Dancer (Trainer class)
Dancer ダンサー Dancer | |
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Introduced in | Generation V |
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Appears in | Black, White, Black 2, and White 2 Sun, Moon, Ultra Sun, and Ultra Moon |
Gender | Both* |
Notable members | Anela* |
Animated debut | SM082|All They Want to Do is Dance Dance! |
Manga debut | Unraveling Mysteries (Adventures) |
A Dancer (Japanese: ダンサー Dancer) is a type of Pokémon Trainer introduced in Generation V.
In Unova, they are depicted as young men break dancing. Battling them is optional. Many of them have Western names in the Japanese version of the games. All of them have had only one species of Pokémon, even if that means having the same Pokémon twice. They do not appear to limit themselves to a particular type.
In Alola, Dancers are depicted as young women who practice hula dancing. In Sun and Moon, they exclusively use Oricorio in the main storyline, but that is not the case in Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon. They hold their Pokémon in Great Balls. A Dancer and a Black Belt can team up to form a Capoeira Couple and challenge the player to a Double Battle.
Appearance
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Sprite from Black and White |
Sprite from Black 2 and White 2 |
In-battle model from Sun, Moon, Ultra Sun, and Ultra Moon |
VS model from Sun, Moon, Ultra Sun, and Ultra Moon |
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Overworld sprite from Generation V |
Overworld model from Sun, Moon, Ultra Sun, and Ultra Moon |
Artwork
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Art of Dancer and Hiker from Sun and Moon by Naoki Saito |
Trainer list
Pokémon Black and White
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Pokémon Black 2 and White 2
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Pokémon Sun and Moon
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Pokémon Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon
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In the anime

In All They Want to Do is Dance Dance!, Anela was revealed to be a former Dancer, even demonstrating her dancing skills during the Pokémon School's Pokémon Dance class. Like many Alolan Dancers in the games, she has an Oricorio, which is of the Pa'u Style and is nicknamed Dori-chan in the original Japanese version.
In the manga
In the Pokémon Adventures manga
A male Dancer briefly appeared in Nimbasa City in Unraveling Mysteries.
Pokémon
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In other languages
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This Trainer Class article is part of Project CharacterDex, a Bulbapedia project that aims to write comprehensive articles on each character found in the Pokémon games. |