Poké Fan (Trainer class)

A Poké Fan (Japanese: だいすきクラブ '), formatted as Pokéfan''' prior to Pokémon X and Y, is a type of Pokémon Trainer that debuted in the Generation II games. They come in two varieties: Middle-aged women with (prior to ) or a Pokémon magazine, and middle-aged men with small  dressed in, , or  outfits (prior to Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire) or a bag of Pokémon themed merchandise. Trainers of this class are members of the Pokémon Fan Club.

In Double Battles, two Poké Fans paired together are called a.

They raise many different cute that usually belong to the. The Pokémon of Poké Fans are notable for always holding a or Oran Berry, depending on the game. In Generation V and Generation VI games, they may use Hyper Potions and Full Restores on injured Pokémon during battle.

In the anime

 * Mr. Sukizo, who is a judge for Pokémon Contests, resembles a male Poké Fan and is in fact President of the Pokémon Fan Club.
 * Lola, 's mother, bears a resemblance to the female Poké Fan from Generation III.

In The Last Battle XIII, a male and female Poké Fan appeared as two of the Trainers that lent their Pokémon for the final battle against the Masked Man.

In the consecutive rounds As Luck Would Have It, Kirlia and Moving Past Milotic, has a Double Battle at the Battle Pike, against virtual male and female Poké Fans who use  and.

In Deprogramming Porygon-Z, a female Poké Fan was seen entering the Battle Castle with her.

In Weavile Wobbles But It Won't Fall Down, a female Poké Fan and her son appeared amongst the people at the Safari Zone Gate.

In Kangaskhan...Kangascan't, a male Poké Fan appeared at Santalune City with his son and their. Another male Poké Fan without a son walks past after she ran off from the others for easily trusting Viola.

Pokémon
Here is a listing of the Poké Fan's Pokémon in the :

Trivia

 * In all of the games, the species of the dolls accompanying the female Poké Fan sprite shown changes (progressing with, , , , , , , and ), but until Pokémon X and Y, the male Poké Fan sprite has always been shown holding a child in a or  costume, as well as the Pokémon's icon imprinted onto their T-shirts.
 * Because the female Poké Fan sprite remains the same between Diamond, Pearl, and Platinum and HeartGold and SoulSilver, they are shown to have dolls in a region where Sudowoodo appears only once (and is apparently not well-known) and where Bonsly does not appear in the regional Pokédex.

In other languages
Pokéfan Pokéfan Pokéfan だいすきクラブ 發燒友俱樂部