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{{samename|[[character of the day]] in [[XY137|Battling With a Clean Slate!]] whose Japanese name is Alva|Alvin}}
{{CharInfobox
|color={{ghost color}}
|corecolor={{ghost color light}}
|bordercolor={{ghost color dark}}
|name=Alva
|jname=ジャービス
|tmname=Jarvis
|image=Alva M19.png
|size=200px
|caption=Alva
|gender=Male
|colors=yes
|eyes=Lavender
|hair=Lavender
|hometown=[[Azoth Kingdom]]
|region=[[Kalos]]
|anime=yes
|epnum=M19
|epname=Volcanion and the Mechanical Marvel
|enva=[[Billy Bob Thompson]]
|java=[[Kōichi Yamadera]]
}}

'''Alva''' (Japanese: '''ジャービス''' ''Jarvis'') is the main antagonist of the third {{series|XY}} {{pkmn|movie}}, ''[[M19|Volcanion and the Mechanical Marvel]]''. He is a councillor of the [[Azoth Kingdom]].
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==History==
As an Azoth Kingdom councillor, Alva is knowledgeable in the art of arcane science and the history of the kingdom. For several years he educated [[Raleigh]], the young prince of the kingdom, who also had interests in these subjects. However, unbeknownst to many — save for [[Kimia]], Raleigh's sister, who does not trust him and is suspicious of his motives — he is actually a corrupt man plotting to seize control of the Azoth Kingdom for himself. For this purpose, Alva brainwashed Raleigh into loyalty to him, and developed his own type of arcane science — dubbed "neo-arcane science" — in order to create a technique called "Mega Wave," which, unlike [[Mega Evolution]], can force many Pokémon to Mega Evolve at once and follow the orders of those with Mega Wave devices.

Alva first appears when his henchmen, [[Levi]] and [[Cherie]], deliver {{OBP|Magearna|M19}} to him and Raleigh after fighting off an attack by {{OBP|Volcanion|M19}}. While Raleigh introduces himself to Magearna, he waits quietly until Volcanion returns with {{Ash}} in tow. Using the Mega Wave jewel set in his staff, he attacks them with a Mega {{p|Alakazam}}, Mega {{p|Glalie}} and {{shiny}} Mega {{p|Gengar}}. After a short standoff, Volcanion escapes with both Ash and Magearna, angering him. Shortly afterward, Levi, Cherie and the Pokémon catch {{TRT}} sneaking into the castle. Alva meets with Team Rocket in his office, and sensing an opportunity after realizing they know Ash well, recruits them to aid his cause. He supplies them with Mega Wave bracelets along with a {{p|Heracross}} and {{p|Pinsir}}, then tracks Ash, {{ashfr}}, Volcanion and Magearna's location so he can send Team Rocket after them.

[[File:Alva.png|thumb|left|250px|Alva on his airship]]
Later, after Team Rocket fail in their mission, Alva personally leads a massive attack against the [[Nebel Plateau]], Magearna and Volcanion's home. He traps Ash, Volcanion and many of the Pokémon of the plateau in machines that torture them with electrical currents. When Levi and Cherie demand that Magearna surrender to them in exchange for the safety of the hostages, it gives in and boards their airship. Raleigh becomes excited about their success, but Alva simply has his Gengar paralyze Magearna and open the hatch on its chest, revealing its Soul-Heart. Realizing that Alva intends to remove the Soul-Heart, Raleigh tries to stop him from doing so. Undeterred, Alva has Levi force Raleigh to watch as he removes the Soul-Heart — effectively "killing" Magearna — then discards its body before having his army of Pokémon all use {{m|Hyper Beam}}, seemingly killing all of the humans and Pokémon below, and putting the horrified Raleigh to sleep with Gengar's {{m|Hypnosis}}. En route back to the Azoth Kingdom, {{MTR}} realizes he can still hear Magearna's voice alive in the Soul-Heart, rallying [[Jessie]] and [[James]] to try and take it back from Alva, who blasts off Jessie and James while holding Meowth hostage to continue translating Magearna's voice.

Alva installs the Soul-Heart in a machine deep within the kingdom's castle, transforming part of the city's walls into a flying fortress designed by [[Nikola]] to defend the city in ancient times. When he realizes that his enemies survived his attack at the plateau and are approaching aboard Kimia's flying machine, he becomes excited to test the weapons the castle has on them. He begins charging the fortress's laser cannon, but it does not fire, as Magearna is actively fighting his control. Alva fortifies himself inside the control room while Levi and Cherie go out to fight off the attackers with their army of Mega Wave Pokémon, but Ash, {{AP|Greninja}}, Kimia, her Mega {{p|Gardevoir}} and Volcanion manage to break through and reach him. He traps them in the same electrical torture machines he used earlier, then decides to break Magearna's spirit by forcing it with Gengar's {{m|Mean Look}} to use the laser and destroy the Nebel Plateau. The act of destroying its home causes Magearna's soul to fade from the Soul-Heart, pleasing Alva, who then orders another shot to finish off both the plateau and all its residents. It fires, but is blocked through a combination of the efforts of the plateau's Pokémon and [[Squishy]], who briefly takes its Complete Forme to overpower the attack. Volcanion then breaks itself and the others free from the machines. Panicking, Alva orders Gengar to attack, but {{AP|Pikachu}} counters its {{m|Shadow Ball}} with {{m|Electro Ball}}. Alva drops his staff as a result of the blowback from Electro Ball, and Ash jams it into the machinery, breaking the Mega Wave jewel. As a result, all the Mega Wave Pokémon revert to their original states and escape from the fortress. Realizing that his plans are destroyed as a result of Ash removing the Soul-Heart, Alva locks the fortress on a collision course with the Nebel Plateau in hopes of destroying it and killing all of his enemies, then attempts to escape using a jetpack. Greninja, who has become Ash-Greninja, throws a {{m|Water Shuriken}} at him, which fails to directly connect but still disables his jetpack, causing him to spiral out of control into the forest below.

During the film's credits, Kimia finds him stuck in a tree and arrests him using the same magnetic bands used earlier on Ash and Volcanion. He attempts to flee, but is pulled back onto her craft by the magnets.

==Character==
Alva is purely evil with no redeeming characteristics. He's sadistic and megalomaniacal, and shows little regard for any lives other than his own, human or Pokémon. He spent years teaching [[Raleigh]] to be loyal to him, and recruited {{TRT}} for their help against Ash, only to drop them without a second thought once he had no more use for them. His sadistic traits even extend to flat-out torture; his Mega Wave technique causes terrible pain to the Pokémon it is used on, and he forced Magearna to surrender by electrocuting its friends, as well as Ash and his friends' Pokémon, and later tried to force it to destroy the [[Nebel Plateau]] purely to break its spirit so it wouldn't be able to resist his commands.

When defeated, however, Alva was also shown to be cowardly and spiteful, programming his flying castle to crash into the Nebel Plateau so it would kill all of his enemies as well as Volcanion and Magearna's friends, while he attempted to escape using a jetpack.

==Pokémon==
This listing is of Alva's known {{OBP|Pokémon|species}} in the {{pkmn|anime}}:

===Escaped===
{{TrainerPoké
|trainer=Alva
|shiny=yes
|pkmn=Gengar ↔ Mega Gengar [[File:ShinyVIIStar.png|link=Shiny Pokémon]]
|type1=Ghost
|type2=Poison
|img=Alva Gengar.png
|cap=Alva's Gengar
|img2=Alva Mega Gengar.png
|cap2=Alva's Mega Gengar
|epnum=M19
|epname=Volcanion and the Mechanical Marvel
|vajp=Yuji Ueda
|vaen=Marc Thompson
|desc=
This {{shiny}} {{p|Gengar}} is Alva's main Pokémon which he controlled using the Mega Wave. It is able to Mega Evolve into Mega Gengar which Alva used to do all his evil bidding. After Alva's Mega Wave crystal was destroyed, Gengar came to its senses and immediately abandoned Alva.

Gengar's known moves are {{m|Shadow Ball}}, {{m|Psychic}}, {{m|Haze}}, {{m|Mean Look}}, and {{m|Hypnosis}}.}}

===Controlled===
{{MissingInfo|2|java|enva}}
{{TrainerPoké
|trainer=Levi
|pkmn=Banette ↔ Mega Banette
|type1=Ghost
|img=Levi Cherie various 2.png
|cap=Cherie's Banette
|img2=M19 Mega Banette.png
|cap2=Alva’s Mega Banette
|epnum=M19
|epname=Volcanion and the Mechanical Marvel
|vajp=
|vaen=Carter Cathcart
|desc=Although mainly controlled by [[Levi]] and [[Cherie]], Alva still appeared to hold some control over {{p|Banette}} before it escaped control, as he ordered it to use Hyper Beam on {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}}.

Banette's known moves are {{m|Hyper Beam}} and {{m|Will-O-Wisp}}.}}

{{TrainerPoké
|trainer=Levi
|pkmn=Houndoom ↔ Mega Houndoom
|type1=Dark
|type2=Fire
|img=Levi Cherie various.png
|cap=Alva’s Houndoom
|img2=M19 Mega Houndoom.png
|cap2=Alva’s Mega Houndoom
|epnum=M19
|epname=Volcanion and the Mechanical Marvel
|vajp=
|vaen=
|desc=Although mainly controlled by [[Levi]] and [[Cherie]], Alva still appeared to hold some control over {{p|Houndoom}} before it escaped control, as he ordered it to use Hyper Beam on {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}}.

Houndoom's only known move is {{m|Hyper Beam}}.}}

{{TrainerPoké
|trainer=Levi
|pkmn=Tyranitar ↔ Mega Tyranitar
|type1=Rock
|type2=Dark
|img=Levi Cherie various.png
|cap=Alva’s Tyranitar
|img2=M19 Mega Tyranitar.png
|cap2=Alva’s Mega Tyranitar
|epnum=M19
|epname=Volcanion and the Mechanical Marvel
|vajp=
|vaen=
|desc=Although mainly controlled by [[Levi]] and [[Cherie]], Alva still appeared to hold some control over {{p|Tyranitar}} before it escaped control, as he ordered it to use Hyper Beam on {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}}.

Tyranitar's known move are {{m|Hyper Beam}} and {{m|Stone Edge}}.}}

{{TrainerPoké
|trainer=Levi
|pkmn=Swampert ↔ Mega Swampert
|type1=Water
|type2=Ground
|img=Levi Cherie various 2.png
|cap=Alva’s Swampert
|img2=M19 Mega Swampert.png
|cap2=Alva’s Mega Swampert
|epnum=M19
|epname=Volcanion and the Mechanical Marvel
|vajp=
|vaen=Carter Cathcart
|desc=Although mainly controlled by [[Levi]] and [[Cherie]], Alva still appeared to hold some control over {{p|Swampert}} before it escaped control, as he ordered it to use Hyper Beam on {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}}.

Swampert's only known move is {{m|Hyper Beam}}.}}

{{TrainerPoké
|trainer=Levi
|pkmn=Aggron ↔ Mega Aggron
|type1=Steel
|type2=Rock
|img=Levi Cherie various 2.png
|cap=Alva’s Aggron
|img2=M19 Mega Aggron.png
|cap2=Alva’s Mega Aggron
|epnum=M19
|epname=Volcanion and the Mechanical Marvel
|vajp=
|vaen=Carter Cathcart
|desc=Although mainly controlled by [[Levi]] and [[Cherie]], Alva still appeared to hold some control over {{p|Aggron}} before it escaped control, as he ordered it to use Hyper Beam on {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}}.

Aggron's only known move is {{m|Hyper Beam}}.}}

==In the games==
From June 9 to August 31 2016, a [http://www.pokemon.co.jp/info/2016/07/160701_cm02.html Gengar] based on Alva's {{Shiny}} Gengar was distributed to players who inserted a serial code that was given away at {{wp|7-Eleven}} stores in Japan from July 9 to 15, 2016. It was also distributed via [[Nintendo Zone]]s at {{OBP|Pokémon Center|store}}s, [[Pokémon Store]]s, and the Oyabe Pokémon Store outlet in Japan from July 30 to August 31, 2016.

{{G6event/head
|ball=Cherish
|pokemon=Gengar
|gender=m
|level=50
|ndex=094
|type=Ghost
|type2=Poison
|ot=ジャービス
|id=07096
|ability=Levitate
|nature=Random
|fateful=yes
|met=Pokémon Movie 16
|shiny=yes
|ribbon=Wishing
|item=Gengarite
|move1=Mean Look|move1type=Normal|move1cat=Status|move1rel=yes
|move2=Hypnosis|move2type=Psychic|move2cat=Status|move2rel=yes
|move3=Psychic|move3type=Psychic|move3cat=Special|move3rel=yes
|move4=Hyper Beam|move4type=Normal|move4cat=Special|move4rel=yes
}}
{{G6event/entrybottom|xyoras|serial code|Japanese|online|July 9 to August 31, 2016}}
{{G6event/entrybottom|xyoras|Nintendo Zone|Japanese|Japan|July 30 to August 31, 2016}}
{{G6event/footer}}

==Artwork==
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|-
| style="{{roundy|20px}} border: 2px solid #{{ghost color dark}}; background: #{{ghost color light}}; width:140px; height:140px"| [[File:Alva model sheet 1.png|320px]]
| style="{{roundy|20px}} border: 2px solid #{{ghost color dark}}; background: #{{ghost color light}}; width:140px; height:140px"| [[File:Alva model sheet 2.png|320px]]
|-
| colspan=2 | Model sheet for the anime
|}{{-}}

==Voice actors==
{{vatable|color={{ghost color light}}|bordercolor={{poison color dark}}
|ja=山寺宏一 ''[[Kōichi Yamadera]]''
|en=[[Billy Bob Thompson]]
|it=Luca Ghignone
|ru=Anton Savenkov ''Антон Савенков''
|pt_br=Alexandre Moreno
|ko=신용우 ''Shin Yongu''
|es_eu=Alejandro García}}
{{-}}

==In the manga==
===In the movie adaptations===
Alva appears in {{OBP|Volcanion and the Mechanical Marvel|manga}}, the manga adaptation of the [[M19|nineteenth Pokémon movie]] by Kemon Kawamoto.

==Trivia==
* [[Sean Schemmel]] voiced Alva in the English dub of the film's teaser trailer.
* Disney XD closed captions incorrectly refer to Alva as '''Eliphas''', [[Nikola]]'s Japanese name, several times.

==Names==
{| class="roundy" style="background: #{{ghost color}}; border: 3px solid #{{ghost color dark}}"
! Language
! Name
! Origin
|- style="background:#FFF"
| Japanese
| ジャービス ''Jarvis''
| From ''{{wp|Jabir ibn Hayyan}}'', a prominent Muslim alchemist sometimes considered to be the father of early chemistry
|- style="background:#FFF"
| English, French, Italian
| Alva
| From ''{{wp|Thomas Edison|Thomas Alva Edison}}''
|- style="background:#FFF"
| Korean
| 자비스 ''Jarvis''
| Transliteration of Japanese name
|- style="background:#FFF"
| Chinese ({{tt|Mandarin|Taiwan}})
| 賈維斯 ''Jiǎwéisī''
| Transliteration of Japanese name
|- style="background:#FFF"
| Chinese ({{tt|Cantonese|Hong Kong}})
| 查維斯 ''Jāwàihsī''
| Transliteration of Japanese name
|- style="background:#FFF"
| Vietnamese
| Jarbisu
| Transliteration of Japanese name
|}
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