Aqua Admin (Trainer class)

An Aqua Admin (Japanese: アクアだんかんぶ Team Aqua Executive) is a type of Pokémon Trainer that debuted in the Generation III.

The title has only specifically referred to two characters, and Shelly, as well as a third Aqua Admin,, whose only appearance is in the Pokémon Adventures. The three of them make up the SSS trio in the manga, being the subleaders of Team Aqua under Archie.

Aqua Admins specialize in Water- and, namely.

In the anime
Only one Aqua Admin, Shelly, appeared in the anime. She made her debut along with Magma Admin Tabitha in A Three Team Scheme!, where she was mistakenly referred to as "Tactical Commander Isabel"; this was corrected in subsequent episodes. She led a squad on a mission to Dewford Island to find the Cave of Origin. It was revealed that she was carrying the Red Orb (mistakenly referred to as the "Rose Orb") with her at the time, though it was never shown on-screen.

Shelly appeared several other times throughout the in command of s: at Mt. Chimney in Fight for the Meteorite! and the Weather Institute in Unfair Weather Friends. Her final appearance was in Gaining Groudon and The Scuffle of Legends, where she freed Kyogre from Team Magma's ship and witnessed the battle between and. Like the rest of Team Aqua, she is not seen again after these episodes.

In the Pokémon Adventures manga
In Pokémon Adventures, Aqua Grunts Matt, Shelly, and Amber are promoted to Admin status by Archie in Stick This in Your Craw, Crawdaunt I  after they successfully steal the Devon Goods. They become the 'SSS trio' - "Subleaders of the Sea Scheme." Later, they work together to use energy from Professor Cozmo's meteorite to stop Mt. Chimney's activity, and though Sapphire defeats Matt, their plot is successful. They appear again in Always Keep Whiscash on You for Emergencies when Team Aqua and Team Magma briefly join forces to journey to the bottom of the sea. Archie takes Amber with him, and nearly kills him in Very Vexing Volbeat by locking him and Magma Admin Tabitha inside the Submarine Explorer 1.

During the battle between Kyogre and Groudon, the SSS trio fights against some of the Hoenn Gym Leaders. Matt is ultimately defeated by Winona and Shelly by Flannery. Amber defeats Wattson, but also deliberately allows the Gym Leaders to find the location of the Team Aqua Hideout, suggesting that Archie's treatment of him has caused him to defect from Team Aqua. The fate of Matt and Shelly is not known.

In the, Amber returns to Team Aqua's Headquarters and unexpectedly encounters Blaise. The manga-exclusive counterparts eventually strike a deal to work together, and force to summon  and  using its rings, so that they would be able to trace their respective leaders' whereabouts. It is then revealed that "Matt" and "Shelly" were codenames for the game-based Team Aqua Admins; two new characters which resemble Matt and Shelly in were introduced as co-operators with Zinnia.