Tamer (Trainer class)
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Tamer もうじゅうつかい Wild Animal Tamer | |
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Introduced in | Generation I |
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Appears in | Red, Blue, and Yellow FireRed and LeafGreen Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee! Stadium |
Gender | Male |
Manga debut | Punching Poliwrath (Adventures) |
A Tamer (Japanese: もうじゅうつかい Wild Animal Tamer) is a type of Pokémon Trainer that first debuted in the Generation I games. They are young men with whips and lollipops.
They generally use version-exclusive Pokémon, such as Arbok and Sandslash.
Appearance
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Sprite from Red and Blue |
Sprite from Yellow |
Sprite from FireRed and LeafGreen |
Portrait from Stadium |
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Overworld sprite from Generation I |
Overworld sprite from FireRed and LeafGreen |
Trainer list
Pokémon Red, Blue, and Yellow
Trainer name | Battle | Winnings | [show]Pokémon |
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Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen
Trainer name | Battle | Winnings | [show]Pokémon |
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Pokémon Stadium
Trainer name | Battle | [show]Pokémon |
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In the manga

In the Pokémon Adventures manga
A Tamer made a cameo appearance in a flashback in Punching Poliwrath as one of the Trainers that wanted to challenge Red to a battle after his win at the Indigo League, but he was considered to be a "boring" match.
In other languages
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