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** Have a fully evolved {{t|Fire}}- and Grass-type starter Pokémon. | ** Have a fully evolved {{t|Fire}}- and Grass-type starter Pokémon. | ||
* May has competed in at least one [[Pokémon Contest]] in each region where they are known to be held in the anime, with the exception of the [[Unova]] region. | * May has competed in at least one [[Pokémon Contest]] in each region where they are known to be held in the anime, with the exception of the [[Unova]] region. | ||
* May is the first main character to: | * May is the first female main character to: | ||
** Be based on a [[player character]] from the {{pkmn|games}}. | ** Be based on a [[player character]] from the {{pkmn|games}}. | ||
** Have a {{type|Fire}} starter as her first Pokémon. | ** Have a {{type|Fire}} starter as her first Pokémon and fully evolve it. | ||
*** She is also the first | *** She is also the first main character to receive a {{type|Fire}} starter as her first Pokémon. | ||
* | * May is the only main character to, upon her introduction, [[Breaking the fourth wall|introduce herself to the audience]] rather than be introduced by the [[narrator]] or first appear without an introduction at all. | ||
* | * Both of May's unevolved Pokémon are {{t|Normal}} [[type]]. | ||
* May is Ash's only traveling companion to have traveled with him in every single episode of a series, namely ''[[Pokémon the Series: Ruby and Sapphire]]''. While they did separate from each other briefly in ''[[AG132|The Scheme Team]]'', she rejoined him in [[AG133|the following episode]]. | * May is Ash's only traveling companion to have traveled with him in every single episode of a series, namely ''[[Pokémon the Series: Ruby and Sapphire]]''. While they did separate from each other briefly in ''[[AG132|The Scheme Team]]'', she rejoined him in [[AG133|the following episode]]. | ||
* May was the first character to own a {{cat|Generation IV Pokémon}}, with {{p|Munchlax}}. | |||
* May has not made any speaking appearances since ''[[Pokémon the Series: Diamond and Pearl]]''. This could be because her Japanese voice actress, KAORI, came down with a variation of the debilitating disease called {{wp|spasmodic dysphonia}}, as early as 2007 (a year before her reappearances in DP), and hitting its peak by May 2012. This forced her to retire from the anime. To date, a replacement has not been cast.<ref>https://dogasu.bulbagarden.net/features/miscellaneous/kaori_hiatus.html</ref> | * May has not made any speaking appearances since ''[[Pokémon the Series: Diamond and Pearl]]''. This could be because her Japanese voice actress, KAORI, came down with a variation of the debilitating disease called {{wp|spasmodic dysphonia}}, as early as 2007 (a year before her reappearances in DP), and hitting its peak by May 2012. This forced her to retire from the anime. To date, a replacement has not been cast.<ref>https://dogasu.bulbagarden.net/features/miscellaneous/kaori_hiatus.html</ref> | ||
** Because of this, she is the only one of Ash's female companions who did not reunite with him during ''[[Pokémon Journeys: The Series]]'', and the only one who has not met [[Goh]]. | ** Because of this, she is the only one of Ash's female companions who did not reunite with him during ''[[Pokémon Journeys: The Series]]'', and the only one who has not met [[Goh]]. | ||