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[[File:Tad.png|thumb|250px|Tad]]
'''Tad''' (Japanese: '''ヒデ''' ''Hide'') is a [[character of the day]] who appeared in ''[[EP105|Charizard Chills]]''.

Prior to ''Charizard Chills'', Tad had competed against [[Trovita Island]] [[Gym Leader]] [[Rudy]] and won his hometown's most powerful Pokémon competition. {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} met Tad after he almost ran them over with his boat, causing {{an|Misty}} to yell at him. Tad apologized and instantly recognized Ash, following Rudy's comments on his strength. At Tad's request, he and Ash competed in a two-on-two battle. Tad sent out his {{p|Poliwrath}}, and managed to defeat both [[Ash's Pikachu]] and {{AP|Charizard}}, the latter instance being only because Charizard refused to listen to Ash. He then told Ash that he would accept a [[rematch]] with him when he learned how to train his Charizard.

The next day, Pikachu was captured by {{TRT}}. With Charizard now trusting him after the lengths he had gone to while trying to help him, Ash successfully rescued Pikachu. Tad, seeing what had happened, asked Ash if he was ready for the rematch. Ash accepted, and was able to defeat Poliwrath with Charizard, who knocked Poliwrath off its feet and subsequently used {{m|Seismic Toss}} on it.

Tad told Ash that he hoped to meet him in the [[Orange League]], but he has not been seen since. However, he made a cameo appearance in a flashback in ''[[BW116|The Fires of a Red-Hot Reunion!]]'', when Ash remembered the time he battled Tad with his Charizard.

==Pokémon==
This listing is of Tad's known Pokémon:
{{TrainerPoké
|trainer=Tad
|pkmn=Poliwrath
|type1=Water
|type2=Fighting
|img=Tad Poliwrath.png
|img2=Tad Poliwrath Best Wishes.png
|cap2=Tad's Poliwrath in the Best Wishes series flashback
|epnum=EP105
|epname=Charizard Chills
|vajp=Unsho Ishizuka
|vaen=Eric Stuart
|desc=As a sign of its strength, {{p|Poliwrath}} proudly wears the golden championship belt that it won in a local competition. Tad sent out Poliwrath against [[Ash's Pikachu]]. Despite having the [[type]] advantage, Pikachu ended up losing, with Poliwrath using Double Team to exhaust Pikachu's electricity before using a combination of Hypnosis and Water Gun. Ash then proceeded to sent out his {{AP|Charizard}}, but Charizard refused to listen to Ash's orders, and kept using {{m|Flamethrower}} against the {{type|Water}} Pokémon. The battle ended when Tad had his Poliwrath {{status|freeze}} Charizard with Ice Beam.

The next day, it had a rematch against Ash's now controlled Charizard, who finally knocked Poliwrath out with its {{m|Seismic Toss}}.

It reappeared in a flashback in ''[[BW116|The Fires of a Red-Hot Reunion!]]'', when Ash remembered the time when Charizard battled Poliwrath and got frozen, and also when Charizard had the rematch.

Poliwrath's known moves are {{m|Double Team}}, {{m|Hypnosis}}, {{m|Water Gun}}, {{m|Ice Beam}}, {{m|Mega Kick}}, and {{m|Body Slam}}{{tt|*|Unseen; the move was interrupted mid-use}}.}}

Tad also has at least one other Pokémon, as he intended to use a total of two Pokémon against Ash. However, as Poliwrath had defeated both Pikachu and Charizard, this second Pokémon was never seen.

==Voice actors==
{{vatable|color={{water color}}|bordercolor={{fighting color light}}
|ja=真殿光昭 ''[[Mitsuaki Madono]]''
|en=[[Maddie Blaustein|Addie Blaustein]] ([[EP105]])
|no=Tommy Karlsen
|pt_br=Sílvio Giraldi
|es_eu=Rafa Romero
|es_la=Irwin Daayán
|pl=Robert Ostolski
}}

==Trivia==
* Tad's English name is a reference to his Pokémon, Poliwrath, who is referred to by the Pokédex as a "''''Tad'''pole Pokémon."
* Tad has a striking resemblance to [[Tracey Sketchit]]. Also, both of their dub names begin with a ''T'' and both wear headbands.
** In a scene of the episode Tad appears in, Tracey's headband is colored green like Tad's, though his is usually pink.
* The belt that Tad's Poliwrath is wearing greatly resembles to the [[P1 Grand Prix]]'s belt that [[Ash's Primeape]] wears at the end of ''[[EP029|The Punchy Pokémon]]''. It is very possible that Tad is born, or lives in the city where the P1 Grand Prix takes place, as he mentions it himself.
* Tad mentions that he hopes to compete against Ash in the Orange League, but it was later shown that the Orange League does not involve a [[Pokémon League Conference]]. This may be a dub error.

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