Rich Boy (Trainer class)

A Rich Boy (Japanese: おぼっちゃま High-class Child) is a type of Pokémon Trainer that debuted in the Generation III games. They are depicted as boys dressed in elaborate and fancy clothing. Their female counterpart is a.

They generally use weak but pay out a large amount of money as a reward; the largest recorded prize money after a Trainer battle was 10,240, which can be multiplied to 20,480 with an Amulet Coin or Luck Incense. Many of their Pokémon also carry Nuggets. They use Full Restores to heal their own Pokémon in battle.

In, Rich Boys appear in the Battle Chateau, where they are classified as a , , , , or. They also appear in the Battle Maison so there are no Rich Boys that can be battled outside of the Battle Maison.

Special Trainers

 * Rich Boy Antoin, at the Battle Resort, chooses his team from among seven different possible teams.

In the anime
In A Full Course Tag Battle!, Roman is based on the sprite for a Rich Boy, just as Kylie is based on the  Trainer class.

In the Be the Best! Pokémon B+W manga
A Rich Boy by the name of Dol (Japanese: ドル Dol) appears in the Be the Best! Pokémon B+W manga.

Monta meets him on the Battle Subway and asks him for a battle. He sends out his powerful and. Monta was no match for him and with some sneaky moves, Dol easily defeated Monta. Several days later Monta asks him for a rematch which he accepts. Thinking the outcome will be the same, Monta edges on but with Monta's new moves and held items, Dol is defeated.

In the Pokémon Adventures manga
A Rich Boy appeared with a in Deprogramming Porygon-Z and another one appeared with a  in Unraveling Mysteries.

In the Pokémon Pocket Monsters manga
(Japanese: オカネダイスキー Okane Daisukī), a character from, is based on the Rich Boy class. He appeared in PMDP20 walking with a, , and some other people. His Japanese name is a pun of "I love money".

An unnamed Rich Boy appeared in PMDP58 in a battle facility where he battled Red's Clefairy using and.

Pokémon
Here is a listing of the unnamed Rich Boy's Pokémon:

In other languages
Schnösel Richard Elegantone おぼっちゃま 富家少爷