Wally

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Wally (Japanese: ミツル Mitsuru) is one of the two rival characters in , , Omega Ruby, and Alpha Sapphire, the other being /. In Pokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire, Wally in his later battles possesses a that can Mega Evolve with his handmade wooden Mega Pendant, which holds his Key Stone. The Mega Pendant is shaped like a Gallade's head.
Wally is a young, sickly boy who lives in Petalburg City. Despite his illness, his dream is to train . In his room, in Petalburg City, there are a lot of books about how to raise and battle with Pokémon covered in sticky notes, a notebook which has been written and erased again and again and a terrestrial globe with pins in places in the Kalos and Unova regions, suggesting that he has been wanting to go outside and catch Pokémon for a long time.
==In the core series games==
In Pokémon Ruby, and Sapphire, , Omega Ruby, and Alpha Sapphire, Wally is a sickly young boy who first appears in Petalburg City, asking Norman, the Petalburg Gym Leader, to help him catch a Pokémon before he moves to Verdanturf Town to live with his aunt and uncle. This is because Verdanturf is in a remarkably clean area and might improve Wally's sickness. Norman asks his child, the , to assist Wally and loans Wally a . Using this Pokémon, Wally is able to capture a . In Pokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire, after catching his Ralts, Wally will give the player a new app for their PokéNav as thanks, the .
Wally shows up again later in Mauville City, pleading with his uncle to let him challenge Wattson. He battles the player to prove his strength but loses. He decides his uncle is right but says he will train to become stronger.
Wally eventually runs away from home and challenges the player at , seemingly recovered from his illness. In Pokémon Ruby, Sapphire, and Emerald, he remains at Victory Road and can be rematched after the player has entered the Hall of Fame.
In the remakes of Ruby and Sapphire, , Wally's Ralts eventually evolves into a instead of a . At some point in the game, Wally also obtains a Key Stone and , allowing his Gallade to Mega Evolve. He is also revealed to have obtained all eight badges before the player meets Wally at Victory Road as he becomes a Certified Trainer at every Gym. The player can follow Wally's progress on the Hoenn News Network and see his name on the Gym statues starting from the time Mt. Chimney is explored.
In the Delta Episode, Wally is being harassed by Courtney/Matt who attempts to steal his Key Stone. Wally thanks the player when the player defeats Courtney/Matt, but reveals that his Key Stone had already disappeared before the Admin had arrived. At the end of the Delta Episode, Wally leaves his home again, with his Key Stone having been returned by the player.
Later on, Wally arrives at the Battle Resort with an S. S. Ticket from Norman and grows stronger through his time at the Battle Resort. Wally re-battles the player at the Battle Maison but can only be battled again once the player has beaten one of the s in a Super Battle. Wally can also be selected as a partner for the Multi Battle challenge at the Battle Maison. Through his time at the Battle Maison, Wally is revealed to have met a lot of people who have helped him grow as a Trainer. He is revealed to be a strategic, enthusiastic Trainer who studies various move combinations and the allocation of base stats, who is willing to change his team make-up and Pokémon's moves to become stronger.
In Pokémon Sun, Moon, Ultra Sun, and Ultra Moon, Wally appears in Alola's Battle Tree as an opponent the player can battle and subsequently recruit. Unlike and , he does not seem to have aged.
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 Trainer Wally / Lover Wally / Pokémon Trainer Wally
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:We let it all hang out. / We put everything we have into it!
:Trainer's Pokémon
:. / The first Pokémon I ever caught.
:Self-Introduction
:Pokémon and I have grown stronger together. / My Pokémon and I have grown stronger together.
===Pokémon===
====Pokémon Ruby, Sapphire, and Emerald====
=====Capture tutorial=====
Norman loans this Pokémon to Wally to show him how to catch Pokémon.
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=====Caught in tutorial=====
=====First battle=====
Wally uses two Super Potions in .
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=====Second battle and rematches=====
The rematch battles are available after entering the Hall of Fame.
Wally uses two Super Potions in and two Full Restores in .
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====Pokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire====
=====Capture tutorial=====
Norman loans this Pokémon to Wally to show him how to catch Pokémon.
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=====First battle=====
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=====Second battle=====
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=====Third battle=====
Wally will only appear once the player defeats a in a Super Battle at the Battle Maison.
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=====Fourth battle onwards=====
Wally has a 1% chance of giving the player an Ability Capsule upon being defeated.
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=====Battle Maison Multi Battle=====
Wally will always use these two Pokémon as the player's Multi Battle partner.
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====Pokémon Sun, Moon, Ultra Sun, and Ultra Moon====
Wally's Pokémon are kept in Ultra Balls. 
=====Battle Tree=====
Wally uses three of these Pokémon in Single Battles, four in Double Battles, and two in Multi Battles.
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==In the spin-off games==
===Pokémon Masters EX===
Wally forms a sync pair with , , , and in Pokémon Masters EX. Both his Gallade and Shiny Gardevoir are capable of Mega Evolving. Wally became a playable sync pair on May 14, 2020.
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==Quotes==
==In animation==
===GOTCHA!===
Wally briefly appeared in GOTCHA!.
==In the manga==
===Pokémon Adventures===
Wally appears as a major supporting character in Pokémon Adventures.
==In the TCG==
This listing is of cards mentioning or featuring Wally or his Pokémon in the Pokémon Trading Card Game.
==Gallery==
:For images on Wally's Pokémon Adventures counterpart, see: Wally (Adventures)
:For images on Wally in Pokémon Masters EX, see: Wally (Masters)
===Artwork===
====Standard====
 	
Artwork from 	Art for illustrated by Megumi Mizutani
 	
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====Concept art====
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====Raw TCG artwork====
For all images and products relating to this character in the TCG, see their In the TCG section
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===Game assets===
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==Trivia==
* Wally is the first rival:
** Seen catching their first Pokémon in the .
** Not seen in the player's hometown at any point in the games.
** Not to be the 's first .
* Wally and the player's counterpart (either or ) are the first rivals:
** To appear as multiple rivals in the same game.
** Not to be named by the player.
* Wally is the only rival whose first Pokémon evolves into different branched Evolutions depending on the games.
* His illness is never explained, but his symptoms appear to clear up in clean air, suggesting that it is either or .
* In , Wally challenges the near the exit of , whereas in , he is met after crossing the first bridge. Despite this, the rematches with him occur near the end of Victory Road, regardless of the game.
* In the Generation III games, it is possible for the capture tutorial to end with Ralts fainting. This can only happen if Zigzagoon is generated with 11 Attack, and the wild Ralts has a Nature that lowers Defense, an of 3 or less in HP, and 9 or less in Defense. With all this, Zigzagoon can do a maximum of 10 damage with its first , and after is used on it, 7 with its second. This makes for a total of 17 damage, just enough to knock out Ralts. However, the game continues on as if it had been caught. Accounting for the odds of suitable stats, two maximum damage rolls, no Tackle misses and no potential speed tie losses, the probability of Ralts being knocked out is about 1 in 200,322.
** In the Generation III games, it is also possible for Wally to catch a Ralts in the tutorial. However, it will not stay Shiny in subsequent battles.
* In Pokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire, after the player defeats Maxie or Archie at Mt. Chimney, Wally is listed as a certified Trainer at all Hoenn Pokémon Gyms.
** As the player visits Lavaridge Town after these events, all Gyms from that point onward (including the Petalburg Gym) list Wally's name first, while Wally's name appears after the player's name at the first three Gyms.
* In Pokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire, when Wally is battled on Victory Road, he gets his own battle theme, unlike in the original games. This later becomes his encounter theme when he is rematched at the Battle Resort.
* Wally shares his Italian name with Grant: they both go by the name of Lino.
* Prior to , Wally shared his Chinese name with .
* Before the catching tutorial, Wally is given a by Norman, as he appears to not have any. In Generation III, this is true, but in Generation VI, Wally is shown to have 15 Poké Balls in his Bag during the tutorial.
==Names==
Language 	Name 	Origin
Japanese 	ミツル Mitsuru 	From 蔓 tsuru (vine), 羸る mitsuru (to be frail), 満つ mitsu (to be full), or 鶴 tsuru (crane, possibly in reference to the presented to those who are seriously ill)
English 	Wally 	From wallflower
German 	Heiko 	Diminutive form of , a name of Old High German in origin meaning "home ruler"
Spanish 	Blasco 	From blass (German for pale)
French 	Timmy 	From timide (timid) or possibly τιμάω tīmáō (Ancient Greek for "to honor")
Italian 	Lino 	Possibly from Lino (, personification of lamentation in ancient Greek mythology) or lino ()
Korean 	민진 Minjin 	Similar to his Japanese name. Possibly from 민 (閔) min (affliction; endeavor) and 진 (進) jin (advance).
Chinese ()	滿充 / 满充 Mǎnchōng 	From 充滿 / 充满 chōngmǎn (brimming)
Chinese ()	小光 Xiǎo Guāng 	From 光 guāng (light) and the Japanese name 光 Mitsuru
Chinese ()	滿充 Múhnchūng 	From 充滿 chūngmúhn (brimming)
Chinese ()	小光 Síu Gwōng 	From 光 gwōng (light) and the Japanese name 光 Mitsuru
Russian 	Уолли Uolli 	Transcription of his English name
Thai 	มิสึรุ Misueru 	Transcription of his Japanese name
Vietnamese	Mitsuru 	Transcription of his Japanese name
==References==
Hoenn News Network: "This remarkable 10-year-old Trainer is originally from Petalburg City and is known to his friends and family as Wally."
==Related articles==
Category:Rival characters
Category:Ruby and Sapphire characters
Category:Emerald characters
Category:Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire characters
Category:Sun and Moon characters
Category:Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon characters
Category:Multi Battle partners
Category:Trainers with Key Stones
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