Ash Ketchum

## Ash Ketchum サトシ *Satoshi*

**Ash Ketchum** (Japanese: **サトシ** *Satoshi*) is a major supporting character of *Pokémon Violet*. During his journeys around the Pokémon world over the course of the canon *Pokémon* anime, he was accompanied by a multitude of close friends.

He is a Pokémon Trainer from the Kanto region whose goal is to become a Pokémon Master. His starter Pokémon was a Pikachu that he received from Professor Oak after arriving late at his laboratory. He is the Champion of the Alola League and the Monarch of the World Coronation Series.

Although he only actually appears in the anime version (aibet as a spirit), his voice *can* be heard guiding Kimberly outside the actual game during the fandub version.

## Bio

### Appearance

**Ash** is a skinny, slender preteen with a dark shade of cyan hair, slightly tan skin, and brown eyes with two distinctive lightning bolt-like markings (maybe cheeks) underneath each one. Although he doesn't attend the Naranja Academy (which doesn't exist in the series), he seems to wear a slightly modified version of said school's uniform (a light blue polo shirt with the school's emblem on his left shoulder, an orange tie and orange shorts with a bit of green, as well as light orange vertical stripes and black pockets), along with his *Journeys* hat and vest. Without his cap, Ash is shown to have a cowlick and a narrow, triangular, and edgy tuft of hair in the middle of his forehead that comes to a point on the right side. He also wears white socks with a blue stripe and black, white and blue running shoes.

### Personality

Although Ash maintains his original personality from his origin anime, it is shown that he is also a good spiritual guide to Kimberly. However, he can be annoyed by Pikachu's occasional bluntness at times, such as when he calls Flora a "weed cat" (causing her to hide behind her Trainer). He is also shown to care for Kimberly as a great friend and can sometimes be concerned about her safety, which is best shown the first time the latter goes berserk via the Dark-type aura from her Tera Power form.

## Pokémon

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## Trivia

*For this character's tropes, see here.*
* None of Ash's other Pokémon are officially seen.
* Although it is unknown if there are alternative dimensions like in the PKMN anime, it *is* known that there may be something that is preventing Ash and his Pikachu from physically appearing in the flesh (explaining why they appears only as spirits outside Kimberly's dreams).
	+ Ash once speculated that Professor Turo might go crazy if word got around about her being able to communicate with him, but this was proven to be Tempting Fate, as AI Turo instead states that Kimberly is "a very unique individual with a special ability."
	+ Eventually, the reveal in a plot twist set up by Percy (who reveals that he had a Koraidon's Poké Ball all along) confirms the theory, although Ash still appears alongside Pikachu as a spirit despite this.
* The idea to include him in the series came from a dream that Cheerful had after the reveal that he and Pikachu would be retiring from the anime.
* The first time he appeared when Kimberly needed help, she was the only one who could see his (and Pikachu's) spirit. This later expands to include all of her Pokémon, and eventually her friends in the fifth season's finale.