Aaron (Elite Four)

Aaron (Japanese: リョウ Ryō) is a  and member of the Sinnoh Elite Four.

In the games
In, Aaron is the first member of the Sinnoh Elite Four.




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Quotes

 * Before battle
 * "Hello! Welcome to the ! I'm Aaron of the Elite Four. It's good to meet you. Oh, I should explain, I'm a huge fan of bug Pokémon. Bug Pokémon are nasty-mean, and yet they're beautiful, too... Would you like to know why I take on challengers here, in this room? It's because I want to become perfect, just like my bug Pokémon! Ok! Let me take you on!"


 * When last Pokémon is at critical health
 * "Not yet! Your first Pokémon League victory doesn't come easily, kid."
 * "It's not over yet! A League Elite Four can't give up!"


 * Being defeated
 * "I will now concede defeat. But I think you came to see how great Bug-type Pokémon can be. I hope you also realized why you're up against in the Pokémon League. Battling is a deep and complex affair..."


 * After being defeated
 * "I lost with the most beautiful and toughest of the bug Pokémon... We lost because I wasn't good enough... That's it! Back to training camp! Let's hear it for me! No... That was wrong... Anyway... Go on to the next room! Three s are waiting for you. They are all tougher than me."
 * "Go on, go to the next room. I'm going to become a top-level Trainer who can't be outclassed with my beautiful and tough bug Pokémon!"

In the anime
Aaron was briefly mentioned by fellow Elite Four member Lucian in An Elite Meet and Greet!. He then debuted in A Trainer and Child Reunion!, where he was shown to be preparing for his championship against Cynthia. He was conducting a public session, which had been advertised in an issue of the  magazine that featured him on the cover.

and decided to go watch Aaron train and joined the long line of fans that were there to meet him, with  getting her copy of Poké Chic signed by him. When Aaron found out that the group knows Cynthia personally, he took them to his training center. There, he revealed that a was his  and close friend when he was young, but due to his anger at it for losing a match, he abandoned it. He regretted it later, and from then on, he tried his best to train hard and to understand  so that the same incident would not happen again. Aaron eventually encountered Wurmple again as a by the end of the episode, following a battle against.

He was seen again on television, one episode later, having his battle with Cynthia at the but ultimately losing.

Aaron made a cameo appearance in the ending credits of Zoroark: Master of Illusions.

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

In the Pokémon Adventures manga
Aaron, along with Lucian and Bertha, appear during the, having been enlisted by the Pokémon Association to decipher Charon's notebook that was stolen by 's Kit. Together, they figure out the hidden information inside the book and give it to Diamond and so they can use it to stop Charon from capturing the Legendary Pokémon of Sinnoh.

In the Pokémon Diamond and Pearl Adventure! manga
Aaron makes a brief appearance in Gathering of the Legendary Pokémon!, watching Hareta and Koya's battle from the audience, along with Bertha and Lucian.

In the Pocket Monsters DP manga
Aaron appears in the chapter Clefairy's Pokémon Center is Super Useful!? of the manga. He is seen taking his Stunky to a Pokémon which and  becomes in charge of. He reads a book while waiting for Stunky to feel better. However, the treatment Clefairy gave it was ruined by Stunky falling into the treatment machine and this failure made Stunky's condition worse. Aaron didn't like what Clefairy did after finding out about this. After Stunky used on Red, his Pokémon, and, both Aaron and Stunky leave the Pokémon Center.

In the TCG
This listing is of cards mentioning or featuring Aaron or his Pokémon in the Pokémon Trading Card Game.

Trivia

 * Aaron's and  both know moves usually only available at levels after they are battled. Heracross knows, and Drapion knows . Both of these may be obtained as Egg Moves.
 * In Platinum, Aaron is the only Elite Four member who still has a Pokémon that is not of his specialty type. is a  Pokémon, though it evolves from the  . Also,  is part of the.
 * In, Aaron replaces his with . This is similar to the replacement that Jessie made in the , swapping the same species of Pokémon.
 * Aaron is the only member of the Sinnoh Elite Four not to have as one of his Pokémon's moves in any of his teams.
 * In, a show on the Variety channel will occasionally tell a tale of a former and Gym Leader in Sinnoh that quit as a Gym Leader in order to become part of the Elite Four, referring to Aaron.

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 * Images on the Bulbagarden Archives

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