Damian

Damian (Japanese: ダイスケ Daisuke) was the original Trainer of Ash's Charmander.
==In animation==
===History===
Damian was the character of the day in the episode Charmander – The Stray Pokémon. He is an arrogant who is mostly interested in strong , and expresses no legitimate interest in raising Pokémon himself. In the Japanese version, he also seems to neither know nor care about the inherent type weaknesses of his Pokémon, as he mocked Charmander for being too weak to even beat a before reminded him that Charmander, being a type, is naturally weak to Pokémon, the latter of which Poliwag belonged to.
At a Pokémon Center, and overheard Damian bragging about how many Pokémon he caught. He said that he left a Charmander in the nearby forest because he was too weak. Brock yelled at Damian and ordered him to reclaim his Charmander because he might die in the rain. Damian laughed it off and Ash was about to challenge him to a battle until Nurse Joy prevented the confrontation, saying that using Pokémon to settle arguments is wrong, although after they left, she warned the group about their bad reputation.
Brock and the others recovered Charmander and had him taken care of at the Pokémon Center. As soon as he felt better, Charmander left to wait for Damian once again.
 later tried to steal Pikachu, but Charmander chased them away with a attack. Ash asked Charmander to join them, but Damian showed up, having learned about the fight, and said that he had purposely left Charmander alone to toughen him up. Damian added to it by stating that he was glad he didn't have to go through the trouble of raising Charmander himself. Damian ordered Charmander to return, but Charmander wanted to stay with Ash. Enraged, Damian tried to recapture Charmander with a , but Charmander batted the Poké Ball at his former Trainer's face with his tail. Damian tried to battle against Charmander unfairly with his multitude of other Pokémon, but a combined attack from Charmander and Pikachu scared Damian away for good.
He reappeared in a flashback in The Fires of a Red-Hot Reunion!.
===Pokémon===
This listing is of Damian's known in :
====On hand====
====Released====
===Voice actors===
==In the manga==
===The Electric Tale of Pikachu===
Damian makes an appearance in The Electric Tale of Pikachu, but with a much different, nicer personality. His Charmander had been left waiting for him for ten days, so a convinced it and Ash's Pikachu to join him on a trip to the Hidden Village.
There, Charmander was reunited with Damian. Damian had gone shopping when an accident put him in a coma. He thought Charmander would end up at the Hidden Village and came looking for him. The tearful reunion inspired Squirtle to seek out its Trainer.
====Pokémon====
This listing is of Damian's Pokémon in The Electric Tale of Pikachu.
==In the games==
In , Let's Go, Pikachu!, and Let's Go, Eevee!, a boy, possibly based on Damian, will give out a Charmander on . However, he noticeably regrets his poor treatment of Charmander, much like Damian did when he saw how powerful Charmander was under Ash's control.
In Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee, the boy will only give the a Charmander if they have caught 50 or more individual Pokémon.
===Pokémon===
====Gives away====
	Pokémon: Let's Go, Pikachu! andLet's Go, Eevee!
	
===Quotes===
* If talked to
:"I'm not good at raising <sc>Pok</sc>é<sc>mon</sc>. I should my <sc>Charmander</sc> because I haven't raised it well... If you promise me you'll care for it, it's yours."
::No: "Oh... I'd better release it then."
::Yes: (after giving the Charmander to the player) "Take good care of my <sc>Charmander</sc>!"
* If talked to again
:"How's <sc>Charmander</sc> doing?"
==Trivia==
* Damian shares a few similarities with Koji and Shamus, as the three of them are brash and have tried to claim first partner Pokémon as their own, ending in rejection by said Pokémon's .
* Damian is the only character who abandoned one of Ash's Fire-type Pokémon to not be present when said Pokémon evolves at least once.
* The blurb for the episode spells his name as Damien instead of Damian.
* When ordering Charmander to return, Damian was shown throwing Charmander's at it instead of using the return function on the Poké Ball. This implies Damian had Charmander from his Poké Ball when he abandoned it.
** This was further implied by the fact that Charmander effortlessly went into Ash's Poké Ball when he attempted to catch it at the beginning, which should only have happened if Charmander was wild.
* In the English dub, he speaks with a Cockney accent.
==Names==
Language 	Name 	Origin
Japanese 	ダイスケ Daisuke 	Possibly from 大 dai (great), referring to the amount of Pokémon he had on hand.
English 	Damian 	Similar to Daisuke. May also refer to demon reflecting on how cruel he was to Charmander.
Chinese ()	大佑 Dà Yòu 	From 大佑 Daisuke. Possibly a pun of 大有 dàyǒu (plenty).
==Notes==
==References==
==Related articles==
Category:Kanto characters of the day
Category:Animation characters
Category:Electric Tale of Pikachu characters
Category:Male characters
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