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Barry ジュンJun
Barry
Age	10 (as ofdebut)
Gender	Male
Eye color	Orange
Hair color	Blond
Hometown	Twinleaf Town
Region	Sinnoh
Relatives	Palmer (father)
Trainer class	Trainer
Game counterpart	Barry
Animated debut	Barry's Busting Out All Over!
English voice actor	Jamie McGonnigal
Japanese voice actor	Tatsuhisa Suzuki

Barry (Japanese:ジュンJun) is a major recurring character inPokémon the Series: Diamond and Pearl. He is aPokémon Trainer fromTwinleaf Town and one ofAsh'srivals. He first appeared inBarry's Busting Out All Over!.

History

Pre-series

Before leaving for hisjourney, Barry had always participated in theTwinleaf Festivals, in one of which he sang a duet withDawn.

Eventually, Barry became aPokémon Trainer and he was able to capture soon aHeracross and, with a lot of effort, Barry had won in threeGym battles. Two of these victories were againstByron andGardenia, the latter being won in a hard battle of hisEmpoleon versus a powerfulCacnea withDrain Punch where Empoleon needed the powerful moveHydro Cannon to have a chance of winning the matchup

One day, Barry watched theHearthome City Tag Battle Competition and became quite in awe ofPaul's performance at the event, sparking a deep respect for the trainer and an interest in emulating him.

Pokémon the Series: Diamond and Pearl

Barry debuted inBarry's Busting Out All Over!, where he intended to challengeFantina for aGymbattle, but he instead metAsh at the door of theHearthome Gym. He challenged Ash to a battle to prove histraining methods wrong, but Ash came out as the victor. Afterwards, Barry stayed to watch Ash challenge Fantina inA Shield with a Twist!. At times, he was skeptical about Ash's strategy in the battle, but by the end of the fight, he realized that his techniques were excellent. He later stated that he would be hisrival if Ash could defeatByron, whom Barry had previously beaten.

After staying with the group forthe following episode, he departed to train atIron Island, but appeared again inSteeling Peace of Mind! andSaving the World From Ruins! at Iron Island, where after being caught up inTeam Galactic's plot to use the island as a radar to scan for theSpear Pillar he and Ash put aside most of their differences and became friendly rivals.

InStopped in the Name of Love!, Barry announced his plans of entering the upcomingPokémon Ping Pong Tournament and invited the group to join the competition. Later, whenDawn's Piplup fled thePokémon Center, he helped to search for him. It was also revealed in this episode that he is good friends withDawn's rival,Kenny. He reappeared inOld Rivals, New Tricks!, in which he watched Dawn and Kenny participate in theSandalstrawContest and shared with Ash andBrock that it was his first time watching a Pokémon Contest live.

InTo Thine Own Pokémon Be True!, Barry entered the Pokémon Ping Pong Tournament withEmpoleon as his partner Pokémon. He made it to the quarterfinals, where he lost to famousping pong playerO.

He returned home for the annualTwinleaf Festival. InHistorical Mystery Tour!, Barry decided to have a battle with Ash, but he became side-tracked when he spotted a familiarXatu. Ash, Dawn and Barry were all transported toXatu's Forest, an odddimension that enabled them to each relive one of their earliest memories; in Barry's case it was how he met his Heracross. After returning, he bumped into his father,Palmer. InChallenging a Towering Figure!, he entered theFestival Battle Challenge as part of the Twinleaf Festival in the hope that he would get to battle Palmer, but lost to Ash. At the end of the Festival, Barry decided to travel alone to get theSunyshore CityBadge.

InGotta Get a Gible!, Barry battled Ash and his newly-caughtGible. Barry won his first battle against Ash, but Ash didn't take it harshly, praising Gible anyway and instructing it to listen next time. Barry celebrated his win as he held up his ticket to challenge Fantina, but Gible bit his hand and ate the ticket.

InFighting Ire with Fire!, Barry revealed that he had acquired all the necessary Badges to compete inSinnoh'sLeague Conference. During this event, he finally met his idol Paul for the first time and challenged him to a battle, but to his dismay, Paul refused and suggested he battle Ash instead. Barry initially said Ash was not at their level since Ash was still at seven Badges compared to himself and Paul having eight, but later agreed to battle him. He chose his Empoleon to face off againstAsh's Monferno. However, the battle was put on hold whenTeam Rocket attacked.

InAn Old Family Blend!, Barry showed up for theLily of the Valley Conference where he was seen in the stadium along with all the other competitors. InLeague Unleashed!, he passed the preliminary round.

InCasting a Paul on Barry!, he battled Paul in the third round of the tournament, and even though he put up a strong effort and used good strategies with two newer Pokémon on his team,Skarmory andHitmonlee, along with his partner, Empoleon, he ended up falling before the superior strength, endurance, and tactics of Paul and his team, not knocking out one of Paul's Pokémon in the process, though Paul commented afterwards that it had been a great battle. Barry then stayed and watched Ash's battles with Paul andTobias, and he parted from the group inThe Semi-Final Frontier!, promising to be reunited with Ash and become as strong as him.

Barry made a cameo appearance in the ending credits ofZoroark: Master of Illusions.

Character

Much likehis game counterpart, Barry possesses a hyperactive personality that often goes well past impatience. To this end, whenever something or someone gets in his way, annoys him, or causes him any minor inconvenience, Barry will lose his temper and shout for the cause of his ire to be fined, however implausible it might be. This attitude is so recurring and extreme that hisEmpoleon often shows exasperation at hisTrainer's wild behavior.

Barry admiresPaul and histraining methods, and wants to be a strong Trainer like him. Initially he also appeared to be developing a rather similar mentality to Paul in regards to catching Pokémon, such as preferring tocatch immediately strong Pokémon for training and hypothetically suggesting that he would just look for a more powerful Pokémon if Empoleon wasn't strong enough instead of training Empoleon to become stronger. This latter trait was notably not expressed again after Barry's first loss to Ash in his debut episode, and while Barry didn't stop admiring Paul for his strength, in his later appearances he was consistently seen to care about his own Pokémon in a manner closer to Ash, praising them for their hard work and showing concern when one of them is injured, such as when Empoleon was afflicted by the sound-waves caused byTeam Galactic's actions while onIron Island.

Pokémon

This listing is of Barry's knownPokémon inPokémon the Series:

Empoleon

Debut	Barry's Busting Out All Over!
Voice actors
Japanese	Katsuyuki Konishi
English	Bill Rogers

Main article:Barry's Empoleon

Empoleon is Barry's main Pokémon. Empoleon was first seen inBarry's Busting Out All Over! in a battle against Ash's Pikachu, which it lost.

Staraptor

Debut	Barry's Busting Out All Over!
Voice actors
Japanese	Shin-ichiro Miki
English	Sarah Natochenny

Staraptor was the first Pokémon to be used in the battle againstAsh. It went up against hisChimchar and was knocked out with a combination ofDig andFlamethrower.

Staraptor appeared again inSteeling Peace of Mind! where it took onTeam Galactic, only for it to get hit byGolbat'sSludge Bomb.

Staraptor's known moves areTackle,Close Combat, andWing Attack.

Roserade

Debut	Barry's Busting Out All Over!
Voice actors
Japanese	Ikue Otani
English	Sarah Natochenny

Roserade was the second Pokémon Barry used afterStaraptor got knocked out inhis first battle against Ash. It managed to defeatChimchar with a barrage ofPoison Jabs as Chimchar was worn out from the battle with Staraptor. Roserade's next opponent wasGliscor, it traded Poison Jabs with Gliscor'sX-Scissors, only for both of them to get defeated at the same time.

Roserade appeared again inSteeling Peace of Mind! where it battledTeam Galactic, only for it to be hit byGolbat'sAir Cutter.

Roserade's only known move isPoison Jab.

Heracross♂

Debut	Steeling Peace of Mind!
Voice actors
Japanese	Katsuyuki Konishi
English	Katsuyuki Konishi

Heracross first appeared inSteeling Peace of Mind! onIron Island alongside hisTrainer. He was training withEmpoleon, but the training got interrupted when Empoleon started attacking them as it was controlled by the sound waves coming from within the island. Later, he took Barry on a flight around Iron Island to see the cause of theSteel-type going haywire, including his Empoleon. Heracross was then hit by a Skarmory'sSteel Wing, sending them falling onto Team Rocket. Heracross attacked Team Rocket as they were accused to be the ones behind all of this. However, after pointing out the machines located on the island, it turned out that anothervillainous team was the cause. The Galactic'sGolbat attacked them withAir Cutter and severely damaged Heracross.

Heracross reappeared inHistorical Mystery Tour! battlingAsh's Pikachu. Heracross was able to withstand Pikachu's attacks and became stronger from the last time. The battle got interrupted when aXatu flew by. Xatu lead the group to a tent owned by aClown and they got sent to another world. When they woke up, they got separated and searched for their Pokémon. While Barry was looking for his Heracross, he found a tree. He had a flashback about the time he caught Heracross after slatheringhoney on a tree. He did the same thing this time and Heracross came up to Barry and the tree.

Heracross's known moves areMegahorn,Fury Attack,Horn Attack, andDouble-Edge.

Skarmory

Debut	Casting a Paul on Barry!
Voice actors
Japanese	Katsuyuki Konishi
English	Tom Wayland

Skarmory was the first Pokémon used at theLily of the Valley Conference in his match againstPaul, going up against hisMagmortar. As its first move, Skarmory usedSpikes on the field to damage Paul's Pokémon whenever they were sent out. Afterward, it was easily knocked out byMagmortar'sFlamethrower.

Skarmory's only known move isSpikes.

Hitmonlee♂

Debut	Casting a Paul on Barry!
Voice actors
Japanese	Yūji Ueda
English	Tom Wayland

Hitmonlee was the third Pokémon Barry used at theLily of the Valley Conference in his match againstPaul afterrecallingEmpoleon, battling againstUrsaring. Both gave a good fight, whereas Hitmonlee showed good speed, agility, and strength.Ursaring managed to evade some attacks, but when it was hit by Hitmonlee'sBlaze Kick, it wasburned, and this activated itsGutsAbility, which greatly increased Ursaring's attack power, allowing it to defeat Hitmonlee with a powerfulHammer Arm.

Hitmonlee's known moves areMega Kick,Close Combat,High Jump Kick, andBlaze Kick.

Achievements

Badges obtained

This listing is of theBadges Barry has obtained in theSinnohregion:

• Forest Badge (prior toBarry's Busting Out All Over!)
• Mine Badge (prior toBarry's Busting Out All Over!)
• Unknown Badge (prior toBarry's Busting Out All Over!)
• Two unknown Badges (prior toFighting Ire with Fire!)
• Coal Badge (prior toFighting Ire with Fire!)
• Beacon Badge (prior toFighting Ire with Fire!)
• Relic Badge (prior toFighting Ire with Fire!)

Barry had three more Badges inGotta Get a Gible! in addition to his first three that was revealed inBarry's Busting Out All Over!; however, which three Badges he had is unknown. During the former episode however, he claimed to not yet have the Relic Badge.

Pokémon League

Barry has competed in the followingPokémon League Conferences:

• Lily of the Valley Conference - Top 16 (Casting a Paul on Barry!)

Pokémon competitions

Barry has competed in the followingPokémon competitions:

• Pokémon Ping Pong Tournament - Top 8 (To Thine Own Pokémon Be True!)
• Festival Battle Challenge - Runner-Up (Challenging a Towering Figure!)

Voice actors

Trivia

• Barry wearshis game counterpart's clothes fromDiamond and Pearl; however, hisPokétch is modeled after the one that appears inPlatinum, his scarf is shorter, and he has a backpack instead of a satchel.
• Barry is the firstanimated series character based on an in-gamerival that has had more than a cameo sinceGary Oak.
  • Coincidentally, Gary'sfirst Pokémon was also theWater-type choice ofhis region.
• Barry hasfourofthesame Pokémon his game counterpart has at the end of the games, if theplayer starts withChimchar, with aSkarmory andHitmonlee in place of hisSnorlax andRapidash.
• InChallenging a Towering Figure!, it is confirmed that Barry's favourite song is the fourth Japanese ending,Pokémon Ondo.
• Barry shares two of his three unknownBadges withNando's two unknown Badges.
• Barry is the onlySinnoh rival to have encounteredTeam Galactic.
• Barry is the only rival inPokémon the Series based on an in-game character to not appear inPokémon Journeys: The Series.
• Like some of the characters inPokémon the Series: Diamond and Pearl, he has a catchphrase he uses when calling out a Pokémon. His catchphrase isLet's get going.

Names

Notes

Related articles

• Episodes focusing on Barry
• Barry (game)

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