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| Trip シューティー Shooty | |
 Trip | |
| Gender | Male |
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| Eye color | Pale gray |
| Hair color | Dirty blonde |
| Hometown | Nuvema Town |
| Region | Unova |
| Relatives | Unnamed parents |
| Trainer class | Pokémon Trainer |
| Anime debut | In The Shadow of Zekrom! |
| English voice actor | Jamie McGonnigal |
| Japanese voice actor | Akeno Watanabe |
Trip is a Pokémon Trainer from Nuvema Town and Ash's main rival in the Best Wishes series.
Bio
History
TBA
Character
Trip is a reserved individual who tends to keep his feelings to himself. He expressed his emotions much like Ash used to do when he first left his hometown. His strategy is all about planning ahead and completing the basics of Pokémon training. Compared to the other rivals of the Unova region, Trip is rather distant and prefers not to interact with them outside of battle. He has a teal-colored digital camera, with which he takes photos for illustrating his journey. He also has a Xtransceiver so that he can keep in touch with Battle Clubs.
Trip tends to think very little of the Kanto region—which he refers to as "the boonies"—and anyone from there. He thinks of Ash as a hillbilly who needs to go back to the basics of Pokémon training. However, he will help him out once in a while, as seen when he informed Ash that Oshawott's Aqua Jet was uncontrollable because Oshawott had his eyes closed.
Despite having just started out as a Trainer, Trip already implements many strategies in his battling. He has defeated Ash in all but two of their battles (the former which they tied, and the latter in which Ash won), despite Ash being a much more experienced Trainer. However, he is less forgiving than Ash and takes losses harder. An instance of this is, when he lost to Cilan, he took a photo of Cilan and Dwebble. When Cilan asked him why he was doing that, Trip replied that he was recording this moment so that he would remember his frustration. Trip also actively insults and is at most as mature as Ash, as shown when he elbowed Ash (and Ash did the same) for the attention of Champion Alder.
As a result of meeting Alder as a child and the promise he was given by him, Trip viewed strength as the most important thing to accomplishing his goals. As such, he deemed any activities that wouldn't increase his strength as unnecessary as seen when he left after his losses in the Club Battle and the Clubsplosion, also when he refused to battle Ash on multiple occasions. After his reunion with Alder and his disappointment at Alder's aloofness, Trip began to seek out his own path to beating Alder and becoming champion. During the Junior Cup, Trip had shown a heightened amount of confidence in his own abilities to the point of arrogance, believing he could defeat both Alder and Cynthia. However, after losing to Alder, he began to realize the error in his views, and as such, he had a change in his attitude. This can be seen in Curtain Up, Unova League!, when he greets Ash and his friends with a more friendly approach than before, with his change in attitude being noticed by the other characters such as Cilan and Iris. Along with his newer persona, he showed a genuine interest in battling Ash, and along with that ceased his past tendencies of mocking him. Despite his change in attitude, he still maintains his distance and prefers not to interact with the other rivals.
Pokémon
On Hand
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Serperior is Trip's starter Pokémon, given to him by Professor Juniper when he was a Snivy. He was used to battle Ash in The Shadow of Zekrom!. He was revealed to have evolved into a Servine before Triple Leaders, Team Threats!. This was revealed to Ash in A Rival Battle for Club Champ!. He was revealed to have evolved into a Serperior before Jostling for the Junior Cup!. | ||
| Debut | In The Shadow of Zekrom! | |
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| Voice actors | ||
| Japanese | Kiyotaka Furushima | |
| English | Jason Griffith | |
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| Tranquill is the second Pokémon that Trip was revealed to have. Its first appearance was in A Rival Battle for Club Champ!, where Trip used it to battle Ash's Oshawott, Tepig, and Pikachu. It was shown to be powerful, as its Super Luck Ability allowed it to take down both Oshawott and Tepig with two hits. It defeated the former two, before losing to Pikachu.
It was later used in A Venipede Stampede! to rescue Ash's Pidove from a Venipede's Sludge Bomb attack and help round up the other Centipede Pokémon. Tranquill's known moves are Aerial Ace, Double Team, Work Up and Air Cutter, and its Ability is Super Luck. | ||
| Debut | A Rival Battle for Club Champ! | |
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| Voice actors | ||
| Japanese | Unshō Ishizuka | |
| English | Erica Schroeder | |
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| Frillish is the third Pokémon that Trip was revealed to have. His only appearance was in A Rival Battle for Club Champ!, where Trip used him to battle Ash's Snivy and Pidove. He defeated Pidove, and also Snivy after a long battle, where he was able to take advantage of Cursed Body due to Snivy's constant use of physical attacks.
Frillish's known moves are Protect, Water Pulse, Night Shade and Hex, and his Ability is Cursed Body. | ||
| Debut | A Rival Battle for Club Champ! | |
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| Voice actors | ||
| Japanese | Misato Fukuen | |
| English | Kayzie Rogers | |
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| Lampent is the fourth Pokémon that Trip was revealed to have. Its only appearance was in A Venipede Stampede!, where Trip used it to battle a swarm of wild Venipede in Castelia City.
Lampent's known moves are Flamethrower and Shadow Ball. | ||
| Debut | A Venipede Stampede! | |
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| Voice actors | ||
| Japanese | Shin'ichirō Miki | |
| English | Sean Schemmel | |
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| Vanillite is the fifth Pokémon that Trip was revealed to have, only appearing in Ash and Trip's Third Battle!. Vanillite was first seen when Trip tried to catch a Palpitoad, but Ash unintentionally interrupted him. Later, it battled Ash's Tepig and tied with it.
Vanillite's known moves are Ice Beam, Icicle Spear, Ice Shard and Blizzard. | ||
| Debut | Ash and Trip's Third Battle! | |
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| Voice actors | ||
| Japanese | Chika Fujimura | |
| English | Emily Jenness | |
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Conkeldurr is the sixth Pokémon that Trip was revealed to have. Conkeldurr first appeared in Ash and Trip's Third Battle! as a Timburr. It battled Ash's Oshawott, but lost. It was revealed to have evolved into Gurdurr sometime prior to Cilan Versus Trip, Ash Versus Georgia!, where it was used in the Club Battle competition. It went up against Cilan's Dwebble, but lost. It was revealed to have evolved into Conkeldurr sometime prior to the registration for the Clubsplosion tournament in The Clubsplosion Begins!. Conkeldurr's know moves are Strength, Low Sweep, Dynamic Punch, Rock Smash, Stone Edge, Bulk Up and Rock Tomb. | ||
| Debut | Ash and Trip's Third Battle! | |
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| Voice actors | ||
| Japanese | Kenta Miyake (As Timburr and Gurdurr) Kensuke Satō (As Conkeldurr) | |
| English | Bill Rogers | |
Achievements
Badges obtained
Pokémon League
- Vertress Conference - Top 128 (Mission: Defeat Your Rival!)
Pokémon competitions
Trip has competed in the following Pokémon competitions:
- Club Battle - Top 16 (Cilan Versus Trip, Ash Versus Georgia!)
- Clubsplosion - Top 16 (A Clubsplosion of Excitement!)
- Pokémon World Tournament Junior Cup - Winner (Ash, Iris and Trip: Then There Were Three!)
Notes
- Trip owns a member from each of the only two Pokémon evolution families in Generation V that have gender differences.
- Trip is the first of Ash's rivals to lose a battle against one of Ash's friends.
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