Hun

Hun バショウ Bashō
[[File:File:Hun.jpg|{{{size}}}]] Hun waits for Raikou
Gender	Male (possibly female in the dub)
Hometown	Unknown
Region	Johto
Trainer class
Member of	Team Rocket
Rank	Officer
Partner	Attila
Animated debut	The Legend of Thunder!
English voice actor	Unknown
Japanese voice actor	Unknown

Hun (Japanese: バショウ Bashō) is a member of Team Rocket. He appeared along with his partner, Attila, in The Legend of Thunder! His Japanese voice actor is Toshiyuki Morikawa (Japanese: 森川智之) and his English voice actor is Veronica Taylor.

Like the other Rocket duos, his and his partner's names together form the name of a famous historical villain, in this case, Attila the Hun.

Personality

Hun and Attila both seem somewhat set in their rank, and approach missions casually. They seem to be able to keep their cool even when they lose; even in these situations, they calmly retreat. Despite physical stereotypes, Hun is the dominant partner telling Attila to do things that he could do himself. Attila doesn't object or show any signs of aggravation over this role.

Relations to other members

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Attila and Hun

Attila has no recorded history with his partner Hun though, while the dub states that they are new partners, their body language and the familiarity of the behavior towards each other shows that they do have history together.

The pair takes mission orders from Professor Sebastian, but it is implied in the original that they have never met him before the The Legend of Thunder!.

Arsenal and abilities

Robotic

In addition to the Crystal System, Attila and Hun control a small shuttlecraft, a helicopter, and a mech with a peculiar manner of walking. Some call it the "Chicken Walker", (a name given to bipedal mechs, most notably given to the AT-ST of Star Wars fame,) but there is nothing to suggest that this is the official name.

Pokémon

• Steelix

Moves used

Sandstorm

Bite

Dig

Rock Throw

Crunch

Iron Tail

He may or may not have up to two other Pokémon, as the official art by Ken Sugimori shows him with three Poké Balls.

Trivia

His English name is taken from Attila the Hun, the famous final and most powerful king of the Huns.

The origin of his Japanese is Matsuo Basho, considered one of the greatest haiku poets in history. As both he and Yosa Buson flourished during the Edo and Tokugawa periods, some have suspected that both were also ninja employed by the administration. This may be a reason why these names were chosen for Attila (whose Japanese name is Buson) and Hun.

Issue regarding gender

Hun was male in the original Japanese version. However, his gender was controversially changed to female in the English dubbed version. Closer analysis showed that Hun was never referred to as a female. The only pronouns are those used collectively with Attila, such as "those men" or "those guys". So, Hun may just be a male with a female voice. As such, Hun will be referred to as a male for this article.

External links

• Bashō's Profile on Pokeani (Japanese)