Tuber (Trainer class)

A Tuber (Japanese: うきわボーイ Inner Tube Boy and うきわガール Inner Tube Girl) is a type of Pokémon Trainer that debuted in the Generation III games. They are young children in inner tubes that are learning to swim. They come in male and female versions. They appear to be younger versions of s. The prize money for defeating them is generally low.

When male Tubers are paired with female Swimmers in Double Battles, they are called s.

They generally use a combination of and  —particularly, , and their related forms.

Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire

 * See also: List of Battle Tower Trainers (Generation III)/Tuber

Pokémon Emerald

 * See also: List of Battle Frontier Trainers (Generation III)/Tuber

Pokémon Diamond and Pearl

 * See also: List of Battle Tower Trainers (Generation IV)/Tuber

Pokémon Platinum

 * See also: List of Battle Frontier Trainers (Generation IV)/Tuber

In Pinsir Me, I Must Be Dreaming, faces a virtual female Tuber at the. She also appears in a flashback in Verily Vanquishing Vileplume I.

A Tuber makes a cameo while the main characters visit Veilstone City. He first appears in Magnificent Meditite & Really Riolu I. His friend was supposed to challenge Maylene but she mixed the Tuber and his friends with the three main characters, due to the main characters possessing an item that made landing attacks easier she had heard the kids talking about.

The aforementioned Tuber from Magnificent Meditite & Really Riolu I is seen again together with his friends, entering the in Deprogramming Porygon-Z.

Trivia

 * In, there are no male Tubers, and the male version of the Trainer class is not even programmed into the games, despite there being a Trainer class (which is a female  paired with a male Tuber).

In other languages
Planscher Garçon à la Bouée Ciambellino e Ciambellina うきわボーイ 泳圈男孩