Roy (2024)

Roy
Info
Gender	Male
Eye color	Dark magenta
Hair color	Dark brown (with magenta highlights)
Hometown	Unnamed island
Region	Kanto[1]
Friends	Liko Erica Marshall
Relatives	Unnamed grandfather
Trainer class	Trainer Rising Volt Tacklers
Media
First appearance	HZ003
Voiced by	Anjali Kunapaneni

Roy is one of the main protagonist of Pokémon Horizons: The Series.

History[]

Pre-series[]

Roy grew up on an island in the Kanto region with his grandfather and was told the story of a Legendary Adventurer, which inspired him to become a Pokémon Trainer. Sometime later, Roy received a mysterious Poké Ball from his grandfather and decided to undercover the mystery of it.

Pokémon Horizons: The Series[]

Roy debuted in HZ003. In the morning after a storm, he ran to the beach, where he found the flag missing from the Rising Volt Tacklers' airship.

In HZ004, it was revealed that Roy attends virtual school and that he couldn't catch a Pokémon because there were no Pokémon Trainers on the island. After noticing that his Secret Base had been raided, Roy came across a Fuecoco and befriended it. Soon, they heard a commotion nearby and ran towards it to find Liko and Sprigatito running from a group of wild Pokémon. Despite their best efforts to escape, however, they were cornered and tied up by multiple String Shots until Friede came to their rescue. Afterwards, Roy and Fuecoco parted ways.

Wanting to meet Fuecoco again, Roy snuck on the Brave Asagi, but he got zapped by Captain Pikachu, waking up everyone on the aircraft in the process. Roy wanted Fuecoco to be his partner, but Friede told him that Fuecoco had to reciprocate those feelings as well. He and Liko searched all over the Brave Asagi, and while they weren't able to find Fuecoco that night, Roy decided to leave it some Oran Berries. In the next day, Roy stumbled upon an agitated Fuecoco, who told him that there was trouble brewing at the Brave Asagi. At the beach, Roy partnered with Fuecoco to battle against Zirc and his Rhydon. By chanting alongside the Fire Croc Pokémon, Roy helped Fuecoco to successfully fire off an Ember.

In HZ006, Roy battled against Amethio for the first time and, even alongside Liko, was quickly overwhelmed by his strength. When Ceruledge was about to finish off Fuecoco and Sprigatito, Roy's ancient Poké Ball started to shine brightly and released a Black Rayquaza, who fired a Draco Meteor that forced the Explorers to retreat and flew away. Later that day, Roy opened his heart to Fuecoco, confessing that he wanted it to be his partner. Fuecoco reciprocated those feelings and spat out a Poké Ball that Friede's Charizard gave it, allowing Roy to catch it. After stating he wanted to realize both his and Fuecoco's dreams, his grandfather allowed him to go out on his Pokémon journey with the Rising Volt Tacklers.

In HZ007, Liko and Roy had a sparring battle, which ended with both of their Pokémon just exhausting themselves. After a training session with Captain Pikachu, they had another battle, which went much better. Although Roy ended up losing, he wasn't dejected, and promised to battle Liko again later.

In HZ010, Liko and Roy visited Artazon to meet Gym Leader Brassius, who had supposedly seen the Black Rayquaza. Brassius eventually admitted this to have been the case, with the encounter having left him in an artistic slump, as he felt his Rayquaza statue was not as good as the real thing. Roy, however, thought Brassius's statue looked just as good as the actual Rayquaza. After hearing how Rayquaza had been the inspiration behind his journey, Brassius challenged Roy to a battle to see if he was worthy of facing Rayquaza. During the battle, Brassius told Roy to remember to keep an eye on his own Pokémon, allowing Roy to spot that Fuecoco had just learned Stomping Tantrum. Despite this new move, however, Fuecoco was still defeated after Brassius Terastallized his Sudowoodo, ending the match in Roy's loss. After the battle, Roy expressed interest in getting to try out using the Terastal phenomenon himself.

In HZ013, a Wattrel stole a sandwich that Roy had made for Fuecoco. Roy chased after Wattrel, until it reached a cliff, where it turned around to face Fuecoco. After a brief confrontation, Roy agreed to share the sandwich, only for Wattrel to steal both halves of it. Soon after, Roy noticed that Wattrel wasn't flying away with others of its kind. In the next episode, Roy sought Wattrel out again in order to help it learn to fly. Wattrel's fear of heights made this hard, so Roy eventually got the idea of using Ludlow's fishing rod to support Wattrel mid-air while it attempted to fly. This strategy eventually succeeded, allowing Wattrel to fly as high as the others of its kind. Happy to see Wattrel flying, Roy was about to leave, only for Wattrel to fly after him. Taking this as a sign that Wattrel wanted to be caught by Roy, Murdock gave him a Poké Ball to do so. When a sudden gust of wind threw Wattrel off-balance, Roy threw the Poké Ball at it before it could hit the ground, saving it and adding it to his team.

In HZ015, Roy was informed that Liko went missing while shopping, so he and the Rising Volt Tacklers went looking for her. However, Roy wondered off when his Wattrel ran to chase after a Corvisquire until they went to Levincia City. After meeting up with Friede, Roy met Dot for the first time and went looking for Liko, being able to find her. Roy was then informed that Liko had her pendant stolen and they agreed to get it back. In the next episode, Roy and his friends found Spinel, the one who stole the object, and then battled him. After Liko got her pendant back, Roy and his friends made their escape thanks to Arboliva.

In HZ017, Roy decided to train his Pokémon in teamwork in the hopes of helping his Fuecoco and Wattrel get along better, due to their constant arguing. Roy asked Friede to battle them, which he accepted. However, due to Fuecoco and Wattrel lack of teamwork, Roy lost the match. The boy then decided to train his Pokémon and was able to get them to work together. Next, he asked Friede a rematch but, although Fuecoco and Wattrel teamwork improved, Roy lost to Friede again.

In next episode, Roy and his friends got curious as to how Captain Pikachu was able to fly during his battle against him. Although they asked Friede for answers, they could't get the information they wanted. However, Roy and his friends refused to give up as they decided to ask the rest of the members, but could’t get an answer from them either. Despite this, Roy and his friends curiosity did get the rest of the members curious as well. They all decided to ask Friede for answers, as they were able to convince him into telling them as to how he met Captain Pikachu and the formation of the Rising Volt Tacklers.

In HZ020, Roy arrived at Motostoke Stadium with Liko in order to get some information about the Black Rayquaza from Motostoke Gym Leader Kabu, due to being from Hoenn. However, Roy and Liko receive some training from Kabu then did a tag battle against him. Despite Fuecoco learning Flamethrower, Roy lost to Kabu while Liko forfeited because she felt bad for her opponent, Wakaba. After the battle, Roy and Liko found out through Kabu that the Black Rayquaza is at the Galar Mine.

Appearance[]

Roy is a young boy of a darker complexion. He has dark brown hair with a poofy pinkish tuft out front, pinkish eyes and wears a dark brown hoodie with short white sleeves and a red shirt underneath. He also wears light brown shorts. He wears a dark brown hat that blends in with his hair and a white brim.

Personality[]

Roy is an upbeat, energetic boy who likes to go hunting for treasures. Adventurous by nature, Roy seeks to start a journey to meet Pokémon he has not seen and see the world, just like the fabled ancient adventurer he has heard about from his grandfather. Although he starts inexperienced about the inner workings of being a Pokémon Trainer, he is nonetheless adept at other related activities, such as building Secret Bases, and an expert in stone throwing, being able to ricochet pebbles for long distances to cut Berries from trees and create distractions, which makes his Poké Ball throws very accurate. Like Fuecoco, he is shown to enjoy singing and eating Berries and spicy food.

After spending time with Fuecoco and Liko, Roy learns that the feelings of the Trainer and the Pokémon have to coincide in order for a partnership to be born. Roy is also shown to be passionate about Pokémon, particularly Legendary Pokémon, with his dream being to meet and battle them, much like the ancient adventurer, who managed to catch the Black Rayquaza. In addition, Roy would help any Pokémon in trouble as he would solve or work out their problems. Due to living on an island for most of his life, Roy can get excited to see various places for the first time. Roy also enjoys being around nature, and often does his online classes in various spots on the island, with him deciding to make the battlefield on the Brave Asagi his main place to do them.

Ever since the events in HZ006, Roy took an interest in Pokémon battles and enjoys them, but lacked experiences. However, through the help and guidance of others, Roy has shown improvement in his skills in Pokémon battles. Roy also learns that having his Pokémon train with each other not only helps them become stronger, but also would help strengthen both their friendship and teamwork, as seen in HZ017.

Pokémon[]

On hand[]

Fuecoco

Wattrel

Traveling with[]

Rotom Phone

Taking care of[]

		Arboliva
		Arboliva debuted as a guardian of a forest that Roy, Liko, and Mollie visited. It attacked them due to thinking they had hurt a Wooper, but once Mollie had healed it, Arboliva calmed down. After the Rising Volt Tacklers had helped to restore the damage to the forest done by a wildfire, Arboliva returned to its Ancient Poké Ball and allowed Liko and Roy to take it under their care. It was later revealed to be one of the ancient adventurer Lucius's partner Pokémon. None of Arboliva's moves are known and its Ability is Seed Sower.
Debut	HZ011

Possessed[]

		Black Rayquaza
		This Black Rayquaza was contained in Roy's mysterious ancient Poké Ball. According to Roy's grandfather, Rayquaza once was under the ownership of the fabled ancient adventurer. It was released from the Poké Ball after it had reacted with Liko's pendant and flew away soon after, setting up Roy's goal of finding it again. Rayquaza's only known move is Draco Meteor.
Debut	HZ006

Temporary[]

		Sunflora (×10)
		As part of trying to create inspiration for Brassius, Roy, Liko, and Nemona collected several Sunflora that were scattered around Artazon. None of Sunflora's moves are known.
Debut	HZ010

Trivia[]

• Roy has his hair out front similar to Ash Ketchum.
• TBA

References[]