Artist (Trainer class)
Artist げいじゅつか Artist | |
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Introduced in | Generation IV |
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Appears in | Diamond, Pearl, Platinum, HeartGold, and SoulSilver Black, White, Black 2, and White 2 X, Y, Omega Ruby, and Alpha Sapphire Sword and Shield |
Gender | Both* |
Counterpart | Painter |
Manga debut | Deprogramming Porygon-Z (Adventures) |
An Artist (Japanese: げいじゅつか Artist) is a type of Pokémon Trainer that debuted in the Generation IV games, and are most commonly depicted as old men wearing berets and carrying art supplies. They are similar to the Painter class from Generation III. In Generation VI, female Artists, depicted as young women holding a paintbrush covered in paint, were introduced. In Generation VIII, Artists are depicted as deranged men holding clay sculptures.
In Double Battles, two Artists, one male and female, form an Artist Family.
In Generation IV, they use Pokémon that can learn Copycat and Mimic, such as Bonsly and Mime Jr., as well as Pokémon related to the arts, such as Kricketune and Smeargle. In the Battle Subway, they specialize in Pokémon resembling decorative art, with many of these being Steel-type Pokémon. In Generation VI, they exclusively use Smeargle.
In Generation VIII, they keep their Pokémon in Great Balls.
Appearance
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Sprite from Generation IV* |
Sprite from Black and White |
Sprite from Black 2 and White 2 |
VS portraits from Generation VI* |
VS model from Sword and Shield |
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Overworld sprite from Generation IV* |
Overworld sprite from Generation V |
Overworld models from Generation VI* |
Y-Comm profile image from Generation VIII |
Trainer list
Pokémon Diamond and Pearl
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Pokémon Platinum
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Pokémon Black and White
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- See more: List of Battle Subway Trainers/Artist
Pokémon Black 2 and White 2
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Pokémon X and Y
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Pokémon Sword and Shield
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In the anime
An artist named Gan Gogh appeared in The Light Fantastic. He attempted for several decades to draw the Rainbow Lights that appear once every twelve years at Remoraid Lake in Johto.
Also in Johto, an artist named Jack Pollockson appeared in The Art of Pokémon. Renowned for his style of art, he owns three Smeargle, which are the ones that actually paint his art. He had his Smeargle paint a wall in the town of Whitestone.
In the manga
In the Ash & Pikachu manga
Jack Pollockson appeared in Searching For The Color Of Miracles of the Ash & Pikachu manga. He went by the name Kys Vaskia in that chapter.
In the Pokémon Adventures manga
An Artist appeared as a background character in Deprogramming Porygon-Z, where he was part of a group of people who entered the Battle Frontier after Palmer had his assistants open the gates.
Pokémon
Debut | Deprogramming Porygon-Z |
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Smeargle was briefly seen with its Trainer when they were entering the Battle Frontier.
None of Smeargle's moves are known.
Trivia
- Artist Gough (Japanese: ビンセント Vincent) from Pokémon Black and White Versions 2 uses a Sunflora. This appears to be a reference to Vincent van Gogh's Sunflowers series.
- In Pokémon X and Y, the Artists that challenge the player all have the first names of famous real-world artists: Georgia (O'Keeffe), Pierre (Renoir), Salvador (Dali), and Vincent (van Gogh). Artist Jasper (Johns) also challenges the player in the Battle Maison.
- Most female Artists in the Battle Maison use color-based names, such as Jade and Sienna.
In other languages
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