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[[Image:Marius Hoenn.png|thumb|230px|Marius]]
'''Marius''' (Japanese: '''ヨウスケ''' ''Yōsuke'') is the [[character of the day]] in ''[[AG036|The Spheal of Approval]]''.

Marius made himself the self-appointed security guard of the [[Oceanic Museum]]. He became angry with [[Max]] for trying to get into the museum when it was closed. He believed that him and {{Ash}} were thieves so he sent his {{p|Spheal}} out to attack them. Fortunately for them, but unfortunately for Marius, Spheal wasn't interested in battling and only wanted to play. When it finally listened to what Marius said and attacked, it got zapped by {{AP|Pikachu}}'s {{m|Thunderbolt}}. Marius was in utter shock think that it was impossible for a Pikachu to beat Spheal. Max goes on to explain that {{type2|Water}}s are weak against {{type2|Electric}} moves.

Soon [[Captain Stern]] enters the scene and Marius tells him that Ash and Max were thieves. Max then explains that he just wanted to see the museum. Afterwards, Captain Stern invited them all in to see the museum.

Marius displayed his lack of knowledge about Pokémon whilst in the museum. He said he wanted to catch a {{p|Goldeen}} so that he could "evolve it to {{p|Gyarados}}". Max then corrects him saying that only {{p|Magikarp}} evolve into Gyarados. Marius also dreamed about traveling around the world by sea inside the submarine that the captain was building.

Soon he, Ash, and Max, are captured by [[Team Rocket]], and then they come to find out that [[Team Magma]] stole the {{DL|List of key items in Generation III|meteorite}} that Captain Stern was going to study. Marius tries to use his Spheal to save them but again it won't listen to him.

After they chase down Team Magma, Captain Stern tells Marius and Max to go back to town to get [[Officer Jenny]]. They were able to get there in no time because of Spheal's incredible speed in the water. Later on, they find out that Team Magma got away with the meteorite. Thankfully, Captain Stern did have a small piece of it left. Marius told Ash that he wanted to have a rematch with him the next time they met.

==Pokémon==
{{TrainerPoké
|trainer=Marius
|pkmn=Spheal
|type1=Ice
|type2=Water
|img=Marius Spheal.png
|epnum=AG036
|epname=The Spheal of Approval
|vajp=Chie Satō
|vaen=Kayzie Rogers
|desc=Marius sent out {{p|Spheal}} to deal with Ash and Max when he assumed that they were thieves. Ash used his Pikachu to battle Marius's Spheal. However, what ever command Marius gave to it, it would attack its own trainer instead of the target. It began to respect Marius after trying to escape Team Magma.

Spheal's known moves are {{m|Body Slam}}, {{m|Water Gun}} and {{m|Blizzard}}.}}

==Voice actors==
{{vatable|color={{ice color}}|bordercolor={{water color light}}
|ja=くまいもとこ ''[[Motoko Kumai]]''
|en=[[Tara Jayne]]
|pt_br=Francisco Freitas
|es_eu=Sara Vivas}}

==Trivia==
*Marius has a striking resemblance to the {{tc|Bug Catcher}} [[trainer class]] in the {{pkmn|games}}. Despite this, he does not own any {{type2|Bug}} Pokémon.
*He shares his name with another character in the anime: [[Captain Marius]]. Coincidentally, a captain is what this Marius seems to be striving to become.
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