Sophocles (anime): Difference between revisions

In ''[[SM026|So Long, Sophocles!]]'', [[Sophocles's parents|his father and mother]] informed Sophocles that they were moving house which left him very upset. He later discovered that it was all a big misunderstanding as they were only moving a few houses away but was terrified of explaining this to his friends who were throwing a leaving party. Ash even got him a {{TP|Sophocles|Charjabug}} as a going-away present, which he caught. Afterwards, Sophocles tearfully apologized to his friends for accidentally misleading them. Although Sophocles was reluctant on revealing the truth because he feared that everyone would be mad at him for lying, everyone was happy he wasn't actually moving away.

In ''[[SM041|Mounting an Electrifying Charge!]]'', Sophocles, along with Ash and Kiawe, decided to enter the [[Charjabug race]] with his Charjabug. His Charjabug struggled at first, but he and the others trained with him so they could win. On the day of the race, he was confronted with [[Horacio]], the leader of the Red Comet team, and was teased on, but he didn't back down. For the race, Sophocles took the role of the team {{wp|director}}, with Kiawe acting as the {{wp|mechanic}} and Ash as the support runner. When the race began, Charjabug moved slowly. On the rocky course, Ash and Charjabug became stuck, but Sophocles found a way to get around the obstacle. During the final stretch, Ash was rendered unconscious so he couldn't finish the race. Sophocles eventually found a way to use Charjabug's {{m|String Shot}} to go up the slippery slope and come out victorious.

In ''[[SM055|The Professors' New Adventure!]]'', Sophocles attended the wedding of Professor Kukui and [[Professor Burnet]]. During the post-nuptials, Lusamine asked Sophocles and his classmates to join the [[Ultra Guardians]], a task force dedicated to dealing with any upcoming Ultra Beast incidents, which they accepted.

As a part of the Ultra Guardians, Sophocles and his Pokémon have been critical to the success of the group's missions. In ''[[SM061|A Mission of Ultra Urgency!]]'', Sophocles and his classmates were given their first task, capturing a {{p|Buzzwole}} that emerged from an [[Ultra Wormhole]] onto Melemele Island and began causing havoc. During the mission, Sophocles helped heal a wild {{p|Snorlax}} that was drained of its energy by the Ultra Beast.

In ''[[SM087|Filling the Light with Darkness!]]'', mysterious dark clouds appeared over the Alola region, causing all of the adults in Alola to lose their energy and motivation. The next day, Sophocles and his classmates embarked on their fifth mission, to investigate the situation at the [[Altar of the Sunne]]. Shortly after arriving, Lusamine revealed that Gladion would be joining them as a new member. In order to disperse the clouds, Lana, Kiawe, Ash, and Gladion combined their Z-Power to fuel a device that successfully made the clouds disappear, but they uncovered a hidden Ultra Wormhole in the process. Afterwards, Lusamine took the Ultra Guardians into the ruins, where she showed them a mural depicting the "{{p|Necrozma|Blinding One}}". Before they could translate the mural, the Ultra Guardians were forced to return outside, where they found the wormhole increasing in size. At that moment, a {{DL|Recurring wild Pokémon in the anime|Lunala}} emerged from the wormhole with a {{DL|Recurring wild Pokémon in the anime|Necrozma}} chasing after it. The group was eventually able to solve the unfolding crisis in ''[[SM090|Securing the Future!]]'', where they, their Pokémon, Lunala, {{AP|Poipole}}'s friends, and everyone else back in Alola shared their Z-Power with Necrozma, causing it to release [[Nebby]]. After Ash and Gladion used Nebby and Lunala to replenish Necrozma's strength to revert it back to its {{DL|List of Pokémon with form differences|Necrozma|true form}}, it restored Poipole's home world back to its original state. Afterwards, the Ultra Guardians, Nebby, and Lunala traveled back to Alola through the Ultra Wormhole.

In ''[[SM104|That's Some Spicy Island Research!]]'', Sophocles and his classmates arrived on Poni Island for their individual research projects for school. His research project involved him evolving his Charjabug into {{p|Vikavolt}} at [[Vast Poni Canyon]].

In ''[[SM106|Evolving Research!]]'', Sophocles, Ash, [[Hapu]], and Kiawe headed over to Vast Poni Canyon. After arriving, Sophocles challenged [[Horacio]] to a contest when the latter expressed his own plans to evolve his Charjabug with the "Bug Stone", a purported special [[evolutionary stone]] said to be located somewhere in the canyon. Sophocles, Horacio, and their Charjabug ventured to an old bridge that they had to cross. Sophocles feared that it was going to collapse, but Horacio stubbornly rebuffed his concerns and crossed. Indeed, the bridge did collapse, leaving him and his Chariabug hanging on for dear life. Sophocles's Charjabug subsequently evolved into Vikavolt, saved them, and retrieved the Bug Stone. When Horacio realized the Bug Stone didn't work, Sophocles informed him that Charjabug evolve into Vikavolt due to the canyon's [[special magnetic field]]. Meeting back up with his friends, Sophocles showed off his newly evolved Pokémon before being challenged to a Vikavolt race by Horacio, which he accepted.

In ''[[SM119|A High-Speed Awakening!]]'', Sophocles and his Vikavolt entered in the [[Vikavolt race]], where the winner gets a [[Buginium Z]] as a prize. There, Sophocles met Horacio again and learned that his Charjabug also evolved into a Vikavolt. During the race, Team Rocket interfered by turning the lights off in a cave area and trapping the other competitors' Vikavolt in a net. With encouragement from his Vikavolt, Sophocles overcame his fear of the dark and teamed up with Horacio to free the other Vikavolt. Afterwards, Sophocles and the other competitors resumed the race and was neck-and-neck with Horacio until his Vikavolt picked up more speed and won the race. Sophocles was congratulated by his friends and Horacio for his victory. Later, Hapu congratulated Sophocles for his earlier heroics and gave him a [[Z-Ring]] as a reward.

In [[SM139]], Sophocles attended the award ceremony for Ash's victory in the Manalo Conference, only for it to be interrupted when a {{DL|Ultra Beasts (anime)|Manalo Stadium Guzzlord|Guzzlord}} arrived at the stadium through a wormhole. In [[SM140]], Sophocles helped evacuate innocent civilians to safety. When a second, {{Shiny}} {{DL|Ultra Beasts (anime)|Shiny Guzzlord|Guzzlord}} appeared in the shopping area, Sophocles, Lillie, Lana, and Mallow helped Kiawe, Gladion, and [[Hau]] battle it. By combining their Z-Moves into one giant attack, Sophocles and the others managed to successfully knock the Shiny Guzzlord back into Ultra Space.

==Character==

Much like {{an|Clemont}}, Sophocles is not very athletic, and often fails to do tasks that require physical activity as shown in ''[[SM002|The Guardian's Challenge!]]'', when he needed help to climb over a log, and in ''[[SM013|Racing to a Big Event!]]'', during the [[Pokémon Pancake Race]]. He also has an interest in robotics. In ''[[SM082|All They Want to Do is Dance Dance!]]'', it is revealed he converted the car he got for Charjabug in ''[[SM041|Mounting an Electrifying Charge!]]'' into a miniature mecha that can dock with Togedemaru, named '''TogeCharja Perfect Form Robot Deluxe''' (Japanese: '''トゲデンヂロボットパーフェクトフォルムデラックス''' ''TogeDendi Robot Perfect Form Deluxe''). The mecha was seen again in ''[[SM093|Lillier and the Staff!]]''.

Sophocles also has a defensive side, which was seen in ''Mounting an Electrifying Charge!'', when he stood up for himself and his Charjabug after being mocked by [[Horacio]]. Sophocles is a gracious loser, as shown in ''[[SM113|This Magik Moment!]]'', where despite being sad after losing in the preliminary round of Alola Pokémon Quiz on [[Alola TV]], he happily congratulated his former fellow contestant [[Noah]] on getting yet another correct answer in the final round when he saw him next.