Mars

Mars マーズ Mars
File:Mars DPPt.png Art from Pokémon Diamond and Pearl
Gender	Female
Hometown	Unknown
Region	Sinnoh
Trainer class	Commander
Generation	IV
Games	Diamond, Pearl, and Platinum
Member of	Team Galactic
Rank	Commander
Anime debut	Losing Its Lustrous!
English voice actor	Lisa Ortiz
Japanese voice actor	Rie Tanaka

Mars (Japanese: マーズ Mars) is one of Team Galactic's four Commanders in Pokémon Diamond, Pearl, and Platinum.

In the games

She is first seen leading the efforts of Team Galactic to control the Valley Windworks near Route 205. Mars is then seen at Lake Verity. She makes her final appearance (along with Jupiter) atop the Spear Pillar, in an attempt to slow down the player so Cyrus can awaken the legendary Pokémon, but as the player battles her and Jupiter, the rival assists him/her. In Pokémon Platinum she and Jupiter quit Team Galactic because Charon has different ideals from former boss Cyrus. It is also shown that Mars and Jupiter have a mutual dislike of each other. Mars mentions that she'll be going off to the Distortion World to find Cyrus after quitting the team.

Pokémon

Pokémon Diamond and Pearl

First battle

File:SpriteMars.png [[Commander (Trainer class)|Commander]] Mars [[Valley Windworks|Valley Windworks]] Diamond and Pearl [[Commander (Trainer class)|Commander]] and Professor Mars Oak [[Valley Windworks|Valley Windworks]] Diamond and Pearl Reward: $1280

Types: Poison Flying Ability: Inner Focus Held item: None Zubat♀ Lv.14 Bite Dark Physical   --       Leech Life Bug Physical   --       Toxic Poison Status   --       Unknown Unknown   --       Types: Normal Unknown Ability: Thick Fat Held item: Oran Berry Purugly♀ Lv.16 Fake Out Normal Physical   --       Scratch Normal Physical   --       Faint Attack Dark Physical   --       Unknown Unknown   --

Second battle

File:SpriteMars.png [[Commander (Trainer class)|Commander]] Mars [[Lake Verity|Lake Verity]] Diamond and Pearl [[Commander (Trainer class)|Commander]] and Professor Mars Oak [[Lake Verity|Lake Verity]] Diamond and Pearl Reward: $3120

Types: Poison Flying Ability: Inner Focus Held item: None Golbat♀ Lv.37 Air Cutter Flying Special   --       Supersonic Normal Status   --       Bite Dark Physical   --       Toxic Poison Status   --       Types: Steel Psychic Ability: Levitate Held item: None Bronzor Lv.37 Iron Defense Steel Status   --       Gyro Ball Steel Physical   --       Confuse Ray Ghost Status   --       Extrasensory Psychic Special   --       Types: Normal Unknown Ability: Thick Fat Held item: Sitrus Berry Purugly♀ Lv.39 Fake Out Normal Physical   --       Slash Normal Physical   --       Faint Attack Dark Physical   --       Hypnosis Psychic Status   --

Third battle (tag battle with Jupiter)

File:SpriteMars.png [[Commander (Trainer class)|Commander]] Mars [[Spear Pillar|Spear Pillar]] Diamond and Pearl [[Commander (Trainer class)|Commander]] and [[Commander (Trainer class)|Commander]] Mars Jupiter [[Spear Pillar|Spear Pillar]] Diamond and Pearl File:SpriteJupiter.png Reward: $????

Types: Steel Psychic Ability: Levitate Held item: None Bronzor Lv.40 Light Screen Psychic Status   --       Gyro Ball Steel Physical   --       Confuse Ray Ghost Status   --       Extrasensory Psychic Special   --       Types: Poison Flying Ability: Inner Focus Held item: None Golbat♀ Lv.42 Air Cutter Flying Special   --       Confuse Ray Ghost Status   --       Bite Dark Physical   --       Poison Fang Poison Physical   --       Types: Normal Unknown Ability: Thick Fat Held item: Sitrus Berry Purugly♀ Lv.45 Shadow Claw Ghost Physical   --       Slash Normal Physical   --       Aerial Ace Flying Physical   --       Hypnosis Psychic Status   --       Types: Steel Psychic Ability: Levitate Held item: None Bronzor Lv.41 Rock Slide Rock Physical   --       Reflect Psychic Status   --       Confuse Ray Ghost Status   --       Extrasensory Psychic Special   --       Types: Poison Flying Ability: Inner Focus Held item: None Golbat♀ Lv.41 Air Cutter Flying Special   --       Sludge Bomb Poison Special   --       Mean Look Normal Status   --       Poison Fang Poison Physical   --       Types: Poison Dark Ability: Stench Held item: Sitrus Berry Skuntank♀ Lv.46 Poison Jab Poison Physical   --       Flamethrower Fire Special   --       Night Slash Dark Physical   --       SmokeScreen Normal Status   --

Pokémon Platinum

First battle

File:SpriteMars.png [[Commander (Trainer class)|Commander]] Mars [[Valley Windworks|Valley Windworks]] Platinum [[Commander (Trainer class)|Commander]] and Professor Mars Oak [[Valley Windworks|Valley Windworks]] Platinum Reward: $1360

Types: Poison Flying Ability: Inner Focus Held item: None Zubat♀ Lv.15 Bite Dark Physical   --       Leech Life Bug Physical   --       Toxic Poison Status   --       Unknown Unknown   --       Types: Normal Unknown Ability: Thick Fat Held item: Oran Berry Purugly♀ Lv.17 Fake Out Normal Physical   --       Scratch Normal Physical   --       Faint Attack Dark Physical   --       Unknown Unknown   --

Second battle

File:SpriteMars.png [[Commander (Trainer class)|Commander]] Mars [[Lake Verity|Lake Verity]] Platinum [[Commander (Trainer class)|Commander]] and Professor Mars Oak [[Lake Verity|Lake Verity]] Platinum Reward: $3120

Types: Poison Flying Ability: Inner Focus Held item: None Golbat♀ Lv.38 Air Cutter Flying Special   --       Supersonic Normal Status   --       Bite Dark Physical   --       Toxic Poison Status   --       Types: Steel Psychic Ability: Levitate Held item: None Bronzor Lv.38 Iron Defense Steel Status   --       Gyro Ball Steel Physical   --       Confuse Ray Ghost Status   --       Extrasensory Psychic Special   --       Types: Normal Unknown Ability: Thick Fat Held item: Sitrus Berry Purugly♀ Lv.40 Fake Out Normal Physical   --       Slash Normal Physical   --       Faint Attack Dark Physical   --       Hypnosis Psychic Status   --

Third battle (tag battle with Jupiter)

File:SpriteMars.png [[Commander (Trainer class)|Commander]] Mars [[Spear Pillar|Spear Pillar]] Platinum [[Commander (Trainer class)|Commander]] and [[Commander (Trainer class)|Commander]] Mars Jupiter [[Spear Pillar|Spear Pillar]] Platinum File:SpriteJupiter.png Reward: $????

Types: Steel Psychic Ability: Levitate Held item: None Bronzor Lv.44 Light Screen Psychic Status   --       Gyro Ball Steel Physical   --       Confuse Ray Ghost Status   --       Extrasensory Psychic Special   --       Types: Poison Flying Ability: Inner Focus Held item: None Golbat♀ Lv.44 Air Cutter Flying Special   --       Confuse Ray Ghost Status   --       Bite Dark Physical   --       Poison Fang Poison Physical   --       Types: Normal Unknown Ability: Thick Fat Held item: Sitrus Berry Purugly♀ Lv.46 Shadow Claw Ghost Physical   --       Slash Normal Physical   --       Aerial Ace Flying Physical   --       Hypnosis Psychic Status   --       Types: Steel Psychic Ability: Levitate Held item: None Bronzor Lv.44 Rock Slide Rock Physical   --       Reflect Psychic Status   --       Confuse Ray Ghost Status   --       Extrasensory Psychic Special   --       Types: Poison Flying Ability: Inner Focus Held item: None Golbat♀ Lv.44 Air Cutter Flying Special   --       Sludge Bomb Poison Special   --       Mean Look Normal Status   --       Poison Fang Poison Physical   --       Types: Poison Dark Ability: Stench Held item: Sitrus Berry Skuntank♀ Lv.46 Poison Jab Poison Physical   --       Flamethrower Fire Special   --       Night Slash Dark Physical   --       SmokeScreen Normal Status   --

Final battle

File:SpriteMars.png [[Commander (Trainer class)|Commander]] Mars [[Stark Mountain|Stark Mountain]] Platinum [[Commander (Trainer class)|Commander]] and Professor Mars Oak [[Stark Mountain|Stark Mountain]] Platinum Reward: $4800

Types: Poison Flying Ability: Inner Focus Held item: None Golbat♀ Lv.58 Air Cutter Flying Special   --       Confuse Ray Ghost Status   --       Bite Dark Physical   --       Poison Fang Poison Physical   --       Types: Steel Psychic Ability: Levitate Held item: None Bronzong Lv.58 Light Screen Psychic Status   --       Gyro Ball Steel Physical   --       Confuse Ray Ghost Status   --       Extrasensory Psychic Special   --       Types: Normal Unknown Ability: Thick Fat Held item: Sitrus Berry Purugly♀ Lv.60 Shadow Claw Ghost Physical   --       Slash Normal Physical   --       Aerial Ace Flying Physical   --       Hypnosis Psychic Status   --

Quotes

Diamond and Pearl

Valley Windworks

• Before battle:

“I’m one of Team Galactic’s three Commanders. We’ve been trying to create a new world that’s better than this one... But people have shown little understanding about what we do. You don’t understand either, do you? It’s a little saddening... So, let’s have a battle to decide what we should do next. If I win, you leave. If you win, we, Team Galactic, will leave!”

• In battle, after her Pokémon takes damage:

“What do you think you’re doing to my Pokémon?!”

• When defeated:

“This can’t be?! I lost?! You... you uppity brat!”

• After battle:

“Oops! I messed that one up! That’s all right, though. I quite enjoyed our battle. I guess it’s time to say good-bye and leave for the time being!”

Platinum

Spear Pillar

• Before battle:

“Where do you think you’re going? I won’t let you disturb our boss. If you’re not going to listen, you’ll have to go through me first. After all, you’ve made me look bad more times than I care to remember!”

• When defeated:

“Sheesh... I should have done the fighting myself.”

• After battle:

“M-Master Cyrus?! Where did he go?!”

Stark Mountain

• Before battle:

“Hey! You! Tell us where Master Cyrus went. Where were you after you disappeared at the Spear Pillar?”

“Huh? The Distortion World!? Where Giratina was? You’re not making any sense! Don’t play that card with me!”

“Fine! You don’t want to talk? I’ll bash you and make you talk!”

• When defeated:

“What’s with you?! Do you have a vendetta against me?!”

• After battle:

“My Pokémon let me down again! How am I supposed to get information about our missing Master Cyrus?”

• After Jupiter’s battle:

“OK! That’s it for me! I’m going to look for Master Cyrus. The Distortion World, was it called? I should go there, right? I’m quits with Team Galactic. Jupiter, you can deal with it!”

“There you have it. We’re going back to being ordinary girls. You can mop up whichever way you want.”

In the anime

File:Mars Anime.png

Mars in the anime

Mars made her debut appearance in Losing Its Lustrous!. She, along with Saturn attempted to steal the Lustrous Orb from the Celestic Town museum. She also appeared in Double Team Turnover! where she informed Cyrus that the Red Chain project is nearing completion.

Mars appeared again in Steeling Peace of Mind! along with her Purugly. She had brought the Spear Key to Iron Island where she activated the ruins in the island to find the exact location of the Spear Pillar in Mt. Coronet. After failing to complete the task in Saving the World From Ruins!, she attempted to blow up the island on Cyrus's orders but she failed due to Riley and his Lucario.

She later appeared in The Needs of the Three! and The Battle Finale of Legend!. After the disappearance of Cyrus, she became distraught and even tried following him, but was stopped by Saturn. The duo, along with Jupiter, were later arrested.

Pokémon

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

Purugly

Debut	Losing Its Lustrous!

Purugly's first appearance was alongside Mars in Losing Its Lustrous! as she was destroying the Celestic Ruins to create a distraction so that Saturn could steal the Lustrous Orb. Purugly made a more significant appearance in the next episode where it battled Ash, Dawn and Cynthia for the Orb and proved itself to be very powerful.

Purugly was once again by Mars' side during her operation on Iron Island to scan Mt. Coronet for the location of Spear Pillar in Steeling Peace of Mind! and Saving the World From Ruins! and proved itself just as powerful in battle by defeating Meowth.

It was used in The Needs of the Three! to help capture Mesprit and Uxie. Later it was used The Battle Finale of Legend! to ward off Ash and his friends where it was defeated by Pikachu.

Purugly's known moves are Shadow Ball, Body Slam, Iron Tail and Fury Swipes.

Bronzor

Mars's Bronzor

Debut	Double Team Turnover!

Bronzor made a brief appearance in Double Team Turnover! when it assisted Mars in her attempt to retrieve the Lustrous Orb from Team Rocket before it was knocked out by Staravia, Piplup and Garchomp.

Bronzor's only known move is Hypnosis.

Voice actors

Language Voice actor Japanese 田中理恵 Rie Tanaka English Lisa Ortiz Polish Monika Wierzbicka Spanish Latin America Leyla Rangel (DP096, DP097) Angélica Villa (DP110-present) Spain Olga Velasco

In the manga

Pokémon Adventures

File:Mars and Saturn Adventures.png

Mars and her Purugly with Saturn and his Croagunk in the manga

Mars made her first appearance (in silhouette) at the Valley Windworks. She was attempting to steal the power with her Electivire, and succeeded.

Interestingly, in the magazine version of the manga she used a Luxray. It was changed into an Electivire in the book version for unknown reason. One possible reason is that Pearl owns a Luxray, wild at the time.

Pokémon

Mars has these Pokémon:

Purugly	Luxray*	Electivire*
Zubat	Bronzor	Yanmega

Pokémon DP

File:DPA-Mars.jpg

Mars in the Diamond and Pearl Adventure! manga

Mars first appeared in this manga at the Valley Windworks, attempting to steal the energy from the power plant. Hareta and Jun managed to defeat her.

She later reappeared in a special chapter where she attempted and failed to capture a Deoxys. During her battle with it, her Kangaskhan went out of control, requiring the help of Hareta and the Deoxys.

Pokémon

Purugly

Zubat

Kangaskhan

Magnezone

In the TCG

Mars appears on the Team Galactic's Mars card from the Secret Wonders expansion.

Trivia

• Mars's name was changed to Venus in Spanish-language versions of the game, likely due to the fact that Mars is the name of a male Roman god. This also happened to Jupiter.
• At one point in the game, Mars assumes Lucas and Dawn are a couple.
• Mars is the Commander the player will battle the most times in Diamond, Pearl, and Platinum. The player will battle Saturn twice in each game, Jupiter twice in Diamond and Pearl but three times in Platinum, while Mars is battled three times in Diamond and Pearl and four times in Platinum, although it should be noted one of Jupiter and Mars's battles are together in a double battle.

Names

Language	Name	Origin
Japanese	マーズ Mars	From Mars.
English, French, German	Mars	From Mars.
Italian	Martes	From Marte, Mars.
Spanish	Venus	From Venus.
Korean	마스 Mars	From Mars.
Chinese (Taiwan)	夥星 Huǒxīng	Sounds like 火星 Huǒxīng, meaning Mars

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