Callum (Anime)

**Callum** is a main character in the Pokemon Anime, as well as being the protagonist of *Pokemon! Journey to be a Master!*. He is the champion of Hoenn, Sinnoh and Unova, as well as being the former Champion of the Indigo Plateau, and acts as a mentor to Ash Ketchum as well as being his final rival, who he faces off against for the title of Champion of Kanto.

Callum is considered to be one of the strongest, if not the strongest, trainer in the world; having assembled a team of powerful Pokemon and even having taken on legendary pokemon. His Sceptile is near unmatched in power and his Infernape can use almost every move and ability. He also has a deep bond with his Lucario and Weavile, making them even stronger.

## History

### Pre-Series

Callum was raised by his mother and father in Petalburg City until he was ten years old, as his father was a powerful trainer and his mother was a succesful pokemon contest competitor, Callum was detemined to be the best he could be. He also had two sisters, a twin called Alice and a younger sister called Leia. When he and Alice turned 10, they set off to Littleroot Town to recieve a pokemon from Professor Birch.

### Pokemon the Series: Journey to be a Master

Upon arriving at Littleroot Town; Callum and Alice met with their best friend Robert and went to the Lab to meet their partners, Upon meeting Professor Birch, he presents them with the starters of the region, while Robert and Alice cannot decide, Callum choses Treeko without any second thoughts, Treeko also seems happy with his partner and the two form a team. Alice chose Mudkip and Robert chose Torchic - Professor Birch then encouraged the three to have a battle which Alice decided to avoid, but, Robert and Callum agreed to. In their first battle, Robert gets the upper hand with the type advantage but Treeko and Callum's quick bond allowed them to beat their opponents.

After passing Petalburg City and heading towards Rustburrow, Callum meets with his friend from childhood Wally who's dad asks Callum to catch Wally a pokemon, Callum agrees and catches Wally a Ralts. He then agrees to take Wally to Rustburrow and in the woods, they encounter Team Aqua and Team Magma. They battle their way through the woods, but, Wally's Ralts is stolen by a Team Aqua grunt, Callum and Treeko beat the grunt and get Ralts back. In the battle, Treeko evolves into Grovyle and protects them all from the attacks from the grunts. Due to Grovyle's power, Callum decided that all he would need in his adventure.

At the Rustburrow City Gym, Callum used Grovyle against Roxanne and her team, which consisted of Geodude, Onix and Nosepass, Grovyle faced off against them all and defeated them easily due to his advantage. Callum and Grovyle then set off to the Dewport Gym where they faced a crushing defeat at the hands of Brawly, who used his Machoke, Medicham and Hariyama to destroy Grovyle. Gutted, both Callum and Grovyle set off to train in the wilderness where they encountered a wild Swellow who was injured, they helped the Swellow and it's friend; a rare wild Chimchar, which was looking after Swellow before, both of the Pokemon decided to join Callum's team.

Callum and the team re-challenged the Dewford Gym and while Swellow was defeated immediately due to him still recovering, Chimchar defeated Machoke, and Grovyle defeated both Medicham and Hariyama. Grovyle also learned Leaf Pledge while battling Hariyama which helped secure the victory.

Next up in his journey, Callum challenged his mentor, Norman. He fought Norman in a three-on-three battle where he was easily defeated by Norman's Slaking alone. Norman then instructed Callum to head to Lavaridge Town to challenge Flannery which Callum eventually agreed to. On his way to the gym, Callum encounterd a group of wild Gilgar's who were stealing from a local town, Callum then fought them all with his team which allowed Swellow to learn Ariel Ace, Callum then earned the respect of the leading Gligar, who decided to join his team. After finally arriving at the Lavaridge Town gym, he challenged Flannery with Gligar, Swellow and Chimchar. During the battle, Swellow was defeated by Flannery's Torkoal's stone edge. Gligar was next up and managed to poison Torkoal which was recalled. Flannery sent out Magmar which was defeated after Gligar learned guillotine. Flannery then used Camerupt which was also defeated with guillotine. Finally, Torkoal was used again which resisted guillotine thanks to it's sturdy ability, then it defeated Gligar with Overheat. Callum then used Chimchar which was almost defeated before evolving into Monferno and learning Focus Punch and Fire Pledge which allowed him to win the heat badge. Flannery sent Callum to Mauville City to face off against Wattson next.

On his way to Mauville, Callum met up with Wally and they battled Team Aqua who were trying to steal research from a scientist, the scientist was revealed to Wally's uncle who suggests the two boys have a Pokemon battle, Callum agrees to for the training. They have a four-on-four battle with Monferno defeating Wally's Togetic and Haunter before being defeated by his Pikachu. Callum then used his Gligar to defeat Pikachu and Kirlia easily. Wally thanked him for the battle before running off. Arriving in Mauville, Callum challenged Wattson, planning on using Grovyle, Gilgar and Monferno. Despite brining three Pokemon, Callum defeated Wattson's Raichu, Plusle and Minum with just Grovyle alone, awarding him with the Dynamo Badge.

While travelling to Fortree City, Callum encountered Steven Stone who travelled to the Southern Island with him when Latios appeared to them seeking help, the two fought Team Aqua and Team Flare who were fighting over Latias, Callum managed to turn a Team Aqua grunts Sneazil against it's owner which destroyed the grunts' pokeball, before battling alongside Callum before joining his team after the conflict was over. Latios formed a bond with Callum following the conflict and tried to join him, but Callum insisted that Latios protect Latias instead. Latios then summoned the Eon Flute for Callum to use at anytime to summon him. Steven Stone also saw Grovyle's bond with Callum and gave him the Sceptilite and a Mega Braclett which would allow Sceptile to Mega Evolve when the time comes.

At the Fortree Gym, Winona reveals the battle will be a three-on-three and Callum decides to use Sneazil, Swellow and Grovyle. Winona uses Skarmory, Altaria and Swellow. During the battle, Sneazil uses Fake Out to make Winona's Altaria flinch before defeating it with Ice Punch, it then defeats Skarmory with Brick Break before being defeated by Swellow. Callum calls upon Grovyle to fight and when Swellow begins to get the upper hand, Grovyle senses Callum's angst and evolves into Sceptile, Callum then Mega Evolves Sceptile, which causes Sceptile to defeat Swellow with a single Frenzy Plant but also knocks out Sceptile due to the stress. Regardless, due to Callum still having Swellow, he gains the Feather Badge.

In Mosdeep City, Callum decides to evolve Sneazil into Weavile prior to his battle with Tate and Liza, he does so which causes Weavile to learn X-Scissor. He challenges the gym with Weavile and Monfero, Monfero is defeated when the twins target just him to isolate Weavile, however, Weavile fights back and defeats them both himself and proves his power. Following this, Callum decides to head to Sootopolis to challenge Wallace, he is warned Wallace is one of the most powerful gym leaders and that he should add another Pokemon to his team so that Monferno doesn't have to battle him, they also advise him to evolve Gligar soon.

On the way to Sootopolis City, he stops at Lilycove City to train with Sceptile, while there, he encounters Wally's Uncle again who thanks him for supporting Wally and gives him an egg. The egg hatches into Eevee later that day who bonds with Callum immediately. Callum decides to travel with Wally to Sootopolis City. Upon arriving, Callum challenges Wallace in a five-on-five battle, despite Monferno being at a full disadvantage, Callum opts to let Eevee watch the battle instead of partaking which upsets Eevee, but he accepts it.

During their battle, Wallace begins with Wailord while Callum uses Gligar which he Evolves to Gliscor when Wailord gets the upper hand, he commands Gliscor to use Guillotine but Wallace recalls Wailord and sends out Sharpedo instead. Sharpedo is faster than Gliscor and defeats it with Hydro pump, Callum sends in Swellow next, who matches Sharpedo's speed and manages to defeat it with Brave Bird. Wallace then brings Wailord back out but once again Callum defeats it with Brave Bird, however, the recoil leaves Swellow weak, he recalls Swellow to give it a break. Next Callum summons Weavile to fight against Wallace's Gyarodos which ends in a tie, leaving Wallace with two Pokemon and Callum with three. Wallace uses Lapras next which leads to Callum calling upon Swellow again, however, Swellow is defeated immediately defeated by Lapras' surprise thunderbolt. Callum then uses Monferno who puts up a good fight but is defeated, leaving Callum with one Pokemon left. Callum calls upon Sceptile who takes a beating but Mega Evolves, to everyones shock, Lapras' thunderbolt doesn't work against Sceptile who speeds up thanks to lightening rod, his new ability. Sceptile knocks out Lapras with a powerful Dragon Pulse. Sceptile then faces off against Milotic which is defeated with relative ease after Sceptile learns Extreme Speed. Callum is awarded the Rain Badge, Eevee is so happy for Callum's victory that he evolves in Umbreon, surprising everyone.

Travelling back to Petalburg City, Callum prepared to face off against his mentor, Norman. Norman contacted him and declared it would be a full battle. Upon arriving, Norman decided to use Slaking, Spinda, Linoone, Exploud, Delcatty and Pigeot, which could Mega Evolve to everyones surprise. He used Spinda first and while Callum called upon Umbreon first, he recalled him as his strategy wouldn't work with Spinda, instead he called upon Monferno to fight but Monferno was defeated when Spinda used Hypnosis then Dream Eater to finish him off. Next Callum used Weavile to defeat Spinda and then Linoone, Weavile was then recalled. Next up Gliscor fought Slaking who defeated her easily, Slaking then also beat Swellow then Weavile, putting Norman in the lead. This left Callum with just Umbreon and Sceptile to take on four of Norman's pokemon. He called upon Umbreon to take on Slaking next. Umbreon used a barrage of attacks before Slaking used Slack off and went to sleep temporarily, Umbreon then recalled Spinda using Dream Eater on Monferno and learned it, defeating Slaking. Next, Delcatty was called on but Umbreon managed to use Hypnosis then Dream Eater to defeat it quickly, making the battle even. Norman called upon Exploud next who wouldn't go to sleep due its ability, it then used focus blast to defeat Umbreon, but Umbreon used Destiny Bond, bringing down Exploud. The battle was left even with both trainers calling upon their final pokemon. They both Mega Evolved their pokemon and the battle began, although Pidgeot was fast, Sceptile was faster and managed to beat it, winning Callum the balance badge.

Upon arriving at Evergrande City, Callum entered the league immediately when it was set to begin in a weeks time. Callum spent the week training his pokemon as hard as he could. During that time, he also learned Wally and Robert were entering as well, Wally offered a training battle, but, Callum denied stating he wanted to battle him in the league. Callum easily bypassed the first three rounds of the conference and ended up in the Quarter Finals as did both of his rivals. When the quarter finals arrived, he faced off against Maisy using Weavile, Monferno and Umbreon. Suprising everyone, Masey used her Gengar to beat both Weavile and Monfero, however, Umbreon managed to defeat Gengar, Gyarados and her Snorlax bringing Callum into the Semi Finals.

In the Semi Finals, Callum was matched up with Robert in a six-on-six full battle. Callum decided to start off with Swellow while Robert began with Pidgeot, Swelloe fought hard, but, was defeated by Pidgeot. Next up, Callum used Gliscor, but, once again, lost to Pidgeot's speed. Callum called upon Umbreon who was on a winning streak, despite Umbreon's best efforts, he was defeated when Pidgeot used Sleep Talk then Giga Impact. With three Pokemon down, it was evident that Callum wasn't focused properly and was letting the pressue get to him, he called upon Weavile to try and match Pidgeot's speed. Pidgeot immediately went in for a Giga Impact, but, Weavile dodged it and defeated it with a single Ice Punch. Next, Robert then called upon his Magmortar, despite the type advantage, it lost to Weavile who revealed it had learned Water Pulse, Weavile then went on to defeat Robert's Luxray as well. Callum then withdrew Weavile to give it a rest and he sent out Monferno which was defeated by Robert's Dragonite. Callum brought Weavile back out and after a short battle, Weavile was defeated by Dragonite's Flamethrower. With Callum left with only Sceptile to face off against Dragonite, Blazeiken and a mystery pokemom, he was nervous about what was to come. Sceptile joined the battle and took all of Dragonite's attacks with ease, when Dragonite was tired, Sceptile used a single Frenzy Plant to defeat his oponent. Shockingly, Robert then called upon Blazeiken to fight Sceptile, the two fought hard against each other before Callum decided to Mega-Evolve Sceptile allowing him to beat Blazeiken after taking a massive beating. Robert did not feel defeated, he then sent out a Raichu which he planned to use it's powerful attacks and speed to finish off Sceptile, despite the beating he had taken, Sceptile stood strong beside his partner. Robert demanded Raichu use Thunder Wave, however, Callum told Sceptile to take it, shocking everyone. When it hit Sceptile, nothing happened. Robert then called out Raichu to use Volt Tackle, Tunderbolt and Thunder Punch, but, again Sceptile was unphased by this. Callum then smiled and told Sceptile to use Frenzy Plant, due to Sceptile's ability, Lightening Rod, none of Raichu's attacks worked and Sceptile defeated Raichu with a single attack giving Callum the victory and moving him on to the finals to face Wally.

## Character

### On Hand

*Sceptile's current moves are Extreme Speed, Leaf Blade,* *Frenzy Plant, Giga Impact, Dragon Pulse and Dragon Claw.*
*Sceptile's Ability is Overgrow, or Lightening Rod* *when in Mega Form.*
*Weavile's current moves are Fake Out, Water Pulse,* *X-Scissor and Ice Punch.*
*His ability is Snow Cloak.*
*Lucario's current moves are Aura Sphere, Extreme* *Speed, Dragon Pulse and Close Combat.*
*His ability is* *Scrappy and Adaptability when in Mega form.*
*Samurott's current moves are Hydro Cannon, Horn Drill,* *X-Scissor and Earthquake. Samurott's ability is Shell Armor.*

### At Professor Birch's Lab

*Gliscor's current moves are X-Scissor, Guillotine, Sandstorm and Stone Edge. Her Ability is Sand Veil.*
 Snivy → Servine → Serperior
 Serperior is Callum's ninth Pokemon he caught while travelling and the first he caught in Unova. Serperior was given to Callum by Professor Juniper as a Snivy on Professor Birch's request as he wanted Callum to have another go at a journey from the start. Snivy and Callum did not get on until Callum told Snivy about Sceptile, this motivated Snivy to become just as powerful.
*Serperior's current moves are Frenzy Plant, Aerial Ace, Leer and Iron Tail. His Ability is Overgrow.*
 Absol
 Absol is the seventh pokemon Callum caught whilst travelling, and the only one he caught in Kanto. Absol was key to Callum's victory at the indigo plateau and replaced Umbreon when he went to go on a journey with Callum's sister.
Absol's current moves are Ice Beam, Fire Blast, Thunderbolt and Dark Pulse. His ability is Super Luck.

### Living in the Wild

Latios decided to travel with Callum, although, Callum made
Latios stay on the Southern Island with Latias instead of living in
a pokeball. Latios can be summoned with the Eon Flute to come
to Callum. Latios fought with Callum in his battle against Steven Stone.
*Latios' current moves are Luster Purge, Flamethrower, Double Team, Flash Cannon*
*and Future Sight. Latios' ability is Levitate.*

## Achievements

### Hoenn

#### Gym Badges

* Stone Badge
* Knuckle Badge
* Heat Badge
* Dynamo Badge
* Feather Badge
* Mind Badge
* Rain Badge
* Balance Badge

#### Advanced Victorys

* Evergrand Champion
* Elite Four Victor
* Champion of Hoenn

### Sinnoh

#### Gym Badges

* Beacon Badge
* Cobble Badge
* Fen Badge
* Relic Badge
* Forest Badge
* Coal Badge
* Mine Badge
* Icicle Badge

#### Advanced Victorys

* Lily of the Valley Champion
* Elite Four Victor
* Champion of Sinnoh