Marcellus

Marcellus (Japanese: ハチロウ Hachiro) is a character of the day who appeared in Octillery the Outcast. He lives in Scarlet City on Red Rock Isle.

Shortly before the Whirl Cup Competition began, Marcellus approached and, requesting a. He wanted his to evolve into an  so he could have a strong Pokémon for the competition. accepted the challenge and pitted her Corsola against Marcellus's Remoraid. She ended up losing, and Marcellus's Remoraid evolved at the battle's end.

The next day, after the preliminary qualifying rounds, Ash and the others noticed Marcellus appeared to be quite sad. He revealed that he lost the preliminaries and was now out of the competition. He invited thr group over to his house for dinner. That night, he explained to them the reason why he lost; Marcellus owned a tank full of Remoraid, who were treating his newly-evolved Octillery differently. Marcellus was so upset about this, he couldn't concentrate on the battle.

came in and stole all of the Remoraid with their vaccum truck, hoping to establish a fishing park to make money. Octillery left an ink trail, and soon Marcellus and the others confronted the trio at a port and rescued the Remoraid. After saving Octillery from falling, all of the other Remoraid evolved into Octillery themselves. Marcellus was thrilled to see his Octillery happy again, as it was accepted back into its group of friends.

He reappeared in a flashback in Dueling Heores.

Trivia

 * Marcellus's Japanese name and the fact he owns an is a reference to the famous Japanese boxer Taku Hachirou, with "tako" being the Japanese word for octopus.

Voice actors
Marcello

Marcellus Marcellus