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| Rich Boy おぼっちゃま High-class Child | |
 Art from Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl | |
| Introduced in | Generation III |
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| 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 |
| Anime debut | A Full Course Tag Battle! |
| 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
Sprites and models
In the core series
In other games
Trainer list
Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire
Pokémon Emerald
Pokémon Diamond and Pearl
Pokémon Platinum
Pokémon Black and White
Pokémon Black 2 and White 2
Pokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire
Special Trainers
- Rich Boy Antoin, at the Battle Resort, chooses his team from among seven different possible teams.
Pokémon Colosseum
Story Mode
Battle Mode
In the anime
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.
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
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| 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. | ||
| Debut | Challenge the Battle Subway! | |
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| 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. | ||
| Debut | Challenge the Battle Subway! | |
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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
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| The Rich Boy sent out Roselia as his first Pokémon to battle Red's Clefairy. After blocking Clefairy's Pound, the Rich Boy immediately recalled Roselia. Roselia's only known move is Protect. | ||
| Debut | PMDP58 | |
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| 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. | ||
| Debut | PMDP58 | |
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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.
