Hassel

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Hassel (Japanese: ハッサク Hassaku) is a member of the Elite Four of the Paldea region and the art teacher at Naranja Academy/Uva Academy. He specializes in .
==Appearance==
Hassel is a male human with fair skin, blonde hair, faded gold eyes, and an average build. His attire features a white dress shirt with a red tie, a vest in satin black and red, a cadmium green coat where the rear sort of acts like a mini-cape, gray pants, and polished satin black dress shoes with red diamond shaped markings.
==In the core series games==
Hassel is a descendant of a long line of Dragon-type Trainers in an unnamed faraway region. He ran away from home as a youth to pursue a dream of "making music", before becoming a member of the Elite Four in the Paldea region as well as an art instructor at the academy. Hassel is shown to be friendly, but very emotional, as he bursts into tears of joy when defeated by the player. He is an old friend of Gym Leader Brassius of Artazon.
During his bond story, a arrives at the academy to get Hassel back home, claiming his father, the head of the family, is feeling ill, and Hassel should be taking his place as the head of the family. Through interactions with the , Hassel gains the confidence to confront the Dragon Tamer, realizing her words about his father's deteriorating health were lies in another attempt to get him to come home and swearing to stay at the academy to teach.
In The Indigo Disk, Hassel can be invited to Blueberry Academy as a special coach. A conversation between him and Drayton reveals that Hassel knows his grandfather, Drayden.
===Pokémon===
Hassel will stallize his at the first opportunity.
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====Traded to the player====
Upon the third unique interaction with Hassel in the League Club Room, he will trade an Arctibax to the player in exchange for almost any Pokémon excluding , , or Mythical Pokémon.
==Gallery==
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===Artwork===
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==Quotes==
==In animation==
===Pokémon Horizons: The Series===
Hassel made his first appearance alongside Rika in Welcome to Naranja Academy! when welcoming Liko, Roy, and Dot to Naranja Academy. Later, Hassel appeared with the other members of the Elite Four watching Liko's battle against Ann.
In Sparkle! The Glow of Fire and Art!, Hassel and Nemona helped with some details of the annual Artazon Art Festival, during the event, he discovered that Liko is Alex's daughter. After taking Liko, Roy and Dot to meet with Brassius, Hassel evaluated the works of art constructed by his students and then watched Roy's stal battle against Brassius.
In Showdown! The Paldea Elite Four, Hassel took part in a Tag Battle against Roy and Brassius during the Elite Four Tag Battle, eventually winning the battle with his Baxcalibur and Flapple. Hassel then cried tears of joy upon seeing Roy's motivation to get stronger.
In Shine on, Terastallization! Liko vs. Roy!, Hassel and Brassius watched Roy's battle against Liko, Hassel praised Roy for his improved battling skills and was crying tears of joy when he won the match.
Hassel appeared again in HZ079, when the Rising Volt Tacklers appeared at the asking for permission to go to Area Zero, Hassel appeared along with the other members of the Elite Four. Later, Hassel served as a judge for the battle between Liko, Roy and Dot against Geeta and after the battle ended, he began to cry in emotion.
====Character====
In the past, Hassel mentored Brassius during his times of insecurity with art. Hassel has a gentle personality, but also has a tendency to get overly emotional and cry with tears of joy upon admiring another person's character and progress. He is also very proud and caring of his students as a teacher and encourages them whenever they make any form of progress.
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===Pokémon: Paldean Winds===
Hassel briefly appeared in Breathe Out. He was seen clapping alongside other teachers at Ohara's performance.
In Breathe Together, Hassel was seen teaching a class during the Naranja Academy presentation video. In the video, he appears speaking while his students were painting .
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==In the manga==
===Pokémon Adventures===
Hassel debuted in Discover! The Quaking Earth Titan!!. He and several other teachers were called to an emergency meeting by Clavell to discuss , a new student that caused trouble during the Treasure Hunt's opening ceremony. Clavell informed the others of Violet's backstory and explained his behavior.
==In the TCG==
Hassel was introduced as a in the Pokémon Trading Card Game during the English Scarlet & Violet Series (the Japanese Scarlet & Violet Era). It was first released in the Japanese expansion and the English expansion, with artwork by GOSSAN. An version with artwork by the same illustrator was released in the same sets. This card can only be used if any of the player's Pokémon were Knocked Out during their opponent's last turn. It lets the player look at the top 8 cards of their deck and choose up to 3 of them to put into their hand. The other cards are then shuffled back into the deck.
==Trivia==
* The back vent on Hassel's coat could be in reference to the capes worn by s, whom Hassel has a history with, being a Dragon-type Trainer himself.
** It might also be a nod to Clair and her design in Generation II due to how her cape resembles part of a suit.
* Prior to the release of The Indigo Disk, Hassel was the only Paldean Elite Four member that could be rebattled indefinitely.
* Hassel is left-handed, as shown when he throws his s and in his official concept art painting a portrait of an .
* Hassel is also the only Trainer to use a Pokémon that is still capable of evolving in their League Club Room team, as can evolve into , while , which is used by Katy, cannot evolve into in .
==Names==
Language 	Name 	Origin
Japanese 	ハッサク Hassaku 	From 八朔 hassaku ()
English 	Hassel 	Similar to his Japanese name
German 	Sinius 	From Apfelsine (dialectal name for orange)
Spanish 	Hesperio 	From hesperidio (), and possibly an allusion to the garden of Hesperides.
French 	Hassa 	Similar to his Japanese name
Italian 	Oranzio 	From orange
Korean 	팔자크 Paljakeu 	From 팔삭 (八朔) palsak (hassaku orange) and partial transcription of Japanese name
Chinese () 	八朔 Bāshuò 	From 八朔 bāshuò / baatsok (hassaku orange)
Chinese () 	八朔 Baatsok 	From 八朔 bāshuò / baatsok (hassaku orange)
Indonesia 	Haskev 	Similar to his Japanese name
Brazilian Portuguese	Oranzo 	From orange
Thai 	ฮัซซาคุ Hassaku 	Transcription of his Japanese name
==References==
==Related articles==
* Images on the Bulbagarden Archives
Category:Game characters
Category:Scarlet and Violet characters
Category:Pokémon: Paldean Winds characters
Category:Elite Four Trainers
Category:Dragon-type Trainers
Category:Trainers with Tera Orbs
Category:Teachers
Category:Pokémon Adventures characters
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