Lance

This article is about the Elite Four member. For the member of Team Rocket with the same name in Japanese, see Proton.

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Lance ワタル Wataru
Art from HeartGold and SoulSilver
Gender	Male
Eye color	Brown
Hair color	Red
Hometown	Blackthorn City (games, anime) Viridian Forest (Adventures)
Region	Johto
Relatives	Clair, Dragon Clan Elder
Trainer class	Elite FourWrong template. See Template:Sup/doc.Wrong template. See Template:Sup/doc.Wrong template. See Template:Sup/doc. ChampionWrong template. See Template:Sup/doc.Wrong template. See Template:Sup/doc. Pokémon TrainerWrong template. See Template:Sup/doc.
Generation	I, II, III, IV, V
Games	Red, Blue, Yellow, Gold, Silver, Crystal, FireRed, LeafGreen, HeartGold, SoulSilver, Black 2, White 2, Stadium, Pokémon Stadium 2
Elite Four of	Indigo Plateau
Champion of	Indigo Plateau
Specializes in	Dragon types
Anime debut	Talkin' 'Bout an Evolution
English voice actor	Wayne Grayson
Japanese voice actor	Susumu Chiba

Lance (Japanese: ワタル Wataru) is a Master Dragon-type Trainer, a member of the Kanto Elite Four in Generation I and Generation III and the Pokémon Champion in Generation II and Generation IV.

In the games

In Generation I and the Generation III remakes, Lance is the fourth and final member of the Elite Four. He must be defeated before facing Blue, the Pokémon League Champion. By the Generation II games, he has proceeded to become Pokémon League Champion, due to Red going to Mt. Silver to train and leaving him his charge as Champion. He raises Dragon-type Pokémon, which are both hard to catch and raise. He prefers the superiority of Dragon-type Pokémon, believing them to be virtually indestructible.

Known as a cool and heroic Trainer, Lance has a large fan-following. Lance also seems to have a liking for capes, as he is often seen buying identical capes at the Celadon Department Store.

Lance's grandfather is the elder of a famous clan of Dragon Masters. Clair is his cousin, and his hometown is Blackthorn City.

In Generation II and their remakes, the player first encounters Lance at the Lake of Rage where he watches the player battle the red Gyarados. Lance also appeared in Mahogany Town to help the player fight Team Rocket in Johto. Lance rewards the player with the Whirlpool HM for helping him put an end to Team Rocket's sinister plans.

Fame Checker

This is a list of the Fame Checker's information on Lance in Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen.

Pokémon League - Lance

• What does this person do?

"I lead the ELITE FOUR. You can call me LANCE the dragon TRAINER."

Pokémon League - Lance

• Favorite kind of Pokémon?

"You know that dragons are mythical POKÉMON. They're hard to catch and raise, but their powers are superior. They're virtually indestructible. There's no being clever with them."

Saffron City - Woman

• What is this person like?

"He stands for justice! He's cool, and yet passionate!

He's the greatest, LANCE!"

Celadon Dept. Store - Girl

• "We have a customer, LANCE, who occasionally comes. He always buys capes.

I wonder... Does he have many identical capes at home?"

Indigo Plateau - Pokémon Journal

• Family and friends?

"LANCE's grandfather is thought to be the elder of a famous clan of dragon masters."

Indigo Plateau - Kid

• Family and friends?

"From what I've heard, LANCE has a cousin who's a GYM LEADER somewhere far away."

Message from <sc>Lance

• From: Lance
• To: [Player]

"I'm considering going back to my hometown. I want to retrain my DRAGON-type POKÉMON and strengthen them.

I'd like to invite you to my hometown someday."

Pokémon

This listing is for Lance's Pokémon in the video games in which he has appeared.

Pokémon Red, Green and Blue

File:LanceRB.png Lance Indigo Plateau Red, Green, and Blue Professor and Professor Lance Oak Indigo Plateau Red, Green, and Blue Reward: $6138

Types: Water Flying Gyarados Lv.58 Hydro Pump Water   --       Dragon Rage Dragon   --       Leer Normal   --       Hyper Beam Normal   --       Type: Dragon Unknown Dragonair Lv.56 Agility Psychic   --       Slam Normal   --       Dragon Rage Dragon   --       Hyper Beam Normal   --       Type: Dragon Unknown Dragonair Lv.56 Agility Psychic   --       Slam Normal   --       Dragon Rage Dragon   --       Hyper Beam Normal   --       Types: Rock Flying Aerodactyl Lv.60 Supersonic Normal   --       Take Down Normal   --       Bite Normal   --       Hyper Beam Normal   --       Types: Dragon Flying Dragonite Lv.62 Agility Psychic   --       Slam Normal   --       Barrier Psychic   --       Hyper Beam Normal   --

Pokémon Yellow

File:YellowLance.png Lance Indigo Plateau Yellow Professor and Professor Lance Oak Indigo Plateau Yellow Reward: $6138

Types: Water Flying Gyarados Lv.58 Hydro Pump Water   --       Dragon Rage Dragon   --       Leer Normal   --       Hyper Beam Normal   --       Type: Dragon Unknown Dragonair Lv.56 Thunderbolt Electric   --       Slam Normal   --       Thunder Wave Electric   --       Hyper Beam Normal   --       Type: Dragon Unknown Dragonair Lv.56 Wrap Normal   --       BubbleBeam Water   --       Ice Beam Ice   --       Hyper Beam Normal   --       Types: Rock Flying Aerodactyl Lv.60 Wing Attack Flying   --       Fly Flying   --       Swift Normal   --       Hyper Beam Normal   --       Types: Dragon Flying Dragonite Lv.62 Blizzard Ice   --       Fire Blast Fire   --       Thunder Electric   --       Hyper Beam Normal   --

Pokémon Gold, Silver, and Crystal

File:LanceGSCsprite.png Champion Lance Indigo Plateau Gold, Silver, and Crystal Champion and Professor Lance Oak Indigo Plateau Gold, Silver, and Crystal Reward: $5000

Types: Water Flying Held item: None Gyarados♂ Lv.44 Rain Dance Water   --       Surf Water   --       Flail Normal   --       Hyper Beam Normal   --       Types: Dragon Flying Held item: None Dragonite♂ Lv.47 Twister Dragon   --       Thunder Wave Electric   --       Blizzard Ice   --       Hyper Beam Normal   --       Types: Fire Flying Held item: None Charizard♂ Lv.46 Flamethrower Fire   --       Wing Attack Flying   --       Slash Normal   --       Hyper Beam Normal   --       Types: Rock Flying Held item: None Aerodactyl♂ Lv.46 Rock Slide Rock   --       AncientPower Rock   --       Wing Attack Flying   --       Hyper Beam Normal   --       Types: Dragon Flying Held item: None Dragonite♂ Lv.47 Twister Dragon   --       Thunder Wave Electric   --       Thunder Electric   --       Hyper Beam Normal   --       Types: Dragon Flying Held item: None Dragonite♂ Lv.50 Safeguard Normal   --       Outrage Dragon   --       Fire Blast Fire   --       Hyper Beam Normal   --

Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen

First battle

File:FL Lance.png Elite Four Lance Indigo Plateau FireRed and LeafGreen Elite Four and Professor Lance Oak Indigo Plateau FireRed and LeafGreen Reward: $6000

Types: Water Flying Ability: Intimidate Held item: None Gyarados♂ Lv.56 Bite Dark   --       Dragon Rage Dragon   --       Twister Dragon   --       Hyper Beam Normal   --       Type: Dragon Unknown Ability: Shed Skin Held item: None Dragonair♂ Lv.54 Safeguard Normal   --       Outrage Dragon   --       Dragon Rage Dragon   --       Hyper Beam Normal   --       Type: Dragon Unknown Ability: Shed Skin Held item: None Dragonair♂ Lv.54 Safeguard Normal   --       Outrage Dragon   --       Thunder Wave Electric   --       Hyper Beam Normal   --       Types: Rock Flying Ability: Pressure Held item: None Aerodactyl♂ Lv.58 Wing Attack Flying   --       AncientPower Rock   --       Scary Face Normal   --       Hyper Beam Normal   --       Types: Dragon Flying Ability: Inner Focus Held item: Sitrus Berry Dragonite♂ Lv.60 Safeguard Normal   --       Outrage Dragon   --       Wing Attack Flying   --       Hyper Beam Normal   --

Second battle

File:FL Lance.png Elite Four Lance Indigo Plateau FireRed and LeafGreen Elite Four and Professor Lance Oak Indigo Plateau FireRed and LeafGreen Reward: $7200

Types: Water Flying Ability: Intimidate Held item: None Gyarados♂ Lv.68 Dragon Dance Dragon   --       Earthquake Ground   --       Thunder Wave Electric   --       Hyper Beam Normal   --       Types: Dragon Flying Ability: Inner Focus Held item: None Dragonite♂ Lv.66 Flamethrower Fire   --       Dragon Claw Dragon   --       Earthquake Ground   --       Hyper Beam Normal   --       Types: Water Dragon Ability: Swift Swim Held item: None Kingdra♂ Lv.66 Dragon Dance Dragon   --       Surf Water   --       Ice Beam Ice   --       Hyper Beam Normal   --       Types: Rock Flying Ability: Pressure Held item: None Aerodactyl♂ Lv.70 Aerial Ace Flying   --       AncientPower Rock   --       Earthquake Ground   --       Hyper Beam Normal   --       Types: Dragon Flying Ability: Inner Focus Held item: Persim Berry Dragonite♂ Lv.72 Thunderbolt Electric   --       Outrage Dragon   --       Ice Beam Ice   --       Hyper Beam Normal   --

Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver

Tag Battle with player

Lance battles alongside player against Ariana and a Team Rocket Grunt in the Team Rocket HQ.

Pokémon Trainer Lance Team Rocket HQ HeartGold and SoulSilver Pokémon Trainer and Professor Lance Oak Team Rocket HQ HeartGold and SoulSilver Reward: None
Types: Dragon Flying Ability: Inner Focus Held item: None Dragonite♂ Lv.40 Fly Flying Physical   --       Twister Dragon Special   --       Thunder Electric Special   --       Hyper Beam Normal Special   --

First battle

File:LanceHGSS.gif Champion Lance Indigo Plateau HeartGold and SoulSilver Champion and Professor Lance Oak Indigo Plateau HeartGold and SoulSilver Reward: $10000

Types: Water Flying Ability: Intimidate Held item: None Gyarados♂ Lv.46 Dragon Pulse Dragon Special   --       Flail Normal Physical   --       Waterfall Water Physical   --       Ice Fang Ice Physical   --       Types: Dragon Flying Ability: Inner Focus Held item: None Dragonite♂ Lv.49 Thunder Wave Electric Status   --       Hyper Beam Normal Special   --       Thunder Electric Special   --       Dragon Rush Dragon Physical   --       Types: Dragon Flying Ability: Inner Focus Held item: None Dragonite♂ Lv.49 Thunder Wave Electric Status   --       Hyper Beam Normal Special   --       Blizzard Ice Special   --       Dragon Rush Dragon Physical   --       Types: Rock Flying Ability: Pressure Held item: None Aerodactyl♂ Lv.48 Thunder Fang Electric Physical   --       Rock Slide Rock Physical   --       Aerial Ace Flying Physical   --       Crunch Dark Physical   --       Types: Fire Flying Ability: Blaze Held item: None Charizard♂ Lv.48 Air Slash Flying Special   --       Fire Fang Fire Physical   --       Shadow Claw Ghost Physical   --       Dragon Claw Dragon Physical   --       Types: Dragon Flying Ability: Inner Focus Held item: Sitrus Berry Dragonite♂ Lv.50 Safeguard Normal Status   --       Outrage Dragon Physical   --       Fire Blast Fire Special   --       Hyper Beam Normal Special   --

Second battle

File:LanceHGSS.gif Champion Lance Indigo Plateau HeartGold and SoulSilver Champion and Professor Lance Oak Indigo Plateau HeartGold and SoulSilver Reward: $15000

Types: Dragon Flying Ability: Intimidate Held item: Lum Berry Salamence♂ Lv.72 Dragon Claw Dragon Physical   --       Flamethrower Fire Special   --       Shadow Claw Ghost Physical   --       Rest Psychic Status   --       Types: Water Flying Ability: Intimidate Held item: None Gyarados♂ Lv.68 Dragon Dance Dragon Status   --       Waterfall Water Physical   --       Ice Fang Ice Physical   --       Thunder Wave Electric Status   --       Types: Dragon Ground Ability: Sand Veil Held item: None Garchomp♂ Lv.72 Outrage Dragon Physical   --       Swords Dance Normal Status   --       Earthquake Ground Physical   --       Roar Normal Status   --       Types: Dragon Flying Ability: Natural Cure Held item: None Altaria♂ Lv.73 Double Team Normal Status   --       DragonBreath Dragon Special   --       Perish Song Normal Status   --       Hyper Beam Normal Special   --       Types: Fire Flying Ability: Blaze Held item: None Charizard♂ Lv.68 Flamethrower Fire Special   --       Hyper Beam Normal Special   --       Dragon Claw Dragon Physical   --       Air Slash Flying Special   --       Types: Dragon Flying Ability: Inner Focus Held item: Sitrus Berry Dragonite♂ Lv.75 Draco Meteor Dragon Special   --       Safeguard Normal Status   --       Fire Blast Fire Special   --       Hyper Beam Normal Special   --

Tag Battle with Clair

File:ClairHGSS.gif Leader Clair Dragon's Den HeartGold and SoulSilver Leader and Champion Clair Lance Dragon's Den HeartGold and SoulSilver File:LanceHGSS.gif Reward: $22200

Type: Dragon Unknown Ability: Shed Skin Held item: None Dragonair♀ Lv.52 Thunder Wave Electric Status   --       Flamethrower Fire Special   --       Dragon Rush Dragon Physical   --       Thunderbolt Electric Special   --       Types: Water Dragon Ability: Sniper Held item: None Kingdra♀ Lv.56 Ice Beam Ice Special   --       Yawn Normal Status   --       DragonBreath Dragon Special   --       Hydro Pump Water Special   --       Types: Dragon Flying Ability: Inner Focus Held item: None Dragonite♀ Lv.60 Protect Normal Status   --       Thunder Electric Special   --       DragonBreath Dragon Special   --       Hyper Beam Normal Special   --       Types: Water Flying Ability: Intimidate Held item: None Gyarados♂ Lv.68 Thunder Wave Electric Status   --       Dragon Dance Dragon Status   --       Ice Fang Ice Physical   --       Waterfall Water Physical   --       Types: Fire Flying Ability: Blaze Held item: None Charizard♂ Lv.68 Dragon Claw Dragon Physical   --       Air Slash Flying Special   --       Flamethrower Fire Special   --       Hyper Beam Normal Special   --       Types: Dragon Flying Ability: Inner Focus Held item: Sitrus Berry Dragonite♂ Lv.75 Draco Meteor Dragon Special   --       Fire Punch Fire Physical   --       Safeguard Normal Status   --       Hyper Beam Normal Special   --

Black 2 and White 2

Pokémon can be either male or female.

Pokémon Trainer Lance Pokémon World Tournament Black 2 and White 2 Pokémon Trainer and Professor Lance Oak Pokémon World Tournament Black 2 and White 2 Reward: 1 BP

Types: Dragon Flying Ability: Inner Focus Held item: Focus Sash Dragonite Lv.50 Ice Punch Ice Physical   --       Fire Punch Fire Physical   --       ExtremeSpeed Normal Physical   --       Draco Meteor Dragon Special   --       Types: Dragon Flying Ability: Intimidate Held item: Expert Belt Salamence Lv.50 Earthquake Ground Physical   --       Dragon Claw Dragon Physical   --       Crunch Dark Physical   --       Stone Edge Rock Physical   --       Types: Water Dragon Ability: Held item: Scope Lens Kingdra Lv.50 Surf Water Special   --       Ice Beam Ice Special   --       Dragon Pulse Dragon Special   --       Flash Cannon Steel Special   --       Types: Dragon Unknown Ability: Mold Breaker Held item: Choice Scarf Haxorus Lv.50 Outrage Dragon Physical   --       Superpower Fighting Physical   --       Earthquake Ground Physical   --       Rock Slide Rock Physical   --       Types: Dark Dragon Ability: Levitate Held item: White Herb Hydreigon Lv.50 Earth Power Ground Special   --       Fire Blast Fire Special   --       Draco Meteor Dragon Special   --       Dark Pulse Dark Special   --       Types: Ground Dragon Ability: Levitate Held item: Power Herb Flygon Lv.50 Draco Meteor Dragon Special   --       Earth Power Ground Special   --       SolarBeam Grass Special   --       U-turn Bug Physical   --

Pokémon Stadium

Round 1

Lance Indigo Plateau Pokémon Stadium Professor and Professor Lance Oak Indigo Plateau Pokémon Stadium Reward: None

Types: Fire Flying Charizard Lv.50 Slash Normal   --       Flamethrower Fire   --       Fire Spin Fire   --       Toxic Poison   --       Types: Water Flying Gyarados Lv.50 Dragon Rage Dragon   --       Hydro Pump Water   --       Body Slam Normal   --       Thunderbolt Electric   --       Type: Dragon Unknown Dragonair Lv.50 Wrap Normal   --       Thunder Wave Electric   --       Ice Beam Ice   --       Toxic Poison   --       Types: Rock Flying Aerodactyl Lv.50 Supersonic Normal   --       Fly Flying   --       Hyper Beam Normal   --       Sky Attack Flying   --       Types: Water Ice Lapras Lv.50 Blizzard Ice   --       Thunderbolt Electric   --       Surf Water   --       Confuse Ray Ghost   --       Type: Normal Unknown Kangaskhan Lv.50 Dizzy Punch Normal   --       Earthquake Ground   --       Rock Slide Rock   --       Surf Water   --

Round 2

Lance Indigo Plateau Pokémon Stadium Professor and Professor Lance Oak Indigo Plateau Pokémon Stadium Reward: None

Types: Fire Flying Charizard Lv.50 Slash Normal   --       Fire Blast Fire   --       Seismic Toss Fighting   --       Earthquake Ground   --       Type: Fire Unknown Arcanine Lv.50 Dragon Rage Dragon   --       Flamethrower Fire   --       Hyper Beam Normal   --       Dig Ground   --       Type: Normal Unknown Snorlax Lv.50 Selfdestruct Normal   --       Double-Edge Normal   --       Earthquake Ground   --       Amnesia Psychic   --       Types: Water Ice Lapras Lv.50 Confuse Ray Ghost   --       Ice Beam Ice   --       Body Slam Normal   --       Psychic Psychic   --       Type: Electric Unknown Electabuzz Lv.50 Thunder Wave Electric   --       Thunderbolt Electric   --       Psychic Psychic   --       Seismic Toss Fighting   --       Type: Normal Unknown Kangaskhan Lv.50 Body Slam Normal   --       Earthquake Ground   --       Rock Slide Rock   --       Surf Water   --

Pokémon Stadium 2

In Pokémon Stadium 2, Lance is the Champion, who is fought at the end of the Elite Four. As the player must use the same Pokémon that he or she used against the Elite Four, Lance is extremely difficult to defeat with Rental Pokémon, but not impossible (due to the element of chance). Once Lance is defeated, the player can battle any Gym Leaders in the Kanto region at any time.

Round 1

Champion Lance Indigo Plateau Pokémon Stadium 2 Champion and Professor Lance Oak Indigo Plateau Pokémon Stadium 2 Reward: None

Types: Dragon Flying Held item: Focus Band Dragonite♂ Lv.50 DragonBreath Dragon   --       Steel Wing Steel   --       Thunder Electric   --       Hyper Beam Normal   --       Types: Steel Ground Held item: Ice Berry Steelix♂ Lv.50 Iron Tail Steel   --       Earthquake Ground   --       DragonBreath Dragon   --       Hyper Beam Normal   --       Types: Fire Flying Held item: Mint Berry Charizard♂ Lv.50 Flamethrower Fire   --       Fly Flying   --       Dig Ground   --       Hyper Beam Normal   --       Types: Rock Dark Held item: Bitter Berry Tyranitar♂ Lv.50 Rock Slide Rock   --       Crunch Dark   --       DragonBreath Dragon   --       Hyper Beam Normal   --       Types: Rock Flying Held item: PSNCure Berry Aerodactyl♂ Lv.50 AncientPower Rock   --       Wing Attack Flying   --       Earthquake Ground   --       Hyper Beam Normal   --       Types: Water Flying Held item: PRZCure Berry Gyarados♂ Lv.50 Surf Water   --       Dragon Rage Dragon   --       Sleep Talk Normal   --       Hyper Beam Normal   --

Round 2

Champion Lance Indigo Plateau Pokémon Stadium 2 Champion and Professor Lance Oak Indigo Plateau Pokémon Stadium 2 Reward: None

Types: Dragon Flying Held item: Scope Lens Dragonite♂ Lv.50 DragonBreath Dragon   --       Ice Beam Ice   --       Thunderbolt Electric   --       Hyper Beam Normal   --       Type: Normal Unknown Held item: BrightPowder Kangaskhan♀ Lv.50 Submission Fighting   --       Earthquake Ground   --       Rock Slide Rock   --       Hyper Beam Normal   --       Type: Water Unknown Held item: Mystic Water Feraligatr♂ Lv.50 Surf Water   --       Earthquake Ground   --       Blizzard Ice   --       Hyper Beam Normal   --       Types: Rock Dark Held item: Quick Claw Tyranitar♂ Lv.50 Crunch Dark   --       Rock Slide Rock   --       Earthquake Ground   --       Hyper Beam Normal   --       Types: Rock Flying Held item: King's Rock Aerodactyl♂ Lv.50 AncientPower Rock   --       Wing Attack Flying   --       Earthquake Ground   --       Hyper Beam Normal   --       Type: Fire Unknown Held item: Miracle Berry Arcanine♂ Lv.50 Flamethrower Fire   --       ExtremeSpeed Normal   --       Crunch Dark   --       Hyper Beam Normal   --

Quotes

Pokémon Red, Blue, Yellow, FireRed, LeafGreen

• Before battle

"Ah! I heard about you, <player>! I lead the Elite Four! You can call me Lance the Dragon Trainer! You know that dragons are mythical Pokémon! They’re hard to catch and raise, but their powers are superior! They’re virtually indestructible! Well, are you ready to lose? Your League challenge ends with me, <player>!"

• When defeated

"That’s it! I hate to admit it, but you are a Pokémon master!"

• After being defeated

"I still can’t believe my dragons lost to you, <player>! You’re now the Pokémon League champion! …Or, you would have been, but you have one more challenge ahead. You have to face another Trainer! His name is… <rival>! He beat the Elite Four before you. He is the real Pokémon League champion!"

Pokémon Gold, Silver, Crystal

• Before battle

"I’ve been waiting for you. <Player>! I knew that you, with your skills, would eventually reach me here. There’s no need for words now. We will battle to determine who is the stronger of the two of us. As the most powerful Trainer and as the Pokémon League Champion… I, Lance the dragon master, accept your challenge!"

• When defeated

"…It’s over. But it’s an odd feeling. I’m not angry that I lost. In fact, I feel happy. Happy that I witnessed the rise of a great new Champion!"

Pokémon Stadium 2

"It looks like even the Elite Four couldn't stop you. I'm your last opponent in the Johto Castle!"
"I am still the Champion. I won't hold anything back."
"I've been waiting for you. Allow me to test your skill."
"Hyper Beam!"
"It's all over!"
"Dragonite for the win!"
"That's it. Come back!"
"Ow, bad news!"
"I concede defeat. You might have what it takes to prevail over KANTO's GYM LEADERs."

Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver

• Before battle

"I’ve been waiting for you. <Player>! I knew that you, with your skills, would eventually reach me here. There’s no need for words now. We will battle to determine who is the stronger of the two of us. As the most powerful Trainer and as the Pokémon League Champion… I, Lance the dragon master, accept your challenge!"

• After sending out last Pokémon

"All right! I thought this would never happen!"

• During battle

"I never give up, no matter what. You must be the same?"

• When defeated

"…It’s over. But it’s an odd feeling. I’m not angry that I lost. In fact, I feel happy. Happy that I witnessed the rise of a great new Champion!"

Artwork

File:LanceGenI.jpg
Official artwork from Red and Blue	Official artwork from FireRed and LeafGreen

Sprites

File:YellowLance.png	File:LanceGSCsprite.png	File:FL Lance.png	File:LanceHGSS.gif
Lance's sprite from Generation I	Lance's sprite from Generation II	Lance's sprite from Generation III	Lance's sprite from Generation IV	Lance's back sprite from Generation IV	Lance's VS sprite from Generation IV
Lance's overworld sprite from Generation I	Lance's overworld sprite from Generation II	Lance's overworld sprite from Generation III	Lance's overworld sprite from Generation IV	Lance's overworld sprite from Generation V	Lance's artwork from both Pokémon Stadiums

In the anime

Lance in the anime

Lance disguised as a Team Rocket Grunt

Lance is the Champion of the Indigo Elite Four. He is a member of an organization called the Pokémon G-Men.

Lance's first appeared in Talkin' 'Bout an Evolution. When Team Rocket started up an evil scheme at the Lake of Rage, Lance showed up to investigate. He met Ash, Misty and Brock there, saving the children from some formidable Team Rocket Grunts. Ash wanted to help Lance in his mission, but Lance said it was too dangerous.

Team Rocket was trying to investigate the properties of a Red Gyarados so that they could learn how to force Pokémon to evolve. Lance was able to destroy Team Rocket's machine and blow up their laboratory. Ash was able to calm the Red Gyarados at first, but it continued to go berserk. Finally, Lance caught it to keep it from destroying Mahogany Town.

Lance later appeared again in Gaining Groudon and The Scuffle of Legends, where he helped stop the rampage of Kyogre and Groudon.

Pokémon

This is a list of Lance's known Pokémon:

Dragonite

Debut	Talkin' 'Bout an Evolution
Voice actors
Japanese	Katsuyuki Konishi
English	Katsuyuki Konishi

Main article: Lance's Dragonite

Dragonite is Lance's main Pokémon. In addition to battling, he also uses it to fly around. In Talkin' 'Bout an Evolution and Rage of Innocence, Dragonite helped Lance stop Team Rocket. It was also used to help him battle against TRTyson ([[{{{2}}} (move)|{{{2}}}]])'s two Fearow at the same time, as well as to help Lance capture the Red Gyarados that was on a rampage at Mahogany Town.

It also appeared in The Scuffle of Legends where it helped Lance and Ash and his friends to stop the legendary battle between Kyogre and Groudon.

Gyarados File:ShinyBWStar.png

Debut	Talkin' 'Bout an Evolution
Voice actors
Japanese	Unshō Ishizuka
English	Unshō Ishizuka

Main article: Red Gyarados

After being forced to evolve by an experiment of Team Rocket, this Gyarados went rampage around until Lance managed to capture it. It was later used to stop the battle between Kyogre and Groudon.

Gyarados

Debut	The Legend of Thunder!

Not much is known about Lance's other Gyarados. Its only appearance was in Marina's fantasy in The Legend of Thunder!.

Voice actors

Language Voice actor Japanese 千葉進歩 Susumu Chiba English Wayne Grayson Danish Mathias Klenske Hebrew Ido Moseri Polish Aleksander Gawek Brazilian Portuguese Francisco Freitas (EP235-EP236) Celso Alves (AG097-AG098) Spanish Latin America Enzo Fortuny (EP235-EP236) Víctor Ugarte (AG097) Héctor Emmanuel Gómez (AG098) Spain Jorge Saudinós (EP235-EP236) Miguel Ángel Garzón (AG097-AG098)

In the manga

In the Pokémon Adventures manga

Lance on his Aerodactyl

Lance is primarily a villain in Pokémon Adventures. As the leader of the Elite Four, he wishes to exterminate the human race, save for a few people who he deems to be kind enough to Pokémon. Apparently also from Viridian Forest, Lance was blessed with the powers of the Viridian Forest as Yellow was. He has the power to telepathically communicate with Pokémon, as well as heal their wounds. Lance also has the ability to control or brainwash any Dragon-type Pokémon, as well as most Pokémon similar to Dragons (such as Aerodactyl or Tyranitar).

He first appears at Vermilion before the start of the Vermilion City Surfing Competition. The Dragonair that was to be offered as a prize to the winner was actually his. He then attacked Vermilion City and destroyed it, saying he was looking for something. When Yellow came after him he tried to capture Pika to please Agatha and Lorelei but once Pikachu learned Surf he too failed. Before the battle could continue, he mysteriously disappeared.

He next appeared on Cerise Island battling Blaine and Yellow. When Blaine released Mewtwo Blaine and Yellow were able to gain the upper hand against Lance's Aerodactyl and his two Dragonair. However, due to Blaine's link with Mewtwo they could only battle together for about three minutes and with time running out Blaine decided to target Lance's Poké Balls so he couldn't call out any other Pokémon and would have to battle with his weakened Pokémon that were already out. He succeeded in destroying the balls only for Blaine to be knocked unconscious due to Mewtwo's time out being run too long. Lance then chuckled to himself, revealing that he had called his Pokémon out of their balls before the battle even began.

Lance during the HGSS chapter

During Lance's battle with Yellow both of them were equally matched, Lance luring the battle out onto the top of Cerise Island, a volcano. Lance then once again gained the upper hand by having his Gyarados and Dragonair make green, red, and blue bubbles so they could not be detected in sunlight. Just when it seemed when Yellow was about to lose, Giovanni arrived and helped subdue Lance, using his Rhyhorn to create a sandstorm to make the bubbles visible. But this capturing only proved to be part of his plan, as he needed Giovanni's Badge since it was the last Badge he needed for the Badge Energy Amplifier to summon Lugia, so he lured Giovanni to the middle of the island so the Earth Badge would be automatically ripped from him and the Amplifier would automatically activate, summoning Lugia. Lance wanted Lugia to help accomplish his goals, but Yellow's Pokémon were able to drive Lugia away once they evolved and Yellow was able to channel their power into Pika's Megavolt. This interested Lance, as he wanted to find out who Lugia's real owner was. It wasn't often that he lost control of dragon-like Pokémon.

Lance disappeared for a while, investigating Lugia and working behind the scenes. He gave Silver advice on how to defeat Team Rocket in Johto, as well as a Tyranitar (which Silver promptly returned after awakening from his comatose state following the incident at the Lake of Rage). Working through Silver, Lance tried to help defeat the Masked Man. After this was fulfilled, Lance is briefly seen flying on his Aerodactyl watching the horizon during part of Oak's speech on the radio.

The recently started HeartGold & SoulSilver arc heavily centers around Lance, or his disappearance, rather, which both Gold and Silver are assigned to investigate on.

Pokémon

This listing is for Lance's Pokémon in the Pokémon Adventures manga:

On hand

Dratini → Dragonair → Dragonite

Debut	Extricated from Exeggutor

Main article: Lance's Dragonite

Dragonite was raised as a Dragonair that evolved from a Dratini, which he owned since childhood. It is considered to be Lance's strongest Pokémon, and boasts a hide so thick that it can withstand continued exposure to the heat of lava (and regular attacks are all ineffective).

Magikarp → Gyarados

Debut	Extricated from Exeggutor

Gyarados was used to shield Lance from the lava on Mt. Cerise using its bubbles. It evolved from a Magikarp.

Gyarados's known moves are BubbleBeam and Hyper Beam.

Dragonair (x4)

Debut	Breath of the Dragonair Part 1

These Dragonair are Lance's mainly-used ones in his Dragonair army. One of them first appeared in a Surfing Contest as a prize. During the contest, Lance brainwashes the Dragonair and it starts launching Whirlpools at the surfers, bringing them down to the sea. Yellow finds out that Lance was responsible for this and battles his Dragonair and loses. Lance used two of his Dragonair to shield himself from the lava at Mt. Cerise by using bubbles. Yellow is once again in his clutches as they, along with Gyarados were responsible for the shaking of the mountain. The four Dragonair each serve a purpose: the first is used to cross the seas and skies, the second changes the direction of energy blasts, the third is used to control the weather (which is used in Lance's first fight against Yellow), and the fourth is used to combine its attack and fight the opponents. Lance usually uses only the first two when fighting opponents, the third against stronger ones, and all four only a very few times.

Dragonair's known moves are Agility, Wrap, Surf, Whirlpool, BubbleBeam, Slam, and Hyper Beam.

Aerodactyl

Debut	Can't Catch Caterpie!

Lance's Aerodactyl is mostly used for air transportation. During the battle against Yellow, one of her Pokémon evolved when she battled the fossilized creature resembling a Dragon.

Aerodactyl's known moves are Fly, Hyper Beam, Supersonic, and Wing Attack.

Dragonair (multiple)

Debut	Bang the Drum, Slowbro

These Dragonair are Lance's Dragon army that are used to attack the mainlands of Kanto. They are first seen attacking Cinnabar Gym while Miles and Evan are inside.

Dragonair's only known move is Hyper Beam.

Pupitar → Tyranitar

Debut	Tyranitar War

Lance loaned his Tyranitar to Silver when it was a Pupitar. Tyranitar made its first official appearance when it was battling Gold and easily defeating Gold's entire team until it got subdued by Togebo's Double-Edge. After battling Lugia at the Whirl Islands, Tyranitar was returned to Lance as Silver was not able to fully control it.

Tyranitar's only known move is Sandstorm, and it has a Quirky nature.

Horsea

Debut	The Last Battle II

Horsea was seen in a flashback of Lance's and Clair's childhood.

Released

Lugia

Debut	The Might of... Metapod?!

Lance summoned Lugia to complete his plans of creating a utopia for Pokémon where humans that abuse Pokémon or destroy their habitats would be no more. However, this plan did not work as Lance was eventually beaten, and the Badge Amplifier energy Lugia had absorbed transferred to the soils of mainland Kanto, where it would spread life instead of bringing about death. As a result, it fled from Lance.

It was seen again in the Whirl Islands where it was on a rampage after being controlled by the Masked Man, who caught it just as Gold, Silver, and Crystal were about to. Using its Aeroblast with Ho-Oh's Sacred Fire to demolish the league, the two remained nearly unstoppable until Suicune, Entei, and Raikou appeared alongside their new Trainers to fight the villain and free them. Eventually, after much turmoil, Lugia once again fled along with Ho-Oh.

Lugia's known moves are Whirlpool, Psychic, Fly, and Aeroblast.

In the Pokémon Pocket Monsters manga

Lance appears in PM036 as a regular Elite Four member. He becomes champion when Isamu challenged the Elite Four after he defeated the Johto gym leaders.

Pokémon

Gyarados

Debut	PM036

Gyarados is Lance's first known Pokémon.

Aerodactyl

Debut	PM036

Aerodactyl is Lance's second known Pokémon.

Dragonite

Debut	PM036

Main article: Lance's Dragonite

Dragonite is Lance's toughest Pokémon. It went on a rampage sometime after Isamu finished the Pokémon League.

In the Pokémon Zensho manga

Lance in Pokémon Zensho

Lance appeared in Indigo Plateau as the final Elite Four member whom Satoshi battled. Lance used his Dragonite, which was eventually defeated by Satoshi's Charizard, making Satoshi the Pokémon Champion and allowing him to face his rival, Shigeru.

Pokémon

Dragonite

Debut	Indigo Plateau

Main article: Lance's Dragonite

Dragonite was used by Lance during his battle with Satoshi, but it ultimately fell for Charizard's Flamethrower.

In the TCG

This listing is of cards mentioning or featuring Lance or his Pokémon in the Pokémon Trading Card Game.

Lance's Pokémon Cards listed with a blue background are only legal to use in the current Expanded format. Cards listed with a green background are legal to use in both the current Standard and Expanded formats.
Card	Type	English Expansion	Rarity	#	Japanese Expansion	Rarity	#
Lance's Charizard					Pokémon VS		097/141
Lance's Gyarados					Pokémon VS		098/141
Lance's Aerodactyl					Pokémon VS		099/141
Lance's Dragonite					Pokémon VS		100/141
Lance's Ampharos					Pokémon VS		101/141
Lance's Kingdra					Pokémon VS		102/141
Other related cards
Card	Type	English Expansion	Rarity	#	Japanese Expansion	Rarity	#
Lance's TM 01	T [TM]				Pokémon VS		128/141
Lance's TM 02	T [TM]				Pokémon VS		129/141

Trivia

File:Lance Dragonite Barrier Generation I.png

Lance's Dragonite using Barrier in Pokémon Red and Blue

• In the games, Lance is depicted as being from Blackthorn City, but the Pokémon Adventures manga depicts Lance as being from Viridian Forest (albeit of Blackthorn descent).
• Lance has battles with two illegal Pokémon: the Dragonite that knows Barrier that he uses in Red and Blue and the Aerodactyl that knows Rock Slide that he uses in Gold, Silver, and Crystal.
• Starting in Pokémon Yellow, Lance has red hair, while a card depicting him in Monopoly: Pokémon Edition shows artwork of him with purple hair. This is probably due to the fact that the board game was made before Yellow was released.
• Though his type theme is Dragon Pokémon, in Generation II, only three of his Pokémon are actually of the Dragon type; all of them Dragonite. All six of his Pokémon have Flying as their secondary type.
  • Additionally, the non-Dragon-type Pokémon used by Lance in the main series (Gyarados, Aerodactyl and Charizard) are all part Flying-type, as well as partially or fully resembling dragons.
• Lance is the only member of the Johto Elite Four who, on the second time through, still does not have a team of only his type, with Charizard and Gyarados not being Dragon-types.
  • Additionally, both of them are part Flying-type Pokémon.

Lance disguised as a Team Magma Grunt

• In the anime, Lance disguised himself as a member of a villainous team twice, as a Team Rocket Grunt in Talkin' Bout an Evolution, and later as a Team Magma Grunt in Gaining Groudon.
• Lance is the only Trainer the player can battle with in a double battle (Team Rocket HQ), against in a double battle (Dragon's Den), and against in a single battle (as Champion) so far. Furthermore, the Tag Battle with him against Ariana and a Grunt can be seen parallel to the Tag Battle the player has with Steven Stone in Pokémon Emerald against Maxie and Tabitha.
• Despite taking place three years later, Lance's Pokémon are at a lower level in Generation II than they were in Generation I. The same thing occurs with Bruno.
• Lance appears as an opponent in Pokémon Puzzle Challenge. He uses a Dragonite in battle.
• From Generations I to III, all of his Pokémon know Hyper Beam. This was no longer the case in Generation IV, possibly because Hyper Beam was changed to a special move.
• Lance, Koga, Bruno and Caitlin are the only Elite Four members who have appeared in more than one generation (excluding remakes).
  • Lance is the only member of the Elite Four who has appeared in all generations; he has appeared in Generations I & III as a member of the Elite Four, and in Generations II, IV, and V as a Champion.
• Excluding remakes, Lance is the only Champion that was introduced in a previous generation, and the only Champion to use only Pokémon introduced in a previous generation.
• Lance's Gyarados, Charizard and Dragonite can appear to level down, if the player decides to battle him and Clair in Dragon's Den before collecting all 16 Badges and the Elite Four upgrading their teams in HeartGold and SoulSilver, as they are level 68 - 75 in the Tag Battle and are level 48 - 50 when re-challenged at the Indigo League.
• In HeartGold and SoulSilver, in the Mahogany Town souvenir store, Lance commands his Dragonite to use Hyper Beam, yet the attack Dragonite uses more closely resembles Giga Impact.
• In the manga, Lance and the Elite Four's motivations are similar to the plans of N and Team Plasma. Both pretend to summon a legendary Pokémon (Lugia or Reshiram and Zekrom respectively) in order to create an utopia for Pokémon.
• In Generation IV, all of his Pokémon except Aerodactyl suffer double weakness. Salamence, Altaria, Garchomp, and Dragonite suffer double weakness against Ice type, Gyarados for Electric type, and Charizard with Rock type.

Names

Language	Name	Origin
Japanese	ワタル (Wataru)	綿 wata, cotton. 渡る Wataru means crossing.
English, Italian, Spanish	Lance	Possibly from a lance, used by knights, who fought dragons in legends and fairy tales.
French	Peter	Could be derived from petard, a medieval weapon.
German	Siegfried	Reference to a Nordic hero that killed a dragon called Fafnir.
Korean	목호 Mokho
Chinese (Taiwan)	渡 Dù (anime) 小渡 Xiǎo Dù (manga)	From 渡る Wataru.
Chinese (PRC)	渡 (Dù)	From 渡る Wataru.

Indigo League
Generations I, III, and VII
Elite Four Lorelei	Elite Four Bruno	Elite Four Agatha	Elite Four Lance	Champion Blue Trace
Generations II and IV
Elite Four Will	Elite Four Koga	Elite Four Bruno	Elite Four Karen	Champion Lance

Lance's Pokémon
On hand:	Dragonite	Gyarados	Hydreigon
Adventures only:	Dragonair (×4)	Aerodactyl	Tyranitar	Horsea	Lugia
Jō's Big Adventure only:	Charizard

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