Tad
Tad (Japanese: ヒデ Hide) is a character of the day who appeared in Charizard Chills.
Tad is a confident Trainer, and prior to Charizard Chills he had competed against Trovita Gym's Rudy and won his local town's most powerful Pokémon competition. In battle, he uses the element of surprise and is not concerned with type matchups.
Ash and his friends met Tad after he almost ran them over with his boat, causing Misty to yell at him. Tad apologized and instantly recognized Ash, following Trovita Island Gym Leader Rudy's comments on his strength. At Tad's request, he and Ash competed in a two-on-two battle. Tad sent out his Poliwrath, and managed to defeat both Ash's Pikachu and Charizard, because Charizard refused to listen to Ash. He then told Ash that he would accept a rematch with him when he learned how to train his Charizard.
The next day, Pikachu was stolen by Team Rocket. With Charizard now trusting him after the lengths he had gone to while trying to help him, Ash successfully rescued Pikachu. Tad, seeing what happened, asked Ash if he was ready for the rematch. Ash accepted, and was able to defeat Tad's Poliwrath with Charizard, thanks to knocking Poliwrath off its feet and subsequently used its trademark Seismic Toss attack.
Tad told Ash that he hoped to meet him in the Orange League, but he has not been seen since. However, he made a cameo appearance in a flashback in The Fires of a Red-Hot Reunion!, when Ash remembered the time he battled Tad with his Charizard.
Pokémon
This listing is of Tad's known Pokémon:
| Debut | Charizard Chills |
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| Voice actors | |
| Japanese | Unsho Ishizuka |
| English | Eric Stuart |
As a sign of its strength, Poliwrath proudly wears its golden championship belt that it won in a local competition. Tad sent out his Poliwrath against Ash's Pikachu. Despite the type advantage, Pikachu ended up losing, with Tad's Poliwrath using Double Team to exhaust Pikachu electricity by attacking with Poliwrath's physical attacks. Hypnosis followed by Water Gun led to Pikachu's defeat. Ash then proceeded to sent out his Charizard, but Charizard refused to listen to Ash's orders, and kept using Flamethrower against the Water-type Pokémon. The battle ended when Tad had his Poliwrath freeze Charizard with Ice Beam.
The next day it had a rematch against Ash's now controlled Charizard, who finally knocked Poliwrath out with its Seismic Toss.
It reappeared in a flashback in The Fires of a Red-Hot Reunion!, when Ash remembered the time when Charizard battled Poliwrath and got frozen, and also when Charizard had a rematch.
Poliwrath's known moves are Double Team, Hypnosis, Water Gun, Ice Beam, Mega Kick, and Body Slam*.
Tad also has at least one other Pokémon, as he had intended to use a total of two Pokémon against Ash. However, as Poliwrath had defeated both Pikachu and Charizard, this second Pokémon was never seen.
Voice actors
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Trivia
- Tad's English name is a reference to his Pokémon, Poliwrath, who is referred to by the Pokédex as a "'Tadpole Pokémon."
- Tad has a striking resemblance to Tracey Sketchit. Also, both of their dub names begin with a T and both wear headbands.
- In a scene of the episode Tad appears in, Tracey's headband is colored green like Tad's, though his is usually pink.
- The belt that Tad's Poliwrath is wearing greatly resembles to the P1 Grand Prix's belt that Ash's Primeape wears at the end of The Punchy Pokémon. It is very possible that Tad is born, or lives in the city where the P1 Grand Prix takes place, as he mentions it himself.
- Tad mentions that he hopes to compete against Ash in the Orange League, but it was later shown that the Orange League does not involve a championship competition like the Indigo League. This may be a dub error.
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