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|firstappear = [[AG001: Get the Show on the Road!|Get the Show on the Road!]]
 
|voiceact = [[Veronica Taylor]] (English) <small>(4kids)</small>
 
|voiceact = [[Veronica Taylor]] (English) <small>(4kids)</small>
 
[[Michele Knotz]] (English) <small>(TPCi)</small>
 
[[Michele Knotz]] (English) <small>(TPCi)</small>
<br>KAORI <small>(Japanese)</small>
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<br>[[KAORI]] <small>(Japanese)</small>
 
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'''May''' ('''ハルカ Haruka'') is a young energetic Pokémon [[Coordinator]] currently traveling through various regions to compete in [[Pokémon Contest]]s. She started her journey traveling through the [[Hoenn]] region accompanying [[Ash]] and [[Brock]], along with her little brother [[Max]]. When [[Ash]] and [[Brock]] leave for [[Sinnoh]], she goes to [[Johto]] alone without [[Max]]. She appears in a few episodes of ''Diamond and Pearl: Battle Dimension'', where she traveled to Sinnoh to compete in the [[Wallace Cup]]. She's also shown to have a disputable romantic interest in Drew, as she becomes flustered when accused of liking him, and blushed a considerable amount in the [[AG162: Spontaneous Combusken!|Spontaneous Combusken]] when Drew complimented her on needing two more ribbons.
 
 
{{quote|My bike's been barbecued!|May after [[Ash's Pikachu]] charred her bike.}}
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'''May''' ('''ハルカ Haruka'') is a young energetic Pokémon [[Coordinator]] currently traveling through various regions to compete in [[Pokémon Contest]]s. She started her journey traveling through the [[Hoenn]] region accompanying [[Ash]] and [[Brock (anime)|Brock]], along with her little brother [[Max]]. On the way to the Grand Fesival, she met Harley and Drew (with whom she had a fierce rivalry, while the latter developed a friendly relationship with her as well). When Ash and Brock left for [[Sinnoh]], she goes to [[Johto]] alone without Max. She appears in a few episodes of ''Diamond and Pearl: Battle Dimension'', where she traveled to Sinnoh to compete in the [[Wallace Cup]].
   
 
==Biography==
 
==Biography==
 
[[File:277-May.jpg|thumb|left|200px|May riding her bike.]]
 
[[File:277-May.jpg|thumb|left|200px|May riding her bike.]]
May is a Pokémon coordinator from [[Petalburg City]] and is the daughter of the [[Petalburg City]] [[Gym Leader]], [[Norman]], and sister of [[Max]]. She meets [[Ash Ketchum]] in [[Hoenn]] and starts traveling with him after obtaining her first [[Pokémon]], [[Torchic]].
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May is a Pokémon coordinator from [[Petalburg City]] and is the daughter of the [[Petalburg City]] [[Gym Leader]], [[Norman]], and sister of [[Max]]. She met [[Ash Ketchum]] in Hoenn and starts traveling with him after obtaining her first [[Pokémon]], [[Torchic]]. She has [[rival]]ries from some contest participants, [[Drew]], [[Harley]], and [[Jessie]] of [[Team Rocket]], and goes on to win many contests. She picked [[Torchic]] as her first [[Pokémon]] and [[Squirtle]] as her first [[Kanto]] [[Pokémon]].
 
She has [[rival]]ries from some contest participants, [[Drew]], [[Harley]], and [[Jessie]] of [[Team Rocket]], and goes on to win many contests. She is in four [[Pokémon]] movies. She picked [[Torchic]] as her first [[Pokémon]] and [[Squirtle]] as her first [[Kanto]] [[Pokémon]]. May is generally a very sweet, fun-loving, caring, kind-hearted, and a brave person. But sometimes a real go-getter type of confident person. When it comes to certain things, she can be a glass half-full type of a straight woman that she is, even though she is a very nice person.
 
 
But she can have a tougher side sometimes, such as when she argues with her brother, Max. Despite that they argue once in a while, she has definitely shown that she really deeply cares for her brother. She helps people a lot, especially ones with romance problems. May has a tendency to rely on luck once in a while when it comes to certain things.
 
   
 
[[File:May-Beautifly.jpg|thumb|200px|May and her [[Beautifly]].]]
 
[[File:May-Beautifly.jpg|thumb|200px|May and her [[Beautifly]].]]
She really loves cute Pokémon and flashy techniques, and competing in contests. She really loves making her own Pokéblock with recipes that she thinks up, including ones she calls "''May's Purple Surprise''" and "''May's Pink Surprise''" while everyone else rejected them after tasting them, the only ones who liked her Purple Surprise are her [[Munchlax]] and [[Jessie]].
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She loves cute Pokémon and flashy techniques, competing in contests and making her own Pokéblock with recipes that she thinks up. "''May's Purple Surprise''" and "''May's Pink Surprise''" were such examples, as everyone else rejected them after tasting them, while the only ones who liked her Purple Surprise are her [[Munchlax]] and [[Jessie]].
   
When May saw a contest battle for the first time, she decided to become a coordinator. She then had to overcome her fear of bug type Pokémon by raising her [[Wurmple]] into a [[Beautifly]].
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When May saw a contest battle for the first time, she decided to become a coordinator. She then had to overcome her fear of Bug type Pokémon by raising her [[Wurmple]] into a [[Beautifly]].
   
While [[Ash]] and [[Brock]] chose to travel to [[Sinnoh]], May decides to follow her rivals to [[Johto]]. However, she meets up with [[Ash]], [[Brock]], and [[Dawn (anime)|Dawn]] in Sinnoh, wearing a green bandanna like the character [[Pokémon Emerald]], then sometime later participates in the [[Wallace Cup]]. [[Dawn]] once referred to her as "''Princess''" which makes the fact that she has an unknown identification believable.
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While Ash and Brock chose to travel to [[Sinnoh]], May decides to follow her rivals to [[Johto]]. However, she meets up with Ash, Brock, and [[Dawn (anime)|Dawn]] in Sinnoh, wearing a green bandanna like the character [[Pokémon Emerald]], then sometime later participates in the [[Wallace Cup]]. Dawn once referred to her as "''Princess''" which makes the fact that she has an unknown identification believable.
   
 
[[File:DawnvsMay-BattleForTheCup.png|thumb|left|May and Dawn battling in the [[Wallace Cup]].|200px]]
 
[[File:DawnvsMay-BattleForTheCup.png|thumb|left|May and Dawn battling in the [[Wallace Cup]].|200px]]
After narrowly losing to [[Dawn]] in the [[Wallace Cup]] Finals, she leaves the group to continue her journey in [[Johto]]. This was May's last appearance, and the future of her appearing again remains uncertain.
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After narrowly losing to Dawn in the [[Wallace Cup]] Finals, she leaves the group to continue her journey in Johto.
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[[File:May in Sinnoh.jpg|May saying goodbye to her friends.|thumb|200px]]
 
She would use her Combusken's [[Fire Spin]] and her Squirtle's [[Bubble]] to create a combination of Fire and Water. Which was dubbed by Lillian's Medichan as a Fire and Water [[Whirlwind]]. She was able to knock-out [[Drew's Flygon]] and his [[Absol]]. During her journey she won numerous ribbons in both Hoenn and Kanto and she is still using those skills and talents in Johto currently. But May did reappear during the Sinnoh saga in four episodes meeting Ash, Pikachu, Brock, Dawn and [[Zoey]] for the [[Wallace Cup]]. May also has a personal ending theme song called ''I Won't Lose'' also called Haruka's theme in Japan in two episodes of the Pokémon anime's Kanto Battle Frontier saga the theme was used as background music in ''Curbing the Crimson Tide!'' and again in the next episode ''What I Did For Love!''. It was also used during the Sinnoh Wallace Cup saga.
   
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==Personality==
May has a unique taste for food. She loves to taste many different types of food. As a Coordinator, May was able to learn more about [[Pokémon]], and her knowledge became greater during her journey in both [[Hoenn]] and [[Kanto]] for her contests that she competes in, that she can come up with different types of attacks.
 
 
May is generally a very sweet, fun-loving, caring, kind-hearted, and a brave person. But sometimes a real go-getter type of confident person. When it comes to certain things, she can be a glass half-full type of a straight woman that she is, even though she is a very nice person.
   
 
She can have a tougher side sometimes, such as when she argues with her brother, Max. Despite that they argue once in a while, she has definitely shown that she really deeply cares for her brother. She helps people a lot, especially ones with romance problems. May has a tendency to rely on luck once in a while when it comes to certain things.
[[File:416413-435.jpg|May saying goodbye to her friends.|thumb|200px]]
 
She was also able use these combinations in battle. For example she would use her [[Combusken]]'s [[Fire Spin]] and her [[Squirtle]]'s [[Bubble]] to create a combination of Fire and Water. Which was dubbed by Lillian's Medichan as a Fire and Water [[Whirlwind]]. She was able to knock-out [[Drew's Flygon]] and his [[Absol]]. During her journey she won numerous ribbons in both [[Hoenn]] and [[Kanto]] and she is still using those skills and talents in [[Johto]] currently. But May did reappear during the [[Sinnoh]] saga in four episodes Meeting [[Ash]], [[Pikachu]], [[Brock]], [[Dawn]] and [[Zoey]] for the [[Wallace Cup]]. May also has a personal ending theme song called ''I Won't Lose'' also called Haruka's theme in Japan in two episodes of the [[Pokémon]] anime's [[Kanto]] battle frontier saga the theme was used as background music in ''Curbing the Crimson Tide!'' and again in the next episode ''What I Did For Love!''. It was also used during the [[Sinnoh]] Wallace Cup saga.
 
   
 
==Pokémon==
 
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==Trivia==
 
==Trivia==
 
*Like Misty, May is last seen leaving the group and returning to her respective journey, with no mention or future appearance in the series.
 
*Like Misty, May is last seen leaving the group and returning to her respective journey, with no mention or future appearance in the series.
*It is revealed May is afraid of Duskulls, because every time she sees one, she screams and runs away.
 
 
*May was the only character to give a personal narration of her introduction in the series.
 
*May was the only character to give a personal narration of her introduction in the series.
 
*In seasons 6-8, May and Ash shared the same voice actress: [[Veronica Taylor]].
 
*In seasons 6-8, May and Ash shared the same voice actress: [[Veronica Taylor]].
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{{Gallery Box-Small|<gallery captionalign="center" widths="180" position="center">
 
{{Gallery Box-Small|<gallery captionalign="center" widths="180" position="center">
 
May008.jpg|May's Hoenn Clothes
 
May008.jpg|May's Hoenn Clothes
 
May emerald outfit.jpg|May in her Emerald based outfit
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May Wallace Cup.png
 
May019.jpg|May in her pink swimsuit
 
May038.jpg|May, cosplaying as Nurse Joy
 
may 99.jpg|May's fantasy of winning the [[Grand Festival]]
 
may 99.jpg|May's fantasy of winning the [[Grand Festival]]
Decoded Outline.jpg|May in her Emerald based outfit
 
 
May Movie Dress b by grlplysme.jpg|May in princess gown from movie 8
 
May Movie Dress b by grlplysme.jpg|May in princess gown from movie 8
 
It's May!!.png|May and her [[May's Beautifly|Beautifly]]
 
It's May!!.png|May and her [[May's Beautifly|Beautifly]]
 
May!!!!.png|May and [[May's Wartortle|Wartortle]]
 
May!!!!.png|May and [[May's Wartortle|Wartortle]]
 
Ash and His Friend.png|May, Ash, Max and Brock
 
Ash and His Friend.png|May, Ash, Max and Brock
May038.jpg|May, cosplaying as Nurse Joy
 
 
Pokemon Anime.png|Ash, May, Brock, Max and Professor Birch
 
Pokemon Anime.png|Ash, May, Brock, Max and Professor Birch
 
Max15.jpg|May With her brother [[Max]]
 
Max15.jpg|May With her brother [[Max]]
 
May's Wartortle surrounded by bubbles.jpg
 
May's Wartortle surrounded by bubbles.jpg
 
hqdefault.jpg|May swimming underwater with her clothes on
 
hqdefault.jpg|May swimming underwater with her clothes on
May019.jpg|May in her pink swimsuit
 
 
DP078.png|Dawn, May and Zoey
 
DP078.png|Dawn, May and Zoey
 
Ashs ribbon.png|May and Ash win a ribbon
 
Ashs ribbon.png|May and Ash win a ribbon
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[[Category:Protagonists]]
 
[[Category:Pokémon movie characters]]
 
[[Category:Pokémon movie characters]]
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My bike's been barbecued!

May after Ash's Pikachu charred her bike.

May ('ハルカ Haruka) is a young energetic Pokémon Coordinator currently traveling through various regions to compete in Pokémon Contests. She started her journey traveling through the Hoenn region accompanying Ash and Brock, along with her little brother Max. On the way to the Grand Fesival, she met Harley and Drew (with whom she had a fierce rivalry, while the latter developed a friendly relationship with her as well). When Ash and Brock left for Sinnoh, she goes to Johto alone without Max. She appears in a few episodes of Diamond and Pearl: Battle Dimension, where she traveled to Sinnoh to compete in the Wallace Cup.

Biography

File:277-May.jpg

May riding her bike.

May is a Pokémon coordinator from Petalburg City and is the daughter of the Petalburg City Gym Leader, Norman, and sister of Max. She met Ash Ketchum in Hoenn and starts traveling with him after obtaining her first Pokémon, Torchic. She has rivalries from some contest participants, Drew, Harley, and Jessie of Team Rocket, and goes on to win many contests. She picked Torchic as her first Pokémon and Squirtle as her first Kanto Pokémon.

File:May-Beautifly.jpg

May and her Beautifly.

She loves cute Pokémon and flashy techniques, competing in contests and making her own Pokéblock with recipes that she thinks up. "May's Purple Surprise" and "May's Pink Surprise" were such examples, as everyone else rejected them after tasting them, while the only ones who liked her Purple Surprise are her Munchlax and Jessie.

When May saw a contest battle for the first time, she decided to become a coordinator. She then had to overcome her fear of Bug type Pokémon by raising her Wurmple into a Beautifly.

While Ash and Brock chose to travel to Sinnoh, May decides to follow her rivals to Johto. However, she meets up with Ash, Brock, and Dawn in Sinnoh, wearing a green bandanna like the character Pokémon Emerald, then sometime later participates in the Wallace Cup. Dawn once referred to her as "Princess" which makes the fact that she has an unknown identification believable.

DawnvsMay-BattleForTheCup

May and Dawn battling in the Wallace Cup.

After narrowly losing to Dawn in the Wallace Cup Finals, she leaves the group to continue her journey in Johto.

File:May in Sinnoh.jpg

May saying goodbye to her friends.

She would use her Combusken's Fire Spin and her Squirtle's Bubble to create a combination of Fire and Water. Which was dubbed by Lillian's Medichan as a Fire and Water Whirlwind. She was able to knock-out Drew's Flygon and his Absol. During her journey she won numerous ribbons in both Hoenn and Kanto and she is still using those skills and talents in Johto currently. But May did reappear during the Sinnoh saga in four episodes meeting Ash, Pikachu, Brock, Dawn and Zoey for the Wallace Cup. May also has a personal ending theme song called I Won't Lose also called Haruka's theme in Japan in two episodes of the Pokémon anime's Kanto Battle Frontier saga the theme was used as background music in Curbing the Crimson Tide! and again in the next episode What I Did For Love!. It was also used during the Sinnoh Wallace Cup saga.

Personality

May is generally a very sweet, fun-loving, caring, kind-hearted, and a brave person. But sometimes a real go-getter type of confident person. When it comes to certain things, she can be a glass half-full type of a straight woman that she is, even though she is a very nice person.

She can have a tougher side sometimes, such as when she argues with her brother, Max. Despite that they argue once in a while, she has definitely shown that she really deeply cares for her brother. She helps people a lot, especially ones with romance problems. May has a tendency to rely on luck once in a while when it comes to certain things.

Pokémon

On hand

Pokémon Information
May Blaziken
Blaziken was given to May by Professor Birch in Littleroot Town when it was still a Torchic. She chose it as her starter Pokémon because she thought Treecko was creepy and scary (though she later called them cute in Trees a Crowd), while the starter Mudkip had attacked her earlier with a Water Gun to the face. As a Torchic, it evolved in the episode A Shroomish Skirmish, when trying to fend off some Shroomish and Breloom. It later evolved in the midst of a Pokémon battle with Team Rocket.
Torchic → Combusken → Blaziken
Pokémon Information
May Beautifly
May watched a Pokémon Contest and she saw a Beautifly and she wanted one. When May caught a Wurmple, Jessie from Team Rocket had one and were switched but were returned to their rightful trainers. Beautifly knows Gust, Aerial Ace, Morning Sun, Silver Wind, and Psychic.
Wurmple→ Silcoon→ Beautifly
Pokémon Information
May Skitty
Skitty was caught in the Episode "I Feel Skitty" when Torchic ran away from a training session with May and found a sick Skitty. She knows powerful moves like Blizzard, DoubleSlap
and Assist.
Skitty
Pokémon Information
May Venusaur
May was kidnapped by a Skarmory and ended getting lost in a place called the Forbidden Forest, which is a preserve for Grass-type Pokémon. Then May met a clumsy Bulbasaur trying to pick flowers. It eventually evolved in a Ivysaur and much later it evolved into a Venusaur. She knows moves like Petal Dance, Razor Leaf and Vine Whip.
Bulbasaur→ Ivysaur→ Venusaur
Pokémon Information
May Munchlax
Munchlax was caught in the episode "Berry, Berry Interesting". It could use powerful moves like Solarbeam, Focus Punch and Metronome. It is the only Pokémon which likes May's new recipe Pokéblocks.
Munchlax
Pokémon Information
May Wartortle
After May left Skitty and Beautifly in Hoenn, she met Ash in Pallet Town and one of Oak's Squirtles seemed to take a liking to her. Professor Oak allowed May to have the Squirtle and travelled in her Poké Ball. He learns powerful moves like Ice Beam, Aqua Tail and Rapid Spin.
Squirtle→ Wartortle
Pokémon Information
May Glaceon
May recieved Glaceon as an Egg and watched every contest that May entered. It was the third Normal-type Pokémon that May obtained. It knows Shadow Ball, Ice Shard, Secret Power and Mirror Coat.
Egg→ Eevee→ Glaceon

Befriended

Pokémon Information
Swablu


Borrowed

Pokémon Information
May borrowed Hitmonchan from Kyle Hamm after Master Hamm broke his back.
Hitmonchan


Released

Pokémon Information
After May saved the Manaphy egg in Pokémon Ranger and the Temple of the Sea, it hatched and imprinted on May and thought she was its mother. It had such a close bond with May, it began learning words and even learn May's name. But it knew it had to leave and protect Samiya, the Sea Temple, even though it did not want to leave her side. Leaving her behind, it left with a few words including "love" and "you".
Manaphy


Ribbons

Ribbon Additional Information
Fallarbor Town Ribbon She won against Grace and her Medicham with her Beautifly.
Verdanturf Town Ribbon She won against the Phantom's(Timmy)'s Dusclops with her newly acquired Skitty.
Lilycove City Ribbon She fought against Lily's Grumpig with her newly evolved Combusken which had a few power control issues.
Izabe Island Ribbon She won against her new rival Harley and his Cacturne with her Bulbasaur.
Pacifidlog Town Ribbon She won against a jealous girl called Erica and her Jynx with her Skitty.
Saffron City Ribbon Won again against her rival Harley with her new baby Squirtle and Combusken.
Silver Town Ribbon She won against wonna be rockstar Jeremey and his Venusaur with her Squirtle and Combusken.
Crysanthemum Island Ribbon Battled against a girl in love with Drew by the name of Brianna and her Vibrava with her Munchlax and Combusken.
Gardenia Town Ribbon She won against Brock and his Marshtomp with her Squirtle and Eevee.
Mulberry Town Ribbon She was able to win her fifth ribbon in Kanto against Jessie with her Squirtle and Combusken.
Teracotta Town Ribbon Getting half by tying with Ash's Sceptile, where she used Blaziken (unofficial).
Johto Ribbon 1 It was revealed in DP 76 that May has won three Ribbons in Johto.
Johto Ribbon 2 It was revealed in DP 76 that May has won three Ribbons in Johto.
Johto Ribbon 3 It was revealed in DP 76 that May has won three Ribbons in Johto.

Grand Festival ranking

May placed in the following Grand Festival competitions:

  • Hoenn Grand Festival (Top 8)
  • Kanto Grand Festival (Top 4)

Voice Actresses

  • English: Veronica Taylor (Seasons 6 - 8, Movies 6 - 8)
  • English: Michele Knotz (Seasons 9 - present, Movie 9)
  • Japanese: Kaori Suzuki
  • Dutch: Nicoline van Doorn
  • Greek: Yro Loupi (Season 6-8), Stella Bonatsou (Season 9)
  • Spanish: Cristina Yuste
  • Polish: Julita Kozuszek-Borsuk
  • French: Maia Baran
  • German: Nicola Grupe, Stephanie Kellner (Movie 6 and 7)
  • Italian: Serena Clerici
  • Filipino: Charmaine Cordoviz
  • Czech: Klara Sumanova
  • Portuguese: Carla (Season 6-8), Isabel Ribas (Season 9), Marta Mota (Season 11)
  • Mandarin: Fu Manjun
  • Danish: Annevig Schlede-Ebbe
  • Brazilian Portuguese: Tatiane Keplmair
  • Iberian Spanish: Ana Lobo, Liliana Barba, Mariana Ortiz, Agustina Priscila
  • Thai: Arunee Nuntiwass
  • Hebrew: Dawn Lanny-Gabay

Trivia

  • Like Misty, May is last seen leaving the group and returning to her respective journey, with no mention or future appearance in the series.
  • May was the only character to give a personal narration of her introduction in the series.
  • In seasons 6-8, May and Ash shared the same voice actress: Veronica Taylor.
  • May is a third generation character, and she owned two and befriended one Legendary Pokémon from the fourth generation: Munchlax, Glaceon (can only evolve from Eevee in Sinnoh), and she had befriended a Manaphy, a Mythical Pokémon.
  • She is the only female character to have three starters (Torchic, Squirtle and Bulbasaur).
  • The first Pokémon she used in fact was not Torchic but a Mudkip but she did not know how to command it to attack Poochyena and ended up getting hit in the face with a Water Gun attack.

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