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Hugh (Japanese: ヒュウ Hyu) is the rival character in .
==In the core series games==
Hugh is the 's childhood friend. He is described as feeling passionately for Pokémon battles and Pokémon strength. He is also a doting older brother to his sister; he hates Team Plasma because they stole a his late grandfather had caught for her. For that reason, Hugh travels across Unova and challenges its Gyms so he and his Pokémon can become strong enough to topple the new Team Plasma. He considers both his Pokémon and the player to be his partners, and battles with and against them at several points during their journey.
Being extremely quick to anger when it comes to dealing with the villainous team, Hugh initially refuses to forgive the old Team Plasma members living in Driftveil City, treating them with as much hostility as the new members and asking Clay why he forgives them. However, as he continues battling the new Team Plasma and interacting with members of the old Team Plasma, Hugh comes to understand the division between the two sects, ultimately accepting the help of Rood and the old Team Plasma Grunts in the Giant Chasm. After the player helps recover Purrloin (now a ) and enters the Hall of Fame, Hugh battles them once more before he begins helping the old Team Plasma reunite Trainers with their stolen Pokémon. He remains in Driftveil City from then on and can be battled daily.
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Hugh teams with the player in a Multi Battle against two s.
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Hugh teams with the player in a Multi Battle against two Team Plasma Grunts.
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====Third Multi Battle partner====
Hugh teams with the player in a Multi Battle against Zinzolin and a Team Plasma Grunt.
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====Fourth Multi Battle partner====
Hugh teams with the player in a Multi Battle against two Team Plasma Grunts, and later against Zinzolin and a Grunt.
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====Temporary====
After retrieving the now-evolved from Team Plasma's Shadow Triad, Hugh takes it back to his sister in Aspertia City.
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==In the spin-off games==
===Pokémon Masters EX===
Hugh forms a sync pair with and in Pokémon Masters EX. Hugh became a playable sync pair on November 7, 2022.
Hugh first appeared as an NPC during the story event Revel in Rivalry. He has also made notable appearances in one of the game's Main Stories, the Villain Arc.
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==Gallery==
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==Quotes==
==In animation==
===Pokémon Black 2 and White 2 Animated Trailer===
Hugh appeared in the Pokémon Black Version 2 and Pokémon White Version 2 Animated Trailer. He was first seen running with to go meet Bianca in Aspertia City. Later, he was seen battling Team Plasma aboard the Plasma Frigate alongside Nate and Cheren.
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===GOTCHA!===
Hugh briefly appeared in GOTCHA!.
==In the manga==
===Pokémon Adventures===
Hugh first appeared in the . He is a student at the Aspertia City Trainers' School, along with , , Leo, , , and . Despite having a home in Aspertia, Hugh lives in the school dormitories, where he shares a room with Leo. Hugh is obsessed with getting stronger, which tends to put him at odds with his classmates, who tend to focus on things other than battling.
Hugh debuted in The Transfer Student, where he berated Blake and Leo for being late to class and angrily told Blake to focus more on improving himself as a instead of flirting with girls. Their argument alerted the new teacher, , who forced the three to sit outside as punishment. While they waited, Blake, Hugh, and Leo spotted the new transfer student, Whitley, arriving at class. Hearing the conversation Blake and others were having about Whitley, Cheren decided to skip the lecture and instead had the students battle each other. Separated into two groups by gender, Hugh battled against Leo and Blake, defeating the former, but losing to the latter.
In Movie Panic, Cheren took his class to a school trip at Pokéstar Studios. Hugh found the trip annoying, as he couldn't see how movies could make him stronger. He was proven wrong after learning the battles in the movies were real despite the dialogue being scripted. After returning to school, Yuki, Maya, and Yuko consulted with the other girls on their plans for the upcoming cultural festival. When Hugh told the girls to go back to their dorms like Cheren said to, Yuki told him off, one of her comments angering him into attacking. The girls angrily went home, but Hugh ending up picking up a pendant containing a memory card.
In Unforgettable Memories, Hugh checked the memory card and found that it contained a list of Pokémon and their Trainers. After finding his name, Hugh flashed back to five years ago, where he received a and two other Pokémon from his grandfather. Hugh gave Purrloin to his younger sister as a birthday gift. After his sister and Purrloin became fast friends, Hugh decided to train Purrloin by having it battle against his . Their battle alerted a pair of s, who attacked Hugh and stole Purrloin. Claiming that if were stronger, he wouldn't have lost, Hugh swore revenge against Team Plasma. Back in the present, Hugh realized the owner of the pendant must be a member of Team Plasma and decided to reveal her true identity.
In Choir Tournament, Hugh's sister came to the Trainers' School to watch her brother take part in the Autumn Choir Tournament as a member of Team . After facing off against a variety of other teams in the tournament, Team Jigglypuff emerged as the winner. Roxie, a judge, had her father take the winning team and their class to Castelia City to compete in the Unova Choir Tournament.
In Angry Boy, Hugh's sister managed to stow away on Pop Roxie's boat. She wanted a chance to talk to Hugh as they became distant after he started going to the Trainers' School. After Leo accidentally discovered them, he promised to help Hugh's sister hidden from the others. After they arrived, Roxie encountered an injured member of the executive committee for the Unova Choir Tournament. When the man revealed his was stolen by Team Plasma, Hugh, Blake, Whitley, and Roxie headed to the Castelia Sewers to find the culprits. Shortly after they arrived, Hugh and the others encountered a group of Plasma Grunts. Hugh tried attacking, but was forced to run away when the Grunts sent their to swarm everyone. After getting separated from the others, Hugh was approached by a owned by , who used a Xtransceiver to talk to Hugh. Croagunk's hat kept the Xtransceiver hidden, leading to Hugh assuming that Croagunk was the one talking. Looker tried asking Hugh what his connection to Team Plasma was, but Hugh refused to answer and ran off.
In Therian Forme III, Hugh left the sewers and returned to Prime Pier, where his class was gathered. He revealed to everyone that Team Plasma returned and a member of their class is one of them, presenting the pendant as proof. Hugh decided to leave the school to fight Team Plasma, but was stopped by Whitley. Finding her behavior suspicious, the class suspected Whitley, but were affected by her Foongy's spores. After the others fell asleep, Hugh realized Whitley was the Team Plasma member he was searching for. Hugh offered to return the pendant if Whitley helped retrieve Purrloin, but before they could do anything, a flying ship known as the Plasma Frigate appeared. The ship used a cannon to freeze several buildings and civilians in an instant. Hugh managed to push Whitley and himself out of the way in time, but ended up falling unconscious.
In Abyssal Ruins, Hugh awakened at the Trainers' School. He was taken there by Rood of the Seven Sages, who revealed that Purrloin was safe in the care of someone else. Rood asked Hugh to give him the memory card, which contained data on a device capable of counteracting the Colress Machine, a tool that could control Pokémon. When a group of Plasma Grunts burst in the room to stop them, Hugh stayed behind to keep them busy and told Rood to find the memory card in his room. Once Rood succeeded, he and Hugh fled to another location run by good Team Plasma members. With the memory card, they built the device, which eventually successfully stopped the Colress Machine.
In The Final Battle, Hugh encountered Whitley again while infiltrating the Plasma Frigate. He apologized for his hostility towards her at Castelia, explaining that Rood told him everything about the internal situation within Team Plasma. He explained that he was looking for , as he was told that his sister's Purrloin was in his care. Once N was freed from captivity, he agreed to return Purrloin, but only after Ghetsis was defeated. As they headed to where Ghetsis was, Hugh encountered the Grunts that stole Purrloin. While Whitley and N went ahead, Hugh stayed behind to get his revenge and was assisted by Foongy. Though the Grunts were easily defeated, one refused to give up and tried to continue the battle by sending out a liberated . When the Snivy refused to fight Hugh, having chosen to side with him instead, the Grunts immediately surrendered. A sudden explosion soon tore the Plasma Frigate apart from the inside, after which Hugh went to meet with the others. After everyone fled to safe ground and regrouped, the Plasma Frigate crashed into the abandoned N's Castle, setting it ablaze and putting the liberated Pokémon Team Plasma left behind in danger. Blake decided the best option to stop the fire was to combine the might of all three stages of the Unova first partner Pokémon. Teaming up with the Snivy he befriended, Hugh, Blake, Whitley, , , Cheren, , Benga, and Cedric Juniper unleashed a triple, , , and combination attack, successfully dousing the flames. Afterward, Hugh and his sister were taken into N's Castle, where they were reunited with Purrloin.
In Epilogue, Hugh was forcibly taken to the Trainers' School, where his classmates apologized for treating him poorly and begged him to start attending class again. Embarrassed, Hugh agreed to come back to school and apologized for his earlier behavior as well. Later, Hugh attended the Trainers' School graduation ceremony with his classmates.
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==In the TCG==
Hugh was introduced as a in the Pokémon Trading Card Game during the English Black & White Series (the Japanese BW Era). First released in the Japanese expansion, it was later released as a and debuted in English in the expansion, with all three prints featuring an illustration based on the Yusuke Ohmura artwork of the character. Hugh causes both players to draw or discard cards until they each have five cards in their hands.
==Trivia==
* During the playthrough on the April 15, 2012 episode of Pokémon Smash!, they chose the name "Hihihiroshi" (Japanese: ひひひろし) for Hugh. The name was initially a backstage in-joke originating from when the Smash! cast was passing time by practicing singing Can You Name All the Pokémon? BW.Shoko Nakagawa's official blog (Japanese) Following the Japanese naming conventions of the evolutionary line, it was determined that Hihihiroshi was the final evolved form of Hiroshi Yamamoto.
* In Challenge Mode, it is possible for his team to level down, with his first partner Pokémon, elemental monkey, and being level 45, 43, and 43 respectively when battled in Undella Town, but all three being two levels lower when battling alongside the player in Lacunosa Town.
* Some s note that Hugh's hairstyle resembles a .
* Hugh is the only nameable rival with a name already entered when the player is prompted to name him.
* Hugh is the first rival who battles the player more than once with no other Pokémon but their first partner Pokémon.
* Hugh is the only nameable player or rival character who is not a Pokédex holder nor has a game version name in the Pokémon Adventures manga.
==Names==
Language 	Name 	Origin
Japanese 	ヒュウ Hyū 	From
English, Vietnamese	Hugh 	From his Japanese name and a homophone of hue
German 	Matisse 	From matiz (Spanish for hue) and possibly a reference to French artist
Spanish 	Matís 	From matiz (hue)
French 	Matis 	From matís (Catalan for hue) and possibly a reference to French artist Henri Matisse
Italian 	Toni 	From toni (tones) or tonalità ()
Korean 	휴이 Hyu-i 	From hue
Chinese () 	阿修 Ā Xiū 	Transcription of his Japanese name
Chinese () 	修 Xiū 	Transcription of his Japanese name
Chinese () 	阿修 A Sāu 	Mandarin-based transcription of his Japanese name
Chinese () 	修 Sāu 	Mandarin-based transcription of his Japanese name
Russian 	Хью Kh'yu 	Transcription of his English name
==References==
==Related articles==
Category:Rival characters
Category:Manga characters
Category:Black 2 and White 2 characters
Category:Multi Battle partners
Category:Pokémon Adventures characters
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