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Forrest ジロウJirō
Forrest
Gender	Male
Eye color	Unknown
Hair color	Brown
Hometown	Pewter City
Region	Kanto
Relatives	Flint (father),Lola (mother), Brock (older brother), 8 younger siblings
Trainer class	Gym Leader
Leader of	Pewter Gym
Badge	Boulder Badge
Specializes in	Rock types
Animated debut	Showdown in Pewter City
English voice actor	Andrew Rannells(HS01) Jeanne Burns(AG177)
Japanese voice actor	Romi Park

Forrest (Japanese:ジロウJirō) is a recurring character inPokémon the Series. He is aRock-typePokémon specialist and the currentGym Leader of thePewter Gym. He gives theBoulder Badge toTrainers who defeat him inbattle.

Forrest is the brother ofBrock andeight other children and is the son ofFlint andLola. He is the second-oldest child in the family.

History

Pre series

Years ago, Forrest's fatherFlint left home to become a greatTrainer and never returned. His motherLola soon followed. This left his eldest brotherBrock in charge of the family. Brock took care of them for many years, running the Pewter Gym at the same time. However, Brock secretly wanted to travel and become aPokémon Breeder.

Pokémon the Series: The Beginning

InShowdown in Pewter City, Forrest is first seen when Flint introduces Brock's family toAsh. While Brock was taking care of the house, Forrest was studying with his two other siblings. During Ash's rematch against Brock, Forrest and his brothers prevent Ash from continuing the match and defeating Brock, causing Ash to decide to stop the battle.

In the end, when Flint decides to return home, it allows Brock to go on a journey with Ash and Flint takes care of Brock's brothers.

Pokémon the Series: Ruby and Sapphire

Flint ran the Gym in Brock's absence, but was ousted from the position when Lola returned home prior toA Family That Battles Together Stays Together!. Lola usurped the title ofGym Leader from Flint and turned theGym into aWater-type Pokémon Gym, something that angered Forrest, who was dedicated toRock-types.

Brock returned home and was shocked to find out what happened. Forrest and Brock commiserated with each other over the sad state that the Gym had fallen into. Brock went on to defeat Lola in abattle, and convinced her to restore the Gym to its former state as a Rock-type Gym. Forrest also revealed that he was yet to obtain his first Pokémon, though Brock lent Forrest most of his Pokémon and passed the title of Gym Leader on to him.

InGrating Spaces, Brock, Ash,May, andMax visited the Pewter Gym as they traveled around Kanto in search of the nextBattle Frontier facility. Forrest alerted Brock to the Gym's latest makeover, courtesy of a trio of Gym stylists, who turned out to beTeam Rocket. Brock and Ash went on to defeat Team Rocket and rescue the Gym. Brock was also impressed to see that hisOnix had sinceevolved into aSteelix under Forrest'straining.

Pokémon the Series: Diamond and Pearl

When Brock returned fromSinnoh inDPS02, Forrest was with aNurse Joy from thePokémon Inspection Agency, but she demanded to see the true Gym Leader, Brock. Brock battled Joy and Forrest acted as thereferee. However, Brock lost and Joy was about to close the Gym, but she gave them one more chance after it was revealed that Flint hadn't delivered the paperwork to officiate the Gym Leader change. If Forrest battled her and won, she would not shut down the Gym. He was surprised when Joy called upon herLatias, aLegendary Pokémon. Forrest put up a tough fight with hisRhyperior, but both ended up losing to Latias. Still, Joy was impressed by his skill and decided to name him as the official Gym Leader of Pewter City.

Pokémon the Series: Sun & Moon

More recently, Forrest and the rest of his and Brock's siblings reappeared in a fantasy during thePoké Problem segment ofSM042. Brock mentioned that Forrest was still in charge of the Gym while he was doing his Pokémon Doctor studies elsewhere.

Character

Forrest has a keen eye for strategy, having learned much from years of watching his fatherFlint and older brotherBrockbattle challengers at thePewter Gym. His passion for the Pewter Gym was first seen inA Family That Battles Together Stays Together!, where he objected to his father's plan to have a dualRock andWater-typeGym. Brock went on to encourage Forrest to fulfill hisGym Leader ambitions, and inDPS02, he was able to test his skills against aNurse Joy from thePokémon Inspection Agency.

He channels his sense of responsibility for the Gym and experience into the battle. Forrest utilizes the Pewter Gym's rocky terrain to his advantage, showcasing the very best of his favoritetype, the Rock-type.

In the English dub, Forrest is somewhat girl-crazy, like his older brother Brock.

Pokémon

This listing is of Forrest's knownPokémon inPokémon the Series.

On hand

Rhyperior

Debut	DPS02
Voice actors
Japanese	Kenta Miyake

Rhyperior is currently the only known Pokémon of Forrest that he did not borrow fromBrock. He used it in a battle againstNurse Joy'sLatias that, if he had lost, would likely have caused the Pewter Gym to be shut down. Rhyperior did a lot of damage to Latias with itsMegahorn, but Latias usedRecover and then fired anIce Beam at Rhyperior. Rhyperior continued to use Megahorn, but Latias used multipleSteel Wing attacks and an Ice Beam until Rhyperior finally fainted.

Rhyperior becamefrozen by Latias's Ice Beam but Brock was able to help it recover. Nurse Joy was impressed by Forrest's skill, and as a result the Pewter Gym was not closed.

Rhyperior's known moves areMegahorn,Rock Wrecker,Horn Drill, andDig.

Borrowed from Brock

Onix →Steelix

Debut	Showdown in Pewter City
Voice actors
Japanese	Unshō Ishizuka
English	Unshō Ishizuka

Main article:Brock's Steelix

Brock gaveSteelix to Forrest when it was anOnix inThe Family That Battles Together, Stays Together. When Brock returned home inGrating Spaces!, he saw that Onix had evolved and congratulated Forrest for training it really well.

InDPS02, Steelix was called out by Forrest to have a Gym battle againstNurse Joy. However, Nurse Joy refused to battle anyone but Brock or Flint.

Forrest eventually returned Steelix to Brock at some point beforeAlola, Kanto!.

Geodude

Debut	Showdown in Pewter City
Voice actors
Japanese	Shin-ichiro Miki
English	Michael Haigney

Main article:Brock's Geodude

After Brock returned home fromJohto, he gaveGeodude to Forrest inThe Family That Battles Together, Stays Together.

InGrating Spaces!, Brock visited the Pewter Gym, where he was welcomed back by his Pokémon, including Geodude. WhenMax exposed Team Rocket's plan to steal the Gym's Pokémon, Forrest used Geodude to battle against them.

Forrest eventually returned Geodude to Brock at some point beforeAlola, Kanto!.

Crobat

Debut	Clefairy and the Moon Stone
Voice actors
Japanese	Shin-ichiro Miki
English	Shin-ichiro Miki

Main article:Brock's Crobat

Crobat was given to Forrest inThe Family That Battles Together, Stays Together. When Brock came home inGrating Spaces!, Crobat was happy to see him.

Forrest eventually returned Crobat to Brock at some point beforeAlola, Kanto!.

Borrowed from Flint

Golem

Debut	A Family That Battles Together Stays Together!
Voice actors
Japanese	Katsuyuki Konishi
English	Eric Stuart

Golem appeared in Forrest's care inGrating Spaces!, where it welcomed Brock home withBrock's Geodude,Steelix, andCrobat.

Golem's only known move isEarthquake.

Trivia

• It is implied inPocket Monsters: The Animation that Forrest alongside his other siblings and possibly evenBrock himself may not have been sired byFlint. It was mentioned thatLola, prior to ultimately abandoning her family, had "married again and again and had dozens of kids" in a desperate attempt to keepPewter Gym due to her various husbands fleeing when they were losing due to the strict regulations of running a Gym.
• Forrest is the youngest Gym Leader in theIndigo League and the only member of any lineup of the Kanto region's Gym Leaders who has never foughtAsh.

Voice actors

Names

Related articles

• Brock's siblings
• Images on the Bulbagarden Archives

This article is part ofProject Anime, aBulbapedia project that covers all aspects ofPokémon animation.

• Characters
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• Animation characters
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• Rock-type Trainers