Crasher Wake
| Crasher Wake マキシマム仮面 Maximum Mask | |
| "The Torrential Masked Master!" | |
| [[File:File:Crasher Wake.jpg|{{{size}}}]] Artwork from Diamond/Pearl | |
| Gender | Male |
|---|---|
| Hometown | Pastoria City |
| Region | Sinnoh |
| Trainer class | Gym Leader |
| Generation | IV |
| Games | Diamond, Pearl, and Platinum |
| Leader of | Pastoria Gym |
| Badge | Fen Badge |
| Anime debut | DP082 |
| English voice actor | N/A |
| Japanese voice actor | Tetsu Inada |
Crasher Wake (Japanese: マキシマム仮面 Maximum Mask), otherwise known simply as Wake (Japanese: マキシ Maxi), is the Gym Leader of Pastoria City's Gym, known officially as the Pastoria Gym. He hands out the Fen Badge to trainers who defeat him. He specializes in Template:Type2 Pokémon.
In the anime
Crasher Wake debuted in Cream of the Croagunk Crop and was one of the judges at the Croagunk Festival.
In DP083 Ash defeated Crasher Wake and earned the Fen Badge.
He is voiced by 稲田徹 Tetsu Inada in Japanese.
Pokémon
This listing is of Crasher Wake's known Pokémon in the anime:
 Gyarados |
 Quagsire |
 Floatzel |
In the games
Crasher Wake uses Template:Type2 Pokémon in his battles. Trainers receive the Fen Badge, TM55 (Brine) and are able to use Defog outside of battle. Wake has a jovial, enthusiastic, and bombastic personality. Wake's strategy is nothing more than choosing moves that will make his battles more fun, and encourages everyone not to take battles too seriously, and to remember they're supposed to be fun. Crasher Wake uses the prize money he gets from competitive Pokémon battles to help the unfortunate. Crasher Wake has his Pokémon use Defog to keep the weather of Pastoria City clear.
He later appears in the Battle Zone, talking to the player's rival, Pearl. The rival also mentions that Wake was born overseas. However, he speaks clearly, without any foreign accent. This may mean he is simply from another region, but this has little evidence.
Pokémon
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Rematch
Quotes
Before battle
"Welcome! I don't get challenged very often! The glory you are now beholding is the Pastoria Gym Leader! That's right, I'm Crasher Wake! My Pokémon were toughened up by stormy white waters! They'll take everything you can throw at them and then pull you under! Victory will be ours! Come on, let's get it done!"
After sending out last Pokémon
"Hey! That there! That was a good move!"
During battle
"This is where it gets exciting!"
When defeated
"Hunwah! It's gone and ended! How will I say... I want more! I wanted to battle a lot more!"
After being defeated
"It seems the undertow pulled me under... But I had a great time battling with you! You've earned this!"
In the manga
Pokémon Special
Pokémon
| Gyarados |
Quagsire |
Floatzel |
Pokémon DP
Pokémon
| Gyarados |
Trivia
- His Japanese Leader title is アントニオ・ザ・マキシマム仮面.
- Crasher Wake's use of his prize money to help the disadvantaged is a common cliché in tales of fictional luchadores, inspired by the real-life luchador Fray Tormenta.
- Crasher Wake is a Template:Type2 trainer with a pastime involving fighting, in comparison with Brawly, a Template:Type2 trainer with a pastime involving water.
- All of Wake's Pokémon are ones that have gender differences.
- Despite the game claiming that he uses Defog for Pastoria City, none of the Pokémon he uses in battle can learn it.
- Since Pokémon Platinum switched up the order of the Gyms encountered, Crasher Wake is technically the fourth Gym Leader in the anime to be challenged by Ash out of sequence with the games, though Ash encountered him in the correct sequence according to Pokémon Diamond and Pearl.
Names
| Language | Name | Origin |
|---|---|---|
| Japanese | マキシ (Maxi) / マキシマム仮面 (Maximum Mask) | Probably referring to his lucha libre mask. |
| English | Crasher Wake | Perhaps based off of lucha libre names, as his appearance suggests. Sounds similar to crashing wave. A wake is also the set of triangular waves left by something traveling through water (a boat, etc.). |
| French | Lovis | From the title of a childish French song "L'eau vive" (Living Water), or a derivation of the name of the French emperor Clovis who was well known for his baptism. |
| German | Wellenbrecher Marinus | Marinus means of the sea in Latin. |
| Italian | Omar | From mare, sea. |
| Spanish | Mananti | From manantial, the source of a river. |
| Korean | 맥실러 Maxiller / 맥시멈가면 Maximum Gamyeon |
Same as Japanese name. |
External links
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