May (Pokemon Anime)

May, also known as Haruka, is one of the main characters from the Pokemon series.
== Charactah Account ==
May only wanted to travel the world at first. She initially disliked Pokémon before experience around them changed her mind. She aspires to be a Pokémon Coordinator, leading towards a quest similar to Ash's.
Despite her beauty, May is a sweet and very kind-hearted beautiful girl who would help people in need. Like Misty, May can get very angry and hot-tempered at times when disagreeing with Ash Ketchum or Max (May's younger brother), but May is able to overcome her fear of Bug-type Pokémon. However, she can get very sad, especially when she loses a Contest, but does her best to prevail. She is also shown to have a side for romance, though on rare occasions. She became angry at her Munchlax because it was eating food that belonged to someone else and ran off when she didn't keep an eye on it, she had Max give Munchlax "pink surprise" in order to stop Munchlax's appetite and prevent it from eating.
At the start of her journey, May didn't like Pokémon as she only wanted to start her journey just so she can travel and visit places. However, her encounter with Ash and Brock changed that and her love for Pokémon began to grow steadily.
== Appearance ==
=== Anime ===
* Pokemon Advanced Generation
* Pokemon Diamond & Pearl
* Pokemon Movie 06: Jirachi Wishmaker
* Pokemon Movie 07: Destiny Deoxys
* Pokemon Movie 08: Lucario and the Mystery of Mew
* Pokemon Movie 09: Pokemon Ranger and the Temple of the Sea
* Pokemon: The Mastermind of Mirage Pokemon
=== Manga ===
* Ash & Pikachu
* Pokemon Ranger and the Temple of the Sea
== Trivia ==
* May had been voiced by the same voice actors:
** In Seasons 6–8, May shared the same voice actress as Ash Ketchum and his mom Delia Ketchum: Veronica Taylor.
** In Season 9, she shared the same voice actress as Misty and Jessie: Michele Knotz.
* May has owned two Pokémon and befriended one Legendary Pokémon from the fourth generation:
** Munchlax
** Glaceon (can only evolve from Eevee in Sinnoh, Unova, Kalos, Hoenn, Alola if it leveled up in an area containing an Ice Rock and it can evolve via an Ice Stone in Generation VIII)
** She had befriended a Mythical Pokémon named Manaphy.
* Currently, May has the most starter Pokémon out of all of Ash's traveling companions as she originally owns 4:
** Bulbasaur
** Squirtle
** Torchic
** Eevee
* The first Pokémon May used in fact was not Torchic but a Mudkip. However, she did not know how to command it to attack Poochyena and it ended up spraying her with a Water Gun attack.
* May shares some Pokémon in common with Ash:
** Their first caught Pokémon is a Bug type:
*** Caterpie for Ash
*** Wurmple for May
**** May and Jessie were both hoping for Beautifly after they both caught a Wurmple. May was the lucky one when she actually got Beautifly as nobody (except Professor Birch, James and Meowth) knew that Jessie's Wurmple was actually evolving into Cascoon, which then evolved into the Bug/Poison Pokémon called Dustox.
** They both have members of the Bulbasaur and Squirtle evolutionary lines. While Ash's Bulbasaur and Squirtle are still in base form, May's have both evolved at least once.
** They both had them alongside their fully-evolved Fire-type starter (Ash's Charizard and May's Blaziken, respectively).
* May is the first female character to:
** Have a caught or received a Bug, Poison, Fighting and Ice-type Pokémon.
** Have or had caught or received a pure Fire, Bug, Normal and Ice-type Pokémon.
** Have one type change to a dual type upon evolving.
** Have caught or received a member or more from the Generation III and IV groups.
** Have more than one Normal-type.
** Have a regional Fire-type, Grass-type and Water-type Starter Pokémon.
** Have two starter Pokémon from the same region.
** Have a fully evolved Bug-type, Fire-type and Grass-type Starter Pokémon.
** Have a one type change its type upon evolving.
* May is the first main character to have her Pokémon in rotation.
* May is the latest female character to start with an M, and end with a Y, following Misty, Melody and Molly.
* In the Hoenn Grand Festival, Harley suspects that Drew and May have feelings for one another as Harley calls him "her annoying boyfriend".
* Although not appearing in-person in Pokémon Journeys: The Series, May was implicitly referenced by Serena in PJ105 by her title “Dancing Girl of Hoenn”.
== Gallery ==
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== External Links ==
* May (anime) at Pokemon Wiki
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