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|years=12<ref>[[Pokémon Adventures]] (as of the eleventh chapter)</ref>

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|pvnum=Pokémon Black Version 2 and Pokémon White Version 2 Animated Trailer

|pvname=Pokémon Black Version 2 and Pokémon White Version 2 Animated Trailer

|envagame=[[Sean Schemmel]]

|javagame=Junko Minagawa

'''Hugh''' (Japanese: '''ヒュウ''' ''Hyu'') is the [[rival]] character in {{game|Black and White|s|Pokémon Black 2 and White 2|2}}.

==In the games==

Hugh is the {{player}}'s childhood friend. He is described as feeling passionately for [[Pokémon battle]]s and Pokémon strength. He is also a doting older brother to his sister; he hates [[Team Plasma]] because they stole a {{p|Purrloin}} his late grandfather had caught for his sister. For that reason, Hugh travels across [[Unova]] and challenges its [[Gym]]s so he and his Pokémon can become strong enough to topple the new Team Plasma. He considers both his Pokémon and the player to be his partners, and battles with and against them at several points during their journey.

Being extremely quick to anger when it comes to dealing with the [[villainous team]], Hugh initially refuses to forgive the old Team Plasma members living in [[Driftveil City]], treating them with as much hostility as the new members and asking [[Clay]] why he forgives them. However, as he continues battling the new Team Plasma and interacting with members of the old Team Plasma, Hugh comes to understand the division between the two sects, ultimately accepting the help of [[Rood]] and the old Team Plasma Grunts in the [[Giant Chasm]]. After the player helps recover Purrloin and enters the [[Hall of Fame]], Hugh battles them once more before he begins helping the old Team Plasma reunite Trainers with their stolen Pokémon. He remains in Driftveil City from then on and can be battled daily.

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====Seventh battle====

[[File:Hugh Adventures.png|thumb|220px|Hugh in Pokémon Adventures]]

Hugh first appeared in the {{chap|Black 2 & White 2}}. He is a student at the [[Aspertia City]] [[Pokémon academy|Trainers' School]], along with {{adv|Blake}}, {{adv|Whitley}}, [[Leo]], {{adv|Yuki}}, {{adv|Yuko}}, and {{adv|Maya}}. Despite having a home in Aspertia, Hugh lives in the school dormitories, where he shares a room with Leo. Hugh is obsessed with getting stronger, which tends to put him at odds with his classmates, who tend to focus on things other than battling.

In [[PS547]], Hugh encountered Whitley again while infiltrating the Plasma Frigate. He apologized for his behavior at Castelia, explaining that Rood told him everything about the situation with Team Plasma. He explained that he was looking for {{adv|N}}, as he was told that his sister's Purrloin was in his care. Once N was freed from captivity, he agreed to return Purrloin, but only after [[Ghetsis]] was defeated. As they headed to where Ghetsis was, Hugh encountered the Grunts that stole Purrloin. While Whitley and N went ahead, Hugh stayed behind to get his revenge and was assisted by Foongy. Though the Grunts were easily defeated, one refused to give up and tried to continue the battle by sending out a liberated {{p|Snivy}}. When the Snivy refused to fight Hugh, having chosen to side with him instead, the Grunts immediately surrendered. A sudden explosion soon tore the Plasma Frigate apart from the inside, after which Hugh went to meet with the others. After everyone fled to safe ground and regrouped, the Plasma Frigate crashed into the abandoned [[N's Castle]], setting it ablaze and putting the liberated Pokémon Team Plasma left behind in danger. Blake decided the best option to stop the fire was to combine the might of all three stages of the Unova [[starter Pokémon]]. Teaming up with the Snivy he befriended, Hugh, Blake, Whitley, {{adv|Black}}, {{adv|White}}, Cheren, {{adv|Bianca}}, [[Benga]], and [[Cedric Juniper]] unleashed a triple, {{m|Grass Pledge|Grass}}, {{m|Fire Pledge|Fire}}, and {{m|Water Pledge}} combination attack, successfully dousing the flames. Afterward, Hugh and his sister were taken into N's Castle, where they were reunited with Purrloin.

In [[PS548]], Hugh was forcibly taken to the Trainers' School, where his classmates apologized for treating him poorly and begged him to start attending class again. Embarrassed, Hugh agreed to come back to school and apologized for his earlier behavior as well. Later, Hugh attended the Trainers' School graduation ceremony with his classmates.

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* During the {{game|Black and White|s|Pokémon Black 2 and White 2|2}} playthrough on the April 15, 2012 episode of [[Pokémon Smash!]], they chose the name "Hihihiroshi" (Japanese: '''ひひひろし''') for Hugh. The name was initially a backstage in-joke originating from when the Smash! cast was passing time by practicing singing [[Can You Name All the Pokémon? BW]].<ref>[http://ameblo.jp/nakagawa-shoko/entry-10910853585.html Shoko Nakagawa's official blog] (Japanese)</ref> Following the Japanese naming conventions of the {{p|Klink}} evolutionary family, it was determined that Hihihiroshi was the final [[evolution|evolved]] form of [[List of Japanese voice actors|Hiroshi Yamamoto]].

* In Challenge Mode, it is possible for his team to level down, with his starter, elemental monkey, and {{p|Unfezant}} being level 45, 43, and 43 respectively when battled in [[Undella Town]], but all three being two levels lower when battling alongside the player in [[Lacunosa Town]].

* Hugh is the first rival who battles the player more than once with no other Pokémon but their {{pkmn2|starter}}.

| ヒュウ ''Hyu''

| From his Japanese name. Also a homophone to hue.

| From ''matís'', Catalan for hue. May also be named after French painter {{wp|Henri Matisse}}.

| Similar to his Japanese name, possibly also from the name "Huey" or "Hughie"

| Chinese ({{tt|Mandarin|Taiwan and Mianland China}})

{{Rival characters}}

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