Alder: Difference between revisions

During the battle, Alder just stood calm and allowed his Bouffalant to take multiple attacks from [[Ash's Pikachu]]. Ash and {{ashfr}} then realized that Alder was actually sleeping while standing up. Trip woke Alder, while Bouffalant expressed its embarrassment and disappointment in its Trainer. After explaining why he was asleep, Alder commanded Bouffalant to use {{m|Head Charge}}, but Bouffalant was still angry with Alder and slow to respond. In order to persuade Bouffalant to quit wasting time and attack, Alder slapped its rump, sending it charging. Bouffalant stampeded towards Pikachu, but stopped quickly, made a U-turn, and attacked Alder instead.

Afterwards, much to Trip's disappointment, and despite his Bouffalant still being fit to battle, Alder conceded defeat to Ash and decided he was finished battling for the day. Trip then questioned Alder about the advice he was given as a small child. Alder seemed to be confused by this, and then contradicted the original advice he gave Trip by stating that becoming the strongest was not the most important part of battling. Trip immediately left in anger, telling Ash he would continue on the path he believes in.

Bouffalant appeared again in ''[[BW052|Ash Versus the Champion!]]'', where Alder sent it to battle with Ash's {{p|Pikachu}}. However, it was given no commands as Pikachu hit it with {{m|Thunderbolt|all}} {{m|Quick Attack|of}} {{m|Iron Tail|his}} {{m|Electro Ball|attacks}}. Frustrated, it then turned to Alder, who was shown to have fallen asleep. Due to this, when Alder told Bouffalant to attack, it attacked him instead of Pikachu. Alder then offered it an apple as an apology. Later Alder sent Bouffalant out to face the rampaging Gigalith, but then decided to handle the situation himself.

In ''[[BW092|Ash, Iris and Trip: Then There Were Three!]]'', Bouffalant appeared again in a battle against [[Trip's Serperior]], and continuing that battle in ''[[BW093|Goodbye, Junior Cup - Hello Adventure!]]'', it was revealed to have the [[Ability]] Sap Sipper, rendering Serperior's {{m|Solar Beam}} useless. Although Bouffalant was sent flying by Serperior's {{m|Dragon Tail}}, it recovered quickly and defeated its opponent with Head Charge.

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Alder has appeared in the {{OBP|Pocket Monsters BW|Kosaku Anakubo}} manga.

Alder appears in the [[Pocket Monsters BW: The Heroes of Fire and Thunder]] manga as a man with multiple personalities who describes himself as a burning man. He is first shown in shadow at the Pokémon League destroyed by {{p|Zekrom}}, as N declares that he is next, having defeated all the Elite 4. On a news broadcast some time later about N's conquest of [[Unova]], he is reported missing. Calling himself an old man passing by, he throws Shin into a {{p|Trubbish}} dump to ask him to look for a very important thing with a (Japanese: ア) written on it that he has lost.