Pokémon (anime)/Characters

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Characters page for the Pokémon anime series. As with the video games, this one's been on the air for quite a while, and has garnered enough examples to require splitting into subpages:

Pokémon Movie Characters

Original Series Movies

Pokémon the First Movie - Mewtwo Strikes Back

Human Characters

Dr. Fuji

Amber Fuji

Dr. Fuji's daughter.

  • Cloning Blues: Averted. Ambertwo doesn't seem to have any problems with being a clone.

"They call me Ambertwo, but I'm still really Amber."

Pokémon Characters

Mewtwo

Mew

Pokémon the Movie 2000 - The Power of One

Human Characters

Lawrence III

Melody

Pokémon Characters

Slowking

Lugia

  • Big Damn Heroes
  • Conflict Killer: It tries to be this, but is quickly beaten down by the legendary birds' combined assaults and falls through the ice into the ocean.

Lugia: I have failed.

Pokémon 3: The Movie - Spell of the Unown

Human Characters

Molly Hale

Spencer Hale

Molly's Father.

Pokémon Characters

Entei

  • Anti-Villain
  • Badass: The only one of Ash's Pokémon that gives him even a little trouble is Charizard - who is established to be one of the toughest before getting his training - and even then Entei comes out on top.
  • Badass Baritone
  • Big Bad: Subverted in a lot of ways; he's not evil, just protective, and the Unowns turn out to be a bigger threat.
  • But Now I Must Go: With the Unown defeated, he can no longer be sustained and vanishes after giving Molly a heartfelt goodbye.
  • Dan Green
  • My Master, Right or Wrong: Said almost word for word:

Ash: "Please Entei, listen to me! If you really care about Molly you'll let her come with us. It's not right for her to stay here with you - you have to let her go!"
Entei: "Whether it is right or wrong, I will do as SHE WISHES!"

Pokémon 4Ever - Celebi: Voice of the Forest

Human Characters

Iron Masked Marauder

Pokémon Characters

Celebi

Suicune

Pokémon Heroes

Human Characters

Bianca

Lorenzo

Bianca's grandfather.

Annie and Oakley

Pokémon Characters

Latias

Latios


Advanced Generation Movies

Jirachi: Wish Maker

Human Characters

Butler

A magician who has his show in the Millenium Comet festival. He was once a scientist working for Team Magma on a machine to resurrect Groudon. After his failure, he was expelled from the team, driving him to seek vengeance and prove his theories.

Diane

Butler's assistant.

Pokémon Characters

Jirachi

Destiny Deoxys

Human Characters

Tory Lund

Pokémon Characters

Deoxys

  • Identical Twin ID Tag: Turns out there's two Deoxys; the difference is in the mark on their faces. The rampaging one has a purple mark, while the one who was initially just a blob has a green mark.
  • Morality Pet: Green Deoxys might be this to Purple Deoxys, as it is the one who convinces it to stop.
  • Poor Communication Kills
  • Psychic Powers
  • Twin Telepathy: Telepathic Pokémon aren't new to the franchise, but the Deoxys twins can only do it with each other.

Rayquaza

Lucario and the Mystery of Mew

Human Characters

Sir Aaron

Pokémon Characters

Lucario

Pokémon Ranger and the Temple of the Sea

Human Characters

Jack Walker

Elizabeth

Phantom

Pokémon Characters

Manaphy


Diamond and Pearl Movies

The Rise of Darkrai

Human Characters

Alice

Tonio

Baron Alberto

Pokémon Characters

Darkrai

Dialga

Palkia

Giratina and the Sky Warrior

Human Characters

Newton Graceland

Zero

Pokémon Characters

Shaymin

Giratina

Regigigas

Arceus and the Jewel of Life

Human Characters

Sheena

Kevin

Damos

Marcus

  • A God Am I: His motivation in the manga.
  • Bastard Understudy
  • Big Bad
  • Disney Villain Death: In the original timeline. He looks to have suffered a sort-of one in the new timeline (being crushed by rubble), but is revealed to have survived in the end-credits sequence.
  • Driven to Suicide: In the manga, he sets in motion his own death when his plan is thwarted.
  • Evil Redhead
  • Well-Intentioned Extremist: He firmly believes that Michina Town will die once the Jewel of Life is returned to Arceus, and so takes measures to ensure this won't happen. Subverted in the manga adaptation, where he's a lot less sympathetic.

Pokémon Characters

Arceus

Zoroark: Master of Illusions

Human Characters

Grings Kodai

Karl

Rowena

Kodai's secretary, and the operator behind all of his machinery. She's really an undercover reporter working with Karl to bring Kodai down.

Pokémon Characters

Zorua

Zoroark

Best Wishes Movies

Pokémon The Movie: White -- Victini and Zekrom/Pokémon The Movie: Black -- Victini and Reshiram

Human Characters

Damon

Carlita

Juanita

Mannes

Pokémon Characters

Victini

Reshiram

Zekrom