Dancer (Trainer class)

A Dancer (Japanese: ダンサー Dancer) is a type of Pokémon Trainer introduced in Generation V. 
In Unova, they are depicted as young men . Battling them is optional. Many of them have Western names in the Japanese version of the games. All of them have had only one species of Pokémon, even if that means having the same Pokémon twice. They do not appear to limit themselves to a particular type.
In Alola, Dancers are depicted as young women who practice . In , they exclusively use in the main storyline, but that is not the case in . They hold their Pokémon in Great Balls.
In Galar, Dancers are depicted as dancing young women, who keep their Pokémon in Ultra Balls.
A Dancer and a , or a Dancer and a , can team up to form a or a , respectively, and challenge the to a Double Battle.
==Gallery==
===Artwork===
 	
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==Trainer list==
===Pokémon Black and White===
===Pokémon Black 2 and White 2===
===Pokémon Sun and Moon===
:See also:
:: List of Battle Royal Dome Trainers/Dancer
:: List of Battle Tree Trainers/Dancer
===Pokémon Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon===
===Pokémon Sword and Shield===
==In animation==
===Pokémon the Series===
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In All They Want to Do is Dance Dance!, Anela was revealed to be a former Dancer, even demonstrating her dancing skills during the Pokémon School's Pokémon Dance class. Like many Alolan Dancers in the , she has an , which is of the and is nicknamed Dori-chan in the original Japanese version.
==In the manga==
===Pokémon Adventures===
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Three Dancers briefly appeared in Castelia City in The Case of the Missing Pokémon. They are based on Dancers Edmond, Mickey and Raymond in , each of which are found in separate locations around Castelia City.
A male Dancer briefly appeared in Unova Route 5 in Unraveling Mysteries. He is based on Dancer Brian, who can be found on the same route for battle in the Unova .
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 aspired to be a dancer, where by Floette Returns he had managed to start a dance group composed of former in Lumiose City.
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In The Delivery of Rotom and the Girl, a female Dancer presented what was seemingly a lei to , only for it to be a .
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A Female Dancer was one of Leon's onlookers at Hammerlocke in Stealth!! Infiltrate the Energy Plant.
In Swaying!! Murky Memories, Dancer was seen looking out at the Route 9 Tunnel entrance after a crash was heard.
====Pokémon====
==In the TCG==
Dancer was introduced as a in the Pokémon Trading Card Game during the English Sword & Shield Series (the Japanese Sword & Shield Era). It was first released in the Japanese expansion before debuting in English in the expansion, with an illustration by Sanosuke Sakuma. It was also released as a and in both expansions, with an illustration by Yuu Nishida. It allows the player to draw two cards, or five if they went second and it is their first turn.
==Trivia==
* Despite not using any on their teams, Dancers in the Galar region wear the Steel Type Sports Cap.
* The Alolan dancer was designed by Naoki Saito.Naoki Saito's Twitter
==In other languages==
==References==	
==Related articles==
Category:Pokémon Adventures characters
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