Max

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Max
Character information
Hometown	Petalburg City
Region	Hoenn
Family	May, Norman, Caroline
Friends	Ash Brock Misty Drew Solidad
Max in other languages
English	Name Max
English	Name Max

'Max' (Japanese: マサト, Hepburn: Masato) is the younger brother of May in the anime. He has not yet received a Pokémon because he is under-age, but he became one of Ash's companions and joined Ash, Brock and his sister in order to see new Pokémon in Hoenn Region.

Biography

Max is a genius in the theory of Pokémon training, but he was too young to receive a Pokémon when he first appeared. Both May and Max are the children of Norman, the Gym Leader of Petalburg City and his wife Caroline. The two have a very close relationship. They often get upset with each other, but when they are in dangerous situations they try to protect each other, especially May. She sometimes gets angry with Max because he knows a lot about Pokémon and she is annoyed by not knowing the basics of training or Pokémon. He decided to travel with Ash and May to see even more Pokémon.

When Ash arrived at the gym without May in Petalburg City, he was met by little Max who was surprised to meet a trainer who he had watched on television only weeks ago, through participation in the Johto League Silver Conference. But he also mocked him for losing in the quarter finals of the tournament. He also criticized the Pokémon May chose, Torchic, saying he would have chosen a Treecko.

During his travels with his sister and his friends, Max was in charge of May's PokéNav, acting as a guide. Later on in the series, Max makes a habit of pulling Brock's ear when he sees and talks to a pretty girl, halting his romantic advances as Misty did in Kanto and Johto and the way Croagunk would Poison Jab Brock in Sinnoh for similar effect.

In the movie Jirachi: Wish Maker, Jirachi partnered with Max, becoming his first Pokémon. In Do I Hear A Ralts?, Max rescued a Ralts that was hurt and took the job of returning it back to its family, Gardevoir and Kirlia.

In Battle Dimension, Max made a brief cameo appearance with his parents watching May compete in the Wallace Cup, and also appears in a photo in the second Diamond and Pearl Special Episode.

Pokémon

As Max has not become an official Pokémon Trainer, he does not own any Pokémon, but he has befriended some wild Pokémon and borrow some from Ash and the others occasionally.

Befriended

Pokémon	Information
File:Max Shroomish.png		Max befriended a Shroomish in AG009: Taming of the Shroomish!.
Shroomish ♂

Pokémon	Information
File:Max Mightyena.png		Max befriended a Poochyena and, although his three brothers who were born at the same time, Poochyena was unable to evolve like them. The only move it knew was tackle so Max attempted to teach it Bite. After a battle with Team Rocket, after using Bite, it evolved.
Poochyena → Mightyena ♂

Pokémon	Information
File:Max Jirachi.jpg		Max befriended Jirachi in the movie Jirachi: Wish Maker.
Jirachi

Pokémon	Information
File:Max Shuppet.png		Max befriended a Shuppet in AG081.
Shuppet ♂

Pokémon	Information
File:386.jpg		In the episode "Do I hear a Ralts?", our heroes encounter a Ralts that is really sick and Max took him to a Pokémon Center. At the end of the chapter, Ralts went back to the woods and saw its family members, Kirlia and Gardevoir. Max promises Ralts that he'll come back when he's a Pokemon Trainer.
Ralts ♂

Pokémon	Information
File:Max Deoxys.jpg		Max befriended a Deoxys in the episode AG171
Deoxys

Borrowed

Pokémon	Information
File:Max Poliwag.png		While Max was walking around in a building with Ash, May and Brock, he accidentally stepped on Poliwag's tail and it immediately came out. After Max apologized to the Tadpole Pokémon, it was revealed that it belonged to the Pokémon Trainer's School in Hoenn. Later on, Max was given Poliwag as he was choosing a Poké Ball for the training arena. It was narrowly defeated by Tommy's Magby as Team Rocket interrupted the match as they were stealing Poké Balls from the Deposit Room. While Poliwag distracted Team Rocket, Magby's Flamethrower burned the Wurmple mecha Team Rocket was on and they were blasted off.
Poliwag

Pokémon	Information
		Ash let Max borrow Corphish since Max did not own any Pokémon of his own. It was up against Vivi Winstrate's Marill. Corphish was able to defeat Marill after disobeying Max's commands.
Corphish

Pokémon	Information
File:Max Munchlax.png		May lent Munchlax to Max to help him in a treasure search where stamps are the objective. But in the end he did not win.
Munchlax

Voice Actresses

• English: Amy Birnbaum (Seasons 6 - 8, Movies 6 - 8) (4kids)
• English: Kayzie Rogers (Season 9 - present, Movie 9) (PUSA/TAJ)
• Japanese: Fushigi Yamada
• Dutch: Lot Lohr
• Italian: Federica Valenti
• Greek: Loucas Fragoulis

Trivia

• Max is the first character that is not a trainer that has joined Ash on his journey, the second being Bonnie.
• Max has also been seen in the anime using May's Munchlax to be his orienteering partner in the Battle Frontier Episodes.
• Max is always seen holding a Pokéblock case in his bag or pocket, but May was seen several times getting it out from her bag.
• It has been said that Max is too young to get his first Pokémon, but numerous trainers in the show are shown to have Pokémon while they look younger than 10 years old.
• Like Misty, Max drags Brock by the ears when he falls in love. Max had done this after seeing Misty doing it to Brock.
• Max looks some what a lot similar to Conway. They wear glasses, wear a green shirt, and have the same hair style.