Maid (Trainer class)

A Maid (Japanese: メイド Maid) is a type of Pokémon Trainer that debuted in . They are depicted as young women in typical maid servant clothing.
They appear in in Mr. Backlot's when the player decides to take the 5-Maid Knockout Exact-Turn Attack Challenge. Its objective is to beat all five maids in a certain amount of turns. The prize for winning the challenge is a battle with Celeste or Liam. Each of them has a different lucky color and they specialize in training .
In , they use Pokémon from the . In the Battle Subway, they specialize in the final evolutions of first partner Pokémon. In , they appear in the Battle Chateau although they appear as a , , , or . They also appear in the Battle Maison going by their original name. They gain a male counterpart in s.
==Gallery==
===Sprites and models===
 	 	 	
Sprite from 	Sprite from 	Sprite from 	VS portrait from
 	 	 	
Overworld sprite from	Overworld sprite from	Overworld sprite from	Overworld model from
===Pokéstar Studios===
Sprite as Weird Light fromthe
==Trainer list==
===Pokémon Platinum===
===Pokémon Black and White===
:See more: List of Battle Subway Trainers/Maid
===Pokémon Black 2 and White 2===
===Pokémon X, Y, Omega Ruby, and Alpha Sapphire===
:See more: List of Battle Maison Trainers/Maid
==In animation==
======
In Hungry for the Good Life!, a maid named worked at Mr. Backlot's mansion. Her overall design is loosely based on the Maids found in the . It should be noted that at the time the episode aired, the Maid Trainer class did not exist yet, and Monica was merely based on the overworld sprites of the maids in .
======
A maid named appeared in Breaking Titles at the Chateau!, alongside a named Turner. They acted as and ' guides through the Battle Chateau, and officiated the matches held in the facility. She has the same character design as the maids in .
======
Maids appeared under the servitude of and the supervision of Hobbes, starting in Lillie's Egg-xhilarating Challenge!.
==In the manga==
===Pokémon Adventures===
========
One of Mr. Backlot's Maids appeared in Suffering Psyduck. She informed Mr. Backlot of the arrival of his guest, and also gave a Soothe Bell as thanks for visiting the .
========
A Maid appeared in Dream a Little Dream as one of the 32 participants of the tournament, going through . She was eventually defeated off-panel, eliminating her from the tournament.
========
A Maid appeared with a in Dancing Vivillon, thanking Cassius for fixing the Battle Chateau's PC Box.
====Pokémon====
==Trivia==
*When defeated, the Maids in the 5-Maid Knockout Exact-Turn Attack Challenge all say the same—"You're so strong!"—adding only an additional exclamation mark for each maid defeated.
*When a Maid is battled at the , she will be shown as a in , as the Maid class did not exist in those versions.
*Maids appeared in the Battle Pike in Pokémon Emerald, although they cannot be battled.
*In the Battle Chateau, Maid Julia is shown to be a robot, making her the first robotic Trainer in the core series games.
==In other languages==
==Related articles==
Category:Pokémon Adventures characters
Category:Animation characters
de:Zofe
es:Criada
fr:Gouvernante
it:Domestica
ja:メイド
zh:女仆