Crasher Wake

Crasher Wake マキシマム仮面 Maximum Mask
"The Torrential Masked Master!"
[[File:File:Crasher Wake.jpg|{{{size}}}]] Artwork from Diamond/Pearl
Gender	Male
Hometown	Pastoria City
Region	Sinnoh
Trainer class	Gym Leader
Generation	IV
Games	Diamond, Pearl
Leader of	Pastoria Gym
Badge	Fen Badge

Crasher Wake (Japanese: マキシマム仮面 Maximum Mask), referred to in the games as Wake (Japanese: マキシ Maxi) at times, is the Gym Leader of Pastoria City's Gym, known officially as the Pastoria Gym. He hands out the Fen Badge to trainers who defeat him. He specializes in Water-type Pokémon.

In the games

Crasher Wake uses Water-type Pokémon in his battles. Trainers receive the Fen Badge, TM55 (Brine) and are able to use Defog outside of battle. Wake has a jovial, enthusiastic, and bombastic personality. Wake's strategy is nothing more than choosing moves that will make his battles more fun, and encourages everyone not to take battles too seriously, and to remember they're supposed to be fun. Crasher Wake uses the prize money he gets from competitive Pokémon battles to help the unfortunate. Crasher Wake has his Pokémon use Defog to keep the weather of Pastoria City clear.

He laters appears in the Battle Zone, talking to the player's rival, Pearl. The rival also mentions that Wake was born overseas. However, he speaks clearly, without any foreign accent. This may mean he is simply from another region, but this has little evidence.

Quotes

Before battle
"Welcome! I don't get challenged very often! The glory you are now beholding is the Pastoria Gym Leader! That's right, I'm Crasher Wake! My Pokémon were toughened up by stormy white waters! They'll take everything you can throw at them and then pull you under! Victory will be ours! Come on, let's get it done!"

After sending out last Pokémon
"Hey! That there! That was a good move!"

During battle
"This is where it gets exciting!"

When defeated
"Hunwah! It's gone and ended! How will I say... I want more! I wanted to battle a lot more!"

After being defeated
"It seems the undertow pulled me under... But I had a great time battling with you! You've earned this!"

Trivia

• Crasher Wake's use of his prize money to help the disadvantaged is a common cliché in tales of fictional lucha libre, inspired by the real-life Lucha Libre, Fray Tormenta.
• Crasher Wake is the second Gym Leader not to wear a shirt. The first is Chuck.
• Crasher Wake is a Template:Type2 trainer with a pastime involving fighting, in comparison with Brawly, a Template:Type2 trainer with a pastime involving water.
• Crasher Wake is the last Sinnoh Gym Leader to have all the Pokémon he uses know the move from the TM he gives away.

Names

Language	Name	Origin
Japanese	マキシ (Maxi) / マキシマム仮面 (Maximum Mask)	Probably referring to his lucha libre mask.
English	Crasher Wake	Perhaps based off of lucha libre names, as his appearance suggests. Sounds similar to crashing wave. A wake is also the set of triangular waves left by something travelling through water (a boat, etc.).
French	Lovis
German	Wellenbrecher Marinus	Marinus means of the sea in Latin.
Italian	Omar	From mare, sea.
Spanish	Mananti	From manantial, the source of a river.

External links

• Serebii.net Sinnoh Leaders Page

Gym Leaders of the Sinnoh region
Oreburgh Gym Roark	Eterna Gym Gardenia	Veilstone Gym Maylene	Pastoria Gym Crasher Wake
Hearthome Gym Fantina	Canalave Gym Byron	Snowpoint Gym Candice	Sunyshore Gym Volkner