History Jerkass / Pokemon

* ''Best Wishes'' also gives us Burgundy and Georgia, respectively the rivals to Cilan and Iris. Burgundy is a low-rank Connaisseuse with a one-sided grudge against Cilan, and while she's quite vitriolic to him, she's too much of a screw-up to be taken seriously. Georgia is a self-proclaimed "Dragon Buster" who rudely (but [[JerkassHasAPoint not incorrectly]]) criticizes Iris's poor training and lack of actual Dragon-types on her team. The two of them experience [[ZigZaggedTrope zig-zagged]] CharacterDevelopment starting from the Clubsplosion arc.

* Blue[[note]]Green in Japan[[/note]] has a few moments in the RBY arc. While he was a bit better than his game self, he still was not the nicest character. Red rescued him in Pokemon Tower and Blue only stated that he had his gratitude for that one day (although he saved Red from Arbok's acid). When he and Red switched Pokémon, Blue complained that Red nearly got his Machoke killed, and Red retorts that Blue had put his Pikachu in danger. He takes away the Ninetales that ''Red'' had caught stating that it was his Pokemon (who was under Red's control) who defeated it. He then complained that Red did nothing to increase his Pokemon's strength (aside from Machoke evolving and his Pokemon [[TookALevelInKindness taking a level in kindness) while he had strengthened Red's Pokemon (and make them [[JerkassBall temporary agressive]]). When Pallet Town was attacked, while he [[JerkassHasAPoint did have a point that it sort of Red's fault that their hometown got attacked]], he states that he does not care that Team Rocket experiments on Pokemon and tells Red to stay out of it, even though Red's hometown just got attacked and one of his Pokemon was stolen. They are convinced to work together by Green[[note]]Blue in Japan[[/note]]. Blue starts getting [[CharacterDevelopment considerably nicer after this]], as he let's a kid have a Lapras that he wanted in order to get his Haunter back in the Yellow chapter.

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* Bede, the Psychic-type trainer from ''VideoGame/PokemonSwordAndShield''. Not since Silver has a rival character been so arrogant, unpleasant, and utterly skin-invading as him. He's calls you pathetic every chance he gets, acts like an unreasonable SoreLoser whenever you beat him, and tends to gloat over and rub his victories into the faces of the opponents he ''did'' win against, as well as their friends, like with [[spoiler: Hop.]] In Stow-On-Side, he goes beyond the pale by demolishing an ancient, sacred landmark in search of Wishing Stars that may or may not even be hidden there. Even Chairman Rose[[spoiler:, the secretly evil BigBad,]] [[EveryoneHasStandards thought Bede had crossed a line by doing that]] and [[spoiler: promptly revoked his Gym Challenge sponsorship on the spot.]]

* Bede, the Psychic-type trainer from ''VideoGame/PokemonSwordAndShield''. Not since Silver has a rival character been so arrogant, unpleasant, and utterly skin-invading as him. He's calls you pathetic every chance he gets, acts like an unreasonable SoreLoser whenever you beat him, and tends to gloat over and rub his victories into the faces of the opponents he ''did'' beat, as well as their friends, like with [[spoiler: Hop.]] In Stow-On-Side, he goes beyond the pale by demolishing an ancient, sacred landmark in search of Wishing Stars that may or may not even be hidden there. Even Chairman Rose[[spoiler:, the secretly evil BigBad,]] [[EveryoneHasStandards thought Bede had crossed a line by doing that]] and [[spoiler: promptly revoked his Gym Challenge sponsorship on the spot.]]

* Bede, the Psychic-type trainer from ''VideoGame/PokemonSwordAndShield''. Not since Silver has a rival character been so arrogant, unpleasant, and utterly skin-invading as him. He's calls you pathetic every chance he gets, acts like an unreasonable SoreLoser whenever you beat him, and tends to gloat over and rub his victories into the faces of the opponents he ''did'' beat, as well as their friends, like with [[spoiler: Hop.]] He then goes beyond the pale by demolishing an ancient, sacred landmark in Stow-On-Side for Wishing Stars that may or may not even be hidden there. Even Chairman Rose[[spoiler:, the secretly evil BigBad,]] [[EveryoneHasStandards thought Bede had crossed a line by doing that]] and [[spoiler: promptly revoked his Gym Challenge sponsorship on the spot.]]

* Bede, the Psychic-type trainer from ''VideoGame/PokemonSwordAndShield''. Not since Silver has a rival character been so arrogant, unpleasant, and utterly skin-invading as him. He's calls you pathetic every chance he gets, acts like an unreasonable SoreLoser whenever you beat him, and tends to rub his victories into the faces of the opponents he ''did'' beat, as well as their friends, like with [[spoiler: Hop.]] He then goes beyond the pale by demolishing an ancient, sacred landmark for Wishing Stars that may or may not even be there. Even Chairman Rose[[spoiler:, the secretly evil BigBad,]] [[EveryoneHasStandards thought Bede had crossed a line by doing that]] and [[spoiler: promptly revoked his Gym Challenge sponsorship on the spot.]]

!! ''Anime/{{Pokemon}}''

* Being the character Paul was based on, Silver is also this in the GSC chapter of the ''Manga/PokemonAdventures'' manga. Both go through a bit of character development.

* Ash's Sinnoh rival, Paul, is extremely rude and abrasive towards almost everyone he comes across. All he has to do is open his mouth for someone to instantly dislike him. His methods of training make Gary seem tame by comparison, and border on outright abuse (especially towards [[TheWoobie poor Chimchar]]). His FreudianExcuse [[FreudianExcuseIsNoExcuse comes nowhere close to cutting it, either]]. [[spoiler: It's not until after Ash defeats him in the Sinnoh League near the very end of the D/P series that Paul starts being ''slightly'' more respectful towards him.]]
* Dawn's rival [[AlphaBitch Ursula]] was also pretty bad, she was a total jerk from the very beginning and her arrogance made her especially annoying.
* Being the character Paul was based on, Silver is also this in the GSC chapter of the ''Manga/PokemonAdventures'' manga. Both go through a bit of character development.
* The ''Black and White'' series also gives us Burgundy and Georgia, respectively the rivals to Cilan and Iris. Burgundy, however, is too much of a screw-up to be taken seriously. Georgia spent her whole time onscreen being a bitch to both Cilan and Iris. The two of them get [[CharacterDevelopment better]] [[TookaLevelinKindness eventually]] as shown during the Dynomite arc.
* Gary Oak from the original saga, who spent most of his appearances taunting Ash. He becomes less of a jerk as the series goes on, and by the end of the Johto arc, a lot of his Jerkass status is more or less gone.
* In the first episode, ''Pikachu'' was this, treating Ash with contempt and mocking his inexperience and laughing at his failures. This changes with Ash saves his life from a flock of Spearow.
* Harley, the Pokemon Coordinator, from ''Advanced Generation'' is a jerkass towards May and her friends. He manipulated a [[UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom naive Max]] into telling an embarrassing story about May to air it while May was competing against him in a competition. He also manipulated May with "tips" to help her win a competition, [[LaserGuidedKarma only to be exposed by Drew for his stunt]].
* Damian, Charmander's original trainer, was one of the worst trainers Ash and his friends met in the show's run. He was [[ItsAllAboutMe solely motivated by self-gratification]], abandoning Charmander on a rock all because he thought he was too weak, [[KickTheDog not caring at all about his well-being when it started raining]]. [[EvilGloating Damian then bragged about the whole incident to]] [[YesMan his gang]], which Ash and co. overhear, to their ire. When Damian comes back for Charmander after watching him defeat Team Rocket, he revealed that he never had intention of training Charmander on his own, further enraging Ash and his friends who explain to Charmander that Damian [[BeyondRedemption wasn't worth the trouble]]; he only wanted to use him [[AllTakeAndNoGive just to win matches and show off with no interest in raising him and being his friend]]. Fortunately, [[TheDogBitesBack Charmander gives Damian his well-deserved comeuppance]].
* Shamus from ''Best Wishes'' is quite possibly the second worst in the series' history. Before Ash took it in, Shamus left Tepig tied to a pole after it lost to a Deerling. [[spoiler: When the two meet again, he [[BitchInSheepsClothing likewise pretends to act sympathetic towards Tepig]] and feigns resentment for what he's done... then, during his and Ash's battle, he gleefully admits that, not only did he abandon Tepig to starve to death, but that he's done it to other unwanted Pokemon, too]]. ''Gary'' would probably be disgusted with this scumbag if the two were to ever met.

* Ash's Sinnoh rival, Paul, is extremely rude and abrasive towards almost everyone he comes across. All he has to do is open his mouth for someone to instantly dislike him. His methods of training make Gary seem tame by comparison, and border on outright abuse (especially towards [[TheWoobie poor Chimchar]]). His FreudianExcuse [[FreudianExcuseIsNoExcuse comes nowhere close to cutting it, either]].

* Damian, Charmander's original trainer, was one of the absolute worst trainers Ash and his friends met in the show's run. He was [[ItsAllAboutMe solely motivated by self-gratification]], abandoning Charmander on a rock all because he thought he was too weak, [[KickTheDog not caring at all about his well-being when it started raining]]. [[EvilGloating Damian then bragged about the whole incident to]] [[YesMan his gang]], which Ash and co. overhear, to their ire. When Damian comes back for Charmander after watching him defeat Team Rocket, he revealed that he never had intention of training Charmander on his own, further enraging Ash and his friends who explain to Charmander that Damian [[BeyondRedemption wasn't worth the trouble]]; he only wanted to use him [[AllTakeAndNoGive just to win matches and show off with no interest in raising him and being his friend]]. Fortunately, [[TheDogBitesBack Charmander gives Damian his well-deserved comeuppance]].

* Damian, Charmander's original trainer, was one of the absolute worst trainers Ash and his friends met in the show's run. He was solely [[ItsAllAboutMe motivated by self-gratification]], abandoning Charmander on a rock all because he thought he was too weak, [[KickTheDog not caring at all about his well-being when it started raining]]. [[EvilGloating Damian then bragged about the whole incident to]] [[YesMan his gang]], which Ash and co. overhear, to their ire. When Damian comes back for Charmander after watching him defeat Team Rocket, he revealed that he never had intention of training Charmander on his own, further enraging Ash and his friends who explain to Charmander that Damian [[BeyondRedemption isn't worth the trouble]]; he only wanted to use him just to win matches and show off with [[AllTakeAndNoGive no interest in raising him and being his friend]]. Fortunately, [[TheDogBitesBack Charmander gives Damian his well-deserved comeuppance]].

* Damian, Charmander's original trainer, was one of the absolute worst trainers Ash and his friends met in the show's run. He is a trainer solely [[ItsAllAboutMe motivated by self-gratification]], abandoning Charmander on a rock all because he thought he was too weak, [[KickTheDog not caring at all about his well-being when it started raining]]. [[EvilGloating Damian then brags about the whole incident to]] [[YesMan his gang]], which Ash and co. overhear, to their ire. When Damian comes back for Charmander after watching him defeat Team Rocket, he reveals that he never had intention of training Charmander on his own, further enraging Ash and his friends who explain to Charmander that Damian [[BeyondRedemption isn't worth the trouble]]; he only wants to use him just to win matches and show off with [[AllTakeAndNoGive no interest in raising him and being his friend]]. Fortunately, [[TheDogBitesBack Charmander gives Damian his well-deserved comeuppance]].

* Damian, Charmander's original trainer, was one of the absolute worst trainers Ash and his friends met in the show's run. He is a trainer solely [[ItsAllAboutMe motivated by self-gratification]], abandoning Charmander on a rock all because he thought he was too weak, [[KickTheDog not caring at all about his well-being when it started raining]]. [[EvilGloating Damian then brags about the whole incident to]] [[YesMan his gang]], which Ash and co. overhear, [[BerserkButton to their ire]]. When Damian comes back for Charmander after watching him defeat Team Rocket, he reveals that he never had intention of training Charmander on his own, and Ash and his friends explain to Charmander that Damian [[BeyondRedemption isn't worth the trouble]]; he only wants to use him out of pure selfishness, just to win matches and show off with [[EvilCannotComprehendGood no interest in raising him and being his friend]]. Fortunately, [[TheDogBitesBack Charmander gives Damian his well-deserved comeuppance]].

* Harley, the Pokemon Coordinator, from Advanced Generation is a jerkass towards May and her friends. He manipulated a [[UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom naive Max]] into telling an embarrassing story about May to air it while May was competing against him in a competition. He also manipulated May with "tips" to help her win a competition, [[LaserGuidedKarma only to be exposed by Drew for his stunt]].

* Damian, Charmander's original trainer, was one of the absolute worst trainers Ash and his friends met in the show's run. He is a trainer solely [[ItsAllAboutMe motivated by self-gratification]], abandoning Charmander in the rain all because he thought he was too weak, [[KickTheDog not caring at all about his well-being]]. [[EvilGloating Damian brags about the whole incident to]] [[YesMan his gang]], which Ash and co. overhear, to their ire. When Damian comes back for Charmander after watching him defeat Team Rocket, he reveals that he never had intention of training Charmander on his own, and Ash and his friends explain to Charmander that Damian [[BeyondRedemption isn't worth the trouble]]; he only wants to use him out of pure selfishness, just to win matches and show off with [[EvilCannotComprehendGood no interest in raising him and being his friend]]. Fortunately, [[TheDogBitesBack Charmander gives Damian his well-deserved comeuppance]].

* Damian, Chamander's original trainer, was one of the absolute worst trainers Ash and his friends met in the show's run. He is a trainer solely [[ItsAllAboutMe motivated by self-gratification]], abandoning Charmander in the rain all because he thought he was too weak, [[KickTheDog not caring at all about his well-being]]. [[EvilGloating Damian brags about the whole incident to]] [[YesMan his gang]], which Ash and co. overhear, to their ire. When Damian comes back for Charmander after watching him defeat Team Rocket, he reveals that he never had intention of training Charmander on his own, and Ash and his friends explain to Charmander that Damian [[BeyondRedemption isn't worth the trouble]]; he only wants to use him out of pure selfishness, just to win matches and show off with [[EvilCannotComprehendGood no interest in raising him and being his friend]]. Fortunately, [[TheDogBitesBack Charmander gives Damian his well-deserved comeuppance]].

* Damian, Chamander's original trainer, was one of the absolute worst trainers Ash and his friends met in the show's run. He is a trainer solely [[ItsAllAboutMe motivated by self-gratification]], abandoning Charmander in the rain all because he thought he was too weak, [[KickTheDog not caring at all about his well-being]]. Damian brags about the whole incident to [[YesMan his gang]], which Ash and co. overhear, to their ire. When Damian comes back for Charmander after watching him defeat Team Rocket, he reveals that he never had intention of training Charmander on his own, and Ash and his friends explain to Charmander that Damian [[BeyondRedemption isn't worth the trouble]]; he only wants to use him out of pure selfishness, just to win matches and show off with [[EvilCannotComprehendGood no interest in raising him and being his friend]]. Fortunately, [[TheDogBitesBack Charmander gives Damian his well-deserved comeuppance]].

* Shamus from ''Best Wishes'' is quite possibly the worst one in the series' history. Before Ash took it in, Shamus left Tepig tied to a pole after it lost to a Deerling. [[spoiler: When the two meet again, he [[BitchInSheepsClothing pretends to act sympathetic towards Tepig]] and feigns resentment for what he's done... then, during his and Ash's battle, he gleefully admits that, not only did he abandon Tepig to starve to death, but that he's done it to other unwanted Pokemon, too]]. ''Gary'' would probably be disgusted with this scumbag if the two were to ever met.

* While James and Meowth have been played sympathetically many times since their first character development episodes, Jessie has always been the "nasty one" of the trio and doesn't get many episodes to herself. To her credit, she has had PetTheDog moments, like when she let Dustox go away to mate or her bond with a certain Blissey... but these are somewhat sparse.
* Ash's Sinnoh rival, Paul, is extremely rude and abrasive towards almost everyone he comes across. All he has to do is open his mouth for someone to instantly dislike him. His methods of training make Gary seem tame by comparison, and border on outright abuse (especially towards [[TheWoobie poor Chimchar]]). His FreudianExcuse comes nowhere close to cutting it, either.

* Harley, the Pokemon Coordinator, from the Advanced Generation is a jerkass towards May and her friends. He manipulated a naive Max into telling an embarrassing story about May to air it while May was competing against him in a competition. He also manipulated May with "tips" to help her win a competition, only to be exposed by Drew for his stunt.

* Gary Oak from the original saga, who spent most of his appearances taunting Ash. He becomes less of a jerk as the series goes on, and by the end of the Johto arc, a lot of his Jerk Ass status is more or less gone.

* Shamus from ''Best Wishes'' is quite possibly the worst one in the series' history. Before Ash took it in, Shamus left Tepig tied to a pole after it lost to a Deerling. [[spoiler: When the two meet again, he [[BitchInSheepsClothing pretends to act sympathetic towards Tepig]] and feigns resentment for what he's done...then, during his and Ash's battle, he gleefully admits that, not only did he abandon Tepig to starve to death, but that he's done it to other unwanted Pokemon, too]]. ''Gary'' would probably be disgusted with this scumbag if the two were to ever met.