Todd Snap

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Todd Snap (Japanese: トオル Toru) is a professional photographer. Making his debut in the , he is most notable as the player character of .
==In the games==
===Pokémon Snap===
Todd is the protagonist of . Professor Oak hires him to go to Pokémon Island with the ZERO-ONE vehicle to take pictures of wild Pokémon behaving naturally for the Pokémon Report. He travels all over the island, getting pictures of all the 63 present on it, including the Mythical Pokémon .
===New Pokémon Snap===
Years after the events of Pokémon Snap, Todd appears in New Pokémon Snap to assist the in conducting an ecological survey of the Lental region. He also worked with Professor Mirror to design the player's vehicle, the NEO-ONE, which is based on the ZERO-ONE. Prior to the events of the game, Phil was astonished by his pictures and asked Todd to become his mentor.
===Super Smash Bros. series===
The ZERO-ONE appears as a trophy in Super Smash Bros. Melee. Todd is mentioned in the trophy description.
==In animation==
===History===
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Todd debuted in Pokémon Paparazzi, where he began traveling with and until The Breeding Center Secret. He had recently become famous after he took a picture of a supposedly extinct — namely, the very same one that tried to eat Ash, who also appeared in the photo but was blurred out, in Attack of the Prehistoric Pokémon. He was hailed for being able to "capture any Pokémon on film". After seeing the article in a magazine, misunderstood the wording, not seeing the "on film" part. disguised themselves and hired Todd to capture . The Japanese version of his debut episode has his resume revealing that he is 10 years old, although this was omitted from the English dub due to it zooming in on the picture and not translating his resume.
While Ash and his friends were taking a break, Ash suddenly spotted what he thought was a gun. Todd promptly emerged from the bushes, fearing that his camera would be damaged, and explained that he was trying to get a shot of Pikachu. Todd went on to invite Ash and his friends over to his home, which was filled with albums and wall hangings of many of his proudest shots. Todd's insistence on getting the perfect shot of Pikachu and show-off behavior continued to annoy Ash. However, after he and Ash became trapped in an underground pipe and defeated Team Rocket, the two boys eventually settled their differences.
In The Ultimate Test, when mentioned that it had been a while since had earned a Gym Badge and mocked his skills as a Trainer, Todd suggested that Ash should take the Pokémon League Admissions Exam if he wanted to prove his skills. During the exam, Todd used his camera to capture Ash's disappointing results in the theory test, and also his reactions while battling one of the instructors in the practice skills exam.
In The Breeding Center Secret, Todd's photography helped expose Butch and Cassidy's Pokémon theft scheme and led to their arrest by Officer Jenny. Todd later left the trio to continue taking pictures in the mountains.
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In Moving Pictures, Todd rejoined Ash's group while they were up in the mountains of Johto. He was trying to capture a picture of the Legendary bird . After successfully photographing the Legendary Pokémon in Freeze Frame, Todd decided to remain at Snowtop Mountain to continue taking photos of the local wild Pokémon.
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In Partners in Time!, Todd briefly appeared outside Wyndon Stadium, witnessing how stabilized the unstable Galar particles around it during Ash and 's battle in the Masters Eight Tournament finals.
===Character===
Todd is an enthusiastic photographer who enjoys adventuring through the mountains. He prefers to take natural shots to capture a Pokémon's true nature, and dislikes posed shots. His persistence and ambitious goals have helped him in his quick rise to fame.
In his debut appearance, Todd was more concerned with his camera equipment and getting a good shot. For example, in Pokémon Paparazzi, he attempted to take 's photograph while remained stuck in one of 's pitfall traps. He seems to have matured in his later appearances, since he was more aware of the surrounding situations and less prone to looking at the world through his camera lens.
He is also kindhearted, offering to take Sophia and Marcello's 50th anniversary photograph in Moving Pictures.
===Voice actors===
==In the manga==
===Pokémon Adventures===
Todd appears as a recurring character in the Pokémon Adventures manga, years after his debut appearances in other canons. He is never referred to by name in this canon.
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Todd debuted in Never Spritz a Knotty Sudowoodo, having come to the as a reporter assigned to cover the area's seven-day opening ceremony. There, he encountered the eccentric young , who ended up saving Todd from a wild . Throughout the arc, he followed the events in the Battle Frontier, aiding Emerald along with during the crisis caused by Guile Hideout. In Epilogue, , impressed by Todd's photos, asked him if he would like to work with him by going to an island populated by a variety of Pokémon and taking photos of them. He gladly accepted the offer.
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Todd made a cameo appearance in Swampert Smashes, where he was seen riding the ZERO-ONE while hearing the news about the meteoroid that was about to hit the planet in several days.
==Trivia==
* Todd is the first male player character to meet Ash.
* Todd is the only spin-off game character to appear in Pokémon Adventures proper, and, due to his introduction in the Pokémon animated series long before Pokémon Snap was released, the only animation-introduced character to appear in Pokémon Adventures.
* He had two separate names in the English-language dub. He is known as Todd in the , , and Pokémon TV versions and Snap in the DVD/VHS version. When Pokémon.com announced that the episodes featuring him would air on to celebrate the release of Pokémon Snap on Virtual Console in December 2007, they remedied the conflict by making Snap his surname.
* Including spin-off games, Kellyn and Todd Snap are the only human player characters who don't wear any sort of headwear.
==Names==
Language 	Name 	Origin
Japanese 	トオル Toru 	From 撮る toru (to take a photo)
English 	Todd Snap 	From snap (onomatopoeic sound of a camera shutter) and similar to his Japanese name
German, Spanish,French, Italian	Todd 	From his English name
Korean 	찰칵 Chalkak 	From 찰칵 chalkak (onomatopoeic sound of a camera shutter)
Chinese () 	阿徹 / 阿彻 Ā Chè 	From the Japanese name 徹 Tōru
Chinese () 	小透 Xiǎo Tòu 	From the Japanese name 透 Tōru
Chinese () 	阿徹 A Chit 	From Japanese name 徹 Tōru
==Related articles==
* Images on the Bulbagarden Archives
Category:Animation characters
Category:Manga characters
Category:Pokémon Adventures characters
Category:Playable characters
Category:Snap characters
Category:New Snap characters
Category:Photographers
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