Character Overview:
Emerald is the main protagonist in the Emerald series, and is the third official Pokedex Holder of Hoenn. His presence was hinted during the RS series, when Prof. Birch brought Treecko to meet the trainer who was supposed take it on a journey and receive the last Pokedex. However, the flood caused by Kyogre thwarted this meeting, and only a faint silhouette of Emerald was seen on the Pokedex's registration screen.
Emerald officially makes his debut in the Emerald series, and is depicted as a proud and mischievous kid who has a problem with his own height, and holds many tricks up his sleeves, literally. Most shocking of all, he did not possess any Pokemon of his own, and when asked by Todd, Emerald claimed that he does not like Pokemon, but only Pokemon battles. He believes that any form of battle that isn't confined by rules is not worth partaking in. That said, he is extremely skilled in formal battling, and cleverly incorporates a Pokemon's nature, ability, held items, as well as team sequence into his tactics. While he used rental Pokemon at the Battle Factory, he mainly borrowed Pokemon from Crystal to construct his team in the subsequent challenges.
The truth is, Emerald was dispatched by Prof. Oak and Crystal to the Battle Frontier on a mission to protect the mirage Pokemon Jirachi, who was also hunted by a mysterious foe, an armoured man named Guile Hideout. Emerald decided to fulfill his desire to conquer the Battle Frontier while he carried out his mission, but things soon became far too complicated for his work and hobby to remain separated.
Emerald has a problem with trusting and bonding with Pokemon, and this was evidenced by his struggle to cheer for Sudowoodo in the Arena challenge, and his uneasiness about the loyalty of Sceptile, Sudowoodo and Dusclops, who eventually became his personal Pokemon. However, Emerald is acquainted with the mystical dragons, Latios and Latias, and freely controls them. Their relationship remains unclear.
Being a proud kid, Emerald hates to be told what to do, and did not share a very good relationship with most of the Frontier Brains at the beginning, especially in light of the fact that he created considerable turmoil during the Frontier's opening ceremony. However, under the threat of a common enemy, Guile Hideout, Emerald became companions with the Brains and battled alongside each other. Among all the press people, Emerald was particularly acquainted with Todd, the reporter whom he rescued upon arrival at the Battle Frontier. For his Hoenn peers, Ruby and Sapphire, Emerald was not thrilled about their presence, and constantly showed antagonism towards them. He is however, very respectful to Crystal, who later joined him at the Frontier.
Emerald is the second original main character of the Pokemon Special manga. Initially, Wally was planned to be the third Pokedex Holder of Hoenn, but the writers eventually changed their minds and created this character instead. However, since the RS series was already in its climax by the time the Emerald GBA game was released, Emerald was not involved in the original Hoenn plot, and was made the main protagonist of the Emerald series.
In terms of appearance, Emerald has croissant-shaped hair, and a pair of very prominent eyebrows. Without the camouflage of his platform shoes and oversized clothes, which have extremely long sleeves, he is actually very short and tiny. His platform shoes can be converted into water skaters, and there are two cylindrical tubes underneath his trousers which hold various Pokeballs. He hides an assortment of gadgets in his long sleeves, most notably a pair of magic hand extensors which he uses in place of his real hands. He carries around a gun known as the E-shooter, which fires off clumps of soil from various places across the lands, with the ability to calm rampaging Pokemon by creating a sense of nostalgia with a specially shaped seal. The back of Emerald's shirt has the number '10' on it, which signifies that he is the tenth Pokedex Holder. Like his name, Emerald's eyes have varying shades of emerald green.
Emerald Series
Emerald's story began on the opening day of the Battle Frontier, when he arrived on the island via Latios and Latias to challenge the 7 facilities. There, he met the reporter Todd, who mistakenly angered a wild Sudowoodo, and Emerald demonstrated his unique skills in calming a rampaging Pokemon with a special soil gun. Afterwards, he created chaos at the opening ceremony when he recklessly barged in, oblivious to the fact that the Frontier was actually not ready for public challenges yet. Although Scott and Frontier Brains were irritated, the press mistook Emerald's intrusion as part of the Frontier's opening week program, which forced the Brains to play along, and allow Emerald to complete his challenge within 7 days.
With Todd and the press following his progress, Emerald first took on the Battle Factory, where everything went smoothly until the rental Sceptile he used in the final match against Noland started to rampage. Upon calming the Pokemon, Emerald believed that it was not a real rental Pokemon, and stole it away after beating the Factory Head, which gave Todd quite a fret. Emerald then challenged the Battle Pike, using Pokemon he borrowed from Crystal, and found several rampaging Pokemon as well, which he calmed with his E-shooter after beating Lucy.
Following his victory over Brandon at the Battle Pyramid, he was confronted by the Frontier Brains about Noland's ambush, and the theft of all the Factory rental Pokemon. Emerald finally revealed the mission Prof. Oak bestowed upon him to protect the mirage Pokemon Jirachi at the Frontier, and led everyone to the Artisans Cave. There, they found Jirachi, but also had their first encounter with Guile Hideout, an armoured man who was after the wishing star, and was the real culprit behind all the weird happenings. During the intense battle, the Sudowoodo and Dusclops who were calmed by Emerald previously returned to help him.
Emerald continued with the Battle Arena challenge, and was forced his face his problem of bonding with Pokemon in the battle against Greta. When he proceeded to the Battle Dome challenge, which recruited real trainers for a tournament, he met up with Ruby and Sapphire, who claimed to have come to assist him in his mission. However, Emerald refused to acquaint with them, and his ignorance towards the trust between trainers and Pokemon eventually gave him his first defeat against Tucker. He quickly challenged the Battle Palace to make up for his lost time, and once again had to deal with his trust in Pokemon. When news arrived that Guile Hideout has successfully captured Jirachi, Emerald decided to take a chance, and left his team to complete the challenge while he rushed to the Battle Tower with Ruby and Sapphire to go after the armoured man.
After meeting up with Noland, the four teamed up to challenge the Tower, and found the brainwashed Salon Maiden Anabel on the top floor with Guile Hideout. The Palace Maven Spenser, who communicated with them via Latios and Latias's shared vision, revealed the secrets of the Blue Orb, and forced the armoured man to reveal himself as the Team Aqua leader, Archie. The man wished upon a fake Kyogre to flood the entire Battle Frontier, and Ruby, Sapphire and Emerald were soon joined by their seniors, Gold and Crys, who have apparently come for a reason more than just getting back Jirachi… (plot to be continued)
Pokémon on his Active Team
Pokémon he has had or been partnered with
