Tucker

Tucker ヒース Heath
Art from Emerald
Gender	Male
Eye color	Red violet
Hair color	Red violet
Hometown	Unknown
Region	Hoenn*/Kanto*
Trainer class	Dome Ace (Frontier Brain)
Generation	III
Games	Pokémon Emerald
Brain of	Battle Dome
Symbol	Tactics Symbol
Anime debut	Tactics Theatrics!!
English voice actor	Bill Rogers
Japanese voice actor	Kenta Miyake

Dome Ace Tucker (Japanese: ドームスーパースター ヒース Dome Superstar Heath) is the Frontier Brain and commissioner of the Battle Frontier's Battle Dome. He is the only character in the games to have the Trainer class Dome Ace (Japanese: ドームスーパースター Dome Superstar).

In the games

Tucker is a superstar and enjoys the sound of a crowd chanting his name. He prefaces battles with narcissistic comments, and if he loses, turns over the Tactics Symbol to the Trainer's Frontier Pass.

Pokémon

Silver Symbol challenge

File:SpriteTucker.png Dome Ace Tucker [[Battle Dome|Battle Dome]] Emerald Dome Ace and Professor Tucker Oak [[Battle Dome|Battle Dome]] Emerald Reward: 13BP

Types: Fire Flying Ability: Blaze Held item: White Herb Charizard Lv.100 Overheat Fire   --       Rock Slide Rock   --       Aerial Ace Flying   --       Earthquake Ground   --       Types: Water Ground Ability: Torrent Held item: Focus Band Swampert Lv.100 Surf Water   --       Earthquake Ground   --       Ice Beam Ice   --       Counter Fighting   --       Types: Dragon Flying Ability: Intimidate Held item: Lum Berry Salamence Lv.100 Earthquake Ground   --       Brick Break Fighting   --       Dragon Claw Dragon   --       Aerial Ace Flying   --

Gold Symbol challenge

File:SpriteTucker.png Dome Ace Tucker [[Battle Dome|Battle Dome]] Emerald Dome Ace and Professor Tucker Oak [[Battle Dome|Battle Dome]] Emerald Reward: 15BP

Types: Dragon Psychic Ability: Levitate Held item: Chesto Berry Latias Lv.100 Thunderbolt Electric   --       Psychic Psychic   --       Calm Mind Psychic   --       Rest Psychic   --       Types: Water Ground Ability: Torrent Held item: Leftovers Swampert Lv.100 Surf Water   --       Ice Beam Ice   --       Earthquake Ground   --       Mirror Coat Psychic   --       Types: Steel Psychic Ability: Clear Body Held item: Quick Claw Metagross Lv.100 Psychic Psychic   --       Meteor Mash Steel   --       Earthquake Ground   --       Protect Normal   --

Quotes

• First battle:

"Ahahah! Do you hear it? This crowd! They’re all itching to see our match! Ahahah! I bet you’re twitching all over from the tension of getting to battle me! But don’t worry about a thing! I’m the no.1 star of the Battle Dome! I, Tucker the Dome Ace, will bathe you in a brilliant glow! Your strategy! Let’s see it! The final match! <player> versus the Dome Ace, Tucker! Let the battle begin!"

"Grr… What the… Unbelievable! It’s incredible! The victor is <player>! Rules are rules! Let me see your Frontier Pass. … … … … … … I sorely underestimate you. I won’t make the same mistake next time…"

• Second battle:

"Ah… The pummeling roar of the crowd… Their furnace-like heat of excitement… This is a wonderful place… To the crowd, I am the Dome Ace… I represent their hopes and dreams… I must never fade from their sight… I must burn! Brighter and more brilliant! I must light all the gather here! I will unleash all the power that I possess! Right here and now! The final match! <player> versus the Dome Ace, Tucker! Let the battle begin!"

"Ahahaha! You’re inspiring! Unbelievable! It’s incredible! The victor is <player>! You’re genuinely fantastic! Never before! I haven’t ever lost in the times I’ve had to unleash my power. Yes, quite fantastic! Your Frontier Pass, please? You’re strong above all, you have a unique charm! In you, I see a definite potential for a superstar like me. I will very much look forward to our next encounter!"

In the anime

File:Tucker.png

Tucker in the anime

Tucker's only anime appearance was in the episode Tactics Theatrics!!.

In the anime, he is a big superstar. He likes to entertain others, and he has many fans. Automatically before the battle, he allows challengers to send in their Pokémon from other locations. Even if Ash was allowed to do this, he still used two Pokémon from his current party, Corphish and Swellow.

He used an Arcanine and Swampert in a double battle against Ash Ketchum. The battle took place in the Battle Dome in front of a large audience. Tucker was defeated by Ash although he held a strong start for a while with his Pokémon's teamwork and strategy.

Pokémon

This listing is of Tucker's known Pokémon in the anime:

Tucker's Swampert		Swampert
		Swampert was one of the two Pokémon that battled against Ash's Corphish and Ash's Swellow, and gave Ash a run for his money. Swampert and Arcanine seemed like a perfect combination, taking advantage of Arcanine's speed and its defense as stated by Brock in the episode. In the double battle, Swampert's main target was Corphish. Even though it looked bad for Ash, after Tucker's water and fire tornado, Corphish and Swellow gained their fighting spirit and came back to win the match for Ash. Swampert was defeated by a devastating Aerial Ace from Swellow. Swampert was shown to use five different moves: Protect, Mud Shot, DynamicPunch, Water Gun, and Water Pulse.
Debut	Tactics Theatrics!
Voice actors
Japanese	Kōichi Sakaguchi
English	Bill Rogers

Tucker's Arcanine		Arcanine
		The other Pokémon Tucker used was Arcanine. Swampert and Arcanine were a perfect combination, taking advantage of Arcanine's speed and Swampert's defense. Even though it looked bad for Ash, after Tucker's fire and water tornado, Corphish and Swellow gained their fighting spirit and with the help of some strategy of Ash's, they were able to win the match. Arcanine was defeated by a devastating Crabhammer from Ash's Corphish. Arcanine was shown to use four different moves: ExtremeSpeed, Flamethrower, Fire Blast, and Aerial Ace.
Debut	Tactics Theatrics!
Voice actors
Japanese	Chie Satō
English	Chie Satō

Voice actors

Language Voice actor Japanese 三宅健太 Kenta Miyake English Bill Rogers Italian Claudio Moneta Spanish Latin America Irwin Daayán Spain Juan Antonio García Sainz de la Maza

In the Pokémon Adventures manga

File:Tucker Special.png

Tucker in the Pokémon Adventures manga

At the beginning of the Battle Frontier saga, Tucker was assaulted by Emerald while riding to the Battle Frontier Opening Ceremony on his Salamence. Tucker was promptly tied up and thrown backstage during the opening ceremony, where he is found by the other Brains. They let him go and he starts yelling at Emerald, on stage. Scott tells him to be quiet, and Tucker grows a flaming grudge against Emerald. Tucker bears witness to Emerald's victory over Noland, and immediately makes the boy come to his facility. However, the Battle Dome is actually Emerald's fifth challenge.

Unlike the games, Tucker actually takes part in the tournaments rather than just challenging a trainer after winning a set number of tournaments.

Pokémon

Charizard

Salamence

Metagross

Trivia

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• Tucker's Swampert knows and used five moves in his battle versus Ash, while Pokémon are said to be able to learn only four moves at a time.
• Despite the fact that Ash strives for the Tactics Symbol during his battle with Tucker, The Dome Ace seems more focused on putting on a satiating show for his audience rather than putting up a good fight.
• Tucker is the only Frontier Brain that Emerald didn't defeat to win the symbol, aside from Anabel, who simply awarded him her Ability Symbol for having battled with her fairly while she was under Guile's control. In turn, he is also the only brain who has never lost the fight to Emerald to yield him the symbol, since the 10 Pokédex Holders had their own tournament instead.

Names

Language	Name	Reference to
Japanese	ヒース Dome Superstar Heath	From "heath," both a plant habitat and a family of plants.
English	Dome Ace Tucker	From tactics.
French	Star Du Dôme Takim	From tactique.
German	Stadionstar Tasso	From taktik.
Italian	Astro Cupola Tolomeo
Spanish	Astro Cúpula Tactio	From tacticas.
Korean	돔슈퍼스타 하인즈 Dome Superstar Heinz	German name, Similar to Heath
Chinese (Taiwan)	希爾斯 Xīěrsī	Similar to Hīsu.

External links

• Heath's Profile on Pokeani (Japanese)

Hoenn Battle Frontier
Battle Tower Salon Maiden Anabel	Battle Palace Palace Maven Spenser	Battle Factory Factory Head Noland	Battle Pyramid Pyramid King Brandon	Battle Dome Dome Ace Tucker	Battle Arena Arena Tycoon Greta	Battle Pike Pike Queen Lucy

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