Flint

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Flint (Japanese: オーバ Ōba) is a and member of the Sinnoh Elite Four.
==In the core series games==
In and , Flint is the third member of the Sinnoh Elite Four. He is friends with Volkner, the Gym Leader of Sunyshore City. Flint's younger brother is Buck, and their grandfather runs the Battleground.
Flint first encounters the in Sunyshore City, informing them about the recent blackouts and Volkner's disillusionment as a Gym Leader. He asks the player to bring back the excitement of Pokémon battles to Volkner, standing in front of the Sunyshore Gym's door until the player has talked to Volkner at Vista Lighthouse. 
In Pokémon Platinum, Flint and Volkner challenge the player and their to a Multi Battle when they first arrive at the Fight Area.
In Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl, Flint can also be met and fought at the .
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======Master Class Double Battles (Rank 8)======
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==In the spin-off games==
===Pokémon Masters EX===
Flint forms a sync pair with in Pokémon Masters EX. Flint became a playable sync pair since the game's release, with him joining the after completing the twelfth chapter of the PML Arc. 
Flint has also made notable appearances in one of the game's Main Stories, the PML Arc.
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==In animation==
===Pokémon the Series===
====Pokémon the Series: Diamond and Pearl====
Flint was first mentioned in An Elite Meet and Greet! by Lucian, and again in A Trainer and Child Reunion! by Officer Jenny.
Flint made his physical debut in Flint Sparks the Fire!. He noticed 's determination as he walked by the Sunyshore Gym, and went on to escort the group directly to Volkner, who was hiding away in the Sunyshore Tower. After Volkner declined Ash's challenge to a Gym , Flint took to a café run by his old friend, the Proprietor. Flint explained that he use to battle the Sunyshore street hoodlums with his when he was younger. He came across Volkner one day and defeated him in battle, though the next time the pair met, Volkner won. The two soon became rivals and later good friends after having a Tag Battle against the Proprietor. After turning 20, Flint left his hometown and eventually became a member of the Sinnoh Elite Four. At the same time, Volkner became the Sunyshore Gym Leader.
However, Flint constantly returned to Sunyshore City to convince the increasingly despondent Volkner to start battling again. After Volkner refused Ash's challenge for a battle again, Flint battled Ash in his place and defeated Ash's Pikachu, , and with his easily. In the process, Volkner observed the match and became reinvigorated upon observing Ash's teamwork with his Pokémon. Flint was glad to see this development and watched as Volkner reconsidered his decision to turn Ash away.
In The Fleeing Tower of Sunyshore!, Flint sat in the grandstands to watch Volkner go up against Ash. The Gym battle was interrupted by after they stole the Sunyshore Tower and caused the city to have a power outage. Flint, Volkner, and Ash all jumped onto the tower as Team Rocket was beginning to rocket into the sky, though Flint lost his grip and feel into the ocean below. However, he worked with to provide pedal power to the local Pokémon Center during the crisis. Flint later watched as Volkner landed the Sunyshore Tower back onto the ground, and he wished the best with her upcoming s as she and her friends left Sunyshore.
In The Eighth Wonder of the Sinnoh World!, Flint watched Volkner battle Ash again. In the next episode, he saved 's from Team Rocket and won against Jasmine in an . He also revealed that he would be challenging for the title of Sinnoh League .
Ash and his friends watched Flint battle Cynthia at the on TV in Memories are Made of Bliss!. As mentioned by the emcee, Flint's Infernape managed to defeat two of Cynthia's Pokémon. However, Flint lost the match after his Infernape was defeated by Cynthia's Garchomp.
Flint made a cameo appearance in the ending credits of Zoroark: Master of Illusions.
====Pokémon Journeys: The Series====
In Meeting Up with the Monarch!, Flint had a World Coronation Series battle against , where he used Infernape against Leon's Charizard, only to lose, causing his rank to drop from 7 to 8.
In Aim For The Eight!, Flint was revealed to have fallen out of the Master Class.
In The Fiery Road to Mastership!, Flint was shown watching Cynthia's Masters Eight Tournament match against .
====Character====
Flint is a supportive friend, and despite all of his success as a member of the Elite Four, he made several efforts to reach out to Volkner over the years. He is also passionate about battling and a prolific user of defense, a strategy he used to defeat and later Jasmine of the Olivine Gym. In addition to strategy, in Four Roads Diverged in a Pokémon Port!, Flint told Ash that having confidence in oneself is just as critical to being a successful Pokémon Trainer.
====Pokémon====
This listing is of Flint's known in :
	
Flint also has at least five more Pokémon, which he used during his battle against Cynthia.
====Achievements====
=====Badges obtained=====
This listing is of the Badges Flint has obtained in the Sinnoh region:
* At least eight Badges (prior to An Elite Meet and Greet!)
=====Pokémon League ranking=====
Flint has competed in the following Pokémon League Conferences:
* Lily of the Valley Conference - Winner (prior to An Elite Meet and Greet!)
=====World Coronation Series=====
Flint has competed in the World Coronation Series. His rank and class are as follows:
* Rank 7 (Master Class; prior to Meeting Up with the Monarch!) 
* Rank 8 (Master Class; Meeting Up with the Monarch!)
* Rank unknown (Ultra Class; prior to Big Brother to the Rescue!)
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===GOTCHA!===
Flint briefly appeared in GOTCHA!.
==In the manga==
===Pokémon Adventures===
====History====
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Flint debuts in Double Trouble with Dialga and Palkia VI, when Volkner invites him to help him investigate a giant hole that appeared in the Sendoff Spring.
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Flint and Volkner are seen in the Fight Area with their Pokémon. They are later seen investigating the hole at the Sendoff Spring when they receive a call from Buck. He tells Buck about the object that he is looking for at Stark Mountain, the Magma Stone, but the reception is lost and they get cut off.
Later, Flint and Volkner witness Platinum and her friends traveling to the Distortion World. Volkner teases Flint about caring that his younger brother has been injured, though Flint denies it and intends to defeat the person that beat Buck. Later, they arrive at the Sendoff Spring, and enter the Distortion World through the Turnback Cave.
Upon arriving, they are attacked by and are chased throughout the Distortion World by it. Despite a powerful combination attack they used, Giratina proves too powerful for them and defeats the two with a . They manage to get up soon after, only for Giratina to leave to fight the other Legendary Pokémon in the area.
After Charon is defeated, Giratina tries one last time to attack Platinum, only for Flint and Volkner to attack it from behind and defeat it. Satisfied, the two hi-five each other in a prideful boast of their strength.
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===Pokémon Diamond and Pearl Adventure!===
Flint appeared in Hareta's Heart's Desire as he found out about the tournament and wanted to compete in it. Rapidash was the first Pokémon sent out. It was up against Hareta's Empoleon. Despite the type-disadvantage, Rapidash was able to defeat Empoleon with a / combo. He recalls Rapidash and sends out Drifblim while Hareta sends out and .
However, Hareta had no choice but to use Misdreavus as he was disallowed to use two Pokémon at once. Drifblim was able to defeat Misdreavus with but due to it using beforehand, both Pokémon were out. Hareta than uses his Regigigas and Flint calls out Rapidash once again. Regigigas was able to defeat Rapidash with . Flint has one more Pokémon but resigns before even using it, giving Hareta the win.
Later, in Gathering of the Legendary Pokémon, he along with the Gym Leaders and Sinnoh Elite Four head to the Galactic HQ to take on the remaining Team Galactic grunts.
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====Achievements====
=====Badges obtained=====
* Eight unknown Badges (prior to A New Battle Begins!)
=====Pokémon League=====
Flint has competed in the following Pokémon Leagues:
* Sinnoh League - Top 16 (A Surprise Visit from Hareta's Father!)
==In the TCG==
This listing is of cards mentioning or featuring Flint or his Pokémon in the Pokémon Trading Card Game.
==Trivia==
* Although he specializes in types, in , only two of the five that Flint uses are actually Fire-type, with only eight Fire-type moves between them, only four of which are actual attacking moves. Each of Flint's Pokémon knows at least one Fire-type move. In , Flint's entire team consists of his type specialty.
** This can be attributed to the fact that Diamond and Pearl's Pokédex contains only two complete lines of Fire-type Pokémon, both of which he uses the final evolutions of.
* Flint's is the only Pokémon of a member of the Elite Four to use Seals in Pokémon Platinum. Incidentally, it is used in the Double Battle with Volkner, who uses his , the only Pokémon of a Gym Leader to have Seals.
* If the talks to Volkner in the Villa, he reveals that Flint uses Fire-type Pokémon due to his name.
* Flint is the only member of the Sinnoh Elite Four that doesn't have a Pokémon in any of his teams that knows .
* In , Shauntal mentions Flint in one of her pre-battle quotes from her novels. She writes that his hairstyle "would be great with ," and that he is commanding a Pokémon to use .
* In Pokémon Masters EX, reveals he met his as a at the Valley Windworks.
* Flint has the least number of Pokémon (excluding LV.X cards) cards, with only four (the other Sinnoh Elite Four members have five each).
* In Pokémon Platinum, Flint and Volkner have many parallels in terms of their teams. Both use an eeveelution corresponding to their specialty type, both use many "counterpart" Pokémon, such as Magmortar and Electivire, both of which are Pokémon that had prior evolutions from other generations and received a third evolution in Generation IV, and can only evolve through a held-item trade. Another such counterpart is Houndoom and Luxray, both of which mimic animals relating to real world cats and dogs.
==Names==
Language 	Name 	Origin
Japanese 	オーバ Ōba 	From 大葉 ōba (a variety of green-leaved )Toshinobu Matsumiya on Twitter and オーバーヒート
English 	Flint 	From (a kind of stone used as a fire starter)
German 	Ignaz 	From ignis (Latin for fire)
Spanish 	Fausto 	From Hefesto (), the Greek god of fire, volcano, and metallurgy
French 	Adrien 	From ardent (burning)
Italian 	Vulcano 	From vulcano (volcano)
Korean 	대엽 Daeyeop 	From 대엽 daeyeop, Sino-Korean reading of 大葉
Chinese ()	大葉 / 大叶 Dàyè 	From the Japanese name 大葉 Ōba
Chinese ()	大葉 Daaihyihp 	From the Japanese name 大葉 Ōba
Vietnamese	Oba 	Transcription of his Japanese name
==References==
==Related articles==
* Images on the Bulbagarden Archives
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