Drone Rotom

	Drone Rotom; ロトムドローン Drone Rotom
	Drone Rotom; ロトムドローン Drone Rotom
	; Drone Rotom in Pokémon Journeys: The Series
Debuts in	Destination: Coronation!
Gender	Genderless
Ability	Unknown
Current location	Kanto
	This Pokémon is fully evolved.

Drone Rotom (Japanese: ドローンロトム Drone Rotom) are Rotom inhabiting drones that serve as battle judges, primarily in the Galar region. In Pokémon Journeys: The Series, they act as the official judges throughout the world for World Coronation Series battles.

This form of Rotom cannot be used in battle.

In the games

Drone Rotom model from Pokémon Sword and Shield

In Pokémon Sword and Shield, a Drone Rotom can be seen flying inside stadiums when the player faces a Gym Leader or other Trainers.

In animation

Pokémon the Series

Pokémon Journeys: The Series

In Pokémon Journeys: The Series, as soon as a battle appointment between two Trainers is made for a World Coronation Series match, a Drone Rotom is sent flying to the location where the battle takes place. The Drone Rotom can display a hologram picturing the participants in the battle and how many Pokémon they can send out. Like regular referees, it also explains the battle rules to Trainers. After the battle, the Drone Rotom will announce that the rankings have been updated and then leave the site.

A Drone Rotom first appeared in Destination: Coronation!, where it judged the battle between Ash and Visquez. A Drone Rotom has judged almost all of Ash's World Coronation Series matches.

In Curtain Up! Fight the Fights!, five Drone Rotom flew over Wyndon while expelling colored smoke to form the logo of the World Coronation Series in the sky, in order to celebrate the start of the Masters Eight Tournament.

Voice actors

Language		Voice actor
Japanese		マックスウェル・パワーズ Maxwell Powers
English		Jake Paque
Arabic		فادي الرفاعي Fadi Rifai
Finnish		Jon-Jon Geitel
Hebrew		יולי סקר Yoli Seker אליעזר וייס Eliezer Weiss
Italian		Gianandrea Muià
Polish		Robert Mazurek
Portuguese	Brazil	Ricardo Juarez
Portuguese	Portugal	Rui Oliveira

In the manga

Pokémon Adventures

A Drone Rotom first appeared in Rising!! Opal of Ballonlea. It was called by Opal during her match against Henry, where she announced her retirement after the current Gym Challenge.

Another Drone Rotom appeared in Shock!! Chairman Rose's Plan, filming Sordward and Shielbert battling Eternatus on the tower summit.

Pokémon Journeys

A Drone Rotom first appeared in Destination: Coronation!, fulfilling the same role as in the animated series. It also judged all of Ash's subsequent World Coronation Series matches.

In the TCG

Drone Rotom was introduced as an Item card in the Pokémon Trading Card Game during the English Sword & Shield Series (the Japanese SWSH Era). It was first released in the Japanese Amazing Volt Tackle expansion and the English Vivid Voltage expansion, with artwork by 5ban Graphics. It forces the opponent to reveal their hand and lets the player look at the top card of the opponent's deck.

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