Conway
| Conway コウヘイ Kōhei | |
 Conway | |
| Gender | Male |
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| Eye color | Black |
| Hair color | Midnight green |
| Hometown | Unknown |
| Region | Sinnoh |
| Trainer class | Trainer |
| Anime debut | Tag! We're It! |
| English voice actor | Billy Regan |
| Japanese voice actor | Kōzō Mito |
Conway (Japanese: コウヘイ Kōhei) is a recurring character from the anime. His first appearance was in Tag! We're It! as Dawn's tag-team partner.
Characteristics and history
Conway first appeared from Tag! We're It...! to Smells Like Team Spirit!. He was shown to be a very smart Trainer. His strategies played an important role in helping himself and Dawn to advance to the finals of the Hearthome City Tag Battle Competition.
Conway appeared again in Camping It Up! through One Team, Two Team, Red Team, Blue Team! during a four-episode arc at the Pokémon Summer Academy. During this arc he demonstrated his knowledge about Pokémon as well as an attraction towards Dawn.
He later appeared in An Old Family Blend!, where it was revealed he was also entering the Lily of the Valley Conference. In League Unleashed!, he passed the first round, then in Casting a Paul on Barry! he made it through the second and had his third round opponent revealed to be Ash. He battled Ash and lost in Working on a Right Move! after almost defeating him thanks to his strategies.
He made a cameo appearance during the credits of Zoroark: Master of Illusions.
Conway uses very effective strategies, but doesn't improvise much, something that has led to several losses for him. Examples include using Psychic to redirect an attack, using Protect while another Pokémon attacks, and so on.
Pokémon
This listing is of Conway's known Pokémon:
On hand
| Debut | Tag! We're It...! |
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When Dawn first met Conway, Slowking was with him and Dawn thought both were creepy, but Conway told her that Slowking had taken a liking to her. During their first battle, Conway told Dawn to not worry about defense; their strategy being her Piplup would use offensive moves, while Slowking kept on defending him with attacks like Safeguard. It was later shown to have helped Dawn's Buneary beat Conway and Dawn's semi-final round opponents, in Smells Like Team Spirit!.
It was later seen again in Up Close and Personable!, in the Pokémon Summer Academy where it showed off some impressive moves against Jessie's Yanmega; protecting a Lumineon that he, Ash, and his friends had found. It was seen for the last time in One Team, Two Team, Red Team, Blue Team!; running alongside Conway in the third leg of the triathlon.
Slowking's known moves are Safeguard, Protect, Psychic and Water Pulse.
| Debut | Glory Blaze! |
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Not much is known about Conway's Aggron. It was seen battling a Tauros and a Granbull alongside Dawn's Pachirisu during the Tag Battle Tournament.
None of Aggron's moves are known.
| Debut | Smells Like Team Spirit! |
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Heracross was first seen in Conway and Dawn's Tag Battle against Paul and Ash; alongside Buizel. Heracross, though putting up a great fight, was finally taken down by a direct hit from Chimchar's Flamethrower.
| Debut | Working on a Right Move! |
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| Voice actors | |
| Japanese | Ikue Ohtani |
Shuckle was Conway's first Pokémon in his battle against Ash in the Lily of the Valley Conference. Its offensive and defensive capabilities proved it to be a tough opponent, making Ash switch through his three Pokémon, Noctowl, Donphan and Gible. While its Gyro Ball was able to deal a lot of damage to the first two, Gible was able to stop the attack by biting Shuckle. It was eventually defeated with a Draco Meteor.
Shuckle's known moves are Withdraw, Power Trick, Sludge Bomb and Gyro Ball.
| Debut | Working on a Right Move! |
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Lickilicky was sent out after Shuckle was defeated. It used Lick on Gible, confusing it. Ash had to send back Gible, after Lickilicky attacked it using Power Whip. He sent out Noctowl, which Lickilicky tried to attack with its tongue. It wasn't long enough, and Noctowl was able to dodge its Thunderbolt and defeat it with Extrasensory.
Lickilicky's known moves are Lick, Power Whip and Thunderbolt.
| Debut | Working on a Right Move! |
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Dusknoir was the last Pokémon that Conway used in the Lily of the Valley Conference. It automatically used Trick Room and knocked out Noctowl with ThunderPunch. It was also able to defeat Donphan with a combination of Mean Look and Shadow Punch. However, Gible was able to pin down Dusknoir by biting its hand. It then used Draco Meteor and finished Dusknoir off with Dragon Pulse.
Dusknoir's known moves are Trick Room, ThunderPunch, Mean Look and Shadow Punch.
Temporary
| Debut | Camping It Up! |
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Venonat was first seen in Camping It Up! where it was temporarily used in the Pokémon Summer Academy. It was used in a battle against a Grimer that Dawn was temporarily using. After Grimer used Poison Gas as a Counter Shield, the battle ended in a draw.
Venonat's known moves are Psychic, Stun Spore and Supersonic.
Dugtrio was first seen in One Team, Two Team, Red Team, Blue Team! where Conway used it in the first leg of the Triathlon of the Pokémon Summer Academy. Conway used it to dig an underground tunnel.
Dugtrio's only known move is Dig.
Floatzel was first seen in One Team, Two Team, Red Team, Blue Team! where Conway used it in the second leg of the Triathlon of the Pokémon Summer Academy. He used it to dive underwater.
None of Floatzel's move are known.
Pokémon competitions
- Hearthome City Tag Battle Competition - Runner-up (with Dawn) (Smells Like Team Spirit!)
- Lily of the Valley Conference - Top 16 (Working on a Right Move!)
Voice actors
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Trivia
- He appears to be based on the Super Nerd Trainer class.
- Every time he has appeared, Conway was featured in an arc of episodes; Hearthome City Tag Battle Competition arc, Summer Academy arc, and the Lily of the Valley Conference arc.
Names
| Language | Name | Origin |
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| Japanese | コウヘイ Kōhei | |
| English, French, German, Italian, Spanish | Conway | Sounds similar to Kōhei. Also contains the word con, as in to trick someone. |
| Korean | 강평 Gangpyeong | Korean reading of 剛平 Kōhei. |
| Chinese | 考平 Kǎopíng | From 考平 Kōhei. Also homophone to 考評 kǎopíng (to evaluate). |
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