Noland

Noland (Japanese: ダツラ Datsura) is the Frontier Brain in charge of the 's , acting under the title of (Japanese: ファクトリーヘッド Factory Head).
==In the core series games==
Noland's position as Factory Head allows him to view the Battle Swap data for any Trainers. He instructs others that just reading isn't enough to learn about Pokémon; instead, a Trainer must gain experience.
Noland will challenge the player every 21 battles within a Battle Factory streak of Single Battles. His Pokémon are selected randomly each battle and the player receives no information about his team. Upon his defeat, Noland adds the Knowledge Symbol to the player's , awarding the Silver Knowledge Symbol if defeated in the 21st battle of the streak and awarding the Gold Knowledge Symbol if defeated in the 42nd battle of the streak.
===Pokémon===
Like the player, he uses rental Pokémon. The rental Pokémon that Noland uses are the same as those of another Trainer fought within the round in which he appears, but with fixed IVs of 15 and 31 for the Silver and Gold Symbol fights, respectively.
Noland uses three Pokémon from this list:
:List of Battle Frontier Pokémon in Generation III
* If Noland appears as the 21st battle of a Lv. 50 streak, his Pokémon are selected from the second listed variant of the species from .
* If Noland appears as the 42nd battle of a Lv. 50 streak or as the 21st battle of an Open Level streak, his Pokémon are selected from the third listed variant of the species from . However, Noland will not use , , or any Legendary Pokémon.
* If Noland appears as the 63rd or later battle of a Lv. 50 streak, his Pokémon are selected from . However, Noland will not use , , or the last two variants of , , , , , or , as these Pokémon do not appear at Lv. 50.
* If Noland appears as the 42nd or later battle of an Open Level streak, his Pokémon are selected from .
==In the spin-off games==
===Pokémon Masters EX===
Noland forms a sync pair with and in Pokémon Masters EX. His Pinsir is capable of Mega Evolving. Noland became a playable sync pair since the game's release.
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===Sprites===
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===History===
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Noland debuted in Numero Uno Articuno. and unknowingly saw him as he took a night flight in his plane alongside his friend . They met him in person at the following day, after stopping one of his inventions when it went out of control. Later, Noland called all of his Pokémon out to eat, and explained that the reason he had so many Pokémon was because of the many types of s he could have. To Ash's surprise, Noland then allowed him to choose which Pokémon he wanted to face. As Ash had trouble choosing one Pokémon above another, Articuno unexpectedly appeared, and Noland explained how he first met the Legendary Pokémon during a flight, where he rescued it after noticing Articuno's injured wing.
Wanting to experience flight like Articuno, Max and went for a joyride with Noland. However, while they were flying, showed up with their new mecha and attempted to steal all of the Battle Factory's Pokémon. In response, Noland dispatched Articuno against them, freeing the stolen Pokémon, destroying the mecha, and sending the trio blasting off. Later that evening, Ash announced that he wanted to battle Articuno. Noland accepted the challenge, and Ash told that he was going to use his in the battle, after he called it back from the Charicific Valley.
The next day, Ash and Noland had their battle. After quickly dealing with Team Rocket once again, Articuno and Charizard engaged in a dramatic match, which, despite Charizard's type advantage, turned out to be tough. Eventually, however, Charizard was able to defeat Articuno with its . After the battle, Noland admitted his defeat and handed Ash his first Frontier Symbol, the Knowledge Symbol.
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He reappeared in a flashback in A Pyramiding Rage!.
===Character===
Noland is a strategist, and timing and pinpoint accuracy are critical to his technique. Even when his attacks appear to miss his opponent's Pokémon, their secondary effects have equally devastating consequences. Rather than battling with random Pokémon, Noland allows the opponent to choose who they will battle against.
Noland also enjoys inventing things and riding on the airplane that he built.
===Pokémon===
====Befriended====
====At the Battle Factory====
This listing is of Noland's known in :
			
			
			
===Voice actors===
==In the manga==
===Ash & Pikachu===
Noland appeared in Off To The Battle Frontier!!. He becomes the first Frontier Brain that Ash battles. During the battle, he uses while Ash used . He was able to get the upper hand in the battle at first when Charizard struggled to keep up with Articuno but as Ash was able to turn the tables, Noland lost to Ash and rewarded Ash the Knowledge Symbol for defeating him. As Ash leaped in the air with excitement, Noland along with had to help him back up as he almost fell off of the battle area.
====Pokémon====
=====Befriended=====
===Pokémon Adventures===
====History====
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Noland is one of the seven s hired by Scott to be a Frontier Brain at the . Noland is first watching the Battle Frontier's opening ceremony. The ceremony is interrupted by , who announces that he wishes to conquer the Battle Frontier. The press mistakenly report the incident as allowing an ordinary Trainer to take part in the Battle Frontier before it officially opens a week later. The Frontier Brains decide to use this assumption as free publicity and allow Emerald to challenge the Battle Frontier under the condition that he completes it before it officially opens. Noland, having found Emerald's stunt insulting, decides that he will be the boy's first opponent. The next day, Emerald begins his challenge of the . After Emerald finishes the proper number of sets, he and Noland begin their battle. Despite Noland's powerful team and type advantages, he is eventually defeated, which earns Emerald the Knowledge Symbol.
The next day, Noland begins investigating the rental Pokémon listed at the Battle Factory. He notes that the total number of Pokémon doesn't match up with previous numbers and the Emerald used to defeat him isn't listed anywhere. He suspects that someone must have broken in and smuggled some Pokémon into the rental Pokémon list, but before he can reach a conclusion, Noland is knocked out by the armored man, Guile Hideout. Noland is taken to a hospital, where the other Frontiers gather and suspect Emerald to be the culprit. They confront Emerald about the situation after he conquered the Battle Pyramid. Emerald reveals that he did not attack Noland and is actually after the Mythical Pokémon . The six Frontier Brains find Emerald's explanation suspicious, but decide to follow him into Artisan Cave to find Jirachi. They leave the cave after suffering injuries from a run-in with Guile Hideout himself.
Scott lets Emerald challenge Greta at her facility directly, then holds a crunch meeting with the other five Frontier Brains. During the meeting, Noland appears to them, revealing that he snuck out of the hospital because he couldn't stand lying in bed doing nothing. He asks Scott for the Jirachi Report so that he could translate it to find out where Jirachi will appear next. That night, Brandon comes in to assist Noland in deciphering the rest of the Jirachi Report. Together, they realize that Jirachi has a third eye, which must be looked at in order for Jirachi to grant someone's wish.
The next day, Noland assists the other Frontier Brains in ushering people to the Battle Dome. Noland reveals the he captured three Smeargle from the Artisan Cave that copied Jirachi's with . Noland plans on using the Smeargle's Wish to attract Jirachi, allowing them to capture it before Guile. The plan doesn't work as Guile discovers Jirachi first after it appears over the top of the Battle Dome and captures it. Guile uses the rental Pokémon to the attack innocent bystanders and heads to the to make his wish. The other Frontier Brains stay behind to help everyone while Noland heads off to inform Spenser and Anabel about the situation. Although he gets to Spenser, Noland is unable to get in contact with Anabel. After meeting up with Emerald, , and , the three head to the Battle Tower.
When they arrive, Guile reveals that he put Anabel under his control. Guile forces the four to traverse the Battle Tower's seventy floors and challenge Anabel on the final floor. Emerald manages to get to Anabel first, but is defeated by the time everyone else arrives. Guile holds Anabel hostage and forces Noland to give him the fully deciphered Jirachi Report. When Noland is unsure about what to do, Guile attacks him and takes the report by force. Now knowing the secret to Jirachi's third eye, Guile has Jirachi create a gigantic made of seawater and uses it to flood the entire Battle Frontier. Noland is knocked unconscious from the attack, forcing Emerald to have take Noland and Anabel to safety. Noland later awakens and helps the Frontier Brains fight off Guile's rental Pokémon while Emerald and the other Pokédex holders fight Guile. Eventually, Emerald and the Pokédex holders manage to defeat Guile and destroy the gigantic Kyogre monster. The day after, an injured Noland and the other Frontier Brains congratulate Emerald for the hard work he put into saving everyone.
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Noland and the other Hoenn Frontier Brains battle and defeat the Admins of Neo Team Magma and Neo Team Aqua, who had interfered in the launch of a rocket that was made to stop the meteoroid threatening to destroy the world. Later, Noland and the other Hoenn Frontier Brains are called to Sootopolis City to assist in stopping the meteoroid.
====Pokémon====
=====On hand=====
=====Rented=====
==Trivia==
* A promotional T-shirt sold at the New York Pokémon Center pictured Noland with , , and in the same way other Frontier Brains were pictured with their own Pokémon.https://imgur.com/a/IFulN
* Noland is the only Frontier Brain to not have the first letter in his Symbol's name match his. The syllable no, however, does.
* In English, he is one out of only two Frontier Brains to share the same title, the other one being Thorton. However, both Palmer and Anabel share the same title in the Japanese version: .
* Noland is the only Frontier Brain to have been dubbed by 4Kids Entertainment, as the other six Generation III Frontier Brains did not make their animated series debut until the ninth season, where The Pokémon Company International took over the dubbing of the Pokémon anime.
* Noland shares his name, Sabino, with and the character Sawyer.
==Names==
Language 	Name 	Origin
Japanese 	ダツラ Datsura 	From the genus
English 	Noland 	From knowledge
German 	Kevin 	From Kenntnis (knowledge)
Spanish 	Sabino 	From saber (to know)
French 	Sam 	From savoir (to know)
Italian 	Savino 	From sapienza (knowledge)
Korean 	다투라 Datura 	Transcription of his Japanese name
Chinese ()	達拉 / 达拉 Dálā 	Partial transcription of his Japanese name
Chinese ()	達拉 Daahtlāai 	Partial transcription of his Japanese name
Vietnamese	Datsura 	Transcription of his Japanese name
==References==
==Related articles==
* Images on the Bulbagarden Archives
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