Montgomery

Montgomery (Japanese: マサオミ Masaomi) is a recurring character of who first appeared in The Clubsplosion Begins! and a rival of Stephan. 
==History==
===Pokémon the Series: Black & White===
Montgomery was the champion of the previous year's Clubsplosion tournament and returned to defend his title with his . He showed a particular interest in Stephan and his . However, when Stephan began bragging that Sawk was the greatest, he took slight offense to it. He stated that Stephan could not say he was the greatest until he won a against his Throh. Even then, he concluded that Stephan would not make it past the second round just by looking at Sawk.
Still, Montgomery continued to observe Stephan and Sawk in Search for the Clubultimate! during the intermission while they were attempting to help Ash's Scraggy direct his . Afterwards, Montgomery fought his first opponent Delbert, defeating him easily and advancng to the second round.
The night before the second round was to begin, in A Clubsplosion of Excitement!, Montgomery was seen training Throh by having him throw large boulders around. Ash asked him to train with him and Stephan, but he refused, saying that he did not train with his "enemies". The next day, he went up against and her and won, advancing himself to the semifinals. Before the episode's conclusion, it was revealed that his opponent for that round would be Ash and he battled him in Commanding the Clubsplosion Crown!. Montgomery was well aware of how badly Scraggy aimed his attacks and did not issue a command to Throh. Instead, they waited as all of his Focus Blasts missed. He finally told Throh to attack after Scraggy used , and Ash was quickly defeated. As a result, Montgomery would join Stephan in the final round of the Clubsplosion.
Stephan proved to be his toughest opponent, to the point where Montgomery struggled to maintain control of the battle. As a result, he eventually lost, forcing him to give up his championship title. Though he lost, he was thoroughly impressed by Stephan's skills as a Trainer and congratulated him when he won, even giving him a handshake. He said that the next time he and Stephan battled, he would be victorious.
==Character==
Montgomery is incredibly confident in his skills as a , though comes off as cold and distant. He has honed his 's stamina to allow him to take control of any match, dealing ultimate damage at close range. Montgomery takes particular offense to overconfidence, and will wait out an opponent before responding with a barrage of attacks.
==Pokémon==
This listing is of Montgomery's known Pokémon in :
==Pokémon competitions==
Montgomery has competed in the following :
* Clubsplosion - Winner (one year before Commanding the Clubsplosion Crown!)
* Clubsplosion - Runner-Up (Commanding the Clubsplosion Crown!)
==Voice actors==
==Names==
Language 	Name 	Origin
Japanese 	マサオミ Masaomi 	
English 	Montgomery 	Similar to his Japanese name.
French 	Antoine 	
German 	Maximilian 	Similar to his Japanese name.
Korean 	신아 Sin'a 	Possibly the Korean reading of the Japanese name 雅臣 Masaomi, with the kanji reversed.
Chinese ()	正臣 Zhèngchén 	From the Japanese name 正臣 Masaomi.
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