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At the beginning, it was assumed that Paul was a Trainer just starting out. However, this was proven wrong in ''[[DP040|Top-Down Training]]'', in which he revealed that he had already traveled through [[Hoenn]], [[Johto]] and [[Kanto]], participating in their respective {{pkmn|League}}s but didn't win anything before returning to [[Sinnoh]]. In ''[[DP128|A Pyramiding Rage!]]'', it was revealed that Kanto was the very first region he traveled through. | At the beginning, it was assumed that Paul was a Trainer just starting out. However, this was proven wrong in ''[[DP040|Top-Down Training]]'', in which he revealed that he had already traveled through [[Hoenn]], [[Johto]] and [[Kanto]], participating in their respective {{pkmn|League}}s but didn't win anything before returning to [[Sinnoh]]. In ''[[DP128|A Pyramiding Rage!]]'', it was revealed that Kanto was the very first region he traveled through. | ||
He first appeared in ''[[DP002|Two Degrees of Seperation]]'', although he only made a brief appearance at the ending of that episode; he was fully introduced in the next episode, ''[[DP003|When Pokémon Worlds Collide!]]'', in which he challenged {{Ash}} to a 3-on-3 battle. After the battle resulted in a tie, Paul released one of the three {{p|Starly}} he caught, writing it off as weak, and walked off, and later appeared 3 episodes later in ''[[DP006|Different Strokes for Different Blokes]]''; after exploring [[Bewilder Forest]] meeting Ash along the way, he then had a one-on-one battle with him and won. He caught his {{TP|Paul|Ursaring}} in the forest. During the episode, he insulted Ash and | He first appeared in ''[[DP002|Two Degrees of Seperation]]'', although he only made a brief appearance at the ending of that episode; he was fully introduced in the next episode, ''[[DP003|When Pokémon Worlds Collide!]]'', in which he challenged {{Ash}} to a 3-on-3 battle. After the battle resulted in a tie, Paul released one of the three {{p|Starly}} he caught, writing it off as weak, and walked off, and later appeared 3 episodes later in ''[[DP006|Different Strokes for Different Blokes]]''; after exploring [[Bewilder Forest]] meeting Ash along the way, he then had a one-on-one battle with him and won. He caught his {{TP|Paul|Ursaring}} in the forest. During the episode, he insulted Ash and especially his {{TP|Ash|Turtwig}} by calling it pathetic, sparking their rivalry. At this point, Ash realized Paul's strategy of disregarding Pokémon and then [[Release|releasing]] them if they did not meet his expectations. He commented at the episode's end that he would not lose to Paul again. | ||
Paul then battled against the first [[Gym Leader]] [[Roark]] in ''[[DP015|A Shape of Things to Come]]'' and creatively won, and, though he stayed to watch Ash's first battle against Roark in the [[DP016|next episode]], he walked off. His style of indiscriminately releasing weak Pokémon was shown again as after the {{p|Azumarill}} he was using failed to help him at all in the battle, so gave it away to some kid. | Paul then battled against the first [[Gym Leader]] [[Roark]] in ''[[DP015|A Shape of Things to Come]]'' and creatively won, and, though he stayed to watch Ash's first battle against Roark in the [[DP016|next episode]], he walked off. His style of indiscriminately releasing weak Pokémon was shown again as after the {{p|Azumarill}} he was using failed to help him at all in the battle, so gave it away to some kid. | ||