Firebreather (Trainer class)

A Firebreather (Japanese: ひふきやろう Fire-breathing Guy) is a type of Pokémon Trainer that first debuted in the Generation II games. In Generation II they were depicted as overweight clowns spewing out flames, while redesigned them and they now wear clothing designed after.

They specialize in Pokémon. They may, however, use Pokémon that produce smoke, like Koffing and Weezing, as well.

In the anime
Infernando, who appeared in A Ghost of a Chance!, is based on the Firebreather Trainer class as it appeared in Generation II.

In the Pokémon Adventures manga
A Firebreather with his made a cameo appearance in Just a Spearow Carrier, waiting in line for the Indigo League.

A Firebreather was seen in Weavile Wobbles But It Won't Fall Down amongst the crowd visiting the.



In the Pokémon Gold & Silver: The Golden Boys manga
A Firebreather by the name of (Japanese: タケオ Takeo) appeared in Let's Aim For The Goal. He signed up for a basketball tournament that both 🇬🇼 and Bugsy took part in. Bugsy pointed out to Gold that he was one of the strong opponents there and Bugsy himself would have been no match for him. During the tournament, Takeo managed to get to the final round where he faced off against Gold and Bugsy. Despite putting up a great fight, Gold ultimately defeats him.

Trivia

 * Between Generations II and IV, one Firebreather got a name change from "Dick" to "Richard," likely due to the secondary meaning of the name Dick, itself a diminutive of the name Richard.
 * A sprite color change in occurs after Dick loses a battle against the player, from red to gray.
 * Firebreathers Dick and Ned are the only Trainers from Pokémon Gold and Silver to not appear in.

In other languages
Feuerspucker Comefuego Crache-Feu Mangiafuoco ひふきやろう 喷火者