Raymond

Raymond (Japanese: レイモンド Raymond) is Pokémon Trainer that d in Mewtwo Strikes Back.

History
While and  were having lunch at the beginning of the movie, Raymond approached them and asked Ash for a. Although Ash had just told his that he was too weak to work, he jumped up, ready to battle. In the Japanese version, he stated that he was just going to have a quick battle before lunch.

Despite Raymond's eagerness, Ash successfully knocked out all five of his in rapid succession. In fact, took out three of those Pokémon in one  when Raymond tried to unfairly gang them up on him. Raymond was stunned by the defeat, such that in the Japanese version, he exclaimed "Oh my God!!!" in English. The match also caught the attention of 's, and this led to Ash being invited to New Island.

Notably, Raymond had a then-unknown Generation II Pokémon when he appeared: a.

Character
Raymond maintains a tough exterior, but was shown to be impulsive in and set on victory. He even resorted to underhanded tactics and sent out three Pokémon at once in the hopes of winning after defeated two of his Pokémon.

Pokémon
This listing is of Raymond's known in the :

In the movie adaptations
Raymond appears in, where he d. He was quickly defeated by him without defeating any of Ash's Pokémon.

Trivia

 * Raymond shares his name with his voice actor in the Japanese version.
 * This voice actor and that of also work together in a Pokémon-based band.
 * In the manga adaptation, Raymond instead appears as a direct caricature of his voice actor.
 * In The Art of Pokémon The First Movie and the Ani-Manga adaptation of the film, he is simply named "Pirate Trainer".
 * defeated the part  with, which should have had no effect.

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