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In [[Generation I|Generations I]], {{gen|III}}, and {{gen|VII}}, Lance is the fourth and final member of the [[Kanto]] [[Elite Four]]. He must be defeated before facing {{ga|Blue}}{{sup/1}}{{sup/3|FRLG}}/{{ga|Trace}}{{sup/7|PE}}, the [[Pokémon Champion|Pokémon League Champion]]. In [[Pokémon: Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee!]], it is revealed he has a [[Key Stone]] and [[Charizardite X]], which he uses in [[rematch]]es against the {{player}} after they become Champion. By the [[Generation II]] and {{gen|IV}} games, he has proceeded to become Pokémon League Champion, due to {{ga|Red}} taking a leave of absence from his position to continue his training at [[Mt. Silver]], and leaving Lance to take Red's place as Champion.

Known as a cool and heroic Trainer, Lance has a large fan following and seems to like capes, as he is often seen buying identical capes at the [[Celadon Department Store]].

Lance's grandfather is the [[Master (Dragon Tamer clan)|elder]] of a famous clan of Dragon Masters. [[Clair]] is his cousin, and his hometown is [[Blackthorn City]].

In {{pkmn|Sun and Moon|Pokémon Sun, Moon}}, {{pkmn|Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon|Ultra Sun, and Ultra Moon}}, [[Professor Kukui]] reveals that he challenged Lance at one point, with [[Pokémon Masters EX]] specifying that Lance was the [[Indigo League]] Champion at that time. The end result of their battle is unknown, however.

===={{game|Red and Blue|s}}====

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===={{game|Yellow}}====

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===={{game2|Gold|Silver|Crystal}}====

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===={{game|FireRed and LeafGreen|s}}====

=====First battle=====

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=====First battle=====

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=====[[Multi Battle]] with [[Clair]]=====

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==={{eng|Pokémon Stadium}}===

Lance appears in {{eng|Pokémon Stadium}}'s [[Gym Leader Castle]] as the final member of the Elite Four. This is the only game to date where he isn't seen using his {{TP|Lance|Dragonite}}.

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=====Round 2=====

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===[[Pokémon Puzzle Challenge]]===

Lance appears as an opponent in [[Pokémon Puzzle Challenge]]. He uses a {{TP|Lance|Dragonite}} to battle.

===[[Pokémon Masters EX]]===

{{main|Lance (Masters)}}

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|style="{{roundy|20px}} border:2px solid #{{dragon color dark}}; background:#{{dragon color light}}; width:80px"| [[File:FireRed LeafGreen Lance.png|x250px]]

|style="{{roundy|20px}} border:2px solid #{{dragon color dark}}; background:#{{dragon color light}}; width:80px"| [[File:HeartGold SoulSilver Lance.png|x250px]]

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| Official artwork from<br>{{color2|000|Pokémon Red and Blue Versions|Red and Blue}}

| Official artwork from<br>{{color2|000|Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen Versions|FireRed and LeafGreen}}

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====In the [[core series]]====

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|style="{{roundy|80px}} border:2px solid #{{dragon color dark}}; background:#{{dragon color light}}; width:80px"| [[File:Lance II OD.png]]

|style="{{roundy|80px}} border:2px solid #{{dragon color dark}}; background:#{{dragon color light}}; width:80px"| [[File:Lance III OD.png]]

|style="{{roundy|20px}} border:2px solid #{{dragon color dark}}; background:#{{dragon color light}}; width:80px"| [[File:HGSS Lance Back.png]]

|style="{{roundy|80px}} border:2px solid #{{dragon color dark}}; background:#{{dragon color light}}; width:80px"| [[File:Lance OD.png]]

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|colspan="2" | Overworld sprite from<br>{{color2|000|Generation I}}

| Back sprite from<br>{{color2|000|Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver Versions|HeartGold and SoulSilver}}

| Overworld sprite from<br>{{color2|000|Pokémon Black and White Versions 2|Black 2 and<br>White 2}}

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| style="{{roundy|20px}} border:2px solid #{{dragon color dark}}; background:#{{dragon color light}}; width:190px"| [[File:S2 Champion Lance.png]][[File:S2 Champion Lance alt.png]][[File:S2 Champion Lance alt2.png]]

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==In the anime==

===Main series===

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[[File:Lance PG.png|250px|thumb|Lance in [[Pokémon Generations]]]]

Lance first appeared in ''[[PG03|The Challenger]]''. He was first seen talking about {{ga|Blue}}, the first {{pkmn|Trainer}} in a long time to collect eight [[Gym]] [[Badge]]s, with the rest of the [[Kanto]] [[Elite Four]], and he instructed his colleagues to prepare themselves for the upcoming challenger. Later, he was the last of the Elite Four to be challenged by Blue. After a heated battle, Blue's {{p|Blastoise}} defeated Lance's {{p|Dragonite}} off-screen, making Blue the new Pokémon League Champion.

====Pokémon====

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| {{ActivePoké|Lance|Dragonite|Lance Dragonite PG.png|dragon|flying|size=200px|link=Lance's Dragonite#Pokémon Generations}}

[[File:Lance Adventures.png|250px|thumb|Lance on his {{p|Aerodactyl}}]]

====History====

Lance debuts in [[Vermilion City]] before the start of the Vermilion City Surfing Competition. He took control of the {{p|Dragonair}} that was to be offered as a prize to the winner, then attacked and destroyed Vermilion City, saying he was looking for something. When Yellow came after him, he tried to capture [[Pika]] to please Agatha and Lorelei, but once Pikachu learned {{m|Surf}} he too failed. Before the battle could continue, he mysteriously disappeared.

During Lance's battle with Yellow, as both of them were equally matched, Lance lured the battle out onto the top of Cerise Island, a volcano. Lance once again gained the upper hand by having his Gyarados and Dragonair make green, red, and blue bubbles so they could not be detected in sunlight. Just when it seemed when Yellow was about to lose, {{adv|Giovanni}} arrived and helped subdue Lance, using his {{p|Rhyhorn}} to create a sandstorm to make the bubbles visible. But this capturing only proved to be part of his plan, as he needed Giovanni's Badge since it was the last Badge he needed for the Badge Energy Amplifier to summon {{DL|Tower duo (Adventures)|Lugia}}, so he lured Giovanni to the middle of the island so the Earth Badge would be automatically ripped from him. The Amplifier would automatically activate, summoning Lugia. Lance wanted Lugia to help accomplish his goals. Still, Yellow's Pokémon could drive Lugia away once they evolved, and Yellow could channel their power into Pika's [[Moves not in the Pokémon games|Megavolt]]. This interested Lance, as he wanted to find out who Lugia's real owner was. It wasn't often that he lost control of dragon-like Pokémon.

Lance disappeared for a while, investigating {{p|Lugia}} and working behind the scenes. As seen in a flashback in ''[[PS159|Returning Pupitar]]'', he gave {{adv|Silver}} advice on how to defeat Team Rocket in [[Johto]], as well as a {{p|Pupitar}}.

{{adv|Silver}} eventually returned Lance's {{p|Pupitar}}, now evolved as a {{p|Tyranitar}}, after awakening from his comatose state following the incident at the [[Lake of Rage]]. Working through Silver, Lance tried to help defeat the [[Masked Man]]. After this was fulfilled, Lance is briefly seen flying on his {{p|Aerodactyl}} watching the horizon during part of {{adv|Professor Oak}}'s speech on the radio. In ''[[PS168|The Last Battle II]]'', it was revealed that he and Clair shared the same grandparents, but Lance's father had moved to [[Viridian City]] and married a woman there.

In ''[[PS287|Secrets from Sneasel]]'', it was revealed that Lance looked into the mind of [[Silver's Sneasel]] for clues regarding Silver's roots, but to no avail.

Lance calls Professor Oak to tell him about the newly revived Team Rocket's plan to obtain the [[Mythical Pokémon]], {{p|Arceus}}. He requests that a [[Pokédex holder]] be sent to meet him at the [[Pokéathlon Dome]], so Professor Oak sends {{adv|Gold}}, as he was out of available people. Although he arrives there, Lance never shows up, but his Dragonite attacks the area in an injured frenzy. Gold manages to defeat Dragonite and sets off to discover what happened to its Trainer.

Gold encounters an injured Lance thereafter chasing Arceus to the [[Ruins of Alph]]. Lance reveals that he was ambushed by [[Petrel|someone]] earlier and couldn't meet with him. When Gold tries to calm the rampaging Alpha Pokémon, Lance tells him that Arceus is angry at humanity and will only be stopped by someone who can open their heart to it. Because of this, Lance states that Gold will not connect with Arceus until he can connect with his [[Togebo|own Pokémon]]. Annoyed, Gold sets off to face Arceus anyway and has [[Bugsy]] take care of Lance in the meantime. Before [[Togebo]] leaves, Lance hands it a [[Shiny Stone]], just in case. He also reveals that Gold hadn't connected with his Togebo.

It is later revealed that when Lance went to find help, he arrived at the [[Ilex Forest]], where he heard the voice of Pryce, who was trapped in the crack in time. Upon arriving, he found Giovanni attacking Pryce in a fit of rage. He asks the two men to put aside their differences and help him stop the destruction of Johto. After the battle had ended, Gold asks how a coward like Petrel defeated Lance, who reveals that Petrel defeated him by disguising himself as {{adv|Yellow}}, the person with the same powers and birthplace as him. At the end of the chapter, Giovanni entrusts the training of Silver to Lance and Pryce, his two former teachers, so that he can one day face his son.

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|epname=Extricated from Exeggutor

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|desc=These {{p|Dragonair}} are Lance's mainly-used ones in his Dragonair army. One of them first appeared in a Surfing Contest as a prize. Lance brainwashes the Dragonair during the contest, and it starts launching Whirlpools at the surfers, bringing them down to the sea. Yellow finds out that Lance was responsible for this and battles his Dragonair and loses. Lance used these Dragonair to shield himself from the lava on Cerise Island by using bubbles. Yellow is once again in his clutches as they, along with Gyarados, were responsible for the shaking of the mountain. The two Dragonair have four unique abilities: the first is to cross the seas and skies, the second is changing the direction of energy blasts, the third is controlling the weather (which is used in Lance's first fight against Yellow), and the fourth is combining their attacks. Lance usually uses only the first two when fighting opponents, the third against stronger ones, and all four only a few times.

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| {{InactivePoké|Lance|Dragonite|Lance Dragonite Zensho.png|Dragon|Flying|link=Lance's_Dragonite#In the Pokémon Zensho manga}}

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[[File:Lance Dragonite Barrier RGB.png|frame|Lance's Dragonite using {{m|Barrier}} in {{game3|Red and Green|Red, Green|s}}, and {{game3|Red and Blue|Blue|s}}]]

[[File:Lance Aerodactyl Rock Slide GSC.png|frame|Lance's Aerodactyl using {{m|Rock Slide}} in {{3v2|Gold|Silver|Crystal}}]]

* Lance has two Pokémon with moves they [[Game move errors|cannot normally learn]]: the {{p|Dragonite}} that knows {{m|Barrier}} that he uses in {{game3|Red and Green|Red, Green|s}}, and {{game3|Red and Blue|Blue|s}}, as well as the {{p|Aerodactyl}} that knows {{m|Rock Slide}} that he uses in {{3v2|Gold|Silver|Crystal}}, while Aerodactyl only learns Rock Slide since [[Generation III]].

** In 2016, a Dragonite with Barrier was released to participants of the "Kanto Classic" Wi-Fi tournament to commemorate this.

* In Round 2 of the Japanese version of [[Pokémon Stadium 2]], Lance's {{p|Feraligatr}} and {{p|Tyranitar}} both hold [[Quick Claw]]s, despite the Item Clause being in effect in battles with him. The international versions correct this by having Feraligatr hold a [[Mystic Water]] instead.

* Starting in {{game|Yellow}}, Lance has red hair, while a card depicting him in {{OBP|Monopoly: Pokémon Edition|1999}}, which was made prior to Yellow, shows artwork of him with purple hair.

* With the exception of {{game|Black and White|s|Pokémon Black 2 and White 2|2}}, all of Lance's teams feature just as many if not more {{type|Flying}} Pokémon, despite Lance being a {{type|Dragon}} specialist.

* Lance is the only Trainer the {{player}} can battle as a partner in a Double Battle ([[Team Rocket HQ]]), against in a Double Battle ([[Dragon's Den]]), and against in a Single Battle (as {{pkmn|Champion}}).

* Lance is the only character that appears in the [[Pokémon World Tournament]] who is or used to be an Elite Four member.

** Lance is also the only Champion in the Pokémon World Tournament who can be battled [[Challenge the Champion Lance!|outside]] the [[Champions Tournament]].

* In Lance's {{game|HeartGold and SoulSilver|s}} [[rematch]], each of his Pokémon has a double weakness.

==Names==

| 阿渡 ''A Douh''{{tt|*|Games}}

| From the Japanese name 渡 ''Wataru''

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| Russian

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