Barry (anime)

Barry (Japanese: ジュン Jun) is a major recurring character in . He is a Pokémon Trainer from Twinleaf Town and one of 's rivals. He first appeared in Barry's Busting Out All Over!.
==History==
===Pre-series===
Before leaving for his , Barry had always participated in the Twinleaf Festivals, in one of which he sang a duet with .
Eventually, Barry became a Pokémon Trainer and he was able to capture soon a and, with a lot of effort, Barry to pass three Gyms, managing to beat Byron and Gardenia, the latter being won in a hard battle of his against a powerful that made him need to teach Empoleon the move to have a chance to win the battle.
One day, during the Hearthome City Tag Battle Competition, Barry was quite in awe of Paul's performance at the event.
===Pokémon the Series: Diamond and Pearl===
Barry debuted in Barry's Busting Out All Over!, where he intended to challenge Fantina for a Gym , but he instead met at the door of the Hearthome Gym. He challenged Ash to a battle to prove his methods wrong, but Ash came out as the victor. Afterwards, Barry stayed to watch Ash challenge Fantina in A Shield with a Twist!. At times, he was skeptical about Ash's strategy in the battle, but by the end of the fight, he realized that his techniques were excellent. He later stated that he would be his rival if Ash could defeat Byron, whom Barry had previously beaten.
After staying with the group for the following episode, he departed to train at Iron Island, but appeared again in Steeling Peace of Mind! and Saving the World From Ruins! at Iron Island, where after being caught up in Team Galactic's plot to use the island as a radar to scan for the Spear Pillar he and Ash put aside most of their differences and became friendly rivals.
In Stopped in the Name of Love!, Barry announced his plans of entering the upcoming Pokémon Ping Pong Tournament and invited the group to join the competition. Later, when Dawn's Piplup fled the Pokémon Center, he helped to search for him. It was also revealed in this episode that he is good friends with 's rival, . He reappeared in Old Rivals, New Tricks!, in which he watched Dawn and Kenny participate in the and shared with Ash and that it was his first time watching a Pokémon Contest live.
In To Thine Own Pokémon Be True!, Barry entered the Pokémon Ping Pong Tournament with as his partner Pokémon. He made it to the quarterfinals, where he lost to famous player O.
He returned home for the annual Twinleaf Festival. In Historical Mystery Tour!, Barry decided to have a battle with Ash, but he became side-tracked when he spotted a familiar . Ash, Dawn and Barry were all transported to Xatu's Forest, an odd dimension that enabled them to each relive one of their earliest memories; in Barry's case it was how he met his . After returning, he bumped into his father, Palmer. In Challenging a Towering Figure!, he entered the Festival Battle Challenge as part of the Twinleaf Festival in the hope that he would get to battle Palmer, but lost to Ash. At the end of the Festival, Barry decided to travel alone to get the Sunyshore City Badge.
In Gotta Get a Gible!, Barry battled Ash and his newly- . Barry won his first battle against Ash, but Ash didn't take it harshly, praising Gible anyway and instructing it to listen next time. Barry celebrated his win as he held up his ticket to challenge Fantina, but Gible bit his hand and ate the ticket.
In Fighting Ire with Fire!, Barry revealed that he had acquired all the necessary Badges to compete in Sinnoh's . He met Paul for the first time and challenged him to a battle, but to his dismay, Paul refused and suggested he battle Ash instead. Barry initially said Ash was not at his level since Ash was still one Badge away from the Sinnoh League, but later agreed to battle him. He chose his Empoleon to face off against Ash's Monferno. However, the battle was put on hold when attacked.
In An Old Family Blend!, Barry showed up for the Lily of the Valley Conference where he was seen in the stadium along with all the other competitors. In League Unleashed!, he passed the preliminary round. 
In Casting a Paul on Barry!, he battled Paul in the third round of the tournament, and even though he put up a strong battle, utilizing two new Pokémon on his team, and , along with his partner, Empoleon, he ended up falling before the superior strength and tactics of Paul and his team, not knocking out one of Paul's Pokémon in the process, though Paul commented afterwards that it had been a great battle. Barry then stayed and watched Ash's battles with Paul and , and he parted from the group in The Semi-Final Frontier!, promising to be reunited with Ash and become as strong as him.
Barry made a cameo appearance in the ending credits of Zoroark: Master of Illusions.
==Character==
Much like , Barry possesses a hyperactive personality that often goes well past impatience. To this end, whenever something or someone gets in his way, annoys him, or causes him any minor inconvenience, Barry will lose his temper and shout for the cause to be fined. This attitude is so recurring and extreme that his often shows exasperation at his 's wild behavior.
Barry admires Paul and his methods, and wants to be a strong Trainer like him. He also has a slightly similar mentality as Paul's, such as preferring to strong Pokémon for training. However, unlike Paul, he still cares for his Pokémon, praising them for their hard work and showing concern when one of them is injured, such as when Empoleon was afflicted by the sound-waves caused by Team Galactic's actions while on Iron Island.
==Pokémon==
This listing is of Barry's known in :
==Achievements==
===Badges obtained===
This listing is of the Badges Barry has obtained in the Sinnoh region:
* (prior to Barry's Busting Out All Over!)
* (prior to Barry's Busting Out All Over!)
* Unknown Badge (prior to Barry's Busting Out All Over!)
* Two unknown Badges (prior to Fighting Ire with Fire!)
* (prior to Fighting Ire with Fire!)
* (prior to Fighting Ire with Fire!)
* (prior to Fighting Ire with Fire!)
Barry had three more Badges in Gotta Get a Gible! in addition to his first three that was revealed in Barry's Busting Out All Over!; however, which three Badges he had is unknown. During the former episode however, he claimed to not yet have the Relic Badge.
===Pokémon League===
Barry has competed in the following Pokémon League Conferences:
* Lily of the Valley Conference - Top 16 (Casting a Paul on Barry!)
===Pokémon competitions===
Barry has competed in the following :
* Pokémon Ping Pong Tournament - Top 8 (To Thine Own Pokémon Be True!)
* Festival Battle Challenge - Runner-Up (Challenging a Towering Figure!)
==Voice actors==
==Trivia==
* Barry wears clothes from ; however, his Pokétch is modeled after the one that appears in , his scarf is shorter, and he has a backpack instead of a satchel.
* Barry is the first anime character based on an in-game rival that has had more than a cameo since Gary Oak, whose first Pokémon, coincidentally, was also the Water-type choice of his region.
* Barry has Pokémon his game counterpart has at the end of the games, if the starts with , with a and in place of his and .
* Barry shares two of his three unknown Badges with Nando's two unknown Badges.
* Barry is the only Sinnoh rival to have encountered Team Galactic.
* Barry is the only rival in Pokémon the Series based on an in-game character to not appear in Pokémon Journeys: The Series.
* Like some of the characters in Pokémon the Series: Diamond and Pearl, he has a catchphrase he uses when calling out a Pokémon. His catchphrase is Let's get going.
==Names==
Language 	Name 	Origin
Japanese 	ジュン Jun 	Possibly from Junichi Masuda.
English, German, Italian	Barry 	Possibly from the first default name of his game counterpart.
European French 	Barry/René 	From Barry from Fuchsia Gym.
European Spanish 	Barry/Benito	From Barry from Fuchsia Gym.
Korean 	용식 Yongsik 	
Chinese 	阿馴 Ā Xùn 	From the name 馴 Jun. 馴 means to tame/train.
Russian 	Барри Barri 	Transliteration of his English name.
==Related articles==
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* Barry (game)
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