Wally

Wally as seen in Pokémon: Ruby and Sapphire Versions
Wally
Species	Human
Hair color	Green
Eye color	Blue
Relatives	Father/Mother Uncle/Aunt Wanda (cousin)
Debut	Pokémon: Ruby and Sapphire Versions

Wally is a supporting trainer appearing in Pokémon: Ruby, Sapphire and Emerald Versions. He is also considered a secondary rival character due to challenging the player character at Victory Road.

Background

Wally was a sickly boy who lived in Petalburg City with his parents. However, he always dreamed of owning his own Pokémon. Eventually it was decided that he would move to Verandturf City, where the cleaner air would help him. So he went to Petalburg City's Pokémon Gym and asked the gym leader Norman to help him catch a Pokémon. Norman lent him a Pokémon and sent his child Brendan/May to teach Wally how to catch a Pokémon. With the player character's guidance, Wally was able to catch his first Pokémon, a Ralts.

After moving to Verandturf, Wally's health began to improve partially because of his living with Pokémon. At one point he believed he had become strong enough to challenge a Pokémon gym (despite still only possessing one Pokémon) and had his uncle bring him to the Mauville City gym. His uncle would not allow him to enter, however, because he did not think he was ready. Luckily Brendan/May arrived at that time, and Wally challenged them to see if he was truly ready. After being defeated, he willingly returned to Verandturf until he became stronger.

However, Wally soon became genuinely stronger (both in terms of his health and his Pokémon team) and began traveling with his Pokémon team. He confronted Brendan/May on Victory Road and challenged him with his improved team of Pokémon. Although he was defeated, Wally swore he would catch up with the player trainer one day and could be rechallenged endlessly, with a stronger team each time for the first four rematches.

Pokémon Roster

Norman initially lends him a Zigzagoon, which he returns after catching his first Pokémon. In the first battle at Mauville City, he uses only a Ralts (the same one he is shown catching earlier in the game). The following is his full team which he uses in the Victory Road battle and subsequent rematches:

• Altaria
• Delcatty
• Roselia
• Magneton
• Gardevoir

Other Appearances

• He appears in the Pokémon Adventures manga and plays a large role in the Ruby/Sapphire arc. In this version Norman refuses to teach him how to be a trainer after learning about his condition, at which point Ruby takes him in and lends him a Ralts while teaching him how to catch Pokémon. As Ruby is then lost in a river protecting a Pokémon, Wally holds onto his Ralts for him. Wally later becomes a stronger trainer and is shown to wear a special respirator suit. Norman eventually takes Wally in and uses him to help in awakening Rayquaza, which required someone of a child's size (a role that had been intended for Norman's son Ruby before his disappearance). He also temporarily holds the third starter Pokémon Treecko and a Pokédex that Professor Birch had lost. It evolves into a Grovyle before it is lost, but the Pokédex is returned to Birch, with both being meant for the new character Emerald (whom Wally acted as a temporary placeholder for).

Trivia

• His favorite Pokémon is simply described as the "first one [he] ever caught", meaning his Ralts.