Rich Boy (Trainer class)

Rich Boy
おぼっちゃま High-class Child
VSRich Boy BDSP.png
Art from Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl
Other names
Introduced in Generation III
Appears in Ruby, Sapphire, and Emerald
Diamond, Pearl, Platinum, HeartGold, and SoulSilver
Black, White, Black 2, and White 2
X, Y, Omega Ruby, and Alpha Sapphire
Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl
Colosseum
Battrio
Gender Male only
Female Counterpart Lady
Notable members Roman, Chaz
Animated debut A Full Course Tag Battle!
TCG debut [[(TCG)|]]
TCG card {{{card}}}
Manga debut PBW4 (Be the Best! Pokémon B+W)
Deprogramming Porygon-Z
PMDP20 (Pocket Monsters DP)

A Rich Boy (Japanese: おぼっちゃま High-class Child) is a type of Pokémon Trainer that debuted in the Generation III games. They are depicted as boys dressed in elaborate and fancy clothing. Their female counterpart is a Lady.

They generally use weak Pokémon but pay out a large amount of money as a reward; the largest recorded prize money after a Trainer battle was $10,240, which can be multiplied to $20,480 with an Amulet Coin or Luck Incense. Many of their Pokémon also carry Nuggets. They use Full Restores to heal their Pokémon in battle.

In X and Y, Rich Boys appear in the Battle Chateau, where they are classified as Barons, Viscounts, Earls, Marquises, or Dukes. They also appear in the Battle Maison, the only place in X and Y where they are explicitly indentified as Rich Boys.

Gallery

Artwork

Battrio Rich Boy.png XY Rich Boy.png ORAS Rich Boy.png
Artwork from Battrio Artwork from X and Y Artwork from Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire

Sprites and models

In the core series

Spr RS Rich Boy.png Spr DP Proto Rich Boy.png Spr DP Rich Boy.png Spr BW Rich Boy.png Spr B2W2 Rich Boy.png VSRich Boy.png VSRich Boy ORAS.png VSRich Boy BDSP.png
Sprite from
Ruby, Sapphire,
and Emerald
Prototype sprite from
Diamond and Pearl March 26 build
Sprite from
Generation IV
Sprite from
Black and White
Sprite from
Black 2 and White 2
VS portrait from
Generation VI*
VS portrait from
Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire
VS model from
Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl
Rich Boy RSE OD 2.pngRich Boy E OD.png Rich Boy IV OD.png Rich Boy V OD.png Rich Boy XY OD.png XY Rich Boy Icon.png Rich Boy ORAS OD.png ORAS Rich Boy Icon.png Rich Boy BDSP OD.png
Overworld sprites from
Ruby, Sapphire, and Emerald
Overworld sprite from
Generation IV
Overworld sprite from
Generation V
Overworld model from
Generation VI*
Icon on the PSS from
X and Y
Overworld model from
Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire
Icon on the PSS from
Omega Ruby, Alpha Sapphire,
and the PGL
Overworld model from
Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl

In other games

Colo Rich Boy.pngColo Rich Boy 2.png
VS sprites from Colosseum

Trainer list

Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire


See more: List of Battle Tower Trainers in Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire/Rich Boy

Pokémon Emerald


See more: List of Battle Frontier Trainers in Generation III/Rich Boy

Pokémon Diamond and Pearl


See more: List of Battle Tower Trainers in Pokémon Diamond and Pearl/Rich Boy

Pokémon Platinum


See more: List of Battle Frontier Trainers in Generation IV/Rich Boy

Pokémon Black and White


See more: List of Battle Subway Trainers/Rich Boy

Pokémon Black 2 and White 2


See more: List of Battle Subway Trainers/Rich Boy

Pokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire


See more: List of Battle Maison Trainers/Rich Boy

Special Trainers

  • Rich Boy Antoin, at the Battle Resort, chooses his team from among seven different possible teams.

Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl


See more: List of Battle Tower Trainers in Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl/Rich Boy

Pokémon Colosseum

Story Mode


Battle Mode


In animation

Roman

Pokémon the Series

In A Full Course Tag Battle!, Roman is based on the Pokémon Diamond and Pearl sprite for a Rich Boy, just as Kylie is based on the Lady Trainer class.

POKÉTOON

In PT14, a Rich Boy based on the design in Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire was one of the Trainers who attempted to catch Chansey.

Voice actors

Language Voice actor
Japanese Ryuho Nagaoka



In the manga

Dol, a Rich Boy

Be the Best! Pokémon B+W

A Rich Boy by the name of Dol (Japanese: ドル Dol) appears in Be the Best! Pokémon B+W.

Monta meets him on the Battle Subway and asks him for a battle. He sends out his powerful Bouffalant and Swoobat, quickly defeating Monta's Snivy and Boldore. Several days later, Monta asks him for a rematch, which he accepts. Despite him expecting the same outcome, Monta presses on, and with his Pokémon's new moves and held items, he finally manages to defeat Dol.

Pokémon

Bouffalant
Dol's Bouffalant

Dol's Bouffalant was first used in a battle alongside Swoobat against Monta's Snivy and Boldore. Snivy hits Bouffalant with a Leaf Tornado. However, Bouffalant did not take any damage due to its Sap Sipper Ability. Bouffalant uses Horn Attack on Snivy, knocking it out. Bouffalant then hits Boldore with a powerful attack, taking it out as well.

In a rematch against Monta, Bouffalant starts off with a Head Charge, which hits Snivy but is ineffective due to Snivy using Protect. It then uses Megahorn on Boldore, to which Boldore retaliates with Bulldoze. It is eventually finished off by Boldore's Stone Edge.

Bouffalant's known moves are Horn Attack, Head Charge, and Megahorn, and its Ability is Sap Sipper.

Swoobat
Dol's Swoobat

Dol's Swoobat was first used in a battle alongside Bouffalant against Monta's Snivy and Boldore. After Snivy faints, Monta decides for Boldore to use a Rock-type move on Swoobat because it would be super effective, but Swoobat uses Fly to evade it as Bouffalant hits Boldore with a powerful attack, knocking it out.

In the rematch against Monta, it uses Fly once again to get out of reach of Boldore but is shot down by Boldore's Smack Down. It goes in for a Heart Stamp which Boldore is able to withstand with its held item. It is then hurt slightly by Boldore's Bulldoze and taken out by a Slam from Snivy, who avoided Boldore's Bulldoze attack using its Air Balloon.

Swoobat's known moves are Fly and Heart Stamp.

Pocket Monsters DP

Okane Daisukī

(Japanese: オカネダイスキー Okane Daisukī), a character from Pocket Monsters DP, is based on the Rich Boy class. He appeared in PMDP20, where he was seen walking with a Nuzleaf, Wobbuffet, and some other people. His Japanese name is a pun of "I love money".

An unnamed Rich Boy appeared in PMDP58 in a battle facility, where he battled Red's Clefairy using Roselia and Togekiss.

Pokémon

Roselia
Rich Boy's Roselia
Debut PMDP58

The Rich Boy sent out Roselia as his first Pokémon to battle Red's Clefairy. After Roselia blocked Clefairy's Pound, the Rich Boy immediately recalled Roselia.

Roselia's only known move is Protect.

Togekiss
Rich Boy's Togekiss
Debut PMDP58

Togekiss is another of the unnamed Rich Boy's that was sent out to battle Red's Clefairy. Even though Clefairy made the battle mismatched by using his gas as a weapon, Togekiss was still able to win.

Togekiss's only known move is Sky Attack.

Pokémon Adventures

Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire arc

A Rich Boy was one of the people swarming the Mossdeep Space Center in Diancie Shines.

Diamond & Pearl arc

In Bombastic Bibarel & Heroic Hippopotas, a Rich Boy appeared in the Seven Stars Restaurant with a Lady.

Platinum arc

A Rich Boy appeared with a Haunter in Deprogramming Porygon-Z, waiting at the queue for the Battle Castle.

Black & White arc

A Rich Boy briefly appeared in Nimbasa City in Unraveling Mysteries.

Pokémon

Haunter
Rich Boy's Haunter

Haunter was seen with its Trainer at the Battle Castle.

None of Haunter's moves are known.

Blitzle
Rich Boy's Blitzle

Blitzle was briefly seen with its Trainer in Nimbasa City.

None of Blitzle's moves are known.

In other languages

Language Title
Chinese Cantonese 富家少爺 Fugā Siuyèh
Mandarin 富家少爺 / 富家少爷 Fùjiā Shàoyé *
有錢小少爺 Yǒuqián Xiǎoshàoyé *
France Flag.png French Richard
Germany Flag.png German Schnösel
Italy Flag.png Italian Elegantone
South Korea Flag.png Korean 도련님 Doryeon-nim
Spain Flag.png Spanish Niño bien

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