Brendan (game): Difference between revisions

|years=12 (as rival){{sup/6|ORAS}}<ref>{{g|Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire}}: ''Brendan, '''12''', a Pokémon Trainer from Littleroot Town.'' - {{DL|TV Mauville|Hoenn News Network}}, emphasis added</ref>

If Brendan is selected as the player character, he starts his {{pkmn|journey}} moving from his home in [[Johto]] to his new home in the town of {{to|Littleroot}} in [[Hoenn]]. After saving [[Professor Birch]] from a [[wild Pokémon]], he is given one of the three starters of the Hoenn [[region]]. Brendan develops a close bond with {{ga|May}}, and eventually [[Wally]], who both act as his rivals. Brendan goes on to gather the eight Badges of Hoenn, stop the plans of [[Team Aqua]]{{sup/3|Sa}}{{sup/3|E}}{{sup/6|AS}}/[[Team Magma]]{{sup/3|Ru}}{{sup/3|E}}{{sup/6|OR}} and conquer the Pokémon League all before going off to face the {{gdis|Battle Frontier|III}}{{sup/3|E}}.

If Brendan is not selected as the player, he is helping his father Birch finish the Hoenn [[Pokédex]] and becoming a Pokémon Professor. He is also the player's [[rival]] and friend. Along with May (when playing as Brendan), they are the only rivals unavailable for battle after entering the [[Hall of Fame]]. Additionally, they both are the only ones to not [[evolution|evolve]] their starter Pokémon into its final form, except for in Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire, where their starters have been fully evolved by the battle that takes place after the [[credits]].

|move1=Double Kick|move1type=Fighting

Brendan, who is based on the [[player character]], forms a [[sync pair]] with {{p|Treecko}} and its evolved forms {{p|Grovyle}} and {{p|Sceptile}}, along with {{p|Latios}} in [[Pokémon Masters EX]]. Both his Sceptile and Latios are capable of [[Mega Evolution|Mega Evolving]].

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{{PairDex|018|Brendan|trainerlink=Brendan (Masters)#Treecko → Grovyle → Sceptile|trainerimg=Brendan|254M|Treecko → Grovyle → Sceptile|pokemonlink=Treecko (Pokémon)|mega=Sceptilite|form=[[Mega Evolution|Mega Sceptile]]|gender=male|Grass|Poison|Physical Strike|6|Sync Pair Scout}}

{{PairDex|018|Brendan|trainerlink=Brendan (Masters)#Latios|trainerimg=Brendan Sygna|sygna=[[Sygna Suit]]|381M|Latios|pokemonlink=Latios (Pokémon)|gender=male|mega=Latiosite|form=[[Mega Evolution|Mega Latios]]|Dragon|Fairy|Support|6|Poké Fair Sync Pair Scout}}

|Ruby

|<ab>リクヤ ''Rikuya''

ケイ ''Kei''</ab>

|<ab>Landon

|<ab>カイト ''Kaito''

|<ab>Sean

Tom</ab>

|<ab>Martial

Seb</ab>

|<ab>Sebold

Jan</ab>

|<ab>Martin

Lucio</ab>

|<ab>Marino

Arturo</ab>

|<ab>Stu

Quincy</ab>

|<ab>Stef

Severin</ab>

|<ab>Stefan

Anselm</ab>

|<ab>Francy

Mario</ab>

|<ab>Eleno

Enrique</ab>

|desc={{p|Sceptile}} is Brendan's only known Pokémon, possibly his {{pkmn2|starter}}. It was used to infiltrate and fight off {{tc|Team Magma Grunt}}s and [[Courtney]] in the [[Team Magma Hideout]].

Brendan appeared in the [[Pokémon Omega Ruby and Pokémon Alpha Sapphire Animated Trailer]], where he was first seen sleeping in his house in [[Littleroot Town]]. A {{p|Treecko}} comes by and woke him up. He ran to {{ga|May}}'s house as the [[starter Pokémon]] were playing with one another. Brendan encountered a {{tc|Youngster}} and battled his {{p|Zigzagoon}} with {{p|Treecko}}.

A counterpart to Brendan named Ruby is featured in [[Pokémon Ruby & Sapphire (CoroCoro Comic)|this short manga]] written by [[Suigun Oouchi]] for [[CoroCoro]] comics in December 2002. Ruby moves to Littleroot town with his [[mother]] and [[Norman|father]], aspiring to become a Pokémon champion. [[Mudkip]] is his [[starter Pokémon]].

| style="{{roundy|20px}} border: 2px solid #{{ruby color dark}}; background: #{{ruby color light}}; width:96px; height:96px"| [[File:PR Brendan E.png]]

| style="{{roundy|20px}} border: 2px solid #{{ruby color dark}}; background: #{{ruby color light}}; width:96px; height:96px"| [[File:PR Brendan RS.png]]

| Unused overworld Emerald sprite from Pokémon Ranger

| Unused overworld Ruby/Sapphire sprite from Pokémon Ranger

* Before {{pkmn|Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire}}, Brendan and May were the only rivals whose [[starter Pokémon]] does not reach its final form.