Mantle

Mantle (Japanese: マントル Mantle) is a character of the day who appeared in Rotom's Wish!.

Ten years in the past, Mantle and his gang of crooks visited the opening of the Lost Hotel. Mantle forced the owner of the hotel, Weston, into a battle, with Mantle claiming ownership of the hotel if he won. He chose to battle with his, but Weston's Pokémon, a , was scared at the sight of Krookodile and fled into an air vent. As such, Mantle claimed to have won by default, and took over the ownership of the Lost Hotel. He appointed Weston as a counter clerk and used the battlefield of the hotel to battle visitors and take their Pokémon if he won. While under Mantle's ownership, the Lost Hotel turned into a decayed state.

In the present day, he and his Krookodile were battling a visitor and his when  and  came to visit. Ash, turning angry at Mantle's way of unfairly taking Pokémon from others, confronted Mantle. In response, Mantle forced Ash into a Pokémon battle, with Mantle claiming Ash's Pikachu if he won. Before the battle could start, however, Weston's Rotom appeared from out of a trash can and lead Ash and his friends away. Rotom revealed to them what Mantle had done and afterwards managed to send them ten years back in time to try to change the past and set things straight. In the past, Ash interfered when Mantle claimed to have won by default after Rotom had fled. Mantle granted Ash and his friends five minutes to try and get Rotom back to battle against Krookodile. They managed to find Rotom, and Weston got Mantle to promise that if Weston won, he would never steal other's Pokémon again. During the battle, it seemed as if Rotom got scared again, but in fact it went into multiple applications in the hotel's storage room, so it could form change and have a type-advantage over Krookodile.

After a hard-fought battle, Rotom was able to defeat Krookodile. Mantle did not accept his loss, however, and refused to keep his promise. But after being shocked by both Rotom and Pikachu, he surrendered, as such changing the past and making sure Weston remained the owner of the Lost Hotel. Following this, Rotom brought Ash and his friends back to a changed future. In the revised present time, Mantle and his henchmen were now shown to be well-mannered employees of the Lost Hotel.

Voice actors
Malo Manigold マントル