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Mr. Backlot ウラヤマ Urayama
Mr. Backlot in the anime
Gender	Male
Hometown	Hearthome City
Region	Sinnoh
Generation	IV
Games	Diamond, Pearl, and Platinum
Anime debut	Hungry for the Good Life!
English voice actor	N. Ronald Levine
Japanese voice actor	Kenta Miyake

Mr. Backlot (Japanese: ウラヤマ Urayama) is the owner of the Pokémon Mansion and Trophy Garden. He is also said to be the owner of Amity Square. His house has a back garden where players can capture wild Pokémon.

He is apparently a compulsive liar, as he will repeatedly insist that a Pokémon appears in his garden despite not even being native to his region. His butler, who serves him well, covers up for his lies, importing said Pokémon into the garden and allowing the player to capture rare Pokémon not found elsewhere in Sinnoh.

In the games

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In Diamond, Pearl, and Platinum, Mr. Backlot is said to be the owner of Pokémon Mansion, the Trophy Garden behind it, and Amity Square, in Hearthome City. He resides in his office of the Pokémon Mansion, accompanied by his butler, and a guard. He takes a walk in his garden every morning, and discovers a new Pokémon everyday, surprising his butler. After saying that he is telling the truth about seeing the Pokémon, the butler leaves to add the Pokémon to the garden to cover up for his master's fibs. On any given day, the "planted" Pokémon that was in the Trophy Garden the previous time Mr. Backlot was last spoken with will also still be there, allowing a two-day window to catch each of these Pokémon.

In the anime

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Mr. Backlot appeared in the episode Hungry for the Good Life!. His Pokémon are cared for by his mansion's caretaker, Monica.

Pokémon

		Cleffa
		This Cleffa was first seen popping out from a bush where Ash and his friends were passing by. It is owned by a Mr. Backlot, who owns a large mansion. Mr. Backlot takes care of Cleffa and his other Pokémon in the mansion. None of its moves are known.
Debut	Hungry for the Good Life

		Pichu (×3)
		Mr. Backlot's three Pichu are three of the Pokémon he takes care of in his mansion. Pichu and the other Pokémon owned by Mr. Backlot seem to consider Brock's Croagunk an odd Pokémon. None of its moves are known.
Debut	Hungry for the Good Life

		Azurill
		Mr. Backlot's Azurill was first seen coming down from the staircase to eat Poffins. It is one of the Pokémon taken care of by Mr. Backlot.
Debut	Hungry for the Good Life

		Igglybuff (×2)
		Mr. Backlot's two Igglybuff were first seen in the mansion eating Poffins. They were later seen again in the Trophy Garden playing around with the other Pokémon.
Debut	Hungry for the Good Life

Formerly looked after

		Swinub
		Main article: Dawn's Swinub Swinub appeared at Mr. Backlot's mansion from a nearby forest. It would usually come over for something to eat. It caused trouble by devouring all of Dawn's Poffins showing a liking to them, but caused much displeasure to Dawn's other Pokémon. However, after helping take down Team Rocket and rescue the other Pokémon, Dawn decided she wanted Swinub to go with her.
Debut	Hungry for the Good Life
Voice actors
Japanese	Inuko Inuyama
English	Kayzie Rogers

Voice actors

In the manga

Pokémon Adventures

Mr. Backlot in Pokémon Adventures

Mr. Backlot appears in Suffering Psyduck, where he introduces Platinum, Pearl, and Diamond to his prized Trophy Garden. He asked Cynthia to investigate a case of a missing Psyduck after someone reported it going missing in his Amity Square.

Pokémon

		Pichu
		Mr. Backlot has a Pichu that he is always seen carrying. It is unknown if it is actually his or one of the Pokémon in his Trophy Garden.
Debut	Suffering Psyduck

Seen at his garden

Kricketune	Pikachu	Pichu	Roselia
Starly

Trivia

• Mr. Backlot's Japanese name is a pun. His name is "Urayama" (ウラヤマ), but his butler adds shi (し or 氏, which in this case is a more polite form of "Mr.") to his name, making his name sound like the Japanese word for being envious, 羨ましい (urayamashii). In the game, he asks the player "Well? Aren't you envious?" (どう？うらやましいじゃろ？？) over and over before telling the player what new Pokémon are in his garden.

Names

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