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[[File:Damian Best Wishes.png|thumb|250px|Damian, as seen in a flashback in ''[[Pokémon the Series: Black & White]]'']]
'''Damian''' (Japanese: '''ダイスケ''' ''Daisuke'') was the [[original Trainer]] of [[Ash's Charmander]].

==In the anime==
[[File:Damian.png|thumb|left|220px|Damian in the [[original series]]]]
In the {{pkmn|anime}}, Damian is a [[character of the day]] who appeared in ''[[EP011|Charmander – The Stray Pokémon]]''. He is an arrogant {{pkmn|Trainer}} who is mostly interested in {{pkmn2|caught|catching}} strong {{OBP|Pokémon|species}}, and expresses no legitimate interest in raising Pokémon himself. In the Japanese version, he also seems to neither know nor care about the inherent type weaknesses of his Pokémon, as he mocked Charmander for being too weak to even beat a Poliwag before {{an|Brock}} reminded him that Charmander, being a {{type|Fire}}, is naturally weak to {{t|Water}} Pokémon, the latter of which Poliwag belonged to.

At a [[Pokémon Center]], {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} overheard Damian bragging about how many Pokémon he caught. He said that he left a Charmander in the nearby forest because it was too weak. Brock yelled at Damian and ordered him to reclaim his Charmander because it might die in the rain. Damian laughed it off and Ash was about to challenge him to a battle until [[Nurse Joy]] prevented the confrontation, saying that using Pokémon to settle arguments is wrong, although after they left, she warned the group about their bad reputation.

Brock and the others recovered Charmander and had it taken care of at the Pokémon Center. As soon as it felt better, Charmander left to wait for Damian once again.

{{TRT}} later tried to steal Pikachu, but Charmander chased them away with a {{m|Flamethrower}} attack. Ash asked Charmander to join them, but Damian showed up, having learned about the fight, and said that he had purposely left Charmander alone to toughen it up. In fact, Damian was glad he didn't have to go through the trouble of raising Charmander himself. Damian ordered Charmander to return, but Charmander wanted to stay with Ash. Enraged, Damian tried to recapture Charmander, but Charmander batted an empty Poké Ball with its tail. Then Damian tried to battle against Charmander unfairly with his other Pokémon, but a combined attack from Charmander and Pikachu scared Damian away for good.

Damian reappeared in Ash's flashback in ''[[BW116|The Fires of a Red-Hot Reunion!]]''.

===Pokémon===
This listing is of Damian's known Pokémon in the anime:

====On hand====
{{TrainerPoké
|trainer=Damian
|pkmn=Unknown Pokémon
|type1=???
|epnum=EP011
|epname=Charmander – The Stray Pokémon
|img=
|desc=At the [[Pokémon Center]], Damian had several Poké Balls that are implied to all have Pokémon, despite there being more than the legal six. He later attempted to use them against Charmander in a rage when it refused to return to him, although he was unable to do so before being driven off by a joint attack from both Charmander and Pikachu.

None of their moves are known.}}

====Released====
{{TrainerPoké
|main=Ash's Charmander
|trainer=Damian
|pkmn=Charmander
|gender=male
|type1=Fire
|epnum=EP011
|epname=Charmander – The Stray Pokémon
|img=Damian Charmander.png
|vajp=Shin-ichiro Miki
|vaen=Michael Haigney
|vaennote=<small>[[EP011]]-[[EP043]]</small>
|vaen2=Tom Wayland
|vaen2note=<small>[[BW116]]</small>
|desc=Damian once held the ownership of this {{p|Charmander}}. Later, however, he started to think Charmander was too weak and left him on top of a big rock and told him to wait for him, leaving him unaware that he was never going to return. When Ash and {{ashfr}} heard about this, they retrieved Charmander, saving him from a downpour. Later, after hearing how Charmander defeated {{TRT}}, Damian wanted Charmander to return to his team. However, witnessing Damian's purely selfish motivation, Charmander was unwilling to do this, and joined [[:Category:Ash's Pokémon|Ash's team]] instead.}}

===Voice actors===
{{vatable|color={{fire color}}|bordercolor={{fire color light}}
|ja=緑川光 ''Hikaru Midorikawa''
|en=[[Maddie Blaustein|Adam Blaustein]] ([[EP011]])<br>[[Eli James]] ([[BW116]])
|cs=Petr Burian
|fi=Arto Nieminen ([[EP011]])<br>Antti Jaakola ([[BW116]])
|hu=Levente Molnár
|it=Stefano Pozzi
|no=Erik Skøld
|pl=Renata Berger
|pt_br=Rodrigo Andreatto
|es_la=Eduardo Garza
|es_eu=Pablo Sevilla ([[EP011]])<br>Fernando Cordero ([[BW116]])
|vi=Trần Vũ ([[EP011]])<br> Hoàng Trí ([[BW116]])}}

==In the manga==
[[File:Damian EToP.png|thumb|150px|Damian in The Electric Tale of Pikachu manga]]
===The Electric Tale of Pikachu===
Damian makes an appearance in [[The Electric Tale of Pikachu]], but with a much different, nicer personality. His Charmander had been left waiting for him for ten days, so a {{p|Squirtle}} convinced it and [[Ash's Pikachu]] to join him on a trip to the [[Hidden Village]].

There, Charmander was reunited with Damian. Damian had gone shopping when an accident put him in a coma. He thought Charmander would end up at the Hidden Village and came looking for him. The tearful reunion inspired Squirtle to seek out its Trainer.

====Pokémon====
This listing is of Damian's Pokémon in The Electric Tale of Pikachu.
{{TrainerPoké
|width=80
|trainer=Damian
|pkmn=Charmander
|type1=Fire
|img=Damian Charmander EToP.png
|epnum=ET07
|epname=Pikachu's Excellent Adventure
|desc={{p|Charmander}} was waiting for Damian for ten days after he got into an accident and was sent to the hospital. Charmander went with {{p|Squirtle}} and {{AP|Pikachu}} to the [[Hidden Village]]. Later, Charmander gets reunited with Damian.

None of Charmander's moves are known.}}
{{-}}

==In the games==
In {{game|Yellow}}, [[Pokémon: Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee!|Let's Go, Pikachu!, and Let's Go, Eevee!]], a boy, possibly based on Damian, will give out a Charmander on {{rt|24|Kanto}}. However, he noticeably regrets his poor treatment of Charmander, much like Damian did when he saw how powerful Charmander was under Ash's control.

In Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee, the boy will only give the {{player}} a Charmander if they have caught 50 or more individual Pokémon.

===Pokémon===
====Gives away====
{|
! {{game|Yellow}}
! [[Pokémon: Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee!|Pokémon: Let's Go, Pikachu! and<br>Let's Go, Eevee!]]
|- style="vertical-align:top"
|{{Pokémon/1
|game=Yellow
|ndex=004
|pokemon=Charmander
|level=10
|type1=Fire
|move1=Scratch|move1type=Normal
|move2=Growl|move2type=Normal
|move3=Ember|move3type=Fire}}
|{{Pokémon/7
|ndex=004
|pokemon=Charmander
|level=14
|gender=both
|type1=Fire
|move1=Scratch|move1type=Normal|move1cat=Physical
|move2=Growl|move2type=Normal|move2cat=Status
|move3=Smokescreen|move3type=Normal|move3cat=Status
|move4=Ember|move4type=Fire|move4cat=Special}}
|}

===Quotes===
* If talked to
:''"I'm not good at raising <sc>Pokémon</sc>. I should {{pkmn2|released|release}} my <sc>Charmander</sc> because I haven't raised it well... If you promise me you'll care for it, it's yours."''
::'''No''': ''"Oh... I'd better release it then."''
::'''Yes''': (after giving the Charmander to the player) ''"Take good care of my <sc>Charmander</sc>!"''

* If talked to again
:''"How's <sc>Charmander</sc> doing?"''

==Trivia==
* Damian is the only character who abandoned one of Ash's Fire-type Pokémon to not be present when said Pokémon evolves at least once.
* The [http://www.pokemon.com/us/pokemon-episodes/01_11-charmander-the-stray-pokemon/ blurb for the episode] spells his name as ''Damien'' instead of ''Damian''.
* When ordering Charmander to return, Damian was shown throwing Charmander's {{i|Poké Ball}} at it instead of using the [[recall|return]] function on the Poké Ball. This implies Damian had {{pkmn2|released}} Charmander from his Poké Ball when he abandoned it.
** This was further implied by the fact that Charmander effortlessly went into Ash's Poké Ball when he attempted to catch it at the beginning, which should only have happened if Charmander was wild.
* In the English dub, he speaks with a Cockney accent.

==Names==
{| class="roundy" style="float:left; background: #{{fire color}}; border: 3px solid #{{fire color dark}}"
!  Language
! Name
! Origin
|- style="background:#FFF"
| Japanese
| ダイスケ ''Daisuke''
| Possibly from 大 ''dai'' (great), referring to the amount of Pokémon he had on hand.
|- style="background:#FFF"
| English
| Damian
| Similar to Daisuke. May also refer to ''demon'' reflecting on how cruel he was to Charmander.
|- style="background:#FFF"
| Chinese ({{tt|Mandarin|Taiwan and mainland China}})
| 大佑 ''Dà Yòu''
| From 大佑 ''Daisuke''. Possibly a pun of 大有 ''dàyǒu'' (plenty).
|}
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