Rental Pokémon

Rental Pokémon (Japanese: レンタルポケモン Rental Pokémon) are any which a does not formally own and uses temporarily for a or . Using a rental Pokémon does not count as for filling up a Pokédex. They are most commonly used to test a Trainer's ability with using any Pokémon, even those they did not and raise themselves.
==In the games==
===Pokémon Stadium===
Pokémon Stadium was the first game to make use of rental Pokémon. In this game, the different tournament levels have one of every Pokémon that can enter the tournament available for rental. Each Pokémon has a pre-determined move set for each tournament level. This provides the advantage of making it easier to compete in the different tournaments and to add statues of all Pokémon from the Generation I Pokédex to the Hall of Fame.
===Pokémon Stadium 2===
Rental Pokémon are used in this game in the same manner as the first Stadium.
Rental Pokémon can also be used in a Battle Now! feature and the Challenge Cup, which semi-randomly generate teams of rental Pokémon for players to use. They are also used in the exams at Earl's Pokémon Academy.
===Pokémon Colosseum and Pokémon XD: Gale of Darkness===
Unlike their Stadium predecessors, these two games do not allow rental Pokémon for the competitions inside the games. However, they still have semi-random rental Pokémon teams available in their Battle Now! modes.
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In the Battle Frontier, the Battle Factory is based around rental Pokémon. The player chooses a team of three out of six random rental Pokémon. Noland and Thorton, the Frontier Brains for the Battle Factories, also battle using random teams of rental Pokémon.
===Pokémon Battle Revolution===
Like the Stadium games, rental Pokémon are available. However, not all kinds of Pokémon are available to rent at a time. Rental Passes are also the only kind of Battle Pass available for use at the Gateway Colosseum. Once a Rental Pass is earned, its Pokémon can be swapped between Rental Passes to build a team. Later on players can earn the ability to trade rental Pokémon with their opponents in Gateway Colosseum, and keep them after winning.
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In the Pokémon World Tournament, the Rental Tournament and the Rental Master Tournament are, as their names suggest, based around rental Pokémon. The player chooses a team of three out of six random rental Pokémon to compete in these tournaments. Rental Pokémon can also be used while filming in Pokéstar Studios.
===Pokémon Sun, Moon, Ultra Sun, and Ultra Moon===
Players could scan QR codes of teams found on the Pokémon Global Link website to copy another players' team and use it as a Battle Box team. When Pokémon were copied in this way, and friendship are not retained. After the Pokémon Global Link shut down in 2020, it was no longer possible to create rental team codes, but players who saved codes before the shutdown are able to continue using them as long as they retain the save file they associated with when requesting the code.
In Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon, the Battle Agency is featured in Festival Plaza. Similar to the Rental Tournaments in Black 2 and White 2, players rent Pokémon that are taken from the list of possible Battle Tree opponents, but they could team up with other players they had recently seen online to use the Pokémon those players had chosen to rent as well. After 3DS online services shut down in 2024, the only players that can be teamed up with are randomly generated guests, or nearby players that have been seen in local proximity.
===Pokémon Sword and Shield===
The has five rental teams that the player can use. These teams replace their regular party at the Battle Tower. All rental Pokémon have neutral Natures.
Rental Pokémon are used during Dynamax Adventures. All rental Pokémon are at level 65.
===Lists===
* List of rental Pokémon in Japanese Pokémon Stadium
** L1-30 rentals
** L50-55 rentals
* List of rental Pokémon in Pokémon Stadium
** Gym Leader Castle rentals
** Pika Cup rentals
** Petit Cup rentals
** Poké Cup rentals
** Nintendo Cup '97 rentals
** Nintendo Cup '98 rentals
** Nintendo Cup '99 rentals
** Prime Cup rentals
* List of Rental Pokémon in Pokémon Stadium 2
** Little Cup rentals
* List of rental Pokémon in the 
** List of Battle Frontier Pokémon in Generation III	
* List of rental Pokémon in the 
** List of Battle Frontier Pokémon in Generation IV/Group 1
** List of Battle Frontier Pokémon in Generation IV/Group 2
* List of rental Pokémon in the Rental Tournament
** List of Battle Subway Pokémon → Normal Course
* List of rental Pokémon in the Rental Master Tournament
** List of Battle Subway Pokémon → Super Course
* List of rental Pokémon in the Battle Agency
** List of Battle Tree Pokémon
* List of rental Pokémon in the 
** Battle Tower (Galar) → Rental teams
* List of rental Pokémon used during Dynamax Adventures
** Dynamax Adventure → Rentable and encounterable Pokémon
==In the spin-off games==
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In Pokémon UNITE, the timer that a 1-Day Limited License, 3-Day Limited License, and 7-Day Limited License use to determine when the permission to use the Pokémon of the license ends is denoted as a "Rental". 
Additionally, each of the game's tutorials have set Pokémon that are used regardless of if the player has their Unite License.
*Tutorial (Basics 1): 
*Tutorial (Basics 2): Pikachu
*Tutorial (Advanced 1): 
*Tutorial (Advanced 2): Pikachu
*Tutorial (Advanced 3): 
*Tutorial (Advanced 4): 
==In animation==
===Pokémon the Series===
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As part of the Pokémon League Admissions Exam, and James battled an instructor using teams of three random rental Pokémon in The Ultimate Test. James picked a team of , , and , but was disqualified after he sent out two of them at once. Ash picked a team of , , and . With this team, he lost to the instructor, but was able to defeat the Team Rocket trio.
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The in Johto, which appeared in One Trick Phony!, also uses rental Pokémon. James managed to defeat Ash in a using a rental , but Jessie lost to him with a rental Charizard and . These rental Pokémon are also trained to only obey orders while inside the park, and will start disobeying their renters if taken outside of the park limits, as demonstrated when Team Rocket tried to steal them.
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The Pokémon Summer Academy, which Ash, , and Jessie participated in during , included a couple of events involving rental Pokémon. The first event was a test of taking care of and battling with a random Pokémon. Ash got a , got a , got a , and Jessie got a . After a day of caretaking and learning to know their Pokémon, and another day of battling, the students returned the rental Pokémon to the academy.
The final event of Pokémon Summer Academy also involved the use of rental Pokémon, this time as a part of a Pokémon Triathlon, with the first two of the triathlon's three legs involving riding a semi-random Pokémon suitable for the leg. For the first leg, the riding portion, Ash used a , Brock used an , Dawn used a , and Jessie used a . For the second leg, the water portion, Ash used a , Brock used a , Dawn used a , and Jessie used a .
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In , starting from Ivysaur's Mysterious Tower!, the Team Rocket trio was provided with the Rocket Prize Master, a vending machine that can dispense Poké Balls containing Team Rocket-trained rental Pokémon for them to use.
==In the manga==
===Pokémon Adventures===
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Multiple rental Pokémon appeared at the . Besides the , rental Pokémon are also used in the other facilities (excluding the Battle Dome due to its tournament-style rules) by computer-controlled virtual Trainers working as the challengers' opponents.
During his Battle Factory challenge, rented a , which he noticed to be on a higher level than the other rentals he used, making him realize that it wasn't a rental Pokémon to begin with, and had been snuck into the facility by someone. This prompted him to take Sceptile with him. later revealed to him that Sceptile was the very same that Emerald had once been supposed to receive from Professor Birch.
All the rental Pokémon from the Battle Factory were later stolen by the villainous Guile Hideout, using them against those opposing him while he was hunting down . Once he successfully Jirachi, he unleashed the rental Pokémon upon the members of the press present during the Battle Frontier opening ceremony. He also used the rental Pokémon inside the to attack the Pokédex holders until all the rampaging Pokémon were calmed down by Emerald's mud pellets.
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Multiple rental Pokémon appeared at the . The nature of the Battle Factory challenge allowed to send off to help Buck and at Stark Mountain while she challenged the facility. Later, she also faced Argenta's rental at the Battle Hall.
===Pokémon Gold & Silver: The Golden Boys===
In Let's Use Fighting Type Pokémon!!, participated in a tournament at the Goldenrod Game Corner, where each participating Trainer was allowed to choose a team of up to three rental Pokémon to use, provided by the Pokémon Day Care.
==In other languages==
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