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{{redirect|Larry (anime)|the main-series game character and Gym Leader|Larry}}
{{samename|Pokémon Ranger character|Larry (Ranger)}}
{{CharInfobox|
|color={{ground color}}
|corecolor={{ground color light}}
|bordercolor={{ghost color dark}}
|name=Ridley
|jname=ラリー
|tmname=Larry
|image=Ridley.png
|caption=Ridley
|size=250px
<!--|hometown=-->
|region=[[Unova]]
|trainer=no
|game=no
|gender=Male
|colors=yes
|hair=Blue
|eyes=Gold
|anime=yes
|epnum=BW096
|epname=Meloetta and the Undersea Temple!
|enva=Tucker Allan
|java=[[Shuhei Sakaguchi]]
|}}

'''Ridley''' (Japanese: '''ラリー''' ''Larry'') is a recurring character who appeared in the anime during ''[[BW096|Meloetta and the Undersea Temple!]]'' and ''[[BW097|Unova's Survival Crisis!]]''.

==History==
Ridley is a descendant of an ancient civilization known as [[the Protectors]], which lived on the [[Abyssal Ruins]]. This civilization fled the ruins however, due to a conflict, with the {{an|Meloetta}}, who lived with the people of the ruins, sealing the ruins for a very long time. This Meloetta continued living with the civilization in their new home for ages peacefully, until {{TRT}} came to hunt it down. Unable to stop the villains from escaping, Ridley decided to find Meloetta and save it from Team Rocket. Unbeknownst to Ridley, Meloetta managed to escape its captors, and began following {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} as of ''[[BW082|An Epic Defense Force!]]''. 

Much later in ''[[BW096|Meloetta and the Undersea Temple!]]'', Ridley was flying on his {{p|Golurk}} when he heard Meloetta's {{m|Relic Song|song}}. He tracked the song to {{an|Cynthia}}'s villa in [[Undella Town]], where he met {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}}. Mistaking them for the people who wanted to hurt Meloetta, he told his Golurk to use {{m|Flash Cannon}} on them, but Meloetta was able to defend them before Golurk launched its attack. After clearing up the misunderstanding, Ridley explained to Ash and his friends that Meloetta was kidnapped by Team Rocket. After that, they quickly discovered that Team Rocket had been spying on them. Just when they were leaving Cynthia's villa, they were surrounded with a smokescreen and attacked by two {{tc|Team Rocket Grunt}}s. Ridley decided to hold them off to let Meloetta escape with Ash and his friends. He appeared again later with injuries from his meeting with Team Rocket. Meloetta and Ash had been captured by Team Rocket and brought to the site of the Abyssal Ruins, however.

With Meloetta's power, Team Rocket restored the Abyssal Ruins and summoned the {{an|forces of nature}} in their {{form|Tornadus, Thundurus, Landorus, and Enamorus|Therian Formes}}. He reached the Ruins with {{an|Iris}}, {{an|Cilan}}, Cynthia, and [[Jervis]] in  ''[[BW097|Unova's Survival Crisis!]]''. Ridley sent out his Golurk to fight the Forces of Nature. When the {{pkmn2|Legendary}} trio proved to be too strong, he showed himself in front of the [[Reveal Glass]] and spoke the words of his ancestors, which gave Meloetta the power to return the Forces of Nature to their original state. 

When peace was restored, he returned to the Unova mainland with the others and said farewell. He then left with Meloetta on his Golurk, back to his home.

==Pokémon==
===On hand===
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{{TrainerPoké
|trainer=Ridley
|pkmn=Golurk
|type1=Ground
|type2=Ghost
|img=Ridley Golurk.png
|epnum=BW096
|epname=Meloetta and the Undersea Temple!
|vajp=
|vaen=Tom Wayland
|desc={{p|Golurk}} is Ridley's only known Pokémon. It was first seen flying with him and was used by him to defend Meloetta from Team Rocket. It was also later used to battle two Team Rocket Grunts' {{p|Golem}} and {{p|Rhydon}}. After that, it battled the {{an|forces of nature}} in their Therian Formes, with [[Cilan's Pansage]] on its back.

Golurk's known moves are {{m|Fly}}, {{m|Flash Cannon}}, {{m|Strength}}, and {{m|Heavy Slam}}.}}

===Befriended===
{{TrainerPoké
|main=Meloetta (anime)
|pkmn=Meloetta
|type1=Normal
|type2=Psychic
|img=Ridley and Meloetta.png
|epnum=BW082
|epname=An Epic Defense Force!
|vajp=Megumi Nakajima
|vaen=Megumi Nakajima
|desc=Meloetta resided in Ridley's village before being captured by {{TRT}} and escaping. In ''[[BW097|Unova's Survival Crisis!]]'', after following Ash and his friends for a while, Meloetta reunited with Ridley and accompanied him back to his village.}}

==Trivia==
* Ridley is incorrectly referred to by his Japanese name on [[Pokémon.com]]'s page for ''[[BW096|Meloetta and the Undersea Temple!]]''.

==Voice actors==
{{vatable|color={{ground color light}}|bordercolor={{ghost color}}
|ja=阪口周平 ''[[Shuhei Sakaguchi]]''
|en=Tucker Allan
|cs=Petr Neskusil
|es_la=Héctor Emmanuel Gómez
|es_eu=Jorge Saudinós
|fi=Ilkka Villi
|da=Niclas Mortensen
|no=Eirik Espolin Johnson
|pl=Robert Jarociński}}<br>
{{Project Anime notice|no}}

[[Category:Animation characters]]

[[es:Ridley]]
[[fr:Hugo]]
[[it:Ridley]]