Hassel

Hassel ハッサク Hassaku
Artwork from Scarlet and Violet
Age	Unknown
Gender	Male
Eye color	Yellow
Hair color	Blonde
Hometown	Unknown
Region	Paldea (originally from an unnamed faraway region)
Relatives	Unnamed father
Trainer class	Elite Four, Instructor
Generation	IX
Games	Scarlet and Violet
Member of	Paldea League
Rank	Elite Four
Specializes in	Dragon-types
Animated series	Pokémon Horizons: The Series Pokémon: Paldean Winds
Debut	HZ046 (Horizons) Breathe Out (PW)
English voice actor	N/A
Japanese voice actor	Ryōtarō Okiayu (Horizons)

Hassel (Japanese: ハッサク Hassaku) is a member of the Elite Four of the Paldea region and the art teacher at Naranja Academy^S/Uva Academy^V. He specializes in Dragon-type Pokémon.

Appearance

Hassel is a male human with fair skin, blonde hair, faded gold eyes, and an average build. His attire features a white dress shirt with a red tie, a vest in satin black and red, a cadmium green coat where the rear sort of acts like a mini-cape, gray pants, and polished satin black dress shoes with red diamond shaped markings.

In the core series games

Hassel is a descendant of a long line of Dragon-type Trainers in an unnamed faraway region. He ran away from home as a youth to pursue a dream of "making music", before becoming a member of the Elite Four in the Paldea region as well as an art instructor at the academy. Hassel is shown to be friendly, but very emotional, as he bursts into tears of joy when defeated by the player. He is an old friend of Gym Leader Brassius of Artazon.

During his bond story, a Dragon Tamer arrives at the academy to get Hassel back home, claiming his father, the head of the family, is feeling ill, and Hassel should be taking his place as the head of the family. Through interactions with the player, Hassel gains the confidence to confront the Dragon Tamer, realizing her words about his father's deteriorating health were lies in another attempt to get him to come home and swearing to stay at the academy to teach.

In The Indigo Disk, Hassel can be invited to Blueberry Academy as a special coach. A conversation between him and Drayton reveals that Hassel knows his grandfather, Drayden.

Pokémon

Hassel will Terastallize his Baxcalibur at the first opportunity.

Champion Assessment

Hassel of the Elite Four Pokémon League Scarlet and Violet Reward: $12,932

Types: Flying Dragon Tera Type: Unknown  or  Unknown Ability: Infiltrator Held item: None Noivern♀ Lv.60 Air Slash Flying Special   --       Dragon Pulse Dragon Special   --       Super Fang Normal Physical   --       Hyper Voice Normal Special   --       Type: Dragon Unknown Tera Type: Unknown  or  Unknown Ability: Mold Breaker Held item: None Haxorus♂ Lv.60 Dragon Claw Dragon Physical   --       Crunch Dark Physical   --       Iron Head Steel Physical   --       Rock Tomb Rock Physical   --       Types: Poison Dragon Tera Type: Unknown  or  Unknown Ability: Poison Point Held item: None Dragalge♂ Lv.60 Sludge Bomb Poison Special   --       Dragon Pulse Dragon Special   --       Hydro Pump Water Special   --       Thunderbolt Electric Special   --       Types: Grass Dragon Tera Type: Unknown  or  Unknown Ability: Ripen Held item: None Flapple♀ Lv.60 Dragon Rush Dragon Physical   --       Seed Bomb Grass Physical   --       Aerial Ace Flying Physical   --       Leech Seed Grass Status   --       Types: Dragon Ice Tera Type: Dragon  or  Unknown Ability: Thermal Exchange Held item: None Baxcalibur♂ Lv.61 Icicle Crash Ice Physical   --       Brick Break Fighting Physical   --       Glaive Rush Dragon Physical   --       Curse Unknown Status   --

Academy Ace Tournament

Hassel the Instructor Mesagoza Scarlet and Violet Reward: $14,416

Types: Flying Dragon Tera Type: Unknown  or  Unknown Ability: Infiltrator Held item: None Noivern♀ Lv.67 Air Slash Flying Special   --       Dragon Pulse Dragon Special   --       Super Fang Normal Physical   --       Boomburst Normal Special   --       Type: Dragon Unknown Tera Type: Unknown  or  Unknown Ability: Mold Breaker Held item: None Haxorus♂ Lv.67 Dragon Claw Dragon Physical   --       Crunch Dark Physical   --       Iron Head Steel Physical   --       Rock Tomb Rock Physical   --       Types: Poison Dragon Tera Type: Unknown  or  Unknown Ability: Poison Point Held item: None Dragalge♂ Lv.67 Sludge Bomb Poison Special   --       Dragon Pulse Dragon Special   --       Hydro Pump Water Special   --       Thunderbolt Electric Special   --       Types: Grass Dragon Tera Type: Unknown  or  Unknown Ability: Ripen Held item: None Flapple♀ Lv.67 Dragon Rush Dragon Physical   --       Seed Bomb Grass Physical   --       Aerial Ace Flying Physical   --       Leech Seed Grass Status   --       Types: Dragon Flying Tera Type: Unknown  or  Unknown Ability: Inner Focus Held item: None Dragonite♂ Lv.67 Extreme Speed Normal Physical   --       Dragon Rush Dragon Physical   --       Fire Punch Fire Physical   --       Stone Edge Rock Physical   --       Types: Dragon Ice Tera Type: Dragon  or  Unknown Ability: Thermal Exchange Held item: None Baxcalibur♂ Lv.68 Icicle Crash Ice Physical   --       Brick Break Fighting Physical   --       Glaive Rush Dragon Physical   --       Ice Shard Ice Physical   --

League Club Room

Hassel the Instructor Blueberry Academy Scarlet and Violet Reward: $19,920

Types: Steel Dragon Tera Type: Unknown  or  Unknown Ability: Stalwart Held item: None Duraludon♀ Lv.82 Stealth Rock Rock Status   --       Body Press Fighting Physical   --       Thunderbolt Electric Special   --       Draco Meteor Dragon Special   --       Types: Flying Dragon Tera Type: Unknown  or  Unknown Ability: Infiltrator Held item: None Noivern♀ Lv.82 Air Slash Flying Special   --       Dragon Pulse Dragon Special   --       Super Fang Normal Physical   --       Boomburst Normal Special   --       Type: Dragon Unknown Tera Type: Unknown  or  Unknown Ability: Mold Breaker Held item: None Haxorus♂ Lv.82 Breaking Swipe Dragon Physical   --       Crunch Dark Physical   --       Iron Head Steel Physical   --       Rock Tomb Rock Physical   --       Types: Poison Dragon Tera Type: Unknown  or  Unknown Ability: Poison Point Held item: None Dragalge♂ Lv.82 Sludge Bomb Poison Special   --       Dragon Pulse Dragon Special   --       Hydro Pump Water Special   --       Thunderbolt Electric Special   --       Types: Dragon Flying Tera Type: Unknown  or  Unknown Ability: Inner Focus Held item: None Dragonite♂ Lv.82 Extreme Speed Normal Physical   --       Dragon Rush Dragon Physical   --       Earthquake Ground Physical   --       Stone Edge Rock Physical   --       Types: Dragon Ice Tera Type: Dragon  or  Unknown Ability: Thermal Exchange Held item: None Baxcalibur♂ Lv.83 Iron Head Steel Physical   --       Earthquake Ground Physical   --       Glaive Rush Dragon Physical   --       Ice Shard Ice Physical   --

Traded to the player

Upon the third unique interaction with Hassel in the League Club Room, he will trade an Arctibax to the player in exchange for almost any Pokémon excluding Shiny, Legendary, or Mythical Pokémon.

#0997  Arctibax   Level 45 Type: Tera Type: Ability: Thermal Exchange Held item: None	ID: 316242 OT: Hassel Met: a Link Trade Nature: Relaxed Ribbons / Marks:  Partner Ribbon
Dragon Rush Dragon Ice Fang Ice Crunch Dark Focus Energy Normal
Games Method Duration SV In-game trade
This Pokémon has a fixed Scale value of 128.
This Pokémon may only be redeemed once per save file.
Date received is the date on the system when the gift is redeemed.
This Pokémon is set to the same language as the game that received it.
This Pokémon has a % chance to be received when the event is redeemed.

Gallery

Sprites and models

Elite Four VS model from Scarlet and Violet	Instructor VS model from Scarlet and Violet	Special Coach profile image from Scarlet and Violet

Artwork

Concept art from Scarlet and Violet

Animation

Pokémon Horizons: The Series artwork	Pokémon Horizons: The Series concept art
Pokémon Horizons: The Series concept art

Eyecatch

Quotes

Main article: Hassel/Quotes

In animation

Hassel in Pokémon Horizons: The Series

Pokémon Horizons: The Series

Hassel made his first appearance alongside Rika in HZ046 when welcoming Liko, Roy, and Dot to Naranja Academy. Later, Hassel appeared with the other members of the Elite Four watching Liko's battle against Ann.

In HZ048, Hassel and Nemona helped with some details of the annual Artazon Art Festival, during the event, he discovered that Liko is Alex's daughter. After taking Liko, Roy and Dot to meet with Brassius, Hassel evaluated the works of art constructed by his students and then watched Roy's Terastal battle against Brassius.

In HZ055, Hassel took part in a Tag Battle against Roy and Brassius during the Elite Four Tag Battle, eventually winning the battle with his Baxcalibur and Flapple. Hassel then cried tears of joy upon seeing Roy's motivation to get stronger.

In HZ067, Hassel and Brassius watched Roy's battle against Liko, Hassel praised Roy for his improved battling skills and was crying tears of joy when he won the match.

Character

In the past, Hassel mentored Brassius during his times of insecurity with art. Hassel has a gentle personality, but also has a tendency to get overly emotional and cry with tears of joy upon admiring another person's character and progress. He is also very proud and caring of his students as a teacher and encourages them whenever they make any form of progress.

Pokémon

Gible ♂

Debut	HZ048

Gible is Hassel's first known Pokémon.

None of Gible's moves are known.

Baxcalibur

Debut	HZ055

Baxcalibur is Hassel's second known Pokémon and his main battling partner. It was used alongside Flapple against Roy's Fuecoco and Brassius's Dolliv, eventually winning the battle.

Baxcalibur's known moves are Ice Shard, Glaive Rush, Blizzard, and Protect, and its Ability is Thermal Exchange.

Flapple

Debut	HZ055

Flapple is Hassel's third known Pokémon. It was used to battle against Roy and Brassius alongside Baxcalibur, being on the winning side when its partner defeated both of their opponents.

Flapple's known moves are Acid Spray, Grav Apple, Twister, and Protect.

Voice actors

Language Voice actor Japanese 置鮎 龍太郎 Ryōtarō Okiayu

Hassel in Pokémon: Paldean Winds

Pokémon: Paldean Winds

Hassel briefly appeared in Breathe Out. He was seen clapping alongside other teachers at Ohara's performance.

In Breathe Together, Hassel was seen teaching a class during the Naranja Academy presentation video. In the video, he appears speaking while his students were painting Gible.

Pokémon

Used in his studies

Professor Gible

In the manga

Hassel in Pokémon Adventures

Pokémon Adventures

Hassel debuted in PASV02. He and several other teachers were called to an emergency meeting by Clavell to discuss Violet, a new student that caused trouble during the Treasure Hunt's opening ceremony. Clavell informed the others of Violet's backstory and explained his behavior.

In the TCG

Ultra rare print of Hassel

Main article: Hassel (Twilight Masquerade 151)

Hassel was introduced as a Supporter card in the Pokémon Trading Card Game during the English Scarlet & Violet Series (the Japanese Scarlet & Violet Era). It was first released in the Japanese Transformation Mask expansion and the English Twilight Masquerade expansion, with artwork by GOSSAN. An ultra rare version with artwork by the same illustrator was released in the same sets. This card can only be used if any of the player's Pokémon were Knocked Out during their opponent's last turn. It lets the player look at the top 8 cards of their deck and choose up to 3 of them to put into their hand. The other cards are then shuffled back into the deck.

Trivia

• The back vent on Hassel's coat could be in reference to the capes worn by Dragon Tamers, whom Hassel has a history with, being a Dragon-type Trainer himself.
  • It might also be a nod to Clair and her design in Generation II due to how her cape resembles part of a suit.
• Prior to the release of The Indigo Disk, Hassel was the only Paldean Elite Four member that could be rebattled indefinitely.
• Hassel is left-handed, as shown when he throws his Poké Balls and in his official concept art painting a portrait of an Applin.

Names

Language	Name	Origin
Japanese	ハッサク Hassaku	From 八朔 hassaku (Hassaku orange)
English	Hassel	Similar to his Japanese name
German	Sinius	From Apfelsine (dialectal name for orange)
Spanish	Hesperio	From hesperidio (hesperidium)
French	Hassa	Similar to his Japanese name
Italian	Oranzio	From orange
Korean	팔자크 Paljakeu	From 팔삭 (八朔) palsak (hassaku orange) and partial transcription of Japanese name
Chinese (Mandarin)	八朔 Bāshuò	From 八朔 bāshuò / baatsok (hassaku orange)
Chinese (Cantonese)	八朔 Baatsok
Indonesia	Haskev	Similar to his Japanese name
Brazilian Portuguese	Oranzo	From orange
Thai	ฮัซซาคุ Hassaku	Transcription of his Japanese name

See also

• Images on the Bulbagarden Archives

References

Paldea League
Elite Four Rika	Elite Four Poppy	Elite Four Larry	Elite Four Hassel	Top Champion Geeta

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