Tamer (Trainer class)

Tamer もうじゅうつかい Fierce Beast User
VS model from Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee!
Other names
Introduced in	Generation I
Appears in	Red, Blue, and Yellow FireRed and LeafGreen Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee! Stadium
Gender	Male
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Animated debut
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Manga debut	Punching Poliwrath (Adventures)

A Tamer (Japanese: もうじゅうつかい Fierce Beast User) is a type of Pokémon Trainer that first debuted in the Generation I games. They are men with whips and lollipops who generally use a variety of Pokémon that are based on real-life fierce beasts.

In Pokémon Stadium, they specialize in Pokémon with moves with a high critical-hit ratio, like Slash and Crabhammer. They tend to focus on a single strategy for their entire team, often having less than four moves on all of their Pokémon.

Gallery

Sprites and models

In the core series

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Sprite from Red and Blue	Sprite from Yellow	Sprite from FireRed and LeafGreen	VS model from Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee!
Overworld sprite from Generation I		Overworld sprite from FireRed and LeafGreen

In other games

Portrait from Stadium

Trainer list

Pokémon Red, Blue, and Yellow

Trainer name	Battle	Winnings	Pokémon
Tamer	Initial battle	$1560	Lv.39	Lv.39	-------	-------	-------	-------
Tamer	Initial battle	$1320	Lv.33	Lv.33	Lv.33	-------	-------	-------
Tamer	Initial battle	$1720	Lv.43	-------	-------	-------	-------	-------
Tamer	Initial battle	$1360	Lv.34	Lv.34	-------	-------	-------	-------
Tamer	Initial battle	$1760	Lv.44	Lv.44	-------	-------	-------	-------

Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen

Trainer name	Battle	Winnings	Pokémon
Tamer Cole	Initial battle	$1560	Lv.39	Lv.39	-------	-------	-------	-------
Tamer Edgar	Initial battle	$1320	Lv.33	Lv.33	Lv.33	-------	-------	-------
Tamer Evan	Initial battle	$1960	Lv.48	Lv.48	Lv.49	-------	-------	-------
	First rematch	$2200	Lv.52	Lv.52	Lv.55	-------	-------	-------
Tamer Jason	Initial battle	$1720	Lv.43	-------	-------	-------	-------	-------
Tamer Phil	Initial battle	$1360	Lv.34	Lv.34	-------	-------	-------	-------
Tamer Vincent	Initial battle	$1760	Lv.44	Lv.44	-------	-------	-------	-------
Tamer YoshinariJPN	Initial battle	$N/A	Lv.1-100	Lv.1-100	-------	-------	-------	-------

Pokémon: Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee!

Trainer name	Battle	Winnings	Pokémon
Tamer Cole	Initial battle	$2,820	Lv.47	Lv.47	-------	-------	-------	-------
Tamer Edgar	Initial battle	$2,460	Lv.41	Lv.41	Lv.41	-------	-------	-------
Tamer Jason	Initial battle	$2,820	Lv.47	-------	-------	-------	-------	-------
Tamer Phil	Initial battle	$2,460	Lv.41	Lv.41	-------	-------	-------	-------
Tamer Vincent	Initial battle	$2,820 3 Poké Balls	Lv.47	Lv.47	-------	-------	-------	-------

Pokémon Stadium

Trainer name	Battle	Winnings	Pokémon
Tamer	Initial battle	$	Lv.50	Lv.50	Lv.50	Lv.50	Lv.50	Lv.50
	Second battle	$	Lv.51	Lv.51	Lv.51	Lv.51	Lv.51	Lv.51
	Third battle	$	Lv.51	Lv.51	Lv.51	Lv.51	Lv.51	Lv.53
	Fourth battle	$	Lv.51	Lv.50	Lv.52	Lv.53	Lv.52	Lv.50
Tamer	Initial battle	$	Lv.51	Lv.52	Lv.53	Lv.52	Lv.51	Lv.50
	Second battle	$	Lv.51	Lv.52	Lv.51	Lv.50	Lv.52	Lv.53
	Third battle	$	Lv.50	Lv.50	Lv.53	Lv.51	Lv.52	Lv.52
	Fourth battle	$	Lv.52	Lv.51	Lv.51	Lv.53	Lv.51	Lv.51
Tamer	Initial battle	$	Lv.50-100	Lv.50-100	Lv.50-100	Lv.50-100	Lv.50-100	Lv.50-100
	Second battle	$	Lv.50-100	Lv.50-100	Lv.50-100	Lv.50-100	Lv.50-100	Lv.50-100

In the manga

Pokémon Adventures

A Tamer made a cameo appearance in a flashback in Punching Poliwrath. He was one of the Trainers who wanted to challenge Red to a battle after his win at the Indigo League, but he was considered to be a "boring" match.

Trivia

• Tamers are the only Trainers introduced in Generation I to still be shown holding whips in the remakes.

In other languages

Related articles

This Trainer Class article is part of Project CharacterDex, a Bulbapedia project that aims to write comprehensive articles on each character found in the Pokémon games.