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Polibo

2011-06-14T23:33:59Z

DiscoPichu: /* History */

{{AnimePokémonInfobox|
nickname=Polibo |
jnickname=ニョたろう |
tmnickname=Nyotaro |
image=[[File:Polibo.png|200px]]|
caption=Gold and Polibo |
location=Unknown |
gender=Male |
nature=Quiet |
ability={{a|Water Absorb}} |
type1=Water |
media=special |
evolution=2 |
epnum=PS091 |
numeps1=18 |
numeps2=less than 1 |
firststagename=Poliwag |
secondstagename=Poliwhirl |
pokemonname=Politoed |
epname=Murkrow Row |
firstevoep=PS109 |
firstevoname=Ampharos Amore |
prevonum=060 |
evo1num=061 |
evo2num=186 |
secondevoep=PS109 |
secondevoname=Ampharos Amore |
current=[[Party|With Gold]] |
va=no |
}}
'''Polibo''' (Japanese: '''ニョたろう''' ''Nyotaro''), known as '''Poltaro''' in [[Chuang Yi]]'s translations, is one of the [[Pokémon]] owned by {{Adv|Gold}} in the [[Pokémon Adventures]] {{pkmn|manga}}.

==History==
[[File:Polibo Poliwag.png|thumb|left|100px|As a Poliwag]]
As a Poliwag, he was one of the family Pokémon at Gold's home that he grew up with. When the Team Rocket grunts stole Gold's backpack, containing the [[Poké Ball]]s of his family Pokémon, Polibo's Poké Ball was washed away by the stream and ended up with a wild Granbull, who Gold defeated and got back. After he saw a commemoration picture of {{adv|Red}}'s party after his victory over the [[Indigo League]], he had hopes to evolving into a {{p|Poliwrath}}, just like how [[Poli]] turned out.

[[File:Polibo Poliwhirl.png|thumb|left|125px|As a Poliwhirl]]
After much training at the [[Daycare Center]] (including fights against a {{p|Donphan}}), when Gold was at the [[Bell Tower|Tin Tower]], he evolved into a {{p|Poliwhirl}} when the tower was collapsing due to a [[Team Rocket|Rocket]]-induced {{m|Earthquake}} and then into a {{p|Politoed}} when he was traded to {{Adv|Silver}} while holding the [[King's Rock]] just before the tower had collapsed entirely. Due to the fact that he was now under Silver's ownership, he followed his commands and loafed around when Gold ordered him, trapping the Rocket-owned {{p|Piloswine}} in a {{m|Whirlpool}}. After the two boys healed their Pokémon, he attempted to attack Silver's {{p|Tyranitar}} with his advantageous water attacks, but is thwarted by [[Silver (Adventures)#Honchkrow|Murkrow]] and is beaten.

He was then used in the [[Lake of Rage]] to fight back against the rampaging wild {{p|Gyarados}} there, and used his {{m|DynamicPunch}} to fight the [[Masked Man]], but failed as he simply froze his fist.

However, the next time he was used, Gold was able to exploit the fact that the only Pokémon the villain carried outside of the ones left at the [[Pokémon League]] was his {{p|Delibird}}, and with a {{m|Perish Song}}, Polibo was able to defeat it at the cost of its own health.

In the [[Emerald chapter (Adventures)|Emerald arc]], he was seen again in ''[[PS336|The Final Battle IX]]'' where he had teamed up with Poli to destroy [[Guile Hideout]]'s armor with clever combination that befuddled him.

===Moves used===
{{anmov/h|water||Polibo {{#switch: {{#expr: {{#time: U}} mod 7}}|0|1=Water Gun|2=Whirlpool|3=DoubleSlap|4=DynamicPunch|5=Perish Song|6=Hypnosis}}.png|Using {{#switch: {{#expr: {{#time: U}} mod 7}}|0|1=Water Gun|2=Whirlpool|3=DoubleSlap|4=DynamicPunch|5=Perish Song|6=Hypnosis}}}}
{{anmov|Water|Water Gun|PS106|How Do You Do, Sudowoodo?}}
{{anmov|Water|Whirlpool|PS109|Ampharos Amore}}
{{anmov|Normal|DoubleSlap|PS112|Raise the Red Gyarados}}
{{anmov|Fighting|DynamicPunch|PS113|Delibird Delivery - 1}}
{{anmov|Psychic|Hypnosis|PS164|Stop Snoring, Slowking}}
{{anmov|Normal|Perish Song|PS172|The Last Battle VI}}
{{anmov|Fighting|Brick Break}}
{{anmov/f|water}}

==Related articles==
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[[ja:ニョたろう]]

[[Category:Gold's Pokémon]]

Giovanni

2010-12-23T11:54:01Z

DiscoPichu: /* In the anime */

{{samename|character in the games whose Japanese name is Giovanni|Earl Dervish}}
----
{{CharInfobox|
color={{#switch: {{#expr: {{#time: U}} mod 2}}|0=666666|1={{ground color}}}} |
corecolor={{#switch: {{#expr: {{#time: U}} mod 2}}|0=CCCCCC|1={{ground color light}}}} |
bordercolor={{#switch: {{#expr: {{#time: U}} mod 2}}|0=CC0000|1={{ground color dark}}}} |
name=Giovanni |
jname=サカキ |
tmname=Sakaki |
slogan=no |
sloganline="" |
image=FireRed LeafGreen Giovanni.png|
size=150px|
caption=Art from Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen |
age=yes |
years=Mid-40s (est. by [[Pokeani]]) |
gender=Male |
hometown=[[Viridian City]] |
region=[[Kanto]] |
relatives={{ga|Silver}} (son) [[Madame Boss]] (mother, anime) |
colors=yes|
eyes=Black|
hair=Black{{tt|*|games}} Brown{{tt|*|anime}}|
trainer=yes |
trainerclass=[[Gym Leader]], Boss (Generation I/III), Rocket Boss (Generation IV) |
game=yes |
generation={{Gen|I}}, {{Gen|III}}, {{Gen|IV}} |
games={{game3|Red and Blue|Red, Blue|s}}, {{v2|Yellow}}, {{game3|FireRed and LeafGreen|FireRed, LeafGreen|s}}, {{game3|HeartGold and SoulSilver|HeartGold, SoulSilver|s}}, [[Pokémon Stadium (English)|Stadium]]|
leader=yes |
gym=Viridian Gym |
specialist=yes |
type={{type2|Ground}}s |
badge=Earth Badge |
team=yes |
teamname=[[Team Rocket]] |
teamrank=[[Team Rocket ranks|Boss]] |
anime=yes |
epnum=EP015 |
epname=Battle Aboard the St. Anne |
enva=[[Ted Lewis]] ([[EP015]]-[[AG132]], [[DP080]]-present) [[Craig Blair]] ([[DP002]]-[[DP043]]) |
java=[[Hirotaka Suzuoki]] (d. 2006) [[Kenta Miyake]]
}}
'''Giovanni''' (Japanese: '''サカキ''' ''Sakaki'') is the head of [[Team Rocket]], and formerly served as the [[Gym Leader]] of [[Viridian City]]'s {{pkmn|Gym}}, known officially as the [[Viridian Gym]]. He handed out the {{badge|Earth}} to {{pkmn|Trainer}}s who defeated him. As a Gym Leader, he specialized in {{type2|Ground}} {{OBP|Pokémon|species}}, but his master plan includes collecting rare Pokémon of all [[elemental types|types]]. He is the only character in the games to have the [[Trainer class]] '''Boss''' (Japanese: '''ロケットだんボス''' ''Team Rocket Boss''). In the English Generation IV games, his Trainer class is '''Rocket Boss'''.

==In the games==
[[File:Sugimorigiovannioriginal.png|thumb|left|Art of Giovanni from {{game|Red and Blue|s}}]]
[[File:Red Blue Giovanni.png|thumb|Full art of Giovanni from [[Generation I]]]]
Giovanni is the primary antagonist of the games taking place in Kanto.

In the [[Generation I|first games]] Giovanni appeared in, he served a dual role: one that was well-known to the residents of Kanto, and one that was more secret. He was first shown as the leader of the villainous [[Team Rocket]], the first of many [[villainous teams|criminal organizations]] to grace the Pokémon games. After he and his team of Grunts were defeated at [[Silph Co.]] by a {{ga|Red|ten-year-old boy}}, Giovanni fled to a hideout that his antagonist was unaware of. Once the player returned to Viridian City, one of the major plot twists of these games revealed that Giovanni, in addition to his role as a criminal, was the final Gym Leader to be fought before the [[Elite Four]]—albeit one without a formal title. He specializes in the {{type2|Ground}}. Once defeated, he disbanded his Team and left the player with the {{badge|Earth}} and {{TM|27|Fissure}}. He then vanishes, and is not seen again.

Giovanni's role in {{game|FireRed and LeafGreen|s}} is much the same; the one difference is that defeating him in the Gym Battle will earn the player {{TM|26|Earthquake}}, instead of TM27 (Fissure). There is a side-plot in the [[Sevii Islands]] that revolves around Giovanni; a group of Rockets is trying to continue the aims of Team Rocket, but they stop when they realize that their Leader has been defeated once and for all.

In {{game5|Gold|Silver|Crystal|HeartGold|SoulSilver}}, another group of Rockets tries to relaunch the old Team. They take over [[Goldenrod Radio Tower]], and broadcast a radio announcement intended for him. Only in HeartGold and SoulSilver is it revealed that Giovanni does hear the broadcast from his hideout in [[Tohjo Falls]]. An event involving a time-traveling {{p|Celebi}} allows {{ga|Ethan}} and {{ga|Lyra}} to travel back in time and defeat Giovanni at the same time the rest of Team Rocket is being defeated. Like before, once defeated, Giovanni will disappear.

The Celebi event also reveals some of Giovanni's background from the three years between Generation I/III and Generation II/IV. While it was mentioned in FireRed and LeafGreen that Giovanni has a son with red hair, the son's identity wasn't revealed until the time-travel event in HeartGold and SoulSilver. As many fans speculated (and as was mentioned in the ''[[Pokémon Adventures]]'' manga series), this son is the rival of the Johto player character, {{ga|Silver}}. Much of Silver's personality is a result of the treatment he received from Giovanni, which includes abandonment. Like many of Giovanni's other actions throughout the games, this reflects on his selfishness.

===[[Fame Checker]]===
This is a list of the Fame Checker's information on Giovanni in {{game|FireRed and LeafGreen|s}}.
;Rocket HQ - Giovanni
:What does this person do?
:Team Rocket captures Pokémon from around the world. They're important tools for keeping our criminal enterprise going. I am the leader, Giovanni!
;Silph Co. - Scientist
:Favorite kind of Pokémon?
:Those thugs that took over our building... Their Boss said he was looking for strong Pokémon.
;Silph Co. - Scientist
:What is this person like?
:Team Rocket's Boss is terribly cruel! To him, Pokémon are just tools to be used.
;Viridian Gym - Giovanni
:What does this person do?
:Welcome to my hideout! It shall be so until I can restore Team Rocket to its former glory.
;Viridian Gym - Caretaker
:What does this person do?
:Blow me away! Giovanni was the Gym Leader of Viridian?
;Rocket Warehouse - Team Rocket Scientist Gideon
:Family and Friends?
:You... You're not Giovanni's kid, are you? No, that can't be right. Giovanni's kid has red hair.
;Message from <sc>Giovanni</sc>
*From: <sc>Giovanni</sc>
*To: [Player]
:"There is nothing I wish to say to you.
:I will concentrate solely on bettering myself, and none other."

===Pokémon===
This listing is of Giovanni's Pokémon in the video games he has appeared in.

===={{game3|Red and Green|Pokémon Red, Green|s}} and {{game3|Red and Blue|Blue|s}}====
=====First battle=====
{{Party|color=666666|bordercolor=CC0000|headcolor=CCCCCC
|sprite=Giovanni RB.png
|prize={{pdollar}}2871

|name=Giovanni
|game=RGB
|location=Rocket Hideout
|pokemon=3
|pokemon1={{Pokémon/1|game=Red|ndex=095|pokemon=Onix
|level=25|type1=Rock|type2=Ground
|move1=Rock Throw|move1type=Rock
|move2=Bind|move2type=Normal
|move3=Rage|move3type=Normal
|move4=Screech|move4type=Normal}}
|pokemon2={{Pokémon/1|game=Red|ndex=111|pokemon=Rhyhorn
|level=24|type1=Ground|type2=Rock
|move1=Horn Attack|move1type=Normal}}
|pokemon3={{Pokémon/1|game=Red|ndex=115|pokemon=Kangaskhan
|level=29|type1=Normal
|move1=Comet Punch|move1type=Normal
|move2=Rage|move2type=Normal
|move3=Bite|move3type=Normal}}}}

=====Second battle=====
{{Party|color=666666|bordercolor=CC0000|headcolor=CCCCCC
|sprite=Giovanni RB.png
|prize={{pdollar}}4059

|name=Giovanni
|game=RGB
|location=Silph Co.
|pokemon=4
|pokemon1={{Pokémon/1|game=Red|ndex=033|pokemon=Nidorino
|level=37|type1=Poison
|move1=Horn Attack|move1type=Normal
|move2=Poison Sting|move2type=Poison
|move3=Focus Energy|move3type=Normal
|move4=Fury Attack|move4type=Normal}}
|pokemon2={{Pokémon/1|game=Red|ndex=111|pokemon=Rhyhorn
|level=37|type1=Ground|type2=Rock
|move1=Horn Attack|move1type=Normal
|move2=Stomp|move2type=Normal
|move3=Tail Whip|move3type=Normal}}
|pokemon3={{Pokémon/1|game=Red|ndex=115|pokemon=Kangaskhan
|level=35|type1=Normal
|move1=Comet Punch|move1type=Normal
|move2=Rage|move2type=Normal
|move3=Bite|move3type=Normal
|move4=Tail Whip|move4type=Normal}}
|pokemon4={{Pokémon/1|game=Red|ndex=031|pokemon=Nidoqueen
|level=41|type1=Poison|type2=Ground
|move1=Scratch|move1type=Normal
|move2=Tail Whip|move2type=Normal
|move3=Poison Sting|move3type=Poison
|move4=Body Slam|move4type=Normal}}}}

=====Gym battle=====
{{Party|color={{ground color}}|headcolor={{ground color light}}|bordercolor={{ground color dark}}
|sprite=Giovanni RB.png
|prize={{Pdollar}}4950

|name=Giovanni
|game=RGB
|location=Viridian Gym
|pokemon=5
|pokemon1={{Pokémon/1|game=Red|ndex=111|pokemon=Rhyhorn
|level=45|type1=Ground|type2=Rock
|move1=Stomp|move1type=Normal
|move2=Tail Whip|move2type=Normal
|move3=Fury Attack|move3type=Normal
|move4=Horn Attack|move4type=Normal}}
|pokemon2={{Pokémon/1|game=Red|ndex=051|pokemon=Dugtrio
|level=42|type1=Ground
|move1=Growl|move1type=Normal
|move2=Dig|move2type=Ground
|move3=Sand-Attack|move3type=Normal
|move4=Slash|move4type=Normal}}
|pokemon3={{Pokémon/1|game=Red|ndex=031|pokemon=Nidoqueen
|level=44|type1=Poison|type2=Ground
|move1=Scratch|move1type=Normal
|move2=Tail Whip|move2type=Normal
|move3=Poison Sting|move3type=Poison
|move4=Body Slam|move4type=Normal}}
|pokemon4={{Pokémon/1|game=Red|ndex=034|pokemon=Nidoking
|level=45|type1=Poison|type2=Ground
|move1=Tackle|move1type=Normal
|move2=Horn Attack|move2type=Normal
|move3=Poison Sting|move3type=Poison
|move4=Thrash|move4type=Normal}}
|pokemon5={{Pokémon/1|game=Red|ndex=112|pokemon=Rhydon
|level=50|type1=Ground|type2=Rock
|move1=Stomp|move1type=Normal
|move2=Tail Whip|move2type=Normal
|move3=Fissure|move3type=Ground
|move4=Horn Drill|move4type=Normal}}}}

===={{game|Yellow}}====
=====First battle=====
{{Party|color=666666|bordercolor=CC0000|headcolor=CCCCCC
|sprite=Y_Giovanni.png
|prize={{pdollar}}2871

|name=Giovanni
|game=Y
|location=Rocket Hideout
|pokemon=3
|pokemon1={{Pokémon/1|game=Yellow|ndex=095|pokemon=Onix
|level=25|type1=Rock|type2=Ground
|move1=Rock Throw|move1type=Rock
|move2=Bind|move2type=Normal
|move3=Rage|move3type=Normal
|move4=Screech|move4type=Normal}}
|pokemon2={{Pokémon/1|game=Yellow|ndex=111|pokemon=Rhyhorn
|level=24|type1=Ground|type2=Rock
|move1=Horn Attack|move1type=Normal}}
|pokemon3={{Pokémon/1|game=Yellow|ndex=053|pokemon=Persian
|level=29|type1=Normal
|move1=Pay Day|move1type=Normal
|move2=Scratch|move2type=Normal
|move3=Bite|move3type=Normal
|move4=Growl|move4type=Normal}}}}

=====Second battle=====
{{Party|color=666666|bordercolor=CC0000|headcolor=CCCCCC
|sprite=Y Giovanni.png‎|prize={{pdollar}}4059

|name=Giovanni
|game=Y
|location=Silph Co.
|pokemon=4
|pokemon1={{Pokémon/1|game=Yellow|ndex=033|pokemon=Nidorino
|level=37|type1=Poison
|move1=Double Kick|move1type=Fighting
|move2=Poison Sting|move2type=Poison
|move3=Focus Energy|move3type=Normal
|move4=Fury Attack|move4type=Normal}}
|pokemon2={{Pokémon/1|game=Yellow|ndex=111|pokemon=Rhyhorn
|level=37|type1=Ground|type2=Rock
|move1=Horn Attack|move1type=Normal
|move2=Stomp|move2type=Normal
|move3=Tail Whip|move3type=Normal}}
|pokemon3={{Pokémon/1|game=Yellow|ndex=053|pokemon=Persian
|level=35|type1=Normal
|move1=Scratch|move1type=Normal
|move2=Growl|move2type=Normal
|move3=Bite|move3type=Normal
|move4=Pay Day|move4type=Normal}}
|pokemon4={{Pokémon/1|game=Yellow|ndex=031|pokemon=Nidoqueen
|level=41|type1=Poison|type2=Ground
|move1=Double Kick|move1type=Fighting
|move2=Tail Whip|move2type=Normal
|move3=Poison Sting|move3type=Poison
|move4=Body Slam|move4type=Normal}}}}

=====Gym battle=====
{{Party|color={{ground color}}|headcolor={{ground color light}}|bordercolor={{ground color dark}}
|sprite=Y_Giovanni.png
|prize={{Pdollar}}5445

|name=Giovanni
|game=Y
|location=Viridian Gym
|pokemon=5
|pokemon1={{Pokémon/1|game=Yellow|ndex=051|pokemon=Dugtrio|level=50|type1=Ground
|move1=Sand-Attack|move1type=Normal
|move2=Dig|move2type=Ground
|move3=Fissure|move3type=Ground
|move4=Earthquake|move4type=Ground}}
|pokemon2={{Pokémon/1|game=Yellow|ndex=053|pokemon=Persian
|level=53|type1=Normal
|move1=Screech|move1type=Normal
|move2=Slash|move2type=Normal
|move3=Fury Swipes|move3type=Normal
|move4=Double Team|move4type=Normal}}
|pokemon3={{Pokémon/1|game=Yellow|ndex=031|pokemon=Nidoqueen|level=53
|type1=Poison|type2=Ground
|move1=Tail Whip|move1type=Normal
|move2=Earthquake|move2type=Ground
|move3=Double Kick|move3type=Fighting
|move4=Thunder|move4type=Electric}}
|pokemon4={{Pokémon/1|game=Yellow|ndex=034|pokemon=Nidoking|level=55|type1=Poison|type2=Ground
|move1=Thunder|move1type=Electric
|move2=Leer|move2type=Normal
|move3=Earthquake|move3type=Ground
|move4=Thrash|move4type=Normal}}
|pokemon5={{Pokémon/1|game=Yellow|ndex=112|pokemon=Rhydon|level=55|type1=Ground|type2=Rock
|move1=Rock Slide|move1type=Rock
|move2=Fury Attack|move2type=Normal
|move3=Earthquake|move3type=Ground
|move4=Horn Drill|move4type=Normal}}
}}

===={{game|FireRed and LeafGreen|s}}====
=====First battle=====
{{Party|color=666666|bordercolor=CC0000|headcolor=CCCCCC
|sprite=spriteGiovanni.png
|prize={{pdollar}}2900
|class=Boss
|name=Giovanni
|game=FRLG
|location=Rocket Hideout
|pokemon=3
|pokemon1={{Pokémon/3|game=FireRed|ndex=095|pokemon=Onix
|level=25|gender=male|ability=Rock Head|type1=Rock|type2=Ground
|move1=Rock Throw|move1type=Rock
|move2=Bind|move2type=Normal
|move3=Rage|move3type=Normal
|move4=Harden|move4type=Normal}}
|pokemon2={{Pokémon/3|game=FireRed|ndex=111|pokemon=Rhyhorn
|level=24|gender=male|ability=Rock Head|type1=Ground|type2=Rock
|move1=Stomp|move1type=Normal
|move2=Fury Attack|move2type=Normal
|move3=Scary Face|move3type=Normal
|move4=Tail Whip|move4type=Normal}}
|pokemon3={{Pokémon/3|game=FireRed|ndex=115|pokemon=Kangaskhan
|level=29|gender=female|ability=Early Bird|type1=Normal
|move1=Fake Out|move1type=Normal
|move2=Mega Punch|move2type=Normal
|move3=Bite|move3type=Dark
|move4=Tail Whip|move4type=Normal}}}}

=====Second battle=====
{{Party|color=666666|bordercolor=CC0000|headcolor=CCCCCC
|sprite=SpriteGiovanni.png
|prize={{pdollar}}4040
|class=Boss
|name=Giovanni
|game=FRLG
|location=Silph Co.
|pokemon=4
|pokemon1={{Pokémon/3|game=FireRed|ndex=033|pokemon=Nidorino
|gender=male|level=37|type1=Poison|ability=Poison Point
|move1=Horn Attack|move1type=Normal
|move2=Poison Sting|move2type=Poison
|move3=Helping Hand|move3type=Normal
|move4=Fury Attack|move4type=Normal}}
|pokemon2={{Pokémon/3|game=FireRed|ndex=111|pokemon=Rhyhorn
|gender=male|level=37|type1=Ground|type2=Rock|ability=Rock Head
|move1=Fury Attack|move1type=Normal
|move2=Scary Face|move2type=Normal
|move3=Tail Whip|move3type=Normal
|move4=Rock Blast|move4type=Rock}}
|pokemon3={{Pokémon/3|game=FireRed|ndex=115|pokemon=Kangaskhan
|gender=female|level=35|type1=Normal|ability=Early Bird
|move1=Fake Out|move1type=Normal
|move2=Rage|move2type=Normal
|move3=Mega Punch|move3type=Normal
|move4=Tail Whip|move4type=Normal}}
|pokemon4={{Pokémon/3|game=FireRed|ndex=031|pokemon=Nidoqueen
|gender=female|level=41|type1=Poison|type2=Ground|ability=Poison Point
|move1=Double Kick|move1type=Fighting
|move2=Tail Whip|move2type=Normal
|move3=Poison Sting|move3type=Poison
|move4=Body Slam|move4type=Normal}}}}

=====Gym battle=====
{{Party
|color={{ground color}}
|headcolor={{ground color light}}
|bordercolor={{ground color dark}}
|sprite=SpriteGiovanni.png
|prize={{Pdollar}}5000
|class=Leader
|name=Giovanni
|game=FRLG
|location=Viridian Gym
|pokemon=5
|pokemon1={{Pokémon/3|game=FireRed|ndex=111|pokemon=Rhyhorn
|gender=male|level=45|type1=Ground|type2=Rock|ability=Lightningrod
|move1=Take Down|move1type=Normal
|move2=Rock Blast|move2type=Rock
|move3=Scary Face|move3type=Normal
|move4=Earthquake|move4type=Ground}}
|pokemon2={{Pokémon/3|game=FireRed|ndex=051|pokemon=Dugtrio
|gender=male|level=42|type1=Ground|ability=Sand Veil
|move1=Slash|move1type=Normal
|move2=Sand Tomb|move2type=Ground
|move3=Mud-Slap|move3type=Ground
|move4=Earthquake|move4type=Ground}}
|pokemon3={{Pokémon/3|game=FireRed|ndex=031|pokemon=Nidoqueen
|gender=female|level=44|type1=Poison|type2=Ground|ability=Poison Point
|move1=Double Kick|move1type=Fighting
|move2=Earthquake|move2type=Ground
|move3=Poison Sting|move3type=Poison
|move4=Body Slam|move4type=Normal}}
|pokemon4={{Pokémon/3|game=FireRed|ndex=034|pokemon=Nidoking
|gender=male|level=45|type1=Poison|type2=Ground|ability=Poison Point
|move1=Double Kick|move1type=Fighting
|move2=Earthquake|move2type=Ground
|move3=Poison Sting|move3type=Poison
|move4=Thrash|move4type=Normal}}
|pokemon5={{Pokémon/3|game=FireRed|ndex=111|pokemon=Rhyhorn
|gender=male|level=50|type1=Ground|type2=Rock|ability=Lightningrod
|move1=Take Down|move1type=Normal
|move2=Rock Blast|move2type=Rock
|move3=Scary Face|move3type=Normal
|move4=Earthquake|move4type=Ground}}
}}

===={{game|HeartGold and SoulSilver|s}}====
{{Party|color=666666|bordercolor=CC0000|headcolor=CCCCCC
|sprite=GiovanniHGSS.gif
|prize={{Pdollar}}8280
|class=Rocket Boss
|name=Giovanni
|game=HGSS
|location=Tohjo Falls
|pokemon=4
|pokemon1={{Pokémon/4|game=HeartGold|ndex=034
|pokemon=Nidoking
|gender=male
|level=42|type1=Poison|type2=Ground|
ability=Poison Point|move1=Shadow Claw|move1type=Ghost|move1cat=Physical|move2=Focus Energy|move2type=Normal||move2cat=Status|move3=Fury Attack|move3type=Normal|move3cat=Physical|move4=Double Kick|move4type=Fighting|move4cat=Physical}}

|pokemon2={{Pokémon/4|game=HeartGold|ndex=430|pokemon=Honchkrow
|gender=male|level=43|type1=Dark|type2=Flying|ability=Super Luck|move1=Nasty Plot|move1type=Dark|move1cat=Status|move2=Swagger|move2type=Normal|move2cat=Status|move3=Dark Pulse|move3type=Dark|move3cat=Special|move4=Shadow Ball|move4type=Ghost|move4cat=Special}}

|pokemon3={{Pokémon/4|game=HeartGold|ndex=031|pokemon=Nidoqueen
|gender=female|level=46|type1=Poison|type2=Ground|ability=Poison Point|move1=Crunch|move1type=Dark|move1cat=Physical|move2=Roar
|move2type=Normal|move2cat=Status|move3=Earth Power|move3type=Ground|move3cat=Special|move4=Superpower|move4type=Fighting|move4cat=Physical}}

|pokemon4={{Pokémon/4|game=HeartGold|ndex=115|pokemon=Kangaskhan
|gender=female|level=40|type1=Normal|ability=Scrappy
|move1=Outrage|move1type=Dragon|move1cat=Physical|move2=Leer|move2type=Normal|move2cat=Status|move3=Sucker Punch|move3type=Dark|move3cat=Physical|move4=Dizzy Punch|move4type=Normal|move4cat=Physical}}
}}

===={{eng|Pokémon Stadium}}====
=====Round 1=====
{{Party|color={{ground color}}|headcolor={{ground color light}}|bordercolor={{ground color dark}}|sprite=Giovanni_Stadium.jpg|prize=None|name=Giovani|game=Pokémon Stadium|location=Viridian Gym|pokemon=6|
pokemon1={{Pokémon/1|ndex=053|pokemon=Persian|level=50|type1=Normal|move1=Toxic|move1type=Poison|move2=Slash|move2type=Normal|move3=Thunderbolt|move3type=Electric|move4=BubbleBeam|move4type=Water}}|
pokemon2={{Pokémon/1|ndex=051|pokemon=Dugtrio|level=50|type1=Ground|move1=Sand-Attack|move1type=Normal|move2=Slash|move2type=Normal|move3=Dig|move3type=Ground|move4=Rock Slide|move4type=Rock}}|
pokemon3={{Pokémon/1|ndex=031|pokemon=Nidoqueen|level=50|type1=Poison|type2=Ground|move1=Double Kick|move1type=Fighting|move2=Strength|move2type=Normal|move3=Surf|move3type=Water|move4=Earthquake|move4type=Ground}}|
pokemon4={{Pokémon/1|ndex=034|pokemon=Nidoking|level=50|type1=Poison|type2=Ground|move1=Horn Drill|move1type=Normal|move2=Thunder|move2type=Electric|move3=Blizzard|move3type=Ice|move4=Toxic|move4type=Poison}}|
pokemon5={{Pokémon/1|ndex=112|pokemon=Rhydon|level=50|type1=Ground|type2=Rock|move1=Fury Attack|move1type=Normal|move2=Earthquake|move2type=Ground|move3=Body Slam|move3type=Normal|move4=Fissure|move4type=Ground}}|
pokemon6={{Pokémon/1|ndex=128|pokemon=Tauros|level=50|type1=Normal|move1=Thunder|move1type=Electric|move2=Fire Blast|move2type=Fire|move3=Blizzard|move3type=Ice|move4=Stomp|move4type=Normal}}
}}

=====Round 2=====
{{Party|color={{ground color}}|headcolor={{ground color light}}|bordercolor={{ground color dark}}|sprite=Giovanni_Stadium.jpg|prize=None|name=Giovani|game=Pokémon Stadium|location=Viridian Gym|pokemon=6|
pokemon1={{Pokémon/1|ndex=053|pokemon=Persian|level=50|type1=Normal|move1=Screech|move1type=Normal|move2=Slash|move2type=Normal|move3=Thunderbolt|move3type=Electric|move4=BubbleBeam|move4type=Water}}|
pokemon2={{Pokémon/1|ndex=128|pokemon=Tauros|level=50|type1=Normal|move1=Thunder|move1type=Electric|move2=Fire Blast|move2type=Fire|move3=Blizzard|move3type=Ice|move4=Earthquake|move4type=Ground}}|
pokemon3={{Pokémon/1|ndex=031|pokemon=Nidoqueen|level=50|type1=Poison|type2=Ground|move1=Double Kick|move1type=Fighting|move2=Body Slam|move2type=Normal|move3=Thunderbolt|move3type=Electric|move4=Blizzard|move4type=Ice}}|
pokemon4={{Pokémon/1|ndex=034|pokemon=Nidoking|level=50|type1=Poison|type2=Ground|move1=Thrash|move1type=Normal|move2=Thunder|move2type=Electric|move3=Surf|move3type=Water|move4=Earthquake|move4type=Ground}}|
pokemon5={{Pokémon/1|ndex=094|pokemon=Gengar|level=50|type1=Ghost|type2=Poison|move1=Hypnosis|move1type=Psychic|move2=Dream Eater|move2type=Psychic|move3=Night Shade|move3type=Ghost|move4=Explosion|move4type=Normal}}|
pokemon6={{Pokémon/1|ndex=146|pokemon=Moltres|level=50|type1=Fire|type2=Flying|move1=Fire Spin|move1type=Fire|move2=Toxic|move2type=Poison|move3=Fly|move3type=Flying|move4=Double-Edge|move4type=Normal}}
}}

===Quotes===
====[[Pokémon Red and Blue Versions]]====
*First battle:
''"So! I am impressed that you got here."

*Gym battle:
''"Fwahahaha! This is my hideout! I planned to resurrect Team Rocket here! But, you have caught me again! So be it! This time, I'm not holding back! Once more, you shall face Giovanni, the greatest Trainer!"''

''"Ha! That was a truly intense fight! You have won! As proof, here is the Earth Badge! Having lost, I cannot face my underlings! Team Rocket is finished forever! I will dedicate my life to the study of Pokémon. Let us meet again someday! Farewell!"''

====[[Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen Versions]]====
*First battle:
''"So! I must say, I am impressed you got here. Team Rocket captures Pokémon from around the world. They're important tools for keeping our criminal enterprise going. I am the leader, Giovanni! For your insolence, you will feel a world of pain!"''

''"What! This can't be!"''

*Second battle:
''"Ah, <nowiki>[</nowiki>{{Player}}'s name<nowiki>]</nowiki>! So we meet again! The president and I are discussing a vital business proposition. Keep your nose out of grown-up matters... Or experience a world of pain!"''

''"Arrgh!! I lost again!? Blast it all! You ruined our plans for Silph! But Team Rocket will never fall! [player's name], Never forget that all Pokémon exist for Team Rocket! I must go, but I shall return!"''

*Gym battle:
''"Fwahahaha! This is my hideout! It shall be so until I can restore Team Rocket to its former glory. But, you have found me again. So be it. This time, I'm not holding back! Once more, you shall face Giovanni, the greatest Trainer!"''

''"Ha! That was a truly intense fight. You have won! As proof, here is the Earth Badge!"''

''"Having lost in this fashion, I can't face my followers. I have betrayed their trust. As of today, Team Rocket is finished forever! As for myself, I shall dedicate my life to training again. Let us meet again someday! Farewell!"''

====[[Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver Versions]]====
'''Tohjo Falls'''
*Before battle:
''"... I don't know why you have come here. Anyway, I have to warn you that this is not a place for kids like you."''

''"You have a certain look... It reminds me of {{ga|Red|the kid who stood in front of me three years ago}}... You have the same eyes... I'm on my way to [[Goldenrod City]] to answer the call and join my team. Are you going to get in my way?"''

(After hearing Team Rocket's broadcast)

''"My old associates need me... We will not repeat the failure of three years ago! [[Team Rocket]] will be born again, and I will rule the world!"''

*After sending out last Pokémon:
''"What in the world was that? Don't tell me some inexperienced kid can possibly be that strong!"''

*When defeated:
''"What in the world are you?"''

*After being defeated:
''"How this is possible...? The past three years have been a waste... How can a kid like you manage to destroy my dream once again? The precious dream of Team Rocket has become more than an illusion..."''

===Sprites===
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|- align=center style="font-size: 80%;"
| Giovanni's sprite from {{color2|000|Generation I}}
| Giovanni's sprite from {{color2|000|Pokémon Yellow Version|Yellow}}
| Giovanni's sprite from {{color2|000|Generation III}}
| Giovanni's sprite from {{color2|000|Generation IV}}
| Giovanni's VS sprite from {{color2|000|Generation IV}}
| Giovanni's artwork from {{color2|000|Pokémon Stadium (English)|Pokémon Stadium}}
|}

==In the anime==
{{move|Giovanni (anime)|section}}
[[File:Giovanni.png|left|thumb|200px|Giovanni]]
While Giovanni very rarely takes the role of antagonist, his agents often have him in mind during missions due to the chance of power, be it through promotion or other means. This gave him a unique series of appearances, mainly during the Hoenn saga, where Meowth often saw how the Pokémon in each episode could be used to help Giovanni and win the trio promotions. These [[Boss fantasy|boss fantasies]] never show his actual personality and occasionally even show Giovanni in {{wp|Super deformed|chibi}} form.
[[File:Domino and Giovanni.png|right|thumb|200px|Giovanni, [[Domino]], and the Rocket grunts]]

His first appearance was in the episode ''[[EP015|Battle Aboard the St. Anne]]'', choosing a {{TP|Giovanni|Persian}} as his "top cat" over {{MTR}}, and talking to [[Jessie]], [[James]], and Meowth through a TV screen. His face always remained hidden in the shadows, usually with only his mouth visible. In ''[[EP017|Island of the Giant Pokémon]]'', it is revealed that he owns the theme park, Pokémon Land, and the giant mechanical Pokémon in it, and was not happy to hear that it had been destroyed.

Up until his appearance in the episode ''[[EP063|The Battle of the Badge]]'', his voice was altered with an effect that made it sound as if there were two people speaking at once. No canonical reason is given, though it can be inferred that he was intended to be mysterious, as in the original games, where it is not outright revealed that Giovanni, the Team Rocket boss, is the Viridian Gym Leader until late in the game. As this episode corresponds to the point at which players of the games would discover that the two were the same, Giovanni finally steps out of the shadows, revealing his face in a battle against [[Gary Oak]], and defeating him utterly using his {{an|Mewtwo}}.

Unrevealed events in the episode caused Giovanni to abdicate his position as the Viridian Gym Leader, handing the Earth Badge to the Team Rocket trio that constantly follows Ash. Through a combination of their own incompetence and Ash's willpower to win the Earth Badge, the Viridian Gym was destroyed at the end of the episode. Due to this, and perhaps other circumstances, Giovanni permanently resigned as Viridian's Gym Leader, as [[Agatha]] of the [[Kanto]] [[Elite Four]] has taken over the Gym temporarily when Ash next returns to Viridian City after his journey in Hoenn.

[[File:Giovanni BW.png|left|thumb|200px|Artwork of Giovanni from the {{series|Best Wishes}}]]
Giovanni appears not to care for his Pokémon aside from Persian, as they are all locked away in cages when not used for a Gym battle.

In the episode ''[[EP065|Showdown at the Po-ké Corral]]'', Giovanni's building was blown up by Mewtwo. He and his Persian survived the explosion and angrily told Jessie, James, and Meowth to do their job (ironically they were about to quit).

Giovanni also appeared near the beginning of the movie, ''[[M01|Mewtwo Strikes Back]]'', as he was the one who had [[Dr. Fuji]] clone Mewtwo for him. After Mewtwo destroyed the lab, Giovanni told Mewtwo that he saw him as a valuable partner, putting armor on Mewtwo and using him to defeat Trainers in gym battles (including Gary's Nidoking and Arcanine, as seen in the anime) and help Team Rocket in their attempts to steal Pokémon. Eventually Mewtwo confronts Giovanni about his treatment and Giovanni admits that he doesn't consider Mewtwo a partner but a servant. This enrages Mewtwo and it is this incident which drives it to destroy Giovanni's base allowing it to escape.

Giovanni is the main antagonist in the movie ''[[Mewtwo Returns]]'', seeking out Mewtwo, who by this time is living in peace with the cloned Pokémon at [[Mt. Quena]]. Once Giovanni discovered it, he tried to recapture it by threatening the cloned Pokémon. He used two machines to try to make Mewtwo submit to his will, but though Mewtwo stepped into the orb, it was still unwilling to serve Giovanni, threatening to destroy his body first. Ash and the others were able to stop the machines, and it was around this time that they faced off against Giovanni and several Team Rocket soldiers. Their Pokémon fought as a distraction so Ash could get Mewtwo into the spring. Once Mewtwo was healed from its injuries, it moved the spring under the mountain to protect it, and then erased the memories of Giovanni and the other Team Rocket soldiers (excluding Jessie, James, and Meowth) of it, making him forget entirely about Mewtwo. Standing next to [[Domino]] and Persian wondering what they were doing, he gets the strange feeling as though he has been utterly defeated.
[[File:Giovanni BW anime.png|thumb|Giovanni in the {{series|Best Wishes}}|240px]]
With the beginning of the ''[[Best Wishes]]'' series Giovanni has taken on a far more significant and antagonistic role than before. He is now in regular contact with Jessie, James and Meowth and assigns them on various missions throughout the [[Unova]] region. He is now often seen with a {{TP|Giovanni|secretary}}, that helps him giving orders to Jessie, James and Meowth. Giovanni is also to make an appearance in Unova in person, however it is unknown why.

The only time Giovanni has been seen in battle was in ''[[EP063|The Battle of the Badge]]''. He used powerful Pokémon against Gary but later left the Gym to deal with an unexplained emergency, leaving Ash to battle Jessie. By the time Ash returned from Hoenn, [[Agatha]] was in charge of the Gym until a new leader could be found. Giovanni's reasons for leaving it have not been explained.

Very little is known about his past in any timeline; he is generally shrouded in mystery. [[Madame Boss|His mother]] was the head of Team Rocket before him. However, this is presumed to be [[canon]] in the {{pkmn|anime}} timeline only, as the {{pkmn|games}} have no precedent for this.

===Pokémon===
This listing is of Giovanni's known Pokémon in the Pokémon anime.
{{TrainerPoké
|main=yes
|trainer=Giovanni
|pkmn=Persian
|type1=Normal
|img=Giovanni Persian.png
|epnum=EP015
|epname=Battle Aboard the St. Anne
|vajp=Rica Matsumoto
|vaen=Rica Matsumoto
|desc={{p|Persian}} is Giovanni's pet, as a reference to most villains owning a cat as a pet, such as {{wp|James Bond}} supervillain {{wp|Ernst Stavro Blofeld}}. {{MTR}} has a never-ending rivalry with it as "top cat."}}

{{TrainerPoké
|trainer=Giovanni
|pkmn=Golem
|type1=Rock
|type2=Ground
|img=Giovanni Golem.png
|epnum=EP063
|epname=The Battle of the Badge
|vajp=
|vaen=Eric Stuart
|desc={{p|Golem}} was the first Pokémon that Giovanni used in his Gym battle with {{Gary}}, sending it against Gary's {{p|Nidoking}}. The Megaton Pokémon was easily defeated.

Golem's only known move is {{m|Tackle}}.}}

{{TrainerPoké
|trainer=Giovanni
|pkmn=Kingler
|type1=Water
|img=Giovanni Kingler.png
|epnum=EP063
|epname=The Battle of the Badge
|vajp=Rikako Aikawa
|vaen=Rikako Aikawa
|desc=Giovanni used his {{p|Kingler}} in his Gym battle with Gary, sending it to battle against Gary's Nidoking. Gary, however, quickly withdraws his Pokémon and calls out {{TP|Gary|Arcanine}}. Despite having a type advantage, Kingler proved to be no match for the Legendary Pokémon, and was finally taken out by {{p|Arcanine}}'s {{m|Fire Blast}}.

Kingler was also later loaned to [[Jessie]] for Ash's Gym battle. She used it to battle against [[Ash's Bulbasaur]], but lost.

Giovanni also has a second Kingler, which was in its cage when Giovanni went to see Mewtwo.

The known moves of the Kingler Jessie used are {{m|Crabhammer}}, {{m|Harden}}, and {{m|Bubble}}. The second Kingler's moves are unknown.}}

{{TrainerPoké
|trainer=Giovanni
|pkmn=Machamp
|type1=Fighting
|img=Giovanni Machamp.png
|epnum=EP063
|epname=The Battle of the Badge
|vajp=
|vaen=Eric Stuart
|desc=Giovanni loaned his {{p|Machamp}} to Jessie for her Gym battle against Ash. It battled against [[Ash's Squirtle]], but lost.

Machamp's only known move is {{m|Karate Chop}}.}}

{{TrainerPoké
|trainer=Giovanni
|pkmn=Rhydon
|type1=Ground
|type2=Rock
|img=Giovanni Rhydon.png
|epnum=EP063
|epname=The Battle of the Badge
|vajp=Katsuyuki Konishi
|vaen=Katsuyuki Konishi
|desc=Giovanni loaned his {{p|Rhydon}} to Jessie for Ash's Gym battle. It was defeated by [[Ash's Pidgeot|Ash's Pidgeotto]]'s {{m|Double-Edge}}.

None of Rhydon's moves are known.}}

{{TrainerPoké
|trainer=Giovanni
|pkmn=Cloyster
|type1=Water
|type2=Ice
|img=Giovanni Cloyster anime.png
|epnum=EP063
|epname=The Battle of the Badge
|desc=There's nothing to be known about Giovanni's {{p|Cloyster}}, as it has only been briefly seen in a water tank in Viridian Gym's basement.}}
{{-}}

====Escaped====
{{TrainerPoké
|main=Mewtwo (anime)
|trainer=Giovanni
|pkmn=Mewtwo
|type1=Psychic
|img=Mewtwo in armor.png
|epnum=EP063
|epname=The Battle of the Badge
|vajp=List of Japanese voice actors{{!}}Masachika Ichimura
|vaen=Phillip Bartlett
|desc=Giovanni held control of this {{p|Mewtwo}} created by [[Team Rocket scientists|his scientists]] for some time, until it learned that Giovanni had meant its purpose to be fighting for him, and escaped.

While controlling Mewtwo, Giovanni used its overwhelming {{t|Psychic}} powers to capture new Pokémon for Team Rocket and in his Gym battles, where it defeated all of his challengers effortlessly.}}

==Voice actors==
{{vatable|color={{#switch: {{#expr: {{#time: U}} mod 2}}|0=666|1={{ground color}}}}|bordercolor={{#switch: {{#expr: {{#time: U}} mod 2}}|0=CC0000|1={{ground color light}}}}
|ja=鈴置洋孝 ''[[Hirotaka Suzuoki]]'' ([[EP015]]-[[AG132]]) 三宅健太 ''[[Kenta Miyake]]'' ([[DP002]]-present)
|en=[[Ted Lewis]] ([[4Kids Entertainment|4Kids]] dub, [[EP015]]-[[AG132]]; {{PUSA}} dub, [[DP080]]-present) [[Craig Blair]] ({{PUSA}} dub, [[DP002]]-[[DP043]])
|cs=Pavel Soukup ([[EP015]]-[[EP157]]) Jiří Plachý ([[M01|movie 1]]) Zdeněk Hruška (season 10) Marek Libert (season 11)
|nl=Just Meijer (Season 1, 6-7) Stan Limburg (Season 2) Fred Meijer (Season 3-6) Sander de Heer (Special) Bas Keijzer (Season 8-present)
|fr_ca=Daniel Picard
|fr_eu=Patrick Deschamps
|pl=Adam Bauman ([[M01|Movie 1]], [[Mewtwo Returns]]) Cezary Kwieciński ([[DP002]]-present)
|es_la=Alejandro Villeli ([[EP015]]-[[DP043]]) Humberto Solórzano ([[DP080]])
|es_eu=Ruperto Ares ([[EP015]]-[[EP157]]) Rafael Azcárraga ([[Mewtwo Returns]]) José Escobosa ([[EP231]]-present) Roberto Encinas ([[AG002]])
}}

==In the manga==
===[[Pokémon Adventures]]===
{{move|Giovanni (Adventures)|section}}
[[File:Giovanni FRLG Adventures.png‎|thumb|right|Giovanni in the fifth chapter]]
In Pokémon Adventures, Giovanni serves much the same role as he does in the games, although he now has [[Lt. Surge]], [[Sabrina]], and [[Koga]] as subordinates. However, Giovanni is much more ruthless, as in one chapter, he uses his {{p|Cloyster}} to break two {{p|Magmar}} in half.

He is first seen traveling with Red under the guise of a friendly researcher of to study fossils, but his real intent is to study Red after he defeated [[Koga]] and [[Lt. Surge]]. While watching him battle against two Magmar he notes that Red is not much of a planner but is shows a lot of courage and ingenuity, but was put off when Red wouldn't finish the Magmar after he incapacitated them. He sent Red off with an [[Old Amber]] and finishes off the Magmar himself.

He attempts to create a super-powerful Pokémon by combining {{p|Moltres}}, {{p|Zapdos}}, and {{p|Articuno}} into a [[Zapmolcuno|single Pokémon]]. This was thwarted by the efforts of {{adv|Red}}, {{adv|Green}}, and {{adv|Blue}}, he was not known to be behind this and it was still unknown that he was the Leader yet. He then appears to Red when he enters the [[Viridian Gym]] and challenges Red with a catch, if Giovanni wins Red has to join Team Rocket. Giovanni lost after an intense battle making Red use techniques involving the trainer and not just the Pokémon battling.

He later provides some minor assistance to the fight against the [[Elite Four]] on [[Cerise Island]]. He helps Red escape from [[Lorelei]]'s ice and provides him with some [[evolutionary stone]]s for his [[Vee|Eevee]]. Giovanni then comes to Yellow's side as she was struggling in her battle with Lance, telling her that he is from the [[Viridian Forest]] as well. However going to Cerise Island did almost as much harm as help, as coming there gave Lance the one Gym Badge that he did not have so he could call upon {{p|Lugia}} with the Badge Energy Amplifier the Elite Four took from the rubble of [[Silph Co.]]. After the battle Giovanni then informs Koga and the others (Sabrina and Lt. Surge) to lay low until a more suitable time comes to revive [[Team Rocket]].

Giovanni has recently resurfaced in the [[Sevii Islands]], apparently pursuing {{p|Deoxys}}. He even has a new set of henchmen, [[The Three Beasts]]. {{adv|Silver}} is revealed to be Giovanni's son, but was kidnapped by the [[Masked Man]] at the age of two. Giovanni's master plan apparently includes {{adv|Silver}} taking over Team Rocket from him.

However, his plan is later revealed to just wanting to find and reunite with his son and see him grown up before Giovanni dies (he has some sort of illness, although it is never explained what it is). When Silver and Giovanni found themselves in the flames of a wreckage at one point, Giovanni used his own body to protect the unconscious boy from the fire. At first, Silver denied that Giovanni could possibly be his father, and then would not accept him as a father. However, after he saw how Giovanni put his own life at stake to save him, Silver broke down in tears and accepted him as his father. From this point on, Giovanni is presumably not the leader of Team Rocket any more, and is succeeded by the Three Beasts member Carr. His last known location is one of Silver's secret bases, where Silver sent him so he could recover from his injuries.

When he was still the Viridian Gym Leader, Giovanni had obtained the nickname "Giovanni Of The Land" because all his Pokémon were {{type2|Ground}}s, save his Cloyster and Beedrill. Beedrill's exception is clear, as it was caught at Giovanni's birthplace (in the Viridian Forest; so Giovanni prides it especially), but Cloyster's is hard to trace, as it does not appear to have any connection to Giovanni's past.

Giovanni wrote a book on the research of Ground-type Pokémon called ''Mysteries of the Earth'' that is currently in Blue's possession. The book contains detailed information on Ground-type Pokémon not known by anyone else. For instance, Giovanni was the first to discover Rhydon {{p|Rhyperior|could evolve}}.

In battle, Giovanni kicks his [[Poké Ball]]s, much like {{adv|Crystal}}, in order to be able to react faster.

===Pokémon===
This listing is of Giovanni's Pokémon in the ''Pokémon Adventures'' manga.
{{TrainerPoké
|trainer=Giovanni
|pkmn=Beedrill
|type1=Bug
|type2=Poison
|img=Giovanni Beedrill Adventures.png
|epnum=PS037
|epname=Golly, Golem!
|desc={{p|Beedrill}} is one of Giovanni's main Pokémon. He caught it when it was a {{p|Weedle}} at Viridian Forest while he was a young Pokémon Trainer. Since then, Giovanni has used Beedrill as a reliable partner in many situations as a boss of Team Rocket. He notes that while he prefers to use Pokémon of his specialty type, its origins have given it a profound significance in his heart.

Beedrill's known moves are {{m|Twineedle}} and {{m|Agility}}.}}

{{TrainerPoké
|trainer=Giovanni
|pkmn=Nidoking
|gender=male
|type1=Poison
|type2=Ground
|img=Giovanni Nidoking Adventures.png
|epnum=PS038
|epname=Long Live the Nidoqueen
|desc={{p|Nidoking}} was one of the Pokémon used in the Viridian Gym battle but did not officially participate. Later, he was used to destroy the gym with an {{m|Earthquake}}. Many years afterwards, Giovanni observed a site where {{adv|Deoxys}} rampaged and left a gang of bikers in ruins. When one of them begged Giovanni to save his life, he promptly swatted him away, and then used Nidoking's {{m|Rock Tomb}} to incapacitate him and his {{p|Magmar}}.

Nidoking's known moves are {{m|Earthquake}} and {{m|Rock Tomb}}.}}

{{TrainerPoké
|trainer=Giovanni
|pkmn=Nidoqueen
|gender=female
|type1=Poison
|type2=Ground
|img=Nidoqueen Scratch Adventures.png
|epnum=PS037
|epname=Golly, Golem!
|desc={{p|Nidoqueen}} first appeared in the Viridian Gym Battle against Red. She was able to heavily damage Red's {{DL|Red (Adventures)|Snor}} by {{m|Mega Punch|violently punching}} it and hurling it straight for the wall with little effort. However, at the climax of the battle, she was KO'd by Pika's {{m|Thunderbolt}}{{tt|*|Impossible in the games}} and lost the battle.

Nidoqueen's known moves are {{m|Mega Punch}}, {{m|Poison Sting}} and {{m|Scratch}}.}}

{{TrainerPoké
|trainer=Giovanni
|pkmn=Dugtrio
|type1=Ground
|img=Giovanni Dugtrio Adventures.png
|epnum=PS038
|epname=Long Live the Nidoqueen
|desc=Giovanni's {{p|Dugtrio}} was only used to stop Red's Saur and Gyara from coming out of their Poké Balls by destroying their opening mechanisms.

Dugtrio's only known move is {{m|Dig}}.}}

{{TrainerPoké
|trainer=Giovanni
|pkmn=Golem
|type1=Rock
|type2=Ground
|img=Giovanni Golem Adventures.png
|epnum=PS037
|epname=Golly, Golem!
|desc=Giovanni switched out Nidoqueen for his {{p|Golem}}. Golem was a very fast Pokémon as it was able to easily outmatch Red was crumbled by [[Snor]]'s {{m|Headbutt}} before fainting itself with {{m|Explosion}}.

Golem's known moves are {{m|Tackle}}, {{m|Rock Throw}} and {{m|Explosion}}.}}

{{TrainerPoké
|trainer=Giovanni
|pkmn=Cloyster
|type1=Ice
|type2=Water
|img=Giovanni Cloyster Adventures.png
|epnum=PS023
|epname=Make Way for Magmar!
|desc=Giovanni's {{p|Cloyster}} was called out to take care of two {{p|Magmar}} that were causing trouble after {{adv|Red}} did not finish them off. It froze them solid before brutally shattering them to take out. Later, it was seen again during the gym battle against Red and used the same freezing strategy on [[Poli]] to defeat it when Red lost his cool and attacked the Rocket Boss vigorously.

Cloyster knows some Ice-type moves.}}

{{TrainerPoké
|trainer=Giovanni
|pkmn=Rhyhorn
|type1=Ground
|type2=Rock
|img=Giovanni Rhyhorn Adventures.png
|epnum=PS038
|epname=Long Live the Nidoqueen
|desc={{p|Rhyhorn}} was one of the Pokémon used in the Gym Battle against Red. It was very powerful as it was able to knock out Red's [[Aero]] in a single hit. During the Yellow arc, Giovanni used it to battle Lance in Cerise Island but got knocked out by {{p|Dragonair}}'s {{m|Hyper Beam}}.

Rhyhorn's knowns moves are {{m|Tail Whip}}, {{m|Horn Attack}} and {{m|Stomp}}.}}

{{TrainerPoké
|trainer=Giovanni
|pkmn=Rhydon
|type1=Ground
|type2=Rock
|img=Giovanni Rhydon Adventures.png
|epnum=PS038
|epname=Long Live the Nidoqueen
|desc={{p|Rhydon}} was seen in the gym battle with Giovanni's other Pokémon. However, as the only attack it launched was {{m|Fissure}}, and it did not otherwise partake in the battle, little is known about it.}}

{{TrainerPoké
|trainer=Giovanni
|pkmn=Crobat
|type1=Poison
|type2=Flying
|img=Giovanni Crobat Adventures.png
|img_size=100px
|epnum=PS281
|epname=A Holder's Qualification!
|desc={{p|Crobat}} was used along with Giovanni's Beedrill to reach the [[Birth Island]], where {{Adv|Deoxys}} was resting. As he mostly uses it for aerial transport, none of its moves are known.}}

{{TrainerPoké
|trainer=Giovanni
|pkmn=Aggron
|type1=Steel
|type2=Rock
|img=Giovanni Aggron Adventures.png
|epnum=PS281
|epname=A Holder's Qualification!
|desc=Giovanni used this {{p|Aggron}} to battle {{p|Deoxys}} after trapping it. Although it was only used once, it made a notable appearance in the regard that its {{m|Brick Break}} shattered Deoxys's triangular prism, allowing Giovanni to catch it easily.}}

====Previously owned====
{{TrainerPoké
|main=Deoxys (Adventures)
|trainer=Giovanni
|pkmn=Deoxys
|nick=Entity Two
|type1=Psychic
|img=Entity two attack.png
|img_size=120px
|epnum=PS275
|epname=The Boss Gets Off
|desc=Giovanni first took note of this Deoxys, codenamed Entity Two, somewhere in the Hoenn region. After it was stolen from the [[Mossdeep Space Center]] and transported to the Rockets' hideout in [[Kanto]], it was injured by [[Pika]]'s {{m|Thunder}} during the first battle it had against {{adv|Red}}. As such, it soon retreated to Birth Island to recover, only to be captured by Giovanni. He used Entity Two to create an army of clones called the Deoxys Divides in an attempt to finish Red, {{adv|Blue}}, and {{adv|Green}}. It soon fought under his command while on the airship against {{Adv|Mewtwo}} while it teamed up with Red. Mewtwo was able to defeat Entity Two after a long battle. The Deoxys joins Red and leaves Giovanni, and after they narrowly escaped an early death from the Rocket Airship crashing in [[Vermilion City]], it flew off to find its brethren, Entity One.}}

====Taking care of====
{{TrainerPoké
|trainer=Silver
|pkmn=Ursaring
|gender=male
|type1=Normal
|img=Giovanni Ursaring Adventures.png‎
|epnum=PS101
|epname=Teddiursa's Picnic
|desc={{p|Ursaring}} was caught by {{Adv|Silver}} with one of [[Kurt]]'s Heavy Balls since he considered Silver to be a worthy {{pkmn|Trainer}}, unlike {{Adv|Gold}}. Ursaring, under Silver's orders, took Giovanni to his base near {{rt|6|Kanto}} so Giovanni could recover from his burns. As it was not seen with Silver since then (and {{Adv|Blue}} lent Silver his {{p|Rhyperior}} to fill up his team), it is with Giovanni still. Because Giovanni has gone missing and has yet to reappear, its current location is unknown.

Ursaring was a powerhouse on Silver's team at level 44 knowing {{m|Fire Punch}}, {{m|Fury Swipes}} and {{m|Strength}}.}}

==In the TCG==
There is a {{TCG|Theme Deck}} named for Giovanni in the {{TCG|Gym Challenge}} expansion. For that Theme Deck, see {{TCG|Giovanni}}.

===Artwork===
<gallery>
File:GiovanniTCG1.jpg|Giovanni and the Earth Badge
File:Giovannis-Last-Resort.jpg|Giovanni sends out a Nidoking.
File:Giovannis-Way.jpg|Giovanni as the Boss of Team Rocket
</gallery>

===Pokémon===
This listing is of cards mentioning or featuring Giovanni or his Pokémon in the [[Pokémon Trading Card Game]].

{| border="1" style="border: 1px solid #999; border-collapse: collapse; background: white;" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="2"
|- style="background: #{{tcg fighting color}};"
!Name
!Type
!Level
!Rarity
!Set
!Set no.
|-
| {{TCG ID|Team Rocket|The Boss's Way|73}} || - || - || {{rar|Uncommon}} || {{TCG|Team Rocket}} || 73/82
|-
| {{TCG ID|Gym Challenge|Giovanni's Gyarados|5}} || {{e|Water}} || 40 || [[File:Rarity Rare.png|Rare Holographic]]H || {{TCG|Gym Challenge}} || 5/132
|-
| {{TCG ID|Gym Challenge|Giovanni's Machamp|6}} || {{e|Fighting}} || 50 || [[File:Rarity Rare.png|Rare Holographic]]H || {{TCG|Gym Challenge}} || 6/132
|-
| {{TCG ID|Gym Challenge|Giovanni's Nidoking|7}} || {{e|Grass}} || 58 || [[File:Rarity Rare.png|Rare Holographic]]H || {{TCG|Gym Challenge}} || 7/132
|-
| {{TCG ID|Gym Challenge|Giovanni's Persian|8}} || {{e|Colorless}} || 23 || [[File:Rarity Rare.png|Rare Holographic]]H || {{TCG|Gym Challenge}} || 8/132
|-
| rowspan=2 | {{TCG ID|Gym Challenge|Giovanni|18}} || rowspan=2 | - || rowspan=2 | - || [[File:Rarity Rare.png|Rare Holographic]]H || rowspan=2 | {{TCG|Gym Challenge}} || 18/132
|-
| {{rar|Rare}} || 104/132
|-
| {{TCG ID|Gym Challenge|Giovanni's Nidoqueen|23}} || {{e|Grass}} || 51 || {{rar|Rare}} || {{TCG|Gym Challenge}} || 23/132
|-
| {{TCG ID|Gym Challenge|Giovanni's Pinsir|24}} || {{e|Grass}} || 27 || {{rar|Rare}} || {{TCG|Gym Challenge}} || 24/132
|-
| {{TCG ID|Gym Challenge|Giovanni's Machoke|42}} || {{e|Fighting}} || 36 || {{rar|Uncommon}} || {{TCG|Gym Challenge}} || 42/132
|-
| {{TCG ID|Gym Challenge|Giovanni's Meowth|43}} || {{e|Colorless}} || 12 || {{rar|Uncommon}} || {{TCG|Gym Challenge}} || 43/132
|-
| {{TCG ID|Gym Challenge|Giovanni's Nidorina|44}} || {{e|Grass}} || 35 || {{rar|Uncommon}} || {{TCG|Gym Challenge}} || 44/132
|-
| {{TCG ID|Gym Challenge|Giovanni's Nidorino|45}} || {{e|Grass}} || 32 || {{rar|Uncommon}} || {{TCG|Gym Challenge}} || 45/132
|-
| {{TCG ID|Gym Challenge|Giovanni's Machop|72}} || {{e|Fighting}} || 18 || {{rar|Common}} || {{TCG|Gym Challenge}} || 72/132
|-
| {{TCG ID|Gym Challenge|Giovanni's Magikarp|73}} || {{e|Water}} || 9 || {{rar|Common}} || {{TCG|Gym Challenge}} || 73/132
|-
| {{TCG ID|Gym Challenge|Giovanni's Meowth|74}} || {{e|Colorless}} || 17 || {{rar|Common}} || {{TCG|Gym Challenge}} || 74/132
|-
| {{TCG ID|Gym Challenge|Giovanni's Nidoran♀|75}} || {{e|Grass}} || 11 || {{rar|Common}} || {{TCG|Gym Challenge}} || 75/132
|-
| {{TCG ID|Gym Challenge|Giovanni's Nidoran♂|76}} || {{e|Grass}} || 14 || {{rar|Common}} || {{TCG|Gym Challenge}} || 76/132
|-
| {{TCG ID|Gym Challenge|Giovanni's Last Resort|105}} || - || - || {{rar|Rare}} || {{TCG|Gym Challenge}} || 105/132
|-
| {{TCG ID|Gym Challenge|Viridian City Gym|123}} || - || - || {{rar|Uncommon}} || {{TCG|Gym Challenge}} || 123/132
|-
| {{TCG ID|CoroCoro|Giovanni's Nidoking|promo}} || - || - || - || {{TCG|Unnumbered Promotional cards}} (no English release) || -
|}

==Trivia==
* In the {{pkmn|games}}, Giovanni is the only Gym Leader to appear outside of his Gym in [[Generation I]], a feature that would become more and more common up to [[Generation IV]], where all Gym Leaders in the featured regions appear outside of their Gym in one way or another.
* In ''[[How I Became a Pokémon Card]]'', a short {{pkmn|manga}} by [[Kagemaru Himeno]], he and {{TP|Giovanni|Persian}} were shown to have been together for a long time, as he rescued the cat when he was a child.
* In the English version of {{Eng|Pokémon Stadium}}, his name is misspelled ''Giovani'' (with one n). This is because the space for Trainer names only allows seven characters, whilst Giovanni's name has eight.
* According to the [[Pokémon Adventures]] manga, Giovanni's birthday is August 1st and his blood type is O.
* In [[Pokémon Live!]] it is stated that he dated [[Delia Ketchum]], though this is both unmentioned and unconfirmed in the anime.
* Both Giovanni and [[Juan]] are the eighth Gym Leader in a region introduced in an odd-numbered generation. Both of their names are a foreign version of the name "John". Also, in Generation III, the manuals show them to be an unknown Gym Leader.
* The way that Giovanni takes care of his Persian could be a reference to the supervillain {{wp|Ernst Stavro Blofeld}} in the James Bond films.
* In the English dub of the {{pkmn|anime}}, Giovanni is the first character to regain his original voice actor following the voice actor switch.
* In the official Red and Blue guide from [[Nintendo Power]], Giovanni was labeled to be a regional boss of Team Rocket (implying he's not the absolute leader). This was invalidated in {{3v2|Gold|Silver|Crystal}}, where it was made clear that Giovanni was the absolute Leader of Team Rocket (even having an [[Team Rocket HQ|office in Johto]]).
* Despite being mentioned throughout Gold, Silver and Crystal, he is the only Kanto Gym Leader to not appear in all [[generation]]s Kanto does.
* Giovanni was the first [[Gym Leader]] who can be battled more than once, and is still the only one who can be battled before the Gym battle.
** This also makes him one of three Gym Leaders who does not give a badge to the {{player}} immediately after the first defeat, the other two being [[Whitney]] and [[Clair]].
* In [[Pokémon Adventures]], Giovanni is the only evil team leader who is still alive ''after'' his exploits.
** However, characters may not consider [[Pryce]], [[Maxie]], [[Archie]] or [[Cyrus]] to be dead, since they were last seen disappearing into ''Time'' and ''Space''.
* He is the only Gym Leader to have two titles in the same game as being Gym Leader. The titles consist of him being called "Boss" and "Gym Leader."

* While there have previously been many event Pokémon, due to his status in HeartGold and SoulSilver, Giovanni is the first event Trainer.
* While in the Gym Battle in [[Generation I]], he owns a level 50 Rhydon, it is replaced by a level 50 Rhyhorn in [[Generation III]].
* Giovanni's Nidoking and Rhydon, both being at level 55 during the Gym battle in Yellow, are the highest leveled Pokemon to be owned by a Gym Leader during the initial battle with them.
* Giovanni is the only criminal boss not to endanger a [[legendary Pokémon]] with his exploits in the games. This is {{an|Mewtwo|not the case}} in the anime or [[Zapmolcuno|in Pokémon Adventures]].
** Giovanni is also the only Gym Leader in either anime or manga to use a legendary Pokémon.
* Giovanni is likely based on the boss of a {{wp|Yakuza}} faction, possibly more on the {{wp|bakuto}} factions than others, considering [[Team Rocket]]'s former ownership of the [[Celadon Game Corner]]. Outside of Japan, this reference is localized, making him more akin to a {{wp|Mafia}} boss (most especially considering his English name being Italian in origin).
* Giovanni and {{ga|Blue}} are the only two Trainers to have three different battle themes.
** Coincidentally, both were the leader of [[Viridian Gym]] at one point.

==Names==
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|- align=center
! style="-moz-border-radius-topleft: 5px;" | Language
! style="-moz-border-radius-topright: 5px;" | Name
! style="-moz-border-radius-topright: 5px;" | Reference to
|- style="background:#FFF;"
| Japanese
| サカキ ''Sakaki''
| {{wp|Sakaki}} (榊) is a sacred tree in {{wp|Shinto}} which resembles the Earth Badge. Also from 坂／阪 ''saka'', slope.
|- style="background:#FFF;"
| English, French, German, Italian, Spanish
| Giovanni
| From Italian ''Giovanni'', equivalent to ''John'', gift from God; ''gio'' rhymes with ''geo'', from Greek γῆ ''gē'', earth. May also be a play on his resemblance to a {{wp|Mafia}} boss in control of his mob.
|- style="background:#FFF;"
| Korean
| 비주기 ''Bijugi''
|
|- style="background:#FFF;"
| Chinese ({{tt|Mandarin|Taiwan and mainland China}})
| 坂木 ''Bǎnmù'' {{tt|*|manga and anime (later DP)}} 阪木 ''Bǎnmù'' {{tt|*|anime}}
| From 坂木／阪木 ''Sakaki'', an alternative way of writing the name. 坂／阪 (slope) is also a homophone to 板 of 老板 ''lǎobǎn'' (boss). Also, 坂 contains the {{wp|Radical (Chinese character)|radical}} 土 ''tǔ'' (earth).
|- style="background:#FFF;"
| Chinese ({{tt|Cantonese|Hong Kong}})
| 沙加 ''Sāgā''
| Transliteration of the ''Saka'' of ''Sakaki''.
|}
{{-}}

==External links==
*[http://boss.kagome.info Boss] the fanlisting for Giovanni
*[http://pokeani.com/chara/s-sakaki.html Sakaki's Profile] on [[Pokeani]] (Japanese)
*[http://pokeani.com/poke/list/s_p-sakaki.html Sakaki's Pokémon] on [[Pokeani]] (Japanese)

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[[Team Rocket]], as with any well-organized criminal organization, has certain ranks. It's not known if any of these are in any established hierarchical order, although the below table shows the apparent status of Team Rocket members and their ranks.

Although there are some exceptions, most Team Rocket members are referred to as [[Rocket]]s and can usually be identified by a large red R on their shirts. [[Team Rocket uniform]]s can be white ([[Mondo]]), black ([[James]]) or silver ([[Hun]]). While most Rockets seem to wear black uniforms, it is unknown if the color has a purpose.

The ranks in the following table are a result of [[fanon|fan speculation]].

==Ranks and examples==
{|
|-
! Boss
| [[Giovanni]], [[Madame Boss]]
|-
! Elite Officer
| [[Domino]], [[Iron-Masked Marauder]], [[Miyamoto]]
|-
! High-Ranking Officer
| [[Attila]], [[Hun]], [[Tyson (Team Rocket)|Tyson]]
|-
! Spy
| {{mov|Annie}} and [[Oakley]] (only in the english dub)
|-
! Agent
| [[Jessie]], [[James]], [[Butch]], [[Cassidy]]
|-
! Supplier
| [[Mondo]]
|-
! Dogsbody
| [[Team Rocket grunts]]
|}

==Anomalies==
The {{pkmn|anime}} episode ''[[EP231|Dues and Don'ts]]'' revealed an unexplored side of [[Team Rocket]], introducing jobs within the Team which are not those of action, but of business. {{an|Wendy}}, for example, works in personnel, and the [[Rocket Scout]] works in seeking out people worthy of becoming Rocket members. Because they are special in this way, they are not included in the above table.

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Team Rocket uniform

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There are six known kinds of '''[[Team Rocket]] uniforms'''. There are white and silver-colored ones, worn by actual agents, and dark red and blue ones, worn by trainees. The trainee's colors show no difference in rank. While there has never been any official link between rank and uniform, the following are fan speculations of rank in comparison to uniform color and style based on the difference in treatment, behavior, and missions of the agents who wear them.

==Types of uniform==
===Grunt uniform===

The first kind of black uniform is worn by [[Team Rocket grunts]]. The female grunt uniform is a simple black skirt with a large red "R," belt, long sleeves, and black knee length boots and black gloves that go up to the forearm. The male grunt uniform is the same except that it has pants and a shirt, instead of a dress and the boots only go up halfway to the knees. All grunts wear black hats.

===White uniform===

The white uniform is worn by "B Rank" agents. [[Mondo]] wears this uniform, and [[Jesse]] and [[James]] wore this until [[BW001]]. The male version to be a white version of the grunt uniform with a few alterations. There is a slit in the shirt and B Rank agents wear black shirts under their uniforms. They wear black gloves and boots. While the male version seems to have the same gloves and boots as the grunt uniform, the female has longer gloves.

===Black uniform===

The second kind of black uniform is worn by "A Rank" agents. It is worn by [[Cassidy]], [[Butch]], [[Jesse]], [[James]], [[Domino]] (actually it is just the closest match to Domino's uniform), and [[Miyamoto]]. It is similar to the black uniform worn by grunts, but instead of black gloves and boots, they wear white gloves and boots with a red stripe around the top. The female uniform has gloves that are nearly arm's length and boots that come up above the knee, it also has a red and white stripe on bottom. The male uniform also has a white belt and both have a white shirt or collar underneath the black top.

Domino's outfit seems to be an alteration of this, possibly denoting that her rank or at least duties (if not official ranking due to her young age) in Team Rocket is different than that of other "A Rank agents" which would be in line with her responsibilities and actions.

===Silver uniform===

The silver uniform is worn by "A+ Rank" agents (equivalent to executives in power). [[Attila]], [[Hun]] and {{OBP|Tyson|Team Rocket}} wear this uniform. Although only male characters have been seen wearing this uniform, we have seen two different versions. It is unknown whether there is a (or perhaps two) female version(s) that we have not seen or if Hun is wearing the "female" version of the uniform. It seems that the former is more likely since all other versions of female Team Rocket uniforms except for the [[Team Rocket uniform#Trainee uniform|Trainee uniform]] have skirts that cut off above the knee, and the second silver uniform has long pants.

The first version of the silver uniform (worn by Attila and Tyson) has a sleeveless blue shirt with a silver vest over it, a black belt, silver pants and black boots that stop below the knee. The second silver uniform (worn by Hun) is a short sleeved shirt that cuts off below the chest, with a long sleeved blue shirt under it. The pants are long and flare out at the bottom, it is the only uniform where the boots are not worn over the pants. All silver uniforms have high collars that stick up.

===Trainee uniform===

The uniforms worn by trainees are identical save color, one is dark red and the other blue. In ''[[SS012|Training Daze]]'' Jessie and James wear the dark red uniforms and Butch and Cassidy wear the blue. There does not seem to be a difference in the trainee uniforms as far as gender is concerned. All trainees wear short black gloves and boots.

==Appearance==

<gallery>
File:FireRed LeafGreen Team Rocket grunts.png|[[Team Rocket grunts]] in grunt uniforms
Image:SugimoriJessie.png|[[Jessie]] in female white uniform.
Image:SugimoriJames.png|[[James]] in male white uniform.
Image:Butch_and_Cassidy.jpg|[[Butch]] and [[Cassidy]] in black uniforms.
Image:Domino.jpg|[[Domino]] in her unique black uniform.
Image:Bashou5Fbuson.jpg|[[Attila]] and [[Hun]] in silver uniforms.
Image:TraineeJessieJames.jpg|[[Jessie]] and [[James]] in dark red trainee uniforms.
Image:TraineeButch.jpg|[[Butch]] in blue trainee uniform.
</gallery>

==See also==
*[[Team Rocket]]
*[[Team Rocket ranks]]
*[[List of clothing in the anime]]

[[Category:Team Rocket]]

Team Rocket uniform

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There are six known kinds of '''[[Team Rocket]] uniforms'''. There are white and silver-colored ones, worn by actual agents, and dark red and blue ones, worn by trainees. The trainee's colors show no difference in rank. While there has never been any official link between rank and uniform, the following are fan speculations of rank in comparison to uniform color and style based on the difference in treatment, behavior, and missions of the agents who wear them.

==Types of uniform==
===Grunt uniform===

The first kind of black uniform is worn by [[Team Rocket grunts]]. The female grunt uniform is a simple black skirt with a large red "R," belt, long sleeves, and black knee length boots and black gloves that go up to the forearm. The male grunt uniform is the same except that it has pants and a shirt, instead of a dress and the boots only go up halfway to the knees. All grunts wear black hats.

===White uniform===

The white uniform is worn by "B Rank" agents. [[Mondo]] wears this uniform, and [[Jesse]] and [[James]] wore this until [[BW001]]. The male version to be a white version of the grunt uniform with a few alterations. There is a slit in the shirt and B Rank agents wear black shirts under their uniforms. They wear black gloves and boots. While the male version seems to have the same gloves and boots as the grunt uniform, the female has longer gloves.

===Black uniform===

The second kind of black uniform is worn by "A Rank" agents. It is worn by [[Cassidy]], [[Butch]], [[Domino]] (actually it is just the closest match to Domino's uniform), and [[Miyamoto]]. It is similar to the black uniform worn by grunts, but instead of black gloves and boots, they wear white gloves and boots with a red stripe around the top. The female uniform has gloves that are nearly arm's length and boots that come up above the knee, it also has a red and white stripe on bottom. The male uniform also has a white belt and both have a white shirt or collar underneath the black top.

Domino's outfit seems to be an alteration of this, possibly denoting that her rank or at least duties (if not official ranking due to her young age) in Team Rocket is different than that of other "A Rank agents" which would be in line with her responsibilities and actions.

===Silver uniform===

The silver uniform is worn by "A+ Rank" agents (equivalent to executives in power). [[Attila]], [[Hun]] and {{OBP|Tyson|Team Rocket}} wear this uniform. Although only male characters have been seen wearing this uniform, we have seen two different versions. It is unknown whether there is a (or perhaps two) female version(s) that we have not seen or if Hun is wearing the "female" version of the uniform. It seems that the former is more likely since all other versions of female Team Rocket uniforms except for the [[Team Rocket uniform#Trainee uniform|Trainee uniform]] have skirts that cut off above the knee, and the second silver uniform has long pants.

The first version of the silver uniform (worn by Attila and Tyson) has a sleeveless blue shirt with a silver vest over it, a black belt, silver pants and black boots that stop below the knee. The second silver uniform (worn by Hun) is a short sleeved shirt that cuts off below the chest, with a long sleeved blue shirt under it. The pants are long and flare out at the bottom, it is the only uniform where the boots are not worn over the pants. All silver uniforms have high collars that stick up.

===Trainee uniform===

The uniforms worn by trainees are identical save color, one is dark red and the other blue. In ''[[SS012|Training Daze]]'' Jessie and James wear the dark red uniforms and Butch and Cassidy wear the blue. There does not seem to be a difference in the trainee uniforms as far as gender is concerned. All trainees wear short black gloves and boots.

==Appearance==

<gallery>
File:FireRed LeafGreen Team Rocket grunts.png|[[Team Rocket grunts]] in grunt uniforms
Image:SugimoriJessie.png|[[Jessie]] in female white uniform.
Image:SugimoriJames.png|[[James]] in male white uniform.
Image:Butch_and_Cassidy.jpg|[[Butch]] and [[Cassidy]] in black uniforms.
Image:Domino.jpg|[[Domino]] in her unique black uniform.
Image:Bashou5Fbuson.jpg|[[Attila]] and [[Hun]] in silver uniforms.
Image:TraineeJessieJames.jpg|[[Jessie]] and [[James]] in dark red trainee uniforms.
Image:TraineeButch.jpg|[[Butch]] in blue trainee uniform.
</gallery>

==See also==
*[[Team Rocket]]
*[[Team Rocket ranks]]
*[[List of clothing in the anime]]

[[Category:Team Rocket]]

DP182

2010-11-19T22:43:10Z

DiscoPichu: /* Trivia */

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'''An Old Family Blend!''' (Japanese: '''熱戦前夜！サトシのポケモン大集合！！''' ''Eve of Battle! {{tt|Satoshi|Ash}}'s Pokémon All Together!!'') is the 182nd episode of the {{series|Diamond & Pearl}}, and the 648th episode of the [[Pokémon anime]]. It first aired in Japan on June 24, 2010 and is scheduled to air in the United States on November 20, 2010.
{{spoilers}}

==Synopsis==
The gang has finally reached Lily of the Valley Island and Ash has registered for the Pokémon League. While there, they bump into Conway who has said he will be competing too. Ash has decided to get all of his Reserve Pokémon together for some training and to decide who to use in the league. However, when they arrive in Sinnoh, they all get out of their Poké Balls and are playing about nearby. To top it off, Team Rocket arrives with a dastardly scheme to capture all of Ash's Pokémon. But the Poké Balls get separated from Team Rocket, so Ash and co. searches and finds Totodile, Corphish, Snorlax (Sent by mistake; Oak was supposed to send in Heracross), and Bayleef. Cyndaquil is left, but Team Rocket finds it first. It then uses its new move Flame Wheel to crash into a tree and set it on fire. Ash and the others see the smoke and find it. After the kids put out the fire, they begin to destroy the machine however the [[mecha]] fixes itself and Team Rocket goes after Cyndaquil once more. Just as they reach for it, Cyndaquil suddenly evolves into Quilava to protect itself. Quilava immediately learns Eruption to blast off Team Rocket. They then celebrate. After that, Glalie, Torkoal, Heracross, Noctowl and Muk show up so Ash can start his training session. At last, the Sinnoh League starts and Ash's first opponent will be Nando. Who will win?

==Major events==

*{{Ash}} and {{ashfr|his friends}} arrive at [[Lily of the Valley Island]] for the [[Lily of the Valley Conference]].
*[[Paul]], {{an|Barry}}, [[Nando]] and [[Conway]] also enter the Lily of the Valley Conference, having earned the eight [[Gym Badge]]s required.
*Ash decides to use the Pokémon he has stored at [[Professor Oak]]'s [[Professor Oak's Laboratory|Laboratory]] alongside the Pokémon he has acquired in [[Sinnoh]] during the tournament and spends time with several of them.
*{{Ash}}'s {{p|Cyndaquil}} is revealed to have learned {{m|Flame Wheel}}.
*Ash's Cyndaquil evolves into {{AP|Quilava}} and learns {{m|Eruption}}.
*Ash learns he will be battling [[Nando]] in the first round of the tournament.

===Debuts===
====Pokémon debuts====

* [[Ash's Quilava]]

==Characters==
===Humans===
* {{Ash}}
* {{an|Dawn}}
* {{an|Brock}}
* [[Jessie]]
* [[James]]
* [[Nurse Joy]]
* [[Paul]]
* [[Nando]]
* [[Conway]]
* {{an|Barry}}
* [[Professor Oak]]
* [[Cynthia]]
* [[Mr. Goodshow]]
* [[Jeffrey]]
* Trainers
* Merchants
* Pokémon Center employee
* Torch runners
* Audience

===Pokémon===
* {{p|Pikachu}} ({{OP|Ash|Pikachu}})
* {{p|Meowth}} ({{TRM}})
* {{p|Piplup}} ({{OP|Dawn|Piplup}})
* {{p|Wobbuffet}} ({{OP|Jessie|Wobbuffet}})
* {{p|Bulbasaur}} ({{OP|Ash|Bulbasaur}})
* {{p|Muk}} ({{OP|Ash|Muk}})
* {{p|Snorlax}} ({{OP|Ash|Snorlax}})
* {{p|Heracross}} ({{OP|Ash|Heracross}})
* {{p|Bayleef}} ({{OP|Ash|Bayleef}})
* {{p|Cyndaquil}} ({{OP|Ash|Quilava}}; evolves)
* {{p|Quilava}} ({{OP|Ash|Quilava}}; newly evolved)
* {{p|Totodile}} ({{OP|Ash|Totodile}})
* {{p|Noctowl}} ({{OP|Ash|Noctowl}})
* {{p|Donphan}} ({{OP|Ash|Donphan}})
* {{p|Corphish}} ({{OP|Ash|Corphish}})
* {{p|Torkoal}} ({{OP|Ash|Torkoal}})
* {{p|Glalie}} ({{OP|Ash|Glalie}})
* {{p|Croagunk}} ({{OP|Brock|Croagunk}})
* {{p|Wingull}} (multiple)
* {{p|Luxray}} ([[Jeffrey]]'s)

====Trainers'====
* {{p|Makuhita}} (two)
* {{p|Spearow}}
* {{p|Doduo}}
* {{p|Azumarill}}
* {{p|Elekid}}
* {{p|Jumpluff}}
* {{p|Whismur}}
* {{p|Lickilicky}}
* {{p|Cyndaquil}}
* {{p|Bronzong}}
* {{p|Heatran}}
* {{p|Probopass}}
* {{p|Floatzel}}
* {{p|Purugly}}
* {{p|Luxray}}
* {{p|Snorunt}}
* {{p|Geodude}}
* {{p|Tyrogue}}
* {{p|Jigglypuff}}
* {{p|Poochyena}}
* {{p|Wingull}}
* {{p|Gabite}}
* {{p|Lopunny}}
* {{p|Glaceon}}
* {{p|Snorlax}}
* {{p|Donphan}}
* {{p|Bulbasaur}}
* {{p|Heracross}}
* {{p|Muk}}

==Trivia==
* [[Professor Oak's lecture|Professor Oak's Pokémon lecture]]: {{p|Gardevoir}}
* This is the first episode of the eight-part '[[Lily of the Valley Conference]]' arc.
* This marks the first time a [[legendary Pokémon]], {{p|Heatran}}, is seen being entered in a [[Pokémon League]] competition.
* ''[[Pokémon Symphonic Medley|Pokémon Symphonic Medley 2]]'' and music from ''[[M09|Pokémon Ranger and the Temple of the Sea]]'' were used in this episode.
* As of this episode, all of Ash's {{type2|Fire}} starters have evolved at least once that can.
* One of the badges that appear on a screen at the end of the episode is the same unknown red badge that has been seen among the badges owned by both Barry and Nando in previous episodes.

===Errors===
* In the scene in Oak's lab with Heracross and Bulbasaur, the top of Heracross's horn is missing when Oak checks his list.

===Dub edits===

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Lily of the Valley Island

2010-10-30T12:41:26Z

DiscoPichu: /* Intro */

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'''Lilly of the Vally Island''' (Japanese: '''スズラン島''' ''Suzuran Island'') is an {{pkmn|anime}}-exclusive location in [[Sinnoh]]. The island is covered with mountains and forests. A town is situated on the southern end.

The island is the location of the annual [[Suzuran Conference]] and features amenities for competing Trainers just as other league locations do.

==Trivia==
* It is possible that this island is reference to the location of the {{si|Pokémon League|Sinnoh Elite Four's League}} in the games although they are not located in the exact same spot. In {{3v2|Diamond|Pearl|Platinum}}, the island is never given a proper name.

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{{League}}
{{Sinnohanime}}
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[[Category:Sinnoh locations]]
[[Category:Anime locations]]
[[Category:Sinnoh locations]]
[[Category:Islands]]

[[fr:Île Suzuran]]

Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire beta

2010-10-27T10:43:26Z

DiscoPichu: /* Graphics */

Several things were originally going to be added to {{game|Ruby and Sapphire|s}} during their development. Some were dropped or changed, and some of the dropped concepts of the prototypes can still be found in the games' programming.

==Gameplay==
===Prototype music===
====Generation II Music====
Some remastered [[Generation II]] music exists, inaccessible in the coding of Ruby and Sapphire. Known pieces include:
* Background music used on [[Route]]s {{rtn|38|Johto}} and {{rtn|39|Johto}}.
* Background music used in the [[Pokémon Communication Center]].
* Background music used in [[Saffron City]] during Generation II.
* Background music used in battles with the [[legendary beasts]] in {{game|Crystal}}.
* Team Rocket's theme.

All of these themes came from {{game2|Gold|Silver|Crystal}}. These may either be early pieces of music used as stand-ins, or may have hinted at the developers having an intent to make a remake of {{2v2|Gold|Silver}} (which was later [[Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver Versions|done in Generation IV]]) instead of or in addition to [[Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen Versions|one]] of {{2v2|Red|Green}}, or even including [[Johto]] and/or [[Kanto]], à la Gold, Silver, and Crystal. It is possible that this music was only for tests, as they appear in the game programming before the actual music played during the game.

====Other music====
The Contest theme, which plays during the appeals round, appears both as its whole variation in addition to four subtracks which combine to play the full tune. The subtracks are next to the normal music in the game's ROM, indicating that they were initially intended to be used, though with what purpose is unknown.

Another song in the programming is a variation of the [[Littleroot Town]] theme, which lacks the intro and instead goes straight to the loop point.

===Abilities===
An ability known as {{a|Cacophony}} was found within the games' programming; however, no Pokémon have it (unless they are hacked to have it). It is identical to {{a|Soundproof}}, another sound-based ability, and it allows the Pokémon to avoid all sound-based moves. Since it is identical to Soundproof (thus including it in the final version would have been redundant), some Pokémon with Soundproof may have originally been intended to have Cacophony instead, such as Whismur's evolutions {{p|Loudred}} and {{p|Exploud}}, well-known for their loudness.

A Pokémon that has been hacked to have Cacophony will regain the normal ability it should have (according to its [[personality value]]) if it is migrated to [[Generation IV]]. However, it has not been fully confirmed that the ability is not present within the coding of the Generation IV games.

===Pokémon===
In an interview in Nintendo Power, it was revealed that {{p|Shellos}} and {{p|Gastrodon}} were originally designed for [[Generation III]] instead of [[Generation IV]]. These are not the forms in the final versions however; [[Pokémon Diamond and Pearl beta|Diamond and Pearl's programming code]] reveals a back sprite for both Pokémon, but no front sprite. Shellos's sprite is pink, like its [[form differences|West Sea variation]], and seems to combine the western variation's head with the [[form differences|eastern variation]]'s body, while Gastrodon's sprite is brown and looks like its western variation, but with more rock-like protrusions on its body.

There were also numerous changes to Pokémon included in the games. The early version of {{p|Torchic}} is nearly identical to the current designs, aside from the large floppy ears. Another image depicts a creature with traits of both {{p|Latias}} and {{p|Blaziken}}, along with an unused Trainer. Concept art of {{p|Treecko}} also shows numerous designs for the creature before the final design was decided.

<gallery>
File:Torchic Beta.jpg|Beta design of Torchic
File:Latias Combusken.jpg|Beta design of Latias/Blaziken and unused Trainer
File:Treecko concept art.png|Concept art of Treecko
</gallery>

==Graphics==
[[File:Question Mark.png|left|thumb|Unused default Pokédex entry sprite]]
[[File:Spr 3r 000.png|right|thumb|Used default Pokédex entry sprite]]
[[Image:Team_Aqua_Beta_Sprite.png|right|thumb|Unused Team Aqua sprite]]
* '''Team Aqua sprite''' - An alternate, unused sprite of a member of [[Team Aqua]] is found in the game; this sprite is identical to that of male {{tc|Team Aqua Grunt|Aqua Grunt}}s with the exception of a mirrored body, modified coloration, the addition of a mustache, and a bandana around the grunt's left arm.
* '''[[Pokédex]] sprite''' - What appears to be a prototype model of the sprite that is used for a Pokémon the [[Player character|player]] has not seen is two blocky, big and white question marks instead for the round and black one with a white circle and a white question mark.
* '''Tile-sets''' - There is data for an unused tile-set, which could have been intended for the [[Mossdeep City]] [[Mossdeep Gym|Gym]] or the [[Trick House]].
* '''[[Poké Mart]]''' - In some early screenshots, Poké Mart roofs are colored red instead of blue.
* '''HP Bar''' - There is an HP Bar that was different from the final version.
* '''Beta Pokémon Sprites''' - There are beta sprites of several Pokémon, including {{p|Shroomish}}, {{p|Duskull}}, {{p|Wailmer}}, {{p|Wynaut}}, and {{p|Sharpedo}}.
[[File:BetaMart.jpg|center|thumb|300px|Red roof Poké Mart and black-suited Gentleman]]

==Demo==
A demo was available at the Pokémon Festa 2002 in Japan. Based on live footage from [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sXd_FG0MLSc a video] whose author is unknown, it is possible to observe a beta version of {{rt|104|Hoenn}} and its [[Pretty Petal Flower Shop]]. An unfinished version of the party screen can also be seen, alongside a battle system more thoroughly developed in comparison to what was seen in older screenshots. Some moves, like {{m|Surf}}, are depicted with different animations than those seen in the final version.

==Limitations==
Junichi Masuda stated that while developing {{2v2|Ruby|Sapphire}}, Game Freak considered changing the number of Pokémon the player can have and the number of moves a Pokémon can learn; however, the idea was later scrapped. It is currently unknown what sort of potential changes were to be made, and as of [[Generation V]], no changes like this have been made to the series.

{{beta}}
{{Project Games notice}}
[[Category:Pokémon meta]]
[[Category:Games]]

[[de:Pokémon Rubin und Saphir (Beta-Version)]]

Breaking the fourth wall

2010-10-17T12:15:39Z

DiscoPichu: /* Episodes which break the fourth wall */

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"'''Breaking the fourth wall'''" is a term that refers to a point where a character acknowledges that he or she is fictional. In the [[Pokémon|Pokémon franchise]] several characters appear to break the "fourth wall" in both the {{pkmn|anime}} and less commonly in the video games.

There are several ways of breaking the fourth wall. For example, when characters refer to events that happened in a particular episode, when characters stop others from performing an occult or criminal act by referring to the fact that it is a "children's show", when characters respond to a real world person who is not physically present such as the [[narrator]], or when characters within the {{pkmn|anime}} persuade people to buy merchandise of the subject in question.

== In the anime ==
In the {{pkmn|anime}}, the fourth wall has been broken numerous times. The most common characters to do this are [[Team Rocket]].

=== Episodes which break the fourth wall ===
*''[[EP009|School of Hard Knocks]]'': While breaking up an argument between {{Ash}} and {{an|Misty}}, {{an|Brock}} comments that they're running late and have to start the show.
*''[[EP013|Mystery at the Lighthouse]]'': The [[narrator]] asks Ash to name his Pokémon, which Ash does.
*''[[EP014|Electric Shock Showdown]]'': [[James]] says ''"Drat! We spent a whole episode cheering for the good guys!"
*''[[EP026|Pokémon Scent-sation]]'': {{MTR}} complains that {{p|Gloom}}'s horrible stench must have melted his nose from his face. He then remembers, and points out to the audience, that the show's cartoonists never gave him one.
*''[[EP027|Hypno's Naptime]]'': [[Jessie]] remarks that their early arrival in the episode is based on the half-hour time constraint involving the show. Misty also orders the narrator not to congratulate her for "capturing" her {{TP|Misty|Psyduck}}.
*''[[EP031|Dig Those Diglett!]]'': [[Team Rocket]] mentions that their evolved Pokémon are being shown "for the first time on TV".

*''[[EP045|The Song of Jigglypuff]]'': The last lines of [[Team Rocket Forever|Team Rocket's theme song]] are, ''"We want to capture {{AP|Pikachu}} we hope to do it soon / and when we do we'll be the new stars of this cartoon!"''
*''[[EP051|Bulbasaur's Mysterious Garden]]'': Meowth wants to end the motto early, but Jesse and James say, ''"We need the motto! Our fans have come to expect it!"''
*''[[EP071|To Master the Onixpected!]]'': When Jessie and James start to say the [[Team Rocket's motto|motto]], Meowth uses a remote to fast-forward it.
*''[[EP087|The Crystal Onix]]'': Jessie acknowledges the writers' existence.
*''[[EP092|The Joy of Pokémon]]'': After pointing out the fact that Ash and company are yet again enjoying pleasant, beautiful, tropical weather on the seas, the narrator says, "Narrators never get to have any fun," thus acknowledging his existence as a narrator.
*''[[EP100|Wherefore Art Thou, Pokémon?]]'': [[Team Rocket]] acknowledges the narrator's existence.
*''[[EP128|The Whistle Stop]]'': When the bridge is about to collapse, Meowth says, ''"We usually don't wash out this early in the episode!"''
*''[[EP154|Fowl Play!]]'': While inside Team Rocket's [[Team_Rocket's_mechas| Mecha Noctowl]], Meowth exclaims, ''"We're going to capture that colorful {{p|Noctowl}} right after we get back from the next commercial!" ''
*''[[EP190|The Stolen Stones]]'': While Jessie is escaping via unicycle, she hums along with a few bars of the chase music.
*''[[EP194|Ring Masters]]'': After the narrator introduces [[Rikishii Town]] as "a charming little village," {{an|Misty}} asks [[Ash's friends|the others]] where they are. {{an|Brock}} quotes the narrator: "It's a charming little village, Misty!"
*''[[EP217|The Perfect Match]]'': James says, ''"For you folks at home, here's a play-by-play."''
*''[[EP220|The Mystery is History]]'': Jessie and [[Cassidy]] are aware that there is a split in the screen between the two of them, as they shove it back and forth.
*''[[EP223|Throwing in the Noctowl]]'': Meowth tells Jessie and James to hurry up with the motto, saying, ''"Just give 'em the short version!"'' 'Them' refers to the audience.
*''[[EP226|Espeon Not Included]]'': After realising they haven't stolen the complete set of Eeveelutions (having missed [[Sakura's Espeon]]) Jessie lashes out at Meowth, who quite literally hits the fourth wall and slides down the screen.''
*''[[EP233|A Tyrogue Full of Trouble]]'': When Team Rocket blasts off, they all say, "Cue the blast off lights!".
*''[[EP242|As Clear as Crystal]]'': Jessie tells James to explain their [[Team Rocket's Mechas|mecha]] to the, ''"viewing audience."''
*''[[EP243|Same Old Song and Dance]]'': When Team Rocket interrupts the show and sing their song, they say that they will, ''"...be the new stars of this cartoon."''
*''[[EP265|Pop Goes the Sneasel]]'': As Team Rocket escapes with their "{{MTR|Sneasel}}," Jessie says that ''"Meowth's striked out for the rest of the season!"''
*''[[AG004|You Never Can Taillow]]'': Ash and friends fight Team Rocket for control of the larger portion of a split screen, meaning they are aware of its existence.
*''[[AG036|The Spheal of Approval]]'': In the {{pmin|Portugal|European Portuguese}} dub, James says, ''"{{tt|Acham que ao fim de tantos episódios ainda não sabemos o que é a electricidade!?|Do you think that by the end of so many episodes we still don't know what electricity is!?}}"''
*''[[AG101|Vanity Affair]]'': Jessie states that even if she were to write the script it would not be any better.
*''[[AG147|Sweet Baby James]]'': Meowth turns to the audience and says, ''"...and you guys might want to cover your eyes!"''
*''[[AG150|May's Egg-Cellent Adventure]]'': {{MTR}} says that James is giving him a pain, but he cannot say where because there are kids watching the show.
*''[[AG174|New Plot, Odd Lot!]]'': At the end, Jessie takes over as the narrator and says, ''"Stay tuned!"''.
*''[[AG177|Grating Spaces]]'': After becoming frustrated in her attempt to explain a plan to James and Meowth, Jessie turns to the audience and says, ''"I'm sure you're all one step ahead of these clowns, so you know that's exactly what we're going to do!"''
*''[[AG183|Aipom and Circumstance!]]'': Meowth says, ''"Save it for another cartoon show!"'' and ''"May I remind you it's not like we're watching reruns?"''
*''[[AG189|Gathering The Gang of Four!]]'': Team Rocket says they have waited nine seasons to capture Pikachu. [[Pokémon: Battle Frontier]], is the ninth season of the anime, which this episode takes place in. Meowth also says they'll make through the tenth season.
*''[[AG192|Home Is Where the Start Is!]]'': James, upon blasting off, asks if Team Rocket will ever learn. Meowth responds that they'll find out next season.
*''[[DP003|When Pokémon Worlds Collide!]]'': When Team Rocket blasts off, James says, ''"Aren't we supposed to leave our audience wanting more?"'' Meowth responds, ''"You go tell that to the writers!".''
*''[[DP006|Different Strokes for Different Blokes]]'': Meowth, Jessie and James say, respectively, ''"You can't do that!"'', ''"The kids are still getting used to our new motto!"'', and, ''"Next thing you know they'll think we've been replaced by Butch and Cassidy!"''
*''[[DP008|Gymbaliar]]'': Meowth rushes Jessie and James, saying that they, ''"only have three minutes left!"''
*''[[DP032|An Angry Combeenation]]'': Meowth speaks directly to the "kids" in the viewing audience.
*''[[DP033|All Dressed Up With Somewhere To Go]]'': After Meowth gets confused by {{m|Teeter Dance}}, he says "First the [[PK13|Movie Short]], then [[Polka O Dolka|TV]], and now this!".
*''[[DP039|Steamboat Willies]]'': Team Rocket references the "kids" (viewing audience).
*''[[DP040|Top-Down Training!]]'': Meowth speaks directly to the "kids" (viewing audience).
*''[[DP044|Mass Hip-Po-Sis]]'': After Jessie realize she's in a blast-off, she demands a script change and James comments she should go with it or the makers might call in Cassidy.
*''[[DP054|Once There Were Greenfields]]'': Jessie says to start up the season in style with the old get-up-and-go strategy. This is the second episode of ''[[Pokémon Diamond & Pearl: Battle Dimension]]''.
*''[[DP085|Fighting Fear with Fear!]]'': When Meowth begins to explain his [[Boss fantasy]], Jessie says, ''"I'm sensing a scene change."''
*''[[DP092|A Lean Mean Team Rocket Machine]]'': When Team Rocket shows off their mecha, they say "Introduce it to the kids". "The kids" refers to the viewers that are watching the show.
* ''[[DP108|Dealing With Defensive Types!]]'': As Team Rocket sneaks into the [[Canalave Gym]], Meowth addresses the audience, saying, ''"Look kids, since you know what comes next, let's cut to the chase, so sing along."''
* ''[[DP117|Noodles! Roamin' Off!]]'': Team Rocket says at the end of the episode after {{p|Metagross}} blasts them off with {{m|Gyro Ball}}, "Hey kids, so dream with us!" Like ''[[DP092|A Lean Mean Team Rocket Machine]]'' and ''[[DP108|Dealing With Defensive Types!]]'', "Kids" refer to the viewers that are watching the show.
* ''[[DP128|A Pyramiding Rage!]]'': When Meowth sees the Battle Pyramid he says, ''"Even flyboys need a scene change!"''
* ''[[DP129|Pillars of Friendship!]]'': When Team Rocket blasts off for the second time in the episode, James comments that it is, ''"...awfully early for a blast off!"''
* ''[[DP135|Beating the Bustle and Hustle!]]'': When [[Azure]] insults Team Rocket, [[James]] makes a split in the screen and shoves it at Azure's face.
* ''[[DP173|Dealing With a Fierce Double Ditto Drama!]]'': When Meowth begins to explain his Boss fantasy, James says, "I smell a fantasy scene."

=== Movies which break the fourth wall===

*''[[M01|Mewtwo Strikes Back]]'': Meowth says "For once a happy ending" as Team Rocket is stranded on an empty New Island but seemed happy about it.
*''[[M02|The Power of One]]'': Slowking told Team Rocket that lots of people saw them risk their lives to save the world, then all four of them look at the audience and say hi. Earlier, when Team Rocket is saying the motto for the first time, Team Rocket proclaims that they're now on the big screen (since they've forgotten the events of the first movie). Ash then makes the quip of saying he'll "catch the motto on video".
*''[[M03|Spell of the Unown]]'': [[Team Rocket]] mentions that they would be "out of show business" if anything happened to {{Ash}} while helping to save him near the end of the movie. Meowth also asks Jessie earlier in the movie whether or not she thinks they will get a bigger part in [[M04|the next one]]. Ironically, they only had minor roles in that movie.
*''[[Mewtwo Returns]]'': [[James]] comments that "this feels like a sequel to a movie I missed". This is the sequel of the first movie, ''[[M01|Mewtwo Strikes Back]]'', the events of which were erased from the characters' memories.
*''[[M09|Pokémon Ranger and the Temple of the Sea]]'': The wall is broken twice with Meowth commenting that Diamond and Pearl are "[[Generation IV|good names for games]]" and later says, "let's get through this season first." when [[James]] says that they would find diamonds and pearls. These are both obvious references to the upcoming [[Pokémon Diamond and Pearl Versions|games]] as well as the [[Pokémon: Diamond and Pearl|tenth season]].

==In the games==
* In all the main series games, signs known as [[Trainer Tips]] and message boards provide advice to the player in using the game's control scheme. Similar instructions also appear in the laboratories of regional [[Pokémon Professor|Professors]].
* The third floor of the [[Celadon Condominiums]] in Kanto is the [[Game Freak]] development room. The characters there will announce their role in the game when the [[player character]] speaks to them:
**"I'm the game designer!"
**"I wrote the story!"
**"I'm the graphic artist! I drew you!"
**"Me? I'm the programmer!".
**In addition, examining the computers gives this message: "It's the game program! Messing with it could bug out the game!"
***The game designer will personally award the player the [[diploma]] after completion of the [[regional Pokédex|regional]] or [[National Pokédex]].
** In other games, Game Freak employees are seen on vacation. A group stays in the [[Cove Lily Motel]] in [[Lilycove City]] and a single member stays at the [[Hotel Grand Lake]] in [[Valor Lakefront]].
*There are also instances where in-game characters give the player advice on gameplay, especially near the beginning of the game, such as a character in [[Oldale Town]] mentioning they are saving to record their progess.
* At the beginning of the first {{ga|Pokémon Ranger}} game, when explaining the control style of the game, an NPC says that he uses the stylus instead of the D-pad because he is from the "touch generation". This is a reference to [[Nintendo]]'s {{wp|Touch! Generations}} line of games for casual gamers, which were brand new at the time of Pokémon Ranger's release.

==In the manga==
===In the Electric Tale of Pikachu manga===
* In ''[[ET08|You Gotta Have Friends]]'', there is a footnote explaining that "Ash has been busy since the last comic".

===In the Magical Pokémon Journey manga===
* In ''[[PPP08|The Legendary Articuno]]'', a text box thanks the reader for their "unflagging support in reading this comic".
* In ''[[PPP11|Charmander's Peanut]]'', the story so far is explained by "the marketing department" and encourages the reader to buy many copies of [[Magical Pokémon Journey volume 1|Volume 1]] to find out what previously happened in the story.
* In the "Bonus Bonus 2" chapter of [[Magical Pokémon Journey volume 2]], [[Hazel]] refers to {{Ash}}, {{an|Misty}} and {{an|Brock}} as "the people from [[Magical Pokémon Journey volume 1|Volume 1]]".
** In the same bonus chapter, [[Ash's Pikachu]] shows {{MPJ|Pikachu}} a video of him bouncing a [[Poké Ball]] on his head from [[One Hundred Fifty-One]] (the lyrics to {{OBP|Pokémon World|song}} are used in the English translation).
** Also in the same bonus chapter, [[Hazel]] and {{an|Misty}} state that they change their outfits when they aren't appearing in the manga.

==See also==
*{{wp|Fourth wall}}

[[Category:Anime running gags]]

Breaking the fourth wall

2010-10-16T16:09:45Z

DiscoPichu: /* Episodes which break the fourth wall */

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"'''Breaking the fourth wall'''" is a term that refers to a point where a character acknowledges that he or she is fictional. In the [[Pokémon|Pokémon franchise]] several characters appear to break the "fourth wall" in both the {{pkmn|anime}} and less commonly in the video games.

There are several ways of breaking the fourth wall. For example, when characters refer to events that happened in a particular episode, when characters stop others from performing an occult or criminal act by referring to the fact that it is a "children's show", when characters respond to a real world person who is not physically present such as the [[narrator]], or when characters within the {{pkmn|anime}} persuade people to buy merchandise of the subject in question.

== In the anime ==
In the {{pkmn|anime}}, the fourth wall has been broken numerous times. The most common characters to do this are [[Team Rocket]].

=== Episodes which break the fourth wall ===
*''[[EP009|School of Hard Knocks]]'': While breaking up an argument between {{Ash}} and {{an|Misty}}, {{an|Brock}} comments that they're running late and have to start the show.
*''[[EP013|Mystery at the Lighthouse]]'': The [[narrator]] asks Ash to name his Pokémon, which Ash does.
*''[[EP014|Electric Shock Showdown]]'': [[James]] says ''"Drat! We spent a whole episode cheering for the good guys!"
*''[[EP026|Pokémon Scent-sation]]'': {{MTR}} complains that {{p|Gloom}}'s horrible stench must have melted his nose from his face. He then remembers, and points out to the audience, that the show's cartoonists never gave him one.
*''[[EP027|Hypno's Naptime]]'': [[Jessie]] remarks that their early arrival in the episode is based on the half-hour time constraint involving the show. Misty also orders the narrator not to congratulate her for "capturing" her {{TP|Misty|Psyduck}}.
*''[[EP031|Dig Those Diglett!]]'': [[Team Rocket]] mentions that their evolved Pokémon are being shown "for the first time on TV".

*''[[EP045|The Song of Jigglypuff]]'': The last lines of [[Team Rocket Forever|Team Rocket's theme song]] are, ''"We want to capture {{AP|Pikachu}} we hope to do it soon / and when we do we'll be the new stars of this cartoon!"''
*''[[EP051|Bulbasaur's Mysterious Garden]]'': Meowth wants to end the motto early, but Jesse and James say, "We NEED the motto! Our fans have come to expect it!"
*''[[EP071|To Master the Onixpected!]]'': When Jessie and James start to say the [[Team Rocket's motto|motto]], Meowth uses a remote to fast-forward it.
*''[[EP087|The Crystal Onix]]'': Jessie acknowledges the writers' existence.
*''[[EP092|The Joy of Pokémon]]'': After pointing out the fact that Ash and company are yet again enjoying pleasant, beautiful, tropical weather on the seas, the narrator says, "Narrators never get to have any fun," thus acknowledging his existence as a narrator.
*''[[EP100|Wherefore Art Thou, Pokémon?]]'': [[Team Rocket]] acknowledges the narrator's existence.
*''[[EP128|The Whistle Stop]]'': When the bridge is about to collapse, Meowth says, ''"We usually don't wash out this early in the episode!"''
*''[[EP154|Fowl Play!]]'': While inside Team Rocket's [[Team_Rocket's_mechas| Mecha Noctowl]], Meowth exclaims, ''"We're going to capture that colorful {{p|Noctowl}} right after we get back from the next commercial!" ''
*''[[EP190|The Stolen Stones]]'': While Jessie is escaping via unicycle, she hums along with a few bars of the chase music.
*''[[EP194|Ring Masters]]'': After the narrator introduces [[Rikishii Town]] as "a charming little village," {{an|Misty}} asks [[Ash's friends|the others]] where they are. {{an|Brock}} quotes the narrator: "It's a charming little village, Misty!"
*''[[EP217|The Perfect Match]]'': James says, ''"For you folks at home, here's a play-by-play."''
*''[[EP220|The Mystery is History]]'': Jessie and [[Cassidy]] are aware that there is a split in the screen between the two of them, as they shove it back and forth.
*''[[EP223|Throwing in the Noctowl]]'': Meowth tells Jessie and James to hurry up with the motto, saying, ''"Just give 'em the short version!"'' 'Them' refers to the audience.
*''[[EP226|Espeon Not Included]]'': After realising they haven't stolen the complete set of Eeveelutions (having missed [[Sakura's Espeon]]) Jessie lashes out at Meowth, who quite literally hits the fourth wall and slides down the screen.''
*''[[EP233|A Tyrogue Full of Trouble]]'': When Team Rocket blasts off, they all say, "Cue the blast off lights!".
*''[[EP242|As Clear as Crystal]]'': Jessie tells James to explain their [[Team Rocket's Mechas|mecha]] to the, ''"viewing audience."''
*''[[EP243|Same Old Song and Dance]]'': When Team Rocket interrupts the show and sing their song, they say that they will, ''"...be the new stars of this cartoon."''
*''[[EP265|Pop Goes the Sneasel]]'': As Team Rocket escapes with their "{{MTR|Sneasel}}," Jessie says that ''"Meowth's striked out for the rest of the season!"''
*''[[AG004|You Never Can Taillow]]'': Ash and friends fight Team Rocket for control of the larger portion of a split screen, meaning they are aware of its existence.
*''[[AG036|The Spheal of Approval]]'': In the {{pmin|Portugal|European Portuguese}} dub, James says, ''"{{tt|Acham que ao fim de tantos episódios ainda não sabemos o que é a electricidade!?|Do you think that by the end of so many episodes we still don't know what electricity is!?}}"''
*''[[AG101|Vanity Affair]]'': Jessie states that even if she were to write the script it would not be any better.
*''[[AG147|Sweet Baby James]]'': Meowth turns to the audience and says, ''"...and you guys might want to cover your eyes!"''
*''[[AG150|May's Egg-Cellent Adventure]]'': {{MTR}} says that James is giving him a pain, but he cannot say where because there are kids watching the show.
*''[[AG174|New Plot, Odd Lot!]]'': At the end, Jessie takes over as the narrator and says, ''"Stay tuned!"''.
*''[[AG177|Grating Spaces]]'': After becoming frustrated in her attempt to explain a plan to James and Meowth, Jessie turns to the audience and says, ''"I'm sure you're all one step ahead of these clowns, so you know that's exactly what we're going to do!"''
*''[[AG183|Aipom and Circumstance!]]'': Meowth says, ''"Save it for another cartoon show!"'' and ''"May I remind you it's not like we're watching reruns?"''
*''[[AG189|Gathering The Gang of Four!]]'': Team Rocket says they have waited nine seasons to capture Pikachu. [[Pokémon: Battle Frontier]], is the ninth season of the anime, which this episode takes place in. Meowth also says they'll make through the tenth season.
*''[[AG192|Home Is Where the Start Is!]]'': James, upon blasting off, asks if Team Rocket will ever learn. Meowth responds that they'll find out next season.
*''[[DP003|When Pokémon Worlds Collide!]]'': When Team Rocket blasts off, James says, ''"Aren't we supposed to leave our audience wanting more?"'' Meowth responds, ''"You go tell that to the writers!".''
*''[[DP006|Different Strokes for Different Blokes]]'': Meowth, Jessie and James say, respectively, ''"You can't do that!"'', ''"The kids are still getting used to our new motto!"'', and, ''"Next thing you know they'll think we've been replaced by Butch and Cassidy!"''
*''[[DP008|Gymbaliar]]'': Meowth rushes Jessie and James, saying that they, ''"only have three minutes left!"''
*''[[DP032|An Angry Combeenation]]'': Meowth speaks directly to the "kids" in the viewing audience.
*''[[DP033|All Dressed Up With Somewhere To Go]]'': After Meowth gets confused by {{m|Teeter Dance}}, he says "First the [[PK13|Movie Short]], then [[Polka O Dolka|TV]], and now this!".
*''[[DP039|Steamboat Willies]]'': Team Rocket references the "kids" (viewing audience).
*''[[DP040|Top-Down Training!]]'': Meowth speaks directly to the "kids" (viewing audience).
*''[[DP044|Mass Hip-Po-Sis]]'': After Jessie realize she's in a blast-off, she demands a script change and James comments she should go with it or the makers might call in Cassidy.
*''[[DP054|Once There Were Greenfields]]'': Jessie says to start up the season in style with the old get-up-and-go strategy. This is the second episode of ''[[Pokémon Diamond & Pearl: Battle Dimension]]''.
*''[[DP085|Fighting Fear with Fear!]]'': When Meowth begins to explain his [[Boss fantasy]], Jessie says, ''"I'm sensing a scene change."''
*''[[DP092|A Lean Mean Team Rocket Machine]]'': When Team Rocket shows off their mecha, they say "Introduce it to the kids". "The kids" refers to the viewers that are watching the show.
* ''[[DP108|Dealing With Defensive Types!]]'': As Team Rocket sneaks into the [[Canalave Gym]], Meowth addresses the audience, saying, ''"Look kids, since you know what comes next, let's cut to the chase, so sing along."''
* ''[[DP117|Noodles! Roamin' Off!]]'': Team Rocket says at the end of the episode after {{p|Metagross}} blasts them off with {{m|Gyro Ball}}, "Hey kids, so dream with us!" Like ''[[DP092|A Lean Mean Team Rocket Machine]]'' and ''[[DP108|Dealing With Defensive Types!]]'', "Kids" refer to the viewers that are watching the show.
* ''[[DP128|A Pyramiding Rage!]]'': When Meowth sees the Battle Pyramid he says, ''"Even flyboys need a scene change!"''
* ''[[DP129|Pillars of Friendship!]]'': When Team Rocket blasts off for the second time in the episode, James comments that it is, ''"...awfully early for a blast off!"''
* ''[[DP135|Beating the Bustle and Hustle!]]'': When [[Azure]] insults Team Rocket, [[James]] makes a split in the screen and shoves it at Azure's face.
* ''[[DP173|Dealing With a Fierce Double Ditto Drama!]]'': When Meowth begins to explain his Boss fantasy, James says, "I smell a fantasy scene."

=== Movies which break the fourth wall===

*''[[M01|Mewtwo Strikes Back]]'': Meowth says "For once a happy ending" as Team Rocket is stranded on an empty New Island but seemed happy about it.
*''[[M02|The Power of One]]'': Slowking told Team Rocket that lots of people saw them risk their lives to save the world, then all four of them look at the audience and say hi. Earlier, when Team Rocket is saying the motto for the first time, Team Rocket proclaims that they're now on the big screen (since they've forgotten the events of the first movie). Ash then makes the quip of saying he'll "catch the motto on video".
*''[[M03|Spell of the Unown]]'': [[Team Rocket]] mentions that they would be "out of show business" if anything happened to {{Ash}} while helping to save him near the end of the movie. Meowth also asks Jessie earlier in the movie whether or not she thinks they will get a bigger part in [[M04|the next one]]. Ironically, they only had minor roles in that movie.
*''[[Mewtwo Returns]]'': [[James]] comments that "this feels like a sequel to a movie I missed". This is the sequel of the first movie, ''[[M01|Mewtwo Strikes Back]]'', the events of which were erased from the characters' memories.
*''[[M09|Pokémon Ranger and the Temple of the Sea]]'': The wall is broken twice with Meowth commenting that Diamond and Pearl are "[[Generation IV|good names for games]]" and later says, "let's get through this season first." when [[James]] says that they would find diamonds and pearls. These are both obvious references to the upcoming [[Pokémon Diamond and Pearl Versions|games]] as well as the [[Pokémon: Diamond and Pearl|tenth season]].

==In the games==
* In all the main series games, signs known as [[Trainer Tips]] and message boards provide advice to the player in using the game's control scheme. Similar instructions also appear in the laboratories of regional [[Pokémon Professor|Professors]].
* The third floor of the [[Celadon Condominiums]] in Kanto is the [[Game Freak]] development room. The characters there will announce their role in the game when the [[player character]] speaks to them:
**"I'm the game designer!"
**"I wrote the story!"
**"I'm the graphic artist! I drew you!"
**"Me? I'm the programmer!".
**In addition, examining the computers gives this message: "It's the game program! Messing with it could bug out the game!"
***The game designer will personally award the player the [[diploma]] after completion of the [[regional Pokédex|regional]] or [[National Pokédex]].
** In other games, Game Freak employees are seen on vacation. A group stays in the [[Cove Lily Motel]] in [[Lilycove City]] and a single member stays at the [[Hotel Grand Lake]] in [[Valor Lakefront]].
*There are also instances where in-game characters give the player advice on gameplay, especially near the beginning of the game, such as a character in [[Oldale Town]] mentioning they are saving to record their progess.
* At the beginning of the first {{ga|Pokémon Ranger}} game, when explaining the control style of the game, an NPC says that he uses the stylus instead of the D-pad because he is from the "touch generation". This is a reference to [[Nintendo]]'s {{wp|Touch! Generations}} line of games for casual gamers, which were brand new at the time of Pokémon Ranger's release.

==In the manga==
===In the Electric Tale of Pikachu manga===
* In ''[[ET08|You Gotta Have Friends]]'', there is a footnote explaining that "Ash has been busy since the last comic".

===In the Magical Pokémon Journey manga===
* In ''[[PPP08|The Legendary Articuno]]'', a text box thanks the reader for their "unflagging support in reading this comic".
* In ''[[PPP11|Charmander's Peanut]]'', the story so far is explained by "the marketing department" and encourages the reader to buy many copies of [[Magical Pokémon Journey volume 1|Volume 1]] to find out what previously happened in the story.
* In the "Bonus Bonus 2" chapter of [[Magical Pokémon Journey volume 2]], [[Hazel]] refers to {{Ash}}, {{an|Misty}} and {{an|Brock}} as "the people from [[Magical Pokémon Journey volume 1|Volume 1]]".
** In the same bonus chapter, [[Ash's Pikachu]] shows {{MPJ|Pikachu}} a video of him bouncing a [[Poké Ball]] on his head from [[One Hundred Fifty-One]] (the lyrics to {{OBP|Pokémon World|song}} are used in the English translation).
** Also in the same bonus chapter, [[Hazel]] and {{an|Misty}} state that they change their outfits when they aren't appearing in the manga.

==See also==
*{{wp|Fourth wall}}

[[Category:Anime running gags]]

Ash's Pikachu

2010-10-08T10:54:07Z

DiscoPichu: /* Trivia */

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trainername=Ash|
pokemonname=Pikachu|
jtrainername=サトシ|
jpokemonname=ピカチュウ|
tmtrainername=Satoshi|
tmpokemonname=Pikachu|
image=[[File:Ash Pikachu.png|250px]] |
caption=Ash's Pikachu |
gender=Male|
ability={{a|Static}} |
location=[[Pallet Town]] |
prevonum=025|
type1=Electric|
epnum=EP001|
epname=Pokémon - I Choose You! |
current=[[Party|With Ash]]|
java1=[[Ikue Ohtani]]|
}}
'''Ash's Pikachu''' (Japanese: '''サトシのピカチュウ''' ''Satoshi's Pikachu'') was the [[starter Pokémon|first Pokémon]] obtained by {{Ash}} on his journey as a [[Pokémon Trainer]]. His universal voice actress is [[Ikue Ohtani]]. However, in some episodes during the first season of the English dub series, [[Rachael Lillis]] provided Pikachu's voice when the original Japanese track couldn't be saved.

==History==
[[File:First Meeting.png‎|200px|left|thumb|{{Ash}} and Pikachu meeting for the first time]]
In the first episode of the [[Pokémon anime]], ''[[EP001|Pokémon - I Choose You!]]'', Ash woke up late the day he was supposed to go to [[Professor Oak]]'s laboratory to obtain his first Pokémon. When he arrived at the lab, the three available starter Pokémon, {{p|Bulbasaur}}, {{p|Charmander}}, and {{p|Squirtle}}, had already been taken by other Trainers who arrived earlier. Seeing that Ash was disappointed, Professor Oak gave him Pikachu, which did not take a liking to his new Trainer, constantly zapping him and anyone else nearby. He refused to go into a [[Poké Ball]], and when Ash failed to catch a wild Pokémon, he laughed at him. However, by the end of the episode, Ash gained Pikachu's trust by protecting him from an attack by a flock of {{p|Spearow}} and rushing him to the [[Pokémon Center]]. Pikachu and Ash soon became inseparable. In ''[[EP039|Pikachu's Goodbye]]'', Ash gave Pikachu his consent to remain in a forest filled with Pikachu, but Pikachu returned to Ash's side.

[[File:Ash 1st Poke Ball.png|thumb|right|200px|The [[Poké Ball]] Professor Oak stored Pikachu in, which has a special lightning bolt mark. It is unknown if this Poké Ball was permanent as Ash uses regular Poké Balls to attempt to recall Pikachu, and the other three Poké Balls that held {{p|Bulbasaur}}, {{p|Charmander}}, and {{p|Squirtle}} were still on the podium but empty. Also, [[Gary's Blastoise]] is held in a regular Poké Ball.]]
In general, Pikachu as a species are not particularly powerful, but Ash's Pikachu is an anomaly, overcoming odds in {{pkmn|battle}} numerous times. In ''[[EP005|Showdown in Pewter City]]'', he defeated [[Brock's Steelix|Brock's Onix]] with an {{type2|Electric}} attack that triggered the sprinkler system causing Onix to be drenched in water, one of its weaknesses. In ''[[EP014|Electric Shock Showdown]]'', Pikachu fought [[Lt. Surge]]'s {{TP|Lt. Surge|Raichu}} and lost. During a resulting hospital stay, he refused to become Raichu's equal by evolving via a {{evostone|Thunderstone}}, and in the second battle, Pikachu overcame Raichu by using his superior speed. In ''[[EP002|Pokémon Emergency!]]'', {{MTR}} remarked that Pikachu's power "far exceeds its evolutionary level." Ash's Pikachu has also defeated very powerful Pokémon that Ash's other Pokémon were unable to, such as {{p|Dragonite}} and {{p|Metagross}}. He has helped Ash win innumerable battles and [[Gym]] and {{pkmn|League}} matches.

However, at times, {{p|Pikachu}} has lived up to his species' frail and brittle strengths, particularly in Gym battles where he was defeated with relative ease by his opponent; for example, he was overpowered very easily by [[Lt. Surge's Raichu]], [[Sabrina's Kadabra]], [[Blaine's Magmar]], [[Bugsy]]'s {{p|Scyther}}, [[Whitney's Miltank]], [[Roark's Rampardos]] and [[Fantina's Drifblim]]. He also drew against [[Winona]]'s {{p|Pelipper}} and [[Norman]]'s {{p|Vigoroth}}, and struggled against [[Crasher Wake's Floatzel]].

Pikachu is extremely loyal to Ash, and while he is not always immediately trusting of strangers, he is generally friendly to humans and Pokémon alike. He acted as a guardian and big brother to [[Misty's Togepi]], and has been seen mediating and even breaking up fights among other Pokémon, such as in ''[[PK01|Pikachu's Vacation]]''. In ''[[M01|Mewtwo Strikes Back]]'', Pikachu, {{MTR}}, and Meowth's clone were the only Pokémon not to participate in the giant battle; Pikachu stood motionless as his clone repeatedly slapped his face. Contrary to his distrusting nature, Pikachu took a liking to Misty very early in the series, and he has retained this liking of Misty throughout the series, such as when he was very happy to see her in ''[[AG132|The Scheme Team]]''.

However, even Pikachu has had exceptions to this rule. In ''[[EP086|Pikachu Re-Volts]]'', Pikachu was controlled by Butch and Cassidy, which caused him to become evil and disobey Ash's commands. During the Hoenn Saga, Pikachu developed [[AG089|amnesia at one point and sided]] with [[Team Rocket]] for a while. Later within the same series, Pikachu was possessed by the Red Orb and controlled by Groudon, nearly causing a disaster. On several occasions, Pikachu has developed an "electric flu" causing him to become overcharged, and extremely powerful. During these instances, Pikachu will sometimes attack his friends and Ash. In all of these cases, Pikachu did not intentionally mean harm upon anyone.

Since Ash's first encounter with [[Team Rocket]] in ''[[EP002|Pokémon Emergency!]]'', Pikachu has been pursued by the trio of [[Jessie]], [[James]], and {{MTR}}. Throughout the series, it has been Jessie, James and Meowth's desire to steal this Pokémon from Ash and present him to [[Giovanni|their boss]]. To do this, they have come up with many schemes. Though they have tried and continue to try hundreds of times, every last one of their plots fail, usually with the help of Ash, his friends, other Trainers, an [[Officer Jenny]], or even themselves (such as in the [[DP001|first episode]] of the {{series|Diamond & Pearl}}).

As shown in a handful of episodes, the first being ''[[EP042|Showdown at Dark City]]'', Pikachu has a special fondness for ketchup, but he will eat and enjoy almost any other human or Pokémon food. A running joke in the anime also seems to be the destruction of a female character's [[bike]] with one of Pikachu's {{m|Thunderbolt}}s at the beginning of each series, which then causes her to {{ashfr|follow Ash}} for the remainder of the series. This has happened to {{an|Misty}}, {{an|May}}, and {{an|Dawn}} so far.

Pikachu is the primary mascot of the Pokémon franchise, mostly due to Ash's ownership of him. A
Pikachu appears on nearly all merchandise and promotional material for the series, and became, due to the anime, the [[version mascot]] of and only [[starter Pokémon]] in {{game|Yellow}}.

Pikachu became the second non-legendary Pokémon to defeat a [[legendary Pokémon]] in the anime after {{AP|Charizard}}, beating {{FB|Pyramid King|Brandon}}'s {{DL|Brandon's Regis|Regice}} in ''[[AG190|Pace - The Final Frontier]]'', giving Ash his final [[Symbol|Frontier Symbol]].

Pikachu was also the only Pokémon to come with Ash to [[Hoenn]], and just the same one of only two Pokémon to join Ash on his journey to [[Sinnoh]]. Ash tried to bring only Pikachu again but {{TP|Dawn|Aipom|Ambipom}} snuck on board the ship. Up until the capture of [[Dawn's Pachirisu]], Pikachu was the only {{type2|Electric}} Pokémon in the anime owned by a main character.

Even with its high level of electrical power, Pikachu has not stopped learning new attacks. Upon learning that [[Roxanne]], the Rustboro Gym Leader used Rock-types, Ash had Pikachu begin learning [[Iron Tail]] in ''[[All Things Bright and Beautifly]]''. After training hard, Pikachu finally perfected it in ''[[A Winner by a Nosepass]]'' where it used it to defeat [[Roxanne's Nosepass]] and earn Ash his first Hoenn badge. In addition to giving Pikachu an advantage over Rock-types, Iron Tail has allowed Pikachu to defeat many powerful opponents. In ''[[May's Egg-Cellent Adventure]]'', during a battle with Team Rocket, Ash ordered Pikachu to do a [[Quick Attack]]. Much to the surprise of Ash and his friends, the Quick Attack morphed into [[Volt Tackle]] which sent Team Rocket blasting off. Since then, it has become one of Pikachu's signature moves.

In Hoenn, Pikachu learned how to surf. He also learned how to box from Ash in ''[[EP029|The Punchy Pokémon]]''. In Sinnoh, Ash used him during the [[Pokémon Ping Pong Tournament]].
[[File:PikachuStatic.png‎|250px|left|thumb|Pikachu activating his {{a|Static}} ability]]
In Sinnoh, he defeated [[Roark]]'s Onix in the [[Oreburgh Gym]] rematch. Pikachu battled again in the [[Pastoria Gym]] battle, where he battled [[Crasher Wake]]'s Gyarados and defeated it with a {{m|Volt Tackle}} to the face. He also battled [[Crasher Wake's Floatzel]] for a moment, allowing [[Ash's Buizel]] time to recover. In ''[[DP102|A Shield with a Twist]]'' Pikachu lost to [[Fantina's Drifblim]] after a fierce battle.

Pikachu's next major battle after Fantina was when he was used against [[Paul]] in ''[[DP132|Evolving Strategies!]]''. First he went up against {{TP|Paul|Magmortar}}; however, when he attacked with {{m|Quick Attack}}, he was {{status|burn}}ed by Magmortar's {{a|Flame Body}} and Pikachu was recalled. Later he went up against Paul's very powerful {{TP|Paul|Ursaring}} and {{status|Paralysis|paralyzed}} it with Pikachu's {{a|Static}}. This actually made things worse for Pikachu as being paralyzed activated Ursaring's {{a|Guts}} ability, and Pikachu found himself completely outmatched by Ursaring's massive power and was defeated and thrown into [[Lake Acuity]], taking him out of the match as well as injuring him. This defeat meant that Ash had to defeat Paul's remaining five Pokémon with only {{AP|Chimchar}}.
[[File:Ash and his Pikachu.png|thumb|250px|Ash and Pikachu]]
Later, in ''[[DP165|Flint Sparks the Fire!]]'', Pikachu battled Flint's Infernape, but it was defeated after a long fight.

In ''[[DP179|The Eighth Wonder of the Sinnoh World!]]'', Pikachu battled against [[Volkner]]'s Electivire and won, giving him his first victory over Pokémon in the Electabuzz evolutionary line. However it was defeated by Volkner's Luxray.

In [[DP186]], Ash used Pikachu in his battle against Paul in [[Suzuran Conference]]. It was used against Paul's {{p|Aggron}}, where it put up a good fight and weakened Aggron before it was recalled in place of Infernape. Pikachu was also used in the continuation of Ash's battle against Paul in [[DP187]]. It went against Paul's {{p|Froslass}} where he was seen having some trouble at first, but by the end, he was able to pull through and defeat Froslass with a powerful {{m|Volt Tackle}} attack. This gave Pikachu his first win against one of Paul's Pokémon and also gave Ash the lead in the battle. In [[DP188]], he battled Paul's Electivire. Ash tells Pikachu to use Volt Tackle. It hits Electivire but as Electivire had activated its {{a|Motor Drive}} ability, the attack took no effect at all. It was soon defeated by Electivire's {{m|Brick Break}} attack. In [[DP189]], Pikachu was the last Pokémon chosen by Ash to battle [[Takuto]] in the semi-finals. Despite Ash losing five of his Pokémon, Pikachu tried its best to defeat Takuto's {{p|Latios}}. Pikachu used Quick Attack on Latios, but it misses. Pikachu then used Volt Tackle to attack Latios, however, Latios countered it with {{m|Giga Impact}} and hit Pikachu. Latios used Giga Impact again, and Pikachu tried to counter it with Iron Tail. But before Iron Tail hits, Giga Impact affects Pikachu first. Latios flew to the sky and came down, trying to use {{m|Luster Purge}}. Ash told Pikachu to get on Latios' back, so Pikachu dodged the attack and jumped on top of Latios. Pikachu used Thunderbolt twice on Latios, while they flew around. Latios then used {{m|Light Screen}}. Pikachu continued to use Thunderbolt thrice until it was shaken off. As Pikachu is about to land, Latios used Luster Purge. Pikachu used Volt Tackle and Iron Tail, taking against the force of the Luster Purge. However, it was tied with Latios as both fainted. As Ash's last Pokémon also fainted, Takuto was crowned the winner of their battle.

In [[BW001]], Pikachu had an encounter with {{p|Zekrom}}, which unaware by Ash, caused Pikachu to lose its ability to use electric type moves. Ash finally noticed this when it battled [[Shooti's Tsutarja]], losing in the process. In [[BW002]], it regained its ability to use electric type attacks and was used in battle which lead to the capture of {{AP|Mamepato}}.

Ash will use Pikachu in his gym battle at the [[Sanyou Gym]] in [[BW005]].
===Moves used===
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{{anmov|steel|Iron Tail|AG013|All Things Bright and Beautifly!|rec=yes}}
{{anmov|electric|Volt Tackle|AG150|May's Egg-Cellent Adventure|rec=yes}}
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=====Moves improvised=====
[[File:Pikachu's Counter Shield.png|thumb|right|250px|Pikachu using Counter Shield]]
*'''Leer''' was first seen in ''[[EP009|The School of Hard Knocks]]''. When Giselle called for Cubone to use Leer, Ash told Pikachu to 'Leer right back' by making funny faces. Ash also told Pikachu to use Leer in ''[[EP150|Hour of the Houndour]]'', when a {{p|Houndour}} used its own Leer on Pikachu.

*An attack where Pikachu stored electricity in his tail similar to {{m|Slam}} was used to defeat [[Lt. Surge's Raichu]] in ''[[EP014|Electric Shock Showdown]]''. A similar move, referred to as "Shocking Tail" by the MC, was used to defeat Drake's Ditto in ''[[EP111|Hello Pummelo!]].''.

*'''Rocket Punch''' was a move that Pikachu used while "boxing" {{ka|Anthony}}'s {{p|Hitmonchan}} in ''[[EP029|The Punchy Pokémon]]''. Pikachu glowed red and shot off his boxing gloves, leaving off a trail of smoke. Once the smoke disappears, Pikachu still has his boxing gloves on and flies towards Hitmonchan at high speed.

*'''Thunder Armor''' was a one-time technique in the episode ''[[AG100|Solid as a Solrock]]'', Pikachu is seen using Thunder on himself while riding Ash's Swellow. This increased their attack power greatly, and they easily overpowered their opponents.

*'''Spin''', originally made by {{an|Dawn}} and first used by her Piplup and Buneary, was also used by Turtwig and Aipom in the episode ''[[DP018|O'er the Rampardos We Watched!]]'', where he was able beat Roark and obtain the Coal Badge.

*'''Volt Tail''', a combination of {{m|Volt Tackle}} and {{m|Iron Tail}}, was used in ''[[DP074|Pika and Goliath!]]'' against [[Sho]]'s {{p|Raichu}} and once again in [[DP189]] against [[Takuto]]'s {{p|Latios}}.

*'''[[Counter Shield]]''' can be used by Pikachu by utilizing {{m|Thunderbolt}}, similar to [[Ash's Buizel]] and {{AP|Infernape}} who can do the technique with their own moves.

*'''Hydro Volt Tackle''' is used as a finishing blow against [[Team Rocket]] in [[DP191]]. It is a combination of Pikachu's {{m|Volt Tackle}} and [[Dawn's Piplup]]'s {{m|Hydro Pump}} creating a massive Electric-Water shot.

==In the games==
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{{bulbanews|Satoshi's Pikachu to be distributed via Wi-Fi}}
Pikachu was one of {{Ash}}'s three Pokémon in {{g|Puzzle League}}. The Pikachu in the Super Smash Bros. series may be based on Ash's Pikachu.

In the main series, {{ga|Red's Pikachu}} is noticeably based on Ash's Pikachu: not only does {{ga|Red}} receive it from Professor Oak after his rival, Oak's grandson, takes the last starter Pokémon, but in {{game|Yellow}}, it [[walking Pokémon|follows Red around]] rather than being kept in a Poké Ball. In [[Generation II]] and {{game|HeartGold and SoulSilver|s}}, Pikachu is the highest-leveled member of Red's team when he is encountered at Mt. Silver, and the highest leveled Pokémon owned by a Trainer in the entire series excluding battle arenas. His moves, notably in HeartGold and SoulSilver, are the four moves used most recently by Ash's Pikachu, as well.

A Japanese event distributed an in-game representation of Ash's Pikachu via Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection and at participating Japanese {{wp|McDonald}}'s locations which was held from July 15th through August 10, 2010.

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==In the manga==
===In the Ash and Pikachu manga===
Ash's Pikachu is a starring character in the [[Ash and Pikachu]] {{pkmn|manga}} series, which is based on the [[Johto]] saga of the Pokémon anime.

===In the Electric Tale of Pikachu manga===
[[File:Pikachumangaash.jpg|thumb|right|Ash's Pikachu in The Electric Tale of Pikachu]]
Ash's Pikachu is a starring character in the {{pkmn|manga}} series
[[The Electric Tale of Pikachu]], which is loosely based on the Pokémon anime. Pikachu appears in every chapter of the manga.

Like in the anime, Pikachu was Ash's first Pokémon. However, Ash did not receive Pikachu from [[Professor Oak]] - instead, he finds Pikachu under the floorboards of his home, chewing on wires to eat the electricity. His [[Delia Ketchum|mother]] asks him to take Pikachu outside, but when [[Gary Oak]] taunts Ash about how he has not yet become a [[Pokémon Trainer]], Ash decides to keep Pikachu as his first Pokémon.

Like in the anime, Pikachu was originally unwilling to obey Ash, but after Ash protects Pikachu from a herd of wild {{p|Spearow}} and {{AP|Fearow}}, Pikachu gains respect for Ash.

Pikachu likes {{an|Misty}} and greets her enthusiastically whenever she appears, often ignoring Ash in the process.

===In the Magical Pokémon Journey manga===
Ash's Pikachu, along with {{Ash}}, {{an|Misty}} and {{an|Brock}}, makes a cameo appearance in the bonus chapters at the end of every volume of the [[Magical Pokémon Journey]] {{pkmn|manga}} series. In the bonus chapters, Ash and friends have mistakenly wandered into the Magical Pokémon Journey world and are trying to return back to the world of the {{pkmn|anime}}, encountering many unusual situations along the way, including encounters of aspects of the Magical Pokémon Journey canon which are different in anime canon.

Ash's Pikachu shows a video to {{MPJ|Pikachu}} of him bouncing a [[Poké Ball]] on his head in [[One Hundred Fifty-One]].

==In the TCG==
Ash's Pikachu is featured in the TCG as a {{TCG|Pokémon M|Pokémon}} {{SP|M}}. The following is a list of cards named '''Pikachu {{SP|M}}'''.
{| border="1" style="border: 1px solid #999; border-collapse: collapse; background: white;" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="2"
|- style="background: #{{tcg Lightning color}};"
!Name
!Type
!Level
!Rarity
!Set
!Set no.
|-
| {{TCG ID|Movie Random Pack Promo|Pikachu M|12}} || rowspan=2 | {{e|Lightning}} || 45 || - || {{TCG|Movie Commemoration Random Pack}} (no English release) || 012/022
|-
| {{TCG ID|DPt-P Promo|Pikachu M LV.X|43}} || ''X'' || - || {{TCG|DPt-P Promotional cards}} (no English release) || 043/DPt-P
|}

==Trivia==
[[File:Pikachu loves ketchup.png|200px|thumb|left|Pikachu and his love of ketchup]]
* Ash's Pikachu is the subject of many 'gamebreaking' abilities that normally do not fit in the general stasis of the games. This includes Pikachu's ability to sometimes hurt {{type2|Ground}} Pokémon with Electric moves (sparking the meme "Aim for the Horn!"), and using moves that do not exist, or moves in a way that do not work in the games, such as the infamous "Thunder Armor".
* Despite the fact that {{m|Volt Tackle}}, the signature move of his evolutionary line, is in fact an egg move, Ash's Pikachu learned the move "by accident," when using an electrically-charged {{m|Quick Attack}}.
* Pikachu is Ash's only {{type2|Electric}} Pokémon and was the only Electric-type owned by a main character in the anime until the capture of {{TP|Dawn|Pachirisu}} by Dawn. However, Pikachu is the only Electric-type Pokémon owned by a main character that can evolve.
* For ''[[DP013|A Staravia is Born]]'', [[Professor Oak's lecture]] is about Ash's Pikachu. He writes this [[Pokémon senryū]] about him: パートナー　サトシとピカチュウ　いいかんじ ''Partners Satoshi and Pikachu: a pleasant feeling''.
* Out of all six regions that Ash visited, [[Kanto]], [[Hoenn]] and [[Isshu]] are the only ones that Ash started out with just Pikachu. He did try to go to [[Sinnoh]] with Pikachu alone but Aipom followed him. At the beginning of all three, Pikachu was also, in some way, injured, and in case of the former two, ended up destroying the [[Bicycle|bike]] of a particular girl who would later [[Ash's friends|travel with Ash]].
* Pikachu was the first of Ash's Pokémon to disobey him. Other Pokémon that would do so, and be better remembered for their disobedience than Pikachu, are {{AP|Primeape}} and {{AP|Charizard}}.
* Ash's act of keeping Pikachu [[Walking Pokémon|outside his Poké Ball]] on a permanent basis has been mimicked by several other characters in the anime.
** [[Ritchie]], when he first meets Ash, keeps [[Sparky]] inside of its ball, but later is shown to carry it on his shoulder much like Ash does.
** {{an|Misty}} never put {{TP|Misty|Togepi}} inside a Poké Ball and was always shown carrying it in her arms.
** Dawn, likewise, does the same with her {{TP|Dawn|Piplup}}.
** [[Iris]] also does this with her {{TP|Iris|Kibago}} and keeps it in her hair.
* Out of Ash's Pokémon, Pikachu was the first one to defeat a [[pseudo-legendary]] Pokémon during battle in the anime, defeating {{OBP|Drake|Orange League}}'s {{TP|Drake|Dragonite}} in ''[[EP112|Enter the Dragonite]]'' and {{ho|Tyson}}'s {{p|Metagross}} during the [[Ever Grande Conference]] of the Hoenn League in ''[[AG131|At the End of the Fray]]''. However, in both occasions, the two [[pseudo-legendary]] Pokémon had been weakened by other Pokémon in Ash's team at the time; {{AP|Squirtle}}, {{AP|Charizard}} and {{AP|Tauros}} had weakened {{TP|Drake|Dragonite}} while {{AP|Swellow}} and {{AP|Grovyle|Sceptile}} had weakened {{p|Metagross}}.
* Pikachu is the second Pokémon in the entire {{pkmn|anime}} series to have managed to defeat a [[legendary Pokémon]], which he did by defeating {{FB|Pyramid King|Brandon}}'s {{DL|Brandon's Regis|Regice}} in ''[[AG190|Pace - The Final Frontier!]]''. [[Ash's Charizard]] was the first Pokémon to have achieved this feat, against {{TP|Noland|Articuno}}. Pikachu also tied with Takuto's Latios in [[DP189]].
* Most of the moves Pikachu used in the [[original series]] were first used in an episode with the word ''showdown'' in its title.
* In ''[[EP030|Sparks Fly for Magnemite]]'', it was revealed that Pikachu has a fear of Ash leaving him.
[[File:PikachuDP.png|200px|thumb|right|Pikachu]]
* In many new episodes, Pikachu's tail sparks instead of his cheeks when using {{m|Thunderbolt}}.
* In ''[[DP142|Where No Togepi Has Gone Before!]]'' it was confirmed that Pikachu is male. When a {{p|Togepi}} used {{m|Attract}} on Pikachu, {{MTR}}, {{TP|Dawn|Piplup}}, {{TP|Brock|Croagunk}} and {{TP|Jessie|Yanmega}}, all but Yanmega were affected (coincidentally, this also revealed Yanmega as being female). Voice actress Ikue Ohtani stated prior to this episode that the writers had intended to keep Pikachu's gender ambiguous so the fanbase can connect with him more easily.
** Ash also referred to Pikachu as a male in the dub of ''[[EP086|Pikachu Re-Volts]]''. Shortly after [[Officer Jenny]] first arrives, Ash proclaims in dismay, "You just gotta find him, Officer Jenny!"
** Pikachu's gender can also be inferred from Buneary's infatuation with Pikachu, first seen in ''[[DP009|Setting the World on Its Buneary!]]''.
* Pikachu is the only member of Ash's Sinnoh team that did not learn a new move in the Sinnoh region.
* It is the only Pokémon of Ash's to be used in every gym battle in a [[Johto|region]].
*In {{pmin|Latin America}}, Cartoon Network has a "Biografia Toon" segment, which consists of biographies and histories of cartoon characters. This segment has done a two-part feature on Ash's Pikachu. According to the segment, Pikachu is the result of an experiment conducted by [[Professor Oak]] and allegedly destroyed the lab where he was created in a momentary loss of control.
* ''[[DP170|An Elite Coverup!]]'' has been the only time when Ash does not use Pikachu against an [[Elite Four]] member.
*The defeat of [[Volkner]]'s {{p|Electivire}} marks the first time Pikachu has defeated a member of the {{p|Electabuzz}} evolutionary line one on one. All previous times it has either tied or lost, with the exception of [[Dr. Namba]]'s Electabuzz, where Pikachu teamed up with [[Ritchie]]'s Pikachu, [[Sparky]], to defeat it.
*Pikachu seems to have a talent for mimicking Pokémon, as seen from his performance during [[DP033|a cosplay competition]]. He will occasionally use pantomime to specify what he is talking about. He can contort his face and his ears to imitate {{Ash}}, his {{AP|Turtwig|Torterra}}, {{TP|Jessie|Wobbuffet}}, among others.
*Pikachu has also used his face to tell when a character is in trouble by imitating people and Pokémon.

===Pikachu's language===
Some of [[Pokémon language|Pikachu's speech]] is consistent enough that it seems that some phrases actually mean something. (In ''[[DP115|Stealing The Conversation]]'', [[Team Rocket]] refers to this language as "PikaSpeak," however, this most likely isn't official.) For instance, Pikachu always uses "Pikapi" when referring to Ash (notice that it sounds somewhat similar to "Satoshi"). Other speech includes:
*Pika Pikachu or Pika-Pika Pikachu: ''My name is Pikachu''. When Ash and his friends are introducing themselves to the [[characters of the day]], he says this.
[[File:Pikachu wobbuffet.png|200px|thumb|Pikachu as a {{p|Wobbuffet}}]]
*Pi-Kachu: He says this during the sponsor spots in the original Japanese.
*Pikachu-Pi: ''{{an|Misty|Kasumi}}'' (Misty)
*Pika-Chu: ''{{an|Brock|Takeshi}}'' (Brock)
*Pikaka: ''{{an|Dawn|Hikari}}'' (Dawn)
[[File:Pikachu as ash.png|200px|thumb|left|Pikachu imitating {{Ash}}]]
*Pi?: Used when addressing something unknown. Can mean, "What?"
*PiPiPi: ''{{TP|Misty|Togepi}}'' (Togepi)
*PikakaPika: ''[[Ash's Bulbasaur|Fushigidane]]'' (Bulbasaur)
*PikaPika: ''[[Ash's Squirtle|Zenigame]]'' (Squirtle) or ''[[Ash's Staraptor|Mukuhawk]]'' (Staraptor) or ''[[Ash's Infernape|Goukazaru]]'' (Infernape)
*Pi-kachu: ''[[Dawn's Piplup|Pochama]]'' (Piplup)
*PiPi-kachu: ''[[Team Rocket|Rocket-dan]]'' (Team Rocket).
*Pi-Pikachu: ''[[Gotta catch 'em all!|Get da ze!]]'' He says this after Ash wins a badge, catches a new Pokémon or anything similar.
*Pi-ka: Used for multiple things such as "eiga" (movie) as seen during trailers for each upcoming [[Pokémon movie]]. Can also be used for "yes".
*Pi-ka-chu?: ''Are you alright?'': When a character or Pokémon is injured, Pikachu says this.
*Specific names for {{Tracey}}, {{an|May}}, and [[Max]] have not been heard.
[[File:Pikachu Imitating Turtwig.png|200px|thumb|right|Ash's Pikachu imitating his Turtwig to alert him that it is missing]]
*Chuuu-Pika: ''{{m|Iron Tail}}''. He says this when using {{m|Iron Tail}}.
*Piiika-Chuuuuuuuu: ''{{m|Thunderbolt}}''. He says this when using {{m|Thunderbolt}}, "Pika" when charging up and "Chuuuuu" when discharging.
*Pikaaaaaa-Chuuuuuuuu: ''{{m|Thunder}}''. He says this when using {{m|Thunder}}, like above but with different and a longer stress.
*PikaPikaPika... Pi-ka: ''{{m|Volt Tackle}}''. He says this when using {{m|Volt Tackle}}.
*ChuChuChu...: ''{{m|Quick Attack}}''. He may also say this when using {{m|Agility}}.
*PiPiPiPiPi...: ''{{m|Quick Attack}}''. He may also say this when using {{m|Agility}}.

==Related articles==
* {{Animespecies|Pikachu}}
* {{cat|Episodes focusing on Pikachu}}

==External links==
*[http://pokeani.com/poke/satoshi/r_p-no025.html Pikachu's Profile] on [[Pokeani]] (Japanese)

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Generation I

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DiscoPichu: /* Discussion of Generation I */

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|altname=Color Generation
|primary=Red
|secondary=Green
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|otherrpg={{v2|Yellow}}
|region=Kanto
|ndex=151
|debuten=September 1, 1998
|debutjp=February 27, 1996
|battlearena=[[Pokémon Stadium (English)|Stadium]]
|enden=October 15, 2000
|endjp=November 21, 1999
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The '''first generation''' of Pokémon games, known among older fans as the '''color generation''' due to the names of the [[version]]s released, is the initial set of four Pokémon games released.

Beginning with {{game|Red and Green|s}}, and later joined by third version {{v2|Blue| (Japanese)}} and special edition {{v2|Yellow}} in Japan, the Generation I games were developed beginning as early as 1990 from [[Capsule Monsters|an idea]] that [[Satoshi Tajiri]] had thought of and pitched to [[Nintendo]] with the help of [[Shigeru Miyamoto]]. The inspiration for many of the key mechanics introduced in this generation came from Tajiri's childhood interest in bug collecting, with the [[trading]] system between two [[Game Boy]]s being thought of when he imagined a caterpillar crawling across the [[link cable]] between two systems.

This generation was localized into English, with initial attempts to keep the Pocket Monsters name for international use blocked due to the {{wp|Monster in my Pocket}} franchise leading to the release as "Pokémon". Further alterations made in the localization included the combination of Red, Green, and Blue into the English versions of {{game|Red and Blue|s}}, using Red and Green's wild Pokémon encounter lists but Blue's slightly improved graphics. Despite this, the simultaneous release of the games and {{pkmn|anime}} led to an almost-overnight surge in popularity that raised [[Pokémon controversy|some parental concern]], often dubious, and cemented the Pokémon franchise firmly as a Nintendo mainstay alongside {{smw|Mario (series)|Super Mario}} and {{zw|The Legend of Zelda (Series)|The Legend of Zelda}}.

Two battle arena games were released in this generation: the mostly-incomplete [[Pokémon Stadium (Japanese)]], which went unreleased outside of Japan and only allowed use of 42 Pokémon, and the improved {{eng|Pokémon Stadium}}, which featured several special battle modes and a [[Gym Leader Castle]] where players could take their fully-trained teams for matches against the Kanto [[Gym Leader]]s, [[Elite Four]], and [[Champion]].

The storyline of the [[Kanto]] region is contemporaneous with the [[Hoenn]] story of [[Generation III]], as revealed by details in both the Hoenn-based games as well as the {{game|FireRed and LeafGreen|s|later remakes}} of Generation I. The storylines of the [[Generation II]] and [[Generation IV]] games occur three years after this generation, with details about this link explicitly noted throughout the [[Johto]]-based games.

==Gameplay==
Generation I introduced the key Pokémon gameplay elements which have remained to this day, as well as a system of game releases now considered by fans to be the "standard formula". While many of the features enjoyed in the more recent generations are later additions to the series, the following have their origins in Generation I:

*The {{player}} has a party of up to six {{OBP|Pokémon|species}} with them, which can be used in {{pkmn|battle}} against opponent [[Pokémon Trainer]]s or [[wild Pokémon]].
*A [[PC]]-based [[Pokémon storage system]], made up of 12 boxes of 20 Pokémon each and developed by [[Bill]], a Pokémaniac, is available to store reserve Pokémon not in the party (up to 240 total).
*{{cat|Generation I Pokémon|151 species of Pokémon}}, with many related to each other by way of [[evolution]].
*A complex {{pkmn|battle}} system, including:
**Five stats, HP, Attack, Defense, Speed, and Special, which each Pokémon has. Different Pokémon have different stats, even among the same species.
**15 different [[elemental type]]s, which each Pokémon species has inherent to itself.
**165 unique [[move]]s, restricted to four per Pokémon, each with its own elemental type, [[accuracy]], and base [[power]].
*The [[Pokémon League]] challenge, consisting of [[Kanto]]'s eight [[Pokémon Gym]]s, scattered across the region with each specializing in a different type, and the [[Elite Four]] and [[Pokémon Champion]], awaiting challengers at the [[Indigo Plateau]].
*A [[link cable|linked]] [[trade]] and battle system between two [[Game Boy]] systems, allowing players to exchange Pokémon they caught for a Pokémon owned by another person or to battle against each other to test their skills.

==Regions==
===Kanto===
[[File:Kanto-map.jpg|thumb|right|Kanto]]
{{main|Kanto}}
Generation I introduced the first [[region]] to the Pokémon series, which, though unnamed in the original English games, is named in Japanese as Kanto, after the {{wp|Kanto|region of Japan it is based on}}. The name has since passed into English, first being used in [[Super Smash Bros.]], and subsequently being noted in all games since.

====Starter Pokémon====
At the outset of the player's journey, he will have no Pokémon on hand, and venturing outside of [[Pallet Town]] is impossible, as [[Professor Oak]] will stop him and bring him back to his lab, where three Pokémon await both the player and his rival.

The starters of the Kanto region began the three-type trio that is still followed in Generation V of {{t|Grass}}, {{t|Fire}}, {{t|Water}}, with the player's choice being of {{p|Bulbasaur}}, {{p|Charmander}}, or {{p|Squirtle}}. Much as in later generations as well, the [[rival]] will choose whichever of the three has the type that is super effective against that of the player.

The choice of a starter can make the beginning few {{pkmn|Gym}}s change in difficulty, but does not affect much in the long run aside from the rival's party. Bulbasaur is known by many to be the easiest to start with, as its Grass-type weakens the first two Gyms and resists the attacks of the third. Squirtle is known as the second easiest, as Water-types also weaken the first Gym, however, it can prove difficult mid-game if the player has not caught a Pokémon that can resist the later Gyms. Charmander is widely regarded as the hardest of the trio, as Fire-type moves do little damage against the first Gym's Pokémon, and there are few opportunities for capture of a Pokémon that can counterbalance its weaknesses against the first several Gyms.

In {{game|Yellow}}, instead of the normal trio found in Red, Green, and Blue, players can only start with the {{type2|Electric}} Pikachu, which likewise has difficulty with the first Gym. The rival will take Oak's Eevee and evolve it into one of its three [[Evolutionary stone|stone]]-based evolutions depending on the results of the player's battles against him.

====Gym Leaders====
The eight Kanto [[Gym Leader]]s each specialize in a different type of Pokémon. Each gives out a [[badge]] and a [[TM]] on their defeat.

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|- align="center"
! style="background: #6A12AB;" colspan="4" | {{color2|CCBBFF|Indigo League}}
|-
! style="background: #CCBBFF; -moz-border-radius-topleft: 5px;" | {{color|6A12AB|Gym Leader Japanese}}
! style="background: #CCBBFF;" | {{color|6A12AB|Location Japanese}}
! style="background: #CCBBFF;" | {{color2|6A12AB|Elemental type|Type}}
! style="background: #CCBBFF; -moz-border-radius-topright: 5px;" | {{color2|6A12AB|Badge}}
{{gldr|type=Rock|pic=Y Brock.png|ldr=Brock|djap=タケシ|drm=Takeshi|loc=Pewter City|cjap=ニビシティ|crm=Nibi City|bdge=Boulder}}
{{gldr|type=Water|pic=Y Misty.png|ldr=Misty|djap=カスミ|drm=Kasumi|loc=Cerulean City|cjap=ハナダシティ|crm=Hanada City|bdg=Cascade}}
{{gldr|type=Electric|pic=Y Surge.png|ldr=Lt. Surge|djap=マチス|drm=Matis|loc=Vermilion City|cjap=クチバシティ|crm=Kuchiba City|bdg=Thunder}}
{{gldr|type=Grass|pic=Y Erika.png|ldr=Erika|djap=エリカ|drm=Erika|loc=Celadon City|cjap=タマムシシティ|crm=Tamamushi City|bdg=Rainbow}}
{{gldr|type=Poison|pic=LeaderKoga Y.png|ldr=Koga|djap=キョウ|drm=Kyō|loc=Fuchsia City|cjap=セキチクシティ|crm=Sekichiku City|bdg=Soul}}
{{gldr|type=Psychic|pic=Y Sabrina.png|ldr=Sabrina|djap=ナツメ|drm=Natsume|loc=Saffron City|cjap=ヤマブキシティ|crm=Yamabuki City|bdg=Marsh}}
{{gldr|type=Fire|pic=Y Blaine.png|ldr=Blaine|djap=カツラ|drm=Katsura|loc=Cinnabar Island|cjap=グレンじま|crm=Guren Island|bdg=Volcano}}
{{gldrb|type=Ground|pic=Y Giovanni.png|ldr=Giovanni|djap=サカキ|drm=Sakaki|loc=Viridian City|cjap=トキワシティ|crm=Tokiwa City|bdg=Earth}}
|}
{{-}}

==Discussion of Generation I==
When the games were first released, despite their inferior graphics and sound compared to other games of the time, they were revolutionary, firmly rooting the Pokémon series as one of [[Nintendo]]'s mainstays alongside Mario and The Legend of Zelda.

Throughout the five generations so far, Pokémon has continued to build on the successes of Generation I's system, while addressing the drawbacks and errors made in the development of the games. Many of the Pokémon world's standards were set in the first generation, including the first five [[HM]]s, all of which, with the exception of {{m|Flash}}, remain tools required for the game's completion in [[Generation IV]].

Not only were gameplay aspects of the world set in Generation I, but also the storyline aspects. Each region since Kanto has had a local [[Pokémon Professor]] named after a tree who gives the player a [[starter Pokémon]] (However, in Generation 5 you get your starter from your parents), an [[villainous teams|evil team]] whose goal is to rule the world, and many other things that are now integral to being a [[version|main series]] game.

The games proved popular enough that, eight years after their original release, they received [[remake]]s in the form of {{game|FireRed and LeafGreen|s}}, as the original versions are incompatible with [[Generation III]] and onward.

===Kanto thematic motif===
The first generation of Pokémon games were more directed towards genetics and engineering. The three starters, {{p|Bulbasaur}} (dinosaur-plant hybrid), {{p|Charmander}} (salamander), and {{p|Squirtle}} (turtle), are all reptilian in nature, and take some elements from the dinosaurs. Dinosaurs are reptiles, and were one of the most successful groups of animals to exist. Bulbasaur, the most similar to dinosaurs of the three, is the first listed in the Pokédex. Other Pokémon in the generation continue this theme. {{p|Eevee}} is capable of evolving into multiple forms due to its unstable DNA; {{p|Voltorb}} is the result of a Poké Ball experiment gone awry; {{p|Porygon}} is a virtual reality Pokémon. These games also introduce three fossils, the most introduced of any generation, which can be resurrected into prehistoric Pokémon: {{p|Aerodactyl}}, {{p|Kabuto}} and {{p|Omanyte}}. Finally, out of the five legendaries that appeared, the most powerful was man-made through genetic engineering: {{p|Mewtwo}}. It remains the only legendary Pokémon created through artificial means. The uncatchable legendary, {{p|Mew}}, also has the DNA of every Pokémon in existence.

[[Bill]] himself invented the sophisticated PC used in most regions, and accidentally turned himself into a Pokémon. {{p|Ditto}} could also mimic the abilities and structure of any Pokémon it encountered, making it capable of breeding with most Pokémon from Generation II and onwards. The [[Master Ball]] is the most powerful Poké Ball in the franchise, and was first engineered by Kanto scientists as well. With this generation the very foundation of the Pokémon franchise, most successors have only expanded upon Kanto's basics such as trading, leveling-up and stone evolution.

==Trivia==
*Excluding FireRed and LeafGreen, as they are remakes, Generation I is the only generation so far whose [[Version mascot|mascots]] are non-[[legendary Pokémon]].
*As far as release dates go, Generation I is the shortest generation in North America, partly due to the fact that Red and Blue were not released until 1998, while in Japan, they were released in 1996, and their successors, Gold and Silver, were released closer together, in 1999 in Japan and 2000 in North America. As the rest of the world's releases are more similar to the North American releases than the Japanese releases, it is also the shortest generation worldwide.
*Generation I has the most amount of [[glitch Pokémon]] which are known to be obtainable without the use of an external device.
*Generation I has the most extra space in the Pokémon storage system if the player captures one of each Pokémon, with 240 spots available for 151 Pokémon, leaving 89 extra spots.
*Generation I is the only generation not to feature the paired versions' mascots on the title screen, but instead includes the first evolution stage of two starter Pokémon.
*Generation I is the only generation without a playable female character.
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Machamp (Pokémon)

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{{PokémonPrevNext | prev=Machoke | next=Bellsprout|type=fighting|| prevnum=067| nextnum=069}}
{{PokémonInfobox|
name=Machamp |
jname=カイリキー |
tmname=Kairiky |
art=FRLG |
size=170px |
pron=<sc>mah-''champ''</sc> <ref>Barbo, Maria. ''The Official Pokémon Handbook''. Scholastic Publishing, 1999. ISBN 0-439-10397-5</ref> |
ndex=068 |
oldjdex=142 |
jdex=144 |
hdex=075 |
fbrow=082 |
sdex=042 |
abrow=163 |
typen=1 |
type1=Fighting |
type2= |
species=Superpower |
height-ftin=5'03" |
height-m=1.6 |
weight-lbs=286.6 |
weight-kg=130.0 |
abilityn=2 |
ability1=Guts |
ability2=No Guard |
abilityd=Steadfast|
egggroupn=1 |
egggroup1=Humanshape |
egggroup2= |
eggcycles=20 |
evat=3 |
expyield=193 |
lv100exp=1,059,860 |
gendercode=63|
color=Gray |
catchrate=45 |
body=12 |
pokefordex=machamp |
generation=1 |
footnotes=}}
'''Machamp''' ([[List of Japanese Pokémon names|Japanese]]: '''カイリキー''' ''Kairiky'') is a {{type2|Fighting}} Pokémon.

It [[Evolution|evolves]] from {{p|Machoke}} when [[trade]]d. It is {{p|Machop}}'s final form.

==Biology==
===Physiology===
Machamp is a bipedal Pokémon and is notable for being extremely muscled and having four arms. Its skin color is bluish-gray and it has red colored eyes. On its head, there are three ridges right above its eyes, which are also right above its frog-like mouth. It has two arms on each side of its body, a pair located where its arms were in its pre-evolved form, and another pair directly above that attaches on the top of the shoulder. It wears a leg-less black girdle along with the power-save belt that it wore as a Machoke. Its legs are also quite muscled and its feet only have two toes.

====Gender differences====
None.

====Special abilities====
It punches extremely fast and is known to have mastered every form of martial arts. The maximum amount of punches they can throw in a few seconds is approximately one thousand. Its {{m|Seismic Toss|attacks}} send foes flying over the horizon. With only one hand, it can {{m|Strength|move a mountain}}. It can hit from a multitude of angles, due to its four arms. However, it has bad dexterity, and cannot handle delicate work without its arms getting tangled.

===Behavior===
Trying to do any work requiring care and dexterity causes Machamp's arms to get tangled. Machamp tends to leap into action before it thinks.

===Habitat===
[[File:Mountain.gif|right|frame|{{DL|List of Pokémon by habitat|Mountain Pokémon}}]]
Machamp live in mountains, in forbidding areas where they can hone their skills. It shares its range with {{p|Machop}} and {{p|Machoke}}.

===Diet===
{{main|Pokémon food}}

==In the anime==
[[File:Giovanni Machamp.png|200px|right|thumb|Machamp in the anime]]
===Major appearances===
[[Giovanni]], the leader of [[Team Rocket]] and the former [[Gym Leader]] of [[Viridian City]], has a Machamp. He loaned it to [[Jessie]], [[James]] and {{MTR}} after he put them in charge of the [[Viridian Gym]] in ''[[EP063|The Battle of the Badge]]''.

A Machamp is used in the Sumo contest in ''[[EP194|The Ring Masters]]''. It loses to [[Ash's Snorlax]] in the semifinals.

===Minor appearances===
A Machamp was used by [[Raymond]] to battle [[Ash's Squirtle]] during the opening of ''[[M01|Mewtwo Strikes Back]]''.

[[Morrison]] battled against a Machamp belonging to a very muscular Trainer named [[Gavin]] during the Hoenn League in ''[[AG127|From Brags to Riches]]''. Morrison's {{p|Gligar}} managed to defeat Gavin's Machamp.

A Machamp belonging to {{FB|Factory Head|Noland}} made a cameo appearance in ''[[AG135|Numero Uno Articuno]]''.

In ''[[AG140|Sitting Psyduck]]'', {{ka|Emily}} used Machamp and its two pre-evolved forms to chase after her runaway {{p|Psyduck}}.

Several Machamp and Machoke appear as construction workers in ''[[DP057|Bibarel Gnaws Best!]]''.

A Machamp was used by one of the participants of [[Pokémon Ping Pong Tournament]] in ''[[DP124|To Thine Own Pokémon Be True!]]''.

A Machamp belongs to an unnamed trainer appeared in [[DP183]], it is defeated by [[Takuto]]'s {{p|Darkrai}}.

==In the manga==
===In the Pokémon Adventures manga===
{{main|Blue's Machamp}}
{{adv|Blue}} has a {{TP|Blue|Machamp}} that evolved when it was under {{adv|Red}}'s ownership, reflecting Machoke's evolution being triggered by [[trade]]. It was later seen in {{PAV|3}}, fighting Red's {{p|Snorlax}} at [[Indigo Plateau]], blocking its attacks and even managing to lift its huge bulk, then proceeding to hurl it straight into the arena floor and then nearly knocking it out of bounds. Ultimately, Machamp was beaten after Snorlax came back with an aerial {{m|Double-Edge}}, its health level reduced to a third. Blue states he doesn't even need to look at his [[Pokédex]] to see its health level (as included was also a {{m|Toxic}} attack, and calls it back to his ball.

Two years later, [[Bruno]] has a Machamp that, unlike all other Machoke who evolve from trade in this manga, kept on its power-absorbing belt to be used later, and with this power it defeats Red's [[Poli]] before [[Vui]] defeats it as a {{p|Jolteon}} using {{m|Pin Missile}}. It briefly returns in the {{chap|HeartGold & SoulSilver}} to participate in a Pokéathlon match against {{adv|Gold}}.

Machamp was also one of the Pokémon used by [[Chuck]] against Blue's {{p|Rhydon}} in {{PAV|13}}.

Blue later brings Machamp to the [[Sevii Islands]] in {{PAV|23}}, in which Machamp makes extremely short work of Red's Snorlax during the training session on [[Boon Island|Two Island]] with a combination of {{m|Seismic Toss}} and {{m|Low Kick}}, the latter targeting Snorlax's extremely heavy weight, as Blue always deemed the attack perfect for the megaton beast.

===In the Pokémon Battle Frontier manga===
[[Enta]] battles a Machamp in ''[[CBF2|Aim for the Top!]]'' in order to reach the top of the [[Battle Pyramid]].

===In the Pokémon Diamond and Pearl Adventure! manga===
In ''[[DPAS5|Return to Hareta's Home Forest!]]'', the reporter that [[Hareta]] encounters uses a Machamp in battle.

===In the Pokémon Get da ze! manga===
In ''[[GDZ06|Challenge at Tamamushi University!]]'', [[Shū]] battles a Machamp at Celadon University's campus hospital to prevent it from destroying the entire building.

===In the Pokémon Pocket Monsters manga===
[[Isamu Akai]] owns a Machamp in the [[Pokémon Pocket Monsters]] manga.

===In the Pokémon Zensho manga===
[[Giovanni]] uses a Machamp against {{OBP|Satoshi|Zensho}} in ''[[PZ05|Tamamushi City]]''.

==In the TCG==
{{main|Machamp (TCG)}}

==Game data==
===Pokédex entries===
{{dex
|gen=1
|type=fighting
|redbluedex=Using its heavy muscles, it throws powerful punches that can send the victim clear over the horizon.
|yellowdex=One arm alone can move mountains. Using all four arms, this Pokémon fires off awesome punches.
|stadiumdex=Among its fighting moves is a simultaneous volley of an uppercut, hook, straight and {{m|Karate Chop|karate chop}} from its four arms.
|golddex=It quickly swings its four arms to rock its opponents with ceaseless punches and chops from all angles.
|silverdex=It uses its four powerful arms to pin the limbs of its foe, then {{m|Seismic Toss|throws the victim over the horizon}}.
|crystaldex=With four arms that react more quickly than it can think, it can execute many punches at once.
|stadium2dex=It quickly swings its four arms to rock its opponents with ceaseless punches and chops from all angles.
|rubydex=Machamp has the power to hurl anything aside. However, trying to do any work requiring care and dexterity causes its arms to get tangled. This Pokémon tends to leap into action before it thinks.
|sapphiredex=Machamp is known as the Pokémon that has mastered every kind of martial arts. If it grabs hold of the foe with its four arms, the battle is all but over. The hapless foe is thrown far over the horizon.
|emeralddex=It is impossible to defend against punches and chops doled out by its four arms. Its fighting spirit flares up when it faces a tough opponent.
|firereddex=Its four ruggedly developed arms can launch a flurry of 1,000 punches in just two seconds.
|leafgreendex=Using its heavy muscles, it throws powerful punches that can send the victim clear over the horizon.
|diamonddex=It punches with its four arms at blinding speed. It can launch 1,000 punches in two seconds..
|pearldex=It can knock a train flying with a punch. However, it is terrible at delicate work using its fingers.
|platinumdex=Its four muscled arms slam foes with powerful punches and chops at blinding speed.
|heartgolddex=It quickly swings its four arms to rock its opponents with ceaseless punches and chops from all angles.
|soulsilverdex=It uses its four powerful arms to pin the limbs of its foe, then throws the victim over the horizon.
|bwdex={{tt|４ほんの　ちからづよい　うでは　めにも　とまらぬ　はやさで　パンチや　チョップを　たたきこむ。|Its four muscled arms slam foes with powerful punches and chops at blinding speed.}}
}}

===Game locations===
{{Availability|
type=fighting |
gen=1 |
rbarea=[[Evolution|Evolve]] {{p|Machoke}} |
yrarity=One |
yarea=Trade {{p|Cubone}} on {{rt|5|Kanto}} for {{p|Machoke}}; evolves immediately |
gsarea=[[Evolution|Evolve]] {{p|Machoke}} |
carea=[[Evolution|Evolve]] {{p|Machoke}} |
rsarea=[[Evolution|Evolve]] {{p|Machoke}} |
earea=[[Evolution|Evolve]] {{p|Machoke}} |
frlgarea=[[Evolution|Evolve]] {{p|Machoke}} |
dparea=[[Evolution|Evolve]] {{p|Machoke}} |
ptarea=[[Evolution|Evolve]] {{p|Machoke}} |
hgssarea=[[Evolution|Evolve]] {{p|Machoke}} |
palarea=Mountain |
}}

====In side games====
{{SidegameAvail
|type=fighting
|pinball=[[Evolution|Evolve]] {{p|Machoke}}
|pinballrs=[[Evolution|Evolve]] {{p|Machoke}}
|trozei={{PM|5|Phobos Walker}} Trozei Battle [[Mr. Who's Den]]
|md=[[Evolution|Evolve]] {{p|Machoke}}
|ranger=[[Krokka Tunnel]]
|md2=[[Aegis Cave]]
|ranger2=[[Oil Field Hideout]]
|scramble=[[Rocky Cave]]
}}

===Stats===
====Base stats====
{{BaseStats with RBY|
HP= 90 |
Attack=130 |
Defense=80 |
SpAtk= 65 |
SpDef= 85 |
Special=65 |
Speed= 55 |
type=Fighting }}

====Pokéathlon stats====
{{Pokéthlon
|type=Fighting
|Speed=1
|SpeedMax=2
|Power=5
|PowerMax=5
|Technique=4
|TechniqueMax=4
|Stamina=3
|StaminaMax=3
|Jump=2
|JumpMax=2
}}

===Type effectiveness===
{{Type effectiveness|
type1=fighting|
Normal= 100 |
Fighting=100 |
Flying= 200 |
Poison= 100 |
Ground= 100 |
Rock= 50 |
Bug= 50 |
Ghost= 100 |
Steel= 100 |

Fire= 100 |
Water= 100 |
Grass= 100 |
Electric=100 |
Psychic= 200 |
Ice= 100 |
Dragon= 100 |
Dark= 50 }}

===Learnset===
====By [[Level|leveling up]]====
{{learnlist/levelh|Machamp|Fighting|Fighting|5|1}}
{{learnlist/level5|Start|Wide Guard|Rock|Status|—|—|10||}}
{{learnlist/level5|Start|Low Kick|Fighting|Physical|—|100|20||'''}}
{{learnlist/level5|Start|Leer|Normal|Status|—|100|30||}}
{{learnlist/level5|Start|Focus Energy|Normal|Status|—|—|30||}}
{{learnlist/level5|Start|Karate Chop|Fighting|Physical|50|100|25||'''}}
{{learnlist/level5|7|Focus Energy|Normal|Status|—|—|30||}}
{{learnlist/level5|10|Karate Chop|Fighting|Physical|50|100|25||'''}}
{{learnlist/level5|13|Ankle Sweep|Fighting|Physical|60|100|20||'''}}
{{learnlist/level5|19|Foresight|Normal|Status|—|—|40||}}
{{learnlist/level5|22|Seismic Toss|Fighting|Physical|—|100|20||}}
{{learnlist/level5|25|Revenge|Fighting|Physical|60|100|10||'''}}
{{learnlist/level5|32|Vital Throw|Fighting|Physical|70|—|10||'''}}
{{learnlist/level5|36|Submission|Fighting|Physical|80|80|25||'''}}
{{learnlist/level5|40|Wake-Up Slap|Fighting|Physical|60|100|10||'''}}
{{learnlist/level5|44|Cross Chop|Fighting|Physical|100|80|5||'''}}
{{learnlist/level5|51|Scary Face|Normal|Status|—|100|10||}}
{{learnlist/level5|55|DynamicPunch|Fighting|Physical|100|50|5||'''}}
{{learnlist/levelf|Machamp|Fighting|Fighting|5|1}}

====By [[TM]]/[[HM]]====
{{learnlist/tmh|Machamp|Fighting|Fighting|5|1}}
{{learnlist/tm5|TM06|Toxic|Poison|Status|—|90|10||}}
{{learnlist/tm5|TM08|Bulk Up|Fighting|Status|—|—|20||}}
{{learnlist/tm5|TM10|Hidden Power|Normal|Special|—|100|15||}}
{{learnlist/tm5|TM11|Sunny Day|Fire|Status|—|—|5||}}
{{learnlist/tm5|TM15|Hyper Beam|Normal|Special|150|90|5||}}
{{learnlist/tm5|TM16|Light Screen|Psychic|Status|—|—|30||}}
{{learnlist/tm5|TM17|Protect|Normal|Status|—|—|10||}}
{{learnlist/tm5|TM18|Rain Dance|Water|Status|—|—|5||}}
{{learnlist/tm5|TM21|Frustration|Normal|Physical|—|100|20||}}
{{learnlist/tm5|TM23|Knock Down|Rock|Physical|50|100|15||}}
{{learnlist/tm5|TM26|Earthquake|Ground|Physical|100|100|10||}}
{{learnlist/tm5|TM27|Return|Normal|Physical|—|100|20||}}
{{learnlist/tm5|TM28|Dig|Ground|Physical|80|100|10||}}
{{learnlist/tm5|TM31|Brick Break|Fighting|Physical|75|100|15||'''}}
{{learnlist/tm5|TM32|Double Team|Normal|Status|—|—|15||}}
{{learnlist/tm5|TM35|Flamethrower|Fire|Special|95|100|15||}}
{{learnlist/tm5|TM38|Fire Blast|Fire|Special|120|85|5||}}
{{learnlist/tm5|TM39|Rock Tomb|Rock|Physical|50|80|10||}}
{{learnlist/tm5|TM42|Facade|Normal|Physical|70|100|20||}}
{{learnlist/tm5|TM44|Rest|Psychic|Status|—|—|10||}}
{{learnlist/tm5|TM45|Attract|Normal|Status|—|100|15||}}
{{learnlist/tm5|TM46|Thief|Dark|Physical|40|100|10||}}
{{learnlist/tm5|TM47|Ankle Sweep|Fighting|Physical|60|100|20||'''}}
{{learnlist/tm5|TM48|Canon|Normal|Special|60|100|15||}}
{{learnlist/tm5|TM52|Focus Blast|Fighting|Special|120|70|5||'''}}
{{learnlist/tm5|TM56|Fling|Dark|Physical|—|100|10||}}
{{learnlist/tm5|TM59|Devastate|Fire|Special|30|100|15||}}
{{learnlist/tm5|TM66|Payback|Dark|Physical|50|100|10||}}
{{learnlist/tm5|TM67|Retaliation|Normal|Physical|70|100|5||}}
{{learnlist/tm5|TM68|Giga Impact|Normal|Physical|150|90|5||}}
{{learnlist/tm5|TM71|Stone Edge|Rock|Physical|100|80|5||}}
{{learnlist/tm5|TM78|Smooth Over|Ground|Physical|60|100|20||}}
{{learnlist/tm5|TM80|Rock Slide|Rock|Physical|75|90|10||}}
{{learnlist/tm5|TM83|Cheer Up|Normal|Status|—|—|30||}}
{{learnlist/tm5|TM84|Poison Jab|Poison|Physical|80|100|20||}}
{{learnlist/tm5|TM87|Swagger|Normal|Status|—|90|15||}}
{{learnlist/tm5|TM90|Substitute|Normal|Status|—|—|10||}}
{{learnlist/tm5|TM94|Rock Smash|Fighting|Physical|40|100|15||'''}}
{{learnlist/tm5|HM04|Strength|Normal|Physical|80|100|15||}}
{{learnlist/tmf|Machamp|Fighting|Fighting|5|1}}

====By {{pkmn|breeding}}====
{{eggmoves|fighting|fighting|4|1|Machamp}}
{{mlentry4|{{p|Hitmonchan}}|Bullet Punch|Steel|Physical|40|100|30|Smart|2}}
{{mlentry4|{{p|Hitmonlee}} {{p|Hitmonchan}} {{p|Hitmontop}} {{p|Lucario}} {{p|Makuhita}}, {{p|Hariyama}} {{p|Monferno}}, {{p|Infernape}}|Close Combat|Fighting|Physical|120|100|5|Smart|2||'''}}
{{mlentry4|{{p|Hitmonchan}} {{p|Hitmontop}} {{p|Lucario}}|Counter|Fighting|Physical|—|100|20|Tough|2}}
{{mlentry4|{{p|Mr. Mime}}|Encore|Normal|Status|—|100|5|Cute|1}}
{{mlentry4|{{p|Medicham}} {{p|Hitmonchan}} {{p|Electivire}} {{p|Magmar}}, {{p|Magmortar}}|Fire Punch|Fire|Physical|75|100|15|Beauty|2}}
{{mlentry4|{{p|Medicham}} {{p|Hitmonchan}}|Ice Punch|Ice|Physical|75|100|15|Beauty|2}}
{{mlentry4|{{p|Mr. Mime}} {{p|Electabuzz}}, {{p|Electivire}}|Light Screen|Psychic|Status|—|—|30|Beauty|2}}
{{mlentry4|{{p|Drowzee}}, {{p|Hypno}} {{p|Hitmonlee}} {{p|Mr. Mime}} {{p|Meditite}}, {{p|Medicham}}|Meditate|Psychic|Status|—|—|40|Beauty|0}}
{{mlentry4|{{p|Meditite}}, {{p|Medicham}}|Power Trick|Psychic|Status|—|—|10|Cool|0|||HGSS}}
{{mlentry4|{{p|Spinda}}|Rock Slide|Rock|Physical|75|90|10|Tough|3|*}}
{{mlentry4|{{p|Hitmonlee}} {{p|Hitmontop}}|Rolling Kick|Fighting|Physical|60|85|15|Cool|3||'''}}
{{mlentry4|{{p|Makuhita}}, {{p|Hariyama}}|SmellingSalt|Normal|Status|60|100|10|Smart|0}}
{{mlentry4|{{p|Medicham}} {{p|Hitmonchan}} {{p|Electabuzz}}, {{p|Electivire}} {{p|Magmortar}}|ThunderPunch|Electric|Physical|75|100|15|Cool|2}}
{{eggmoves/note|3|fighting}}

====By [[Move tutor|tutoring]]====
{{tutor|Fighting|Fighting|4|1|Machamp}}
{{mtentry4|Fire Punch|Fire|Physical|75|100|15|Beauty|2|||no|yes|yes}}
{{mtentry4|Headbutt|Normal|Physical|70|100|15|Tough|3|||no|no|yes}}
{{mtentry4|Helping Hand|Normal|Status|—|—|20|Smart|1|||no|yes|yes}}
{{mtentry4|Ice Punch|Ice|Physical|75|100|15|Beauty|2|||no|yes|yes}}
{{mtentry4|Knock Off|Dark|Physical|20|100|20|Smart|3|||no|yes|yes}}
{{mtentry4|Low Kick|Fighting|Physical|—|100|20|Tough|3||'''|no|no|yes}}
{{mtentry4|Magic Coat|Psychic|Status|—|—|15|Beauty|2|||no|no|yes}}
{{mtentry4|Mud-Slap|Ground|Special|20|100|10|Cute|3|||no|yes|yes}}
{{mtentry4|Snore|Normal|Special|40|100|15|Cute|3|||no|yes|yes}}
{{mtentry4|Superpower|Fighting|Physical|120|100|5|Tough|2||'''|no|yes|yes}}
{{mtentry4|ThunderPunch|Electric|Physical|75|100|15|Cool|2|||no|yes|yes}}
{{mtentry4|Vacuum Wave|Fighting|Special|40|100|30|Smart|2||'''|no|yes|yes}}
{{tutor/note|4|fighting}}

===Side game data===
{{Sidegame|
type=fighting |
ndex=068 |
pinball=Evolve |
pinballrs=Evolve |
Trozei=yes |
rarity=Rare |
Dungeon=yes |
body=1 |
rate=Evolve |
area=Mt. Discipline |
P1=Can you even see my flurry of punches? |
P2=Blast it... Half my health is gone already... |
P3=It's no good... I can't lift my arms anymore... |
PL=Hm! Leveled! My punching speed went up! |
Partner=no |
Ranger=yes |
group=Fighting |
assist=Fighting |
fieldpower=3 |
field=Crush |
loop=10 |
MinEXP=110 |
MaxEXP=140 |
browser=Machamp can pulverize even huge Boulders using the power of its incredible body. |
Dungeon2=yes |
body2=1 |
rate2=-10 |
iq=D |
Ranger2=yes |
group2=Fighting |
assist2=Fighting |
field2=Crush |
field2power=3 |
browser2=It attacks with devastating punches and shock waves. |
}}

===Evolution===
{{evobox
|family=Normal
|sprite1=066
|name1=Machop
|type1-1=Fighting
|evotype1=Level
|level1=28
|sprite2=067
|name2=Machoke
|type1-2=Fighting
|evotype2=Trade
|sprite3=068
|name3=Machamp
|type1-3=Fighting}}

===Sprites===
{{Sprite|
type=fighting|
gen=1|
gender=none|
ndex=068|
name=Machamp|
}}

==Trivia==
* Machamp's original English name was "Ju-Doh."
* Machamp is one of the three Pokémon having a total of four arms. The others are {{p|Graveler}} and {{p|Ledian}}.
* In {{game|Yellow}}, a NPC will trade a {{p|Machoke}} for {{p|Cubone}}, which will then evolve to Machamp. This is one of four times an [[List of in-game trades|NPC trade]] will result in an evolution in a game released outside of Japan.
**If the player uses breeding in a [[Generation II]] game to acquire a Level 5 Cubone and trades it to Yellow, the player can then trade it to the NPC and acquire a legal level 5 Machamp.
* Despite being the ''Superpower'' Pokémon, Machamp could not learn {{m|Superpower|the move itself}} until {{game|Platinum}}. It should also be noted that Superpower is not the same name of the attack in the Japanese releases.
** It has, however, always been able to learn the move {{m|Strength}}, which shares its Japanese name with Machamp's species name.
*Machamp could be seen as a counterpart to {{p|Alakazam}}. They are both the last stage of a three-part evolutionary family, both were introduced in [[Generation I]], they reach their final stage by [[trading]], and they both have a 75% male gender ratio. Also, Alakazam excels at the {{stat|Special Attack}} stat, while Machamp excels at {{stat|Attack}}.
**It also can be seen as a counterpart to {{p|Roobushin}}. Both of them are Fighting-type Pokémon, have same gender ratio, three-evolutionary stage, and reach their respective final-evolutionary form through trading.
* Its Yellow sprite's coloration was its [[Shiny Pokémon|shiny]] coloration starting in [[Generation II]].
* From Generation II onwards, Machamp cannot learn {{m|Light Screen}} via TM, though it can be learned as an egg move.

===Origin===
Machamp appears to be based on a {{wp|bodybuilder}} or wrestler. Seeing as it has more than two arms and blue skin, Machamp might also be based on a Hindu god, perhaps {{wp|Shiva}} or {{wp|Vishnu}}.
====Name origin====
Machamp's name may be a combination of ''champion'' and ''macho'', which is {{wp|Spanish (language)|Spanish}} for overly masculine or chauvinist. ''Macho'' has come to mean tough or masculine in English. Unlike {{p|Mr. Mime}}, this is reflected in the gender distribution, as 75% of all Machamp are male. ''Kairiky'' is a corruption of 怪力 ''kairiki'', superhuman strength. It is worth noting that ''kairiki'' is the Japanese name of {{m|Strength}}.

==In other languages==
*[[List of German Pokémon names|German]]: Machomei
*[[List of French Pokémon names|French]]: Mackogneur - ''Macho'' has a similar meaning as in English, ''cogneur'' (slugger). The ''ch'' was likely replaced by the ''ck'' to keep the sound of ''cogneur'' intact.
*[[List of Korean Pokémon names|Korean]]: 괴력몬 ''Gwiryeokmon''
*[[List of Chinese Pokémon names|Chinese (Taiwan and Hong Kong)]]: 怪力 ''Guài Lì'' - Literally "Strange strength".

==Notes==
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Ash Ketchum

2010-10-04T17:14:03Z

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:''Ash redirects here. For the item attached to Ho-Oh, see [[Sacred Ash]]. For the ash found at the foot of Mt. Chimney, see [[volcanic ash]].''
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{{CharInfobox|
color={{electric color}} |
corecolor={{electric color light}} |
bordercolor={{red color}} |
name=Ash Ketchum|
jname=サトシ |
tmname=Satoshi |
slogan=no |
image=Ash BW.png |
size=200px |
caption=Art from the {{series|Best Wishes}} |
age=yes |
years=10 (as of [[BW001]]) |
colors=yes|
eyes=Brown |
hair=Black |
gender=Male |
hometown=[[Pallet Town]] |
region=[[Kanto]] |
relatives={{Delia}}, Unknown father ([[EP002]]), Unknown grandfather ([[EP002]]) (Japanese only) ({{pkmn|anime}}) [[Mom]] ([[Electric Tale of Pikachu|manga]])
|trainer=yes |
trainerclass={{pkmn|Trainer}} |
game=counterpart|
counterpart={{ga|Red}}|
leader=no |
team=no |
brain=no |
anime=yes |
epnum=EP001 |
epname=Pokémon - I Choose You! |
enva=[[Veronica Taylor]] ([[4Kids Entertainment|4Kids]]) [[Sarah Natochenny]] ([[The Pokémon Company International|TPCI]]) |
java=[[Rica Matsumoto]] |
}}

'''Ash Ketchum''' (Japanese: '''サトシ''' ''Satoshi'') is the main character of both the [[Pokémon anime]] and the ''[[Electric Tale of Pikachu]]'' manga, and is believed to be based on the {{ga|Red|protagonist}} of the [[Generation I| first generation]] Pokémon games. He shares his Japanese name -- which can be taken to mean "wisdom" or "reason" (智) -- with the creator of the [[Pokémon]] franchise, [[Satoshi Tajiri]]. His English surname is a pun of the original English motto, "[[Gotta Catch 'em All!]]."

{{spoilers}}

==In the anime==
===Character===
[[File:Anime Ash.png|200px|thumb|Ash Ketchum in the [[original series]]]]
Ash's main goal in life, as described in [[EP001|the first episode]], is to be the world's greatest [[Pokémon master|Pokémon Master]]. Ash began his journey at the age of 10 as a warm-hearted and well-intentioned but stubborn, rash and amateurish [[Pokémon Trainer]]. He was forced to accept the cheeky {{AP|Pikachu}} from [[Professor Oak]] as his [[starter Pokémon]] because he carelessly broke his alarm clock and woke up late on the day he was set to get his first Pokémon. He was determined to achieve his goal, however, and when Pikachu saw that he was willing to compromise his own safety to keep it safe he formed a strong bond of friendship with Pikachu. This would set his course for the future.
[[File:Ash fleeing spearow.png|thumb|left|200px|Ash trying to keep Pikachu safe]]
However, from that point, Ash still had a lot to learn about becoming a Trainer. His [[Ash's Butterfree|first Pokémon]] was {{pkmn2|caught}} by luck, he knew absolutely nothing about [[Pokémon battle|battling]], and was hesitant to admit it whenever he was wrong. Many of his first [[Gym]] [[badge]]s were given to him merely out of gratitude for his assistance rather than claiming an actual victory in battle over the [[Gym Leader]]s; of his first five gym battles, only his victory over [[Lt. Surge]] was an actual victory. Every time he thought he was doing well, he would somehow cross paths with his childhood [[rival]], [[Gary Oak]]. He always reminded Ash that he was always a step or seven behind, with Gary catching around forty-five Pokémon by the time Ash had only caught his {{AP|seventh|Kingler}}. This hampered matters further when, owing to his inexperience, his {{AP|Charizard}}, his most powerful Pokémon, refused to listen to him until [[EP105|Ash could prove himself]] to the powerful Fire-type.

Over time, Ash's dedication to his goal paid off. After earning his first eight badges he went on to compete in the [[Indigo League]], advancing to the fifth round - one further than Gary. After recovering from his defeat, he continued on to improve his skills; take on new challenges; and compete in more [[Pokémon League]] competitions - triumphing in the [[Orange League]] and the {{Gdis|Battle Frontier|III}}.

[[File:Ash AG.png|200px|thumb|left|Ash in the {{series|Advanced Generation}}]]
Ash has changed a great deal over the course of the series, particularly in regards to his skill at [[Pokémon training]], but his earnestness, rashness, and determination have remained. Never straying from his goal, he has remained loyal to {{ashfr|his friends}}, his family, and his supporters, but most of all his Pokémon. Ash became a great Trainer by learning to find and use the inner strength of each of his Pokémon by bonding with them. For example, when he received a banner filled with prints from his Pokémon in ''[[AG187|The Unbeatable Lightness of Seeing!]]'', he knew which Pokémon placed specific prints, showing his close bond with them. He also learns where their hidden abilities lie, as well as resorting to unorthodox strategies when fighting particularly challenging opponents. For example, he uses his Pikachu's speed to outmaneuver larger foes and attack. In another instance, his {{AP|Charizard}} defeated [[Gary's Blastoise]] by causing the field to overheat before mounting a close-quarters attack while Blastoise was blinded by the steam. He also prefers to train a Pokémon to be the best it can without forcing it to [[Evolution|evolve]], as evidenced by his treatment of {{AP|Gligar|Gliscor}} in ''[[DP085|Fighting Fear With Fear!]]''. He is happy when his Pokémon evolve but lets them choose whether or not they want to evolve instead of forcing them.
[[File:AshAura.png|thumb|right|250px|Ash using Aura inside the [[Tree of Beginning]]]]
Early on, Ash originally trained not to further himself but instead to catch more Pokémon than Gary. He later slowed his pace which allowed him to focus on the individual traits of each Pokémon. At the [[Johto]] League [[Silver Conference]], with great humility and maturity, Ash finally won a battle against his old rival, signifying a great milestone in his history. His maturity has also increased in his dealings with Pokémon. This is shown when [[Ash's Primeape|a Mankey]] stole his {{AP|hat}} in ''[[EP025|Primeape Goes Bananas]]'', he screamed and yelled at it, even climbing trees just to get his hat back, but when [[Dawn's Ambipom|an Aipom]] did the same in ''[[AG179|Slaking Kong]]'', he stated merely that he would feel strange without a hat. When Aipom stole his hat again in ''[[DP009|Setting the World on its Buneary]]'', however, while it was under his ownership, he chased after it in the same manner as before.

In most episodes of the anime, especially those during the Johto League saga, Ash befriends someone who will influence him and cause him to strive to become a better Trainer. Although he is not a dependent individual, he is still young and has learned to make his way relying on his {{AP|friends}}, particularly the maternal skills of Brock. The honor of "best friend" is usually reserved for Pikachu but Ash has come to see his closest human friends in the same light over time; using the term for {{an|Misty}} and {{an|Brock}} in ''[[EP273|Gotta Catch Ya Later]]'' as well as {{an|May}} and [[Max]] in ''[[AG178|Battling the Enemy Within]]''.

He has traversed much of the [[Pokémon world]] and has thus far participated in four [[Pokémon League#Championship competitions|Pokémon League regional competitions]], but he is still learning new things about Pokémon all the time.
[[File:SatoshiDP.png|thumb|right|200px|Ash in the {{series|Diamond & Pearl}}]]
Ash has gained a close connection with many [[legendary Pokémon]], including {{an|Mewtwo}}, {{an|Ho-Oh}}, {{OBP|Lugia|movie 2}}, {{OBP|Latias|movie 5}}, [[Lake guardians (anime)#Azelf|Azelf]], {{OBP|Shaymin|movie 11}}, {{an|Giratina}} and {{an|Arceus}}. In the English dub of the [[M02|second movie]], he was revealed to be "The Chosen One" - the one who would bring balance back to the world when it was disrupted. Although viewed as a normal human, Ash does have some special abilities, as he is said to have the same [[aura]] as [[Sir Aaron]], a legendary hero, and is theoretically able to manipulate it in much the same way. However, he has not received any training in this field, opting to continue his Pokémon journey instead. He has also been likened to an ancient [[aura]] guardian in ''[[DP056|The Keystone Pops!]]'', who also had a partner {{p|Pikachu}}. Later, in ''[[DP071|Pokémon Ranger and the Kidnapped Riolu! Parts 1]]'' and ''[[DP072|2]]'', Ash uses aura again to locate a lost {{p|Riolu}} and read Riolu's mind as well.
[[File:AshWallace.png|thumb|left|200px|Ash in the [[Wallace Cup]]]]
He has a [[Contest Pass]] for the [[Sinnoh]] region, though he has stated that the contest he got it for was the only one he intends on entering. He also has one for the Hoenn region as it was required to watch one of the contests held there. Ash carries half of a broken [[Poké Ball]] with him everywhere, while Gary has the other half, as a symbol of their ongoing, but now friendly, rivalry; [[Misty's special lure]], which she sent to him as a gift; and half of a ribbon he received in a contest against May before she left the group to compete in Johto. Ash also participated in the [[Wallace Cup]] on the suggestion of [[Wallace]] but he lost in the third round.

During his battles in the [[Suzuran Conference]], he managed to advance to the Top 4, during which time he defeated his long-time Sinnoh rival [[Paul]], and fought against [[Takuto]], becoming the only Trainer to defeat his {{p|Darkrai}}. Though he lost later on in the battle, he seems to be okay with losing, as he has become closer to his Pokémon than ever before.

Ash is now currently in his venture to [[Isshu]], bringing along only his Pikachu as he did in Hoenn.

===Family===
[[File:Younger Ash DP138.png|thumb|left|220px|A young Ash]]
Ash lived with his mother, [[Delia Ketchum]], until he left for his Pokémon journey at the age of ten.

His father was never introduced. The anime suggests that his father was once a Pokémon Trainer who began his journey in Pallet Town, and that he is still living. An interview with the series' storyboarder confirmed Ash's father is a Trainer on his own journey. According to the same storyboarder, Ash's father may or may not be introduced in the series, depending on its necessity to Ash's further maturity and development as a Trainer.

Ash is an only child, breaking from the tradition of several other main characters, with the exception of {{an|Dawn}} and possibly {{Tracey}}, whose siblings are often a foil or focal point in their lives.
 

===Pokémon===
As a Trainer, Ash has captured and befriended a sizable number of Pokémon over the course of the anime. His philosophy on {{pkmn|training}} is that Pokémon are individuals and that a combination of trust, friendship and hard work are needed to overcome adversity. He seems to battle best with Pokémon that are similar to Pikachu: ones that are [[Appendix:Metagame terminology#Sweeper|speedy and maneuverable, yet able to perform high-powered attacks]]; however, he is willing to work with any Pokémon that comes into his care. Ash's battle style is generally spontaneous and fairly unorthodox, and his Pokémon often reflect these traits.

====On hand====
This section is based on the Pokémon with Ash in the most recent episode to air in Japan.
{| align="center" width="100%"
|-
| {{ActivePoké|Ash|Pikachu|‎Ash Pikachu.png|electric}} ♂
| {{ActivePoké|Ash|Mamepato|Ash Mamepato.png|normal|flying}}
| {{ActivePoké|Ash|Mijumaru|Ash Mijumaru.png|water|water}}
|
|}

====With Professor Oak====
{| align="center" width="100%"
|-
| {{InactivePoké|Ash|Bulbasaur|Ash Bulbasaur.png|grass|poison}} ♂
| {{InactivePoké|Ash|Kingler|Ash kingler.png|water|fir=Krabby}}
| {{InactivePoké|Ash|Muk|Ash Muk.png|poison|size=190px}}
| {{InactivePoké|Ash|Tauros|Ash Tauros.png|normal|disp=Tauros (x30)}} ♂
|-
| {{InactivePoké|Ash|Snorlax|Ash Snorlax.png|normal|size=190px}} ♂
| {{InactivePoké|Ash|Heracross|Ash Heracross.png|bug|fighting|size=190px}}
| {{InactivePoké|Ash|Bayleef|Ash Bayleef.png|grass|fir=Chikorita|size=190px}} ♀
| {{InactivePoké|Ash|Quilava|Ash Quilava.png|fire|fir=Cyndaquil|size=190px}}
|-
| {{InactivePoké|Ash|Totodile|Ash Totodile.png|water|size=190px}} ♂
| {{InactivePoké|Ash|Noctowl|Ash Noctowl.png|normal|flying|size=190px}}
| {{InactivePoké|Ash|Donphan|Ash Donphan.png|ground|fir=Egg|mid=Phanpy|size=190px}}
| {{InactivePoké|Ash|Swellow|Ash Swellow.png|normal|flying|fir=Taillow|size=190px}}
|-
| {{InactivePoké|Ash|Sceptile|Ash Sceptile.png|grass|fir=Treecko|mid=Grovyle|size=190px}} ♂
| {{InactivePoké|Ash|Corphish|Ash Corphish.png|water|size=190px}}
| {{InactivePoké|Ash|Torkoal|Ash Torkoal.png|fire|size=190px}}
| {{InactivePoké|Ash|Glalie|Ash Glalie.png|ice|fir=Snorunt|size=190px}} ♂
|-
| {{InactivePoké|Ash|Staraptor|Ash Staraptor.png|normal|flying|fir=Starly|mid=Staravia|size=190px}} ♂
| {{InactivePoké|Ash|Torterra|Ash Torterra.png|grass|ground|fir=Turtwig|mid=Grotle|size=190px}}
| {{InactivePoké|Ash|Infernape|Ash Infernape.png|fire|fighting|fir=Chimchar|mid=Monferno|size=190px}}
| {{InactivePoké|Ash|Buizel|Ash Buizel.png|water|size=190px}} ♂
|-
| {{InactivePoké|Ash|Gible|Ash_Gible.png|dragon|ground|size=190px}} ♂
|}

====In training====
{| align="center" width="100%"
|-
| {{InactivePoké|Ash|Primeape|Ash Primeape.png|fighting}}
| {{InactivePoké|Ash|Charizard|Ash Charizard.png|fire|flying|fir=Charmander|mid=Charmeleon}} ♂
| {{InactivePoké|Ash|Squirtle|Ash Squirtle.png|water}}
|
|}

====Released====
{| align="center" width="100%"
|-
| {{InactivePoké|Ash|Butterfree|Ash_Butterfree.png|bug|flying|fir=Caterpie|mid=Metapod}} ♂
| {{InactivePoké|Ash|Pidgeot|Ash's Pidgeot.png|normal|flying|fir=Pidgeotto}}
| {{InactivePoké|Ash|Lapras|Ash Lapras.png|water|ice}}
|
|}

====Traded away====
{| align="center" width="100%"
|-
| {{InactivePoké|Ash|Raticate|Ash Raticate.png|normal}}
| {{InactivePoké|Dawn|Ambipom|AshAipom.png|normal|disp=Aipom}} ♀
|
|
|}

====Given away====
{| align="center" width="100%"
|-
| {{InactivePoké|Casey|Beedrill|Casey Beedrill.JPG|bug|poison}}
|
|
|
|}

====Status unknown====
{| align="center" width="100%"
|-
| {{InactivePoké|Ash|Gliscor|Ash_Gliscor.png|ground|flying|fir=Gligar|size=190px}}
|
|
|
|}

====Unofficial====
{| align="center" width="100%"
|-
| {{InactivePoké|Sabrina|Haunter|EP024.png|ghost|poison}}
| {{InactivePoké|Ash|Larvitar|EP262.png|rock|ground}}
|
|
|}

====Temporary====
{| align="center" width="100%"
|-
| {{InactivePoké|Ash|Rapidash|Ash Rapidash.png|fire|fir=Ponyta|link=no}}
| {{InactivePoké|Ash|Porygon|EP038.png|normal|link=no}}
| {{InactivePoké|Ash|Weezing|PLEEI Weezing.png|poison|link=no}}
| {{InactivePoké|Ash|Meowth|PLEEI Meowth.png|normal|link=no}}
|-
| {{InactivePoké|Ash|Arbok|PLEEI Arbok.png|poison|link=no}}
| {{InactivePoké|Ash|Hoothoot|Ash Hoothoot.png|normal|flying|link=no}}
| {{InactivePoké|Ash|Seaking|Ash Seaking.jpg|water|link=no}}
| {{InactivePoké|Ash|Hitmonlee|Ash Hitmonlee.png|fighting|link=no}} ♂
|-
| {{InactivePoké|Ash|Raichu|Ash Raichu.png|electric|link=no}}
| {{InactivePoké|Ash|Spoink|Ash Spoink.png|psychic|link=no}}
| {{InactivePoké|Ash|Mantyke|Ash Mantyke.png|water|flying|link=no}}
|
|}

* '''Ponyta/Rapidash''': Borrowed from [[Lara Laramie]] after she was injured and couldn't ride Ponyta in the race in ''[[EP033|The Flame Pokémon-athon!]]''. It evolved into Rapidash when it was racing against Dario's Dodrio during the race and earned Ash the win.
* '''Porygon''': Lent to by [[Dr. Akihabara]] to help stop [[Team Rocket]] from stealing Pokémon from the Pokémon Center's PC system in ''[[EP038|Computer Soldier Porygon]]'' however, this episode was not aired outside Japan.
* '''Arbok, Weezing, and Meowth''': Used during a Pokémon League exam in ''[[EP056|The Ultimate Test]]''.
* '''Hoothoot:''' Borrowed (with [[Brock]] and [[Misty]]) from [[Hagatha]] in order to navigate the haunted forest in ''[[EP121|Illusion Confusion!]]''.
* '''Seaking:''' Caught and released during the contest in ''[[EP168|Hook, Line, and Stinker]]''.
* '''Hitmonlee:''' Borrowed from [[Master Hamm]] in ''[[AG145|Pasta La Vista!]]'' to battle May with a {{p|Hitmonchan}}.
* '''Raichu:''' Trained during ''[[DP088|Camping It Up!]]''.
* '''Spoink''' and '''Mantyke''': Used in the Pokémon triathlon in ''[[DP091|One Team, Two Team, Red Team, Blue Team!]]''.

===Badges obtained===
[[File:Asheightkanto.png|200px|thumb|right|Ash's eight [[badge]]s from [[Kanto]]]]
====Indigo League====
* {{badge|Boulder}} (''[[EP005|Showdown in Pewter City]]'')
* {{badge|Cascade}} (''[[EP007|The Water Flowers of Cerulean City]]'')
* {{badge|Thunder}} (''[[EP014|Electric Shock Showdown]]'')
* {{badge|Marsh}} (''[[EP024|Haunter versus Kadabra]]'')
* {{badge|Rainbow}} (''[[EP026|Pokémon Scent-sation!]]'')
* {{badge|Soul}} (''[[EP032|The Ninja Poké-Showdown]]'')
* {{badge|Volcano}} (''[[EP059|Volcanic Panic]]'')
* {{badge|Earth}} (''[[EP063|The Battle of the Badge]]'')

[[File:Orangebadges.PNG|thumb|200px|right|Ash's four [[Orange League]] badges]]
====Orange League====
* {{badge|Coral-Eye}} (''[[EP085|Fit to be Tide]]'')
* {{badge|Sea Ruby}} (''[[EP093|Navel Maneuvers]]'')
* {{badge|Spike Shell}} (''[[EP103|Misty Meets Her Match]]'')
* {{badge|Jade Star}} (''[[EP108|Pokémon Double Trouble]]'')

[[File:Johtobadges2.PNG|thumb|200px|right|Ash's eight badges from [[Johto]]]]
====Johto League====
* {{badge|Zephyr}} (''[[EP131|Fighting Flyer with Fire]]'')
* {{badge|Hive}} (''[[EP144|Gettin' The Bugs Out]]'')
* {{badge|Plain}} (''[[EP159|A Dairy Tale Ending]]'')
* {{badge|Fog}} (''[[EP182|From Ghost to Ghost]]'')
* {{badge|Storm}} (''[[EP209|Machoke, Machoke Man!]]'')
* {{badge|Mineral}} (''[[EP224|Nerves of Steelix!]]'')
* {{badge|Glacier}} (''[[EP238|Nice Pryce, Baby!]]'')
* {{badge|Rising}} (''[[EP254|Better Eight Than Never]]'')

[[File:Ashs hoenn badges.png|200px|thumb|right|Ash's eight badges from [[Hoenn]]]]
====Hoenn League====
* {{badge|Stone}} (''[[AG016|The Winner By a Nosepass!]]'')
* {{badge|Knuckle}} (''[[AG031|Just One of the Geysers]]'')
* {{badge|Dynamo}} (''[[AG040|Watt's with Wattson?]]'')
* {{badge|Heat}} (''[[AG056|Going, Going, Yawn!]]'')
* {{badge|Balance}} (''[[AG070|Balance of Power]]'')
* {{badge|Feather}} (''[[AG085|Sky High Gym Battle!]]'')
* {{badge|Mind}} (''[[AG100|Solid as a Solrock]]'')
* {{badge|Rain}} (''[[AG111|Eight Ain't Enough!]]'')

[[File:Ash's_Symbols.png|200px|thumb|right|Ash's seven {{Gdis|Battle Frontier|III|Frontier}} [[Symbol]]s]]
====Battle Frontier====
* [[Factory Head Noland|Knowledge Symbol]] (''[[AG136|The Symbol Life]]'')
* [[Arena Tycoon Greta|Guts Symbol]] (''[[AG149|Wheel... of Frontier!]]'')
* [[Dome Ace Tucker|Tactics Symbol]] (''[[AG153|Tactics Theatrics!!]]'')
* [[Pike Queen Lucy|Luck Symbol]] (''[[AG158|Queen of the Serpentine!]]'')
* [[Palace Maven Spenser|Spirits Symbol]] (''[[AG164|Ka Boom with a View!]]'')
* [[Salon Maiden Anabel|Ability Symbol]] (''[[AG170|Second Time's the Charm!]]'')
* [[Pyramid King Brandon|Brave Symbol]] (''[[AG190|Pace - The Final Frontier!]]'')

[[File:Ash Sinnoh Badge.png|thumb|220px|Ash's eight badges from [[Sinnoh]]]]
====Sinnoh League====
* {{badge|Coal}} (''[[DP018|O'er the Rampardos we Watched!]]'')
* {{badge|Forest}} (''[[DP037|The Grass Menagerie!]]'')
* {{badge|Cobble}} (''[[DP068|A Triple Fighting Chance!]]'')
* {{badge|Fen}} (''[[DP083|A Crasher Course in Power!]]'')
* {{badge|Relic}} (''[[DP102|Shield with a Twist!]]'')
* {{badge|Mine}} (''[[DP108|Dealing With Defensive Types!]]'')
* {{badge|Icicle}} (''[[DP127|Sliding Into Seventh!]]'')
* {{badge|Beacon}} (''[[DP179|The Eighth Wonder of the Sinnoh World!]]'')



===Pokémon Competitions===
====Pokémon League ranking====
Ash placed in the [[Pokémon League]] [[Pokémon League Conference|competitions]] listed below.

{|class="expandable"
|-
!align="left"|List of competitions (heavy spoiler)
|-
|
* [[Indigo Conference]] (Top 16)
* [[Silver Conference]] (Top 8)
* [[Ever Grande Conference]] (Top 8)
* [[Suzuran Conference]] (Top 4)
|}

====Pokémon Championship battles====
Ash challenged the following Pokémon championships as well:

{|class="expandable"
|-
!align="left"|List of battles (heavy spoiler)
|-
|
[[File:Orangecup.PNG|thumb|left|100px|Ash's Orange League trophy.]]
* [[Orange League]] (Champion)
* [[Battle Frontier (Generation III)|Kanto Battle Frontier]] (Champion)
|}

====Miscellaneous Competitions====
Ash has also participated in the following competitions:

{|class="expandable"
|-
!align="left"|List of competitions (heavy spoiler)
|-
|
* [[Alto Mare]] Canal Race (DNF)
* [[Bug-Catching Contest]] (Champion)
* [[Extreme Pokémon Race|Extreme Pokémon]] (Champion)
* [[Fire and Rescue Grand Prix]]
* [[Grass Tournament]] (Runner-up)
* [[Hearthome City Tag Battle Competition]] (Champion - with [[Paul]])
* [[Hearthome Collection]] (Runner-up) (Unique Award)
* [[P1 Grand Prix]] (Champion)
* [[Pokéathlon]] (Runner-up)
* [[Pokémon Balloon Race]] (Champion)
* [[Pokémon Contests]]
** {{to|Terracotta}} Contest (Unofficial) (Winner - Tied with {{an|May}})
** {{ci|Jubilife}} Contest
** [[Wallace Cup]] (Top 8)
* [[Pokémon Cosplay|Pokémon Cosplay Contest]] (Runner-up)
* [[Pokémon Orienteering]] (Runner-up)
* [[Pokémon Summer Academy]] Triathlon (Winner)
* [[Pokémon Swap Meet]] Tauros Battling Competition (Winner)
* [[PokéRinger]]
** [[Crossgate Town]] (Champion)
** [[Squallville]] (Champion)
* [[Rota]] Tournament (Champion)
* [[Seaking Catching Day]]
* [[Sumo Conference]] (Champion)
* [[Twinleaf Festival]] Battle Tournament (Winner)
* [[Whirl Cup]] (Top 16)
|}

===Voice actors===
{{vatable|color={{electric color}}|bordercolor={{electric color light}}
|ja=松本梨香 [[Rica Matsumoto]]
|en=[[Veronica Taylor]] ([[4Kids Entertainment|4Kids]] dub) [[Sarah Natochenny]] ([[The Pokémon Company International|TPCI]] dub) [[Kayzie Rogers]] (a/k/a Jamie Peacock; ''[[Mastermind of Mirage Pokémon]]'' only)
|zh_cmn=賀世芳 ''Hè Shìfāng'' 李明幸 ''Li Míngxìng'' 汪世瑋 ''Wāng Shìwěi''
|hr=Saša Buneta Marko Torjanac
|cs=Radek Škvor
|da=Mathias Klenske
|nl=Christa Lips
|fil=Klariz Magboo
|fr_ca=Sébastien Reding
|fr_eu=Aurélien Ringelheim
|de='''Caroline Combrinck''' ([[EP001]]-[[EP157]], [[DP105]]-present) Veronika Neugebauer ([[EP158]]-[[DP104]])
|he=יהונתן מגון Yonatan Magon דניאל מגון Daniel Magon
|hu=Szvetlov Balázs Ungvári Gergely
|it=Davide Garbolino
|ko=최덕희 Choi Deok-Hyi 이선호 Lee Seon-Ho 안현서 An Hyeon-Seo
|no=Nils-Martin Crawfurd
|pl='''Hanna Kinder-Kiss''' ([[EP001]]-[[AG040]], [[DP053]]-present, all movies) Grzegorz Drojewski ([[DP001]]-[[DP052]])
|pt_br=Fábio Lucindo
|pt_eu=Maria João Luís ([[EP001]]-[[EP031]]) Sandra Faleiro ([[EP032]]-[[EP094]]) Sandra de Castro ([[EP095]]-[[EP128]], [[EP158]]-[[EP209]], [[AG093]]-[[AG177]]), [[DP001]]-present, [[Pokémon Live]]) Alexandra Sedas ([[EP129]]-[[EP157]]) Cristina Carvalhal (movies 3 and 4) Bárbara Lourenço ([[EP210]]-[[AG040]]) Raquel Ferreira ([[AG041]]-[[AG092]]) Ana Madureira ([[AG178]]-[[AG192]])
|es_la='''Gabriel Ramos''' Irwin Daayán ([[DP091]]-[[DP104]]) Mireya Mendoza (young, [[DP138]]) Emiliano Dionisi (movies [[M06|6]] and [[M07|7]])
|es_eu='''Adolfo Moreno''' Rafael Alonso Naranjo Jr. (movie [[M03|3]] and [[Mewtwo Returns]])
|sv=Dick Eriksson
|fi=Sari Moilanen Hanna Savikko
|ar=بثينة شيا Buthaina Shia
|ca=Enric Puig
|tr=Ahmet Taşar
}}

==In the manga==
===In the Ash and Pikachu manga===
Ash is a starring character in [[Ash and Pikachu]], a manga series based on the [[Johto]] saga of the Pokémon anime.

===In The Electric Tale of Pikachu manga===
[[File:Ash Ketchum Electric Tale.png|thumb|right|Ash in the [[Electric Tale of Pikachu]] manga]]
Ash Ketchum is a starring character in [[Electric Tale of Pikachu|The Electric Tale of Pikachu]], a manga series based on the anime. Ash's journey in The Electric Tale of Pikachu follows roughly the same plot as in the anime: first traveling the [[Kanto]] region to participate in the [[Pokémon League]], before embarking on a journey around the [[Orange Archipelago]].

While there are many similarities between the anime and manga versions of Ash, there are several differences as well. For example, while the anime version of Ash appears to be indifferent to love and romance, the manga version of Ash has a huge crush on Gary's sister, [[Daisy Oak|May Oak]]. He is also prone to quickly falling in love just like Brock, but to a much more subtle or less extreme degree.

Ash's appearance differs in the manga as well. He wears a red jacket, much like {{ga|Red}}'s, instead of the blue he wears in the anime. Also, for the duration of the [[Electric Tale of Pikachu volume 1|first volume]], he wears a different hat, which is solid red with a "PM" on the front. Beginning in ''[[ET05|The Human Race and the Pokémon Race]]'', his hat is changed to match the one he wears in the anime.

Ash owns many of the same Pokémon as in the anime, with a few exceptions: he captures a {{AP|Fearow}} and an {{p|Oddish}}. He also captures a {{p|Mankey}}, which he trades to a shady salesman for a map of [[Mt. Moon]], and a giant {{p|Slowpoke}}, which he trades to [[Gary Oak]].

====Pokémon====
{|border="1" style="border: 1px solid #000; border-collapse: collapse;" width=300px cellspacing="0"
|-
| align=center | [[File:025.png]] {{AP|Pikachu}}
| align=center | [[File:022.png]] {{AP|Fearow}}
| align=center | [[File:017.png]] [[Ash's Pidgeot|Pidgeotto]]
|-
| align=center colspan=3 | [[File:010.png]] → [[File:011.png]] → [[File:012.png]] [[Ash's Butterfree|Caterpie → Metapod → Butterfree]]
|-
| align=center colspan=3 | [[File:004.png]] → [[File:005.png]] → [[File:006.png]] [[Ash's Charizard|Charmander → Charmeleon → Charizard]]
|-
| align=center | [[File:001.png]] {{AP|Bulbasaur}}
| align=center | [[File:007.png]] {{AP|Squirtle}}
| align=center | [[File:043.png]] {{p|Oddish}}
|-
| align=center | [[File:015.png]] {{p|Beedrill}}
| align=center | [[File:099.png]] {{AP|Kingler}}
| align=center | [[File:089.png]] {{AP|Muk}}
|-
| align=center | [[File:128.png]] {{AP|Tauros}}
| align=center | [[File:131.png]] {{AP|Lapras}}
| align=center | [[File:143.png]] {{AP|Snorlax}}
|}

=====Traded away=====
{|border="1" style="border: 1px solid #000; border-collapse: collapse;" width=150px cellspacing="0"
|-
| align=center | [[File:056.png]] {{p|Mankey}} 
| align=center | [[File:079.png]] {{p|Slowpoke}} ({{pkmn2|giant}})
|}

* '''Mankey''': Given away for a map of [[Mt. Moon]] with false directions to find a {{p|Clefairy}}.
* '''Giant Slowpoke''': Given away to {{Gary}} for [[Daisy Oak|May Oak]]'s photo.

===In the Magical Pokémon Journey manga===
[[File:Ash and Brock MPJ.jpg|thumb|right|Ash and Brock in Magical Pokémon Journey]]
Ash, along with {{an|Misty}} and {{an|Brock}}, make cameo appearances in bonus chapters of the [[Magical Pokémon Journey]] manga. In the bonus chapters, Ash and co. have mistakenly wandered into the world Magical Pokémon Journey is set in. The bonus chapters chronicle their attempts to return to their own world (of the {{pkmn|anime}}) and their encounters with various aspects of the Magical Pokémon Journey canon which differ from the anime's canon (such as the use of [[Poké Ball]]s).

==In the TCG==
This listing is of cards mentioning or featuring Ash or his Pokémon in the [[Pokémon Trading Card Game]].

{| border="1" style="border: 1px solid #999; border-collapse: collapse; background: white;" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="2"
|- style="background: #{{tcg lightning color}};"
!Name
!Type
!Level
!Rarity
!Set
!Set no.
|-
| {{TCG ID|7th Movie Half Deck|Ash's Torkoal|9}} || {{e|Fighting}} || - || - || {{TCG|7th Movie Half Deck}} (no English release) || 009/019
|-
| {{TCG ID|8th Movie Half Deck|Ash's Grovyle|1}} || {{e|Grass}} || - || - || {{TCG|8th Movie Half Deck}} (no English release) || 001/020
|-
| {{TCG ID|8th Movie Half Deck|Ash's Phanpy|4}} || {{e|Fighting}} || - || - || {{TCG|8th Movie Half Deck}} (no English release) || 004/020
|-
| {{TCG ID|8th Movie Half Deck|Ash's Swellow|7}} || {{e|Colorless}} || - || - || {{TCG|8th Movie Half Deck}} (no English release) || 007/020
|-
| {{TCG ID|9th Movie Half Deck|Ash's Aipom|10}} || {{e|Colorless}} || - || - || {{TCG|9th Movie Half Deck}} (no English release) || 010/019
|-
| {{TCG ID|ADV-P Promo|Ash's Treecko|36}} || {{e|Grass}} || - || - || {{TCG|ADV-P Promotional cards}} (no English release) || 036/ADV-P
|-
| {{TCG ID|Movie Random Pack Promo|Pikachu M|12}} || {{e|Lightning}} || 45 || - || {{TCG|Movie Commemoration Random Pack}} (no English release) || 012/022
|-
| {{TCG ID|Movie Random Pack Promo|Staraptor M|18}} || {{e|Colorless}} || 41 || - || {{TCG|Movie Commemoration Random Pack}} (no English release) || 018/022
|-
| {{TCG ID|DPt-P Promo|Pikachu M LV.X|43}} || {{e|Lightning}} || ''X'' || - || {{TCG|DPt-P Promotional cards}} (no English release) || 043/DPt-P
|}

==Trivia==
===Pokémon===
[[File:Ash catches a Pokémon.png|thumb|250px|Ash after catching a Pokémon]]
* Up until [[Best Wishes]], Ash had captured each [[generation]]'s {{type2|Grass}} [[starter Pokémon]]: {{AP|Bulbasaur}}, {{AP|Chikorita}}, {{AP|Treecko}} and {{AP|Turtwig}}.
* Ash has also captured every {{type2|Fire}} [[starter Pokémon]] whose English names begins with a 'C' and whose Japanese names begins with a 'ヒ' ''hi'': {{AP|Charmander}} (''Hitokage''), {{AP|Cyndaquil}} (''Hinoarashi''), and {{AP|Chimchar}} (''Hikozaru'').
*Ash has captured, befriended, used, or otherwise had under his command at least one of every type of Pokémon except for {{type2|Dark}} and {{type2|Steel}}.
* In both the [[Timeline of events in the anime#Kanto|Kanto]] and [[Timeline of events in the anime#Johto|Johto]] story arcs, Ash managed to capture all three of the starter Pokémon for both regions. This trend was broken in the {{series|Advanced Generation}}, where he only captured {{AP|Treecko|Sceptile}}; instead the [[May's Blaziken|other]] [[Brock's Marshtomp|two]] were caught by {{an|May}} and {{an|Brock}}.
* The last Pokémon that Ash has captured in every [[region]] (except [[Sinnoh]]) are a part of {{cat|Pokémon that are part of a two-stage evolutionary line|one-evolution families}}, namely {{AP|Phanpy}} in [[Johto]], {{AP|Snorunt}} in [[Hoenn]], and {{TP|Dawn|Aipom}} in [[Kanto]]. Of these three, Aipom is the only one not to evolve under Ash's care.
* He always catches a local bird-like Pokémon of the region - {{AP|Pidgeotto|Pidgeot}} in Kanto, {{AP|Noctowl}} in Johto, {{AP|Taillow|Swellow}} in Hoenn, {{AP|Starly|Staraptor}} in Sinnoh, and {{AP|Mamepato}} in Isshu. Though not all of these Pokémon were captured in their first form, they all evolved into their final forms under Ash's care; the exception being Noctowl, who cannot evolve.
* As of the thirteenth movie, Ash has encountered every legendary Pokémon from the first four generations at least once.
* All of Ash's primate-based Pokémon have been under the control of someone other than Ash at some point ({{AP|Primeape}} is currently under Anthony's command, {{TP|Dawn|Ambipom}} was under Dawn's ownership and is currently being trained in [[Vermilion City]], and his {{AP|Infernape}} was formerly owned by Paul).
**All three of these primate-based Pokémon were also shown evolving on-screen, and none of them evolved in the care of their original Trainer (Primeape evolved in the wild just prior to Ash capturing it, Ambipom evolved under Dawn's care, and Infernape (also as a {{AP|Monferno}}) evolved under Ash's ownership).
* Ash also captured a member of each turtle-based evolutionary family.
* Three members of Ash's Sinnoh party have evolved while battling [[Paul]]: {{AP|Grotle}}, {{AP|Staraptor}}, and {{AP|Monferno}}. Of those three, Grotle and Staraptor both evolved while battling [[Paul's Honchkrow]].
* Ash has only caught Pokémon when he does not have a full party of six with one exception: his capture of {{AP|Krabby}}.
* Ash has two fully-evolved {{type2|Grass}} [[starter Pokémon]] ({{AP|Sceptile}} and {{AP|Torterra}}) and two fully-evolved {{type2|Fire}} starter Pokémon ({{AP|Charizard}} and {{AP|Infernape}}), however, neither of his {{type2|Water}} starter Pokémon ({{AP|Squirtle}} and {{AP|Totodile}}) have evolved at all, or even indicated their desire to.
* Ash has several Pokémon in common with his current rivals; Paul and Barry. He and Paul both own a {{p|Torterra}} and have owned a {{p|Gliscor}} as well as both training the same {{AP|Chimchar}} at some point. Like Ash, Barry owns a {{p|Staraptor}} and a {{p|Heracross}}. Other rivals of Ash's have had alike Pokémon; Gary has also owned a {{p|Squirtle}} and a {{p|Krabby}}, Morrison has a {{p|Gligar}}, and Tyson has a {{p|Sceptile}} and {{p|Donphan}}. Both had them on their league teams before Ash would later obtain them himself.
* All of Ash's {{type2|Flying}}s that he still owns, except for Charizard, have two immunities. Gliscor is immune to {{t|Electric}}- and {{type2|Ground}}s. Noctowl, Swellow, and Staraptor are all immune to {{t|Ghost}}- and Ground-types.
* Ash has traded away three Pokémon: {{AP|Butterfree}}, {{AP|Raticate}}, and {{AP|Aipom}}. Of these three, Butterfree was the only one Ash got back, and also the only one that is not a {{type2|Normal}}.

===Challenges/Gym related===
* In each region (except for the Orange Islands), Ash always loses against at least one of the [[Gym Leader]]s before challenging them to a rematch.
* In the [[original series]], Ash pinned his badges to the inside of his jacket. From Hoenn onwards, they have been kept in a case.
* Ash battled four legendary Pokémon, he has defeated two legendary Pokémon and also has been defeated by the other two.
* Ash has so far battled five [[Elite Four]] members, namely [[Lorelei]], {{EF|Drake}}, [[Agatha]], {{EF|Flint}} and [[Bertha]]. He has lost to all five without defeating a single Pokémon of theirs.
** In all of these battles, except Bertha, Ash used Pikachu in each one.
* The largest amount of episodes that Ash has gone without obtaining a [[badge]] was the gap between the {{ci|Snowpoint}} and {{ci|Sunyshore}} Gyms, ends in [[DP179]], where Ash finally won the Beacon Badge. The gap was a total of 52 episodes. The shortest amount of time between badges was the [[EP006|one-episode]] gap between ''[[EP005|Showdown in Pewter City]]'' and ''[[EP007|The Water Flowers of Cerulean City]]''.

===Miscellaneous===
[[File:Ash maid.png|200px|thumb|Ash crossdressing for the third time.]]
* The date of Ash's birth, according to [[Takeshi Shudo]]'s anime novelizations, is 10 years, 10 months, and 10 days ''exactly'' prior to the day he began his Pokémon journey. Being that the same novelization declares that Pokémon Trainers obtain their first Pokémon in April of the year following their 10th birthday, and the anime itself began broadcast on the first of that month in 1997 in Japan, Ash's birthday, if April 1 was the first day of his journey, would be May 22.
* Ash has crossdressed once in each anime series: The first time he did this was in ''[[EP026|Pokémon Scent-sation!]]'', in the [[original series]]. He crossdressed a second time in ''[[AG042|Love at First Flight]]'', in the {{series|Advanced Generation}}. ''[[DP062|Tanks for the Memories!]]'' marked the third time he crossdressed, in the {{series|Diamond & Pearl}}. Each time Ash has crossdressed, he was never willing to do so and was coerced or forced into it in some way.
** In addition to dressing as a girl, Ash has dressed up as fruit on at least two occasions. The first time, he dressed as an apple in ''[[EP107|Pokémon Food Fight!]]'' while the second he dressed as an {{wp|eggplant}} in ''[[AG104|Claydol Big and Tall]]''. On both occasions he was used to lure a large Pokémon.
* Several of the variety of {{wp|ash tree}}s, from which his name could be derived, are related to Kanto in some way: not only are there trees known as the "red ash", "green ash", and "blue ash", for the first three games, but also the "indigo ash", for the [[Indigo Plateau]].
* [[Arnold]] and [[Travis]] are both [[doppelgänger]]s of Ash. His first meeting with both of [[Arnold's mother|their]] [[Luana|mothers]] was being mistaken for them and embraced in a hug as the boys were away from home at the time.
* When [[Veronica Taylor]] was interviewed in the documentary "Adventures in Voice Acting", she stated that during her audition for the role of Ash, he was known as Casey at the time.
*In Ash's Isshu design, his eye irises are larger to match most other people in the anime, like artwork of Red from Generation III.
** Besides clothing, this is Ash's first physical change since his debut in EP001.
*Ash's birthday as being 10 in BW001 may be wrong, due to the fact that in the [[Pikachu and Pichu]], it states that Ash has known Pikachu for a year, and it was one year ago that he left Pallet Town.

==Names==
{|{{bluetable|background: white}}
|- style="background: #{{electric color}};"
! Language
! Name
! Origin
|-
|Japanese
| サトシ ''Satoshi''
| Can be taken to mean 智 (wisdom; reason); named after [[Satoshi Tajiri]].
|-
|English, German
| Ash Ketchum
| Ketchum sounds similar to ''catch 'em''. First name can be found in Japanese name, S'''a'''to'''sh'''i. Also, Ash is a default name for {{ga|Red}} in {{game|Red and Blue|s}}. {{wp|Ash tree}}s are suggested as another explanation as well.
|-
|French
| Sacha Ketchum
| Similar to ''Ash''.
|-
|Korean
| 한지우 ''Han Jiu''
| 지 is from 智 ''satoshi''. Alternatively, 지우 can mean "close friend".
|-
|Chinese ({{tt|Mandarin|Taiwan and mainland China}})
| 小智 ''Xiǎo Zhì''
| 智 is from 智 ''satoshi''. Can mean "young wisdom"{{tt|*|or ”little knowledge”}}.
|-
|Chinese ({{tt|Cantonese|Hong Kong}})
| 小智 ''Síu Ji''
| Same as Mandarin name.
|-
|Thai
| ซาโตชิ ''Satoshi''
| Same as Japanese name.
|}

==Related articles==
* [[Ashley]]
* [[Ashachu]]
* {{cat|Episodes focusing on Ash}}

==External links==
*[http://kari.beautiful-beast.net/satoshi/ Poké Master], the fanlisting for Ash
*[http://pokeani.com/chara/r-satoshi.html Satoshi's Profile] on [[Pokeani]] (Japanese)
*[http://www.freewebs.com/satoshi-kun/ SPURT!], shrine to Satoshi.

===On Bulbagarden forums===
* [http://bmgf.bulbagarden.net/showthread.php?t=5254 Ash Club]

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[[de:Ash Ketchum]]
[[es:Ash Ketchum]]
[[fr:Sacha]]
[[ja:サトシ]]
[[pl:Ash Ketchum]]
[[pt:Ash Ketchum]]

Trip's Serperior

2010-09-30T23:58:17Z

DiscoPichu: /* Intro */

{{AnimePokémonInfobox|
type1=Grass|
ball=None|
trainername=Shooti|
pokemonname=Tsutarja|
jtrainername=シューティー|
jpokemonname=ツタージャ|
tmtrainername=Shooti|
tmpokemonname=Tsutarja|
image=[[Image:Shooti Tsutarja.png|250px]] |
caption=Tsutarja|
gender=Female |
location=[[Kanoko Town]] |
prevonum=495|
epnum=BW001|
epname=BW001|
current=[[party|With Shooti]] |
enva1=N/A|
java1=Unknown|
}}

(Japanese: '''シューティーのツタージャ''' ''Shooti's Tsutarja'') is [[Shooti]]'s [[starter Pokémon|very first Pokémon]]. He obtained it from [[Professor Araragi]] in the [[BW001|first episode]] of ''[[Best Wishes!]]''.

==History==

Tsutarja was Shooti's choice over {{p|Pokabu}} and {{p|Mijumaru}} as his first Pokémon. Shortly after obtaining it, he challenged {{Ash}} to a [[Pokémon battle]] and used Tsutarja against his {{AP|Pikachu}}. Because of Pikachu's inability to use {{t|Electric}} attacks due to an encounter with {{p|Zekrom}}, Tsutarja was able to defeat him.

==Moves used==
{{anmov/h|grass||Tsutarja Grass Mixer.png|Using Grass Mixer}}
{{anmov|normal|Tackle|BW001}}
{{anmov|grass|Grass Mixer|BW001}}
{{anmov/f|grass}}

==Trivia==
*Tsutarja is the first Pokémon belonging to a [[rival]] seen being obtained from a regional [[Pokémon Professor|professor]].
*Tsutarja's gender is only known due to it using [[Attract (move)|Attract]] on Pikachu, and it working due to Pikachu being male. Due to this, it is female.

== Related articles ==

{{Animespecies|Tsutarja}}

[[Category:Anime starter Pokémon]]

[[de:Shootis Tsutarja]]

Trip's Serperior

2010-09-30T23:57:08Z

DiscoPichu: /* Trivia */

{{AnimePokémonInfobox|
type1=Grass|
ball=None|
trainername=Shooti|
pokemonname=Tsutarja|
jtrainername=シューティー|
jpokemonname=ツタージャ|
tmtrainername=Shooti|
tmpokemonname=Tsutarja|
image=[[Image:Shooti Tsutarja.png|250px]] |
caption=Tsutarja|
gender=Unknown |
location=[[Kanoko Town]] |
prevonum=495|
epnum=BW001|
epname=BW001|
current=[[party|With Shooti]] |
enva1=N/A|
java1=Unknown|
}}

(Japanese: '''シューティーのツタージャ''' ''Shooti's Tsutarja'') is [[Shooti]]'s [[starter Pokémon|very first Pokémon]]. He obtained it from [[Professor Araragi]] in the [[BW001|first episode]] of ''[[Best Wishes!]]''.

==History==

Tsutarja was Shooti's choice over {{p|Pokabu}} and {{p|Mijumaru}} as his first Pokémon. Shortly after obtaining it, he challenged {{Ash}} to a [[Pokémon battle]] and used Tsutarja against his {{AP|Pikachu}}. Because of Pikachu's inability to use {{t|Electric}} attacks due to an encounter with {{p|Zekrom}}, Tsutarja was able to defeat him.

==Moves used==
{{anmov/h|grass||Tsutarja Grass Mixer.png|Using Grass Mixer}}
{{anmov|normal|Tackle|BW001}}
{{anmov|grass|Grass Mixer|BW001}}
{{anmov/f|grass}}

==Trivia==
*Tsutarja is the first Pokémon belonging to a [[rival]] seen being obtained from a regional [[Pokémon Professor|professor]].
*Tsutarja's gender is only known due to it using [[Attract (move)|Attract]] on Pikachu, and it working due to Pikachu being male. Due to this, it is female.

== Related articles ==

{{Animespecies|Tsutarja}}

[[Category:Anime starter Pokémon]]

[[de:Shootis Tsutarja]]

Brock

2010-09-02T11:27:31Z

DiscoPichu: /* In the anime */

{{Featured}}
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{{CharInfobox|
|color={{rock color}}
|corecolor={{rock color light}}
|bordercolor={{rock color dark}}
|name=Brock
|jname=タケシ
|tmname=Takeshi
|slogan=yes
|sloganline=The Rock-Solid Pokémon Trainer!
|image=HeartGold SoulSilver Brock.png
|size=150px
|caption=Art from Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver
|age=yes
|years=15 (as of [[EP005|debut]])
|gender=Male
|colors=yes
|eyes=Black
|hair=Brown
|hometown=[[Pewter City]]
|region=[[Kanto]]
|relatives={{ka|Flint}} (father), [[Lola]] (mother), [[Forrest]] (brother), {{Brocksib|8 other siblings}} (all anime only)
|trainer=yes
|trainerclass=[[Gym Leader]], {{pkmn|Breeder}} ({{pkmn|anime}} only)|
|game=yes
|generation={{Gen|I}}, {{Gen|II}}, {{Gen|III}}, {{Gen|IV}}
|games={{game3|Red and Blue|Red, Blue|s}}, {{v2|Yellow}}, {{game3|Gold and Silver|Gold, Silver|s}}, {{v2|Crystal}}, {{game3|FireRed and LeafGreen|FireRed, LeafGreen|s}}, {{game3|HeartGold and SoulSilver|HeartGold, SoulSilver|s}}, [[Pokémon Stadium (English)|Stadium]], {{pkmn|Stadium 2}}
|leader=yes
|gym=Pewter Gym
|specialist=yes
|type={{type2|Rock}}s
|badge=Boulder Badge
|brain=no
|anime=yes
|epnum=EP005
|epname=Showdown in Pewter City
|enva=[[Eric Stuart]] ([[4Kids Entertainment|4Kids]]) [[Bill Rogers]] ([[The Pokémon Company International|TPCi]])
|java=[[Yūji Ueda]]
|}}
'''Brock''' (Japanese: '''タケシ''' ''Takeshi'') is the [[Gym Leader]] of [[Pewter City]]'s {{pkmn|Gym}}, known officially as the [[Pewter Gym]]. He hands out the {{Badge|Boulder}} to {{pkmn|Trainer}}s who defeat him in battle. He specializes in training {{type2|Rock}} Pokémon.

==In the games==
[[Image:Sugimoribrockoriginal.png|thumb|left|Art of Brock from {{game|Red and Blue|s}}]]
Brock's title is "The Rock-Solid Pokémon Trainer." Brock is quite proud of his rock-hard willpower, and uses Rock-type Pokémon to complement this.

Brock is one of the few truly serious professional Pokémon Trainers in the Pewter City area. He's tough, people respect him, and most admire him. Supposedly, it's hard to get him to laugh or drop his serious demeanor, but when he does, he can't stop.

Brock likes to dig for [[fossil]]s in [[Mt. Moon]], which is possibly how he ended up getting a {{p|Kabutops}} and {{p|Omastar}} in [[Generation II]] (in the Pokémon Adventures manga, he is stated to have found Kabutops as a {{p|Kabuto}} guarding the Pewter City Museum).

In each game, there is only one other Trainer in his gym: a [[Camper]], whose name is Jerry in [[Generation II]] and Liam in [[Generation III]]. This Trainer usually isn't devoted to the Rock-type, and may use pure {{type2|Ground}} Pokémon like {{p|Sandshrew}} and {{p|Diglett}}.

In addition to the Boulder Badge, Brock gives out {{TM|34|Bide}} for in the [[Generation I]] {{pkmn|games}}, and {{TM|39|Rock Tomb}} for the [[Generation III]] remakes instead. While he doesn't give out a [[TM]] in [[Generation II]], however, for the [[Generation IV]] remakes he gives out {{TM|80|Rock Slide}}. In both the Generation I games and their Generation III remakes, one Trainer will not allow for Trainers to pass onto {{rt|3|Kanto}} until they have defeated Brock. Instead, when Trainers try to leave, he will lead them all the way back to the Pewter Gym.

In {{game|HeartGold and SoulSilver|s}}, after he is defeated, he will offer to [[List of in-game trades|trade]] a {{p|Rhyhorn}} that knows {{m|Thunder Fang}} for a {{p|Bonsly}}. He can be found in [[Diglett's Cave]] near Pewter City every day between noon and 3 PM, and will offer his Pokégear number if he is spoken to. If he is called on Saturday nights, he will be up for a rematch at the [[Fighting Dojo]].

===Fame Checker===
[[Image:Red Blue Brock.png|thumb|Full art of Brock from [[Generation I]]]]
[[Image:FireRed LeafGreen Brock.png|thumb|Art of Brock from {{game|FireRed and LeafGreen|s}}]]
This is a list of the [[Fame Checker]]'s information on Brock in {{game|FireRed and LeafGreen|s}}.
;Pewter City - sign
*What does this person do?
:"<sc>Pewter City Pok</sc>é<sc>mon Gym</sc>
:<sc>Leader: Brock</sc>
:The Rock-Solid <sc>Pok</sc>é<sc>mon Trainer</sc>!"
;Pewter Gym - Brock
*Favorite kind of <sc>Pok</sc>é<sc>mon</sc>?
:"My rock-hard willpower is evident in even my <sc>Pok</sc>é<sc>mon</sc>.
:My <sc>Pok</sc>é<sc>mon</sc> are all rock hard and have true-grit determination.
:That's right - my <sc>Pok</sc>é<sc>mon</sc> are all the <sc>Rock</sc> type!"
;Pewter City - young man
*What is this person like?
:"There aren’t many serious <sc>Pok</sc>é<sc>mon</sc> Trainers here.
:They’re all like <sc>[[Bug Catcher]]s</sc>, you know, just hobbyists.
:But <sc>Pewter Gym</sc>’s <sc>Brock</sc> isn’t like that, not one bit."
;{{rt|4|Kanto}} - boy
*What is this person like?
:"<sc>Brock</sc> is cool. He's not just tough.
:People like and respect him.
:I want to become a <sc>Gym Leader</sc> like him."
;[[Mt. Moon]] - man
*What does this person do?
:"Hi. I’m excavating for fossils here under <sc>Mt. Moon</sc>.
:Sometimes, <sc>Brock</sc> of <sc>Pewter Gym</sc> lends me a hand."
;[[Pewter Museum of Science|Pewter Museum]] - {{DL|Pokémon magazines|Pokémon Journal}}
*What is this person like?
:"<sc>Brock</sc> rarely laughs, but is said to be unable to stop if he starts."
;Message from <sc>Brock</sc>
*From: <sc>Brock</sc>
*To: [Player]
:"In this big world of ours, there must be many tough <sc>Trainers</sc>.
:Let's both keep training and making ourselves stronger!"

===Pokémon===
This listing is of Brock's Pokémon in the {{pkmn|games}} in which he has appeared.

===={{game3|Red and Green|Pokémon Red, Green|s}} and {{game3|Red and Blue|Blue|s}}====
{{Party|
color={{rock color}}|
bordercolor={{rock color dark}}|
headcolor={{rock color light}}|
sprite=Brockblue.png|
prize={{pdollar}}1386|
class=Leader|
name=Brock|
game={{3v2|Red|Green|Blue}}|
location=Pewter Gym|
pokemon=2|
pokemon1={{Pokémon|
gen=1|
ndex=074|
game=Red|
pokemon=Geodude|
level=12|
type1=Rock|
type2=Ground|
move1=Tackle|
move1type=Normal|
move2=Defense Curl|
move2type=Normal}}|
pokemon2={{Pokémon|
gen=1|
ndex=095|
pokemon=Onix|
game=Red|
level=14|
type1=Rock|
type2=Ground|
move1=Tackle|
move1type=Normal|
move2=Screech|
move2type=Normal|
move3=Bide|
move3type=Normal|
move4=Bind|
move4type=Normal}}}}

===={{game|Yellow}}====
{{Party|
color={{rock color}}|
bordercolor={{rock color dark}}|
headcolor={{rock color light}}|
sprite=Y Brock.png|
prize={{pdollar}}1188|
class=Leader|
name=Brock|
game={{v2|Yellow}}|
location=Pewter Gym|
pokemon=2|
pokemon1={{Pokémon|
gen=1|
ndex=074|
pokemon=Geodude|
game=Yellow|
level=10|
type1=Rock|
type2=Ground|
move1=Tackle|
move1type=Normal}}|
pokemon2={{Pokémon|
gen=1|
ndex=095|
pokemon=Onix|
game=Yellow|
level=12|
type1=Rock|
type2=Ground|
move1=Tackle|
move1type=Normal|
move2=Screech|
move2type=Normal|
move3=Bide|
move3type=Normal|
move4=Bind|
move4type=Normal}}}}

===={{game2|Gold|Silver|Crystal}}====
{{Party|
color={{rock color}}|
bordercolor={{rock color dark}}|
headcolor={{rock color light}}|
sprite=Brock 02.png|
prize={{pdollar}}4200|
class=Leader|
name=Brock|
game={{3v2|Gold|Silver|Crystal}}|
location=Pewter Gym|
pokemon=5|
pokemon1={{Pokémon|
gen=2|
ndex=075|
pokemon=Graveler|
game=Gold|
gender=male|
level=41|
type1=Rock|
type2=Ground|
move1=Defense Curl|
move1type=Normal|
move2=Rock Slide|
move2type=Rock|
move3=Rollout|
move3type=Rock|
move4=Earthquake|
move4type=Ground}}|
pokemon2={{Pokémon|
gen=2|
ndex=111|
pokemon=Rhyhorn|
game=Gold|
gender=male|
level=41|
type1=Ground|
type2=Rock|
move1=Fury Attack|
move1type=Normal|
move2=Scary Face|
move2type=Normal|
move3=Earthquake|
move3type=Ground|
move4=Horn Drill|
move4type=Normal}}|
pokemon3={{Pokémon|
gen=2|
ndex=139|
pokemon=Omastar|
game=Gold|
gender=male|
level=42|
type1=Rock|
type2=Water|
move1=Bite|
move1type=Dark|
move2=Surf|
move2type=Water|
move3=Protect|
move3type=Normal|
move4=Spike Cannon|
move4type=Normal}}|
pokemon4={{Pokémon|
gen=2|
ndex=141|
pokemon=Kabutops|
game=Gold|
gender=male|
level=42|
type1=Rock|
type2=Water|
move1=Slash|
move1type=Normal|
move2=Surf|
move2type=Water|
move3=Endure|
move3type=Normal|
move4=Giga Drain|
move4type=Grass}}|
pokemon5={{Pokémon|
gen=2|
ndex=095|
pokemon=Onix|
game=Gold|
gender=male|
level=44|
type1=Rock|
type2=Ground|
move1=Bind|
move1type=Normal|
move2=Rock Slide|
move2type=Rock|
move3=Bide|
move3type=Normal|
move4=Sandstorm|
move4type=Rock}}}}

===={{game|FireRed and LeafGreen|s}}====
{{Party|
color={{rock color}}|
bordercolor={{rock color dark}}|
headcolor={{rock color light}}|
sprite=SpriteBrock.png|
prize={{pdollar}}1400|
class=Leader|
name=Brock|
game={{2v2|FireRed|LeafGreen}}|
location=Pewter Gym|
pokemon=2|
pokemon1={{Pokémon|
gen=3|
ndex=074|
game=FireRed|
pokemon=Geodude|
level=12|
type1=Rock|
type2=Ground|
gender=male|
ability=Rock Head|
move1=Tackle|
move1type=Normal|
move2=Defense Curl|
move2type=Normal}}|
pokemon2={{Pokémon|
gen=3|
ndex=095|
pokemon=Onix|
game=FireRed|
level=14|
type1=Rock|
type2=Ground|
gender=male|
ability=Rock Head|
move1=Tackle|
move1type=Normal|
move2=Bind|
move2type=Normal|
move3=Rock Tomb|
move3type=Rock}}}}

===={{game|HeartGold and SoulSilver|s}}====
=====Gym match=====
{{Party
|color={{rock color}}
|bordercolor={{rock color dark}}
|headcolor={{rock color light}}
|sprite=BrockHGSS.gif
|prize={{pdollar}}6240
|class=Leader
|name=Brock
|game={{2v2|HeartGold|SoulSilver}}
|location=Pewter Gym
|pokemon=5

|pokemon1={{Pokémon
|gen=4
|ndex=075
|pokemon=Graveler
|game=HeartGold
|type1=Rock
|type2=Ground
|ability=Sturdy
|gender=male
|level=51
|move3=Earthquake
|move3type=Ground
|move3cat=Physical
|move1=Defense Curl
|move1type=Normal
|move1cat=Status
|move4=Rock Slide
|move4type=Rock
|move4cat=Physical
|move2=Rollout
|move2type=Rock
|move2cat=Physical
}}

|pokemon2={{Pokémon
|gen=4
|ndex=111
|pokemon=Rhyhorn
|game=HeartGold
|gender=male
|spritegender=male
|type1=Ground
|type2=Rock
|ability=Sturdy
|level=51
|move1=Earthquake
|move1type=Ground
|move1cat=Physical
|move3=Scary Face
|move3type=Normal
|move3cat=Status
|move2=Sandstorm
|move2type=Rock
|move2cat=Status
|move4=Horn Drill
|move4type=Normal
|move4cat=Physical
}}

|pokemon3={{Pokémon
|gen=4
|ndex=139
|pokemon=Omastar
|game=HeartGold
|type1=Rock
|type2=Water
|ability=Swift Swim
|gender=male
|level=53
|move2=Spike Cannon
|move2type=Normal
|move2cat=Physical
|move3=AncientPower
|move3type=Rock
|move3cat=Special
|move4=Brine
|move4type=Water
|move4cat=Special
|move1=Protect
|move1type=Normal
|move1cat=Status
}}

|pokemon5={{Pokémon
|gen=4
|ndex=095
|pokemon=Onix
|game=HeartGold
|type1=Rock
|type2=Ground
|ability=Sturdy
|gender=male
|level=54
|held=Sitrus Berry
|move4=Rock Slide
|move4type=Rock
|move4cat=Physical
|move3=Iron Tail
|move3type=Steel
|move3cat=Physical
|move2=Sandstorm
|move2type=Rock
|move2cat=Status
|move1=Screech
|move1type=Normal
|move1cat=Status
}}

|pokemon4={{Pokémon
|gen=4
|ndex=141
|pokemon=Kabutops
|game=HeartGold
|type1=Rock
|type2=Water
|ability=Swift Swim
|gender=male
|level=52
|move4=Rock Slide
|move4type=Rock
|move4cat=Physical
|move3=Aqua Jet
|move3type=Water
|move3cat=Physical
|move1=Endure
|move1type=Normal
|move1cat=Status
|move2=Giga Drain
|move2type=Grass
|move2cat=Special
}}
}}

=====Second battle ([[Rematch]])=====
{{Party|
|color={{rock color}}
|bordercolor={{rock color dark}}
|headcolor={{rock color light}}
|sprite= BrockHGSS.gif
|prize={{pdollar}}6840
|class=Leader
|name= Brock
|game={{2v2|HeartGold|SoulSilver}}
|location=Fighting Dojo
|pokemon=6

|pokemon1={{Pokémon/4
|pokemon=Golem
|ndex=076
|level=55
|game=HeartGold
|gender=male
|type1=Rock
|type2=Ground
|ability=Sturdy
|move1=Sandstorm
|move1type=Rock
|move1cat=Status
|move2=Rock Slide
|move2type=Rock
|move2cat=Physical
|move3=Rock Polish
|move3type=Rock
|move3cat=Status
|move4=Earthquake
|move4type=Ground
|move4cat=Physical
}}

|pokemon2={{Pokémon/4
|pokemon=Relicanth
|ndex=369
|level=54
|game=Platinum
|gender=male
|spritegender=male
|type1=Water
|type2=Rock
|held=Lum Berry
|ability=Rock Head
|move1=Head Smash
|move1type=Rock
|move1cat=Physical
|move2=Aqua Tail
|move2type=Water
|move2cat=Physical
|move3=Earthquake
|move3type=Ground
|move3cat=Physical
|move4=Rest
|move4type=Psychic
|move4cat=Status
}}

|pokemon3={{Pokémon/4
|pokemon=Omastar
|ndex=139
|level=56
|game=HeartGold
|gender=male
|type1=Rock
|type2=Water
|ability=Shell Armor
|move1=Protect
|move1type=Normal
|move1cat=Status
|move2=Sandstorm
|move2type=Rock
|move2cat=Status
|move3=Brine
|move3type=Water
|move3cat=Special
|move4=AncientPower
|move4type=Rock
|move4cat=Special
}}

|pokemon4={{Pokémon/4
|pokemon=Onix
|ndex=095
|level=61
|game=HeartGold
|gender=male
|type1=Rock
|type2=Ground
|held=Sitrus Berry
|ability=Sturdy
|move1=Stealth Rock
|move1type=Rock
|move1cat=Status
|move2=Rock Slide
|move2type=Rock
|move2cat=Physical
|move3=Rock Polish
|move3type=Rock
|move3cat=Status
|move4=Sandstorm
|move4type=Rock
|move4cat=Status
}}

|pokemon5={{Pokémon/4
|pokemon=Kabutops
|ndex=141
|level=55
|game=HeartGold
|gender=male
|type1=Rock
|type2=Water
|ability=Battle Armor
|move1=Rock Slide
|move1type=Rock
|move1cat=Physical
|move2=Aqua Jet
|move2type=Water
|move2cat=Physical
|move3=Endure
|move3type=Normal
|move3cat=Status
|move4=Giga Drain
|move4type=Grass
|move4cat=Special
}}

|pokemon6={{Pokémon
|pokemon=Rampardos
|ndex=409
|level=57
|game=Platinum
|gender=male
|type1=Rock
|ability=Mold Breaker
|move1=Earthquake
|move1type=Ground
|move1cat=Physical
|move2=Stone Edge
|move2type=Rock
|move2cat=Physical
|move3=Avalanche
|move3type=Ice
|move3cat=Physical
|move4=Rock Polish
|move4type=Rock
|move4cat=Status}}
}}

===={{Eng|Pokémon Stadium}}====
=====Round 1=====
{{Party|
color={{rock color}}|
bordercolor={{rock color dark}}|
headcolor={{rock color light}}|
sprite=Brock_Stadium.png{{!}}50px|
prize=None|
class=Leader|
name=Brock|
game=Round 1|
location=Pewter Gym|
pokemon=6|
pokemon1={{Pokémon|
gen=1|
ndex=095|
pokemon=Onix|
level=50|
type1=Rock|
type2=Ground|
move1=Bind|
move1type=Normal|
move2=Toxic|
move2type=Poison|
move3=Earthquake|
move3type=Ground|
move4=Rock Slide|
move4type=Rock}}|
pokemon2={{Pokémon|
gen=1|
ndex=075|
pokemon=Graveler|
level=50|
type1=Rock|
type2=Ground|
move1=Rock Slide|
move1type=Rock|
move2=Dig|
move2type=Ground|
move3=Selfdestruct|
move3type=Normal|
move4=Seismic Toss|
move4type=Fighting}}|
pokemon3={{Pokémon|
gen=1|
ndex=104|
pokemon=Cubone|
level=50|
type1=Ground|
move1=Body Slam|
move1type=Normal|
move2=Fissure|
move2type=Ground|
move3=Bone Club|
move3type=Ground|
move4=Submission|
move4type=Fighting}}|
pokemon4={{Pokémon|
gen=1|
ndex=037|
pokemon=Vulpix|
level=50|
type1=Fire|
move1=Swift|
move1type=Normal|
move2=Quick Attack|
move2type=Normal|
move3=Flamethrower|
move3type=Fire|
move4=Fire Spin|
move4type=Fire}}|
pokemon5={{Pokémon|
gen=1|
ndex=138|
pokemon=Omanyte|
level=50|
type1=Rock|
type2=Water|
move1=Horn Attack|
move1type=Normal|
move2=Spike Cannon|
move2type=Normal|
move3=Ice Beam|
move3type=Ice|
move4=Surf|
move4type=Water}}|
pokemon6={{Pokémon|
gen=1|
ndex=140|
pokemon=Kabuto|
level=50|
type1=Rock|
type2=Water|
move1=Absorb|
move1type=Grass|
move2=Slash|
move2type=Normal|
move3=Hydro Pump|
move3type=Water|
move4=Blizzard|
move4type=Ice}}
}}

=====Round 2=====
{{Party|
color={{rock color}}|
bordercolor={{rock color dark}}|
headcolor={{rock color light}}|
sprite=Brock_Stadium.png{{!}}50px|
prize=None|
class=Leader|
name=Brock|
game=Round 2|
location=Pewter Gym|
pokemon=6|
pokemon1={{Pokémon|
gen=1|
ndex=095|
pokemon=Onix|
level=50|
type1=Rock|
type2=Ground|
move1=Bind|
move1type=Normal|
move2=Rock Slide|
move2type=Rock|
move3=Earthquake|
move3type=Ground|
move4=Screech|
move4type=Normal}}|
pokemon2={{Pokémon|
gen=1|
ndex=042|
pokemon=Golbat|
level=50|
type1=Poison|
type2=Flying|
move1=Confuse Ray|
move1type=Ghost|
move2=Wing Attack|
move2type=Flying|
move3=Bide|
move3type=Normal|
move4=Take Down|
move4type=Normal}}|
pokemon3={{Pokémon|
gen=1|
ndex=076|
pokemon=Golem|
level=50|
type1=Rock|
type2=Ground|
move1=Rock Slide|
move1type=Rock|
move2=Dig|
move2type=Ground|
move3=Explosion|
move3type=Normal|
move4=Seismic Toss|
move4type=Fighting}}|
pokemon4={{Pokémon|
gen=1|
ndex=038|
pokemon=Ninetales|
level=50|
type1=Fire|
move1=Confuse Ray|
move1type=Ghost|
move2=Flamethrower|
move2type=Fire|
move3=Fire Spin|
move3type=Fire|
move4=Bide|
move4type=Normal}}|
pokemon5={{Pokémon|
gen=1|
ndex=051|
pokemon=Dugtrio|
level=50|
type1=Ground|
move1=Dig|
move1type=Ground|
move2=Slash|
move2type=Normal|
move3=Rock Slide|
move3type=Rock|
move4=Sand-Attack|
move4type=Normal}}|
pokemon6={{Pokémon|
gen=1|
ndex=139|
pokemon=Omastar|
level=50|
type1=Rock|
type2=Water|
move1=Double-Edge|
move1type=Normal|
move2=Toxic|
move2type=Poison|
move3=Ice Beam|
move3type=Ice|
move4=Surf|
move4type=Water}}
}}

===={{g|Stadium 2}}====
=====Round 1=====
{{Party|
color={{rock color}}|
bordercolor={{rock color dark}}|
headcolor={{rock color light}}|
sprite=S2_Leader_Brock.png|
prize=None|
class=Leader|
name=Brock|
game=Round 1|
location=Pewter Gym|
pokemon=6|
pokemon1={{Pokémon|
gen=2|
ndex=095|
pokemon=Onix|
gender=male|
level=50|
type1=Rock|
type2=Ground|
held=Quick Claw|
move1=Bide|
move1type=Normal|
move2=Strength|
move2type=Normal|
move3=Rock Throw|
move3type=Rock|
move4=Earthquake|
move4type=Ground}}|
pokemon2={{Pokémon|
gen=2|
ndex=076|
pokemon=Golem|
gender=male|
level=50|
type1=Rock|
type2=Ground|
held=Scope Lens|
move1=Rollout|
move1type=Rock|
move2=Rock Throw|
move2type=Rock|
move3=Magnitude|
move3type=Ground|
move4=Defense Curl|
move4type=Normal}}|
pokemon3={{Pokémon|
gen=2|
ndex=127|
pokemon=Pinsir|
gender=male|
level=50|
type1=Bug|
held=Focus Band|
move1=Strength|
move1type=Normal|
move2=Submission|
move2type=Fighting|
move3=Fury Cutter|
move3type=Bug|
move4=Seismic Toss|
move4type=Fighting}}|
pokemon4={{Pokémon|
gen=2|
ndex=139|
pokemon=Omastar|
gender=male|
level=50|
type1=Rock|
type2=Water|
held=Miracle Berry|
move1=Surf|
move1type=Water|
move2=Bite|
move2type=Dark|
move3=Blizzard|
move3type=Ice|
move4=AncientPower|
move4type=Rock}}|
pokemon5={{Pokémon|
gen=2|
ndex=141|
pokemon=Kabutops|
gender=male|
level=50|
type1=Rock|
type2=Water|
held=PRZCureBerry|
move1=Surf|
move1type=Water|
move2=Slash|
move2type=Normal|
move3=Sleep Talk|
move3type=Normal|
move4=AncientPower|
move4type=Rock}}|
pokemon6={{Pokémon|
gen=2|
ndex=205|
pokemon=Forretress|
gender=female|
level=50|
types3=2|
type1=Bug|
type2=Steel|
held=Mint Berry|
move1=Rollout|
move1type=Rock|
move2=Take Down|
move2type=Normal|
move3=Giga Drain|
move3type=Grass|
move4=Defense Curl|
move4type=Normal}}
}}

=====Round 2=====
{{Party|
color={{rock color}}|
bordercolor={{rock color dark}}|
headcolor={{rock color light}}|
sprite=S2_Leader_Brock.png|
prize=None|
class=Leader|
name=Brock|
game=Round 2|
location=Pewter Gym|
pokemon=6|
pokemon1={{Pokémon|
gen=2|
ndex=208|
pokemon=Steelix|
level=50|
type1=Steel|
type2=Ground|
held=Scope Lens|
move1=Fissure|
move1type=Ground|
move2=Return|
move2type=Normal|
move3=Earthquake|
move3type=Ground|
move4=Rock Slide|
move4type=Rock}}|
pokemon2={{Pokémon|
gen=2|
ndex=112|
pokemon=Rhydon|
level=50|
type1=Ground|
type2=Rock|
held=Quick Claw|
move1=Fissure|
move1type=Ground|
move2=Earthquake|
move2type=Ground|
move3=Rock Slide|
move3type=Rock|
move4=Double-Edge|
move4type=Normal}}|
pokemon3={{Pokémon|
gen=2|
ndex=080|
pokemon=Slowbro|
level=50|
type1=Water|
type2=Psychic|
held=Bright Powder|
move1=Fissure|
move1type=Ground|
move2=Surf|
move2type=Water|
move3=Psychic|
move3type=Psychic|
move4=Flamethrower|
move4type=Fire}}|
pokemon4={{Pokémon|
gen=2|
ndex=213|
pokemon=Shuckle|
level=50|
type1=Bug|
type2=Rock|
held=Leftovers|
move1=Defense Curl|
move1type=Normal|
move2=Rollout|
move2type=Rock|
move3=Safeguard|
move3type=Normal|
move4=Wrap|
move4type=Normal}}|
pokemon5={{Pokémon|
gen=2|
ndex=214|
pokemon=Heracross|
level=50|
type1=Bug|
type2=Fighting|
held=Focus Band|
move1=Counter|
move1type=Fighting|
move2=Reversal|
move2type=Fighting|
move3=Megahorn|
move3type=Bug|
move4=Earthquake|
move4type=Ground}}|
pokemon6={{Pokémon|
gen=2|
ndex=217|
pokemon=Ursaring|
level=50|
type1=Normal|
held=Mint Berry|
move1=Slash|
move1type=Normal|
move2=Rollout|
move2type=Rock|
move3=Defense Curl|
move3type=Normal|
move4=Focus Energy|
move4type=Normal}}
}}

===Quotes===
{| align=right border="1" style="border: 1px solid #000; border-collapse: collapse;" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="2"
|- align=center
| [[Image:Brockblue.png]]
| [[Image:Y_Brock.png]]
| [[Image:Brock_02.png]]
|- align=center style="font-size: 80%;"
| Brock's sprite from [[Generation I]]
| Brock's sprite from {{game|Yellow}}
| Brock's sprite from [[Generation II]]
|- align=center
| [[Image:SpriteBrock.png]]
| [[Image:BrockHGSS.gif‎ ]]
| [[Image:VSBrock.png]]
|- align=center style="font-size: 80%;"
| Brock's sprite from [[Generation III]]
| Brock's sprite from [[Generation IV]]
| Brock's VS sprite from [[Generation IV]]
|- align=center
| [[Image:Brock Stadium.png]]
| [[Image:S2_Leader_Brock.png]]
|- align=center style="font-size: 80%;"
|Brock's artwork from {{Eng|Pokémon Stadium}}
|Brock's artwork from [[Pokémon Stadium 2]]
|}
===={{game|Red and Blue|s}}====
''"I'm Brock! I'm Pewter's Gym Leader! I believe in rock hard defense and determination! That's why my Pokémon are all the Rock-type! Do you still want to challenge me? Fine then! Show me your best!"''

''"I took you for granted. As proof of your victory, here's the Boulder Badge!"''

===={{game|Yellow}}====
''"I'm Brock! I'm Pewter's Gym Leader! I believe in rock hard defense and determination! That's why my Pokémon are all the Rock-type! Do you still want to challenge me? Fine then! Show me your best!"''

''"I took you for granted. As proof of your victory, here's the Boulder Badge!"''

''"There are all kinds of Trainers in the world! Some raise Pokémon for fights. Some see them as pets. I'm in training to become a Pokémon Breeder. If you take your Pokémon training seriously, go visit the gym in Cerulean and test your abilities!"''

===={{game|FireRed and LeafGreen|s}}====
''"So, you're here. I'm Brock. I'm Pewter's Gym Leader. My rock-hard willpower is evident even in my Pokémon. My Pokémon are all rock hard, and have true-grit determination. That's right - my Pokémon are all the Rock-type! Fuhaha! You're going to challenge me knowing that you'll lose? That's the Trainer's honor that compels you to challenge me. Fine, then! Show me your best!"''

''"I took you for granted, and so I lost. As proof of your victory, I confer on you this...the official Pokémon League Boulder Badge."''

''"There are all kind of Trainers in this huge world of ours. You appear to be very gifted as a Pokémon Trainer. So let me make a suggestion. Go to the [[Cerulean Gym|Gym in Cerulean]] and test your abilities."''

===={{game|Gold and Silver|s}}====
''"Wow, it's not often that we get a challenger from Johto. I'm Brock, the Pewter Gym Leader. I'm an expert on Rock-type Pokémon. My Pokémon are impervious to most physical attacks. You'll have a hard time inflicting any damage. Come on!"''

''"Your Pokémon's powerful attacks overcame my rock-hard defense... You're stronger than I expected... Go ahead--take this Badge."''

===={{game|HeartGold and SoulSilver|s}}====
=====Pewter Gym=====
*Before battle
:''"Wow, it's not often that we get a challenger from Johto. I'm Brock, the Pewter Gym Leader. I'm an expert on Rock-type Pokémon. My Pokémon are impervious to most physical attacks. You'll have a hard time inflicting any damage. Come on!"''

*After sending out last Pokémon
:''"Ah ha ha! It itches! It itches!"''

*During battle
:''"Ow ow ow ow ow..."''

*When defeated
:''"Looks like you're the stronger one..."''

*After being defeated
:''"Your Pokémon's powerful attacks overcame my rock-hard resistance... You're stronger than I expected... Go ahead - take this Badge."''

:''"I really enjoyed the battle with you, <player>! I'll give you the move Rock Slide, too. It can sometimes cause your foe to flinch."''

:''"The world is huge. There are still many strong Trainers like you. Just wait and see. I'm going to become a lot stronger, too."''

=====PokéGear Registering=====
:''"Small spaces surrounded by rocks make you feel peaceful, don't you agree? By the way, do you want to exchange numbers?"''
::Yes: ''"I would like to have a Pokémon battle against you! Give me a call on Saturday nights!"'''

=====PokéGear Phone=====
:''"Hello... What's up? I'm doing great! I can take a break on Saturday evenings, if you want to give me a call again then."''

:Saturday evening:
:''"Hello... What's up? I'm doing great! Hey, you called at just the right time! I'm free right now. Want to battle me again?"''
::No: ''"Is that so... Well, I suppose you must have a lot of things to do yourself..."''
:''"All right, all right! I'm looking forward to it! I'll meet you at the Fighting Dojo in Saffron City! I won't be at the Pewter Gym, all right? Don't get confused!"''

==In the anime==
{{main|Brock (anime)}}

In the anime, while, like later Gym Leaders, Brock appeared primarily as an opponent to {{Ash}} in his [[EP005|debut episode]], unlike them, he requested to join Ash on his journey, aiming to be the world's greatest {{tc|Pokémon Breeder}}, and leaving the Gym in the hands of his father, {{an|Flint}}, who had finally revealed himself to have returned from his journey. Brock advised Ash throughout the [[Kanto]] series, then left briefly during the [[Orange Archipelago]] arc to assist [[Professor Ivy]]. He returned to Ash's side in [[Johto]], and with brief returns to [[Pewter City]] at the end of each series, joined him for his journeys in [[Hoenn]] and [[Sinnoh]] as well, however, he now wants to become a Pokémon Doctor.

Brock mainly provides an advisory role to the other main characters of the anime, being several years older than the rest of them. His knowledge of Pokémon battles is great, causing him to often referee matches between Ash and others. Brock also fancies himself as somewhat a ladies' man, though each time he hits on someone, he is either rejected outright, pulled away by {{an|Misty}} or [[Max]], or, most recently, {{m|Poison Jab}}bed by his {{TP|Brock|Croagunk}}.

==In the manga==
===In the Electric Tale of Pikachu manga===
{{main|Brock (anime)#In The Electric Tale of Pikachu manga}}
As the {{pkmn|manga}} series [[Electric Tale of Pikachu|The Electric Tale of Pikachu]] is based on the [[Pokémon anime]], {{an|Brock}} is a commonly recurring character, although he does not appear in every chapter and he does not travel with {{Ash}} and {{an|Misty}} constantly.

[[File:Ash and Brock MPJ.jpg|thumb|right|Ash and Brock in Magical Pokémon Journey]]
===In the Magical Pokémon Journey manga===
Brock, along with {{Ash}} and {{an|Misty}}, make cameo appearances in bonus chapters of the [[Magical Pokémon Journey]] manga. In the bonus chapters, Brock and co. have mistakenly wandered into the world Magical Pokémon Journey is set in. The bonus chapters chronicle their attempts to return to their own world (of the {{pkmn|anime}}) and their encounters with various aspects of the Magical Pokémon Journey canon which differ from the anime's canon (such as the use of [[Poké Ball]]s).

===In the Pokémon Adventures manga===
[[File:Brock Special.png|right|thumb|Brock and his {{p|Geodude}}]]
Brock debuts in ''[[PS005|Onix is On!]]'' of the {{chap|Red, Green & Blue}}, however he is mentioned earlier by {{adv|Blue}} in ''[[PS004|Wanted: Pikachu!]]'' about being bored by no-one being able to defeat him, or even get past the preliminaries. To gain access to Brock, a Trainer must win several rounds of battles against special Trainers of the Gym, and all of those battles are watched by him from a special room.

Brock is a brave Trainer, and he assists [[Erika]] and [[Misty]] in their {{pkmn|battle}}s against [[Team Rocket]]. He also gave {{adv|Yellow}} a {{p|Graveler}} after the good [[Gym Leader]]s of Kanto battled Agatha's mind-controlling {{p|Gastly}}. However, he is also shown to be quick to anger and restless in his search for a good battle, and when discovering that {{adv|Red}}'s [[Pika]], the only remaining Pokémon of his, was disobedient, deemed his wins "dumb luck" and sought for a finisher attack instantly. However, when the boy begins to gain his Pokémon's trust, it chooses to fight for him and defeats his Onix.

After Blaine figured out that Red must have been at Mt. Moon before going missing, Brock volunteered to search there, since Mt. Moon was closest to [[Pewter City]]. He then found a cast of {{adv|Red}} frozen in ice there and contacted Blaine. Before all of the information could be exchanged, he found out that Pewter City was under attack by a group of [[Bruno]]'s {{p|Machop}} that was searching for Brock's {{badge|Boulder}}, and he left to protect it.

A few years later, he, along with Erika and Misty, traveled to Johto for the Gym Leader Tournament at the [[Indigo Plateau]], where he faced off against the expert of the newly discovered {{type|Steel}}, [[Jasmine]]. He lost the match and later fought against Team Rocket on the [[Magnet Train]].

Aside from being a Gym Leader, Brock also works as a security guard at the [[Pewter Museum of Science]].

====Pokémon====
This listing is of Brock's Pokémon in Pokémon Adventures.

=====On hand=====
{{TrainerPoké
|trainer=Brock
|pkmn=Geodude (×6)
|type1=Rock
|type2=Ground
|img=Brock Geodude Adventures.png
|epnum=PS005
|epname=Onix is On
|desc=Brock owns six {{p|Geodude}}, nicknamed Geoone, Geotwo and Geothree and so on. The often grasp each others wrists in order to circle around Brock in order to protect him. During the {{chap|Gold, Silver & Crystal}}, they used their {{m|Magnitude}} to stop the Magnet Train. However, the impact sent it off course, causing it to almost crash before it was saved by {{adv|Red}}'s {{p|Snorlax|Lax}}.}}

{{TrainerPoké
|trainer=Brock
|pkmn=Onix
|type1=Rock
|type2=Ground
|img=Brock Onix Adventures.png
|epnum=PS005
|epname=Onix is On
|desc={{p|Onix}} is arguably Brock's most powerful Pokémon and is apparently well known for its speed, which causes shock waves when it moves. Onix was first used in battle against {{adv|Red}}'s [[Pika]]. Despite the type advantage, Onix was defeated by the small electric type after it came to fight for Red of its own will. Three years later, Onix was sent out by Brock to use as a bridge when a bridge in the [[Tohjo Falls]] went out while Brock, Erika and Misty were heading to Johto, during which Misty is joined by {{p|Suicune}}. However, it itself collapsed when they were all attacked by a large group of {{p|Zubat}}, {{p|Golbat}} and {{p|Crobat}}. Once the group finally made it to the Indigo Plateau, Brock used Onix in his battle with Jasmine. It lost to Jasmine's {{p|Steelix}}, which he initially mistook as an Onix of a different variety due to its rock covering used to hide the fact that it was a new, undiscovered species at the time. Its known attacks are {{m|Rock Throw}}, {{m|Skull Bash}} and {{m|Bind}}.}}
{{TrainerPoké
|trainer=Brock
|pkmn=Kabutops
|type1=Rock
|type2=Water
|img=Brock Kabutops Adventures.png
|epnum=PS150
|epname=Light Up My Days, Chinchou!
|desc=Brock met {{p|Kabutops}} when it was a {{p|Kabuto}} in the [[Pewter Museum of Science]] during the [[Elite Four]]'s invasion of [[Kanto]], and received and later evolved it for protecting it during the ordeal. It knows many ancient attacks and is a very powerful member of Brock's team and was able to easily hold its own against Jasmine's [[Amphy]], nearly winning him the match.}}

=====Given away=====
{{TrainerPoké
|trainer=Brock
|pkmn=Graveler
|type1=Rock
|type2=Ground
|img=Brock Graveler Adventure.png
|epnum=PS005
|epname=Onix is On
|desc=Brock's {{p|Graveler}} was first seen as it watched Red battle the trainers in the [[Pewter Gym]]. Later on, Brock gave it to Yellow, who has since evolved it into a {{p|Golem}}.}}

===In the Pokémon Pocket Monsters manga===
Brock debuts in the chapter ''[[PM003|Take Out The Rival Onix!!]]'' of the [[Pokémon Pocket Monsters]] manga. He is the first Gym Leader that [[Isamu Akai]] battles. He owns many Pokémon he had caught over the years and one of them turned out to be {{TP|Isamu Akai|Clefairy}}'s cousin, {{TP|Isamu Akai|Pikachu}}.

====Pokémon====
{|border="1" style="border: 1px solid #000; border-collapse: collapse;" cellspacing="0" width="200px"
|-
| align=center | [[File:025.png]] {{TP|Isamu Akai|Pikachu}}{{tt|*|Given to Isamu}}
| align=center | [[File:095.png]] {{p|Onix}}
|-
|}

===In the Pokémon Zensho manga===
In the [[Pokémon Zensho]] manga, Brock is the first Gym Leader {{Zensho|Satoshi}} battles.

==In the TCG==
There is a [[Theme Deck]] named for Brock in the {{TCG|Gym Heroes}} expansion. It has two versions,{{TCG|Brock|English}} and [[Nivi City Gym (TCG)|Japanese]].
===Artwork===
Artwork from the cards:
<gallery>
Image:Brocktrainer.jpg|Brock and the Boulder Badge.
Image:Brock-TCG1.jpg|Brock and the Boulder Badge.
Image:Brocks-Training-Method.jpg|Brock feeds his Onix.
Image:Brocks-Protection.jpg|Brock wears a "Rocky" Onix shirt.
Image:Blaine-Quiz3.jpg|Brock gets frustrated with Blaine's quizzes.
Image:BrockVS.png|Brock's updated {{tcg|VS}} headshot.
</gallery>

===Pokémon===
This listing is of cards mentioning or featuring Brock or his Pokémon in the [[Pokémon Trading Card Game|Pokémon TCG]].

{| border="1" style="border: 1px solid #999; border-collapse: collapse; background: white;" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="2"
|- style="background: #{{tcg Fighting color}};"
!Name
!Type
!Level
!Rarity
!Set
!Set no.
|-
| {{TCG ID|Gym Heroes|Brock's Rhydon|2}} || {{e|Fighting}} || 38 || [[Image:Rarity Rare.png|Rare Holographic]]H || {{TCG|Gym Heroes}} || 2/132
|-
| rowspan=2 | {{TCG ID|Gym Heroes|Brock|15}} || rowspan=2 | - || rowspan=2 | - || [[Image:Rarity Rare.png|Rare Holographic]]H || rowspan=2 | {{TCG|Gym Heroes}} || 15/132
|-
| {{rar|Rare}} || 98/132
|-
| {{TCG ID|Gym Heroes|Brock's Golem|20}} || {{e|Fighting}} || 40 || {{rar|Rare}} || {{TCG|Gym Heroes}} || 20/132
|-
| {{TCG ID|Gym Heroes|Brock's Onix|21}} || {{e|Fighting}} || 30 || {{rar|Rare}} || {{TCG|Gym Heroes}} || 21/132
|-
| {{TCG ID|Gym Heroes|Brock's Rhyhorn|22}} || {{e|Fighting}} || 25 || {{rar|Rare}} || {{TCG|Gym Heroes}} || 22/132
|-
| {{TCG ID|Gym Heroes|Brock's Sandslash|23}} || {{e|Fighting}} || 26 || {{rar|Rare}} || {{TCG|Gym Heroes}} || 23/132
|-
| {{TCG ID|Gym Heroes|Brock's Zubat|24}} || {{e|Grass}} || 5 || {{rar|Rare}} || {{TCG|Gym Heroes}} || 24/132
|-
| {{TCG ID|Gym Heroes|Brock's Geodude|38}} || {{e|Fighting}} || 17 || {{rar|Uncommon}} || {{TCG|Gym Heroes}} || 38/132
|-
| {{TCG ID|Gym Heroes|Brock's Golbat|39}} || {{e|Grass}} || 30 || {{rar|Uncommon}} || {{TCG|Gym Heroes}} || 39/132
|-
| {{TCG ID|Gym Heroes|Brock's Graveler|40}} || {{e|Fighting}} || 30 || {{rar|Uncommon}} || {{TCG|Gym Heroes}} || 40/132
|-
| {{TCG ID|Gym Heroes|Brock's Lickitung|41}} || {{e|Colorless}} || 24 || {{rar|Uncommon}} || {{TCG|Gym Heroes}} || 41/132
|-
| {{TCG ID|Gym Heroes|Brock's Geodude|66}} || {{e|Fighting}} || 13 || {{rar|Common}} || {{TCG|Gym Heroes}} || 66/132
|-
| {{TCG ID|Gym Heroes|Brock's Mankey|67}} || {{e|Fighting}} || 10 || {{rar|Common}} || {{TCG|Gym Heroes}} || 67/132
|-
| {{TCG ID|Gym Heroes|Brock's Mankey|68}} || {{e|Fighting}} || 12 || {{rar|Common}} || {{TCG|Gym Heroes}} || 68/132
|-
| {{TCG ID|Gym Heroes|Brock's Onix|69}} || {{e|Fighting}} || 41 || {{rar|Common}} || {{TCG|Gym Heroes}} || 69/132
|-
| {{TCG ID|Gym Heroes|Brock's Rhyhorn|70}} || {{e|Fighting}} || 29 || {{rar|Common}} || {{TCG|Gym Heroes}} || 70/132
|-
| {{TCG ID|Gym Heroes|Brock's Sandshrew|71}} || {{e|Fighting}} || 13 || {{rar|Common}} || {{TCG|Gym Heroes}} || 71/132
|-
| {{TCG ID|Gym Heroes|Brock's Sandshrew|72}} || {{e|Fighting}} || 20 || {{rar|Common}} || {{TCG|Gym Heroes}} || 72/132
|-
| {{TCG ID|Gym Heroes|Brock's Vulpix|73}} || {{e|Fire}} || 10 || {{rar|Common}} || {{TCG|Gym Heroes}} || 73/132
|-
| {{TCG ID|Gym Heroes|Brock's Zubat|74}} || {{e|Grass}} || 11 || {{rar|Common}} || {{TCG|Gym Heroes}} || 74/132
|-
| {{TCG ID|Gym Heroes|Brock's Training Method|106}} || - || - || {{rar|Uncommon}} || {{TCG|Gym Heroes}} || 106/132
|-
| {{TCG ID|Gym Heroes|Pewter City Gym|115}} || - || - || {{rar|Uncommon}} || {{TCG|Gym Heroes}} || 115/132
|-
| {{TCG ID|Gym Challenge|Brock's Ninetales|3}} || {{e|Fire}} || 30 || [[Image:Rarity Rare.png|Rare Holographic]]H || {{TCG|Gym Challenge}} || 3/132
|-
| {{TCG ID|Gym Challenge|Brock's Dugtrio|22}} || {{e|Fighting}} || 27 || {{rar|Rare}} || {{TCG|Gym Challenge}} || 22/132
|-
| {{TCG ID|Gym Challenge|Brock's Graveler|34}} || {{e|Fighting}} || 32 || {{rar|Uncommon}} || {{TCG|Gym Challenge}} || 34/132
|-
| {{TCG ID|Gym Challenge|Brock's Primeape|35}} || {{e|Fighting}} || 32 || {{rar|Uncommon}} || {{TCG|Gym Challenge}} || 35/132
|-
| {{TCG ID|Gym Challenge|Brock's Sandslash|36}} || {{e|Fighting}} || 34 || {{rar|Uncommon}} || {{TCG|Gym Challenge}} || 36/132
|-
| {{TCG ID|Gym Challenge|Brock's Vulpix|37}} || {{e|Fire}} || 16 || {{rar|Uncommon}} || {{TCG|Gym Challenge}} || 37/132
|-
| {{TCG ID|Gym Challenge|Brock's Diglett|67}} || {{e|Fighting}} || 13 || {{rar|Common}} || {{TCG|Gym Challenge}} || 67/132
|-
| {{TCG ID|Gym Challenge|Brock's Geodude|68}} || {{e|Fighting}} || 15 || {{rar|Common}} || {{TCG|Gym Challenge}} || 68/132
|-
| {{TCG ID|Gym Challenge|Brock's Protection|101}} || - || - || {{rar|Rare}} || {{TCG|Gym Challenge}} || 101/132
|-
| {{TCG ID|VS|Brock's Omastar|68}} || {{e|Fighting}} || - || {{rar|Common}} || {{TCG|Pokémon VS}} (no English release) || 068/141
|-
| {{TCG ID|VS|Brock's Kabutops|69}} || {{e|Fighting}} || - || {{rar|Common}} || {{TCG|Pokémon VS}} (no English release) || 069/141
|-
| {{TCG ID|5th Movie Half Deck|Brock's Crobat|2}} || {{e|Grass}} || - || - || {{TCG|5th Movie Half Deck}} (no English release) || 002/018
|-
| {{TCG ID|8th Movie Half Deck|Brock's Forretress|11}} || {{e|Metal}} || - || - || {{TCG|8th Movie Half Deck}} (no English release) || 011/020
|-
| {{TCG ID|9th Movie Half Deck|Brock's Marshtomp|8}} || {{e|Fighting}} || - || - || {{TCG|9th Movie Half Deck}} (no English release) || 008/019
|-
| {{TCG ID|ADV-P Promo|Brock's Mudkip|38}} || {{e|Water}} || - || - || {{TCG|ADV-P Promotional cards}} (no English release) || 038/ADV-P
|-
| {{TCG ID|Movie Random Pack Promo|Croagunk M|13}} || {{e|Psychic}} || 38 || - || {{TCG|Movie Commemoration Random Pack}} (no English release) || 013/022
|}

==In the TFG==
{{TFG ID|Next Quest|Brock|39}} appears as a rare Trainer figure in the launch set, {{TFG|Next Quest}}, of the [[Pokémon Trading Figure Game]].

==Trivia==
* In the video games (notably, the [[Pokémon Stadium series]]), Brock has been shown with several Pokémon that he would later own in the anime ({{p|Golbat}} in Stadium's Round 2 fight, {{p|Forretress}} in Stadium 2's Round 1 fight, and {{p|Steelix}} in Stadium 2's Round 2 fight).
* Despite being a Rock-type [[Pokémon Trainer]], none of his Pokémon knew any Rock-type moves in [[Generation I]]. This did not occur in [[Generation III]] due to his chosen TM changing from {{TM|34|Bide}} to {{TM|39|Rock Tomb}}.
* Brock is one of two [[Gym Leader]]s not to give the {{player}} a TM of his {{t|Rock|Gym's specialty type}}, the other being [[Falkner]]. This is only true in [[Generation I]].
** However, in [[Generation II]] there was no TM that contained a {{type2|Flying}} move for Falkner to give, whereas in [[Generation I]] {{m|Rock Slide}} is available by [[TM48]].
* In {{2v2|HeartGold|SoulSilver}}, Brock trades the player a {{p|Rhyhorn}} knowing {{m|Thunder Fang}} (an [[egg move]]) in exchange for a {{p|Bonsly}}. This may be a reference to his anime counterpart, who is a [[Pokémon Breeder]] and once owned a [[Brock's Sudowoodo|Bonsly]] as well before it evolved.
* Out of all of his Pokémon in the handheld games, only {{p|Rampardos|one}} does not suffer from a double weakness against {{t|Grass}}.

===Names===
{|{{bluetable|background: white}}
|-style="background: #ccf;"
!Language
!Name
!Reference to
|-
|Japanese
|タケシ ''Takeshi''
|From ''take'', {{wp|bamboo}}. Possibly from 岳 ''take'' ("mountain peak"). A common Japanese given name.
|-
|English, Italian, Spanish
|Brock
|Rhymes with ''rock''.
|-
|French
|Pierre
|Literally means "stone".
|-
|German
|Rocko
|From English ''rock''.
|-
|Korean
|웅 ''Ung''
|'웅' means 'man-like', brave. A common word used for boy's names in Korea
|-
|Chinese
|小剛 ''Xiǎo Gāng''
|剛 is taken from 剛 ''Takeshi'', an alternate spelling of the name.
|}

==External links==
*[http://fan.mienai-hoshi.net/brock/ The Pokémon Breeder], the fanlisting for Brock
*[http://pokeani.com/chara/r-takeshi.html Takeshi's Profile] on [[Pokeani]] (Japanese)
*[http://pokeani.com/poke/list/r_poke-takeshi.html Takeshi's Pokémon] on [[Pokeani]] (Japanese)

===On Bulbagarden forums===
*[http://bmgf.bulbagarden.net/showthread.php?t=8976 The Brock Club]

{{Gym Leaders of Kanto}}
 
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[[de:Rocko (Spielcharakter)]]
[[es:Brock]]
[[fr:Pierre (Kanto)]]
[[ja:タケシ]]
[[pl:Brock]]
[[pt:Brock]]

Brock

2010-09-02T11:23:13Z

DiscoPichu: /* Intro */

{{Featured}}
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{{CharInfobox|
|color={{rock color}}
|corecolor={{rock color light}}
|bordercolor={{rock color dark}}
|name=Brock
|jname=タケシ
|tmname=Takeshi
|slogan=yes
|sloganline=The Rock-Solid Pokémon Trainer!
|image=HeartGold SoulSilver Brock.png
|size=150px
|caption=Art from Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver
|age=yes
|years=15 (as of [[EP005|debut]])
|gender=Male
|colors=yes
|eyes=Black
|hair=Brown
|hometown=[[Pewter City]]
|region=[[Kanto]]
|relatives={{ka|Flint}} (father), [[Lola]] (mother), [[Forrest]] (brother), {{Brocksib|8 other siblings}} (all anime only)
|trainer=yes
|trainerclass=[[Gym Leader]], {{pkmn|Breeder}} ({{pkmn|anime}} only)|
|game=yes
|generation={{Gen|I}}, {{Gen|II}}, {{Gen|III}}, {{Gen|IV}}
|games={{game3|Red and Blue|Red, Blue|s}}, {{v2|Yellow}}, {{game3|Gold and Silver|Gold, Silver|s}}, {{v2|Crystal}}, {{game3|FireRed and LeafGreen|FireRed, LeafGreen|s}}, {{game3|HeartGold and SoulSilver|HeartGold, SoulSilver|s}}, [[Pokémon Stadium (English)|Stadium]], {{pkmn|Stadium 2}}
|leader=yes
|gym=Pewter Gym
|specialist=yes
|type={{type2|Rock}}s
|badge=Boulder Badge
|brain=no
|anime=yes
|epnum=EP005
|epname=Showdown in Pewter City
|enva=[[Eric Stuart]] ([[4Kids Entertainment|4Kids]]) [[Bill Rogers]] ([[The Pokémon Company International|TPCi]])
|java=[[Yūji Ueda]]
|}}
'''Brock''' (Japanese: '''タケシ''' ''Takeshi'') is the [[Gym Leader]] of [[Pewter City]]'s {{pkmn|Gym}}, known officially as the [[Pewter Gym]]. He hands out the {{Badge|Boulder}} to {{pkmn|Trainer}}s who defeat him in battle. He specializes in training {{type2|Rock}} Pokémon.

==In the games==
[[Image:Sugimoribrockoriginal.png|thumb|left|Art of Brock from {{game|Red and Blue|s}}]]
Brock's title is "The Rock-Solid Pokémon Trainer." Brock is quite proud of his rock-hard willpower, and uses Rock-type Pokémon to complement this.

Brock is one of the few truly serious professional Pokémon Trainers in the Pewter City area. He's tough, people respect him, and most admire him. Supposedly, it's hard to get him to laugh or drop his serious demeanor, but when he does, he can't stop.

Brock likes to dig for [[fossil]]s in [[Mt. Moon]], which is possibly how he ended up getting a {{p|Kabutops}} and {{p|Omastar}} in [[Generation II]] (in the Pokémon Adventures manga, he is stated to have found Kabutops as a {{p|Kabuto}} guarding the Pewter City Museum).

In each game, there is only one other Trainer in his gym: a [[Camper]], whose name is Jerry in [[Generation II]] and Liam in [[Generation III]]. This Trainer usually isn't devoted to the Rock-type, and may use pure {{type2|Ground}} Pokémon like {{p|Sandshrew}} and {{p|Diglett}}.

In addition to the Boulder Badge, Brock gives out {{TM|34|Bide}} for in the [[Generation I]] {{pkmn|games}}, and {{TM|39|Rock Tomb}} for the [[Generation III]] remakes instead. While he doesn't give out a [[TM]] in [[Generation II]], however, for the [[Generation IV]] remakes he gives out {{TM|80|Rock Slide}}. In both the Generation I games and their Generation III remakes, one Trainer will not allow for Trainers to pass onto {{rt|3|Kanto}} until they have defeated Brock. Instead, when Trainers try to leave, he will lead them all the way back to the Pewter Gym.

In {{game|HeartGold and SoulSilver|s}}, after he is defeated, he will offer to [[List of in-game trades|trade]] a {{p|Rhyhorn}} that knows {{m|Thunder Fang}} for a {{p|Bonsly}}. He can be found in [[Diglett's Cave]] near Pewter City every day between noon and 3 PM, and will offer his Pokégear number if he is spoken to. If he is called on Saturday nights, he will be up for a rematch at the [[Fighting Dojo]].

===Fame Checker===
[[Image:Red Blue Brock.png|thumb|Full art of Brock from [[Generation I]]]]
[[Image:FireRed LeafGreen Brock.png|thumb|Art of Brock from {{game|FireRed and LeafGreen|s}}]]
This is a list of the [[Fame Checker]]'s information on Brock in {{game|FireRed and LeafGreen|s}}.
;Pewter City - sign
*What does this person do?
:"<sc>Pewter City Pok</sc>é<sc>mon Gym</sc>
:<sc>Leader: Brock</sc>
:The Rock-Solid <sc>Pok</sc>é<sc>mon Trainer</sc>!"
;Pewter Gym - Brock
*Favorite kind of <sc>Pok</sc>é<sc>mon</sc>?
:"My rock-hard willpower is evident in even my <sc>Pok</sc>é<sc>mon</sc>.
:My <sc>Pok</sc>é<sc>mon</sc> are all rock hard and have true-grit determination.
:That's right - my <sc>Pok</sc>é<sc>mon</sc> are all the <sc>Rock</sc> type!"
;Pewter City - young man
*What is this person like?
:"There aren’t many serious <sc>Pok</sc>é<sc>mon</sc> Trainers here.
:They’re all like <sc>[[Bug Catcher]]s</sc>, you know, just hobbyists.
:But <sc>Pewter Gym</sc>’s <sc>Brock</sc> isn’t like that, not one bit."
;{{rt|4|Kanto}} - boy
*What is this person like?
:"<sc>Brock</sc> is cool. He's not just tough.
:People like and respect him.
:I want to become a <sc>Gym Leader</sc> like him."
;[[Mt. Moon]] - man
*What does this person do?
:"Hi. I’m excavating for fossils here under <sc>Mt. Moon</sc>.
:Sometimes, <sc>Brock</sc> of <sc>Pewter Gym</sc> lends me a hand."
;[[Pewter Museum of Science|Pewter Museum]] - {{DL|Pokémon magazines|Pokémon Journal}}
*What is this person like?
:"<sc>Brock</sc> rarely laughs, but is said to be unable to stop if he starts."
;Message from <sc>Brock</sc>
*From: <sc>Brock</sc>
*To: [Player]
:"In this big world of ours, there must be many tough <sc>Trainers</sc>.
:Let's both keep training and making ourselves stronger!"

===Pokémon===
This listing is of Brock's Pokémon in the {{pkmn|games}} in which he has appeared.

===={{game3|Red and Green|Pokémon Red, Green|s}} and {{game3|Red and Blue|Blue|s}}====
{{Party|
color={{rock color}}|
bordercolor={{rock color dark}}|
headcolor={{rock color light}}|
sprite=Brockblue.png|
prize={{pdollar}}1386|
class=Leader|
name=Brock|
game={{3v2|Red|Green|Blue}}|
location=Pewter Gym|
pokemon=2|
pokemon1={{Pokémon|
gen=1|
ndex=074|
game=Red|
pokemon=Geodude|
level=12|
type1=Rock|
type2=Ground|
move1=Tackle|
move1type=Normal|
move2=Defense Curl|
move2type=Normal}}|
pokemon2={{Pokémon|
gen=1|
ndex=095|
pokemon=Onix|
game=Red|
level=14|
type1=Rock|
type2=Ground|
move1=Tackle|
move1type=Normal|
move2=Screech|
move2type=Normal|
move3=Bide|
move3type=Normal|
move4=Bind|
move4type=Normal}}}}

===={{game|Yellow}}====
{{Party|
color={{rock color}}|
bordercolor={{rock color dark}}|
headcolor={{rock color light}}|
sprite=Y Brock.png|
prize={{pdollar}}1188|
class=Leader|
name=Brock|
game={{v2|Yellow}}|
location=Pewter Gym|
pokemon=2|
pokemon1={{Pokémon|
gen=1|
ndex=074|
pokemon=Geodude|
game=Yellow|
level=10|
type1=Rock|
type2=Ground|
move1=Tackle|
move1type=Normal}}|
pokemon2={{Pokémon|
gen=1|
ndex=095|
pokemon=Onix|
game=Yellow|
level=12|
type1=Rock|
type2=Ground|
move1=Tackle|
move1type=Normal|
move2=Screech|
move2type=Normal|
move3=Bide|
move3type=Normal|
move4=Bind|
move4type=Normal}}}}

===={{game2|Gold|Silver|Crystal}}====
{{Party|
color={{rock color}}|
bordercolor={{rock color dark}}|
headcolor={{rock color light}}|
sprite=Brock 02.png|
prize={{pdollar}}4200|
class=Leader|
name=Brock|
game={{3v2|Gold|Silver|Crystal}}|
location=Pewter Gym|
pokemon=5|
pokemon1={{Pokémon|
gen=2|
ndex=075|
pokemon=Graveler|
game=Gold|
gender=male|
level=41|
type1=Rock|
type2=Ground|
move1=Defense Curl|
move1type=Normal|
move2=Rock Slide|
move2type=Rock|
move3=Rollout|
move3type=Rock|
move4=Earthquake|
move4type=Ground}}|
pokemon2={{Pokémon|
gen=2|
ndex=111|
pokemon=Rhyhorn|
game=Gold|
gender=male|
level=41|
type1=Ground|
type2=Rock|
move1=Fury Attack|
move1type=Normal|
move2=Scary Face|
move2type=Normal|
move3=Earthquake|
move3type=Ground|
move4=Horn Drill|
move4type=Normal}}|
pokemon3={{Pokémon|
gen=2|
ndex=139|
pokemon=Omastar|
game=Gold|
gender=male|
level=42|
type1=Rock|
type2=Water|
move1=Bite|
move1type=Dark|
move2=Surf|
move2type=Water|
move3=Protect|
move3type=Normal|
move4=Spike Cannon|
move4type=Normal}}|
pokemon4={{Pokémon|
gen=2|
ndex=141|
pokemon=Kabutops|
game=Gold|
gender=male|
level=42|
type1=Rock|
type2=Water|
move1=Slash|
move1type=Normal|
move2=Surf|
move2type=Water|
move3=Endure|
move3type=Normal|
move4=Giga Drain|
move4type=Grass}}|
pokemon5={{Pokémon|
gen=2|
ndex=095|
pokemon=Onix|
game=Gold|
gender=male|
level=44|
type1=Rock|
type2=Ground|
move1=Bind|
move1type=Normal|
move2=Rock Slide|
move2type=Rock|
move3=Bide|
move3type=Normal|
move4=Sandstorm|
move4type=Rock}}}}

===={{game|FireRed and LeafGreen|s}}====
{{Party|
color={{rock color}}|
bordercolor={{rock color dark}}|
headcolor={{rock color light}}|
sprite=SpriteBrock.png|
prize={{pdollar}}1400|
class=Leader|
name=Brock|
game={{2v2|FireRed|LeafGreen}}|
location=Pewter Gym|
pokemon=2|
pokemon1={{Pokémon|
gen=3|
ndex=074|
game=FireRed|
pokemon=Geodude|
level=12|
type1=Rock|
type2=Ground|
gender=male|
ability=Rock Head|
move1=Tackle|
move1type=Normal|
move2=Defense Curl|
move2type=Normal}}|
pokemon2={{Pokémon|
gen=3|
ndex=095|
pokemon=Onix|
game=FireRed|
level=14|
type1=Rock|
type2=Ground|
gender=male|
ability=Rock Head|
move1=Tackle|
move1type=Normal|
move2=Bind|
move2type=Normal|
move3=Rock Tomb|
move3type=Rock}}}}

===={{game|HeartGold and SoulSilver|s}}====
=====Gym match=====
{{Party
|color={{rock color}}
|bordercolor={{rock color dark}}
|headcolor={{rock color light}}
|sprite=BrockHGSS.gif
|prize={{pdollar}}6240
|class=Leader
|name=Brock
|game={{2v2|HeartGold|SoulSilver}}
|location=Pewter Gym
|pokemon=5

|pokemon1={{Pokémon
|gen=4
|ndex=075
|pokemon=Graveler
|game=HeartGold
|type1=Rock
|type2=Ground
|ability=Sturdy
|gender=male
|level=51
|move3=Earthquake
|move3type=Ground
|move3cat=Physical
|move1=Defense Curl
|move1type=Normal
|move1cat=Status
|move4=Rock Slide
|move4type=Rock
|move4cat=Physical
|move2=Rollout
|move2type=Rock
|move2cat=Physical
}}

|pokemon2={{Pokémon
|gen=4
|ndex=111
|pokemon=Rhyhorn
|game=HeartGold
|gender=male
|spritegender=male
|type1=Ground
|type2=Rock
|ability=Sturdy
|level=51
|move1=Earthquake
|move1type=Ground
|move1cat=Physical
|move3=Scary Face
|move3type=Normal
|move3cat=Status
|move2=Sandstorm
|move2type=Rock
|move2cat=Status
|move4=Horn Drill
|move4type=Normal
|move4cat=Physical
}}

|pokemon3={{Pokémon
|gen=4
|ndex=139
|pokemon=Omastar
|game=HeartGold
|type1=Rock
|type2=Water
|ability=Swift Swim
|gender=male
|level=53
|move2=Spike Cannon
|move2type=Normal
|move2cat=Physical
|move3=AncientPower
|move3type=Rock
|move3cat=Special
|move4=Brine
|move4type=Water
|move4cat=Special
|move1=Protect
|move1type=Normal
|move1cat=Status
}}

|pokemon5={{Pokémon
|gen=4
|ndex=095
|pokemon=Onix
|game=HeartGold
|type1=Rock
|type2=Ground
|ability=Sturdy
|gender=male
|level=54
|held=Sitrus Berry
|move4=Rock Slide
|move4type=Rock
|move4cat=Physical
|move3=Iron Tail
|move3type=Steel
|move3cat=Physical
|move2=Sandstorm
|move2type=Rock
|move2cat=Status
|move1=Screech
|move1type=Normal
|move1cat=Status
}}

|pokemon4={{Pokémon
|gen=4
|ndex=141
|pokemon=Kabutops
|game=HeartGold
|type1=Rock
|type2=Water
|ability=Swift Swim
|gender=male
|level=52
|move4=Rock Slide
|move4type=Rock
|move4cat=Physical
|move3=Aqua Jet
|move3type=Water
|move3cat=Physical
|move1=Endure
|move1type=Normal
|move1cat=Status
|move2=Giga Drain
|move2type=Grass
|move2cat=Special
}}
}}

=====Second battle ([[Rematch]])=====
{{Party|
|color={{rock color}}
|bordercolor={{rock color dark}}
|headcolor={{rock color light}}
|sprite= BrockHGSS.gif
|prize={{pdollar}}6840
|class=Leader
|name= Brock
|game={{2v2|HeartGold|SoulSilver}}
|location=Fighting Dojo
|pokemon=6

|pokemon1={{Pokémon/4
|pokemon=Golem
|ndex=076
|level=55
|game=HeartGold
|gender=male
|type1=Rock
|type2=Ground
|ability=Sturdy
|move1=Sandstorm
|move1type=Rock
|move1cat=Status
|move2=Rock Slide
|move2type=Rock
|move2cat=Physical
|move3=Rock Polish
|move3type=Rock
|move3cat=Status
|move4=Earthquake
|move4type=Ground
|move4cat=Physical
}}

|pokemon2={{Pokémon/4
|pokemon=Relicanth
|ndex=369
|level=54
|game=Platinum
|gender=male
|spritegender=male
|type1=Water
|type2=Rock
|held=Lum Berry
|ability=Rock Head
|move1=Head Smash
|move1type=Rock
|move1cat=Physical
|move2=Aqua Tail
|move2type=Water
|move2cat=Physical
|move3=Earthquake
|move3type=Ground
|move3cat=Physical
|move4=Rest
|move4type=Psychic
|move4cat=Status
}}

|pokemon3={{Pokémon/4
|pokemon=Omastar
|ndex=139
|level=56
|game=HeartGold
|gender=male
|type1=Rock
|type2=Water
|ability=Shell Armor
|move1=Protect
|move1type=Normal
|move1cat=Status
|move2=Sandstorm
|move2type=Rock
|move2cat=Status
|move3=Brine
|move3type=Water
|move3cat=Special
|move4=AncientPower
|move4type=Rock
|move4cat=Special
}}

|pokemon4={{Pokémon/4
|pokemon=Onix
|ndex=095
|level=61
|game=HeartGold
|gender=male
|type1=Rock
|type2=Ground
|held=Sitrus Berry
|ability=Sturdy
|move1=Stealth Rock
|move1type=Rock
|move1cat=Status
|move2=Rock Slide
|move2type=Rock
|move2cat=Physical
|move3=Rock Polish
|move3type=Rock
|move3cat=Status
|move4=Sandstorm
|move4type=Rock
|move4cat=Status
}}

|pokemon5={{Pokémon/4
|pokemon=Kabutops
|ndex=141
|level=55
|game=HeartGold
|gender=male
|type1=Rock
|type2=Water
|ability=Battle Armor
|move1=Rock Slide
|move1type=Rock
|move1cat=Physical
|move2=Aqua Jet
|move2type=Water
|move2cat=Physical
|move3=Endure
|move3type=Normal
|move3cat=Status
|move4=Giga Drain
|move4type=Grass
|move4cat=Special
}}

|pokemon6={{Pokémon
|pokemon=Rampardos
|ndex=409
|level=57
|game=Platinum
|gender=male
|type1=Rock
|ability=Mold Breaker
|move1=Earthquake
|move1type=Ground
|move1cat=Physical
|move2=Stone Edge
|move2type=Rock
|move2cat=Physical
|move3=Avalanche
|move3type=Ice
|move3cat=Physical
|move4=Rock Polish
|move4type=Rock
|move4cat=Status}}
}}

===={{Eng|Pokémon Stadium}}====
=====Round 1=====
{{Party|
color={{rock color}}|
bordercolor={{rock color dark}}|
headcolor={{rock color light}}|
sprite=Brock_Stadium.png{{!}}50px|
prize=None|
class=Leader|
name=Brock|
game=Round 1|
location=Pewter Gym|
pokemon=6|
pokemon1={{Pokémon|
gen=1|
ndex=095|
pokemon=Onix|
level=50|
type1=Rock|
type2=Ground|
move1=Bind|
move1type=Normal|
move2=Toxic|
move2type=Poison|
move3=Earthquake|
move3type=Ground|
move4=Rock Slide|
move4type=Rock}}|
pokemon2={{Pokémon|
gen=1|
ndex=075|
pokemon=Graveler|
level=50|
type1=Rock|
type2=Ground|
move1=Rock Slide|
move1type=Rock|
move2=Dig|
move2type=Ground|
move3=Selfdestruct|
move3type=Normal|
move4=Seismic Toss|
move4type=Fighting}}|
pokemon3={{Pokémon|
gen=1|
ndex=104|
pokemon=Cubone|
level=50|
type1=Ground|
move1=Body Slam|
move1type=Normal|
move2=Fissure|
move2type=Ground|
move3=Bone Club|
move3type=Ground|
move4=Submission|
move4type=Fighting}}|
pokemon4={{Pokémon|
gen=1|
ndex=037|
pokemon=Vulpix|
level=50|
type1=Fire|
move1=Swift|
move1type=Normal|
move2=Quick Attack|
move2type=Normal|
move3=Flamethrower|
move3type=Fire|
move4=Fire Spin|
move4type=Fire}}|
pokemon5={{Pokémon|
gen=1|
ndex=138|
pokemon=Omanyte|
level=50|
type1=Rock|
type2=Water|
move1=Horn Attack|
move1type=Normal|
move2=Spike Cannon|
move2type=Normal|
move3=Ice Beam|
move3type=Ice|
move4=Surf|
move4type=Water}}|
pokemon6={{Pokémon|
gen=1|
ndex=140|
pokemon=Kabuto|
level=50|
type1=Rock|
type2=Water|
move1=Absorb|
move1type=Grass|
move2=Slash|
move2type=Normal|
move3=Hydro Pump|
move3type=Water|
move4=Blizzard|
move4type=Ice}}
}}

=====Round 2=====
{{Party|
color={{rock color}}|
bordercolor={{rock color dark}}|
headcolor={{rock color light}}|
sprite=Brock_Stadium.png{{!}}50px|
prize=None|
class=Leader|
name=Brock|
game=Round 2|
location=Pewter Gym|
pokemon=6|
pokemon1={{Pokémon|
gen=1|
ndex=095|
pokemon=Onix|
level=50|
type1=Rock|
type2=Ground|
move1=Bind|
move1type=Normal|
move2=Rock Slide|
move2type=Rock|
move3=Earthquake|
move3type=Ground|
move4=Screech|
move4type=Normal}}|
pokemon2={{Pokémon|
gen=1|
ndex=042|
pokemon=Golbat|
level=50|
type1=Poison|
type2=Flying|
move1=Confuse Ray|
move1type=Ghost|
move2=Wing Attack|
move2type=Flying|
move3=Bide|
move3type=Normal|
move4=Take Down|
move4type=Normal}}|
pokemon3={{Pokémon|
gen=1|
ndex=076|
pokemon=Golem|
level=50|
type1=Rock|
type2=Ground|
move1=Rock Slide|
move1type=Rock|
move2=Dig|
move2type=Ground|
move3=Explosion|
move3type=Normal|
move4=Seismic Toss|
move4type=Fighting}}|
pokemon4={{Pokémon|
gen=1|
ndex=038|
pokemon=Ninetales|
level=50|
type1=Fire|
move1=Confuse Ray|
move1type=Ghost|
move2=Flamethrower|
move2type=Fire|
move3=Fire Spin|
move3type=Fire|
move4=Bide|
move4type=Normal}}|
pokemon5={{Pokémon|
gen=1|
ndex=051|
pokemon=Dugtrio|
level=50|
type1=Ground|
move1=Dig|
move1type=Ground|
move2=Slash|
move2type=Normal|
move3=Rock Slide|
move3type=Rock|
move4=Sand-Attack|
move4type=Normal}}|
pokemon6={{Pokémon|
gen=1|
ndex=139|
pokemon=Omastar|
level=50|
type1=Rock|
type2=Water|
move1=Double-Edge|
move1type=Normal|
move2=Toxic|
move2type=Poison|
move3=Ice Beam|
move3type=Ice|
move4=Surf|
move4type=Water}}
}}

===={{g|Stadium 2}}====
=====Round 1=====
{{Party|
color={{rock color}}|
bordercolor={{rock color dark}}|
headcolor={{rock color light}}|
sprite=S2_Leader_Brock.png|
prize=None|
class=Leader|
name=Brock|
game=Round 1|
location=Pewter Gym|
pokemon=6|
pokemon1={{Pokémon|
gen=2|
ndex=095|
pokemon=Onix|
gender=male|
level=50|
type1=Rock|
type2=Ground|
held=Quick Claw|
move1=Bide|
move1type=Normal|
move2=Strength|
move2type=Normal|
move3=Rock Throw|
move3type=Rock|
move4=Earthquake|
move4type=Ground}}|
pokemon2={{Pokémon|
gen=2|
ndex=076|
pokemon=Golem|
gender=male|
level=50|
type1=Rock|
type2=Ground|
held=Scope Lens|
move1=Rollout|
move1type=Rock|
move2=Rock Throw|
move2type=Rock|
move3=Magnitude|
move3type=Ground|
move4=Defense Curl|
move4type=Normal}}|
pokemon3={{Pokémon|
gen=2|
ndex=127|
pokemon=Pinsir|
gender=male|
level=50|
type1=Bug|
held=Focus Band|
move1=Strength|
move1type=Normal|
move2=Submission|
move2type=Fighting|
move3=Fury Cutter|
move3type=Bug|
move4=Seismic Toss|
move4type=Fighting}}|
pokemon4={{Pokémon|
gen=2|
ndex=139|
pokemon=Omastar|
gender=male|
level=50|
type1=Rock|
type2=Water|
held=Miracle Berry|
move1=Surf|
move1type=Water|
move2=Bite|
move2type=Dark|
move3=Blizzard|
move3type=Ice|
move4=AncientPower|
move4type=Rock}}|
pokemon5={{Pokémon|
gen=2|
ndex=141|
pokemon=Kabutops|
gender=male|
level=50|
type1=Rock|
type2=Water|
held=PRZCureBerry|
move1=Surf|
move1type=Water|
move2=Slash|
move2type=Normal|
move3=Sleep Talk|
move3type=Normal|
move4=AncientPower|
move4type=Rock}}|
pokemon6={{Pokémon|
gen=2|
ndex=205|
pokemon=Forretress|
gender=female|
level=50|
types3=2|
type1=Bug|
type2=Steel|
held=Mint Berry|
move1=Rollout|
move1type=Rock|
move2=Take Down|
move2type=Normal|
move3=Giga Drain|
move3type=Grass|
move4=Defense Curl|
move4type=Normal}}
}}

=====Round 2=====
{{Party|
color={{rock color}}|
bordercolor={{rock color dark}}|
headcolor={{rock color light}}|
sprite=S2_Leader_Brock.png|
prize=None|
class=Leader|
name=Brock|
game=Round 2|
location=Pewter Gym|
pokemon=6|
pokemon1={{Pokémon|
gen=2|
ndex=208|
pokemon=Steelix|
level=50|
type1=Steel|
type2=Ground|
held=Scope Lens|
move1=Fissure|
move1type=Ground|
move2=Return|
move2type=Normal|
move3=Earthquake|
move3type=Ground|
move4=Rock Slide|
move4type=Rock}}|
pokemon2={{Pokémon|
gen=2|
ndex=112|
pokemon=Rhydon|
level=50|
type1=Ground|
type2=Rock|
held=Quick Claw|
move1=Fissure|
move1type=Ground|
move2=Earthquake|
move2type=Ground|
move3=Rock Slide|
move3type=Rock|
move4=Double-Edge|
move4type=Normal}}|
pokemon3={{Pokémon|
gen=2|
ndex=080|
pokemon=Slowbro|
level=50|
type1=Water|
type2=Psychic|
held=Bright Powder|
move1=Fissure|
move1type=Ground|
move2=Surf|
move2type=Water|
move3=Psychic|
move3type=Psychic|
move4=Flamethrower|
move4type=Fire}}|
pokemon4={{Pokémon|
gen=2|
ndex=213|
pokemon=Shuckle|
level=50|
type1=Bug|
type2=Rock|
held=Leftovers|
move1=Defense Curl|
move1type=Normal|
move2=Rollout|
move2type=Rock|
move3=Safeguard|
move3type=Normal|
move4=Wrap|
move4type=Normal}}|
pokemon5={{Pokémon|
gen=2|
ndex=214|
pokemon=Heracross|
level=50|
type1=Bug|
type2=Fighting|
held=Focus Band|
move1=Counter|
move1type=Fighting|
move2=Reversal|
move2type=Fighting|
move3=Megahorn|
move3type=Bug|
move4=Earthquake|
move4type=Ground}}|
pokemon6={{Pokémon|
gen=2|
ndex=217|
pokemon=Ursaring|
level=50|
type1=Normal|
held=Mint Berry|
move1=Slash|
move1type=Normal|
move2=Rollout|
move2type=Rock|
move3=Defense Curl|
move3type=Normal|
move4=Focus Energy|
move4type=Normal}}
}}

===Quotes===
{| align=right border="1" style="border: 1px solid #000; border-collapse: collapse;" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="2"
|- align=center
| [[Image:Brockblue.png]]
| [[Image:Y_Brock.png]]
| [[Image:Brock_02.png]]
|- align=center style="font-size: 80%;"
| Brock's sprite from [[Generation I]]
| Brock's sprite from {{game|Yellow}}
| Brock's sprite from [[Generation II]]
|- align=center
| [[Image:SpriteBrock.png]]
| [[Image:BrockHGSS.gif‎ ]]
| [[Image:VSBrock.png]]
|- align=center style="font-size: 80%;"
| Brock's sprite from [[Generation III]]
| Brock's sprite from [[Generation IV]]
| Brock's VS sprite from [[Generation IV]]
|- align=center
| [[Image:Brock Stadium.png]]
| [[Image:S2_Leader_Brock.png]]
|- align=center style="font-size: 80%;"
|Brock's artwork from {{Eng|Pokémon Stadium}}
|Brock's artwork from [[Pokémon Stadium 2]]
|}
===={{game|Red and Blue|s}}====
''"I'm Brock! I'm Pewter's Gym Leader! I believe in rock hard defense and determination! That's why my Pokémon are all the Rock-type! Do you still want to challenge me? Fine then! Show me your best!"''

''"I took you for granted. As proof of your victory, here's the Boulder Badge!"''

===={{game|Yellow}}====
''"I'm Brock! I'm Pewter's Gym Leader! I believe in rock hard defense and determination! That's why my Pokémon are all the Rock-type! Do you still want to challenge me? Fine then! Show me your best!"''

''"I took you for granted. As proof of your victory, here's the Boulder Badge!"''

''"There are all kinds of Trainers in the world! Some raise Pokémon for fights. Some see them as pets. I'm in training to become a Pokémon Breeder. If you take your Pokémon training seriously, go visit the gym in Cerulean and test your abilities!"''

===={{game|FireRed and LeafGreen|s}}====
''"So, you're here. I'm Brock. I'm Pewter's Gym Leader. My rock-hard willpower is evident even in my Pokémon. My Pokémon are all rock hard, and have true-grit determination. That's right - my Pokémon are all the Rock-type! Fuhaha! You're going to challenge me knowing that you'll lose? That's the Trainer's honor that compels you to challenge me. Fine, then! Show me your best!"''

''"I took you for granted, and so I lost. As proof of your victory, I confer on you this...the official Pokémon League Boulder Badge."''

''"There are all kind of Trainers in this huge world of ours. You appear to be very gifted as a Pokémon Trainer. So let me make a suggestion. Go to the [[Cerulean Gym|Gym in Cerulean]] and test your abilities."''

===={{game|Gold and Silver|s}}====
''"Wow, it's not often that we get a challenger from Johto. I'm Brock, the Pewter Gym Leader. I'm an expert on Rock-type Pokémon. My Pokémon are impervious to most physical attacks. You'll have a hard time inflicting any damage. Come on!"''

''"Your Pokémon's powerful attacks overcame my rock-hard defense... You're stronger than I expected... Go ahead--take this Badge."''

===={{game|HeartGold and SoulSilver|s}}====
=====Pewter Gym=====
*Before battle
:''"Wow, it's not often that we get a challenger from Johto. I'm Brock, the Pewter Gym Leader. I'm an expert on Rock-type Pokémon. My Pokémon are impervious to most physical attacks. You'll have a hard time inflicting any damage. Come on!"''

*After sending out last Pokémon
:''"Ah ha ha! It itches! It itches!"''

*During battle
:''"Ow ow ow ow ow..."''

*When defeated
:''"Looks like you're the stronger one..."''

*After being defeated
:''"Your Pokémon's powerful attacks overcame my rock-hard resistance... You're stronger than I expected... Go ahead - take this Badge."''

:''"I really enjoyed the battle with you, <player>! I'll give you the move Rock Slide, too. It can sometimes cause your foe to flinch."''

:''"The world is huge. There are still many strong Trainers like you. Just wait and see. I'm going to become a lot stronger, too."''

=====PokéGear Registering=====
:''"Small spaces surrounded by rocks make you feel peaceful, don't you agree? By the way, do you want to exchange numbers?"''
::Yes: ''"I would like to have a Pokémon battle against you! Give me a call on Saturday nights!"'''

=====PokéGear Phone=====
:''"Hello... What's up? I'm doing great! I can take a break on Saturday evenings, if you want to give me a call again then."''

:Saturday evening:
:''"Hello... What's up? I'm doing great! Hey, you called at just the right time! I'm free right now. Want to battle me again?"''
::No: ''"Is that so... Well, I suppose you must have a lot of things to do yourself..."''
:''"All right, all right! I'm looking forward to it! I'll meet you at the Fighting Dojo in Saffron City! I won't be at the Pewter Gym, all right? Don't get confused!"''

==In the anime==
{{main|Brock (anime)}}

In the anime, while, like later Gym Leaders, Brock appeared primarily as an opponent to {{Ash}} in his [[EP005|debut episode]], unlike them, he requested to join Ash on his journey, aiming to be the world's greatest {{tc|Pokémon Breeder}}, and leaving the Gym in the hands of his father, {{an|Flint}}, who had finally revealed himself to have returned from his journey. Brock advised Ash throughout the [[Kanto]] series, then left briefly during the [[Orange Archipelago]] arc to assist [[Professor Ivy]]. He returned to Ash's side in [[Johto]], and with brief returns to [[Pewter City]] at the end of each series, joined him for his journeys in [[Hoenn]] and [[Sinnoh]] as well.

Brock mainly provides an advisory role to the other main characters of the anime, being several years older than the rest of them. His knowledge of Pokémon battles is great, causing him to often referee matches between Ash and others. Brock also fancies himself as somewhat a ladies' man, though each time he hits on someone, he is either rejected outright, pulled away by {{an|Misty}} or [[Max]], or, most recently, {{m|Poison Jab}}bed by his {{TP|Brock|Croagunk}}.

==In the manga==
===In the Electric Tale of Pikachu manga===
{{main|Brock (anime)#In The Electric Tale of Pikachu manga}}
As the {{pkmn|manga}} series [[Electric Tale of Pikachu|The Electric Tale of Pikachu]] is based on the [[Pokémon anime]], {{an|Brock}} is a commonly recurring character, although he does not appear in every chapter and he does not travel with {{Ash}} and {{an|Misty}} constantly.

[[File:Ash and Brock MPJ.jpg|thumb|right|Ash and Brock in Magical Pokémon Journey]]
===In the Magical Pokémon Journey manga===
Brock, along with {{Ash}} and {{an|Misty}}, make cameo appearances in bonus chapters of the [[Magical Pokémon Journey]] manga. In the bonus chapters, Brock and co. have mistakenly wandered into the world Magical Pokémon Journey is set in. The bonus chapters chronicle their attempts to return to their own world (of the {{pkmn|anime}}) and their encounters with various aspects of the Magical Pokémon Journey canon which differ from the anime's canon (such as the use of [[Poké Ball]]s).

===In the Pokémon Adventures manga===
[[File:Brock Special.png|right|thumb|Brock and his {{p|Geodude}}]]
Brock debuts in ''[[PS005|Onix is On!]]'' of the {{chap|Red, Green & Blue}}, however he is mentioned earlier by {{adv|Blue}} in ''[[PS004|Wanted: Pikachu!]]'' about being bored by no-one being able to defeat him, or even get past the preliminaries. To gain access to Brock, a Trainer must win several rounds of battles against special Trainers of the Gym, and all of those battles are watched by him from a special room.

Brock is a brave Trainer, and he assists [[Erika]] and [[Misty]] in their {{pkmn|battle}}s against [[Team Rocket]]. He also gave {{adv|Yellow}} a {{p|Graveler}} after the good [[Gym Leader]]s of Kanto battled Agatha's mind-controlling {{p|Gastly}}. However, he is also shown to be quick to anger and restless in his search for a good battle, and when discovering that {{adv|Red}}'s [[Pika]], the only remaining Pokémon of his, was disobedient, deemed his wins "dumb luck" and sought for a finisher attack instantly. However, when the boy begins to gain his Pokémon's trust, it chooses to fight for him and defeats his Onix.

After Blaine figured out that Red must have been at Mt. Moon before going missing, Brock volunteered to search there, since Mt. Moon was closest to [[Pewter City]]. He then found a cast of {{adv|Red}} frozen in ice there and contacted Blaine. Before all of the information could be exchanged, he found out that Pewter City was under attack by a group of [[Bruno]]'s {{p|Machop}} that was searching for Brock's {{badge|Boulder}}, and he left to protect it.

A few years later, he, along with Erika and Misty, traveled to Johto for the Gym Leader Tournament at the [[Indigo Plateau]], where he faced off against the expert of the newly discovered {{type|Steel}}, [[Jasmine]]. He lost the match and later fought against Team Rocket on the [[Magnet Train]].

Aside from being a Gym Leader, Brock also works as a security guard at the [[Pewter Museum of Science]].

====Pokémon====
This listing is of Brock's Pokémon in Pokémon Adventures.

=====On hand=====
{{TrainerPoké
|trainer=Brock
|pkmn=Geodude (×6)
|type1=Rock
|type2=Ground
|img=Brock Geodude Adventures.png
|epnum=PS005
|epname=Onix is On
|desc=Brock owns six {{p|Geodude}}, nicknamed Geoone, Geotwo and Geothree and so on. The often grasp each others wrists in order to circle around Brock in order to protect him. During the {{chap|Gold, Silver & Crystal}}, they used their {{m|Magnitude}} to stop the Magnet Train. However, the impact sent it off course, causing it to almost crash before it was saved by {{adv|Red}}'s {{p|Snorlax|Lax}}.}}

{{TrainerPoké
|trainer=Brock
|pkmn=Onix
|type1=Rock
|type2=Ground
|img=Brock Onix Adventures.png
|epnum=PS005
|epname=Onix is On
|desc={{p|Onix}} is arguably Brock's most powerful Pokémon and is apparently well known for its speed, which causes shock waves when it moves. Onix was first used in battle against {{adv|Red}}'s [[Pika]]. Despite the type advantage, Onix was defeated by the small electric type after it came to fight for Red of its own will. Three years later, Onix was sent out by Brock to use as a bridge when a bridge in the [[Tohjo Falls]] went out while Brock, Erika and Misty were heading to Johto, during which Misty is joined by {{p|Suicune}}. However, it itself collapsed when they were all attacked by a large group of {{p|Zubat}}, {{p|Golbat}} and {{p|Crobat}}. Once the group finally made it to the Indigo Plateau, Brock used Onix in his battle with Jasmine. It lost to Jasmine's {{p|Steelix}}, which he initially mistook as an Onix of a different variety due to its rock covering used to hide the fact that it was a new, undiscovered species at the time. Its known attacks are {{m|Rock Throw}}, {{m|Skull Bash}} and {{m|Bind}}.}}
{{TrainerPoké
|trainer=Brock
|pkmn=Kabutops
|type1=Rock
|type2=Water
|img=Brock Kabutops Adventures.png
|epnum=PS150
|epname=Light Up My Days, Chinchou!
|desc=Brock met {{p|Kabutops}} when it was a {{p|Kabuto}} in the [[Pewter Museum of Science]] during the [[Elite Four]]'s invasion of [[Kanto]], and received and later evolved it for protecting it during the ordeal. It knows many ancient attacks and is a very powerful member of Brock's team and was able to easily hold its own against Jasmine's [[Amphy]], nearly winning him the match.}}

=====Given away=====
{{TrainerPoké
|trainer=Brock
|pkmn=Graveler
|type1=Rock
|type2=Ground
|img=Brock Graveler Adventure.png
|epnum=PS005
|epname=Onix is On
|desc=Brock's {{p|Graveler}} was first seen as it watched Red battle the trainers in the [[Pewter Gym]]. Later on, Brock gave it to Yellow, who has since evolved it into a {{p|Golem}}.}}

===In the Pokémon Pocket Monsters manga===
Brock debuts in the chapter ''[[PM003|Take Out The Rival Onix!!]]'' of the [[Pokémon Pocket Monsters]] manga. He is the first Gym Leader that [[Isamu Akai]] battles. He owns many Pokémon he had caught over the years and one of them turned out to be {{TP|Isamu Akai|Clefairy}}'s cousin, {{TP|Isamu Akai|Pikachu}}.

====Pokémon====
{|border="1" style="border: 1px solid #000; border-collapse: collapse;" cellspacing="0" width="200px"
|-
| align=center | [[File:025.png]] {{TP|Isamu Akai|Pikachu}}{{tt|*|Given to Isamu}}
| align=center | [[File:095.png]] {{p|Onix}}
|-
|}

===In the Pokémon Zensho manga===
In the [[Pokémon Zensho]] manga, Brock is the first Gym Leader {{Zensho|Satoshi}} battles.

==In the TCG==
There is a [[Theme Deck]] named for Brock in the {{TCG|Gym Heroes}} expansion. It has two versions,{{TCG|Brock|English}} and [[Nivi City Gym (TCG)|Japanese]].
===Artwork===
Artwork from the cards:
<gallery>
Image:Brocktrainer.jpg|Brock and the Boulder Badge.
Image:Brock-TCG1.jpg|Brock and the Boulder Badge.
Image:Brocks-Training-Method.jpg|Brock feeds his Onix.
Image:Brocks-Protection.jpg|Brock wears a "Rocky" Onix shirt.
Image:Blaine-Quiz3.jpg|Brock gets frustrated with Blaine's quizzes.
Image:BrockVS.png|Brock's updated {{tcg|VS}} headshot.
</gallery>

===Pokémon===
This listing is of cards mentioning or featuring Brock or his Pokémon in the [[Pokémon Trading Card Game|Pokémon TCG]].

{| border="1" style="border: 1px solid #999; border-collapse: collapse; background: white;" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="2"
|- style="background: #{{tcg Fighting color}};"
!Name
!Type
!Level
!Rarity
!Set
!Set no.
|-
| {{TCG ID|Gym Heroes|Brock's Rhydon|2}} || {{e|Fighting}} || 38 || [[Image:Rarity Rare.png|Rare Holographic]]H || {{TCG|Gym Heroes}} || 2/132
|-
| rowspan=2 | {{TCG ID|Gym Heroes|Brock|15}} || rowspan=2 | - || rowspan=2 | - || [[Image:Rarity Rare.png|Rare Holographic]]H || rowspan=2 | {{TCG|Gym Heroes}} || 15/132
|-
| {{rar|Rare}} || 98/132
|-
| {{TCG ID|Gym Heroes|Brock's Golem|20}} || {{e|Fighting}} || 40 || {{rar|Rare}} || {{TCG|Gym Heroes}} || 20/132
|-
| {{TCG ID|Gym Heroes|Brock's Onix|21}} || {{e|Fighting}} || 30 || {{rar|Rare}} || {{TCG|Gym Heroes}} || 21/132
|-
| {{TCG ID|Gym Heroes|Brock's Rhyhorn|22}} || {{e|Fighting}} || 25 || {{rar|Rare}} || {{TCG|Gym Heroes}} || 22/132
|-
| {{TCG ID|Gym Heroes|Brock's Sandslash|23}} || {{e|Fighting}} || 26 || {{rar|Rare}} || {{TCG|Gym Heroes}} || 23/132
|-
| {{TCG ID|Gym Heroes|Brock's Zubat|24}} || {{e|Grass}} || 5 || {{rar|Rare}} || {{TCG|Gym Heroes}} || 24/132
|-
| {{TCG ID|Gym Heroes|Brock's Geodude|38}} || {{e|Fighting}} || 17 || {{rar|Uncommon}} || {{TCG|Gym Heroes}} || 38/132
|-
| {{TCG ID|Gym Heroes|Brock's Golbat|39}} || {{e|Grass}} || 30 || {{rar|Uncommon}} || {{TCG|Gym Heroes}} || 39/132
|-
| {{TCG ID|Gym Heroes|Brock's Graveler|40}} || {{e|Fighting}} || 30 || {{rar|Uncommon}} || {{TCG|Gym Heroes}} || 40/132
|-
| {{TCG ID|Gym Heroes|Brock's Lickitung|41}} || {{e|Colorless}} || 24 || {{rar|Uncommon}} || {{TCG|Gym Heroes}} || 41/132
|-
| {{TCG ID|Gym Heroes|Brock's Geodude|66}} || {{e|Fighting}} || 13 || {{rar|Common}} || {{TCG|Gym Heroes}} || 66/132
|-
| {{TCG ID|Gym Heroes|Brock's Mankey|67}} || {{e|Fighting}} || 10 || {{rar|Common}} || {{TCG|Gym Heroes}} || 67/132
|-
| {{TCG ID|Gym Heroes|Brock's Mankey|68}} || {{e|Fighting}} || 12 || {{rar|Common}} || {{TCG|Gym Heroes}} || 68/132
|-
| {{TCG ID|Gym Heroes|Brock's Onix|69}} || {{e|Fighting}} || 41 || {{rar|Common}} || {{TCG|Gym Heroes}} || 69/132
|-
| {{TCG ID|Gym Heroes|Brock's Rhyhorn|70}} || {{e|Fighting}} || 29 || {{rar|Common}} || {{TCG|Gym Heroes}} || 70/132
|-
| {{TCG ID|Gym Heroes|Brock's Sandshrew|71}} || {{e|Fighting}} || 13 || {{rar|Common}} || {{TCG|Gym Heroes}} || 71/132
|-
| {{TCG ID|Gym Heroes|Brock's Sandshrew|72}} || {{e|Fighting}} || 20 || {{rar|Common}} || {{TCG|Gym Heroes}} || 72/132
|-
| {{TCG ID|Gym Heroes|Brock's Vulpix|73}} || {{e|Fire}} || 10 || {{rar|Common}} || {{TCG|Gym Heroes}} || 73/132
|-
| {{TCG ID|Gym Heroes|Brock's Zubat|74}} || {{e|Grass}} || 11 || {{rar|Common}} || {{TCG|Gym Heroes}} || 74/132
|-
| {{TCG ID|Gym Heroes|Brock's Training Method|106}} || - || - || {{rar|Uncommon}} || {{TCG|Gym Heroes}} || 106/132
|-
| {{TCG ID|Gym Heroes|Pewter City Gym|115}} || - || - || {{rar|Uncommon}} || {{TCG|Gym Heroes}} || 115/132
|-
| {{TCG ID|Gym Challenge|Brock's Ninetales|3}} || {{e|Fire}} || 30 || [[Image:Rarity Rare.png|Rare Holographic]]H || {{TCG|Gym Challenge}} || 3/132
|-
| {{TCG ID|Gym Challenge|Brock's Dugtrio|22}} || {{e|Fighting}} || 27 || {{rar|Rare}} || {{TCG|Gym Challenge}} || 22/132
|-
| {{TCG ID|Gym Challenge|Brock's Graveler|34}} || {{e|Fighting}} || 32 || {{rar|Uncommon}} || {{TCG|Gym Challenge}} || 34/132
|-
| {{TCG ID|Gym Challenge|Brock's Primeape|35}} || {{e|Fighting}} || 32 || {{rar|Uncommon}} || {{TCG|Gym Challenge}} || 35/132
|-
| {{TCG ID|Gym Challenge|Brock's Sandslash|36}} || {{e|Fighting}} || 34 || {{rar|Uncommon}} || {{TCG|Gym Challenge}} || 36/132
|-
| {{TCG ID|Gym Challenge|Brock's Vulpix|37}} || {{e|Fire}} || 16 || {{rar|Uncommon}} || {{TCG|Gym Challenge}} || 37/132
|-
| {{TCG ID|Gym Challenge|Brock's Diglett|67}} || {{e|Fighting}} || 13 || {{rar|Common}} || {{TCG|Gym Challenge}} || 67/132
|-
| {{TCG ID|Gym Challenge|Brock's Geodude|68}} || {{e|Fighting}} || 15 || {{rar|Common}} || {{TCG|Gym Challenge}} || 68/132
|-
| {{TCG ID|Gym Challenge|Brock's Protection|101}} || - || - || {{rar|Rare}} || {{TCG|Gym Challenge}} || 101/132
|-
| {{TCG ID|VS|Brock's Omastar|68}} || {{e|Fighting}} || - || {{rar|Common}} || {{TCG|Pokémon VS}} (no English release) || 068/141
|-
| {{TCG ID|VS|Brock's Kabutops|69}} || {{e|Fighting}} || - || {{rar|Common}} || {{TCG|Pokémon VS}} (no English release) || 069/141
|-
| {{TCG ID|5th Movie Half Deck|Brock's Crobat|2}} || {{e|Grass}} || - || - || {{TCG|5th Movie Half Deck}} (no English release) || 002/018
|-
| {{TCG ID|8th Movie Half Deck|Brock's Forretress|11}} || {{e|Metal}} || - || - || {{TCG|8th Movie Half Deck}} (no English release) || 011/020
|-
| {{TCG ID|9th Movie Half Deck|Brock's Marshtomp|8}} || {{e|Fighting}} || - || - || {{TCG|9th Movie Half Deck}} (no English release) || 008/019
|-
| {{TCG ID|ADV-P Promo|Brock's Mudkip|38}} || {{e|Water}} || - || - || {{TCG|ADV-P Promotional cards}} (no English release) || 038/ADV-P
|-
| {{TCG ID|Movie Random Pack Promo|Croagunk M|13}} || {{e|Psychic}} || 38 || - || {{TCG|Movie Commemoration Random Pack}} (no English release) || 013/022
|}

==In the TFG==
{{TFG ID|Next Quest|Brock|39}} appears as a rare Trainer figure in the launch set, {{TFG|Next Quest}}, of the [[Pokémon Trading Figure Game]].

==Trivia==
* In the video games (notably, the [[Pokémon Stadium series]]), Brock has been shown with several Pokémon that he would later own in the anime ({{p|Golbat}} in Stadium's Round 2 fight, {{p|Forretress}} in Stadium 2's Round 1 fight, and {{p|Steelix}} in Stadium 2's Round 2 fight).
* Despite being a Rock-type [[Pokémon Trainer]], none of his Pokémon knew any Rock-type moves in [[Generation I]]. This did not occur in [[Generation III]] due to his chosen TM changing from {{TM|34|Bide}} to {{TM|39|Rock Tomb}}.
* Brock is one of two [[Gym Leader]]s not to give the {{player}} a TM of his {{t|Rock|Gym's specialty type}}, the other being [[Falkner]]. This is only true in [[Generation I]].
** However, in [[Generation II]] there was no TM that contained a {{type2|Flying}} move for Falkner to give, whereas in [[Generation I]] {{m|Rock Slide}} is available by [[TM48]].
* In {{2v2|HeartGold|SoulSilver}}, Brock trades the player a {{p|Rhyhorn}} knowing {{m|Thunder Fang}} (an [[egg move]]) in exchange for a {{p|Bonsly}}. This may be a reference to his anime counterpart, who is a [[Pokémon Breeder]] and once owned a [[Brock's Sudowoodo|Bonsly]] as well before it evolved.
* Out of all of his Pokémon in the handheld games, only {{p|Rampardos|one}} does not suffer from a double weakness against {{t|Grass}}.

===Names===
{|{{bluetable|background: white}}
|-style="background: #ccf;"
!Language
!Name
!Reference to
|-
|Japanese
|タケシ ''Takeshi''
|From ''take'', {{wp|bamboo}}. Possibly from 岳 ''take'' ("mountain peak"). A common Japanese given name.
|-
|English, Italian, Spanish
|Brock
|Rhymes with ''rock''.
|-
|French
|Pierre
|Literally means "stone".
|-
|German
|Rocko
|From English ''rock''.
|-
|Korean
|웅 ''Ung''
|'웅' means 'man-like', brave. A common word used for boy's names in Korea
|-
|Chinese
|小剛 ''Xiǎo Gāng''
|剛 is taken from 剛 ''Takeshi'', an alternate spelling of the name.
|}

==External links==
*[http://fan.mienai-hoshi.net/brock/ The Pokémon Breeder], the fanlisting for Brock
*[http://pokeani.com/chara/r-takeshi.html Takeshi's Profile] on [[Pokeani]] (Japanese)
*[http://pokeani.com/poke/list/r_poke-takeshi.html Takeshi's Pokémon] on [[Pokeani]] (Japanese)

===On Bulbagarden forums===
*[http://bmgf.bulbagarden.net/showthread.php?t=8976 The Brock Club]

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Ash's Pikachu

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'''Ash's Pikachu''' (Japanese: '''サトシのピカチュウ''' ''Satoshi's Pikachu'') was the [[starter Pokémon|first Pokémon]] obtained by {{Ash}} on his journey as a [[Pokémon Trainer]]. His universal voice actress is [[Ikue Ohtani]]. However, in some episodes during the first season of the English dub series, [[Rachael Lillis]] provided Pikachu's voice when the original Japanese track couldn't be saved.

==In the anime==
===History===
[[File:First_Meeting.png‎|200px|left|thumb|{{Ash}} and Pikachu meeting for the first time]]
In the first episode of the [[Pokémon anime]], ''[[EP001|Pokémon - I Choose You!]]'', Ash woke up late the day he was supposed to go to [[Professor Oak]]'s laboratory to obtain his first Pokémon. When he arrived at the lab, the three available starter Pokémon, {{p|Bulbasaur}}, {{p|Charmander}}, and {{p|Squirtle}}, had already been taken by other Trainers who arrived earlier. Seeing that Ash was disappointed, Professor Oak gave him Pikachu, which did not take a liking to his new Trainer, constantly zapping him and anyone else nearby. He refused to go into a [[Poké Ball]], and when Ash failed to catch a wild Pokémon, he laughed at him. However, by the end of the episode, Ash gained Pikachu's trust by protecting him from an attack by a flock of {{p|Spearow}} and rushing him to the [[Pokémon Center]]. Pikachu and Ash soon became inseparable. In ''[[EP039|Pikachu's Goodbye]]'', Ash gave Pikachu his consent to remain in a forest filled with Pikachu, but Pikachu returned to Ash's side.

[[Image:Ash's 1st Poké Ball.png|thumb|right|200px|The [[Poké Ball]] Professor Oak stored Pikachu in, which has a special lightning bolt mark. It is unknown if this Poké Ball was permanent as Ash uses regular Poké Balls to attempt to recall Pikachu, and the other three Poké Balls that held {{P|Bulbasaur}}, {{P|Charmander}} and {{P|Squirtle}} were still on the podium but empty. Also, [[Gary's Blastoise]] is held in a regular Poké Ball.]]
In general, Pikachu as a species are not particularly powerful, but Ash's Pikachu is an anomaly, overcoming odds in {{pkmn|battle}} numerous times. In ''[[EP005|Showdown in Pewter City]]'', he defeated [[Brock's Steelix|Brock's Onix]] with an {{type2|Electric}} attack that triggered the sprinkler system causing Onix to be drenched in water, one of its weaknesses. In ''[[EP014|Electric Shock Showdown]]'', Pikachu fought [[Lt. Surge]]'s {{TP|Lt. Surge|Raichu}} and lost. During a resulting hospital stay, he refused to become Raichu's equal by evolving via a {{evostone|Thunderstone}}, and in the second battle, Pikachu overcame Raichu by using his superior speed. In ''[[EP002|Pokémon Emergency!]]'', {{MTR}} remarked that Pikachu's power "far exceeds its evolutionary level." Ash's Pikachu has also defeated very powerful Pokémon that Ash's other Pokémon were unable to, such as {{p|Dragonite}} and {{p|Metagross}}. He has helped Ash win innumerable battles and [[Gym]] and {{pkmn|League}} matches.

However, at times, {{p|Pikachu}} has lived up to his species' frail and brittle strengths, particularly in Gym battles where he was defeated with relative ease by his opponent; for example, he was overpowered very easily by [[Lt. Surge's Raichu]], [[Sabrina's Kadabra]], [[Blaine's Magmar]], [[Bugsy]]'s {{p|Scyther}}, [[Whitney's Miltank]], [[Roark's Rampardos]] and [[Fantina's Drifblim]]. He also drew against [[Winona]]'s {{p|Pelipper}} and [[Norman]]'s {{p|Vigoroth}}, and struggled against [[Crasher Wake's Floatzel]].

Pikachu is extremely loyal to Ash, and while he is not always immediately trusting of strangers, he is generally friendly to humans and Pokémon alike. He acted as a guardian and big brother to [[Misty's Togepi]], and has been seen mediating and even breaking up fights among other Pokémon, such as in ''[[PK01|Pikachu's Vacation]]''. In ''[[M01|Mewtwo Strikes Back]]'', Pikachu, {{MTR}}, and Meowth's clone were the only Pokémon not to participate in the giant battle; Pikachu stood motionless as his clone repeatedly slapped his face.

However, even Pikachu has had exceptions to this rule. In ''[[EP086|Pikachu Re-Volts]]'', Pikachu was controlled by Butch and Cassidy, which caused him to become evil and disobey Ash's commands. During the Hoenn Saga, Pikachu developed [[AG089|amnesia at one point and sided]] with [[Team Rocket]] for a while. Later within the same series, Pikachu was possessed by the Red Orb and controlled by Groudon, nearly causing a disaster. On several occasions, Pikachu has developed an "electric flu" causing him to become overcharged, and extremely powerful. During these instances, Pikachu will sometimes attack his friends and Ash. In all of these cases, Pikachu did not intentionally mean harm upon anyone.

Since Ash's first encounter with [[Team Rocket]] in ''[[EP002|Pokémon Emergency!]]'', Pikachu has been pursued by the trio of [[Jessie]], [[James]], and {{MTR}}. Throughout the series, it has been Jessie, James and Meowth's desire to steal this Pokémon from Ash and present him to [[Giovanni|their boss]]. To do this, they have come up with many schemes. Though they have tried and continue to try hundreds of times, every last one of their plots fail, usually with the help of Ash, his friends, other Trainers, an [[Officer Jenny]], or even themselves (such as in the [[DP001|first episode]] of the {{series|Diamond & Pearl}}).

As shown in a handful of episodes, the first being ''[[EP042|Showdown at Dark City]]'', Pikachu has a special fondness for ketchup, but he will eat and enjoy almost any other human or Pokémon food. A running joke in the anime also seems to be the destruction of a female character's [[bike]] with one of Pikachu's {{m|Thunderbolt}}s at the beginning of each series, which then causes her to {{ashfr|follow Ash}} for the remainder of the series. This has happened to {{an|Misty}}, {{an|May}}, and {{an|Dawn}} so far.

Pikachu is the primary mascot of the Pokémon franchise, mostly due to Ash's ownership of him. It appears on nearly all merchandise and promotional material for the series, and became, due to the anime, the [[version mascot]] of and only [[starter Pokémon]] in {{game|Yellow}}.

Pikachu took a liking to Misty very early in the series, and he has retained this liking of Misty throughout the series, such as when he was very happy to see her in ''[[AG132|The Scheme Team]]''.

Pikachu became the second non-legendary Pokémon to defeat a [[legendary Pokémon]] in the anime after {{AP|Charizard}}, beating {{FB|Pyramid King|Brandon}}'s {{DL|Brandon's Regis|Regice}} in ''[[AG190|Pace - The Final Frontier]]'', giving Ash his final [[Symbol|Frontier Symbol]].

Pikachu was also the only Pokémon to come with Ash to [[Hoenn]], and just the same one of only two Pokémon to join Ash on his journey to [[Sinnoh]]. Ash tried to bring only Pikachu again but {{TP|Dawn|Aipom|Ambipom}} snuck on board the ship. Up until the capture of [[Dawn's Pachirisu]], Pikachu was the only {{type2|Electric}} Pokémon in the anime owned by a main character.

Even with its high level of electrical power, Pikachu has not stopped learning new attacks. Upon learning that [[Roxanne]], the Rustboro Gym Leader used Rock-types, Ash had Pikachu begin learning [[Iron Tail]] in ''[[All Things Bright and Beautifly]]''. After training hard, Pikachu finally perfected it in ''[[A Winner by a Nosepass]]'' where it used it to defeat [[Roxanne's Nosepass]] and earn Ash his first Hoenn badge. In addition to giving Pikachu an advantage over Rock-types, Iron Tail has allowed Pikachu to defeat many powerful opponents. In ''[[May's Egg-Cellent Adventure]]'', during a battle with Team Rocket, Ash ordered Pikachu to do a [[Quick Attack]]. Much to the surprise of Ash and his friends, the Quick Attack morphed into [[Volt Tackle]] which sent Team Rocket blasting off. Since then, it has become one of Pikachu's signature moves.

In Hoenn, Pikachu learned how to surf. He also learned how to box from Ash in ''[[EP029|The Punchy Pokémon]]''. In Sinnoh, Ash used him during the [[Pokémon Ping Pong Tournament]].
[[File:PikachuStatic.png‎|250px|left|thumb|Pikachu activating his {{a|Static}} ability.]]
In Sinnoh, he defeated [[Roark]]'s Onix in the [[Oreburgh Gym]] rematch. Pikachu battled again in the [[Pastoria Gym]] battle, where he battled [[Crasher Wake]]'s Gyarados and defeated it with a {{m|Volt Tackle}} to the face. He also battled [[Crasher Wake's Floatzel]] for a moment, allowing [[Ash's Buizel]] time to recover. In ''[[DP102|A Shield with a Twist]]'' Pikachu lost to [[Fantina's Drifblim]] after a fierce battle.

Pikachu's next major battle after Fantina was when he was used against [[Paul]] in ''[[DP132|Evolving Strategies!]]''. First he went up against {{TP|Paul|Magmortar}}; however, when he attacked with {{m|Quick Attack}}, he was {{status|burn}}ed by Magmortar's {{a|Flame Body}} and Pikachu was recalled. Later he went up against Paul's very powerful {{TP|Paul|Ursaring}} and {{status|Paralysis|paralyzed}} it with Pikachu's {{a|Static}}. This actually made things worse for Pikachu as being paralyzed activated Ursaring's {{a|Guts}} ability, and Pikachu found himself completely outmatched by Ursaring's massive power and was defeated and thrown into [[Lake Acuity]], taking him out of the match as well as injuring him. This defeat meant that Ash had to defeat Paul's remaining five Pokémon with only {{AP|Chimchar}}.
[[File:Ash and his Pikachu.png|thumb|250px|Ash and Pikachu]]
Later, in ''[[DP165|Flint Sparks the Fire!]]'', Pikachu battled Flint's Infernape, but it was defeated after a long fight.

In [[DP179]], Pikachu battled against [[Volkner]]'s Electivire and won, giving him his first victory over Pokémon in the Electabuzz evolutionary line. However it was defeated by Volkner's Luxray.

In [[DP186]], Ash used Pikachu in his battle against Paul in [[Suzuran Conference]]. It was used against Paul's {{p|Aggron}}, where it put up a good fight and weakened Aggron before it was recalled in place of Infernape. Pikachu was also used in the continuation of Ash's battle against Paul in [[DP187]]. It battled against Paul's {{p|Froslass}} where he was seen having some trouble at first, but by the end, he was able to pull through and defeat Froslass with a powerful {{m|Volt Tackle}} attack. This gave Pikachu his first win against one of Paul's Pokémon and also gave Ash the lead in the battle. In [[DP188]], he battled Paul's Electivire. Ash tells Pikachu to use Volt Tackle. It hits Electivire but as Electivire had activated it's {{a|Motor Drive}} ability, the attack took no effect at all. It was soon defeated by Electivire's {{m|Brick Break}} attack. In [[DP189]], Pikachu was the last Pokémon chosen by Ash to battle [[Takuto]] in the semi-finals. Despite Ash losing five of his Pokémon, Pikachu tried its best to defeat Takuto's {{p|Latios}}. Pikachu used Quick Attack on Latios, but it misses. Pikachu then used Volt Tackle to attack Latios, however, Latios countered it with {{m|Giga Impact}} and hit Pikachu. Latios used Giga Impact again, and Pikachu tried to counter it with Iron Tail. But before Iron Tail hits, Giga Impact affects Pikachu first. Latios flew to the sky and came down, trying to use {{m|Luster Purge}}. Ash told Pikachu to get on Latios' back, so Pikachu dodged the attack and jumped on top of Latios. Pikachu used Thunderbolt twice on Latios, while they flew around. Latios then used {{m|Light Screen}}. Pikachu continued to use Thunderbolt thrice until it was shaken off. As Pikachu is about to land, Latios used Luster Purge. Pikachu used Volt Tackle and Iron Tail, taking against the force of the Luster Purge. However, it was tied with Latios as both fainted. As Ash's last Pokémon also fainted, Takuto was crowned the winner of their battle.

In a preview trailer of the newest series, [[Best Wishes series|Best Wishes]], Pikachu is shown to travel with [[Ash]] in the [[Isshu]] region, with Iron Tail having a new, and updated look to match the anime's new look. It is currently unknown if anything else is changed.

===Moves used===
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=====Moves improvised=====
[[File:Pikachu's Counter Shield.png|thumb|right|250px|Pikachu using Counter Shield]]
*'''Leer''' was first seen in ''[[EP009|The School of Hard Knocks]]''. When Giselle called for Cubone to use Leer, Ash told Pikachu to 'Leer right back' by making funny faces. Ash also told Pikachu to use Leer in ''[[EP150|Hour of the Houndour]]'', when a {{p|Houndour}} used its own Leer on Pikachu.

*An attack where Pikachu stored electricity in his tail similar to {{m|Slam}} was used to defeat [[Lt. Surge's Raichu]] in ''[[EP014|Electric Shock Showdown]]''.

*'''Rocket Punch''' was a move that Pikachu used while "boxing" {{ka|Anthony}}'s {{p|Hitmonchan}} in ''[[EP029|The Punchy Pokémon]]''. Pikachu glowed red and shot off his boxing gloves, leaving off a trail of smoke. Once the smoke disappears, Pikachu still has his boxing gloves on and flies towards Hitmonchan at high speed.

*'''Thunder Armor''' was a one-time technique in the episode ''[[AG100|Solid as a Solrock]]'', Pikachu is seen using Thunder on himself while riding Ash's Swellow. This increased their attack power greatly, and they easily overpowered their opponents.

*'''Spin''', originally made by {{an|Dawn}} and first used by her Piplup and Buneary, was also used by Turtwig and Aipom in the episode ''[[DP018|O'er the Rampardos We Watched!]]'', where he was able beat Roark and obtain the Coal Badge.

*'''Volt Tail''', a combination of {{m|Volt Tackle}} and {{m|Iron Tail}}, was used in ''[[DP074|Pika and Goliath!]]'' against [[Sho]]'s {{p|Raichu}} and once again in [[DP189]] against [[Takuto]]'s {{p|Latios}}.

*'''[[Counter Shield]]''' can be used by Pikachu by utilizing {{m|Thunderbolt}}, similar to [[Ash's Buizel]] and {{AP|Infernape}} who can do the technique with their own moves.

==In the games==
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{{bulbanews|Satoshi's Pikachu to be distributed via Wi-Fi}}
Pikachu was one of {{Ash}}'s three Pokémon in {{g|Puzzle League}}. The Pikachu in the Super Smash Bros. series may be based on Ash's Pikachu.

In the main series, {{ga|Red's Pikachu}} is noticeably based on Ash's Pikachu: not only does {{ga|Red}} receive it from Professor Oak after his rival, Oak's grandson, takes the last starter Pokémon, but in {{game|Yellow}}, it [[walking Pokémon|follows Red around]] rather than being kept in a Poké Ball. In [[Generation II]] and {{game|HeartGold and SoulSilver|s}}, Pikachu is the highest-leveled member of Red's team when he is encountered at Mt. Silver, and the highest leveled Pokémon owned by a Trainer in the entire series excluding battle arenas. His moves, notably in HeartGold and SoulSilver, are the four moves used most recently by Ash's Pikachu, as well.

A Japanese event distributed an in-game representation of Ash's Pikachu via Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection and at participating Japanese {{wp|McDonald}}'s locations which was held from July 15th through August 10, 2010.

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==In the manga==
===In the Ash and Pikachu manga===
Ash's Pikachu is a starring character in the [[Ash and Pikachu]] {{pkmn|manga}} series, which is based on the [[Johto]] saga of the Pokémon anime.

===In the Electric Tale of Pikachu manga===
[[File:Pikachumangaash.jpg|thumb|right|Ash's Pikachu in The Electric Tale of Pikachu]]
Ash's Pikachu is a starring character in the {{pkmn|manga}} series
[[The Electric Tale of Pikachu]], which is loosely based on the Pokémon anime. Pikachu appears in every chapter of the manga.

Like in the anime, Pikachu was Ash's first Pokémon. However, Ash did not receive Pikachu from [[Professor Oak]] - instead, he finds Pikachu under the floorboards of his home, chewing on wires to eat the electricity. His [[Delia Ketchum|mother]] asks him to take Pikachu outside, but when [[Gary Oak]] taunts Ash about how he has not yet become a [[Pokémon Trainer]], Ash decides to keep Pikachu as his first Pokémon.

Like in the anime, Pikachu was originally unwilling to obey Ash, but after Ash protects Pikachu from a herd of wild {{p|Spearow}} and {{AP|Fearow}}, Pikachu gains respect for Ash.

Pikachu likes {{an|Misty}} and greets her enthusiastically whenever she appears, often ignoring Ash in the process.

===In the Magical Pokémon Journey manga===
Ash's Pikachu, along with {{Ash}}, {{an|Misty}} and {{an|Brock}}, makes a cameo appearance in the bonus chapters at the end of every volume of the [[Magical Pokémon Journey]] {{pkmn|manga}} series. In the bonus chapters, Ash and friends have mistakenly wandered into the Magical Pokémon Journey world and are trying to return back to the world of the {{pkmn|anime}}, encountering many unusual situations along the way, including encounters of aspects of the Magical Pokémon Journey canon which are different in anime canon.

Ash's Pikachu shows a video to {{MPJ|Pikachu}} of him bouncing a [[Poké Ball]] on his head in [[One Hundred Fifty-One]].

==In the TCG==
Ash's Pikachu is featured in the TCG as a {{TCG|Pokémon M|Pokémon}} {{SP|M}}. The following is a list of cards named '''Pikachu {{SP|M}}'''.
{| border="1" style="border: 1px solid #999; border-collapse: collapse; background: white;" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="2"
|- style="background: #{{tcg Lightning color}};"
!Name
!Type
!Level
!Rarity
!Set
!Set no.
|-
| {{TCG ID|Movie Random Pack Promo|Pikachu M|12}} || rowspan=2 | {{e|Lightning}} || 45 || - || {{TCG|Movie Commemoration Random Pack}} (no English release) || 012/022
|-
| {{TCG ID|DPt-P Promo|Pikachu M LV.X|43}} || ''X'' || - || {{TCG|DPt-P Promotional cards}} (no English release) || 043/DPt-P
|}

==Trivia==
[[Image:Pikachu loves ketchup.png|200px|thumb|left|Pikachu and his love of ketchup]]
* Ash's Pikachu is the subject of many 'gamebreaking' abilities that normally do not fit in the general stasis of the games. This includes Pikachu's ability to sometimes hurt {{type2|Ground}} Pokémon with Electric moves (sparking the meme "Aim for the Horn!"), and using moves that do not exist, or moves in a way that do not work in the games, such as the infamous "Thunder Armor".
* Despite the fact that {{m|Volt Tackle}}, the signature move of his evolutionary line, is in fact an egg move, Ash's Pikachu learned the move "by accident," when using an electrically-charged {{m|Quick Attack}}.
* Pikachu is Ash's only {{type2|Electric}} Pokémon and was the only Electric-type owned by a main character in the anime until the capture of {{TP|Dawn|Pachirisu}} by Dawn. However, Pikachu is the only Electric-type Pokémon owned by a main character that can evolve.
* For ''[[DP013|A Staravia is Born]]'', [[Professor Oak's lecture]] is about Ash's Pikachu. He writes this [[Pokémon senryū]] about him: パートナー　サトシとピカチュウ　いいかんじ ''Partners Satoshi and Pikachu: a pleasant feeling''.
* Out of all five regions that Ash visited, [[Kanto]] and [[Hoenn]] are the only ones that Ash started out with just Pikachu. He did try to go to [[Sinnoh]] with Pikachu alone but Aipom followed him. At the beginning of each, Pikachu was also, in some way, injured, and ended up destroying the [[Bicycle|bike]] of a particular girl who would later [[Ash's friends|travel with Ash]].
* Pikachu was the first of Ash's Pokémon to disobey him. Other Pokémon that would do so, and be better remembered for their disobedience than Pikachu, are {{AP|Primeape}} and {{AP|Charizard}}.
* Ash's act of keeping Pikachu outside his Poké Ball on a permanent basis has been mimicked by several other characters in the anime.
** [[Ritchie]], when he first meets Ash, keeps [[Sparky]] inside of its ball, but later is shown to carry it on his shoulder much like Ash does.
** {{an|Misty}}, when she gets to keep {{TP|Misty|Togepi|Togetic}}, has never placed Togepi inside a Poké Ball and is always shown carrying it in her arms.
** Dawn, likewise, does the same with her {{TP|Dawn|Piplup}}.
* Out of Ash's Pokémon, Pikachu was the first one to defeat a [[pseudo-legendary]] Pokémon during battle in the anime, defeating {{OBP|Drake|Orange League}}'s {{TP|Drake|Dragonite}} in ''[[EP112|Enter the Dragonite]]'' and {{ho|Tyson}}'s {{p|Metagross}} during the [[Ever Grande Conference]] of the Hoenn League in ''[[AG131|At the End of the Fray]]''. However, in both occasions, the two [[pseudo-legendary]] Pokémon had been weakened by other Pokémon in Ash's team at the time; {{AP|Squirtle}}, {{AP|Charizard}} and {{AP|Tauros}} had weakened {{TP|Drake|Dragonite}} while {{AP|Swellow}} and {{AP|Grovyle|Sceptile}} had weakened {{p|Metagross}}.
* Pikachu is the second Pokémon in the entire {{pkmn|anime}} series to have managed to defeat a [[legendary Pokémon]], which he did by defeating {{FB|Pyramid King|Brandon}}'s {{DL|Brandon's Regis|Regice}} in ''[[AG190|Pace - The Final Frontier!]]''. [[Ash's Charizard]] was the first Pokémon to have achieved this feat, against {{TP|Noland|Articuno}}. Pikachu also tied with Takuto's Latios in [[DP189]].
* Most of the moves Pikachu used in the [[original series]] were first used in an episode with the word ''showdown'' in its title.
* In ''[[EP030|Sparks Fly for Magnemite]]'', it was revealed that Pikachu has a fear of Ash leaving him.
[[File:PikachuDP.png|200px|thumb|right|Pikachu]]
* In many new episodes, Pikachu's tail sparks instead of his cheeks when using {{m|Thunderbolt}}.
* In ''[[DP142|Where No Togepi Has Gone Before!]]'' it was confirmed that Pikachu is male. When a {{p|Togepi}} used {{m|Attract}} on Pikachu, {{MTR}}, {{TP|Dawn|Piplup}}, {{TP|Brock|Croagunk}} and {{TP|Jessie|Yanmega}}, all but Yanmega were affected (coincidentally, this also revealed Yanmega as being female). Voice actress Ikue Ohtani stated prior to this episode that the writers had intended to keep Pikachu's gender ambiguous so the fanbase can connect with him more easily.
** Ash also referred to Pikachu as a male in ''[[EP086|Pikachu Re-Volts]]''. Shortly after [[Officer Jenny]] first arrives, Ash proclaims in dismay, "You just gotta find him Officer Jenny!"
** Pikachu's gender can also be inferred from Buneary's infatuation with Pikachu, first seen in ''[[DP009|Setting the World on Its Buneary!]]''.
* Pikachu is Ash's only Pokémon he has on hand that has not learned a new move yet in the Sinnoh region.
* It is the only Pokémon of Ash's to be used in every gym battle in a [[Johto|region]].
*In {{pmin|Latin America}}, Cartoon Network has a "Biografia Toon" segment, which consists of biographies and histories of cartoon characters. This segment has done a two-part feature on Ash's Pikachu. According to the segment, Pikachu is the result of an experiment conducted by [[Professor Oak]] and allegedly destroyed the lab where he was created in a momentary loss of control.
* [[DP170]] has been the only time when Ash does not use Pikachu against an [[Elite Four]] member.
*The defeat of [[Volkner]]'s {{p|Electivire}} marks the first time Pikachu has defeated a member of the {{p|Electabuzz}} evolutionary line one on one. All previous times it has either tied or lost, with the exception of [[Dr. Namba]]'s Electabuzz, where Pikachu teamed up with [[Ritchie]]'s Pikachu, [[Sparky]], to defeat it.

===Pikachu's language===
Some of Pikachu's speech is consistent enough that it seems that some phrases actually mean something. (In ''[[DP115|Stealing The Conversation]]'', [[Team Rocket]] refers to this language as "PikaSpeak," however, this most likely isn't official.) For instance, Pikachu always uses "Pikapi" when referring to Ash (notice that it sounds somewhat similar to "Satoshi"). Other speech includes:
*Pika Pikachu or Pika-Pika Pikachu: ''My name is Pikachu''. When Ash and his friends are introducing themselves to the [[characters of the day]], he says this.
[[File:Pikachu wobbuffet.png|200px|thumb|Pikachu as a {{p|Wobbuffet}}]]
*Pi-Kachu: He says this during the sponsor spots in the original Japanese.
*Pikachu-Pi: ''{{an|Misty|Kasumi-chan}}'' (Misty)
*Pika-Chu: ''{{an|Brock|Takeshi}}'' (Brock)
*Pikaka: ''{{an|Dawn|Hikari}}'' (Dawn)
[[File:Pikachu as ash.png|200px|thumb|left|Pikachu imitating {{Ash}}]]
*Pi?: Used when addressing something unknown. Can mean, "What?"
*PiPiPi: ''{{TP|Misty|Togepi}}'' (Togepi)
*PikakaPika: ''[[Ash's Bulbasaur|Fushigidane]]'' (Bulbasaur)
*PikaPika: ''[[Ash's Squirtle|Zenigame]]'' (Squirtle) or ''[[Ash's Staraptor|Mukuhawk]]'' (Staraptor) or ''[[Ash's Infernape|Goukazaru]]'' (Infernape)
*PiPi-kachu: ''[[Team Rocket|Rocket-dan]]'' (Team Rocket).
*Pi-Pikachu: ''[[Gotta catch 'em all!|Get da ze!]]'' He says this after Ash wins a badge, catches a new Pokémon or anything similar.
*Pi-ka: Used for multiple things such as "eiga" (movie) as seen during trailers for each upcoming [[Pokémon movie]]. Can also be used for "yes".
*Pi-ka-chu?: ''Are you alright?'': When a character or Pokémon is injured, Pikachu says this.
*Specific names for {{Tracey}}, {{an|May}}, and [[Max]] have not been heard.
[[File:Pikachu Imitating Turtwig.png|200px|thumb|right|Ash's Pikachu imitating his Turtwig to alert him that it is missing.]]
*Chuuu-Pika: ''{{m|Iron Tail}}''. He says this when using {{m|Iron Tail}}.
*Piiika-Chuuuuuuuu: ''{{m|Thunderbolt}}''. He says this when using {{m|Thunderbolt}}, "Pika" when charging up and "Chuuuuu" when discharging.
*Pikaaaaaa-Chuuuuuuuu: ''{{m|Thunder}}''. He says this when using {{m|Thunder}}, like above but with different and a longer stress.
*PikaPikaPika... Pi-ka: ''{{m|Volt Tackle}}''. He says this when using {{m|Volt Tackle}}.
*ChuChuChu...: ''{{m|Quick Attack}}''. He may also say this when using {{m|Agility}}.
*PiPiPiPiPi...: ''{{m|Quick Attack}}''. He may also say this when using {{m|Agility}}.
*Pikachu seems to have a talent for mimicking Pokémon, as seen from his performance during [[DP033|a cosplay competition]]. He will occasionally use pantomime to specify what he is talking about. He can contort his face and his ears to imitate {{Ash}}, his {{AP|Turtwig|Torterra}}, {{TP|Jessie|Wobbuffet}}, among others.
*Pikachu has also used his face to tell when a character is in trouble by imitating people and Pokémon.
*Pikachu is also one of few Pokémon owned by Ash to not have fallen in love with another Pokémon or living thing.

==Related articles==
* {{Animespecies|Pikachu}}
* {{cat|Episodes focusing on Pikachu}}

==External links==
*[http://pokeani.com/poke/satoshi/r_p-no025.html Pikachu's Profile] on [[Pokeani]] (Japanese)

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Ash Ketchum

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:''Ash redirects here. For the item attached to Ho-Oh, see [[Sacred Ash]]. For the ash found at the foot of Mt. Chimney, see [[volcanic ash]].''
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'''Ash Ketchum''' (Japanese: '''サトシ''' ''Satoshi'') is the main character of both the [[Pokémon anime]] and the ''[[Electric Tale of Pikachu]]'' manga, and is believed to be based on the {{ga|Red|protagonist}} of the [[Generation I| first generation]] Pokémon games. He shares his Japanese name -- which can be taken to mean "wisdom" or "reason" (智) -- with the creator of the [[Pokémon]] franchise, [[Satoshi Tajiri]]. His English surname is a pun of the original English motto, "[[Gotta Catch 'em All!]]."

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==In the anime==
===Character===
[[Image:Anime Ash.png|200px|thumb|Ash Ketchum in the [[original series]]]]
Ash's main goal in life, as described in [[EP001|the first episode]], is to be the world's greatest [[Pokémon master|Pokémon Master]]. Ash began his journey at the age of 10 as a warm-hearted and well-intentioned but stubborn, rash and amateurish [[Pokémon Trainer]]. He was forced to accept the cheeky {{AP|Pikachu}} from [[Professor Oak]] as his [[starter Pokémon]] because he carelessly broke his alarm clock and woke up late on the day he was set to get his first Pokémon. He was determined to achieve his goal, however, and when Pikachu saw that he was willing to compromise his own safety to keep it safe he formed a strong bond of friendship with Pikachu. This would set his course for the future.
[[File:Ash fleeing spearow.png|thumb|left|250px|Ash trying to keep Pikachu safe]]
However, from that point, Ash still had a lot to learn about becoming a Trainer. His [[Ash's Butterfree|first Pokémon]] was {{pkmn2|caught}} by luck, he knew absolutely nothing about [[Pokémon battle|battling]], and was hesitant to admit it whenever he was wrong. Many of his first [[Gym]] [[badge]]s were given to him merely out of gratitude for his assistance rather than claiming an actual victory in battle over the [[Gym Leader]]s; of his first five gym battles, only his victory over [[Lt. Surge]] was an actual victory. Every time he thought he was doing well, he would somehow cross paths with his childhood [[rival]], [[Gary Oak]]. He always reminded Ash that he was always a step or seven behind, with Gary catching around forty-five Pokémon by the time Ash had only caught his {{AP|seventh|Kingler}}. This hampered matters further when, owing to his inexperience, his {{AP|Charizard}}, his most powerful Pokémon, refused to listen to him until [[EP105|Ash could prove himself]] to the powerful Fire-type.

Over time, Ash's dedication to his goal paid off. After earning his first eight badges he went on to compete in the [[Indigo League]], advancing to the fifth round - one further than Gary. After recovering from his defeat, he continued on to improve his skills; take on new challenges; and compete in more [[Pokémon League]] competitions - triumphing in the [[Orange League]] and the {{Gdis|Battle Frontier|III}}.

[[Image:Ashag.png|200px|thumb|left|Ash in the {{series|Advanced Generation}}]]
Ash has changed a great deal over the course of the series, particularly in regards to his skill at [[Pokémon training]], but his earnestness, rashness, and determination have remained. Never straying from his goal, he has remained loyal to {{ashfr|his friends}}, his family, and his supporters, but most of all his Pokémon. Ash became a great Trainer by learning to find and use the inner strength of each of his Pokémon by bonding with them. For example, when he received a banner filled with prints from his Pokémon in ''[[AG187|The Unbeatable Lightness of Seeing!]]'', he knew which Pokémon placed specific prints, showing his close bond with them. He also learns where their hidden abilities lie, as well as resorting to unorthodox strategies when fighting particularly challenging opponents. For example, he uses his Pikachu's speed to outmaneuver larger foes and attack. In another instance, his {{AP|Charizard}} defeated [[Gary's Blastoise]] by causing the field to overheat before mounting a close-quarters attack while Blastoise was blinded by the steam. He also prefers to train a Pokémon to be the best it can without forcing it to [[Evolution|evolve]], as evidenced by his treatment of {{AP|Gligar|Gliscor}} in ''[[DP085|Fighting Fear With Fear!]]''. He is happy when his Pokémon evolve but lets them choose whether or not they want to evolve instead of forcing them.
[[Image:AshAura.png|thumb|right|250px|Ash using Aura inside the [[Tree of Beginning]]]]
Early on, Ash originally trained not to further himself but instead to catch more Pokémon than Gary. He later slowed his pace which allowed him to focus on the individual traits of each Pokémon. At the [[Johto]] League [[Silver Conference]], with great humility and maturity, Ash finally won a battle against his old rival, signifying a great milestone in his history. His maturity has also increased in his dealings with Pokémon. This is shown when [[Ash's Primeape|a Mankey]] stole his {{AP|hat}} in ''[[EP025|Primeape Goes Bananas]]'', he screamed and yelled at it, even climbing trees just to get his hat back, but when [[Dawn's Ambipom|an Aipom]] did the same in ''[[AG179|Slaking Kong]]'', he stated merely that he would feel strange without a hat. When Aipom stole his hat again in ''[[DP009|Setting the World on its Buneary]]'', however, while it was under his ownership, he chased after it in the same manner as before.

In most episodes of the anime, especially those during the Johto League saga, Ash befriends someone who will influence him and cause him to strive to become a better Trainer. Although he is not a dependent individual, he is still young and has learned to make his way relying on his {{AP|friends}}, particularly the maternal skills of Brock. The honor of "best friend" is usually reserved for Pikachu but Ash has come to see his closest human friends in the same light over time; using the term for {{an|Misty}} and {{an|Brock}} in ''[[EP273|Gotta Catch Ya Later]]'' as well as {{an|May}} and [[Max]] in ''[[AG178|Battling the Enemy Within]]''.

He has traversed much of the [[Pokémon world]] and has thus far participated in four [[Pokémon League#Championship competitions|Pokémon League regional competitions]], but he is still learning new things about Pokémon all the time.
[[Image:AshWallace.png|thumb|200px|Ash in the [[Wallace Cup]]]]
Ash has gained a close connection with many [[legendary Pokémon]], including {{an|Mewtwo}}, {{an|Ho-Oh}}, {{OBP|Lugia|movie 2}}, {{OBP|Latias|movie 5}}, [[Lake guardians (anime)#Azelf|Azelf]], {{OBP|Shaymin|movie 11}}, {{an|Giratina}} and {{an|Arceus}}. In the English dub of the [[M02|second movie]], he was revealed to be "The Chosen One" - the one who would bring balance back to the world when it was disrupted. Although viewed as a normal human, Ash does have some special abilities, as he is said to have the same [[aura]] as [[Sir Aaron]], a legendary hero, and is theoretically able to manipulate it in much the same way. However, he has not received any training in this field, opting to continue his Pokémon journey instead. He has also been likened to an ancient [[aura]] guardian in ''[[DP056|The Keystone Pops!]]'', who also had a partner {{p|Pikachu}}. Later, in ''[[DP071|Pokémon Ranger and the Kidnapped Riolu! Parts 1]]'' and ''[[DP072|2]]'', Ash uses aura again to locate a lost {{p|Riolu}} and read Riolu's mind as well.

He has a [[Contest Pass]] for the [[Sinnoh]] region, though he has stated that the contest he got it for was the only one he intends on entering. He also has one for the Hoenn region as it was required to watch one of the contests held there. Ash carries half of a broken [[Poké Ball]] with him everywhere, while Gary has the other half, as a symbol of their ongoing, but now friendly, rivalry; [[Misty's special lure]], which she sent to him as a gift; and half of a ribbon he received in a contest against May before she left the group to compete in Johto. Ash also participated in the [[Wallace Cup]] on the suggestion of [[Wallace]] but he lost in the third round.

===Family===
[[File:Younger Ash DP138.png|thumb|left|220px|A young Ash]]
Ash lived with his mother, [[Delia Ketchum]], until he left for his Pokémon journey at the age of ten.

His father was never introduced. The anime suggests that his father was once a Pokémon Trainer who began his journey in Pallet Town, and that he is still living. An interview with the series' storyboarder confirmed Ash's father is a Trainer on his own journey. According to the same storyboarder, Ash's father may or may not be introduced in the series, depending on its necessity to Ash's further maturity and development as a Trainer.

Ash is an only child, breaking from the tradition of several other main characters, with the exception of {{an|Dawn}} and possibly {{Tracey}}, whose siblings are often a foil or focal point in their lives.
 

===Pokémon===
As a Trainer, Ash has captured and befriended a sizable number of Pokémon over the course of the anime. His philosophy on {{pkmn|training}} is that Pokémon are individuals and that a combination of trust, friendship and hard work are needed to overcome adversity. He seems to battle best with Pokémon that are similar to Pikachu: ones that are [[Appendix:Metagame terminology#Sweeper|speedy and maneuverable, yet able to perform high-powered attacks]]; however, he is willing to work with any Pokémon that comes into his care. Ash's battle style is generally spontaneous and fairly unorthodox, and his Pokémon often reflect these traits.

====On hand====
This section is based on the Pokémon with Ash in the most recent episode to air in Japan. For the current tournament, he also has access to any Pokémon at Professor Oak's lab.
{| align="center" width="100%"
|-
| {{ActivePoké|Ash|Pikachu|‎Ash Pikachu.png|electric}} ♂
| {{ActivePoké|Ash|Staraptor|Ash Staraptor.png|normal|flying|fir=Starly|mid=Staravia}} ♂
| {{ActivePoké|Ash|Torterra|Ash Torterra.png|grass|ground|fir=Turtwig|mid=Grotle}}
|-
| {{ActivePoké|Ash|Infernape|Ash Infernape.png|fire|fighting|fir=Chimchar|mid=Monferno}}
| {{ActivePoké|Ash|Buizel|Ash Buizel.png|water}} ♂
| {{ActivePoké|Ash|Gliscor|Ash_Gliscor.png|ground|flying|fir=Gligar}}

|}

====With Professor Oak====
{| align="center" width="100%"
|-
| {{InactivePoké|Ash|Bulbasaur|Ash Bulbasaur.png|grass|poison}} ♂
| {{InactivePoké|Ash|Kingler|Ash Kingler.png|water|fir=Krabby}}
| {{InactivePoké|Ash|Muk|Ash Muk.png|poison|size=190px}}
| {{InactivePoké|Ash|Tauros|Ash Tauros.png|normal|disp=Tauros (x30)}} ♂
|-
| {{InactivePoké|Ash|Snorlax|Ash Snorlax.png|normal|size=190px}} ♂
| {{InactivePoké|Ash|Heracross|Ash Heracross.png|bug|fighting|size=190px}}
| {{InactivePoké|Ash|Bayleef|Ash Bayleef.png|grass|fir=Chikorita|size=190px}} ♀
| {{InactivePoké|Ash|Quilava|Ash Quilava.png|fire|fir=Cyndaquil|size=190px}}
|-
| {{InactivePoké|Ash|Totodile|Ash Totodile.png|water|size=190px}} ♂
| {{InactivePoké|Ash|Noctowl|Ash Noctowl.png|normal|flying|size=190px}} [[File:ShinyGSStars.png|Shiny|link=Shiny Pokémon]]
| {{InactivePoké|Ash|Donphan|Ash Donphan.png|ground|fir=Egg|mid=Phanpy|size=190px}}
| {{InactivePoké|Ash|Swellow|Ash Swellow.png|normal|flying|fir=Taillow}}
|-
| {{InactivePoké|Ash|Sceptile|AshSceptile.png|grass|fir=Treecko|mid=Grovyle}} ♂
| {{InactivePoké|Ash|Corphish|Ash Corphish.png|water|size=190px}}
| {{InactivePoké|Ash|Torkoal|Ashs Torkoal.png|fire|size=190px}}
| {{InactivePoké|Ash|Glalie|Ash Glalie.png|ice|fir=Snorunt|size=190px}} ♂
|-
| {{InactivePoké|Ash|Gible|Ash Gible.png|dragon|ground|size=190px}} ♂
|}

====In training====
{| align="center" width="100%"
|-
| {{InactivePoké|Ash|Primeape|Ash Primeape.png|fighting}}
| {{InactivePoké|Ash|Charizard|Ash Charizard.png|fire|flying|fir=Charmander|mid=Charmeleon}} ♂
| {{InactivePoké|Ash|Squirtle|Ash Squirtle.png|water}}
|}

====Released====
{| align="center" width="100%"
|-
| {{InactivePoké|Ash|Butterfree|Ash_Butterfree.png|bug|flying|fir=Caterpie|mid=Metapod}} ♂
| {{InactivePoké|Ash|Pidgeot|Ash's Pidgeot.png|normal|flying|fir=Pidgeotto}}
| {{InactivePoké|Ash|Lapras|Ash Lapras.png|water|ice}}
|
|}

====Traded away====
{| align="center" width="100%"
|-
| {{InactivePoké|Ash|Raticate|Ash Raticate.png|normal}}
| {{InactivePoké|Dawn|Ambipom|AshAipom.png|normal|disp=Aipom}} ♀
|
|
|}

====Given away====
{| align="center" width="100%"
|-
| {{InactivePoké|Casey|Beedrill|Casey Beedrill.JPG|bug|poison}}
|
|
|
|}

====Unofficial====
{| align="center" width="100%"
|-
| {{InactivePoké|Sabrina|Haunter|EP024.png|ghost|poison}}
| {{InactivePoké|Ash|Larvitar|EP262.png|rock|ground}}
|
|
|}

====Temporary====
{| align="center" width="100%"
|-
| {{InactivePoké|Ash|Rapidash|Ash Rapidash.png|fire|fir=Ponyta|link=no}}
| {{InactivePoké|Ash|Porygon|EP038.png|normal|link=no}}
| {{InactivePoké|Ash|Weezing|PLEEI Weezing.png|poison|link=no}}
| {{InactivePoké|Ash|Meowth|PLEEI Meowth.png|normal|link=no}}
|-
| {{InactivePoké|Ash|Arbok|PLEEI Arbok.png|poison|link=no}}
| {{InactivePoké|Ash|Hoothoot|Ash Hoothoot.png|normal|flying|link=no}}
| {{InactivePoké|Ash|Seaking|Ash Seaking.jpg|water|link=no}}
| {{InactivePoké|Ash|Hitmonlee|Ash Hitmonlee.png|fighting|link=no}} ♂
|-
| {{InactivePoké|Ash|Raichu|Ash Raichu.png|electric|link=no}} ♂
| {{InactivePoké|Ash|Spoink|Ash Spoink.png|psychic|link=no}}
| {{InactivePoké|Ash|Mantyke|Ash Mantyke.png|water|flying|link=no}}
|
|}

* '''Ponyta/Rapidash''': Borrowed from [[Lara Laramie]] after she was injured and couldn't ride Ponyta in the race in ''[[EP033|The Flame Pokémon-athon!]]''. It evolved into Rapidash when it was racing against Dario's Dodrio during the race and earned Ash the win.
* '''Porygon''': Lent to by [[Dr. Akihabara]] to help stop [[Team Rocket]] from stealing Pokémon from the Pokémon Center's PC system in ''[[EP038|Computer Soldier Porygon]]'' however, this episode was not aired outside Japan.
* '''Arbok, Weezing, and Meowth''': Used during a Pokémon League exam in ''[[EP056|The Ultimate Test]]''.
* '''Hoothoot:''' Borrowed (with [[Brock]] and [[Misty]]) from [[Hagatha]] in order to navigate the haunted forest in ''[[EP121|Illusion Confusion!]]''.
* '''Seaking:''' Caught and released during the contest in ''[[EP168|Hook, Line, and Stinker]]''.
* '''Hitmonlee:''' Borrowed from [[Master Hamm]] in ''[[AG145|Pasta La Vista!]]'' to battle May with a {{p|Hitmonchan}}.
* '''Raichu:''' Trained during ''[[DP088|Camping It Up!]]''.
* '''Spoink''' and '''Mantyke''': Used in the Pokémon triathlon in ''[[DP091|One Team, Two Team, Red Team, Blue Team!]]''.

===Badges obtained===
[[Image:Asheightkanto.png|200px|thumb|right|Ash's eight [[badge]]s from [[Kanto]]]]
====Indigo League====
* {{badge|Boulder}} (''[[EP005|Showdown in Pewter City]]'')
* {{badge|Cascade}} (''[[EP007|The Water Flowers of Cerulean City]]'')
* {{badge|Thunder}} (''[[EP014|Electric Shock Showdown]]'')
* {{badge|Marsh}} (''[[EP024|Haunter versus Kadabra]]'')
* {{badge|Rainbow}} (''[[EP026|Pokémon Scent-sation!]]'')
* {{badge|Soul}} (''[[EP032|The Ninja Poké-Showdown]]'')
* {{badge|Volcano}} (''[[EP059|Volcanic Panic]]'')
* {{badge|Earth}} (''[[EP063|The Battle of the Badge]]'')

[[Image:Orangebadges.PNG|thumb|200px|right|Ash's four [[Orange League]] badges]]
====Orange League====
* {{badge|Coral-Eye}} (''[[EP085|Fit to be Tide]]'')
* {{badge|Sea Ruby}} (''[[EP093|Navel Maneuvers]]'')
* {{badge|Spike Shell}} (''[[EP103|Misty Meets Her Match]]'')
* {{badge|Jade Star}} (''[[EP108|Pokémon Double Trouble]]'')

[[Image:Johtobadges2.PNG|thumb|200px|right|Ash's eight badges from [[Johto]]]]
====Johto League====
* {{badge|Zephyr}} (''[[EP131|Fighting Flyer with Fire]]'')
* {{badge|Hive}} (''[[EP144|Gettin' The Bugs Out]]'')
* {{badge|Plain}} (''[[EP159|A Dairy Tale Ending]]'')
* {{badge|Fog}} (''[[EP182|From Ghost to Ghost]]'')
* {{badge|Storm}} (''[[EP209|Machoke, Machoke Man!]]'')
* {{badge|Mineral}} (''[[EP224|Nerves of Steelix!]]'')
* {{badge|Glacier}} (''[[EP238|Nice Pryce, Baby!]]'')
* {{badge|Rising}} (''[[EP254|Better Eight Than Never]]'')

[[Image:Ashs hoenn badges.png|200px|thumb|right|Ash's eight badges from [[Hoenn]]]]
====Hoenn League====
* {{badge|Stone}} (''[[AG016|The Winner By a Nosepass!]]'')
* {{badge|Knuckle}} (''[[AG031|Just One of the Geysers]]'')
* {{badge|Dynamo}} (''[[AG040|Watt's with Wattson?]]'')
* {{badge|Heat}} (''[[AG056|Going, Going, Yawn!]]'')
* {{badge|Balance}} (''[[AG070|Balance of Power]]'')
* {{badge|Feather}} (''[[AG085|Sky High Gym Battle!]]'')
* {{badge|Mind}} (''[[AG100|Solid as a Solrock]]'')
* {{badge|Rain}} (''[[AG111|Eight Ain't Enough!]]'')

[[Image:Ash's_Symbols.png|200px|thumb|right|Ash's seven {{Gdis|Battle Frontier|III|Frontier}} [[Symbol]]s]]
====Battle Frontier====
* [[Factory Head Noland|Knowledge Symbol]] (''[[AG136|The Symbol Life]]'')
* [[Arena Tycoon Greta|Guts Symbol]] (''[[AG149|Wheel... of Frontier!]]'')
* [[Dome Ace Tucker|Tactics Symbol]] (''[[AG153|Tactics Theatrics!!]]'')
* [[Pike Queen Lucy|Luck Symbol]] (''[[AG158|Queen of the Serpentine!]]'')
* [[Palace Maven Spenser|Spirits Symbol]] (''[[AG164|Ka Boom with a View!]]'')
* [[Salon Maiden Anabel|Ability Symbol]] (''[[AG170|Second Time's the Charm!]]'')
* [[Pyramid King Brandon|Brave Symbol]] (''[[AG190|Pace - The Final Frontier!]]'')

[[File:Ash Sinnoh Badge.png|thumb|220px|Ash's eight badges from [[Sinnoh]]]]
====Sinnoh League====
* {{badge|Coal}} (''[[DP018|O'er the Rampardos we Watched!]]'')
* {{badge|Forest}} (''[[DP037|The Grass Menagerie!]]'')
* {{badge|Cobble}} (''[[DP068|A Triple Fighting Chance!]]'')
* {{badge|Fen}} (''[[DP083|A Crasher Course in Power!]]'')
* {{badge|Relic}} (''[[DP102|Shield with a Twist!]]'')
* {{badge|Mine}} (''[[DP108|Dealing With Defensive Types!]]'')
* {{badge|Icicle}} (''[[DP127|Sliding Into Seventh!]]'')
* {{badge|Beacon}} ([[DP179]])



===Pokémon Competitions===
====Pokémon League ranking====
Ash placed in the [[Pokémon League]] [[Pokémon League Conference|competitions]] listed below.

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!align="left"|List of competitions (heavy spoiler)
|-
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* [[Indigo Conference]] (Top 16)
* [[Silver Conference]] (Top 8)
* [[Ever Grande Conference]] (Top 8)
* [[Suzuran Conference]] (Top 4)
|}

====Pokémon Championship battles====
Ash challenged the following Pokémon championships as well:

{|class="expandable"
|-
!align="left"|List of battles (heavy spoiler)
|-
|
[[Image:Orangecup.PNG|thumb|left|100px|Ash's Orange League trophy.]]
* [[Orange League]] (Champion)
* [[Battle Frontier (Generation III)|Kanto Battle Frontier]] (Champion)
|}

====Miscellaneous Competitions====
Ash has also participated in the following competitions:

{|class="expandable"
|-
!align="left"|List of competitions (heavy spoiler)
|-
|
* [[Alto Mare]] Canal Race (DNF)
* [[Bug-Catching Contest]] (Champion)
* [[Extreme Pokémon Race|Extreme Pokémon]] (Champion)
* [[Fire and Rescue Grand Prix]]
* [[Grass Tournament]] (Runner-up)
* [[Hearthome City Tag Battle Competition]] (Champion - with [[Paul]])
* [[Hearthome Collection]] (Runner-up) (Unique Award)
* [[P1 Grand Prix]] (Champion)
* [[Pokéathlon]] (Runner-up)
* [[Pokémon Balloon Race]] (Champion)
* [[Pokémon Contests]]
** {{to|Terracotta}} Contest (Unofficial) (Winner - Tied with {{an|May}})
** {{ci|Jubilife}} Contest
** [[Wallace Cup]] (Top 8)
* [[Pokémon Cosplay|Pokémon Cosplay Contest]] (Runner-up)
* [[Pokémon Orienteering]]
* [[Pokémon Summer Academy]] Triathlon (Winner)
* [[Pokémon Swap Meet]] Tauros Battling Competition (Winner)
* [[PokéRinger]]
** [[Crossgate Town]] (Champion)
** [[Squallville]] (Champion)
* [[Rota]] Tournament (Champion)
* [[Seaking Catching Day]]
* [[Sumo Conference]] (Champion)
* [[Twinleaf Festival]] Battle Tournament (Winner)
* [[Whirl Cup]] (Top 16)
|}

===Voice actors===
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|ja=松本梨香 [[Rica Matsumoto]]
|en=[[Veronica Taylor]] ([[4Kids Entertainment|4Kids]] dub) [[Sarah Natochenny]] ([[The Pokémon Company International|TPCI]] dub) [[Kayzie Rogers]] (a/k/a Jamie Peacock; ''[[Mastermind of Mirage Pokémon]]'' only)
|zh_cmn=賀世芳 ''Hè Shìfāng'' 李明幸 ''Li Míngxìng'' 汪世瑋 ''Wāng Shìwěi''
|hr=Saša Buneta Marko Torjanac
|cs=Radek Škvor
|da=Mathias Klenske
|nl=Christa Lips
|fil=Klariz Magboo
|fr_ca=Sébastien Reding
|fr_eu=Aurélien Ringelheim
|de='''Caroline Combrinck''' ([[EP001]]-[[EP157]], [[DP105]]-present) Veronika Neugebauer ([[EP158]]-[[DP104]])
|he=יהונתן מגון Yonatan Magon דניאל מגון Daniel Magon
|hu=Szvetlov Balázs Ungvári Gergely
|it=Davide Garbolino
|ko=최덕희 Choi Deok-Hyi 이선호 Lee Seon-Ho 안현서 An Hyeon-Seo
|no=Nils-Martin Crawfurd
|pl='''Hanna Kinder-Kiss''' ([[EP001]]-[[AG040]], [[DP053]]-present, all movies) Grzegorz Drojewski ([[DP001]]-[[DP052]])
|pt_br=Fábio Lucindo
|pt_eu=Maria João Luís ([[EP001]]-[[EP031]]) Sandra Faleiro ([[EP032]]-[[EP094]]) Sandra de Castro ([[EP095]]-[[EP128]], [[EP158]]-[[EP209]], [[AG093]]-[[AG177]]), [[DP001]]-present, [[Pokémon Live]]) Alexandra Sedas ([[EP129]]-[[EP157]]) Cristina Carvalhal (movies 3 and 4) Bárbara Lourenço ([[EP210]]-[[AG040]]) Raquel Ferreira ([[AG041]]-[[AG092]]) Ana Madureira ([[AG178]]-[[AG192]])
|es_la='''Gabriel Ramos''' Irwin Daayán ([[DP091]]-[[DP104]]) Emiliano Dionisi (movies [[M06|6]] and [[M07|7]])
|es_eu='''Adolfo Moreno''' Rafael Alonso Naranjo Jr. (movie [[M03|3]] and [[Mewtwo Returns]])
|sv=Dick Eriksson
|fi=Sari Moilanen Hanna Savikko
|ar=بثينة شيا Buthaina Shia
|ca=Enric Puig
|tr=Ahmet Taşar
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==In the manga==
===In the Ash and Pikachu manga===
Ash is a starring character in [[Ash and Pikachu]], a manga series based on the [[Johto]] saga of the Pokémon anime.

===In The Electric Tale of Pikachu manga===
[[File:Ash Ketchum Electric Tale.png|thumb|right|Ash in the [[Electric Tale of Pikachu]] manga]]
Ash Ketchum is a starring character in [[Electric Tale of Pikachu|The Electric Tale of Pikachu]], a manga series based on the anime. Ash's journey in The Electric Tale of Pikachu follows roughly the same plot as in the anime: first traveling the [[Kanto]] region to participate in the [[Pokémon League]], before embarking on a journey around the [[Orange Archipelago]].

While there are many similarities between the anime and manga versions of Ash, there are several differences as well. For example, while the anime version of Ash appears to be indifferent to love and romance, the manga version of Ash has a huge crush on Gary's sister, [[Daisy Oak|May Oak]]. He is also prone to quickly falling in love just like Brock, but to a much more subtle or less extreme degree.

Ash's appearance differs in the manga as well. He wears a red jacket, much like {{ga|Red}}'s, instead of the blue he wears in the anime. Also, for the duration of the [[Electric Tale of Pikachu volume 1|first volume]], he wears a different hat, which is solid red with a "PM" on the front. Beginning in ''[[ET05|The Human Race and the Pokémon Race]]'', his hat is changed to match the one he wears in the anime.

Ash owns many of the same Pokémon as in the anime, with a few exceptions: he captures a {{AP|Fearow}} and an {{p|Oddish}}. He also captures a {{p|Mankey}}, which he trades to a shady salesman for a map of [[Mt. Moon]], and a giant {{p|Slowpoke}}, which he trades to [[Gary Oak]].

====Pokémon====
{|border="1" style="border: 1px solid #000; border-collapse: collapse;" width=300px cellspacing="0"
|-
| align=center | [[File:025.png]] {{AP|Pikachu}}
| align=center | [[File:022.png]] {{AP|Fearow}}
| align=center | [[File:017.png]] [[Ash's Pidgeot|Pidgeotto]]
|-
| align=center colspan=3 | [[File:010.png]] → [[File:011.png]] → [[File:012.png]] [[Ash's Butterfree|Caterpie → Metapod → Butterfree]]
|-
| align=center colspan=3 | [[File:004.png]] → [[File:005.png]] → [[File:006.png]] [[Ash's Charizard|Charmander → Charmeleon → Charizard]]
|-
| align=center | [[File:001.png]] {{AP|Bulbasaur}}
| align=center | [[File:007.png]] {{AP|Squirtle}}
| align=center | [[File:043.png]] {{p|Oddish}}
|-
| align=center | [[File:015.png]] {{p|Beedrill}}
| align=center | [[File:099.png]] {{AP|Kingler}}
| align=center | [[File:089.png]] {{AP|Muk}}
|-
| align=center | [[File:128.png]] {{AP|Tauros}}
| align=center | [[File:131.png]] {{AP|Lapras}}
| align=center | [[File:143.png]] {{AP|Snorlax}}
|}

=====Traded away=====
{|border="1" style="border: 1px solid #000; border-collapse: collapse;" width=150px cellspacing="0"
|-
| align=center | [[File:056.png]] {{p|Mankey}} 
| align=center | [[File:079.png]] {{p|Slowpoke}} ({{pkmn2|giant}})
|}

* '''Mankey''': Given away for a map of [[Mt. Moon]] with false directions to find a {{p|Clefairy}}.
* '''Giant Slowpoke''': Given away to {{Gary}} for [[Daisy Oak|May Oak]]'s photo.

===In the Magical Pokémon Journey manga===
[[File:Ash and Brock MPJ.jpg|thumb|right|Ash and Brock in Magical Pokémon Journey]]
Ash, along with {{an|Misty}} and {{an|Brock}}, make cameo appearances in bonus chapters of the [[Magical Pokémon Journey]] manga. In the bonus chapters, Ash and co. have mistakenly wandered into the world Magical Pokémon Journey is set in. The bonus chapters chronicle their attempts to return to their own world (of the {{pkmn|anime}}) and their encounters with various aspects of the Magical Pokémon Journey canon which differ from the anime's canon (such as the use of [[Poké Ball]]s).

==In the TCG==
This listing is of cards mentioning or featuring Ash or his Pokémon in the [[Pokémon Trading Card Game]].

{| border="1" style="border: 1px solid #999; border-collapse: collapse; background: white;" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="2"
|- style="background: #{{tcg lightning color}};"
!Name
!Type
!Level
!Rarity
!Set
!Set no.
|-
| {{TCG ID|7th Movie Half Deck|Ash's Torkoal|9}} || {{e|Fighting}} || - || - || {{TCG|7th Movie Half Deck}} (no English release) || 009/019
|-
| {{TCG ID|8th Movie Half Deck|Ash's Grovyle|1}} || {{e|Grass}} || - || - || {{TCG|8th Movie Half Deck}} (no English release) || 001/020
|-
| {{TCG ID|8th Movie Half Deck|Ash's Phanpy|4}} || {{e|Fighting}} || - || - || {{TCG|8th Movie Half Deck}} (no English release) || 004/020
|-
| {{TCG ID|8th Movie Half Deck|Ash's Swellow|7}} || {{e|Colorless}} || - || - || {{TCG|8th Movie Half Deck}} (no English release) || 007/020
|-
| {{TCG ID|9th Movie Half Deck|Ash's Aipom|10}} || {{e|Colorless}} || - || - || {{TCG|9th Movie Half Deck}} (no English release) || 010/019
|-
| {{TCG ID|ADV-P Promo|Ash's Treecko|36}} || {{e|Grass}} || - || - || {{TCG|ADV-P Promotional cards}} (no English release) || 036/ADV-P
|-
| {{TCG ID|Movie Random Pack Promo|Pikachu M|12}} || {{e|Lightning}} || 45 || - || {{TCG|Movie Commemoration Random Pack}} (no English release) || 012/022
|-
| {{TCG ID|Movie Random Pack Promo|Staraptor M|18}} || {{e|Colorless}} || 41 || - || {{TCG|Movie Commemoration Random Pack}} (no English release) || 018/022
|-
| {{TCG ID|DPt-P Promo|Pikachu M LV.X|43}} || {{e|Lightning}} || ''X'' || - || {{TCG|DPt-P Promotional cards}} (no English release) || 043/DPt-P
|}

==Trivia==
===Pokémon===
[[File:Ash catches a Pokémon.png|thumb|250px|Ash after catching a Pokémon]]
* Ash has captured each [[generation]]'s {{type2|Grass}} [[starter Pokémon]]: {{AP|Bulbasaur}}, {{AP|Chikorita}}, {{AP|Treecko}} and {{AP|Turtwig}}.
* Ash has also captured every {{type2|Fire}} [[starter Pokémon]] whose English names begins with a 'C' and whose Japanese names begins with a 'ヒ' ''hi'': {{AP|Charmander}} (''Hitokage''), {{AP|Cyndaquil}} (''Hinoarashi''), and {{AP|Chimchar}} (''Hikozaru'').
*Ash has captured, befriended, used, or otherwise had under his command at least one of every type of Pokémon except for {{type2|Dark}} and {{type2|Steel}}.
* In both the [[Timeline of events in the anime#Kanto|Kanto]] and [[Timeline of events in the anime#Johto|Johto]] story arcs, Ash managed to capture all three of the starter Pokémon for both regions. This trend was broken in the {{series|Advanced Generation}}, where he only captured {{AP|Treecko|Sceptile}}; instead the [[May's Blaziken|other]] [[Brock's Marshtomp|two]] were caught by {{an|May}} and {{an|Brock}}.
* The last Pokémon that Ash has captured in every [[region]] (except [[Sinnoh]]) are a part of {{cat|Pokémon that are part of a two-stage evolutionary line|one-evolution families}}, namely {{AP|Phanpy}} in [[Johto]], {{AP|Snorunt}} in [[Hoenn]], and {{TP|Dawn|Aipom}} in [[Kanto]]. Of these three, Aipom is the only one not to evolve under Ash's care.
* He always catches a local bird-like Pokémon of the region - {{AP|Pidgeotto|Pidgeot}} in Kanto, {{AP|Noctowl}} in Johto, {{AP|Taillow|Swellow}} in Hoenn, and {{AP|Starly|Staraptor}} in Sinnoh. Though not all of these Pokémon were captured in their first form, they all evolved into their final forms under Ash's care; the exception being Noctowl, who cannot evolve.
* As of the thirteenth movie, Ash has encountered every legendary Pokémon from the first four generations at least once.
* All of Ash's primate-based Pokémon have been under the control of someone other than Ash at some point ({{AP|Primeape}} is currently under Anthony's command, {{TP|Dawn|Ambipom}} was under Dawn's ownership and is currently being trained in [[Vermilion City]], and his {{AP|Infernape}} was formerly owned by Paul).
**All three of these primate-based Pokémon were also shown evolving on-screen, and none of them evolved in the care of their original Trainer (Primeape evolved in the wild just prior to Ash capturing it, Ambipom evolved under Dawn's care, and Infernape (also as a {{AP|Monferno}}) evolved under Ash's ownership).
* Ash also captured a member of each turtle-based evolutionary family.
* Three members of Ash's Sinnoh party have evolved while battling [[Paul]]: {{AP|Grotle}}, {{AP|Staraptor}}, and {{AP|Monferno}}. Of those three, Grotle and Staraptor both evolved while battling [[Paul's Honchkrow]].
* Ash has only caught Pokémon when he does not have a full party of six with one exception: his capture of {{AP|Krabby}}.
* Ash has two fully-evolved {{type2|Grass}} [[starter Pokémon]] ({{AP|Sceptile}} and {{AP|Torterra}}) and two fully-evolved {{type2|Fire}} starter Pokémon ({{AP|Charizard}} and {{AP|Infernape}}), however, neither of his {{type2|Water}} starter Pokémon ({{AP|Squirtle}} and {{AP|Totodile}}) have evolved at all, or even indicated their desire to.
* Ash has several Pokémon in common with his current rivals; Paul and Barry. He and Paul both own a {{p|Torterra}} and have owned a {{p|Gliscor}} as well as both training the same {{AP|Chimchar}} at some point. Like Ash, Barry owns a {{p|Staraptor}} and a {{p|Heracross}}. Other rivals of Ash's have had alike Pokémon; Gary has also owned a {{p|Squirtle}} and a {{p|Krabby}}, Morrison has a {{p|Gligar}}, and Tyson has a {{p|Sceptile}} and {{p|Donphan}}. Both had them on their league teams before Ash would later obtain them himself.
* All of Ash's {{type2|Flying}}s that he still owns, except for Charizard, have two immunities. Gliscor is immune to {{t|Electric}}- and {{type2|Ground}}s. Noctowl, Swellow, and Staraptor are all immune to {{t|Ghost}}- and Ground-types.
* Ash has traded away three Pokémon: {{AP|Butterfree}}, {{AP|Raticate}}, and {{AP|Aipom}}. Of these three, Butterfree was the only one Ash got back, and also the only one that is not a {{type2|Normal}}.

===Challenges/Gym related===
* In each region (except for the Orange Islands), Ash always loses against at least one of the [[Gym Leader]]s before challenging them to a rematch.
* In the [[original series]], Ash pinned his badges to the inside of his jacket. From Hoenn onwards, they have been kept in a case.
* Ash battled four legendary Pokémon, he has defeated two legendary Pokémon and also has been defeated by the other two.
* Ash has so far battled five [[Elite Four]] members, namely [[Lorelei]], {{EF|Drake}}, [[Agatha]], {{EF|Flint}} and [[Bertha]]. He has lost to all five without defeating a single Pokémon of theirs.
** In all of these battles, except Bertha, Ash used Pikachu in each one.
* The largest amount of episodes that Ash has gone without obtaining a [[badge]] was the gap between the {{ci|Snowpoint}} and {{ci|Sunyshore}} Gyms, ends in [[DP179]], where Ash finally won the Beacon Badge. The gap was a total of 52 episodes. The shortest amount of time between badges was the [[EP006|one-episode]] gap between ''[[EP005|Showdown in Pewter City]]'' and ''[[EP007|The Water Flowers of Cerulean City]]''.

===Miscellaneous===
[[File:Ash maid.png|200px|thumb|Ash crossdressing for the third time.]]
* The date of Ash's birth, according to [[Takeshi Shudo]]'s anime novelizations, is 10 years, 10 months, and 10 days ''exactly'' prior to the day he began his Pokémon journey. Being that the same novelization declares that Pokémon Trainers obtain their first Pokémon in April of the year following their 10th birthday, and the anime itself began broadcast on the first of that month in 1997 in Japan, Ash's birthday, if April 1 was the first day of his journey, would be May 22.
* Ash has crossdressed once in each anime series: The first time he did this was in ''[[EP026|Pokémon Scent-sation!]]'', in the [[original series]]. He crossdressed a second time in ''[[AG042|Love at First Flight]]'', in the {{series|Advanced Generation}}. ''[[DP062|Tanks for the Memories!]]'' marked the third time he crossdressed, in the {{series|Diamond & Pearl}}. Each time Ash has crossdressed, he was never willing to do so and was coerced or forced into it in some way.
** In addition to dressing as a girl, Ash has dressed up as fruit on at least two occasions. The first time, he dressed as an apple in ''[[EP107|Pokémon Food Fight!]]'' while the second he dressed as an {{wp|eggplant}} in ''[[AG104|Claydol Big and Tall]]''. On both occasions he was used to lure a large Pokémon.
* Several of the variety of {{wp|ash tree}}s, from which his name could be derived, are related to Kanto in some way: not only are there trees known as the "red ash", "green ash", and "blue ash", for the first three games, but also the "indigo ash", for the [[Indigo Plateau]].
* [[Arnold]] and [[Travis]] are both [[doppelgänger]]s of Ash. His first meeting with both of [[Arnold's mother|their]] [[Luana|mothers]] was being mistaken for them and embraced in a hug as the boys were away from home at the time.
* When [[Veronica Taylor]] was interviewed in the documentary "Adventures in Voice Acting", she stated that during her audition for the role of Ash, he was known as Casey at the time.
*In Ash's Isshu look, his eye pupils are larger to match most other people in the anime.

==Names==
{|{{bluetable|background: white}}
|- style="background: #{{electric color}};"
! Language
! Name
! Origin
|-
|Japanese
| サトシ ''Satoshi''
| Can be taken to mean 智 (wisdom; reason); named after [[Satoshi Tajiri]].
|-
|English, German
| Ash Ketchum
| Ketchum sounds similar to ''catch 'em''. First name can be found in Japanese name, S'''a'''to'''sh'''i. Also, Ash is a default name for {{ga|Red}} in {{game|Red and Blue|s}}. {{wp|Ash tree}}s are suggested as another explanation as well.
|-
|French
| Sacha Ketchum
| Similar to ''Ash''.
|-
|Korean
| 한지우 ''Han Jiu''
| 지 is from 智 ''satoshi''. Alternatively, 지우 can mean "close friend".
|-
|Chinese ({{tt|Mandarin|Taiwan and mainland China}})
| 小智 ''Xiǎo Zhì''
| 智 is from 智 ''satoshi''. Can mean "young wisdom"{{tt|*|or ”little knowledge”}}.
|-
|Chinese ({{tt|Cantonese|Hong Kong}})
| 小智 ''Síu Ji''
| Same as Mandarin name.
|}

==Related articles==
* [[Ashley]]
* [[Ashachu]]
* {{cat|Episodes focusing on Ash}}

==External links==
*[http://kari.beautiful-beast.net/satoshi/ Poké Master], the fanlisting for Ash
*[http://pokeani.com/chara/r-satoshi.html Satoshi's Profile] on [[Pokeani]] (Japanese)
*[http://www.freewebs.com/satoshi-kun/ SPURT!], shrine to Satoshi.

===On Bulbagarden forums===
* [http://bmgf.bulbagarden.net/showthread.php?t=5254 Ash Club]

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Blake Hall

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jname=ブラック・ホール |
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caption=Art from Shadows of Almia |
gender=Male |
hometown=Unknown |
region=[[Almia]] |
relatives=[[Brighton Hall]] (Father), Doyle M. Hall (Grandfather), Unnamed mother |
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'''Blake Hall''' (Japanese: '''ブラック・ホール''' ''Black Hole'') is the third, current and youngest president of Altru Inc. and the leader of [[Team Dim Sun]].

He is first seen during a guided tour of the [[Altru Building]]. He is then again seen in a practice of the [[Go-Rock Quads]] when he made a speech. He also apparently made a song for them to sing during Altru's seventieth anniversary called ''Dream Energy'', which was hated by the Quads.

When the {{player}} confronts him at the top of [[Altru Tower]], he shows the power of the [[Altru Tower|Incredible Machine]] by summoning a {{p|Dusknoir}} from the [[Hippowdon Temple]]. After the Dusknoir is captured, he summons a {{p|Darkrai}} to suck the player into a {{m|Dark Void}}. This fails when the player is rescued by {{Ra|Keith}}. After this, he increases the power of the Incredible Machine to Level Dark from the stable Level 3. With this, he loses control of Darkrai who then pulls him and [[Wheeler]] into a Dark Void.

After Darkrai is captured, he is freed from the Dark Void. [[Professor Hastings]] reveals from Brighton Hall's diary that Blake Hall's real name is actually '''Wyatt Hall''' (Japanese: '''ホワイト・ホール''' ''White Hole''). During his name changing ceremony, which was against his mother's wishes, he was offered to the Shadow Crystal with the desire for it to help Blake as he grows. However, Brighton realized far too late that he had made a mistake doing so as the Shadow Crystal was also feeding him darkness. Blake eventually drove him from Altru on his sixteenth birthday, rendering it impossible for Brighton to do anything about his son.

After the game, it is hinted that he has gone to a faraway prison as an NPC states that he has gone to a faraway land for the crimes he has done, despite his change from evil to good. Even after he is gone, Team Dim Sun still tries to carry out operations.

==Personality==
He is shown to be a bit self centered, and hardly any respect for his minions/employees, as evidenced by his attitude to [[Wheeler]], who he even tries to push off [[Altru Tower]] in the game. Despite this, he relies on his minions a lot, as he gets a bit frightened when he is left to deal with {{p|Darkrai}} and the {{player}} by himself, after Wheeler is pulled into into the {{m|Dark Void}} and [[Heath]] goes back to his country, and even pleads for the player to save him when he is being pulled into the Dark Void himself. Other people have said they get a "dark" feeling off him.

==Pokémon==

=== Temporary ===
{|border="1" style="border: 1px solid #000; border-collapse: collapse;" width=200px cellspacing="0"
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| align=center | [[Image:477.png]] {{p|Dusknoir}}
| align=center | [[Image:491.png]] {{p|Darkrai}}
|}

*He also had control off all other Pokémon in Almia

==Names==
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|- style="background: #ccf;"
! Language
! Name
! Origin
|-
|Japanese
| ホワイト・ホール (''White Hole'') ブラック・ホール (''Black Hole'')
| From black hole
|-
|English
|Wyatt / Blake Hall
|From ''{{wp|black hole}}''. Wyatt came from ''white''.
|-
|French
|Alban / Anoir Rayor
|From ''noir'', black, and ''rayon'', beam. Alban from ''blanc'', white.
|-
|German
|Lucidus / Nubilus Strahlemann
|From ''nubilus'', Latin for cloudy, and ''Strahl'', beam. Lucidus is from Latin ''lux'', light.
|-
|Italian
|Niveo / Nereo Raggiani
|From ''nero'', black, and ''raggio'', beam. ''Niveo'' come from ''neve'', snow.
|-
|Spanish
|Albo / Bruno Haz
|From ''bruno'', dark brown, and ''haz'', beam. Albo came from ''alba'', dawn.
|}
 
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Shiny Pokémon

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[[File:Pokémon Gallery Encounter with Shining.png|300px|thumb|right|"Pokémon Gallery: Encounter with Shining Pokémon" by [[Ken Sugimori]]]]
A '''Shiny Pokémon''' (Japanese: '''色違い''' ''differently colored'' or '''光る''' ''shining'') is a specific Pokémon with different coloration to what is usual for its species. It is one of the many differences that a Pokémon can have within its species. The term "Shiny Pokémon" refers to the sparkling sound effect and animation made at the start of an encounter with one in the games. However, on this page it shows the using of the term Shiny. [http://www.pokemonvgc.com/en/shiny-eevee.php]

Shiny Pokémon in the games may differ in color from their normal counterparts either very little or very much. Usually the former is the case, with some Pokémon, such as {{p|Glaceon}}, having their Shiny form be only a few shades lighter in color. However, many Pokémon will have a spectacular difference between their normal and Shiny variations; even extremely common Pokémon like {{p|Caterpie}} show a dramatic difference. An evolutionary line is not necessarily guaranteed to have similar alternate colorations, even if their standard colorations remain consistent; both {{p|Ponyta}} and {{p|Rapidash}} have orange flames, but an alternate colored Ponyta has blue flames, while an alternate colored Rapidash has gray flames.

Despite being completely different colors, however, the two forms of {{p|Shellos}} and {{p|Gastrodon}} are not normal/Shiny variations of one another. Their difference is more akin to [[form differences|the difference]] between {{p|Unown}} or {{p|Spinda}}.

==In the games==
In the [[version|main series]], Shiny Pokémon were first introduced in [[Generation II]]. This was likely to take fullest advantage of the [[Game Boy Color]], which enhanced {{2v2|Gold|Silver}} and was required for {{game|Crystal}}.
{| align="left"
| [[File:ShinyGSStars.png|left]]
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| height="5px" |
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| [[File:ShinyRSStar.png|left]]
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| height="5px" |
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| [[File:ShinyDPStar.png|left]]
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When a Shiny Pokémon appears in the wild or from a {{pkmn|Trainer}}'s [[Poké Ball]], stars will surround it and make a pinging sound effect. In Generation II, this ping happens before the Pokémon's cry, while in Generations {{gen|III}} and {{gen|IV}}, it occurs afterward. In [[Pokémon Battle Revolution]], a flash of light circles the Pokémon upon its release from the Poké Ball. On the Pokémon's status screen, its Shiny status is indicated in Generation II as three small stars beside its gender and in Generations III and IV as a large star near its picture. In Generation III, the Pokémon's [[Pokédex]] number will also be colored gold instead of black, whereas in Generation IV, the number will be colored red.

===Pokémon Stadium===
In {{eng|Pokémon Stadium}} and [[Pokémon Stadium 2]], Pokémon with a nickname can be colored slightly differently, whether or not they are actually Shiny. This seems to have been removed from later games. In the Ekans Hoop Hurl game in the [[Pokémon Stadium (English)#Kids' Club|Kid's Club]], there are golden Diglett that are worth extra points.

===Generation II===
[[File:EP235.png|thumb|250px|right|A Red Gyarados in the anime]]
[[File:Shiny sandshrew.png|frame|left|Encountering a Shiny {{p|Sandshrew}} in Generation II]]
[[File:Shiny sandshrew IV.png|thumb|left|The same scene, in Generation IV]]
In Generation II, shininess is determined by the [[individual values]] (IVs) of a Pokémon. If a Pokémon's Speed, Defense, and Special IVs are 10, and its Attack IV is 2, 3, 6, 7, 10, 11, 14 or 15, it will be Shiny. This determination allowed for compatibility with [[Generation I]], as if a Shiny Pokémon is traded back, then traded forward, it would retain its shininess. Despite the bonus of backward compatibility allowing for a Shiny Pokémon to learn Generation I [[TM]]s, provided it was a Generation I Pokémon, Shiny Pokémon are only slightly above average in terms of IVs.

Due to the probability of the IVs lining up in any of these manners to produce a Shiny Pokémon, the chance of obtaining one in Generation II is approximately 1/8192. However, if one breeds a Shiny Pokémon properly, the offspring may have as high as a 1/64 chance of being Shiny, depending on the species of Pokémon.

Shininess is inherent to an individual Pokémon; that is, a Pokémon that starts out Shiny will always be Shiny, and one that is not will never be (provided its data is not altered through [[cheating]]). Upon evolution, a Pokémon will retain its Shiny status. A Shiny {{p|Charmander}}, if leveled up, will eventually become a Shiny {{p|Charmeleon}} and then a Shiny {{p|Charizard}}, just as a regular Charmander will become a regular Charmeleon and then a regular Charizard. This is due to the status being determined by values inherent to the Pokémon; however, there is a [[Personality value|difference]] in the determination between Generation {{gen|II}} and Generations {{gen|III}} to {{gen|IV}}.

To highlight alternate coloration, a [[red Gyarados]] at the [[Lake of Rage]] is part of the plot of the Generation II games and {{game3|HeartGold and SoulSilver|their remakes|s}}. After its defeat or capture, a Red Scale will be obtained, which can be given to [[Mr. Pokémon]] in exchange for an [[Exp. Share]]. The red Gyarados is the only wild Pokémon in the games that will be Shiny without fail.

The Pokémon that hatches from the [[Pokémon egg#Eggs available|Odd Egg]] in Crystal has a 50% chance of the result being Shiny.

===Generations III and IV===
In [[Generation III]], most of the [[Template:data structure|data structure]]s were redone. As such, a Pokémon's shininess would no longer need to be linked to its stats due to incompatibilities between the previous generations. The determinant for shininess is instead a calculation based on the [[Trainer ID number]] and secret ID number of the [[Original Trainer|player encountering it]] and the [[personality value#Shininess|personality value]] of the Pokémon. The same method is used in [[Generation IV]].

The secret ID and Trainer ID bytewords are first xored together, and then the first byteword of the personality value is xored with the second byteword of the personality value. If the xor of these two results is less than eight, then the Pokémon is Shiny. This results in a [[Personality value#Shininess|probability]] of 8 in 65536; simplified as 1/8192 (2-13, or approximately 0.012207%), just as in Generation II. Symbolically:

(Trainer ID) '''xor''' (Secret ID) = E

(First byteword of personality value) '''xor''' (Second byteword of personality value) = F

If E '''xor''' F is less than eight, then the Pokémon is Shiny.

In the [[Trainer Tower]] in {{game|FireRed and LeafGreen|s}} there are three Trainers which have Shiny Pokémon. In the single battle mode, the seventh Trainer has a Shiny {{p|Meowth}}, while in [[double battle]] mode, the first pair of Trainers have a Shiny {{p|Espeon}}. In another series of battles, a Trainer will send out a Shiny {{p|Seaking}}.

In Generation IV, some Pokémon, such as Mystery Gifts and Ranger Manaphy, can't be Shiny due to the game's code. However, the Ranger Manaphy's shininess won't be altered by the game if traded to a second cartridge as an {{pkmn|egg}} (changing the ID and SID). There are other methods which make obtaining alternately colored Pokémon a little bit easier: the [[Masuda method]] and the [[Poké Radar]] slightly raise the probabilities of hatching Pokémon from eggs and catching Pokémon from the wild, respectively.

Shiny Pokémon are again highlighted in {{game|HeartGold and SoulSilver|s}}, where the red Gyarados makes its return as a plot point, while Shiny Pokémon also appear in their Shiny state as [[walking Pokémon]] when they follow the player.

===Generation V===
As it is compatible with [[Generation IV]], allowing Pokémon to be sent ahead, it is assumed that the determination of Shiny status is much the same as it is in Generations III and IV.

So far, a special event has been released that will allow the player to encounter a wild {{p|Zoroark}} if one of the Shiny [[legendary beasts]] released with the [[M13|thirteenth movie]] is transferred forward.

===Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Red Rescue Team and Blue Rescue Team===
[[Image:EP205.png|right|thumb|A regular {{p|Kecleon}} with a purple Kecleon]]
It is sometimes thought that the TM Merchant in [[Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Red Rescue Team and Blue Rescue Team]] is a Shiny Pokémon. It is a Kecleon, and although Kecleon are normally green, it is actually purple, including its sprite. However, though it is alternate-colored (like the Kecleon in ''[[EP205|The Kecleon Caper]]''), it is not Shiny (Shiny Kecleon have a blue stripe instead of a red stripe) and is more likely a different color due to its {{a|Color Change}} ability. It says that it was so excited about [[Wonder Orbs|Orbs]] that it turned rosy-colored.

===Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time, Darkness and Sky===
In [[Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time and Explorers of Darkness]] and [[Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Sky|Explorers of Sky]], a Shiny {{mdc|Celebi|2}} appears, although Shiny Pokémon are not obtainable normally in the game. It is believed that the Shiny coloring (pink) further emphasizes that this particular Celebi is inherently female, a fact proven by in-game dialogue as well as her crush on a male Pokémon.

Also, {{p|Dialga}} appears with different coloration. Like the purple {{p|Kecleon}}, this Dialga is not Shiny; the coloration is caused by a collapsing [[Temporal Tower]], resulting in a state where it is known as [[Primal Dialga]]. After defeating it the first time in Time and Darkness, the effect will disappear, and Primal Dialga goes back to its normal self. However, in Sky, Primal Dialga can still be found in the special episode ''[[In the Future of Darkness]]''.

===Pokémon Mystery Dungeon WiiWare===
In the [[Pokémon Mystery Dungeon (WiiWare)|Pokémon Mystery Dungeon games]] for [[WiiWare]], Shiny Pokémon can be found in dungeons. Unlike the [[main series]], only 36 different species of Shiny Pokémon are obtainable. The chances of finding one in a dungeon is the same chances as finding one in the wild in the main series. Unlike Shiny Pokémon in the past, however, the Shiny Pokémon found in these games have an added bonus: their Hunger stat is 200 as opposed to the 100 of normal Pokémon. A [[Red Gyarados]] can also be obtained at Level 30 via Wondermail password as a reference to the one found in the Johto-based games.

===Super Smash Bros.===
In the [[Super Smash Bros.]] series, {{p|Mewtwo}}, {{p|Squirtle}}, {{p|Ivysaur}}, {{p|Charizard}}, and {{p|Lucario}} each have several different colorations exclusive to the series. One of {{p|Pikachu}}'s alternate colorations is its shiny form wearing {{ga|Red}}'s hat, and one of {{p|Jigglypuff}}'s is its shiny form wearing a straw hat; however, all other playable Pokémon in the series, except Mewtwo, do not have their actual shiny form as an alternate coloration.

===Pokémon Rumble===
In [[Pokémon Rumble]], Shiny Pokémon may rarely appear. They will always tip over when defeated. The chances of their appearance are unconfirmed, although it could be 1/8196 to match the chances in the main series. Shiny Pokémon are always given a special trait, a blue name in menus, and a star below their picture on the Collection screen. Some Shiny Pokémon can be obtained by the use of passwords.

===Pokémon Battle Revolution===
In [[Pokémon Battle Revolution]], shiny Pokémon have face-sprites which show their shininess.

==In the TCG==
Alternate colored Pokémon have appeared in the TCG as well, first as {{TCG|Shining Pokémon}} in {{TCG|Neo Revelation}} and {{TCG|Neo Destiny}}, and later as [[Pokémon Star (TCG)|Pokémon]] {{Star}} in {{TCG|EX Team Rocket Returns}} - {{TCG|EX Power Keepers}}. {{TCG|Stormfront}} includes three cards with alternate coloration artwork and a reverse holo effect, but are not classified as rare cards. Unlike Shining Pokémon and Pokémon {{Star}}, these newest alternate coloration cards do not play significantly differently from their normal coloration counterparts, and since the names of the cards are not changed to indicate the alternate coloration, they can be evolved into Stage 1 Pokémon, or from normal basic Pokémon.
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==In the anime==
{{main|List of alternately colored Pokémon in the anime}}
Although the games had not premiered alternate colored Pokémon until Generation II, several Pokémon seen beforehand were colored differently. One such example is the [[pink Butterfree]], the mate of [[Ash's Butterfree]], which appeared as early as [[EP021|the twenty-first episode]]. This is, however, not the standard alternate coloration for a {{p|Butterfree}}, causing many to not count it. Likewise, the first appearance of a {{cat|Generation III Pokémon}} in ''[[EP205|The Kecleon Caper]]'' featured a non-standard alternate colored Pokémon, this time a purple {{p|Kecleon}}, this may be due to Kecleon's {{a|Color Change}} ability however, similarly to the case in Pokémon Mystery Dungeon.

The first Pokémon with an alternate coloration that was seen was also the first {{cat|Generation II Pokémon}} to appear, a {{an|Ho-Oh}} in [[EP001|the first episode]]. However it is possible that it may not have been intended to be an alternate coloration, as Ho-Oh may not have been fully designed by the episode's release and may have simply been colored after the version it represents, {{game3|Gold and Silver|Pokémon Gold|s}}. However since alternate coloration was also not yet an explored concept, however, most do not consider this to be a Shiny Pokémon either. A blue {{p|Breloom}} and a light-blue {{p|Marill}} also appeared in ''[[AG151|Weekend Warrior]]'', which aren't the official alternate colors for those Pokémon, and are possibly coloring errors.

In the [[Orange Archipelago]], certain Pokémon have a different coloration because the climate is different than that of the mainland. For example, a Butterfree, instead of the normal white with black markings, would have gold wings with red spots on them.

The first true Shiny Pokémon that appeared, however, was a {{AP|Noctowl}} in ''[[EP154|Fowl Play!]]''. {{Ash}} eventually captured it, and, as in the games, sparkles surround it as it comes from its [[Poké Ball]]. Several other Shiny Pokémon have appeared later as well, often used to make them stand out more or be the focus of an episode.

==Trivia==
* Ash's Noctowl is the only Pokémon in the anime to display the attributed sparkles when released from its Poké Ball. Subsequently seen Shiny Pokémon do not have this effect. However, as of the Diamond and Pearl series, all Pokémon show an extra sparkle effect when released.
** [[Pikachu-colored Pichu]], however, displays a sparkle effect almost identical to that one in the games for Shiny Pokémon.
* Due to the fact that shininess in Generation III onwards is determined by the OT's ID and Secret ID, and to the fact that eggs take the ID/SID of their hatchers when hatched, eggs can be Shiny on the game that breeds them, but not on a game that they're traded to (or vice-versa) if still in their eggs. The OT of the egg isn't changed until after it hatches—this can lead to scenarios where an egg will hatch and appear Shiny, but will not be Shiny when actually checked (or vice-versa) because the ID/SID changes immediately after the hatching scene.
** This is also why Manaphy can hatch Shiny when they would normally be prohibited from doing so on the original receiver's game.
* Due to the way that Generation II shininess and gender are determined, it is impossible to have a Shiny {{cat|Pokémon with a gender ratio of seven males to one female}} that is female in those games, as the highest Attack IV a female Pokémon with a gender ratio of seven males to one female can have is 1, while the lowest Attack IV a Shiny Pokémon can have is 2.
* The Pokédex, when checked through the menu, never shows shiny variants of a Pokémon. This even applies if the Pokémon is first encountered with an alternate color. However, if a Pokémon is first caught with an alternate color, the Pokédex entry that appears immediately after the catch will show the Pokémon with its alternate colors.

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