player>, thank you. Being a Trainer is tough, isn't it? It's not enough just to have Pokémon and make them battle. That isn't what being a real Trainer is about."

Route 117

"Oh, hello, <player>! I just wanted to tell you that my Uncle bought me a PokéNav! Now I can get in touch with you anytime, <player>!"

Wanda's house

"I lost to you, <player>, but I'm not feeling down anymore. Because I have a new purpose in life. Together with my Ralts, I'm going to challenge Pokémon Gyms and become a great Trainer. Please watch me, <player>. I'm going to be stronger than you. When I do, I'm going to challenge you to another battle."

Trainer's Eyes/Match Call

^P_K^M_N Trainer Wally^RS / ^P_K^M_N Lover Wally^E

Strategy

We let it all hang out.

Trainer's Pokémon

The 1st Pokémon I caught.

Self-Introduction

Pokémon and I have grown stronger together.

Artwork

Encountering Jirachi

Sprites

Wally's sprite from Generation III	Wally's back sprite from Generation III	Wally's overworld sprite from Generation III

In the manga

Wally in Pokémon Adventures

In the Pokémon Adventures manga

Main article: Wally (Adventures)

Wally appears as a major supporting character in the Pokémon Adventures manga.

In the TCG

Artwork

Artwork from the cards:

Raising his Pokémon

Cards

This listing is of cards mentioning or featuring Wally or his Pokémon in the Pokémon Trading Card Game.

Wally
Card	Type	English Expansion	Rarity	#	Japanese Expansion	Rarity	#
Wally's Training	T [Su]	EX Sandstorm		89/100	Miracle of the Desert		052/053r
		EX Emerald		85/106

Trivia

• Though he is never classified as a "rival" in the games themselves, Wally essentially takes the place of Brendan/May as the player's rival after he/she decides to help with Professor Birch's studies rather than be a competitive Trainer.
• He shares the same Chinese name with Dawn.
• In Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire, Wally challenges the player near the exit of Victory Road. However in Emerald he is met after crossing the first bridge.
• It is possible for the capture tutorial to end with Ralts fainting. This can only happen if Zigzagoon is generated with 11 Attack, and the wild Ralts has a nature that lowers Defense, an IV of 3 or less in HP, and 5 or less in Defense. With all this, Zigzagoon can do a maximum of 10 damage with its first Tackle, and after Growl is used on it, 7 with its second. This makes for a total of 17 damage, just enough to knock out Ralts. However, the game continues on as if it had been caught. The probability of this occurring is (182/800)*(4/25)*(4/32)*(6/32)*(5/16)*(7/16), or about 1 in 8574.
  • It is also possible for the Wally to catch a Shiny Ralts in the tutorial. However, it will not stay shiny for the later battles.
• Wally is the first rival that the player cannot name under any circumstances. This does not count Brendan and May, as they are also player characters, and thus the player can name them if they are chosen.

Names

Language	Name	Origin
Japanese	ミツル Mitsuru	蔓 Tsuru, vine. Can mean "growing", "docile".
English	Wally	Can mean "ruler of the army" or "foreigner" as a diminutive of Walter or Wallace, respectively.
French	Timmy	Probably refers to the word "Timid"- which describes how Wally acts.
German	Heiko	German form of the English name "Henry".
Italian	Lino
Spanish	Blasco
Korean	민진 Min Jin	민/閔 Min is a Korean surname, but 閔 also means "mourn, grieve" as well as "urge on, incite", while 진 Jin in turn could mean 進/晉 "progression"; together it may reference Wally's story. Curiously, 민 min also means 玟/珉 "jade" while 진 jin could be 榛 "hazel"; two particular shades of green which are similar to Wally's color pallet.
Chinese (Mandarin)	小光 Xiǎo Guāng	From 光 mitsuru. Literally "young light."

Capture tutors Old man • Primo • Dude • Ethan/Lyra • Wally • Lucas/Dawn • Professor Juniper • Bianca

Non-player characters in the main series games

Hoenn Professor Birch • Mom • May • Brendan • Wally • Wanda • Steven Stone • Wallace • Scott • Mr. Briney • Mr. Stone • Gabby and Ty • Lanette Brigette • Professor Cozmo • Pokémon Fan Club Chairman • Rydel • Winstrate family • Captain Stern • Trick Master • Diving Treasure Hunter Dock • Apprentice • Pokémon Center Ladies • Pokémon Center men • Team Aqua • Team Magma • Gym Leaders • Elite Four • Frontier Brains Gym guide • Teala • Name Rater • Legendary Top Pokémon Breeder See also: Kanto Professor Oak • Mom • Blue • Daisy • Old man • Bill • Mr. Fuji • Safari Zone Warden • Copycat • Primo Pokémon Fan Club Chairman • Celio • Lostelle • Teala • Selphy • Cal • Steven Stone • Maylene • Cameron • Mr. Game Team Rocket • Gym guide • Gym Leaders • Elite Four • Name Rater Johto Professor Elm • Professor Oak • Mom • Ethan • Lyra • Silver • Mr. Pokémon • Eusine • Red • Kiyo • Baoba • Magnus • Earl • Kurt Carrie • Mary • Buena • Radio Director • Haircut brothers • Webster • Dragon Clan Elder • Li • Wilma • Primo • Jet • Dude • Mr. Game Team Rocket • Gym guide • Gym Leaders • Elite Four • Frontier Brains • Kimono Girls • Name Rater • Felicity • Teala • Cameron Sinnoh Professor Rowan • Professor Oak • Johanna • Barry • Lucas • Dawn • Cynthia • Looker • Stat Trainers (Cheryl • Riley • Mira • Buck • Marley) Bebe • Teala • Felicity • Roseanne • Eldritch • Wilma • Jasmine • Julia • Pokémon Fan Club Chairman • Dr. Footstep • Mr. Goods • Mr. Fuego Massage Lady • Scarf Guy • Ketch Appy • Team Galactic • Gym guide • Gym Leaders • Elite Four • Frontier Brains • Name Rater • Stats judge Unova Professor Juniper • Mom • Cheren • Bianca • Bianca's father • Hugh • Cedric Juniper • Fennel • Amanita Cilan • Chili • Cress • Lenora • Hawes • Charles • Iris • Drayden • Alder • Benga • Curtis • Yancy • Brycen • Sabrina • Pop Roxie Hilbert • Hilda • Nate • Rosa • Ingo • Emmet • Cynthia • Morimoto • Nishino • Looker • N • Colress • Pokémon Fan Club Chairman Team Plasma • Clyde • Gym Leaders • Elite Four • Pokémon World Tournament participants • Name Rater • Judge

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