Mother

Mom おかあさん Mother
File:AyakoDP.png Art from D/P/Pt
Gender	Female
Hometown	Pallet Town, New Bark Town, Littleroot Town, Twinleaf Town, Chicole Village, Pokémon HQ Lab
Region	Kanto, Johto, Hoenn, Sinnoh, Almia, Orre
Relatives	Red, Leaf, Ethan, Kris, Lyra, Brendan, May, Lucas, Dawn, Kellyn, Kate, Michael, Norman (husband in Hoenn games), Jovi, unnamed husband (I, IV), an unnamed daughter (Ranger 2)
Generation	I, II, III, IV
Games	Red, Blue, Yellow, Gold, Silver, Crystal, Ruby, Sapphire, Emerald, FireRed, LeafGreen, Diamond, Pearl, Platinum, HeartGold, SoulSilver, Pokémon XD: Gale of Darkness, Pokémon Ranger: Shadows of Almia
Anime counterpart	Delia Ketchum, Caroline, Johanna
Counterpart debut	Pokémon - I Choose You!

The player's mother (Japanese: おかあさん mother) is a character in every main series Pokémon game. Although different each time, she will always be the one to see her child off on his or her journey with his or her starter Pokémon.

In the games

In the games, when the player returns to his or her hometown, she will heal his or her party to full health, as there is no Pokémon Center in the town. (An exception to this is Generation II, in which Professor Elm's office has a healing machine.) She will also do several things specific to the games' region.

Kanto

In Generation I as well as in FireRed and LeafGreen, Red's/Leaf's mom will not do much; however, she does inform him/her that Professor Oak wanted to see him/her at the beginning of the games. This mom also appears in Generation II and HeartGold and SoulSilver telling Ethan/Kris/Lyra how worried she is about Red, but also how proud she is of him.

Johto

In Generation II and well as in HeartGold and SoulSilver, Ethan's/Kris's/Lyra's mom informs him/her that the Pokégear has returned from the repair shop, and helps set the day of the week. She also will save money if the player wishes (the player can also choose to have a quarter of the money won from each battle automatically sent to her) and occasionally buys decorations for the bedroom, or items such as Super Potions. Her cooking specialty is the Cinnabar Volcano Burger.

Hoenn

In Generation III, Brendan's/May's mom helps him/her to move in, and tells him/her to set the time on the clock upstairs. When the player defeats Norman, she will give them an Amulet Coin. After the player has beaten the Elite Four and Champion, she'll show him/her a news report about either Latias (in Pokémon Sapphire) or Latios (in Pokémon Ruby). In Pokémon Emerald she'll ask if the news report was either about a red creature (Latias) or a blue creature (Latios). The one chosen will be roaming Hoenn.

Sinnoh

In Generation IV, Lucas's/Dawn's mom takes on an active lifestyle, competing in Pokémon Super Contests in Hearthome City at times. Her name is revealed to be Johanna, by Keira, at the Hearthome City Contest Hall. She gives her child a tuxedo/dress when they meet there.

In side games

Orre

In Pokémon XD, Michael's mom is a researcher at the Pokémon Lab. Her name is Lily and she has a daughter named Jovi. She takes a supportive role throughout the game by working alongside Professor Krane.

Almia

In Almia, Kellyn/Kate exchanges letters with their family as they attend Ranger School. The family later moves to Chicole Village to be closer to Kellyn or Kate. The mother doesn't do much besides look after her youngest child and take care of the player's inactive partner Pokémon. She later has the player perform a Quest where she asks the player to read a recipe off the fridge for her while she cooks.

In the anime

In the anime, each of the main characters which have a player character counterpart have had their mother introduced except for Jimmy and Marina. Unlike the moms in the games, however, all of them lead a moderately more active lifestyle.

Delia, Ash's mom, is shown to travel to most of the Pokémon League competitions that her son takes part in. She also has her own Pokémon, a Mr. Mime, which cleans the house for her.

Lola, Brock's mom, was, for a time, running the Pewter City Gym while Brock was traveling with Ash on his journey. She is an adept trainer, however her insistence on using Water-type Pokemon -- including attempting to shift Pewter City's Gym's traditional type from Rock to Water -- is something she and Brock have butted heads over.

Caroline, May's mom, is also shown to travel a bit to watch her daughter's competitions in the Grand Festivals. Unlike her game counterpart, however, she lives in Petalburg City. She also seems to have Pokémon; however, they are never shown.

Johanna, Dawn's mom, apparently lives life very similarly to her own game counterpart. She has a Glameow and an Umbreon, and was formerly a winner of Sinnoh's Grand Festival.

Trivia

• Lily and Johanna are the only in-game mothers to have their name revealed.
• Red's mom is the only mom to appear in all four generations of Pokémon.
• Johanna is the only mother to be seen outside of her hometown in the games.
• So far, the mother from Generation II is the only mother to have official Sugimori artwork. Interestingly, she is the only mother not to be featured in the anime as a mother of a game character's anime counterpart.
• If the player has $999,999 on hand in HeartGold and SoulSilver, no additional money earned in battle will be sent to the player's mother, contrary to what the end-of-battle dialogue claims.

This game character article is part of Project CharacterDex, a Bulbapedia project that aims to write comprehensive articles on each character found in the Pokémon games.