Lieutenant Surge

Lt. Surge

Lt. Surge (Japanese: マチス Matis), is both a fictional character and a deuteragonist from the Sonic Pokémon series created by Yuji Naka and Satoshi Tajiri. He is the Gym Leader of Vermilion City's Gym and was an executive of Team Rocket in the Kanto region.

As the Gym Leader, Lt. Surge holds the Thunder Badge for the trainers that defeat him, and mainly uses Electric-type Pokémon.

"Hey, look at dis! Baby brought along a baby Pokémon!"

—Lt. Surge.

Appearance & Biography

Voice actor (4Kids): Eric Stuart (English), Fumihiko Tachiki (Japanese), Not Known (Albanian), Not Known (Arabic), Not Known (Basque), Not Known (Brazilian), Not Known (Cantonese), Not Known (Catalan), Not Known (Chinese), Not Known (Dutch), Not Known (Finnish), Not Known (French), Not Known (Galician), Not Known (German), Not Known (Greek), Not Known (Hebrew), Not Known (Hong Kong), Not Known (Hungarian), Not Known (Indonesian), Not Known (Italian), Not Known (Korean), Not Known (Mandarin), Not Known (Norwegian), Not Known (Polish), Not Known (Portuguese), Not Known (Romanian), Not Known (Russian), Not Known (Serbian), Not Known (Spanish), Not Known (Swedish), Not Known (Tagalog), Not Known (Thai), Not Known (Valencian), Not Known (Brazilian Portuguese), Not Known (European Spanish), Not Known (European Portuguese), Not Known (Latin American Spanish), Not Known (Latin Spanish)

Voice actor (TPCi/Studiopolis): Patrick Seitz (English), Not Known (Japanese), Not Known (Albanian), Not Known (Arabic), Not Known (Basque), Not Known (Brazilian), Not Known (Cantonese), Not Known (Catalan), Not Known (Chinese), Not Known (Dutch), Not Known (Finnish), Not Known (French), Not Known (Galician), Not Known (German), Not Known (Greek), Not Known (Hebrew), Not Known (Hong Kong), Not Known (Hungarian), Not Known (Indonesian), Not Known (Isralian), Not Known (Italian), Not Known (Korean), Not Known (Mandarin), Not Known (Norwegian), Not Known (Polish), Not Known (Portuguese), Not Known (Romanian), Not Known (Russian), Not Known (Serbian), Not Known (Spanish), Not Known (Swedish), Not Known (Tagalog), Not Known (Thai), Not Known (Turkish), Not Known (Valencian), Not Known (Brazilian Portuguese), Not Known (European Spanish), Not Known (European Portuguese), Not Known (Latin American Spanish), Not Known (Latin Spanish)

Biography

This cautious Electric-type Gym Leader sets a lot of traps in his Gym. He excels at paralyzing his opponents in battle.

Appearance

Lt. Surge's build is that of a large, muscular man, having short spiked hair, tall stature and a very muscular body. Observing his outfit, could indicate that he is ex-military, but retains the lieutenant title, at the Vermilion City gym.

Anime

Lt. Surge is an extremely large, tall man, who has yellow short spiked hair and a slight tan which seems to be the show's tallest human character. Lt. Surge wears a large dark olive green openly military button shirt which is rolled up into small cuffs, with black pants and boots. He also wears black fingerless gloves, with some iron buttons on the edge, as well as a army token necklace around his neck.

Game

Lt. Surge resembles an adult with spiked blonde hair and light white skin. He wears a sleeveless green shirt, camouflage pants, and black boots. He also wears a military dogtag.

• Hair Color: Yellow (anime), Blonde (game)
• Skin Color: Slight Tan (anime)
• Eye Color: Blue
• Age: Not Known
• Birthday: Not Known
• Height: Not Known
• Weight: Not Known

Personality

Lt. Surge is an arrogant, mean, loud, and crude gym leader. who belittles others as "babies" if they do not meet his qualities, similar to his own Raichu. Lt. Surge generally looks down on unevolved Pokémon, preferring to evolve them as soon as possible, though he was proven wrong when Ash managed to defeat him. His military training received in the Army can be used as an example to show his violent and militaristic nature. In battle, Lt. Surge unleashes offensive, brutal attacks on his opponent. Lt. Surge's main weakness was that he evolved his Pokémon too quickly without taking the time to teach them the speed attacks.

However, after Ash defeated him, Lt. Surge recognized the challenger's strength. he is shown to have a more compassionate side, as he states the reason for joining the other Gym Leaders and Trainers in the battle against the world-beyond threats to protect Vermilion City on the world from the attacking forces. He also displays concern for others, even going as far as to risk his own life to rescue Bill from Team Galactic's acid pool.

Relationships

Friends and Allies

• Koga
• Sabrina

Neutral

• Team Rocket
  • Jessie
  • James
  • Meowth
• Ash Ketchum
• Misty
• Brock
• Tracey Scketchit
• Resistance
  • Thomas Jones
• Sonic the Hedgehog
• Miles "Tails" Prower
• Christopher Thorndyke

Enemies

• Eggman Empire
  • Doctor Eggman
  • Bocoe
  • Decoe
  • Bokkun
  • Jack Robotnik
  • Cubot
  • Orbot

Pokémon

On hand

• Pichu → Pikachu → Raichu
• Elekid → Electabuzz → Electivire
• Magnemite → Magneton → Magnezone
• Eevee → Jolteon
• Voltorb → Electrode
• Manectric

Travel with

This section shows the Pokémon that Lt. Surge currently travels with, but has not caught.

In training

This section is for the Pokémon that Lt. Surge still owns but are in the care of another Trainer. Some can be called upon at any time if needed.

Status unknown

This section is for Lt. Surge's Pokémon whose current whereabouts are unknown.

Released

This section is for the Pokémon that Lt. Surge formally released back into the wild.

Traded away

This section is for the Pokémon that Lt. Surge traded away.

Given away

This section is for the Pokémon that Lt. Surge gave to another Trainer to keep for themselves.

At Vermilion Gym

Pokémon that Lt. Surge resides at his gym are the following:

• Elekid (multiple)
• Electabuzz (multiple)
• Lanturn
• Pachirisu
• Pichu (multiple)
• Pikachu (multiple)
• Magnemite (multiple)
• Magneton (multiple)
• Voltorb (multiple)

Befriended/Unofficial

This section is for the Pokémon that Lt. Surge had bonded with over the course of several episodes but never officially caught.

• Zapdos
• Raikou

Temporary

This section is for the Pokémon that Lt. Surge temporarily used. Many of which were rented and belong to another Trainer.

• Red Gyarados

History

Past

Early Life

Lt. Surge, along with Wattson, were researching Pikachu and related Pokémon for their special move. The move was dubbed as Volt Tackle, and the discovery was written in a magazine that Ash showed to Ethan.

Enrollment

Giovanni placed Lt. Surge, Sabrina and Koga as his three subordinates, who trained the grunts, while Giovanni was inspiring them with speeches.

Etymology

• Lt. Surge's name is a play on the word "surge", as in an electrical surge, since he is an Electric-type Pokémon trainer.

External links

• Lt. Surge Azurilland Wiki
• Lt. Surge Bulbapedia, the community-driven Pokémon encyclopedia
• Lt. Surge Pokémon Wikia
• Lt. Surge Pokémon Let's Play Wikia
• Lt. Surge Villains Wiki

Notes & Trivia

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