Tucker
| Tucker ヒース Heath | |
| File:Emerald Dome Ace Tucker.png Art from Emerald | |
| Gender | Male |
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| Eye color | Red violet |
| Hair color | Red violet |
| Hometown | Unknown |
| Region | Hoenn*/Kanto* |
| Trainer class | Dome Ace (Frontier Brain) |
| Generation | III |
| Games | Pokémon Emerald |
| Brain of | Battle Dome |
| Symbol | Tactics Symbol |
| Animated debut | Tactics Theatrics!! |
| English voice actor | Bill Rogers |
| Japanese voice actor | Kenta Miyake |
Dome Ace Tucker (Japanese: ドームスーパースター ヒース Dome Superstar Heath) is the Frontier Brain and commissioner of the Battle Frontier's Battle Dome. He is the only character in the games to have the Trainer class Dome Ace (Japanese: ドームスーパースター Dome Superstar).
In the games
Tucker is a superstar and enjoys the sound of a crowd chanting his name. He prefaces battles with narcissistic comments, and if he loses, turns over the Tactics Symbol to the Trainer's Frontier Pass.
Pokémon
Silver Symbol challenge
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Gold Symbol challenge
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Quotes
Initial battle
- Before battle
- "Ahahah! Do you hear it? This crowd! They're all itching to see our match! Ahahah! I bet you're twitching all over from the tension of getting to battle me! But don't worry about a thing! I'm the no.1 star of the Battle Dome! I, Tucker the Dome Ace, will bathe you in a brilliant glow! Your strategy! Let's see it! The final match! <player> versus the Dome Ace, Tucker! Let the battle begin!"
- When defeated
- "Grr... What the..."
- After being defeated
- His assistant: "Unbelievable! It's incredible! The victor is <player>!"
- Tucker: "Rules are rules! Let me see your Frontier Pass."
- "... ... ... ... ... ... I sorely underestimate you. I won't make the same mistake next time..."
Rematch
- Before battle
- "Ah... The pummeling roar of the crowd... Their furnace-like heat of excitement... This is a wonderful place... To the crowd, I am the Dome Ace... I represent their hopes and dreams... I must never fade from their sight... I must burn! Brighter and more brilliant! I must light all the gather here! I will unleash all the power that I possess! Right here and now! The final match! <player> versus the Dome Ace, Tucker! Let the battle begin!"
- When defeated
- "Ahahaha! You're inspiring!"
- After being defeated
- His assistant: Unbelievable! It's incredible! The victor is <player>!"
- Tucker: "You're genuinely fantastic! Never before! I haven't ever lost in the times I've had to unleash my power. Yes, quite fantastic! Your Frontier Pass, please?"
- "You're strong above all, you have a unique charm! In you, I see a definite potential for a superstar like me. I will very much look forward to our next encounter!"
In the anime
Tucker's only anime appearance was in the episode Tactics Theatrics!!.
In the anime, he is a big superstar. He likes to entertain others, and he has many fans. Automatically before the battle, he allows challengers to send in their Pokémon from other locations. Even though Ash was allowed to do this, he still used two Pokémon from his current party, Corphish and Swellow.
He used an Arcanine and Swampert in a double battle against Ash Ketchum. The battle took place in the Battle Dome in front of a large audience. Tucker was defeated by Ash although he held a strong start for a while with his Pokémon's teamwork and strategy.
Pokémon
This listing is of Tucker's known Pokémon in the anime:
| Debut | Tactics Theatrics!! |
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| Voice actors | |
| Japanese | Kōichi Sakaguchi |
| English | Bill Rogers |
Swampert was one of the two Pokémon that battled against Ash's Corphish and Ash's Swellow, and gave Ash a run for his money. Swampert and Arcanine seemed like a perfect combination, taking advantage of Arcanine's speed and its defense as stated by Brock in the episode. In the double battle, Swampert's main target was Corphish. Even though it looked bad for Ash, after Tucker's water and fire tornado, Corphish and Swellow gained their fighting spirit and came back to win the match for Ash. Swampert was defeated by a devastating Aerial Ace from Swellow.
Swampert's known moves are Protect, Mud Shot, DynamicPunch, Water Gun, and Water Pulse.
| Debut | Tactics Theatrics!! |
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| Voice actors | |
| Japanese | Chie Satō |
| English | Chie Satō |
The other Pokémon Tucker used was Arcanine. Swampert and Arcanine were a perfect combination, taking advantage of Arcanine's speed and Swampert's defense. Even though it looked bad for Ash, after Tucker's fire and water tornado, Corphish and Swellow gained their fighting spirit and with the help of some strategy of Ash's, they were able to win the match. Arcanine was defeated by a devastating Crabhammer from Ash's Corphish.
Arcanine's known moves are ExtremeSpeed, Flamethrower, Fire Blast, and Aerial Ace.
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In the manga
In the Pokémon Adventures manga
At the beginning of the Battle Frontier saga, Tucker was assaulted by Emerald while riding to the Battle Frontier Opening Ceremony on his Salamence. Tucker was promptly tied up and thrown backstage during the opening ceremony, where he is found by the other Brains after Emerald bumps into them, thinking that Scott was a desk attendant. They untie him and he starts yelling at Emerald, on stage. Scott tells him to be quiet, and Tucker grows a flaming grudge against Emerald. Tucker bears witness to Emerald's victory over Noland, and immediately tries to make the boy come to his facility. However, the Battle Dome is actually Emerald's fifth challenge, and the only one he lost.
Unlike the games, Tucker actually takes part in the tournaments rather than just challenging a trainer after winning a set number of tournaments. He also says that in accordance with tournament rules, the winner of the tournament, whether it be him, Emerald, or someone else, will receive the symbol. However, he also adds that he won't lose, and is the only Brain to be able to defeat Emerald, if only because he switched out his entire party.
Pokémon
| Debut | VS Shedinja |
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Salamence is Tucker's main Pokémon. It has been used outside of the Battle Frontier and as a mode of flight transportation. Emerald hitched a ride on Salamence at one point when he wanted to have access to the Battle Frontier. When Emerald was about to challenge Tucker, Sapphire mentions that Salamence will go up first according to the sequence of his Pokémon, having lost to it in the semi-finals against Tucker. However, this wasn't the case as Charizard went up instead.
Salamence's known moves are Flamethrower and Fire Blast.
| Debut | VS. Charizard I |
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Charizard was sent out during Emerald's challenge against Tucker. Charizard was a tough opponent as it was able to defeat both Emerald's Alakazam and Metagross while withstanding a ThunderPunch and a Rock Tomb.
Charizard's known moves are Flamethrower, Earthquake and Overheat.
Mentioned
In the Pokémon Battle Frontier manga
Tucker makes an appearance in Introducing the Frontier Brains! where he introduces himself and his two Pokémon (while admiring them) to Enta. He battles Enta in a double battle. He was able to defeat Enta's most trusted Pokémon but lost to his Feebas after it activated Swift Swim when Enta's Vulpix blew a hole in the roof with Flamethrower earlier. Tucker then tells Enta that his Feebas wouldn't have stood a chance against his Pokémon due to it being ugly. After the battle, Feebas evolves into Milotic, proving Tucker wrong.
Pokémon
Trivia
- Tucker's Swampert knows and used five moves in his battle versus Ash, while Pokémon are said to be able to learn only four moves at a time.
- Tucker is the only Frontier Brain that Emerald didn't defeat to win the symbol, aside from Anabel, who simply awarded him her Ability Symbol for having battled with her fairly while she was under Guile's control. In turn, he is also the only Brain who has never lost the fight to Emerald to yield him the symbol, since the 10 Pokédex Holders had their own tournament instead.
Names
| Language | Name | Origin |
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| Japanese | ドームスーパースター ヒース Dome Superstar Heath | From "heath," both a plant habitat and a family of plants. |
| English | Dome Ace Tucker | From tactics. |
| French | Star Du Dôme Takim | From tactique. |
| German | Stadionstar Tasso | From taktik. |
| Italian | Astro Cupola Tolomeo | |
| Spanish | Astro Cúpula Tactio | From tacticas. |
| Korean | 돔슈퍼스타 하인즈 Dome Superstar Heinz | German name, Similar to Heath |
| Chinese (Taiwan) | 巨蛋超級巨星 希爾斯 Dome Superstar Xī'ěrsī | Transliteration of his Japanese name. |
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