Sideshow Bob

**Sideshow Bob** is an elite Pokémon hunter who plotted to take over the world by using Pokémon that he captured with Dark Balls.

## Backstory

Sideshow Bob was once a former scientist working for the Empire in an attempt to make them use Dark Ball's, but he was disbanded due to the experiment being really extreme and overkill. But he hasn't forgotten his plans and decided to use them on a wild Scizor and Weavile after he captured them illegally and were a success. And then he had one goal in mind: Capture Celebi.

## Bio

Sideshow Bob debuts when he persuades a Pokémon poacher to show him where he found the legendary Pokémon known as Celebi. When the poacher refuses to talk, Sideshow orders his Weavile to unlock a cell of a Tyranitar that the poacher caught. He then catches the Tyranitar with a unique Poke Ball called a Dark Ball, which turns Pokémon evil and more powerful (even if the Pokémon in question already belong to someone else). The terrified poacher then tells him where he found Celebi just in time when he orders Tyranitar to destroy the poacher's camp.

Sideshow Bob then searches for Celebi while riding a spider legged machine, along with the Dazzlings, whom he found in the forest Celebi lived. They decide to go with him due to the fact that he's an elite hunter (and the fact that they were just tired of walking). He finds Chris and his friends with Celebi and tells them to give him Celebi, but they refuse and run away. He sends his Weavile and Scizor to get Celebi but both are defeated by Chris' Grotle and Rose's Quilava. When he discovers Scizor and Weavile tied up with the group already gone, he sees that our heroes were tougher than they looked, but considers that it "makes things interesting." Sideshow bob later finds our heroes again and succeeds in capturing Celebi with his Spider-Machine's claw, brutally electrocuting it, before capturing it in a Dark Ball. Before the villain could properly relish his victory, Chris attempted to retrieve Celebi with the help of a flock of wild Pidgey. Although the resulting struggle toppled the Sideshow Bob's mecha, he quickly reclaimed his Dark Ball by stepping on Chris' hands until he passed out.

When surrounded by the angry forest Pokémon, Sideshow Bob decided to demonstrate the corrupted Celebi's power on them, sending it to attack the wild Pokémon and devastate the forest. Sideshow Bob orders Celebi to build a Scyther-shaped monster from forest materials. He then orders Celebi to destroy our heroes, but Suicune saves them. He also captures Adagio by mistake, but decides to use her as a witness to see his power. After Sideshow Bob demonstrates by polluting the lake, Adagio promises Sideshow Bob that she won't tell anyone about Celebi: however Sideshow Bob tells her he has no intention of letting Adagio go... instead, he plans to use her for adult fun when he uses Celebi to rule the world for himself. He attempts to capture Suicune also by using his Tyranitar. Suicune defeats Tyranitar with Bubble Beam and Joe's Steelix slammed it into the Lake of Life. Chris and Rose succeeded in breaking Celebi free from the spell of the Dark Ball (releasing his Scizor, Weavile, and Tyranitar in the process). The monster was falling apart and Sideshow Bob fell into the lake. He is not defeated, however.

When Celebi is healed, Sideshow Bob suddenly emerges from the lake, grabs Celebi and attempts to fly away with Celebi on his jetpack. But Chris grabs on tightly onto Sideshow's leg as he rises higher and higher. Chris then ordered Jolteon to use Thunderbolt on hit jetpack, causing it to explode, sending all three plummeting several meters towards the forest floor. While Celebi saves Chris and Jolteon, Sideshow Bob continues his long fall. He lands in a tree branch that snaps and then lands and rolls down a small hill and lands hard on the ground (losing his Dark Balls in the process). Amber, Lunar, and Blaze confront Sideshow along with the forest Pokémon. Surrounded by the angry forest Pokemon, the hunter tries to send his Pokémon out, but he doesn't have any. The now-powerless Sideshow Bob begs for forgiveness, claiming "I'm sorry! Please forgive me!" The forest Pokemon then tie him up using String Shot, to which Amber replies, "I don't think the forest forgives you". Later, Sideshow Bob was sent in jail and was executed for his crime's.

### Personality

Sideshow was downright cruel, ruthless, cunning, treacherous, selfish, reckless and generally uncaring of whomever he hurt. He was a depraved and cold-hearted psychopath by nature, gleefully tortured and willingly abused both humans and Pokémon in his scheme to take over the world. Even The Dazzlings were horrified by his sadistic and sociopathic methods. He was the first of the kind of the series- he would later be followed by similar villains such as ??? and ???, who drew similarities from Sideshow from their occupations and technology used.

## Physical Appearance

Sideshow Bob is a male human man with yellow skin, and frizzy red hair in dreadlocks. Who wears a green t-shirt with blue jeans and brown shoes.

## Main Weaponry and Equipment

Sideshow Bob is mainly equipped with a jacket carrying his Dark Ball's and a jetpack.

His main weaponry consists of a Salient Arms International Glock 34,

## Skills and Abilities

**Martial Arts**: Sideshow Bob is skilled at hand-to-hand combat but does not have good balance.

**Pokemon Control:** His primary combat relies on Pokémon that are brainwashed by his Dark Balls. Once caught, The Pokémon are extremely loyal to him and attack without regards to previous friendships and loyalties.

## Trivia

* Sideshow Bob makes his first appearance in *The Time Traveler Pokémon*.