Brendan (game)

Brendan (Japanese: ユウキ Yūki) serves as the Rival in Pokémon Ruby, Sapphire and Emerald, should the player choose to play as the female character. He is also the male choice in the games, but Brendan is never among the default names for the character.

The Generation III games broke from the tradition of naming characters as their respective game colors, such as Red in the Generation I and Generation II games. As such, Brendan's counterpart is Ruby in the Pokémon Special manga. Rarudo, one of Brendan's default Japanese names, is used in the manga Pocket Monsters Emerald Chōsen!! Battle Frontier.

Brendan's only anime appearances are small cameos in the opening of Jirachi: Wish Maker and Pokémon Ranger and the Temple of the Sea, which showed him momentarily using Swampert, Shiftry and Aggron to battle.

Pokémon

This listing is for Brendan's Pokémon in the video games in which he has appeared.

Unlike in previous games, Brendan never evolves his starter Pokémon into its final form.

Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire

First battle

• Level 5 Treecko/Torchic/Mudkip

Second battle

• Level 20 Grovyle/Combusken/Marshtomp
• Level 18 Wailmer (Absent if Rival has Marshtomp)
• Level 18 Numel (Absent if Rival has Combusken)
• Level 18 Shroomish (Absent if Rival has Grovyle)

Third battle

• Level 31 Grovyle/Combusken/Marshtomp
• Level 29 Wailmer (Absent if Rival has Marshtomp)
• Level 29 Numel (Absent if Rival has Combusken)
• Level 29 Shroomish (Absent if Rival has Grovyle)

Fourth battle

• Level 34 Grovyle/Combusken/Marshtomp
• Level 32 Wailmer (Absent if Rival has Marshtomp)
• Level 32 Numel (Absent if Rival has Combusken)
• Level 32 Shroomish (Absent if Rival has Grovyle)
• Level 31 Swellow

Pokémon Emerald

First battle

• Level 5 Treecko/Torchic/Mudkip

Second battle

• Level 15 Treecko/Torchic/Mudkip
• Level 13 Wingull/Lotad/Slugma

Third battle

• Level 20 Grovyle/Combusken/Marshtomp
• Level 18 Lombre (Absent if Rival has Grovyle)
• Level 18 Slugma (Absent if Rival has Combusken)
• Level 18 Wingull (Absent if Rival has Marshtomp)

Fourth battle

• Level 31 Grovyle/Combusken/Marshtomp
• Level 29 Lombre (Absent if Rival has Grovyle)
• Level 29 Slugma (Absent if Rival has Combusken)
• Level 29 Pelipper (Absent if Rival has Marshtomp)

Fifth battle

• Level 34 Grovyle/Combusken/Marshtomp
• Level 32 Ludicolo (Absent if Rival has Grovyle)
• Level 32 Slugma (Absent if Rival has Combusken)
• Level 32 Pelipper (Absent if Rival has Marshtomp)
• Level 31 Tropius

Other names for Brendan

The default names for Brendan as the male playable character in the games are as follows:

In the TFG

Brendan appears as a common trainer figure in the launch set, Next Quest, of the Pokémon Trading Figure Game.