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* [[Back Fromfrom the Dead]]: If anyone is counting, Ash has died at ''least'' three times and has been resurrected by Pokémon each time.

** It may also be ''because'' [[NotComic AllowedBook to Grow UpTime|he's been 10 for a while now]].

* [[Balloon Belly]]: DP055 and again in BW042.

* [[The Battle Didn't Count]]: He actually tells this to [[The Rival|Trip]] when he refuses to battle him a second time and says that Pikachu [[Brought Down to Normal|wasn't up to the task]] when they first battled. Regardless, no one but the audience believes him.

{{quote| '''Meowth''': Aah, [[Oh Crap|he's got that look in his eye!!]]}}

* [[Big Brother Mentor]]: Sometimes to a [[Character of the Day]], but most notably towards both May and Max - [[NotComic AllowedBook to Grow UpTime]] aside, he was always ready to dispense some personal advice and assistance to the Petalburg siblings, and it's clear that both of them look up to him as a veteran trainer. Ash also seemed to take responsibility for their well-being: the first time May lost a Contest, he lamented that he should've spent more time teaching her, and during the time she pushed her Bulbasaur too hard (and lost for a second time), he was patient and forgiving even while she was acting like a brat. With Max, he seems to be an honourary big brother, since the boy is quick to point out Ash's lack of 'book smarts' (so to speak), yet whenever the party splits up, he and Max (more often than not) are teamed up.

* [[Cross -Dressing Voices]] - In English, Japanese, and German (among others).

* [[Deadpan Snarker]]: Had his moments of this in the older episodes.

* [[Demonic Possession]]: One episode of Battle Frontier had him possessed by the ancient King of Pokélantis.

* [[Did You Just Punch Out Cthulhu?]]: In the Battle Frontier and later in the Sinnoh League. He was the ''only'' trainer shown who could defeat Tobias's {{spoiler|[[Olympus Mons|Darkrai]]}} in the Sinnoh semifinals, and he took down {{spoiler|Latios}} as well. Even though Ash [[Curb Stomp Battle|lost 6 to 2]] in the end, it's still much closer than anyone else got to beating Tobias in the tournament.

* [[Dude, Where's My Respect?]]: Despite having pretty impressive stats when it comes to accomplishments, it's very rare for other characters to actually acknowledge this.

* [[Four -Temperament Ensemble]]: The Choleric, in every series.

** To be fair, the live television legendary beatings were recent, and the next region he went to was in a different country.

* [[Hot -Blooded]]: For Arceus' sake, he's voiced by [[Rica Matsumoto]] in the Japanese version!

* [[Interspecies Romance|Interspecies]] [[Ship Tease]]: Ash's rather touchy-feely relationship with Pikachu aside, he's been crushed on by [[Clingy Jealous Girl|Chikorita]] (who later evolved into [[Does Not Know Her Own Strength|Bayleef]]), [[EverythingsEverything's Better Withwith Monkeys|Aipom]], and [[Up to Eleven|now]] [[Even the Guys Want Him|Oshawott]]. [[Olympus Mons|Latias]] in [[Pokémon Heroes (Anime)|one of the movies]] actually {{spoiler|might have kissed him on the cheek in the end}}, making her tied (with {{spoiler|the human Melody}}) for the furthest anyone's ever gotten with him throughout the entire series.

{{quote| ''And the world shall turn to '''Ash'''.''}}

* [[Memento MacGuffin]]: Cutlery, a handkerchief and a fishing lure, one half of the Terracotta Ribbon and a Teddiursa carving, from Brock, Misty and May (two each from the girls), respectively. The latter four appear later in the series, while Brock's gift was important...[[What Happened to Thethe Mouse?|for only one episode]].

* [[MommasMomma's Boy]]: Don't screw with his mother around him. [[Berserk Button|Just...don't.]]

* [[Pals Withwith Jesus]]: How many legendary Pokémon has he (and even his close friends) befriended? The most notable include the Creation Trio in Movies 10-12 (as well as [[God|Arceus]]), Lugia in the Orange Islands, and the Lake Trio {{spoiler|especially Azelf, for whom he is [[The Chosen One]].}}

* [[Power Copying]]: Starting with the beginning of the Advance Generation series, whenever Ash sees someone use a move that's worth using, he decides to teach his Pokémon that move (starting with Iron Tail).

* [[Psychic Powers]]: Has the power of Aura.

* [[Red Oni, Blue Oni]]: The red to all of his main series rival's blue.

* [[Signature Move]]: Out of all of his improvised techniques, the [[EverythingsEverything's Better Withwith Spinning|Counter]]-[[Beam Spam|Shield]] is the only one used with enough regularity to become a signature technique.

** Admittedly, Ash actually has achieved quite a lot over the course of the series, it's just he's unfortunately a protagonist on a series that runs on both [[NotComic AllowedBook to Grow UpTime]] and [[Always Someone Better]].

* [[Yank the DogsDog's Chain]]: {{spoiler|Well congratulations Ash! you managed to make it to the Final Four in the Sinnoh League, scored a decisive victory against your arc-long rival, ''and'' even managed to KO Tobias' Darkrai...Oh wait, he has a Latios too. Sucks for you.}}

{{quote| Voiced by: [[Ikue Ohtani]]}}

* [[Badly -Battered Babysitter]]: Mostly regarding Togepi, but he becomes this again when Dawn's Pokémon are concerned.

* [[Blue Withwith Shock]]: [http://serebii.net/anime/pictures/houen/394ps4.shtml See this picture.]

* [[The Big Guy]]: In every series' [[Five -Man Band]], except Diamond & Pearl.

* [[Brought Down to Normal]]/[[Strong Asas They Need to Be]]

* [[Cast Fromfrom Hit Points]]: Knows [[Ride the Lightning|Volt Tackle]].

* [[Four -Temperament Ensemble]]

* [[Hair -Trigger Temper]]: A running gag in the earliest episodes is Pikachu getting pissed off and electrocuting people, usually Ash, for the slightest indiscretion.

* [[Hot -Blooded]]: He's more rational than Ash, but still loves the head-on approach and the battling all the same.

* [[I Am Not Left -Handed]]: His learning of Iron Tail gave him the capability to pull out this.

* [[Lightning Bruiser]]: Was something of a [[Fragile Speedster]] to start off with, but after learning [[Took a Level Inin Badass|Iron Tail and Volt Tackle]] he became a [[Incredibly Lame Pun|straight up bruiser]].

* [[Silent Snarker]]: [[Pokémon -Speak|Okay, not quite silent]], but in the earlier episodes Pikachu seemed to be quite aware of Ash's [[Idiot Hero]] tendencies.

* [[Super -Powered Evil Side]]: When {{spoiler|possessed by Groudon; [[Nightmare Fuel|Pikachu's never been scarier]].}}

* [[Surrounded Byby Idiots|Surrounded By Idiotic Pokémon]]: Almost all of the Pokémon have some sort of quirk that makes Pikachu look like the [[Only Sane Man]] by comparison. [[Not So Above It All|Not to say he doesn't do some dumb stuff himself...]]

* [[Took a Level Inin Badass]]: Learning Agility and Quick Attack in "Electric Shock Showdown", for starters.

* [[Five -Man Band]] (so far):

* [[Put Onon a Bus]]: Finally averted, as Ash rotates his team during Unova (though he usually keeps the Starters on). This is majorly helpful in avoiding [[Spot Light Spotlight-Stealing Squad]].

* [[Took a Level Inin Badass]]: Whenever one of them evolves.

* [[Non -Elemental]]: Primary type.

* [[Team Mom]]: Comes off as one as she is shown to be rather caring as mentioned above how she chose not to fight back against Scraggy compared to the other Pokémon. Also, in BW039, she went the extra mile to teach Archen how to fly.

* [[Wind Fromfrom Beneath My Wings]]: Secondary type

* [[Casanova Wannabe]]: Oshawott is a huge flirt to Pokémon and humans of the opposite gender. When he tries to show off though, he always fails.

* [[Deflector Shields]]: Oshawott's scalchop can deflect [[Frickin' Laser Beams|Solarbeam]] and Thunderbolt.

* [[Luckily, My Shield Will Protect Me]]: His scalchop. It can even block a Solar Beam.

* [[Spot Light Spotlight-Stealing Squad]]: Played straight at first, but subverted later. In the earlier episodes, Oshawott almost completely eclipses most of Ash's Unova Pokémon - it's more intentional than most examples, though, as Oshawott clearly ''loves'' being in the spotlight and intentionally steals it, though it often [[Butt Monkey|backfires on him]]. As [[Character Development|he matures during the series]], less and less episodes are featuring him, though he still gets the lion's share of focus compared to most of Ash's Unova team.

* [[Swiss Army Weapon]]: The functions of Oshawott's "scalchop": normally the hilt of his [[Laser Blade|Razor Shell]] attack, it's also a [[Luckily, My Shield Will Protect Me|shield]], [[Precision -Guided Boomerang|boomerang]], [[Flight, Strength, Heart|and]] [[Mundane Utility|pillow]].

* {{spoiler|[[Bare -Fisted Monk]]: Pignite's secondary type.}}

* [[Brick Joke]]: It's commonly pointed out that all fire-types in Ash's team already have Flamethrower in their arsenal even before they join Ash; Tepig is the only exception. [[Took a Level Inin Badass|Just wait 45+ episodes or so...]]

* [[Eleventh -Hour Superpower]]: Learns Flamethrower in time to use it in the escape from Team Rocket in BW050.

* [[Playing Withwith Fire]]

* [[Took a Level Inin Badass]]: When he learned Flamethrower in the Season 14 finale.

* [["Well Done, Son" Guy]]: He seemed to be crushed by his early losses under Ash, and Lenora confirmed that Tepig really wants to please Ash. Given his previous trainer [[Parental Abandonment|ditched him after a single loss]], this is understandable. {{spoiler|1=And BW077 reveals ''[[Tear Jerker|he still loves his ex-trainer]]''!}}

* [[At ArmsArm's Length|At Vine Whip's Length]]: Snivy's first meeting with Scraggy.

* [[I Fight for Thethe Strongest Side]]: It's implied that Snivy abandoned her trainer because she deemed him/her too weak.

* [[Bare -Fisted Monk]]: Secondary type.

* [[Bratty Half -Pint]]: Initially after his birth, until being saved by the other Pokémon taught him some humility. Still has shades of it time to time though.

* [[Goo -Goo Godlike]]: Averted; unlike his predecessors (the other Pokémon hatched from eggs), his strength really is comparable to that of a newborn baby. He's getting ebtter, but it's still at a much more moderate pace.

* [[Jerk Withwith a Heart of Gold]]: In spite of his innate aggression, he really does care about his friends, as shown in the episode where he befriends a wild Cottonee.

* [[Little Miss Badass|Little Mister Badass]]: While he's still pretty young by Pokemon standards, his strength is rapidly growing and he's learned some impressive new moves.

* [[Luckily, My Shield Will Protect Me]]: His baggy skin has this function.

* [[Took a Level Inin Badass]]: After learning Hi Jump Kick from a wild Scrafty. He even manages to KO a Mandibuzz that beat that very same Scrafty.

* [[Big Creepy -Crawlies]]: Primary type.

* [[Bratty Half -Pint]]: As Sewaddle.

* [[Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass]]: At first it seems like Palpitoad is having trouble with Burgundy's Stoutland's electric attacks (which, of course, he was actually immune to), but he was just acting and proceeded to kick Stoutland's ass.

* [[Eleventh -Hour Ranger]]: Even Ash's friends were surprised by his appearance in the Don Battle tornament, but he did a fine job.

* [[Bare -Fisted Monk]]: Knows [[Brick Break|Rock Smash]].

* [[EverythingsEverything's Better Withwith Spinning]]: How it summons a Sandstorm.

* [["I Know You're in There Somewhere" Fight]]: To its friends when they are captured by Team Rocket.

* [[Took a Level Inin Badass]]: Learns Rock Blast ''and'' Rock Smash after evolving into Boldore.

* {{spoiler|[[Bruiser Withwith a Soft Center]]}}

{{quote| Voiced by: [[Aoi Yuki]] (JP), Eileen Stevens (EN)}}

New girl for ''Best Wishes''/''Black and White''. She is basically described as an outgoing Jungle Girl. She has a Dragon Type Pokémon with her named Axew, which tends to camp in her hair. She is apparently skilled at being in the outdoors.

* [[Actor Allusion]]: During BW061 and BW062, she was forced to play the role of a [[Miko]] who prayed for Landorus to come and save everyone on the island from Tornadus and Thunderus. The scene plays out like a [[The Messiah|certain girl]] from a certain [[Puella Magi Madoka Magica (Anime)|anime.]]

* [[Badass Adorable]]: By her appearance, she looks to be the youngest of all the female travel companions and can back things up being an [[Action Girl]] and all.

* [[The Chick]]: Of the "Best Wishes" series' [[Five -Man Band]].

* [[Child Prodigy]]: She didn't have anyone teach her how to battle. As a result, she learned with her Drilbur on how to [[Action Girl|fight on her own]] as well as learn enough battle skills to defeat 99 trainers before losing to Drayden and causing her Excadrill to ignore her shortly afterward. This might be the reason for her [[Ted Baxter]] attitude at the start of the series.

* [[Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass]]: [[Double Subverted]]! She seems at first to be a poor battler, but that's only because at the point her Pokémon were either too weak, too lazy, or (apparently) disobedient. It turns out that she once got 99 wins in a row using only Drilbur. Now that Axew has [[Took a Level Inin Badass|become stronger]] and she has made up with Excadrill, she's showing signs of her former competency.

* {{spoiler|[[EverythingsEverything's Better Withwith Princesses]]}}: Not Iris herself, but {{spoiler|her character in Luke's film "The Legend of the Pokemon Knight" is the [[King Incognito|Princess Incognito]] masquerading as the 'Dragon Master' (an In-universe [[Throw It In]]).}} Nonetheless, Iris is herself quite flattered by {{spoiler|1=Meowth calling her a 'princess' in BW045.}}

* [[Four -Temperament Ensemble]]: The Sanguine.

* [[Genki Girl]]: Very, ''very'' genki at times.

* [[Hairy Hammerspace Hair]]

* [[Hey, ItsIt's That Voice!]]: Eileen Stevens has done other voices on the show like Lyra (and her role of Zorua in ''[[Pokémon: Zoroark Master of Illusions (Anime)|Pokémon Zoroark: Master of Illusions]]'' premiered the week before BW debuted), but her most famous role is Bellandy from ''[[Ah My Goddess (Manga)|Ah! My Goddess]]''.

** [[Puella Magi Madoka Magica (Anime)|Madoka Kaname]] became a Pokémon trainer.

* [[I'm Taking Her Home Withwith Me]]: Almost towards any [[Monster of the Week|Pokémon of the week]] originally [[Characterization Marches On|before this role was given to Bianca]].

* [[Jerk Withwith a Heart of Gold]]: She ''can'' be condescending, hypocritical and inconsiderate (especially with [[Cuteness Proximity]] in play), not to mention her snarkiness. She's also sweet-natured (much of the time), compassionate and caring to her friends (whether she admits it or not), and has a strong sense of fair play and justice (even as a child, her meeting with Drilbur was due to her wanting to punish him for stealing another Pokemon's food, yet she ended up saving his life and bonding with him ''very'' firmly).

* [[The Lancer]]: Of the "Best Wishes" series' [[Five -Man Band]].

** And, of course, she trains [[Instant Awesome, Just Add Dragons|Dragon-types]].

** As a child, she won 99 battles in a row with just a Drilbur.

* [[Raised Byby Wolves|Raised by Pokémon]]: In the flashback, she is shown to be playing with Pokémon and doesn't seem to have a family as she sees the Pokémon as family, friends and teachers for how to battle.

* [[Small Name, Big Ego]]: [[Blatant Lies|She knows what she's doing]], don't question her!

** However, this can be subverted if you look at [[Taught By Experience]] and [[Raised Byby Wolves|Raised by Pokémon]] where this ego can come from not learning any manners for those that are stronger than her as well as living with Pokémon ''and'' winning her first 99 battles in a row.

* [[Taught By Experience]]: Iris clearly states to Drayden that her training experience comes from training in the forests all of her life. As a result, she has been able to win 99 battles in a row.

* [[Why Did It Have to Be Snakes?|Why Did It Have To Be Ice Type Pokémon]]: Since Ice beats Dragons, and Iris has brought herself up to BE like a Dragon Pokémon, not just a trainer of them.

* [[Poor Predictable Rock]]: Averted, most likely because Dragon-types are one of the rarest (second only to Ghost ''and'' that's only when counting Legendary Pokémon). Excadrill was also her first Pokémon, though Axew really kind of qualifies as her 'Starter'

* [[Distressed Dude in Distress]]: And unlike Togepi, he's aware of the distress.

* [[Instant Awesome, Just Add Dragons]]

* [[Took a Level Inin Badass]]: Upon finally mastering Dragon Rage.

* [[Nice Guy]]: Very mellow compared to Iris' other Pokémon, of course there was that one time he fought with Pikachu because a Darumaka had stolen his food and that other time where he accidentally beans both Oshawott and Pansage in the head with maracas, causing a fight between them and Pikachu.

* [[Red Eyes, Take Warning]]: When he uses Outrage, his eyes glow red as he beats the opponent up.

* [[Pint -Sized Powerhouse]]: Even ''before'' mastering Dragon Rage; as a matter of fact, he can cause a lot of damage ''because'' he couldn't use it properly.

* [[Tagalong Kid]]: His position in the [[Five -Man Band]] - but then, he was a day old when Iris first obtained him. He's steadily getting a lot stronger though

* [[Bare -Fisted Monk]]: Knows [[Kamehame Hadoken|Focus Blast]].

* [[Jerk Withwith a Heart of Gold]]: Excadrill is a huge softie and actually disobeyed Iris because it didn't want to let her down.

* [[Bitch in Sheep's Clothing]]: Acts all kind and innocent but underneath her cute side, [[Alpha Bitch|she's kind of a bitch]]. Snivy won't fall for it though.

* [[Hey, ItsIt's That Voice!]]: Emolga is [[Mika Kanai|voiced]] by [[Higurashi no Naku Koro Ni (Visual Novel)ni|Satoko]]. [[NoblewomansNoblewoman's Laugh|It explains the laugh]].

* [[Jerk Withwith a Heart of Gold]]

* [[Wind Fromfrom Beneath My Wings]]: Secondary type.

{{quote| Voiced by: [[Mamoru Miyano]] (JP), [[Jason Griffith]] (EN)}}

* [[The Ace]]: Played with. He's really good at many things from [[Curb Stomp Battle|battling]], [[Awesomeness By Analysis|evaluating]], [[Supreme Chef|cooking]], [[Fishing Minigame|fishing]], [[Amateur Sleuth|detective work]] and [[Large Ham|acting]]. He might as well be one unless you go for [[Alternative Character Interpretation]] and he's a [[Broken Ace]].

* [[Actor Allusion]]: In BW044, Cilan performs a "Tasting Time" duet with Burgundy. He is shown with a rose and acting very fabulous...sounds like he went [[Ouran High School Host Club (Manga)|Tamaki]] on us.

* [[Adorkable]]

* [[Badass in Aa Nice Suit]]: With a matching green bowtie!

* [[Beware the Nice Ones]]: He has shown shades of a darker personality in a few episodes. Just ask Burgundy, who suffered a [[Humble Pie]] from him. Most of the time, it's played for laughs.

* [[Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass]]: It's hidden beneath the layers of [[Ambiguously Gay]] and [[Bishonen]], but this guy is a very competent battler indeed; ask [[Unknown Rival|Burgundy]], who got destroyed by Dwebble and Pansage, with no meaningful damage done to either of them. He was downright toying with her Sawsbuck before the finishing blow. He's not a Gym Leader for nothing.

* [[Explaining Your Power to Thethe Enemy]]: He spends a lot of time during battles flamboyantly explaining his strategies (as well as simply talking about how good his Pokemon are). {{spoiler|Sometimes this backfires on him, as quite a few of the ''individual'' battles he has lost he could have potentially won had he not spent so much time talking and allowed his opponent to come up with a counterattack.}}

* [[Four -Temperament Ensemble]]: The Melancholic.

* [[Hey, ItsIt's That Voice!]]: Dent would like you to know that he is [[Mobile Suit Gundam 00 (Anime)|a Gundam]] (made even funnier when the gang later meets [[Tohru Furuya|Burgh]]) and [[Sands of Destruction (Animeanime)|a]] [[Person of Mass Destruction]].

** He's also [[Death Note (Manga)|Light Yagami]]. It explains the [[Evil Laugh]] in Burgundy's imagination.

** And ''[[Man of a Thousand Voices|also]]'' [[Ouran High School Host Club (Manga)|Tamaki]] and [[Durarara (Light Novel)!!|Kida Masaomi]], which is impossible not to hear anytime he starts [[Bishie Sparkle|sparkling]].

** In the dub, Cilan is the former [[Sonic the Hedgehog (Franchise)|Sonic the Hedgehog]].

* [[Hoist Byby His Own Petard]]: His overconfidence and hamminess contributed to all of his onscreen losses so far.

* [[Let's Get Dangerous]]: "It's tasting time!"

** {{spoiler|This actually backfires on him in the Donamite battle though, where he gets a non-literal [[Talk to Thethe Fist]] while setting up his evaluation.}}

* [[Red Oni, Blue Oni]]: One of each to his brothers:

* [[Sir Not -Appearing in -In-This -Trailer]]: Early on in the season's American advertising, no advertisements made any indication that he would be joining the group.

* [[The Smart Guy]]: Of the "Best Wishes" series' [[Five -Man Band]].

* [[Team Chef]]: And ends up being a [[Supreme Chef]].

* [[What the Hell, Hero?]]: Ash is horrified when he actually agrees to Burgundy's bet that if he loses against her, all of Ash's Pokémon will be replaced.

* [[Why Did It Have to Be Snakes?|Why Did It Have To Be Ghosts]]: [[Zig Zagged Trope|Zigzagged]]. He'll try to explain supernatural activities with logic, but once this fails he's usually the first to freak out. However, he only seems to be afraid of [[Poltergeist|poltergeists]], and will calm down if he realises that the happenings are caused by Ghost Pokémon.

* [[EverythingsEverything's Better Withwith Monkeys]]

* [[Literal Ass -Kicking]]: Seems to be fond of hitting his opponents in the rear end, first with Ash's Oshawott, and later with Burgundy's Sawsbuck.

* [[Big Creepy -Crawlies]]: Primary type.

* [[Pint -Sized Powerhouse]]

* [[Back -to -Back Badasses]]: Thier usual pose when reciting their motto.

* [[Commuting Onon a Bus]]: As of ''Best Wishes'', they've been downgraded from main cast members to recurring characters, with antagonistic wild Pokémon taking their place as enemies of the week, complete with the wild Pokémon being blasted off.

* [[Damn, It Feels Good to Be Aa Gangster!]]: They all ''love'' their jobs.

* [[Five -Bad Band]]: The ''Advanced Generation'' and ''Diamond and Pearl'' incarnations:

** [[Big Bad Duumvirate]]/[[Co -Dragons]]: Jessie and James

* [[In the Name of Thethe Moon]]: Team Rocket's motto that they recite in every episode.

{{quote| '''Jessie''': ''Bringing the blinding {{color|gray|white}} light of evil into the future!''<br />

* [[Paper -Thin Disguise]]: Team Rocket's "specialty". As long as they do as ''little'' as change their hair a little bit and put something (even a pair of thin glasses) over their faces, they will fool others for at least a little while.

** In an early Diamond and Pearl episode, they wore small green jackets over their Team Rocket uniforms. Unzipped. [[Brought to You Byby The Letter "S"|With the R showing]]. [[Too Dumb to Live|The twerps don't recognize them]].

* [[Shout -Out Theme Naming]]: Minus Meowth, in both the original ''and'' English dubs. Then again, most Team Rocket duos seem to have a theme name.

* [[Three -Point Landing]]: They all manage to do this in "A Sandile Gusher of Change" when they fell into a random pitfall made by a Sandile.

* [[Took a Level Inin Badass]]: Good Lord, ''Best Wishes''. To this day, they ''still'' have yet to "get blasted off again."

* [[A Twinkle in Thethe Sky]]: ''"Looks like TEAM ROCKET'S BLASTING OFF AGAAAAaaaaiiiiinnn! [[Audible Gleam|*Ding*]]''

* [[Berserk Button]]: [[Hair -Trigger Temper|Quite a few]]:

** [[Close -Call Haircut]]: Anytime Jessie ends up having her hair damaged or cut, '''[[Unstoppable Rage|SOMEONE GETS HURT!]]''' A pack of Scyther ended up cutting her hair just to spite her, and was barely able to avoid Jessie's wrath.

*** When Seviper bit her hair, [[No -Holds -Barred Beatdown|she single-handedly beat the crap out of it and captured it]] while James and Meowth watched in terror and amazement. Since then, Seviper stayed with her for eight whole seasons and nearly 380 episodes -- ''longer than she had Arbok!''

* [[Blood Knight]]: She's easily the most impulsive and violent of the three.

* [[Compressed Hair]]: Has no problem concealing her hair underneath Team Rocket's recurring disguise while in Unova.

* [[Cross DresserCrossdresser]]: She used to do this just as much as James.

* [[Jerk Withwith a Heart of Gold]]: Beneath the veneer of bitchiness, she truly does care for her team and her Pokémon, and has willingly done good for the sake of it. She's even helped save the world more than once, too.

* [[Letting Her Hair Down]]: She could probably win contests [[media:jessie_3_3414.JPGjpg|looking]] [[media:jessie_6_3674.JPGjpg|like]] [[media:meowth1_2163.JPGjpg|this]].

* [[Literal -Minded]]: In an episode of season 1, she and James take the phrase "underwater ballet" literally (it was actually a costumed synchronized swimming show that was going on), and she wears a pink tank top and tights.

* [[Masculine Girl, Feminine Boy]]: Masculine Girl to James' Feminine Boy.

* [[Nice Job Fixing It, Villain]]: The original series episode with Duplica had Jessie's um, "encouragement", curing Ditto of its Shapeshifting problems<ref>Ditto keeps its face when it transforms</ref>. It wasn't by accident, either; that was what they were planning to do in the first place.

* [[NoblewomansNoblewoman's Laugh]]: Although, ironically, she comes from quite a poor family.

* [[Slapstick Knows No Gender]]: Well DUH, she's part of [[Team Rocket]]!

* [[Spell My Name Withwith an "S"]]: Even to this day, fans still misspell her name as "Jesse", probably to be more accurate to her and James' namesake.

* [[Throw the Dog Aa Bone]]: Throughout the early parts of the series, she often fantasizes about owning a Smoochum. Halfway through the DP saga, during the Summer school arc, she gets to (temporarily) take care of one of her own.

* [[Unstoppable Rage]]: Don't make her angry. [[No -Holds -Barred Beatdown|Ever.]]

* [[My Master, Right or Wrong]]

* [[Put Onon a Bus]]

* [[Non -Elemental]]

* [[Put Onon a Bus]]: {{spoiler|Accidentally traded away for Wobbuffet in Johto.}}

* [[Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass]]

* [[Non -Action Guy]]/[[Neutral Female]]: Rarely ever even uses Counter/Mirror Coat

* [[Put Onon a Bus]]: As of ''Best Wishes'', it's with the other old Team Rocket Pokémon at headquarters.

* [[WhosWho's Onon First?]]: A minor [[Running Gag]] whenever Wobuffet meets with his Baby form, Wynaut; [[Overly Long Gag|you have to wait a while for them to even finish]]. Apparently a [[Shout -Out]] to an old comedy sketch, [[Lost in Translation|in Japanese, anyway...]] [[Lampshade Hanging|Even Meowth wouldn't bother understanding them.]]

* [[Yes -Man]]

* [[An Ice Person|An Ice Pokémon]]: Knows [[Smoke Out|Haze]], replacing Koffing/Weezing's role as the one to cover Team Rocket's escape.

* [[Put Onon a Bus]]: As of ''Best Wishes'', it's with the other old Team Rocket Pokémon at headquarters.

* [[Big Creepy -Crawlies]]

* [[Put Onon a Bus]]: Butterfree-style - she finds a mate (of different-than-usual colour), wears an article of clothing, and then has a tearful goodbye with her trainer.

* [[Big Creepy -Crawlies]]: Primary type.

* [[Put Onon a Bus]]: As of ''Best Wishes'', she's with the other old Team Rocket Pokémon at headquarters.

* [[Wind Fromfrom Beneath My Wings]]: Secondary type.

* [[Wind Fromfrom Beneath My Wings]]: Secondary type.

{{quote| Voiced by: [[Shinichiro Miki]] (JP), [[Ted Lewis]] (EN, 4Kids original), [[Eric Stuart]] (EN, 4Kids), [[Jimmy Zoppi]] (EN, current)}}

{{quote| '''James:''' ''(hoisted into the air on a crane and wearing a Moltres costume)'' [[Large Ham|I am the flame that burns brightest! The flame that shatters the darkness!! I AM A FLAMING MOLTRES!!]] ''(laughs maniacally)''<br />

* [[Cross DresserCrossdresser]]: "[[Valley Girl|Like]], don't I make the ''coooolest'' girl?" [https://web.archive.org/web/20150601225830/http://gamerisms.tumblr.com/tagged/fuck-the-gender-binary Indeed.] And he took this to the extreme in the first banned episode (trying to make a few bucks off of a swimsuit contest).

* [[Hey, ItsIt's That Voice!]]: Makes you wonder if he missed his calling as a [[Super Robot Wars Alpha|Mecha Pilot]] or a [[Mobile Suit Gundam 00 (Anime)|Friendly]] [[Full Metal Panic (Light Novel)!|Sniper]].

* [[Jerk Withwith a Heart of Gold]]: Even though he has no moral issues with always trying to steal Pokémon as a member of Team Rocket, James really is a nice guy at heart. His close friendship with Jessie and Meowth is the only reason why he doesn't ever leave Team Rocket and a do a complete [[Heel Face Turn]].

* [[Kick the Dog]]: Him literally kicking Magikarp into the sea when he doesn't want to be its' master anymore comes to mind.

* [[Licked Byby the Dog]]: When he first met Cacnea.

* [[Literal -Minded]]: In an episode of season 1, he and Jessie take the phrase "underwater ballet" literally (it was actually a costumed synchronized swimming show that was going on), and he wears a blue camisole leotard and tutu.

* [[Masculine Girl, Feminine Boy]]: Feminine Boy to Jessie's Masculine Girl.

* [[Minion Withwith an F In Evil]]: The Team Rocket trio as a whole is a [[Epic Fail|less evil than they try to be]], but James crosses the line into outright ''nice'' on a frequent basis. He often calls a truce with the main cast if [[Pet the Dog|Chimecho or Mime Jr.]] are at stake, and occasionally tells off (and once ''attacked'') his other teammates for breaking it.

* [[Precision F -Strike]]: In the second episode of DP, Dawn doesn't recognize [[Team Rocket]]. What he says next in the English dub must've certainly [[Did Not Do the Bloody Research|charmed the socks off]] any Brit who happened to be watching:

{{quote| '''James''': That's why she doesn't know a bloody thing about us, there's no Sinnoh [[Team Rocket]] branch!}}

{{quote| ''It's lavender.''}}

* [[My Master, Right or Wrong]]

* [[Put Onon a Bus]]

* [[Man -Eating Plant]]

* [[Remember the New Guy?]]: James captured it during the series, not prior (as indicated by his use of Weezing in the flashback showing said capture).

* [[Took a Level Inin Badass]]: According to Barry, Cacnea had mastered Drain Punch by the time he fought Gardenia and proved a tough opponent. James was understandably delighted by this news.

* [[Early -Bird Cameo]]

* [[Non -Action Guy]]: The few moves it ''does'' know aren't even offence-based, anyway (save Mimic, and that depends on which move he ''does'' Mimic).

* [[Put Onon a Bus]]: As of ''Best Wishes'', it's with the other old Team Rocket Pokémon at headquarters.

* [[Tagalong Kid]]: It's very rare that James would actually use him in battle, [[Overprotective Dad|not wanting to get him hurt]].

* [[Man -Eating Plant]]: It's a walking Venus Flytrap.

* [[Put Onon a Bus]]: As of ''Best Wishes'', it's with the other old Team Rocket Pokémon at headquarters.

* [[Remember the New Guy?]]: Though we ''are'' eventually given a backstory for it.

* [[Luckily, My Shield Will Protect Me]]: Can use its mask as a shield.

* [[Playing Withwith Fire]]: Knows Will-O-Wisp.

{{quote| Voiced by: [[Inuko Inuyama]] (JP), Nathan Price (EN, 4Kids original), [[Maddie Blaustein]] (EN, 4Kids), [[Jimmy Zoppi]] (EN, current)}}

* [[Blessed Withwith Suck]]: All the effort he took to learn how to walk upright and talk has left him unable to use the [[Signature Move]] of his species: Pay Day. [[Medium Awareness|He mentions that it's because he used up all his "move slots"]].

* [[Calling Your Attacks]]: Seems to have picked this up in Unova.

{{quote| FURY SWIPES!}}

* [[Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass]]: When he's angry and delusional enough, he's a surprisingly competent battler. He fainted Barry's Empoleon with a single Fury Swipes, which it should be noted, it ''resists''. However just a couple episodes later, he couldn't even break a display case with the same attack.

* [[Does This Remind You of Anything?]]: in early Johto, he gets a [[Stalker Withwith a Crush]] Snubbull obsessed with biting [[Freud Was Right|his tail]].

{{quote| '''Jessie''': (''hurls Meowth at Seviper'') Let's see if you're any use! Double-Edge attack!<br />

* [[Kick the Dog]]: Sinks to his lowest thus far in ''Best Wishes'' when we find out that {{spoiler|he lied about being fired from Team Rocket and he joined Ash and his friends just so he, Jessie and James could steal their Pokemon}} and he looked gleefully sadistic while doing this. He always tried to do this but this time {{spoiler|he almost ''suceeded''}} and it was portrayed as more vile act that anything he did. Pikachu also didn't forgive him for this.

* [[Non -Elemental]]

* [[Power Creep, Power Seep]]: Played with. While Meowths aren't exactly the most powerful Pokemon in the games either, the show completely degrades Team Rocket's example, likely to keep his bumbling and reliance on [[Zany Scheme|Zany Schemes]] to steal Pokemon relevant. However Meowth will on occasion have very notable showings of true strength and skill, even if the majority of them lean as [[Rule of Funny]].

* [[Punch -Punch -Punch Uh -Oh]]: Most of Meowth's battles cultimate in this, those that aren't [[Curb Stomp Battle|an outright One Hit KO]] anyway, while most of Jessie and James' Pokémon have at least some small but plausible strengths, Meowth is extremely inexperienced outside a usually ineffective Fury Swipes attack.

* [[Right -Hand -Cat]]: Wants to replace Persian on Giovanni's lap.

* [[Rule of Funny]]: His battles. Whether they end in [[Epic Fail|instant failure]] or he [[Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass|somehow wins]], it's usually to set up a joke.

* [[What the Hell, Hero?]]: Gives one to Iris when she attempts (and fails) to {{spoiler|catch him in a Pokeball without warning.}}

* [[Worthy Opponent]]: Has a grudging respect for the Meowth that was a [[Puss in Boots (Literaturenovel)|Puss in Boots]] [[Expy]] from the Hoenn League, since they share an enmity towards their evolved form. However, it's a case of an [[Unknown Rival]], since Meowth-in-Boots rarely acknowledges him.