Hobbes

Hobbes ジェイムズ James
Hobbes
Gender	Male
Eye color	Black
Hair color	Gray
Hometown	Unknown
Region	Alola
Anime debut	Lillie's Egg-xhilarating Challenge!
English voice actor	Ben Phillips
Japanese voice actor	Shinya Fukumatsu

Hobbes (Japanese: ジェイムズ James) is a recurring character in the Pokémon anime. He is a butler to Lillie and her family at their mansion in Hau'oli City. He first appeared in Lillie's Egg-xhilarating Challenge!.

History

Hobbes made his debut appearance in Lillie's Egg-xhilarating Challenge!, in which he was shown welcoming Lillie at her mansion. He later had a battle with Ash, using his Pom-Pom Style Oricorio against Ash's Rowlet. He also helped to fight off a wild Salandit that had entered Lillie's room.

Hobbes reappeared in Alolan Open House!, in which he visited the Pokémon School as part of the Visiting Day.

Hobbes appeared again in A Glaring Rivalry! when he and Lillie arrived at where Gladion was. He asked him to spend some time at the mansion but Gladion left. He later explained to Ash that in the past, he was cleaning at the Mansion when Gladion came to him having found an injured Eevee and was asked to help it. Hobbes said he took the Eevee to Nurse Joy.

Hobbes reappeared in The Ol' Raise and Switch!, where he had a battle with Lillie to help her get over her fear of touching Pikachu.

Hobbes appeared during a flashback in A Masked Warning! and appeared again in Night of a Thousand Poses!, Faba's Revenge! and Family Determination!. In The Professors' New Adventure!, he attended the wedding of Professor Kukui and Professor Burnet.

Hobbes appeared in The Dex Can't Help It!, where he helped protect Lillie from Rotom Pokédex when it took on the form of a Mow Rotom.

Hobbes made a small appearance in SM078 in the Poké Problem segment, watching Lillie practice her Poké Ball throwing.

Hobbes briefly appeared in SM081, watching the Battle Royal along with Lillie.

Character

Hobbes is a loyal butler, happily serving Lillie and her family as well as her friends who visit. Lillie has stated he is the best battler among the staff which is evident in Lillie's Egg-xhilarating Challenge! and The Ol' Raise and Switch! when he battled Ash and Lillie. He is shown as supportive of Lillie over her fears of touching Pokémon as evident in Lillie's Egg-xhilarating Challenge! when he asked that Pikachu remained outside before apologizing when Lillie said it was OK.

Pokémon

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

Oricorio

Debut	Lillie's Egg-xhilarating Challenge!
Voice actors
Japanese
English	Erica Schroeder

Oricorio is Hobbes's only known Pokémon. It was used in Lillie's Egg-xhilarating Challenge!, where it battled against Ash's Rowlet and won. It was later used to fight off a wild Salandit who was causing trouble for Lillie.

Oricorio was later used in a battle against Ash's Pikachu, which was under Lillie's command in The Ol' Raise and Switch!. During the battle, Lillie was able to conquer her fear of touching Pikachu and win.

Oricorio reappeared in The Dex Can't Help It!, where Hobbes sent it out to protect Lillie from Rotom Pokédex.

Oricorio's known moves are Revelation Dance, Mirror Move, Teeter Dance, and Double Slap.
Oricorio has also used Tackle* via Mirror Move.

Voice actors

Language Voice actor Japanese ふくまつ進紗 Shinya Fukumatsu English Ben Phillips Finnish Arto Nieminen (SM008-SM027) Markus Bäckman (SM030-present) Italian Federico Danti Polish Sławomir Grzymkowski (SM024, SM027, SM030) Brazilian Portuguese Élcio Romar (SM008) Hélio Ribeiro (SM024-present) European Spanish Julián Rodríguez

Trivia

• CITV closed captions incorrectly refer to Hobbes as Hobbs.

Names

Language	Name	Origin
Japanese	ジェイムズ James
English, German, Spanish	Hobbes
French	Hector
Italian	Ambrogio	From Ambrogio, a renowned butler from a chocolate ad.
Korean	제임스 James	Transliteration of Japanese name.
Chinese (Mandarin)	詹姆斯 Zhānmǔsī	Transliteration of Japanese name.
Chinese (Cantonese)	詹姆斯 Jīmmóuhsī	Mandarin-based transliteration of Japanese name.
Brazilian Portuguese	Pedro

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