Rudy (Japanese: ジギー Jigī) is the Trovita Island Gym Leader. He hands out the Spike Shell Badge to trainers who defeat him. His strategy includes teaching his Pokémon skills they would not normally learn, such as modern dance.

In the anime

Rudy is the third Gym Leader that Ash Ketchum met while traveling through the Orange Archipelago. In the episode Misty Meets Her Match, he ignored Ash and put all his efforts into wooing Misty after she saved his younger sister, Mahri, from a whirlpool. Although he appears cultured and charismatic, Rudy failed to convince Misty to stay with him on the island.

Like Mikan Island Gym Leader Cissy, Rudy requires that all trainers who face him pass a test of skill. He had Ash's Pokémon shoot at targets while aboard a moving boat. After Ash passed Rudy's attack test, he faced him in a three-on-three battle pitting Pokémon of the same type against each other atop one of the rock pillars that surrounds Trovita Island. Ash prevailed in two out of three rounds, earning him the Spike Shell Badge.

His Japanese seiyū is 堀川亮 Ryō Horikawa, and his English voice actor is Nathan Price.

Pokémon

Rudy battled with the following Pokémon:

• Exeggutor
• Electabuzz
• Starmie

Rudy also handled the following Pokémon at his Gym:

• Hitmonchan
• Alakazam
• Golem
• Pidgeot
• Rhydon
• Venomoth
• Ninetales

In the manga

Electric Tale of Pikachu

Rudy was featured in a chapter of the Electric Tale of Pikachu manga, making him the only one of the Orange League Gym Leaders to make an appearance outside of the anime.

Events in the manga transpired similar to the anime episode in which he was featured, although Tracey was not there. In addition, after Misty turned down Rudy's proposal, Mahri was dissapointed because she wanted Misty to become her big sister. To solve this, Rudy starts to crossdress, becoming a big sister for Mahri.

Pokémon

This listing is of Rudy's Pokémon in the Electric Tale of Pikachu manga.

• ?

External links

• Jigī's Profile on Pokeani (Japanese)

Orange League
Mikan Gym Gym Leader Cissy	Navel Gym Gym Leader Danny	Trovita Gym Gym Leader Rudy	Kumquat Gym Gym Leader Luana	Pummelo Stadium Supreme Gym Leader Drake