Trip
| Trip シューティー Shooty | |
 Trip | |
| Gender | Male |
|---|---|
| Eye color | Pale gray |
| Hair color | Dirty blond |
| Hometown | Nuvema Town |
| Region | Unova |
| Anime debut | In The Shadow of Zekrom! |
| English voice actor | Jamie McGonnigal |
| Japanese voice actor | Akeno Watanabe |
Trip (Japanese: シューティー Shooty) is a Pokémon Trainer from the Unova region and a rival of Ash.
History
Trip was introduced in In The Shadow of Zekrom! as a beginning Trainer ready to choose his first Pokémon. After meeting with Professor Juniper, he chose Snivy as his new partner. Shortly after obtaining it, he challenged Ash Ketchum to a Pokémon battle. He had much interest in battling Pikachu, a species that is foreign in his region. Because Pikachu could not use any Electric attacks, Trip easily defeated Ash.
Trip appeared again at a Battle Club in A Rival Battle for Club Champ!, where he and Ash had a 5-on-5 battle. He offered to have a full battle with Ash, which means that he has access to at least 6 Pokémon. His Tranquill defeated Ash's Oshawott and Tepig in just two hits with its Super Luck-boosted Aerial Ace, but lost to Ash's Pikachu. Pikachu was defeated by Servine again. Ash's Snivy defeated Trip's Servine by using Attract. Trip's Frillish later defeated Pidove and Snivy, causing Ash to lose the battle. Afterwards, Trip called Ash's Pikachu and Snivy "okay", but called the rest of Ash's team a joke.
Trip reappeared in BW022. He was training in Castelia City when a swarm of Venipede suddenly started to attack. He used his Lampent to try and fight them off. Ash yelled at him for doing so saying that it was only making things worse. Trip insults him but is interrupted by Burgh who agrees with Ash. Later, Trip goes after the leader of the Venipede swarm and orders Lampent to hit it with Shadow Ball which Ash blocks. Again, Burgh tells him that he is going about it the wrong way and he stops. Trip then uses Tranquill to help coax out the remaining Venipede and lead them safely out of the city.
Trip will appear again in BW034, along with his Vanillite and Timburr.
Character
Trip is a Pokémon photographer, in which he takes photos of Pokémon and places with a green digital camera. He also has an Xtransceiver so that he can keep in touch with the Battle Clubs. Overall, he is a well-reserved individual who tends to keep his feelings to himself. His strategy is all about planning ahead and completing the basics of Pokémon Training.
Trip tends to think very little of the Kanto region, which he refers to as "the boonies", and anyone from there. He thinks of Ash as a hillbilly who needs to go back to the basics of Pokémon Training.
Despite having just started out as a Trainer, Trip already implements many strategies in his battling. He has defeated Ash both times that they have battled, despite Ash being a much more experienced Trainer.
Pokémon
This listing is of Trip's known Pokémon in the anime:
| Debut | In The Shadow of Zekrom! |
|---|---|
| Voice actors | |
| Japanese | Kiyotaka Furushima |
| English | Jason Griffith |
- Main article: Trip's Servine
Servine is Trip's starter Pokémon, given to him by Professor Juniper when he was a Snivy. He was used to battle Ash in The Shadow of Zekrom!.
He was revealed to have evolved into a Servine before Triple Leaders, Team Threats!. This was revealed to Ash in A Rival Battle for Club Champ!.
| Debut | A Rival Battle for Club Champ! |
|---|---|
| Voice actors | |
| Japanese | Unshō Ishizuka |
Tranquill is the second Pokémon that Trip was revealed to have. It first appeared in A Rival Battle for Club Champ! where Trip used it to battle Ash's Oshawott, Tepig and Pikachu. It was shown to be powerful, as its Super Luck ability allowed it to take down both Oshawott and Tepig with two hits. It defeated the former two, before losing to Pikachu.
It was later used in BW022 to rescue Ash's Pidove from a Venipede's Sludge Bomb attack and help round up the other Centipede Pokémon.
Tranquill's known moves are Aerial Ace, Double Team, Work Up and Air Cutter and its ability is Super Luck.
| Debut | A Rival Battle for Club Champ! |
|---|---|
| Voice actors | |
| Japanese | Misato Fukuen |
| English | Kayzie Rogers |
Frillish is the third Pokémon that Trip was revealed to have. He first appeared in A Rival Battle for Club Champ! where Trip used him to battle Ash's Snivy and Pidove. He defeated Pidove, and also Snivy after a long battle, where he was able to take advantage of Cursed Body due to Snivy's constant use of physical attacks.
Frillish's known moves are Protect, Water Pulse, Night Shade and Hex, and his ability is Cursed Body.
| Debut | BW022 |
|---|---|
| Voice actors | |
| Japanese | Shin'ichirō Miki |
Lampent is the fourth Pokémon that Trip was revealed to have. It first appeared in BW022 where Trip used it to battle wild Venipede in Castelia City.
Lampent's known moves are Flamethrower and Shadow Ball.
Trip has access to at least another 2 Pokémon, because he offered to have a full battle with Ash.
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Badges obtained
This listing is of the badges Trip has obtained:
- Trio Badge (prior to Triple Leaders, Team Threats!)
- Unknown Badge (prior to A Rival Battle for Club Champ!)
Voice actors
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Trivia
- Trip is Ash's third rival whose Japanese name starts with the kana シ shi, the other two being "Shigeru" and "Shinji" respectively.
- Notably "Shū", the Japanese name of May's rival Drew, also starts with this same letter. This makes Trip the fourth major rival in the anime who's name starts with a シ or a variation of it.
- Similar to Gary and Paul, Ash's rivals in his previous journeys, Trip's name only has four letters.
- They also weren't nice to Ash at one point or another.
- Trip owns a member from each of the only two Pokémon families in Generation V that have gender differences.
- Both Barry and Trip have the same voice actor: Jamie McGonnigal, who are also both rivals of Ash and have a shade of blond hair.
Names
| Language | Name | Origin |
|---|---|---|
| Japanese | シューティー Shooty | From the English word, shoot, as in "photo shoot". |
| English | Trip | Possibly from "Tripod". |
| French | Nico | Possibly from Nikon, a brand producing cameras. |
| German | Diaz | Possibly from diapositive. |
| Italian | Diago | Possibly from diapositive. |
| Korean | 슈티 Syuti | Transliteration of his Japanese name. |
| Chinese (Mandarin) | 修帝 Xiūdì | Transliteration of his Japanese name. |
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