Ace Trainer (Trainer class)

A Cool Trainer, Ace Trainer, or Cooltrainer, (Japanese: エリートトレーナー Elite Trainer) is a type of Pokémon Trainer that first debuted in the Generation I games. They are depicted as teens or young adults, and can be male or female. They frequently travel around the world to meet new trainers and take part in Pokémon League competitions. In Generation I, the Cool Trainers are shown carrying whips. In Generations II and onward, they don't use the whip.

They generally use strong and evolved Pokémon, and their artificial intelligence is generally very good compared to other Trainer types in their games.

A pair of Cool Trainers paired together for a double battle is a Cool Couple. This class only appeared in Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen, therefore, any other double battles with Cooltrainers would not display them as such.

In Generation IV, Cool Trainers have two sets of sprites, with one set of Cool Trainers dressed warmly for the blizzards near Snowpoint City. In the English versions of Pokémon Diamond and Pearl they were renamed as Ace Trainers for unknown reasons. However, in the original Japanese versions they are still known as Elite Trainers. In Generation IV a pair of Ace Trainers is a Double Team.

Appearance

**Cool Trainer sprites**
File:GenICooltrainerMale.png Image from Pokémon Red and Blue	File:GenICooltrainerFemale.png Image from Pokémon Red and Blue	File:GSC CoolTrainerM.png Image from Pokémon Gold and Silver	File:GSC CoolTrainerF.png Image from Pokémon Gold and Silver	File:RSE CooltrainerM.png Image from Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire	File:RSE CooltrainerF.png Image from Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire	File:FL CooltrainerM.png Image from Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen	File:FL CooltrainerF.png Image from Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen

**Artwork**
File:S2 cooltrainerM.png Image from Pokémon Stadium 2	File:S2 cooltrainerF.png Image from Pokémon Stadium 2

**Ace Trainer sprites**
File:DP Cool Trainer M.png Image from Pokémon Diamond and Pearl	File:DP Cool Trainer F.png Image from Pokémon Diamond and Pearl	File:DPCoolTrainerMSnow.png Image from Pokémon Diamond and Pearl	File:DPCoolTrainerFSnow.png Image from Pokémon Diamond and Pearl

In the anime

In Mewtwo Strikes Back, a trainer by the name of Corey resembled the male Cool Trainer class in Generation I
In Destiny Deoxys, another trainer named Rafe had a resemblance to the male Cool Trainers in Generation III in FireRed and LeafGreen.

Trivia

Sabrina's sprite in generation 1 has a whip, so she may have been an earlier design for a Cool Trainer.

In other languages

French: Topdresseur
German: Trainer / Trainerin (I), Ass-Trainer
Italian: Fantallen. (stands for Fantallenatore or Fantallenatrice)
Korean: 엘리트트레이너 (Elite Trainer)
Spanish: Entre. Guay (stands for Entrenador/Entrenadora Guay)

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