Molayne

Molayne マーレイン Mullein
Concept art from Sun and Moon by Ken Sugimori
Gender	Male
Eye color	Cadet gray
Hair color	Blond
Hometown	Unknown
Region	Alola
Relatives	Sophocles (cousin), Sophocles's parents (aunt and uncle, anime)
Trainer class	Pokémon TrainerSM Elite FourUSUM Trial Captain (formerly)
Generation	VII
Games	Sun, Moon, Ultra Sun, and Ultra Moon, Masters EX
Elite Four of	Pokémon League (Alola)
Specializes in	Steel types
Game animation debut	GOTCHA!
English voice actor	Ezra Weisz (Masters EX)
Japanese voice actor	Takayuki Kondo (Masters EX)
Anime debut	Showering the World with Love!
English voice actor	Barrett Leddy
Japanese voice actor	Kōsuke Kuwano

Molayne (Japanese: マーレイン Mullein) is a non-player character introduced in Pokémon Sun and Moon. He is a Pokémon Trainer who specializes in Steel-type Pokémon. Sophocles affectionately refers to him as Big Mo (Japanese: マーさん Mul-san). He also becomes a member of the Alola Elite Four in Pokémon Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon.

In the core series

Molayne is a former Trial Captain, runs the Hokulani Observatory, and manages the PC box system in Alola. He is a friend of Professor Kukui, the two having taken their island challenge around the same time. He will give the player a Steelium Z after^SM/before^USUM taking on Sophocles's trial. After the player has cleared the trial, Molayne also asks the player to deliver Kukui the mask he accidentally left behind.

In Pokémon Sun and Moon, Molayne is one of the many Trainers who challenge the player for the title of Pokémon Champion. In Pokémon Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon, Molayne instead becomes a member of Alola's newly founded Elite Four by Professor Kukui's request, replacing Hala from Sun and Moon.

Unlike most other characters, Molayne is aware of Kukui's secret identity as the Battle Royal master "Masked Royal", even sometimes referring to Kukui by his alias.

Pokémon

Molayne's Pokémon are kept in Ultra Balls.

Pokémon Sun and Moon

First battle

Pokémon Trainer Molayne Mount Hokulani Sun and Moon Reward: $3,000

Types: Steel Flying Ability: Sturdy Held item: None Skarmory♂ Lv.29 Air Cutter Flying Special   --       Metal Claw Steel Physical   --       Curse Unknown Status   --       Curse Unknown Status   --       Types: Steel Psychic Ability: Clear Body Held item: None Metang Lv.29 Zen Headbutt Psychic Physical   --       Bullet Punch Steel Physical   --       Pursuit Dark Physical   --       Curse Unknown Status   --       Types: Ground Steel Ability: Tangling Hair Held item: None Dugtrio♂ Lv.30 Metal Claw Steel Physical   --       Mud Bomb Ground Special   --       Sucker Punch Dark Physical   --       Curse Unknown Status   --

Title Defense battle

Pokémon Trainer Molayne Pokémon League Sun and Moon Reward: $6,100

Types: Steel Flying Ability: Sturdy Held item: None Skarmory♂ Lv.61 Spikes Ground Status   --       Steel Wing Steel Physical   --       Aerial Ace Flying Physical   --       Night Slash Dark Physical   --       Types: Ice Steel Ability: Snow Cloak Held item: None Sandslash♂ Lv.61 Shadow Claw Ghost Physical   --       Icicle Crash Ice Physical   --       Earthquake Ground Physical   --       Gyro Ball Steel Physical   --       Types: Electric Steel Ability: Sturdy Held item: None Magnezone Lv.61 Flash Cannon Steel Special   --       Thunderbolt Electric Special   --       Tri Attack Normal Special   --       Screech Normal Status   --       Types: Steel Psychic Ability: Clear Body Held item: None Metagross Lv.61 Meteor Mash Steel Physical   --       Hammer Arm Fighting Physical   --       Bullet Punch Steel Physical   --       Zen Headbutt Psychic Physical   --       Types: Ground Steel Ability: Tangling Hair Held item: None Dugtrio♂ Lv.61 Earthquake Ground Physical   --       Iron Head Steel Physical   --       Sucker Punch Dark Physical   --       Fissure Ground Physical   --

Pokémon Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon

Initial battle

Elite Four Molayne Pokémon League Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon Reward: $11,400

Types: Steel Fairy Ability: Prankster Held item: None Klefki♂ Lv.56 Spikes Ground Status   --       Thunder Wave Electric Status   --       Flash Cannon Steel Special   --       Reflect Psychic Status   --       Types: Dark Steel Ability: Defiant Held item: None Bisharp♂ Lv.56 Night Slash Dark Physical   --       Iron Head Steel Physical   --       X-Scissor Bug Physical   --       Metal Sound Steel Status   --       Types: Electric Steel Ability: Sturdy Held item: None Magnezone Lv.56 Flash Cannon Steel Special   --       Thunderbolt Electric Special   --       Tri Attack Normal Special   --       Screech Normal Status   --       Types: Steel Psychic Ability: Clear Body Held item: None Metagross Lv.56 Hammer Arm Fighting Physical   --       Meteor Mash Steel Physical   --       Bullet Punch Steel Physical   --       Zen Headbutt Psychic Physical   --       Types: Ground Steel Ability: Tangling Hair Held item: Steelium Z Dugtrio♂ Lv.57 Earthquake Ground Physical   --       Iron Head Steel Physical   --       Sucker Punch Dark Physical   --       Fissure Ground Physical   --

Rematch

Elite Four Molayne Pokémon League Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon Reward: $13,200

Types: Steel Fairy Ability: Prankster Held item: None Klefki♂ Lv.66 Spikes Ground Status   --       Thunder Wave Electric Status   --       Flash Cannon Steel Special   --       Reflect Psychic Status   --       Types: Dark Steel Ability: Defiant Held item: None Bisharp♂ Lv.66 Night Slash Dark Physical   --       Iron Head Steel Physical   --       X-Scissor Bug Physical   --       Poison Jab Poison Physical   --       Types: Electric Steel Ability: Sturdy Held item: None Magnezone Lv.66 Flash Cannon Steel Special   --       Thunderbolt Electric Special   --       Tri Attack Normal Special   --       Signal Beam Bug Special   --       Types: Steel Psychic Ability: Clear Body Held item: None Metagross Lv.66 Hammer Arm Fighting Physical   --       Meteor Mash Steel Physical   --       Bullet Punch Steel Physical   --       Zen Headbutt Psychic Physical   --       Types: Ground Steel Ability: Tangling Hair Held item: Steelium Z Dugtrio♂ Lv.66 Earthquake Ground Physical   --       Iron Head Steel Physical   --       Sucker Punch Dark Physical   --       Stone Edge Rock Physical   --

In spin-off games

Pokémon Masters EX

Main article: Molayne (Masters)

Artwork

Conceptual artwork from Sun and Moon

Sprites and models

High-poly model from Sun, Moon, Ultra Sun, and Ultra Moon	VS sprite from Sun and Moon	VS sprite from Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon
Overworld model from Sun, Moon, Ultra Sun, and Ultra Moon

Quotes

Main article: Molayne/Quotes

In the anime

Main series

Molayne in the anime

Molayne debuted in a picture in Love at First Twirl!, where he was introduced as Sophocles's cousin and a close friend of Professor Kukui during Sophocles's class presentation.

Molayne made his physical debut in Showering the World with Love!, where he showed Ash and his classmates around the Hokulani Observatory and, by Kukui's request, also taught them about the life cycle of Minior.

In Turning the Other Mask!, Molayne helped Kukui keep his Masked Royal identity a secret from Ash and Professor Burnet during a handshake event. Molayne came up with a plan that would allow Kukui to be present when Burnet shook the Masked Royal's hand which involved him taking over for Kukui as the Masked Royal. The next day, Molayne met up with Ash and Burnet and sat with them as Kukui wouldn't be present until the last minute. Molayne sat with them whilst Masked Royal and Incineroar put on a demonstration. During the event, Molayne attempted to take Kukui's place as the Masked Royal but was tied up by James and Faba, who had mistaken Molayne for an impostor. Later, when Mad Magmar attacked the event to get revenge on the Masked Royal, Kukui was unable to fight back since Faba had his Incineroar and costume at the time. After Molayne managed to free himself, he used his Magneton to turn the lights off, allowing Kukui to get his Masked Royal costume back in time to defeat Mad Magmar.

In Dreams of the Sun and Moon!, Sophocles mentioned plans to visit Mossdeep City and the Mossdeep Space Center with Molayne for his upcoming vacation. In Thank You, Alola! The Journey Continues!, Molayne was shown leaving Alola with Sophocles.

In Lighting the Way Home!, Molayne appeared in a flashback when Sophocles told Ash and Goh how he had borrowed Molayne's Ampharos for use at the Mossdeep Space Center.

Character

Molayne tends to keep to himself and is notably cautious. However, he will go out of his way to help a friend, such as when he offered to impersonate Masked Royal for Professor Kukui during a meet-and-greet event in Turning the Other Mask!. His ingenuity and extensive knowledge on space is respected, especially by his young cousin Sophocles, who refers to Molayne as Big Mo (Japanese: マーさん Mul-san).

Pokémon

On hand

Magneton

Debut	Showering the World with Love!
Voice actors
Japanese	Kei Shindō‎‎ Reina Ueda Hitomi Kikuchi‎‎
English	Bill Rogers

Magneton is Molayne's first known Pokémon. It was first seen interacting with Sophocles's Togedemaru after she had absorbed Pikachu's electricity, causing everyone around them to get shocked.

Magneton reappeared in Turning the Other Mask!, where it caused the lights to go out at the Hau'oli Mini-Mini Battle Royal Dome, allowing Kukui to change into Masked Royal and defeat Mad Magmar.

None of Magneton's moves are known.

With Sophocles

Ampharos

Debut	Lighting the Way Home!
Voice actors
Japanese	Risa Shimizu

Ampharos is a Pokémon belonging to Molayne that Sophocles borrowed for a project at the Mossdeep Space Center. It was used to help guide the Talonflame2 probe back to the planet. After the equipment broke down, Ampharos temporarily lost its confidence, but with help from Pikachu, Togedemaru, and Raichu, it was able to guide the probe down.

None of Ampharos's moves are known.

Voice actors

Language Voice actor Japanese 桑野晃輔 Kōsuke Kuwano English Barrett Leddy Finnish Tuukka Leppänen Brazilian Portuguese Mckeidy Lisita Spanish Latin America Dan Frausto Spain Álvaro Navarro

GOTCHA!

Molayne briefly appeared in GOTCHA!.

In the manga

Pokémon Adventures

Molayne in Pokémon Adventures

Molayne debuted in Truth and the Mastermind Behind Team Skull. He and Sophocles were first seen helping innocent civilians escape from the Ultra Beasts that had escaped from Po Town to wreak havoc on Ula'ula Island. They managed to evacuate the people to Hokulani Observatory, but with the beasts still on the loose, they worried that it may eventually get attacked as well. To circumvent this problem, Sophocles decided to use an invention designed to call Totem Pokémon to guide the beasts away from the observatory, though it never worked.

In The Truth and Island Kahuna Hapu, Molayne, Sophocles, Acerola, Professor Kukui, and Gladion fought off a Celesteela and Guzzlord at Route 10 to prevent them from reaching Hokulani Observatory. Gladion easily defeated Celesteela and later defeated Guzzlord to prevent it from hurting Lillie.

Later, Sophocles and Molayne told the Trial Captains and island kahunas to gather at Hokulani Observatory. With a Vikavolt-shaped airship, Molayne and Sophocles took the others to Mount Lanakila, where a wormhole had opened up earlier. Shortly after they arrived, their ship was attacked by a group of Aether Foundation Employees and their Ultra Beasts. With the Z-Moves they had acquired, Molayne and the others managed to defeat the Ultra Beasts.

Pokémon

Dugtrio

Debut	Truth and the Mastermind Behind Team Skull

This Alolan Dugtrio is Molayne's only known Pokémon. It was first seen with its Trainer watching people be evacuated to Hokulani Observatory. It later fought against a Celesteela and Guzzlord to prevent them from attacking Hokulani Observatory, but was defeated. Later, it fought an Aether Foundation Employee's Nihilego and won with the help of a Z-Move.

None of Dugtrio's moves are known.*
Dugtrio can also perform the Z-Move Corkscrew Crash.

In the TCG

Full Art print of Molayne

Main article: Molayne (Unbroken Bonds 181)

Molayne was introduced as a Supporter card in the Pokémon Trading Card Game during the English Sun & Moon Series (the Japanese SM Era). It was first released in the Japanese Full Metal Wall subset before debuting in English in the Unbroken Bonds expansion, with artwork by Ken Sugimori. It was also released as a Full Art card in the same Japanese and English expansion, with artwork by Masakazu Fukuda. It allows the player to shuffle a Trainer card from their discard pile to the deck, but only if they discard 2 Energy cards first.

Trivia

• Molayne is the only Storage System developer to battle the player.
• Molayne is 6'0" (182 cm) tall.

Names

Language	Name	Origin
Japanese	マーレイン Mārein	From mullein
English	Molayne	From molayne, alternative spelling of mullein
German	Marlon	Similar to his Japanese name
Spanish	Lario	From Scrophulariaceae, the family that contains the mullein
French	Molène	From molène (mullein)
Italian	Tapso	From Verbascum thapsus (scientific name of the common mullein)
Korean	멀레인 Meollein	Transcription of his Japanese name
Chinese (Mandarin)	馬睿因 / 马睿因 Mǎruìyīn	Transcription of his Japanese name. Contains 睿 ruì / yeuih (astute)
Chinese (Cantonese)	馬睿因 Máhyeuihyān
Indonesian	Molein	From mullein
Brazilian Portuguese	Marcos	Similar to his German name
Russian	Молейн Molayne	Transcription of his English name

Big Mo

Language Title Chinese Cantonese 老馬 Lóuh Máh Mandarin 老馬 / 老马 Lǎo Mǎ Polish Wielki Mo Brazilian Portuguese Grande Ma

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References

Alola League
Elite Four Hala Molayne	Elite Four Olivia	Elite Four Acerola	Elite Four Kahili

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