Apprentice
The apprentice (Japanese: でし apprentice) is a character from Pokémon Emerald located in the Battle Frontier.
In the core series games
The apprentice will look up to the player for their skill and strategies, and asks the player to assist them once a day by recommending which Pokémon to use on their team as well as items and moves. In time, the apprentice will state that they feel that they have learned everything they can from the player and depart the Battle Tower, after which they can be encountered in the facility. After answering all their questions, a different apprentice will take their place, and the cycle is repeated.
Up to four past apprentices can be saved, and can appear in other player's games after record mixing. They will be assigned to a random fixed position in the Tower in Single Mode, much as Anabel is always fought at the 35th and 70th battles. Players can also encounter a past apprentice in the Battle Salon, where they will offer to partner the player in a Multi Battle. The apprentice's Pokémon's Natures will be random and all Pokémon will have 85 EVs in each stat.
List of apprentices
The apprentice that appears can be one of 16 Trainers. Which one appears is chosen at random.
| # | Trainer class | Japanese | English | French | Italian | German | Spanish | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | 
|
Bug Catcher | サダヒロ Sadahiro |
Alann | Alain | Adelfo | Claus | Teo |
| 1 | 
|
Youngster | ヒロオ Hirō |
Lionel | Lionel | Caio | Ludwig | Leo |
| 2 | 
|
School Kid♂ | ケイジ Keiji |
Sonny | Herve | Fedro | Wenzel | Santi |
| 3 | 
|
Lass | ユラ Yura |
Layla | Layla | Astrid | Sonja | Lola |
| 4 | 
|
School Kid♀ | ヨウカ Yōka |
Macy | Amelie | Cleo | Maria | Elisa |
| 5 | 
|
Triathlete♂ | ヤスシ Yasushi |
Donte | Brahim | Glauco | Josef | Roque |
| 6 | 
|
Triathlete♀ | ミサオ Misao |
Amira | Laure | Dafne | Amelie | Lara |
| 7 | 
|
Beauty | カズサ Kazusa |
Kali | Jodie | Ilenia | Karo | Elsa |
| 8 | 
|
Aroma Lady | スミレ Sumire |
Annie | Annie | Imelda | Ines | Rosa |
| 9 | 
|
Hiker | アキノリ Akinori |
Dillen | Rene | Indro | Detlef | Pedro |
| 10 | 
|
Fisherman | トウゾウ Tōzō |
Dallas | Bruno | Learco | Ansgar | Manolo |
| 11 | 
|
Sailor | セイヤ Seiya |
Frank | Frank | Olindo | Frank | Mauro |
| 12 | 
|
Guitarist | リュウジ Ryūji |
Lamont | Xav | Orfeo | Jürgen | Jorge |
| 13 | 
|
Black Belt | カツアキ Katsuaki |
Tyrese | Andy | Paride | David | Chicho |
| 14 |
|
Ruin Maniac | トシミツ Toshimitsu |
Dante | Dante | Raoul | Lothar | Pablo |
| 15 | 
|
Gentleman | ローウェン Rowen |
Arturo | Arturo | Romolo | Brian | Arturo |
Questions
There are several different questions that each apprentice can ask; some will always be asked while some questions may not be asked at all. Apprentices will ask the player a random number of questions, ranging from a minimum of five to a maximum of 14. Questions followed by a red asterisk (*) are always asked.
| Question | Answers |
|---|---|
| Which Battle Tower level setting should they use?* | Level 50 or Open Level |
| Which Pokémon should they use?* | This question will be asked three times and give the player a choice between two random Pokémon from a set list. |
| Which item should their Pokémon hold? | The player chooses an item from their bag for the apprentice to have their Pokémon hold. The player may also choose for the Pokémon to not hold anything. If an item has already been suggested to the current apprentice previously they will ask if the player means for the Pokémon to not hold anything. If the apprentice doesn't ask about a hold item for a particular Pokémon, that Pokémon won't have a held item. |
| Which Pokémon should they send out first? | The player chooses one from the three Pokémon on the apprentice's team to be sent out first. If the apprentice doesn’t ask this question, the order will be in the order which the player chose the apprentice’s Pokémon. |
| Which move should they have on this Pokémon? | The player chooses one of two random moves from one of their Pokémon's learnset for the apprentice's Pokémon to learn. It is possible for the apprentice can ask about multiple moves for a single Pokémon, but which Pokémon they ask about is random. |
| What should they say when they're victorious?* | The player sets a phrase using the easy chat system. |
Possible Pokémon
 Bug Catcher Alann | |
|---|---|
 |
Pinsir |
 |
Heracross |
 |
Beautifly |
 |
Dustox |
 |
Shiftry |
 |
Breloom |
 |
Ninjask |
 |
Shedinja |
 |
Volbeat |
 |
Illumise |
 Youngster Lionel | |
|---|---|
 |
Shuckle |
 |
Mightyena |
 |
Ludicolo |
 |
Swellow |
 |
Hariyama |
 |
Manectric |
 |
Swalot |
 |
Torkoal |
 |
Whiscash |
 |
Crawdaunt |
 School Kid Sonny | |
|---|---|
 |
Ninetales |
 |
Machamp |
|
Shuckle |
|
Mightyena |
 |
Linoone |
|
Manectric |
 |
Zangoose |
 |
Seviper |
|
Whiscash |
 |
Kecleon |
 Lass Layla | |
|---|---|
 |
Golduck |
 |
Alakazam |
 |
Xatu |
|
Mightyena |
 |
Gardevoir |
|
Swalot |
 |
Wailord |
 |
Grumpig |
 |
Flygon |
 |
Altaria |
 School Kid Macy | |
|---|---|
 |
Fearow |
 |
Raichu |
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Wigglytuff |
 |
Starmie |
 |
Kingdra |
|
Linoone |
|
Beautifly |
|
Shiftry |
 |
Delcatty |
 |
Medicham |
 Triathlete Donte | |
|---|---|
|
Machamp |
 |
Magneton |
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Dodrio |
|
Starmie |
|
Heracross |
|
Mightyena |
 |
Exploud |
 |
Nosepass |
 |
Aggron |
 |
Armaldo |
 Triathlete Amira | |
|---|---|
 |
Golem |
|
Magneton |
|
Dodrio |
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Electrode |
|
Starmie |
|
Mightyena |
 |
Pelipper |
|
Medicham |
 |
Sharpedo |
 |
Glalie |
 Beauty Kali | |
|---|---|
|
Ninetales |
|
Golduck |
|
Alakazam |
 |
Weezing |
 |
Lanturn |
 |
Sceptile |
|
Gardevoir |
 |
Mawile |
 |
Milotic |
 |
Salamence |
 Aroma Lady Annie | |
|---|---|
 |
Vileplume |
 |
Bellossom |
 |
Corsola |
|
Sceptile |
|
Breloom |
 |
Roselia |
|
Flygon |
|
Altaria |
 |
Cradily |
|
Milotic |
 Hiker Dillen | |
|---|---|
|
Golem |
 |
Muk |
 |
Rhydon |
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Skarmory |
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Donphan |
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Blaziken |
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Camerupt |
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Solrock |
 |
Tropius |
|
Salamence |
 Fisherman Dallas | |
|---|---|
|
Golduck |
 |
Tentacruel |
 |
Seaking |
|
Starmie |
 |
Octillery |
|
Kingdra |
|
Sharpedo |
|
Wailord |
|
Glalie |
 |
Gorebyss |
 Sailor Frank | |
|---|---|
|
Starmie |
 |
Gyarados |
|
Lanturn |
 |
Quagsire |
|
Shuckle |
 |
Swampert |
|
Pelipper |
|
Wailord |
|
Whiscash |
|
Crawdaunt |
 Guitarist Lamont | |
|---|---|
|
Magneton |
|
Electrode |
|
Weezing |
 |
Crobat |
|
Exploud |
|
Nosepass |
|
Manectric |
|
Sharpedo |
 |
Absol |
 |
Metagross |
 Black Belt Tyrese | |
|---|---|
|
Machamp |
|
Golem |
|
Rhydon |
|
Blaziken |
 |
Vigoroth |
 |
Slaking |
|
Hariyama |
|
Aggron |
|
Medicham |
|
Zangoose |
Ruin Maniac Dante | |
|---|---|
 |
Sandslash |
|
Golem |
|
Crobat |
|
Sceptile |
|
Flygon |
 |
Lunatone |
|
Solrock |
 |
Claydol |
|
Cradily |
|
Armaldo |
 Gentleman Arturo | |
|---|---|
|
Ninetales |
|
Alakazam |
|
Muk |
|
Mightyena |
|
Claydol |
 |
Banette |
 |
Dusclops |
|
Absol |
 |
Walrein |
|
Salamence |
Quotes
- Main article: Apprentice/Quotes
In the manga
Pokémon Battle Frontier
Enta from the Pokémon Battle Frontier manga was based on the apprentice.
In other languages
| Language | Title | |
|---|---|---|
| Mandarin Chinese | 弟子 Dìzǐ | |
| French | Apprenti (♂) Apprentie (♀) | |
| German | Schüler (♂) Schülerin (♀) | |
| Italian | Apprendista | |
| Spanish | Aprendiz | |
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