Roughneck (Trainer class)

A Roughneck (Japanese: スキンヘッズ Skinheads), known as a Cue Ball until Generation IV, is a type of Pokémon Trainer introduced in Generation I. They appear as bald men wearing leather jackets. Roughnecks can be commonly found in the vicinity of s and, in Pokémon: Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee!, s. In Sinnoh, they have a on the back of their vest; in Unova, they have a . Cue Ball may be referring to their bald heads, which can resemble white billiards balls.
They are sometimes depicted as being affiliated with Team Rocket.
When paired with s in Double Battles, they are called .
They specialize in Pokémon in Generations I and III, and in in Generation V. In the Battle Subway, they specialize in Pokémon with one-hit knockout moves and, in the early stages, Dark- and Fighting-type Pokémon.
In Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee!, Roughnecks award three s along with prize money upon being defeated.
==Gallery==
===Sprites and models===
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====In other games====
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==Trainer list==
===Pokémon Red, Blue, and Yellow===
===Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen===
===Pokémon Diamond and Pearl===
:See more: List of Battle Tower Trainers in Pokémon Diamond and Pearl/Roughneck
===Pokémon Platinum===
:See more: List of Battle Frontier Trainers in Generation IV/Roughneck
===Pokémon Black and White===
:See more: List of Battle Subway Trainers/Roughneck
===Pokémon Black 2 and White 2===
===Pokémon: Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee!===
===Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl===
===Pokémon Stadium===
==In animation==
A Roughneck by the name of appeared in Rocking the Virbank Gym! Part 1 and Part 2. He is the drummer in Roxie's rock band " and the Toxics".
==In the manga==
===Pokémon Adventures===
====History====
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A Roughneck appears seen amongst the people at the Johto Safari Zone in Weavile Wobbles But It Won't Fall Down.
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In Bombastic Bibarel & Heroic Hippopotas, a Roughneck appeared at the Seven Stars Restaurant.
In Vexing Vespiquen & Unmanageable Mothim I, and Riley encountered two Roughnecks hired by Team Galactic to disrupt their progressing. The Roughnecks took 's Egg as a hostage but were eventually outsmarted by Diamond.
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A Roughneck was seen in Deprogramming Porygon-Z, entering the after Palmer had his assistants open the gates.
Another Roughneck appeared in Clobbering Claydol, wandering around the .
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Roughneck Nicky appeared briefly at the Virbank Gym in New Sword Player.
====Pokémon====
==Trivia==
* In Generation I, a Cue Ball can be found swimming in . He does not appear in future generations other than Generation VII, in which he does not swim.
* In and , Roughneck Kirby in the Lost Tower uses only one Pokémon; a . This is highly contradictory to the established archetype for this Trainer class, as well as his name that fans consider to .
** However, he does mention that he is in the Lost Tower because his Pokémon died at the hands of Team Galactic, and Cleffa is the only one he has left.
** Also, in Pokémon Platinum, one of the Roughnecks that can be fought in the expresses a dislike towards having Pokémon fight each other.
* The Japanese name of this Trainer class refers to the , which is now often associated with racist and beliefs. This is likely why the name was changed for international releases.
* The Cue Balls in Generation I and III use the s' overworld sprite, which, contrarily to the name of the Trainer class, depicts them with hair.
==In other languages==
==Related articles==
Category:Dark-type Trainers
Category:Fighting-type Trainers
Category:Pokémon Adventures characters
Category:Animation characters
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