Lucas (Pokémon)

Lucas is a Pokémon Trainer and a playable character from Pokémon Diamond and Pearl. He is popular with fans, though far less so than his Female counterpart Dawn due to her role as one of Ash Ketchum's companions in the Pokémon Anime. He also makes appearances in Pokémon Masters. 
While he does have a counterpart in Pokéspe named Diamond, this character is distinct enough for his own article.
In 2022, Pokémon Legends: Arceus released, giving more attention to the character. However, Rei, the Male protagonist of these games, is also distinct enough for his own article. 
The Pokémon he is most associated with are Turtwig and Azelf.
==Canon Overview==
[characterization, story role, further important appearances]
==Relationships==
==== F/M ====
* Lucas is commonly paired up with Dawn, forming FortuneShipping, which is Female/Male, aka NL. In Japanese, this is called コウヒカ (Kouhika).
==== M/M ====
* Lucas is also shipped with Volkner, forming StokeShipping, which is Male/Male, aka yaoi. In Japanese, this is most often called デンコウ (Denkou), meaning Volkner is the seme and Lucas is the uke in the coupling.
*Lucas is also shipped with Barry, forming ClingyShipping, which is Male/Male, aka yaoi. In Japanese, this is most often called コウジュン (Koujun), meaning Lucas is the seme and Barry is the uke in the coupling.
**The opposite is also commonly shipped and is written as ジュンコウ (Junkou).
*Lucas is also shipped with Riley, forming LuxAuraShipping, which is Male/Male, aka yaoi. In Japanese, this is most often called ゲンコウ (Genkou), meaning Riley is the seme and Lucas is the uke in the coupling.
*Lucas is also shipped with Cyrus, forming ChainReactionShipping, which is Male/Male, aka yaoi. In Japanese, this is most often called コウアカ (Kouaka), meaning Lucas is the seme and Cyrus is the uke in the coupling.
==== Gen ====
* Together, Lucas, Dawn and Berry form the Sinnoh Trio.
** In Japanese, their gen (combi in Japanese) relationship is called 神奥トリオ, meaning Sinnoh Trio.
** This is not to be confused with シンオウトリオ, which is this same group but for the Pokéspe.
** シンオウ組 may also be used, though that just translates as Sinnoh Group, so it includes any large group of Sinnoh characters.
===Less Popular Relationships===
*AbruptAnthonyShipping - Barry, Buck, Lucas, Tucker & Erika
*AbruptShipping - Barry, Buck & Lucas
*AdventShipping - Lucas & Nate
*AideShipping - Lucas & Bianca
*AlbedoShipping - Lucas & Zero
*AmateurShipping - Lucas & Palmer
*AuldAllianceShipping - Calem & Lucas
*BalladeShipping - Professor Birch & Lucas
*BeretShipping - Lucas & Wallace
*BigFortuneShipping - Lucas & Princess Salvia
*BlueBeretShipping - Lucas & Croagunk
*BoyhoodShipping - Brendan, Ethan, Hilbert, Lucas & Gameverse!Red
*BraveNewWorldShipping - Cyrus, Lucas & Dawn
*BrightLightShipping - Lucas & Kate (Ranger)
More can be found on Neverending Romance, a community-created relationship name list.
==Popular Tropes & Fanon==
[freeform tags, headcanons]
==Subjects of Fannish Interest & Meta==
[discourse, trivia, popular memes, character analysis, fan reactions, really anything]
==Example/Notable Fanac==
=== Fan Communities/Fan Events ===
* , a club on Fanpop.
* , a club on Deviantart for Lucas/Volkner.
=== Fan Mixes ===
* (2015)
* (2015), a fan mix for Dawn/Lucas.
=== Wikis ===
* on Bulbapedia
* on PixivEncyclopedia
* on Shipping Wiki
==References==
Category:Pokémon Characters