J ＪJ
Pokémon Hunter J
Gender	Female
Eye color	Blue
Hair color	Silver
Hometown	Unknown
Region	Sinnoh
Animated debut	Mutiny in the Bounty!
English voice actor	Sonny Dey
Japanese voice actor	Takako Honda

J (Japanese:ＪJ), frequently referred to asPokémon Hunter J, is a recurring character inPokémon the Series: Diamond and Pearl. She is aPokémon hunter who, with the help ofher henchmen, captures and stealsPokémon and sells them as requested by her clients for a profit on theblack market.

History

Prior to the events ofPokémon the Series: Diamond and Pearl, J became a Pokémon hunter, and she stole aNinetales,Kirlia,Magby,Swampert,Teddiursa, andRelicanth and sold them to her clients. She was rewarded a large amount of money. Since then, she was wanted by theOfficer Jennys inSinnoh as a most wanted and deathly dangerous criminal.

J debuted inMutiny in the Bounty!, where she rode on herSalamence toMelodi's flower garden, where she planned to steal Melodi'sGardevoir. Despite Gardevoir attempting to escape withTeleport, J found it using her goggles and hit it with a special beam from a device on her arm that turned it into stone. J then made her exit with Melodi's Gardevoir, andAsh chased after her, demanding that she return Gardevoir to Melodi, but then J went afterAsh's Pikachu since she thought Pikachu would be worth a sizable amount of money. J had herDrapion battle Ash's Pikachu in an attempt to see his moves. After Pikachu usedVolt Tackle, J used herAriados to bind Ash to a rock and then proceeded to steal Pikachu without any trouble.

AfterTeam Rocket dealt withher henchmen, J encountered them next. As with her encounter with Ash, she bound the trio to a rock. Due to his ability totalk, she turnedMeowth into stone for the same reason as Ash's Pikachu. J was then seen by a waterwheel, stealing anAbsol. Before the other officers arrived as backup, Ash immediately confronted J, where the Pokémon Hunter took on Officer Jenny'sArcanine with Salamence and won. J immediately went to her airship with Ash,Jessie andJames, who called a truce with each other to rescue their Pokémon. Following a brief confrontation with J, they managed to sneak into her airborne base and rescue their Pokémon and all the others she had stolen. When part of her airship was damaged, she told her pilot to separate from the damaged part of the ship. When warned that some of her henchmen were still there, J did not care in the slightest. Those henchmen ended up falling to their near-deaths before being captured by Officer Jenny, while J remained at large.

InIll-Will Hunting!, J was on a mission to steal a group ofShieldon. She was seen contacting her henchmen andclient about the Shieldon. J eventually found the Shieldon with Ash,his friends, andGary. Ash and Gary had aDouble Battle with her, whileDawn andBrock led the Shieldon to safety. However, one of the Shieldon fell, and J turned it to stone in order to steal it. J attempted to give the petrified Shieldon to her client, but Ash and Gary attacked the airbase which prevented her from doing so. Her client cut off the deal to obtain the Shieldon, since Officer Jenny was near. After telling Ash and his friends not to get in her way next time, she told her second-in-command to establish radio contact with their employer, in order to tell him that they would not be doing service with him again.

InPokémon Ranger and the Kidnapped Riolu! (Part 1), J was given the assignment to steal aspecial Riolu for her client. One of her henchmen informed J about their encounter withKellyn, Ash, Dawn, and Brock. Later, J found the group by a lake. After Ash andRiolu separated from the group, J went to a forest. She then proceeded to burn the forest using her Salamence'sFlamethrower.

J continued to do so inPokémon Ranger and the Kidnapped Riolu! (Part 2). She was able to capture the Riolu, but Ash followed her onto the airship. J soon became aware of Ash's arrival and ordered Drapion to grab him as soon as he confronted her. Although Ash escaped from Drapion's grasp, J quickly ejected him from her ship. J then met up with her client and gave him thespecial Riolu. She left after receiving payment from him, but the Riolu was later rescued from the client, who was then arrested.

Sometime beforePillars of Friendship!, J was given a request from one of her clients to catch aRegigigas and traveled to theSnowpoint Temple. AfterBrandon heard the news about the situation in the Snowpoint Temple, J had her henchmen work to prevent theBattle Pyramid from getting closer. Even though he and the group were able to narrowly defeat the henchmen's Pokémon, J already had her Salamence destroy the pillars guarding Regigigas. Despite Brandon andMaria warning J about not waking up Regigigas, she destroyed the last pillar, forcing Regigigas to awaken. When Regigigas began to rampage, J was able to leave the Snowpoint Temple. She watched as Brandon usedhis Pokémon to calm Regigigas and then bound the group withAriados's String Shot. J went after the legendary giants during their rampage. She attempted to turn Regigigas to stone, but Brandon and his Pokémon jumped in the way to prevent it from happening. Regigigas destroyed J's bracelet and withdrew from the area when her client decided to cancel the deal.

InUnlocking the Red Chain of Events!, J was hired byTeam Galactic to catchUxie,Mesprit, andAzelf. InThe Needs of the Three!, she proceeded to carry out the task of capturing them. Gary attempted to stop her from doing so with hisUmbreon andElectivire, butSaturn's Toxicroak overpowered the two. J then dropped a Galactic Bomb intoLake Valor to force Azelf into the open. With the help of Team Galactic'sGolbat, J was able to catch Azelf. This caused Uxie and Mesprit to appear. Although Uxie and Mesprit were putting up a good fight and dodging attacks fromMars's Purugly andJupiter'sSkuntank, J captured the two of them as well.

Although she did succeed in capturing thelake guardians, her ship was hit by twoFuture Sight attacks used by Uxie and Mesprit directly before she captured them, which, in her overconfidence, she had forgotten. As a result, her ship crashed intoLake Valor and was sucked into a whirlpool while she and her crew members were still on board. Once the ship was underwater, the protective glass broke and the ship was flooded, causing it to explode. It is unknown if J, her Pokémon, or any of her crew survived.

She appeared briefly inMemories are Made of Bliss! inTeam Rocket's fantasy riding her Salamence.

Character

J is ruthless, relentless, and cruel, willing to do anything to capture Pokémon for her clients, up to and including injuring innocent people or Pokémon. In her debut episode, she chose to drop some of herhenchmen to their potential deaths without hesitation or remorse, emphasizing her intensely independent, sociopathic, greedy, and callous nature. She has no honor, decency, or regard for any form of life - the only thing that matters to her is money. She is one of the very few characters (including theIron-Masked Marauder,Dr. Yung,Grings Kodai, andAlva) inPokémon the Series who is purely evil.

J is also highly pragmatic. She is reluctant to harm Pokémon that she is trying to capture - as they would be less valuable to her clients - and she will forgo direct combat in favor of sneak attacks and mass destruction if the opportunity presents itself. This contributes to her high threat level in the series. However, she also tends to underestimate her opponents when on the verge of victory, which often leads to her defeat and ultimately ensures her (seemingly) final downfall.

Out of all of the characters that encountered her, she has a dislike forAsh the most as evidenced when he kept on interfering with her job and the fact that most of the encounters had Ash nearly killed or severely injured had it not been for the unlikely intervention ofhis friends and Pokémon, and other characters supporting the protagonists.

Pokémon

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

Salamence

Debut	Mutiny in the Bounty!
Voice actors
Japanese	Katsuyuki Konishi
English	Katsuyuki Konishi

Main article:J's Salamence

Salamence is J's main Pokémon. It made its debut inMutiny in the Bounty!, along with its Trainer. It mostly serves as J's mode of transportation while she is not in her airship. It is also frequently used in battle.

Ariados

Debut	Mutiny in the Bounty!
Voice actors
Japanese	Takafumi Kawakami
English	Takafumi Kawakami

Ariados is used by J to trap enemies, thus enabling J to steal her victims' Pokémon without any interference.

Ariados's only known move isString Shot.

Drapion

Debut	Mutiny in the Bounty!
Voice actors
Japanese	Unshō Ishizuka
English	Unshō Ishizuka

WhenAsh first faced J'sDrapion, J wanted to watchPikachu's attacks in action so she could steal it. While Ash,Jessie andJames were infiltrating J's fortress to rescue Pikachu andMeowth, they were immediately spotted. Ash fought J's Drapion with his Aipom and Turtwig, but both Pokémon never stood a chance. Drapion didn't take damage from either Aipom or Turtwig's attacks, and struck the Pokémon with its Cross Poison.

InPokémon Ranger and the Kidnapped Riolu! (Part 2), J used her Drapion again in order to harm Ash without warning. It wrapped its claws tightly around Ash's midsection and began to squeeze him. Ash responded to this by kicking it in the face, making it one of the only Pokémon Ash ever intentionally hurt.

Drapion's known moves arePoison Sting,Cross Poison, andPin Missile.

Technology

"Cannon"	Stone	Case	Goggles	Henchmen's vehicle
Airship	Inside airship	Invisibility	Laser	Liquid adhesive

Gadgets

• J has what looks like some sort of cannon attached to her arm that is able to turn Pokémon and humans into stone. The effects are permanent unless Pokémon are placed in a special case or revived withHidden Power. InPillars of Friendship, it was destroyed when Regigigas reflected her Salamence'sDragon Pulse back at her. The device had been repaired or replaced by the time the events ofThe Needs of the Three! took place.
• She also has cases for those Pokémon turned to stone which can adjust how much the body is covered with stone.
• Her goggles also have many abilities, like detecting heat andcamouflaged ortransformed Pokémon.

Transportation

• She has six-wheeled vans driven by her henchmen that can shoot out nets and have retractable arms.
• She travels throughout the Pokémon world in an airship. This ship is equipped with a stealth cloaking device that can render the ship invisible which helps in deterring pursuers, mounting surprise attacks, and making her business dealings more private and less vulnerable to outside interference. It is also capable of firing lasers from its front and has a bottom-mounted cannon that shoots a gum-like substance for restraining and capturing Pokémon.

Voice actors

Trivia

• J is currently the only recurring human antagonist in the series to not be part of any evil organization, although she was hired byTeam Galactic albeit not being an official member.

In other languages

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