Delia Ketchum

2017-06-22T15:57:56Z

MarthTheBlackLegend: /* Original series */

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|corecolor={{psychic color light}}
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|name=Delia Ketchum
|jname=ハナコ
|tmname=Hanako
|slogan=no
|image=Delia SM anime.png
|size=240px
|caption=Delia Ketchum
|age=yes
|years=29 (novel)
|gender=Female
|colors=yes
|eyes=Black{{tt|*|Hand-colored episodes}}, Amber{{tt|*|Digitally-colored episodes}}
|hair=Auburn{{tt|*|Hand-colored episodes}}, Mahogany{{tt|*|Digitally-colored episodes}}
|hometown=[[Pallet Town]]
|region=[[Kanto]]
|relatives={{Ash}} (son), Unnamed husband/boyfriend ([[EP002]]), Unnamed father-in-law ([[EP002]])
|game=no
|leader=no
|team=no
|brain=no
|anime=yes
|epnum=EP001
|epname=Pokémon - I Choose You!
|enva=[[Veronica Taylor]] ([[EP001]]-[[AG133]]) [[Sarah Natochenny]] ([[AG192]]-present)
|java=[[Masami Toyoshima]]
}}

'''Delia Ketchum''' (Japanese: '''ハナコ''' ''Hanako''), also known as '''Mrs. Ketchum''' (Japanese: '''ママさん''' ''Mama-san'') is a recurring character in the [[Pokémon anime]]. She is the [[mother]] of {{Ash}}.

==History==
===[[Original series]]===
[[File:Ash and Delia.png|thumb|left|250px|Ash and Delia]]
According to [[Takeshi Shudō]]'s novelization, she runs Pallet Town's only restaurant, Pallet House, which she inherited from her mother. When she was younger, she dreamed of becoming both a model and a [[Pokémon Trainer]], but abandoned those dreams to run the restaurant after {{Ash}} was born. ''[[Pocket Monsters: The Animation]]'' also elaborates that the reason why she raised Ash by herself is that his father married her fast and then left just as fast due to him being a Pokémon Trainer. It is also implied that the reason he and Ash's grandfather didn't return is because they achieved nothing in their goal.

Delia made her debut in ''[[EP001|Pokémon - I Choose You!]]'', telling Ash that he should get to bed for his big day tomorrow. She was then seen in front of [[Professor Oak's Laboratory]] with a small group of people from Pallet Town, cheering Ash on as he walked out with {{AP|his first Pokémon|Pikachu}}. She was shown to be very sad that her little boy was growing up, but quickly put it aside to tell him everything that she had packed in his [[bag|backpack]] for his journey. When she unintentionally insulted Pikachu, who was already upset at getting Ash for a Trainer, he used his {{m|ThunderShock}} and shocked the entire group.

She was seen again in the [[EP002|the next episode]] when Ash decided to call her while waiting for his Pikachu to be healed by [[Nurse Joy]]. She seemed to be surprised that he was already in {{ci|Viridian}}. She also mentioned his father, saying it took him four days to get there when he began his Pokémon Journey. Also mentioning his father would be proud of him, she commented that he was the apple of his eye. When he continued to shoot down her words of encouragement, she became angry and scolded him by telling him that he can do anything he set his mind to.

She makes an appearance in ''[[EP018|Beauty and the Beach]]'', where she, along with [[Professor Oak]] and [[Gary Oak|Gary]], visit [[Porta Vista]]. She sits in the stands during the beauty and costume contest, and holds the winner's trophy at the end of the episode, where she tells Professor Oak that she is proud of Ash.

She appears again in ''[[EP064|It's Mr. Mime Time]]'', watching a performance of the Pokémon Circus. She watches what appears to be a {{p|Mr. Mime}}, but is actually Ash in a costume. This is revealed to her when Ash fights {{TRT}}, later stealing their balloon. Later, she invites {{an|Brock}} and {{an|Misty}} over to her house for lunch. A [[wild Pokémon|wild]] Mr. Mime that Ash, Brock, and Misty saw at the beginning of the episode taps on the window, and Delia thinks it's Ash. She lets "Ash" in for a snack, but then the real Ash appears, revealing to Delia that the Mr. Mime isn't fake. Ash asks Mr. Mime to help him, and Delia encourages Mr. Mime, offering it a big dessert. Later, when Team Rocket steals Pokémon with a tank, she has the wild Mr. Mime stop Team Rocket. [[Stella]]'s Mr. Mime and the wild one build a brick tower around the tank, so Team Rocket fires a missile, but it rebounds and sends Team Rocket blasting off. At the end of the episode, the wild Mr. Mime, whom Delia has nicknamed [[Mimey]], stays with her.

Delia next appeared in ''[[EP065|Showdown at the Po-ké Corral]]''. Ash greets his mother in the kitchen, and tells her that Mimey vacuumed his face, to which she responds that Mimey cleans dirty things. She also tells him that Mimey only listens to her. Later in the episode, Team Rocket (as a news crew) appears at her house, claiming that they want to have an interview with Ash, but Delia tells them that Ash is at {{Prof|Oak}}'s laboratory.

In ''[[EP066|The Evolution Solution]]'', Delia went to the [[Seafoam Islands]] with Ash and {{ashfr}}.

In ''[[EP068|Make Room for Gloom]]'', she tells her son to help out in the garden, but Ash says that he has to do some "serious training" in the mountains. She tells him and his friends to get 3 to 400 pounds of fertilizer from the [[Xanadu Nursery]].

In ''[[EP070|Go West Young Meowth]]'', she goes to [[Hollywood]] with Ash and his friends. They are the only ones who watch the premiere of [[Cleavon Schpielbunk]]'s new movie, {{DL|Movies in the Pokémon world|Pokémon in Love}}, which was filmed in [[EP069|the previous episode]].

[[EP073|Three episodes later]], she wishes Ash good luck as he heads off to [[Indigo Plateau]] for the [[Indigo Plateau Conference]].

She reappears in ''[[EP078|A Friend In Deed]]''. She is standing outside a restaurant in the Indigo Plateau with Prof. Oak, where she meets Ash and his friends. She cooks in the restaurant (to the confusion of the cooks). When she has cooked for them, they sit down to eat and talk. Later, she is stuck in the elevator with Ash, his friends, Prof. Oak, and [[Ritchie]] when Ritchie and Pikachu save them.

In ''[[EP079|Friend and Foe Alike]]'', she watches Ash's round five battle against Ritchie with Brock, Misty, and Prof. Oak and wonders why Ash isn't there: he has been kidnapped by Team Rocket. She is relieved when he shows up.

In ''[[EP080|Friends to the End]]'', Delia worries about Ash, as he won't get out of bed.

Delia is seen again in ''[[EP115|A Tent Situation]]'', when she arrives at her house and finds Ash, Misty, Brock, and {{Tracey}} there. She tells Ash, Misty, and Tracey that she found Brock on the ground in a field of grass. She let him stay at her house, and he has been doing chores for her. They discuss dinner, and when Ash shows her his [[Winner's Trophy|trophy]], she says she could use it as a dumbbell. Later in the episode, she and Mimey pack things into Ash's [[Bag|backpack]] because he is going to [[Johto]] for the [[Johto League]]. The next day, Ash leaves for Johto.

==={{series|Advanced Generation}}===
Delia appeared in ''[[AG126|Saved by the Beldum]]'', watching Ash light the Pokémon League torch. Later, in ''[[AG132|The Scheme Team]]'', she was seen welcoming Ash home.

In ''[[AG133|The Right Place and the Right Mime]]'', she wonders what she'll cook for dinner. The doorbell rings and Mimey answers it. Delia goes to the door and finds {{an|May}} and her {{TP|May|Bulbasaur}}, {{TP|May|Combusken}}, and {{TP|May|Munchlax}}. Later, May and Delia go to Professor Oak's laboratory. They go downstairs and have tea. Ash tells everyone about the {{gdis|Battle Frontier|III}}: it's set across [[Kanto]], with seven [[Frontier Brain]]s, who are like Gym Leaders in that they give out a [[Symbol|Frontier Symbol]] upon being defeated. Delia says that there are [[Contest Hall]]s in Kanto, which excites May. Ash says that he will be leaving the next day. Afterwards, Professor Oak asks Delia if she's worried about Ash leaving on another journey. She says that she isn't. When Team Rocket tries to steal Ash's Pokémon again, Delia and Professors Oak and {{Prof|Birch}} run out of the lab. Delia stops Professor Birch from helping Ash and his friends from getting their Pokémon back, saying that it's their fight. When Team Rocket blasts off, Delia says that she knew they could do it. Later in the episode, Delia says her goodbyes to Ash as he sets off on another journey.

In ''[[AG192|Home is Where the Start Is!]]'', neither Delia nor Mimey aren't in Ash's house when he comes back from his Battle Frontier journey. He goes to Professor Oak's laboratory, and he can't find the professor or Tracey. When he enters the sitting room, Tracey, Mimey, {{Gary}}, Delia, and the professor appear and welcome Ash home. Delia is presented with all seven of her son's Fontier Symbols. Soon, Ash challenges Gary to a battle and he accepts. Delia watches the battle between Pikachu and [[Gary's Electivire]], which Gary and {{p|Electivire}} win. After Gary leaves for [[Sinnoh]], Ash announces that he will go to Sinnoh as well. That night, Delia sews.

==={{series|Diamond & Pearl}}===
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Ash received his new {{DL|List of clothing in the anime|Diamond & Pearl series|clothes}} that Delia made for him in ''[[DP003|When Pokémon Worlds Collide!]]''.

Delia appeared briefly in ''[[DP138|Strategy Begins at Home!]]''. She was delivering some herbs to {{an|Professor Oak}} when she noticed he was talking to Ash over the videophone. She interrupted their conversation and then started talking to {{an|Dawn}}'s [[mother]], [[Johanna]]. As Ash was staying at Johanna's house for the duration of the [[Twinleaf Festival]], she told her to feel free to scold Ash if needed, much to Ash's embarrassment.

Delia also made a cameo appearance in the ending credits of ''[[M11|Giratina and the Sky Warrior]]'', where it was shown that Ash sent her a bouquet of [[Gracidea]] flowers.

==={{series|Best Wishes}}===
[[File:Delia.png|250px|thumb|Delia in the {{series|BW}}]]
Delia appeared in ''[[BW001|In the Shadow of Zekrom!]]''. She went on a trip to the [[Unova]] [[region]] with Professor Oak and her son by plane. The plane docks at a pier, and after they get off, Pikachu senses something and turns around. He looks up at the large dark cloud overhead. Delia is separated from her son after Team Rocket tries to capture Pikachu but fails when their machine is destroyed by lightning. Ash and Pikachu are pulled into the storm. They wake up on the ground with Delia and Professor Oak by their side. [[Professor Juniper]] drives up and gets them to [[Nuvema Town]].

In [[BW002|the next episode]], Ash departs on his Unova journey.

Her next appearance was in ''[[BW142|The Dream Continues!]]''. In her house, she welcomes her son home and takes his laundry. She says that by the look of Ash's backpack, he certainly did his best. While Ash is at Professor Oak's laboratory, she sews. Later, during dinner at her house with her son, [[Alexa]], and Professor Oak, Ash decides to go to the [[Kalos]] region next. Delia leaves suddenly, and everyone worries that she's upset. However, she returns soon with a smile and new {{DL|List of clothing in the anime|XY series|clothes}} for Ash, wishing him good luck. The next day, after Ash's plane leaves, in the airport, Delia says that Ash is always ready for adventures, and that's how boys should be. At the end of the episode, she is shown with a picture of Ash and {{cat|Ash's Pokémon|all of his Pokémon}}.

==={{series|XY}}===
Delia appeared in ''[[XY140|Till We Compete Again!]]'', where she and Professor Oak spoke to Ash and his friends via a video call and told {{an|Serena}}, {{an|Clemont}}, and {{an|Bonnie}} that they are welcome to stop by.

==={{series|Sun & Moon}}===
Delia appeared in ''[[SM001|Alola to New Adventure!]]'', in which she was shown to have traveled to [[Alola]] along with {{Ash}} after [[Mimey]] won a trip to the [[region]] in the lottery. By the end of the episode, she had already returned to [[Pallet Town]] and was seen talking to Ash over a video call.

Delia traveled to Alola again in ''[[SM024|Alolan Open House!]]'', in which she reunited with Ash at [[Professor Kukui]]'s house. Later, she went to the [[Pokémon School]], which was welcoming students' relatives as part of the Visiting Day. She watched Ash's presentation and was seen chatting with [[Sophocles's parents]]. She took a liking for [[Ash's Litten]] and even used it in battle against [[Tupper]], [[Zip]], and {{al|Wrap}} from [[Team Skull]]. She left Ash and returned to Kanto by the end of the episode.

==Character==
[[File:Younger Delia, Oak and Hale.png|thumb|250px|A younger Delia with Professor Oak and Spencer Hale]]
Delia Ketchum is a relatively reserved woman. She is usually quiet and cheerful, but when angered, she makes it known. In fact, she once shouted at an {{OBP|Entei|M03}} and said he should be ashamed of himself in ''[[M03|Spell of the Unown: Entei]]''. It was also revealed during the film that she was once a student of {{an|Professor Oak}}, along with [[Spencer Hale]].

Delia lives in [[Pallet Town]] with [[Mimey]], a {{p|Mr. Mime}} that she befriended in ''[[EP064|It's Mr. Mime Time]]''. She is shown to care for Ash deeply, as he is her only child. She does reprimand him sometimes, as in the first episode, when she told him to go to bed so he would be ready for his first day as a [[Pokémon Trainer]]. Throughout Ash's journey, Delia has mainly stayed at home, but she traveled with Ash to the [[Unova]] [[region]] in ''[[BW001|In The Shadow of Zekrom!]]''. She flew home once Ash left on his quest to collect the [[Unova League]] [[Gym]] [[Badge]]s.

{{an|Brock}} once commented that she would make a great Pokémon Trainer because of her perseverance. Her husband was mentioned in ''[[EP002|Pokémon Emergency!]]'' as a Trainer still on his {{pkmn|journey}}. However, he has yet to appear onscreen.

==Pokémon==
This listing is of Delia's known {{OBP|Pokémon|species}} in the {{pkmn|anime}}:
===On hand===
{| width="100%"
| {{ActivePoké|Delia|Mr. Mime|Mimey SM anime.png|Psychic|Fairy|nick=Mimey|size=150px}}
|
|
|}

===Temporary===
{{TrainerPoké
|trainer=Ash
|pkmn=Litten
|type1=Fire
|main=yes
|img=Delia Litten.png
|cap=Ash's Litten
|epnum=SM024
|epname=Alolan Open House!
|vajp=Chinami Nishimura
|vaen=Lisa Ortiz
|desc=In ''[[SM024|Alolan Open House!]]'', Delia quickly took a liking to Ash's Litten, soothing the solitary Pokémon by stroking its chin. Litten was seen with Delia throught her visit to the [[Pokémon School]] during its visiting day. When {{tc|Team Skull Grunt}}s attacked, Delia took command of Litten to battle their {{p|Zubat}}.}}

==Voice actors==
{{vatable|color={{psychic color}}|bordercolor={{psychic color light}}
|ja=豊島まさみ ''[[Masami Toyoshima]]''
|en=[[Veronica Taylor]] ([[EP001]]-[[AG133]], movies [[M02|2]]-[[M03|3]]) [[Sarah Natochenny]] ([[AG192]]-present)
|ca=Marta Aparicio
|da=Ann Hjort Vibeke Dueholm
|nl=Beatrijs Sluyter
|fil=Klariz Magboo
|fi=Elise Langenoja ([[EP001]]-[[EP002]], [[EP266]]-[[EP273]], [[DP003]]) Jenni Sivonen ([[EP064]]-[[EP079]]) Minna Tasanto (movies [[M02|2]] and [[M03|3]]) Hanna-Maija Nikander ([[AG132]]-[[AG133]]) Henna Haverinen ([[AG192]], [[BW001]]-[[BW002]]) Ella Pyhältö ([[DP138]]) Susa Saukko ([[BW142]])
|fr_ca=Nathalie Coupal
|fr_eu=Catherine Conet
|de=Marion Hartmann
|he=לירז ברגמן ''Liraz Bergman'' טליה ברקאי ''Talya Barkai''
|hi=दिनाज फरहान Dinaaz Farhan (Hungama Dub)
|is=Þrúður Vilhjálmsdóttir ([[M03]])
|id=Diah Sekartadji Wulandari ([[BW001]]-present)
|it=Cinzia Massironi
|no=Lena Meieran Christin Borge (movie [[M02|2]]) Katrine Blomstrand Siri Nilsen
|pl=Anna Bielańska ([[EP001]]-[[EP116]], movie [[M03|3]]) Krystyna Kozanecka (movie [[M02|2]]) Agata Rzeszewska ([[EP225]]-[[EP273]]) Joanna Węgrzynowska ([[DP003]]) Katarzyna Pysiak ([[DP138]]) Anna Sroka ([[BW001]]-[[BW002]]) Anna Gajewska ([[BW142]], [[XY140]])
|pt_br=Vanessa Alves (Season 1-6 & 16-present) Lene Bastos ([[Pokémon Chronicles]], [[DP003]]) Luísa Viegas ([[AG132]]-[[AG133]]) Elisa Villon ([[AG192]], [[DP138]]) Denise Reis ([[BW001]])
|pt_eu=Teresa Madruga ([[EP001]]-[[EP041]]) Sandra de Castro ([[EP042]]-[[EP118]], [[EP160]]-[[AG145]]) Helena Montez ([[EP119]]-[[EP159]]) Paula Pais (mid-Johto) Isabel Ribas ([[AG146]]-[[AG192]]) Rita Fernandes ([[DP003]]) Isabel Queirós ([[DP138]]) Ângela Marques ([[BW001]]-present)
|es_la=Ana Patricia Anides ([[EP001]]-[[EP273]], [[DP138]]-[[BW142]], [[SM001]]-present) Rebeca Manríquez ([[SS004]], [[SS014]]) Kerygma Flores ([[AG132]]) Elena Rámirez ([[AG192]], [[DP003]]) Mildred Barrera ([[XY140]])
|es_eu=Cecilia Santiago ([[EP001]]-[[EP002]]) Marisa Marco ([[EP064]]-[[BW142]]) Ana Richart ([[XY140]]-present) Ana Jiménez (movie [[M02|2]]) Marta García (movie [[M03|3]])
|sv=Pernilla Wahlgren}}

==In the manga==
[[File:Delia Ketchum EToP.png|thumb|160px|Delia in ''The Electric Tale of Pikachu'']]
===In The Electric Tale of Pikachu manga===
Delia appears briefly in the {{pkmn|manga}} series, ''[[The Electric Tale of Pikachu]]'', which is based on the anime.

In ''[[ET01|Pikachu, I See You!]]'', she and Ash discover {{AP|Pikachu}} under the floorboards of their house, chewing on the wiring to eat the electricity. Later, she gives Ash a tearful farewell as he leaves on his Pokémon Trainer's journey.

===In the move adaptations===
Delia appeared in ''{{ma|Emperor of the Crystal Tower: Entei}}'' and ''{{ma|Pocket Monsters the Movie: I Choose You!}}''.
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==Trivia==
* In [[Pokémon Live!]], it is stated that Delia dated {{an|Giovanni}} and was in his gang, but took a better route in life when she met Ash's father, though this might not be the case in the anime.
* In the English dub, Delia and Ash have always shared the same voice actress, even after [[The Pokémon Company International]] changed all of the character's voice actors. Originally, both mother and son were voiced by [[Veronica Taylor]]. Since the voice actor switch, both have been voiced by [[Sarah Natochenny]].

==Names==
{| class="roundy" style="float:left; background: #{{psychic color light}}; border: 3px solid #{{psychic color}}"
! Language
! Name
! Origin
|- style="background:#FFF"
| Japanese
| ハナコ ''Hanako''
| From 花子. Means ''flower child''. Also often used as an example female name, similar to ''Jane Doe'' in English.
|- style="background:#FFF"
| English
| Delia Ketchum
| May be a reference to {{wp|Dahlia}}, a flower. Ketchum is a pun on "Gotta ''Catch 'em'' all" the original slogan of the franchise.
|- style="background:#FFF"
| Korean
| 영자 ''Yeongja''
| From 英子 ''Hanako''.
|- style="background:#FFF"
| Chinese
| 花子 ''Huāzǐ''
| From 花子 ''Hanako''.
|- style="background:#FFF"
| Russian
| Делия Кетчум ''Deliya Ketchum''
| Transliteration of her English name.
|- style="background:#FFF"
| Thai
| ฮานาโกะ ''Hanako''
| Transliteration of her Japanese name
|}
{{-}}

==Related articles==
* [[a:Category:Delia Ketchum|Images on the Bulbagarden Archives]]
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