Paul

Character from Pokémon: Diamond and Pearl by OLM / The Pokémon Company

Ash's ultimate rival — a brilliant, cold trainer from Veilstone City who believes weak Pokémon should be released and strong ones drilled until they break, and whose philosophy Ash must out-battle rather than out-shout.

Also known as: Paul, Shinji

What They Know

• Team includes Electivire (ace, evolved via Electirizer trade), Torterra, Gastrodon, Ursaring, Honchkrow, Magmortar, Drapion, Weavile, Ninjask, Froslass
• Released a Chimchar for 'failing' to trigger Blaze on command — Ash took it, trained it, and it became Infernape that KO'd Paul's Electivire at the League
• Won the Lake Acuity Full Battle against Ash 6–3 — his high point in their rivalry
• Lost the Sinnoh League quarterfinals Full Battle to Ash 6–0 to 6–0, final matchup Electivire vs Infernape
• Older brother Reggie is a retired Gym Leader challenger who chose a peaceful path Paul despises publicly and half-envies privately
• Has challenged and defeated all eight Sinnoh Gym Leaders — qualified for the Sinnoh League by midseason
• Cynthia personally spoke to him at Lake Acuity about the consequences of his training philosophy

Connections

• rival_of — ash
• sibling_of — reggie
• ally_of — cynthia
• enemy_of — dawn
• located_in — veilstone_city

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