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|image = May anime Journeys.png
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|name = May
  
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|image = May.png
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|image2 = May anime Diamond and Pearl.png
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|image3 = May anime Ruby and Sapphire.png
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|jname = '''ハルカ''' ''Haruka''
  
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|image4 = May Young.png
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|age = 10
  
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|caption = May in ''Pokémon Journeys: The Series'', ''Pokémon the Series: Diamond and Pearl'', ''Pokémon the Series: Ruby and Sapphire'' and when she was younger.
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|hometown = [[Petalburg City]]
  
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|region = Hoenn
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|gender = Female
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|hometown = [[Petalburg City]], [[Hoenn]]
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|family = [[Max]]
  
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|family = {{Unbulleted list|[[Max]] (younger brother)|[[Norman (anime)|Norman]] (father)|[[Caroline]] (mother)}}
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*[[Norman]]
  
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|friends = {{Unbulleted list|[[Professor Birch (anime)|Professor Birch]]|[[Ash Ketchum|Ash]]|[[Professor Oak (anime)|Professor Oak]]|[[Brock (anime)|Brock]]|[[Drew]]|[[Misty (anime)|Misty]]|[[Tracey Sketchit|Tracey]]|[[Solidad]]|[[Dawn (anime)|Dawn]]|[[Serena (anime)|Serena]]|[[Lisia (anime)|Lisia]]}}
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*[[Caroline]]
  
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|class = [[Coordinator]]
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|occupation= {{Unbulleted list|[[Pokémon Trainer]]|[[Coordinator]]}}
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|media = anime
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|friends = [[Ash]]
  
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|series = Ruby and Sapphire; Diamond and Pearl; Black & White; Journeys
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*[[Brock (anime)|Brock]]
  
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|debut = [[RS001: Get the Show on the Road!|Get the Show on the Road!]]
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*[[Misty (anime)|Misty]]
  
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|ja_name = ハルカ
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*[[Dawn (anime)|Dawn]]
  
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|ja_romaji = Haruka
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*[[Zoey]]
  
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|ja_voice = [[KAORI]]
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*[[Drew]]
  
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|en_voice = {{Unbulleted list|[[Veronica Taylor]] (4Kids)|[[Michele Knotz]] (TPCi)}}
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*[[Solidad]]
  
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}}
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|firstappear = [[AG001: Get the Show on the Road!]]
  
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{{quote|My bike's barbecued!|May after [[Ash Ketchum/Ruby and Sapphire|Ash]]'s [[Ash's Pikachu|Pikachu]] accidentally charred her [[bicycle]].}}
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|voiceact = [[Veronica Taylor]] (4Kids) <small>(English)</small>
  
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[[Michele Knotz]] (TPCI) <small>(English)</small>
  
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KAORI <small>(Japanese)</small>
  
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|AltImageWidth = 100
  
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|gender = Female}}
  
   
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'''May''' is a young and energetic [[Pokémon Coordinator]] who is currently travelling through various regions to compete in [[Pokémon Contest]]s. She started her journey traveling throughout the [[Hoenn]] region accompanying [[Ash Ketchum/Ruby and Sapphire|Ash Ketchum]] and [[Brock (anime)|Brock]], along with her brother [[Max]]. On the way to the Grand Festival, she met [[Harley]] and [[Drew]]. When Ash and Brock left for [[Sinnoh]], she goes to [[Johto]] alone without Max. She appears in a few episodes of ''[[Pokémon the Series: Diamond and Pearl]]'' where she traveled to Sinnoh to compete in the [[Wallace Cup]]. She reappears in a flashback in "[[BW144: The Dream Continues!|The Dream Continues!]]".
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{{q|My bike's been barbecued!|'''May''' after [[Ash's Pikachu]] charred her bike.}}
  
   
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==Appearance==
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'''May''' ('''ハルカ Haruka'') is a young energetic Pokémon [[Coordinator]] currently travelling through various regions and competing in [[Pokémon Contest]]s. She started her journey travelling 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 Pokémon Diamond and Pearl: Battle Dimension, where she travelled to [[Sinnoh]] to enter the [[Wallace Cup]]. She is 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 episode [[AG162: Spontaneous Combusken!|Spontaneos Combusken]] when Drew complimented her on needing two more ribbons.
  
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May is a skinny girl of average height with long, chocolate-brown hair that has a single fringe at the center with three edges secured by a red and white bandana. She has blue eyes with long eyelashes with her single fringe on her brown long hair is nearly identical to [[Norman]]'s (May's father).
   
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===Pokémon the Series: Ruby and Sapphire===
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== Biography ==
  
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[[File:277-May.jpg|thumb|left|200px|May riding her bike.]]
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[[File:May anime concept art.jpg|thumb|Concept artwork of May.]]
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She wears a red short-sleeved shirt with a navy blue semi-circle on it, a yellow fanny pack, white gloves with navy fingertips, a white mini skirt over dark blue cycle shorts, and black ankle socks along with red shoes with black and yellow stripes. Her most common swimsuit in this series is a yellow bikini with boyshorts bottom, but she has also worn a green bikini.
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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 meets [[Ash Ketchum]] in [[Hoenn]] and starts travelling with him after obtaining her first [[Pokémon]], [[Torchic]].
  
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===Pokémon the Series: Diamond and Pearl===
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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.
  
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She is wearing her Emerald-based outfit. This is a sleeveless orange tunic with a black collar, white gloves with black fingertips, and white pockets and stripes over black cycle shorts. She also has a mint green fanny pack, a green and white kerchief, the same black ankle socks and orange, white and black shoes.
   
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May wore a special outfit for one of her contests, namely the [[Wallace Cup]]. This outfit is an Arabic-themed pearl-pink veil which has a green gem at the top, pink top with saffron borders and heart on the chest area, lilac-purple long skirt with a pink fabric in her waist, saffron-colored necklace with a red heart-shaped gem, and brown flip-flop shoes with toe rings. In this outfit, her entire midriff and belly button are uncovered.
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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.
  
   
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In her cosplay as Nurse Joy, she wears a pink mini-dress, white dress coat, a nursing cap with a pink cross, and white Mary Jane flats, basically the outfit worn by Nurse Joys in the Kanto, Johto, Hoenn and Sinnoh regions. In the Diamond and Pearl series, she was shown wearing orange and white pajamas.
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[[File:May-Beautifly.jpg|thumb|200px|May and her [[Beautifly]].]]
  
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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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In her cameo appearance in ''Pokémon Ultimate Journeys: The Series'' in her battle against Serena as well as watching the final battle between Ash and Leon, she wears a contest outfit; a shades of pink, purple and white top to reveal her midriff with a shades of pink and purple bow adorned on her top, her white sleeves reach to her elbows with frill designs at the edge, a matching shades of pink, purple and white party skirt with frilly designs and pink and purple tutu shoes. She also accessorize with a pink ribbon with yellow, pink and purple hanging loose and a yellow bracelet on her left wrist.
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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]].
  
   
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==Personality==
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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.
  
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Despite her beauty, May is a sweet, very kind-hearted, optimistic, energetic, cheerful, and beautiful girl, who would love to eat desserts, try different foods in every town she visits and would help people in need. Like [[Misty (anime)|Misty]], May can get very angry and hot-tempered at times when disagreeing with either [[Max]] (May's younger brother) or [[Ash Ketchum]], but May is able to overcome her fear of Bug-type Pokémon. However, she can get very sad, especially when she loses a Contest, but does her best to prevail. She is also shown to have a side for romance, though on rare occasions. However, she became angry at her [[May's Munchlax|Munchlax]] because it was eating food that belonged to someone else and ran off when she didn't keep an eye on it, she had Max give Munchlax "pink surprise" in order to stop Munchlax's appetite and prevent it from eating.
   
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At the start of her journey, May didn't like Pokémon as she only wanted to start her journey just so she can travel and visit places. However, her encounter with Ash and [[Brock (anime)|Brock]] changed that and her love for Pokémon began to grow steadily.
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[[File:DawnvsMay-BattleForTheCup.png|thumb|left|May and Dawn battling in the [[Wallace Cup]].|200px]]
  
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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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==Skills==
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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.
  
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[[File:May making Pokéblock.png|thumb|May's Pokéblock making skills.]]
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May has a knack for finding various food places to eat, which amazed her friends. May has grown to make good Pokéblocks. Even with the recipe from [[Professor Oak (anime)|Professor Oak]] that could satisfy [[Ash's Snorlax|Snorlax]]'s appetite. She also became a good battler and performer for her contests.
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==Relationships==
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[[File:416413-435.jpg|May saying goodbye to her friends.|thumb|200px]]
  
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===Family===
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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.
  
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====Norman and Caroline====
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[[File:May and her parents.png|thumb|left|May and her parents, Caroline and Norman.]]
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Caroline and Norman are the parents of May and Max. May cares deeply for her parents that she would do anything to make her parents proud and get their support, but May felt let down when her dad lost to Ash in their gym battle, but she knew her father fought hard, which she felt was what mattered to her. She was bummed out when her mother couldn't come to the Kanto grand festival to watch her, but understood her reasons and she was happy that she had her mother's support.
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====Max====
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[[File:May and Max.png|thumb|May and Max.]]
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Max is May's younger brother who fight a little bit like most siblings do, but they do care about each other no matter what happens. Despite their sibling rivalry, May would go out of her way for him, especially if they get separated or if he is sick or needs protection. After making the decision to travel to Johto alone, May decided to have Max return home in Hoenn as she knew if he went with her she would start to depend on him. Despite being apart, May knows that she'll always have Max's support no matter where her journey takes her and will be waiting for her visits.
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===Friends===
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====Ash====
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[[File:May and Ash.png|left|thumb|May and Ash.]]
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May met Ash when he witness him trying to save his Pikachu from danger when he was confused from an Electric build up, after an accident caused by Team Rocket. Like with Misty, May got her bike fried by Ash and his Pikachu accidentally. However, in contrast to Misty, while May considered Ash and Pikachu responsible for her bike's destruction, she didn't blow her top nor scolded them for it as not only did she understood it wasn't on purpose and forgot about it, but she also never demanded payback as she immediately understood how much Ash has been taking care of his Pikachu. Instead, May simply guilt tripped her accidentally destroyed bike on Ash and hesitantly asked to travel with him, which worked. Overtime, May and Ash developed a fond sibling-like relationship over their traveling period together. Through their journey, May would go to Ash for help or advice and she would have practice battles together. Much like with Max, however, May sometimes has fights with Ash, with one of their fights resulting in them to [[RS072: The Bicker The Better|almost lose their friendship]], but they make up in the end. May and Ash have shown numerous times that they are best friends. May and Ash went their separates ways to pursue their goals but promises to always be friends till the end.
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====Brock====
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[[File:May and Brock.png|thumb|May and Brock.]]
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May sometimes is exasperated by Brock's constant falling-in-love with most girls he meets. She thinks he might be a nuisance but doesn't deny the fact that he is a great cook and has a good reputation with Pokémon. She thinks she had a lot to learn from him, always curious about how to treat a Pokémon properly. May also considers Brock a close friend. May went her separates ways from Brock but will always consider him a friend not matter where she goes.
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====Misty====
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[[File:May and Misty.png|thumb|left|May and Misty.]]
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Even if May and Misty weren't with each other for that long, they became very good friends towards each other. They bonded during the incident at the Mirage Kingdom when Togepi was kidnapped. They met up again in Kanto when Ash was about to challenge the Battle Frontier, teaming up to defeat Team Rocket with Misty's Azurill and May's Combusken. Finally, they teamed up again at the Mirage Mansion, where they took on the [[Dr. Yung|Mirage Master]] after he used [[Mirage Pokémon]] to kidnap Professor Oak.
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Whenever Misty was in trouble May would be there for her. Also, May was instantly impress by the way she handle Brock's habit of being smitten with girls.
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====Dawn====
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[[File:May and Dawn.png|thumb|May and Dawn.]]
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Although she haven't really shared a long bonding time with Dawn, during their Wallace Cup battling, it is seen that she greatly admires and respect Dawn's coordinating skills. Their friendship is not yet deeply developed but it is clear that they both have positive appreciation for each other.
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===Rivals===
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====Drew====
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[[File:May and Drew.png|thumb|left|May and Drew.]]
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At first, his first impression towards her was bad and ill-mannered. He commented on her lack of confidence a skills, thus agitating May. But as the series went on, Drew seemed to genuinely care for May; appearing at a contest he's not competing just to see her and even coming to her rescue when she was being tricked into using the wrong skills at a contest. It is even seen that he was at one point holding her hand while they were falling down a water fall. He always seems to produce a thorn-less rose for her, always insisting that it was for her Pokémon, Beautifly, but it's obviously for May. He is even heard to be referred as her "boyfriend" by a third party but never denied the fact.
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====Harley====
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[[File:May and Harley.png|thumb|May and Harley.]]
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May and Harley were friendly to each other when they first meet. However, May and Harley in the end became rivals over being friends. May gets annoyed with Harley and even sometimes feels scared to be around him. Harley would sometimes try to make May lose the contest.{{Clear}}
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====Solidad====
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[[File:May and Solidad.png|thumb|left|May and Solidad.]]
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Although they became rivals when they first meet but they became friends as well. Despite spending a little time together, May has great respect for Solidad and she in return helped her when she needed the most.
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===Pokémon===
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====Blaziken====
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[[File:May and Blaziken.png|thumb|May and Blaziken.]]
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Blaziken is May's first Pokémon, partner and one of her best friends as she had it since it was a Torchic. May cares very much for Blaziken as it was one of the few Pokémon that changed her opinion about them. When she became a coordinator, May didn't use Blaziken while it was a Torchic but when it evolved into Combusken she used it in a lot of her contests. Also, May would have Blaziken come out for battle due to being her ace battler as both times were shown when it was still a Combusken and when it evolved into its final stage. May has Blaziken continue traveling with her to pursue her dream.
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====Beautifly====
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[[File:May and Beautifly.png|thumb|left|May and Beautifly.]]
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Beautifly was the first Pokémon she ever caught and during her travels in Hoenn as she first caught it as a Wurmple. May has a very close relationship with Beautifly due to it being one of the Pokémon that changed her opinion about them. Also, May raised Beautifly well and it would't have evolved into Silcoon and into its final stage without it. May used Beautifly in a lot of her contests due to it being her ace in that area but she has used in battles as well. After separating from Ash, May brought Beautifly back to help her become a stronger coordinator.
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====Skitty====
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[[File:May and Skitty.png|thumb|May and Skitty.]]
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May instantly found Skitty cute and wanted to catch it right away. Although, May got her wish and got Skitty as a new friend along with it becoming her second Pokémon she caught in Hoenn. However, May had some trouble with Skitty due to its playful nature but still cared about it despite it. Over time, May got Skitty to mellow out a little and became one of experienced Pokémon for contests. May calls on Skitty in a lot of contests, after partying ways from Ash.
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====Venusaur====
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[[File:May Venusaur.png|thumb|left|May and Venusaur.]]
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May has known her third Pokémon from Hoenn Venusaur since she was a Bulbasaur and they instantly became friends when they first meet. During their time together, May help Venusaur in her confidences and abilities. Through a suggestion of Professor Oak, May left Venusaur with him to help her grow and knowing that Ash's Bulbasaur can help her in that growth. After returning from Battle Frontier, May got Venusaur back from Professor Oak and after that she evolved into Ivysaur then evolved again into her final stage.
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====Munchlax====
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[[File:May, Munchlax, Eevee, Max and Ash.png|thumb|May and Munchlax.]]
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When she first meet it, May was instantly excited that Munchlax liked her Pokéblock. However, hearing that other Trainers were accusing it of stealing theirs, May jumped to Munchlax defenses and decided to catch it. After realizing who the real culprits, Team Rocket, were and stopped them, May made her move and caught Munchlax as her fourth Pokémon from Hoenn. May and Munchlax formed a friendship with one another but she does get annoyed with it sometimes. Also, May and Munchlax enjoy eating food. Although she didn't use it in the Grand Festival in Hoenn, May decided to have Munchlax make its debut in the Kanto contests and has proven a big help for her. May usually has Munchlax stay with her during her journey as she lets it outside its PokéBall every now and then.
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====Wartortle====
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[[File:May and Wartortle.png|thumb|left|May and Wartortle.]]
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May first meet Wartortle during its time as a Squirtle as it instantly took a liking to her and picked her as its Trainer right away. Seeing its natural talent for Pokémon Contest, May used Wartortle in her contest and grew a lot in them even after it evolved.
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====Glaceon====
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[[File:May and Glaceon.png|thumb|May and Glaceon.]]
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May received Glaceon when it was an egg and hatched into an Eevee. After hatching, May and Glaceon became close friends with one another. May had Glaceon watch her contest before entering it in them and she trained it very hard for them as well. After evolving and losing in the Wallace Cup, May assured Glaceon that it did its best and she was very proud of it.
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==Biography==
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===Pokémon the Series: Ruby and Sapphire===
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May is a Pokémon coordinator from [[Petalburg City]] and is the daughter of the Hoenn Pokémon League [[Petalburg City]] [[Gym Leader]], [[Norman (anime)|Norman]], and sister of [[Max]]. She met [[Ash Ketchum]] in Hoenn and started 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]].
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She loves cute and pretty Pokémon and flashy techniques, competing in contests and making her own Pokéblocks 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 Pink/Purple Surprise are her [[Munchlax]] and [[Jessie]].
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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]].
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While Ash and Brock chose to travel to [[Sinnoh]], May decided to follow her rivals to [[Johto]].
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===Pokemon the Series: Diamond and Pearl===
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May meets up with Ash, Brock, and [[Dawn (anime)|Dawn]] in Sinnoh, wearing a green bandanna like her game counterpart in [[Pokémon Emerald]], then sometime later participates in the [[Wallace Cup]] at Lake Valor. Dawn once referred to her as "Princess" which makes the fact that she has an unknown identification believable.
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[[File:DawnvsMay-BattleForTheCup.png|left|thumb|May and Dawn battling in the [[Wallace Cup]].]]
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After losing to Dawn in the [[Wallace Cup]] Finals, she leaves the group to continue her journey in Johto and participate in Pokémon Contests there.
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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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===Pokémon Journeys: The Series===
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May was shown in flashbacks and non-speaking cameos. She reappeared in person watching Ash's match against Leon, alongside Max and Serena. It is also revealed that May and Max met Serena offscreen and even befriended.
   
 
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{{Trainer's Pokémon|type = fire|type2 = fighting|image = May Blaziken.png|info = Blaziken was given to May by Professor Birch in Littleroot Town as 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.|nameline = [[May's Blaziken (anime)|Torchic → Combusken → Blaziken]]|gender = Male}}
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{{Trainer's Pokémon|type = bug|type2 = flying|image = May Beautifly.png|info = 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. In "A Corphish Out of Water", she evolved into a Silcoon. While in "RS028: Seeing is Believing!", she evolved into a Beautifly. May uses Beautifly in many of her Pokémon Contests.|nameline = [[May's Beautifly|Wurmple → Silcoon → Beautifly]]|gender = Female}}
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|image = May Blaziken.png
  
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|info = 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.
  
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{{Trainer's Pokémon|type = normal|image = May Skitty.png|info = Skitty was caught in the Episode "I Feel Skitty!", when Torchic ran away from a training session with May and found a sick Skitty in the bushes. When Skitty was feeling better, she was playful and energetic and was caught by May.
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|nameline = [[May's Blaziken|Torchic → Combusken → Blaziken]]
  
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|nameline = [[May's Skitty|Skitty]]|gender = Female}}
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|gender = Male|type2 = fighting}}
 
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{{AnimePokémon
  
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{{Trainer's Pokémon|type = grass|type2 = poison|image = May Venusaur.png|info = 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.|nameline = [[May's Venusaur|Bulbasaur → Ivysaur → Venusaur]]|gender = Female}}
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|type = normal
  
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|image = May Skitty.png
  
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{{Trainer's Pokémon|type = normal|image = May Munchlax.png|info = Munchlax was caught in the episode "Berry, Berry Interesting". It uses powerful moves like Solar Beam, Focus Punch and Metronome. It is the only Pokémon which likes May's new recipe Pokéblocks. Even though Munchlax is gluttonous, it is an amazing battler.|nameline = [[May's Munchlax|Munchlax]]}}
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|info = 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]]
  
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and [[Assist]].
  
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{{Trainer's Pokémon|type = water|image = May Wartortle.png|info = After May left Skitty and Beautifly in Hoenn, she met up with 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 traveled in her Poké Ball. It evolved into Wartortle prior while she was in Johto.|nameline = [[May's Wartortle|Squirtle → Wartortle]]|gender = Male}}
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|nameline = [[May's Skitty|Skitty]]
  
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|gender = female}}
 
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{{Trainer's Pokémon|type = ice|image = May Glaceon.png|info = May received Glaceon as an Egg. After hatching into Eevee, it watched every contest that May entered, and eventually entered in contests itself. It was the third Normal-type Pokémon that May obtained, before evolving.|nameline = [[May's Glaceon|Egg → Eevee → Glaceon]]}}
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{{AnimePokémon
  
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|type = bug
  
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===Befriended===
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|image = May Beautifly.png
  
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{{Trainer's Pokémon|type = normal|type2 = flying|image = Swablu RS064.png|info = May befriended a Swablu after its wing got injured.|nameline = [[Swablu (RS064)|Swablu]]}}
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|info = 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]].
  
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|nameline = [[May's Beautifly|Wurmple→ Silcoon→ Beautifly]]
  
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{{Trainer's Pokémon|type = rock|image = Bonsly MS008.png|info = May befriend this [[Bonsly]] with Ash, Brock and Max when they found it under the table.|nameline = [[Bonsly (MS008)|Bonsly]]}}
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|gender = Female
  
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|type2 = flying}}
 
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===Borrowed===
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{{AnimePokémon
  
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{{Trainer's Pokémon|type = water|image = Professor Birch Mudkip.png|info = After Birch was attacked by a Poochyena, he asked May to send out one of the Starter Pokemon. May then sent out Mudkip, but was unable to command it. Later, it drenched May with a [[Water Gun]] attack. This was the reason she didn't choose Mudkip as her Starter.|nameline = [[Professor Birch's Mudkip|Mudkip]]}}
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|type = normal
  
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|image = May Munchlax.png
  
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{{Trainer's Pokémon|type = fighting|image = Kyle Hitmonchan.png|info = May borrowed Hitmonchan from Kyle Hamm after Master Hamm broke his back.|nameline = [[Kyle's Hitmonchan|Hitmonchan]]|gender = Male}}
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|info = 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.
  
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|nameline = [[May's Munchlax|Munchlax]]|gender = Male}}{{AnimePokémon
  
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===Traveled with===
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|type = ice
  
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{{Trainer's Pokémon|type = water|image = Manaphy MS009.png|info = 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".|nameline = [[Manaphy (MS009)|Manaphy]]}}
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|image = May Glaceon.png
  
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|info = 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.
  
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|nameline = [[May's Glaceon|Egg→ Eevee→ Glaceon]]
  
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|gender = Female
  
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}}
  
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{{AnimePokémon
  
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|type = water
  
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|image = May Wartortle.png
  
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|info = 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.
  
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|nameline = [[May's Wartortle|Squirtle→ Wartortle]]
  
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|gender = Male
  
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}}
 
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{{AnimePokémon
  
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|type = grass
  
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|image = May Venusaur.png
  
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|info = 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.
  
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|nameline = [[May's Venusaur|Bulbasaur→ Ivysaur→ Venusaur]]
  
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|gender = female
  
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|type2 = poison}}
  
   
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===Freed===
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==Achievements==
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*[[Pokémon Contest]]s
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{{AnimePokémon
  
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**Slateport Contest: Top 8
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|type = water
  
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**Rubello Contest: Top 4
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|image = May's Manaphy.png
  
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**Wisteria Contest: Runner-Up
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|info = 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".
  
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**Unofficial Terracotta Contest: Winner (tied with Ash)
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|nameline = [[Manaphy]]}}
  
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**[[Wallace Cup]]: Runner-Up
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*[[Crossgate Town]] [[PokéRinger]]: Group Stage
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*[[Pokémon Orienteering]]: Runner-Up
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*May placed in the following [[Grand Festival]] competitions:
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**[[Hoenn]] Grand Festival (Quarter-Finalist)
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**[[Kanto]] Grand Festival (Semi-Finalist)
   
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==Ribbons==
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===Ribbons===
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{| border="1" class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
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{| class="article-table"
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! Ribbon
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! style="background-color: rgb(255, 0, 51); border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"|'''Ribbon'''
  
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! Competed against
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! style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(0, 102, 255);"|'''Additional Information'''
  
 
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|-
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! style="background-color: rgb(255, 102, 204);"|[[Fallarbor Town]] Ribbon
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|[[Fallarbor Town]] Ribbon
 
|She won against Grace and her Medicham with her Beautifly.
  
|She won against Grace and her Medicham with her Beautifly.
 
|-
  
|-
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! style="background-color: rgb(255, 153, 0);"|[[Verdanturf Town]] Ribbon
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|[[Verdanturf Town]] Ribbon
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|She won against the Phantom's(Timmy)'s Dusclops with her newly acquired Skitty.
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|She won against the Phantom's (Timmy)'s Dusclops with her newly acquired Skitty.
 
|-
  
|-
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! style="background-color: rgb(0, 153, 153);"|[[Lilycove City]] Ribbon
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|[[Lilycove City]] Ribbon
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|She fought against Lily's Grumpig with her newly evolved Combusken which had a few power control issues.
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|She fought against Kelly's Grumpig with her newly evolved Combusken which had a few power control issues.
 
|-
  
|-
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! style="background-color: rgb(255, 51, 153);"|[[Izabe Island]] Ribbon
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|[[Izabe Island]] Ribbon
 
|She won against her new rival Harley and his Cacturne with her Bulbasaur.
  
|She won against her new rival Harley and his Cacturne with her Bulbasaur.
 
|-
  
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! style="background-color: rgb(153, 102, 204);"|[[Pacifidlog Town]] Ribbon
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|[[Pacifidlog Town]] Ribbon
 
|She won against a jealous girl called Erica and her Jynx with her Skitty.
  
|She won against a jealous girl called Erica and her Jynx with her Skitty.
 
|-
  
|-
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! style="background-color: rgb(255, 102, 204);"|[[Saffron City]] Ribbon
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|[[Saffron City]] Ribbon
 
|Won again against her rival Harley with her new baby Squirtle and Combusken.
  
|Won again against her rival Harley with her new baby Squirtle and Combusken.
 
|-
  
|-
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! style="background-color: rgb(102, 153, 255);"|[[Silver Town]] Ribbon
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|[[Silver Town]] Ribbon
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|She won against wonna be rockstar Jeremey and his Venusaur with her Squirtle and Combusken.
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|She won against wannabe rockstar Jeremey and his Venusaur with her Squirtle and Combusken.
 
|-
  
|-
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! style="background-color: rgb(0, 204, 153);"|[[Crysanthemum Island]] Ribbon
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|[[Chrysanthemum Island]] Ribbon
 
|Battled against a girl in love with Drew by the name of Brianna and her Vibrava with her Munchlax and Combusken.
  
|Battled against a girl in love with Drew by the name of Brianna and her Vibrava with her Munchlax and Combusken.
 
|-
  
|-
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! style="background-color: rgb(153, 153, 204);"|[[Gardenia Town]] Ribbon
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|[[Gardenia Town]] Ribbon
 
|She won against Brock and his Marshtomp with her Squirtle and Eevee.
  
|She won against Brock and his Marshtomp with her Squirtle and Eevee.
 
|-
  
|-
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! style="background-color: rgb(255, 102, 255);"|[[Mulberry Town]] Ribbon
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|[[Mulberry City]] Ribbon
 
|She was able to win her fifth ribbon in Kanto against Jessie with her Squirtle and Combusken.
  
|She was able to win her fifth ribbon in Kanto against Jessie with her Squirtle and Combusken.
 
|-
  
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! style="background-color: rgb(255, 102, 102);"|Teracotta Town Ribbon
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|Teracotta Town Ribbon
 
|Getting half by tying with [[Ash's Sceptile]], where she used [[Blaziken]] (unofficial).
  
|Getting half by tying with [[Ash's Sceptile]], where she used [[Blaziken]] (unofficial).
 
|-
  
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! style="background-color: rgb(153, 102, 255);"|Johto Ribbon 1
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|Johto Ribbon 1
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|It was revealed in DP 76 that [[May]] has won three Ribbons in [[Johto]].
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|It was revealed in DP 76 that May has won three Ribbons in [[Johto]].
 
|-
  
|-
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! style="background-color: rgb(153, 255, 102);"|Johto Ribbon 2
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|Johto Ribbon 2
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|It was revealed in DP 76 that [[May]] has won three Ribbons in [[Johto]].
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|It was revealed in DP 76 that May has won three Ribbons in [[Johto]].
 
|-
  
|-
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! style="background-color: rgb(255, 0, 102);"|Johto Ribbon 3
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|Johto Ribbon 3
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|It was revealed in DP 76 that [[May]] has won three Ribbons in [[Johto]].
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|It was revealed in DP 76 that May has won three Ribbons in [[Johto]].
 
|}
  
|}
   
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==Voice actors==
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==Grand Festival ranking==
  
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*'''English''':
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May placed in the following [[Grand Festival]] competitions:
  
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**[[Veronica Taylor]] (Seasons 6–8) (4Kids)
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*[[Hoenn]] Grand Festival (Quarter-Finals)
  
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**[[Michele Knotz]] (Seasons 9, 11) (PUSA/TPCi)
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*[[Kanto]] Grand Festival (Semi-Finals)
  
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*'''Japanese''': KAORI (credited as Kaori Suzuki since Season 11)
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*'''Dutch''': Nicoline van Doorn
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*'''Greek''': Yro Loupi (Season 6–8), Stella Bonatsou (Season 9)
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*'''Spanish''': Cristina Yuste
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*'''Iberian Spanish''': Mariana Ortiz
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*'''Polish''': Julita Kozuszek-Borsuk
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*'''Korean''' Hyejeong Seo
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*'''Russian''': Zhanna Nikonova
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*'''French''': Maia Baran, Isabelle Volpe (Movie 6), Laurence Sacquet (Movie 7)
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*'''German''': Nicola Grupe, Stephanie Kellner (Movie 6 and 7)
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*'''Italian''': Serena Clerici
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*'''Filipino''': Charmaine Cordoviz
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*'''Czech''': Klara Sumanova
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*'''Portuguese''': Carla (Season 6–8), Isabel Ribas (Season 9), Marta Mota (Season 11)
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*'''Mandarin''': Fu Manjun
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*'''Danish''': Annevig Schlede-Ebbe
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*'''Brazilian Portuguese''': Tatiane Keplmair
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*'''Iberian Spanish''': Ana Lobo, Liliana Barba, Mariana Ortiz, Agustina Priscila
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*'''Thai''': Arunee Nuntiwass
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*'''Hebrew''': Dawn Lanny-Gabay
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*'''Serbian: '''Марија Дакић / Marija Dakić
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*'''Hindi''':
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**Urvi Ashar (Cartoon Network dub)
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**Neshma Chemburkar (Hungama dub)
   
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==Episodes==
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==Trivia==
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*May had been voiced by the same voice actors:
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Generally, May appeared in the episode frequently when travelling with [[Ash]] in the [[Hoenn]] region. However, she briefly appeared in [[Sinnoh]] and accompanies Ash, Dawn, and Brock to the Wallace Cup.
  
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**In Seasons 6–8, May shared the same voice actress as [[Ash Ketchum]] and his mom [[Delia Ketchum]]: [[Veronica Taylor]].
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**In Season 9, she shared the same voice actress as Misty and [[Jessie]]: [[Michele Knotz]].
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*May has owned two Pokémon and befriended one Legendary Pokémon from the fourth generation:
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**[[Munchlax]]
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**[[Glaceon]] (can only evolve from [[Eevee]] in [[Sinnoh]], [[Unova]], [[Kalos]], [[Hoenn]], [[Alola]] if it leveled up in an area containing an [[Ice Rock]] and it can evolve via an Ice Stone in [[Generation VIII]])
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**She had befriended a Mythical Pokémon named [[Manaphy]].
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*Currently, May has the most starter Pokémon out of all of Ash's traveling companions as she originally owns 4:
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**[[May's Venusaur|Bulbasaur]]
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**[[May's Wartortle|Squirtle]]
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**[[May's Blaziken (anime)|Torchic]]
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**[[May's Glaceon|Eevee]]
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*The first Pokémon May used in fact was not [[Torchic]] but a [[Mudkip]]. However, she did not know how to command it to attack [[Poochyena]] and it ended up spraying her with a [[Water Gun]] attack.
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*May shares some Pokémon in common with Ash:
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**Their first caught Pokémon is a {{type|Bug}} type:
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***Caterpie for Ash
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***Wurmple for May
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****May and Jessie were both hoping for Beautifly after they both caught a Wurmple. May was the lucky one when she actually got Beautifly as nobody (except Professor Birch, James and Meowth) knew that Jessie's Wurmple was actually evolving into Cascoon, which then evolved into the Bug/Poison Pokémon called Dustox.
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**They both have members of the Bulbasaur and Squirtle evolutionary lines. While [[Ash's Bulbasaur]] and Squirtle are still in base form, May's have both evolved at least once.
  +
**They both had them alongside their fully-evolved {{type|Fire}}-type starter (Ash's Charizard and May's Blaziken, respectively).
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*May is the first major female character to:
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**Be from [[Hoenn]].
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**Have a caught or received a {{type|Bug}}, {{type|Poison}}, {{type|Fighting}} and {{type|Ice}}-type Pokémon.
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**Have or had caught or received a pure {{type|Fire}}, {{type|Bug}}, {{type|Normal}} and {{type|Ice}}-type Pokémon.
  +
**Have a single type Pokémon change to a dual type upon evolving.
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**Have caught or received a member or more from the [[Generation III]] and [[Generation IV|IV]] groups.
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**Have more than one {{type|Normal}}-type.
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**Have a {{type|Fire}} type first partner Pokémon as her Starter.
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**Have a {{type|Grass}} and {{type|Water}} type first partner Pokémon.
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**Have two starter Pokémon from the same region.
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**Have a fully evolved {{type|Bug}}-type, {{type|Fighting}}, {{type|Fire}}-type and {{type|Grass}}-type Starter Pokémon.
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**Have a one type change its type upon evolving.
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**Have her Pokémon evolve off-screen.
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**Have her Pokémon team in rotation.
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*May is the latest female character to start with an M, and end with a Y, following [[Misty (anime)|Misty]], [[Melody]] and [[Molly Hale|Molly]].
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*In the [[Hoenn Grand Festival]], [[Harley]] suspects that [[Drew]] and May have feelings for one another as Harley calls him "her annoying boyfriend".
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*Although not appearing in-person in [[Pokémon Journeys: The Series]], May was implicitly referenced by [[Serena (anime)|Serena]] in [[PJ105: Reuniting for the First Time!|Reuniting for the First Time!]] by her title “Princess of Hoenn”.
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*May's Japanese voice actress, KAORI, came down with a variation of the debilitating disease focal dystonia called spasmotic dysphonia, as early as 2007 (a year before her reappearances in DP), and hitting its peak by May 2012. This forced her to retire from the anime. To date, a replacement has not been cast.
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**Because of this, she is the only one of Ash's female companions who has not reunited with him during Pokémon Journeys: The Series, and the only one who has not met Goh or Chloe Cerise.
   
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==Gallery==
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These are the episodes that May appeared in [[Sinnoh]]. May also battled with Dawn but narrowly lost.
  
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{{Gallery Box|
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May01.png {{!}} May smiling
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May Leg.png {{!}} May standing on one leg
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May03.png
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May original outfit.png {{!}} May's regular Clothes
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May emerald outfit.png {{!}} May in her Emerald based outfit
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May Wallace cup.png {{!}} May's Contest outfit in the Wallace Cup
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May pink swimsuit.png {{!}} May in her pink swimsuit
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9996D95E-AA4E-43C9-91AC-21DA5ABA1006.jpeg {{!}} May in a swimsuit during the end credits of Jirachi Wishmaker.
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May dressed as Nurse Joy.png {{!}} May, cosplaying as Nurse Joy
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May movie dress.png {{!}} May in her princess gown from movie 8
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Ash and His Friend.png {{!}} May, Ash, Max and Brock
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Pokemon Anime.png {{!}} Ash, May, Brock, Max and Professor Birch
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Brock and May.png
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May and Max hug.png {{!}} May hugging Max
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Dawn and May.png
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Ash and May.png
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May, Max, Serena and Lisia.png {{!}} May with Max, Serena and Lisia
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Ash traveling companions M20.png {{!}} May in M20
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}}
   
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==See also==
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*Our Cup Runneth Over
  
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*[[May (trailer)]]
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*[[DP076: A Full Course Tag Battle!|A Full Course Tag Battle]]
  
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*[[Staging a Heroes' Welcome]]
  
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*Prunning a Passel of Pals
  
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*Strategy with a Smile
  
   
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{{Hoenn characters}}
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==Voice Actresses==
  
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* '''English: '''[[Veronica Taylor]]''' '''(Season 6-8),''' '''[[Michele Knotz]]''' '''(Season 9, 11)
  
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* '''Japanese:''' Kaori Suzuki
  
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* '''Dutch: '''Nicoline van Doorn
  
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* '''Greek: '''Yro Loupi (Season 6-8),''' '''Stella Bonatsou (Season 9)
  
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* '''Spanish:''' Cristina Yuste
  
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* '''Polish:''' Julita Kozuszek-Borsuk
  
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* '''French:''' Maia Baran
  
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* '''German:''' Nicola Grupe, Stephanie Kellner (Movie 6 and 7)
  
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* '''Italian:''' Serena Clerici
  
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* '''Filipino:''' Charmaine Cordoviz
  
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* '''Czech:''' Klara Sumanova
  
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* '''Portuguese:''' Carla (Season 6-8), Isabel Ribas (Season 9), Marta Mota (Season 11)
  
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* '''Mandarin:''' Fu Manjun
  
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* '''Danish:''' Annevig Schlede-Ebbe
  
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* '''Brazilian Portuguese:''' Tatiane Keplmair
  
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* '''Iberian Spanish:''' Ana Lobo, Liliana Barba, Mariana Ortiz, Agustina Priscila
  
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* '''Thai:''' Arunee Nuntiwass
  
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* '''Hebrew:''' Dawn Lanny-Gabay
  
   
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{{Pokémon the Series}}
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==Trivia==
  
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{{Pokémon the Series characters
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*May is the only female character to meet all of Ash's previous travelling companions (with the exception of Cilan and Iris).
  
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|list =
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*Like Misty, May is last seen leaving the group and returning to her respective journey, with no mention or future appearance in the series.
  
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{{Pokémon the Series: Ruby and Sapphire characters}}
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*May was the only character to give a personal narration of her introduction in the series.
  
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{{Pokémon: DP Battle Dimension characters}}
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*In the episode [[AG020: Brave the Wave|Brave the Wave]], while May was taking off her clothes, she appeared to never take her gloves off.
  
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{{Pokémon Ultimate Journeys: The Series characters}}
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*In seasons 6-8, May and Ash shared the same voice actress: [[Veronica Taylor]].
  
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}}
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*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.
  
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*May has a fear of Bug types like Misty, only she got over her fear.
  
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*In her first contest, she slipped and fell.
  
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*She is the only female character to have three starters ([[May's Blaziken|Torchic]], [[May's Wartortle|Squirtle]] and [[May's Venusaur|Bulbasaur]]).
  
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*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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*May and Ash both have Bulbasaurs.
  
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*In [[Stairway to Devon]], it was revealed by May that she loves shopping for swimsuits. She said she likes going to island resorts and needs lots of them. And because she's energetic, she loves wearing them on island resorts and showing them in front of her friends.
  
   
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[[pl:May (anime)]]
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==Gallery==
  
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{{Gallery Box|<gallery widths="120">
  
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[[Category:Main characters]]
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may 59.jpg|May's Hoenn Clothes
  
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[[Category:Ash's companions]]
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may 99.jpg|May's fantasy of winning the [[Grand Festival]]
  
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250px-MayDiamondPearl.png|May in her Emerald based outfit
  
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May3.jpg|May's appearance in the Wallace Cup
  
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May.jpg|May with her [[Eevee]]-egg.
  
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May_96.jpg|May; saying good bye to her friends
  
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M2 0002.jpg|May in her noblewoman's or princess gown from movie 8
  
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It's May!!.png|May and her [[May's Beautifly|Beautifly]]
  
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Max15.jpg|May With her brother [[Max]]
  
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May 2.jpg|May Smiling in Petalburg Forest
  
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May 7.jpg|May, preparing to call out Torchic
  
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img_1740046_36950743_9.jpg|A very mad May...
  
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Latest revision as of 01:55, 4 April 2024

For the variant appearing in the games, see May.

My bike's barbecued!

May after Ash's Pikachu accidentally charred her bicycle.

May is a young and energetic Pokémon Coordinator who is currently travelling through various regions to compete in Pokémon Contests. She started her journey traveling throughout the Hoenn region accompanying Ash Ketchum and Brock, along with her brother Max. On the way to the Grand Festival, she met Harley and Drew. When Ash and Brock left for Sinnoh, she goes to Johto alone without Max. She appears in a few episodes of Pokémon the Series: Diamond and Pearl where she traveled to Sinnoh to compete in the Wallace Cup. She reappears in a flashback in "The Dream Continues!".

Appearance

May is a skinny girl of average height with long, chocolate-brown hair that has a single fringe at the center with three edges secured by a red and white bandana. She has blue eyes with long eyelashes with her single fringe on her brown long hair is nearly identical to Norman's (May's father).

Pokémon the Series: Ruby and Sapphire

May anime concept art

Concept artwork of May.

She wears a red short-sleeved shirt with a navy blue semi-circle on it, a yellow fanny pack, white gloves with navy fingertips, a white mini skirt over dark blue cycle shorts, and black ankle socks along with red shoes with black and yellow stripes. Her most common swimsuit in this series is a yellow bikini with boyshorts bottom, but she has also worn a green bikini.

Pokémon the Series: Diamond and Pearl

She is wearing her Emerald-based outfit. This is a sleeveless orange tunic with a black collar, white gloves with black fingertips, and white pockets and stripes over black cycle shorts. She also has a mint green fanny pack, a green and white kerchief, the same black ankle socks and orange, white and black shoes.

May wore a special outfit for one of her contests, namely the Wallace Cup. This outfit is an Arabic-themed pearl-pink veil which has a green gem at the top, pink top with saffron borders and heart on the chest area, lilac-purple long skirt with a pink fabric in her waist, saffron-colored necklace with a red heart-shaped gem, and brown flip-flop shoes with toe rings. In this outfit, her entire midriff and belly button are uncovered.

In her cosplay as Nurse Joy, she wears a pink mini-dress, white dress coat, a nursing cap with a pink cross, and white Mary Jane flats, basically the outfit worn by Nurse Joys in the Kanto, Johto, Hoenn and Sinnoh regions. In the Diamond and Pearl series, she was shown wearing orange and white pajamas.

In her cameo appearance in Pokémon Ultimate Journeys: The Series in her battle against Serena as well as watching the final battle between Ash and Leon, she wears a contest outfit; a shades of pink, purple and white top to reveal her midriff with a shades of pink and purple bow adorned on her top, her white sleeves reach to her elbows with frill designs at the edge, a matching shades of pink, purple and white party skirt with frilly designs and pink and purple tutu shoes. She also accessorize with a pink ribbon with yellow, pink and purple hanging loose and a yellow bracelet on her left wrist.

Personality

Despite her beauty, May is a sweet, very kind-hearted, optimistic, energetic, cheerful, and beautiful girl, who would love to eat desserts, try different foods in every town she visits and would help people in need. Like Misty, May can get very angry and hot-tempered at times when disagreeing with either Max (May's younger brother) or Ash Ketchum, but May is able to overcome her fear of Bug-type Pokémon. However, she can get very sad, especially when she loses a Contest, but does her best to prevail. She is also shown to have a side for romance, though on rare occasions. However, she became angry at her Munchlax because it was eating food that belonged to someone else and ran off when she didn't keep an eye on it, she had Max give Munchlax "pink surprise" in order to stop Munchlax's appetite and prevent it from eating.

At the start of her journey, May didn't like Pokémon as she only wanted to start her journey just so she can travel and visit places. However, her encounter with Ash and Brock changed that and her love for Pokémon began to grow steadily.

Skills

May making Pokéblock

May's Pokéblock making skills.

May has a knack for finding various food places to eat, which amazed her friends. May has grown to make good Pokéblocks. Even with the recipe from Professor Oak that could satisfy Snorlax's appetite. She also became a good battler and performer for her contests.

Relationships

Family

Norman and Caroline

May and her parents

May and her parents, Caroline and Norman.

Caroline and Norman are the parents of May and Max. May cares deeply for her parents that she would do anything to make her parents proud and get their support, but May felt let down when her dad lost to Ash in their gym battle, but she knew her father fought hard, which she felt was what mattered to her. She was bummed out when her mother couldn't come to the Kanto grand festival to watch her, but understood her reasons and she was happy that she had her mother's support.

Max

May and Max

May and Max.

Max is May's younger brother who fight a little bit like most siblings do, but they do care about each other no matter what happens. Despite their sibling rivalry, May would go out of her way for him, especially if they get separated or if he is sick or needs protection. After making the decision to travel to Johto alone, May decided to have Max return home in Hoenn as she knew if he went with her she would start to depend on him. Despite being apart, May knows that she'll always have Max's support no matter where her journey takes her and will be waiting for her visits.

Friends

Ash

May and Ash

May and Ash.

May met Ash when he witness him trying to save his Pikachu from danger when he was confused from an Electric build up, after an accident caused by Team Rocket. Like with Misty, May got her bike fried by Ash and his Pikachu accidentally. However, in contrast to Misty, while May considered Ash and Pikachu responsible for her bike's destruction, she didn't blow her top nor scolded them for it as not only did she understood it wasn't on purpose and forgot about it, but she also never demanded payback as she immediately understood how much Ash has been taking care of his Pikachu. Instead, May simply guilt tripped her accidentally destroyed bike on Ash and hesitantly asked to travel with him, which worked. Overtime, May and Ash developed a fond sibling-like relationship over their traveling period together. Through their journey, May would go to Ash for help or advice and she would have practice battles together. Much like with Max, however, May sometimes has fights with Ash, with one of their fights resulting in them to almost lose their friendship, but they make up in the end. May and Ash have shown numerous times that they are best friends. May and Ash went their separates ways to pursue their goals but promises to always be friends till the end.

Brock

May and Brock

May and Brock.

May sometimes is exasperated by Brock's constant falling-in-love with most girls he meets. She thinks he might be a nuisance but doesn't deny the fact that he is a great cook and has a good reputation with Pokémon. She thinks she had a lot to learn from him, always curious about how to treat a Pokémon properly. May also considers Brock a close friend. May went her separates ways from Brock but will always consider him a friend not matter where she goes.

Misty

May and Misty

May and Misty.

Even if May and Misty weren't with each other for that long, they became very good friends towards each other. They bonded during the incident at the Mirage Kingdom when Togepi was kidnapped. They met up again in Kanto when Ash was about to challenge the Battle Frontier, teaming up to defeat Team Rocket with Misty's Azurill and May's Combusken. Finally, they teamed up again at the Mirage Mansion, where they took on the Mirage Master after he used Mirage Pokémon to kidnap Professor Oak.

Whenever Misty was in trouble May would be there for her. Also, May was instantly impress by the way she handle Brock's habit of being smitten with girls.

Dawn

May and Dawn

May and Dawn.

Although she haven't really shared a long bonding time with Dawn, during their Wallace Cup battling, it is seen that she greatly admires and respect Dawn's coordinating skills. Their friendship is not yet deeply developed but it is clear that they both have positive appreciation for each other.

Rivals

Drew

May and Drew

May and Drew.

At first, his first impression towards her was bad and ill-mannered. He commented on her lack of confidence a skills, thus agitating May. But as the series went on, Drew seemed to genuinely care for May; appearing at a contest he's not competing just to see her and even coming to her rescue when she was being tricked into using the wrong skills at a contest. It is even seen that he was at one point holding her hand while they were falling down a water fall. He always seems to produce a thorn-less rose for her, always insisting that it was for her Pokémon, Beautifly, but it's obviously for May. He is even heard to be referred as her "boyfriend" by a third party but never denied the fact.

Harley

May and Harley

May and Harley.

May and Harley were friendly to each other when they first meet. However, May and Harley in the end became rivals over being friends. May gets annoyed with Harley and even sometimes feels scared to be around him. Harley would sometimes try to make May lose the contest.

Solidad

May and Solidad

May and Solidad.

Although they became rivals when they first meet but they became friends as well. Despite spending a little time together, May has great respect for Solidad and she in return helped her when she needed the most.

Pokémon

Blaziken

May and Blaziken

May and Blaziken.

Blaziken is May's first Pokémon, partner and one of her best friends as she had it since it was a Torchic. May cares very much for Blaziken as it was one of the few Pokémon that changed her opinion about them. When she became a coordinator, May didn't use Blaziken while it was a Torchic but when it evolved into Combusken she used it in a lot of her contests. Also, May would have Blaziken come out for battle due to being her ace battler as both times were shown when it was still a Combusken and when it evolved into its final stage. May has Blaziken continue traveling with her to pursue her dream.

Beautifly

May and Beautifly

May and Beautifly.

Beautifly was the first Pokémon she ever caught and during her travels in Hoenn as she first caught it as a Wurmple. May has a very close relationship with Beautifly due to it being one of the Pokémon that changed her opinion about them. Also, May raised Beautifly well and it would't have evolved into Silcoon and into its final stage without it. May used Beautifly in a lot of her contests due to it being her ace in that area but she has used in battles as well. After separating from Ash, May brought Beautifly back to help her become a stronger coordinator.

Skitty

May and Skitty

May and Skitty.

May instantly found Skitty cute and wanted to catch it right away. Although, May got her wish and got Skitty as a new friend along with it becoming her second Pokémon she caught in Hoenn. However, May had some trouble with Skitty due to its playful nature but still cared about it despite it. Over time, May got Skitty to mellow out a little and became one of experienced Pokémon for contests. May calls on Skitty in a lot of contests, after partying ways from Ash.

Venusaur

May Venusaur

May and Venusaur.

May has known her third Pokémon from Hoenn Venusaur since she was a Bulbasaur and they instantly became friends when they first meet. During their time together, May help Venusaur in her confidences and abilities. Through a suggestion of Professor Oak, May left Venusaur with him to help her grow and knowing that Ash's Bulbasaur can help her in that growth. After returning from Battle Frontier, May got Venusaur back from Professor Oak and after that she evolved into Ivysaur then evolved again into her final stage.

Munchlax

May, Munchlax, Eevee, Max and Ash

May and Munchlax.

When she first meet it, May was instantly excited that Munchlax liked her Pokéblock. However, hearing that other Trainers were accusing it of stealing theirs, May jumped to Munchlax defenses and decided to catch it. After realizing who the real culprits, Team Rocket, were and stopped them, May made her move and caught Munchlax as her fourth Pokémon from Hoenn. May and Munchlax formed a friendship with one another but she does get annoyed with it sometimes. Also, May and Munchlax enjoy eating food. Although she didn't use it in the Grand Festival in Hoenn, May decided to have Munchlax make its debut in the Kanto contests and has proven a big help for her. May usually has Munchlax stay with her during her journey as she lets it outside its PokéBall every now and then.

Wartortle

May and Wartortle

May and Wartortle.

May first meet Wartortle during its time as a Squirtle as it instantly took a liking to her and picked her as its Trainer right away. Seeing its natural talent for Pokémon Contest, May used Wartortle in her contest and grew a lot in them even after it evolved.

Glaceon

May and Glaceon

May and Glaceon.

May received Glaceon when it was an egg and hatched into an Eevee. After hatching, May and Glaceon became close friends with one another. May had Glaceon watch her contest before entering it in them and she trained it very hard for them as well. After evolving and losing in the Wallace Cup, May assured Glaceon that it did its best and she was very proud of it.

Biography

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Pokémon the Series: Ruby and Sapphire

May is a Pokémon coordinator from Petalburg City and is the daughter of the Hoenn Pokémon League Petalburg City Gym Leader, Norman, and sister of Max. She met Ash Ketchum in Hoenn and started 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.

She loves cute and pretty Pokémon and flashy techniques, competing in contests and making her own Pokéblocks 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 Pink/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 decided to follow her rivals to Johto.

Pokemon the Series: Diamond and Pearl

May meets up with Ash, Brock, and Dawn in Sinnoh, wearing a green bandanna like her game counterpart in Pokémon Emerald, then sometime later participates in the Wallace Cup at Lake Valor. Dawn once referred to her as "Princess" which makes the fact that she has an unknown identification believable.

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May and Dawn battling in the Wallace Cup.

After losing to Dawn in the Wallace Cup Finals, she leaves the group to continue her journey in Johto and participate in Pokémon Contests there.

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 Journeys: The Series

May was shown in flashbacks and non-speaking cameos. She reappeared in person watching Ash's match against Leon, alongside Max and Serena. It is also revealed that May and Max met Serena offscreen and even befriended.

Pokémon

In rotation

Blaziken was given to May by Professor Birch in Littleroot Town as 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 ♂

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. In "A Corphish Out of Water", she evolved into a Silcoon. While in "RS028: Seeing is Believing!", she evolved into a Beautifly. May uses Beautifly in many of her Pokémon Contests.
Wurmple → Silcoon → Beautifly ♀

Skitty was caught in the Episode "I Feel Skitty!", when Torchic ran away from a training session with May and found a sick Skitty in the bushes. When Skitty was feeling better, she was playful and energetic and was caught by May.
Skitty ♀

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.
Bulbasaur → Ivysaur → Venusaur ♀

Munchlax was caught in the episode "Berry, Berry Interesting". It uses powerful moves like Solar Beam, Focus Punch and Metronome. It is the only Pokémon which likes May's new recipe Pokéblocks. Even though Munchlax is gluttonous, it is an amazing battler.
Munchlax

After May left Skitty and Beautifly in Hoenn, she met up with 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 traveled in her Poké Ball. It evolved into Wartortle prior while she was in Johto.
Squirtle → Wartortle ♂

May received Glaceon as an Egg. After hatching into Eevee, it watched every contest that May entered, and eventually entered in contests itself. It was the third Normal-type Pokémon that May obtained, before evolving.
Egg → Eevee → Glaceon

Befriended

May befriended a Swablu after its wing got injured.
Swablu

May befriend this Bonsly with Ash, Brock and Max when they found it under the table.
Bonsly

Borrowed

After Birch was attacked by a Poochyena, he asked May to send out one of the Starter Pokemon. May then sent out Mudkip, but was unable to command it. Later, it drenched May with a Water Gun attack. This was the reason she didn't choose Mudkip as her Starter.
Mudkip

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

Traveled with

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

Achievements

Ribbons

Ribbon Competed against
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 Kelly'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 wannabe rockstar Jeremey and his Venusaur with her Squirtle and Combusken.
Chrysanthemum 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 City 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.

Voice actors

  • English:
  • Japanese: KAORI (credited as Kaori Suzuki since Season 11)
  • Dutch: Nicoline van Doorn
  • Greek: Yro Loupi (Season 6–8), Stella Bonatsou (Season 9)
  • Spanish: Cristina Yuste
  • Iberian Spanish: Mariana Ortiz
  • Polish: Julita Kozuszek-Borsuk
  • Korean Hyejeong Seo
  • Russian: Zhanna Nikonova
  • French: Maia Baran, Isabelle Volpe (Movie 6), Laurence Sacquet (Movie 7)
  • 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
  • Serbian: Марија Дакић / Marija Dakić
  • Hindi:
    • Urvi Ashar (Cartoon Network dub)
    • Neshma Chemburkar (Hungama dub)

Trivia

  • May had been voiced by the same voice actors:
  • May has owned two Pokémon and befriended one Legendary Pokémon from the fourth generation:
  • Currently, May has the most starter Pokémon out of all of Ash's traveling companions as she originally owns 4:
  • The first Pokémon May used in fact was not Torchic but a Mudkip. However, she did not know how to command it to attack Poochyena and it ended up spraying her with a Water Gun attack.
  • May shares some Pokémon in common with Ash:
    • Their first caught Pokémon is a Bug type:
      • Caterpie for Ash
      • Wurmple for May
        • May and Jessie were both hoping for Beautifly after they both caught a Wurmple. May was the lucky one when she actually got Beautifly as nobody (except Professor Birch, James and Meowth) knew that Jessie's Wurmple was actually evolving into Cascoon, which then evolved into the Bug/Poison Pokémon called Dustox.
    • They both have members of the Bulbasaur and Squirtle evolutionary lines. While Ash's Bulbasaur and Squirtle are still in base form, May's have both evolved at least once.
    • They both had them alongside their fully-evolved Fire-type starter (Ash's Charizard and May's Blaziken, respectively).
  • May is the first major female character to:
    • Be from Hoenn.
    • Have a caught or received a Bug, Poison, Fighting and Ice-type Pokémon.
    • Have or had caught or received a pure Fire, Bug, Normal and Ice-type Pokémon.
    • Have a single type Pokémon change to a dual type upon evolving.
    • Have caught or received a member or more from the Generation III and IV groups.
    • Have more than one Normal-type.
    • Have a Fire type first partner Pokémon as her Starter.
    • Have a Grass and Water type first partner Pokémon.
    • Have two starter Pokémon from the same region.
    • Have a fully evolved Bug-type, Fighting, Fire-type and Grass-type Starter Pokémon.
    • Have a one type change its type upon evolving.
    • Have her Pokémon evolve off-screen.
    • Have her Pokémon team in rotation.
  • May is the latest female character to start with an M, and end with a Y, following Misty, Melody and Molly.
  • In the Hoenn Grand Festival, Harley suspects that Drew and May have feelings for one another as Harley calls him "her annoying boyfriend".
  • Although not appearing in-person in Pokémon Journeys: The Series, May was implicitly referenced by Serena in Reuniting for the First Time! by her title “Princess of Hoenn”.
  • May's Japanese voice actress, KAORI, came down with a variation of the debilitating disease focal dystonia called spasmotic dysphonia, as early as 2007 (a year before her reappearances in DP), and hitting its peak by May 2012. This forced her to retire from the anime. To date, a replacement has not been cast.
    • Because of this, she is the only one of Ash's female companions who has not reunited with him during Pokémon Journeys: The Series, and the only one who has not met Goh or Chloe Cerise.

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