Barry (anime): Difference between revisions

Some time before the beginning of his journey, Barry always participated in the [[Twinleaf Festival]], it was in one of these celebrations where he sang a duet with {{an|Dawn}}.

Eventually, Barry became a [[Pokémon Trainer]]. In Barry's early days as a Trainer, he was able to capture a Heracross and with a lot of effort, Barry was able to pass three Gyms, managing to beat [[Byron]] and [[Gardenia]], the latter being won in a hard battle of his {{TP|Barry|Empoleon}} against a powerful {{TP|James|Cacnea}} that made him need to teach Empoleon the move {{m|Hydro Cannon}} to have a chance to win the battle.

At some point during the [[Hearthome City Tag Battle Competition]], Barry watched the competition and was quite in awe of [[Paul]]'s performance at the event.

Barry debuted in ''[[DP101|Barry's Busting Out All Over!]]'', where he intended to challenge [[Fantina]] for a [[Gym]] {{pkmn|battle}}, but he instead met {{Ash}} at the door of the [[Hearthome Gym]]. He challenged Ash to a battle to prove his {{pkmn|training}} methods wrong, but Ash came out as the victor. Afterwards, Barry stayed to watch Ash challenge Fantina in ''[[DP102|A Shield with a Twist!]]''. At times, he was skeptical about Ash's strategy in the battle, but by the end of the fight, he realized that his techniques were excellent. He later stated that he would be his rival if Ash could defeat [[Byron]], whom Barry had previously beaten.

 

In ''[[DP122|Stopped in the Name of Love!]]'', Barry announced his plans of entering the upcoming [[Pokémon Ping Pong Tournament]] and invited the group to join the competition. Later, when [[Dawn's Piplup]] fled the [[Pokémon Center]], he helped to search for him. It was also revealed in this episode that he is good friends with Dawn's rival, {{si|Kenny}}. He reappeared in ''[[DP123|Old Rivals, New Tricks!]]'', in which he watched Dawn and Kenny participate in the {{to|Sandalstraw}} {{pkmn|Contest}} and shared with Ash and Brock that it was his first time watching a Pokémon Contest live.

In ''[[DP124|To Thine Own Pokémon Be True!]]'', Barry entered the Pokémon Ping Pong Tournament with Empoleon as his partner Pokémon. He made it to the quarterfinals, where he lost to famous {{wp|Table tennis|ping pong}} player [[O]].

 

He returned home for the annual [[Twinleaf Festival]]. In ''[[DP140|Historical Mystery Tour!]]'', Barry decided to have a battle with Ash, but he became side-tracked when he spotted a familiar {{p|Xatu}}. Ash, Dawn and Barry were all transported to [[Xatu's Forest]], an odd [[Dimensions|dimension]] that enabled them to each relive one of their earliest memories; in Barry's case it was how he met his {{p|Heracross}}. After returning, he bumped into his father, [[Palmer]]. In ''[[DP141|Challenging a Towering Figure!]]'', he entered the [[Festival Battle Challenge]] as part of the Twinleaf Festival in the hope that he would get to battle Palmer, but lost to Ash. At the end of the Festival, Barry decides to travel alone to get the [[Sunyshore City]] Badge.

In ''[[DP163|Fighting Ire with Fire!]]'', Barry revealed that he had acquired all the necessary [[Badge]]s to compete in [[Sinnoh]]'s {{pkmn|League Conference}}. He met Paul for the first time and challenged him to a battle, but to his dismay, Paul refused and suggested he battle Ash instead. Barry initially said Ash was not at his level since Ash was still one Badge away from the [[Sinnoh League]], but later agreed to battle him. He chose his Empoleon to face off against [[Ash's Monferno]]. However, the battle was put on hold when {{TRT}} attacked.

In ''[[DP184|Casting a Paul on Barry!]]'' he battled Paul in the third round of the tournament, and even though he put up a strong battle, utilizing two new Pokémon on his team, {{p|Skarmory}} and {{p|Hitmonlee}}, along with his partner, Empoleon, he ended up falling before the superior strength and tactics of Paul and his team, not knocking out one of Paul's Pokémon in the process, though Paul commented afterwards that it had been a great battle. Barry then stayed and watched Ash's battles with Paul and {{si|Tobias}}, and he parted from the group in ''[[DP189|The Semi-Final Frontier!]]'' promising to be reunited with Ash and become as strong as him.

Much like {{ga|Barry|his game counterpart}}, Barry possesses a hyperactive personality that often goes well past impatience. To this end, whenever something or someone gets in his way, annoys him, or causes him any minor inconvenience, Barry will lose his temper and shout for the cause to be fined. This attitude is so recurring and extreme that his Empoleon often shows exasperation at Barry's wild behavior.

Barry admires [[Paul]] and his {{pkmn|training}} methods, and wants to be a strong {{pkmn|Trainer}} like him. He also has a slightly similar mentality as Paul's, such as preferring to {{pkmn2|caught|catch}} strong Pokémon for training. However, unlike Paul, he still cares for his Pokémon, praising them for their hard work and showing concern when one of them is injured, such as when Empoleon was afflicted by the sound-waves caused by Team Galactic's actions while on Iron Island.