James's parents

James's parents are two wealthy aristocrats. James's mother's Japanese voice actress is 兵藤まこ Mako Hyōdō, and her English voice actress is Megan Hollingshead. James's father's Japanese voice actor is 梁田清之 Kiyoyuki Yanada, and his English voice actor is Maddie Blaustein.

In Holy Matrimony!, they pretended to be dead as a trap to lure James back home and get him to marry Jessiebelle, an arrangement he fiercely opposed. From their single appearance in addition to James's occasional recounts of his childhood, they are shown to be rather insensitively oblivious to James's personal feelings, and frequently forced him into things he could've really cared less about while he was growing up, such as endless lessons in aristocratic activities and mannerisms. They also appointed him a fiancée that he to this day tries to stay as far away as possible from. For the most part it seems that they only hold interest in having James do what they think is best for him and appear to far favor Jessiebelle, whom they view to be their idea of a "perfect daughter in law". This episode has been their only appearance so far, although they are occasionally mentioned: James, along with Jessie and Meowth, sometimes visits one of his parents' many vacation homes if the trio are in the area.

James appears to have inherited his hair color from his father, while his mother bears a striking resemblance to both Jessie and Jessiebelle.

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