Hamilton


 * Craig redirects here. If you were looking for the voice actor, see Craig Blair.

Hamilton (Japanese:, ) is a character of the day who appeared in Cream of the Croagunk Crop!. He was the defending champion of the Croagunk Festival in Pastoria City.

Hamilton first came off as an arrogant boy. overheard Hamilton apparently talking about marrying Nurse Joy. Angered by this, Brock interrupted the conversation, declaring that he will not let him marry Nurse Joy. Nurse Joy immediately corrected him, saying that Hamilton wanted his Croagunk, Craig, to marry her Croagunk, Chrissy. Brock then decided to enter the competition with his to defeat Hamilton and win the love of Nurse Joy.

Craig seemed equally matched to Brock's Croagunk and knew a variety of different moves. However, the competition was interrupted by, who began to steal all of the Croagunk.

Setting their differences aside, Hamilton, Brock, and Nurse Joy teamed up with their Croagunk to help. Eventually, it was Chrissy who saved the day. Crasher Wake decided that Nurse Joy was the winner for saving the festival, even though she didn't officially enter. Hamilton also agreed to Wake's choice.

Trivia

 * Hamilton is based on a character named Hiroshi from the anime and manga . The story is about a boy who accidentally squashes a frog and now the frog's spirit lives on in an imprint on Hiroshi's shirt. Hamilton also bears an almost identical appearance to Hiroshi.
 * Craig is a reference to the frog, known as Pyonkichi, because it did spend a lot of time on the front of his shirt.
 * Hamilton's appearance and even the Japanese names of both himself and Craig were changed shortly after the episode's initial airing in Japan. It is believed that it was to avoid a lawsuit from the producers of.