This article is about the Trainer class introduced in Generation VIII. For the battleable Lumiose City cab drivers from X and Y, seeDriver (Trainer class).

Cabbie タクシードライバーTaxi Driver
VS model fromPokémon Scarlet and Violet
Other names	Taxi Driver[1] (Japanese:タクシーの運転手Taxi Driver)(Twilight Wings)
Introduced in	Generation VIII
Appears in	Sword and Shield Scarlet and Violet
Gender	Male
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Animated debut	Battling Turned Up to Eleven!(Pokémon the Series) Someone We Can't See! Whosawhatsit?(Horizons) Letter(Twilight Wings) The Champion(Evolutions)
TCG debut	[[(TCG)|]]
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Manga debut	Stealth!! Infiltrate the Energy Plant(Adventures)

ACabbie (Japanese:タクシードライバーTaxi Driver) is a type ofTrainer class introduced inGeneration VIII. They are pilots working for theFlying Taxi and, fittingly, specialize inFlying-type Pokémon. In theBattle Tower andGeneration IX, Cabbies specialize inSteel-type Pokémon as well.

Gallery

Artwork

Artwork from Pokémon: Twilight Wings

Sprites and models

VS model from Sword and Shield	Y-Comm profile image from Sword and Shield	VS model from Scarlet and Violet

Trainer list

Pokémon Sword and Shield

Trainer name	Battle	Winnings	Pokémon
CabbieBruce	Initial battle	$4,320	Lv.35	Lv.36	-------	-------	-------	-------
CabbieGeoffrey	Initial battle	$5,520	Lv.45	Lv.46	-------	-------	-------	-------

Pokémon Scarlet and Violet

Trainer name	Battle	Winnings	Pokémon
CabbieOmar	Initial battle	$1,840	Lv.20	-------	-------	-------	-------	-------
CabbieOriol	Initial battle	$3,200	Lv.20	Lv.20	-------	-------	-------	-------
CabbieOscar	Initial battle	$4,968	Lv.54	-------	-------	-------	-------	-------
CabbiePablo	Initial battle	$1,656	Lv.18	-------	-------	-------	-------	-------
CabbiePaco	Initial battle	$8,960	Lv.56	Lv.56	Lv.56	-------	-------	-------

In animation

Pokémon Journeys: The Series

Cabbies appeared inBattling Turned Up to Eleven! andCurtain Up! Fight the Fights! inGalar, pilotingCorviknight.

Pokémon Horizons: The Series

Paldean Cabbies appeared inSomeone We Can't See! Whosawhatsit? andThe Prankster, both times transportingIono.

A Galarian Cabbie appeared inTinkatuff's Hammer Wasn't Made in a Year!, where he was hired to transportCoral andSidian to Paldea. He initially refused to until seeing Coral. During the flight being, they were shot down byDot's Tinkatuff. After spotting Tinkatuff, the Cabbie and his Corviknight fled.

Pokémon: Twilight Wings

A Cabbie, referred to as aTaxi Driver (Japanese:タクシーの運転手Taxi Driver) in this miniseries, is a recurring character and the only character to appear in all eight episodes of the miniseries.

The Taxi Driver debuted inLetter, where he tookRose andOleana to a hospital as part of a scheduled visit.

InTraining, he tookBea to theWild Area so she could train. By the end of the episode, he returned to deliver Bea her phone, which she accidentally left behind in the taxi.

InBuddy, he was deliveringHop'sWooloo back home after it got lost and was found byMilo, only for it to jump down when it saw Hop down below. As he proceeded to take both Hop and Wooloo home, he tried talking about their bond, only to discover the two of them had fallen asleep.

InEarly-Evening Waves, he tookNessa to Rose's office so she could meet with Oleana, and then toWyndon Stadium.

InAssistant, he took Chairman Rose and Oleana back to their office after a long day of work.

InMoonlight, he tookAllister andTommy to the hospitalJohn was staying at so that Tommy could apologize to him for their earlier quarrel.

InSky, multiple Taxi Drivers transported children from the hospital to the stadium forLeon's match. Soon after, the recurring Taxi Driver tookJohn to the stadium, but he landed them on a mountain when John spotted Leon on top of it. The Taxi Driver sent Leon and John to the stadium alone on his Corviknight so that they could arrive in time despite the heavy headwinds. The day after the match, the Taxi Driver was reading a newspaper article about the match between Leon andRaihan whenVictor andGloria approached him and asked him for a ride.

InThe Gathering of Stars, the recurring Taxi Driver took Leon all across the Galar region as he handed out invitation letters for theGalarian Star Tournament. Another Taxi Driver and his Corviknight was also seen outside Wyndon Stadium.

Pokémon

Corviknight

Debut	Letter

Corviknight is the Taxi Driver's only known Pokémon. It is used for theFlying Taxi service.

None of Corviknight's moves are known.

Voice actors

Pokémon Evolutions

A Cabbie made a cameo inThe Champion.

In the manga

Pokémon Adventures

A Cabbie was one ofLeon's onlookers atHammerlocke inStealth!! Infiltrate the Energy Plant.

InChomp!! It's Dracovish, a Cabbie who was aMacro Cosmos's in disguise was sent with his cohorts toRoute 9 Tunnel to dispose of a wildDracovish that suddenlyDynamaxed. The Dracovish was saved byMarvin, who used hisSniffler to stun everyone long enough for him to catch Dracovish and escape. Afterward, they reported their failure toOleana and were ordered to stand by inWyndon.

InRumble!! The Horrific Darkest Day, two Cabbies were seen informingMilo that theFlying Taxi was unavailable due to the mass outbreak of Dynamaxed Pokémon.

In the TCG

The following is a list of cards mentioning or featuring Cabbies in thePokémon Trading Card Game.

Cabbie's Pokémon Cards listed with ablue background are only legal to use in the currentExpanded format. Cards listed with agreen background are legal to use in both the currentStandard andExpanded formats.
Card	Type	English Expansion	Rarity	#	Japanese Expansion	Rarity	#
Corviknight		Darkness Ablaze		156/189	Explosive Walker		062/070
Corviknight		Silver Tempest		TG18/TG30	VMAX Climax		248/184
Corviknight		Silver Tempest		TG19/TG30	VMAX Climax		249/184

Trivia

• Cabbie Geoffrey mentions an old legend that says thatGalar would be doomed ifCorviknight were to disappear. This is a reference to a real-life myth about theravens of the Tower of London, which states that if they were to disappear, theGreat Britain would fall.

In other languages

References

Related articles

This Trainer Class article is part ofProject CharacterDex, aBulbapedia project that aims to write comprehensive articles on each character found in thePokémon games.

• Trainer classes
• Game characters
• Flying-type Trainers
• Steel-type Trainers
• Pokémon: Twilight Wings characters
• Pokémon Evolutions characters