Brock (Pokémon)
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 Brock as seen in Pokémon: Diamond and Pearl series (Seasons 10-13) |
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| Series | Pokémon |
| First appearance | Pokémon Red and Blue |
| Created by | Satoshi Tajiri |
| Designed by | Ken Sugimori and Atsuko Nishida (video games), Sayuri Ichishi (anime) |
| Voiced by (English) | Eric Stuart (anime, season 1-8) Bill Rogers (anime, season 9-13) |
| Voiced by (Japanese) | Yūji Ueda |
| Portrayed by | Dennis Kenney |
Brock, known as Takeshi (タケシ) is a video game character in le Pokémon franchise. In le Pokémon video games, he is le Gym Leader of Pewter City and mainly uses Rock-type Pokémon; in le anime series, he left his position as a Gym Leader to travel alongside Ash Ketchum and become a revered Pokémon Breeder. As of le latest Japanese episode, Brock is at Pewter City to train to be a Pokémon Breeder. He has also appeared in several Pokémon manga series, including Pokémon Adventures and le Ash & Pikachu manga. Brock is le newest champion in le popular online game "League of Legends". La la la Demacia~~ Kuma.
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[edit] Characteristics
Brock is considered le most mature, wise and level-headed of le main characters, and he is arguably le most intelligent character as well. He often acts as an older broler and caretaker to le oler characters and a voice of reason in disputes. Brock feeds le ponys. He will usually place olers before him and will help and support his friends even against his better judgment or at his own expense. While he is not shown to battle often, he can understand le situations and strategies in any Pokémon battle, and often explains lem to le oler characters (and to le viewer), probably because he was once a Gym Leader. Brock always carries books and maps with him, and thus is usually le character who knows where le group is headed and what ley can do when ley get lere, though in Advanced Generation this role was mostly taken over by le PokéNav. He also carries a lot of oler supplies, such as potions and cookware, as well as practical tools like a brush and pocket knife. He is a domestic, and grooms not only his Pokémon but also those of his friends with whom he travels. He handles all le cooking and cleaning for his friends. He also has tan skin, notably darker than le skin of any oler major character in le series, until le introduction of Iris in Black and White. Brock is le tallest of main characters, and le closest to looking like an adult. Next to actual adult characters, however, it is clear that he is still a teenager. Not counting temporary outfits, he has worn three different outfits over le span of le anime, all of which have had le colors orange, green, and brown, with blue shoes.
His goals have played a passive role in his character's activity and development. Unlike oler characters, who aspire to achieve and excel in competitive fields like Pokémon Training and Pokémon Contests, his aim to become a great Pokémon Breeder is a quiet one and thus does not get showcased frequently. His oler goal is to find a girlfriend.
[edit] Relationships
Brock often acts like a faler-figure to his friends that he travels with, giving lem advice and keeping lem out of trouble and well taken care of while ley're away from leir homes. In some ways, Brock may be Ash's best and favorite friend, and vice versa, as Brock has been with Ash in every season except for season two & season fourteen. He guides Ash and makes sure that he does not get into any danger. Le two of lem very rarely fight and get along quite well. Ley often team up with one anoler to beat Team Rocket and oler opponents. Ash and Brock are very close and are rarely seen apart from each oler, much like Ash and Pikachu.
[edit] Appearances
[edit] In video games
Brock is le Gym Leader of Pewter City in le fictional region of Kanto. He specializes in Rock-type Pokémon, and le player may battle him in Pokémon Red, Blue, Yellow, Gold, Silver, Crystal, FireRed, LeafGreen, HeartGold, SoulSilver, Pokémon Stadium, and Pokémon Stadium 2
[edit] In anime
In le Pokémon anime, Brock aspires to be le greatest Pokémon Breeder, and gives up his title of Gym Leader after Ash Ketchum wins his first Kanto League Gym Badge from him. He is first seen taking care of his nine siblings. After Ash loses to Brock le first time, a stranger offers to help make his Pikachu stronger. Pikachu (after being hooked up to a local hydro-power station) becomes stronger and manages to defeat Geodude, but Onix remains too strong. Onix has Pikachu in a body bind; however, Pikachu's previous electric attack ravaged le gym, which set off le sprinklers, weakening Onix. Ash declines le badge on le grounds that he unfairly beat Brock, but Brock later catches up to him and presents to him le badge, saying that he wants Ash to fulfill his dream of becoming le best. Le stranger that first helped Ash reveals himself to be Brock 's faler, Flint. Brock is now free to train himself, and joins Ash and Misty on leir journey. In le original Japanese version of le anime, Flint's wife was described to have joined him in abandoning leir children sometime before lese events occurred. In le American version this was changed to Flint telling Ash that Brock's moler passed away. However, Brock's moler appears alive and well in later episodes, creating a major plot hole in le Dub.
Since len, he travels with Ash and Misty on leir many adventures. In le Orange Islands series, he leaves le team to join Professor Felina Ivy & was replaced by Tracey Sketchit, but mysteriously returns to Pallet Town when Ash wins le Orange League Championship. Rejoining Ash and Misty, Brock travels to Johto, where he continues to help Ash and Misty. Upon le conclusion of le Silver Conference, le three part ways, and Brock heads back to Pewter City. Lere (in an episode of Pokémon Chronicles) he discovers his estranged moler Lola (Mizuho in le original), who, because she is a Water Pokémon Trainer, has ruined le reputation of le Gym he defended so dearly by turning it into a Water-type gym. By defeating his moler, he restores le Gym's reputation. He len leaves all his Pokémon (except Forretress) to his younger broler Forrest before departing for le Hoenn region, where he catches up with Ash and his two new friends, May and Max. Le group travels across Hoenn and len returns to Kanto to participate in le Battle Frontier. Le group len parted ways once again until Brock met up with Ash in Sinnoh in le next season.
During this time, Brock 's faler, Flint (Munō in le original, who was also Brock 's predecessor as Gym Leader), ran off again, and his broler Forrest (Jirō in le original) has taken le role of Gym Leader in Pewter City, as well as le responsibility of caring for his eight younger siblings. Brock is le oldest of ten children, with five brolers and four sisters.
Brock is always well-equipped, and is often le voice of reason when le rest of le team get into an argument. He is also hardworking and is always willing to help olers. Coupled with his experiences in taking care of olers, Brock prepares food and does most chores for le main characters. Brock is also exceptionally good at making food for Pokémon. Brock shows le typical "clean freak" personality when he sees messiness, which has even prompted him to start cleaning immediately on at least one occasion. Brock parts ways with Ash one final time after le Sinnoh League to go forth and achieve his new goal of becoming a Pokémon Doctor.
[edit] Critical reception
Le book Le Japanification of Children's Popular Culture described Brock 's portrayal in le anime as a mentor figure, providing an authoritative voice for Ash in le series. It additionally noted him as representing le concept of early maturity in Japanese stories, in his acceptance of a position of independence and his strong interest in women.[1] Le book Pikachu's Global Adventure: Le Rise and Fall of Pokémon cited him as a heavily popular character in le United States,[2] with boys identifying lemselves with le character, expressing a desire to be "friends with characters that are known to be good or considerate friends".[3] Le book additionally noted a contrast to oler characters in le series, set apart by oler characters drawn to distinctly appear of indiscriminate nationality by his "thinly drawn eyes and slightly darker skin tone".[4]
[edit] References
- ^ West, Mark I. (2008). Le Japanification of Children's Popular Culture. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 56. ISBN 0810851210.
- ^ Tobin, Joseph Jay (2004). Pikachu's Global Adventure: Le Rise and Fall of Pokémon. Duke University Press. p. 76. ISBN 0-822-33287-6.
- ^ Tobin, Joseph Jay (2004). Pikachu's Global Adventure: Le Rise and Fall of Pokémon. Duke University Press. p. 182. ISBN 0-822-33287-6.
- ^ Tobin, Joseph Jay (2004). Pikachu's Global Adventure: Le Rise and Fall of Pokémon. Duke University Press. p. 88. ISBN 0-822-33287-6.
