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==Trivia==
==Trivia==
* May is the first main character other than {{Ash}} to:
* May is the first main character other than {{Ash}} to own a [[starter Pokémon]].
** Wear gloves as part of her character design.
* May is the only main character other than Ash to wear gloves as part of her character design.
** Own a [[starter Pokémon]].
** She is also the only main character other than Ash to leave a Pokémon at [[Professor Oak's Laboratory]].
** Have both a {{t|Fire}}- and {{type|Grass}} starter Pokémon.
** Catch {{TP|May|a Pokémon|Bulbasaur}} that he {{AP|has also caught|Bulbasaur}}.
** Own a starter Pokémon of each [[type]].
** Leave a Pokémon at [[Professor Oak's Laboratory]].
*** She is also the only known Trainer not from [[Pallet Town]] who's left any of their Pokémon with {{an|Professor Oak}}.
** Have their Fire- and Grass-type starter Pokémon fully evolve.
*** She is also the only main character by far to own a fully evolved 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 female main character to:
* May is the first of Ash's traveling companions to be based on a [[player character]] from the {{pkmn|games}}.
** Be based on a [[player character]] from the {{pkmn|games}}.
* 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.
** Have a Fire-type starter as her first Pokémon and fully evolve it.
*** She is also the first main character to receive a Fire-type starter as their first Pokémon.
** Obtained both a Grass- and a {{type|Water}} starter Pokémon.
* May is the first main character to evolve a starter Pokémon off-screen.
* 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]].
* 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 was the first character to own a {{cat|Generation IV Pokémon}}, with {{p|Munchlax}}.
* Not counting temporary Pokémon, May is the first main character to catch {{TP|May|a Pokémon|Bulbasaur}} that Ash {{AP|has also caught|Bulbasaur}}.
* 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]].
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