Poké Maniac (Trainer class)

This article is about the Trainer class. For the glitch type, see Pokémaniac (type).

Poké Maniac かいじゅうマニア Monster Maniac
Poké Maniac sprite from HeartGold and SoulSilver.
Other names	PokéManiac
Introduced in	Generation I
Appears in	Red, Blue, and Yellow Gold, Silver, and Crystal Ruby, Sapphire, Emerald, FireRed, and LeafGreen HeartGold and SoulSilver Stadium 2
Gender	Male
Counterpart	{{{counterpart}}}
Notable members	Bill, Kirk
Anime debut
TCG debut	[[(TCG)|]]
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Manga debut	{{{manga}}}

A Poké Maniac or PokéManiac (Japanese: かいじゅうマニア Monster Maniac) is a type of Pokémon Trainer that first debuted in the Generation I games. They were originally presented as strange boys with long hair in trenchcoats. In Generation III, they were changed so that they became cosplayers dressing up in beast-like costumes.

As their Japanese name implies, they tend to use Pokémon in the Monster Egg Group—such as Lairon, Lickitung and Charmander.

Notable Poké Maniacs

Bill and his father are commonly referred to as Poké Maniacs.

In Gold, Silver, Crystal, HeartGold, and SoulSilver, Kirk (known as Mania in Generation II), a Poké Maniac from Cianwood City, is well known for his arrogance. Hearing of this, Silver stole one of his two Pokémon, a Sneasel. Kirk begs the player to take Shuckie, his Shuckle, for safekeeping. Depending on how well Shuckie is treated, Kirk may or may not ask for Shuckie to be given back.

Appearance

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Sprite from Red and Blue	Sprite from Gold and Silver, and Crystal	Sprite from Ruby, Sapphire, and Emerald	Sprite from FireRed and LeafGreen	Sprite from HeartGold and SoulSilver	Portraits from Stadium 2
File:PokéManiac I OD.png			File:Super Nerd FRLG OD.png
Overworld sprite from Generation I		Overworld sprite from Ruby, Sapphire, and Emerald	Overworld sprite from FireRed and LeafGreen	Overworld sprite from HeartGold and SoulSilver

Trainer list

Pokémon Red, Blue, and Yellow

Trainer name	Battle	Winnings	Pokémon
PokéManiac	Initial battle	$1150	Lv.23	Lv.23	-------	-------	-------	-------
PokéManiac	Initial battle	$1250	Lv.25	-------	-------	-------	-------	-------
PokéManiac	Initial battle	$1100	Lv.22	Lv.22	-------	-------	-------	-------
PokéManiac	Initial battle	$1000	Lv.20	Lv.23	Lv.20	-------	-------	-------
PokéManiac	Initial battle	$1000	Lv.20	Lv.20	-------	-------	-------	-------
PokéManiac	Initial battle	$2000	Lv.40	Lv.40	Lv.40	-------	-------	-------

Pokémon Gold, Silver, and Crystal

Trainer name	Battle	Winnings	Pokémon
PokéManiac Andrew	Initial battle	$1440	Lv.24	Lv.24	-------	-------	-------	-------
PokéManiac Ben	Initial battle	$1140	Lv.19	-------	-------	-------	-------	-------
PokéManiac Brent	Initial battle	$1140	Lv.19	-------	-------	-------	-------	-------
	First rematch	$	Lv.25	-------	-------	-------	-------	-------
	Second rematch	$	Lv.36	-------	-------	-------	-------	-------
	Third rematch	$	Lv.41	-------	-------	-------	-------	-------
PokéManiac Calvin	Initial battle	$1560	Lv.26	-------	-------	-------	-------	-------
PokéManiac Donald	Initial battle	$600	Lv.10	Lv.10	-------	-------	-------	-------
PokéManiac Isaac	Initial battle	$720	Lv.12	-------	-------	-------	-------	-------
PokéManiac Larry	Initial battle	$600	Lv.10	-------	-------	-------	-------	-------
PokéManiac Miller	Initial battle	$1020	Lv.17	Lv.17	-------	-------	-------	-------
PokéManiac Ron	Initial battle	$1140	Lv.19	-------	-------	-------	-------	-------
PokéManiac Shane	Initial battle	$960	Lv.14	Lv.16	-------	-------	-------	-------
PokéManiac Zach	Initial battle	$1620	Lv.27	-------	-------	-------	-------	-------

Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire

Trainer name	Battle	Winnings	Pokémon
PokéManiac Mark	Initial battle	$1920	Lv.32	-------	-------	-------	-------	-------
PokéManiac Steve	Initial battle	$1200	Lv.20	-------	-------	-------	-------	-------
	First rematch	$1620	Lv.27	-------	-------	-------	-------	-------
	Second rematch	$1740	Lv.29	Lv.29	-------	-------	-------	-------
	Third rematch	$1920	Lv.32	Lv.32	-------	-------	-------	-------
	Fourth rematch	$2100	Lv.35	Lv.35	-------	-------	-------	-------

Pokémon Emerald

Trainer name	Battle	Winnings	Pokémon
PokéManiac Mark	Initial battle	$1860	Lv.31	-------	-------	-------	-------	-------
PokéManiac Steve	Initial battle	$1140	Lv.19	-------	-------	-------	-------	-------
	First rematch	$1620	Lv.27	-------	-------	-------	-------	-------
	Second rematch	$1740	Lv.29	Lv.29	-------	-------	-------	-------
	Third rematch	$1920	Lv.32	Lv.32	-------	-------	-------	-------
	Fourth rematch	$2100	Lv.35	Lv.35	-------	-------	-------	-------
PokéManiac Wyatt	Initial battle	$1080	Lv.18	Lv.18	-------	-------	-------	-------

Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen

Trainer name	Battle	Winnings	Pokémon
PokéManiac Ashton	Initial battle	$1104	Lv.23	Lv.23	-------	-------	-------	-------
PokéManiac Cooper	Initial battle	$960	Lv.20	Lv.20	Lv.20	-------	-------	-------
PokéManiac Dawson	Initial battle	$1920	Lv.40	Lv.40	Lv.40	-------	-------	-------
PokéManiac Hector	Initial battle	$2352	Lv.49	Lv.49	-------	-------	-------	-------
	First rematch	$2640	Lv.55	Lv.55	-------	-------	-------	-------
PokéManiac Herman	Initial battle	$960	Lv.20	Lv.20	-------	-------	-------	-------
	First rematch	$1392	Lv.29	Lv.29	-------	-------	-------	-------
	Second rematch	$2592	Lv.54	Lv.54	-------	-------	-------	-------
PokéManiac Mark*	Initial battle	$1392	Lv.29	Lv.29	-------	-------	-------	-------
	First rematch	$1584	Lv.33	Lv.33	-------	-------	-------	-------
	Second rematch	$2592	Lv.54	Lv.54	-------	-------	-------	-------
PokéManiac Steve	Initial battle	$1056	Lv.22	Lv.22	-------	-------	-------	-------
PokéManiac Winston	Initial battle	$1200	Lv.25	-------	-------	-------	-------	-------

Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver

Trainer name	Battle	Winnings	Pokémon
Poké Maniac Andrew	Initial battle	$1440	Lv.24	Lv.24	-------	-------	-------	-------
Poké Maniac Beckett	Initial battle	$1280	Lv.20	-------	-------	-------	-------	-------
Poké Maniac Brent (Rematch)	Initial battle	$1536	Lv.20	Lv.24	-------	-------	-------	-------
	First rematch	$2048	Lv.32	Lv.34	Lv.32	-------	-------	-------
	Second rematch	$2583	Lv.41	Lv.38	Lv.38	Lv.43	-------	-------
	Third rematch	$3712	Lv.48	Lv.40	Lv.58	Lv.58	-------	-------
Poké Maniac Calvin	Initial battle	$1560	Lv.26	-------	-------	-------	-------	-------
Poké Maniac Donald	Initial battle	$704	Lv.11	Lv.11	-------	-------	-------	-------
Poké Maniac Harrison	Initial battle	$1088	Lv.17	Lv.17	-------	-------	-------	-------
Poké Maniac Issac	Initial battle	$768	Lv.12	-------	-------	-------	-------	-------
Poké Maniac Larry	Initial battle	$704	Lv.11	-------	-------	-------	-------	-------
Poké Maniac Ron	Initial battle	$1280	Lv.20	-------	-------	-------	-------	-------
Poké Maniac Shane	Initial battle	$1088	Lv.17	Lv.17	-------	-------	-------	-------
Poké Maniac Zach	Initial battle	$1920	Lv.30	-------	-------	-------	-------	-------

In the manga

In the Pokémon Adventures manga

In the Black & White arc, Petashi (Japanese: ペタシ Petashi), a boy wearing a Poké Maniac costume, appeared as a competitor in the quarterfinals of the Unova Pokémon League. In this round, he faces Cheren as his opponent, only to be quickly and easily defeated. Although Petashi congratulates Cheren for his victory, Cheren coldly ignores his praise and leaves to wait for his next match.

Despite this, Petashi keeps cheering Cheren on in his next match. He is soon approached by White, who asks him why he continues to support the one who beat him. Due to his inability to talk to girls, Petashi is immediately flustered by White's presence and runs off. After regaining some of his composure, he reveals that he wants Cheren to win simply because he lost to Cheren in their match.

During Black's battle with N, Petashi joins Cedric Juniper and Looker to assist their ally in battle. Since Black lost to Cheren, Petashi states that he wants to help the person who beat them person who beat him in battle. Although they attempt to attack N's Zekrom, it easily defeats their Pokémon and swats them away.

Pokémon

Here is a listing of Petashi's Pokémon.

Trivia

In other languages

Language Title Mandarin Chinese 怪獸狂 Guàishòu Kuáng French Pokémaniac German Pokémaniac Italian Pokéfanatico Korean 포켓몬 매니아 (Pocketmon Mania) Spanish Pokémaníaco

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