Professor Friede

Professor Friede () is a Pokémon Professor, the commander of the Rising Volt Tacklers, and a main character appearing in .
==Appearance==
Friede is a young man with tan skin and white-gray hair. He wears a brown flight jacket with yellow fur and gray pants alongside pilot goggles. He wears a brown belt with a yellow belt buckle shaped a bit like a wing.He Also wears a pair of black shoes with yellowish brown and yellow soles, and red laces.
==Personality==
Friede is free-spirited and adventurous, but gets distracted easily sometimes and forgets to relay important details. He is extremely loyal and protective towards his companions, even if it means risking his own safety. He dislikes those like Amethio who manipulates and exploits others, demonstrating his strong sense of justice.
Despite his Professor title, he prefers to be referred by name and does not like being called a professor.
==Biography==
Friede is childhood friends with Orla, living in the Kanto region. The two eventually parted, with Friede becoming a researcher for an unnamed company. He was a student of Liko's mother, Lucca. He eventually quit the job, having lost his passion for work and met Ludlow, fishing with him on his boat. Lucca eventually contacted him, telling him about a special Pikachu residing near Medali. Friede was uninterested until he saw Pikachu floating in the sky by creating a massive vortex. With his passion rekindled, Friede attempted to befriend Pikachu, though his initial attempts ended in failure as he was either tackled or it ran away from him. Eventually, he managed to gain his trust after he and his Charizard gathered berries for it to eat. After flying with Charizard, Friede realized Pikachu's dream and subsequently saved him from falling. After this, he caught up with Orla in Hoenn and asked her to convert Ludlow's boat into an airship and formed the Rising Volt Tacklers, gathering Mollie, Murdock and Dot.
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Friede and his group were hired by Lucca to protect her daughter, who had gone to Indigo Academy in Kanto. Upon arriving, Friede and his group tried to find Liko to no avail. Later in the day, Friede found Liko being pursued by Amethio and the Explorers, and he took her away with him.
While introducing Liko to the other members and resident Pokémon, Amethio and his group had caught up to them, so Friede tried to lose them in a nearby storm. As his Charizard was busy powering the furnace, he had to use his Pikachu to battle Amethio. Liko initially wanted them to stop fighting, but after her Sprigatito refused, it unleashed a powerful Leafage that destroyed the barrier around the ship's wind deck. Friede managed to grab Liko, but was unable to get Sprigatito, who ended up being saved by Amethio but was not returned.
Friede and the group later arrived at a nearby port to look for Sprigatito, eventually discovering the Explorers there. Knowing Amethio was a strong Trainer, he concocted a plan with Liko to distract him so she could find her Sprigatito. The plan was successful and they returned to the ship, where he revealed to her that he and his group were hired by her mother to protect her. He then decided to head to back to Paldea to claim some of the owed money, as they couldn't go adventuring otherwise.
Friede gave Dot a Pokéball, and offered her some advice after she caught it. Friede requestrf the teams to split up and 'look for anyone who might seem suspicious' after Murdock's team arrived, while he will roam from a top down view with help from Charizard. After a cargo ship decided to leave, Liko told Friede that there may be a problem at the ship, so he ordered Charizard to go there. He found a suspicious Trainer and chooses Cap to take on the suspect Trainer, who sent out Bisharp. Friede won after Thunder Punch finished off Bisharp. He then confronts and questions the suspect, but Pikachu declines that he's the culprit. Soon, he got a call from Murdock, reporting that Dot's signal was jammed. He brought Charizard over to the harbor find the source of the signal jam, which Mollie believed to be on the container ship. Friede initiated a battle on the deck between his two Pokémon: Cap and Charizard, which Roy overheard and decided to watch along with his two Pokémon. Friede soon calls to stop the battle, the two Pokémon became thankful to each other after a good battle. After Roy questioned him about them battling, he explained the benefits to Roy, who then got an idea and initiates Cap go up against Fuecoco and Wattrel in a one-on-two battle. After seeing his Pikachu win, Dot warned Friede about a storm approaching, and demanded everyone to head inside. He moved to the cockpit during and after the storm. He then noticeed Roy missing out on dinner. The next day, he and Cap are demanded by Roy to have a rematch, which Friede accepted. His Pikachu won the rematch after Cap defeated Wattrel with Thunder Punch and dodged Fuecoco's Tackle by flying, causing the latter to keep going, crash and faint, but despite this, commended Roy for his efforts in battle.
During their voyage, Liko and Roy, accompanied by a video recording, entered the cockpit without permission, giving him and Cap suspicious looks. They question him in excitement about what their secret is, where they met and how Pikachu became captain, but he holds them back. After Orla initiates an announcement for the rest of the crew to gather, Friede caves in and tells them his whole story.
When the Rising Volt Tacklers ran out of money, Friede took a commission from Shine, one of his acquaintances, to look for his Bramblin. During the commission, they ran into a group of Pokémon hunters, who had abducted Bramblin. Friede successfully defeated the hunters with Pikachu.
Friede announces that the team head off to Steelbound Town in the Paldea region to resupply the airship, which they accept. After Dot, Liko and Roy return to the ship, he overhears Orla's anger, accusing the team of stealing the metal, before he claims that Orla is the only onee getting angry. A moment later, Friede overhears a chase going on in the ship involving the new Tinkatink. Liko tells him that the Tinkatink stole the metal according to Murdock. Friede overhears Dot and arrives at the basement, confirming her thoughts that another Pokemon is responsible for eating the metal. He explains to Roy and Liko that the metal was eaten rather than stolen thanks to him recognizing the chew marks on the broken metal pieces, which Tinkatink doesn't do, therefore reassuring the Pokemon. After noticing the ship tilting, he commands Charizard to tug the ship back upright, which they do so successfully, while leaving Dot, Quaxly and Tinkatink to stop Orthworm. Dot captures Tinkatink to unite the two.
==Pokémon==
===On hand===
===On the Brave Olivine===
===Previously cared for===
==References==
Category:Rising Volt Tacklers