Carl (XY051)

Carl (Japanese: カール Carl) is a character of the day who appeared in When Light and Dark Collide!. He is the director of a theater located somewhere between Shalour City and Coumarine City, which organizes "Super Pokémon Battle Shows".

Carl used to be a coach of Pokémon. He coached his Dark in many tournaments, and eventually got it to win the Kalos region  Pokémon tournament. However, in one of those tournaments Dark Hawlucha got injured, and wasn't able to compete anymore. Carl came up with the Super Pokémon Battle Shows, which were much less physically demanding than Pokémon battles, and in the process switched careers himself as well.

He first appeared when and  accidentally interupted his rehearsal of a Super Pokémon Battle Show, which they mistook for an incident between Dark Hawlucha and  and injured his Gallade in the process. He demanded them to stop interrupting his play, and afterwards went to a Pokémon Center with them, accepting their apologies. He got frustrated however when it turned out his Gallade wasn't able to perform in the next Super Pokémon Battle Show, as it got hurt during the interruption by Ash and his friends. proposed to use another Pokémon in Gallade's place, and it was decided Ash's Hawlucha would take this role.

The cooperation between both Hawlucha didn't go smoothly however, as they formed a rivalry and weren't able to respect each other. He later explained Dark Hawlucha's backstory to Ash and his friends. That evening, the Super Pokémon Battle Show still went underway as planned. Although he panicked at first when the Hawlucha didn't act as the script told them to, he soon noticed how the audience loved the phyisical confrontation between the two, and also noticed how Ash's Hawlucha managed to give Dark Hawlucha its fighting spirit back. The Super Pokémon Battle Show proved to be a success, and the next day Carl thanked Ash and his friends and said his farewells as he traveled to the next town for the next show.

Voice actors
Carl Zeno カール