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Pokémon Ranger (Trainer class)

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This article is about the Trainer class. For other uses, see Pokémon Ranger.
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Pokémon Ranger
ポケモンレンジャー Pokémon Ranger
ORAS Pokémon Ranger M.pngORAS Pokémon Ranger F.png
Art from Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire
Other names
Introduced in Generation III
Appears in Ruby, Sapphire, Emerald, FireRed, and LeafGreen
Diamond, Pearl, Platinum, HeartGold, and SoulSilver
Black, White, Black 2, and White 2
X, Y, Omega Ruby, and Alpha Sapphire
Gender Both
Counterpart {{{counterpart}}}
Notable members Forrest Franklin, Forrester Franklin, Masaharu, Aarune (formerly)
Animated debut AG014|All in a Day's Wurmple
TCG debut Fever-Burst Fighter
TCG card Pokémon Ranger
Manga debut Verily Vanquishing Vileplume II (Adventures)
The Battle for More Friends! (Be the Best! Pokémon B+W)

A Pokémon Ranger (written as "PKMN Ranger" in-game until Generation VI; Japanese: ポケモンレンジャー Pokémon Ranger) is a type of Pokémon Trainer that debuted in the Generation III games. They come in male and female variations, dress in sturdy orange and black clothing, and carry a length of rope. Two Pokémon Rangers, one male and female, who battle together in Double Battles are called Rangers.

Unlike the Rangers of Fiore, Almia and Oblivia, Rangers in Hoenn, the Sevii Islands, Sinnoh, Unova, and Kalos collect and train Pokémon just like other regular Pokémon Trainers. However, they are still primarily concerned with protecting wild Pokémon, keeping the environment safe, and making sure travelers do not get injured or lost when walking through the wilderness, as they mention in their battle dialogue.

They specialize in Grass-type Pokémon in Generation III and they often have healing items. In Generation IV onward, they use a variety of powerful Pokémon, similar to Ace Trainers.

In Pokémon Black and White and Black 2 and White 2, they give out Berries when defeated, unless if they are encountered in the Big Stadium or Small Court where they instead give out Max Repels.

Appearance

Spr RS Pokémon Ranger M.pngSpr RS Pokémon Ranger F.png Spr FRLG Pokémon Ranger M.pngSpr FRLG Pokémon Ranger F.png Spr DP Pokémon Ranger M.pngSpr DP Pokémon Ranger F.png Spr BW Pokémon Ranger M.pngSpr BW Pokémon Ranger F.png Spr B2W2 Pokémon Ranger M.pngSpr B2W2 Pokémon Ranger F.png
Sprites from
Ruby, Sapphire, and Emerald 		Sprites from
FireRed and LeafGreen 		Sprites from
Generation IV 		Sprites from
Black and White 		Sprites from
Black 2 and White 2
Camper RSE OD.pngPicnicker RSE OD.png Camper FRLG OD.pngPicnicker FRLG OD.png Ace Trainer m IV OD.pngAce Trainer f IV OD.png Pokemon Ranger m OD.pngPokemon Ranger f OD.png
Overworld sprites from
Ruby, Sapphire, and Emerald 		Overworld sprites from
FireRed and LeafGreen 		Overworld sprites from
Generation IV 		Overworld sprites from
Generation V
VSPokémon Ranger M.pngVSPokémon Ranger F.png VSPokémon Ranger M ORAS.pngVSPokémon Ranger F ORAS.png XY Pokémon Ranger M Icon.pngXY Pokémon Ranger F Icon.png
ORAS Pokémon Ranger M Icon.pngORAS Pokémon Ranger F Icon.png
VS portraits from
X and Y 		VS portraits from
Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire 		Icons on the PSS from
X, Y, Omega Ruby, Alpha Sapphire, and PGL*

Artwork

XY Pokémon Ranger M.png XY Pokémon Ranger F.png
Art from X and Y

Trainer list

Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire


Pokémon Emerald


Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen


Pokémon Diamond and Pearl


Pokémon Platinum


Pokémon Black and White


Pokémon Black 2 and White 2


Pokémon X and Y


Pokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire


In the anime

Elisa, a Pokémon Ranger in the anime

Several Pokemon Rangers appear during the Advanced Generation series. They generally keep an eye on an area and look after the Pokémon there. Some of these areas are restricted and have to be protected from poachers.

A Ranger named Katrina is a character of the day in A Bite to Remember. In All in a Day's Wurmple, twin brothers by the names of Forrest Franklin and Forrester Franklin refer to themselves as Pokémon Rangers. A man named Mr. Morita is a Pokémon Ranger in True Blue Swablu and a woman named Elisa is a Pokémon Ranger in Beg, Burrow and Steal.

From the Pokémon Ranger games, Solana, Kellyn and Ben are Pokémon Rangers that have appeared in the anime, with Solana and her partner Pokémon Plusle debuting in The Green Guardian. Also, Jack Walker is the central character of the fourth Advanced Generation movie, Pokémon Ranger and the Temple of the Sea.

In the manga

In the Pokémon Adventures manga

A Pokémon Ranger named Masaharu appears in Verily Vanquishing Vileplume II as both Carly and Emerald's challenger in the Battle Dome. He defeated Carly but lost to Emerald, thus eliminating him from the competition.

Pokémon

Breloom
Masaharu's Breloom

Breloom is Masaharu's first Pokémon seen in the Battle Dome. It was used against Emerald's Dusclops.

None of Breloom's moves are known.

Ursaring
Masaharu's Ursaring

Ursaring is Masaharu's final Pokémon used in his match against Emerald. It fell to Emerald's Sudowoodo's Counter.

None of Ursaring's moves are known.

Vileplume
Masaharu's Vileplume

Nothing is known about Masaharu's Vileplume as it was only seen as a video game sprite on the Trainer card Emerald was looking at.

None of Vileplume's moves are known.

In the Be the Best! Pokémon B+W manga

A Pokémon Ranger in Be the Best! Pokémon B+W

A Pokémon Ranger appears in The Battle for More Friends! where he battled Monta. Monta spots him and goes up to him to ask him for a battle which he accepts. He sends out his Zebstrika and Swanna against Monta's newly caught Emolga and Snivy. His Pokémon are very powerful and he has a very good knowledge of Abilities, but he underestimated Monta's Pokémon as they were able to knock out his Pokémon with one hit.

Pokémon

Zebstrika
Pokémon Ranger's Zebstrika

A Pokémon Ranger's Zebstrika was first seen with Swanna in a battle against Monta's Snivy and Emolga. Emolga goes in with an Electro Ball attack on Swanna but suddenly the attack misses and Zebstrika is hit instead. The Ranger explains that Zebstrika's Lightningrod Ability pulls electric attacks towards it instead. Excadrill uses Dig near it but the Ranger takes no notice, revealing that Zebstrika is strong enough to take Excadrill's Dig. However, he underestimates Monta when the Dig hits and knocks it out with one hit.

Monta explains that using Excadrill's Ability Sand Force, which raises its attacks and doubles the power of the Dig, it was able to defeat it.

None of Zebstrika's moves are known, and its Ability is Lightningrod.

Swanna
Pokémon Ranger's Swanna

A Pokémon Ranger's Swanna was first seen with Zebstrika in a battle against Monta's Snivy and Emolga. Emolga goes in with an Electro Ball attack on Swanna but suddenly the attack misses and Zebstrika is hit instead. The Ranger explains that Zebstrika's Lightningrod Ability pulls electric attacks towards it instead. It goes in for an Aerial Ace which hits Snivy and does loads of damage. It then attacks Emolga with a BubbleBeam which does some damage. It is later defeated by Emolga's Shock Wave giving Monta the win.

Swanna's known moves are Aerial Ace and BubbleBeam.

In the TCG

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

Related cards
Cards listed with a blue background are only legal to use in the current Expanded format.
Cards listed with a green background are legal to use in both the current Standard and Expanded formats.
Card Type English
Expansion 		Rarity # Japanese
Expansion 		Rarity #
Pokémon Ranger Su       Fever-Burst Fighter U 054/054
      Fever-Burst Fighter SR 058/054
      Cruel Traitor U 054/054
      Cruel Traitor SR 058/054
 


In other languages

Language Title
Chinese Cantonese 寵物小精靈保育家 Chúngmaht Síujīnglīng Bóuyuhkgā
Mandarin 宝可梦保育家 Pokémon Bǎoyùjiā *
神奇寶貝保育家 Shénqí Bǎobèi Bǎoyùjiā *
France Flag.png French PKMN Ranger (III, IV, V)
Pokémon Ranger (VI)
Germany Flag.png German PKMN Ranger (III, IV, V)
Pokémon-Ranger (VI)
Italy Flag.png Italian PKMN Scout (III, IV)
PKMN Ranger (V)
Pokémon Ranger (VI)
South Korea Flag.png Korean 포켓몬 레인저 Pokémon Ranger
Russia Flag.png Russian Рейнджер Покемонов Reyndzher Pokémonov
Покемон Рейнджер Pokémon Reyndzher
Spain Flag.png Spanish Pokéguarda (III)
PKMN Ranger (IV, V)
Pokémon Ranger (VI)


Trainer classes in the Pokémon core series
Sevii Islands Aroma Lady • Biker • Bird Keeper • Black Belt • Bug Catcher • Camper • Cool Couple • Cooltrainer • Crush Girl
Crush Kin • Cue Ball • Fisherman • Gentleman • Hiker • Juggler • Lady • Lass • Painter • Picnicker • PokéManiac
PKMN Breeder • PKMN Ranger • Psychic • Ruin Maniac • Scientist • Sis and Bro • Swimmer • Tamer
Team Rocket Admin • Team Rocket Grunt • Twins • Tuber • Young Couple • Youngster
Trainer Tower only:
Beauty • Burglar • Engineer • Rocker • Sailor • Super Nerd
Johto Ace Trainer* • Beauty • Biker • Bird Keeper • Black Belt* • Boarder • Bug Catcher • Burglar • Camper
Champion • Executive* • Firebreather • Fisherman* • Gentleman • Guitarist • Hiker • Juggler • Kimono Girl • Lass
Leader • Medium • Picnicker • Pokéfan • Poké Maniac* • PKMN Trainer • Policeman* • Psychic • RivalHGSS • Sage
Sailor • School Kid* • Scientist • Skier • Super Nerd • Swimmer • Teacher • Team Rocket Grunt* • Twins • Youngster
Mystery Man*CHGSS • Double TeamHGSS • ElderHGSS • PasserbyHGSS • Young CoupleHGSS
Battle Frontier only:HGSS

Aroma Lady • Artist • Battle Girl • Cameraman • Clown • Collector • Cowgirl • Cyclist • Dragon Tamer • Idol
Jogger • Lady • Ninja Boy • Parasol Lady • PI • Poké Kid • PKMN Breeder • PKMN Ranger • Rancher • Reporter
Rich Boy • Roughneck • Ruin Maniac • Socialite • Tuber • Veteran • Waiter • Waitress • Worker
Arcade Star • Castle Valet • Factory Head • Hall Matron • Tower Tycoon

Hoenn Ace Trainer* • Aqua AdminSEAS • Aqua LeaderSEAS • Aroma Lady • Battle Girl • Beauty • Bird Keeper • Black Belt
Bug Catcher • Bug Maniac • Camper • Champion • Collector • Dragon Tamer • Elite Four • Expert • Fisherman
Gentleman • Guitarist • Hex Maniac • Hiker • Interviewers* • Kindler • Lady • Lass • Leader • Magma AdminREOR
Magma LeaderREOR • Ninja Boy • Old Couple • Parasol Lady • Picnicker • Poké Fan* • Poké Maniac* • Pokémon Breeder*
Pokémon Ranger* • Pokémon Trainer* • Psychic • Rich Boy • Ruin Maniac • Sailor • Schoolkid* • Sis & Bro* • Swimmer
Team Aqua GruntSEAS • Team Magma GruntREOR • Teammates* • Triathlete • Tuber • Twins • Winstrate • Young Couple • Youngster
Ace DuoORAS • Brains & BrawnORAS • BackpackerORAS • DelinquentORAS • Fairy Tale GirlORAS • Fare PrinceORAS
Free DiverORAS • LeadersORAS • LorekeeperORAS • Mysterious SistersORAS • ProprietorORAS • Rotation GirlORAS
Scuba DiverORAS • Secret Base ExpertORAS • Secret Base TrainerORAS • SootopolitanORAS • Street ThugORAS
Battle Frontier only:E
Arena Tycoon • Dome Ace • Factory Head • Palace Maven • Pike Queen • Pyramid King • Salon Maiden
Battle Institute and Battle Maison only:ORAS
Artist • Battle Chatelaine • Butler • Chef • Furisode Girl • Garçon • Gardener • Madame • Maid • Monsieur • Owner • Preschooler
Punk Girl • Punk Guy • Rising Star • Roller Skater • Schoolboy • Schoolgirl • Scientist • Tourist • Veteran • Waitress • Worker
Sinnoh Ace Trainer • Aroma Lady • Artist • Battle Girl • Beauty • Bird Keeper • Black Belt • Bug Catcher • Cameraman • Camper • Champion
Clown • Collector • Commander • Cowgirl • Cyclist • Double Team • Dragon Tamer • Elite Four • Fisher* • Gentleman • Guitarist
Gym Leader* • Hiker • Idol • Interviewers • Jogger • Lady • Lass • Madame* • Ninja Boy • Parasol Lady • Picnicker • PI • Poké Fan*
Poké Kid • Pokémon Breeder* • Pokémon Ranger* • Pokémon Trainer* • Police Officer* • Psychic • Rancher • Ranchers*
Reporter • Rich Boy • Roughneck • Ruin Maniac • Sailor • School Kid • Scientist • Skier • Swimmer • Team Galactic Boss*
Team Galactic Grunt* • Tower Tycoon • Tuber • Twins • Veteran • Waiter • Waitress • Worker • Young Couple • Youngster
Arcade StarPt • Castle ValetPt • Factory HeadPt • Hall MatronPt • MaidPt • GAME FREAK'sBDSP
Unova Ace Trainer • Artist • Backers • Backpacker • Baker • Battle Girl • Biker • Black Belt • Champion • Clerk
Cyclist • Dancer • Depot Agent • Doctor • Elite Four • Fisherman • GAME FREAK • Gentleman • Gym Leader*
Harlequin • Hiker • Hooligans • Hoopster • Infielder • Janitor • Lady • Lass • Linebacker • Maid • Motorcyclist • Musician
Nurse • Nursery Aide • Parasol Lady • Pilot • Pokéfan • PKMN Breeder • PKMN Ranger • Pokémon Trainer* • Policeman
Preschooler • Psychic • Rich Boy • Roughneck • School Kid • Scientist • Smasher • Socialite • Striker • Subway Boss
Swimmer • Team Plasma • Team Plasma Grunt • The RichesBW • Twins • Veteran • Waiter • Waitress • Worker • Youngster
BeautyB2W2 • Boss TrainerB2W2 • GuitaristB2W2
Pokéstar Studios only:B2W2
A-list Actor • Actor • Actress • Big Star • Celebrity • Chic Actress • Child Star • Comedian
Fine Actor • Movie Star • New Actress • Star Actor • Suit Actor • Unique Star • Veteran Star
Pokémon World Tournament only:B2W2
Junior Representative • Master Representative • Senior Representative
World Champion • World Finalist • World Runner-up
Blueberry Academy only:SV
BB League Champion • BB League Elite Four • Blueberry Academy Director
Director • Instructor • League Club • Student • Top Champion
Kalos Ace Duo • Ace Trainer • Artist • Artist Family • Backpacker • Battle Girl • Beauty • Black Belt • Brains & Brawn
Butler • Champion • Chef • Driver • Elite Four • Fairy Tale Girl • Fisherman • Furisode Girl • Garçon • Gardener
Hex Maniac • Hiker • Honeymooners • Lass • Leader • Lumiose Gang Member • Mysterious Sisters • Owner
Poké Fan • Poké Fan Family • Pokémon Breeder • Pokémon Professor • Pokémon Ranger • Pokémon Trainer
Preschooler • Psychic • Punk Couple • Punk Girl • Punk Guy • Rangers • Rising Star • Roller Skater
Schoolboy • Schoolgirl • Scientist • Sky Trainer • Successor • Suspicious Child • Suspicious Lady
Suspicious Woman • Swimmer • Team Flare • Team Flare Admin • Team Flare Boss • Team Flare Grunt
Tourist • Twins • Veteran • Waitress • Worker • Youngster
Battle Chateau ranks:
By male: Baron • Viscount • Earl • Marquis • Duke • Grand Duke
By female: Baroness • Viscountess • Countess • Marchioness • Duchess • Grand Duchess
Battle Institute and Battle Maison only:
Battle Chatelaine • Lady • Madame • Maid • Monsieur • Rich Boy
Unused Trainer classes:
Ace Surfer • Swimmers
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