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'''Seymour''' (Japanese: '''リカオ''' ''Rikao'') is a [[character of the day]] from the [[Pokémon anime]]. He is a scientist who lives on [[Mt. Moon]] with the various {{p|Clefairy}} and {{p|Clefable}}.
'''Seymour''' (Japanese: '''リカオ''' ''Rikao'') is a [[character of the day]] who appeared in ''[[EP006|Clefairy and the Moon Stone]]''. He is a {{tc|scientist}} from [[Pewter City]] who investigates [[Mt. Moon]], specifically the various {{p|Clefairy}} and {{p|Clefable}} living there.


In ''[[EP006|Clefairy and the Moon Stone]]'', {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} saw Seymour getting attacked by a group of {{p|Zubat}}. {{AP|Pikachu}} saved Seymour by scaring off the Zubat, and he was thankful for the group for saving "his life." Seymour explained to Ash and his friends that he was at Mt. Moon investigating why the Pokémon there were behaving strangely. After discovering it was a {{TRT}} scheme, they were sent away, and the group began to follow a Clefairy.
{{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} first met Seymour after they rescued him from a horde of {{p|Zubat}} at Mt. Moon's entrance. Seymour explained that he was visiting Mt. Moon to investigate why its {{pkmn2|wild}} Pokémon were behaving oddly. He directed the group's attention to some bright lights set up throughout the cave complex and soon discovered that {{TRT}} was responsible.


Seymour revealed his theory that the Clefairy came from space in a shuttle created from a {{evostone|Moon Stone}}. After witnessing several Clefairy evolve into Clefable with fragments from a giant Moon Stone, Seymour decided to live at Mt. Moon with the Clefairy.
After Team Rocket was sent blasting off, Seymour, Ash, and his friends witnessed several Clefairy [[Evolution|evolving]] into Clefable with fragments of a giant [[Moon Stone]]. Seymour decided to live amongst the Clefairy and Clefable with the hopes of visiting their true home and proving his theory to be true: that Clefairy came from space in a shuttle created from a Moon Stone.


In the Japanese version, Seymour is from [[Pewter City]] and works for the [[Pewter Museum of Science]]. Instead of reciting poetry, he is enchanted by the romantic aspects of the moon. His name is a play on 理科 ''rika'', which means "science."
He reappeared in Ash's flashback in ''[[EP021|Bye Bye Butterfree]]''.


He reappeared in a flashback in ''[[EP021|Bye Bye Butterfree]]''.
Seymour often speaks in rhymes, while in the Japanese version, he tends to recite poetry and be enchanted by the romantic aspects of the Moon. Seymour is usually depicted as a nervous and neurotic person, but nevertheless is incredibly knowledgeable about his passions, such as [[extraterrestrial Pokémon]].


==Voice actors==
==Voice actors==
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|pl=Grzegorz Hołówko{{tt|*|Original dub}}<br>Jarosław Domin{{tt|*|Redub}}}}


==Trivia==
* Seymour was revealed to be an employee of the [[Pewter Museum of Science]] in the original version of ''Clefairy and the Moon Stone'', rather than just a simple scientist.
* Seymour's name is a play on 理科 ''rika'', which means "science".
* Seymour is the first character of the day to appear in the {{pmin|South Korea|Korean}} dub of the {{pkmn|anime}}, due to [[Samurai]]'s [[EP004|episode]] being [[Banned episodes|banned]] in South Korea.
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Revision as of 19:18, 9 October 2020

Seymour

Seymour (Japanese: リカオ Rikao) is a character of the day who appeared in Clefairy and the Moon Stone. He is a scientist from Pewter City who investigates Mt. Moon, specifically the various Clefairy and Clefable living there.

Ash and his friends first met Seymour after they rescued him from a horde of Zubat at Mt. Moon's entrance. Seymour explained that he was visiting Mt. Moon to investigate why its wild Pokémon were behaving oddly. He directed the group's attention to some bright lights set up throughout the cave complex and soon discovered that Team Rocket was responsible.

After Team Rocket was sent blasting off, Seymour, Ash, and his friends witnessed several Clefairy evolving into Clefable with fragments of a giant Moon Stone. Seymour decided to live amongst the Clefairy and Clefable with the hopes of visiting their true home and proving his theory to be true: that Clefairy came from space in a shuttle created from a Moon Stone.

He reappeared in Ash's flashback in Bye Bye Butterfree.

Seymour often speaks in rhymes, while in the Japanese version, he tends to recite poetry and be enchanted by the romantic aspects of the Moon. Seymour is usually depicted as a nervous and neurotic person, but nevertheless is incredibly knowledgeable about his passions, such as extraterrestrial Pokémon.

Voice actors

Language Voice actor
Japanese 岩永哲哉 Tetsuya Iwanaga
English Adam Blaustein
Czech Radek Hoppe
Finnish Arto Nieminen
Norwegian Erik Skøld
Polish Grzegorz Hołówko*
Jarosław Domin*
Brazilian Portuguese Sílvio Giraldi
Spanish Latin America Alfredo Gabriel Basurto
Spain Rafa Romero


Trivia

  • Seymour was revealed to be an employee of the Pewter Museum of Science in the original version of Clefairy and the Moon Stone, rather than just a simple scientist.
  • Seymour's name is a play on 理科 rika, which means "science".
  • Seymour is the first character of the day to appear in the Korean dub of the anime, due to Samurai's episode being banned in South Korea.


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