Brawly
Brawly トウキ Touki | |
"A big wave in fighting" | |
Artwork from Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire by Megumi Mizutani[1] | |
Gender | Male |
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Eye color | Blue |
Hair color | Sky Blue |
Hometown | Dewford Town (original hometown unknown) |
Region | Hoenn (originally Kanto) |
Trainer class | Gym LeaderRSEORAS Pokémon TrainerB2W2 |
Generation | III, V, VI |
Games | Ruby, Sapphire, and Emerald Black 2 and White 2 Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire Masters EX |
Leader of | Dewford Gym |
Badge | Knuckle Badge |
Specializes in | Fighting types |
Game animation debut | GOTCHA! |
English voice actor | Jon Allen[2] (Masters EX) |
Japanese voice actor | KENN[3] (Masters EX) |
Animated debut | Brave the Wave |
English voice actor | Jason Griffith |
Japanese voice actor | Kōhei Kiyasu |
Brawly (Japanese: トウキ Touki) is the Gym Leader of Dewford Town's Gym, known officially as the Dewford Gym. Trainers who defeat him receive the Knuckle Badge. He is a young surfer who specializes in Fighting-type Pokémon.
In the core series games
Brawly's title is "A big wave in fighting." His strategy is direct physical moves. He is also a deep thinker, often comparing the scene of battle to everyday life and vice-versa.
Brawly's Gym is kept in pitch-black darkness to test the bravery of the Trainers. Brawly also trains in the rough waves around Dewford and the pitch-black Granite Cave. He believes the world awaits him as the next big wave. He often talks in surfing jargon, and constantly talks about "big waves" — both literal and metaphorical.
Brawly once trained with Bruno of the Kanto Elite Four in Sevault Canyon of Seven Island. He also seems to be good friends with Steven. In Pokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire, he helps Chaz train to challenge Gyms.
In addition to the Knuckle Badge, Brawly gives out TM08 (Bulk Up) when defeated.
Trainer's Eyes/Match Call
Leader BrawlyRSORAS / The Big Hit BrawlyE
- Strategy
- Direct physical action!
- Trainer's Pokémon
- Fighting Pokémon rule!
- Self-Introduction
- The world awaits me as the next big wave!RSE
- The world awaits me as the next big wave in training!ORAS
Pokémon
Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire
Brawly uses two Super Potions.
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Pokémon Emerald
Brawly uses two Super Potions in the Gym battle, and three Full Restores in the rematches.
Gym battle
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First rematch
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Second rematch
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Third rematch
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Fourth rematch onwards
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Pokémon Black 2 and White 2
Pokémon World Tournament
Brawly uses three of these Pokémon in Single Battles, four in Double and Rotation Battles, and all six in Triple Battles. Brawly will always lead with his signature Pokémon, Hariyama.
Hoenn Leaders Tournament
Type Expert/World Leaders Tournament
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Pokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire
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In the spin-off games
Pokémon Masters EX
- Main article: Brawly (Masters)
Brawly forms a sync pair with Makuhita and its evolved form Hariyama in Pokémon Masters EX. Brawly became a playable sync pair since the game's release.
Dex | Trainer | NDex | Pokémon | Type | Weakness | Role | EX role | Base potential | Availability | ||
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#020 | Brawly | #0297 | Makuhita → Hariyama♂ |
Fighting |
Flying |
★★★ | Sync Pair Scout |
Gallery
Artwork
Official artwork from Generation III |
Conceptual artwork from Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire |
Sprites and models
Sprite from Ruby, Sapphire, and Emerald |
Sprite from Black 2 and White 2 |
VS portrait from Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire | |
Overworld sprite from Ruby and Sapphire |
Overworld sprite from Emerald |
Overworld sprite from Black 2 and White 2 |
Overworld model from Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire |
Quotes
- Main article: Brawly/Quotes
In animation
Pokémon the Series
History
Brawly once trained with Chuck, a Gym Leader from Johto. Brawly teaches many of the locals how to surf as well as how to train Pokémon. Many of his pupils at the Gym are surfers like himself.
Brawly debuted in the Pokémon the Series: Ruby and Sapphire episode Brave the Wave. Ash became extremely annoyed when Brawly started constantly postponing their Gym battle in favor of going surfing. As such, he interrupted their morning surf session, but Brawly was unfazed by this and even helped Ash recover Pikachu from Team Rocket.
After seeing Pikachu send Team Rocket blasting off, Brawly offered Ash a Gym challenge. Ash eagerly accepted and the pair walked over to the Dewford Gym battlefield. Taillow took on Brawly's Machop in the first round, but it was defeated by a single Cross Chop. Treecko managed to defeat Machop with its speed and a direct Pound attack. Brawly then defeated Ash with his newly evolved Hariyama, and in part because of Ash's own arrogance.
Afterwards, Ash caught up with Brawly on the beach, and Brawly explained the importance of his surf training to his battling strategy. Ash took Brawly's advice and trained for several weeks on Dewford Island in anticipation of a rematch. Ash even went so far as to copy Brawly's wave-training to teach his own Pokémon to dodge and resist attacks.
In A Meditite Fight!, Brawly interrupted Ash's battle against his student Shauna because of a brewing storm. Brawly led everyone, some wild Pokémon, and even Team Rocket to a cave on the shore to wait for the storm to pass. When the storm ended, Team Rocket attempted to steal Pikachu, but Brawly's Hariyama quickly sent the trio blasting off. Afterwards, Brawly refereed a match between Ash and Shauna. While Ash won, Brawly was thrilled to see Shauna had connected with her Meditite and officially made her one of his apprentices. He also agreed to a rematch against Ash at an islet off the coast of Dewford. Using his Pokémon's new techniques and his newly-caught Corphish, Ash was finally able to claim the Knuckle Badge in Just One of the Geysers!.
He reappeared in flashbacks in Whiscash and Ash and Wheel of Frontier.
Character
Brawly is calm and approachable. He also has a great respect for nature, as revealed in A Meditite Fight!.
Like his mentor Chuck, Brawly's battle style is based on focus. At first, Ash was unable to realize that Brawly's surf training had helped him develop his Pokémon's unique dodges and concentrated balance techniques. Surfing has taught them to concentrate their center of gravity by bending their legs, while their upper bodies are prepared to launch or fend off an attack.
Pokémon
This lsiting is of Brawly's known Pokémon in Pokémon the Series:
Debut | Brave the Wave |
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Voice actors | |
Japanese | Shin-ichiro Miki |
English | Wayne Grayson |
Machop was the first Pokémon Brawly used against Ash in both the first Gym battle and the rematch. During the first match, it was used against Taillow. Although Taillow kept using Wing Attack and hitting it, Machop kept getting up and eventually managed to knock Taillow out with a Cross Chop. Then, Ash used Treecko, which was finally able to defeat it.
In Ash and Brawly's rematch, Machop was again used first. It began to overpower Treecko, but fell to Ash's newly-caught Corphish.
Machop's known moves are Cross Chop and Karate Chop.
Debut | Brave the Wave |
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Voice actors | |
Japanese | Unshō Ishizuka |
English | Maddie Blaustein |
- Main article: Brawly's Hariyama
Hariyama first appeared as a Makuhita. During a Gym battle with Treecko, it evolved into Hariyama and defeated Treecko. After helping the gang to escape from a violent storm, Ash had his rematch against Brawly. Hariyama was able to defeat Corphish and almost defeated Treecko, but thanks to Ash's newly developed strategy, Treecko was able to defeat Hariyama after a fierce battle.
Voice actors
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GOTCHA!
Brawly briefly appeared in GOTCHA!.
In the manga
Pokémon Adventures
History
Past
As in the Generation III games, Brawly used to train with Bruno.
Ruby & Sapphire arc
Brawly first appears surfing in Dewford Town, when Sapphire's Lorry sneezes, causing a giant wave. Sapphire apologizes for the incident, but Brawly states that it was all right, as he enjoyed surfing on the wave. He then reveals himself to be the Gym Leader, much to Sapphire's surprise. He warns Sapphire to challenge him before he goes on a days-long trip the next day. Sapphire promises and heads into Granite Cave to train for her Gym battle in the morning. After Sapphire finishes her training, both have their battle at the Dewford Gym. Sapphire manages to easily defeat Brawly's first Pokémon, but she struggles with his Makuhita. With the power of Jū, Brawly counters many of Sapphire's attacks, which eventually leads into his Makuhita evolving into Hariyama. Sapphire comes out the victor when she uses her own variation of Jū to counter Hariyama, allowing her to defeat it and earn the Knuckle Badge.
Later, Brawly and the other Gym Leaders are called by Flannery to meet in Fortree City. They have a discussion on Team Magma and Team Aqua about whether or not one of the teams is evil and the other is good. As a surfer, Brawly sides with Team Aqua, since their goal of expanding the sea means he has more places to surf.
When Groudon and Kyogre are awakened, they begin causing droughts and downpours throughout Hoenn. Brawly and Roxanne are sent to the drought-plagued areas to face Groudon in battle. Despite their best efforts, Groudon proves to be too powerful for any of their attacks to damage it. They are later assisted by Wallace, who also participates in the battle to stop Groudon, but all three are interrupted by the Three Fires of Team Magma, Blaise, Tabitha, and Courtney. The three grab Brawly, Roxanne, and Wallace and take them to Lilycove City to prevent the Gym Leaders from stopping Groudon any further. Brawly is taken to Lilycove Museum, where Blaise faces him in battle. With his illusions, Blaise scares Brawly by making it so that the paintings in the museum appear to be coming to life. Having learned the secrets of Gō from his trip with Bruno, Brawly uses force to break through the illusions and defeats Blaise.
After both Team Magma and Team Aqua are defeated and Groudon and Kyogre returned to their deep slumber, Brawly celebrated the victory with his allies and thanked Sapphire and Ruby for their assistance in the battle.
Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire arc
Brawly, along with various people from around Hoenn, is called to Sootopolis City to assist in stopping Grand Meteor Delta, a giant meteoroid threatening to destroy the planet. When the plan to attack Grand Meteor Delta starts, Brawly and the others have their Pokémon attack the meteoroid at the same time. This, combined with the might of Mega Rayquaza, successfully shatters Grand Meteor Delta into pieces.
Character
Brawly is an avid surfer. Prior to the Pokémon Adventures manga, he mastered the secrets of "subtlety" (Japanese: 柔 Jū; meaning soft), a fighting style that makes use of turning an opponent's attack back at the user to damage them. He is also well versed in "brutality" (Japanese: 剛 Gō; meaning sturdy), a fighting style he learned from his friend, Bruno, that has the user attacking the opponent head-on.
Pokémon
This listing is for Brawly's Pokémon in the Pokémon Adventures manga.
- Main article: Brawly's Hariyama
Debut | Mashing Makuhita |
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Machoke is Brawly's second known Pokémon. He debuted as a Machop in Brawly's battle against Sapphire, where he was easily defeated by her Chic and switched out to Makuhita. Later, he was revealed to have evolved into a Machoke when he and Brawly went to the Gym Leader meeting in Fortree City. During the battle against Groudon, Machoke was used to battle the Continent Pokémon, but was defeated by Thunder. During the battle against Blaise, Machoke held his own until the illusions caused him to become scared and run away.
Machoke's know moves are Focus Punch and Revenge, and his Ability is Guts.
Pokémon Ruby-Sapphire
Brawly appeared in The Haunted Gym. He first appeared as Sableye's illusion when it was navigating Red and his Pokémon in the dark Dewford Gym. The group thought that Brawly was real when he was flexing his muscles but it turned out to be a poster Sableye put up. As the group went after Sableye after tricking them into believing that it was Brawly, they saw the real Brawly stuck in a Pelipper-shaped seat. Red and the Pokémon worked together to get him off and were successful. Brawly then thanked them in doing so and laughed at Clefairy after he got stuck in the seat.
Pokémon
Debut | The Haunted Gym |
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Sableye is Brawly's only known Pokémon. It is considered an unusual choice for him as it was not a Fighting-type Pokémon and it is immune to Fighting moves. Due to the Dewford Gym being dark, Sableye helped Red and his Pokémon navigate through. Sableye then tricked them into believing that Brawly was there but it turned out that Sableye was putting up a poster of him flexing his muscles. When Sableye did so again but this time, showing the group a doll, it ran off and the group chased after it. Clefairy found Sableye with the real Brawly when he kicked down a door in one of the rooms. It turned out that Sableye was feeding Brawly when he was stuck in a Pelipper-shaped seat. As the group freed Brawly from being stuck, Sableye and Brawly laughed at Clefairy when he became stuck in the seat.
None of Sableye's moves are known.
In the TCG
This listing is of cards mentioning or featuring Brawly or his Pokémon in the Pokémon Trading Card Game.
Brawly's Pokémon Cards listed with a blue background are only legal to use in the current Expanded format. Cards listed with a green background are legal to use in both the current Standard and Expanded formats. | |||||||
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Card | Type | English Expansion |
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Card | Type | English Expansion |
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Gym Badge | I | XY Black Star Promos | XY203 | XY-P Promotional cards | |||
Brawly | Su | Chilling Reign | 131/198 | Peerless Fighters | 069/070 | ||
Chilling Reign | 188/198 | Peerless Fighters | 084/070 | ||||
Chilling Reign | 212/198 | Peerless Fighters | 092/070 | ||||
Trivia
- Brawly is a Fighting-type Trainer with a pastime involving water, in comparison with Crasher Wake, a Water-type Trainer with a pastime involving fighting. Coincidentally, they both wear clothes with the colors orange, blue, black, and white.
- In Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire, a Black Belt training himself on Route 127 says that Brawly used to train with "Bruno in Kanto". Similarly, in Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen, a Black Belt in Sevault Canyon on Seven Island says that Bruno of the Indigo League's Elite Four used to train with an old friend there, that friend being Brawly. In Pokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire, a television program states that Brawly moved from Kanto to surf year-round in Hoenn.
- Before being battled in Pokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire, if the language is set to French, Brawly says, "J'ai découvert le secret de la vraie puissance en fixant un Nautile pendant des jours et des jours…", a direct reference to Twitch Plays Pokémon.
- In Ruby, Sapphire, and Emerald, Brawly is the only Gym Leader who does not use a fully evolved Pokémon in Gym battles.
Names
Language | Name | Origin |
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Japanese | トウキ Touki | From 当帰 tōki (Angelica acutiloba) and 闘気 tōki (fighting spirit) |
English, Brazilian Portuguese |
Brawly | From brawl |
German | Kamillo | From Kampf (fight) |
Spanish | Marcial | From marcial (martial) |
French | Bastien | From baston (fight) |
Italian | Rudi | From rude (rough, hard) |
Korean | 철구 Cheolgu* | From 철구 (鐵球) cheolgu (wrecking ball) |
유민기 Yu Min-gi* | Possibly from 유영 (游泳) yuyeong (swimming), 민첩 (敏捷) mincheop (agile), and 기 (氣) gi (qi) | |
Chinese (Mandarin) | 藤樹 / 藤树 Téngshù | From the Japanese name 藤樹 Tōki |
Chinese (Cantonese) | 藤樹 Tàhngsyuh | |
Russian | Броули Brouli | Transcription of his English name |
Vietnamese | Toki | Transcription of his Japanese name |
Related articles
References
- ↑ Brawly (Chilling Reign 131)
- ↑ Jon Allen on Twitter
- ↑ Nintendo DREAM (vol. 329)
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