Forrest
- For the character of the day in All in a Day's Wurmple, see: Forrest Franklin
| Forrest ジロー Jirō | |
| [[File:File:Forest.jpg|{{{size}}}|class=roundy]] Forrest | |
| Gender | Male |
|---|---|
| Hometown | Pewter City |
| Region | Kanto |
| Relatives | Flint (father), Lola (mother), Brock (older brother), 8 younger siblings |
| Trainer class | Gym Leader |
| Leader of | Pewter Gym |
| Badge | Boulderbadge |
| Animated debut | Showdown in Pewter City |
| English voice actor | Unknown |
| Japanese voice actor | Unknown |
Forrest (Japanese: ジロー Jirō) is a Rock-type Pokémon specialist. He is the brother of Brock and eight other children and is the son of Flint and Lola. He is the second oldest child in the family. His Japanese seiyū is 朴璐美 Romi Paku (Romi Park), and his English voice actors are Andrew Rannells (4Kids dub) and Joanna Burns (Pokémon USA/TAJ dub). In Brazil, he is voiced by Francisco Freitas in Pokémon Chronicles e Yuri Chesman in Pokémon: Battle Frontier.
In the Pokémon anime, he is currently the Gym Leader of the Pewter City Gym, and gives out the Boulderbadge to challengers who defeated him.
In the anime
Years ago, Forrest's father, Flint, left home to become a great Pokémon Trainer and never returned. His mother, Lola, soon followed. This left his eldest brother, Brock, in charge of the family. Brock took care of them for many years, running the Pewter City Gym at the same time. Although in truth, Brock wanted to travel and become a Pokémon Breeder. Eventually, Flint returned, allowing Brock to leave on a journey with a trainer he had recently met, Ash.
Flint ran the Gym in Brock's absence, but was ousted from the position when Lola returned home. Lola usurped the title of Gym Leader from Flint and turned the Gym into a Template:Type2 Pokémon Gym, something that angered Forrest, who was dedicated to Rock-types.
Brock returned home and was shocked to find what happened. Forrest and Brock commiserated with each other over the sad state the Gym had fallen into. Brock defeated Lola in a Pokémon battle, and convinced her to restore the Gym to its former state. In the process, he gave Forrest most of his Pokémon and passed the title of Gym Leader onto him.
In the dub only, Forrest seems to have the same interest in girls as Brock does, although this has not been explicitly stated.
Pokémon
This listing is of Forrest's Pokémon in the Pokémon anime.
 Geodude |
 →  Onix → Steelix |
 Crobat |
Trivia
Forrest's Japanese name is a play off of Jirō, meaning second son.
