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Brendan (game)
From Bulbapedia, the community-driven Pokémon encyclopedia.
Brendan (Japanese: ユウキYūki) serves as the rival in Pokémon Ruby, Sapphire, and Emerald, if the player choose to play as the female character. He is also the male choice in the games, but Brendan is never among the default names for the character.
If Brendan is selected as the player character he starts his journey moving from his home in Johto to his new home in the town of Littleroot in Hoenn. After saving Prof. Birch from a wild Pokémon, he is given one of the three starters of the Hoenn region. Brendan develops a close bond with May, and eventually Wally, who both act as his rivals. Brendan goes on to gather the eight badges of Hoenn, stop the plans of Team Aqua and Team Magma and conquer the Pokémon League all before going off to face the Battle Frontier.
Names
While the player can name this character as is the case with all player characters, there are several default names provided for him. In Ruby and Sapphire, he has four default names, including three shared between the two versions, as well as a differing one in each which reference "land" and "sea" respectively. In the English version, these names are Landon and Sean; in the Japanese version, リクヤ Rikuya and カイト Kaito (陸 riku means land and 海 kai means sea). This is also the case in other languages. Additionally, in the English version, two of the shared names, Terry and Seth, seem to be influenced by the same theme.
In Emerald, Brendan has the same default names as in Pokémon Ruby, as well as 16 additional names which don't seem to hold any significance. Consequently, there is no default name that relates to "sea" in this version. Notably, as the player character, Brendan (or its translations in other languages) is never offered as a default name in any version.
The full list of default names for Brendan as the male playable character in the games are as follows:
Language
Ruby and Emerald
Sapphire
Emerald only
English
Landon
Terry
Seth
Tom
Sean
Terry
Seth
Tom
Brett
Casey
Collin
Darren
Easton
Jaxson
Johnny
Jude
Kenny
Milton
Quincy
Reid
Stanley
Stu
Teru
Walker
Japanese
リクヤ Rikuya
ヒロアキ Hiroaki
ヒトシ Hitoshi
ケイ Kei
カイト Kaito
ヒロアキ Hiroaki
ヒトシ Hitoshi
ケイ Kei
イツオ Itsuo
ギョク Gyoku
シュウサク Shūsaku
セイゴ Seigo
ダイサク Daisaku
タカヒト Takahito
タツヤ Tatsuya
ダニエル Daniel
テルキ Teruki
トム Tom
トモヤ Tomoya
ユキヒコ Yukihiko
ラルド Rald
リチャード Richard
リュウ Ryū
リョウタ Ryōta
German
Roland
Daniel
Helge
Jan
Sebold
Daniel
Helge
Jan
Anselm
David
Dieter
Erik
Florian
Haiko
Johann
Jörg
Klaus
Markus
Martin
Michael
Paul
Rolf
Stefan
Thomas
Spanish
Teren
Quimi
Rufo
Arturo
Marino
Quimi
Rufo
Arturo
Aitor
Arturo
Carlo
Daniel
Eleno
Enrique
Jesuso
Juli
Lareo
Luis
Marcelo
Marco
Mario
Mauri
Roberto
Pedro
French
Thierry
Thomas
Daniel
Seb
Martial
Thomas
Daniel
Seb
Alec
Arno
Colin
Daniel
Fabrice
Gary
Gibus
Johann
Johnny
Jules
Manuel
Ruddy
Severin
Stan
Stef
Thibaud
Italian
Landon
Marco
Paolo
Lucio
Martin
Marco
Paolo
Lucio
As rival
If Brendan is not selected as the player, he is helping his dad finish the Hoenn Pokédex and becoming a Pokémon professor. He is also the player's rival and friend. Unlike other rivals (except for May when playing as Brendan), he gives up being a Trainer, making them the only rivals unavailable for battle after defeating the Elite Four. Additionally, they both are the only ones to not evolve their starter Pokémon into its final form.
In the games he appears in, Brendan battles with the following Pokémon.
Brendan's only anime appearances are small cameos in the movies, appearing in the openings of Jirachi: Wish Maker, Pokémon Ranger and the Temple of the Sea and Giratina and the Sky Warrior. Brendan seems to be a competitive battler, as his cameos suggest he spends time in Battle Towers. In all of his appearances, he has appeared with his Ruby and Sapphire outfit.
Like in the games, he has the starter Pokémon that weakens May's. It is unknown if his relatives are the same as that of the games, where, as May is Norman's daughter (as the player is), Brendan would be Professor Birch's son.
Pokémon
The following are Brendan's known Pokémon in the anime:
Swampert is most likely Brendan's starter Pokémon. Not much is known about it, however, as it has only been seen briefly at the beginning of the ninth movie, where it was seen confronting Template:Mo's Tyranitar in the Battle Tower.
Brendan's Aggron was only briefly seen in a double battle at the beginning of the sixth movie alongside Shiftry, against a Solrock and Manectric. Aggron was freezing the opponent's Solrock while Shiftry was being hit by the Manectric's Spark. Notably, Aggron is kept within a Luxury Ball, a type of Poké Ball rarely seen in the anime.
Brendan's Shiftry was only briefly seen in a double battle at the beginning of the sixth movie alongside Aggron, against a Solrock and Manectric. Aggron was freezing the opponent's Solrock while Shiftry was being hit by the Manectric's Spark. Notably, Shiftry is kept within a Repeat Ball, a type of Poké Ball rarely seen in the anime.
Brendan, based on a blue recolor of this character's usual clothes, appears as a common Trainer figure in Next Quest, the launch set of the Pokémon Trading Figure Game. There is also an unreleased figurine based on him from the cancelled Groundbreakers expansion, named Landon (one of the default names for him in Pokémon Ruby and Emerald), who wears the same outfit as Brendan does in Ruby and Sapphire.
Quotes
Match Call
Strategy -
Battle with knowledge!
Trainer's Pokémon -
I will use various Pokémon.
Self-Introduction -
I'll be a better Pokémon prof than my father is!
Trivia
In Super Smash Bros. Brawl, Pikachu wears Brendan's Emerald headband as an alternate costume. Also, the Pokémon Trainer has an alternate costume with a similar color scheme as Brendan's Emerald outfit.
He and May are the only set of player characters who have a chance to speak with both a mother and a father in the games.
Names
As a rival, this character will always be named Brendan.