Hun

Hun バショウ Bashō
[[File:File:Hun.jpg|{{{size}}}]] Hun
Gender	Male
Hometown	Unknown
Region	Johto
Trainer class
Member of	Team Rocket
Rank	Officer
Partner	Attila
Animated debut	The Legend of Thunder!
English voice actor	Veronica Taylor
Japanese voice actor	Toshiyuki Morikawa

Hun (Japanese: バショウ Bashō) is a member of Team Rocket. He appeared along with his partner, Attila, in The Legend of Thunder! His Japanese voice actor is 森川智之 Toshiyuki Morikawa and his English voice actress is Veronica Taylor. Internationally, he is played by Cláudia Carli in Brazilian Portuguese.

Like the other Rocket duos, his and his partner's names together form the name of a famous historical villain: in this case, Attila the Hun.

Personality

Hun and Attila both seem somewhat set in their rank, and approach missions casually. They seem to be able to keep their cool even when they lose; even in these situations, they calmly retreat. Despite physical stereotypes, Hun is the dominant partner telling Attila to do things that he could do himself. Attila doesn't object or show any signs of aggravation over this role.

Relations to other members

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Attila and Hun

Attila has no recorded history with his partner Hun though, while the dub states that they are new partners, their body language and the familiarity of the behavior towards each other shows that they do have some history together.

The pair takes mission orders from Professor Sebastian, but it is implied in the original that they have never met him before The Legend of Thunder!. Still, in the dub, he seems to have some kind of friendship with the professor.

Arsenal and abilities

Robotic

In addition to the Crystal System, Attila and Hun control a small shuttlecraft, a helicopter, and a mech with a peculiar manner of walking. Some call it the "Chicken Walker", (a name given to bipedal mechs, most notably given to the AT-ST of Star Wars fame) but there is nothing really to suggest that this is the official name.

Pokémon

Steelix

Trivia

• The origin of his Japanese name is Matsuo Basho, considered one of the greatest haiku poets in history. As both he and Yosa Buson flourished during the Edo and Tokugawa periods, some have suspected that both were also ninja employed by the administration. This may be a reason why these names were chosen for Attila (whose Japanese name is Buson) and Hun.

• Both Attila and Hun can be seen from behind at the beginning of Pokémon Ranger and the Temple of the Sea, during the narrator's introduction to the world of Pokémon. They are in the holding area with a captured Rayquaza.

Issue regarding gender

Hun was male in the original Japanese version. However, his gender was controversially changed to female in the English dubbed version. Closer analysis showed that Hun was never referred to as a female (but he has long hair and bangs, a feminine hairstyle in some countries). The only pronouns are those used collectively with Attila, such as "those men" or "those guys". So, Hun may just be a male with a female voice. As such, Hun will be referred to as a male for this article. In the Brazilian version, however, Hun was referred to as ela and dela. Likewise, in the European Portuguese he is named Ana, which is a name that usually is given to woman.

External links

• Bashō's Profile on Pokeani (Japanese)