Ramos

Ramos (Japanese: フクジ Fukuji) is a gardener who is the Gym Leader of Coumarine Gym, Coumarine City's Gym. He specializes in. He gives the to Trainers who defeat him.

In the games
Ramos appears in Pokémon X and Y as a Gym Leader. He continuously refer to the player as either "whippersnapper", or "sprout". Trainers who defeat Ramos will receive the, along with. According to the television show Gym Freaks, he has owned his gardening scissors for 30 years. It also states that he has been into tea lately, gathering great tea leaves from their place of origin. It expands on this point by saying that seeing tea steam floating upright means good luck in a certain country.


 * Coumarine Gym
 * Before battle
 * "Ho! So yeh've made it clear up here! I'm the Gym Leader. Ramos's the name. So what'd yeh think, whippersnapper? Did yeh enjoy the garden playground I made with all these sturdy plants o' mine? Their strength is a sign o' my strength as a gardener and a Gym Leader! Yeh sure yer up to facing all that?"


 * Upon being defeated
 * "Yeh can't take things too quickly when it comes to forming a friendship with yer Pokémon, sprout!"


 * After being defeated
 * "Yeh believe in yer Pokémon... And they believe in yeh, too... Mighty oaks from acorns grow. Go on, then. Yeh've earned it. Here's yer own Plant Badge, sprout."
 * "If yeh've got yerself a Plant Badge, then yeh can use the HM even when not battling. It's a real boon. Pokémon up to Lv. 60 will listen to yeh, too, easy as falling off a log. Even if yeh got 'em from a trade. Here--have this, too. Might as well make hay while the sun shines, I reckon."
 * "That TM there is for . Yeh can use it to trip yer opponent up in the grass. The heavier the opponent, the harder it'll fall--and the more it'll hurt. Ain't it a marvel? Frail little blades o' grass can break through concrete, even. I can't help admirin' that strength."


 * Post-game
 * "When yeh know for certain sure yeh ain't never gonna meet again... Well, yeh can give in and accept it. But if yeh think there might be a chance, and yeh wander the world for 3,000 years tortured by that flicker of hope... I tell yeh, sprout, I couldn't have stood it."


 * Battle Chateau
 * Before battle
 * "So yer back for more, whippersnapper! I know I'll enjoy another Pokémon battle with yeh, sprout, sure as trees grow up!"


 * Upon being defeated
 * "A true friendship with Pokémon takes time. Yeh can't force it, yeh little whippersnapper!"


 * After being defeated
 * If giving the player an item: "Go on, then. Take it. Yeh've earned it."
 * "Yeh believe in yer Pokémon... And they believe in yeh, too... It was a fine battle, sprout."


 * If the player is defeated
 * "Hohoho... Indeed. Frail little blades o' grass'll break through even concrete."

Gym Freaks

 * April: "Hello! It's time for Gym Freaks, your source for the hottest news about hot Gym Leaders in Kalos. So... I'm now in front of the Coumarine City Gym! ... Oooh. Ahhh. Ramos has arrived! He's calm. So soothing. His smile brings a sense of euphoria. He's taken very good care of these gigantic scissors and used them for 30 years. I've used this body for 30 years, and it's started showing its age... Oh... He went inside the Gym... That's all for the on-site report. Good-bye for now, everyone."


 * April: "Hello! It's time for Gym Freaks, your source for the hottest news about hot Gym Leaders in Kalos. So... I'm now in front of the Coumarine City Gym! ... Ahhh. Ramos has arrived! He's calm. So soothing. His smile brings a sense of euphoria. He's into tea lately. To get great tea leaves, he goes to their place of origin. In a certain country, seeing a tea stem floating upright means good luck. Did you know that? Oh... He went inside the Gym... That's all for the on-site report. Good-bye for now, everyone."

In the anime
Ramos debuted in Thawing an Icy Panic!. He first appeared with his, after accidentally broke the gate to his  garden. After an angry and  created a snowstorm after hearing 's wail, as it was captured by, Ramos searched Coumarine City for the cause. After Gogoat rescued Ash from Vanillish and Vanilluxe, he used his 's to stop the snowstorm and then had multiple  use  to destroy the snow. Then, Vanillish and Vanilluxe, as well as Vanillite, were captured by their mecha. As a result, he used his Gogoat to destroy the mecha, assisted by and ' Pokémon. Afterwards, Ash and his friends' Pokémon sent Team Rocket blasting off, and the three captured Pokémon were rescued and went off happily. Later, he went back to the Coumarine Gym, and Clemont correctly deduced that he was the Gym Leader.

In his debut, Ramos lectured Ash on the importance of not only facing challenges head-on, but sometimes taking the "side road" as well. He demonstrated this by using Jumpluff and Sunflora to melt the snow rather than attack Vanillish and Vanilluxe, and later by using Gogoat's attacks to immobilize Team Rocket's machine rather than trying to immediately destroy it.

Ramos had a Gym against  in The Green, Green Grass Types of Home! and lost. He reappeared in Under the Pledging Tree!, where he told Ash and his friends about the festival that was taking place.

Ramos appeared in a fantasy in A League of His Own!, when Ash was talking to Everett about the Gym Leaders that he had defeated in Kalos, in order for him to be able to compete in the Lumiose Conference.

Ramos reappeared in A Towering Takeover!, where he was in his Gym, watching Lysandre's broadcast from Lumiose City. He appeared again in Rocking Kalos Defenses! and Forming a More Perfect Union!, where he was among those who helped to destroy the Giant Rock along with Gogoat.

Ramos reappeared in a flashback in Till We Compete Again!.

In the Pokémon Adventures manga
Ramos makes his debut in the. He is first mentioned by Grant as having not yet arrived to a meeting between the Kalos Gym Leaders about what to do with Team Flare. Once he arrives and the meeting has finished, Ramos and the other Gym Leaders meet up with 's group. They travel by sea on Wulfric's to Geosenge Town, where Team Flare's base is located. Upon arriving, they find the ultimate weapon in the process of being activated. When Y leaps in to keep the weapon's petals from opening, the Gym Leaders assist her by also using their strength and their Pokémon to keep the weapon closed.

Despite their best efforts, the Gym Leaders are unable to prevent the ultimate weapon from blooming and firing on the Kalos region. The attack hits many areas and damages several buildings, but the heroes' efforts weaken the weapon's power and prevent any lives from being taken. The Gym Leaders and Y are also protected from the attack thanks to Olympia and Valerie's Pokémon surrounding them in barriers.

Later, Ramos meets with X and his friends at the Lost Hotel. Ramos reveals that the Kalos Gym Leaders are helping rebuild the buildings that were destroyed by the ultimate weapon's blast. Due to Team Flare's influence over the media, the Gym Leaders and X's group are blamed for the incident.

Sometime later, Team Flare attempts to reactivate the plan to use the ultimate weapon by extracting life energy from wild Pokémon captured at the Pokémon Village. The plan is interrupted by the arrival of Viola, Clemont, Alexa, Bonnie, and Yvette, who lead a charge to free the captured Pokémon. When attempts to call for backup, he finds that Ramos and the other Gym Leaders have defeated the other members of Team Flare that were stationed at Cyllage City. After Team Flare is fully defeated, Ramos and his allies meet with X and his friends at Lumiose City to congratulate them on their victory.

Ramos claims to have 50 years of gardening experience. He has also read a Pokémon battling encyclopedia and thus manages a brief conversation with an enemy, Team Flare scientist Bryony, when she mentions the page numbers documenting 's air-solidifying tactic.

Pokémon
This listing is of Ramos's Pokémon in the Pokémon Adventures manga.

Trivia

 * Ramos's Japanese Leader title is.

Names
Amaro Amaro Amaro Amur フクジ 福爺