Jack Walker

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Jack Walker
ジャック・ウォーカー Jack Walker
Jack Walker art.png
Jack Walker
Gender Male
Hometown Unknown
Region Unknown
Trainer class Pokémon Ranger
Anime debut Pokémon Ranger and the Temple of the Sea
English voice actor Rich McNanna
Japanese voice actor Kōichi Yamadera

Jack Walker (Japanese: ジャック・ウォーカー Jack Walker), also known as Jackie (Japanese: ジャッキー Jackie), is a major character who appeared in Pokémon Ranger and the Temple of the Sea. He is a Rank 9 Pokémon Ranger.

In the movies

 
A young Jack Walker

Jack decided to become a Pokémon Ranger after being saved from a blizzard by a group of wild Pokémon. As such, he takes his duties seriously.

Jack was first seen disguised as one of the Phantom's crew members, a role he had been in for months. When The Phantom originally secured the Manaphy Egg, Jack snatched it and brought the Egg out of submarine by capturing and swimming away on a Mantine.

He was later seen disguised as a clown traveling with the Marina Group. When Team Rocket stole the Egg, Jackie captured a Fearow and revealed his identity to Ash and his friends. He revealed to them his plan to safely hatch the Egg and deliver Manaphy to the Sea Temple, Samiya. As the crew headed towards Samiya, Jack was shown to be on the lookout for The Phantom, using his binoculars to search for him. He also showed concern about May's relationship with Manaphy, knowing they were getting too attached as it was Manaphy's destiny to leave them for the Sea Temple.

When they reached Samiya, Jack learned that they were being followed The Phantom. Jack swam down to Samiya on a Mantyke, fearing for the safety of Manaphy who had already headed down to Samiya. By the time he reached Samiya, The Phantom had already removed several of the Sea Crown's crystals, causing the Sea Temple to sink. He fought the pirate captain and reattached two of the crystals, but he was unable to secure the last crystal. As the Temple continued to sink, Jack used Phantom's personal sub to get away from the sinking Temple. He later took May, Brock, Max, and Lizabeth on the personal sub as they attempted to thwart The Phantom's plan.

In the ending credits, Jack captured and hitched a ride on a Zapdos.

Jack briefly reappeared in a montage in The Rise of Darkrai, which chronicled the preceding nine movies.

Character

Jack is an athletic young man. While his role often puts him into unconventional and bad situations, he accepts that this is part of the job. As a Pokémon Ranger, he is required to be quick on his feet and set on the mission at hand. However, Jack came into conflict, initially when Ash and his friends witnessed Manaphy hatch, and later with May after she became too attached to Manaphy. He was able to compromise his strong stance, inviting Ash and his friends along, and was able to fulfill the mission.

Jack has an affable personality and can often got caught up in his banter with his mission coordinator, Judy. The Marina Group also appreciated his assistance as a temporary member of their performers troupe.

Pokémon

 
Casey
Casey appears throughout the movie many times next to The Phantom, frequently imitating the pirate's speech. During the credits, it is revealed that Casey ends up with Jack Walker after the Phantom is imprisoned.

None of Casey's moves are known.

Debut Pokémon Ranger and the Temple of The Sea
Voice actors
Japanese Hori
English Sean Reyes

Controlled via the Capture Styler

 
Mantine
After retrieving Manaphy's Egg from the Phantom, Jack needed to escape the ship with it. To do this, he captured a Mantine that was swimming by, which managed to disable the Phantom's Pokémon and allowed Jack to make a clean getaway with the Egg.

Mantine's only known move is Confuse Ray.

Debut Pokémon Ranger and the Temple of The Sea
Voice actors
Japanese Takafumi Kawakami
English Takafumi Kawakami
 
Fearow
When Team Rocket stole Manaphy's Egg intending to hand it over to the Phantom, Jack needed to retrieve it without damaging it in the process. To accomplish this, Jack captured a nearby Fearow and sent it with Ash's Pikachu to get it back. Fearow took Pikachu to the bike-powered blimp Team Rocket were using to transportation allowing him to get the Egg back and then pecked a hole in the balloon sending Team Rocket flying.

None of Fearow's moves are known.

Debut Pokémon Ranger and the Temple of The Sea
 
Mantyke
When Manaphy went missing looking for May's bandana, the gang pursued with Lizabeth in a subcraft, however they ended up following Manaphy to the Sea Temple. Jack was forced to chase them, and in order to do so captured a Mantyke to assist him.

None of Mantyke's moves are known.

Debut Pokémon Ranger and the Temple of The Sea
Voice actors
Japanese Daisuke Sakaguchi
English Daisuke Sakaguchi
 
Zapdos
After separating from the group after his mission to return Manaphy to the Sea Temple was complete, Jack continued with his duties as a Pokémon Ranger and went up to the mountains. There he encountered the Legendary Pokémon Zapdos and captured it, allowing him to cover the terrain far more quickly.

None of Zapdos's moves are known.

Debut Pokémon Ranger and the Temple of The Sea

Artwork

 
Ken Sugimori's design of Jack Walker for the anime


Voice actors

Language Voice actor
Japanese 山寺宏一 Kōichi Yamadera
English Rich McNanna
Dutch Jaap Snijder
German Manou Lubowski
Italian Patrizio Prata
Korean 엄상현 Eom Sanghyeon*
Brazilian Portuguese Wendel Bezerra
Spanish Latin America Gerardo García
Spain Cholo Moratalla


In the manga

Movie adaptations

 
Jack Walker in the manga

Before Jack became a Pokémon Ranger, he was a member of the Phantom's crew and learned of his plan to capture the Legendary Pokémon Kyogre. Upon learning that Manaphy was the way of obtaining Kyogre, Jack stole Manaphy's Egg and escaped from the ship, using a Mantine to escape.

Pokémon

 
Fearow
 
Mantine


In the TCG

This listing is of cards mentioning or featuring Jack in the Pokémon Trading Card Game.

Related cards
Cards listed with a blue background are only legal to use in the current Expanded format.
Cards listed with a silver background are legal to use in both the current Standard and Expanded formats.
Card Type English
Expansion
Rarity # Japanese
Expansion
Rarity #
Jackie's Capture T [Su]       Movie Commemoration VS Pack: Sea's Manaphy   018/019
 


Trivia

 
Solana and Jack in Spurt!
  • Most Pokémon Rangers are portrayed as having a partner Pokémon who is with them at all times. Jack Walker was the first Ranger ever shown without one, although it is implied that the Phantom's Chatot may have remained with him after Jack befriended it during the flooding of the temple.
  • All of the Pokémon Jack is known to have captured are part Flying-type.
  • In All That Glitters is Not Golden!, the Japanese opening Spurt! was updated to include Walker and fellow Ranger Solana. This was the first time that a human character introduced in a movie appeared in the anime arc, with the exception of Sammy, who appeared in the series to begin with.
  • His surname, Walker, might be a reference to the popular television show Walker, Texas Ranger.

Names

Language Name Origin
Korean 잭 워커 Jack Walker Transliteration of his Japanese name
Chinese (Mandarin) 傑克・渥卡 Jiékè Wòkǎ
阿傑 Ā Jié
杰克 Jiékè
Transliteration of his Japanese name


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