Rudy

Rudy (Japanese: ジギー Ziggy) is the Gym Leader of Trovita Island's Gym, known officially as the Trovita Gym. He hands out the to s who defeat him. His strategy includes teaching his skills they would not normally learn, such as modern dance.

In the anime
Rudy's only appearance was in Misty Meets Her Match.

Rudy put all his efforts into wooing after she saved his younger sister, Mahri, from a whirlpool, instead of focusing on Ash's challenge. Like most members of the Orange Crew, Rudy requires that all Trainers who face him pass a test of skill. He had shoot at targets while aboard a moving boat.

After Ash passed Rudy's attack test, he faced him in a three-on-three battle pitting Pokémon of the same type against each other atop one of the rock pillars that surrounds Trovita Island. Prior to the fight, Rudy asked Misty if she wanted to stay with him after the match, but permitted Misty to decide after the battle was over. Ash lost the first round of the battle — versus  — but  won the battle against an  by using  on it, causing it to fall off the pillar before Bulbasaur caught it with.

When the final round battle between his and Ash's Squirtle began, Rudy dedicated the match to Misty, subsequently ordering Starmie — evading Squirtle's  by dancing — to spin itself into a. As Ash tried to think of a strategy, Misty, finally making up her mind, yelled at Ash to keep fighting as he was the only one who could bring out Squirtle's real power. His resolve renewed, Ash had Squirtle use Water Gun to force itself out of the path of Rudy's Thunderbolt, Squirtle subsequently learning just in time to stop it falling into the nearby sea, subsequently using Hydro Pump and  to defeat Starmie. After presenting Ash with his Badge and Misty with some flowers as a farewell, Rudy commented that he hoped Ash knew that he was a very lucky guy, and that Ash would find out what he meant some day.

Rudy doesn't appear physically, but is mentioned by Tad in Charizard Chills!.

He reappeared in a flashback in Hello, Pummelo!.

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

In The Electric Tale of Pikachu manga
Rudy was featured in a chapter of the The Electric Tale of Pikachu manga, making him the only one of the Orange League Gym Leaders to make an appearance outside of the anime. However, he was referred to as Jeremy in the English version. Events in the manga transpired similar to the anime episode in which he was featured, although was not there. Rudy was the final Orange League Gym Leader that Ash battled, not the third. In addition, after Misty turned down Rudy's proposal, Mahri was disappointed because she wanted Misty to become her big sister. To solve this, Rudy starts to crossdress, becoming a big sister for Mahri.

Pokémon
This listing is of Rudy's Pokémon in the Electric Tale of Pikachu manga. Rudy battled with the following Pokémon:

Rudy also handled the following Pokémon at his Gym:

Trivia

 * Rudy is the only member of the Orange Crew who hasn't met or defeated in battle.
 * However, he may have unintentionally defeated them after his fell off the battlefield and knocked them into the ocean.

Names
{| class="roundy" style="float:left; background: #; border: 3px solid #"|- style="text-align:center"! style="" | Language! Name! style="" | Origin|- style="background:#FFF;"| Japanese| ジギー Ziggy| |- style="background:#FFF;"| English| Rudy| |- style="background:#FFF;"| Korean| 성기 Seonggi| |- style="background:#FFF;"| Chinese | 阿義 Ā Yì| Possibly derived from the 義 gi of Ziggy.|}

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