Aaron
Aaron リョウ Ryō | |
Art from Diamond and Pearl | |
Gender | Male |
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Eye color | Green |
Hair color | Green |
Hometown | Unknown |
Region | Sinnoh |
Trainer class | Elite Four |
Generation | IV |
Games | Diamond, Pearl, and Platinum |
Elite Four of | Pokémon League (Sinnoh) |
Specializes in | Bug types |
Anime debut | A Trainer and Child Reunion |
English voice actor | Christopher C. Adams |
Japanese voice actor | Kenshō Ono Chinami Nishimura (child) |
Aaron (Japanese: リョウ Ryō) is a Bug-type Trainer and member of the Sinnoh Elite Four.
In the games
In Pokémon Diamond, Pearl, and Platinum, Aaron is the first member of the Sinnoh Elite Four.
Pokémon
Pokémon Diamond and Pearl
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Pokémon Platinum
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Quotes
- Before battle
- "Hello! Welcome to the Pokémon League! I'm Aaron of the Elite Four. It's good to meet you. Oh, I should explain, I'm a huge fan of bug Pokémon. Bug Pokémon are nasty-mean, and yet they're beautiful, too... Would you like to know why I take on challengers here, in this room? It's because I want to become perfect, just like my bug Pokémon! Ok! Let me take you on!"
- When last Pokémon is at critical health
- "Not yet! Your first Pokémon League victory doesn't come easily, kid."DP
- "It's not over yet! A League Elite Four can't give up!"Pt
- Being defeated
- "I will now concede defeat. But I think you came to see how great Bug-type Pokémon can be. I hope you also realized why you're up against in the Pokémon League. Battling is a deep and complex affair..."
- After being defeated
- "I lost with the most beautiful and toughest of the bug Pokémon... We lost because I wasn't good enough... That's it! Back to training camp! Let's hear it for me! No... That was wrong... Anyway... Go on to the next room! Three Trainers are waiting for you. They are all tougher than me."
- "Go on, go to the next room. I'm going to become a top-level Trainer who can't be outclassed with my beautiful and tough bug Pokémon!"
Sprites
Sprite from Diamond and Pearl |
Sprite from Platinum |
Overworld sprite from Diamond, Pearl, and Platinum |
VS sprite from Platinum |
In the anime
Aaron was briefly mentioned by fellow Elite Four member Lucian in An Elite Meet and Greet!. He then debuted in A Trainer and Child Reunion!, where he was shown to be preparing for his championship battle against Cynthia. He was conducting a public training session at a small town between Hearthome City and Solaceon Town, which had been advertised in an issue of the Poké Chic magazine that featured him on the cover.
Ash and his friends decided to go watch Aaron train and joined the long line of fans that were there to meet him, with Dawn getting her copy of Poké Chic signed by him. When Aaron found out that the group knew Cynthia personally, he invited them to his training center. There, he revealed that a Wurmple was his first Pokémon and close friend when he was young, but due to his anger at it for losing a match, he abandoned it. He regretted it later, and from then on, he tried his best to train hard and to understand Bug-type Pokémon so that the same incident would not happen again. Aaron eventually encountered Wurmple again as a Beautifly by the end of the episode, following a battle against Team Rocket.
He was seen again on television, one episode later, having his battle with Cynthia at the Champion League, but he lost.
Aaron made a cameo appearance in the ending credits of Zoroark: Master of Illusions.
Character
Aaron continues to live near his hometown, between Solaceon Town and Hearthome City, because he is surrounded by scenic nature and his favorite type, Bug Pokémon. The location also gives him plenty of space to train and rest up for upcoming challenges.
Aaron thrives in the public spotlight and enjoys the attention his Elite Four status gives him. He also works out every day to remain in peak physical condition. Underneath his confident persona is a sensitive soul that values friendship, particularly with his Pokémon.
Pokémon
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This listing is of Aaron's known Pokémon in the anime:
Aaron first encountered his Beautifly as a Wurmple when it helped him down from a high tree. They became very close friends, but finally Aaron became irritated that it always lost in battle and abandoned it in a park. When he later returned to find Wurmple, it was gone. The same Wurmple returned in A Trainer and Child Reunion!, having since evolved into a Beautifly. The meeting place was just beside the very same tree where they had first met. It informed Aaron that it decided to start training by itself to become strong. Beautifly helped Ash and his friends along with Aaron to get rid of Team Rocket after they tried to steal Aaron's Pokémon. After this Aaron took Beautifly back to his team. Aaron used Beautifly in the next episode to battle against Cynthia as his last Pokémon. It went up against Cynthia's Gastrodon. However, but was finally knocked out by Gastrodon's powerful Stone Edge. | ||
Debut | A Trainer and Child Reunion! | |
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Voice actors | ||
Japanese | Kiyotaka Furushima | |
English | Michele Knotz |
Aaron was seen training with Skorupi in the lead up to his match against Cynthia. It usually remains outside of its Poké Ball, and was seen on Aaron's shoulder.
None of Skorupi's moves are known. | ||
Debut | A Trainer and Child Reunion! | |
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Voice actors | ||
Japanese | Katsuyuki Konishi |
The first time Drapion was seen was during Aaron's training exhibition in the lead up to his battle with Cynthia. When Drapion was stolen by Team Rocket along with Aaron's other Pokémon, it attempted to attack Jessie's Seviper, but got badly hurt from Seviper's Poison Tail. Later it was however able to defeat Seviper with a Hyper Beam.
During Aaron's battle against Cynthia in the following episode, Drapion was sent out to face Cynthia's Garchomp, but was defeated off-screen. Drapion's known moves are Pin Missile and Hyper Beam. | ||
Debut | A Trainer and Child Reunion! |
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Aaron used Vespiquen along with his Drapion during his power demonstration. When captured by Team Rocket, she got hurt badly by James's Carnivine's Bullet Seed, but was later able to defeat it with a Slash. | ||
Debut | A Trainer and Child Reunion! | |
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Voice actors | ||
Japanese | Chinami Nishimura |
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In the manga
In the Pokémon Adventures manga
Aaron, along with Lucian and Bertha, appear during the Platinum arc, having been enlisted by the Pokémon Association to decipher Charon's notebook that was stolen by Diamond's Kit. Together, they figure out the hidden information inside the book and give it to Diamond and Pearl so they can use it to stop Charon from capturing the Legendary Pokémon of Sinnoh.
Pokémon
On hand
Drapion is the only known Pokémon in Aaron's possession. It was used as a seat for Aaron while he used his laptop.
None of Drapion's moves are known. | ||
Debut | Tackling Togekiss |
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In the Pokémon Diamond and Pearl Adventure! manga
Aaron makes a brief appearance in Gathering of the Legendary Pokémon!, watching Hareta and Koya's battle from the audience, along with Bertha and Lucian.
In the Pocket Monsters DP manga
Aaron appears in the chapter Clefairy's Pokémon Center is Super Useful!? of the Pocket Monsters DP manga. He is seen taking his Stunky to a Pokémon which Red and Clefairy becomes in charge of. He reads a book while waiting for Stunky to feel better. However, the treatment Clefairy gave it was ruined by Stunky falling into the treatment machine and this failure made Stunky's condition worse. Aaron didn't like what Clefairy did after finding out about this. After Stunky used Poison Gas on Red, his Pokémon, and Professor Oak, both Aaron and Stunky leave the Pokémon Center.
Pokémon
Stunky was injured during its debut in which Aaron takes it to a Pokémon Center in which Red and Clefairy were running at the time. Clefairy takes care of it by putting it down on a machine. Stunky accidentally falls inside which ruined the treatment and Stunky became worse than before. Aaron didn't like what Clefairy did and ran off with Stunky after Stunky used Poison Gas on Red, his Pokémon, and Professor Oak.
Stunky's only known move is Poison Gas. | ||
Debut | Clefairy's Pokémon Center is Super Useful!? |
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In the TCG
This listing is of cards mentioning or featuring Aaron or his Pokémon in the Pokémon Trading Card Game.
Aaron's Pokémon 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. | |||||||
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Card | Type | English Expansion |
Rarity | # | Japanese Expansion |
Rarity | # |
Drapion | Rising Rivals | 17/111 | Gallade Half Deck | 010/018 | |||
Heracross | Rising Rivals | 24/111 | Gallade Half Deck | 002/018 | |||
Vespiquen | Rising Rivals | 35/111 | Gallade Half Deck | 003/018 | |||
Yanmega | Rising Rivals | 37/111 | Gallade Half Deck | 004/018 | |||
Scizor | Rising Rivals | 48/111 | Gallade Half Deck | 001/018 | |||
Card | Type | English Expansion |
Rarity | # | Japanese Expansion |
Rarity | # |
Aaron's Collection | Su | Rising Rivals | 88/111 | Infernape vs Gallade SP Deck Kit | 017/018 | ||
Trivia
- Aaron's Heracross and Drapion both know moves usually only available at levels after they are battled. Heracross knows Megahorn, and Drapion knows Cross Poison. Both of these may be obtained as Egg Moves.
- In Pokémon Platinum, Aaron is the only Elite Four member who still has a Pokémon that is not of his specialty type. Drapion is a Poison/Dark Pokémon, though it evolves from the Poison/Bug Skorupi. Also, Drapion is part of the Bug Egg Group.
- In Platinum, Aaron replaces his Dustox with Yanmega. This is similar to the replacement that Jessie made in the anime, swapping the same species of Pokémon.
- Aaron is the only member of the Sinnoh Elite Four not to have Earthquake as one of his Pokémon's moves in any of his teams.
- Aaron is the only Elite Four member whose strongest Pokémon doesn't change between Pokémon Diamond and Pearl and Pokémon Platinum.
- In Pokémon Black and White 2, a show on the Variety channel will occasionally tell a tale of a former Bug Catcher and Gym Leader in Sinnoh that quit as a Gym Leader in order to become part of the Elite Four, referring to Aaron.
Names
Language | Name | Origin |
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Japanese | リョウ Ryō | From 令法 ryōbu, Japanese Clethra |
English, French, Italian | Aaron | From arachnid |
German | Herbaro | |
Spanish | Alecrán | From alacrán, scorpion |
Korean | 충호 Chungho | From 충 (蟲) chung, bug |
Chinese (Mandarin) | 阿柳 Ā Liǔ | Possibly from 山柳 shānliǔ, Clethra |
Russian | Аарон Aaron | Transcription of English name |
Vietnamese | Ryou | Transliteration of his Japanese name |
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