N (Japanese:Ｎ （エヌ）N) is a major recurring character inPokémon the Series: Black & White. He is a mysterious young man with the ability to understand what Pokémon are saying.

N Ｎ （エヌ）N
N
Gender	Male
Eye color	Blue
Hair color	Tea green
Hometown	Unknown
Region	Unova
Relatives	Anthea and Concordia (foster sisters) Ghetsis (foster father)
Trainer class	Trainer
Game counterpart	N
Member of	Team Plasma
Rank	Former member
Animated debut	New Places... Familiar Faces!
English voice actor	Nicholas DiMichele
Japanese voice actor	Yūichi Nakamura

N first appeared briefly in the end ofNew Places... Familiar Faces!. He was formally introduced inThe Name's N!, where he investigated the ruins of theP2 Laboratory and discovered data related toGenesect. Later, he met withAsh andhis friends when they were leaving their ship. While the group wastraining,Snivy andPikachu were attacked byJessie's Frillish'sShadow Ball, but N saved them. He immediately befriended Pikachu, showing his special ability with the Pokémon.He claimed not to have metReshiram, although he was shown meeting it as a child in a flashback. He was surprised when he heard that Ash had seenZekrom, but was visibly disturbed when Ash said that his goal is to become aPokémon Master. After that, N helped save Ash's Pikachu andIris's Axew whenTeam Rocket tried to steal them. When they parted ways, N told Ash that although the worlds they seek are different, he hopes they can still get along.

N appeared again inSaving Braviary!, where he was rescuing aBraviary from twoTeam Plasma Grunts,Schwarz and Weiss. This act attracted the duo's attention and chased him down, but were unsuccessful as N managed to get away. With the help of Ash and his friends, he takes the Braviary to thePokémon Center. When Schwarz and Weiss found him, he fought off theSeviper andZangoose owned by the duo and with the help of Ash and his friends, N managed to free Braviary safely. Afterwards, he joined Ash and his friends on their journey to theWhite Ruins.

InThe Pokémon Harbor Patrol!, he, along with Ash and the others, met up withHalsey and his team. He helped Halsey'sWatchog to master its moves and rescue abilities.

InThe Fires of a Red-Hot Reunion!, N, Ash, and the others attended theKanto Fair. UponAsh's Charizard return, he watched the battle between Charizard andDragonite, which he later called off.

InTeam Plasma's Pokémon Manipulation!, he, along with Ash and the others, fought againstColress andAldith. He was trying to rescue aHaxorus from their control, but ended up injuring himself. Then he was taken to a spring byAnthea and Concordia, where the psychic power of their Pokémon was able to heal him.

Later on, inSecrets From Out of the Fog!, he again met with some Team Plasma grunts. After arriving at his and his sisters' secret refuge, he told Ash and his friends that he used to be a Team Plasma member. He talked about theSeven Sages, Ghetsis and his special relation with some wild Pokémon when he was a child. He also spoke about meeting Reshiram. At the end of the episode, he departed from the group with Anthea and Concordia.

InMeowth, Colress and Team Rivalry!, N examined another of Team Plasma's laboratories and realized that it had been destroyed by theGenesect Army.

N encountered the group again at the White Ruins inAsh and N: A Clash of Ideals!. He stole theLight Stone fromCedric Juniper in order to prevent Reshiram from being awakened. While being pursued by Ash, they both fell into a lower chamber within the ruins, where they conversed at length about their differing views on the world. However, up above, Team Plasma arrived and began creating chaos at the ruins by attacking Iris, Cilan, Cedric and the archeologists present. InTeam Plasma and the Awakening Ceremony!, N realized that he could no longer hear the voices of the Pokémon up above (due to Colress's machine) and with the help of Ash's Charizard, he and Ash escaped. They fell right into Team Plasma's trap, however, and N was forced to surrender the Light Stone to them in exchange for Colress freeing Pikachu from his control. N was imprisoned along with the others and forced to watch as Ghetsis arrived and initiated the Ceremony of Awakening to summon Reshiram. The conflict climaxed inWhat Lies Beyond Truth and Ideals!, where Ghetsis took control of Reshiram and set it upon all present. With Pikachu again under Colress's control as well as Anthea and Concordia'sGothitelle andGardevoir, all seemed lost, but Pikachu was able to fight against the machine's influence and destroy it, freeing Reshiram. N successfully appealed to Reshiram's heart, convincing it that not all humans were evil, and it departed peacefully instead of going on a rampage as he had earlier feared. Later, with Ghetsis, Colress and the members of Team Plasma placed under arrest, he thanked Ash for his help and happily departed with Anthea and Concordia.

N made further cameo appearances in the endingLet's Join Hands, the ending credits ofGenesect and the Legend Awakened, and a flashback inXYS06.

First shown inThe Name's N!, he has the ability to hear the inner voices and feelings of Pokémon, and he regards their language as superior to human language; this led him to become confused when he first metMeowth, wondering why Meowth would have even wanted to learn how to speak like a human. Using this power, he has the ability to summon Pokémon from the local area to his aid. Unlike hisvideo game counterpart, he dislikes the use of Pokémon in standard battles, although he joins Cilan in watching asAsh's Charizard fights withIris's Dragonite upon its return inThe Fires of a Red-Hot Reunion! until he calls it off. Whereas his game counterpart was comparatively naïve and accepted the world that had been presented to him by Ghetsis, this N has a chance to explore the world, experience the interactions between Pokémon and humans for himself, and form his own opinions. In doing so, he begins to understand the true nature of human civilization and humans' ties to their Pokémon.

Although he is initially at odds with Ash's philosophy, he recognises that contrary to his past beliefs, trainers such as Ash, Iris and Cilan genuinely care for their Pokémon as friends rather than just allies. When he meetsHalsey, although he initially disapproved of the Pokémon Harbor Patrol, he soon recognized that all members were there because they wanted to be part of the team rather than being forced into it. ByAsh and N: A Clash of Ideals!, N notes that he has come to recognise that, while some people treat Pokémon harshly, there are also those who treat Pokémon as family, people who work alongside Pokémon, and people like Ash whom Pokémon love being around. When Ash's team facesTeam Plasma inTeam Plasma and the Awakening Ceremony!, N notes that Ash's Pokémon have a strong bond with each other as well as with him, as seen when Pignite acts to protect Charizard despite their brief time as teammates. ByWhat Lies Beyond Truth and Ideals!, N has come to truly believe that Pokémon and people can be partners rather than master and servant, complimenting the powerful bond between Ash and Pikachu.

This section is missing information on this character's Japanese voice actor. Please feel free to edit this section to add this information.

Befriended

Alomomola (×2)

Debut	The Name's N!

N called upon these twoAlomomola to help him healAsh's Pikachu after it was paralyzed byJames's Amoonguss'Stun Spore in battle.

Alomomola's only known move isRefresh.

Braviary♂

Debut	Saving Braviary!
Voice actors
Japanese	Kensuke Satō
English	Tom Wayland

N met thisBraviary after freeing him from the clutches ofSchwarz and Weiss. Although he was taken to a Pokémon Center to be healed from an earlier fall, Braviary was quickly found by Schwarz and Weiss by a tracer they had secretly put on him. Later, when Ash was fighting a losing battle against Weiss'sZangoose, Braviary stepped in and defeated it with a Wing Attack. Afterward, Braviary was let back into the wild.

Braviary's only known move isWing Attack.

Pidove

Debut	Secrets From Out of the Fog!
Voice actors
Japanese
English	Erica Schroeder

ThisPidove was shown to be a friend of N, as when he got to his childhood home, it showed affection to him.

None of Pidove's moves are known.

Lillipup and Mincinno

Debut	Secrets From Out of the Fog!

Lillipup and Mincinno were two of the Pokémon shown to be friends of N when he was a child. He used to spend his time with them.

None of their moves are known.

Growlithe and Darumaka

Debut	Secrets From Out of the Fog!

Growlithe and Darumaka were two of the Pokémon shown to be friends of N when he was a child. He used to spend his time with them.

None of their moves are known.

Deerling (multiple)

Debut	Secrets From Out of the Fog!
Voice actors
Japanese
English	Emily Jenness

N also befriended some wildDeerling that lived around his house. Along with someCottonee and somePetilil, he tried to keep them safe from Team Plasma.

None of Deerling's moves are known.

Sawsbuck

Debut	Ash and N: A Clash of Ideals!
Voice actors
Japanese
English	Jason Griffith

This wildSawsbuck took N to the White Ruins sometime before the Light Stone activated which caused an eruption. N had Sawsbuck stay behind in order to prevent it from getting hurt by Team Plasma while he continued to the White Ruins on his own.

None of Sawsbuck's moves are known.

• N's ability to hear the voices of Pokémon and converse with them is similar to the powers shown byAnabel,Sheena,Damos,Simon, andYellow.
• N is indirectly mentioned in the script for theunairedBW023 andBW024, referred to as "the hero" ofTeam Plasma, indicating that he was originally set to play a similar role ashis game counterpart does inPokémon Black and White.

• N
• N (Adventures)

Team Plasma
P2 Laboratory •N's Castle •Plasma Frigate
King		Mastermind		Acting leader
N (Masters)		Ghetsis (Masters)		Colress (Masters)
Seven Sages
Zinzolin •Gorm •Bronius •Ghetsis •Giallo •Ryoku •Rood
Other members
Anthea and Concordia •Shadow Triad •Team Plasma Grunts
In other media
Pokémon the Series:N •Aldith •Barret •Schwarz and Weiss Pokémon Adventures:N •Whitley •Whitley's mom Other manga:Togari (Fire and Thunder)

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