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For the game character whose optional names also include Barry, see Pearl.

Barry (Japanese: ジュン Jun) is a recurring character in the Pokémon anime whose debut appearance was in Barry's Busting Out All Over!.

He was shown to have a very hyperactive personality, much like his game counterpart. Barry admires Paul and his training methods, and wants to be a strong Trainer like him. His most obvious personality trait is his extreme impatience, as shown in his very first scene in the same episode. When he ran into Ash, he demanded Ash pay him compensation for crashing into him within 10 seconds, and he even counted down the time on his Pokétch, and after 4 seconds, seeing as how Ash was still staring at him completely bewildered, Barry started complaining "as if I have time to do this!". He also did the same thing when he crashed into Ash yet a second time, demanding a battle from Ash and demanding even further that he send out a Pokémon within 10 seconds. He also has a slightly similar mentality as Paul's, as in capturing strong Pokémon for training. However, unlike Paul, he still cares for his Pokémon.

Dawn knew Barry back when they both lived in Twinleaf Town, however, Barry doesn't remember her. He only recognizes Ash, Brock, and Dawn due to the fact that they participated in the Sinnoh Double Battle Tournament with Paul. He then challenged Ash to a battle to prove his training methods wrong, but Ash came out the victor.

After Ash defeated him, Barry stayed to watch Ash challenge Fantina in A Shield with a Twist. At times, Barry was skeptical about Ash's strategy in the battle, but by the end of the fight, he realized that his techniques were excellent. He later stated that he would be his rival if Ash could defeat Byron, whom Barry had previously beaten.

After staying with the group for the following episode, he departed to train at Iron Island, but appeared again in DP110 and DP111 at Iron Island. He also appeared in DP122 where he wanted to enter the Pokémon Ping Pong Tournament, which he later loses in DP124. It was also revealed that he was good friends with Dawn's rival, Kenny. He also appeared in DP123 watching Dawn and Kenny in a Contest held in Tatsunami Town.

Pokémon

This listing is of Barry's known Pokémon:

Empoleon

Roserade

Staraptor

Heracross

Badges obtained

This listing is of the Badges Barry has obtained:

• Forest Badge (prior to Barry's Busting Out All Over!)
• Mine Badge (prior to Barry's Busting Out All Over!)
• An unknown Badge (prior to Barry's Busting Out All Over!)

Voice actors

• Japanese
  • 鈴木達央 Tatsuhisa Suzuki
• English
  • Jamie McGonnigal

Trivia

• Barry wears his game counterpart's clothes from Diamond and Pearl; however, his Pokétch is modeled after the one that appears in Platinum.
• Much like Pearl, Barry has a habit of counting down until he "blasts off" then interrupting himself and running away. He also collided into Ash, much like his game counterpart does to the player repeatedly throughout the player's journey. Barry also shares Pearl's trait of threatening to fine someone an extraordinarily high number of money.
• Barry is the first anime character based on an in-game rival that has had more than a cameo since Gary Oak, whose starter, coincidentally, was also the Water-type choice of his region.
  • It is also seen that Brendan, in his cameo appearances, has the final form of the Template:Type2 starter from his region.
  • Also, like Gary, his name is taken, in both Japanese and English, from the first-listed default name for his game counterpart in the primary version. Their dub names also rhyme with one another.
    • Jun is a reference to Junichi Masuda, who also lent his name to another anime rival.
• Barry and Ash share two of the same Pokémon: Staraptor and Heracross.
• So far, Barry's team is made up of the same Pokémon his game counterpart has at the end of the game if the player has started with Chimchar. So far, the only ones not yet revealed to be in Barry's possession are Rapidash and Snorlax (though Pearl does not obtain his Munchlax until after the player meets him in Canalave City).
• Barry also appeared in the twelfth opening of the twelfth season of Pokémon.