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{{CharInfobox|
color={{orange color}} |
corecolor={{orange color light}} |
bordercolor={{orange color dark}} |
name=Tobias |
jname=アーシア島の長老 |
tmname=Earthia Island Elder |
slogan=no |
image=OI Tobias.png |
size=240px |
caption=Tobias |
gender=Male |
hometown=[[Shamouti Island]] |
region=[[Orange Islands]] |
trainer=no |
game=no |
leader=no |
team=no |
brain=no |
anime=yes |
epnum=M02 |
epname=The Power of One|
enva=Norman Altman |
java=Chikao Ōtsuka |
}}

'''Tobias''' (Japanese: '''アーシア島の長老''' ''{{tt|Earthia|Shamouti}} Island Elder'') is a minor character who appeared in ''[[M02|The Power of One]]''. He is a [[Shamouti Island]] community elder.

==History==
[[File:OI Tobias costume.png|thumb|200px|left|Tobias in his festival costume]]
Tobias was the one who informed {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} of the ancient prophecy regarding the [[legendary birds]] and the guardian of the seas, {{p|Lugia}}. Like [[Carol]] and {{OBP|Melody|M02}}, he doesn't take the island tradition too seriously. He even whispers to Ash that the costumed spectacular is a tourist gimmick.

Tobias and Carol stayed on Shamouti while Ash and [[Maren]], and eventually {{an|Misty}}, {{Tracey}}, and Melody, set out to collect the three orbs of {{t|Fire}}, {{t|Ice}}, and {{t|Electric|Lightning}} to fulfill the prophecy.

Tobias was last seen with Carol and the other residents, waving goodbye to Maren and her passengers.

Tobias briefly reappeared in a montage in ''[[M10|The Rise of Darkrai]]'', which chronicled the preceding nine {{pkmn|movie}}s.
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==Voice actors==
{{vatable|color={{orange color}}|bordercolor={{orange color light}}
|ja=大塚周夫 ''Chikao Ōtsuka''
|en=Norman Altman
|he=דודיק סמדר ''Dudik Smadar''
|fi=Arto Nieminen
|it=Mario Zucca
|no=Tom Y. Lie
|pl=Włodzimierz Bednarski
|es_eu=Roberto Cuenca Martínez
|sv=Mattias Knave}}

==Trivia==
* This character's name is not mentioned in either the original Japanese or the English dub. However, varying sources, such as the [[Pokémon the Movie 2000 Trading Cards]] released by [[Topps]] and the subtitles on the [[Pokémon in Poland|Polish]] DVD of the {{pkmn|movie}}, suggest that his name, at least in English, is Tobias.

==In other languages==
{| class="roundy" style="background: #{{orange color light}}; border: 3px solid #{{orange color}}"
! Language
! Name
! Origin
|- style="background:#FFF"
| Chinese ({{tt|Mandarin|Taiwan and Mainland China}})
| 長老 / 长老 ''{{tt|Zhǎnglǎo|Elder}}''
| Means ''elder''
|}

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