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Wallace
ミクリ Mikuri
""Artist, and lover of water.""
[[File:File:ChampionWallace.png|{{{size}}}]]
Art from Emerald
Gender Male
Eye color Turquoise
Hair color Turquoise
Hometown Sootopolis City
Region Hoenn
Trainer class Gym Leader, Champion, Coordinator
Generation III
Games Ruby, Sapphire, and Emerald
Leader of Sootopolis Gym
Badge Rain Badge
Anime debut Our Cup Runneth Over!
English voice actor Sean Reyes
Japanese voice actor Toshiyuki Morikawa

Wallace (Japanese: ミクリ Mikuri) is a master Template:Type2 Trainer. He was once the Gym Leader of Sootopolis City's Gym, known officially as the Sootopolis Gym, in Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire, wielding the Rain Badge. He was promoted to Champion of the Elite Four in Emerald. He is apparently close to Steven Stone, and assists him in the Cave of Origin quest in Ruby/Sapphire. He was taught by Juan, who takes his place as Gym Leader in Emerald.

In the games

In Ruby and Sapphire, he runs Sootopolis City Gym. He specializes in Water-type Pokémon. He gives out the Rain Badge as well as TM03 (Water Pulse). In Emerald, he is the Champion of the Elite Four. He also carries Water Pokémon. Juan takes his place as the Sootopolis City Gym Leader.

Pokémon

This listing is for Wallace's Pokémon in the video games in which he has appeared.

As Gym Leader



As Champion



Quotes

File:WallaceGymLeader.png
Wallace as a Gym Leader in Ruby and Sapphire

Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire

"Allow me to formally introduce myself. I am Wallace. The Gym Leader of Sootopolis. There's something about you... A difference in your demeanor. I think I sense that in you. What happened inside the Cave of Origin, and what you did, I will likely learn through our upcoming battle. Now, show me. Show me the power you wield with your Pokémon. And I, in turn, shall present you with a performance of illusions in water by me and my Pokémon!"

"Bravo. I realize now your authenticity and magnificence as a Pokémon Trainer. I find much joy in having met you and your Pokémon. You have proven yourself worthy of the Rain Badge. Accept it."

Trainer's Eyes

Strategy - Dignity and respect

Trainer's Pokémon - I prefer Pokémon of grace.

Self-Introduction - Pokémon

Pokémon Emerald

"Welcome, <name>. That incident in Sootopolis City... That was superb work, putting an end to that crisis all by yourself. Oops! It wouldn't be fair to say that you alone ended the crisis. You overcome that difficult situation by working as one with your Pokémon. We Trainers raise Pokémon by giving them items and by teaching them new techniques for battle. But we ourselves also learn many things from Pokémon. And this is where your achievements are put to the test against what others like you have achieved. Now! Who can most elegantly dance with their Pokémon in Hoenn? Show me right here and now!"

"I, the Champion, fall in defeat... That was wonderful work. You were elegant, infuriatingly so. And yet it was utterly glorious! Kudos to you, <name>! You are a truly noble Pokémon Trainer!"

"The Pokémon you sent into battle... At times they danced like a spring breeze, and at times they struck like a lightning. It was with light, yet surefooted, elegance that you led your Pokémon. Even I felt bedazzled by your masterful performance! You now stand at the glorious peak of the Pokémon League. I now proclaim you to be the new Hoenn region... ...<name>! No, let me rephrase that properly. The new Champion! come with me. [to May/Brendan] I'm sorry, but... From here on, only those Trainers who have become Champions may enter. You'll have to wait outside with Prof. Birch. [to the player] This room... This is where we keep records of Pokémon that prevailed through harsh battles. It is here that the League Champions are honored. Come on, let's record your name as a Trainer who triumphed over the Pokémon League, and the names of the partners who battled with you."

In the anime

File:WallaceWithMilotic.png
Wallace and his Milotic in the anime

Wallace first appeared in Our Cup Runneth Over! as a Contest Master in Sinnoh. After watching Ash and Dawn's practice match against each other, he asks Ash to enter the Wallace Cup with his Buizel. He also does a practice appeal in the episode with his Milotic for Ash and the others.

He makes further appearances in Staging a Heroes Welcome, Pruning a Passel of Pals!, and Strategy With a Smile! acting as the judge for the Wallace Cup. He also awarded Dawn the Aqua Ribbon following her win at the Contest.

It is mentioned that, like in the game, Wallace was once the Sootopolis City Gym Leader and later the Hoenn Champion. It was revealed in Battling the Generation Gap! that the Pokémon stylist Lila designed his outfit for Contests.

Pokémon

This listing is of Wallace's known Pokémon in the anime:

Pikachu
Debut [[]]

Voice actors

  • Spanish
    • Cholo Moratalla (Spain)
  • Polish
    • Tomasz Błasiak

In the Pokémon Special manga

Template:Spoiler

File:Wallace Special.png
Wallace and his Luvdisc

In Pokémon Special, he is the Sootopolis Gym Leader, in addition to being a contest master as well as the protector of the Cave of Origin. Wallace also takes Ruby under his wing, much like how Winona did for Sapphire. Despite having aligned himself with Team Aqua, he has a strong sense of justice, and is the first of the aligned Gym Leaders to renounce his loyalty, convincing Winona of the Magmas to do the same.

It was revealed in Template:PSV that Wallace was the Hoenn League Champion who had entered the Hall of Fame. However, he renounced the title as he expressed his wish of following his mentor, Juan's, footstep of becoming a Gym Leader of his city. According to Steven, what Wallace did not mention to the director of the Pokémon Association is that there is a second reason for his renouncement: He was trying to stay with Winona, the Fortree Gym Leader.

He and Winona apparently had some sort of relationship in the past, speculated by most fans to have been romantic. Although it is largely unconfirmed whether Winona still has feelings for him, it is quite obvious that he still has feelings for her, based on the scene where the two say their goodbyes before they leave to fight Kyogre and Groudon in Template:PSV.

Wallace regained the title of Champion after Steven had a premonition that he would die in the upcoming battle between Groudon and Kyogre.

Wallace usually travels on an "Air Car", which can travel on both the land and the air. He is also the only Hoenn Gym Leader who nicknamed his Pokémon.

Pokémon

This listing is for Wallace's Pokémon in the Pokémon Special manga.

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Francoise
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Elizabeth
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Philipe
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Charles
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Clamperl*

*Not much is known about Clamperl except it helped Wallace win the title of Hoenn Champion.

Released

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Registeel

Registeel: Originally with Steven; however, as of Steven's apparent death, Registeel and the other Regis vanished to the mountains, where they have been caught by Brandon.

Trivia

  • Wallace is the only Gym Leader that did not appear in his home region in the anime. He makes his first appearance in Our Cup Runneth Over!.
  • Wallace's Pokémon in Ruby and Sapphire are the same Pokémon used by Juan against Ash in the anime.
  • A number of Wallace's lines before, during and after the player's battle with him in Pokémon Emerald are extremely similar to Steven Stone's at the same time periods in Ruby and Sapphire. In particular, the line Wallace says upon defeat is the same as Steven's, only with references to elegance added.
  • Wallace is the only Champion to date whose Pokémon are all of the same type. Though Lance's type theme was Dragon, he only had three Dragon-types.
  • While Wallace's hair, cape and top half of his clothing are colored teal in his official Sugimori artwork and the anime, they are colored blue in his gamesprites and the manga.
  • Wallace goes from Gym Leader to Champion making the opposite movement to Blue who goes from Champion to Gym Leader.
  • He is the only Champion with no known relatives.

Names

Language Name Origin
Japanese ミクリ (Mikuri) ミクリ Mikuri, Sparganiaceae.
English Wallace From water.
French Marc Possible references to mer, (sea).
German Wassili A pun on the word Wasser (water).
Italian Adriano Possible relation to Adriatico, the Adriatic Sea.
Spanish Plubio Possible derivation from pluvial or pluvioso (pluvial or rainy).
Korean 윤석 (Yunseok)
Chinese 米可利 (Míkělì) Phonetic transliteration of Mikuri.

References


Pokémon Champions
Core series BlueLanceRedStevenWallaceCynthiaAlderIrisDianthaTraceLeonMustardPeonyNemonaGeetaKieranDraytonMost player characters
Masters EX BlueLanceRedStevenCynthiaAlderIrisDianthaLeonScottieBettieAshNemonaGeetaCalemSerenaMarnieBedeHopLeafNateRosaSilver
Other
spin-offs
Ronald (TCG GB)Mark (TCG GB)Mint (TCG GB)Glenn (Pokkén)
Anime LanceCynthiaWallaceAlderDianthaStevenAsh KetchumLeonIrisNemona
Other animation Blue (Origins)Red (Origins)Calem (Generations)Edgar Troy (PttP)Ava (PttP)
Adventures Professor OakRedSidneyPhoebeGlaciaDrakeStevenWallaceCynthiaAlderIrisDianthaLeonMustardPeonyNemona
Other manga Shigeru (Zensho)Satoshi (Zensho)Rald (Battle Frontier)



Top Coordinators
AbbyFantinaJohannaJuanMarinaRobertSolidadWallaceYumaZoey


Gym Leaders of the Hoenn region
Rustboro Gym Stone Badge
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Roxanne
Dewford Gym Knuckle Badge
Brawly OD.png
Brawly
Mauville Gym Dynamo Badge
Wattson OD.png
Wattson
Lavaridge Gym Heat Badge
Flannery OD.png
Flannery
Petalburg Gym Balance Badge
Norman OD.png
Norman
Fortree Gym Feather Badge
Winona OD.png
Winona
Mossdeep Gym Mind Badge
Tate Liza
Tate and Liza
Sootopolis Gym Rain Badge
Wallace OD.png Juan OD.png
Wallace Juan


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