Tabitha: Difference between revisions

|caption=Tabitha in {{pkmn|Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire}}

|years=27{{sup/6|ORAS}}

|games={{3v2|Ruby|Sapphire|Emerald}}<br/>{{pkmn|Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire}}

|envagame=[[Vic Mignogna]]

|javagame=Akio Suyama

==In the games==

In {{game|Emerald}}, Tabitha's role starts out the same way as in Ruby, with him stealing the Meteorite at Meteor Falls. However, now the second encounter with him happens at the {{OBP|Magma Hideout|Jagged Pass|new Magma Hideout}} inside Mt. Chimney, where the player must battle him in order to reach Maxie, who's in the process of awakening {{p|Groudon}}. After the player has defeated [[Tate and Liza]], Team Magma invades the [[Mossdeep Space Center]], intending to steal all of their rocket fuel and make Mt. Chimney erupt. The player teams up with {{Steven}} in a [[Multi Battle]] against Maxie and Tabitha, who will retreat after being defeated.

In Pokémon Omega Ruby, Tabitha is revealed to have previously worked for [[Devon Corporation]], where he was nicknamed '''Tabitabi''' (Japanese: '''ホムホム''' ''Homuhomu''), and that he helped Team Magma gain access to their research, thus assisting them in the creation of the [[Magma Suit]]. Tabitha initially performs the same role as in Pokémon Ruby; unlike in Ruby, however, he is battled by the {{player}} and {{ga|May}}/{{ga|Brendan}} in a Multi Battle at Meteor Falls. Also, after the events at Mt. Chimney, he is encountered at the [[Weather Institute]], a role that was fulfilled by [[Courtney]] in Ruby. As Maxie prepares to awaken Groudon at Seafloor Cavern, Tabitha enters the Cavern to express his concern to Maxie about the {{a|Desolate Land|weather conditions}} created by Groudon. After Groudon's awakening, Tabitha and his boss head to [[Sootopolis City]], where they will hand the player the Magma Suit.

During the [[Delta Episode]], Tabitha is encountered at the Team Magma Hideout when [[Zinnia]] defeats Maxie and takes his [[Key Stone]]. Tabitha then begrudgingly gives a [[Cameruptite]] to the {{player}} upon Maxie's instructions, as Maxie can no longer use it to make his Camerupt [[Mega Evolution|Mega Evolve]]. After the events of the Delta Episode, Tabitha is seen observing a conversation between Maxie and Courtney at the Team Magma Hideout, with Maxie apologizing his subordinates for his actions.

In Omega Ruby, Tabitha is popular with Team Magma Grunts because of his helpfulness. Rumors suggest he aims to succeed or replace Maxie as the head of Team Magma.<ref>http://www.pokemonrubysapphire.com/en-us/characters/team-magma-and-team-aqua/team-magma-admin-tabitha</ref>

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==Artwork==

===Sprites===

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| Sprite from<br>{{color2|000|Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire Versions|Ruby}} and {{color2|000|Pokémon Emerald Version|Emerald}}

| colspan="2" | VS portrait from<br>{{color2|000|Pokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire|Omega Ruby}}

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| Overworld sprite from<br>{{color2|000|Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire Versions|Ruby}} and {{color2|000|Pokémon Emerald Version|Emerald}}

Tabitha is an intimidating individual. He and [[Shelly]] have a rivalry with one another, often exchanging insults and battling one another. His loyalty to [[Team Magma]]'s came into doubt after seeing the destructive power of the [[Red Orb]] in ''[[AG098|The Scuffle of Legends]]''.

|desc=Tabitha has {{p|Mightyena}} like all of the other {{tc|Team Magma Grunt}}s. It is shown to be very strong as it was able to take out many opponents as in [[Jessie's Seviper]] and was able to knock the briefcase off of Ash's grip that contained a special stone. Its final appearances were in ''[[AG097|Gaining Groudon]]'' and ''[[AG098|The Scuffle of Legends]]''.

Tabitha appeared in ''[[PG07|The Vision]]''. He was first seeing informing [[Maxie]] about {{ga|Brendan}} breaking into the [[Team Magma Hideout]]. He later accompanied Maxie aboard the [[Submarine Explorer 1]], which was to leave for the [[Seafloor Cavern]].

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In [[Pokémon Adventures]], "Tabitha" is a codename given to Admins of Team Magma. There are two known people given the codename Tabitha.

 

The first Tabitha debuted in the {{chap|Ruby & Sapphire}}. He is one of the [[Magma Admin (Trainer class)#In the manga|Three Fires]] of Team Magma, alongside Courtney and [[Blaise]]. Like other members of Team Magma, the horns on Tabitha's hood can be removed to reveal a special lighter that can transmit and record images through its flame. Like the other Three Fires, Tabitha specializes in using flames to his advantage. In his case, Tabitha uses the smoke from his {{p|Torkoal}} to make his targets drowsy.

When the Gym Leaders split into groups in an attempt to stop both Pokémon, the Admins of Teams Magma and Aqua split up to stop them. Tabitha is paired up against [[Wallace]], who he drags to an abandoned Lilycove City to battle in Lilycove Department Store. After being easily defeated, Tabitha suddenly goes crazy and begins attacking wildly. Wallace is saved by {{Steven}}, who reveals that coming in contact with the Blue Orb caused Tabitha to lose control of himself. Steven stays behind to battle Tabitha and sends Steven to assist in the battle against Groudon and Kyogre at Sootopolis City. Later, Steven defeats Tabitha, allowing to head to Sootopolis as well.

[[File:ORAS Tabitha Adventures.png|thumb|200px|The second Tabitha in Pokémon Adventures]]

In the {{chap|Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire}}, a second Tabitha appears. This Tabitha, along with a new Courtney, is a member of Neo Team Magma (Japanese: '''新生マグマ団''' ''Neo Magma Gang''), having replaced the previous one. Along with Shelly, Tabitha is a former researcher from the Devon Corporation but hated his time working there due to [[Mr. Stone]]'s policies.

At Mossdeep City, Tabitha appears to help Zinnia in stopping the launch of a rocket that would stop the meteoroid threatening to destroy the world. He, Courtney, and the Admins of the reborn Team Aqua, battle Sapphire in order to distract her long enough for Zinnia to head to the rocket. Tabitha offers Zinnia a [[Magma Suit]] to use, only for Shelly to suggest that Zinnia use the [[Aqua Suit]] instead, leading them to argue with each other.

Later, the Admins are attacked by the Hoenn [[Frontier Brain]]s and are defeated. The Brains attempt to interrogate the Admins on Zinnia's whereabouts, but the Admins admit they don't know where she went to. Later, Tabitha and Shelly are called to [[Sootopolis City]] to assist in stopping the meteoroid.

* Tabitha, like [[Shelly]], has been the subject of two name changes over two mediums: '''Harlan''' in the {{pkmn|anime}} and '''Mitch''' in the Chuang Yi translation of [[Pokémon Adventures]]. "Harlan" was later corrected to Tabitha after his initial debut; he remained "Mitch" throughout the entire {{chap|Ruby & Sapphire}} in Chuang Yi's version.

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| From 炎 / 焔 ''homura'', flame

|rowspan="3" | English

| Anagram of ''habitat'' (an area of land) or possibly from ''Tabiti'' ({{wp|Scythians|Scythian}} goddess of fire)

| Harlan ([[4Kids Entertainment|4Kids]] original name)

| Sounds similar to ''Homura''.

| Mitch ([[Chuang Yi]])

| From ''[[Team Magma|magma]]'' and possibly ''match''

| From {{wp|Kelvin}}, a unit of measurement for temperature

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| Chinese (Taiwan)

| 火村 ''Huǒ​cūn​''{{tt|*|Anime}}<br/>火焰 ''Huǒyàn''{{tt|*|Pokémon Adventures}}

| From the Japanese surname 火村 ''Homura''. Literally "fire village".<br/>Literally means ''flame''

| Chinese (Mainland China)

| 火焰 ''Huǒyàn''{{tt|*|Pokémon Adventures (New Jilin edition)}}<br/>烈焰 ''Lièyàn''{{tt|*|Pokémon Adventures (Old Jilin edition)}}

| Literally means ''flame''<br/>Literally means ''raging flame''

|rowspan="2"|Russian

|Табита ''Tabita''

|Transcription of English name

|Харлан ''Harlan''

|Transcription of the first English name from the English dub by 4Kids, the script of which was used for the Russian dub.

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